Chapter 167: The Man Behind the Scenes
The death of Xian Ye continues to ferment, and now it is not only the Aguta family that is nervous, but also the courtiers who feel deeply in danger and have tried to protect themselves, and there are rumors in the market that the emperor wants to change the old system of ancestral succession, give up his original oath to pass on the descendants of Aguta, and set up his own descendants.
The three of them became tigers, and the more the story spread, the more evil they became, and the more they had noses and eyes, saying that the sons of Aguta were ready to launch a mutiny once the emperor broke his promise, overthrow Wu Qimai, and set up a new monarch.
In fact, Zonggan and others believed that since there was no suitable candidate among Wu Qimai's younger brothers, Wu Qimai should determine the range of candidates for the fierce Ban Bo among the descendants of his father Aguta. After all, Aguta is the recognized number one hero of the Jin Kingdom, and it was already quite a remarkable act of generosity for Aguta to pass on the throne to Wu Qimai, and now it should be Wu Qimai's descendants who return the throne to Aguta.
However, seeing that Wu Qimai was reluctant to determine the candidate for Ban Bolie, Zong Gan and Zong Fu began to have doubts, and in order to prevent Wu Qimai from making an unfavorable choice on the issue of heirs, they decided to take the initiative to take action to challenge Wu Qimai. All kinds of signs also seem to indicate that internal strife may occur at any time, Wu Qimai will certainly not sit still, he ordered Wanyan Zongben to replace Xianye as the commander of the internal and external capital, and then mobilize a large army outside Shangjing in his name to deal with the situation.
Before making the move, Sogan and Sosuke decided to discuss with the other two heavyweights in order to ensure that they could succeed in the challenge. The main content of the meeting was that the "Aguta" faction collectively issued an ultimatum to the boss Wu Qimai, demanding that candidates who are extremely enthusiastic about Ban Bo be elected as soon as possible.
One is Zong Han, the military strongman of the Jin State, who has been serving as the military commander of the Jin State. Especially after Wu Qimai succeeded to the throne, he became the main military commander who attacked the Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasty. It is an important force in the military aspect of the Jin State. Although he does not belong to the descendants of Aguta, he has followed Aguta to fight in the north and south since he was a child. He has a natural reverence for the number one hero of the Jurchen tribe, Aguta, and although he has disputes with them, he still maintains close contact.
Another heavyweight is Wanyan Xiyin, if you extrapolate from the bloodline, he should be more distant from Aguta's relatives, but this person has been holding important positions in the Jin State since Aguta's anti-Liao, and is reused, and is one of Aguta's think tanks, of course, he is also grateful to Aguta. The relationship between the two sides has always been good, and I believe that he will stand firmly on this side in the matter of establishing an heir.
The meeting lasted all day, and Wanyan Xiyin and Zong Han expressed their support for the accession of the Aguda faction as expected. However, Zong Han disagreed with such a drastic method of 'forcing the palace', he believed that if this was likely to cause a split in the Wanyan family, then not only would it be taken advantage of by others, but the Southern Dynasty might also take advantage of the civil strife to launch an attack, and then the country would be ruined, even if he became the emperor. It is better to use the death of Xianye to find out the truth, if it is really at the hands of Wu Qimai, then the matter of Lichu will be successfully completed.
This is a matter of discussion. Zong Gan and the others think it is reasonable, but in fact, they are afraid of beating the wolf with a hemp pole, and no one knows the consequences of tearing their faces. I don't want to make things out of control, but what everyone lacks is communication. There is a lack of excuses and steps. Now Zong Han has smoothed the ladder for everyone, and the emperor has not publicly stated that his attitude will not be passed on to them. Wanyan Zonggan and the other brothers got off the donkey down the slope and agreed to Zong Han's suggestion.
So at the moment when the two sides were tense, Zong Han stood up and played, in order to dispel the rumors and clear up the misunderstanding, he asked the emperor to issue an order to thoroughly investigate all kinds of doubts about the death of Xianye, so as not to plunge the country into turmoil and be taken advantage of by foreigners, and the sooner the matter is resolved, the better. Wu Qimai also wanted to ease the relationship, so he immediately set up an investigation team headed by the old minister Wanyan Xi Gunai, whose members included Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Zonghan, and in order to show justice, he did not send his own family members to participate.
At the moment of the decree, both sides breathed a sigh of relief, and the situation eased, and Zong Han's performance made everyone very grateful. At his suggestion, both sides withdrew their 'knives and guns' and focused their attention on investigating the truth about the death of Xianye. I don't know if I don't know what to do, but I really found out what happened, it turned out that Xian Ye had been 'taking' the Divine Pill for so many years, and the Divine Pill was not refined in the Dajin Kingdom, and it was all from the Southern Dynasty.
After further investigation, the situation is even more shocking, Shendan is not only from the Southern Dynasty, but the channel seems to have something to do with Zhao Er. Thinking about the words and deeds of the oblique and the attitude of Zhao Er, and this time he sent troops, his own army was subject to Zhao Er everywhere after the capture of Bianjing, and he seemed to be a god who knew his own mobilization well, and every time he was expected by the enemy first, maybe it was the reason why the oblique was secretly singing...
