Chapter 131 The Curtain Slowly Opens (Middle)

"The sons of the former emperor were not easy people, and they all had a group of followers. In comparison, our Majesty was a little inconspicuous at that time, because he did not mix in and take the heir, but laughed at the situation in Beijing. ”

Qin Lei chuckled and said, "Presumably, it must be the snipe and the clam fighting and the fisherman benefiting." ”

Old Man Shen bowed his head and said, "Well said, these eight words are an image." Several highnesses failed to negotiate, so they led their own troops to fight. Some of those gate valves participated, and some watched coldly. For a time, there was smoke in Daqin, and it was a mess. ”

Qin Lei was a little depressed and said, "Then Dongqi and Southern Chu will join forces to attack Qin, right?"

The old man nodded and said: "Now it seems that behind His Majesty's bizarre death, there is the shadow of Nanchu's secret spy, Zhao Wuyi and Zhu Lie are tiger and wolf generations, and they have been waiting for the day of civil strife in my Great Qin, how can they miss it." The two countries did their best to try to get it done. ”

Although it was more than ten years ago, Qin Lei was still a little afraid: "At that time, my Great Qin was facing a catastrophe. ”

The old man took a sip of tea and said with some excitement: "The family is finally angry at the behavior of several highnesses. The Li family and the Huangfu family, who had been holding back, ascended to the top at this time, and naturally responded to the crowd. The power accumulated by the Great Qin Gate Valve for two hundred years exploded at that moment, instantly annihilating several highnesses who were fighting endlessly, ending this dispute. ”

Qin Lei knew that he was also the Lord of the Shen Valve, so it was reasonable to describe the pros and cons in this way.

Old Lady Shen continued to sigh with emotion: "After several highnesses were defeated and captured, both the Huangfu family and the Li family had the heart to win the championship. At that time, the royal family, which was in the most weakened state, was about to suffer a catastrophe, and at this time, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang and the then Concubine Zhuang Xian stood up, and her old man was keenly aware that it was impossible for the Huangfu and the Li family to decide the winner in a short time, and they could only barely coexist under the pressure of foreign enemies. So she found Wen Yanbo, the civil official leader who was competing with each other at that time, and said to him: 'It is difficult for the two women to be aunts'. let the so-called first wise man of Great Qin admire the five-body throw, so he did not throw himself to any side, but proposed to support His Royal Highness the King of Xinjun, who was alone at that time, to succeed to the throne. ”

"At this time, the allied forces of the two countries are approaching the city, and neither of the two families is willing to give in to each other, and it can only be so expedient. Then they began to retreat the enemy hand in hand, and the kind of battle fought on their own territory suffered great losses. waited until the siege of Zhongdu was relieved, and the two coalition forces were forced back. My Great Qin family has almost lost its elite. In this defense against foreign humiliation, the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang first killed a hundred noble relatives of the scholar clan who wanted to abandon the city and flee, stabilizing the hearts of the army and the people. Then in the months of defending the city, he personally led tens of thousands of women to treat the wounded, deliver water and food, and saved a lot of popularity for the Great Qin royal family, which was originally devastated. ”

Qin Lei only then understood why the second child was so afraid of the amiable and amiable Empress Dowager Wenzhuang. As Old Man Shen spoke slowly, those crisis-ridden years became clearer and clearer in Qin Lei's heart......

In this battle that determined the fortunes of the country, because of the wisdom and courage shown by the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, tolerance and benevolence, and even ruthlessness and resoluteness, some gate lords who were worried that the country would fall into division after the war and thus affect their vested interests joined the royal camp. By the time the Three Kingdoms withdrew and the two returned to the capital, under the banner of the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, they had gathered enough strength to resist the two sides.

Moreover, after the danger of the loss of the country, the people of Great Qin hated the civil war, and if anyone provoked disputes at this time, they would inevitably be pointed at by thousands of people, and they would never be able to turn over. The Huangfu family and the Li family had to recuperate temporarily and wait for the opportunity.

After that, it was a decade of confrontation between the Li family and the Huangfu family. The biggest beneficiary in the past ten years is Wen Yanbo, who is on the left because of his meritorious work, he used the theory of the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's 'it is difficult for the two women to be aunts', integrated the civil official system at both ends of the first rat, and truly became a hundred officials and teachers.

After ascending the throne, Emperor Zhaowu has always behaved mediocre, even mediocre. did not become a puppet, all thanks to the prestige of the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang in the war, and the strong support of those gate valves who did not want the two families to take the throne.

At that time, there was a saying that the day when the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang traveled west was the time when the Great Qin Dynasty changed. It is because the two sides in the battle did not look at the orthodox royal family in their eyes, thinking that after the two sides decided to be male and female, they could naturally follow the example of Cao Wei and the Western Han Dynasty and succeed.

In the past ten years, the restoration of national strength and revenge against Qi Chu are the themes, and even the 'first smart man in Great Qin' Prime Minister Wen Cheng believes that the two sides that are evenly matched will not act easily, and this balance of power should last for a long time.

But six years ago, the Li family's 'bloody killing' accidentally killed Huangfu Dan, the lord of the Huangfu valve, in an assassination that did not hold out much hope. Immediately, some of the ill-prepared Li family launched a fierce but obviously lacking stamina offensive against the Huangfu family, who were even more caught off guard.

