Above the Northern Qin Dynasty, there was a big joke.

Yuan Shan's younger brother Yuan Xi had an affair with Yuan Jie's father's concubine Ma Shi. Yuan Xie led the troops outside, and he didn't know about this matter. But Yuan Xi is arrogant and very wealthy, and after a long time, Yuan Xi has drifted away, and he no longer cares about the maids around Ma's. The maid held a grudge and reported to Yuan Xie when she returned to Chang'an to report on her work under Yuan Jie's capture.

Yuan Jie's father, Yuan Ming, is Yuan Jian's cousin, who just died of illness last year. He didn't have much ability, but he was a romantic man with many wives and concubines, because Ma gave birth to a son for Yuan Ming, who was still young, so Yuan Xie left Ma in the house to treat him as his mother.

Hearing this, Yuan Xie didn't believe it at first, but the maidservant told Yuan Xie the time and place of the next tryst. Yuan Xie took someone to catch the rape in bed, this is a big scandal, originally Yuan Xie wanted to drive the Ma family out of the mansion for the sake of Yuan Shan's face, but Yuan Xi actually had no remorse and was beaten by Yuan Jie.

After Yuan Xi was beaten, he returned to the mansion and became more and more angry, so he went to find Yuan Shan, and now when Yuan Shan is employing people, Yuan Xie has just made military achievements, and he has not given Yuan Xi a head, Yuan Xi can't stand this grievance, and he actually carries Ma back to the mansion with the Ming media who is marrying.

This is a hornet's nest. Yuan Xie was furious and took private soldiers to Yuanxi's mansion to get married, Yuan Xi was not only afraid, but also said to Yuan Jie: "I am your false father." (I'm your dad)

The sudden father-son relationship made Yuan Xie not know what was wrong for a while, and he stabbed Yuan Xi and Ma to death in public in shame and anger.

Yuan Xie only reacted under the reminder of the general, and fled to the fiefdom of Liangzhou in a hurry, waiting for news from Chang'an.

When Yuan Shan heard that Yuan Xi was marrying Ma, he was extremely opposed, so he didn't go to the wedding. When he heard that Yuan Xi was killed, he wanted to kill Yuan Xie to avenge Yuan Xi, but was stopped by Min Guan Yuan Zhi.

Min Guan said bluntly: "Yuanxi is the most appropriate and lives up to the principles of humanity." ”

Yuan Zhen also said that Yuan Xi was dead, and if he killed Yuan Xie again at this time, the situation would be turbulent.

When Yuan Shan heard this, he looked at Yuan Zhi and Min Guan coldly, but after all, he didn't make a sound, and Min Guan sent a letter to Yuan Jie, saying that Yuan Shan had been persuaded to let Yuan Xie go back to Chang'an quickly to ask for guilt, don't be confused.

Seeing this, Yuan Xie returned to Chang'an from Liangzhou, but as soon as he entered the palace, he was controlled by Yuan Shan, and then pulled to the side hall, Yuan Shan only intended to teach Yuan Xie a lesson, but Yuan Xie desperately resisted, and was hit in the ribs by the soldier with a knife handle, and Yuan Xie could not afford it on the spot.

Yuan Shan also panicked at this time, seeing that Yuan Xie still had breath, he simply killed Yuan Xie without doing anything, and then accused Yuan Xie of doing it to himself, and killed Yuan Xie by mistake.

This kind of trick naturally can't deceive Yuan Zhen and Min Guan, but Yuan Xie is dead, and everyone is helpless against Yuan Shan.

Yuan Jie's subordinate Lu Yu did not wait for Yuan Xie outside the palace, and waited until dusk, only to see the forbidden army carrying a corpse out, coldly handed it to Yuan Jie, and said: "Yuan Xie wants to attack and kill Da Sima, and he has been corrected by the Fa, and Yuan Xie has made meritorious contributions to the battle, so he is not a member of the clan." ”

Naturally, Lü Xun would not believe such nonsense, and after returning to the mansion with Yuan Jie's body, as soon as the city gate opened the next day, Lü Yu rushed back to Liangzhou with Yuan Jie's son Yuan Jun, who was only five years old, and Yuan Jie's body, and then supported Yuan Jun as king, occupied Liangzhou and rebelled, and demanded that the imperial court hand over the murderer Yuan Shan.

Yuan Shan then sent troops to conquer Liangzhou, and the civil war in Northern Qin began.

Outside the city of Jiangling, Heng now laid the altar in the south of the city, Xiao Ju after a series of ceremonies, finally ascended the throne and called the emperor, changed the Yuan Hongzhi.

On the day of his accession to the throne, he issued a document to punish thieves, including Xiao Luan's crimes, including murder of the monarch and collusion with the Northern Dynasty, and announced the conquest of Jiankang.

