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Chapter 177 Chu Zhenzhou became anxious and ordered the nobles to take action!

"Your Highness, it is absolutely true! I have seen it with my own eyes. The people in the south now worship the Seventh Prince as a god, and are praising his merits everywhere."

The spy was so frightened by Chu Zhenzhou's power that he trembled and stammered.

"Snapped!"

Chu Zhenzhou kicked over the desk beside him.

"Damn it! This damn Chu Yang, where did he get so much money? Does he think he can buy people's hearts like this? It's just wishful thinking!"

Chu Zhenzhou roared in frustration, his heart filled with jealousy and anger.

He never expected that he would be at a disadvantage as soon as he started fighting with Chu Yang.

Originally, he thought that relying on his power in the court and the seal of Emperor Yongning, it would be easy to get rid of Chu Yang.

But he never expected that Chu Yang would actually use such a trick to cut off the source of the problem, directly win people's hearts and put himself in a passive position.

"Your Highness, please calm down. The most urgent thing right now is to find a way to deal with it!"

At this time, a middle-aged scholar wearing a green robe and a Confucian scarf stepped forward and said with a bow.

This man's name is Liu Ji. He is Chu Zhenzhou's chief strategist and is known for his resourcefulness.

"Mr. Liu, tell me, what should we do now?"

Chu Zhenzhou suppressed the anger in his heart, turned to look at Liu Ji, and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Ji smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said: "Your Highness, the Seventh Prince's move seems brilliant, but in fact it is full of flaws."

"Oh? What do you mean, sir?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Zhenzhou immediately became interested and asked quickly.

"Your Highness, think about it. How can the Seventh Prince, a vassal king far away in the south, get so much money and food to buy people's hearts?"

A gleam of light flashed in Liu Ji's eyes.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Chu Zhenzhou frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something, but was a little uncertain.

"That's right, His Highness the Seventh Prince must have robbed and extorted the nobles, so that he had the money to buy people's hearts."

Liu Ji said affirmatively, "Your Highness, as long as you spread the news, then those noble families will unite to deal with Your Highness without us having to do anything."

"Wonderful! Sir, this is a very clever plan!"

When Chu Zhenzhou heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but applaud.

"As long as we spread some more rumors, saying that the Seventh Prince is plotting something bad, intending to rebel, and also suppressing the major noble families, then those noble families will take action! I'm afraid no one in the world can save us."

The more Chu Zhenzhou thought about it, the more excited he became, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Your Highness is wise!"

When Liu Ji saw this, a barely perceptible look of contempt flashed across his eyes, but he remained calm and complimented him.

"Come here, pass the order down immediately and do as Mr. Liu said!"

Chu Zhenzhou couldn't wait to give the order, as if he had already seen the scene of Chu Yang being disgraced and being criticized by thousands of people.

For a while.

The nobles of the Great Zhou were terrified.

Dozens of men in luxurious clothes gathered in a magnificent mansion.

All of these people were the heads of famous aristocratic families in the Great Zhou. At this moment, their faces were filled with solemnity.

"Everyone, I'm sure you've all heard about what happened in the south?"

An old man spoke slowly, a gleam of light flashing in his turbid eyes.

"Humph, that Chu Yang is really ignorant of his own limitations. He actually dares to openly oppose us!"

A burly man snorted angrily, his tone full of disdain.

"Master Wang, please be patient. I also think this matter is strange."

Another thin man said, "Chu Yang is far away in the southern border, where does he get so much money and food to buy people's hearts? Could it be that he really took it from the people as the prince said?"

"Haha, is Patriarch Li getting old and confused? That's millions of taels of silver, not a small amount. Even if Chu Yang emptied Qiongzhou, he couldn't come up with that much money!"

At this time, the old man slowly said: "In my opinion, most of this money was robbed from Japan!"

"What Patriarch Wang said makes sense!"

Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with this statement.

At this time, the old man who had spoken earlier spoke again: "But everyone, this mountain of gold and silver will eventually be emptied, we can't just sit there and wait for death!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone suddenly became quiet and all looked at the old man.

"Then according to Patriarch Liu, how should we deal with this?"

"Simple, since Chu Yang wants to play with us, then we should play with him!"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed across the eyes of the head of the Liu family. "Pass the order down, and have each family withdraw part of their assets from the south and wait and see what happens!"

"Master Liu is wise!" everyone echoed.

at the same time.

Qiongzhou, thousands of miles away.

Chu Yang was discussing future development plans with Xun Yu.

"Sir, what do you think our next move should be?"

Chu Yang asked, his tone full of anticipation.

Xun Yu smiled slightly and said while stroking his beard.

"Your Highness, now that the Great Zhou Dynasty is in ruins and the people are living in poverty, it is a great opportunity for us to recruit talents and accumulate strength."

Xun Yu's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, "We can follow the example of the ancient sages, open up channels for communication, recruit talents from all over the world, and at the same time vigorously develop the economy and improve people's livelihood. In this way, why worry about not achieving great things?"

Chu Yang's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he couldn't help but applaud.

"Sir, this is a brilliant plan! I will issue an order right now to recruit talented people from all over the world to work together for great things!"

at this time.

A personal soldier hurried in, knelt on one knee, and reported: "Your Highness, something terrible has happened. Those nobles in the south...they..."

"What happened to them? Tell me quickly!"

Chu Yang frowned, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

“They have removed some industries and many shops have closed!”

The personal soldier said tremblingly, afraid of angering Chu Yang.

"what?!"

Chu Yang was shocked when he heard this. He never thought that those nobles would act so decisively.

"Your Highness, don't panic."

Xun Yu was very calm, with a cold light flashing in his eyes, "Since they want to leave, let them go! We will build our own family!"

Chu Yang calmed down immediately after hearing this.

"Sir, you are right. A few noble families are not worth mentioning!"

Chu Yang sneered, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, "Pass the order down, from today on, all industries in Qiongzhou are not allowed to have any dealings with those noble families! Those who violate the order will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers took the order and left.

Over time.

Countless migrations occurred within the Great Zhou.

When many refugees heard that Qiongzhou was giving out money, they hurried over.

The nobles thought that these people were trying to plunder them, so they rushed to the north!

The source of this money was naturally what Chu Yang had robbed in Japan.

The number is so large that several ships cannot carry it!