Chapter 308 Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong
Chapter 308 Xiang Zhuang’s sword dance is intended for Pei Gong
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 308 Xiang Zhuang’s sword dance is intended for Pei Gong
"Erlang never thought that they would randomly bring out a few scapegoats?"
Doulu Huairang asked.
"I just don't want them to lead the way. We are turning passivity into initiative." Wu Huaiyu directly summoned the six soldiers who joined the army. He also expressed his attitude to the six powerful people in Lingzhou and even sent a message.
He has told them directly that what those people are doing now is regarded as rebellion.
These two words are what Wu Huaiyu really wants to convey, rebellion.
If the word "rebellion" is confirmed, the six great powers, no matter how powerful they are in Lingzhou now, will be uprooted or even exterminated.
This is the most powerful killing move.
Of course, Wu Huaiyu really has no evidence now, but in the face of rebellion, sometimes there is no need to bother so much. You can quell the rebellion first and then slowly add evidence.
If they don't want to be accused of rebellion and treason and have their clan exterminated, then they must give Wu Huaiyu an explanation, and it's not just a simple explanation.
Just pick up a few scapegoats?
You ask Wu Huaiyu whether he agrees, and you ask the court whether he agrees.
"If the masterminds behind the scenes are these six major families, then they will have no way out and will probably resist to the end, right?"
Wu Huaiyu smiled.
"Let's let them stir up chaos first. Today I told the Sixth Army that someone has accused them of conspiring to rebel. Later I will have people summon all the officials, big and small, in Lingzhou, and I will tell them all,
Someone accused them of participating in the rebellion and they were the masterminds and accomplices behind the scenes."
"I'll give them all a three-day ultimatum."
Put some pressure on everyone and accuse them of treason.
"Then what?"
"Then while we were waiting for General Su from Yanzhou to arrive with his troops, we watched how they were suspicious of each other and fighting among themselves. At the same time, we tracked down the assassin and found the mastermind behind it.
I believe there will always be people who can't help it. Not everyone can bear the crime of being suspected of rebellion. As long as someone starts to confess, no matter what they confess, it will be a clue, it will provide us with help, and it will also start to disintegrate the divisions.
The local forces in Lingzhou make them no longer monolithic."
When the six major families really introduce a few scapegoats, then Wu Huaiyu can bring along a few more unlucky people. In the face of death, especially when it involves clan execution, who will worry about the six major families anymore?
At that time, in order to make meritorious service and atone for sins, I am afraid that everything that should be said and should not be said will be explained. Even if you don't know much, you can always gain something, and even make all the forces in Lingzhou lose their trust.
As long as there is chaos, there will be gaps and it will be easy to reveal the flaws.
"Actually, this assassination may not necessarily be planned by the six major families. I guess at least it was not planned by the six families together. If the matter is so big, it is impossible for all the six major families to be so stupid."
Only a few simple-minded people or people with extreme personalities would do such a thing. The last time Wu Huaiyu was assassinated, the governor Li Daozong, who was still a famous king of the clan, was recalled to Chang'an and demoted to a casual position. Chief Sima was also directly removed from his position.
Almost all the other Lingzhou officials were implicated and were either demoted, fined, or failed in the assessment.
This time, three assassinations were carried out at once. No results were found the previous time, and now they are doing it again. This is a real challenge to the authority of the imperial court.
No one in their right mind would do this.
But we can’t stand those extreme people.
But there are definitely only a few such people, so there is a high probability that this incident was caused by local powerful people, but it was just a private act. At most, it was the work of a few such fools.
"How are we going to stop this time?" Although Doulu Huairang has always been afraid of death, he is a smart man. Wu Huaiyu said that they were rebelling, but the court could not really label them as rebels without evidence. Even Shuofang Liangshi still
If it is not destroyed, Lingzhou cannot be in chaos first.
"What's the cause of this incident?" Huaiyu asked.
"It's because the imperial court is dissatisfied with Lingzhou's long-standing practice of selling money to cast utensils and casting private money, and wants to start banning money from entering Shuofang. We hope that those local snakes in Lingzhou can take the initiative to stop selling money to cast utensils and cast private money, and transfer it to
Open copper mines and cast tools to make money."
"Yes, everything started from this, so in the end we have to return to the origin. We must not forget our original intention. We must find out the mastermind of the assassination and punish them severely, but it is impossible to really implicate all the local gangsters. This will cause chaos in Lingzhou
,
We just need to borrow the brains of those idiots to warn other monkeys, and then we can get the things done that we originally wanted to do."
The food is eaten one bite at a time, and the road is walked step by step.
It is unrealistic to wipe out the local snakes in the entire Lingzhou, because this is not just a matter of a few local powerful people, but actually the entire Lingzhou has become a vassal town, and all aspects are tied together, affecting the whole body.
