Chapter 333: Inside Story
"Did you do this time?" When the uncle and nephew arrived in the room at the back, the old servant served tea and pastries, and was waved away by Zhao Shi, watching the door close, there was no third figure in the courtyard outside, his face changed, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Or, you are the one who fueled the trouble?!"
Rong Sleepy Crane took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Not bad!"
"Why?!" Although Zhao Shi had already decided in his heart before asking, when he heard the words at this moment, he still couldn't help but feel angry, and almost wanted to smash the tea bowl in front of him on his head, he took a deep breath, barely suppressed his anger, and asked in a low voice, "Not to mention how difficult it is for the Northern Xinjiang Army to save some family funds, just say that you let Meng Boqin go to Ruru with his people and horses, as well as his understanding of Northern Xinjiang, Chang'an, and the entire Middle Earth...... What's in it for us, what's in it for you!?"
"Uncle has thought about what will happen if he doesn't let him go to Ruru and let him continue to stay in Damu?" Rong Sleepy Crane said calmly, "Although Zheng Hou and the others are gone, the great Meng clan has spent decades of hard work, and the cultivation of Meng Boqin is still there!"
"The 800,000 Northern Xinjiang Army, the people who are facing Meng Boqin, are already the majority!"
"This time, the Meng clan suffered heavy casualties, and in the Northern Xinjiang Army, there is no sympathy for Meng Boqin!"
"Even if Meng Boqin's talent is not very good, but with this foundation, he can't go to the northern frontier, and his uncle thinks that there is any way to solve him in a short time?"
Zhao Shi was silent, and after a while, he said coldly: "I am indeed a shallow learner, otherwise I would not have been suppressed by Meng Boqin for many years! However, as you said, due to the death of Zheng Hou and others, the army is quite sympathetic to Meng Boqin!"
"Therefore, if Meng Boqin has been unwilling to go south to avenge Zheng Hou and them, this sympathy will inevitably turn into contempt and disdain!"
"As for going south, a general like Meng Boqin who is not very talented is still entrenched in the northern Xinjiang that the Meng clan has helped him run for many years, and he is a long-distance soldier, even if he barely copes with it, he will inevitably be full of mistakes!"
"At that point, it's our chance!"
"Now you are conniving at Meng Guiyu to pry this cousin and throw away after turning the world upside down in Northern Xinjiang...... With Ruru as a backer, I have to turn around and attack Jizhou immediately!"
"Let me ask you, what do you want to use to resist the northern frontier at this time?!"
Speaking of the last sentence, Zhao Shi really couldn't hold back the anger in his chest, and his voice was raised, almost roaring!
However, Rong Sleeping Crane was calm: "Resist? Meng Boqin is going here, and he has joined Ruru, and it is impossible to come to fight the northern Xinjiang, so why should he consider resisting?"
Zhao Shi was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean?"
"Because Ru Ru didn't know that I was here, what Ru Ru wanted to kill the most at this time was me, they wanted to fight Da Mu, and the first target should be Xijiang!" Rong Sleepy Crane said lightly, "Uncle should know that their new Khan, Na Fuzhen, once served as my prisoner, even after becoming a Khan, he was once threatened by me, well, it should be said that he has been jealous of me so far, and wants to kill me quickly!"
"It's just that he has just become a Great Khan now, even if the Khan position was passed to him by Dengchen Liyu himself, it will inevitably take some time to consolidate his position, and his friend Tulu Ti is in my hands, which makes him a rat bogey...... Therefore, they did not dare to immediately use swords against the Western Frontier!"
Zhao Shi frowned and said: "You told me about this when you came to Northern Xinjiang, you took helping Dengchen Liyu to raise his son and grandson as a condition, in exchange for helping Dengchen Liyu to help you Yin Na Fuzhen before he died! Teach him to give up attacking Western Xinjiang and transfer to Northern Xinjiang...... I said right then, it's a good plan. Why did you change it after only a few days?"
"Are you used to this kind of change of day, or are you lying to me from the very beginning?! Do you know that it is impossible for me to agree with you to take Meng Boqin to join Ruru, and deliberately tell me a plan that I will accept as a pretense?!"
Rong Sleeping Crane smiled, his smile was elusive, and he couldn't guess his thoughts, so he only heard him say slowly: "Why is Uncle so angry?
He said, "Uncle, first of all, let Meng Boqin not do anything, simply lead the troops to take refuge in Ruru, and before leaving, he will turn the world inside and outside Jizhou City upside down, and try his best to leave you a mess! Such a vicious plan has nothing to do with me at all, it is all the handiwork of that Chongxin Marquis in Chang'an!"
Zhao Shi didn't believe it: "Even if Meng Guiyu is a disciple of the Meng family's four houses, he has never been favored by the clan. In the end, he and Meng Boqin were cousins who broke bones and tendons! In the past, there may have been a little pimple, but now Zheng Hou and the others are dead and injured, and the great Meng clan is supported by the two brothers, and they don't support each other, but give their brothers such a bad idea, is this crazy?!"
He also said, "What's more, Meng Guiyu took advantage of this change in Chang'an to get the opportunity to take charge of the forbidden army." If he knew that his cousin's family was treasonous, his position as the commander of the forbidden army would still be able to sit firmly?!"
The most important thing is that "the forbidden army has been divided! Even if it is not divided, the 400,000 troops of the Communist Party are in the hands of Meng Guiyu, how can this kind of army, which has been stationed in the imperial garden for many years and has not seen what kind of serious battlefield looks like for many generations, can it be the opponent of the border army?!"
