Chapter 286: Double-Faced Conspiracy
For Li Yi and Mu Junhe, they said that the king of Huainan allowed the rebels to wreak havoc on Shouzhou City because he was afraid that the grassland tribes would attack Huainan and felt incomprehensible.
In their opinion, the two things have no connection at all.
"Actually, this matter is very understandable, if you are the king of Huainan, what do you want to do first in the face of a possible attack by the grassland tribe?" Li Yi asked everyone with a smile.
Everyone pondered, and after a while, it was Jun Keyi who took the lead in speaking.
"If I were the king of Huainan, I would definitely be ready to defend at the first time!"
"That's a good idea, but what if you know you can't resist the attack of the steppe tribes yourself?" Li Yi continued to ask.
"Then don't you need to ask, we will definitely choose to unite with the surrounding vassal states to resist together!" This time it was Wu Zhongxiao who spoke, although he didn't seem to be very smart, but he also had a lot of experience in this kind of vertical and horizontal technique.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to mix in such a position in the grass army.
"You're right, but you haven't thought about why this army of steppe tribes is in the south of the dynasty?" Li Yi once again raised a question.
And the question of this question made Zhou Gonggong frown.
"Don't you need to ask! Of course, a large part of the grassland tribes is now holding back most of the forces of the Dayu Dynasty, and this part of the grassland tribe army just takes this opportunity to go south to plunder! Chu Tianming immediately led and said, in his opinion, the current army of the grassland tribe was just going south to plunder property.
Hearing this, everyone smiled disdainfully. Although some of them are not quite sure why the army of the steppe tribe chose to raid south, it is definitely not as simple as it seems.
"Hmph, isn't this question simple, in fact, the reason why the army of the grassland tribe appeared here should be deliberately done by the emperor of the Dayu Dynasty." This time it was Hai Yin who spoke, and as a former Xianbei Khan, he was still very clear about the strength of the grassland tribe and the strength of the Dayu Dynasty.
In the eyes of outsiders, every year the grassland tribe will go south to detain the pass and plunder the northern border of the Dayu Dynasty, as if the strength of the grassland tribe is stronger than that of the Dayu Dynasty, but in fact it is the opposite.
In the eyes of these people of the grassland tribe, in fact, their strength is not at the same level as that of the Dayu Dynasty at all.
The reason why the grassland tribe is stronger than the Dayu Dynasty is that the grassland tribe occupies the dominant power in the war, coupled with the particularity of the grassland tribe, which gives people such a false impression.
If it weren't for the fact that the border that the Dayu Dynasty needed to defend was too big, and if it wasn't for the fact that the grassland tribes took the initiative to attack and the Dayu Dynasty passively defended every time, then the outcome of the war would have been the Dayu Dynasty's complete abuse of the grassland tribes.
But it is precisely because of this reason that the steppe tribes are able to raid the northern frontier every year.
"Bold, His Majesty the Emperor is also something you can slander wantonly!" Hearing Hai Yin actually say that this army of the grassland tribe was deliberately put in by the emperor of the Dayu Dynasty, this made Chu Tianming, who was the head of the Prosecutor's Office, intolerable.
However, when he scolded Hai Yin righteously, he found that the people around him were very calm, and even some people inadvertently showed a hint of ridicule in their eyes.
"Although you saved my life, you can't slander the Holy One like this, this kind of behavior without a king and a father is really unfaithful and unfilial, and it is no different from a beast." Chu Tianming saw that everyone seemed to have believed Hai Yin's words, and couldn't help but be a little indignant.
And when he said this, the people around him turned from calm just now to disdain. This made Chu Tianming even more annoyed.
But just when he turned his head and was about to scold these fatherless people in front of him with Gonggong Zhou, he was surprised to find that Gonggong Zhou at this time was also full of disdain.
"Is this so possible? Father-in-law Zhou is Nansi's father-in-law! For a while, Chu Tianming felt that this world was a little unreal, and he really couldn't believe that the people of Nansi would be disloyal to His Majesty the Emperor.
