Chapter 260: The Aftermath of the Controversy

After a while, Uncle Shen Guo walked into Huang Fu Tian's imperial study, Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun had already avoided it, not in the room, Huang Fu Tian sat behind the imperial case and read, as if nothing had happened, although Huang Fu Tian had a good impression of Uncle Shen Guo and also had a little feeling, especially after Shen Ji was canonized as the Queen of Qin by the Queen Mother, Uncle Shen protested by exempting himself from being the king of Hanzhong County, which made Huang Fu Tian moved for a while.

But his master finally reminded him that the power struggle within the Shen family cannot be equated with the struggle between the rivers and mountains, which made him have a trace of vigilance against Uncle Shen in his heart.

"Chen Shenqin, see His Majesty the Emperor!" Uncle Shen gave a deep salute.

"Xiangguo is exempt!"

A smile appeared on Huangfu Tian's face, "Today is Hugh Chao, why doesn't Xiangguo rest?" ”

"The minister originally wanted to rest, but he got an emergency early in the morning and came to report it to His Majesty."

"What emergency?"

Uncle Shen Guo sighed, "The minister got the news that Liu Hanzhang of Youzhou has surrendered to Huangfu Wujin. ”

"What!"

Huangfu Tian was taken aback, but he didn't expect this result, yesterday he was still thinking that King Qi and Liu Hanzhang would jointly attack the Chu army, how did it become Liu Hanzhang's surrender?

He stood up, walked quickly to the map, looked at the strategic terrain of Youzhou, Qizhou and Yuzhou, and frowned: "If this is the case, then Liu Hanzhang will lead the army south from Ye County and attack the army of King Qi with Huangfu Wujin, I'm afraid that the army of Qizhou will not be good." ”

"The minister estimates that Liu Hanzhang will not attack the king of Qi for the time being, he can't do this kind of thing of turning around and devouring the lord, at most he will no longer obey the dispatch of the king of Qi, the minister suspects that he may put pressure on Jinzhou, and he will obey the dispatch of Huangfu Wujin."

Speaking of this, Uncle Shen shook his head and said: "What the minister is worried about is not this, Huangfu Wujin is very good at strategy, the minister is worried that he will order the Xiliang army to attack Guanzhong, now the 200,000 Guanzhong army is fighting Luojing, and there are only 30,000 defenders in Guanzhong, if the Xiliang army attacks Guanzhong in a big way, how should we deal with it?" ”

Huang Fu Tian was a little strange, they had discussed this issue before they sent troops to Luojing, and Uncle Shen Guo also participated in that meeting at that time, Huang Fu Tian remembered that Uncle Shen Guo was very silent at that time, and it could be seen that he did not approve, but he did not approve of joining forces with King Qi.

"Sangkook, have you forgotten? At that time, we decided to transfer 100,000 troops from Guannei to Fengxiang to deal with the possible attack of the Xiliang Army on Guanzhong. ”

Uncle Shen Guo smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, if you really do that, then Yongjing's demise is just around the corner." ”

Huangfu Tian shook his head, "I don't understand what Xiang Guo meant, can you please tell Xiang Guoming?" ”

Uncle Shen Guo let out a long sigh and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister advocated a union with Huangfu Wujin last time, and the minister hoped to solve the problem of the Xiliang Army through a negotiation method, if we form an alliance with Huangfu Wujin, we will take Yuzhou, let Huangfu Wujin take Jingzhou, and then, we will exchange Shuzhou for the Helong region, for Huangfu Wujin, he can connect the southern region together, and for us, the biggest threat to the Xiliang Army will be removed, and both sides will benefit, I think Huangfu Wujin didn't have the ambition to seize the world at that time, and he would agree to this condition, but everyone objected to my plan, saying that Shuzhou was fertile for thousands of miles, and it was a pity to abandon it, saying that Huangfu Wujin was the emperor of Jin'an, and it was our real enemy, etc., Your Majesty, if you listen to the ministers at that time, we will exchange Shuzhou for Yuzhou, and the threat of the Xiliang army will be gone, and we will also get the land of Helong, and then we can also attack Youzhou and Qizhou to unify the north, but no, no one will listen to me, What is the result now? What do we get? The main force of Luojing is defeated by us, but most of the land in Yuzhou was taken away by the King of Qi, the Yongjing treasury was almost depleted, and the pension of the dead and wounded soldiers had to be paid, the Xiliang army was still eyeing us, so that we couldn't sleep at night, and finally the Xiliang army attacked Guanzhong in a big way, and we had to withdraw the army, and there was nothing, Your Majesty, this is the consequence of not adopting the opinions of the ministers, if the emperor Fu Wujin defeated the king of Qi and occupied Yuzhou, the next step would be our turn, wasn't it? ”

Huangfu Tian was silent for a moment, and then sighed, "I only now understand that Xiangguo has a long-term vision, I was a little emotional at that time, and I recognized Huangfu Wujin as an enemy, and now it's too late to regret it." ”

"Nope! There is still a way to save. ”

Uncle Shen Guo hurriedly said: "We can also form an alliance with him now, join forces to deal with the King of Qi, and then we can take Xingyang as the boundary, at least half of Yuzhou, and then exchange Shuzhou for Helong, and let the Xiliang army go south, for us in the end, we lost half of Yuzhou, which is not big, and it is the King of Qi who bears the price, Your Majesty, this is our last chance." ”

Huangfu Tian bit his lip and said, "What if Huangfu Wujin refuses?" ”

"He is definitely willing, after all, the 300,000 army of the King of Qi is not so easy to deal with, and he needs time to consolidate his occupation and exchange Shuzhou for Helong, and the minister thinks this is the feasible way."

