"Ah Feng, take Old Thief Xie down, I don't want to see him again." After the two of them had said about the same, Ning Zhiyuan, who had been standing aside and watching the excitement, ordered the second son.

"Yes, father." Ning Yafeng dragged An Guogong, who was deeply shocked and had a dull expression, down.

Ning Zhiyuan walked up to Yan Beiqing and said, "No matter what, you did help our Ning family trap this Hu army.

It makes sense that I should reciprocate.

You say, what do you want? ”

Yan Beiqing knelt down on his knees very solemnly and bowed, and then said: "I only ask Duke Ning to redress the grievances of my Yan family and return my Yan family to innocence."

In the next wish, I will die and seek the fulfillment of Ninggong. ”

Ning Zhiyuan sighed and said, "With your merits, I should have spared you from dying."

But you have done too many hurtful things for the Hu people, especially the great plague that happened in the northwest back then, which caused countless people in the northwest to die of illness, I can't treat it as if nothing happened.

I can only give you the whole corpse, and I can let you witness the execution of the Xie family and others, and then give you poisoned wine to commit suicide.

As for what you ask, I have granted.

In the future, I will definitely rehabilitate your Yan family and restore the innocence of the Yan family.

I will also send someone to bury your bones in the Yan family's cemetery, so that you can return to your sect.

Are you satisfied with such a disposition? ”

"Thank you Ning Gongcheng.

It's just that he has done too many wrong things in the next place, and he is ashamed of the Yan family.

After I die, the bones don't have to be buried in the Yan cemetery, just find a place to bury them. ”

"Okay, whatever you want."

"Thank you Ning Gong for being complete, in the fifth place of the next inscription, I only hope that there will be a chance to repay this kindness in the next life." After speaking, Yan Beiqing kowtowed to Ning Zhiyuan three times.

After Ning Yafeng came back, Ning Zhiyuan asked the second son to take Yan Beiqing down, and the matter was over.

After bringing down the two sworn enemies An Guogong and Yan Beiqing, Ning Zhiyuan looked at Chi Fei and said, "Ah Zhen, everyone here is his own family.

Although you are not surnamed Ning, in my eyes there is no difference between Ah Bai and Ah Feng, they are both your own children.

There are some things that you may know in your heart, but it is inconvenient to say.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are no outsiders now, we might as well make everything clear, so as not to leave any heart problems in the future.

Since I have long known the plans and movements of the Hu people from Yan Beiqing, this means that as long as I am willing, I can intercept and kill the Hu people halfway before they enter Beijing, and not let them have a chance to get closer to Xinjing.

But I didn't do it, not because I couldn't, but because I didn't want to.

Ah Zhen, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I deliberately let the Hu people into Beijing.

I know that in order to take revenge, Yan Beiqing will definitely instigate the Hu people to kill the Zhao royal family.

And that's exactly what I want to see.

In other words, even if the Hu people want to kill all the people in the capital, as long as I can ensure that the entire Zhao royal family, including Zhao Yan'an, will die at the hands of the Hu people, I will turn a blind eye and let it do whatever it takes.

You should know this in your heart, am I right? ”

Chi Fei looked at his father-in-law, and then at Ning Yabai and Ning Yafeng.

At this time, the father and son were also looking at him without blinking, all waiting for his answer.

Chi Fei thought for a while, and then said very calmly: "All along, the Ning family has been under the banner of being the orphan of Emperor Jing'an's loyal ministers, and they have always regarded themselves as Emperor Jing'an's courtiers and dare not take half a step beyond Lei Chi.

If the Zhao royal family is still there, how to face the orthodox Zhao royal family will be an extremely thorny problem if they lead the Northwest Army to defeat the Hu people, recover Jiangnan and even recover all the territory of the Great Wei.

That's right, Zhao Yufeng is a rebellious son of Shijun's father, and of course his father-in-law can ignore his orders, and even be qualified to send troops to him.

But Zhao Yufeng has already gone after only one year of reign, and although Zhao Yan'an, the successor to the throne, is a puppet emperor supported by the Xie family, he is a legitimate Heavenly Family bloodline after all, and of course he is qualified to inherit the throne.

And Zhao Yu'an has already become an adult, and it is obviously no longer feasible to coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes.

Even if Emperor An Zhao Yu'an really 'dies of illness', his two princes are fully qualified to inherit the throne.

Even if the two princes also 'died of illness' together, it stands to reason that other people from the Zhao royal family can be selected to inherit the throne.

