Chapter 107 The rebellion starts with adopting a son, Murong Fu wants to be Murong’s father!

Yoshiko?

Murong Fu pondered.

Although he is only twenty-seven, he seems old enough to adopt a son.

Since ancient times, it was normal for rebels to adopt adopted sons.

Zhu Yuanzhang also adopted many sons, the most famous of whom was Mu Ying.

It will take at least eighteen years for Murong Fu's son to grow up and be able to help Murong Fu.

Murong Fu doesn't have that kind of patience, so before that, it's not impossible for him to recruit many adopted sons to help him conquer the world and copy Zhu Yuanzhang's actions.

As for age, it has never been an issue.

It is rumored that the young player from South Korea in later generations was Park Kaka's godson. He regarded himself as an older brother to Park Kaka's daughter and son. Park Kaka was only ten years older than the young player.

When it comes to power, age is never an issue.

Murong Fu decided in his heart that it was time for him to become Tianlong White Beard and transform from Murong Fu to Murong father.

"The Iron Harriers are the elite troops of Xixia. Their captains are all outstanding. Tuoba Fei is so young, yet he can become the captain of the Iron Harriers. He must be a talent." Murong Fu said, "But what is the conflict between him and Jin Wang Richard?"

Li Qiushui said: "Brother Li Cha, the Prince of Jin, is my son's illegitimate younger brother, born to another concubine, and Tuoba Fei's original name was Li Fei, and he was a member of the royal family's side branch."

"They both liked a woman named Ning Xiu, so they had a feud. Ning Xiu liked Li Fei more, but Brother Richard was more powerful and eventually married Ning Xiu as his princess."

"It's just that Ning Xiu couldn't forget Li Fei, and Brother Richard felt bad, so he planned to kill Li Fei. But Li Fei was also smart, and he knew that Brother Richard was backed by the Tangut nobles who were at odds with me, so he secretly surrendered to me."

"I saved Li Fei's life, so Brother Richard had to ask Zongzheng to remove him from the Li family tree, and he returned to his original surname Tuoba. The Xixia royal family, like you Murong family, are also Xianbei people, descendants of Tuoba Xianbei. Li was a surname bestowed by the Tang Dynasty and is still used today."

"Brother Richard is quite powerful in the army, so Tuoba Fei is always assigned some life-threatening missions. He is indeed brave and always manages to escape death, but this is not a long-term solution."

"I have to gain a foothold in Xixia eventually, and I cannot offend the Tangut nobles too much for Tuoba Fei. But you are an outsider, so I might as well give you this talent and his soldiers."

"If you can adopt him as your adopted son and control these three hundred Iron Harriers, I'm not bragging, with the few troops in Liangzhe Road, you can easily sweep through them."

Li Qiu Shui explained the situation, but Murong Fu sensed Li Qiu Shui's deeper meaning.

Giving such an elite cavalry unit to Murong Fu was indeed a big move, but Tuoba Fei was involved in the internal struggle of Western Xia.

Li Qiushui is indeed very strong, but she is essentially an outsider. Being able to help her son ascend to the throne is already the limit of her ability.

Li Qiushui lacked the power of foreign relatives rooted in the local area, so she could not monopolize power like the Liang family's foreign relatives, nor could she kill all the Tangut nobles. She could only compromise with each other.

This Tuoba Fei offended Brother Richard.

Brother Richard was very influential in the army, and had a group of Tangut nobles behind him who opposed Li Qiu Shui.

Li Qiushui arranged Tuoba Fei to be Murong Fu's adopted son, which was to help Murong Fu, but also to help herself.

Fists mean power. Murong Fu, a stronger master, may be able to break the political balance of Western Xia and allow Li Qiu Shui to go further.

If she could become the empress dowager, Li Qiushui would not be satisfied with just being a concubine dowager.

However, Murong Fu's interests are consistent with Li Qiu Shui's, so he does not reject Li Qiu Shui's arrangements.

Therefore, Murong Fu smiled and said: "Thank you, Uncle Qiushui, I should also consider taking in an adopted son. Let's inform this Tuoba Fei!"

As he spoke, Murong Fu looked at Wang Yuyan again and teased: "Yuyan, you can be a mother now."

Wang Yuyan was speechless for a while, and said with a strange look on her face: "I just turned eighteen..."

Murong Fu touched Wang Yuyan's belly and said with a smile: "It's already big, isn't it?"

Li Qiushui felt annoyed when she saw the two showing affection. She snorted and said, "We have finished discussing everything. I will go back to the palace to rest. Xiaoyun will help you arrange accommodation."

Having said that, Li Qiu Shui was about to leave.

Murong Fu said: "Uncle Qiushui, wait a moment."

Li Qiushui turned around and asked, "Master Murong, what else do you want?"

