After Li Tai rested at home for two days, he would accompany King Liang to the court again.
King Liang didn't know where he heard the rumor, but he only said that the Western Wei Dynasty was very barbaric. When he came to the audience, he felt very nervous and kept asking Li Tai about various matters that needed attention.
Li Tai was also a little helpless about this. Thinking about what the people below Yu Wentai, the arrogant official in the DPRK, were like, he couldn't bear to say that the rumors were false.
After all, when he came to Chang'an for the first time to go to court, he saw ministers fighting directly outside the court. This also prompted him to make up his mind to practice martial arts diligently and strengthen his body to avoid such a one-on-one fight.
He was beaten up and lost face.
This situation can only be said to be something you get used to. Anyway, Li Tai can now look at it indifferently even if he sees any evil things happening when he went to court. However, it is obviously very difficult to get the King of Liang to adapt to the customs of the Western Wei Dynasty as soon as possible.
I can only assure Wang Liang again and again that he can rest assured. After all, now that he is the leader in the gang in terms of power, he can still protect Wang Liang from being humiliated.
It's okay if he doesn't guarantee it. Once he does, King Liang becomes even more panicked. But now it's useless no matter how nervous he is. The chariots welcoming King Liang to the court have already arrived outside the door. He can't let him go in Chang'an City.
He lost the pigeon, so King Liang had no choice but to bite the bullet and get in the car, hoping in his heart that Li Tai would be as powerful as he said.
The imperial court arranged a lot of ceremonial scenes for the Liang Dynasty. All the way from Bieyuan to the Imperial City, there were imperial police patrolling the streets. The leading general Wei Chijiong and Taichang Liguan were waiting there early in the morning.
In front of the gate of Bieyuan, it can be said that both the personnel responsible for guiding and welcoming the guests and the pomp and circumstance are all top-notch arrangements.
This is of course because the identity of King Liang is extraordinary, but more importantly, this should be the first time since the Western Wei Dynasty established the rule of Guanxi that a foreign leader has visited the imperial court. It can be said to be a breakthrough from zero to one in the diplomatic history of the Western Wei Dynasty. Although
This so-called foreign leader was only canonized by the Western Wei Dynasty, and his territory was no more than a corner of Xiangyang, but after all, it was of great significance and worthy of extravagant display.
In the imperial city, Daxingtai Yuwentai and several Zhuguo were also dressed in court uniforms, waiting solemnly for the arrival of King Liang.
Along the way, although Prince Liang's mood had not completely calmed down, he could still barely control himself from showing shyness in front of others. After having a courtesy meeting and conversation with Daxingtai and others, the group went straight to the court.
Go to visit His Majesty the Emperor.
When I saw that Li Tai's position among the courtiers was second only to several Zhuguo, although there were many powerful and powerful generals in the court train, they could only line up behind Li Tai.
This also made Liang Wang truly realize the power of Li Tai in the Western Wei Dynasty, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
Emperor Yuan Baoju was also very happy about Prince Liang's entry into the court. After receiving him grandly in the court hall, he ordered Da Xingtai and the prince to entertain Prince Liang seriously and make Prince Liang feel at home.
Probably because Dahangtai and other Zhuguo have seriously explained and warned, there were no traditional entertainment items in the Western Wei Dynasty before and after today's court meeting. The atmosphere was still very good until the banquet at the Prime Minister's Mansion of the outer court.
While King Liang was in a relaxed mood, he also felt that the rumors were not fulfilled. Although there were many rough-looking people in the Western Wei court, overall the court etiquette was pretty good, especially he was treated with enough respect and courtesy.
But this good atmosphere was about to come to an end. Shortly after the banquet started, two visitors hurriedly came to the hall and handed an urgent report to Daxingtai. Daxingtai lowered his eyes and took a look at the urgent report.
, his face suddenly darkened, he turned around and asked the prince, Dugu Xin and others to entertain Prince Liang on his behalf, while he stood up and left in a hurry.
The prince was not a peaceful person. When he saw Da Xingtai's attitude, he knew in his heart that some emergency situation must have occurred. He was eager to find out more about it, and he was not in the mood to entertain the puppet King Liang anymore, so he also got up.
left.
The two protagonists of the banquet stood up and left one after another. No matter how slow King Liang was, he felt that something was a little strange. His relaxed mood suddenly became tense again, and he subconsciously looked at Li Tai who was sitting next to him.
Li Tai actually didn't know exactly what happened. After he and his father-in-law Duguxin decided on the response plan at Longyuan Academy the day before yesterday, Duguxin asked him to rest at home and let him carry out the specific plan. Now look at
It's obvious that the plan has been launched.