Because the Great Wei Dynasty was originally the world of the Zhao family, it is reasonable and legal that someone from the Zhao family should be the emperor.

Therefore, for the Ning family, who has always regarded themselves as the courtiers of Emperor Jing'an, how to deal with Emperor Zhao Yu'an, and even the entire Zhao royal family, after the victory, will be a hurdle that can never be bypassed, which is also the most embarrassing place for the Ning family.

As the courtiers of the Zhao family, the Ning family is suspected of usurping the throne and rebelling no matter what means are used to replace them.

Not only will it be criticized by many readers, but it is also likely to leave a very disgraceful record in the history books in the future. ”

Speaking of this, a bolder idea suddenly popped up in Chi Fei's mind.

Perhaps what his father-in-law Ning Zhiyuan really cares about is not the evaluation of many readers and the records in the history books of later generations, but he doesn't want to open this hole from him: as a powerful minister by the emperor's side, he finally usurped the throne and successfully became the new emperor.

The father-in-law may be afraid that once this opening is opened, he will have the right to follow suit and follow suit in the future, setting a very bad precedent.

Thinking of this, Chi Fei understood his father-in-law Ning Zhiyuan's true thoughts more thoroughly, so he continued: "In order to avoid the suspicion of usurpation of the Ning family, the best way is to let the entire Zhao royal family die at the hands of the Hu people, a foreigner.

In this way, when the Ning family successfully repelled the Hu people and regained the lost territory, they would immediately become a righteous army and a national hero admired by everyone in the world.

The so-called one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and when the Zhao royal family has died, it is natural for the Ning family, who has the right time, place and people, to succeed to the throne.

This is not only justified, but also the people's aspirations, which can be described as a great joy.

And the premise of achieving all this is that the Zhao royal family must die, and it will die at the hands of the Hu people who have nothing to do with the Ning family.

Only in this way can this best result be produced.

Am I right, father-in-law? ”

Ning Zhiyuan sighed and said, "That's true, you are really a bright-minded child."

Even if I don't say a lot of things, you have already thought clearly in your heart, and this is what I appreciate most about you.

Ah Zhen, I ask you, do you think I shouldn't do this?

In order to achieve the goal, put all the people in the hands of beasts, water and fire, and be ruthless. ”

Chi Fei took a deep breath, then looked directly into Ning Zhiyuan's eyes and said, "Father-in-law, you think too highly of me, I am not the kind of saint who is compassionate and compassionate, and I have no right to blame you."

Honestly, I don't know if you're right or wrong.

But I think that's probably the only way to go.

The Zhao royal family should indeed die at the hands of the Hu people.

This is not only for the Ning family, but also for the people of the world to suffer less from war. ”

"Are you telling the truth? Do you really approve of my approach?! Ning Zhiyuan looked at him with a look of surprise.

"I can understand your thoughts, because it's the better of the two options I can think of.

It should be said that this is the only way to go in this situation. ”

"You said you came up with two solutions, but what is the other one?" Ning Zhiyuan asked curiously.

"It's very simple, wait for the Xie family to directly usurp the throne and become the emperor, and then the Northwest Army can openly and honestly enter the king of Beijing under the banner of killing the thieves.

In this way, the Ning family will be able to take over the capital in the name of justifiably.

The reason why I agree with Mr. Zhang's proposal to first take the whole of the north and then confront the north and south of the imperial court is also based on this consideration.

As long as the Xie family finally can't help but usurp the throne and become emperor, it will be the best time for our Northwest Army to send troops on a large scale.

But what happened later completely disrupted this plan. ”

"You mean the Jiangnan plague?"

"Yes, when there was a great plague in Jiangnan, and the Hu people had successfully taken Jiangkou Mansion, I knew that the Xie family, which was facing a two-front battle, would definitely not be able to hold on, and I would not have the time to usurp the throne and become emperor.

But if the Xie family does not usurp the throne, what should the Zhao royal family with its orthodox status do? This is back to square one.

I thought about it, and the only way I could think of was to borrow a knife to kill people.

borrowed the hands of the Hu people to get rid of the Zhao royal family.

In this way, the Ning family will be able to enter the capital openly without bearing any stigma.

Later, when I saw that you deliberately slowed down the march of the army, as if you were letting the Hu people enter Beijing, I knew that you probably had this idea in mind.

When I figured this out, I couldn't help but feel glad.

Fortunately, in order to save time, I managed to mobilize a large number of Freemasonry members to dig the secret passage used for the emergency escape of the eldest sister's family, which happened to be located in the outer city where the people lived, not the inner city where the dignitaries lived.

