"What are you going to do?"

Zhao Xun asked out loud.

Wang Qili said in a deep voice: "Xiao Yancheng, the contemporary patriarch of the Xiao family, is morally corrupt, insults and bullies his stepmother, and forces his three siblings to death in order to monopolize the family property, this person should be killed." ”

Zhao Xun said lightly: "Why did you choose the Xiao family?" ”

A big family, a large number of people, naturally there is filth, the patriarch of a family, the power is very great, Wang Qili said that Xiao Yancheng's crimes are actually nothing, but they can be big or small.

Wang Qili said coldly: "Chen's mother was born in the Xiao family, but she is an illegitimate daughter, her status is worse than that of a slave, she was bullied and humiliated in her early years, so that her eyes are unknown, and her lower limbs are crippled. ”

Zhao Xun leaned back, leaned back in the chair, squinted his eyes and stared at Wang Qili silently, and after a while, he said softly: "Wang Qili, you are so frank, should I say that you are good or not?" ”

Wang Qili was silent.

Zhao Xun didn't ask too much, his fingers lightly tapped on the table, pondered for a while, and then said lightly: "Although the Xiao family has declined, after all, it has been inherited for many years, and it is inextricably linked with many gate valve families. ”

Wang Qili's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Whether the minister is bold or not, it depends on whether the emperor has the courage." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xun was not angry, but had a smile on his face: "Go ahead, I won't give you any guarantees, but you can rest assured that from now on, I won't harm your heart anymore." ”

"Minister, retire."

Wang Qili bowed, then turned around and strode away.

Looking at the back of Wang Qili leaving, Zhao Xun's eyes were distant and gloomy.

An empire that is about to collapse was pulled back by Zhao Zhi, it seems that it is his hard work to turn the tide, in fact, this is the result of the joint efforts of many people, in this process, Zhao Zhi realized his wishes, and got what he wanted, but at the same time, those who participated in the people and forces, also got huge benefits and benefits, such as Chuzhou Jiedu Wang Huailie, through the support and support of Zhao Zhi, in just a few years, it is a complete ownership of the rich land of Chuzhou, Now he has an elite army of 50,000 in his hands, and he can be regarded as one of the best existences in dozens of local feudal towns in the entire Great Jin Dynasty.

In Zhao Zhi's later years, although for many reasons, many of the plans he had always wanted to realize were ultimately aborted, Zhao Zhi still wanted to use some means as much as possible, and at that time, the country was at its peak, and under this favorable situation, Zhao Zhi was ready to reduce the strength of some local festival envoys, including Wang Huailie, the envoy of Chuzhou festival.

Chuzhou is one of the largest states in the world, Xiongzhou, a state territory, with nine counties and eleven cities, nearly two million people, rich in products, and a large area.

In Wang Huailie's father's time, Chuzhou was far from being as large as it is now, but was composed of Caizhou, Huzhou and Chuzhou.

In the third year of Guangyuan, Wang Huailie's father died of illness, under the joint support of the generals and soldiers in the army, Wang Huailie took the name of Chuzhou to stay behind, and went to the imperial court, with a very humble and respectful attitude, one is to express his heartfelt feelings to Zhao Zhi, and the other is to hope to inherit his father's foundation and rights, at that time, Caizhou, Huzhou was located in Huaibei, Huainan, and even the entire Jiangnan region, rebellions continued, and people everywhere revolted one after another, several powerful festivals in the Lingnan region made it impossible to transfer troops to the north to support in order to prevent and resist the invasion of Annan Barbarians, and the central court of Fengjing at that time, The forbidden army system has only just recruited fifty or sixty thousand soldiers, and the training is insufficient, so it is impossible to go out to fight, in this case, Zhao Zhi can only use his strength to suppress local rebellions and stabilize the situation through the power of local jiedu envoys.

Therefore, in such a situation, Zhao Zhi not only agreed to Wang Huailie's request, but also gave him greater territory and rights, and merged the two states of Caizhou and Huzhou into Chuzhou, so that Chuzhou, whether it is territory, economy and population, its overall strength suddenly skyrocketed, in the face of the temptation of such huge interests, Wang Huailie really burst out with strong vitality and passion, it took a full three years, dozens of battles, and the seven brothers finally died only of him, after an arduous battle, Finally, he defeated and suppressed several rebellions of the Huaibei and Huainan envoys, and completely pacified dozens of popular rebellion forces in the Jiangnan area, which made great contributions to the peace and stability of the Huaibei Huainan and Jiangnan, the main source of taxes in the Great Jin Dynasty, in the past 20 years.