Murong Fu said: "I hope to bring Yipintang under the management of Xiaoyao Sect. After all, Yipintang is a martial arts force and can be considered a branch of our Xiaoyao Sect. It is our duty to promote Xiaoyao Sect and restore the glory of our founder Xiaoyaozi!"

"Heh... men! They say nice things, but they have bad intentions in their hearts." Li Qiushui said, throwing a gold medal to Murong Fu, "With this gold medal, you can command Yipintang as if I were here in person."

After saying that, Li Qiu Shui floated away.

Murong Fu said to Wang Yuyan: "Your grandma is really unique, I like her." Wang Yuyan said: "You are not allowed to like my grandma."

Murong Fu changed the subject and said, "It seems that your grandmother is richer than your mother. She gave 200,000 taels of gold without hesitation. It seems that your mother got all that gold from your grandmother."

In the original novel, Murong Fu went to his aunt Li Qingluo to borrow 50,000 taels of gold. Li Qingluo didn't think the amount was exaggerated, which shows how rich Li Qingluo was.

Li Qiushui gave him 200,000 taels of gold as a gift.

This was to allow him to maintain an army. After all, the reason why there were only 3,000 Iron Harriers was because the cost was too high and Xixia could not afford to maintain more Iron Harriers.

Murong Fu secretly wondered, could it be that before the fall of Southern Tang, there was also a huge treasure that was inherited by Li Qiu Shui?

"My mother's money is mine, and it's also yours, cousin." Wang Yuyan fully demonstrated what it means to be an outgoing girl. "I remember there were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in my family's treasury..."

……

After a while.

Yipintang.

Murong Fu held the gold medal and summoned everyone from Yipintang.

He revealed his true identity and the fact that he had taken over Yipintang.

This time, no one dared to disobey.

Including Helian Tieshu.

After all, Murong Fu first demonstrated his absolute strength, defeating the children from Yipintang with one move. His strength was so strong that even masters like Jiuyi Taoist reminded him of the Tianshan Tonglao who "kills people without a second move".

What Helian Tieshu was even more in awe of was that Murong Fu could actually chat and laugh with Li Qiushui and gain Li Qiushui's approval.

He, the General who conquered the East, was just a dog of Li Qiushui. Murong Fu could chat and laugh with his master, but he, as a dog, could only wag his tail and beg for mercy.

"Mr. Murong, I apologize for offending you just now. I hope you will forgive me." Helian Tieshu apologized repeatedly and smiled.

Murong Fu said: "Helian Tieshu, I think your management of Yipintang is not good enough, so I order you to resign from the position of Yipintang's chief steward. Do you have any objection?"

"No, no!" Helian Tieshu shook his head repeatedly, "I will resign from the position of Yipintang's chief steward right now!"

Murong Fu looked at Nurhai in the crowd.

Nurhai had a complicated expression. He had thought that Murong Fu would cause a big disaster, but he did not expect that Murong Fu would really become the guest of honor of the Concubine Dowager, and now he was holding the Concubine Dowager's gold medal and took over Yipintang.

"Nurhai, you will take over as the general manager of Yipintang." Murong Fu made important personnel arrangements.

This is indeed nepotism, but nepotism is the basic logic of politics, especially when power is unstable, nepotism is even more necessary.

"I……?"

Nurhai was in disbelief at first, then he was ecstatic. He wanted to improve so much, but he never had the opportunity to do so.

Now, with just one word from Murong Fu, he was able to make a class leap and enter the ranks of the Western Xia upper echelons.

Yipintang has a very high status in Western Xia. For Nurhai, the position of Yipintang's chief steward is a distance that several generations cannot cross.

Murong Fu's words changed the fate of him and his entire family.

"Thank you, Master Murong! I will obey your orders and die for you!"

Nurhai knelt down in front of Murong Fu to show his loyalty.

Murong Fu smiled and said, "Get up, Nurhai. You and I are old acquaintances, so I will naturally give priority to you. Helian Tieshu, you can go back and continue to be the General of the Eastern Expedition."

Helian Tieshu was helpless, but as the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers, so he could only leave Yipintang sadly.

After Murong Fu gave a speech, he asked everyone to leave and then asked Nurhai about the situation in Western Xia.

For example, who are the supporters of Prince Jin Richard, who supports the Concubine Dowager, who are the enemies of the Concubine Dowager, and what is the Emperor's attitude.

Nurhai hesitated for a moment, but finally told Murong Fu all the political secrets.

After all, he has been stamped with the mark of Murong Fu's faction. Unless he doesn't want to make progress, he can only go the same path with Murong Fu until the end.

As Murong Fu got to know more about the situation in Western Xia, he began to come up with some ideas.

(End of this chapter)