Shendu, Lianghou Mansion.

"Lord, Rong Can has received great favor from the lord, but now he has surrendered to Yang Xian, the sin is unforgivable."

"My lord, if we don't severely punish the families of the rebels, how can we serve the people?"

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The house was noisy, and Huan Wu didn't have anger in his heart, but he only felt noisy.

When the news of Shu came, the two heavy armors of the elite of the Liang army surrendered to Yang Xian, causing an uproar.

Huan Wu dominates the world, and has accumulated a total of 50,000 heavy armor in the past 20 years.

The heavy armor is different from ordinary troops, with 2,500 people as the formation and four as one army.

When the Great Zhou Empire had not yet collapsed, the heavy armor still had a name, the Imperial Forest Army!

The Imperial Forest Army defends the Divine Capital, and only listens to the orders of the Son of Heaven.

Princes everywhere are not allowed to privately accumulate heavy armor, and the violators will be wiped out!

This bloody rule is the Son of Heaven in order to consolidate his authority, but also to prevent the local princes from being too powerful, and it also confirms the combat power of heavy armor from the side.

Six hundred years ago, the Great Zhou Empire fought with the grassland barbarians to the end, and 100,000 royal forest troops were ordered to go north, with heavy armor, sweeping the grassland, and millions of barbarians could not stop it, and the huge barbarian empire collapsed.

Of course, with the changes of the times, the combat power of the Royal Forest Army is constantly fluctuating. But even so, the Imperial Forest Army is also the most critical line of defense for the Gong Wei Xia clan.

Until Yuan Cheng, the head of Chengtian Taoism, rose up, the imperial court ordered a rebellion, and 100,000 imperial forest troops were wiped out. The Chengtian Taoists approached the Shendu, and the officials were terrified, and only then did Yang Ci and Yuan Cheng fight.

Yang Ci pacified the Chengtian Dao, but the defeat of the 100,000 Imperial Forest Army also laid the root cause of the emptiness of the Shendu army and the war among the princes.

These 50,000 heavy armor are the cronies of the Huan clan, and they only obey the dispatch of Huan Wu. In the eyes of the relatives of the Huan family, this is the foundation of their future generation of Zhou, and it is also where their face lies.

These two heavy armors can escape and die, but they must not surrender, let alone surrender Yang Xian!

Therefore, in this Hou Mansion, the family members who clamored to punish the rebels were mainly relatives of the Huan family, and most of the generals with foreign surnames who knew Rong Can did not make a noise.

The military law is strict, the defectors implicate the clansmen, and the demands of the relatives and nobles of the Huan clan are not excessive, and even very reasonable.

"What do you think?"

No matter how the relatives of the Huan family shouted, it was Huan Wu who finally made the decision. But Huan Wu did not take substantive measures, but instead looked at his sons.

After Huan Jue's death, Liang Hou's heirs had to be chosen among them. And most likely, it is Huan Qi, Huan Heng and Huan Heng.

"Returning to his father, his son thought he should be punished. Those who are ministers can't die, but how can they surrender to our great enemy Yang Xian? ”

Huan Jue's words were recognized by all the Huan relatives present, and they nodded in their hearts.

"Erchen also thinks he should be punished!"

"Erchen also thinks he should be punished!"

......

Each of Huan Wu's sons stood up and expressed their opinions, all of them with the same voice.

It was Huan Qi, the oldest, who was the last to speak.

"Erchen thinks that Rongcan's surrender to Shu is not disloyal, but forced by the times, and he should not be punished heavily."

Huan Wu smiled in his heart, he knew exactly what his sons were thinking. In order to win the support of the elders in the Huan clan, they have tried their best these days, and now they naturally will not disobey everyone. And Huan Qi thinks farther than Huan Zheng, and wants to establish the name of benevolence.

Sure enough, after listening to Huan Qi's words, all the generals with foreign surnames were touched.

