Chapter 280: Trade-offs
The news of Wei Lai, who was in Ningzhou, was proclaimed emperor in the Six Tiger Cities soon spread throughout the northern border.
This news is probably not a big deal for the northern countries that are still in the midst of the invasion of Great Chu, after all, it is not surprising that there are heroes or clowns who have taken advantage of the situation in this big controversy. But for Ningzhou and Yanting's departments, this news can be called earth-shattering.
The people in Ningzhou were overjoyed, especially after hearing the fruitful results of Wei Lai's trip and the words about the appearance of the Heavenly Dao that someone had intentionally added fuel and vinegar to, the people in Ningzhou were even more excited.
The 300,000 troops brought out by Yuan Baiyu can be regarded as all the elites of Yanting, but this elite was all lost in the Six Tiger City, of course, there are also rumors that they defected from time to time and returned to Ningzhou. And there are even rumors that the Taimiao of Yanting suddenly collapsed three days ago, the ancestral god of Yanting is dead, and the luck is scattered.
In all fairness, under the rule of Yanting over the years, Yanting has been contrary to the will of the people, whether it is heavy taxes or the strict control of the imperial court, the people have been miserable, and now the Great Wei Dynasty, plus the people from Ningzhou or the businessmen, are full of praise for the various policies of Ningzhou, and for a time the people of Kuanzhou and Guzhou have faintly begun to look forward to the arrival of the king and the unification of Yandi.
And at this moment, in Ningxiao City, Wei Lai sat on the throne of the King of Wei, looking at him with a solemn expression.
"Your name is Yuan Baiyu, isn't it?" he asked.
In the center of the hall knelt down and worshipped two people, Yuan Baiyu and Yuan Yue.
"It's down there. Hearing Wei Lai's inquiry, Yuan Baiyu hurriedly answered, but Yuan Yue on the side saw Yuan Baiyu's flattering look on his face, his face showed disdain, and he looked sideways at another place, with a shameless posture of being with him.
"You are Yan Ting's general, how many available soldiers do Yan Ting have in his hands now, you should know it, come on, ...... with me" Wei Lai squinted his eyes and said.
"Ahem. Just as these words came out, there was a coughing sound from under the palace gate, but it was Ah Cheng's voice. The girl looked straight ahead without changing her face, as if the voice was just an unintentional sound he had made.
But Wei Lai, who heard this voice, was stunned, and then coughed with a wry smile, and then changed his words and said, "Let's talk to me well." ”
Wei Lai's acceptance of the Zen concession of 100,000 Yin Souls was more out of consideration for the overall situation.
After all, judging from the situation at that time, Tiandao could not accept the restoration of the Dayu Dynasty, and Wei Lai could only accept this gift. He is not a twisted person, and he does not have the strange idea that he does not want to be an emperor even if he dies, but he is indeed a little unaccustomed to being in a high position, and even such a simple thing as changing his mouth has not been used to it for a few days.
In Ah Cheng's words, as an emperor, you must have majesty, not too close to people, otherwise you will have no prestige, and you can't be too high so that you will lose people's hearts.
"Your Majesty is too worried. And Yuan Baiyu, who heard this, of course, didn't have the heart to care about the changes in Wei Ziwei's claims, but said with a flattering face: "Yan Ting is now an internal emptiness, there is no one available, Your Majesty only needs to give me 100,000, no! 50,000 armor soldiers, and you can drive all the way for Your Majesty."
Enter, go straight to Tailin City, and the door of Longxiang Palace will be open for His Majesty. ”
I have to say that Yuan Baiyu's flattering attitude really made everyone present a little sick, and it only took a few days before and after to change the court, without the slightest posture of the Yan Court general, not to mention that he Yuan Baiyu himself is still a member of the Yan Court royal family, so it is really difficult for people to have a good impression of such disloyalty and unfilial piety.
"Phew!" And just when everyone was secretly disdainful in their hearts, a cold snort suddenly came from the side, and everyone looked for prestige, but saw that the person who spoke was another captured Yanting general-Yuan Yue.
This person's temperament is extremely strong, even if he is imprisoned, the angry scolding in his mouth is endless, and he does not eat a bite of the food provided by Ningzhou.
At this moment, it is even above the main hall, making a strange sound.
Everyone was still stunned, but they saw Yuan Yue standing up and shouted: "Yuan Baiyu! Your Majesty is so important to you, and has put all the 300,000 troops into your hands, you don't think about repaying the country's kindness, but you are so easy to surrender to the enemy and betray the country, a hundred years later, how should you go to Jiuquan and meet my ancestors and ancestors of the Yuan family!"
Yuan Baiyu's face was also a little ugly under Yuan Yue's questioning, he glanced at Wei Lai sitting on the throne with the corner of his eye, and saw that the other party was holding his chin with his hand, looking at the two of them with a strange expression, and he didn't seem to interrupt them at all, which made Yuan Baiyu's heart sink.
He didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly shouted: "Nonsense!"
"Didn't you see what Yuan Yuan had done? The soldiers we brought were turned into dry bones by his method, and he didn't treat us as human beings at all! Yan Ting's perverse actions have long been a departure from people's hearts, and only the wisdom and martial arts of His Royal Highness King Wei can save us from fire and water!"
