The fact that everyone thought that the Xie family had begun to decline became a little confusing after the personal visit of General Yulinwei Li. And in mid-October, His Majesty the Emperor's private visit to Weifu made some people feel incredible.

Emperor Jin's private visit was very common, and he just chatted about some things about Wutang, and discussed some courses that Xie Shence insisted on opening.

At that time, the queen mother and Princess Jinyang were together, and had a pleasant conversation with Sima Shi in the back garden.

As soon as this news came out, some people suddenly remembered that according to the "ingredients", the Xie family can actually be classified as a foreign relative.

After all, Xie Shang's wife, Sima Shi, is also a member of Sima's family. And Princess Jinyang's husband is Xie Shang's son.

It's just that this fact has been blocked by the big tree of Sima Bi for a long time.

People with good memories contacted the Yanjin War a few years ago, and remembered the general's entry into Beijing, and couldn't help but become more and more confused.

What does your majesty mean by this?

Does the Xie family want to move?

It's hard to guess what Emperor Jin was thinking at this time, most people just had a hunch that Emperor Jin was playing a big game of chess.

Some people fell silent, and the protégé of the Xie family took the opportunity to reverse some of the decline at this time and achieved some success in counterattacks.

Under the control of the Xie family, such a counterattack can save the situation to a certain extent, but it will not drag both sides into the quagmire of a decisive battle.

Some people really looked at the Xie family at this time, while some people set their eyes on Xie Xiang.

For a long time, the most domineering family in the Jin capital is the Xie family, the prince Xie Shenwei has always been the natural enemy of the second ancestor of the Jin capital, and the little marquis Xie Shence has become the object of fear of the entire Great Jin Dynasty since he became the owner of the black building in a certain year.

is different from the third generation, the second generation of the Xie family, except for Uncle Xie blowing his beard from time to time and glaring at someone, brushing up his sense of existence, the aspect of glorious deeds is really lackluster.

The key is that Second Master Xie is really low-key.

The court meeting, the imperial study, the meeting of the six ministers, and all kinds of major events seem to have the participation of this thin middle-aged man? Although he is quite handsome and polite, in the court, his appearance cannot become a person's advantage.

Xie Shilang rarely makes eye-catching remarks, and most of the time, he is a bystander.

And when he speaks -- almost all, when he speaks, most people can feel this way: Oh, this is what I wanted to say.

It doesn't hurt to be told by him. It's not important anyway......

Of all the things that were given to Xie Shilang, most of them could be completed. But the quality of the completion will definitely not be too good, and it will not be brilliant if it can meet some people's psychological expectations. And some things, even if they fail, give the reason that some people expect: Oh, you know you can't do it.

That's pretty much the case with low profile. Inconspicuous figures, inconspicuous remarks, and inconspicuous work efficiency, although they have never dropped the chain, they are also difficult to attract people's attention.

The second master of the Xie family and his eldest daughter, the woman who became the laughing stock of the Xie family and the Sima family, are the two most inconspicuous people in the Jin capital.

However, since he is in a high position, it is impossible not to attract the attention of some people, and with the continuous occurrence of major events in the court, some people finally began to face up to this originally inconspicuous Xie Shilang.

The de facto leader of the Xie family, while keeping a low profile in recent months, has also shown amazing political skill.

At least, in the eyes of some people, the Xie family is still in turmoil. This is all thanks to Xie Xiang.

Several bigwigs held a meeting in a secret room somewhere in Jindu. There are very few pedestrians around. Some people who are familiar with the situation here will probably be surprised at how such an important meeting could be chosen in this place.

This kind of place is naturally inaccessible during the day, and only in the evening, some women who live on their bodies will open half of the door and wait for customers to come to the door.

"The strength of the Xie family's counterattack is just within the boundary, which makes people feel uncomfortable."

