Chapter 131 The curtain slowly opened (middle)

"The sons of the late emperor are all not easy people, and they all have a group of followers. In comparison, our Majesty was a little unrestrained at that time, so he did not get involved in the battle for the throne, but was laughing at the storm in the capital."

Qin Lei chuckled and said, "It must be because of the snipe and clam fighting, and the fisherman gained the profit."

Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Well, these eight characters are like this. The few Your Highnesses failed to negotiate, so they led their troops to fight. Some of the clans participated, while others watched coldly. For a moment, the wars were everywhere in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, and it was a mess."

Qin Lei said a little depressedly: "Then East Qi and South Chu joined forces to attack Qin, right?"

The old man nodded and said, "Now it seems that behind His Majesty's mysterious death, there was the shadow of the spy from the Southern Chu. Zhao Wujiu and Zhu Lie are tigers and wolves. They have been waiting for the day of civil strife in the Qin Dynasty. How can we miss it? The two countries tried their best to try to achieve their contributions in one battle."

Although it happened more than ten years ago, Qin Lei was still a little scared and said: "At that time, the Qin Dynasty was facing a catastrophe."

The old man took a sip of tea and said excitedly: "The families of the aristocratic families were finally angry about the behavior of his nobles. The Li family and Huangfu family, who had been holding back, were shouting at the height of the high school, and naturally they responded. The power accumulated by the Qin clans for two hundred years broke out at that moment, instantly obscuring several of his nobles who were still fighting, ending the dispute."

Qin Lei knew that he was also the leader of the Shen family, so it was reasonable to describe both sides in this way.

Old Master Shen continued to sigh: "After several of his highnesses were defeated and captured, the Huangfu family and the Li family were both determined to compete for the title. The royal family, who was in the weakest state at that time, was about to suffer a catastrophe. At that time, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, Concubine Zhuang, stood up. She keenly realized that Huangfu and Li family could not decide the victory in a short time, and could only barely coexist under the pressure of foreign enemies. So she found Wen Yanbo, the civil official leader who was fighting to win over at the time, and said to him: "It is hard for two wives to be a concubine." This made the so-called wise man of the Qin Dynasty admire him and did not go to either side, but proposed to support His Highness, Prince Xin, who was alone at the time, as a result."

"At this time, the coalition forces of the two countries were at the city, and neither of them was willing to give in, and they could only be so expedient. Then they began to join hands to retreat the enemy. The kind of war fighting on their own territory suffered huge losses. After the siege of Zhongdu was lifted, the coalition forces of the two countries were forced to retreat. Our Daqin family was almost completely lost. In this time, when we resisted foreign humiliation, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang first killed 100 nobles and nobles who wanted to abandon the city and flee, stabilizing the hearts of the army and the people. Then during the few months of guarding the city, she personally led tens of thousands of women to treat the wounded and delivered water and food, which restored a lot of popularity to the Daqin royal family, which had lost all their hearts."

Qin Lei then understood why the second brother and the others were so afraid of the amiable Empress Dowager Wenzhuang. As Mr. Shen slowly spoke, those turbulent years of crisis became clearer and clearer in Qin Lei's heart...

In this battle that determined the fate of the country, because of the wisdom, courage, tolerance, kindness, and even ruthlessness and resoluteness of Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, some families who were worried that the country would fall into division after the war and thus influenced vested interests joined the royal camp. At that time, Huangfu advanced eastward and Li Hun went southward, and no one in Zhongdu could control the situation. When the Three Kingdoms stopped the troops and the two turned to Zhongdu, under the banner of Empress Dowager Wenzhuang, there had already gathered enough forces to compete with both sides.

Moreover, after this national destruction, the Qin Dynasty hated the civil war. If anyone provoked disputes at this time, they would definitely be under the verdict of thousands of people and would never turn over. The Huangfu family and the Li family had to rest temporarily and wait for the opportunity.

The following was the ten years of confrontation between the Li family and the Huangfu family. However, the biggest beneficiary in these ten years was Wen Yanbo, who was ranked as the left prime minister because of his support. He used the theory of Empress Dowager Wenzhuang's "It is difficult for two wives to be a concubine" to integrate the civil servant system at both ends of the first and rats, and truly became the one-on-one official master.

After ascending the throne, Emperor Zhaowu has always been mediocre, or even stupid. He has not become a puppet, but it has been entirely due to the prestige accumulated by Empress Dowager Wenzhuang in the war and the strong support of those families who did not want the two families to rise to power.

There was a saying at that time that the day when the Empress Dowager Wenzhuang traveled to the West was the time when the Qin Dynasty changed its dynasty. Therefore, neither side in the fight took the orthodox royal family seriously, and believed that after both sides decided to decide the male and female, they would naturally be able to imitate the matter of Cao Wei in replacing the Western Han Dynasty and achieve success.

During these ten years, restoring national strength and revenge on Qi and Chu was the theme. Even Prime Minister Wen, the "No. 1 Smart Man in the Great Qin", believed that the two sides who were evenly matched would not take action easily, and this balance of power should continue for a long time.

