The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 249
Although Zu Ti was also a hero to a certain extent. When he was raising military resources, he would plunder Nantang from time to time. He was almost the enemy of the wealthy family.

But after his Northern Expedition, Zu Ti was able to unite the local heroes, be patient and friendly, unite the heroes who came out of the refugees and Wubao, and become the fortress of the Eastern Jin Dynasty stationed in the Central Plains.

If Zu Ti had been more ruthless, he might not have been able to win glory if he became king at this time, but Zu Ti was really a loyal minister, and he even suppressed Wang Dun. At least Zu Ti would not die, and Wang Dun would not be in chaos!

Therefore, he decisively sent the news to Sima Rui and Director Wang as to whether he should give up the attack on Liu Tai and then take advantage of the situation to attack Zhao, who had lost 15 elites and the monarch Liu Yao.

When Zu Ti issued this report, he already had the intention to give up the Northern Expedition and compete with Liu Tai.

After all, Liu Tai had captured Liu Yao and besieged and killed Shi Le. The war in the north had calmed down, and the entire northern power had been reintegrated by Liu Tai.

Now I am bravely going on the Northern Expedition. Although it is freezing cold and the Yellow River is frozen, it is impossible for Liu Tai's fleet to cut off the Yellow River. But facing Liu Tai, who has a full-bearded and full-tailed army with high morale, am I really sure? ?

Compared with the decision-makers at the rear who easily defeated and destroyed everyone, it was the frontline generals who could feel how terrifying the Liu Tai they faced was. After all, Liu Tai always defeated more with less. Always invincible, any soldier who fights against it is not afraid of the pressure it creates along the way!

Zu Ti knew very well that Liu Tai wrote this letter to him at this moment, not because Liu Tai could not defeat him, but because Liu Tai wanted to digest the results of defeating Shi Le and Liu Yao, so he had no intention of continuing the confrontation with him.

If you choose to accept Liu Tai's kindness, then when Liu Tai raises the butcher's knife next time, even you may not be able to resist it.

Because Zu Ti's judgment about Liu Tai was that as long as Liu Tai took the initiative to start the decisive battle, it would definitely meet Liu Tai's conditions for victory, even if in the eyes of others, he should be a [-]-[-] draw against Liu Tai.

But if he doesn't accept Liu Tai's kindness and just waste food here in vain, he doesn't think it's worthwhile.

At least as Wang Ming said, targeting the current Da Zhao is definitely more promising!
It was impossible for Zu Ti to make such a decision. After all, although Zu Ti was unhappy with Sima Rui and Director Wang, he was also grateful to Sima Rui for supporting him in the first place.

At least Sima Rui gave himself a status. This was his first ticket to the stage of the Northern Expedition.

The kindness of knowing someone is nothing to modern people. If you can't give enough reward, then you can just find someone else. But in this era, the kindness of knowing someone is almost necessary for subordinates to repay with their lives.

Although Zu Ti gradually understood the reason for his lack of interest in attacking the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty when Sima Rui became emperor, this did not hinder Zu Ti's loyalty to Sima Rui. After all, he was not Wang Dun or Hengxuan.

Therefore, Zu Ti always had to follow procedures for things like this.

At most, I sometimes resort to tricks, which will not be tolerated by foreign military orders. In other words, I have completed the procedures in a down-to-earth manner, so don't deny me face!
But Zu Ti still understood what would happen if he attacked Luoyang and Chang'an, so he consciously reported to Director Wang and Sima Rui that Liu Tai could not fight now. Tell me if you want to fight Luoyang!

Of course, at this time, Zu Ti was waiting for a reply from Director Wang and Sima Rui, and Cui Yue had also arrived in the precarious Chang'an.

When Cui Yue came with his entourage, he was naturally open-minded, but everywhere he passed he could see the depression of Luoyang.

Even the local people in Chang'an, whether they were Hu or Han, looked at Cui Yue with fear and disgust.

After all, Liu Yao had a real 15 soldiers under his command. Although Luoyang migrated all the way from Pingyang, the population of Chang'an was filled up with the population of Pingyang, the former capital of the Huns and Han Dynasty.

For anyone, the loss of 15 soldiers would definitely be regarded as a serious injury. The entire Zhao Dynasty even lost its founding emperor.

It can be said that in terms of politics and people's hearts, the current Zhao State is probably a bit like the Shu Han people who traveled to Yiling, and basically all their capital was lost.

After the Battle of Yiling, Zhuge Liang still supported the Shu Han, but now the person in Zhao who really supports the Shu Han is Yang Xianrong.

