"Even if what you say is true, what does it have to do with me?"
"How can I violate His Majesty's taboos?"
The old man looked at Mi Chen with a sarcastic look in his eyes.
Disdainfully said:
"You are really stupid."
"I said it so clearly, but you still can't hear it."
"The mistake you made was to provoke divisions between old and new Qin people."
"This has seriously violated His Majesty's bottom line. Your Majesty can allow courtiers to commit corruption and violate the law, but you will never allow any courtier to threaten you."
"No one can do it!"
"You simply don't realize the seriousness of the problem."
"This is normal."
"In the past, your actions were all arranged by the Queen Mother Huayang. Have you ever used your own brain? But now that the Queen Mother Huayang has passed away, you haven't made any changes. It's really laughable."
"never mind."
"I'll just explain it to you."
"It is true that you have never thought about usurping power, let alone seizing power from His Majesty. However, there are currently many 'New' Qin people in the court. Once your plan succeeds, does that mean that there will be no more political discussions in the future, and the 'New' Qin people will
We can directly take the initiative based on our numerical advantage."
"even......"
"Directly dominate the overall situation of the court."
"Do you think His Majesty will allow this to happen?"
Mi Chen's expression immediately changed.
The old man sneered:
"Now do you know the seriousness of the matter?"
"It is true that you have no intention of seizing power, but from the moment you instigated this matter, the crime has been committed on you. Now it's just up to His Majesty to deal with it."
The old man looked at Mi Chen.
Sighing softly:
"You're going to die!"
Mi Chen's figure trembled.
His eyes were fixed on the old man.
He gritted his teeth and said:
"impossible!"
"Even if I instigated it."
"I am no longer in the court. Your Majesty has no reason to attack me. Moreover, I, Mi Chen, have supported His Majesty in sitting on the throne. I am old now and have no desire to seize power. How could Your Majesty do anything to me?"
Shall I do it?"
"You are obviously scaring me!"
"Moreover."
"Your Majesty forced Lu Buwei to be killed back then, and Lu Buwei is such a figure, with great power in both the government and the public. Moreover, most of Lu Buwei's retainers serve in the court. Your Majesty is naturally worried about him. But I am half dead and I am not a threat to your Majesty. Your Majesty will not
They might attack me."
The old man sneered:
"Scare you?"
"Is this necessary?"
"You are indeed incomparable to Mr. Lu, but you have forgotten that you are the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Huayang. Although the Empress Dowager Huayang has passed away, her influence is not small. At present, the Chu family, the Mi family, and some
Officials from the former six countries will all listen to your advice."
"His Majesty turned a blind eye to you in the past because you had retired and barely interfered with government affairs, so His Majesty let you live for the time being. But this time you did not hold back and not only incited the courtiers to fight privately.
, and also intends to influence important political affairs such as Tianzheng."
"Do you think His Majesty will still tolerate you?"
Mi Chen's expression changed in shock.
He shook his head and said:
"wrong."
"It is true that I am the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Huayang, and I do have a lot of influence between the Chu family and the Mi family, but how can those courtiers in the court listen to me?"
The old man laughed.
said:
"Ha ha."
“Does it matter whether they listen or not?”
"Your Majesty thinks that it is enough for them to listen!"
"As soon as you die."
"The courtiers will naturally be at peace."
"As you said, you are just a retired person, and those courtiers are now His Majesty's subordinates. If you kill a useless person of yours, you can knock down the mountain and shake the tiger. Why wouldn't Your Majesty do it?"
"This is also His Majesty's favorite power trick!"
"The king uses planning to protect his ministers, and the ministers use planning to serve the king. The relationship between the king and his ministers is based on planning!"
Mi Chen shook his head angrily.
growled:
"I don't believe that Your Majesty will kill me."
"The court is no longer what it used to be. Back then, Lao Ai, Lu Buwei and others were in power. In order to regain the power, Your Majesty would naturally kill me. But now that the world is in His Majesty's hands, why would Your Majesty kill me for such trivial matters?"
"Since the founding of the country."
