What really made Xiao Yueze feel unwilling was the news that Yu Yalan had given birth to triplets for Song Xi.

He once had the opportunity to get such a woman, but there seemed to be some lack of fate between the two.

Over the years, the northern commerce and agriculture run by the Yu family have prospered, and the wealth they have earned is enough to make anyone jealous. There is no discord with Song Xi, and the husband and wife have been in love for ten years.

Mrs. Yu was beautiful, demure, and intelligent, and she would never be forgotten by him even after seeing her once.

If he also has such a virtuous wife, why worry about failing to achieve great things? Why worry about the country not being prosperous!

And Song Xi was just a rebel who had his family ruined. How lucky he was to marry such a perfect wife. Xiao Yueze had to have wind and rain in his life. This was the first time that he felt jealous of others.

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"What's going on over there in Jinling?" Xiao Yueze, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly asked.

The two subordinates standing nearby were stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "The emperor's condition has worsened and he has recently begun to rest in bed. Queen Qiao and the third prince are both well, and there is nothing serious in the court."

Xiao Yueze nodded calmly and asked: "How is the development of firecrackers and cannons?"

Xiao An replied: "The weapons supervisor said that these two items do not have real objects as reference, and it is not easy to develop them based on the drawings. They have a little clue now, but it will take a lot of time to actually develop them."

Xiao Yueze pursed his lips, as if he was not satisfied with the result.

Xiao An then turned to talk about another good news: "The plague prescription brought back by the prince from Yuzhou is very good. Military doctors have used it on the people of Baochang County. At present, all the sick people in the county have recovered. According to the military doctors

Research shows that this prescription can also cure many diseases of the same type, so it is very valuable for inclusion."

Baochang County is located in Lingnan and was the real source of the previous plague in Yuzhou.

In order to develop plague weapons, the Xiao family accidentally made the entire county sick. Later, they relied on force to blockade the disease and managed to control the epidemic within one county.

Now that special treatments are available, the crisis in Baochang County can be successfully resolved.

Xiao Yueze felt relieved after hearing this, but at the same time he felt a little unhappy.

Why are the military doctors of the Xiao family not as good as the military doctors of the Song family? Even the prescriptions for plague have to be obtained by him personally?

Could it be that you have been pampered for too long and don't know how to make progress, so you are so far behind the enemy?

"Send a group of spies to sneak into the north to see if they can bribe some doctors from Jiren Medical Center. The military doctors of the Xiao family can't continue to slack off, otherwise how many people can be saved on the battlefield?"

Xiao Yueze suddenly felt depressed and didn't want to listen to the useless nonsense from his subordinates. He walked out of the study and went to the courtyard, looking at the lush podocarpus and thinking to himself.

The result of this plan to go north was not as expected, but it allowed him to further understand Song Xi's strength.

The Xiao family is not yet in a position to engage in a decisive battle with the opponent, and must think twice before making any future plans.

However, if Song Xi thought that conquering the Central Plains would allow the Great Zhou Dynasty to change its owner, then he would definitely fall into a big trap in the future.

Many big families in the Central Plains and the South are not easy to deal with, and there are also the Cao gang forces entrenched in major docks. All of those guys are cannibals who eat people without spitting out their bones. No matter how many upright and strong officials are dispatched to control them,

The end result is either being corrupted and assimilated, or dying tragically inexplicably, with no one to collect the body.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yueze's mood began to clear up.

Let Song Xi fight to the death with the Aristocratic Family and the Cao Gang. Maybe the Xiao family can reap some benefits from this!

Regardless of the country or the beauty, whatever escapes from his hands will one day return to his hands!

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Longhe six years, early spring.

Emperor Longhe, who was bedridden, suddenly died of a headache.

The Jinling court announced the mourning to the world, announcing that the funeral would be simple and that he would be buried on the spot in Jinling.

