After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

King Zhenbei's knowledge and interest were rewarded by Yu Zizhen, but at the same time he also received great dissatisfaction from his family members and tribesmen.

Princess Zhenbei was dissatisfied that King Zhenbei did not take advantage of the natural advantages of his father's status to suppress Yu Zizhen. She felt that she and King Zhenbei were fully qualified to take the initiative in Yu Zizhen's marriage.

That damn girl must either accept the husband they arranged, or be prepared to cut off her flesh and blood for her own marriage, and make large-scale concessions to the Zhenbei Palace.

What the damn girl actually said when she refused to upgrade the title of King Zhenbei, "After Yu Zi married a wife and had a child, he gave his second son a title of second-class marquis, but the price is that the child will have to stay in the capital in the future." Exchange the title of a second-class marquis who can only live in the capital permanently for the title of prince of Zhenbei Palace. Oh, that damn girl is really shameless.

Princess Zhenbei actually knew very well that at that time, it was because the situation was stronger than others. When they felt that the deal was not worthwhile, they still pinched their noses and compromised with Yu Zizhen.

Just like merchants would take the initiative to offer benefits when facing high-ranking officials and generals, what they did when Zhenbei Palace was actually doing the same thing was to cede benefits for the sake of peace.

But intellectually she understood, but that didn't mean that emotionally she could accept this fact smoothly and naturally.

After swallowing this breath for a short time, Princess Zhenbei has been racking her brains to figure out how to regain the victory.

And Yu Zizhen's marriage is obviously her best opportunity to counterattack.

She waited, hoped, and kept making calculations in her heart, but before she could have a fierce confrontation with Yu Zizhen on this matter as she had imagined, Yu Zizhen was... Married!

Princess Zhenbei was not only angry about Yu Zizhen's deviance, but she was even more angry that King Zhenbei actually let go of the great opportunity in front of her.

Like her, there were many people who were resentful towards King Zhenbei.

Princess Zhenbei only has one son, Yu Zicheng. With the empress Yu Zizhen here, as long as Yu Zicheng lives, the position of King Zhenbei will definitely belong to him in the future.

On the other hand, if Yu Zicheng was killed by their greed for profit, then given Yu Zicheng's character, there is a high probability that what Yu Zicheng's other brothers would receive after his death was not a title, but a coffin for Yu Zicheng's burial.

The concubines and concubines of King Zhenbei didn't think that Yu Zizhen would let his concubine replace Yu Zicheng as the future King of Zhenbei for the sake of King Zhenbei's face.

In other words, as long as Yu Zizhen still sits in that position, Yu Zicheng does not have to worry about his future life at all, but what about the concubines and concubines of King Zhenbei? What do they have?
When Yu Zizhen refused to raise the title of King Zhenbei to the prince level, the compensation given was specified to be given to Yu Zizhen as the second son, not to the second son of King Zhenbei. Here and outside, Yu Zizhen made the distinction much clearer than King Zhenbei. .

Due to her decision, the concubines and concubines of King Zhenbei no longer expected that Yu Zizhen would give them a title when he ascended the throne for the sake of blood and family ties, so that they could enjoy the "one person has the right to the right". , the blessing of chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.”

Since they knew that it was impossible to get the benefits in vain, of course they were even more unwilling to let go of the opportunity to exchange benefits with Yu Zizhen.

But unfortunately, their good father didn't react at all as a father should when it came to matters such as marriage, which could be handled openly and honestly by Yu Zizhen. The longed-for glory and wealth once again grew wings and flew away on its own. How could the concubines and concubines of King Zhenbei not feel heartbroken?
As for the clansmen of King Zhenbei, in their view, since Yu Zizhen came to power, they are proper royal clan members. According to the practices left by previous dynasties, Yu Zizhen should reward a group of her own clan members no matter what. elder.

Many members of the Yu clan who are the same generation as King Zhenbei, or one or even two generations older than King Zhenbei, are still dreaming about the dream of chickens and dogs ascending to heaven, especially those who are related by blood to Yu Zizhen. People who are closely related to the Zhenbei Palace have their sights set on cracking the earth and sealing the king.

However, they had had this sweet dream for less than three months, but the news coming from the capital had completely shattered everyone's dreams and hearts.

What's going on? It's actually very simple to say. It's just Yu Zizhen who doesn't act according to common sense. He has no intention of sealing the clan or activating the clan.

Relying on his strong strength and high prestige, the new emperor of China directly threw aside all the Yu clan members who were from the same lineage as her, and completely ignored them.

Not to mention granting them several titles, she even temporarily handed over the position of Zongzheng, which had always been held by the clan, to her trusted confidants.

The position of Zongzheng can be filled by outsiders, how can the Yu clan expect her to give them other positions for the sake of their kinship?

The people of the Yu clan, who knew they had little hope, immediately became dissatisfied with King Zhenbei after the bad news reached the northern border.

They subconsciously ignored the fact that they had made no contribution to Yu Zizhen at all. A group of Yu clan members who were still waiting for the glory and wealth to fall on their heads wrote letters one after another to condemn King Zhenbei for disregarding the interests of the family.

King Zhenbei's reaction to his wife, concubines, children, and clan members' in-laws was already expected. It was not true that he did not consider his wives, concubines, children, and clan members' in-laws at all.

But the question is, can he defend them in front of Yu Zizhen? Did they play any positive role in Yu Zizhen's journey of hegemony?
They can selectively forget that they support King Zhenbei, her enemy who competes with Yu Zizhen in the world, because this kind of deliberate forgetfulness is more beneficial to them.

But the question is, is Yu Zizhen a fool?
She didn't even have any selfish motives when she awarded awards to her heroes, and she didn't do anything biased or irritating because of her own likes and dislikes. How could she possibly award those members of the Yu clan who were originally on the opposite side of her? ?

The King of Zhenbei did not dare to talk to Yu Zizhen about blood ties, filial piety, and common sense. He was fully confident that as long as he spoke, Yu Zizhen would dare to slap all the Yu clan members in the face.

As a heroic figure who once sat on the throne of the emperor in the plot of the original book, King Zhenbei knows the underlying rules of this world very well.

Blood ties, relationships, legal principles, ethics, none of these things can really determine a person's future.

What can really determine a person's future is always the hardest "truth" in the world, that is, the value of force that a person possesses. (End of chapter)