I transmigrated to ancient times and became a king with a title equal to mine.

Long Bin is not a bad person, whether in his past or present life, but he will never allow traitors to operate around him.

That's why he destroyed the He family and forced Wang Xuecheng to his death.

The Wang family also has a member named Wang Xuezhong, whom he will absolutely not let go.

Not for any other reason than to give an explanation to the body that is now inhabiting him.

This may be the code of conduct and code of conduct for time travelers: if you borrow someone's body and name, you must inherit everything about them, their joys and sorrows, their grudges and grievances, their unfinished business, their life responsibilities and burdens.

The Prince of Nan's thriving business in Lishui made Empress Xiao, deep within the palace of the capital, uneasy. Not only did her several assassination attempts fail, but she also received a warning from a useless person.

When she woke up this morning, she suddenly found a paper dove on her pillow. When she opened it, she was almost scared to death.

The second prince, Long Yingkun, the regent of the Great Xia Dynasty, hurriedly entered the palace. He picked up a piece of paper and saw a bloody knife and a tuft of long hair drawn on it.

At this moment, a palace maid reported: "Your Majesty, a strand of gold thread on the Empress's left side has been cut off."

"..."

Long Yingkun gasped, and after calming his trembling body and comforting his mother, he unleashed a furious tirade against the palace guards.

Recently, the Regent's temper has become increasingly volatile, and he often flies into a rage.

In such a large country, what matter doesn't require someone to handle it?

When His Majesty was in power, he had a group of experienced and loyal senior officials under his command.

When he took over the reins of government, he removed some disobedient old ministers, such as Wu Yizhi, who dared not return to Lishui and was recently reported to be serving the Southern King directly.

There are about eight or nine senior officials who have not returned to the south; they are all capable ministers in key positions.

At first, Lung Ying-kun didn't care, and was even secretly pleased.

It now seems that without these people, the imperial court would truly be unable to function properly.

In particular, the western and northern regions have experienced rare droughts this year, and winter famine has already begun.

Yesterday, Xizhou reported that three groups of rebels had raised flags and started a rebellion. This was like a fire burning his backside, so he had no choice but to go to Qianning Palace to report to His Majesty. He decided to retreat in order to advance and asked his father to return to court to deal with the current troublesome matter.

Long Yingkun's thoughts were that the area occupied by the Southern King had a bumper harvest in summer and autumn, and the news sent back by the scouts indicated that even the flood-prone areas of the Yellow and Huai Rivers had a bumper harvest.

Since he has had a bumper harvest, grain should be allocated to support the imperial court.

However, he knew he definitely couldn't summon his ninth brother.

Therefore, he decided to have his father intervene.

He had originally decided to force Long Bin to allocate grain in the name of the imperial court, but when he saw the paper pigeons by his mother's pillow, he became timid.

Even a fool would know that Long Bin was responsible for this.

If it was done by someone else, the Empress Dowager would have been injured or killed last night.

Lung Ying-kun went to the king, but was met with a cold reception.

They did not see the man, but received a royal decree written by the king: If you do not comply, announce to the world that you should strip yourself of your title like the seventh and ninth princes and go to Longxi to become king.

This terrified Long Yingkun, who turned back to the palace and was subsequently summoned by his mother.

Long Yingkun did not attend court today, but summoned several close ministers to his palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, I think you are being a little too soft-hearted."

Grand Tutor Shi Laike said, "Since the two flood-prone areas of the Yellow and Huai Rivers have become granaries, you should issue an imperial edict to order them to extend their stay in these two areas."

“That’s right!” said Xiao Banggui, the emperor’s brother-in-law. “According to His Majesty’s decree at the time, Lishui County only had six prefectures and Ruxu and Puzhen. The Huanghuai region was seized by him and must be returned.”

The sixth prince, Long Yingjiang, asked, "What if my ninth brother doesn't comply?"

Xiao Banggui said, "Your Majesty the Regent can issue an imperial edict to reclaim the Southern King's fiefdom and strip him of his throne."

