Sima Daozi smiled "hehe": "The Taibao cares about the country and the people, and his heart is commendable. It's just that it has been said since ancient times that no matter how big the country is, if it is warlike, it will perish. Our army has used troops year after year in recent years, and the people's strength has been greatly depleted. And this war
, and almost exhausted the country's many years of savings. Next, we have to face rewards for meritorious soldiers. The Northern Expedition also depends on the right time, place and people. It cannot be done overnight. Back then, even with the abilities of Zu Ti and Huan Wen, they could not
The Northern Expedition was successful. Although we won a great victory today, we must still maintain a sufficiently calm judgment."
Xie An smiled slightly and said: "The king of Kuaiji has far-reaching ideas, which are beyond the reach of my ministers. As you said, today is a happy day. Let's go ahead and present the prisoners for military parade. We will discuss the rest in the court later."
Sima Yao nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, as the Taibao said, let's get started."
While these monarchs and ministers were talking, in an inconspicuous corner on one side, Huan Xuan and Wang Xun stood side by side. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, many children from aristocratic families stayed away from them. After all, one of them was an enemy of the Xie family.
One is the Huan family of Jingzhou, a family whose intention to usurp the throne is known to everyone. Most people would rather stay away from them at this time. Even Yin Zhongkan would not dare to get too close to Huan Xuan openly at this time and expose his secret relationship.
relationship between.
Huan Xuan smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Brother Yuan Lin (Wang Xun's nickname), at this time, you are probably the only one who is still willing to stand with me. You are the only one who does not avoid suspicion."
Wang Xun looked calm and shook his head: "Everyone in the world is vying for the Xie family's power, but I do the opposite. Just like everyone thinks that your Huan family has disloyal intentions, but I, Wang Xun
At that time, he served as the staff of your father and your uncle successively, and together with Xie Xuan, he served as their middle soldier and joined the army. I know the character of Duke Huan. He is loyal to the country and is tabooed by others. Outsiders have many misunderstandings about him. However,
The Xie family knew this clearly, but in order to consolidate their own power, they insisted that Duke Huan had a disobedient heart, which led to what happened today."
Huan Xuan nodded: "When my late father was alive, he often said that Brother Yuan Lin was a great talent in the country and should be reused. Unfortunately, although Xie Xianggong was unparalleled in his brilliance, he still had a lot of likes and dislikes in employing people. Brother Yuan Lin, do you know why he behaves like this?
To you?"
Wang Xun frowned slightly: "Just because I became your father's lieutenant and joined the army? Did I work in the Huan family's military mansion? That's not the case. Then Xie Xuan and Xie Youdu were my colleagues in the Huan Gong shogunate.
Is it okay?"
Huan Xuan sighed, glanced around, and after making sure that no one could hear his conversation, he lowered his voice, looked away, and looked very calm, but his voice was as thin as a gnat, which made Wang Xun every
I could hear every word clearly: "When my late father was very powerful and dominated the government and the opposition, Xie An and Wang Tanzhi were in the same position as you are today. In order to protect their own glory and wealth, they tried their best to please our Huan family, not only with
Our Huan family made a marriage alliance, allowing the daughter of the Xie family to marry my cousin Huan Shimin. We also entered into a marriage alliance with your Wang family, who also served in the Huan family shogunate, and the Xi family. Your marriage back then was exactly this marriage.
the result of!"
Wang Xun raised his brows and asked curiously: "How come my marriage to the Xie family was actually for the Huan family? This is impossible. Our Wang family and his Xie family have been friends for many generations, and we have never had such a marriage before.
It’s a relationship.”
Huan Xuan sneered and said: "This is what my father said personally when he was still alive. To be precise, my father knew that the government was weak, incompetent people were in power, and the emperor had no heirs. The reason why the Northern Expedition failed many times was because of these senior officials.
The family has too little success and more than enough failure. Therefore, my father sent down talented people in various ways and took the initiative to interact with people from high-ranking families such as the Xie family, Wang family, and Xi family who had real talents and learning. It is precisely for this reason that Xie Xuan,
You, Xi Jian, and others joined the shogunate of your late father. Back then, Xie An relied on this relationship and secretly told his late father that he could come forward to win over other aristocratic families to support our Huan family.
And the marriage between your two families, including the marriage between the Xie family and Wang Ningzhi, the son of Wang Youjun, is precisely because of this."
Wang Xun gritted his teeth and said, "No wonder Xie An forced me and my wife to divorce after Duke Huan passed away. It turns out that he just wanted to avoid contact with the Huan family as much as possible."
Huan Xuan nodded: "Yes, after the death of my late father, the power of the government fell into the hands of the Xie family, but brother Yuan Lin, you did not add insult to injury. You still continued to cooperate with our Huan family with Xi Chao. What are you doing in your order?"
It was a natural thing for him to serve as the chief minister of his uncle's shogunate, but Xie An was dissatisfied with this and deliberately retaliated. This led to divorce."
Wang Xun sighed: "I have offended the Xie family for many years and I don't know where. I actually forced my wife to divorce me. I didn't expect it to be for this reason. God, my Wang family has been loyal to the Jin Dynasty for generations, not to other families."
He has the same surname, but he is still jealous and framed by the Xie family."
Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "Brother Yuan Lin, this is just one reason. The other reason is naturally your talent. Your reputation is not inferior to Xie Xuan's. When he was in the shogunate, it was recognized that Xi Chao's talent was the highest, and Brother Yuan Lin and
They are almost the same, but he is more outstanding in terms of literary talent and poetry. As for Xie Xuan, he was not very favored at that time. Many of his military skills were learned from his father and uncle at that time. In order for Xie Xuan to succeed Xie Xuan smoothly,
In the future, they will have to exclude you and Xi Canjun. This is the fundamental reason why they want to dissolve the marriage with you."
Wang Xun gritted his teeth: "Our aristocratic families have been married for generations and have taken turns in power. Why do the Xie family treat me like this? Aren't they afraid of arousing the public indignation of the aristocratic family?"
Huan Xuan shook his head: "People always succumb to power. Xie An has been Prime Minister for almost fifteen years. He has overwhelming power, treats his superiors like puppets, and refuses to delegate power. In these ten years, the handling of officials in the DPRK and Central Government has
, promotion is all decided by the Xie family. Except for my Huan family, who can live far away in Jingzhou and not be controlled by him, who dares to offend Xie An? Now he is intensifying his efforts to use the invasion of foreign enemies.
Can't you see the intention behind building your own army to fight the enemy?"
Wang Xun sneered and said: "Of course I know what he is thinking. Last time Wang Guobao said that the Xie family had colluded with the Hulu in the north and even hired people from the Murong family of Xianbei to train in the army under the guise of training.
If I had leaked the information, in normal times, I would have written to the Emperor to get to the bottom of it. I just thought that the enemy was at hand and state affairs came first, so I withheld it. Now that he has won in Feishui, he is in the spotlight for a while, and I want to impeach him at this time.
It is not easy for him, we can only continue to observe and wait for the opportunity."
This chapter has been completed!