"Hmph, Xie Shang, this old fox, turned out to be so powerful. We put such a big bait, and he didn't bite it. ”

"Hehe, don't be impatient, Xie Sheng has been able to be stable in the court for twenty years, and he is naturally not a simple person. Look at how many bigwigs and giants have fallen in the past 20 years, how can he be shaken? It is true that there are reasons for the old lady, but everyone knows that this level of struggle can never be achieved by relying on shelter alone. ”

"Yes, he does have patience and skill. The low-key on weekdays can only be a trick. The performance at a critical time is the basis for judging a person. ”

"It's not that the Xie family doesn't have the power to fight back. It's just that they seem to be scrupling, so for now, the whole situation is contained within a fairly safe range. ”

"However, Your Majesty has the intention of weakening the Xie family, and the old man doesn't think that what we did before was wrong, but why did Your Majesty visit the Xie family privately at this time?"

"I don't know what they said."

"In short, this could be a signal. Your Majesty may also be pretentious, or it may not be good. ”

This kind of topic that everyone can't do anything about is naturally the best beginning of embarrassment, so everyone stopped talking.

After falling into silence, many people were a little depressed, and of course this emotion could not be on the surface.

After a short silence, an old man spoke: "The opening of the martial arts hall is imminent, don't make a big move during this time." Your Majesty will not allow any big moves, so let's stand still for the time being. ”

There was silence again, but soon after someone left, and one after another walked away, until only two people remained.

A middle-aged man with a long beard said, "I can endure it for a while, but you must make amends." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Zhao Hongtai, Zhao Hongtai, you found us in this matter, and at this time you are still thinking about the benefits of fighting in the nest?" ”

Zhao Hongtai said coldly: "It doesn't matter who looks for whom, I only know, now you are afraid, I am not afraid, I will make trouble, you don't want me to make trouble, then you have to express it." ”

The old man thought for a moment and said, "Do you have to lose both? ”

"My son is already wounded, what if I can't get justice for him, or if he dies?"

"Don't care about your Zhao family?"

"Are you threatening me?"

The old man smiled: "Naturally not, I just hope that Lord Zhao will think it through, don't miss Qingqing's life." ”

"Huh"

"It's not that I can't promise you, but you also have to know restraint, if you are not greedy enough, be careful to die"

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The start of school is set for November 221, and it will take a few days to register, followed by the New Year, the fifth day of the first month.

The overall project of the lecture hall has been completed, and it will not take long to leave some bits and pieces. Don't delay classes.

During this time, Xie Shence was also busy piecemeal, paying attention to the movements of Xi people in the west, and paying attention to the news coming out of Taihang Mountain, of course, the most important thing is the northwest.

Xie Shenwei went to the Yuwen Department alone, and there has been no response so far. Although Xie Shence had a lot of confidence in his heart that the Yuwen Ministry would join forces with the Northwest, there was no information to give back for too long, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart.

Although Emperor Jin can think of the tepid and non-negligible behemoth of the Yuwen Department, then it is impossible not to move.

No one knows what kind of price Emperor Jin will offer, can it be greater than Yuwenbu's desire to dominate the grassland?

Similarly, Xie Shence was not sure if Lord Yubunbu was wise enough.

In case it's a short-sighted turtle...... Xie Shenwei will probably not be able to come back.

The news of the cut-off of the Northwest Army spread throughout the Great Jin Dynasty, and under the influence of this, the Northwest trade route shrank a lot, in addition to the "luxury goods" such as rare calligraphy and painting, the trade of porcelain, silk, tea, etc., all shrunk to varying degrees.

Originally, because they failed to catch up with the Northwest Trade Road, the Jin merchants and Huai merchants were extremely happy. Originally, they were just waiting and watching, and even some people were already regretting that they couldn't grab the share in the first place, but at this time, they were all happy.

Some people within the two major merchant gangs also took the opportunity to win over many opponents and integrate internal contradictions.

This is especially evident in the Huai merchants.

At the beginning, Wang Dai stood still in the face of temptation, calm, and watched Zhang Xiang and others make a lot of money, which aroused the opposition of many people. There are those who say that Wang Dai is blind, there are those who say that Wang Dai is a cocoon and self-restraint, and there are not a few who say that Wang Dai has monopoly power.

After the news of the cut-off of the Northwest Army and the split of the Huai Army, all voices against Wang Dai disappeared.

Wang Dai took this opportunity to pack up a group of people. Huaishang became extremely united within itself.

