After listening to Shen Tuxu's report, Zhao Yan's eyes flashed, but his face remained calm and he said: "Let's put aside the matter of Wang Shimian for the time being. Go and capture the other remaining party members, and don't let anyone go."
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The vigorous battle to seize power lasted for more than ten days. Zhao Yan used the Wang brothers as bait to lure the secret forces of the Wang family to catch moths. Tens of thousands of people, thousands of people died as a result, and the Wang family's disaster was gradually eliminated.
After waiting for another three days, when it was determined that the Wang family could no longer succeed, Emperor Jingyuan Zhao Hen finally mourned the Queen Mother. After the funeral, it was time to punish the Wang family.
Above the main hall, the ministers were solemn. Many of them were new faces, and they were the transition candidates that Zhao Yan had identified before. The seats of the Prime Minister and the General, who were so domineering that they were sitting directly on either side of the Emperor, were removed. The barrier behind the Emperor was originally used to block the Queen Mother's control of power, but now no one can sit down anymore.
No longer needing to look at other people’s faces, Zhao Yan felt relieved from the bottom of his heart. Facing the Wang family and Wang family officials kneeling under the imperial steps, Zhao Yan just said one word lightly, "Kill."
Zhao Yan had already lost his tolerance for the Wang brothers' control of government and power for many years. The Queen Mother's dying instructions to him were nothing but a joke. At this time, the Wang family had completely lost the ability to resist. Perhaps it would not be a big deal to keep the Wang brothers, but Zhao Yan chose to retaliate against the uncles who had bullied him.
Except for the underage children of the Wang family who were exiled, all the other adult men were killed, leaving no one alive. The blood stains on the execution platform had not been dried for more than ten days in a row, and the mass graves could not be buried. In the end, more than ten huge pits were dug to bury all these people. The smell of blood filled Kyoto and persisted for months. There was even a watchman who claimed to have encountered a ghost in the middle of the night and heard the pitiful wails of the Wang clan, but the execution platform was empty.
After wiping out the Wang family, Emperor Jingyuan was finally able to use his fists with confidence. He first worshiped Shen Tuxu as his prime minister, and then made Zhao Yu a general. Shen Tuxu commanded all officials and Zhao Yu controlled them. military.
In the main hall, Zhao Yan held a memorial and quietly waited for Zhao Yu's arrival. Regarding Wang Shimian's matter, Zhao Yan seemed to have given up investigating, and simply dismissed him from his official position and never hired him, but his life was not in danger.
After mourning the Queen Mother, Zhao Yu moved Wang Shimian back to his mansion. He was powerless to do anything to the Wang family. What he could do was to protect Wang Shimian and preserve the family for the Wang family. Next bit of blood.
Zhao Yu asked Zhao Yu to serve as the general. It was obviously a reuse, but Zhao Yu sighed. With Zhao Yu as a person, how could he allow another Wang family to appear? Zhao Yan did this just to paralyze Zhao Yu and cover up what he was going to do to Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu arrived at the main hall and gave a salute. Zhao Hen walked down from the imperial steps as usual, helped Zhao Yu up and pulled him along.After going up the royal steps, he placed a cushion next to his seat to show that he valued Zhao Yu.
After the two sat down, Zhao Yan picked up the memorial and showed it to Zhao Yu with a frown.
"Second brother, you see, the old emperor next door is dim-sighted and exiled the King of Jin to Yu County in the southwest border. I thought that everything would be fine, but I didn't expect that Li Yixian and his like would break out in the southwest. The uprising has been suppressed for several months but has not been suppressed. Instead, it has lost troops and generals. It is simply stupid and incompetent."
Zhao Yan took a sip of tea and waited for Zhao Yu to answer. After taking two sips, Zhao Yu just waited for him with his eyes wide open. The two looked at each other several times. Zhao Yu was finally defeated. He took a deep breath and continued: "The old emperor favored the imperial concubine Cheng. , the Cheng family also gave birth to the twelfth prince Liang Wang, and in the blink of an eye, the son of the prince's right-hand man Lu Xiang died tragically on the street. Do you think there is any connection between these things?"
"Emperor? What do you think?"
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Faced with Zhao Yu's innocent question, Zhao Yan just took a breath and continued: "Of course it is related. I am afraid that the old emperor wants to change someone to be the prince. Haha, the prince is the first queen. The current queen has given birth to Prince Jin and Prince Chen. Instead of establishing these older princes, he actually wants to establish a son of the Cheng family. There will be a big chaos in Jinyun."
"The Emperor. Brother Yingming!"
Facing Zhao Yu's flattery, Zhao Yan felt a little choked. As expected, he choked on his tea and kept coughing. After he recovered, he said: "Haha, you too Not bad."
"The old emperor listened to the alchemist's words, took the elixir, reused the imperial advisor from Sanshen Mountain, and asked the imperial advisor to form the divinely appointed army. This civil strife is about to break out. Might as well add some fire to them."
Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Yu thoughtfully, and Zhao Yu asked, "Is the emperor cold?"
Zhao Yan raised his forehead and looked at him. Facing Zhao Yu's pretending to be stupid, he worked hard to build himself up without thinking about getting any response from Zhao Yu. He said directly: "I have contacted Xiong Zhao, the regent of Chu State, and the two countries will jointly send troops. , harassing Jinyun's border areas, leaving them too busy to take care of themselves, and taking the opportunity to encroach on Jinyun's territory. "
This is a hugely profitable business. They only need to pay a very small price to constantly harass the other party, while the other party is busy and exhausted. Bite off a piece of meat.
"Brother Huang is wise!"
Zhao Yan twitched the corner of his mouth and continued: "I plan to let you lead the Shenwu Army to attack Jinyang."
Zhao Yu was shocked and said: "Brother, no! There are still 300,000 Tiger and Guard troops stationed in Jinyang. We have no advantage in a head-to-head confrontation!"
"I'm not asking you to fight, just harass. That is, your real target is Zhengping County."
Zhao Yu scratched his head and said in confusion: "There are 300,000 troops in Jinyang, and the city is well defended, facing our army.Harassment, if they don't stick to it, it may not have much effect. After Zhengping County is still in Jinyang, our army must take the road near Jinyang City if we want to attack Zhengping County. It is difficult for them not to know. If they take advantage of the situation to attack our army, separate it from the north and the south, and fail to take care of both ends, they will catch them all in one fell swoop, and the consequences will be disastrous. "
Faced with Zhao Yu's evasion, Zhao Hen had already expected it. He took out a city defense map, placed it in front of Zhao Yu, and said: "This is the city defense map of Jinyang. With it, Then you can know where Jinyang's weakness lies. "
Zhao Yu was a little surprised. He took it and took a look, and it was true. The map was very detailed, including the location of the garrison, the number of troops, when the shift would be changed, and the location of the food and grass.
"This Wait for the secret, where did the emperor get it? Is it credible? "
"Shentu got this from Jinyun, so it is naturally trustworthy. ”