The 417th year of the eighth year

Yang Beiwang's statement that Yang Futu was harmed is very interesting.

Is it possible that Yang Beiwang is the murderer behind the scenes? Looking at Yang Futu's death based on the principle of who gains and who is the mastermind, Yang Beiwang is of course suspicious. Those sailors who were lucky enough to escape confessed that the pirates seemed to know the internal system of the sea ships very well, and that Yang Futu's death in attack seemed to be a necessity that they deliberately forged by chance, and the probability of assassination was extremely high.

However, don't forget that Yang Xinning only has two sons.

Yang Futu has already been killed, if Yang Beiwang is arrested on suspicion of murdering Yang Futu, who will inherit the Yang family?

For the sake of the inheritance of the Yang family, even if Yang Beiwang really murdered Yang Futu, Yang Xinning's best choice should turn a blind eye and endure the pain to assist Yang Beiwang in inheriting the Yang family's foundation. In this context, investigating the cause of Yang Futu's death is taboo, and questioning Yang Beiwang's remarks is also very likely to attract a backlash from the Yang family's interest groups.

Where does public opinion come from?

Maybe it comes from the faction that bet on Wei Dongsheng. The total amount of the power cake must be certain, and with a faction in power like Yang Xinning, there will be a frustrated opposition faction. If Yang Beiwang can be brought down by the attack on Yang Futu, the Yang family, which has no suitable heir, will suddenly rise and fall, and the subordinates with a little political wisdom will tacitly turn into a royalist. After Wei Dongsheng purged Yang Xinning's henchmen, these factions that bet on Wei Dongsheng in advance will definitely be able to make excess profits.

Maybe it comes from Yang Futu's lineage. It is the common good that can lead to an unbreakable faction, and the vast majority of people owe allegiance to Yang Futu because loyalty can bring them benefits. When Yang Futu died tragically at the hands of pirates, when Yang Beiwang began to incorporate Yang Futu's lineage, when Yang Futu's lineage above 10,000 people under one person became a dissident who was prevented and controlled by Yang Beiwang, why should they be loyal to the Yang family again? Considering that the big ship of Song Sheng's business, as well as the nominal Shunta king Wei Dongsheng and Yang Xinning's last daughter Yang Nian'an, it is difficult to guarantee that Yang Futu's descendants will not be tempted to switch to Wei Dongsheng.

Maybe it comes from Yang Xinning's lineage. Judging by who benefits and who is the mastermind, in addition to Yang Beiwang, who has benefited the most, Wei Dongsheng is obviously also the beneficiary. Considering that Yang Beiwang's ability was far inferior to Yang Futu, Yang Xinning must have been worried that Wei Dongsheng and other forces would take the opportunity to make trouble, and that Wei Dongsheng would pose a potential threat to Yang Beiwang. Instead of being nervous about the wolves, throw the bait and wait for the fish to take the bait, and then catch it all in one go.

Wait a minute.

Without the one-way information transparency advantage of the global monitoring system of computer intelligent life, Wei Dongsheng could not rely on his political wisdom to see through the truth of the world. Which force Yang Beiwang plotted to kill Yang Futu came from, Wei Dongsheng did not know; Wang Reclamation really betrayed Yang Xinning, or he was ordered to fish, Wei Dongsheng also does not know.

However, Wei Dongsheng was not willing to take risks.

Even if Wang Reclamation sincerely surrendered, Wei Dongsheng would not accept him. The reason is very simple, from 1297 to 1305, Wang Reclamation followed Wei Dongsheng for eight years, and he knew too many secrets that should not be known, and no matter how large Wei Dongsheng's weapons were, it was impossible to use Wang Reclamation as a confidant.

How to deal with Wang Reclamation?

In other words, how to take advantage of Yang Futu's murder and Yang Beiwang's murder suspicion?

Wei Dongsheng pondered for half an hour, and made a vague choice.

