The Marquis shook his head and said, "It's not that simple. If it weren't for Fu Erlang, the First Prince might have succeeded. I don't know how long he had been preparing. Not only was there a group of people outside the city, but also so many people had entered the city at some unknown time. His Majesty blocked the news from the capital. The Imperial Guards sealed off the First Prince's residence, the Third Prince's residence, the First Prince's maternal family Wang family, and the Third Prince's maternal family Wan family early this morning."
Xu Rao had already thought of all this. Thinking of the illustrious Wan and Wang families, and then of General Wang in the far southwest, he asked the Marquis, "What about General Wang in the southwest? What does His Majesty intend to do with him?"
The Marquis shook his head and said, "The Wang family has been entrenched in the southwest for many years. It is very difficult to eradicate them all at once. The best course of action now is to prevent the Great Liang from falling into chaos. Not only is the Great Yan eyeing us covetously, but the Northern Di and the Jurchens are also ready to launch a counterattack at any time. If the capital falls into chaos, it will be very bad news for the Great Liang."
Xu Di thought of General Wang. He had dealt with this man several times and knew him to be a very shrewd and calculating person. In fact, it made sense if he thought about it. If General Wang wasn't a very intelligent person, how could he have stayed in the Southwest for so many years? Everyone said that conditions in the Southwest were harsh, but there were mines everywhere there. Xu Di had traveled to the Southwest in his early years and knew that General Wang controlled several silver mines, which he had been mining privately. The silver mined went into the pockets of the Wang family and the First Prince.
Thinking of this, Xu Di said to the Marquis, "If General Wang continues to be allowed to run rampant, he will become a major threat to Daliang. Has His Majesty not made a decision yet? If he continues to treat us as he always has, raising the issue high and then letting it go lightly, it will only allow the Wang family and General Wang to continue to secretly develop their own power, and in the end they might even swallow up Daliang."
The Marquis said with a serious face, "Everyone knows about this problem, but no one can come up with a good solution. Doesn't His Majesty know that raising a tiger for so many years has become a threat? But he really doesn't have a suitable person to succeed Wang Junzhuo. Going to the southwest is not only to win over the hearts of the soldiers, but most importantly, to establish good relations with the local chieftains. Xu Di, if His Majesty had any other ideas, he wouldn't have just watched the Wang family grow so powerful."
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