Long live money

The powerful Cao family is also the leader of the invisible alliance of all local forces. Although it is not likely to follow the Cao family, when the Cao family wants to do something and ask other local families to assist, Cao Yuanming's words are almost more useful than the words of the emperor. .

It's just that the Cao family also has some unsatisfactory places. Right now, the Cao family is entrenched in Liaodong. One of the enemies they face is the EU, and the other is Britannia, which is attacking Japan. Neither of them seems to be something he can afford.

Moreover, as a family of local forces, even though the Cao family is the most powerful of all the local forces in the Chinese Empire at present, the inherently weak position is destined to allow the Cao family to stay quietly in Liaodong.

He can't afford to offend Britannia and the EU, and he can't do anything against the emperor, otherwise it will become a situation where the emperor leads the rest of the family to strangle the Cao family in turn.

As the only local aristocratic family that has continued since the founding of the Chinese Empire, the Cao family naturally has its own way of survival.Cao Cao, the ancestor of the Cao family, even left a ancestral instruction. No matter when, the Cao family can never take the initiative to challenge the authority of the emperor, let alone have the slightest rebellious idea of ​​becoming the emperor. At most, they will try to regain the power of the prime minister and hold the emperor To make the princes.

This ancestral precept has also accompanied the Cao family for 800 years. Although there are many generations of Cao family patriarchs who scoff at this ancestral precept like Cao Yuanming, no one dares to violate this ancestral precept for 800 years. Training.

Because gradually, all the Cao family members believed that it was the blessing of the Cao family ancestor Cao Cao and the Cao family's observance of the ancestral precepts that allowed the Cao family to escape the major disasters in history again and again, and it has continued to the present.

Therefore, even though Cao Yuanming, who is currently the head of the Cao family, is dissatisfied with this ancestral precept, he does not dare to violate it in the slightest.Otherwise, his brothers would make Cao Yuanming fall from the position of patriarch on the charge of violating the ancestral precepts, which made all the Cao family members angry.

Originally, Cao Yuanming thought that he would be like the generations of Cao family patriarchs, doomed to be a mediocre emperor of Liaodong all his life, especially now that the Cao family is almost facing a three-way confrontation with the EU and Britannia, which makes Cao Yuanming even more Depressed, his ambition is caught in the middle of the three great empires, how could there be any room to display it?

However, suddenly, even Cao Yuanming couldn't believe it, the opportunity appeared in front of his eyes, which instantly ignited a flame called ambition in his heart.

This is an opportunity.

Although the EU is powerful, Siberia borders the Cao family. Although the EU has garrisons here, the limited number of garrisons is destined to be unable to launch a campaign.

Moreover, if the EU wants to attack the Cao family, it must start from Europe.That would definitely be big news that would shock the entire world, and it would have to be discussed in the EU parliament for several months in advance, so that everyone in the world would know before it could be acted on.

Moreover, if the EU really wants to make a move, it means a complete declaration of war with the Chinese Empire. As a democratic EU, the congressmen are worried about their own votes.The MPs in power at the moment, unless their heads are showing off, how could they take the risk of being abandoned by voters and take the initiative to declare war on that distant Eastern Empire in the Far East?

At the beginning, they fought against the Chinese Federation and paid a huge price to win Siberia. However, the ice and snow of Siberia did not bring much benefit to the EU. This made the group of congressmen who presided over the war with the Chinese Federation have already been kicked out. Names were also nailed to the pillar of shame.

Even if there is still a member who is not open-eyed and really wants to do this, he will definitely be criticized by his competitors in an instant, and the newspapers and magazines will be full of remarks that this member is a warmonger and executioner the next day. .

Therefore, although Cao Yuanming has to worry about the EU, as long as he doesn't empty out his hometown for a long time, then he won't be too worried.

At the same time, Britannia is currently attacking Japan. Although it is winning steadily, it has not completely won Japan after all.Even if Japan is really won, Britannia will definitely fall into the interests of the huge cake of Japan first, and it will definitely not be possible to launch troops against the Chinese Federation in a short time.