It has to be said that as a woman who has been abandoned, Yang Xianrong has really seen all kinds of storms.

Even his emperor husband was not defeated and captured for the first time.

It's just that this time, Liu Tai didn't attack Chang'an, he just kidnapped himself and continued to be the queen.

So why should Yang Xianrong be nervous? Just choose a day to make Liu Xi the emperor, and then listen to the government behind the curtain.

This set of procedures has long been familiar to Yang Xianrong, who was born in the Han family, not to mention that Yang Xianrong was born in the Yang family.

The men in this family basically have limited achievements (two thousand stones), and even if they have limited achievements, they are all weak.

But as long as there are women related to the Yang family, there are three who have made their names in history just by relying on their own talents.

Therefore, when the news came that the 15-strong army was defeated and Liu Yao was captured, the entire Zhao court immediately fell into chaos.

After all, the Huns and Han people had never experienced this kind of thing where the founding emperor had just founded the country and then was captured.

However, Yang Xianrong said that any man who captured his husband would be treated as if he were dead. To support his son in power, he should first stabilize people's hearts. Anyone who has seen how a family operated in the Eastern Han Dynasty would basically know that this was the time to listen to politics behind the curtain.

Not to mention, the Empress Dowager Deng, the Empress Dowager Dou, and even He Jin in the late Han Dynasty got confused. She was obviously a relative, but she was hanging out with the scholar-bureaucrats. Then there might be an opportunity for the Empress Dowager He to listen to politics behind the curtain. Woolen cloth!
And Yang Xianrong himself is not a flower vase. He usually assists Liu Yao in handling government affairs, so he knows the personnel in the court.

She immediately found Liu Yao's first confidant Zhu Ji, and immediately released You Ziyuan, who was imprisoned for angering Liu Yao, from prison and entrusted him with important tasks. The remaining military power was divided and handed over to his cronies to form a check and balance.

Of course, the most important thing is that no other Liu family members other than Liu Xi can be allowed to control military power, otherwise Liu Xi will not be able to sit firmly at all.

The most important thing is that Yang Xianrong stepped in to take care of the matter, and finally the court began to stabilize.

Even if this stability is due to Liu Tai's presence, the sense of crisis forces the current strength within Zhao to unite.

In any case, at least the court has finally stabilized. Even if everyone's minds are already in confusion, they are afraid that Liu Tai will take advantage of the trend and send his troops south. For them, whoever sits in Liu Xi's position at this time will be the top one. Thundery.

At this time, Cui Yue, as Liu Tai's envoy, went to Zhao State with Liu Yao's letter.

The entire Zhao State naturally takes it very seriously. To them, this meeting is basically equivalent to whether Liu Tai will beat them or not!

"I've met Princess Qin!" At this time, Cui Yue saw Yang Xianrong's slight salute, but called her Princess Qin.

"Bold!" Dazai Guo Si heard Cui Yue's words and stood up and said, "This is the queen!" Liu Yao was the King of Qin who was originally entrusted by Liu Cong. Cui Yue naturally only recognized Liu Yao as the King of Qin when he said this. It is natural not to recognize the so-called Zhao Kingdom, otherwise Liu Tai would have nothing to communicate with the rebellious ministers and traitors.

Cui Yue heard Guo Si's words and smiled calmly and said, "I, the King of Qi, defended the Han Dynasty's orthodoxy and conquered the traitors. Now I call him Princess Qin to respect her status. Otherwise, would I still call the wife of the traitor my queen?"

To be honest, if they weren't afraid that killing Cui Yue would cause Liu Tai to attack Chang'an, the people in the court would be afraid of killing Cui Yue. But at this time, no one dared to express their stance easily, and it wasn't because Liu Tai was Tai was shocked.

Since Liu Tai announced his defense of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has defeated Shi Le in one battle and Liu Yao in one battle. The results are too dazzling.

Although everyone in the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom knew that Liu Tai was difficult to deal with, the three generals of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom were vaguely led by Liu Tai.

After all, Liu Tai has never lost compared to the other two generals. If such a person is not put first, then who should be put first.

But what they didn't expect was that everyone knew that Liu Tai was cruel, but they didn't know that Liu Tai was so cruel!
Shi Le and Liu Yao join forces. Looking at their rankings, they can at least compete for a few rounds, right?

I never expected that the entire civil strife in the Huns and Han Kingdom would be put down so easily by Liu Tai.

It was Shi Le who advanced, Shi Le was destroyed, Liu Yao advanced, and Liu Yao was captured.

They thought about it and didn't understand why they ranked Liu Tai, Shi Le and Liu Yao together in the first place.

