The Queen Mother wanted to kill Zhang Yunlong, but the first person to stand up against her was not an outsider, but her cousin Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng said: "Zhang Yunlong disobeyed the Queen Mother and should be killed; Zhang Yunlong is loyal to the emperor and cannot be killed. Moreover, General Zhang Lao has a very high prestige in the Xuanjia Army, and if he insists on killing him, it may cause a mutiny. Although we have the strength to suppress the mutiny, this kind of internal friction is really inappropriate. After all, it is difficult to find a good general in my Xuanjia army, and it is already a once-in-a-century encounter to produce a Zhang Yunlong. ”

"He is a big thing for me, almost blatantly against me, how can I keep him?" Empress Dowager Cao said.

"If the Queen Mother really wants to move her, unless the Queen Mother makes up her mind, even the emperor will be overthrown." Cao Shengdao.

Empress Dowager Cao gritted her teeth and did not speak.

Cao Shengdao: "Since the Queen Mother has not made up her mind yet, then postpone the decision, it is still useful to keep Zhang Yunlong now, and let him lead the troops to level the three major gates, which must be the first choice of the Xuanjia Army." ”

Empress Dowager Cao said: "At that time, I am afraid that he will be in a high position, and after overthrowing the three major gates, he will push me down, so what should I do?" ”

Cao Shengdao: "That depends on the emperor's intentions, not Zhang Yunlong's intentions, if His Majesty the Emperor is allowed to drive the expedition in person, this result will not be produced." ”

"You mean to let Ce'er lead the troops to fight?" Empress Dowager Cao was worried: "Although the emperor has the name of Renjun, but he can't fight, usually playing polo and the palace maid is injured, he is so distressed, so pampered for seventeen years, let a person of his character go to the battlefield, is to let him and the army destroy together." ”

"You can let the queen lead the troops." Cao Shengdao: "The emperor is in front, the queen is behind, the emperor gives orders, and the queen strategizes and can fight." ”

Empress Dowager Cao smiled: "This is also my intention to cultivate Tang Qi." This woman has been tested by the Northern Expedition and is very fond of it. In addition, her subordinates also trained a group of good generals, but unfortunately, Bai Ke was taken over by the Tang family. ”

Cao Shengdao: "Although Bai Ke is brave, but Chen Bao and Tang Hu are still teenagers, and in time, they are no less than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Cao raised her head and laughed.

Cao Sheng also smiled, but his smile was like a dragonfly in water, and he said again: "The affairs of the Ximen family should be put on the agenda." ”

Empress Dowager Cao said: "Since Prime Minister Meng has died, let Ximen Zhensen be the prime minister, and at the same time let the Meng family nominate a person to inherit the position of Duke of Jing Guo and the position of Imperial Doctor." ”

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Meng Danqing died, and Meng Zong took power.

After Meng Zong was sure that no one touched him, he announced the real cause of his father's death, and everyone looked at Meng Danqing's neck to make sure that Meng Zong did it, and they were all shocked.

Meng Zong was ruthless, and there was a nine-rank swordsman wolf tooth beside him, no one dared to provoke him, even Meng Yin's father, Meng Qingzhong, who had the highest seniority, did not dare to stand up and scold him.

Meng Zong was worried that Meng Qingzhong secretly colluded with Ji Yifa, controlled Ji Yifa's family in advance, and had a long talk with Ji Yifa.

Ji Yifa knew that he had no other choice but to take refuge in Meng Zong.

At this point, Meng Zong was completely in control of the Meng family, and at the same time, there was good news from the army, the original Meng Du and Meng Yang troops had handed over the tiger talisman to Meng Zong's confidant Zhang Zhikui.

Meng Zong couldn't stop laughing.

The Meng family elected Meng Zong as the new patriarch, inherited the position of Jing Guogong, and was appointed as the new imperial historian.

There is procrastination and laziness between manners, and arrogance between words.

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"This Meng Zong is so arrogant, the mourning family is very happy in their hearts." Empress Dowager Cao said to Empress Tang: "Queen, do you know why the mourning family is happy? ”

Tang Qi said: "If you want to kill, you must be crazy." ”

Empress Dowager Cao laughed and said, "Those who know me, Tang Qiye." Let him continue to go crazy, the crazier the better. ”

"Can the queen mother restrain Zhang Zhikui?" Tang Qi asked.

The Queen Mother said: "Although Zhang Zhikui is radical, through many temptations, he can find that this person is difficult to contain. He has no national righteousness in his heart, only personal interests. Now that Meng Zong is so favored with him, it is difficult for me to prescribe higher conditions. ”

"It can be said that higher treatment is possible." Tang Qi said.

The Queen Mother said: "No, Zhang Zhikui has an impatient personality, and at the same time he doesn't see rabbits and eagles, there is only one end for people like him, death." ”

In fact, Tang Qi has always been very curious, how can the Queen Mother have the confidence to shake the great warlord for two hundred years?

It turned out that she actually planned to collude with Meng Zong and eliminate the Simon Zhensen family together.

At the same time, Empress Dowager Cao still has a hole card in her hand, and she actually used the emperor to plot against Xiao Han, the first general of the Tiger Army.

But Xiao Han has one condition, he said: Simon Zhensen is not dead, I will not make the Ximen family rebel; If I rebel, don't touch the second son of the Simon family. The world says that I am crazy and proud, but in fact, I am the most chivalrous. I only worship Qin Shi Huang, to stop the war, now His Majesty the Emperor follows the example of the First Emperor, has the ambition to calm the world, Xiao Han is willing to sacrifice his life to accompany him, but I once worshiped under the father-in-law, when he is alive, I will not live up to him, I have a relationship with the second son of the Ximen family, I rebel, not to rebel against him, even if the Ximen family is heinous, His Majesty the Emperor must also ensure that he is alive, and knighted. A marquis who has no military power, presumably the Great Liang Dynasty can still afford it.

In addition to Xiao Han, what hole cards did Empress Dowager Cao have in her hand, she didn't say, but it didn't mean that there were none.

Tang Qi really admires the woman Empress Dowager Cao, she is different from herself, she is a delicate woman, so far, she still walks lightly, with a graceful posture, elegant manners, and full of femininity.

In the early years, she lived in the boudoir, and later joined the palace, she rarely went out, when the first emperor died, she was even more observant, once said, mourning family does not die without leaving the palace, even if Meng Xiangxu died, it is the emperor and the queen who go to mourn.

How did she manage to control the overall situation in such a situation?

It's scary to think about.

Presumably, Cao Sheng is one of her pillars, but Cao Sheng usually acts in a low-key manner, and he can't see anything outstanding at all, and he is very good with Zhang Yunlong, is he emulating Sima Yi, having great ambitions, and holding back?

Tang Qi's mood is actually very complicated, she has now become a member of the royal family, and the emperor and the queen mother are actually suspicious of each other.

The queen mother was suspicious, so she didn't let her son take charge of the army; And the emperor's suspicion is not a matter of life and death, he always wants to calm the world as soon as possible, but his mother disagrees, he said, my mother always treats me as a child, in fact, I have grown up a long time ago, I should let go of it, and I will inevitably become a Ming Jun like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The emperor has ambitions, which is good, but the Great Liang Dynasty has been poor for many years, and his ambition is inevitably a little ambitious. I think that the reason why Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was able to fight, in addition to his strong personal personality, there was also the huge legacy left by Wenjing Zhizhi to support him.

But Zhao Ce's ancestors left him a mess.