Therefore, even if the Cao family has another Britannia as a neighbor, there is no need to worry for the time being.

In other words, Cao Yuanming has time now, although it is not very abundant, but there is a window of time for him to move freely.

But now, the emperor of the Chinese Empire went crazy and offended all the local forces in an instant. Right now, the leaders of all the local forces are meeting with him to ask him, the strongest warlord in the place, to come up with an idea.

Isn't this the best opportunity?

Ambition is expanding, expanding to the point where it is almost uncontrollable.

"Everyone... we need to teach the emperor a lesson."

Finally, Cao Yuanming uttered what he wanted to say the most, and instantly he felt that his thoughts became clear. He had been waiting for this moment for many years, and he had also dreamed about it for many years.

Moreover, what made Cao Yuanming even more happy was that after his words were spoken, the old and young faces on the TV did not show any overly surprised expressions, which meant that everyone present was at least prepared in their hearts. .

Everyone is deeply dissatisfied with the current emperor.

After all, when the Son of Heaven moved to bite the dragon pavilion, it was directly equivalent to declaring war on the local forces, and it was natural for the local forces to fight back.

"However, our teacher is born without a name... How many years has it been since the last time our local government confronted the emperor? If we really do it, it will cost people and money, and if it fails..."

The person who spoke was an old man with a gray beard. He was Kong Shi, the person in charge of the Qilu Military Region.Cao Yuanming looked at him with only a mocking smile in his heart. On the surface, he said that it was a waste of money, but actually he wanted to spend less effort in the next war?After all, Qilu Military Region, as one of the military regions directly bordering the Capital Military Region, would be the first to be affected if a war started.

However, he also expressed the hidden worries in the hearts of the other family owners. Although the army of each family is the capital of each family's life, it also consumes a lot of effort of each family. A little loss will make everyone's heart ache. Is the army destined to burn money?

Moreover, when fighting against the Son of Heaven, the consequences of losing the battle are naturally needless to mention, so what if you win?

The capital military region is still the capital military region. Although the old emperor has a lot of interests, after being divided up by so many local forces, those who get it will probably not be seen by the various patriarchs.

Therefore, fighting against the emperor, no matter the winner or loser, is destined to be a loss-making business.

In other words, if Cao Yuanming wanted to persuade these patriarchs and warlords, he had to give them a reason they could not refuse.

"Everyone," Cao Yuanming cleared his throat, and said, "Today the Son of Heaven can bite the Dragon Pavilion, and tomorrow he can touch our property in Luoyang. And, don't forget that there is a saying that the name is not right and the words are not right."

"If the Zhelong Pavilion is really in the hands of the emperor, then the emperor will issue an order, such as you, brother Kong. The emperor asked you to go to the capital for an appointment. Are you going or not? Everyone, it's hard to say, if the emperor has With the ambition of Emperor Britannia, the Chinese Empire will once again become a veritable empire in the future, what should everyone do?"

The pupils of Kong's old man shrank. The reason why he hesitated was because he was afraid that the loss would be too great and the gain would be too small, which would not be worthwhile.But after Cao Yuanming said this, he realized that if he didn't teach the emperor a lesson this time, and let the emperor grow bigger, once the emperor gradually became stronger, and then attacked their aristocratic families...

Then what awaits them, these local forces, is the result of family destruction!

All the family members seemed to have been reminded by Cao Yuanming's words, and their eyes became suspicious.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be moved, Cao Yuanming knew that he needed to use the last ultimate move.

088 The Last Quiet

"Everyone, this is already a matter of life and death. Once the emperor's desires are beyond control, and the emperor comes to attack us with righteousness, it will be a great disaster at that time. If that day really comes, each of our families will take care of us. Obediently offer up your family fortune, or fight to the death with the emperor?"

"But no matter which one you choose, it will mean that the family's vitality will be severely damaged, and it may even disappear."

Cao Yuanming's words touched everyone's heart, but he was still not satisfied, his tone seemed to become solemn in an instant, and he continued: "My Cao family has lasted for 800 years. Our ancestors fought for the emperor and helped the Jiang family. Climbing to the throne of the Son of Heaven is a feat that is unparalleled. But the ancestors never took credit for pride, but were willing to lead the cold land of Liaodong and continue to guard one side for the Son of Heaven.”