"Your Majesty has never been suspicious of his ministers, and has never killed any meritorious ministers. I, Mi Chen, consider myself to have contributed to the Qin Dynasty. Your Majesty has no reason to break your precepts because of me. Your long speech in front of you is just your family's opinion after all."
The old man shook his head.
He said coldly:
"Stop fooling yourself."
"Back then, the Tenth Young Master was just a young boy with nothing to do. He was declared dead by His Majesty. Didn't you think that the Tenth Young Master could pose a threat to His Majesty?"
"But the Tenth Young Master is 'dead'!"
Mi Chen said:
"I am different from the Tenth Young Master."
The old man interrupted:
"Nothing different."
"The Tenth Young Master couldn't even recognize the characters at that time."
"The results of it?"
"Has Your Majesty ever been a little soft-hearted?"
"What do you mean by that? Do you know what happened in the palace back then?" Mi Chen stared straight at the old man, and then a look of horror appeared in his eyes.
Horrified:
"You were involved in what happened back then!"
The old man grinned and his eyes were very gloomy.
He said calmly:
"I do know some.
"After the disappearance of the Tenth Young Master, His Majesty purged the palace, but you may not have imagined that His Majesty did not interrogate him at all at that time. He directly sent a large army to bloodbath the palace. Your Majesty did not care about the life or death of the Tenth Young Master, nor did he care who did it to the Tenth Young Master.
hand."
"Your Majesty cares..."
"Yes!"
"Although the Tenth Young Master was young at the time, he had the support of the Zhong clan. His advantage among the other young masters was unparalleled. The other young masters did not even dare to have the idea of competing for the heir apparent. This was the Tenth Young Master's biggest advantage, but he was also the Tenth Young Master.
The fatal point."
"He has the ability to threaten His Majesty!"
"so......"
"he died!!!"
"After the death of the Tenth Young Master, the Guanzhong clan rioted. As a victim at the time, you may not have seen the matter clearly, but I saw it clearly. At first, the Guanzhong clan only wanted to thoroughly investigate the cause of the Tenth Young Master's death, and did not intend to
The fire is upon you."
"But there are people in the dark who are fanning the flames all the time."
"And this guy."
"As expected, it's also Your Majesty."
"How high is your Majesty's prestige in the court?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "If His Majesty had spoken, the Guanzhong clan would not have dared to make trouble, but His Majesty has been conniving at the Guanzhong clan to stir up trouble, and it got out of hand later, and finally led to the attempt to force the palace
It was only then that His Majesty stepped in to clean up the mess."
"Do you think His Majesty's methods end here?"
There was deep fear in the old man's eyes.
He shook his head and said:
"Far from it."
"The Tenth Young Master is a young boy. Is he really a threat to His Majesty?"
"What your Majesty is really afraid of is the Guanzhong clan!"
"At that time, the unification of the Qin Dynasty had long been established, and the Qin Dynasty had also destroyed the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei. At that time, almost all the generals and generals in the army were from the Guanzhong clan."
"Your Majesty really has no suspicion at all?"
"Of course not."
"However, at that time, the Guanzhong Clan was at the peak of its power after destroying three kingdoms in a row. Without justifiable reasons, even if your majesty was as prestigious as you, you would not dare to touch the Guanzhong Clan easily."
"Your Majesty needs an excuse!"
"The death of the Tenth Young Master is just a reason."
"It was used to stir up the nerves of the Guanzhong clan and force them to make mistakes. However, the Guanzhong clan still had a high prestige in the military at that time. It would still be risky for His Majesty to attack them rashly. Your Majesty also needs to weaken the influence of the Guanzhong clan in the military.
"
"so......"
"Your Majesty adopted Li Xin's two hundred thousand troops to attack Chu."
"Li Xin's early attack on Chu went smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, this attack on Chu will be a great victory. At this time, Xiong Qi rebelled. When Xiong Qi rebelled, Meng Wu was ordered to stop him, but
Meng Wu failed to stop him, so Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan attacked from inside and outside, and the Qin army was defeated."