Wei Dongsheng stopped Wang Reclamation's secret crying, summoned Yang Nianan and others with great fanfare, and changed to a collective trial of Wang Reclamation. Wei Dongsheng and Yang Nianan questioned Wang Reclamation: "You said that the supervision has harmed the deputy commander, but there are witnesses and physical evidence?" ”

Wang Reclamation knelt down and replied: "It's not that the villain said that the inspector hurt the deputy commander, but the sailors all said so." It is said that a total of seven sailors were lucky enough to escape back to Shunta, and one of them was saved by the deputy commander, and on the night of his arrival in Hong Kong, he went straight to the commander's house to expose the conspiracy of the surveillance, and was never heard from again. The missing sailor once scolded the inspector for killing his brother and sister in the port, leaving behind a lot of physical evidence. ”

Yang Nian'an interrupted Wang Reclamation's speech, and asked suspiciously: "Kill your brother and sister?" ”

Wang reclamation: "It is rumored that the eldest lady was also killed by supervision. ”

Yang Nianai clenched his fists violently: "Is there any physical evidence?" ”

Wang Reclamation: "The doctor who took care of the eldest lady at the beginning of the year, his family had disappeared for a period of time and there were traces of torture, and it was suspected that he was coerced at that time; Shortly after the deputy commander was killed, the doctor and his family suddenly disappeared and are now missing. However, if His Majesty and Niangniang want to check, there should still be clues. ”

Yang Nian'an's cheeks turned white: "Do you know why the inspector killed the eldest lady?" ”

Wang reclamation: "The inspector doesn't want the eldest lady to stay in the bloodline. ”

Speaking of which, the contradiction between the Yang family and the Wei family has been completely punctured, and there is no need to elaborate on it.

If Yang Beiwang didn't want Wei Dongsheng to leave his bloodline, he could assassinate Yang Niansong, and naturally he would dare to assassinate Yang Nianan, and the life-and-death conflict suddenly forced Yang Nianan to the opposite side of Yang Beiwang. Unless Yang Nianan is willing to sacrifice himself to fulfill Yang Beiwang, it will be difficult for the brother and sister to communicate openly and honestly from now on. Even if all these doubts are false, the rumors that everyone takes for granted can show that some hidden worries can no longer be ignored. Similar to Wu Zetian's hesitation to appoint his nephew Wu Chengsi as the crown prince, Yang Nianan is bound to give up wishful thinking and carefully think about her position between the Yang family and the Wei family.

The doctor's case is indeed suspicious.

Thinking that the doctor's family has been missing for a while, even Yang Beiwang's close associates may suspect that the Yang family deliberately murdered a pair of twin daughters born to Yang Niansong and Wei Dongsheng.

Wei Dongsheng will not suspect Yang Beiwang because of this.

Because the disappearance of the doctor's family during Yang Niansong's pregnancy was a secret move deliberately planted by Wei Dongsheng. Of course, Wei Dongsheng did not have the intention of murdering Yang Niansong, the reason why he kidnapped the doctor's family was to investigate whether the doctor's background was trustworthy, and secondly, he deliberately left suspicions, and when the conflict between Wei Dongsheng and Yang Xinning intensified, the old matter was brought up again to involve Yang Niansong with "Yang Beiwang or Yang Futu was suspected of murdering Yang Niansong". Even if Yang Niansong really died in a conspiracy, it should have nothing to do with the disappearance of the doctor's family.

Wei Dongsheng never expected that this idle move at the beginning of the year was detonated in advance because of Yang Futu's death, and then became reliable material evidence that some forces attacked Yang Beiwang for killing his brother and sister.

In all fairness, Yang Beiwang was very wronged.

It's a pity that Yang Nianan no longer believes in Yang Beiwang's innocence. As the saying goes, a woman is weak, but a mother is strong. Yang Nianan has just been diagnosed with pregnancy, and now she is nervously accepting the little life in her belly, and she shuddes when she thinks of the tragedy of her sister Yang Niansong's corpse and three lives. Regardless of whether Yang Beiwang is behind the scenes, Yang Nianan must do his best to eliminate all hidden dangers and ensure the safety of her and her children.

