After the court meeting, if there are important matters that need to be discussed, Prince Zhang Xiao always likes to hold a small meeting in his study room in the East Palace.
There were only five ministers who could attend this small gathering, the Crown Prince Shu Bicheng, the Left Chancellor Wang Fengming, the Minister of Household Affairs Niu Gang, the Left Minister of War Su Lang, and the Black Dragon Guard Commander Zhao Wufeng who is not here at the moment.
Shu Bicheng did not hold a direct official position, and the title of Crown Prince and Tutor was just a false title, but his son Shu Han was the left minister of the Ministry of War and the general of the Dai Viet Kingdom, responsible for the important task of encircling and suppressing the rebel party.
In addition to being the left prime minister, Wang Fengming's daughter is also the crown prince. Although she is only a side concubine, the prince's true love is his daughter. As for the crown princess, she is a princess of Daxia Kingdom. Her status cannot be changed, but there is no relationship.
Both of them knew in their hearts that they maintained a subtle tacit understanding with each other.
Niu Gang was originally the chief historian of the East Palace and the most trusted person by the prince. Now he is the most secure person in charge of the money bag.
Su Lang was a young man who was favored by the prince. He was originally the prince of Anyanghou. When the rebels approached the royal capital for a decisive battle, he led Anyanghou's troops to fight back and became the main force that defeated the coalition forces of the three princes and princes.
A hero, but before that, Anyang Hou was just Anyang Bo.
Zhang Xiao was in his study. He didn't like so many rules. After sitting down, he said directly: "Zhao Wufeng is not here. He met me early and left. The princes in the court don't know about it today, but it is estimated that no one else will be there tomorrow at the latest."
We also know that civil unrest occurred in several counties of Pingjiang County and Annan County. Refugees rushed into the county and looted several counties. Now the refugees in these counties have gathered into a group, and it is getting bigger and bigger. There are already two
Ten thousand people, headed by the former Wu Longbo Crown Prince Zhu Feiling, this is a secret report from Zhao Wufeng, what do you think?" After Zhang Xiao finished speaking, he handed a copy of the secret report to his teacher.
"How could this happen? I have received some intelligence before, but it was only civil unrest in one county in Fushan County, and troops have been sent from several surrounding counties." Wang Fengming frowned before receiving the secret report.
talk.
"Commander Zhao went over directly, indicating that this matter was premeditated. We had made a plan before and deliberately asked the princes from all walks of life to take their troops to Wei Tong's side. The original intention was to create conflicts between them. Zhu Feiling should be there too.
Bian, is it Wei Tong's plan to disrupt our defense deployment?" Shu Bicheng said silently after reading it.
"Su Lang, what do you think? It was your suggestion to let people go there before." Zhang Xiao saw that Niu Gang had not spoken after reading, so he directly asked Su Lang, who was reading the secret report.
"I'm thinking," Su Lang said.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Xiao continued to ask.
"This approach is not like Wei Tong's, nor is it like Wei Shun's. Wei Tong is more aggressive in doing things, likes to gamble, and will go for it if he is more than half sure, while Wei Shun is just the opposite. He is cunning and calculating in everything. This
It is indeed not easy for father and son to complement each other, but they all have one thing in common, which is to solve the big problem at hand and will never be distracted by other things. For them, it is expected that we will not be able to attack him directly now. After all, once we come to other territories
Have we digested it yet? Secondly, fighting in winter is really bad for us, so we should solve the troubles of the princes, and the focus should be to prevent us from cutting off the material exchange between him and Daxia. After all, with this cutoff, he can still support his own people.
, it will be too much to support the troops of other princes."
"You have said these things before, Mr. Su, and we have also done it. However, Wei Tong's precautions are really good. He tried to cut off the passage twice but was not successful." Zhang Xiao shook his head.
"So, Wei Chen feels that this matter is not planned by their father and son, because instigating a refugee rebellion requires precise command and detailed actions. They and his son are weak in this aspect, and in this secret report, chaos first
Fushan County, and then took advantage of Jiangdong County and Ren'an County to send troops to quell the rebellion, and then captured these two counties. Then the rebels in the three counties combined into one force and directly exceeded 10,000 people. The person who directed this battle was so clever that I really admire him. Zhu Feiling
If he had such ability, he shouldn't have fallen into the tricks of his younger brother and stepmother and been deposed as the heir apparent." Su Lang said silently.
"What does Mr. Su mean? He is not the mastermind of this matter? But the secret report confirms that he was the leader. This should not be wrong. Wu Longbo was an official in the same court as me more than ten years ago. At that time, I met Zhu Feiling. Although
He is still young, but I can see that he is an extremely intelligent person. He has suffered a big change and behaved accordingly, which seems normal to me." Prince Taifu Shu Bi Chengdao.
"Since Master Taifu said so, then what I think makes sense." Su Lang said.
"Sister Su, please stop showing off." Zhang Xiao said with a smile.
"If Wei Chen is not wrong, Wei Tong is taking advantage of the internal conflicts of the various princes and wants to disintegrate them one by one. Among the various princes, Zhihong, Zhu Feiling and his younger brother are the most distinct. If the two of them had not fought this battle,
I'm afraid they will never meet each other, but now that they are together, they are naturally in the same boat, and Wei Tong is taking advantage of this to divide the princes. If Zhu Feiling achieves great success this time, then once he goes back to Wei Tong to help him seize Wu Longbo's power, it will not be
Impossible, and once it starts, it will cause a chain reaction, and this will have two results. One will naturally intensify the conflict between the two parties and completely fall out, but the princes have no retreat. We will kill their parents and brothers, not Wei Tong.
Therefore, they have no choice but to surrender, but there is another way out. Instead of seeking refuge with Wei Tong, it is better to simply go north and seek refuge with Daxia, but even if they choose the latter, most of their troops will probably stay."
"So if Zhu Feiling succeeds, it will be very detrimental to us."
"No, this is an opportunity instead." Su Lang said.
"The princes from all walks of life will not hand over their military power so easily. When Zhu Feiling goes back, it will be the most critical time. If we don't wait for the spring to attack at this time..."
"Wealth is sought in danger. We just want Zhu Feiling to go back and bring great achievements, but we can't let the Wei family and his son see it. What should we do? How can we control this speed?" Zhang Xiao asked.
"Does Zhu Feiling have any of our people?" Su Lang asked.
"Lian Gu doesn't know about this, but judging from when Zhao Wufeng left, there should be some." Zhang Xiao thought for a while and then said.
"If this is the case, Your Highness can do this..." Su Lang then explained his plan in detail.
After hearing this, Zhang Xiao nodded silently, and then without saying much, he directly wrote a secret edict and asked the eunuch around him to quickly send it to Zhao Wufeng.
If this matter can really succeed, then even if the Wei family and his son cannot be eliminated, the victory can basically be won. This Su Lang is really a powerful person.