"Can you say anything else?" Wang Xian rolled his eyes boredly.
Wu Wei thought for a moment and had no choice but to add: "If they were stronger, it would be difficult for us to move freely..."
"Isn't this different..." Wang Xian almost choked to death without a mouthful of water.
After Wang Xian finished coughing, Wu Weizheng said seriously: "Sir, don't be optimistic blindly. In fact, we are not the only winners this time."
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded, deeply agreeing with Wu Wei's words. "The performance of the civil servants this time was unexpected. I never thought they could do this."
"Yes, and my subordinates vaguely feel that even us are in Yang Shiqi's calculations. It is precisely because he expected that we would take action that he dared to be so unscrupulous." Wu Wei said softly.
"Yes, he is not only competing for time with the nobles, he is also competing for time with us." Wang Xianshen said with approval: "We must get the power transferred from the outer court to the inner court before I return to Beijing, creating a fait accompli.
I have no choice..."
Wang Xian had to lament the powerful inertia of history. Even though he was a butterfly, he was able to stir things up, but he still could not change the rise of the cabinet. However, no matter how smart Yang Shiqi was, he never expected that he would personally open the magic box of eunuchs interfering in politics! Don't forget
Well, the inner court includes not only the cabinet, but also the eunuch organization!
But that's all for later. Wang Xian became increasingly lazy and said with emotion: "Sometimes, I really admire these civil servants for their tenacity in surviving in the cracks and being able to stand out in no matter how difficult the environment.
If you give it some sunshine, it will shine; if you give it some rain, it will grow stronger."
"Your Excellency, you are so complimentary." Wu Wei said softly.
"I'm not praising you..." Wang Xian said weakly, rubbing his forehead.
"I understand. I mean that you think too highly of them." Wu Wei said calmly: "Although those civil servants are happy, they are actually very weak. It will be easy to kill any of them."
"Yes, they are indeed weak as individuals, but as a whole, they are indestructible." Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "Even if the dynasty changes, these people will still be needed to govern the world." After a pause, Wang Xian sighed and said:
"And history has proven countless times that if we want the people to live a stable life for a few days, they must rely on a civilian-led government."
"Is this the reason why you don't let Yang Shiqi be touched?" Wu Wei looked at Wang Xian.
"Yes." Wang Xian did not deny it, nodded and said: "Besides, Mr. Yang doesn't pose much of a threat now."
"In my humble opinion, it is only right to erase him at this time." Wu Wei wanted to persist a little longer.
"I don't want to seize the country, so there's no need to kill all the threats, right?" Wang Xian frowned.
"My lord, if you don't have long-term worries, you must have immediate worries." Wu Wei said in a deep voice.
"Okay, don't say any more." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "This matter is settled."
"Yes..." Wu Wei sighed. This was what he couldn't understand the most about Wang Xian. But for now, he could only put it aside and change the topic: "Xue Huan, how do you plan to deal with it?"
"Bring him here." Wang Xian picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and frowned slightly...
After a while, Xue Huan, who was tied up with five flowers, was escorted by Jin Yiwei and arrived in front of Wang Xian.
"Kneel down!" Seeing Xue Huan holding his head up unruly, Jin Yiwei shouted angrily and tried to force him to the ground.
"Stop!" Wang Xian shouted: "Untie him."
The Jin Yiwei naturally obeyed Wang Xian's order and quickly untied Xue Huan's rope. Xue Huan rubbed his wrists and looked at Wang Xian expressionlessly: "Don't do this. If you want to kill him, cut him up quickly."
"Sit down!" Wang Xian looked at Xue Huan's angry face and suddenly shouted angrily.
The corner of Xue Huan's mouth twitched a few times, and he actually sat down obediently. Although he was rebellious and full of hatred, it had nothing to do with Wang Xian. In his heart, Wang Xian was still his boss and his eldest brother.
"You all go out." Wang Xian motioned to Jin Yiwei to step back. Only he and Wu Wei were left in the room, talking to Xue Huan.
Jin Yiwei was worried that Xue Bawang would get angry and hurt someone, so he hesitated without worry.
"What are you worrying about? We are all brothers here who depend on each other for life and death!" Wang Xian frowned slightly, and several guards in royal robes quickly bowed and retreated.
Wang Xian's words seemed to touch Xue Huan, reminding him of those days of fighting side by side with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The disdain on his face was gradually replaced by sentimentality. What could be more sad for a passionate man than brothers turning against each other?
?
"What, you have a different opinion?" Wang Xian glanced at Xue Huan and said arrogantly: "If you have an opinion, you must keep it!"
"Sir, we are each our own masters, can we still be considered brothers?" Xue Huan said bitterly.
"I have never seen such honest-minded people in your old Xue family!" Wang Xian said angrily: "Father and son have reconciled as before, and you still want to continue to play tricks on me!"
"What?!" Xue Huan felt like he was struck by lightning. He was arrested early yesterday, so naturally he didn't know the follow-up development of the matter.
"Can I lie to you?" Wang Xian said calmly: "Yesterday, His Highness Taisun knelt outside the Qianqing Palace for a whole day, saying that he wanted to change his past and be a new man. Finally, he was forgiven by the emperor and allowed him to go back and study in peace.
