Chapter 329: A Shot Must Be Made
Yes, this Steward Li is right, there is no distinction between justice and evil in the party struggle above the court, only the king and the loser, so this is a life-and-death struggle, and you must not be merciful to the enemy, even if he is the optimus general of Qi and the pillar of the country, as long as he is in front of us, then we must get rid of him without hesitation!
And Hu Luguang is a smart man, I believe he already knows that we people will definitely deal with him, so he will never sit still, now we and him are already in flames, it is impossible to live in peace, the result can only be one of them falls, and the other side will kill the loser!
Right! We must take action against this Hu Luguang, take advantage of the fact that he has just returned to the court, unprepared, and catch him off guard, otherwise when he prepares everything, with his current prestige in the Qi State, plus the military power in his hands, and those relatives in high positions in the family, it will be easy for him to deal with us!
So, under the fanning of Steward Li, Mu Tipo had already made up her mind to take action against Hu Luguang!
In the past few days that Steward Li was in Yecheng, Mu Tipo used various reasons to shirk the request that Steward Li ask him to help introduce him to visit Hu Luguang, because the purpose of Steward Li's trip was only to fan the flames and provoke the contradiction between Mu Tipo and Hu Luguang, so he could only pretend to be regretful and worried, and after handing over the goods, he shook his head and left Yecheng in disappointment and returned to Jinling!
After sending Steward Li away, Mu Tipo immediately found Zu Yan to discuss how to deal with Hu Luguang!
A few months ago, when Wei Xiaokuan sent people to spread this ballad against Hu Luguang in Yecheng, Zu Yan, who had always had a grudge against Hu Luguang, heard this ballad, and he thought that this would be an opportunity to get rid of Hu Luguang, so he immediately added two sentences to the end of this ballad: The blind husband has a big axe on his back, and the old mother can't speak! Then he sent his own people to spread this ballad and let it be recited more widely in Yecheng!
Sure enough, Mu Tipo and Lu Lingxuan also heard this ballad, and then thought that the next two sentences, the blind man refers to Zu Yan, and the rapping old mother is alluding to herself, so Lu Lingxuan's mother and son were suddenly terrified, thinking that this Hu Luguang, who had killed countless people on the battlefield, would attack him, because Hu Luguang couldn't look down on his various acts of corrupting the law, exploiting state-owned assets, and scraping the people's fat and ointment!
At the beginning, Gao Wei once wanted to give some official fields in Jinyang to Mu Tiva, but it attracted strong opposition from Hu Luguang, and loudly asked the court that these fields in Jinyang were used to grow all kinds of grain and grass since the first emperor, and the harvest could raise thousands of war horses, and then used to quell all kinds of bandit rebellions! Now His Majesty has given these fields to Mutiva, isn't this a sabotage of military affairs?
As a result, Hu Luguang's words of righteousness for the interests of the country not only made Gao Wei unable to step down, thus causing cracks in the relationship between the monarch and the minister, but also made Mu Ti Po resentful of Hu Luguang, thinking that Hu Luguang had the heart to get along with him!
So now that they heard this ballad processed by Zu Yan, Lu Lingxuan's mother and son immediately hooked up with Zu Yan, and then falsely accused Hu Luguang of being antipathetic in front of Gao Wei together, and said in horror: "Hu Luguang's family has been a general of the imperial court for several generations, full of generals and handsome, holding a large army, the eldest brother Hu Luguang is powerful in Guanxi, the second brother Hu Luxian is a Turk, and there is a daughter who is the queen, and the children in the family are all married to the princess, which can be described as full of eminence, and half of the power of our Daqi is under the control of their family. So now contact this ballad and think about it carefully, this Hu Luguang is really ready to rebel at any time, such a person is really terrible! "Reading Building
Gao Wei was originally a person who only had pleasure and had no opinions, so now when he heard that his most trusted Lu Lingxuan and Zu Yan, an important minister in the court, said that his father-in-law was actually going to rebel, he was so frightened that he panicked and believed it to be true, and in order to prevent it, he almost didn't immediately order Hu Luguang to be executed!