You must know that the loyalty of many institutions in the entire Dayu Dynasty, whether it is the three provinces and six departments, or the feudal towns and feudal kings, is far less high than that of the north and south.
After all, the people in the South, the South and the South are all eunuchs. These eunuchs were completely different from the ministers of the court, and their relationship with the emperor was much closer than that of the emperor and his ministers.
The relationship between the ministers and the emperor is at most that of a monarch and a minister, but the relationship between the eunuchs and the emperor is a master-servant relationship.
If it was placed in the previous dynasty, the eunuchs might still dare to fake the tiger, and even do something rebellious, but since the first emperor Shengwu Emperor ascended the throne, the eunuchs have been completely cleaned, and the eunuchs have become the emperor's most loyal servants.
They have deeply realized that the power of eunuchs and life and death are in the emperor's thoughts. Since then, the loyalty of the eunuchs has become extraordinarily strong.
But now, Chu Tianming actually found out that Gonggong Zhou would be indifferent to the people who slandered His Majesty the Emperor, and even seemed to have the same intention of slandering the emperor as everyone else.
"Father-in-law Zhou, these people in front of you are slandering Your Majesty so much, don't you say something as a person from Nansi?" At this time, Chu Tianming had quietly taken two steps back and distanced himself from Gonggong Zhou.
"Chu Tianming, the rights and wrongs here are not something we can determine, and you said that Li Gongzi and they slandered Your Majesty but it is just speculation, and even if they really slander Your Majesty, what can we do?" Father-in-law Zhou spread his hands helplessly, looking powerless.
Chu Tianming's heart couldn't help but chill when he heard this, he was already completely sure that the Zhou Gonggong in front of him was indeed rebellious to His Majesty and the imperial court.
At the same time, he also understood why Han Yehong wanted to kill Zhou Gonggong at the last moment, it seems that Han Ye was not Zhou's subordinate from the beginning, Han Yehong should be the person sent by Nansi to monitor Zhou's father-in-law.
Although he had already figured out the ins and outs of this, it was a pity that it was too late, and Han Yehong had already been killed at this time.
"Well, don't worry about this idiot! Tell me why you think that His Majesty the Emperor deliberately allowed this army of steppe tribes to go south? What is his purpose in doing so? Wu Zhongxiao glanced at Chu Tianming, he didn't care about this kind of brainless idiot at all.
"You ······" Chu Tianming was so angry by his words that he rolled his eyes, but he could only roll his eyes to show his dissatisfaction, after all, Wu Zhongxiao was still carrying a weapon in his hand at this time.
If he really provoked him, with his thin arms and legs, Wu Zhongxiao could completely kill him even if he let him do it with one hand.
"Actually, I didn't expect that the grassland tribe's army going south was instructed by the emperor, but I didn't fully understand it after I saw the reaction of King Huainan." Li Yi thought for a moment and then slowly spoke.
And all eyes were on him.
"In fact, if you want to say that the purpose of this steppe tribe's army going south, you have to start from the three counties of Lian Lost in the northern border." As soon as Li Yi mentioned the three counties in the northern border, the brows of Qi Ning, Qi Chao and Zhou Gonggong who were present couldn't help jumping, and then their eyes showed a faint sadness.
You must know that the war in the northern border is too much for all three of them. Especially Zhou's father-in-law, although he did not lose his relatives in that war, he lost all his friends and lost his goals and ideals in that war.
His life was also completely changed because of that war, if the northern border fortress was not lost at that time, he should still be in the Yuyang county town of the border fortress, he should still be the powerful army supervisor, and he should also be guarding the border fortress with his friends and comrades at this time.
But all of this was completely wiped out because of the loss of the side plug. Originally, he was in power, but at this time, he became an ordinary Nansi eunuch who was not welcomed everywhere he went, and was constantly monitored by Nansi.
"This matter has something to do with the loss of the three counties in a row?" Everyone had heard about the loss of the three counties before, but they didn't know what was going on.
