Prison Dragon

Chapter 143

"I have said so much, but your Majesty still insists on rescinding the contract with Dragon God." Lu Shanjian said.

Yang You shook his head, "You said so much, it's all your own guesswork, there is no evidence to prove it."

"But Your Majesty," Lu Shanjian said displeased, "do you really have to wait for something to happen before regretting it?"

After pondering for a moment, Yang You closed his eyes forcefully, sighed, and then raised his eyes as if trying to convince himself, "I promised him that when I sit on the throne, I will let him go."

Lu Shanjian vaguely sensed something strange from this promise, "That is to say, only the emperor can unlock the formation, right Your Majesty?"

Yang You nodded, "That formation is consuming his dragon energy, and sooner or later he will be trapped to death in the mortal world."

Lu Shanjian nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please think about it, how important is a formation that can only be unraveled by the emperor to the country and family?"

"Furthermore," Lu Shanjian twitched his eyebrows, "For His Majesty, is personal commitment or the safety of the country more important?"

Yang You moved his fingers and licked his lips slowly, feeling extremely anxious in his heart, "Then tell me, what should I do?"

Lu Shanjian raised his head to look at Yang You, and said in a deep voice, "This is a contract and formation that both the ancestors and the Dragon God are willing to forge. Your Majesty does not need to interfere."

Yang You was slightly surprised, then came to his senses, sneered and said, "You let me watch Ao Chen die?"

"It's impossible," he stood up, pacing back and forth on the high platform, "How could I just stand by and watch his death?"

Lu Shanjian said: "Then please think again, Your Majesty, the dragon god is more important, or the people of the world are more important?"

"This is simply incomparable..."

"Your Majesty must balance!" Lu Shanjian said firmly, "The two evils are the lesser."

Yang You was still shaking his head, he was holding on to the armrest of the dragon chair with both hands, his head was lowered, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ao Chen is private, Wanmin is public, one is love, and the other is responsibility.

They couldn't be compared on the same scale, but the formation method connected Ao Chen and the world together, so Yang You had to choose which weight to keep.

Yang You was silent for a long time, and finally said sadly: "I... Anyway, you can watch the formation with me first."

Lu Shanjian smiled, "If your majesty wants to unravel the formation, please forgive me for being powerless. I am not good at learning, and I am ashamed of your majesty."

"You..." Yang You glanced sideways, and Lu Shanjian stood with his head up at the foot of the steps, his eyes were different from the usual gentleness, and finally revealed the inflexible sharpness hidden deep inside.

I really want to help, it doesn't matter whether I have learned it or not, and it's not impossible to read classics.

But Lu Shanjian didn't even read it for Yang You.

"I know, you step back,"

Yang You wondered if he could get the desired information if he forced Lu Shanjian.

He pondered for a long time, even if he could force Lu Shanjian to look at the formation, would he really find a way to break the formation? Even if he found it, would he really say it?

Even if torture is used to make him speak, is what he said true?

Yang You had never learned magic circle numerology, so he couldn't tell the truth from what Lu Shanjian said.

Ao Chen may be able to judge the truth of Lu Shanjian's words, but will the truth be able to unravel the formation?

Maybe Ao Chen himself doesn't know how to unlock the formation.

There are too many uncertain factors, as long as Lu Shanjian doesn't really want to help him, he has countless ways to fool Yang You, and he can even give Yang You a way to speed up Ao Chen's dragon energy consumption.

And Yang You is still waiting for him to preside over the reform.

"You can rest assured and prepare for the restructuring of the scientific examination system." Yang You finally had to compromise.

Lu Shanjian nodded and retreated, he seemed uneasy before leaving, and glanced at Yang You.

Yang You sat alone in the dark hall, curled up on the dragon chair, covering his face helplessly, and fell into tangled and painful contemplation.

A cold hand caressed the back of his neck.

"Ao Chen?" Yang You took a deep breath, let out all the bitterness on his face, smiled and looked up at him.

Ao Chen knelt on the dragon chair with one leg, and leaned down to hug him. The two got very close, and while they were rubbing each other's ears, Yang You raised his head and kissed him on the chin, "Did you hear that?"

Ao Chen nodded, he thought that Lu Shanjian and Yang You knew the true meaning of the formation, but it seemed that they hadn't noticed it yet.

Also, for mortals, it is difficult for them to discern the true meaning of the formation.

Yang You murmured: "If he doesn't help me, then I'll go find someone else, Daoist Hongguang, and others. I don't believe it. Is he the only one in the world who knows the way?"

"It's really only him." Ao Chen said, "His level is the best. He is not like you. He is a lucky person with dragon energy. He can see me with the naked eye only by practicing. I am afraid that he will not be able to see me for a hundred years. It’s rare to see. There’s nothing else we can do when others come.”

"Then what should we do?" Yang You asked blankly, leaning his back into Ao Chen's arms.

Ao Chen simply bent his knees and sat on the dragon chair, hugging him from behind.

Yang You said: "You can't remember, Lu Shanjian won't help me, and I don't know what to do..."

"It's okay." Ao Chen raised his hand and touched Yang You's face indiscriminately, pinching his cheek, "Anyway, it's hard to understand, take your time."

Yang You held Ao Chen's hand, and the delicate touch of his skin came from the palm of his hand. He always felt very guilty in his heart, "I'm sorry."

