Although Emperor Zhaowen hated Lin Pingyuan for being useless, he was at least an obedient dog.

Guan Shannian in the east and Tian Zhonghe in the south are on the verge of rebellion.

It’s not like he hasn’t thought about replacing these two people.

But that old man Guan Xiong actually took his whole family and ran away to Yuezhou Prefecture early.

He just couldn't do anything about Guan Shannian.

The imperial edict sent to Yuezhou Prefecture and the person he sent to replace Guan Shannian were both missing.

As for Guan Shannian, he had thought about using courtesy first and then force, but as for Tian Zhonghe, he had never thought about letting this man live.

Just over twenty years ago, Tian Zhonghe worked together with the thirteen-year-old Li Zhaoying to repel the enemy. Since then, he has been more loyal to his elder brother than to his father.

He had wanted to replace Tanaka He early on.

But the Southern Border Army is where Tian Zhonghe has absolute power, and the Southern Border Army is not as obedient as the Eastern Border Army. Or, like Tian Zhonghe, they are only loyal to Li Zhaoying.

Several generals he sent were killed by the Southern Border Army, forcing him to continue using Tian Zhonghe.

At the beginning of the year, there was a farce. Tanaka Ho dared to ask him to take off his clothes to prove himself. It pissed him off...

Emperor Zhaowen knew that if he wanted the southern border army to obey, he had to get rid of Tian Zhonghe.

But the assassins he sent all failed.

Chang Jingyu also told him that Jiyang was worried that Dayu's war would cause Nanlai to become restless, so it sent Deng Ping to support Tian Zhonghe.

Deng Ping was a member of the Southern Border Army in his early years, and was later always kept by Li Zhaoying. He was very good at fighting.

Emperor Zhaowen was upset by all the unpleasant things. Why did nothing go well for him?

Do I really have to fulfill that oath?

Emperor Zhaowen kicked over the imperial desk, but unexpectedly his toenail was split, and he turned around in place holding his foot in pain.

Feng Jia looked at Emperor Zhaowen's funny appearance, and the expression in his eyes was hard to discern...

The talented scholars in Luo City who were unable to leave blocked the gate of the Imperial College to protest.

They are going to participate in the literary competition in Ji Yang, and they want to win honor for the men of the world.

Lord Rong, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and Lord Cai, the Grand Secretary, look at the nose with their eyes and the heart with their noses.

What a competition!

It's good enough to be able to keep your life, but you still want to go to Jiyang?

Do you really think that the frequently mad Emperor Zhaowen would not dare to kill scholars?

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Compared with Luocheng, the literati and scholars in other prefectures have much more freedom.

When they encountered the army from Jiyang, they were quite courteous to them and told them to go to Jiyang if they wanted.

As for the assassins that Emperor Zhaowen sent in? The more assassins he sent in, the more evidence he had.

For this competition, Emperor Ji Lin dispatched half of the palace guards and 10,000 Ji Yang soldiers to guard Mingxiang Tower.

Not to mention the gathering of literati, there were also three or four hundred people from Ji Yang this time, and each of them was a famous figure.

If any mistakes were to occur in such a grand event, the Beiji State would be criticized by the aristocratic families in the future.

Even Emperor Ji Lin did not want to provoke the literary talent.

But this grand event had to be held. Not only had to be held, but it had to be held with great fanfare, so that everyone in the world would know that the Beiji Kingdom's attitude towards scholars was no less than that of emperors of all dynasties.

The people of Luocheng were in panic, Jiyang was bustling, the Beirong gradually stabilized, the Qiang people got ground beans and sweet potato seedlings, and almost every household was busy farming.

Bahai led Lu Fugui and spent more than two months traveling around the Qiang people.

Seeing that the Qiang people didn't have anything unique, Bahai immediately started recommending them.

We also have Beirong's long-wool sheep, which are no worse than Beirong's.

We can also grow soybeans and peanuts.

As long as the Qiang people can live better than before, Lu Fugui will give them whatever they want.

Looking at the sika deer running around, the wood ear mushrooms, hazelnuts, walnuts, wild ginseng and cordyceps everywhere, Lu Fugui felt that the Qiang people of the past were mentally ill.

