Wei Wuhou

Chapter 727 There is a storm in Lu County 1
(Updated, broken sleep!!)
The much-anticipated Great Court Meeting passed, but the aftershocks it caused still shook the entire Wei State.

With a total of five edicts, the monarch knocked down nearly one-seventh of the nobles in the Wu'an family in one fell swoop, and all the clans in the family were demoted to one level.

The most frightening thing is that the Xie family, one of the four major families, ended up with the whole family being slaughtered...

What a severe punishment, this is the most common thought of all insiders!

But for the generals and officials who followed Wei Wuji in the army, the news was enough to make people happy. Others suffered, but they were the ones to gain.

After these five edicts, Wei Wuji issued another decree, which was to confer titles on all domestic officials to captains and school lieutenants, and those who had no titles.

Among them, the captain is awarded two levels of nobility, and the school captain is awarded one level of nobility!
This decree is undoubtedly crazy, but it is the easiest way to win the hearts of the army. The backbone of the entire army is these school lieutenants and captains. Wei Wuji thinks it is necessary to win over these people.

At the same time, this method of conferring titles on a large scale is also the fastest way to depreciate the title, so that Wei Wuji can invisibly downplay the influence of the family.

Think about it, when everyone has titles, will the Wu'an family still have such a strong appeal?

When these generals, most of whom were born in poor families, have titles, even if they are low-level titles, they are not worried at all, because the monarch is now enthroned!
If they continue to follow the monarch, they may have the possibility to go one step further, and even rise step by step!

You know, there are already two lords at the first level of title... This can't help but make everyone think that I might not be able to achieve this achievement in decades.

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On the fourth day of July in the 18th year of Marquis Wei, in the south of Wei State, in the Wei State occupied area of ​​Lu State, Xu Anhong just arrived here today!
In this piece of land that belonged to the State of Lu more than a year ago, Xu Anhong stood on the city gate and looked at the far south.

In that direction, the army of Lu State is gathering, and the southern border of Wei State is presumably raging with flames of war again.

But what really disturbed Xu Anhong was the Qi army that had already marched northward. They won the victory in the south, not only defeated the people of Wu, but also brought Xu into their own territory.

But now, Wu State in the south is fighting fiercely with Chu State, which allows Qi State to withdraw!
But this withdrawal means that the pressure on Wei's southern border will increase, and to put it bluntly, the pressure on the Xiangping camp will increase.

Therefore, when Xu Anhong came to Lu County for inspection this time, he also dispatched [-] infantry from the Xiangping camp to ensure the stability of Lu County.

"General Zhu Guo, you have really become the pillar of the country now, your majesty really thinks highly of you!" Just before arriving at the barracks, a general beside Xu Anhong said with emotion.

This general is the chief general of the [-] infantry brought by Xu Anhong. His name is Zeng Shou. He is nearly forty now, and he was only recently conferred the title of Shangzao by Wei Wuji.

Although the title of Shangzao is not low, compared with Xu Anhong's title, it is more than a star and a half.

At this time, Xu Anhong said calmly: "Yes, the pillar of the country, ranks among the lords... has become the ultimate minister!"

This is not bad, Xu Anhong is indeed considered to be the ultimate minister now, and his title and position have reached their peak.

But this is exactly what Xu Anhong is worried about. Such a situation where there is no seal and no reward is actually very dangerous.

Companion king is like companion tiger is not just talking...

When most people in the army were applauding the five edicts, what Xu Anhong saw was the ruthless king behind the edicts!

If Zhaohou is ruthless, then this prince is even more ruthless now... With a few edicts, I don't know how many heads of officials from the Qing family were beheaded.

Wei Wuji was able to deal with these people, so would he deal with someone with high meritorious deeds?

Xu Anhong can give the answer without thinking, this monarch is absolutely capable of doing such a thing!

Back then when the Huns entered the customs twice, Xu Anhong had heard about the secrets, and it seemed that Wei Wuji had allowed himself to do so.

