But the third faction, that is, the Aguda faction, was too direct. Especially after the death of the prestigious Second Prince Wanyan Wuliebu, the source of power of this faction was actually simple to the point of being criminal, that is, blood inheritance, because they were the descendants of Wanyan Aguda!
With this, Aguda's eldest son Wanyan Wuben could become Wulubojire, the de facto prime minister; with this, Aguda's third son Wanyan Erlido could take charge of the military power in Yanjing after the death of his second son Wulibu, and be named as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army; with this, Jin Wushu, who was young, had no qualifications, and even suffered a defeat and lost many soldiers, could make everyone shut up and not dare to interfere in the affairs between them brothers and Nianhan.
In fact, after being whipped, Jin Wushu stood up with blood all over his body. He did not look like a man who had just been punished and lost his dignity, but rather like an absolute winner!
His face was ferocious as he looked around, and wherever his eyes fell, the nobles of all ethnic groups in the hall, countless generals from the east and west, and countless high-ranking civil and military officials in Yanjing all avoided him.
After a short while, Wanyan Wushu sat down again, and the two sides began to discuss this year's military plan again. However, this time, since Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Gushen, Wanyan Yinshuke and other heavyweight confidants were not there, it was only Nianhan who faced the three Wanyan brothers, which made them look very embarrassed. The rest of the people, after what happened just now, did not dare to interrupt easily... Even Wanyan Talan, a representative of the third faction and the marshal's left military supervisor, was silent with a dark face throughout the whole process.
It is said that Jin Wushu's soldiers used a surprising tactic, using a weird method of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of their own, turning the enlarged meeting into a core meeting and creating a siege, so that Nianhan was full of flaws under the siege of the three brothers... But the most powerful minister of the Jin Dynasty never wavered, and in the end, perhaps because he was angry, he simply followed Wushu's example and acted like a hooligan in public.
"No matter what you brothers say, the Western Army has its own destination." As the sun began to set, Nianhan said so, and the meeting ended in a bad mood.
When the meeting was over, the various Jin nobles in Yanjing, who had been holding back for the whole morning, naturally called their friends and went home together, starting to talk about the matter.
However, talking about the depressing meeting just now, leaving aside the backbones of the two major factions, most neutral people had the same opinion - judging from the personal performance of the top leaders, the Fourth Prince Wuzhu had undoubtedly gone too far, to the point of being disgusting; however, Nianhan did lose the upper hand in the subsequent debate, because he could not effectively explain his strange position on the Western Xia issue. Why did he refuse to assist the Eastern Route Army on the grounds of Western Xia, but at the same time refused to launch a war of annihilation against Western Xia?
Combined with the recent rumors in Yanjing, some people speculated that either Xixia gave Nianhan a huge bribe, or Nianhan deliberately wanted to keep Xixia, the so-called keeping the enemy to protect himself, so as to maintain his political privileges in western Hebei and Shanxi.
You should know that the first imperial examination of the Jin Dynasty, which had just ended, was handled by Nianhan in the name of the Left Deputy Marshal of the Capital Marshal's Office, and all the talented people who passed the examination were placed in Hebei and Shanxi by him.
However, as the so-called direct and collateral branches of the Wanyan clan became increasingly conflicted, not to mention the natural discussions among other people in Yanjing City, Wanyan Talan, the left military supervisor of the Grand Marshal's Office and a trusted minister of the current king, returned to his own house, but did not return to his own room at all. Instead, he could not wait to move into a remote courtyard in his house and asked the "master" of the courtyard, who was somewhat unprepared, to consult him.
"Well, what do you think I should do, Master Qin?" Wanyan Talan sat cross-legged on a stone bench under the grape trellis in the courtyard. After talking about the situation, his face still looked unhappy. "Which side should I help?"
The young scholar Qin, of course, was the handsome and long-legged Qin Hui, who was at the prime age of a scholar. Hearing this, he responded calmly and seriously, without the anxiety of the past: "This matter is actually simple, but it is a bit inappropriate for a student to say this."
"What does this mean?" Wanyan Talan frowned slightly, and his mood became increasingly unhappy.
"Reporting to the deputy commander, the current situation is that the differences between the eastern and western armies cannot be easily reconciled. So instead of trying to help one side persuade the other, it is better to take advantage of the fierce situation between the two sides and take advantage of it for you, the deputy commander." Qin Hui carefully bowed his hands. "However, let's not talk about the fact that I have received great favors from the former second prince, Marshal Olibu, and Marshal Nianhan, and later from the king. Now there are three powers in the country. If you want to benefit from it, you have to manipulate it from the highest level, which is suspected of abusing power. And for a surrendered person like me, isn't this a bit excessive?"
Ta La was slightly startled, and after understanding the meaning of the other party's flowery words, he couldn't help but sigh, "Xiao Qin, you also said that there are three powers in the country, and the situation on both sides is fierce. It is not something we can intervene in. And you have been in my house for many years, and we are already very close. At this time, you are giving me a plan, what is the transgression?"
"Yes." Qin Hui became more cautious.
"So, how do we do it?" Talan leaned forward despite the heat, as if he couldn't wait. "What good can we get from it?"
Qin Hui smelled the strong scent of spices on his benefactor's body, pursed his lips slightly, took two deep breaths, and then slowly said: "Deputy Marshal, although the scholar calls you the deputy marshal, it is just a common name. In fact, you are only the left military supervisor of the Marshal of the Capital Marshal's Office; and although Marshal Nianhan is called the marshal by everyone, he is only the deputy marshal of the Capital Marshal's Office... Is that right?"
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