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At the end of last year, Tuoba Jue led his army to the east to conquer Liaodong, not only successfully destroying the Northern Yan, but also thwarting Goguryeo's attempt to infiltrate Liaodong.

Although he was relieved of his worries, because the time was not ripe for the south, Tuoba had no choice but to turn his attention to China again.

When the class teacher returned, he took advantage of this leisure time to make a serious summary of the politics of the early Wei state.

Finally, he believes that the reason why Wei's political situation is not as stable as Hexi's, and that it is always turbulent, is that he does not have enough authority in his own right.

This is related to the fact that the Wei state has always retained nomadic tribal customs, in which the monarch does not have absolute authority.

Throughout the tribal alliance, each tribal leader has a say in decision-making.

At the same time, he also believed that because the Wei State was born from nomadic people, the aristocracy lacked etiquette and reverence for the superiors.

Although Sinicization has brought a lot of negative effects to the Tuoba tribe, it has won the approval of Tuoba Jue in strengthening the authority of the monarch.

In this case, the Confucian Gongsun Biao of Yanjun presented the book "Han Feizi" to Tuoba.

After seeing this, Tuoba Jue praised him again and again, and knew how to establish authority in front of the tribal subjects who did not understand the religion.

Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that there was no need to worry about a big war at the moment, Tuoba began to gradually try to implement severe punishment and harsh laws in the country.

The aim was to increase the authority of the monarchy and change the democratic traditions among the Tuoba tribes.

In the days before and after the Spring Festival, the king of Wei suddenly became short-tempered, and he deposed and killed ministers at every turn.

After a bloody killing, Tuoba finally established supreme authority in the country.

More importantly, he used cruelty and killing to forcibly establish a feudal ethical order within the Tuoba tribe.

Although Tuoba Jue's behavior objectively promoted the progress of Wei, it caused everyone in Wei to be in danger.

In addition, he has been taking cold food powder for a long time and has a moody personality, which makes the inside and outside of Pingcheng shrouded in a terrifying atmosphere.

Just when the Northern Wei Dynasty was slaughtered at home and abroad, Nanyan asked for help and urgently reported to Pingcheng.

At this time, Tuoba was drinking and having fun in the palace with a group of concubines, and watched the dancing girls dance with great interest.

Since ascending to the throne of Wei, Tuoba's lustful side has been vividly exposed.

At the beginning, in order to forcibly marry his aunt, he also sent someone to assassinate his uncle.

When he was in power and finally felt the pleasure of power, Tuoba Jue drank and had fun even more recklessly.

Suddenly, an attendant hurried to Tuoba's side and whispered a few words.

Tuoba Jue smiled: "Where is the urgent report?" Show it to the widow! ”

He poured wine into his mouth with a wine glass, and at the same time took the emergency report with one hand and shook it away.

Who knew that he only swept a few lines, and suddenly it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the wine glass in his hand also fell to the ground with a bang.

Tuoba Jue was shocked by the earth-shattering changes in the south, not only Nanyang and the Central Plains were occupied by Hexi one after another, but even Nanyan was in danger.

I have to say that people can be incapable, but they can't be without eyes.

At this moment, there was a concubine who might have been favored by King Wei on weekdays, but she didn't see that Tuoba's face was already blue, and she still stepped forward to persuade him to drink.

As a result, he was slapped to the ground by the upset Tuoba Jue, and shouted angrily: "Come on, drag it down, beat it hard!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the concubines were frightened, the drum music suddenly stopped, and everyone stood on the spot at a loss.

Tuoba snorted heavily, got up and walked out of the hall.

Of course, he likes wine, but he is by no means a mediocre and incompetent person, and he will never delay state affairs because of pleasure.

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Not long after, Zhang Yan, Xu Qian, An Tong, Tuoba Lie, Xi Jin and others all hurried to the palace.

At this moment, in the side hall, King Wei Tuoba Jue frowned, and was pacing back and forth irritably.

Seeing that King Wei was in a state of emotion, and thinking of the recent killing, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and they all stood aside silently.

At this moment, a strong smell of alcohol suddenly entered everyone's nostrils.

Zhang Yan's nose twitched slightly, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Without asking too much, he knew that King Wei must have been drinking and having fun just now.

However, if he hadn't drunk a little wine, maybe Tuoba Jue wouldn't have been so gaffe.

But it was precisely because of King Wei's gaffe that Zhang Yan and others realized that there must have been another major change.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan's heart sank, and his face couldn't help but be a little solemn.

Now the Wei State seems to be singing and dancing, but in fact, there is a dark tide surging inside.

Recently, in order to consolidate his personal authority, the Wei king wantonly killed courtiers, which further exacerbated domestic contradictions.

