After the news of Liu Xianzhi's battle in Mobei and the success of the raid on Jinshan reached the capital, the whole country did not rejoice as usual, except for a few people such as Liu Yan who were overjoyed by this matter, and the capital fell into a strange atmosphere.

If we want to go into detail about the reasons for this, things are actually very complicated. Liu Xianzhi, the king of Zhongyi County, was originally the son of Liu Qian, the king of Jin, and also represented the power of the Liu clan. Originally, the rebellion of King Jin dealt a great blow to the power of the clan, but Liu Xianzhi successfully preserved himself in the rebellion of King Jin, and gradually expanded his influence over the years, setting up an eye-catching martial arts. In this way, the original political balance is upset.

Originally, the Empress Dowager's party headed by Empress Dowager Li and servant Han Kemin, the Wenchen party headed by Li Zaixing, Yan Ming, and An Jingbian, the neutral faction headed by Empress Hua and Guozhang Hua Tianyu, and the clan faction headed by Liu Qian constituted a political balance. Later, with the accidental death of Li Zaixing, the Queen Mother's party became bigger, and the limelight overshadowed the other three factions, and then the Empress Dowager Li designed to force Liu Qian, the king of Jin, to make trouble in order to make her son Liu Xian, the king of Chu, replace Liu Yan on the throne, and successfully eliminated the largest force in the clan forces. After the decline of the Empress Dowager Party, Empress Hua's post-party power began to rise, and the original neutral faction gradually emerged. This is also one of Liu Yan's measures to prevent Yan Ming and the Wenchen faction of Anjingbian from becoming bigger, and at the same time, he also intends to cultivate new forces, such as Zou Feng, Qiu Yiru and other emerging Wenchen, as well as Xue Boren, Wang Hanxin, Gao Dingbian and the rise of emerging military generals have gradually divided the factional forces in the imperial court. As a result, the original Queen Mother Party and the Wenchen faction felt alienated by the emperor, and their dissatisfaction became stronger and stronger. If the rise of the queen's party is not too unbearable, it is because there are no figures in the queen's party who hold military power, but Liu Xianzhi's rise is intolerable to them - he is not only a prince of the clan, but also holds the military and political power of one party, if his military achievements and prestige are rising, then these two factions can no longer compete with it. So before you know it, things began to change, and the Empress Dowager's party and the Wenchen faction, which lacked a leading figure, gradually became an alliance with the same hatred and hatred, and they gradually reached a consensus after two years of brewing, and the result of the Battle of Mobei forced them to launch a counterattack.

Originally, Liu Xianzhi's miraculous achievements this time should of course be greatly praised, but this group of people grabbed Liu Xianzhi's pigtails, which consumed a lot of money in this battle, and began to make a fuss. Due to the continuous use of troops, the country of silk has indeed had a lot of financial problems, these people began to make a big fuss about this, and repeatedly wrote to Liu Yan stating that if such a huge war of attrition is launched with Tuqi, the country's economy will face a severe test, and the people's lives will become embarrassed and difficult.

How can Liu Yan not know the powerful relationship between this, but the other party has raised the name of the national economy and people's livelihood, Liu Yan can't ignore it, and he is more worried about the alliance between the Queen Mother's Party and the Wenchen faction, which is an aspect that has to be taken care of. What Liu Yan regretted was that the great progress of the alliance of these people was the year when Wu Sicheng sent an envoy to the Paz Empire, and during this year, Liu Yan's intelligence was so poor that by the time Wu Sicheng returned and found the problem, it was no longer possible to prevent the evolution of the situation.

Having said that, even if Liu Yan wanted to follow the advice of these people, the matter still couldn't be solved. Liu Xianzhi's merits are obvious, and if he is not rewarded, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the generals, so how to calm down the opposition in the government and the opposition, and make Liu Xianzhi satisfied, has become Liu Yan's biggest headache at present. Only Wu Sicheng was the only one who could remain neutral in this matter, and even Xue Boren couldn't discuss with him, because he was born as a military general, there was no doubt that he would stand on Liu Xianzhi's side, so Wu Sicheng was left alone by Liu Yan in the Yangxin Palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, on the question of this reward, Wei Chen thinks that the advice of the ministers should be followed." Wu Sicheng replied after thinking for a long time.

This was somewhat unexpected by Liu Yan, because Wu Sicheng was very aware of the influence of the Queen Mother's Party and the Wenchen faction in the government and the opposition, and he obviously didn't want this group of people to be able to influence the court, so he said: "If this is the case, how to appease Liu Xianzhi's dissatisfaction?" ”

Wu Sicheng smiled and said: "Weichen means that the status of the king of Zhongyi County is already very high, if he is crowned king this time, then what great achievements will he make in the future, how will Your Majesty reward him?" Therefore, Weichen believes that the rewards for the soldiers who participated in the war can be rewarded according to the normal, but His Royal Highness the King of the County must find another way. ”

Liu Yan narrowed his eyes into a slit and said, "You mean that it is not only a reward but also does not increase his title and power?" ”

"Exactly, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has ever remembered why His Royal Highness the King of the County was awarded the title of King of the County? ”

Liu Yan was reminded by him and suddenly woke up: Liu Xianzhi judged that his father Liu Qian's rebellion would never end well, so he used his father's appointment to gain the power to control the Taiyuan army, but once he returned to Taiyuan, he gathered the generals who stayed behind and announced a crusade against his father, and all those who refused to obey were executed by him. As a result, the rebellion of the King of Jin was ended ahead of schedule, and Taiyuan Mansion was always in the hands of the imperial court, and there was no opportunity for the Tuqi to take advantage of it. But since then, his betrayed father was beheaded, and all his blood relatives were exiled to southern Xinjiang, and his actions can be said to have made him break off from his brothers and sisters. If he took advantage of this great achievement to pardon the sins of his relatives and let them return to the capital, then he would undoubtedly sell a favor to Liu Xianzhi, which would make him feel the emperor's grace more than directly rewarding him, and at the same time he could block the mouths of those who slandered him, after all, after all, after these returning royal families were chaotic ministers, their influence could not be the same as that of the year, and the clan power was not strengthened in the short term, which was really the best of both worlds.

"Good! Then do it! Pardon the relatives of the King of Jin, and give Liu Tanzhi, the son of the King of Jin, as a wait, and let them return to the capital. ”

"Your Majesty."

Liu Yan frowned and said, "What I'm really worried about is that this time I was forced by their pressure to not reward the Zhongyi County King, I'm afraid it will make them gain an inch, and the situation will not be easy to control in the future." ”

Wu Sicheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty, about this matter, it's not something that Weichen should meddle in." If the power of the clan does not rise, then all factions in the court should be happy, so no one wants the Queen Mother's Party and the Wenchen faction to unite and become a threat, so Your Majesty should ask the Empress to cut it down on this matter. ”

Wu Sicheng's meaning is very clear, if the clan power does not expand again, then the main opponent of the queen's party will be the alliance of the queen mother's party and the Wenchen faction, Liu Yanda can let them dump each other, and there is no need to lift Wu Sicheng to the front of the curtain and become the target of the public. Liu Yan immediately smiled and said, "You bad guy, okay, I'll let you go today." You can go back with Mrs. Zun and I. (To be continued.) )