Dusk, on the banks of the Yellow River. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A ray of residual sun shone on the turbid river, Zhao Ziliang and Nie Sanniang walked slowly on the river side by side, Nie Sanniang noticed that Zhao Ziliang was a little absent-minded, and asked, "The king is still thinking about going to Chang'an?" ”

Every time he fights abroad, there is no shortage of women around Zhao Ziliang to serve, but there are not many women who can really communicate in thought and spirit, and Nie Sanniang is undoubtedly one of the women who knows him best.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the rolling river and sighed: "Yes! If you really want to rectify the dynasty, implement the policy of cutting the feudal domain, and let Datang restore its national strength, this is not an easy thing, and it is not something that can be done within a year or two! Also, are the emperors, the royal family, the ministers, and the great families welcoming me? That's hard to say! ”

Nie Sanniang smiled and comforted: "Husband don't worry, now the court is in a mess, with the current emperor's ability, he can't stabilize the situation at all, otherwise he won't ignore the strong opposition of the ministers and issue an edict of guilt, if the husband goes to clean up the mess, I think the emperor should welcome you, as for the other royal family members, ministers and family members, do you care about their thoughts?" When did the husband become so timid in doing things, this is not your style! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "I'm not timid, of course I don't care about the attitude of those people, since I have decided to do this, I naturally have to go all out." But you also understand that the ears of these successive emperors are a little soft, and they can't withstand the demagoguery, provocation, and deception of the people around me, and if I want to make a difference, I must take some unconventional means, I don't have to care about the feelings of the emperor and the ministers of the court, but I can't help but consider the feelings of my ministers and generals of Western Qin, if I do too much to the emperor and the imperial family, will the officials and generals of Western Qin have any other ideas? ”

Nie Sanniang thought for a while, stopped and turned around and said: "Your concerns are not unreasonable, but I still think you underestimate their loyalty, although they are all born in the Central Plains, and even many of them were court officials and generals in the past, but they are now ministers and generals of Western Qin, they are the ministers and generals of Western Qin, they are the officials of Western Qin!" The reason why the ministers and generals strongly ask you to intervene in the affairs of the Central Plains Imperial Court and save the crisis of Datang is because Datang is our mother country, we were born here, grew up here, the blood flowing in our bodies comes from here, we will always have the imprint of Datang in our bones, and we will always have the soul of Datang in our bodies, which is a fact that cannot be changed. This emotion is not something that everyone can give up, they can't give it up, can you give it up? Datang is our mother, now she is sick, only you can save her, if you don't save her, her condition will worsen, and she will die in the end, can you bear it? You are her son, although you are now married and moved out, but you will always be her son, she is the greatest mother in history, her territory is unprecedented, the civilization she created is ancient and modern, she has warmed hundreds of peoples and hundreds of millions of living beings with her incomparably broad mind, and you are the son who was conceived in her most glorious and powerful time, and we were all proud to be her children??????"

"Don't talk about it??????" Zhao Ziliang turned his head, tears dripping uncontrollably.

Nie Sanniang took out a handkerchief and handed it over, Zhao Ziliang took the handkerchief to wipe away his tears, turned around and continued to walk along the river beach, and said to Nie Sanniang who followed up: "Sanniang, you are right, this greatest mother of all time cannot die, I want to cure her, so that she will always be healthy, strong and long!" Whoever wants to stop me from saving her, who wants to harm her, is my enemy! ”

Nie Sanniang encouraged: "I believe that my husband will be able to do it!" ”

Back in the barracks, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to inform the ministers and generals of the army, asking them to come to the big tent in the army after dinner.

At night, the oil lamp crackled in the big tent, and the burning pyre in the middle made the big tent warm, Zhao Ziliang and Nie Sanniang had dinner, Nie Sanniang got up and said; "You still have to discuss with the ministers, I'll go back first!"

"Well, come back after the discussion!"

When Nie Sanniang left, he instructed the soldiers outside the tent to clean up the inside of the tent and tidy it up.

Soon, the ministers and generals came one after another, and one by one they walked into the big tent and saw Zhao Ziliang leaning on the chair reading a book, and they all bowed and stood aside.

At the time, Du Fu stood up and saluted: "King, the officials and generals have arrived, can the discussion begin?" ”

Zhao Ziliang put down the book, sat upright, and said, "Then let's start!" Xuan Eighteen, first of all, tell me how well the sentinels have traced the hiding places of those barbarian rebel deserters these days? ”

Xuan 18 stood up and walked to the side of the map, pointed to the map and said: "King, lords, generals, please see, after our investigation and secret visit in the past half a month, it can be basically determined that the deserters of the barbarian rebels are hiding in these places, the central part of Nanshan, the western part of Olashan, the eastern part of Hekashang, the western part of Obo Jianshan, the northern part of the mountain, and the area of Jiangluling, with a total strength of nearly 37,800 people, and more than 10,000 people have fled home!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to everyone: "Don't worry about those who flee home, mainly these deserters from the Wuthering Mountains and Forests, they must be eradicated!" Du Fu, after the notice was posted, what was the reaction of the surrounding tribes and villages? Did anyone turn themselves in? ”