However, they heard that tens of thousands of Pengzhou troops in Yuyang County, Biansai, resisted desperately in order to resist the army of the grassland tribes, and finally all the troops died.
"That's right, in my opinion, the loss of the three counties at that time was not at all the so-called decision-making mistakes of the military department and the North Division, nor was it the trickery of the grassland tribes, the real reason was that the imperial court deliberately let the border fortress miss and then let the grassland tribes enter the hinterland of Dayu." Li Yi's words were like a thunderbolt, and everyone present except Mu Junhe was stunned in place.
Even Hae Yin and Yu Zhenlei are no exception. In the eyes of the two of them, the reason why the grassland tribe was able to successfully break through and enter the hinterland of Dayu this time was because Mu Huali Falcon was able to mobilize troops like a god and command properly.
"Impossible, how is this possible! Nonsense! You shut up! Chu Tianming was already completely angry by Li Yi's words at this time.
He pulled out the long sword from his waist and pointed it straight at Li Yi, and roared angrily with red eyes. But just as he pulled out his long sword and pointed the tip of the sword at Li Yi, he suddenly felt his calves go through, and then he felt his calves numb, and then his knees went limp, and he knelt straight down like this.
And the long sword in his hand suddenly loosened,
"Bang" fell to the ground.
"Dare to point a long sword at my son-in-law, you can't find death!" A cold voice sounded behind Chu Tianming.
He was about to struggle to stand up, but he suddenly felt a sudden pain in his head, and then he felt a cold sensation in his neck.
"I really feel that I am a loyal minister and a righteous man!" Xu Yan's voice was like a cool breeze blowing from the Nine Hells, which made Chu Tianming feel his scalp tingle.
"Boy, listen to me, my son-in-law saved your life, we don't ask you to repay anything, but if you really take revenge on my son-in-law, I will slaughter you first!" Xu Yan grabbed Chu Tianming's hair with his other hand and said viciously.
Chu Tianming was so frightened by Xu Yan's momentum that he couldn't speak, and could only helplessly follow the spitting star, but his wriggling Adam's apple could clearly feel the long sword around his neck.
"Then why did Emperor Shengheng do this? Didn't he know what it meant for the Dayu Dynasty to bring the steppe tribes in? Jun Keyi asked with a frown.
"Under normal circumstances, we will judge whether we should do this thing before something, and the criterion for judging is the pros and cons of doing this thing, if the pros outweigh the disadvantages, we will choose to do it, but if the disadvantage outweighs the pros, we will give up, and the fundamental reason why Emperor Shengheng or Changting chose to do this is to let the grassland tribe go deep into the hinterland of the Dayu Dynasty, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages." Li Yi said slowly.
"Which one is it that allows foreigners to plunder their own people, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages?" Wu Zhongxiao asked questions puzzled.
"Who said that the grassland tribes can't do more harm than good if they plunder the people?" At this time, Yu Guangqing, who was the wise general of the grass army, finally spoke, but fine beads of sweat were already oozing from his forehead at this time.
"Isn't your brain feverish? How can you talk nonsense! Wu Zhongxiao looked at Yu Guangqing in surprise and said.
"Old Wu, you are right, in fact, from the perspective of His Majesty the Emperor, it is actually a matter of more advantages than disadvantages for the grassland tribes to go south and plunder the people."
"Hey, don't sell it if you're old, hurry up and talk about it!" When Yu Guangqing said this, even Quan Xianzhi was aroused by his curiosity.
"In fact, when we look at this matter, we are not from the perspective of the court or the emperor, in fact, we have always thought that the grassland tribes will definitely do something to the people when they go south to raid, and this is the key to the mistake." Yu Guang explained.
"Could it be that from the emperor's point of view, these plundered people are not the emperor's people?" Wu Zhongxiao asked puzzled.
"You're right, the person who is about to be plundered by the steppe tribe is not only not the people under his rule, but also the person who is about to threaten his throne!" Li Yi's voice sounded faintly, but his words completely knocked everyone's minds like a hammer.
"You mean that the grassland tribes are about to plunder the feudal towns and feudal kings?"