After Daxingtai and the prince left one after another, Zhu Guoxin, the most respected person present, became the host of the banquet without hesitation. In addition, he also had the experience of going to Jingzhou, and the current manager of Jingzhou, Li Tai, was him.
His son-in-law had quite a common topic when talking with Liang Wang. While talking and toasting, he gave Li Tai a knowing look.
After Li Tai saw this, he no longer thought about it. He still believed in his father-in-law's methods, so he calmly picked up the wine glass and started drinking.
Different from the joyful atmosphere at the banquet in this hall, there is a solemn and solemn atmosphere in the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion not far away.
There were several bloody corpses wrapped in linen blankets lying across the hall. Next to them were a dozen Qiang and strong soldiers kneeling with panic and sorrow, each with injuries. They kept kowtowing to Yuwentai and begged:
"I sincerely request Grand Master Yuwen to avenge our lord and others and severely punish the murderers..."
Above the main hall, Yu Wentai sat in his seat with a gloomy face. In front of the table, the city defense general Yan Qing knelt on the ground and reported in a deep voice: "There were hundreds of murderers. Suddenly they jumped out of the house and went straight to the residence of several powerful chiefs.
They all had well-equipped weapons and advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. When the city guards arrived after hearing the news, the murderers had all retreated, several powerful chiefs had been killed, and King Yin of Jingzhao was hanged in the front hall of the villa...
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After listening to Yan Qing's report, Yu Wentai turned his attention to Jingzhao Yin Wang Yue, who had just taken office, and said in a deep voice: "Since Wang Qing has met the murderers, can you identify where these thieves are from?"
Wang Yue's face was now covered with black, blue, red and swollen fist marks and scars, and he looked quite embarrassed. When he heard Da Xingtai's question, his face showed a somewhat hesitant expression.
Seeing his expression, Yu Wentai's face suddenly sank: "Does Wang Qing have something to hide, or is he deliberately shielding the thieves?"
"I don't dare. It's just that this is probably an unusual case of murder by force of a strong beam. There is a deep secret in it. Please, Your Majesty, temporarily suppress the remaining persons and allow me to report carefully."
Wang Yue spoke quickly after hearing this, and his expression became serious and heavy.
When Yu Wentai heard this, he frowned deeply and ordered Yan Qing to lead out the guards of the powerful chieftains from the outer hall first, and then he lowered his eyes and stared at Wang Yue.
"I don't know the thugs who harassed the other hall, but because of their voices and their demeanor, and their ability to advance and retreat, I can tell that they must be from Jinei. This group of thugs beat the powerful chieftains in Hanzhong to death, and then insulted me more, saying that I was selling out my ancestors.
The thieves of rural property colluded with the Qiang barbarians from abroad to enter the countryside in order to seize the property and property of the villagers..."
After the rest of the gang exited, Wang Yue described the scene and encounter in detail. After hearing this, Yu Wentai's face became even more ugly.
This year, the king of Liang was not the only one who entered the court, there were also the powerful chiefs from Hanzhong. Although the status of these powerful chiefs who came to the court was not as conspicuous as that of Xiao Qi, the king of Liang, their significance was even greater.
Hanzhong is the southern barrier of Guanzhong, which is extremely important for the internal stability of Guanzhong. It is also a springboard that must be grasped to enter Shuzhong. After losing it for many years, it was finally recovered in one fell swoop this year. Li Tai regained it after he captured Nanzheng City.
Returning to the battlefield of Jianghan, Da Xiwu then entered the town of Nanzheng and appeased the local powerful chieftains in Hanzhong one by one.
Taiwanese government also held a series of discussions on how to govern Hanzhong after it was recovered. In view of the importance of Hanzhong's location, coupled with the fact that the people were not attached to it and it was easy to leave, Wang Yue and other ministers who accompanied the army generally
It is proposed to move the powerful forces from Hanzhong into Guanzhong in a large scale, and Yuwentai himself is more inclined to this plan.
However, this would inevitably infringe on the interests of some powerful people in Guanzhong, and there was also concern that these powerful people in Hanzhong would rebel again because they were unwilling to leave their homeland, so the plan was not implemented immediately.
Yuwentai summoned several powerful Hanzhong chiefs to the court at the end of this year, intending to communicate with them, and promised them the benefits of official titles to set an example and move to Guanzhong.
The reason for adopting such a conciliatory attitude was also affected by the war situation in the southeast this year. Yuwentai was not only satisfied with regaining Hanzhong, but was already considering the feasibility of taking over Shuzhong in one fell swoop. With such a larger strategic goal,
, he certainly does not want another riot in the Hanzhong area to slow down the overall strategic pace.
