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From the point of view of Liu Yishou and many of his advisers, sending troops to the Northern Expedition to help Er Zhurong share a little pressure is a very affordable deal.However, there must be a reason for sending troops. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a saying of "slaying the people and punishing crimes".

If you don't find a good reason to start, it's too rough to do things.

But what is a little embarrassing is that Er Zhurong's reputation is notorious, and he speaks out for him, not to mention that it is difficult to convince those in Jiankang City who are against Liu Yishou, even the people in Shouyang City probably Also be puzzled.

However, if you don't say that, is it to publicize that your Northern Expedition is to grab money, grain, and territory?This is not like the slogan that a king's teacher should shout.

In the end, Liu Yishou still set his sights on Yuan Xiu's cousin Yuan Dan.Although this person is Yuan Xiu's peer, he is much older than Yuan Xiu, and both of their grandfathers are Emperor Xiaowen Yuan Hong.

Yuan Xiu tossed and tossed himself to death, not to mention, but also let all the clans of the Yuan clan die, of course he was to blame.But what Liu Yishou wanted was not to avenge Yuan Xiu, but to find an excuse for the Northern Expedition, which was no more beautiful than the slogan shouted by Wang Yuanhao of Beihai.

So Liu Yishou's decision on this matter was not finished, at least Yuan Quan had to agree to it.Logically speaking, a puppet like Yuan Quan is not what Liu Yishou says he is?
However, the actual situation was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. This Yuan Quan, facing Liu Yishou's softness and toughness, seemed to be soft and hard, and it was a big surprise that he didn't get into it.

In a separate courtyard in Shouyang City, Liu Yishou and Yuan Quan were drinking tea at a stone table in the courtyard, and the atmosphere was a little stiff.

It is well known that Yuan Quan is in poor health. He is similar to the sick man Liu Yishou saw in his previous life. Although his health has always been poor, he has never died.

You said that it is not uncommon for him to die tomorrow, but he may still be panting ten years after he is alive.

In the first year of Zhengguang (520 A.D.), Yuan Quan's father, the former Qinghe king Yuan Yi, was murdered by the power minister Yuan Cha.Everyone pushes against the wall, Yuan Yi's uncle Runan Wang Yuanyue asked him for Yuan Yi's clothing and antiques, in fact, he deliberately found fault.

Sure enough, later Yuan Yue excused that Yuan Quan didn't deliver the things on time, and what he delivered didn't suit his wishes, so Yuan Yue ordered someone to beat Yuan Quan with a hundred sticks, almost killing Yuan Quan.

Since then, Yuan Quan's body has been broken and he has become a sick child. It is not easy to survive for so many years.

Liu Yishou proposed the Northern Expedition to Luoyang, and established Yuan Quan as the emperor of Wei, just like Yuan Hao back then.This Liu Dudu has always claimed to have inherited Chen Qingzhi's mantle and accepted the old white robe department.Now that the Northern Expedition is proposed, it seems to be fulfilling the unfinished ambition of the master, but in fact it contains evil intentions.

The weather-beaten Yuan Quan could tell at a glance.

Therefore, his reply to Liu Yishou was also very simple: I am a sick child. If you escort me to Luoyang to enthroned and become emperor, I am afraid that I will die of illness while marching on the road. How will you end up then?
I just won't go to the Northern Expedition with you, you bite me!

Liu Yishou really couldn't bite him, so he could only keep saying nice things.

"Brother Ziliang (Yuan Quan pronoun) just doesn't think about himself, he should think about his family."

Liu Yishou took a sip of tea calmly, and said slowly.The good words were exhausted, even if the other party didn't fall into the trap, he had no choice but to lower his face and threaten.

For matters like the one listed above, Yuan Quan really had to do it himself and send the letter to Jiankang so that Liu Yishou could proceed to the next step.A cow refuses to drink water, and if you drink it by pressing its head, it is a joke for outsiders.

Liu Yishou, who cherishes feathers, would not do such a thing.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so let them go. Didn't Yuan Yuyi give birth to a son for King Wu? She is the queen of Gaoyang King. Wouldn't it be fine for you to adopt her?"

Yuan Quan said with a smile, and suddenly sneered at Liu Yishou.

To be honest, if he doesn't let go, Liu Yishou really has nothing to do.After all, Liu Yishou is not Er Zhurong, so in order to be able to rule the north in the future, he still needs to have a high profile.

The Yuan clan has lost power. If they hadn't united to do something, there was really no need to do it.You didn't even become the emperor, and you started killing the clan of the previous dynasty. What will others think after seeing it?

For example, the people of the Xiao family, do they feel the sorrow of the death of the rabbit?
A little intolerance can lead to a big conspiracy, Liu Yishou is such a person, he will never mess around just because his temper comes up.Yuan Quan was sure of this point, so he was a little bit sure.

"If that's the case, I'm sorry to bother you, so I'll take my leave."

Liu Yishou stood up and saluted Yuan Quan.The other party refused to submit, and he had plenty of ways to make Yuan Dan's family submit.Just wait and see.