With so many good things, instead of selling them to Dayu to make money to exchange for food, you think about war all day long. Isn't this crazy?

Bahai: What? What? All of this can be sold? Are they valuable?

When Bahai and his people were happily preparing to escort Lu Fugui to Yuezhou Prefecture with the goods, Bahai's daughter Na Yan was also seeing off Emperor Yan Tuoba Shuo for the last time.

Tuoba Mo, the fourth prince of Yan, relied on the power of Li Jiren, the crown prince of Beiji, to kill Tuoba Xing, the crown prince of Yan, and released Tuoba Yun, the fifth prince who was crippled by the crown prince of Yan.

Tuoba Mo had thought about stopping the prince before Tuoba Yun was deposed.

During the years they were imprisoned together, he and Tuoba Yun shared the same fate.

Tuoba Yun was even more miserable than him, as his mother's family was completely wiped out by the prince.

If his mother's family had not asked Li Jiren, the crown prince of Beiji State, for help, both his mother's family and he would have been gone long ago.

Tuoba Yun was the smartest among his brothers. If his father had not been afraid of his intelligence and ability, he would not have ended up like this.

But Na Yan said that it was because the fifth prince was the smartest that he had to be deposed. Otherwise, how could the Crown Prince and Prince Chen of Beiji be at ease?

The fourth prince of Yan was troubled for a long time.

He had only seen Li Jiren and Li Jixin when they were young. When they were three or four years old, they were carried to the battlefield in the arms of Li Zhaoying, who was still the Prince of Lin.

When Tuoba Mo first met Li Jiren, Li Jiren was only three years old and was held in Li Zhaoying's arms.

That was when Li Zhaoying entered the border of Yan State. He was first surprised at the handsome appearance of Prince Lin, and then he was surprised that Prince Lin dared to bring a child to the battlefield?

Soon, Li Jiren was recalled to the capital by Emperor Huiren of Dayu.

Within two years, Li Zhaoying took the younger Li Jixin to the battlefield.

He is about the same age as Li Zhaoying, but when Li Zhaoying became the guardian of Dayu, he was still the child that his father looked down upon the most.

Later, he was imprisoned for ten years. His two children were both killed, and his mother almost cried her eyes out.

The reason why he was released was because his mother's family made a deal with Li Jiren, who was young enough to be his son.

Tuoba Mo didn't understand. The climate and land of Yan State were not worse than those of Dayu, and the people there could actually live a very comfortable life. Why did they have to mix with the Beirong and Qiang people over the years and take over Dayu?

Until Na Yan took out the letter she got from his father.

Everything was like a joke. He didn't even know how anyone could believe such a poor excuse.

The royal family of Nanlai used a fabricated elixir of immortality and hung it in front of successive emperors of the State of Yan, forcing them to fight for the blood feud of the people of Nanlai!

Aren’t the lives of the people of Yan State lives just lives?

He asked his dying father why he believed such a ridiculous joke?

Tuoba Shuo smiled grimly. Those who had never been an emperor would never know what immortality meant to an emperor.

Not only him, but also his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, not a single emperor of the Yan State was not tempted.

No emperor would tolerate his son threatening his position.

After Tuoba Shuo said these words, he wanted to draw his sword and kill Tuoba Mo, but he was killed by Na Yan with a single blow.

Tuoba Mo murmured softly to Tuoba Shuo's corpse, "If he becomes emperor, he will lose his humanity. He would rather not be emperor."

In fact, when Tuoba Mo said this, he was still conflicted. Was the 300-year history of Yan State really going to be destroyed in his own hands?

He knew that if he did not surrender to the Northern Ji State, the fate of the Yan State would be much worse than that of the Northern Rong.

Only the royal family and descendants of the Northern Rong were completely wiped out, but the people were still safe.

But if it were the State of Yan, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so lucky.

Any one of Emperor Ji Lin and his two sons could conquer the State of Yan.

How many people of Yan State would be killed or injured at that time?

But he is the prince of Yan!

He is different from Na Yan. Na Yan's father is just a tribal leader. There is no difference in status whether he is a minister to King Rong or to Emperor Ji Lin.

Should he sacrifice his life for his country as the prince or emperor of Yan, or should he serve as a minister to protect the safety of his people?

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