Civil and military officials throughout the dynasty were whispering and discussing.
It seems that they have lost confidence in destroying the rebels.
The Taiwei stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Zhan has announced that he will serve as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army. The rebel army has a strong backbone and is very confident. In addition, his wife is known as the female Bodhisattva and is deeply loved by the civilians of Beiyi.
This is also the reason why Xiao Zhan grew from more than 40 people to an army of 100 million in just one month."
"As General Tianshuo, Gong Yangyu is certainly not a waste. His past achievements are all there."
"However, such a victorious general was defeated so miserably in front of Xiao Zhan. This shows that Xiao Zhan has become invincible. If we want to destroy him, I am afraid that the whole government may not be able to do it."
"Now that his reputation has been established, more and more people will join his team. If we continue to fight against him, I am afraid that Beiyi will fall into eternal disaster."
"Therefore, I suggest that you send envoys to negotiate with Xiao Zhan and make some concessions. For example, the nobles of the dynasty will allocate as much pasture as possible to each household and distribute it to the common people. Then Princess Anqi will be restored to her status as the crown prince. Xiao Zhan will help Anqi settle down.
Princess Qi, for the benefit of the common people, if Princess Anqi becomes the crown prince, and the common people are allocated an appropriate amount of pasture, I believe that Xiao Zhan will not continue to go against the court, but will reach an agreement with the court, and then leave Beiyi and return to Xiliang of the Great Zhou Dynasty
, then His Majesty’s political power will be successfully consolidated, otherwise if it goes on for a long time, Beiyi will be in danger of being destroyed!”
If Xiao Zhan had not raised his troops before, the Taiwei would not have said this, and everything would still be based on the interests of the nobles.
But now, he has seen that the situation has changed dramatically. If Xiao Zhan's development is not curbed, one day, Xiao Zhan will lead the rebels into the palace. At that time, it will be impossible to compromise, and the nobles will be on the chopping block.
The fish and meat are left to be slaughtered by Xiao Zhan. No matter how much wealth Xiao Zhan wants the nobles to hand over, the nobles must do so unconditionally, otherwise there is only one end, and that is death!
So compromise in advance and you will gain nothing!
"Your Majesty, you must not compromise with the rebels!" You Pushe stood up and said: "Xiao Zhan only has 100 million troops. The imperial court has more than 200 million troops. Are you still afraid of him?"
"If we compromise and let Princess Anqi continue to be the crown prince, in the future Princess Anqi becomes emperor, she will definitely suppress the nobles in every way and seek the welfare of the common people. The lifeline of Beiyi is in the hands of the nobles. If the nobles do not accept Princess Anqi,
Beiyi will become a purgatory on earth!"
"So I believe that we should continue to send money to the army to stabilize the morale of the army, and then send an army of one billion and eighty million to Bei'an City to surround Xiao Zhan and the others and annihilate them!"
The Taiwei said: "When Xiao Zhan only had millions of troops, Gong Yangyu sent 50 million troops to encircle and suppress him. He had ten times more troops than Xiao Zhan, and ended up with a complete defeat!"
"When Xiao fought against an army of 20 million, Gong Yangyu personally led an army of 140 million to encircle and suppress him. He didn't even fight. He was killed by nearly half of the army and fled in embarrassment."
"In these battles, we win with less. Do you think it is useful to send an army of one billion or eighty million? Even if we win, will we not lose an army of five or six billion? At that time, the great Zhou Dynasty and the devil
If the tribe invades, what can we use to resist it? If we lose and there are more than a billion troops left, the power of the Beiyi will be gone by then. If we compromise with Xiao Zhan then, do you think he will still compromise?"
"So we can't fight anymore, otherwise, no matter whether we win or lose, Beiyi's fate will be a disaster!"
For a time, the Northern Yi court was divided into two factions.
One faction is Princess Anqi's old tribe, Zhuhe.
The other faction is the supporters of Princess Mingyue and takes the lead in the battle.
The two groups of people argued that the father-in-law was right and the mother-in-law was right, and they continued to quarrel and reached a stalemate.
The empress watched their quarrel calmly.
Because she finally understood how powerful Xiao Zhan was.
Xiao Zhan belongs to Princess Anqi and is helping Princess Anqi. Even if Xiao Zhan wins, Beiyi still belongs to his Nalan family, so there is no loss for him.
She also knew that in order to cut off the cancer that Bei Yi had left behind for thousands of years, Bei Yi had to pay some price, otherwise it would not be possible to cut it off easily.
Now that you are determined to cut off this "cancer", don't care about how big the loss will be, as long as the final result is good.