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"My lord, Yuan Quan is stubborn and a bit arrogant."

In the study of Prince Wu's mansion, Wang Wei saw Liu Yishou sulking, so he leaned over to come up with bad ideas.

"It's true that I'm a little angry, but this matter is not easy to deal with. Without the reason of standing up for the Yuan family, we lack some legitimacy in sending troops. In fact, we won't occupy much land later. After this battle is over, I'm afraid it will be hard to settle the criticism. "

Liu Yishou sighed. In fact, Yuan Quan's refusal did not directly affect the dispatch of troops, and the preparations should be done as usual.But this matter will have to be resolved sooner or later. The basic rules of the political game are not suitable for easy change.

Otherwise, he would not have attached himself to Nanliang as a son-in-law.

At this moment, Yuan Shikang hurried into the study, and whispered in Liu Yishou's ear: "My lord, Yuan Quan committed suicide by taking poison. Now their house is in chaos."

Today Liu Yishou just went to Yuan Quan's house and talked with him for a long time, and this sick man committed suicide by taking poison at night, what would others think of this matter?
I'm afraid everyone will think that Yuan Quan was forced to death by Liu Yishou!
I can't afford to mess with you, so I'd rather have broken pieces of jade than splash mud all over you!See what you do!
"Too deceiving!"

Liu Yishou slammed the table, trembling with anger!
Yuan Quan's intentions were very sinister. After his death, Liu Yishou felt ashamed to go to the Northern Expedition under the banner of his son.As for the descendants of their family, in fact, it doesn't matter whether Yuan Quan dies or not, because people without power and power will always be manipulated by others.

Could it be that if Yuan Quan is alive, Liu Yishou or other dignitaries in the Liang Kingdom dare not do anything to him in their family?Obviously not.

On the contrary, if Liu Yishou is afraid, it may have some protective effect on his descendants.

"When Er Zhurong came to Luoyang, if Yuan Quan was so staunch, why did he fall to this point?"

Wang Wei sighed with emotion, some don't understand that it's all about this, who is acting for Yuan Quan's suicide.

"Perhaps it is because he has fallen to this point that it is too late for him to regret."

Taking a deep breath, Liu Yishou forcibly calmed himself down, and would not give rash orders out of impulsiveness.

Everyone is dead, and it will not help to ask what happened to Yuan Quan.The key is to see how to remedy this matter.

"Actually, it's not impossible."

Wang Wei said with a mysterious face.

Hearing this, Liu Yishou immediately became interested.He nodded slightly and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Actually, my lord can let Yuan Jingzhi, the son of Yuan Quan, join the army and take him to Luoyang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Then he will declare that Yuan Quan died of illness. Anyway, it is well known that he is weak and sick.

Even if the members of Yuan Quan's family shouted hoarsely that Yuan Quan committed suicide by taking poison, who would believe it?Who can hear their words?Are they still planning to go to the Yamen in Shouyang to sue the officials, to accuse the lord of forcing Yuan Quan to death?
It doesn't matter what the facts are. What is important is that the Jiankang court of the Liang Kingdom is in the hands of the lord.The lord here is covering the sky with one hand, why bother to care what the people of the Yuan family think?

People from Yuan Quan's lineage would not be grateful to the lord no matter what, and in this case, they must have the awareness to be puppets.Does a puppet need to have an idea? "

Wang Wei's words can be summed up as follows: Right and wrong are about strength, and justice is not in people's hearts.

Back then, Liu Yishou was almost sent face to face by Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong to Empress Dowager Hu. Has anyone asked him if he would like to?
Now it's just that Liu Yishou hasn't fully adapted to the role transfer.

"Okay, then I would like to trouble you to make a trip to Yuan Quan's house for condolences, and call Yuan Jingzhi to me by the way."

Liu Yishou said with a half-smile.

Yuan Quan just committed suicide tonight, and Wang Wei will definitely not have a good face when he goes to their house.Of course, Liu Yishou's visit this time was also a bad idea, neither to make Wang Wei feel better for his bad idea, nor to let the people of Yuan Dan's family brew their emotions.

"Since the lord speaks in person, the subordinate will definitely invite Yuan Jingzhi here. My lord, please wait for a while."

Wang Wei got up and bowed deeply to Liu Yishou, then turned and left, Yuan Shikang was taken aback.

"Your family's ancestors have been the Yuan family's saddle horse for more than a hundred years. Today, seeing the Yuan family's children fall into such a field, how do you feel?"

Liu Yishou looked at the burly Yuan Shikang and asked.

"As my lord always said, the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the front waves died on the beach. Now the era of the Yuan Clan is slowly passing away. The fathers are unworthy, and the children suffer. This is true for both the Yuan Clan and the Xiao Clan."

Yuan Shikang said respectfully.

"By the way, Xiao Zhengde was executed by Xiao Yi, and his body was thrown into a mass grave. Is this confirmed?"

Liu Yishou suddenly remembered this and asked curiously.