At that time, Wei Wuji was still a son with no military power, and he could do such things in order to gain power, so what else could he not do?

Therefore, Xu Anhong sees his position very clearly, he will not be complacent like some people, but will be more cautious.

When Xu Anhong learned that he was also named king, he immediately sent a memorial to the court to thank him, and at the same time declined the celebration party in Xiangping Daying.

After doing all this, Xu Anhong realized that since the change of the new and old monarchs, he seemed to have changed himself.

Even at this moment Xu Anhong was asking himself, is he still the heroic Xu Zhuguo before?
So Xu Anhong could only comfort himself that he was old, and he would naturally lose his vigor when he was old, so he "relieved".

But deep down in his heart, I have to say that Xu Anhong still has a sense of loss. The monarch he tried to help up is not what he imagined!
Seeing Xu Anhong standing still for a while, Zeng Shouzai next to him couldn't help calling out, "General Zhu Guo...General Zhu Guo?"

Only then did Xu Anhong wake up, he didn't care about his gaffe, and said, "Keep going, we're almost there!"

Only then did Zeng Shou nod his head. Their team still contained [-] infantry, so they had to rush to the city of Lu County as soon as possible.

Zeng Shou also has a restless temperament, so he heard him say: "Zhu Guo, this General Liu Xuanba who is currently stationed in Lu County is really a ruthless person!"

In fact, Xu Anhong didn't want to talk much now, so he casually said, "Oh? What has General Zeng heard?"

Zeng Shou smiled, and then said: "Is this really worth hearing? You see, the Lu people along the way have been subdued. It's very different from three months ago!"

Xu Anhongdao still agrees with this point, Liu Xuanba was sent to Lu County by him, and his work has produced results!

But before Zeng Shou finished speaking, he heard him continue: "The last general heard that after the new general Liu took over the burden of the third son, he instituted severe torture laws in Ludi, and he killed him very much. A group of people!"

Xu Anhong continued: "There is nothing wrong with using heavy codes in troubled times!"

Zeng Shou also nodded, and after seeing him looking around, he carefully leaned into Xu Anhong's ear and said, "And the last general also heard that after Liu Xuanba deprived the third son of his military power, he still persecuted him... ..."

"I heard that when the third son arrived in Wu'an, he was no longer human!" Zeng Shou said regretfully.

Hearing this, Xu Anhong's face changed drastically, and his eyes were full of anger when he looked at Zeng Shou. You can say these words casually?
Regardless of whether the news is true or not, don't you know who is behind Liu Xuanba?When you say that Liu Xuanba persecuted the third son, don't you mean that the monarch of Wu'an persecuted his brothers?

In fact, Xu Anhong had also heard about the matter of the third son Wei Jianlin, but this matter was kept secret by everyone, so they deliberately played it down...not to mention that some people dared to think about it.

So, Xu Anhong said coldly: "General Zeng, do you know the truth that misfortune comes from your mouth?"

General Zhu Guo's expression changed immediately, Zeng Shou was a little bit hard to adapt to, but he still explained: "General, forgive me, the last general is just hearsay, saying this is just to relieve the general's boredom!"

Xu Anhong still said in a cold tone: "General Zeng Shou should not get overjoyed if he won the title. Once such unfavorable words are spread, he will lose his head!"

In order to let Zeng Shou understand the seriousness of the matter, Xu Anhong went on to say: "Don't forget, your majesty has already beheaded many of those people in Wu'an whose titles are several levels higher than yours!"

"The heads of these people are still hanging on the palace gate tower, looking at us living people with open eyes!"

Hearing what Xu Anhong said, Zeng Shou couldn't help shivering...

So he couldn't help but look back at himself, only to realize that he was reckless. He who was immersed in the joy of winning the title these days is really a little bit ignorant!
If those words just now were heard by outsiders, they would be mad... This is simply courting death!
After Zeng Shouduan paid respects to Xu Anhong, he solemnly said: "General, you will finally know your mistake!"

(End of this chapter)