"For 800 years, our Cao family has guarded Liaodong for 800 years. It can be said that our merits are profound. However, our Cao family has always used our ancestors as a model, and we have never taken credit for it, because this is our duty as a courtier. But now The behavior of the Son of Heaven is really chilling, and it is already a big mistake to directly disregard the Constitution."

Cao Yuanming paused, and said: "Thus, considering the rebellion of the great eunuch before, our Cao family has reason to suspect that the emperor is now coerced by others to make such an unwise move. And our Cao family is in order to protect China. The dignity of the Federal Constitution, in order to save the coerced emperor, after a month, an army of 15 will be assembled to send troops to Luoyang."

"Our Cao family wants to clear the king's side!"

As soon as Qing Jun uttered the three words, all the patriarchs of the aristocratic families seemed to feel a chill, a cold killing intent bursting from the steel.

"At that time, no matter whether you are willing to send troops or not, our Cao family will send troops to Luoyang. This is for the patriotic heart of our Cao family and for the future of the Chinese Empire. !"

What Cao Yuanming said was righteous, but at present all the patriarchs of the aristocratic families are old fritters, so they naturally understand what Cao Yuanming is going to say.

The translation of Cao Yuanming's words is, I don't care if you come or not, if you don't come, I will do it alone. I can't deal with Luoyang's 15 Imperial Forest Army with [-] troops?

Also, I have thought about the reasons, that is, the Son of Heaven violated the constitution, and the Son of Heaven was coerced by a villain. No matter which of these two reasons can be used as a reason for Lao Tzu to send troops, if there are these two reasons, he can send troops openly.

Moreover, there is another thing that Cao Yuanming didn't say, but everyone understands it psychologically.

If Cao Yuanming is really allowed to do it alone, and if it succeeds, Luoyang and the emperor will directly fall into Cao Yuanming's control. I am afraid that there will be another Cao II who is holding the emperor to order the world. Speaking of dividing up the interests of Luoyang, I am afraid that Cao Yuanming will have to cede the interests in turn, otherwise Cao Yuanming has a hundred ways to make life difficult for the aristocratic families in these places.

Speaking of this, the old fritters here still don't understand the truth of all this, and they all became excited in an instant, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and wished to go to the side of the Qing emperor in Luoyang to save the old emperor who was deeply in dire straits, so as to show One's own loyalty and patriotism.

As for the hesitation and cunning on a person's face just now, they have long since disappeared.

Soon, this group of loyal and patriotic local family warlords had already concluded a preliminary agreement to send troops.

Time, just one month later, when the Thirteenth Route Army will march together to send troops to Luoyang, on the side of the Qing Emperor!

……

Luoyang, Mo Mo's side is still busy, and the whole Luoyang seems to be quiet.

On Artoria's side, Jiang Shang respectfully handed back the letter of appointment to Arturia that day, without any temper in his eyes, and he looked convinced.

After all, there is a generation of great people behind Artoria with the help. Jiang Shang, who is in the tactical desert world, has seen novel tactics such as mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, blitz warfare, sparrow warfare, annihilation warfare, and destructive warfare. Jiang Shang really didn't have any face to put on a posture in front of Artoria after losing the record.

All the officers who also watched the whole process were equally convinced. Even when they saw an unknown Karen, they seemed to be fascinated by Arturia. Whenever Arturia was free, she would go to ask for advice. Jiang Lihua was depressed all by herself, so she could only pester Mo Mo.

Fortunately, although Mo Mo has a lot of things in his hands, Mo Mo has long developed the habit of being a shopkeeper, arranging things for the people below, so he has time to study and play with Jiang Lihua.

In this way, Mo Mo, with CC and Jiang Lihua, followed by a smiling Yuji, wandering around Luoyang City under the protection of Li Xingke and others in plain clothes disguised frequently appeared in Luoyang City.