In this way, once the Hu people attack the city, not only can the eldest sister's family take the opportunity to escape from Xinjing, but also allow as many people as possible to escape from the secret passage.

Now that I think about it, this is also a good move to play crookedly.

It just left a way for the people of Xinjing who lived in the outer city to survive, so that they would not all fall into the hands of the Hu people, which was also a great luck in misfortune. ”

"That's true, it's true." Ning Zhiyuan laughed out loud after speaking, and laughed very heartily.

At this moment, he could finally be completely relieved.

Over the years, the youngest son-in-law Chi Fei has treated his father-in-law with sincerity and no reservations, and has made countless contributions to the Ning family with his own talents.

Such a genius, no matter which force gets it, will treat it as a treasure and use it greatly.

And it just so happened that Chi Fei was his son-in-law, which made Ning Zhiyuan have no worries.

There is a way to exchange sincerity for sincerity, and after sharing weal and woe together for so many years, Ning Zhiyuan naturally treats his little son-in-law Chi Fei as his own child like his son.

He deliberately picked out this most secret thing today, because he didn't want the little son-in-law to have a thorn in his heart, which would affect the relationship between the two in the future.

Ning Zhiyuan knew very well in his heart that once the scandal of allowing the Hu people to slaughter the people in order to get rid of the Zhao royal family spread, it would become a stigma that he could not remove in his life.

He Ning Zhiyuan has been frank for half his life, and only this matter is ashamed.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the little son-in-law agreed with his approach, which was the biggest surprise.

Seeing that the rain had passed and the sky was clear, the brothers Ning Yabai and Ning Yafeng breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces showed expressions of relief.

They also don't want their brother-in-law to get along with them, after all, so many years of friendship is not something that can be simply summed up in a sentence of brotherhood.

At this time, Ning Zhiyuan, who was in a good mood, opened his mouth and added: "Ah Zhen, I let the Hu people enter Beijing, not only to borrow their hands to get rid of the Zhao royal family, but also to take the opportunity to get rid of a group of high-ranking and powerful Beijing officials.

If these long-held officials do not take the opportunity to kill a group of them, the various new policies you have implemented in the northwest and northeast will encounter great resistance when they are implemented throughout the country in the future.

In particular, the two new policies, the official selection system and the clean and honest society, which involve the vital interests of officials, are bound to meet with strong opposition from them.

In order to hinder the implementation of the New Deal throughout the country, those people will certainly unite to do all kinds of shady things behind the scenes.

I can't let these dead dogs ruin the good things we've built up so hard, so we have to get rid of them and replace them with our own. ”

"But Dad, most of those Beijing officials are still alive now, what can I do?" Ning Yafeng asked.

Ning Zhiyuan said indifferently: "Silly boy, those people are no longer enough to be troubled, and it doesn't matter if they live or die." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Ning Yafeng was confused when she heard it.

Ning Yabai explained with a smile: "Have you forgotten? In order to save their lives, most of those dog officials have already surrendered to the Hu people.

They will never be able to get rid of this charge of collaborating with the enemy and surrendering to the enemy for the rest of their lives.

As long as my father intends to attack them, it is just a matter of words.

When the time comes, they will be killed, and no one will dare to defend them. ”

"I see, then I'm relieved." Ning Yafeng suddenly realized.

At this time, Ning Zhiyuan said to Chi Fei with pride: "Ah Zhen, after the whole territory is recovered, we will implement the new policy throughout the country."

I want to see if this world, this country and society, can really change a lot in our hands, and become a prosperous era where everyone can eat enough.

Would you like to continue to help me? ”

Looking at his father-in-law in front of him, Chi Fei couldn't help but think of many years ago, when his father-in-law had said in the same domineering manner: "Although you have to be careful, my Ning clan has been operating in the northwest for a hundred years, and it is not without foundation."

In case someone really can't tolerate us, it's just a shot and two scattered, and no one can think about it at that time.

If you want to deceive my Ning family, it's not so easy! ”

Thinking of the scene back then, Chi Fei couldn't help but feel a feeling of blood boiling again, so he gave his hand and said the answer of the year: "The little son-in-law is willing to follow his father-in-law to the death and advance and retreat with the Ning family." ”

Ning Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed very happily.

These conversations that took place on the top of the city tower became the biggest secret of the Ning family and the Su family in the future, and no one except the parties present knew what they said at that time.