He could only say this, and kept apologizing to Ao Chen.

"You didn't apologize to me." Ao Chen said with a smile.

Since no one can help, I had to check it myself.

Yang You secretly made up his mind.

But before he could do anything, there were more difficult things soon.

In the first year of Guangde after the yuan change, within a few days of March, it was Yang You's birthday.

His birthday happened to be in the cold food season, so he couldn't make a big deal of it. After finally persuading the minister to dismiss the idea of ​​extravagant birthday banquet, a new problem was brought up for discussion.

——Nafei.

Yang You shook his head helplessly as he looked at the pile of papers in front of him urging him to spread favors and give birth to dragon heirs.

Cui Yan and Liu Hui were discussing with him the outline of this year's bureaucratic reform. Seeing his troubled expression, Liu Hui said clearly, "It's another note to urge Your Majesty to accept a concubine."

Yang You sighed, "When will I even talk about my private affairs?"

Liu Hui said with a smile: "They are just persuading, after all, there is no one in His Majesty's harem, and there are always people watching those positions. If you are afraid that they will write letters every day, it is better to find a few women you like and bring them into the palace."

What he said made Yang You feel a little uncomfortable, why would he find a few women he likes?

Put it in the palace to raise Gu?

Let them and their children live the life that Yang You and Li Fei lived, and then kill each other?

"You don't understand," Yang You threw the memorial aside, "I can't bear to let them enter the palace to live a hard life."

Cui Yan laughed when he heard the words, "There are countless women in the world who are looking forward to entering the palace. The palace has no worries about food and clothing, and the status is also high. Why does your majesty talk about hard times?"

Now Yang You really thinks that they don't understand, the world is envious of the prosperous Miyagi, but they don't know how many dead bones are buried in the palace.

His childhood was indeed well-fed, but far from being happy.

"Don't mention this matter again in the future, I have my own measure." Yang You said.

Hearing this, Liu Hui gave him a meaningful look.

"Okay, let's talk about the business." Yang You cleared his throat, "I said before that we should take a good look at the family's problems. How to solve this?"

Cui Yan seemed to come from a great family, even one of the best in the world, and he knew that Yang You's attitude towards the family was very unfriendly.

I heard that in the southwest region, before Yang You came, there were dozens of families, large and small.

But during the ten years when Yang You was in power, these aristocratic families were either copied by Yang You, or they were used by him to get smaller and smaller. In the end, there were only a handful of families left, all under Yang You's control.

Although he has a good attitude towards King An and Yang Lun, his attitude towards the Wu family is extremely bad. Once the Wu family fell, there would be no big family in the southwest.

Of course, Yang You's reason for dealing with the aristocratic family has always been that the aristocratic family does not obey the imperial court's decree, but if the aristocratic family listens to the imperial court's decree, can it still be called an aristocratic family?

If the country makes a mistake, the aristocratic family will correct it.

He naturally disapproved of Yang You's attitude of weakening the aristocratic family. Cui Yan said: "Your Majesty, the aristocratic family is the foundation of the country. When the great ancestor Yang Shuo raised his army, he had the help of the twenty aristocratic families in Yunmengze to achieve the great cause of Qi today. The aristocratic family helps each other, lest the foundation of the country is unstable! The aristocratic family and the reunion of the villagers can make the government's government clear in the smallest details, and even provide talents..."

He eloquently talked about the relationship between many aristocratic families and the court, and Yang You listened patiently. In fact, this was also his intention.

He needs to understand what those who support the family think.

Cui Yan spoke dryly, and Yang You also acted like he was being educated. After talking to him a few words, he asked Liu Hui to stay, and discussed the issue of conscripting troops from Shu to defend the border in autumn.

After Cui Yan left, Liu Hui showed displeasure.

Yang You also sighed, "The aristocratic family...is really a tough nut to crack."

Liu Wu was born as a commoner, and he was often squeezed out by the aristocratic family. If he hadn't been capable enough, had a lot of life, and fought many tough battles, he really wouldn't be able to be a Jiedushi.

The old rule of Qi State is that generals go out to be prime ministers, and many Jiedu envoys can often enter the court in the end, becoming prime ministers with one person under one person and over ten thousand people, and taking charge of the government affairs.

But Liu Wu insisted on staying at Jiannan Jiedushi all the time, without any changes, and even almost got knocked down a few times.

Therefore, when it comes to aristocratic families, the Liu family who was born as a commoner unexpectedly stood on the same front as Ao Chen.

Yang Youdao, "I want to start with the favor of the family. In the future, all disciples of the family who have received the shadow of their ancestors, except the eldest son, must be at least 15 years old, and their brothers and nephews must be at least 20 years old. .”

Liu Hui nodded, "It's best to start from the side branch, and it shouldn't be too much obstruction."

Yang You continued: "The official positions that are vacant while waiting for the children of the aristocratic family to expire, those who can be reduced will be reduced, and those who cannot be reduced will be given to others."

The two discussed for a while, and after a preliminary determination of the plan, Liu Hui wrote it down.

Yang You looked at Liu Hui and sighed suddenly, "I really hope to meet Lord Shang, the road to reform is difficult, and there must be an extraordinary person to lead the way."

Liu Hui glanced at him several times, but he wasn't thinking about Shang Jun. He thought for a long time before he said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to accept a concubine, but because of his love for General Yang?"