Among all the people, there is probably only Mo Mo, the one who can let go, and the lazy woman CC who really doesn't care about anything and hangs around with Mo Mo, waiting to die - although she can't die, she is the most leisurely.

Asuna and Kuroyukihime are following Artoria, and they are undergoing reorganization and training of the special reaction force under the leadership of Artoria. This special reaction force will be produced in a short time in conjunction with Momo. It can be said that it is almost a kind of adaptation from scratch, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Argo has not been idle either, it seems that her nature of mouse merchant has been completely mobilized, and she really intends to start planning her own spy business.And now, at the request of Mo Mo, she has led many people around Luoyang's surrounding areas, and is doing detailed surveying and mapping of Luoyang's surrounding areas.

At present, the rebellious Lelouch world does not have satellites, and the surveying and mapping must be realized by relatively primitive methods. According to Momo's request, Argo needs to draw a detailed map of Luoyang's surroundings, and make detailed marking and calculations for each area , This may be related to an important plan of Momo.

The whole city of Luoyang seems to have gradually felt a kind of vitality. Because a series of factories need to operate at full capacity, it has secretly entered a wartime state. This has also created a large number of jobs, allowing many ordinary people who have not worked for a long time to have job opportunities.

However, under the secret control of Gao Hai and his Jin Yiwei, the whole Luoyang is still in a state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside.But this appearance will definitely not last long. After all, the factory buildings are working overtime day and night. Anyone with a sharp eye will realize what's going on here.

At the same time, news began to spread from various places. Many local elite troops began to change defenses and assemble, prepare and equip weapons, and spokespersons of various local forces began to meet and communicate frequently.Even those who haven't heard the real news can probably guess what's going to happen.

War is coming.

Moreover, this time the war will be fought with the cooperation of all local forces, and the momentum must be very large.What is even more surprising is that the Luoyang Military Region is also actively preparing for battle. It seems that instead of worrying about the gathering of local forces, it seems that they have the idea of ​​competing with local forces.

Does all this mean that it is really going to be a head-on fight?

Then there was further confirmation that the war was really coming!

Compared with the secrecy and quietness of the Luoyang Military Region, the local warlords seem to have no such strong sense of secrecy, or think that there is no need for secrecy at all.The mid-level officers of the army already knew the purpose of this assembly and operation, which was to go straight to the side of Luoyang Qingjun.

In this way, it is equivalent to the fact that the entire local forces know all of this. The local forces know about it. How could the spokesperson of the local forces in the Luoyang Military Region not know about all this?

As a result, under the condition of ensuring the basic tranquility, many spokespersons of local forces, or Luoyang nobles who are inextricably linked with local forces, also began to withdraw from Luoyang quietly. I am afraid that only some of the remaining Luoyang residents, Don't know what's going to happen yet?

As a result, many industries in Luoyang have also begun to be collectively sold at relatively low prices.After all, this is a war, and judging by the current situation, I am afraid that a war will really be fought.

Once the war really breaks out, and the swords and guns have no eyes, maybe a shell falls into the factory and manor of the family, and the original high-value industry becomes a worthless ruin. price.

But at this time, people were surprised to find that the Qilin talent who became famous some time ago not only had the talent to plan the world, but also seemed to be a very rich master himself. Others were anxious to sell Luoyang's wealth, but this Qilin talent turned out to be the opposite. The way to go, buy it all in bulk.

And the Qilin talent is quite generous, and the payment is completely cash, which makes the group of rich people's favor towards the Qilin talent soar. Many people even secretly meet with Mo Mo, tell Mo Mo that Luoyang is about to face a war, and want to persuade Mo Mo to escape together .

For such kind-hearted people who are still somewhat sincere, Mo Mo did an incomprehensible thing instead, that is, directly exchanged all the cash used to buy the property of these kind-hearted people into gold.

Although a few well-meaning people were at a loss, they did not refuse. They thought that Momo probably didn't have enough cash on hand, and it was more convenient to settle with gold.

And the war is about to start right now, and gold in troubled times is easier to be accepted than banknotes. Although these well-meaning people are confused, they are still happy to buy Mo Mo's gold.