Don’t worry about someone taking your seat away.”
Although Wang Xian spoke plainly, Xue Huan heard every word like a knife, stabbing his heart with blood. His great grandson, who he had pinned his hope on avenging his father, completely betrayed his oath and confessed to the emperor!
This made Xue Huan feel that he had been deceived, betrayed and abandoned!
"Hey!" Xue Huan hit the armrest of the chair with a hateful palm. With a click, the hard rosewood armrest broke into several pieces!
Wang Xian looked at Xue Huan calmly, and after he finished venting, he said softly: "I am also very sad about your father. The old Marquis treats me very well, but I can't help him with anything, I can only keep him."
My son left a legacy of incense to the old Xue family..."
Wang Xian's statement was very clever. He did not avoid Xue Lu's matter, but directly used Xue Lu to talk about it, directly hitting Xue Huan's soul!
This trick really worked. Xue Huan's tears couldn't stop flowing down and he howled in a low voice: "I'm such a waste. I can't avenge my father, but I have to cut off the old Xue family." Since even Zhu Zhanji shrank.
After his death, revenge was naturally no longer possible. Xue Huan's single-threaded mind finally began to worry about the incense issue of the old Xue family.
His father had two sons. The eldest, Xue Xun, died at a young age in Kowloon. He has not yet gotten married...
"Why can't you understand?" Wu Wei couldn't help scolding: "I didn't listen to what the adults said, do I want to keep you?"
"I am planning a rebellion, and I am colluding with the imperial guards to murder the emperor..." Xue Huan wiped his tears and looked to Wang Xian: "Can I save this?"
Wang Xian and Wu Wei looked at each other and laughed loudly. Wang Xian covered his stomach with one hand, pointed at Xue Huan with the other, and said with a smile: "You, you, will you die if you are not honest?"
Wu Wei also had a rare smile on his lips and said, "You haven't done anything yet? Why do you say everything on your mind?"
"I..." Xue Huan scratched the top of his head and said, "I have indeed recruited a group of guards. I made an appointment with them to follow my orders. However, before I could go out, I was blocked in the room by the Jin Yiwei.
"
"Okay! Stop it!" Wang Xian laughed so hard that tears came out. He wiped his tears while laughing and scolding: "With your intelligence, you still dare to imitate others' rebellion!"
"You haven't done anything, that's enough." Wu Wei patiently explained: "Since we haven't caught the current situation, we can only rely on oral confessions and evidence. In this way, after Jin Yiwei's rigorous interrogation, we found nothing.
These people can only be released without charge."
"That's okay..." Xue Huan's eyes widened, and he finally realized what it means to have someone in the court. Finally, he asked with some worry: "But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a naked cover-up, right?"
?”
"This is not your concern." A wry smile appeared at the corner of Wang Xian's mouth. For a person who was charged with regicide and killing the king, the crime of covering up was just a drop in the ocean and not worth mentioning.
"Although I can protect you, I can't just let you go. That would be too disrespectful of the emperor and the court." Wu Wei was worried that Wang Xian was too generous, so he hurriedly said: "You guys
You have to be transferred to Jiubian Army first. With your family’s connections in the army, you won’t suffer too much if you go there. I’ll find a way to transfer you back after a few years.”
"That's no problem, I'll go to Guyuan." Xue Huan really didn't find the Nine Borders a hardship. Rather than wasting his life in the capital, he longed to make contributions to the frontiers.
Wang Xian shook his head and said: "Don't go to Jiubian, let's go to Jiaozhi."
"Jiaozhi?" Xue Huan and Wu Wei were both stunned for a moment, not expecting Wang Xian to mention this place. Xue Huan said in a dull voice, "Didn't I hear that the emperor thought it cost too much money and food there and planned to withdraw his troops and the province?"
The Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi was established in the fifth year of Yongle, with jurisdiction over fifteen prefectures, thirty-six prefectures, and more than 180 counties, which is roughly what later became Vietnam. Emperor Yongle sent troops to conquer this area, directly ruled it, and established
A political system that was exactly the same as that in the mainland was established, with the Provincial Government Office, the Prosecution Office, the Procuratorate Office, and the Capital Command Office as provincial-level yamen, and the central government directly under the jurisdiction of prefectures, prefectures, and counties was established. Customs were changed and Confucianism was promoted.
In order to integrate the people here into China.
This method of assimilation was originally no problem. It was this method that the Chinese nation used to expand its territory step by step from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin, and then to Lingnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou... If it persists, Annan and even the entire Central South
The peninsula will be the territory of the Chinese nation.
However, the conquest of Annan was not smooth. There were reasons why the original rulers of Annan were unwilling to give up the country, and the officials who were sent were corrupt and incompetent, which led to the officials forcing the people to rebel.
The army did not treat Cochin as its own territory, burning, killing, looting and arousing ethnic hatred. But it is not a big problem that cannot be solved. As long as the right medicine is taken and perseverance is taken, the Chief Envoy of Cochin can definitely become an indispensable figure in the Ming Dynasty.