Chapter 258: Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger

"In fact, this secret letter of the general will not be taken in vain, the junior went to the Xiangguo Mansion and talked to Han Zeng about the possibility that the general may have colluded with some people in our court, and the junior promised him that he would get evidence of the general's collaboration with the enemy and treason from the general, so that he could deal with the general. And my plan may be a little complicated, I wonder if the general would like to listen carefully? ”

When Fu Zuoliang heard Shao Xi say this, he immediately became interested.

"I want to hear about it."

After Shao Xi roughly sorted out his thoughts, he said to Fu Zuoliang: "The younger generation's thoughts are like this, then Han Zeng has been in the court for many years like the general, and there are many cronies and henchmen, if he uses ordinary means, I am afraid that he will not be able to collect evidence of his crimes, so the younger generation has thought of a way to retreat into advance, and at the same time plans to put a long line to catch a big fish." It's just that this matter requires the cooperation of the general, and the general will suffer some grievances. ”

Seeing Shao Xi's confident appearance, Fu Zuoliang couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what kind of solution Lord Shao came up with?" Now that the old man knows that you are pretending to cooperate with him, pretending to collect the old man's incriminating evidence to gain his trust, are you planning to play a bitter trick with me to confuse him, and then deceive him into obtaining his incriminating evidence from his hands? ”

Shao Xi arched his hand at Fu Zuoliang and said with admiration: "The general is wise!" That's exactly what the younger generation intended. First of all, since everyone already thinks that this attack on the mission was done by the general, and Han Zeng has also tried his best to create all kinds of evidence to prove that it was done by the general, then we will simply use this to give him this opportunity to attack the general. The general still needs to say hello to Commander Xu in advance, so that he can be prepared to be wronged. Then I took the secret letter that the general gave me to obtain evidence that he was secretly colluding with someone within our court, and at the same time used the secret letter of the general as evidence to make him insist that the general was colluding with foreign countries. ”

Fu Zuoliang was not calm when he heard this, and said with some displeasure: "In this way, wouldn't the Holy Lord think that I have the intention of rebellion? Doesn't this drive the old man to a dead end? Why doesn't your idea sound like you're helping the old man, but helping Han Zeng? ”

Shao Xi saw that Fu Zuoliang was a little anxious, so he hurriedly explained: "General, please rest assured, there is no loss in the attack on the mission, and it should not be difficult for the junior to suppress this matter if he wants to." In addition, before this, I will find an opportunity to explain this matter privately with your pilgrimage master, I believe that as long as your little emperor is not confused, he will definitely understand that this Han Zeng is the one who really wants to control the government, and when the time comes, he and you and I will cooperate with each other to stabilize Han Zeng first, pretend to be a general of the external magnification, so that the general will temporarily leave the court, and at the same time let the two red and purple flag guards in the capital and the general leave the capital together. As a result, only the Black Flag Guard and the Yellow Flag Guard controlled by the Great General were left in the capital, and Han Zeng's men had no troops available. When he is alone in the court, he will let down his vigilance, we only need to wait for him to make a mistake, and we can find an opportunity to bring him down in one fell swoop, but this period may not be too short, and I hope that the general can be patient. ”

Fu Zuoliang fell silent again, his face full of worry, as if he was thinking about whether Shao Xi's plan was feasible?

"Lord Shao, this plan of yours is indeed very risky, at the moment the old man can still compete with him in the court, if the old man leaves the court, he will have the power alone, wouldn't the Holy Lord be completely controlled by him?"

Shao Xi nodded, he could understand Fu Zuoliang's worries, after all, this is a retreat, if he doesn't retreat well, he is afraid that he will retreat to a dead end.

"The general's concern is not unreasonable, but this plan is to put his life on the spot. How cunning is an old fox like Han Zeng, if the general is still in the court, he will definitely be cautious, step by step, will not show the slightest flaw, we want to catch his fat fish must cast the bait, otherwise how can he take the bait? With the prestige of the general in the army, the red and purple bannermen brought out would not pose any threat to the general, but the black and yellow bannermen who stayed in Beijing could pretend to defect to Han Zeng first and leave them for the critical moment. In this way, Han Zeng will definitely get carried away and be careless, as long as he relaxes, sooner or later he will be caught by us. ”

Fu Zuoliang finally understood Shao Xi's intentions, this was to tie a big pocket and put Han Zeng in his pocket, aside from the civil and military officials in the court, just in this circle centered on the little emperor, Shao Xi pulled everyone together and made a bureau specifically for Han Zeng.

Except for himself, everyone else was on the side of Han Zeng on the surface, and everyone behind the scenes was calculating Han Zeng.

On the pretext of monitoring his own movements, he sent the two flag guards of Han Zeng's closest trusts to his side, and the two flag guards of his cronies stayed behind and pretended to defect to Han Zeng, creating a feeling for Han Zeng that he was being watched by his people, and the two flag guards of his closest trust were separated from him and transferred to his command.

After this operation, on the surface, he was already alone and no threat, and Han Zeng has since gained control of the power of the DPRK and China. But in fact, he himself has become a real loner, and he has no soldiers at his disposal at the critical moment.

However, what worries Fu Zuoliang the most is whether the little emperor can be moved by Shao Xi's words? How did the two flag guards who stayed in the capital gain Han Zeng's trust? How could the two flag guards he was going to take out smoothly get Han Zeng to agree to let him take them away? This is a matter of detail, and if one of the operations is not done properly, the trick may be wasted.