But at this time, fortunately, there was a Han Changluan standing next to Gao Wei!
Because when Gao Yan killed He Shikai's rebellion in the palace, Han Changluan discovered the killers lurking in the palace in advance and took them down, preventing Gao Yan from joining forces with these killers to force the palace, thus ensuring Gao Wei's safety, so he had a life-saving grace for Gao Wei!
Han Changluan was trusted and reused by Gao Wei because of this, so now when he heard Zu Yan and Lu Lingxuan secretly report together and framed Hu Luguang for rebellion, Gao Wei also asked Han Changluan's opinion for the first time!
Although Han Changluan is also an insatiable, sycophant, dark and vicious villain, but because he is also from the army, he also admires and respects other generals of Qi State, Gao Wei once wanted to attack Gao Changgong before, but he was persuaded by Han Changluan, so now when he heard that Lu Lingxuan and Zu Yan were going to attack Hu Luguang, the commander of Qi State's army, Han Changluan hurriedly persuaded Gao Wei: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!" I've heard this ballad too, but this must be a trick of Zhou Guo against me! You must know that General Hu has just led the army to repel the Zhou army, and now our Qi army admires General Hu very much, if we execute General Hu just because we heard this ballad, it will definitely be a great blow to the morale of our army! Now, although there have been drastic changes in the court of the Zhou State, and Yu Wenyong, who has returned to power, has also sent an envoy to negotiate peace with us, there is still a Chen State in the south! And they have already won Huainan, and they are coveting Huaibei with great eye! If we want to execute General Hu at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving Chen Guo a chance to continue attacking Huaibei? Moreover, General Hu is full of loyalty, he is loyal to our Qi country, and His Majesty's queen is the daughter of General Hu, if General Hu is executed now, it will definitely cause turmoil in our Qi court! So please think twice, Your Majesty! ”
When Gao Wei heard Han Changluan's explanation, he really calmed down, and then after thinking about it, he felt that what he said was indeed reasonable! Hu Luguang has just won the battle and repelled the attack of the Zhou State, if he, as the emperor, not only did not reward him, but even executed him, it would definitely cause other people to be dissatisfied, causing the situation of the entire Qi State to become turbulent!
But Lu Lingxuan and Zu Yan are also very reasonable, because they have been suppressing Gao Changgong, so they have unknowingly relied on their father-in-law Hu Luguang militarily, resulting in Hu Luguang now controlling half of the army of the entire Qi State! and his younger brother Hu Luxian, who is also leading tens of thousands of troops, defending the Turks on the border, these two brothers control hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands, if they suddenly attack and launch a coup d'état, then they really have no army in their hands that can resist it, and then Hu Luguang can indeed easily seize his throne, this is indeed a big problem, and it must be prevented and solved in advance!
Seeing Gao Wei hesitate, Han Changluan also breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Lingxuan and Zu Yan also knew that they couldn't bring down Hu Luguang because of a ballad of unknown origin, so they didn't dare to say bad things about Hu Luguang to Gao Wei anymore! But they knew that these secret reports of theirs, Hu Luguang, had the heart and ability to rebel, and it had indeed made Gao Wei suspicious of Hu Luguang, so it would be easier to make a move against Hu Luguang in the future!
So this time Hu Luguang's crisis caused by Wei Xiaokuan's ballad is actually out of place! But now that Steward Li has fanned the flames, Mu Tipo has remade up her mind that she must seize the opportunity and get rid of Hu Luguang as soon as possible, otherwise she will lose the best opportunity, but she will let Hu Luguang, who has a firm foothold, give herself a counterattack, and then she will be the one who will die!
So Mu Tipo once again found Zu Yan to discuss, and then the two hit it off, and immediately unified their thoughts, both thinking that now that they have made a move against Hu Luguang, there is no room for recovery, so they can only continue to move forward and keep making moves, so as not to give Hu Luguang a chance to fight back and let themselves fall into a situation from which they will never recover!