"That's right, in fact, the emperor and the imperial court let the grassland tribe enter the mansion of the Dayu Dynasty, this trick can really be described as a stroke of genius." Li Yi showed an expression of admiration as he spoke.
"In the past, others said that Emperor Shengheng was a dumb monarch without a way, and he was useless except for indulging in wine and pleasure, but now I can be sure that the reason why Emperor Shengheng was able to ascend the throne is definitely not just as simple as luck."
"Childe, do you mean that all of this was planned by Emperor Shengheng and the Dayu Imperial Court?" Hai Yin was already a little incredulous at this time.
Although he did not deny that the grassland tribe was able to successfully break through the three border counties in a row this time, it was suspected that the Dayu Dynasty deliberately released water, but he was unwilling to believe that everything that the grassland tribe did was in the plot of Emperor Shengheng and the Dayu court.
And the grassland tribe has also become a knife in the hands of the Dayu Dynasty, a butcher's knife for Emperor Shengheng to cut off dissidents.
"Haiyin, although I know you don't want to believe it, but I think what my junior brother said is right, and now it seems that all this is indeed planned by the emperor and the Dayu court." Keiko said as she patted Hae-yin on the shoulder.
"According to what Li Yi said, Your Majesty and the imperial court's move can be described as a conspiracy to kill two birds with one stone! It's wonderful, wonderful! Even Mr. Shangyang couldn't help but sigh.
"For the grassland tribes, even if they knew that this was a trap set by the Dayu Dynasty, they had to jump down, after all, the bait in this trap was too fragrant, and for the feudal towns and vassal kings, they had to send a large number of troops to resist in the face of the grassland tribe army." In fact, the facts are indeed as Mr. Shangyang said, this is indeed a wonderful double yang scheme.
For the grassland tribes, although they may know that entering the hinterland of the Dayu Dynasty will cause certain losses, they have to fight to lose a lot of money and food, and some people will also enter the hinterland of the Dayu Dynasty.
And for the feudal towns and vassal kings of the Dayu Dynasty, after facing so many grassland tribal soldiers, they had to send a large number of elite soldiers from their own country to garrison near the Dayu Imperial Capital, after all, once the Dayu Imperial Capital missed, the Dayu Imperial Dynasty will fall apart, and whether they can continue to exist at that time depends on their own luck.
It is precisely because of this that they will fight to the death against the army of the steppe tribe at all costs.
"Since the grassland tribe has concentrated most of its forces near the imperial capital of the Dayu Dynasty, why can we let another grassland tribe army come south now?" At this time, Hai Yin couldn't understand why Muhua Li Falcon would send the grassland army south by boat, and at the same time, he couldn't understand why the Dayu Dynasty would let the grassland army go south.
"Actually, it's very simple, it's just because you're not from my Dayu that you don't understand, in fact, if you really understand the relationship between the Dayu royal family and the feudal towns and vassal kings, you will understand all this." Mu Junhe hugged the long sword and said with a long sigh.
"I see!" At this time, Wu Zhongxiao's capable people also completely understood what the Dayu royal family and Emperor Shengheng did.
You must know that now there are many feudal towns and feudal states, and the power of the royal family and the imperial court has been repeatedly hollowed out, and now the country has fallen into an extremely dangerous situation because of the drought in the south for several years, which has caused the people to live in poverty and banditry.
In this case, if the Dayu Dynasty sent troops to clean up the various feudal towns and feudal states, it would inevitably not encounter the spurning of Zongzheng Temple and the people of the world.
However, if they do not deal with these feudal towns and feudal kingdoms, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the whole country, so if they are released from the steppe tribes, they will completely upset the balance between these feudal towns and feudal kings.
They will even uproot some feudal towns and feudal kingdoms completely. And when these grassland tribes are satisfied, these powerless feudal towns and feudal kingdoms will be completely swallowed up by the Great Yu Dynasty.
In this way, the strength of the Dayu Dynasty will definitely increase, and the vassals of the world will be completely weakened.