"Phew!" Yuan Yue was probably so angry by Yuan Baiyu's words that he immediately got up and spat on Yuan Baiyu's face, and scolded again: "Yan Ting treats you like a mountain, you heartless and lungless, scum who forgets your ancestors!"
"You're the stubborn and stupid! You kind of indiscriminate stupid person should be hacked to death with a knife......" Yuan Baiyu was not to be left behind, and also sneered at that time.
This was originally when he spit out curses in a hurry, but he didn't expect that when these words came out, Wei Lai, who had been sitting on the throne and watching all this quietly, suddenly spit out two words from his mouth: "Okay." ”
These two words came out, not to mention Yuan Baiyu and Yuan Yue, even everyone in the hall did not expect this, but before they could react, Wei Lai's voice sounded again.
"Someone. dragged Yuan Yue down and beheaded him. ”
The moment these words came out, Yuan Baiyu and Yuan Yue's faces changed, and at that moment, two armor soldiers walked out and put down Yuan Yue, who was scolding and scolding but had refused to give in at this time. Seeing this, everyone on the Ningzhou side was a little unbearable, or in their hearts, compared to Yuan Yue, Yuan Baiyu, who was blown on both sides of the wind, was more damned.
But after all, such thoughts were put in their hearts and did not show it on this occasion.
But Wei Lai didn't seem to feel the strangeness of everyone, he looked down at Yuan Baiyu who was scared stupid at this time, squinted his eyes and said, "Fifty thousand soldiers and horses, take Yan Ting in half a month." ”
"I'll just think this is a military order from the general, but
Don't let me down. ”
Yuan Baiyu had long been frightened by Wei Lai's decisive and decisive style, and at this moment, how could he dare to say more than half a word, so he hurriedly bowed his head and bowed, and said in his mouth: "Thank you, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty's grace. ”
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"Your Majesty seems to be a little upset. After the court meeting dispersed, Wei Lai and Ah Cheng walked side by side in the Wei Wang's mansion, which had not yet had time to be renovated. Ah Cheng hesitated for a while, but finally asked the doubts in his heart.
Wei Lai, who was walking in front, turned his head and glanced at Ah Cheng when he heard this, and said, "If you call me Gongzi or Ah Lai a few more times, I won't be happier." ”
Ah Cheng's face turned red when he heard this, obviously remembering the words he had said before, when facing Yuan Yuan, he thought he had reached the point of death, so he revealed his heart.
Ah Cheng is as free and easy as a man on weekdays, but in this matter, she is obviously more twisted than ordinary women, and in these days when she returned to Ning Xiao City, as long as there was no need, she avoided Wei Lai everywhere, as if she was afraid that Wei Lai would mention it.
Wei Lai saw her like this, he was stunned at first, and then reacted quickly, he just wanted to let the other party not be so rusty, but he didn't want the speaker to have a heart for the listener, he hurriedly coughed dryly, changed the topic and said: "It's not that I'm unhappy, it's just that I don't adapt to ......."
"I think it's quite troublesome to be an emperor, not as comfortable as before, and even you seem to be a little unfamiliar with me. ”
Ah Cheng sorted out her thoughts and understood what Wei Lai meant, she was relieved: "To be an emperor is to be different from ordinary people, in order to control ordinary people, Your Majesty is used to it......"
"What's the point of that?" Wei Lai waved his hand: "When everything is settled, whoever the emperor loves should go, I don't have the experience to deal with those trivial matters." ”
Hearing this, Ah Cheng frowned slightly and asked, "So Your Majesty killed Yuan Yue today because he was irritable?"
Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Do you think I did something wrong?"
"Yuan Yue and Yuan Baiyu are both enemy generals, of course there is no problem in killing, but ......" said Ah Cheng was a little hesitant here.
But Wei Lai didn't know what she was thinking, and he broke the way with a word: "But it seems that Yuan Baiyu is more damned than Yuan Yue, right?"
Ah Cheng nodded, but was silent, obviously even at this time, she still didn't quite understand Wei Lai's decision.
"Yuan Yue is indeed more backbone than Yuan Baiyu. ”
"But no matter how strong you are, you can't do anything wrong. ”
"I thought that in the world, right and wrong came first, and the rest was the next thing. Even if a person has evil thoughts in his heart, he is good if he can restrain this evil thoughts and do the right thing. ”
"Yuan Yue is loyal to Yan Ting, but Yan Ting has long been corrupted, such loyalty is just foolish loyalty. If I don't kill him, spread the word, and the armor soldiers of Yan Court will be lucky, and this move can break their thoughts of stubborn resistance. And Yuan Baiyu is indeed at both ends of the rat's head, but he is in a high position, and if he takes action to recover Guzhou and Kuanzhou, he will avoid a lot of unnecessary killings, and the difference between this and the back and forth may be tens of thousands of lives. ”
Hearing this, Ah Cheng showed a sudden expression, but listened to Wei and said: "This is also the reason why I don't like to be an emperor, and I always have to make some trade-offs......