When Fu Zuoliang expressed these doubts, Shao Xi smiled and persuaded him not to worry, these things had already been thought of for him in advance.

First of all, it can be determined that the little emperor is not a stupid person, but a smart and thoughtful person since childhood. Over the years, on the surface, it seems that Fu Zuoliang has controlled the government and acted arbitrarily, but the person who has really been blowing the wind by the little emperor's side is Han Zeng.

On the surface, it seems that Han Zeng wants to ask for the opinion of the little emperor, but in fact, most of the time, Han Zeng is making up his mind, and he is just putting on a posture of obeying the king's orders in everything.

The little emperor who is the person concerned should know this better than anyone else, and what he has experienced does not need to be reminded by others. At this time, as long as one person comes out to light this fire and exacerbate the dissatisfaction with Han Zeng in the little emperor's heart.

Secondly, if the black and yellow flag guards want to gain Han Zeng's trust, they still have to play another bitter trick.

Since the previous attack on the mission had been planted on Xu Yinbiao through Han Xiao, it was better to push the boat down the river and Fu Zuoliang find an excuse to scold Xu Yinbiao. The impression left on outsiders was that Xu Yinbiao's assassination mission was ineffective and was punished by Fu Zuoliang, while the impression left on Han Zeng here was that Fu Zuoliang believed in Xu Yinbiao's assassination and was punished with a rod because he was angry that he made his own decisions and acted privately.

In this way, it is reasonable and reasonable for Xu Yinbiao to express his dissatisfaction with Fu Zuoliang and ask Zhou Hong to join Han Zeng together. In this way, when Xu Yinbiao and Zhou Hong expressed their loyalty to Han Zeng, Han Zeng would not have too many doubts.

As for the soldiers and horses brought by Han Xiao and Jiang He, as long as Shao Xi reminds Han Zeng a little, it will make Han Zeng feel that Fu Zuoliang has been in control of the military power for so many years and has a very high prestige in the army. At this time, Shao Xi suggested that the Red and Purple Banner Guards should be placed next to Fu Zuoliang for surveillance or custody, and Han Zeng would not have any suspicions.

In fact, once these two soldiers and horses were taken out by Fu Zuoliang, they only needed to hold down the commanders of the two banner guards, and it was impossible for the sergeants below to resist Fu Zuoliang at all. This was actually tantamount to transferring the only available soldiers and horses in Han Zeng's hands from his side in disguise, and it was only when the final flop came that he found out that the two soldiers and horses left by his side were actually used by Fu Zuoliang to monitor and watch over him.

As long as it continues to be carried out link by link according to Shao Xi's arrangement, if nothing else, Han Zeng will definitely be introduced into the bureau.

When he thought that he had gained power, squeezed Fu Zuoliang out of the power center of the capital, and controlled the little emperor and the black and yellow flag guards, in fact, everyone around him was pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, waiting for him to make mistakes.

This is what Shao Xi said to Fu Zuoliang at the beginning, taking retreat as advance, and wanting to capture and indulge.

Instead of going toe-for-tat with him and forcing him to be cautious, it is better to show weakness and make him lower his guard. When a person is proud, there will be a fluke mentality in doing things, and if there is a fluke heart, he will definitely make mistakes, at this time, if he is slightly guided, he will run all the way on this wrong road without knowing it, and when he realizes that it is too late.

Fu Zuoliang listened to Shao Xi's plan, the sweat on his head fell, and he said in his heart that a young man in the Jingyuan Dynasty had such a deep mind and a treacherous scheme, if he really became an enemy of the Jingyuan Empire one day, would they also use the same method to deal with him? Fortunately, I only verbally opposed the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries before, and the northward expansion that I have always advocated has never really been implemented.

The Central Plains is really full of talents, and the art of war and strategy cannot be compared with it at all, maybe it was really a mistake for him to advocate the use of troops in the Central Plains back then, but fortunately, Shao Xi was on his side this time.

Fu Zuoliang knew very well in his heart that he might not be able to refuse this cooperation, if he chose to refuse at this time, Shao Xi would join forces with Han Zeng to deal with him, this is an obvious thing.

The two major ministers in Southern Zhao were competing with each other, and Shao Xi made it clear that he wanted to get rid of one of them. The cards are shown to play with you, and you have to play if you don't play, and you have to play if you don't play. Whether it is for Nan Zhao or for himself, Fu Zuoliang must choose to cooperate with Shao Xi.

Thinking of this, Fu Zuoliang dispelled all other thoughts and decided to cooperate with Shao Xi on this dangerous plan. As long as Han Zeng can be eliminated, even Fu Zuoliang knows that Shao Xi's careful thinking is helpless, and he has no choice.

So he got up and turned to the back hall, and after a while, he walked out with a letter and handed it to Shao Xi.

Shao Xi opened the letter, and after only a few cursory glances, there was a look of surprise in his eyes, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lao Wu beside him.

"Sure enough, it's him! Sure enough, it was him again! ”

When Fu Zuoliang heard Shao Xi's words, he asked with some surprise, "What?" Could it be that Lord Shao had already guessed that it was him? ”

Shao Xi nodded silently and handed the letter in his hand to Lao Wu.

Lao Wu's expression after seeing the letter, not to mention Fu Zuoliang, even Shao Xi felt a little strange.

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