"this?"

"Is this okay?"

Ministers, look at me, and I'll ask you.

"What do you mean, 'can't' or 'can't'?" Physician Hong Linyu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, as regent, is the sovereign; the Prince of the South, exiled, is the subject. If the sovereign commands the subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die..."

Xiao Guizhi nodded and said, "If he does not obey the imperial decree, he will be defying it."

"So what if I defy the imperial decree?" Princess Xie Yanli approached gracefully and said calmly, "Don't forget that Ninth Brother has the Red Cannon."

"..."

The ministers were speechless upon hearing this.

Looking at the promising faces of these ministers, Princess Xie secretly felt contempt.

“Your Highness, this is a matter of national importance, and I shouldn’t be speaking out of turn. But I still have to say something: Don’t forget the poem that Ninth Brother wrote in Lishui City more than a year ago, which contains the line: ‘Why are we fighting amongst ourselves?’”

Xie Yanli ordered the palace maids to put down the tea and snacks, then turned and left.

Xiao Gui seemed to realize what was happening and sighed softly, "Our vision is not as grand as Consort Xie's."

Long Yingkun did not understand the meaning of the emperor's brother-in-law. He thought that his brother-in-law was trying to save face for himself and Consort Xie.

"Second Uncle, what does a woman like her know?" Long Yingkun gently patted the table and said, "I believe Ninth Brother would not dare to disobey the imperial decree, much less rebel."

"Thus, an imperial edict was issued ordering Lishui County to allocate 10,000 dan of grain for disaster relief. At the same time, the Southern King was ordered to bring all of the Long family's troops in the Huangtan area back to the jurisdiction of Lishui County. Failure to comply would be considered disobeying the imperial edict."

Apart from the emperor's brother-in-law, Chopin, everyone else supported it.

While the imperial edict was being drafted, the physician received orders from the regent to immediately dispatch troops to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Lung Ying-kun said in a low voice, "Bring all ten cannons we've acquired to the north bank of the Yellow River."

"Damn it, if he doesn't obey, bombard him a few times to show him that I, the king, also have cannons. Oh, and make a hundred replicas of cannons out of wood, line them up in a row, and let them see them."

The regent, eyeing the Southern King's grain supplies, began planning to reclaim the southeastern Henan region.

A storm was brewing, but the Southern King was unaware, still focused on his plan to bring peace and prosperity to the people.

At the same time the He family was wiped out, a letter and a knife were found on the table in Wang Xuecheng's study.

The seal is evidence that the Wang family and Wang Xuecheng sold grain and tung oil to the Dongjiang Kingdom, and the knife is a gold-hilted short sword that Wang Xuecheng lost during the Qinmen massacre. This was a weapon exclusive to their brotherhood and sect.

The letter ended with the sentence: "I, the King, will not commit the crime of killing nine generations of one's family. As long as you commit suicide in front of the Qin family's grave, the entire royal family can move away and you will be safe."

After finishing breakfast, Wang Xuecheng entered the study and discovered the gold-hilted short sword, which immediately made him tremble with fear.

After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, he muttered to himself, "The truth has come out!"

Two days later, Wang Xuecheng committed suicide at the Qin family ancestral graves located on Changxing Mountain south of Lishui City.

Long Bin ordered that the old man's body be sent back to the Wang family's ancestral home for a proper burial.

When Ma Xiangshui took office as the magistrate of Ruxu County, his desk was piled high with land and house contracts.

These were all left behind by the He and Wang families.

Of course, very few of the Wang family's properties remained; most of their land and buildings were sold off.

Long Bin bid farewell to Fu Yao and their two children and returned to Lishui City.

Throughout the journey, he continuously practiced the martial arts manuals within the transmigration system.

After a short break, I also read through the ancient secrets within the system.

In the section on ancient secrets, there is a section on this day in history.

The time travel system calculates today's history based on the previous life's time.