The same thing is happening not only in Luoyang City, but also in the entire Luoyang Military Region. It seems that there are many rich people like Mo Mo who are rich but can't see the situation clearly. Acquire the industry of the entire Luoyang Military Region.

This strange phenomenon made many people scratch their heads, but everyone was in a hurry to leave, and no one thought about the reason for all this.

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089 The Great War Is Coming, So Mo Mo Chooses To Show Her Love

Days passed, and both sides were preparing. Although Luoyang City looked old and outdated, there were still many high-ranking officials and nobles. After all, this is the capital of the Chinese Federation, and its popularity should be guaranteed.

However, as the nobles quietly left the area of ​​Luoyang one by one, and more civilians were recruited to work in factories because of the expanding military production, the entire Luoyang city gradually became empty, and even those who had no knowledge gradually realized Here's what's wrong with it.

I'm afraid the only thing that can make people feel at ease is the Qilin talent who appears in Luoyang City from time to time, with a white-haired girl and his green-haired beauty.Many people even started to take the initiative to say hello to Mo Mo. They were relieved to see that a big man like Mo Mo was still there.

"Teacher...are you going to fight?"

Jiang Lihua also seemed to feel this loss, and she seemed to know a lot from various channels, so she took Mo Mo's hand and asked in a low voice.

"Why, does Lihua want to ask something?"

Mo Mo didn't deny Jiang Lihua's question, which made Jiang Lihua seem to understand something. She then asked: "Teacher, why are we fighting? Why are they coming to fight us? Did we do something wrong?"

Mo Mo stroked Jiang Lihua's little head, thinking about how to introduce this cruel world to Jiang Lihua.Although Jiang Lihua is a child, she is basically destined to be the emperor in the future. Mo Mo doesn't want Jiang Lihua to become a princess who lives on the phone. The future of this country still needs her to play a role.

"Lihua, teacher, give me an example."

"Ah."

"If you have a piece of candy in your hand, Kallen is by your side. If you want to eat it, Kallen also wants to eat it. Will you give it to Kallen?"

Jiang Lihua gave the answer almost immediately, saying: "I will feed Kalian, Kalian is my good friend!"

"So, will Karen let you eat?"

"I will definitely, I am also Kallen's good friend!"

Mo Mo smiled slightly and said, "That's right, Lihua, you and Karen are good friends and are willing to share this piece of candy. Then, if there is a little beggar you don't know on the side of the road, would you give him your candy? "

Jiang Lihua hesitated for a second, nodded, and said: "He must have never eaten delicious candy, I have, and I will give it to him."

"Then the teacher asked in turn, do you think the little beggar would give you the candy in his hand?"

This time, Mo Mo finally stopped Jiang Lihua. Jiang Lihua hesitated for a while, shook her head, and said, "Lihua doesn't know...maybe not?"

Mo Mo nodded and said, "That's the truth."

"Lihua, we didn't do anything wrong. If the world was a piece of candy, Lihua, you would like to share the world with others, but others are unwilling to share the world with you. You are willing to let the world share the sweetness of candy, and this There are many bad people in the world who want to take candy in their hands and eat it themselves."

"And your father and I don't want candy to fall into the hands of such bad people, so your father and I want to grab the candy and distribute it to all the people in the world who want to eat candy. Let me say this, Lihua you do you understand?"

Jiang Lihua's eyes lit up, she nodded, her face seemed a little heavy, and she said, "Lihua should understand that they are bad people, and they don't want to share anyway, that's why we want to fight?"

"That's right, Lihua, that's it. As the Son of Heaven, you are willing to share the world with the people in the world, while a small number of people in the world want to take the world for themselves. Such people are your enemies. Tell them It doesn’t make sense, and in the end there is only one way to go to war.”

"Is there... is there no other way, teacher... Lihua is a little scared. Many people died in the palace that day, and Lihua has been having nightmares. Lihua can only fall asleep if she is accompanied by Karen."

Jiang Lihua lowered her voice, it seems that some people's nature is difficult to change, maybe Jiang Lihua has the opportunity to not take on this burden, just being a real and innocent princess, that would be a good life for her, right?

"There is a way."