In this way, although there were some ugly conspiracies mixed in during the period, the result was what Wei Dongsheng wanted to see.

Ensuring that Yang Nianan will not indecisively report to Yang Beiwang or Yang Xinning is the greatest use value of Wang Reclamation.

As mentioned earlier, Wei Dongsheng will not keep Wang Reclamation by his side. After using Wang Reclamation, Wei Dongsheng gave him a stick head-on: "Come on, tie him up to the Commander's Mansion." ”

The Commander's Mansion is Yang Xinning's mansion.

Wang Reclamation was shocked: "Your Majesty! ”

Wei Dongsheng understands Yang Beiwang's sensitivity, and Wang Reclamation naturally understands that Yang Beiwang is the only heir of the Yang family. Unless Wang Reclamation is the bait thrown by Yang Xinning, Wang Reclamation's accusation to Wei Dongsheng that Yang Beiwang plotted to kill Yang Futu and Yang Niansong is equivalent to betraying the interests of the Yang family.

With Yang Nian'an here, it was inconvenient for Wang Reclamation to attack the Yang family with bad words, so he could only show his loyalty to Wei Dongsheng again and again in the name of Yang Niansong: "Your Majesty, you have to avenge the eldest lady." ”

Wei Dongsheng deliberately said something that no one believed in the scene: "How can the inspector kill his brother and sister, you have to talk nonsense." Besides, even if the Overseer is so disobedient, the Commander will uphold justice and will not allow you to criticize you everywhere. ”

Of course, things don't end so simply.

After taking Yang Nian'an to try Wang Reclamation on suspicion of deliberately fueling Yang Beiwang, Wei Dongsheng talked with Wang Reclamation face-to-face in private.

It is said that during the period of hibernation in Batang County, Wei Dongsheng never forgot to accumulate the strength of his descendants. Since Yang Xinning, Yang Beiwang, Yang Futu and others monopolized the government of Shunta State, Wei Dongsheng could only select cronies from the disadvantaged groups that everyone ignored, and quietly cultivated forces that could be trusted.

In other words, perhaps under the influence of traditional values, or perhaps the arrogance of the ruling class, the elites, including Yang Futu, are keen on military power, but they are stingy in thinking from the soldier class.

Taking armed merchant sailors as an example, Yang Futuken shared weal and woe with the sailors, dressed and ate the same as the lowest sailors, and advocated "follow me" instead of "give me up" when fighting. All this, Yang Futu's prestige among the sailors is extremely high, and in just a few years, he is more popular than Yang Xinning, and the sailors are willing to die for him. But when the sailors were disabled and retired, all the soldiers' kindness was instantly wiped out. Except for the annual or multi-annual form of condolences, Yang Futu never really cared about the families of the sailors who died in the war, nor did he really care about how the disabled sailors spent the rest of their lives. These sailors who went to the soup for Yang Futu, unless they had considerable savings during the sea trade, most of their lives after leaving the army were poor.

Yang Futu's indifference to the life of the disabled soldier after he was discharged from the army gave Wei Dongsheng a chance.

After Song Sheng's firm became profitable, Wei Dongsheng recruited batch after batch of retired sailors as appropriate, either to serve as plantation security guards, or to provide some jobs within their means. Unlike Yang Futu's concern for the barracks, Wei Dongsheng is committed to building a relatively excellent resettlement mechanism for the disabled.

Happiness comes from comparison, and in 1305, when the rights and interests of grassroots soldiers were generally disregarded, Wei Dongsheng's lackluster conditional disability resettlement mechanism quickly won the favor of this group of disabled veterans. When Yang Futu is there, if they encounter Wei Dongsheng and Yang Xinning tearing their faces, they may hesitate: Fight for Yang Futu, or fight for Wei Dongsheng (Yang Niansong)?

The attack on Yang Futu resolved all hesitation.