The focus of the contention between the two sides is control of the military.

Great Qin is divided into four major branches of the imperial and forbidden border guards. Among them, the guards are all state guards and reserves, and in addition to defending against external insults, they have become more combative. Although the combat effectiveness of the border army was strong, it had to guard the two long national borders in the southeast, and under the watchful eyes of Zhao Wuji and Zhu Lie, no one dared to mobilize a single soldier of the border army. And strictly speaking, the Imperial Forest Army is also one of the eight armies of the forbidden army, but it is responsible for guarding the imperial capital, so it is listed separately. In the Great Qin country, what is really decisive is the eight strong armies of the forbidden army sequence.

Of these eight armies, in addition to the royal forest, the Li family is in charge of three, and the Huangfu family is in charge of four. Therefore, the Huangfu family originally had an advantage.

But just as after the first emperor left, the dragons of the Great Qin had no leader, and the Huangfu family was also a mess. The generals and lieutenants of the four armies did not receive clear instructions and had to fight on their own. The Huangfu family took the opportunity to coerce, lure, and divide them. He also sent a morale-boosting 'blood kill' to frequently assassinate and kill the generals loyal to the emperor's family. The famous name of 'blood killing' was also forged in that era.

If it weren't for the Li family's haste and lack of back-hand, which caused other gate valves to also intervene openly or covertly, the Huangfu family would have completely withdrawn from the ranks of first-class gate valves. But except for the subordinate soldiers and the Tiger Ben army, it is a matter of time before the other three armies change hands.

At this time, Emperor Zhaowu, who had always been despised before, stood up, and like his mother, he quietly came to Huangfu's house with only an old eunuch, and had a deep conversation with the new head of the family, Huangfu Xian, for one night, and pointed out the only way for Huangfu's family to resolve the crisis - to disperse gong.

The Huangfu family, who was immersed in bitter hatred, adopted this plan after thinking about it all night. On the second day, Huang Fuxian visited Xu Ji, the Duke of Suguo, and sent the Shenwu Army to the Xu family; I saw Old Man Shen again and gave the Iron Armor Army to the Shen family. He only left two armies, Tiger Ben and Eagle Yang. At that time, Emperor Zhaowu bluntly told Huang Fuxian that except for Hu Ben, he couldn't keep a single one. But for the sake of the family, Huang Fuxian still wants to fight.

In the end, the Shen family and the Xu family, with the support of the Huangfu family, respectively captured the two armies of the iron armor and the Shenwu, and the Li family, who was greedy and chewy, only grabbed one, which was the Eagle Yang Army that Huangfu Xian wanted to fight. Huang Fuxian still didn't succeed in the end, maybe this is the biggest difference between him and the dead ghost brother: Huang Fudan has never been defeated in his life, and Huang Fuxian was defeated when he became the lord of the valve for the first time.

Therefore, Emperor Zhaowu said that the Li family accounted for seven points of the world's soldiers, which counted all the armies, but the Li family only accounted for half of the two armies that really worked.

What people never expected was that the Shen family, who had turned against the Heavenly Family because of the 'Five Princes Pledge' incident, actually turned into a royalist faction after the marriage between Emperor Zhaowu and the Xu family, and surrendered the ironclad army that was already in his hands to the royal family, and he took charge of the Imperial Forest Army for the emperor with peace of mind.

Coupled with the 'Tiger Ben' who swore an oath against the Li family, the seemingly incompetent Emperor Zhaowu actually completed the situation of being evenly matched with the Li family in a gesture.

And the inevitable decline of the once glorious Huangfu family is rarely mentioned in the past. The reality is so cruel, only for the competitors to watch, only to cheer for the winners, and not about the losers.

Old lady Shen told this history until it was dark, and the old man who was in good spirits finally felt a little tired. But he still held on to his spirit and continued: "Your Majesty's overturning of clouds and rain has made the civil officials finally understand why it is difficult for the 'two women' to be 'aunts' - before the hole cards are opened, you don't know who will be the final victor." It was to unite more closely around Wen Yanbo, and it became a three-legged trend for a while. ”

Qin Lei got up a little reluctantly and said, "It's late today, the child is a little tired of listening, it's better for grandpa to continue tomorrow." ”

Old lady Shen drank the ginseng soup, shook his head and said, "Don't get in the way, grandpa, I'm strong." You have to be prepared before the storm comes, time is too precious for you. ”

Qin Lei nodded gratefully and said no more.

Old Lady Shen shook her spirits and raised her voice: "After six years of calm in my Qin country, a new chaos is coming again, and this time I don't know where to take my Qin country." ”

Qin Lei understood a little, and said softly: "But Prime Minister Wen ......"

Old Lady Shen nodded fiercely and hissed: "Wen Yanbo, a fake smart and really stupid person, has reached today's height, and he can rely on dragging one official after another into the water and then pulling him to his own boat. The more people who are in the same boat, the stronger he will be. But now ......"

Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "The ship is sinking." He knew in his heart that under the condition that there was not much external pressure, if Wen Yanbo's ship sank, the balance of power of Great Qin was broken, and there was no buffer between the emperor and the imperial lieutenant, it would be a situation that would never stop. Moreover, if the civil service system that supports the operation of the country is paralyzed, no one knows where Daqin will go.