Under the instability of the domestic political situation, Zhang Yan never wanted great changes to occur externally, otherwise Wei would follow in the footsteps of Qin.

Think back then, why did Prime Minister Wang Meng try to stop Fu Jian's southern expedition to the Eastern Jin Dynasty? Is it rare just because Wang Meng was born in the Han nationality?

No, by no means! In Zhang Yan's view, Wang Meng must also want to dominate the world.

However, Wang Meng obviously knew very well that there were many internal contradictions in the former Qin, and he did not have the conditions to unify the world at all.

Zhang Yan never wanted Wei to follow in the footsteps of Qin.

All along, he hoped that Wei would suspend its external expansion and focus on rectifying its internal affairs.

After the domestic contradictions are resolved, they will go south to compete with Hexi for hegemony in the world.

But now it seems that his vision is difficult to realize.

After a long time, I saw Tuoba Jue sigh and look at everyone with a solemn face.

"Just now, the scout came to report that Huan Xuan wanted to unite with the northwest of Hexi to attack Nanyan, and Murong De sent a special envoy to ask for help from Great Wei."

"What?! Huan Xuan's Northern Expedition? Hexi sent troops to help? ”

"In this way, isn't Nanyan in danger?"

When everyone heard the name of Hexi, they all showed a look of fear.

Since the defeat at Yecheng, the whole Wei state seems to have begun to fear Hexi in their hearts.

But Tuoba Jue was not reconciled, that Wei Shuo was younger than him, and his background was even worse than him.

As long as he thought that he had always been pressed by Wei Shuo, he felt a little depressed in his heart.

It's just that the Hexi Army has indeed achieved brilliant results over the years: destroying Lu Guang to take Hexi, cutting Qin Liang to collect Longyou, attacking Xiyan to get three Jins, and recovering Guanzhong after Pinghou, and this year it is even more to destroy Xishu with partial divisions.

I don't want to know, thinking about it really scared Tuoba, and before I knew it, Wei Shuo had opened up so many territories!

Seeing that everyone heard that Hexi had changed color, Tuoba Jue couldn't help but be discouraged.

"Perhaps, as the proverb says, God does not want my Tuoba clan to achieve great things!"

"That's it, that's the case, the widow will send an envoy to Hexi to claim his vassal."

"The king must not give up on himself.

Xu Qian hurriedly comforted him: "The king doesn't need to be anxious, the situation can be recovered." ”

Originally, Tuoba didn't really want to give in, but just to stimulate everyone.

So, he took advantage of the situation and said: "How can a widow be willing to give up the ancestral inheritance? They don't want to be left behind. ”

"But now that Hexi is advancing step by step, Wei Guo can't retreat anymore no matter what, otherwise we will die and have no place to be buried!"

"If everyone is afraid of the great power of Hexi this time and allows Nanyan to perish, then my Great Wei will not be able to survive alone in the future."

As soon as these words came out, the side hall was suddenly silent.

Everyone immediately understood that the king of Wei did not want Nanyan to perish.

But at the thought of confronting the Hexi Army again, Wei couldn't help but feel a little headache.

From the battle for Shuofang to the battle for Yecheng, Wei did not get any advantage in Hexi.

The successive failures have cast a shadow on Hexi from the top to the bottom of the Wei State.

To tell the truth, if it was just Huan Xuan's northern expedition to Southern Yan, Wei would not have taken it to heart at all.

Hexi will also be involved, so they have to be unable to sleep.

"Let's talk about it! In view of the current situation, what should Dawei do? ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tuoba Jue did not urge, and said to himself: "Last year, the widow leveled Liaodong, and I thought that my strength had increased greatly. ”

"Who would have thought that Wei Shuo would take Shu land silently, and take Nanyang and the Central Plains into his pocket."

"In this way, the strength of the two sides has not only not shrunk, but has been further stretched."

"And this Nanyan dispute is not so much to save Murong De, but to save ourselves."

"Because, once Nanyan perishes, it will be a heavy blow to domestic morale.

"From now on, Wei will bear external pressure alone, not to mention dominating the world, whether it can keep the country has to be said."

"The Lord humiliates his ministers to death! The king, the last general is willing to lead the troops to fight to the death with the people of Hexi. ”

"The minister and Hexi are incompatible, and they are willing to follow the king to take revenge on Hexi."

"The minister is also willing to help the king to be ashamed."

"Minister......

Under the constant stimulation of Tuoba, the whole Wei State became passionate, and they couldn't wait to go out and fight Hexi now.

King Wei struck while the iron was hot, drew his sword, neatly cut off a corner of the case, and swore a poisonous oath.

"Good! From now on, Dawei and Hexi, widows and Wei Shuo will not die! ”

"In the future, there will be those who are cowardly and afraid of the enemy, and there will be no forgiveness!"