Yang Hao, who had been in "retreat" for more than a month, finally came out of the mountain, and the surging Xingzhou officialdom seemed to be a raging flood that suddenly found an outlet and all flocked to Yang Hao.

In the early dynasties, there were officials and officials, officials and officials, and there were officials and nobles who had no officials and only titles, and they all flocked to the palace as if they were rushing to the market. Because this turmoil is closely related to everyone's interests, the new interest groups, the old interest groups, different nationalities, different tribes, all kinds of sèsè, and so on.

Although Yang Hao intended to marginalize the Tuoba clan for core political reasons from the beginning, the foundation on which he stood was the Dingyan Army, and the Northwest Nation was an organization that was both military and civilian, so most of the sons and nephews of the chieftains of various tribes served in the army, and the military position was in the Hexi region, which was the most important and powerful official position, so they had already penetrated into all levels of society.

For these people, especially the tribal personnel who are full of middle and low-level officers, Yang Hao also has a feeling that there is nowhere to bite and bite them, just as Zhao Guangyi wants to purge the courtiers, after he ascended the throne, he actually waited patiently for several years, until Zhao Guangmei accumulated weapons, bribed the generals of the Xiang army, and intended to rebel against the mob, so he used this as an opportunity to launch a big purge.

Yang Hao is also facing such a situation, and the environment is more complicated than Zhao Guangyi's environment, Zhao Guangyi is the imperial brother Zhao Kuangyin who took over the management for ten years, and has embarked on a formal and sound system, and Yang Hao's people and horses are not only complex in ethnic composition, but also most of them are arrogant and untamed princes, everyone has soldiers and horses and territory, and most of them are a little different from each other, which is more dangerous than before Zhao Kuangyin released military power.

If he compromises and surrenders to the Tuoba clan, relying on this most powerful force, he can indeed temporarily ensure the stability of Western Xia, but the price is also greater. $ Yuan tried his best to meet the needs of the Tuoba magnates, and pushed the other tribes that had just been conquered to their opposites, and although the Western Xia had established a state, the Tuoba nobles did not have this kind of awareness, and they still supported and obeyed the old ruling system, a tribal alliance regime similar to the Khan system, "They need the greatest degree of zìyóu and full power, so that sooner or later, all kinds of contradictions and conflicts will intensify, cremation will erupt, and Yang Hao, who is sitting on the crater, will end up in ashes."

Therefore, Yang Hao also needs an opportunity, an opportunity to justifiably deprive the Tuoba nobles of their military power, so he single-handedly directed this civil strife, the purpose of which is not only to release the smokescreen to Zhao Guangyi, but to integrate it after quickly unifying Hexi by force, which is the most fundamental goal that Yang Hao wants to achieve, he just uses the same means to achieve the two goals, which is also the cunning he learned from Ding Chengzong to learn the way of doing business: any investment, a means, must strive to maximize its benefits.

But Yang Hao didn't expect that the tough attitude of the Tuoba clan was even stronger than he expected, he wanted to create some internal discord, and when Zhao Guangyi completely let go of his vigilance against Hexi and tried his best to set up the north, he would quickly cut through the chaos and take back the military power of these arrogant and untamed Tuoba nobles in one fell swoop by thunderous means, so the pressure he wanted to exert on the Tuoba nobles should also be gradual and gradual, until they could no longer bear it.

The application of this strength depends on the situation on Song Guo's side, but he is only slightly cold, and the situation is already a little out of control. The Weiwu tribe first dumped internally, taking the opportunity to strike at the two tribes sent to Xiaoguan by the Cangshi tribe, and then carried it without an edict, snatching the grassland that the imperial court had allocated to the Cangshi tribe.

And secretly someone took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, Yang Jie sneaked to Ganzhou, originally wanted to cooperate with Aguli to perform another play, to lure out this behind-the-scenes figure, never thought that Ganzhou was also brewing chaos, Suerman colluded with Li Jiyun, Hu Laowen hooked up with Ye Luosu, if it wasn't for this whim to go to Ganzhou in person, and it coincided with Prince Ali's assassination of Aguli, it would be difficult for him to find out about this plot, once it broke out when the conditions were ripe, he would suffer a big loss. Yang Hao felt that the situation was already a bit out of his preparatory department, and he had to close the net in advance.

And Li Zhiyi, who is now the oldest member of the Tuoba clan, also feels that the fire is almost over, although these rì sons Yang Hao did not come forward, but the pressure exerted by various tribes on the imperial court is increasing, in addition to the fact that every day there are chieftains to find Zhong Daxue to talk and arrow, these tribes' sanctions against the imperial court are also becoming more and more severe.