"Yes!" Du Fu stood up and said, "So far, a total of more than 11,000 people have surrendered, and basically all of them have escaped from the mountains!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It seems that this notice is still very effective, one notice will make more than 10,000 people surrender, and there will only be 25,000 or 6,000 people left to encircle and suppress!" The next thing we have to do is to encircle and suppress these rebel deserters! How to encircle and suppress it? Do you have any suggestions? ”

Gao Shang stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to encircle and suppress, you must do it at the same time, so that these rebel deserters can't get the news in time and flee to other regions, if the news is leaked, these rebel deserters will flee to other places, it will bring great trouble to our pursuit!" For the army of pursuit and suppression, Weichen believes that the Tubo servant army and mercenaries should be the mainstay, supplemented by the Nibora army and the mountain infantry of our army, before carrying out the encirclement and suppression, first find a good guide who is familiar with the local terrain for each army, and the Tubo servant army and mercenaries are familiar with the local terrain and climate, adapt to the environment, and most of them are infantry, suitable for mountain warfare! ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a while, agreed with the noble suggestion, and said: "Master Gao is reasonable! Zamu and Zhao Bei, divide the servant army and mercenaries of the two of you into six teams, each of which is responsible for encircling and suppressing one of the rebel deserters, this king will give you a maximum of two months, and after two months, all the rebel deserters must be wiped out! If you can't complete the combat mission, military law will be engaged! ”

The only advantage of the rebel deserters is that they occupy a favorable position, but this advantage is also extremely limited, after all, they have not been gathering in the Wuthering Mountains for a long time, and they have not had time to build fortifications that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and these people did not carry enough supplies when they fled in a hurry, and even many people did not have weapons and equipment, and there was a shortage of food, and their combat effectiveness was very limited.

Zhao Bei and Zamu stood up and confidently clenched their fists and agreed: "The ministers obey orders!" ”

Zhao Ziliang cleared his throat and continued: "Okay, let's go to Chang'an to unify our thoughts, if our internal thinking is not unified, then the situation of eliminating the accumulated shortcomings of the imperial court, rectifying the dynasty, developing the economy, eliminating the division of feudal towns, and restoring the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty will never be completed, why should we unify our thoughts?" This is because our side has to be twisted into a rope, and there can be no internal strife, if this king wants to adopt any strategy, and some of you are strongly opposed, and the superficial opposition is ineffective, and the secret delay is delayed, what should we do about this? ”

A minister stood up and said, "My lord, if the strategy that the king wants to adopt is right, of course we will not oppose it, and if the means taken by the king are wrong, of course the ministers will oppose it."

Zhao Ziliang asked, "What is right and what is wrong?" Do you think it's right, it's right, you think it's wrong, it's wrong? ”

Du Fu hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "King, this matter doesn't need to be discussed, all along, the king has advocated that everyone can speak freely during the discussion, and they can express their own opinions to oppose it, but once the king makes a decision, then everyone must no longer object, and must do their best to cooperate with the implementation, which is already a common practice." This trip to Chang'an, of course, is also carried out according to the previous practice, if there are people in our internal drag, such people are bound to be cleaned up, Weichen believes that the colleagues present will not do this, if there is, please punish the king severely, never tolerate, I will not wait for anyone to intercede! ”

The ministers chimed in.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "In what name does this king meddle in the military and political affairs of the imperial court?" ”

Gao Shang stood up and said: "The king, with the current situation, the emperor has no ability to clean it up at all, if the king Mao Sui recommends himself, the emperor should be very happy, the king is cleaning up the mess for him, how can he be unhappy?" How can you not agree, if the king doesn't clean up the mess, who else can clean up the mess for the emperor? The king can invite himself to be the prime minister, and besides, there are also the king's protégés and friends in the court, with their support and recommendation, there should be no problem on the emperor's side! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said: "Okay, even if the emperor agrees to let me be the prime minister to clean up the mess, if the emperor can't withstand the bewitchment, provocation and deception of the people around him in the future, and wants to remove this king, the prime minister, won't all my efforts be in vain?" Will our goals and ideals not be in vain? If the emperor is afraid of the king's power, and is worried that the king is plotting to usurp the throne, and orders to behead the king, what should the king do? ”

The ministers looked at each other, in fact, everyone had thought about this question, but everyone was subconsciously avoiding this question, but now that Zhao Ziliang raised it in public, everyone knew that it could no longer be avoided.

Everyone was silent for a long time, and then noblely arched his hand and said: "King, if the emperor is really incorrigible and really wants to do this, then for the sake of the Tang Dynasty's society and the continuation of the Tang Dynasty's imperial system, we can only offer the emperor up and let him spend the rest of his life in the palace!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the other ministers and generals and asked, "Do all the Qing families mean the same?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, knowing that only by doing so could they accomplish the purpose of Zhongxing Datang, so they all stood up and said in unison: "The will of the king is the standard for us to act!" ”

"Well, that's it! Today's matter, the family present must not be disclosed to anyone, even in the letter to the family, not to mention a word, if we are talking about today, not only can we not complete the important task of the Tang Dynasty, but also will declare that the relationship between the imperial court and the Western Qin will fall to the freezing point, the Central Plains Imperial Court is likely to cut off contacts with the Western Qin, if it develops to this point, it will be too late to regret it! ”

"Yes, keep in mind!"