However, six years ago, the Li family's "blood kill" accidentally killed Huangfu Dan, the leader of the Huangfu family in an assassination without much hope. Immediately, the Li family, who was somewhat underprepared, launched a fierce but obviously lacking momentum against the Huangfu family, which was even more unexpectedly.

The focus of the two sides' competition is the control of the army.

The Qin Dynasty divided into four major military branches of the imperial guards. Among them, the guards were all guards and reserves. In addition to resisting external humiliation, their combat effectiveness was improved. Although the border army had strong combat effectiveness, they had to guard the two long border lines in the southeast. Under the spying of Zhao Wujiu and Zhu Lie, no one dared to mobilize the troops and soldiers of the border army. Strictly speaking, the Imperial Guard was also one of the eight major army of the imperial guards, but they were responsible for protecting the imperial capital and were listed separately. Therefore, in the Qin Dynasty, the truly decisive country was the eight strong troops in the imperial guards sequence.

In addition to the royal family, the Li family controls three branches and the Huangfu family controls four branches. Therefore, the Huangfu family originally had an advantage.

But just as the Qin Dynasty was headless after the late emperor left, the Huangfu family was also in a mess. The generals and lieutenants in the four armies did not receive clear instructions and had to fight each other. The Huangfu family took the opportunity to coerce and induce, win over and divide. They also sent out the "Blood Kill" with great morale to frequently assassinate the generals and schools loyal to the Huangfu family. The famous reputation of "Blood Kill" was also forged in that era.

If the Li family had not had enough trouble in a hasty way, which led to other families intervening openly or secretly, the Huangfu family would have completely withdrawn from the ranks of first-class families. But except for the Hu Ben Army, it would be a matter of time before the other three armies changed their ownership.

At this time, Emperor Zhaowu, who had been despised before, stood up. He quietly came to Huangfu's home like his mother, with only an old eunuch, and had a deep conversation with the new head Huangfu Xian for one night, and pointed out the only way for the Huangfu family to resolve the crisis - Sangong.

The Huangfu family, immersed in deep hatred, thought for a night and adopted this plan. The next day, Huangfu Xian visited Duke Su and gave the Shenwu Army to the Xu family. He also met Mr. Shen and gave the Iron Armor Army to the Shen family. He left only the two armies of Hu Ben and Ying Yang. At that time, Emperor Zhaowu told Huangfu Xian bluntly that he could not save any of his troops except Hu Ben. But for the sake of his family, Huangfu Xian wanted to fight.

In the end, the Shen family and the Xu family seized the Iron Armored Shenwu armies with the support of the Huangfu family. The Li family, who was greedy and unable to eat too much, only grabbed one, which was the Yingyang army that Huangfu Xian wanted to fight. Huangfu Xian failed in the end. Perhaps this was the biggest difference between him and the dead ghost brother: Huangfu Dan had never been defeated in his life, but Huangfu Xian was defeated for the first time as the leader of the sect.

Therefore, Emperor Zhaowu said that the Li family occupied seven parts of the world's military front, which included all the troops, but the Li family only accounted for half of the truly effective ban on the two armies.

What was unexpected was that the Shen family, which had become enemies with the Tian family because of the "Fifth Prince's Pledge" incident, turned into a royalist sect after Emperor Zhaowu married the Xu family, and handed over the iron armored army that had been controlled to the royal family, and he was at ease to take charge of the imperial guards for the emperor.

Coupled with the "Hu Ben" who was incompatible with the Li family, the seemingly incompetent Emperor Zhaowu actually achieved a situation that was evenly matched with the Li family in every move.

The once glorious Huangfu family inevitably went into decline and rarely mentioned the great achievements of the past. The reality is so cruel, only for the attention of competitors and cheering for winners, and has nothing to do with the losers.

Mr. Shen told this history. Until the sky was getting dark, the spirited old man finally felt a little tired. But he still held his spirits and continued: "Your Majesty's ups and downs, the civil servants finally understood why the "two wives" were difficult to be "gu" - before the trump card was opened, you didn't know who would be the final winner. Therefore, with closer unity by Wen Yanbo, he became a three-legged tripod for a moment."

Qin Lei stood up with some helplessness and said, "It's late tonight, and the child is a little tired. Why not continue to talk tomorrow."

Old Master Shen took a sip of ginseng soup and shook his head and said, "It's okay, grandpa, I'm strong. You must be prepared before the storm comes. Time is too precious to you."

Qin Lei nodded gratefully and stopped talking.

Old Master Shen cheered up and raised his tone and said, "After six years of calm, a new chaos is coming again. I don't know where to take my Qin State."

Qin Lei understood a little and said softly: "But Prime Minister Wen..."

Old Master Shen nodded fiercely and said with a voice: "Wen Yanbo is a fake smart and stupid guy. He has reached the height of today and has to drag officials into the water and then pull them onto his own boat. The more people are working together, the stronger his strength will be. But now..."
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