At the beginning, before the death of the late Emperor Zhaozong, he allowed Ying Yuan to ascend the throne despite the opposition of his ministers.
Empress Lü, who was the queen at the time, always harbored resentment about this.
Because according to the etiquette, Cheng Jiao should be the one to take the position.
Unfortunately, in the end, Zhaozong still chose Ying Yuan.
at this time.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Cai Jing and Qin Hui told the story of Dong Zhuo and Zhu Di.
The former was even more outspoken, speaking of the hidden dangers he was worried about, "Dong Zhuo has been entrenched in Xiliang for many years, and his roots are deep. He is even called the local emperor and the King of Xiliang by the local people.
There's a folk saying that goes, "Dong Zhuo's intentions are known to all." This time, he's brought 200,000 Xiliang cavalry with him, and they're coming with such force that I'm worried he'll act rebelliously.
Qin Hui added: "Yan Wang Zhu Di is not a good man either. When the late emperor was still alive, he followed the late emperor and made great contributions.
"He holds a high position among the provincial governors, commanding the support of hundreds. If he were to collude with Dong Zhuo, the external threats would not be over, and the Qin Dynasty... might perish from internal troubles."
Ying Yuan listened to their report and suppressed his excitement.
Sit steadily at the desk.
The two of them saw this scene, but they remained as calm as a rock.
So they secretly marveled in their hearts.
Your Majesty is worthy of being Your Majesty.
As for this kind of character, few people in the world can match it.
Only by having the determination to remain calm even when faced with a collapse of Mount Tai can one achieve earth-shaking success.
And Your Majesty, you possess exactly this kind of character.
When he heard the news that Dong Zhuo and Zhu Di were leading a large army to arrive, he remained calm and composed. Even the previous emperor did not have such composure.
The current situation is already quite critical.
"Your Majesty, I wonder how we should respond next?"
Cai Jing looked at Ying Yuan's confident look and thought that he had already made up his mind.
Ying Yuan smiled and asked, "After listening to you all, I understand. Are you worried that Dong Zhuo and Zhu Di will rebel?"
Qin Hui bowed and said, "Your Majesty, in these extraordinary times, there is no guarantee that this will not happen.
When the war began, you ordered them to send troops to support us immediately. But they didn't move at all.
Now that the battle on the front is at a stalemate, they are mobilizing a large army and rushing here. This is truly bizarre."
"Your Majesty, throughout history, there have been countless cases of those who have their own military might and have attempted rebellion. Zhu Di and Dong Zhuo's combined forces total 350,000 troops. If they start a rebellion, no one can stop them."
Cai Jing echoed.
After hearing their analysis, Ying Yuan became more and more excited.
If Dong Zhuo and others were to rebel...
How can the Great Qin still have a way to survive?
Don’t they want to rebel?
OK.
There were four high-ranking officials in charge of heavy troops, but only two showed up, which made the scene seem rather dull.
Thinking of this, Ying Yuan's mouth corners slightly raised, and he smiled:
"I have ordered Zhao Kuangyin, the governor of Henan Province, and Wu Sangui, the king of Nanzhao, to lead their troops and rush to the capital to help me resist the enemy."
Hear the sound.
Qin Hui and Cai Jing were both stunned.
The arrival of two provincial governors with rebellious intentions is not the end of the matter.
Now he has summoned two other people with ulterior motives.
Your Majesty, do you think that the Qin Dynasty is not chaotic enough?
No! That's definitely not the case!
Your Majesty is a capable monarch, and there must be a deeper meaning behind this.
At that time, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang, was very powerful, and the late emperor had no choice but to support Zhu Di to take the throne, just to curb Dong Zhuo's development.
Initially this method worked quite well.
However, Zhao Kuangyin later secretly accumulated strength and gradually broke this balance.
As a last resort, Wu Sangui, the then governor of Shu, was appointed as the King of Nanzhao.
As a result, the four of them checked and balanced each other and managed to maintain peace for several decades.
Cai Jing served as prime minister and tried several times to reduce the power of the princes, but the emperor was in poor health at that time.
There is a possibility of death at any time.
Therefore, they were really powerless to reduce the power of the feudal lords.
Later, the previous emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne.
Cai Jing also believed that Ying Yuan was a foolish, weak and vulnerable king who was not fit for important positions.
So he became indifferent and never mentioned the issue of reducing the power of the feudal lords.
Now, I know that the emperor in front of me has always been hiding his own shortcomings.
He subconsciously thought that there must be a deeper meaning behind summoning the other two provincial governors to serve the king together.
A moment later.
Cai Jing and Qin Hui sorted out the relationship between the four provincial governors, and their eyes suddenly lit up.
Your Majesty is going to use the strategy of the previous emperor to make them check and balance each other.
Things are different now.
The four of them have worked hard to build up their power for many years. None of them will submit to the other, and they are well aware of the principle that everyone prospers and suffers together.
In this way, when outsiders target them, they can unite and face the outside world together.
But what if they are not harmonious among themselves?
If two of them jointly target one of them, then the other one will definitely not sit idly by and watch that person being besieged by two people.
Because once two people establish an alliance, they will definitely choose to defeat the remaining two one by one.
Therefore, the deadlock between the four provincial governors cannot be broken.
In this way, even if they both sent troops into Xianyang, they would only check and balance each other and would not allow each other's conspiracy to succeed.
A simple imperial decree resolved the crisis of the royal army entering Xianyang.
Your Majesty, this is truly remarkable.
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