Yuan Shikang shook his head and said: "No one pays attention to him. I just recently heard that someone said that he was slaughtered by Xiao Yi's subordinates, and no one restrained him from throwing his body in the wilderness."

Xiao Zhengde's disappearance has always been a mystery. It was not until recently that there was news that a general in Xiao Yi's army secretly executed him. However, this news has not been confirmed, and his body has not been found.

No matter what happened to Xiao Zhengde, one thing is certain, this person must be dead.If Xiao Zhengde is still alive, it is impossible not to come to Jiankang to seek an official from Liu Yishou.

Except for Xiao Zhengde, several descendants of Xiao Hong's lineage all died in Jiankang City during the feudal lord's rebellion, and most of them were planted in Xiao Yi's hands.

Because Xiao Yi started killing people in Jiankang back then, and now many people are unwilling to attach to him, so Xiao Yi's strength recovered very slowly, far below Liu Yishou's estimate.

From Liu Yishou's point of view, Xiao Yi should have finished his army by now, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.But according to the spies' reports, Xiao Yi from Xiangzhou didn't seem to have trained many soldiers and horses, but his wife Xu Zhaopei's romantic affairs were widely spread and there were many jokes.

The team under Xiao Yi's command is still the same people as before, such as Wang Sengbian, Wang Lin, Fan brothers, etc., and there are no new capable generals to take refuge in.

On the contrary, it was Xiao Ying from Guangzhou who supported Xiao Gang and contacted the local wealthy chieftains. It was a bit of a flourishing posture, using the geographical advantages to try to fight against the Jiankang court, but there was no public rebellion yet.

As for Xiao Xu, Xiao Lun and others, according to reports from the spies, they seemed to be eating and waiting to die, and had no intention of preparing the army for war.

After Liu Yishou occupied Jiankang, the political situation in Liang State quickly returned to stability. Now those vassal kings can't see the opportunity. Some are secretly preparing, and some are passively waiting for the chaos to come, to see if they can get a share of the pie.

Of course, this group of people is not enough to succeed, but it is more than enough to fail.Liu Yishou didn't dare to make a large-scale Northern Expedition, because he was actually worried that the vassal princes from all over Liang would take the opportunity to rebel.

Thinking about these complicated things in his heart, after a while, Wang Wei came back, followed by a young man in filial piety, who looked a little like Yuan Quan.

Those with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes didn't even dare to look at Liu Yishou.

Yuan Quan was frail and sickly, and he was not too young, so he naturally had the courage to sacrifice jade to pieces.And Yuan Quan's son is in full bloom, and he doesn't want to die with his father!
Today Wang Wei came to the mansion in a threatening manner, and the members of Yuan Quan's family couldn't even speak clearly, let alone accuse Liu Yishou of forcing Yuan Quan to death.

Now Yuan Jingzhi's mood is pure uneasiness, he knows that his late father has completely screwed Liu Yishou!
Seeing that the atmosphere in the study was not good, Yuan Shikang hurriedly bowed and left, leaving only Liu Yishou, Wang Wei, and Yuan Jingzhi in the study.

"Today, King Ben discussed with your father for a long time, saying that he was to go out with the army, and then I personally escorted him into Luoyang to become the emperor. He said that this is a big matter, and you have to think about it. As a result, your father died of illness that night. , really... makes this king feel deeply regretful."

Liu Yishou said hypocritically, with a look of sincerity.

I said your father died of illness, do you dare to say that he committed suicide?Do you dare?
Liu Yishou looked at Yuan Jingzhi with burning eyes, waiting for the other party's answer.

"Thank you, King Wu, for your concern. My father, under the Nine Springs, will also feel relieved."

Yuan Jingzhi said insincerely.

Hearing this, Liu Yishou quietly breathed a sigh of relief.A person who knows the current affairs is a hero, so I am afraid that the one-sided person who insists on fighting with you will have no way to deal with it.

"Now that the north is in chaos, Gao Huan's name is the prime minister, but he is actually a thief. Yuan Xiu was staunch, and Gao Huan tricked him. Not only did he die among the rebellious soldiers, but the Yuan clan was also massacred by Gao Huan.

As the blood of Emperor Xiaowen's direct lineage, do you have any thoughts? "

Liu Yishou asked calmly.

Yuan Jingzhi kept stirring his cuffs, lowered his head and said nothing.

"Think about it carefully. If you can't think of a result today, you can continue to think about it tomorrow."

Liu Yishou said meaningfully, biting out the word "good".

After a long time, Yuan Jingzhi took a deep breath and said: "Gao Huan and I have a mortal hatred, and the Yuan family's children can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood and then be quick."

"very good!"

Liu Yishou patted Yuan Jingzhi's shoulder heavily, and said loudly: "Then you will follow me to the Northern Expedition to Luoyang, and then go to Luoyang to ascend the throne and become emperor!"

Ok?
Yuan Jingzhi was taken aback for a while, but he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Okay, you can go back. Your father has already fallen, and this king doesn't want any more accidents to happen to your family."

Liu Yishou sighed with emotion.