Zhao Zhi did not treat Wang Huailie badly, and handed over the military and political power of the entire Chuzhou to Wang Huailie, after more than ten years of development and growth, Wang Huailie's overall comprehensive strength became rapidly stronger.

After two Longyou wars, through the glorious victory of the war, Zhao Zhi's prestige and majesty are unprecedented, as if the Great Jin Dynasty has returned to its former heyday, this time period, the world's major feudal towns are full of awe for the imperial court, in this case, Zhao Zhi moved the mind of reducing the local feudal towns, the main spearhead is naturally aimed at the five major feudal towns in Hebei, and other local feudal towns, Zhao Zhi has not forgotten, such as Wang Huailie, Zhao Zhi intends to re-divide Chuzhou into three again, and restore it to the former Caizhou, Huzhou and Chuzhou, Wang Huailie's status remains unchanged and he continues to be his envoy to Chuzhou, but with the division of Chuzhou into three, his overall strength will obviously be greatly reduced.

At that time, the central court, its military deterrence was unprecedentedly strong, Wang Huailie did not dare to resist at all, for Zhao Zhi's intentions, he could only choose to obey, but unfortunately, as Zhao Xun and Zhao He competed for the throne, more and more intense, the political situation in the court was turbulent and chaotic, which greatly involved Zhao Zhi's mind and energy, Wang Huailie's matter was put on hold for the time being, as Li Xun took the entire Western Regions, a huge amount of war wealth was sent to the Central Plains, and the financial difficulties of the imperial court were alleviated. The situation in the court was temporarily stable, and at this time, Zhao Zhi once again moved his mind to reduce Wang Huailie's strength, but unfortunately, with the arrival of a coup d'état, everything was suddenly interrupted.

Some things are often unexpected, with the Shuzhou Festival to make Yang Daoan send an envoy to show favor to the court, and said that he is willing to contribute to Wang Huailie's problem, in this regard, Zhao Xun has not expressed his attitude, Wang Huailie knew the news, and I don't know whether it was out of fear or fear of Yang Daoan, he actually took the initiative to withdraw the army and return to Chuzhou, and went to the court, the attitude came to a 36-degree change, and took the initiative to mention that the first emperor Xingzong had intended to restore Chuzhou to the original land of three states, Wang Huailie was shallow with his talents, Old and sick, lack of energy as an excuse, I hope Zhao Xun can complete the emperor's wishes, but Wang Huailie has changed slightly, hoping that Chuzhou will not be divided into three, but into two, and the two counties north of Chuzhou, equivalent to a quarter of Chuzhou's territory, will be restored to the former Caizhou, and finally, Wang Huailie mentioned Wang Qili very unexpectedly, saying that this person has an old relationship with him, and hopes that the emperor can take care of one or two.

Is it really because of Yang Daoan that Wang Huailie suddenly changed his attitude?

Everyone is not a fool, Yang Daoan said those words, just to express an attitude, can he really transfer the 50,000 troops in his hands to Henan or Huaibei to fight Wang Huailie? Even if he Yang Daoan is really willing, I'm afraid Zhao Xun won't dare to let him do this.

After Zhao Zhi's efforts for decades, the feudal towns and towns in various places have finally been honest, they have subconsciously reached an unspoken rule with the imperial court, no matter how powerful you are, stay in your own place, the army is not allowed to come out casually, and the imperial court will not suppress them too much, this is the consensus reached by both sides, it has been maintained for more than 20 years, Zhao Xun does not want to let this rule that has lasted for many years be easily broken because of a Yang Daoan, once this rule is broken, it will be chaotic, It's not a matter of two knots.

And the reason why Wang Qili was able to survive in the end and continue to be his lieutenant of the division is that Wang Huailie's good words are actually very important and crucial, but it is also because Zhao Xun did not want to become critical again because of a little Wang Qili, and the relationship with Wang Huailie that had just eased before he figured out Wang Huailie's true intentions.