You must be careful not to hit too hard.
In the end, what is needed is to sit down and talk, exchange bargaining chips, and compromise. This is politics.
If you do it right away, you may end up with everyone facing you.
If there is a chaos in Lingzhou, the final result will be that no one else, but these chief officials, will not end well. Even if the riot is too serious and the court is not sure of peace for a while, they may be pushed out directly.
Taking the blame as a scapegoat to quell the unrest.
This kind of thing is actually very common.
Sometimes the court will not tell you so many twists and turns of right and wrong, and will be more realistic.
For Huaiyu and the others, this tests their abilities even more.
Now that you have to get things done, you can't involve yourself in it.
Seeing that it was getting late, Wu Huaiyu hesitated for a while, and finally went to visit Li Sanniang. She was in good spirits. She was a martial arts practitioner and was relatively strong. The injuries from the sleeve arrows were less severe than ordinary crossbows. The most dangerous ones were
Fortunately, she was rescued in time, especially when Huaiyu took the poison to her immediately, which still had a lot of effect.
She was so happy to see Huaiyu coming that she even wanted to get up.
"Don't move. Just lie down and don't touch the wound."
Sisters Fan Wuniang and Eleven Niang took turns taking care of Li Sanniang. The monk maid explained her condition to Huaiyu. She was always in good spirits and had eaten something.
"I'm fine. Don't worry. It's just a minor injury. Last year, my brother Aye'a and his friends were trapped in Huining Pass. They fought in more than ten bloody battles. They were injured in countless places and there was no good flesh on their bodies. When I arrived, there were some people in the pass.
Wounded soldiers, due to lack of medical treatment and lack of medicine, even had maggots growing on their wounds.
If I put this little injury on them, it can't be called an injury,"
The general tiger girl is indeed amazing.
But when she returned to the city, when she was held by Huaiyu, she seemed as weak as if she was about to die. Now it seems that her acting skills are quite good.
Facing her fiery gaze and unabashed affection, Wu Huaiyu just pretended not to see it.
He can accept the sisters from the Gao family and the sisters from the Fan family, and is even rude to Irina, Forresta, etc. That's all because of his different status.
When Zhang Chuchen gave Runniang to Huaiyu as his concubine, Huaiyu didn't hesitate.
But Li Sanniang's identity is there, this is a thunder pool, and no step can be taken.
Just like the swordsman Gao Huitong, he is very charming and charming, but he dare not have the slightest idea about this sister-in-law because she is the emperor's woman.
Li Sanniang's status makes it impossible for her to be a concubine.
Of course, it is impossible for the two of them to have an extramarital affair. If she were a widowed widow, or even a Taoist nun who became a monk in name from a noble family, it would actually be okay. Just like Cheng Yaojin and Widow Cui, everyone in Chang'an would know about it, but so what.
But Li Sanniang, a young and unmarried daughter of a noble family, could not be touched.
It's sinful to think about it.
If Wu Huaiyu dares to mess up in the slightest, he will not be able to survive in the entire aristocratic circle, and may even affect the Wu family and others.
Hooking up with a widow will at best make people think you are young and romantic. If you have a wife and still hook up with an unmarried daughter of a famous family, then your moral character will be corrupt and you will even be impeached and punished by the imperial censor.
Sitting there feeling a little embarrassed, he comforted Li Sanniang for a few words, then solemnly expressed his gratitude, and Huaiyu stood up to leave.
"Don't go."
Li Sanniang persuaded him to stay.
Huaiyu could only find excuses to leave. Since it was impossible, he couldn't pass on any mistakes to others, and he couldn't let mistakes add to mistakes.
Fan Wuniang watched this scene silently, feeling inexplicably sad.
In the past, it was very shameful for Li Sanniang's behavior to hook up with a married man.
But now, she no longer has a blindly blaming mentality, but has some sympathy and pity.
Get out of the room.
Li Dejiang stood outside the door.
"Your Majesty, can we talk to you?"
Huaiyu said helplessly, "I really didn't mean anything wrong. This is completely a misunderstanding."
Li Dejiang was also helpless. Although he was not young, he still couldn't understand this kind of love between children. But he really couldn't blame Wu Huaiyu, after all, Wu Huaiyu had always had a clear attitude.
On the contrary, my niece has been entangled with her, which is a bit embarrassing to say the least.
"I watched Sanniang grow up. She has always been a very good girl. I don't know why she became obsessed with you when I met you."
Huaiyu could only say helplessly, "Young people are impulsive. Sanniang still needs you to take care of her. Once she recovers from her injury, you can send her back to Chang'an as soon as possible. It's inconvenient to stay here."
"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you."
"Erlang, don't say such things to outsiders. Sanniang is also my senior sister."