In Li Zhiyi's view, Yang Hao may be true that he said he was sick at first, but he didn't go to court for more than a month, but it was not necessarily because he was unwell, it was probably because of his physical discomfort, it was probably because the young and vigorous king was a little overwhelmed by the reaction of the Tuoba clan, and he was already remorseful, but he couldn't think of a decent excuse to step down.

Li Zhiyi is very satisfied, he is too old, and he has no ambition to usurp the throne, he just thinks that Yang Hao, a little hairy child, has won a few battles and unified the states of Hexi, so he is a little carried away, he wants to change the rules of the ancestors, and he wants to be magnetic in the interests of the Tuoba clan, what Li Guangrui didn't dare to do back then, he wants to do, give him a little teaching" Let him restrain himself and leave.

So, on the first day of Yang Hao's resumption of the court meeting, the chiefs of the various tribes rushed to the palace as if they had discussed, and a long-standing confrontation officially began.

Yang Hao has been recuperating for more than a month, and he has a lot of state affairs to deal with, but as soon as he came to the court, someone immediately proposed to deal with the Tuoba Han Chan brothers, these two people are still locked up in the prison, even if they have no friendship with the Wei Wu Department, and the Tuoba tribe who have been watching their jokes are now on their side. The rabbit died and the fox was to blame, in the grassland desert before, how could there be such a severe criminal law? Don't say that there are some fights between the two tribes, even if it is a war with the Great Khan, as long as they are subdued and willing to surrender their vassals, they must not be held accountable for the past, just like between the Seventh Clan of the Party and the Leader of the Dang, there will be a battle from time to time, as long as the white flag is raised, then everything is easy to discuss, how can there be any national law and criminal law, and the tribal leader will be put in prison to be participated?

The original desert steppe, the implementation of the Khan system and the single Yu system, is an extremely loose political system, just like a big lord rules many small lords, the big lord only asks for the right to rule the small lords, as long as they respect themselves as the leader, they still have absolute rule within their tribe, which is also the ideal political model in Li Zhiyi's heart. What Yang Hao is doing now is weakening their power.

They took the case of the Tuoba Han Chan brothers of the Weiwu Department as a breakthrough against Yang Hao, and the Tuoba Han Chan brothers did not obey the edict and the soldiers also withdrew, and beat the Cangshi tribe for no reason, and even killed the Qin Cha in a fit of anger, if Yang Hao was afraid of the joint efforts of the Tuoba clan in this matter and made concessions and pardoned the Tuoba Han Chan brothers, then the reform efforts he made in all aspects of the political system and the official system will naturally collapse themselves, and everyone will continue to do business as usual, and it is still the situation that the Tutuo clan jointly rules Hexi.

On behalf of the head of the Tuoba clan, it was Tuoba Wu who came forward, and Tuoba Wu first excused the Weiwu tribe, and then asked Yang Hao for his life, asking for pardon for the Tuoba brothers. Yang Hao, who had a sickly face, sank his face when he heard Tuoba Wu's words, and patted the royal case with a "snap", and shouted: "This king has been ill these times and has been recuperating in the palace, but this king is not ignorant of the affairs of this world" Tuoba Han Chan's brother has no king's law, Yuanjun has no father, he is rebellious, and his sin is unforgivable, have you not interceded with him?"

Tuoba Wu said disapprerovingly: "Great King, some grievances between the Weiwu tribe and the Cangshi tribe are just sibling discord and a fight, this is a family matter, why do you need to bring up any royal law?" ”

The leaders responded one after another, and someone said: "Yes, yes, the king, the Tuoba brothers withdrew from Xiao Pass, there is no way, the Cangshi Department is in front, isn't it even a defeat, the two tribes have all surrendered to the Tubo people, that Huyan Aobo is known as Huyan invincible in Longyou, how can a Weiwu tribe be an enemy?" It is also helpless to be forced to withdraw, as for the envoy who killed the king, these two boys are indeed bolder, the king wants to implement the royal law, you can punish them for a year, or beat them with a whip and a little punishment and leave, they are still loyal to the king, how can they be detained and imprisoned, it is very undignified, this will hurt the heart of my whole clan. Yang Hao's eyes were cold, and he said in a deep voice: "This ...... Is it the unanimous opinion of the investment departments? ”

Those people saw that Yang Hao's face was a little wrong, and they looked at each other, and they also felt a little apprehensive, but relying on the large number of people, they still replied stubbornly: "Yes, I and other leaders jointly beg the king to forgive the sins of Tuoba Han Chan and Tuoba Heshao!" ”

With the sound, Hula lala knelt down in the main hall, these people were all Tuoba nobles in fur hats, with fox tails and drooping chests, at a glance, there were no less than forty people, each of them was the leader of a clan, and there were at least hundreds of tribesmen under his command.