Of course, Zhang Xiang's life became sad.

As Wang Zhen gradually took power, the situation in Huaiyangdao had gradually stabilized after a few months.

Wang Ding and his wife were placed under house arrest in disguise, and now they are trapped in the Huai Army camp. Langya Mountain is strictly controlled in and out.

The integration of Huaiyang Dao has entered Wang Zhen's high-pressure control.

In this case, Wang Ding cooperated very wisely, and with the cooperation of many Ti Qi who were loyal to Xie Shence, although Wang Zhen regained control of Huaiyang Dao for a while, he could not really kill and kill.

For now, Xie Shence is alone.

In the study, Xie Shence reviewed a few documents, commented on some of the situation reported by Tiqi, and then received a letter from the palace.

The next day into the palace, Xie Shence and Emperor Jin sat opposite each other in the imperial study. Of course, Xie Shence is sitting on the Jindun below.

“…… You know, I'm not a mean emperor. ”

This was the first sentence of the two, issued by Emperor Jin.

Is this self-justification? Xie Shence thought so in his heart.

He lowered his head and did not speak.

Emperor Jin said: "Recently, some people in the court have said a lot of things, and I know that you have emotions in your heart."

Xie Shence raised his head, did not pretend to be surprised and said, "How can there be such a thing", nor did he smile and say that His Majesty's intentions are very understanding, panic and panic or something like that.

It's just expressionless, as if it is very in line with what Emperor Jin said, "there are emotions".

Emperor Jin looked at Xie Shence's expression and said with a smile: "Look, I just said that you have emotions."

Xie Shence said stiffly: "The minister doesn't dare."

"Hahahaha, don't you dare?" Emperor Jin laughed: "Where don't you dare? You clearly dare! And wrote this grievance on his face to show me. ”

Xie Shence bowed his head and said again: "The minister doesn't dare."

Emperor Jin sneered and looked at Xie Shence's stubborn appearance, and suddenly burst into laughter.

Xie Shence was a little overwhelmed by Emperor Jin's somewhat nervous laughter.

"You...... You're still young after all. ”

Emperor Jin pointed at Xie Shence and said with a smile: "You are young, so you can't understand and accept many things." And it is also because you are young that you dare to be wronged and dare to be angry. ”

"Young...... It's so nice......"

Xie Shence looked puzzled. However, doubts are doubts, and the "grievances" on his face have not disappeared at all.

These two completely different expressions are perfectly displayed on his beautiful face. If you don't know him, you will definitely think that he has practiced hard.

Of course, Emperor Jin felt that he knew Xie Shence, so he was very satisfied with Xie Shence's expression at this time.

…… If it is Wang Jiehua or Wang Qingyan, you must know that this is Xie Shence's usual trick to deceive people.

"The cutting of the Northwest Army is just an expedient measure, and some people will be wrong about what I mean...... If the Qin people want to advance eastward, they will inevitably integrate the new and old nobles in the country, and this process will definitely not be short. If this problem is not solved, the eastward advance will be full of dangers, and if it is frustrated, the army that has worked hard to run will inevitably collapse. ”

"Think that if you solve the worries of Xi people, you can do whatever you want? Hehe...... After all, Ying Hei is a young man, arrogant, and wants to get rid of the constraints and dominate the dynasty alone—but where is it easy? ”

"At this time, my Great Jin is indeed the most difficult in the past twenty years, and the Qin people are advancing eastward, this is undoubtedly the best time, however, ...... They can't help themselves, so how can they pose a real threat to my Great Jin? ”

"So the new Western Army was created just to cope with it for a while."

Emperor Jin looked at Xie Shence meaningfully and asked, "Fengzhi, do you understand?"

Xie Shence replied: "The minister is ordered by His Majesty to lead the Ti Cavalry Division, so he naturally knows."

"And yet...... The minister doesn't understand, the rebuilding of the Western Army, or the change of defense of the Northwest Army, can be accepted by the uncle, why do you have to cut the Northwest Army? The combat strength of the government soldiers is slightly weaker, but they are not without the strength to fight with the Qin people. Why did it have to be cut off the Northwest Army? ”

A sad and indignant voice sounded, and the corners of Emperor Jin's mouth curled slightly.