"Rong Chan is loyal, our army was defeated in Zhounan, and most of the soldiers of our army captured by the Shu army surrendered. But he took thousands of remnants of soldiers and fled into Badi, vowing not to surrender to Shu. It wasn't until Rongcan's mother was captured by Yang Xian that he had no choice but to surrender. It is said that I have the negative glory, not the glory of the negative me. ”

The eyes of the relatives and nobles of the Huan clan widened, and they didn't understand why Huan Wu, who had always been decisive in killing, was now merciful?

And among these Liang Marquis' vassals, only Meng Qing did not have a trace of expression, standing there respectfully, thoughtful.

Huan Wu saw it in his eyes, but he smiled in his heart.

"There is no need to talk about punishing the families of the rebels. Let's all go down, Meng Qing stays. ”

"Obey your orders!"

Everyone retreated, and before Huan Qi left, he glanced at Meng Qing, and his eyes were a little complicated.

"Meng Qing is wondering why I let go of the rebel's family?"

"The minister didn't dare to hide it, the minister was thinking about it just now."

Huan Wu smiled, beckoned, and let Meng Qing come closer, like a little old man doing a prank, and said softly: "Those two heavy-armored soldiers are not Shu people, if I kill their family members at this moment, won't it strengthen their rebellious hearts and make them follow Yang Xian with all their hearts?" ”

Meng Qing's face changed, his body took a few steps back, and he bowed and said, "The lord is wise!" ”

Huan Wula asked in a homely manner: "Zong Shi thinks that among my sons, who is the most promising?" ”

Meng Qing was stunned for a moment, frightened in his heart. How can this kind of question be easily answered, it is simply a proposition!

"All of you are the best among the people, and they are also the pillars of talent, and they are all promising."

Huan Wu smiled and waved his hand, seemingly a little happy, but it was not because of Meng Qing's answer.

"Zongshi is really slippery!" Huan Wu waved his sleeves and sat up straight, "Back then, Yang Xian Lian Chu attacked Nanyang, and after I recovered Wancheng, I asked you to go with Huan Qi to drive away the homeless." At that time, Huan Qi complained to Zong Shi, saying that he doubted whether it was my biological son? Although Zong Shi did not respond, Huan Qi was later wooed by many parties. After Jue'er's death, he was even more courteous to Zongshi, but Zongshi was never far away. I'm really a little curious, what does Zong Shi think of this son of mine? ”

Huan Wu's tone was very ordinary, as if an old man was asking about a junior who knew his son.

But the problem is that Huan Wu is not an ordinary old man, and his son is more likely to be the master of the Liang Kingdom in the future.

What frightened Meng Qing the most was that he remembered that when Huan Qi said this, as long as the two of them were present!

How did Huan Wu know?

Could it be that Huan Wu has been monitoring his son? If you treat your own sons like this, what about these foreign ministers?

Such a scheming made Meng Qing's whole person become cold, as if he had fallen into the abyss, and his heart was almost trembling.

Meng Qing barely stabilized his mind and arched his hand: "The state affairs are difficult, and the second son has great talents, so he will be like a cone in the bag, and sooner or later it will be revealed." ”

"Zong Shi finally told the truth." Huan Wu smiled softly and looked at Meng Qing, "It's just that with Zongshi's talent, it's ten times better than Huan Qi!" ”

"Lord!" Meng Qing knelt down and knocked on the ground with his head, "The minister never dares to be the lord with this reputation." ”

How can a man be compared to a king? Even if it's just a candidate for the future Liang Hou.

"Why is Zongshi like this? Go ahead! ”

"Yes!"

Meng Qing stood up, trying to maintain his demeanor, but when he passed the threshold, he still leaned slightly, his legs were numb, and he almost fell.

Meng Qing was really frightened.

Huan Wu saw it in his eyes, and there was always a slight smile on his face, and his eyes were as bright as the water waves of a bottomless cold pool, deep and cold.