Chapter 803: Believe in the state

Chapter 803: Believe in the state

"Then whose house will Li Daochi visit today?"

In the inner garden of Jiangling, in the evening, Emperor Liang Xiao Yi, who had finished his day's work on government affairs, thought of this troublesome matter again, so he looked at his confidant Zhu Maichen and asked in a deep voice.

Zhu Maichen was originally an eunuch. Because of his outstanding talents and ruthless nature, he was good at flattering the emperor. Therefore, he was favored by Xiao Yi and was appointed as the governor of Wuchang. However, he did not leave the town and remained to serve in the court.

Upon hearing the emperor's question, Zhu Maichen quickly bowed and replied: "I heard that a banquet will be held at Zhang Huangmen's residence today."

"Yellow Gate, Yellow Gate, the Gate of Absolute Succession!"

When Xiao Yi heard this, he couldn't help but sneer and said that he had never had a good impression of Zhang Zan, his brother-in-law, so after Zhang Zan's death, he took away his family property. For Zhang Xi, who had been married to Jian Xi, The nephew of Emperor Wen's daughter was even more disgusted.

It's just that he just ascended to the supreme position and didn't want to be criticized for being too mean. In addition, Fan Yang and Zhang were indeed quite famous, so he was appointed again. In the later Han Dynasty, eunuchs were mostly used to fill positions such as Huangmen Lang, so Huangmen was often associated with male infertility among the people. Xiao Yi specially added the post of Huangmen Shilang, secretly hoping that Zhang Zan, the brother-in-law, and Jian Wen Emperor, the elder brother, would All bloodlines are cut off here.

Zhu Maichen was already an emasculated person, and his expression became a little unnatural after hearing the emperor's words.

But Xiao Yi didn't care about his feelings, and still said angrily: "These idiots, do they really think that Li Daochi is a kind and kind gentleman? The Wei soldiers have not even knocked on my palace, but they are all rushing to worship and flatter me. It's really ridiculous!" Even if Li Daochi's relatives and friends are still detained in the state capital, he will ignore them. Even if a disaster strikes Jiangling in the future, how can he take pity on these people who meet by chance? "

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but feel even more angry. He thought that Li Miao's desire to ask for Yao Sengyuan would be easily manipulated, so that he could take the initiative to meet him and resolve the matter of his previous assassination by Qi Envoy.

As a result, he did not expect that Li Miao was also a ruthless and lazy person. Nearly a month had passed since he arrived in Jiangling. He did not summon him, and he actually did not come to ask for an audience. He just walked around the houses of the powerful and famous people in Jiangling every day. , having all-night banquets and parties, and living wildly, completely ignoring himself, the Lord of Jiangling.

As a result, Xiao Yi became passive again. Even if he was not eager to negotiate with the Western Wei Dynasty on the issue of territorial re-division, the Qi envoy and his entourage who were detained in the state capital for assassinating the Wei envoy still needed to be dealt with. .

From the bottom of his heart, Xiao Yi certainly did not want to severely punish the envoys of Qi, because after all, he still needed to unite with Northern Qi to pressure the Western Wei and force it to make concessions. Moreover, after establishing good relations with the Northern Qi Dynasty, the confrontational attitude in Huainan can also be alleviated, further alleviating the pressure on the river defense around Jiankang. Once something unexpected happens here in Jiangling, you can also take a boat east to avoid disaster.

So during this period, he was very conflicted in his heart. He wanted to negotiate with Li Miao as soon as possible and turn this matter over as soon as possible, but he was also worried that Li Miao might force him to severely punish the other party, so the matter has been delayed until now.

After all, he did not dare to offend the Western Wei Dynasty, because the threat posed by the Western Wei Dynasty, especially the Mianbei Military Palace, to Jiangling was more deadly. Therefore, he could not get forgiveness from Li Miao, so he did not dare to let the Qi envoy go without permission.

He is thinking about how to break this deadlock. Does he really want to lower his head and beg for persuasion?

After the thought of surrendering came into his mind, Xiao Yi felt conflicted. Just when he was still wondering whether he really wanted to do this, a visitor suddenly reported that military information from upstream had arrived.

Is there any urgent military situation upstream?

After hearing this, Xiao Yi was shocked. He forced himself to calm down and quickly led the messenger into the hall. What the messenger said after entering the hall made him stand up in surprise: "Your Majesty, The Wei army has already entered Xinzhou, and the King of Changsha retreated to the mouth of the gorge. May I ask if your lord will allow the whole army to attack the Wei army directly?"

"The Wei army has actually arrived in Xinzhou? How come it is so fast? Doesn't it mean that the situation in Bashu is unstable and rebellions are emerging one after another, so the Wei army is trapped and has no time to move eastward?"

Xiao Yi's scalp was numb from the sudden news. He asked several questions one after another, and then said angrily: "Didn't the King of Changsha already lead the army to occupy Bajun? Why did he retreat to the mouth of the gorge? "Zhu Zi, therefore, has no plan and has wasted my troops and strength. He must have fled upon hearing the news and did not dare to fight the enemy. Now he is asking for instructions. Do you think he will dare to attack the Wei army directly if I allow him to counterattack?"

Xiao Shao fled to Jiangling during the Hou Jing Rebellion. Because he was very popular with Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi also treated him well. Not only did he allow him to inherit the title of his grandfather, King Changsha, but he also repeatedly gave him great responsibilities.

After Jiangling's army defeated the Shu army of Wuling King Xiao Ji at the mouth of the gorge, Xiao Yi sent armored soldiers to order Xiao Shao to go west and enter Bashu because Xiao Shao's father had been in Shu before Xiao Ji. He still wanted to recruit Liang. The country and the local powerful forces who were unwilling to accept the rule of the Western Wei Dynasty.