Really...... Or the heart of a teenager, like ...... Like a child who has been robbed of a toy?

However, who gave your toys?

Emperor Jin shook his head and said, "Cutting off the Northwest Army is a temporary move!" After the Western Imperial Qin people, the cut Northwest Army will naturally be transferred back. ”

"It's not that you don't know that the enemy of my Great Jin has never been Song Yanqin, but Sanbu Xianbei."

"The Xianbei people are busy with internal unification and have no time to look south, but once they are unified, they will inevitably invade the south! At that time, it was the real test of my Dajin! ”

"And until then, nothing can be considered a disaster."

Xie Shence muttered, "Your Majesty, this is going to ...... Paralyzing the Xianbei people? ”

"Not bad! My move, firstly, is to resist Western Qin, and secondly, to paralyze Xianbei. At that time, after the retreat of Western Qin, our Northwest Army can still go all out! Phoenix ...... You need to know my heart. ”

Xie Shence bowed his head, and after a long time, he said: "The minister has always thought that Your Majesty has been a great monarch for thousands of years, and it is not the Qin Emperor and Han Wu who can't reach it."

Emperor Jin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Feng Zhi...... Good ministers too! ”

Xie Shence bowed, and Emperor Jin helped him up with his own hands.

Then the two said some more words, and thanked Shence for leaving the imperial study safely. After leaving the imperial study, Xie Shence also went to the Queen Mother to ask for peace.

The Queen Mother was very happy that Xie Shence could come to see her, and pulled him to say a lot of words. It's just that the Queen Mother is very old after all, and many times she can't hear what Xie Shence says.

The Queen Mother may also be running out of time...... Xie Shence thought so when he left the palace.

Xie Shence quietly thought about the conversation with Emperor Jin, and he was concerned.

Emperor Jin's meaning is obvious-I don't really want to cut the Northwest Army. It's just for a while, so you don't have to be nervous. There are some people who use the topic to play, but I, as the emperor, don't I also let you mess around? Since the reduction of the Northwest Army is for show, isn't it nonsense to weaken your Xie family? So you don't need to be wronged.

Xie Shence understood what Emperor Jin meant, so he sneered in his heart.

I beat you and allowed you to resist, then you have to thank me.

After all, I also have a hard time.

Look, I'm going to you, and I have to endure your grievances and anger, how hard is this? So why don't you thank me?

You have to thank me, you should thank me.

In that case, then you should accept the fact that I you, and not hold a grudge.

This is what Xie Shence thought, the logic of Emperor Jin.

I have a hard time, and you, as a courtier, should be considerate.

The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden. Now it is far from the time to sit back and relax, and Emperor Jin has begun to do things to his own people......

Xie Shence smiled, and then scolded: "Get out of you."

What is the power of heaven is unpredictable, the Son of Heaven is angry, and the courtiers float the corpse...... It's all bullshit!

Lao Tzu is thanking Shence, if you treat me badly, I will kill you back!

Outside the palace gate, Xie Shence's soft scolding did not attract anyone's attention, and the inner guards looked at Xie Shence with a smile on his face, full of energy, and asked with some doubts: "What's wrong with Lord Admiral?"

The Yulinwei soldiers naturally didn't know, so they replied honestly: "My subordinates don't know."

Ouchi Guard thought to himself: Of course you don't know, I don't know......

It was no secret that Emperor Jin summoned Xie Shence, so it wasn't long before many people found out.

Everyone is not a proper person, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are not people who don't listen to things outside the window, and it is normal for there to be some vague connections between the two sides, so when some people see that Xie Shence's vision has changed somewhat, Xie Shence laughs at it.

Human beings always have a fear of the unknown, and he is no exception, and many more people are no exception.

When something is related to their own personal safety, knowing or not knowing has become a difficult problem that people are eager to solve.

Those who know can sit back and relax, or study countermeasures. Those who don't know can only be killed.

The specific content of Emperor Jin's summoning of Xie Shence is unknown to outsiders, so some people fell into a panic.

As Xie Shence, this panic was ridiculous, but he couldn't laugh either.

Who knows if you'll make it?