"Xiong Qi was the prime minister of Qin at that time."
"It was Xiong Qi who put down the Lao'ai rebellion and the Qinian Palace incident. If Xiong Qi was really rebellious, he would not have done so much, but he was rebellious at that time. The reason is naturally related to the Guanzhong clan. The Guanzhong clan revolted that year.
, the target is directly at the Chu lineage."
"Xiong Qize is the first to bear the brunt."
"If Your Majesty had spoken for Xiong Qi back then, would Xiong Qi have fallen into rebellion?"
"Indeed."
"The King of Chu at that time was Xiong Qi's half-brother, but His Majesty was also his cousin. Although the two were indeed close, how could Xiong Qi be so unwise when he had been serving Qin?"
"Xiong Qishi was forced to rebel!"
"However, what the court said to the outside world was that Xiong Qi did not want to see the Chu Kingdom destroyed, so he defected before the battle. The ministers in the court unanimously believed that the Guanzhong clan was responsible for the trouble, but I am afraid that the real reason must fall on us.
On His Majesty’s body.”
"Although Xiong Qi's defection is unexpected, it does not affect the overall situation."
"Mengwu was ordered to intercept it at that time."
"With Meng Wu's commanding ability, it was easy to intercept Xiong Qi, but Meng Wu didn't stop him. Not only did he not stop him, he didn't even block it too much. He even allowed Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan to cooperate inside and outside, which led to the Qin army's great defeat.
defeat."
"It is precisely because of this great defeat."
"Your Majesty has begun to attack the Guanzhong clan aggressively."
"The former generals Yang Duanhe, Qiang Yu, Weng Zhong, Xin Sheng and others who had made many military exploits were directly abandoned by His Majesty. Those who were reused were the current internal officials Shi Teng, Ren Xiao, Feng Quji, Feng Jie and other former six generals.
State officials."
"Since then."
"The Guanzhong clan was in ruins."
"Both the DPRK and the military no longer have the influence they once had."
"It is no longer possible to threaten His Majesty."
"After the three kingdoms of Chu, Yan, and Qi were destroyed, these officials who were originally from the six kingdoms began to be promoted to the court because of their military achievements."
"Even now."
"The court is dominated by officials from the original Six Kingdoms."
"Now you know why the political views of the Meng clan and the Guanzhong clan are so separate?"
"It was precisely because Meng Wu failed to intercept Xiong Qi that Li Xin failed in his attack on Chu, which in turn caused the Guanzhong clan to lose power. Therefore, the Guanzhong clan has always been resentful of the Meng clan."
"The Meng family has always declared to the outside world that if the Guanzhong clan had not been irrational at that time, Xiong Qi would not have rebelled at all."
"Both parties have not released their suspicions yet!"
"but......"
"Can Meng Wu really not be able to stop him?"
"After Li Xin's defeat, Wang Jian led a large army to attack Chu, with Meng Wu as the vanguard. At this time, Meng Wu crushed Xiong Qi all the way to death, without giving Xiong Qi any chance to breathe, so it was a lie that he couldn't stop him, no.
It’s true if you dare to stop it.”
"After the attack on Chu, Meng Wu was left idle by His Majesty."
"But do you still remember who led the troops to conquer Yan and Qi?"
Mi Chen said in a deep voice:
"Wang Bi from the Wang family and Meng Tian from the Meng family!"
The old man nodded.
smiled and said:
"yes."
"Other Guanzhong clans have been left out by His Majesty."
"Only Wang and Meng."
"Why?"
"Because the Wang family and the Meng family have always been on His Majesty's side since he came to the throne, they are His Majesty's true close ministers."
Finished.
The old man looked at Mi Chen with a half-smile.
Jokingly said:
"Back then, the Guanzhong Clan was very powerful. Your Majesty used the 'death' of the Ten Young Masters as an excuse to drastically weaken the Guanzhong Clan. Now the officials from the Six Kingdoms in Chaotangyuan are very powerful. Who do you think your Majesty will use as an excuse to start purging them?"