"Bai Sujiu and Bai Ze?"
"It was all arranged by me." Jiujiu smiled as she explained to Gu Yuan, "Bai Sujiu and Bai Ze are orphans that I took in before. They are grateful to me for saving their lives. After knowing what I wanted to do, they volunteered to help me complete this project."
Jiujiu looked at Gu Yuan and continued, "I know what else husband wants to know. The reason why younger brother was able to find the loophole in the calendar and proposed the reform was because of my secret guidance. However, I didn't intend to do all this myself. I wanted to tell the emperor through younger brother and let him complete all this, but I didn't expect … …"
But she didn't expect the emperor to be so narrow-minded. Just because younger brother's reform violated his interests, the emperor gave up the possibility of a huge change. He gave up the interests of so many people and chose to stand on his own side.
This kind of emperor is not worthy of the Gu family's loyalty.
Jiujiu knows that the Gu family has stuck to their principles for hundreds of years. It's very difficult for them to make a sudden change.
But she also understands that although a temporary change is painful, it's a bright new life after the change.
Gu Yuan is different from the emperor. His heart is filled with the common people. He will understand this truth, so he will accept her proposal.
Jiujiu looked at Gu Yuan and softly explained her plan, "My shops are all over the country. Even the large cities in the neighboring countries have my grain shops. I have basically monopolized all the grain in the country. Because of the grain shops, many people worship the orders of the shopkeeper as if they are gods. I can guarantee that once there is a coup, I will try my best to not cause too many casualties.
Rest assured, I will use younger brother's Northwest town as a case to persuade them.
If they still refuse, then there's only one path left. "
Jiujiu is just a weak little girl, but her eyes are not inferior to a man's: "Change is always accompanied by some bloodshed.
Only by completely shattering the previous pedantic rule can we usher in a real new life.
As for the invasion of the neighboring countries, husband can rest assured. General Li sent by the emperor has already been put under house arrest by Bai Ze's people. Now the Northwest Army has stepped up their training every day. When the time comes, Bai Ze will be in charge. If the neighboring countries don't come, then they won't be able to return. "
With Bai Ze's ability, if he wanted to destroy a neighboring country, it would be a simple matter.
Previously, the reason why he had kept the two countries at the border was just to hold back the Emperor.
Now that there was no way to save the Emperor, it was better to not have him.
Gu Yuan still didn't quite understand Jiujiu's intentions when Jiujiu set up the array formation. However, when Bai Ze came out, Gu Yuan actually understood what Jiujiu was trying to do.
Now that he heard Jiujiu's plan, Gu Yuan was both excited and sad.
Being excited about his wife was indeed different from ordinary people.
He was sad that the kingdom he had served for so long was about to be destroyed.
Gu Yuan's emotions were complicated.
He knew that he should support Jiujiu, but his support for Jiujiu would destroy his long-held belief. The entanglement between the old and the new made Gu Yuan very uncomfortable.
After talking to Jiujiu, Gu Yuan went to the study room and quickly sent someone to invite Gu She over.
The father and son discussed in the study room for a full day and night. When Gu She came out again, he looked a lot more dispirited, but his eyes were much brighter than before.
Gu She looked at his pregnant daughter-in-law and sighed. "Indeed, the new generation excels the old."
200 years ago, an empress appeared in Great Zhou. Later generations predicted that the empress would return.
Because of this prophecy, the status of the woman who had been promoted with great difficulty became even lower.
200 years later, no one took this prophecy to heart.
However, looking at Jiujiu's appearance now, it was obvious that the prophecy had come true.
The empress had really returned.
Not only did she return, but she even brought with her more advanced and shocking ideas.
However, this idea was so tempting and so in line with the philosophy of the Gu family. The sons of the Gu family had no reason not to support the empress.
Gu She sighed. "If there's anything, just ask Yuan 'er to look for me. I will do my best to help you."
Jiujiu smiled faintly. "Your daughter-in-law thanks you, Father."
Gu She smiled, patted Gu Yuan's shoulder, and turned to leave.
Gu She and Gu Yuan's support was very important and beneficial to Jiujiu.
At night, when Gu Yuan told Jiujiu about the empress's legend, Jiujiu had other ideas.
Although history books had always been written by the victors, who would be willing to sacrifice their lives if they could overcome a tower without getting hurt?
With the empress's legend, they naturally didn't need to spend too much effort.
Jiujiu asked Bai Sujiu to fabricate a better version of the empress's story. Then, she said that the news of the empress's return was widely spread among the people. After that, she was ready to start overthrowing the current state.
This was a country that had three kingdoms. To change dynasties and even maintain the previous state while the three kingdoms were in power was no less difficult than creating a new country.
After discussing with Gu Yuan for a long time, Jiujiu came up with a few key points.
Jiujiu could make use of the empress's return to ascend the throne.
However, the current dynasty had been established for more than 200 years. Without a reasonable reason, it couldn't be denied completely.
Secondly, if she wanted to change the dynasty, the original officials would be a problem.
It was already difficult to deal with the old officials of the new dynasty. Moreover, Jiujiu wanted to ascend the throne as a woman, which was even more difficult.
She would definitely have to go through bloodshed to stabilize the court.
As for the people that others might be worried about the most, Jiujiu wasn't very worried.
Jiujiu had been wanting to change the dynasty for a long time.
She had shops in all the major cities and slightly larger towns in the country.
She provided food for the people and allowed them to work. She even opened schools and medical centers for them.
To the people, they didn't care whether the emperor sitting on the throne was legitimate or not. They also didn't care whether the emperor was a woman or a man. They were most concerned about the food and clothing of their families.
As long as you can help them solve the problem of food and clothing, and provide them with food and clothing, you will be the best leader in their hearts.
As for other things, they didn't care about it.
After all, in the hearts of the poor people, the emperor wasn't as trustworthy as Bai Sujiu.
As for the merchants.
Most of the shops in the country belonged to Bai Sujiu, or Jiujiu. Jiujiu's ascension to the throne would raise their status and they would only support it.
As for the army.
Although the emperor had already taken back Bai Ze's tiger tally.
Bai Ze had been in the Northwest Army for so many years and was already deeply rooted.
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