"Meng Guiyu didn't let Meng Boqin, his cousin, win him over, but coaxed him to the enemy country, could he be so arrogant that he thought that he was the commander of the forbidden army, and with the little men and horses in his hand, he could sweep the world, so he didn't need Meng Boqin's help at all?!"
"Uncle, if Meng Guiyu wants to sweep the world, why only rely on the few men and horses in his hands?" Rong Sleepy Crane shook his head when he heard this, "Don't forget the three major border armies and coastal naval divisions, they are still standing still at this time!"
As for the coastal naval divisions, due to the lack of attention of the imperial court over the years, they have been defeated, and the naval divisions have all their abilities on the water, and the situation in Chang'an, the three border armies have not moved, and they do not want to take the risk of mixing. ”
"So Meng Guiyu doesn't need to think about doing too much with the little soldiers and horses in his hand now, he just needs to kill King Gaomi!"
"Once King Gaomi dies, His Majesty can return to Chang'an and personally refute the words of 'stand-in'!"
"Your Majesty is recognized as mediocre, after all, he is the rightful master of this world!"
"So far, there have been no decent reinforcements in Shanglin Yuan, just because the people of the world are not sure whether he is still alive, for fear of being an accomplice of the great rebels, so they are holding back!"
"Once you know that Your Majesty is still here, everything is the nonsense of King Gaomi...... Uncle thinks that those states and counties that are waiting and watching will continue to hesitate?
When Rong Sleeping Crane said this, he smiled lightly, "Then, Meng Guiyu, who has made meritorious contributions to saving the driver and is the queen mother's nephew, can take advantage of this general trend to crusade against me!"
"After all, no matter how bad my relationship with King Gaomi is, I am a father and son after all, isn't it?"
Zhao Shi's face changed, and he muttered, "If Meng Guiyu has such an idea...... Then he really doesn't need to care too much about Meng Boqin!"
Because as long as the Son of Heaven is in his hand and holds the name of righteousness, even if he can't hold Chang'an, it's a big deal to fight and retreat, let Emperor Xuanjing and the Queen Mother move to the rear, and slowly figure it out.
At that time, unless Rong Sleeping Crane has the ability to sweep the world, it will only be a matter of time before it is consumed like this, and it will only be a matter of time!
After all, although Rong Sleeping Crane is the nephew of the Son of Heaven and is recognized as talented, the Shu sisters once wanted to succeed him to Emperor Xuanjing as the prince, but due to various reasons, this matter was not done in the end.
Therefore, he is also the heir of King Gaomi.
Then Meng Guiyu persuaded Emperor Xuanjing to choose another junior from the clan to succeed him, establish him as an heir, and allow the sleeping crane to raise an army, which is a rebellion, a rebellion, and a murder!
It's an act of injustice!
In this way, all his excellence can only be summed up in one sentence: A beautiful woman, why is she a thief?
And since Meng Guiyu intends to deal with Rong Sleeping Crane in this way, Meng Boqin's existence, even if it is not counted as a grudge between cousins, will become a thorn in the side of this cousin against Meng Boqin's military power!
After all, Meng Guiyu coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes and called on the world to jointly crusade against Rong Mianhe, and the ready-made reason was that King Gaomi was a thief, a rebel king, and intended to kill the king.
But what about Meng Boqin?
This is Meng Guiyu's cousin, and he can't use the same method to deal with it at all.
The most terrible thing is that the Empress Dowager Meng is still there.
And Empress Dowager Meng is the most partial to big houses among the Meng Quartet.
Meng Boqin was originally one of the Queen Mother's favorite nephews, and at this time, when Zheng Hou and others were all killed, it is conceivable how much the Queen Mother will maintain Meng Boqin!
Even if Meng Guiyu worked hard to protect the Queen Mother and Emperor Xuanjing, once Meng Boqin led the army to join the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother would forget Meng Guiyu's merits to the back of her mind, but she could help Meng Boqin to benefit in front of Emperor Xuanjing!
At that time, Meng Guiyu will be a stepping stone for this cousin!
Even if the Queen Mother is killed, even if Meng Guiyu's plan goes well, in many things, he will inevitably need the help of the Queen Mother, after all, his foundation is shallower than Rong Sleeping Crane, and his reputation is far less than that of Rong Sleeping Crane, but he can not calm the scene on any occasion!
Second, Meng Boqin holds the military power, and he is still the most capable Northern Xinjiang Army of Damu. Even if there is no queen mother, once they enter Gyeonggi, who of the cousins has the final say...... It's hard to say.
It was Meng Guiyu who simply tried to get this cousin to defect to Ruru!
In this way, it can be regarded as eradicating a future trouble in advance, and he only needs to settle the father and son of King Gaomi wholeheartedly!
Zhao Shi thought for a long time, and said dejectedly: "However, how can Meng Guiyu solve the problem of Meng Boqin's rebellion affecting him?"
He reprimanded Meng Boqin, took over the position of the head of the Meng family, and opened an ancestral hall to eliminate Meng Boqin's family. Rong Sleeping Crane said lightly, "Even under the banner of cleaning up the portal, a reward for its head was offered...... Anyway, he has been jealous of Meng Boqin for a long time, how ruthless he is. Oh, no matter what the Queen Mother thinks in her heart at this time, people are in his hands, and she has to cooperate. ”
After a pause, he said, "By the way, I can rest assured that I will take over the entire legacy of the Meng clan in the entire Damu!"
Zhao Shi glanced at him deeply: "You don't seem to be surprised? Could it be that when you first contacted him, you could see that he was such a person? Then you still dare to use him? His current position of power ...... It's out of your control, isn't it? Don't you feel remorseful?"