Listening to what Wang Yue said, it was obvious that the people behind the trouble were the Jingzhao powerful men who felt that their local interests were about to be harmed. They beat these Hanzhong chiefs to death in the hope of destroying the Taiwan government's plan to move the Hanzhong population to Guanzhong.
By the way, he was angry with Wang Yue who proposed this plan and humiliated him.
The nature of this matter is naturally very serious. It is a complete challenge to the authority of the Bafu. Yuwentai has no intention of letting the perpetrators go easily. The first thing to do now is to find out who is instigating it as soon as possible!
Although the murderers came and went like the wind, they only took advantage of the unexpected and could not completely hide their whereabouts in broad daylight. After the imperial army and city defenses were fully mobilized, the escape trajectory of the murderers was soon determined
, Yan Qing led a thousand elite Jinai troops to the location of the murderers in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, and after an attack, these murderers were successfully killed or captured.
At the same time, the instigator behind these murderers also surfaced, that is, the Jingzhao Wang family, Wang Mingyuan, the son of Wang Zhan.
For such a result, Yu Wentai is not surprised. Being able to mobilize so many troops in Ji Nei, and having a strong enough motivation to do so, even Wang Yue, Jing Zhaoyin, does not take it seriously.
Naturally, it is not a common type. Nowadays, the entire Jingzhao County has close ties with various local powerful people and has such confidence. Naturally, there are only a few families such as the Jingzhao Wang Family.
Wang Zhi was a famous official in the Western Wei Dynasty, especially in the Battle of Shayuan in the early years of the reign of the Unification. If he had not served as the governor of Huazhou and captured Gao Huan's army in Huazhou City, thus buying time for Yuwentai to return in time, I am afraid that
Yu Wentai's old nest in Huazhou had to be raided by Gao Huan, not to mention the subsequent great victory in Shayuan.
But this incident is really too bad. Not to mention that Wang Yan has already passed away, even if he is still alive, and even if this thing is what Wang Yan did, Yu Wentai cannot tolerate the authority of the Taiwan government being so blatantly used.
provocative!
Therefore, after obtaining conclusive evidence, Yuwen Tai immediately ordered the immediate arrest of Wang Mingyuan, Wang Zhi's son, and brought him to justice.
However, the troops sent to capture Wang Mingyuan returned empty-handed, and brought back news that made Yu Wentai even more angry: Wang Mingyuan was summoned to the East Palace by Prince Yuan Qin and granted an official position in the East Palace.
After learning about this situation, Yu Wentai was furious, knowing that the prince was going to contradict him again. Although he was angry, he still suppressed his anger and ordered the officials to go to the East Palace to inform him in detail about the cause of the matter.
The prince, and advised the prince not to recruit such a rebellious and bold person to the East Palace.
But soon the palace officials returned and told the prince that he was about to enter the palace to attend to his illness. When His Majesty the Emperor's health recovered and the prince returned to the East Palace, he would carefully examine what the prince had told him and give him a satisfactory answer as soon as possible.
reply.
It could be seen that the prince was extremely proud of being able to finally get a handle on Yuwentai. While declining his request, he did not forget to add a witty remark, which directly filled the anger in Yuwentai's heart.
Even so, Yu Wentai could not openly send troops into the East Palace to search for Wang Mingyuan, who was sheltered by the prince, when the prince had made it clear that he was avoiding him. If he really wanted to do this, he might as well kill the two men directly and ascend the throne himself as the emperor.
.Besides, the prince is still his son-in-law. Unless he is forced to do so, he does not want to abolish the current prince and replace him with someone else.
After pondering for a while, Yuwentai invited several other Zhuguo people to come here to discuss how to deal with this matter.
At this time, the banquet to welcome Prince Liang to the court was coming to an end, and several Zhuguo had been recruited away, so naturally there was no need to continue the banquet.
When Li Tai saw that several Zhu Kingdoms were holding a conference together, he guessed that the commotion must be quite big. Originally, he wanted to stay and watch the fun, but King Liang kept staring at him, so he could only
He first sent King Liang back to Bieyuan to settle down, but was pulled by King Liang to ask about the personnel of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Naturally, he would not talk about everything with a big mouth. After casually perfunctory words to Prince Liang and agreeing to invite Prince Liang to his residence one day, he escaped and left.
After leaving Bieyuan, it was already very late. After Li Tai thought about it, he did not continue to return to the imperial city, but went directly back home to sleep. Anyway, by the next day, it would be obvious what happened.