Chapter 496: Picking on the weak
Prime Minister Chen Wan also said, "Your Majesty, at this time, you must not execute other ministers." For example, Zuo Anmin, Lin Ran, Zhang Xian and others.
Executing the minister would be unnecessary, meaningless, and might even backfire.
Zhang Xian was to be killed simply because he had connections with Pingzhou, so what about the other ministers?
Among the court ministers, is there anyone who has any friendship with the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Cheng, or the likes of Xie Zhan?
Killing them would only make all the officials feel insecure.
At this time, the emperor should show his magnanimity and let bygones be bygones.
In fact, now is not the time to worry about these details, but to unite and resolve the current crisis.
The ministers did not know that Zuo Anmin and Xie Zhan had an extremely close relationship, and they thought that their relationship 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 bandits. How should the court eliminate them?!"
The ministers looked at each other, but no one said anything.
The situation is complicated.
These rebels must be beaten, but who to beat first and how to beat them are all very particular. You can't just do it impulsively and beat whoever you want.
To be honest, if possible, fighting the Xianbei foreigners would definitely be the right move. However, given that their imperial court had an equal number of troops, they could not defeat them.
They also knew that Dali had just ceded the northern border and Liang Province in exchange for ten years of peace, though they didn't know how long this peace would last. But the emperor certainly didn't want to fight the Xianbei.
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 imperial court was the strongest among the six forces, it could not withstand a one-on-five battle.
Xiao Qun was more inclined to unite with King Cheng and King Jin, first expel Qin Lu, Xie Zhan and others, and then let the three Song brothers compete.
At this time, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Sang Baiqing, spoke up, "Your Majesty, there is another way. We will first use the might of thunder to eliminate the weakest of the five hostile forces. As for the rest, we will observe their reactions and then use the strategy of combining forces as General Xiao mentioned to defeat them one by one."
Sang Baiqing's words made everyone present's eyes light up. What a good idea! Isn't this just picking persimmons to squeeze?
Come on, let’s see which one is easier to pinch and crush it first.
Changle Palace
After hearing that Prince Jin, Prince Cheng, and the Governor of Lingnan had rebelled one after another, the Empress Dowager was stunned for a moment, and then she was furious. "How dare the Xie family rebel? They are so rebellious!"
In the heart of the Grand Empress Dowager, the Song family's debt to the Xie family was as great as a mountain. Two years ago, in an attempt to bring Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan together, she was deeply distressed by the Lu family's second daughter.
The entire Xie clan was exiled because their officials had committed numerous crimes! The royal family was already magnanimous for not beheading the entire Xie clan! Not to mention that the new emperor later reinstated Xie Zhan!
He is so cruel and merciless!
After scolding Xie Zhan of the Xie family, the Queen Mother started scolding her two imperial grandsons, "And those two evil creatures! Beasts!" Do they want to bring disaster to the kingdom of Dali?
For the Empress Dowager, Song Mo and Prince of Jin and Prince Cheng were both her grandsons, and it made little difference to her who became the emperor.
But the current situation is not good. In front, the Xianbei and Hu tribes are moving south, and in the back, Qin and Lu are separatist and rebelling in Youping and Pingzhou. If King Jin and King Cheng rebel again, it will be chaos!
Even a palace lady like her could see the dire situation. Were these two people idiots?!
"Come here, give me an imperial decree. I want to scold these two evildoers and wake them up!"
The descendants of the Song family should unite to face the outside world and eliminate the traitors outside first. Then, any fights of life and death will be the business of their 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 shocked. They felt mixed emotions and couldn't describe how they felt.
As Pingzhou's manifesto spread throughout the country, they were greatly shocked after reading it.
Are the Qin family and the Lu family so tough?
As the news of Pingzhou's three victories against the Xianbei attacks spread throughout the world, they felt even more bitter.
They knew very well what kind of days the exiles had lived. If it weren't for the tribe leader's ability, they didn't know whether they could still be alive.
I guess if the Qin family didn't have the Lu family's constant support, they wouldn't be much better off than them.
How could we have the capital to rebel today and join the Lu family in seizing control of the two states?
The Lu family is truly the best in-laws and the best relatives in the world! And this relative 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.
Only when their clan leader raised the banner of "clearing the court, punishing the treacherous and corrupt officials, and restoring the country" and rebelled against Dali did they come to their senses.
At this time, the three Lingnan counties 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 had soldiers!
All the Xie clan members' hearts were pounding. If Pingzhou hadn't rebelled before, they would have been worried about their clan leader leading them in a rebellion. But now? If the Qin and Lu families could rebel, why couldn't the Xie clan do the same?
In short, now it is a battle of many contenders.
The Xie family also wants to take a piece of the pie. Let’s see who will be the winner in the end?
In the Lingnan Governor's Mansion, Zhao Yutan was holding his son, and he was in a trance.
She was surprised and not surprised that the Qin and Lu families rebelled against the two states of Pingyou.
It wasn't surprising because in her precognitive dream, the Qin family had rebelled.
Surprisingly, this rebellion was carried out in the name of the Qin and Lu families. From the manifesto, it can be seen that the two families seem to be seeking equal rights?
Before she could recover from this, her husband actually rebelled in the name of purging the court?
It’s different. This is completely different from her precognitive dream.
She had always known that her husband was ambitious. This could be seen in her premonition dream, in which she saw that after he married her, he would gradually control the government and marginalize the little emperor of the Qin family.
But what made Zhao Yutan unhappy was that husband and wife are one body, yet he had never discussed such a big matter with her.
Just then, her mother came.
Mrs. Luo greeted her mother-in-law, Mrs. Xie, and complimented her a few words before she was led by the servants to see her daughter.
At this time, Mrs. Luo's face was flushed. Since learning that their son-in-law had rebelled, the entire Zhao family was excited.
Both her husband and eldest son told her that this was a huge opportunity for their Zhao family.
My husband had said before that since our Zhao family was exiled and did not have any indispensable talents, it was unlikely that they would be re-employed by the emperor.
In the past two years, the Zhao family has been relying on the Xie family.
With the son-in-law's rebellion, the Zhao family had the opportunity to be reused.
For them, this opportunity is rare.
Now, the husband and son have gone to their son-in-law to ask for loyalty, so the husband asked her to come and visit her daughter and grandson.
When Mrs. Luo mentioned this, she noticed that her daughter's face was not right. "Didn't your son-in-law tell you——"
Luo sighed and changed the subject, "That's right, it's understandable that you wouldn't discuss such a big matter with a woman."
"Yeah." Zhao Yutan responded.
Mrs. Luo sighed. Her daughter could not win her son-in-law's heart. Fortunately, her son-in-law was a man who was dedicated to doing great things and was not the kind of person who was obsessed with his children. Fortunately, her daughter gave birth to the only son for her son-in-law.
"This child is your support. You must take good care of him, understand? Your blessings are all in the future."
Zhao Yutan hugged his son tightly in his arms.
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