The day after the funeral, Queen Qiao took out the imperial edict and supported her youngest son to ascend to the throne with the support of the Duke of Qing and the Prince of Zhennan.

Wu Chengxiao, who was less than three years old, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. At the same time, he changed his reign title to Xingyuan, and his mother Qiao was named Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Qiao listened behind the curtain and appointed Xiao Shengxiong, the king of Zhennan, as regent on behalf of the young emperor. At the same time, she handed over all the military power in the south to the Xiao family and ordered Xiao Shengxiong and Xiao Yueze and their sons to take charge of all military and political affairs.

The Jinling government and the public were in great shock, and many nobles and old royalist officials dared not speak out in anger.

The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was barely surviving, and all the Wu clan members who dared to oppose were assassinated and killed by a mysterious force.

In the summer of the same year, the northern and central plains issued condemnation notices.

Song Xi exposed the Xiao family's conspiracy to the world, ridiculing the regent and his son for killing the heirs of the Wu family, and the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty was destroyed in name only.

The current Emperor Xingyuan is the evil son of Xiao Yueze and Queen Qiao, and the real bloodline of the Wu family has been slaughtered to death long ago.

The name Chengxiao, the reign title of Xingyuan, and the similar appearance of the young emperor to the Xiao family all exposed the ambition of the Xiao family.

The sycophantic Xiao family dared to hold the emperor hostage to order the princes, and his intention to rebel was clearly revealed!

The Xiao family's father and son committed serious crimes. A few years ago, they destroyed the Gaoping Dam and flooded tens of thousands of households. They also spread a plague that caused corpses to lie thousands of miles away in Yuzhou. They confounded the blood of the royal family and usurped the throne. It was truly unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial, and the worst evil!

Song Xi announced in the capital that the Song family and his subordinates would no longer obey the orders of the Jinling court. At the same time, more than a dozen provinces under their jurisdiction would no longer belong to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Song family and the regent and his son were at odds with each other and would one day duel on the battlefield.

Song Xi's article on the list quickly spread throughout the country, causing a lot of discussion both inside and outside the court.

The dignitaries of the aristocratic family finally understood that this was a formal declaration of opposition between the North and the South.

The Xiao family father and son were so angry that they had no choice but to publish an article in Jinling condemning the rebellious officials and traitors to counterattack. However, the accusations were all false and were intended to stigmatize Song Xi.

Song Xi ignored the small actions of the Xiao family and focused on taking care of the government affairs of the area.

A few months later, he established a Salt Department, a Logistics Department and an Agricultural Management Office in each province under his jurisdiction to manage salt affairs, freight and agriculture-related matters respectively.

This move touched upon the fundamental interests of many aristocratic families and gangs, and encountered great resistance during its implementation.

But Song Xi and Yu Yalan are determined and will carry out their actions to the end even if they use tough measures.

The following year, after the Qingming Festival sacrifice.

Song Xi asked the barber robot to cut his hair into a refreshing, modern short haircut, and also asked all his two million soldiers to have their hair cut into a straight-cut hairstyle.

New military uniforms and new training programs were launched together, and the selection and training of naval officers were also carried out to make adequate preparations for future campaigns in the south and even overseas.

The soldiers were not used to having too short hair at first, but after a few days of training, they all praised the "monk's head" for its convenience. Once the hair grows longer, it will be trimmed on its own without the need for extra urging on the mountain.

Song Xi's haircut caused quite a stir in the north and the Central Plains.

People from all walks of life have different interpretations, which is very interesting to hear.

The common people believed that the prince of Song Dynasty was sincere and filial, so cutting off his hair must be to pay tribute to his deceased relatives. Some scholars from poor families wrote poems to praise him, which made people laugh and cry, and they didn't know how to respond.

Many aristocratic families criticized and reviled Song Xi, citing the Filial Piety Classic, saying that Song Xi was against moral standards and that parents should not harm his body, hair, and skin at will.
Chapter completed!