Chapter 764: The Laugh of the Verdict, the Choice of Advance and Retreat
; There is a peculiar law following the court in Zhongzhou, that is, if the corners of the mouth of the nine princes are slightly raised when they go to court, the legs of officials with bad deeds such as corruption and bribery will tremble secretly, and the court will remain silent, waiting for the birth of the lucky one, and the nine princes will order people to recite the evidence of the crime aloud above the court, and before the edict is half, there will be people among the hundred officials who kneel down in despair and wait for the emperor's verdict.
The corrupt officials were unaware of it, without the review of the criminal department and the inspection of the officials, the evidence of the crime fell into the hands of the nine princes unconsciously, and all that awaited them was to confess their guilt and beg for mercy.
The Nine Princes are like omniscient immortals, who can debunk their bad deeds with the touch of a finger.
Moreover, among the officials who were sentenced were the nobles of the three dynasties, the Ji family, and the meritorious ministers. The Nine Princes never took into account the hidden forces behind them, once the evidence of the crime was confirmed, the pleading people sat together, the dissatisfied were punished, and the voice of dissatisfaction always disappeared quietly.
The iron face of the ninth prince makes the ministers unable to see his joys, sorrows, sorrows, and sorrows, the only thing that can be observed is the corners of his mouth, but just observing the corners of his mouth, he can't tell what he means by laughing, whether it is a sneer, ridicule or a smile of relief, no one among the ministers will be stupid enough to speculate on the mind of the ninth prince, clean officials, good officials are strict with themselves, corrupt officials, traitorous officials can only pray for the smile of the ruling not to appear.
No one dared to question the story of the Nine Princes, and no one dared to question the decisiveness of the Nine Princes. Haige and other old ministers finally realized that every expression of their emperor had a bloody aura that dominated the world, and how many high-ranking officials and nobles and the blood of the Ji family clan flowed under the dragon chair of the ninth prince, but everything was like his black dragon robe, more blood would only make the black more profound, and there was no trace of blood in the bloody breath of the sky, no one knew how much blood would flow under his dragon robe, what they could see was that Zhongzhou was gradually becoming stronger, the government and the opposition were clear, and the treasury was full.
They can never guess what the ninth prince will do next, just like those corrupt officials, the court can see that it is always a result, and they can never guess or know the process, and even if they are involved, they don't know it.
In the eyes of hundreds of officials, good or bad seems to be indefinite in the eyes of Jiugongzi, and the bad in the eyes of ordinary people may be good in the eyes of Jiugongzi, and the good that ordinary people think may be bad in the eyes of Jiugongzi, or even evil.
Moreover, there is no record of the Nine Princes in all the records of Zhongzhou, and the hundred officials know nothing about the Nine Princes, and there is no basis for judgment, so they can only do their best to do what they are responsible for, and do the things that the Nine Princes give them with all their hearts.
The war between the four princes and the seven princes of Nanzhou has just eased, and the nine princes sent people to take over the ten cities of Nanzhou that were negotiated, and the nine princes sent people to take over the cities at this time is not only to expand the territory of Zhongzhou, but also to cut the land of the four princes in the conclusive legend, and put the four princes in the midst of verbal criticism, in order to give Beiyuan and the seven princes a chance to breathe, the consumption of Nanzhou must not be achieved overnight, if you want to annex Nanzhou as soon as possible, in addition to continuously improving the national strength of Zhongzhou, but also to continuously increase the internal friction of Nanzhou, and this time Beiyuan is involved, you can also waste a lot of Beiyuan's national strength。
Therefore, the ninth prince will definitely not easily let the internal fighting in Nanzhou easily subside, the ninth prince ordered people to take the agreement signed with the four princes of Nanzhou, one by one to receive the ten cities, although the four princes have grievances in their hearts, but in the face of the joint efforts of Beiyuan and the seven princes, they are helpless, so they can only let the nine princes send people to receive the ten cities of Nanzhou.
How could the Seven Princes let go of such a good opportunity, leading the Nanzhou Iron Cavalry and the Beiyuan border defenders to recapture the city in the hands of the Four Princes, the Four Princes because of the land cut ten cities to Zhongzhou, for the guards stationed on the border of Zhongzhou, it was a betrayal, and the city they defended with blood was easily given to Zhongzhou by the Four Princes, the military was unstable, and the morale was damaged, and soon the Seven Princes forced the Four Princes back to close to the original junction.