"Mr. Qin, thanks to your strategy, this matter has allowed me to get out of my predicament!" Zong Han returned to the mansion, sat on the couch and said with a smile to a Han man standing beside him.
"Doing your best for the king is what a villain should do!" The Han man hurriedly squatted down to take off his boots for Zong Han and replied with a smile.
"How did Mr. Qin know about the Jindan in the Dao?" Zong Han was very satisfied with his courtesy, leaned back and asked again.
"The king, when the villain was in the Southern Dynasty, he saw the Taoist priest Lin Lingsu, whose spells were strong, but he was not lightly rectified by Zhao Er, who was still a prince back then, and he was obedient to him, and he didn't dare to offend from then on. Lin Laodao once mentioned in front of others that he got the elixir from Zhao second-hand, which was worth thousands of yuan, and some people got it from him, and after eating it, they were excited, all diseases were eliminated, and they were fluttering, but once they couldn't eat it on time, they would be worse off than dead. I saw that the appearance of the capital army was similar to that of the old Dao of Nalin, and I learned from the people in his house that he often took the Divine Pill, so I thought of it! The Han man said.
"Hehe, think well! But how do you know that if you eat too much, you will die? Zong Han asked again.
"The villain thinks that the golden pill can make people excited immediately after eating, it must be the medicine of the tiger and wolf, and if you eat too much, it will inevitably be... And the capital commander suddenly got Mei Ji again, how could he control himself, but he was already terminally ill, how could he bear it! The Han man chuckled and said, "But the matter has come to an end, and Beguru is useless, it is better to deal with it earlier, if he accidentally talks nonsense, I am afraid it will be bad for the king!" ”
"Well, Mr. Qin's words are reasonable, I will immediately order someone to do it, but as soon as he dies, the matter will not be clear, will it have an impact on our next plan?" Zong Han nodded, but he felt that something was wrong.
"King, if this matter is really revealed, it will be unfavorable to the king, so it's better to be confused!" The Han man waved his hand.
"What do you mean by that?" Zong Han asked with some confusion.
"Great King, if this matter is revealed and the truth is revealed, it can only show that Xian also has collusion with the Southern Dynasty, and can only push the unfavorable things on him, but it cannot fundamentally change the emperor's opinion of the king, let alone make Zong Gan and others fully trust the king!" The Han man said.
"You mean that this matter ends here, even if the emperor can't clear the charge of killing Xianye, and he can't let Zonggan and them easily get the storage position, so that they have a bad heart, and I...!" Zong Han thought for a while and said.
"The king is wise, but the king still has something to do, so that you can become a powerful minister above ten thousand people and one person below!" The Han man smiled slightly.
"Oh, what about that?" Zong Han sat up straight and said.
"Great King, you can come down like this, that is, let the emperor temporarily get rid of the current predicament, and satisfy Zong Gan and the others, then the king can gain the trust of both sides, and in the future..."
"Ha Luha, Mr. Qin is really extraordinary, I didn't misread you!" Hearing this, Zong Han smiled and said, "You don't want to live with those slaves anymore today, there is still a courtyard in the mansion for you to move over, and you will be a senator in the future!" ”
"Thank you king, the villain will do his best to repay the king's kindness!" The Han man immediately knelt down and thanked him.
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Qin Hui moved into a small courtyard in Zonghan's mansion, although it was not as good as his mansion in Bianjing, but being able to get such a place to live in this foreign country made him have mixed feelings, and he finally survived! After the royal family of the Great Song Dynasty was escorted to Yanshan Mansion, the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom were afraid that the Zhao and Song clans were too numerous to deal with, so they adopted the method of divide and rule, and ordered some people to stay in Yanshan Mansion, ration food according to the population, and strict surveillance, so that the death of the clan was very large.
The deposed emperor Zhao Huan and the rest of the people were all escorted to the Shangjing Huining Mansion of the Jin State, and when they became prisoners, everything had to be subordinated to orders and at the mercy of others. was forced to wear plain clothes to kneel and worship the Jin Taizu Temple, and then went to the Qianyuan Hall to knock on the Jin Emperor, and named Zhao Huan as the Marquis of Chongdu. This kind of feud and feud means the relationship between the monarch and his vassals, and this title is even more ironic for them.
After being humiliated, Zhao Huan was moved to Hanzhou, and some of the clans also moved to the same place in Hanzhou. The Jurchens not only humiliated them politically, but also were extremely harsh in their lives, giving them only 15 hectares of land to support themselves. Among the captives of the Song Dynasty at that time, only Qin Hui was the only person who could enjoy special treatment, not only was he not exiled, but climbed the big tree of Zonghan.
And Qin Hui's ability to 'stand out' from thousands of captives is said to be accidental and inevitable. He was not from a high background, and his father only sat in a small official such as a county order, and he did not give him any help. But he was talented and cunning, and he met a good teacher when he was a child.
When Wang Boyan was not in the Jinshi, he was hired by Wang Ben, the commander of Qimen County, Huizhou, to open a local museum to teach, Qin Hui and his brothers both worshipped Wang Boyan as a teacher and studied under Wang Boyan. I learned a set of skills to play with power and intrigue with my teacher early, and embarked on a wrong path that is different from ordinary people... (To be continued......)