Yang Hao's face became more hazy, and he slowly squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "...... you, on behalf of the Tuoba clan, unanimously seek forgiveness for the Tuoba Han Chan brothers, who have no king's law and are complicit in rebellion?" "Great King, they have no right to represent all Tuoba clan people. I, Li Tianlun, oppose the pardon of the two brothers Tuoba Han Chan! ”

With the voice, a burly man in his thirties stood up, wearing braids in his beard and wearing a scimitar at his waist. Saber in the upper hall, this is the prerogative of the leaders of the grassland tribes, just as when Zhao Kuangyin was just proclaimed emperor, the minister of civil and military affairs still had seats in the court, and some rules and customs that are not related to the essence can only be changed slowly by Yang Hao, and cannot be done in one step.

This burly man stood in front of those Tuoba clan leaders, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and shouted awe: "The country has national laws, the family has family rules, and our master of the Tuoba clan is now the king of the Western Xia Kingdom!" There is a saying among the Han people, calling the prince to break the law and sin the same crime as the common people, the rules set by the king himself, if I can not abide by the Tuoba clan, then how can I ask the leaders of other clans to obey it? ”

This person was looking forward to it, quite arrogant, and his voice shook the roof tiles, Yang Hao couldn't help but be surprised, he had already started the action of pulling a group of people to fight a group of people from the Tuoba clan, and he had already had a firm ally, but this Li Tianlun jumped out, but it was not his arrangement.

Yang Hao has some impressions of this person, this person is the son of Li Situo, the defense envoy of Youzhou, and the current deputy commander of his tribal army, and he is also an important figure in charge of military power, and he has always been polite to the imperial court, but he can stand up and speak for himself at this time, but it is beyond his expectations.

When those Tuoba clan leaders saw that the court officials and the heads of other tribes did not stand up to oppose it, but their own clansmen came out to oppose it, they couldn't help but be surprised, and when they saw that it was Li Tianlun, Tuoba Wu immediately sneered: "Who am I, it turned out to be you, you have already taken the surname Li, and you dare to call yourself a member of the Tuoba clan?" I Tuoba clan people share weal and woe, advance and retreat as one, you eat inside and outside the goods, in addition to seeing the wind and making the rudder, what do you know about flattery? I advise you, don't admit that you are a Tuoba clan anymore, our Tuoba clan does not have a shameful clansman like you!

Tuoba Wu said, a presumptuous laughter immediately sounded around him, Li Tianlun was ashamed and angry, Huo Di pulled out his bright scimitar, pointed at Tuoba Wu, and shouted: "Tuoba Wu, when Lord Li Guangrui was the envoy of the quasi-moderation, why didn't you see you ashamed of the surname Li and ridiculed with the surname Li?" Who bullies the weak and fears the hard, which one is honest and shameless? Kind of stand up, let's see the real chapter under our hands! ”

Tuoba Wu Huoran stood up, pulled out his sword from its sheath, and sneered: "I'm afraid you won't make it?" Come on, come on, Li Tianlun, let Lao Tzu see how good you are? "Who are you, Lao Tzu!" Li Tianlun's knife was on the way, the two of them were like fire, and the steel blades struck, sparks splashed, and the people next to them immediately flashed to the side, making room for the two of them, seeing that the two of them were about to stage a full martial arts in the main hall, Yang Hao slapped the table with a "bang" on his face, and shouted: "How can this be true, use knives and guns in the main hall, do you still have this king in your eyes?" ”

Tuoba Wu immediately put away his sword and said: "King, you have seen it with your own eyes, this is Li Tianlun's knife that moved first, do I have to wait for Tuoba Wu to be killed?" If you want to say that there is no king law, this Li Tianlun is the law of no king at the moment, if the king wants to deal with Tuoba Han Chan's brothers, should he also deal with him to show fairness? "Tuoba Wu, are you trying to threaten the king?"

Fang Cai Tuoba Wu ridiculed Li Tianlun for his surname Li and his ancestor, Li Jitan's face sank on the side, and then he immediately stepped forward and stood next to Li Tianlun: "I, I am also a member of the Tuoba clan, and I am also in favor of severely punishing the Tuoba Han Chan brothers of the Kewu Department, if you don't check my ancestors for eight generations, see if I am qualified to say this!" ”

Tuoba Wulu was speechless, Li Jitan is not only a member of the Tutuo clan, but also a descendant of the clan, when he was under Li Guangrui, he was the general of the army leader, and he could get the word "Ji", and Li Guangrui's biological son ranked together on the seniority, and his family lineage was of course the Tuoba clan branch with strong roots. After Yang Hao became the king, he still reused him, whether it was official authority or rank among the clansmen, Li Jitan was a head above him, and Tuan-Bawu dared to be arrogant to Li Tianlun, but he did not dare to be rude to Li Jitan.