The four princes were infamous in vain and lost ten cities, and he could only take this account back from the seven princes, so in the face of the attack of the seven princes, the four princes strictly ordered the defenders to swear to hold the city, and the defenders who lost the city were severely punished by the four princes, and the majesty of the four princes coupled with the aggressiveness of the seven princes, the four princes finally temporarily stabilized the decline.
。 (7) (8) Chinese network update fastest ωωω.(7) (8) zω.cδм King Beiyuan learned that the fourth prince and the seventh prince formed a stalemate tug-of-war battle, he knew that he was fooled, if the fourth prince and the seventh prince have been deadlocked, the North Abyss Iron Horse will also be chained in the South Continent, hundreds of thousands of casualties and consumption of the Iron Horse for the lack of national strength of the North Abyss is also a lot of attrition, continuous attrition, the North Abyss can only increase trade with the Middle Continent, so it will only continue to consolidate the strength of the Central Continent, and now the North Abyss Iron Horse has been involved, if this matter is withdrawn from the Iron Horse, it is impossible to unite with the South Continent against the Central Continent, and now the situation in the North Abyss is in a dilemma.
The ninth prince prepared fifty carts of grain and grass as a thank you gift for the four princes and ten cities, although the nine princes were a little gloating in this move, but at this time the grain and grass were in urgent need of the four princes, and the four princes could only grit their teeth and endure the humiliation to accept fifty carts of grain and grass, with fifty carts of grain and grass, the defense line in the hands of the four princes was more stable, and the stalemate was intensifying.
Although the two armies fought, but in the face of the Beiyuan people's cruel treatment of the Zhongzhou border army, which was also a Nanzhou people, the soldiers of the Beiyuan border army were all angry, and the two sides repeatedly rubbed each other.
The Seventh Prince had to stop the offensive, so he could only temporarily resolve the contradictions between the two armies, strictly restrain the officers and men of the two armies, and temporarily stabilize the current situation before making plans.
When Yuequan's spies secretly entered the palace and met with the Ninth Prince, the three Spring Lords and the two Sword Venerables, the candle dragon said with concern: "How is it? Is there any news from the King of Beiyuan?" The Nine Princes said: "The King of Beiyuan has made up his mind?" The spy said: "The King of Beiyuan has secretly formed an embassy, preparing to disguise himself as a trade caravan, and secretly meet the four princes of Nanzhou!" The Nine Princes said: "You let people keep an eye on the mission disguised as a caravan, and once you enter the territory of Nanzhou, you will find a way to reach the ears of the Seven Princes!" The spy said respectfully: "Yes!" The spies left, and the ninth prince said: "Three, after the envoy of the king of Beiyuan enters Nanzhou, you will send people to ambush the king of Beiyuan and the Beiyuan army in Nanzhou on the border of Beiyuan and Nanzhou, so that the 200,000 Beiyuan iron cavalry will become a lonely army! As His Majesty expected, Beiyuan was in a dilemma, the war in Nanzhou was scorching, and the king of Beiyuan was a little unable to consume, so he was ready to turn to help the four princes, and the inside and outside should be combined to quickly end the war in Nanzhou, and then unite with the four princes, but unfortunately the king of Beiyuan was a little too naïve!" Let the spies release the news more secretly, the seven princes of Nanzhou are also smart people, and they may have thought that Beiyuan would turn to help his fourth brother, and he should have been on guard, so don't let him see that we are deliberately revealing the news to them, and you must be careful to help each other secretly in the Valley of Forgetfulness, especially those who ambush and kill must be careful! Blocking the news is important, but revealing the identity may make the two of Nanzhou stop the civil war and turn to the outside world!" Ying Long said:" Don't worry, even if the people we send are exposed, it will only reveal that they are the people who hate the Mountain Wind Breath Valley!We have already received the news that Twilight Cen has rushed back to the Valley of Forgotten Sorrows to thoroughly investigate the matter of his grandson, and it should soon be found out about the body of the Valley of Wind Breath, so Your Majesty can rest assured!" The Ninth Prince nodded.