Wei Ran was crowned as a loyal military duke, and he supervised the rebellion against the military, and Wei Ran became a general and was responsible for all matters of the Eastern Expedition.

Feng Heng is now Shang Shuling, Yang Hu is General Long Xiang, Song Wuwei is General Zhenguo, and the rest of the people are rewarded.

Under Hengxian's reminder, Xiao Ju also sealed the officials in Jiankang again, so as to shake the hearts of Xiao Luan and others.

In the Weiran Mansion in Jiangling, Xiao Yanran was sad to hear the news of Xiao Heng's death, as Xiao Heng's favorite daughter, Xiao Yanran has been loved by thousands of people since she was a child, and she fell to the ground after excessive grief.

Li Yuwan looked at Wei Ran, who was about to go on the expedition again, and her distress was overflowing.

"Mother, why is it so sad. When I am calm and healthy, we will get rid of Lu Ke and his party, and we will be able to worry about it in the future. Wei Ran was puzzled.

Li Yuwan then took Wei Ran to wander in the garden, the Wei Ran Mansion in Jiangling was naturally not as atmospheric as the County Mansion in Jiankang, and the garden was just a small courtyard, Li Yuwan sat down in the pavilion and said to Wei Ran: "In the past, your father died in the court struggle, and died from the so-called loyalty. Webb also talked to me about this for a long time when he was in Gangneung. ”

"Does Mother know that Webber is the former King of Taiyuan in Northern Yan?" Wei Ran thought of this question at this time, and hurriedly asked Li Yuwan.

Li Yuwan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then nodded: "Mother naturally knows." Your father knows it, too. ”

Wei Ran was still about to ask, but Li Yuwan interrupted him and said, "There is a letter in Webber's room, you can read it by yourself later." ”

"Weber told Wei Niang before that he was very pleased that you inherited your father's bravery, but not your father's stupidity." Speaking of this, Li Yuwan couldn't help but look gloomy: "You have a very close relationship with Your Majesty, and you are impeccable. But people are not sages, and they must strangle the possible consequences of the future in the cradle. ”

Wei Ran hurriedly looked at his mother, and then said in a low and hurried voice, "Does mother know what you are talking about?" ”

Li Yuwan looked at Wei Ran's anxious eyes, just nodded lightly, and then said: "Weber told me before that the first emperor was too soft-hearted, which caused the southern scholars to keep getting bigger. ”

Wei Ran thought deeply: "I don't know what else Weber said?" ”

Weber said that you can't do things behind people, and in the court, soft-heartedness will kill you. In the face of power, feelings are the most valuable but also the least valuable things, he said that between His Majesty and the King of Chu, whoever succeeds to the throne must have a stop. His Majesty represents the Han Sect and the Southern Shi Clan, which are diametrically opposed. Li Yuwan said here, and then came to Wei Ran's side.

Seeing this, Wei Ran also hurriedly stepped forward, and Li Yuwan said to Wei Ran in a small voice: "Weber said, if you want to really kill back to the north to avenge the Hou Ye, you want to really sweep the world." Then if the war is about to start, we must take the opportunity to uproot the southern warriors and refuse to hesitate. ”

Wei Ran was also shocked when he heard this: "How could Weber say such a thing, and what does Weber mean by uprooting?" ”

Li Yuwan then lowered her head, and after pondering for a long time, she slowly said eight words: "Cut the grass and remove the roots, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

Wei Ran looked at his mother in shock at this moment, and Li Yuwan said again: "If you don't solve the Southern Scholars, Your Majesty will not be able to really appoint the Hanmen, and in the future, these Southern Scholars will inevitably have conflicts with the children of the Hanmen." If your Majesty's desire is to keep one side of the country, then you can use the art of weighing to secure your throne. If your ideal is to unify the north, then you must plough the court and sweep the holes, and firmly control the government in the hands of you and Your Majesty. ”

At this time, it was autumn, but Wei Ran felt a chill for no reason, but looking like a mother who was laughing, Wei Ran secretly said in his heart, Wei Bo didn't let me be a powerful minister?

As if seeing what Wei Ran was thinking, Li Yuwan said: "Powerful ministers and loyal ministers are not two extremes, the two of them can be together. Min Guan is a powerful minister, but can you say that he is not a loyal minister? ”

Wei Ran shook his head after hearing this: "Min Guan is a powerful minister, and he is also a loyal minister to Northern Qin, but he is also a traitorous minister. ”

Li Yuwan nodded: "Then you can also be a powerful minister and a loyal minister, but you can choose to be a famous minister." ”

At this point, Li Yuwan didn't say much, but today's conversation changed Wei Ran's life, but after the Jiakang Rebellion, Wei Ran really understood Li Yuwan and Weber's good intentions.