Chapter Eighty-Five: Something Happened
The Turkic invasion occurred, and the people of northern Xinjiang witnessed the tragic situation of the soldiers in Anbei, and thinking of the hardships of the soldiers, the original dissatisfaction with the military household tax had long dissipated under such an impact.
Anbei coupled with the intentional guidance of the Anbei Protectorate, the people gradually began to have doubts about Shangguan Yongping's so-called "benevolent government", it turned out that the three princes came to Anbei to seize military power, in order to obtain military power, the use of military household taxes to use the people, the three princes are simply for their own interests, not really for the sake of the people in northern Xinjiang, once the northern Xinjiang is in turmoil, he patted his ass and returned to Jingzhao, staying here to suffer and face the threat of death at any time or the people of northern Xinjiang, This is the latest view of the people of Northern Xinjiang on the three princes.
For a time, the people of Northern Xinjiang were suspicious and resentful of the three princes and the officials accompanying them!
Hated by the soldiers of Anbei, and suspected by the people of northern Xinjiang, Shangguan Yongping really felt that he could not stay in Anbei, and at this time, Emperor Changtai asked him to return to Jingzhao to report on his work The edict also arrived, he didn't even pack the salute items, so he left the northern Xinjiang in a hurry with Xian Maoxin and a group of entourage, and at the beginning of December, he returned to the foothills of the Qinling Mountains on the west side of Jingzhao, as long as he crossed the Qinling Mountains, he would return to the Jingzhao area.
On the way back to Jingzhao, Shangguan Yongping's face had been very gloomy, he had been to the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate for nearly a year, but he had gained nothing, which was something he was disappointed and angry about; What's more, he also caused public resentment in northern Xinjiang, and after returning to Jingzhao, he didn't know how to explain to Emperor Changtai, which was another thing that frightened him!
The 50,000 soldiers of the Anbei Protectorate are still tightly held in the hands of Gu Dazu, and the 150,000 people of the Anbei Protectorate are also suspicious and accusatory to him, and now there is a confrontation between the military and the people in the north and the Turkic invasion of such a thing, he fled from the north in a gray way, and he doesn't know how to go back to report to Emperor Changtai, and he doesn't know how to explain to Emperor Changtai about the exemption of military household tax, what can I do?
The closer he got to Jingzhao, the more anxious he became, originally he went to Anbei to seize military power, but the military power was not obtained, and he also caused the scourge of military household tax, and when he thought of facing the accountability of Emperor Changtai, his head was big, and he lazily ordered everyone to rest in Qinling, and only then set off again.
What are the three princes worried about, Xian Maoxin knows, after nearly a year of getting along, everyone thinks that Xian Maoxin is the person of the three princes, although he opposed the matter of military household tax, but Shangguan Yongping did not blame him, and later the development of the matter proved that his opposition was correct, Shangguan Yongping thought that he was extremely talented, and asked him a lot of opinions along the way.
For how to face the accountability of Emperor Changtai, Xian Maoxin already has a countermeasure, speaking of which, this countermeasure is still inspired by the Anbei Protectorate, originally the conflict between the people of Northern Xinjiang and the soldiers of Anbei was about to break out, but as soon as the Turks invaded, the military household tax incident was quietly solved, to put it bluntly, this trick is the cause of trouble, he thought of the strategy for Shangguan Yongping, and it is this that must be the most direct and effective to eliminate the dissatisfaction of Emperor Changtai, this is the goal.
When the staff were resting, Xian Maoxin told Shangguan Yongping about his plan, and also explained that he must be ruthless, and he must suffer heavy losses, especially he must be seriously injured, otherwise he will not be able to win the trust of Emperor Changtai, and it will also arouse the suspicion of others. Shangguan Yongping vetoed it first, feeling that it was too risky, and if this matter was not grasped well, it would not be a matter of facing accountability, but a matter of life. He shook his head again and again and rejected the plan.
Xian Maoxin didn't persuade him, only said that all I could think of was this plan, as for whether to do it or not, I will wait for Your Highness to make a final decision, and my subordinates will retire and rest first.
Shangguan Yongping convened his staff again to discuss the response after returning to Jingzhao, but the staff couldn't say any useful suggestions, only saying that it was very annoying and helpless to listen to the holy judgment. Shangguan Yongping couldn't, so he had to start seriously thinking about the feasibility of Xian Maoxin's plan, and also carefully finalized the relevant matters with Xian Maoxin, and decided to make a desperate bet to turn the situation around.
A few days later, the Jingzhao officials were secretly thinking, didn't the messenger say that the third prince was about to return to Jingzhao? It's not there yet, is it? Something can't be wrong, right? They all wanted to know the achievements of the three princes in Northern Xinjiang.
What the three princes did in Northern Xinjiang was known only to a few officials, such as Zhongshu and the chief officials of the sect, Shen Zejing also knew, but it was Shen Zesi who told him. Shen Zesi gave a detailed introduction to what the three princes did in northern Xinjiang and the troubles they caused, and even the Turkic invasion, Shen Zesi made a bold speculation: he thought that the Turks were put in by Gu Dazu and others, just to solve the crisis of the military household tax incident.
Shen Zejing has a different opinion on this, the Turkic invasion must be real, and it was not released by Gu Dazu, but the Anbei soldiers did not seriously resist that it may be true, Shen Huashan is still in front of the stage to control the water, and he came to the letter early to say that he should not be able to come back for the New Year, Shen Zejing will be in charge of all the affairs of the Jingzhao Shen family, he replied to Shen Zesi, saying that he should pay attention to observation, be cautious and cautious, save his life, and work hard to save military merits and so on.
Ye Zhengchun also knew about the affairs of the third prince in Northern Xinjiang, his tone was a little gloating, and he scolded viciously: "This **! Fucking brain water! Shen Zejing listened to his words and still felt that his head was full of black lines, fuck, isn't it the master of Yikun Palace? This teacher is really!
Soon, Jingzhao officials learned the latest news of the three princes, and the three princes really had an accident!
It turned out that the three princes and their entourage had already returned to the Qinling Mountains on the west side of Jingzhao a few days earlier, but before they could cross the Qinling Mountains, the three princes and their entourage encountered an ambush in the Qinling Mountains and suffered an earth-shattering robbery, and almost all the personnel lost their lives!
There are about 50 people who ambushed and killed, all of them are well-trained, obviously equipped with bows and crossbows in the army, and I don't know who has a deep hatred with the three princes, the three princes and their entourage are two-thirds dead, the staff of the three princes' mansions are all dead, and even the military guards who follow are also suffering heavy casualties, and finally it is the military department member Xian Maoxin who desperately protects the three princes, and the remaining few people can escape and rush back to the Jingzhao area, but the three princes are seriously injured, their lives are in danger, and life and death are uncertain!
This news, through the scouts of the fast horses, spread to the ears of Emperor Changtai and spread throughout the court!