Both of them sighed.
Huaiyu turned and left, and Li Dejiang stood there looking at his back for a long time. He had a wife, a concubine, and a concubine, but it was really difficult for him to understand his niece's feelings.
It feels very sudden and stubborn.
But he couldn't persuade him and could only have a headache. He had already written to Chang'an's parents to explain the situation. As for how to deal with it in the end, he couldn't figure it out either.
But he knew that Wu Huaiyu really couldn't be blamed for this. If Wu Huaiyu deliberately seduced him, he would beat him without hesitation.
"The Li family are all stubborn." He could only sigh.
A very luxurious mansion in Lingzhou City is the residence of the Cao family, the largest family in Lingzhou.
The head of the Cao family decisively surrendered to Li Yuan, who took control of Chang'an, and brought powerful officials from Lingzhou to the Tang Dynasty. In exchange, he received a county prince and a county marquis for his son. He also briefly served as the governor of Lingzhou.
After that, he served as an official in Chang'an for two years, and then he was sent to Shu as the governor.
He has been away from home for many years. Here in Lingzhou, the current head of the family is his father Cao Taigong. The older Cao Taigong is on crutches, but his hearing and eyesight are still very healthy.
After hearing what his eldest grandson Cao Xuan said about Wu Huaiyu's summons today, Cao Taigong banged his cane on the ground and said, "This young Wu Changshi is quite capable. He is forcing us to find the person who planned the assassination."
Hand it over, or even make us compromise and agree to stop the business of selling money to make utensils and making private money."
"Let's just ignore him. He said three days is just three days? As long as we in Lingzhou are united, the court can't do anything to us."
"Wu Huaiyu is so young, do you really think we are easy to bully?"
Grandpa Cao let out a long sigh and was very disappointed with his eldest grandson's reaction. Although people outside said that Cao Xuan was young and promising, brave and resourceful, the old grandpa felt that this child lacked experience after all and could actually say such a thing.
Connecting the assassination with rebellion, Xiang Zhuang danced with the sword, aiming at Pei Gong.
No matter how powerful he is, he can't stand up to the center of the imperial court.
I remember that during the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, their ancestor Cao Ni was the governor. He originally wanted to establish distant relations and attack close quarters, separate the territory, and connect Gao Huan to fight against Yuwentai in Guanzhong. However, in the end, he was defeated twice by Yuwentai who only occupied Guanzhong. In the end, he had to
Abandoned Lingzhou and ran eastwards.
How can the Tang Dynasty be the same as the Western Wei Dynasty back then? Back then, Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu was the general who led troops to besiege the broken city of Lingzhou.
When the world was in chaos, Lingzhou was unable to fight against the Western Wei Dynasty, which only controlled Guanzhong. Now how could they possibly fight against the imperial court?
"This time the attack is fierce, we must protect ourselves wisely. Our Cao family must not be labeled as a rebel. You should hurry up and do your best to find out who is so stupid as to dare to attack Lingzhou Governor, Chang Shi, and Sima at the same time.
Most people don't have the ability to dispatch so many assassins at once. If we really want to investigate, there will always be clues."
Cao Xuan was surprised.
"Grandpa, we didn't do it, why are we still afraid that they will blame us?"
"Although I don't know who did it, I support him in my heart. The three of them, Xue Wanche, Wu Huai, Yu Dou, and Lu Huairang, are very greedy. We have given them so much profit, but as for them, they are so heartless that they swallow everything like a snake."
Press hard, someone is taking action now. Although it is unsuccessful, it can only be said to be a pity.
Why should we help him investigate?"
Cao Taigong angrily raised his crutches and wanted to teach him a lesson, "The disaster of genocide is just around the corner, but you are still indifferent. You said that you can't read more when you have time. You go hunting and playing with eagles and lackeys every day. Can you do some serious work?"
Cao Xuanchang was tall and handsome, and was good at riding and shooting, but he could not read a few Chinese characters. He had no interest in reading since he was a child, and he got headaches every time he read.
Every time he was lectured by his husband, he would say that he was a Huns, so he just had to read some Chinese books and learn how to ride and shoot well.
"Go check it out immediately, use all your connections, and call Liu Xian. He has read more books than you and has a sharp mind. Wu Huaiyu will give you three days, and I will only give you two days. We must find out the results.
Not only do I want you to find out who was behind the assassination, but you also have to find a few assassins who escaped and hid. It is a time of life and death for our Cao family. If one person is not handled well this time, I am afraid it will happen again.
The disaster that broke the family ninety years ago.”
"I also want to contact the old immortals of Liu Han's family. This matter has been caused by private casting, so it seems that it will have to be privately cast." Lao Cao sighed. The current situation is that we can only follow the trend.
But if this happens, every family will suffer heavy losses.