It was obviously the joint ranking of the three generals of the Huns and Han Kingdom that misled me. I would have known that it would be safest to join Liu Tai!
But no matter what, Liu Tai's strength gave Cui Yue the confidence to speak. If you can't get it on the battlefield, you can't get it in the so-called etiquette.

At this time, Cui Yue looked at everyone, even though he was alone, he was not afraid.

Because behind him is the most powerful military commander in this era.

Even if he pretends to be powerful, it will not cause any harm to Da Zhao who still wants to live.

"Don't worry about the title yet!" Yang Xianrong looked at Cui Yue and said,

"Since the noble envoy will come, I believe that he will not just humiliate our country and win the king or lose the bandits. Since King Qi can win this war but does not annex our country, I believe that for King Qi, the survival of our country will definitely be better than the victory of the king." Destruction is more important.

So if you have any requirements, please tell me!But I still have a question here, that is, how is Your Majesty doing now? "

"The King of Qin is a guest in Yecheng, so he will not neglect him!" Cui Yue looked at Yang Xianrong with admiration in her eyes.

To be honest, Cui Yue did not expect that Yang Xianrong would accept the defeat of this war so quickly.

It's really a shame that he was able to regain his position six times. If he lived in a peaceful era and relied on the power of the Yang family, he should not be underestimated.

Cui Yue quickly regained her composure, took out a letter from her hand, and said: "This is an autographed letter from King Qin Liu Yao. Please read it before Princess Qin!"

The waiter immediately took Liu Yao's autographed letter from Cui Yue, checked it carefully to make sure there was no trap, and then handed the letter to Yang Xianrong.

Yang Xianrong read the letter, raised his head and looked at Cui Yue, and said solemnly, "It is indeed your Majesty's handwriting."

Everyone present could not help but look serious when they heard this.

To be honest, don't look at the people who were based on the Xiongnu when Liu Yao was alive, but he also learned Chinese culture very well. At least if he only talks about calligraphy, there is no problem in beating Liu Tai by the Yellow River.

After Yang Xianrong read the letter, he sent someone to circulate the letter to the ministers below.

After everyone read it, they originally thought that the letter written by Liu Yao was to persuade Yang Xianrong to surrender and return to the embrace of the Huns and Han.

But I didn't expect that Liu Yao's content was all about persuading Yang Xianrong to listen to politics behind the curtain and recommending some useful people. He had no intention of bowing to Liu Tai.

It can be said that this is not a letter of surrender, but a letter that provides sufficient etiquette support to Yang Xianrong and Liu Xi, which no one expected.

First, I didn't expect that this letter was written by Liu Yao.

Second, I didn't expect that the letter written by Liu Yao would be delivered by Liu Tai's envoy.

Yang Xianrong's expression couldn't help but straighten up. After waiting for everyone to read the letter, he said with a serious face,
"King Qi has given such a gift, I wonder what kind of gift King Qi needs in return!"

"There is only one rule, don't call yourself emperor!" Cui Yue looked at Yang Xianrong and said,

"The King of Qi once said when I came here, whether you want to call yourself Qin or Zhao, for the sake of your surname Liu, the King of Qi can forget about it.

But if he dared to proclaim himself emperor, then the King of Qi would have to protect the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty and would have to send troops to conquer.

So I hope Princess Qin will take care of herself and don’t say she didn’t predict what she said! "

Everyone present heard the coldness in Cui Yue's mouth, and no one dared to stand up and scold him.

Some people even couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how you put it, just removing the throne means being able to preserve yourself. For these wealthy families and even the Huns, it is really acceptable!
At this time, Zhu Ji couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't understand anything compared to those nobles, but Zhu Gui understood that with Liu Tai's rise, some old Han calendars inherited from the Liu Bang period began to Restore, say, "The Oath of the White Horse"!
However, what Zhu Ji didn't understand was that Zhao Guo obviously had only one breath at this time, but Liu Tai actually chose not to attack. Instead, he gave Yang Xianrong a way to survive, which Zhu Ji did not expect.

But Yang Xianrong was radiant, because she understood that she could secure her position as Queen Mother Zhao, and said decisively to Cui Yue:

"We, Zhao, only have one emperor. Now that His Majesty has not returned from his northern expedition, and without His Majesty passing on the throne, how could he have arbitrarily overstepped his bounds!"

All the ministers present opened their mouths, but no one stood up to object.

After all, it would be great if my small political power can survive now. No one wants to face Liu Tai's troops now!
Cui Yue glanced at Yang Xianrong and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a blessing to have a princess in charge."

(End of this chapter)