After a pause, Uncle Shen Guo stared at Huangfu Tian's eyes and said in a low voice: "The key is that you have to persuade the Queen Mother." ”

........ Uncle Shen Guo retreated, Huang Fu Tian sat on the dragon chair and thought about his words, at this time, Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun walked out of the inner room, Huang Fu Tian was about to tell them Uncle Shen Guo's plan, Xu Yun waved his hand, "We all heard it just now." ”

"Does Master think Shen Xiangguo's plan is feasible?"

Zhou Qilun said: "I thought it was feasible to form an alliance with Huangfu Wujin, but it would never last long, if you just want to remove the threat of the Xiliang army, it is better to exchange Jinzhou for Helong, leave Shuzhou, and we also have a way out." ”

'Jinju! Huangfu Tian frowned, "I'm afraid the Queen Mother won't agree." ”

"In fact, if Shuzhou is exchanged for Helong, the Queen Mother will not agree either!" Xu Yun smiled and said with a smile, in fact, what he cares about is not Huangfu Wujin, but the Shen family, if it can cause a serious confrontation between Uncle Shen and the Empress Dowager Shen, and lead to infighting in the Shen family, this is a very good choice, the key depends on what Huangfu Tian does.

.......... "The mourners will never agree!" ”

Huaqing Palace, Empress Dowager Shen did not hesitate to reject Uncle Shen's plan conveyed by Huangfu Tian, "You go and tell him, whether it is to exchange Shuzhou for Guanlong or Jinzhou for Guanlong, the mourning family will never accept it, let alone form an alliance with Huangfu Wujin, hum!" betrayed Shuzhou, and he figured it out. ”

Empress Dowager Shen's attitude is very clear, if she forms an alliance with Huangfu Wujin now, it is tantamount to admitting that the alliance with King Qi last time was wrong, and the passivity in front of her is caused by her decision-making mistakes, which she must not accept.

"But the queen mother, Shen Xiangguo did make some sense, we exhausted the treasury and died tens of thousands of people, but in the end, we only got two counties, and most of the land in Yuzhou was robbed by the King of Qi, he didn't pay any price, Erchen thought, in fact, we can read to deal with Luojing, there is no need to unite with the King of Qi."

"Do you mean that the mourning family made a mistake in decision-making?"

"Nope! No! Erchen didn't mean that, Erchen just had a complicated situation in front of him, and he didn't know how to break it? ”

Empress Dowager Shen closed her eyes and pondered for a moment and said: "How to break this situation, in fact, the mourning family is also thinking about it, the mourning family has already sent someone to contact the king of Qi, and the bell must be tied to the bell, and if you want to break this game, you have to rely on the king of Qi." ”

Huangfu Tian thought about it, but he still didn't understand what the queen mother meant, so he asked: "What the queen mother meant, can you make it clearer, the ministers are stupid and can't understand." ”

"It's actually very easy to break this game!"

Empress Dowager Shen sneered and said: "The current predicament is caused by the emptiness of Qizhou, as the king of Qi, retaking Qizhou is far greater than his interests in Yuzhou, we can help the king of Qi to recapture Qizhou, the condition is that he will give us Yuzhou, of course, I can give him Pengcheng County, Xiapi County and Shuyang County, let him go and fight with Huangfu Wujin to the death, they fight each other, we fishermen benefit, this plan King Qin also fully agrees, Huang'er, you don't have to think about Shen Qin's plan, you have to keep in mind, The one who really threatens your throne is not the King of Qi, but the Emperor Fu Wujin. ”

Although Huangfu Tian has no power to decide such a major military decision, but the two words 'King of Qin' mentioned by the Queen Mother made him resentful in his heart.

At this moment, his mother's face also became so hideous and hateful, hatred grew wildly in his heart, if he didn't kill the Shen family completely, he would not be surnamed Huangfu!

"Huang'er, what's wrong with you, are you unwell?" Empress Dowager Shen noticed that her son's expression was abnormal.

Huangfu Tian hurriedly stabilized his mind and said respectfully: "Erchen is fine, there is no discomfort, Erchen is just a little scared, these bloody wars." ”

Empress Dowager Shen showed a loving smile on her face, shook her head and said: "So the queen mother doesn't want you to know these things, you are only thirteen years old, you should study hard now, and you can be a qualified emperor in the future, the emperor, you don't have to ask about these things in the future, the queen mother will naturally discuss with the ministers, you know?" ”

"But... Shen Xiangguo said that the queen mother is a woman after all, she is relatively short-sighted, and she can't see through the world's major events and major things, so the queen mother should listen to Shen Xiangguo's opinions more! ”

Empress Dowager Shen was furious, "Does he dare to say this about mourning the family?" ”

"The queen mother is angry, Shen Xiangguo is just a momentary negative statement, not a sincere insult to the queen mother."

Empress Dowager Shen snorted heavily, "The mourning family knows that he is a negative word, just because the mourning family disagrees with him, he has been in charge since he was a child, this time the mourning family is the master, he can't stand it, he don't forget, he is just Xiangguo, annoying the mourning family, his Xiangguo don't want to be." ”

"Queen Mother, there is one more thing that the sons dare not hide."

"What do you say?"

"Erchen heard some rumors, and many people advocated the restoration of the government hall system."

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(To be continued)