After all, Xiao Yi was still unwilling to give up the entire capital of Bashu to the Western Wei Dynasty, so he took advantage of the Western Wei Dynasty's massacre in Chengdu and aroused the angry resistance of the people of Bashu to take advantage of the situation to expand the results of the victory. Even if it didn't work, he wanted to consolidate it. Badong area to prevent the upper reaches of the river from being threatened by the Western Wei army again.

Xiao Shao had also done very well before. Not long ago, the envoy reported that he had led his troops to occupy Bajun, which was only one step away from the Yizhou Chengdu Plain at the core of Bashu.

After Xiao Yi received the letter, he lamented that the Liang family had not lost its talents and destiny. Finally, there was a brave and brave young man in the clan who could be entrusted with important responsibilities. However, he did not expect that only such a short time had passed. Not only did Ba With the county gone, the Wei army even advanced directly to Badong, while Xiao Shao, the king of Changsha who was supposed to be in the hinterland of Sichuan, returned to the mouth of the gorge as fast as he could.

When this happened, either Xiao Shao was lying about the military situation before and did not go deep into Bajun at all, or this guy was as timid as a rat and fled all the way when he saw the Wei army approaching and withdrew from Bashu.

No matter what the situation is, it does not change the fact that the pressure west of Jiangling has increased sharply. Xinzhou is not far from the Xiakou Fortress. When Wuling King Xiao Ji went out eastward, he gathered the Shu army there and marched eastward.

Xiao Yi needed to mobilize the entire Jiangling Military Mansion to prepare for the attack. To this end, he even swallowed the hatred of being slapped in the face by Wang Lin's subordinates for rebelling. In addition, the Western Wei army attacked Shu and stole the Shu army's retreat. , this can be regarded as defeating Wuling King Xiao Ji.

I thought I would be able to breathe a sigh of relief, but I didn't expect that the troops of the Western Wei Dynasty, who were a hundred times more vicious than the Shu army, would advance here again. So why did he bother with this?

For a moment, Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel like he was about to cry without tears. He sighed that he was like a spirit, why couldn't he be a ghost? Why didn't he bless Liang Zuo and bring all kinds of bad luck to him?

Zhu Maichen saw that His Majesty the Emperor's face was changing, so he quickly bowed and said: "The ambition of the Wei people is obvious, and their intentions for me are clearly exposed. This time they entered the Xinzhou Province. It is also a test. In order to reconcile with the emperor, it is really a dead end. But now The people in the country are all blinded by the desire for profit and are unwilling to face the danger. They still have delusional ideas. If the envoys enter the city, they will rush to flatter them. If the people are like this, how can they be willing to fight to the death?

I ask your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, quickly kill the Wei envoys, use the overwhelming intention to invite flattery, cultivate the military and rectify the army, and still not lose the power of a battle! If the Wei army comes to invade, you can fight without fear. In addition, we sincerely need to repair the state of Qi. Although the state of Wei is strong, Qi is twice as powerful, and it is difficult to have both sides of the feud. Seeing that our country is being forced by thieves, we must not want the state of Wei to take control of Jiangling, so it is natural for the troops to come to rescue.

Even if Jiangling is defeated, the Lord can still lead the people to retreat downstream. The only losses will be Jingxiang, but our country will still exist fundamentally. But if Wang Jia continues to stay here, he may be betrayed by his followers and invite him to the north to become rich and powerful, and the Liang family's foundation may no longer exist! "

"How dare you! Dare you, the eunuch, scare me with your wild words?"

After Xiao Yi heard this, he immediately slapped the table with an angry face and shouted angrily, but soon his brows furrowed again, and he sat in the banquet and began to think silently.

After a long time, the sadness on his face gradually subsided, and he sneered: "I think this is what the people of Wei rely on. No wonder Li Daochi has been reluctant to come to see me. It turns out he wants to use this to force me. But they also You have underestimated the king's ambitions. Do you really think that if you enter Zhixin Province, I will be at a loss?

As he spoke, he summoned several confidants and calmly ordered them to go west with an edict to inquire about the powerful and barbarian chiefs in the mountains along the river. Anyone who was willing to raise troops to fight against the Wei army would be invited to do so on the spot. That is to say, he will be granted a title, and the posts of governor and general will be taken.

The reason why they were so passive when facing the Shu army before was that the main force of the Jiangling Army had fought for a long time to suppress the rebellion and the teachers were exhausted. In addition, the distant town Yu Jiankang failed to withdraw in time, and Wang Lin's troops occupied Hunan. State rebellion. Various unfavorable factors accumulated, and the Shu army still failed to break through the Xiakou River defense. After the internal problems were resolved, the Shu army was quickly defeated.

Now the Western Wei Dynasty wants to repeat the threat of the Shu army to Jiangling, but it is following the example of the East, using short attacks to attack the long, and winning everywhere. In fact, there is no real threat, because they simply do not have enough boats and water troops to attack down the river. Jiangling.

After thinking about this, Xiao Yi regained his composure. In addition to instigating the barbarian heroes between Bashu and Shu to resist and besiege the Western Wei people, he also ordered Ren Yue and other generals stationed on the other side to strengthen the river defense and be wary of enemies coming from the west and upstream.

"Go to Zhang's house and meet Li Daochi and ask him why he ignored the safety of his close friends and relatives? If he responds to this matter, let him handle it."

After thinking about it, Xiao Yi told Zhu Maichen again: "If he insists on severe punishment, he will not even forgive his relatives, friends and party members. How can fools like Jiangling expect to be protected by him? If he speaks to plead for mercy, he is very knowledgeable. Not only him, but also Li Boshan in Mianbei can't be trusted in foreign countries. If Yu Wenheita knows about foreign countries, can he rest assured to pay for it with southeastern affairs? "