Chapter 496 Picking on the Weak
Prime Minister Shen Wan also said, "Your Majesty, at this time, you must not execute other ministers." For example, Zuo Anmin, Lin Ran, Zhang Xian and others.
There is no need to execute ministers. It is meaningless and may be counterproductive.
Zhang Xian must be killed because he has a relationship with Pingzhou, so what about other ministers?
Among the court ministers, who has a relationship with King Jin, King Cheng or Xie Zhan?
Killing them will only force the ministers to be in danger.
At this time, the emperor should show his magnanimity and let bygones be bygones.
In fact, now is not the time to care about these details, but to unite and solve the current crisis.
The ministers did not know that Zuo Anmin and Xie Zhan had an extremely close relationship, and thought that the relationship between the two was the same as that between Zhang Xian and Lu Desheng.
Song Mo did not respond to their reminder, but asked, "Dali is now facing five thieves. How should the court eliminate them?!"
The ministers looked at each other and did not speak.
This situation is very complicated.
These rebels must be fought, but who to fight first and how to fight? There are certain rules, and you can't just fight whoever you want to fight on impulse.
To be honest, if possible, it is definitely the right thing to do to fight the Xianbei foreigners, but under the premise of the same number of troops and horses of their court, they can't beat them.
And they also know that Dali just ceded the northern border and Liangzhou in exchange for ten years of peace. Of course, it is unknown how many years this peace will last. But the emperor certainly doesn't want to fight the Xianbei foreigners.
How to deal with the remaining four forces?
"Your Majesty, our court needs to form alliances and then defeat them one by one."
Although the court is the strongest among the six forces, it can't bear to fight five alone.
Xiao Qun is more inclined to unite with King Cheng and King Jin to expel Qin Lu, Xie Zhan and other people first, and then compete with the three brothers of the Song family.
At this time, Zhongshu Ling Sang Baiqing spoke, "Your Majesty, there is another way, which is to first use the thunderbolt to eliminate the weakest of the five hostile forces. As for the rest, see how they react, and then use the method of vertical and horizontal alliances mentioned by General Xiao to defeat them one by one."
Sang Baiqing's words made everyone present's eyes light up. Good idea, isn't this just picking persimmons to squeeze?
Then come on, see which one is easier to squeeze, and then crush it first.
Changle Palace
After hearing that the King of Jin, the King of Cheng and the Governor of Lingnan rebelled one after another, the Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment, and then she was furious, "How dare the Xie family rebel? He is so rebellious!"
In the heart of the Empress Dowager, their old Song family is as kind as a mountain to the Xie family. Two years ago, in order to match Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan, she was heartbroken by the second daughter of the Lu family.
The Xie family was exiled because the officials of the Xie family committed numerous crimes! The royal family was already generous enough not to cut the entire Xie family in half in the market! Not to mention that the new emperor later re-employed Xie Zhan!
Wolf-hearted, dog-lung, black-hearted!
After scolding Xie Zhan of the Xie family, the queen mother scolded her two grandchildren, "And those two evil creatures! Beasts!" Do they want to harm the country of Dali?
For the great queen mother, Song Mo and King Jin and King Cheng are both her grandchildren, and it doesn't make much difference to her who is the emperor.
But the current situation is not good. In front, the Xianbei Hu tribe went south, and in the back, Qin and Lu split and rebelled in Youping and Ping. If King Jin and King Cheng rebel again, it will be chaos!
Even she, a woman in the deep palace, can see that the situation is critical at this time. Are these two people pig-brains? !
"Come here, give me a clear imperial decree. I want to scold the two evil creatures to wake them up!"
The descendants of the Song family should unite against the outside world and first kill the traitors outside. If they fight to the death, it will all be the business of their old Song family.
Southland
For ordinary members of the Xie family, everything that is happening now is too dreamy.
When the news of the rebellion of the Qin and Lu families in Pingzhou first came, they were all stunned. At that time, they felt mixed emotions and could not tell what they felt.
As the proclamation of Pingzhou spread throughout the world, they were shocked after reading it.
Are the Qin family and the Lu family so tough?
As the news of Pingzhou's three victories in the face of the Xianbei attack spread throughout the world, they felt even more bitter.
They knew very well what the days of exile were like. If it weren't for the patriarch's skill, they didn't know if they could survive now.
Presumably, if the Qin family hadn't been helped by the Lu family, they would not be much better than them.
How could they have the capital to split the two states and rebel together with the Lu family?
The Lu family is really the best in-laws and the best in-laws in the world! And this in-law was originally from their Xie family.
Because they were too shocked by this incident, many members of the Xie clan did not pay much attention to the abnormality of their clan leader and core members.
When their clan leader raised the banner of "clearing the emperor's side, punishing treacherous officials, and restoring the country" and followed the rebellion against Dali, they came to their senses.
At this time, the three counties of Lingnan and the Southern Expedition Army were all controlled by their clan leader.
In other words, their clan leader occupied Lingnan, and the clan leader not only had power, but also soldiers!
All the Xie clan members were pounding. If there was no rebellion in Pingzhou, they would be worried about their clan leader leading them to rebel, but now? Since both Qin and Lu could rebel, why couldn't their Xie clan?
In short, now is a battle for supremacy.
They, the Xie clan, also want to share a piece of the pie, and see who will win in the end?
In the Lingnan Governor's Mansion, Zhao Yutan was holding his son, and the whole person was in a trance.
The Qin and Lu families rebelled under the pretext of Pingyou and Youzhou. She was surprised and not surprised.
She was not surprised because in her premonition dream, the Qin family rebelled.
What was unexpected was that this rebellion was in the name of the Qin and Lu families. From the manifesto, it can be seen that the two families seemed to be equal?
Before she could come to her senses from this matter, her husband actually rebelled in the name of clearing the court?
It was different. This was completely different from her premonition dream.
She always knew that her husband had ambitions. In the premonition dream, after he married her, he gradually controlled the court and the country and sidelined the little emperor of the Qin family.
But what made Zhao Yutan unhappy was that he had never discussed such a big thing with her, husband and wife were one.
At this time, her mother came.
Luo greeted her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xie, and complimented her a few words before she went to see her daughter under the guidance of the servants.
At this time, Mrs. Luo's face was full of red. Since she learned that her son-in-law had rebelled, the entire Zhao family was excited.
Her husband and eldest son told her that this was a great opportunity for their Zhao family.
Her husband had said before that their Zhao family was exiled, and there were no indispensable talents in the Zhao family, so it was unlikely that they would be re-employed by the emperor.
In the past two years, their Zhao family has always relied on the Xie family.
With the rebellion of their son-in-law, their Zhao family also had the opportunity to be reused.
For them, this opportunity is rare.
Now, her husband and son have gone to their son-in-law to ask for loyalty, and her husband asked her to come to visit her daughter and grandson.
When Mrs. Luo mentioned this, she found that her daughter's face was not right, "My son-in-law didn't tell you--"
Mrs. Luo sighed and changed the subject, "That's right, it's understandable not to discuss such a big thing with women."
"Yeah." Zhao Yutan responded.
Mrs. Luo sighed. Her daughter couldn't hold her son-in-law's heart. Fortunately, her son-in-law was a man who was dedicated to doing great things, not the kind of person who was obsessed with his children. Fortunately, her daughter gave birth to her son-in-law's only son.
"This child is your support. You have to take good care of him. Do you know? Your blessings are all in the future."
Zhao Yutan hugged his son tightly.