At this time, Tuoba Cangmu, who had already been instructed by Yang Hao, also stood up, brushed his white beard, and arched his hand: "The king, the Weiwu tribe left the station without permission and provoked a war. Maybe in the past, this was nothing, as long as they bowed their heads and confessed their sins, they could be pardoned, but now that I have established a country of my own, this country should have the appearance of a country, how can it be idle. The king sees thousands of miles and knows the stakes well, so he kills his relatives in a righteous way. The Tuoba clan people should be forgiven and severely punished, jǐng shows the world, and the national law is serious, which is the truth! ”

Tuoba Cangmu took out the elder shelf, but there were many old people among those who asked for the life of the Weiwu Department, some of them were a few years older than Tuoba Cangmu, and he scolded with a halberd: "Tuoba Cangmu, what kind of sycophants are you shooting, your Cangshi tribe occupies the pasture of the Weiwu Department, of course you are in favor of severely punishing them, you are a fake public and private, shameless!" "Which one scolds the old man?"

Tuoba Cangmu was originally holding a master's shelf, and he felt that he had already calculated this statement was very inky, but he was suddenly scolded, and he couldn't hold his breath when he was scolded, and when he saw it, he saw that it was Tuoba Qingyun, who had never dealt with him very much, and immediately shouted: "It turned out to be you, you old horseman, where is your shrunken old turtle when the king conquered the south and the north, and waved thousands of miles of troops?" Now popping up like this, what kind of big tail eagle is charged? ”

The two old guys scolded each other first, and the others were not to be outdone, and the Tuoba clan people who stood on the side of Li Jitan, Tuoba Cangmu and Li Tianlun and those who stood on the side of Tuoba Wu and Tuoba Qingyun scolded each other, and for a while they changed their martial arts to Wendou.

In the imperial court, although the ministers such as Chongfang and Ding Chengzong watched coldly and did not say a word, Long Hanhai and other ministers surrendered to the king without saying a word, even if the leaders of Tubo, Tuguhun, and the party Xiang Xifeng clan and Yeli clan were only watching from the wall, and only watched the internal fighting of the Tuoba clan.

Yang Hao picked up a cup of tea and looked at the two groups of people who were scolding more and more fiercely. After tasting the tea, Yang Hao opened a book, turned sideways slightly, and looked at it neatly.

His Royal Highness, these people first scolded each other only for the affairs of the Wei Wu Department, and then turned over the old accounts, scolded so much that they spitted and scolded, and their eyebrows flew and danced, and the eighteenth generation of the other party's ancestors had any trivial things that were sorry for their tribe, and they all turned it out and criticized it. Tuoba Cangmu's hair is flying, pointing east and scolding west, a sharp mouth is not inferior to the dragon slayer sword leaning on the sky, and the other party has four old men surrounding him, so that he can be worthy of his tongue. Yang Hao turned the page, glanced at him, and said in his heart: "I really didn't see it before, the old thing can talk so much."

Tuoba Wu saw that the more the two sides scolded, the more fierce they became, and there were countless civil and military people standing on both sides just watching the joke, only to feel that this huge force for the palace to ask for his life had become a big joke, and if it went on like this, I was afraid that the mission he had originally had would be completely empty. He glanced up in the midst of the scolding, only to see Yang Hao buried himself in reading, his demeanor was leisurely, he didn't pay attention to His Highness's farce at all, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, faintly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly urged chūn thunder and yelled: "Don't make any noise!" ”

Tuoba Wu's throat shook the two sides like a chicken, grabbed two steps forward, hugged his fist to Yang Hao and said: "King, it is Cangshi Bujing who fights with the Wei Wu Ministry, Tuoba Cangmu is the head of the Cangshi tribe, according to the law, he is also a party to the matter, it is too late to avoid suspicion, how can he decide whether the Wei Wu Department is guilty or not in the court as a minister?" Please also ask the king to issue an edict to order him to recuse himself, so as to show fairness! Yang Hao frowned and asked, "Should Tuoba Cangmu avoid it?" ”

The Tuoba clan members all reacted and said one after another: "Yes, what Tuoba Wu said is reasonable, the case involves the Cangshi tribe, and Tuoba Cangmu should be avoided." "Good!"

Yang Hao closed the book, turned around and sat upright and patted the imperial case, raised his sword eyebrows and said: "Tuoba Cangmu, as a party involved in the case, should be avoided!" Now that everyone agrees with the fact that Tuoba Han Chan deceived the king, then don't use any troubles about housework and brotherly disharmony to prevaricate this king. The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate! ”

"The minister is here!" Among the ministers who watched coldly, three people flashed out.

Yang Hao said loudly: "On top of this hall, the three divisions will be tried, and it will be clear and clear!" ”