Chapter 645: Seizure of power
"His Royal Highness King Qu, the situation in the western part of Longyou, after several years of painstaking management by the marshal, has been very stable, and the Han and foreigners have reached a balance and can live in peace......."
Zheng Chun said loudly, but Zhao Tong was a fierce faction, interrupted his words, and said coldly: "Zheng Chun, are you accusing this king?" ”
"The last general will not dare."
Zheng Chun sighed deeply in his heart, the official level crushed people, Zhao Tong's identity was too noble, it was not something he could compete with at all, and he used to be a subordinate of a rebel general, although he finally surrendered to the imperial court, but under the overall environment, no matter how low-key and hard-working, he was still suspicious and excluded by many people, and even after meeting Li Xun, after great efforts, this slowly made some changes, but for the most part, the change is not big, the traitor was born, this stain is difficult to be washed away.
Therefore, Zheng Chun is very low-key on weekdays, and he will be very polite and humble to anyone, even if it is a person whose official position is a few levels lower than him, and he will be cautious and cautious in everything, before Li Xun left, he had instructed not to force Zhao Tong, with this premise, Zheng Chun can actually care about nothing, even if something big happens, how much does it have to do with him? Anyway, when the sky fell, there was Li Xun in front of him, but Li Xun not only saved Zheng Chun's life, but also had the grace of knowing him, and this expedition to the Western Regions handed over the heavy responsibility of staying in Wu'an to Zheng Chun, giving him full authority to deal with the western part of Longyou, and he could act cheaply, how much trust is this? In this regard, Zheng Chun is very grateful, now, Zhao Tong instigated a small number of Han people, and the foreigners broke out a fierce conflict, the foreigners lost control of their emotions, and attacked the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Zhao Tong used this as an excuse to forcibly transfer troops, Zheng Chun did not obey, he ordered his own personal soldiers more than 500 people, directly intervened, and forcefully suppressed the foreigners, the means were cruel, more than half of the hundreds of foreigners present were killed and wounded, and the rest were all arrested. Zheng Chun finally couldn't bear it anymore, and transferred 3,000 troops into the city, driving Zhao Tong's personal soldiers out of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, and at this point, the contradictions between the two sides broke out completely.
Shazhou Thorn Shi Gao Yongzhi sneered: "Zheng Chun, don't you state Li Xun's merits there, what credit does he have?" Before the western part of Longyou was recovered, how were the Han people oppressed and tortured? Now that Longyou has returned to the territory of our Jin Dynasty, Li Xun is so preferential to foreigners and loves Han people, what does he want to do? ”
Gao Yongzhi's words fell, and a local official immediately spoke up and continued: "I think Li Xun just has different ambitions and deliberately woos foreigners, with bad intentions. ”
Zheng Chun's face turned pale, and he said angrily: "Li Dashuai is thinking about the overall situation, there are nearly one million foreigners in the western part of Longyou, can't they all be killed?" When is the time for retribution, isn't it good for everyone to live in peace? What do you intend to speculate here and deliberately slander Li Dashuai? ”
Zhao Tong laughed and said: "Zheng Chun, you actually have the face to say this, don't forget, you used to be a traitor, whether Li Xun has different ambitions or not, you Zheng Chun is very likely." ”
Subsequently, some people came out to deliberately slander Zheng Chun, although some people came out to explain for Zheng Chun, but the number was too small to play a role.
Zheng Chun looked at the faces of these people, his fists were clenched tightly, his anger had reached the limit, but he still took a few deep breaths and sat down forcibly, Zhao Tong was really insidious, he saw that Li Xun didn't want to touch hard, and as a messenger and observer, he temporarily dismissed a large number of officials who were interested in Li Xun, and then gathered those officials who targeted Li Xun, and when Li Xun was out, he suddenly attacked Zheng Chun, intending to seize military power.
Zheng Chun now understands that now there are many people on Zhao Tong's side, and it is difficult for him to be an opponent alone, no matter how much he says, it is useless, and in the end, he will only bring humiliation on himself, so he still keeps silent.
Zhao Tong looked at Zheng Chun, with a sneer on his face, he had been laying out the western part of Longyou for a few months, and now it was time to close the net.
In fact, Zhao Tong's layout in the states and counties of the seven states of Longyou is just a confusing move, in order to disturb Li Xun's train of thought, Li Xun's core is in Wu'an, Zhao Tong's ultimate goal, naturally also Wu'an, now the western part of Longyou is more than 10,000 soldiers in the hands of Zheng Chun, and the rest are all in the Western Regions, and although the soldiers and horses in the Western Regions are heavy, Li Xun seems to have unlimited scenery, but more than 50,000 troops, the soldiers and horses that really belong to Li Xun's lineage, are actually only a few thousand, once there is a change in Longyou, they will definitely stand again, instead of helping Li Xun, Li Xun's honor and disgrace have nothing to do with them, so Zhao Tong wants to seize Zheng Chun's military power, overhead Li Xun, before leaving Beijing, Zhao He told him very definitely that Li Xun will soon be transferred from Longyou, Zhao Tong's purpose of this trip is to seize power, seize Li Xun's power, once Li Xun leaves, in the future redivision of rights, with the premise of Zhao Tong, Zhao He will get the greatest benefits.
Zheng Chun is a fourth-grade general, and the scattered officials are from the third-rank general, Zhao Tong cannot be directly dismissed like the removal of Zhou Qing, he does not have this right, but Zhao Tong is an observer, and he is a Qincha, and he has a certain opportunity to act, and has the right to cut first and then play, so Zhao Tong can only take a detour, slander Zheng Chun for some crimes, and arrange some sudden events, and then forcibly seize Zheng Chun's military power on the grounds of urgency and power, Zheng Chun was once a traitor, Zhao Zhi did not trust him, Zhao Tong can easily explain what he did afterwards.
Seeing that Zheng Chun didn't speak, Zhao Tong gave a look to the commander of his own army, who understood, and immediately waved his hand, more than ten soldiers rushed in, and then surrounded Zheng Chun.
Zheng Chun stood up, looked at Zhao Tong, and said coldly, "King Qu, what do you want to do?" ”
Zhao Tong said lightly: "You have also heard the words of the officials, they all feel that what you have done, coupled with your background as a rebel general, is too dangerous for Longyou, this king, as an observer, the Qin messenger sent by the imperial court, combined with the opinions of everyone, feels that you are no longer suitable for your current position." ”
Zheng Chun's face was pale, he never thought that Zhao Tong would dare to do something like this, now he has no weapons on his body, he is surrounded by more than a dozen people, and he has no ability to resist at all.
Looking at Zheng Chun's expression, Zhao Tong had a satisfied smile on his face, everything was under his control, the plan was finally completed, where would Li Xun, a lowly person from a clay legged background, be his opponent?
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Li Xun galloped quickly and came to the Wu'an County Ya, where hundreds of soldiers were closely guarded outside the gate.
Li Xun looked at these people, they were not his own subordinates, they should be people brought by Zhao Tong, Zhao Tong came to the western part of Longyou, and he brought more than 500 personal soldiers to escort them.