Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2343: Civil strife in Youzhou, Qin Zheng kills his brother

If no unexpected strategy was used, the You Qin army, which was in an overall disadvantageous position, would have a hard time repelling the Qing Dynasty in a short period of time, let alone repelling the Qing Dynasty!
Especially, when he received the news that Li Tang was progressing smoothly, Huang Taiji was even less anxious. He would rather not have any results, but he would never allow himself to make any mistakes.

The two sides attacked together. As long as one side opened a breakthrough, it didn't matter if the other side was slower. If one side opened a breakthrough, could Han Xin, who was blocking them, sit still?
Of course, although Huang Taiji adopted the most conservative attitude on the battlefield, it was not necessarily the case outside the battlefield.

The Manchus' Sticking Rod Department, Youqing's Black Ice Platform, together with Li Tang's Bad People and Li Jingfang, are the three most active organizations in the north.

Compared with Han Xin, people like Huang Taiji are indeed better at opening up the situation outside the battlefield.

Their mutual infiltration can be said to be commonplace.

During these years, Nian Gang has also planted many chess pieces in Youzhou.

Wei Xiaobao, one of the important figures in the Sticking Rod Department, paid a large sum of money to get acquainted with Fei Zhong and Hu Hai.

Wei Xiaobao, you can find all kinds of shortcomings in this person.

However, as great as his shortcomings are, his strengths in some things are equally great.

Among all the protagonists created by Jin Yong, Wei Xiaobao's martial arts skills are extremely poor, his character is extremely bad, but his mind and strategies are extremely strong.

In the Qing Dynasty, as Xuanye's confidant, he helped Xuanye with his own unique methods and gained a place in the Nian Gang Department.

As a minister of the Qing Dynasty, he helped the Nian Gang to open up the situation in Youzhou.

Moreover, he successfully contacted two important figures, Hu Hai and Fei Zhong.

Both moves made by Hu Hai and Fei Zhong were hidden moves. Although Wei Xiaobao had successfully contacted these two people over the years, he had never used them to do anything, and the relevant personnel had been in a dormant state.

Of course, to a large extent, this is also because, for various reasons, in recent years, their combat strategic goals have rarely been focused on the Qing Dynasty.

In addition to these two people, there were other high-ranking officials in the Sticking Rod Department who came into contact with Zhao Gao and Lao Du.

It’s just that Wei Xiaobao was not responsible for it.

In the Sticking Rod Department, Wei Xiaobao is only one of the important responsible persons, but not the only one.

In the Qing Dynasty, there was no limit on the number of ministers in charge of the sticking rod office, and it all depended on the emperor's needs. However, not everyone had real power, and some might just be a nominal minister.

The reason why Wei Xiaobao became one of them was not only due to the support of Xuanye, who rose to power step by step during the downfall of Dorgon, but also due to his own unique abilities.

The affairs of Zhao Gao and Lao Shu were handled by another person in charge of the Sticking Rod Office, who was Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen, a member of the Qing royal family.

Of course, in the process of infiltration by the sticky rod department over the years, there have been successes and naturally failures.

For example, Gongsun Shu, Han Yanshou, Lü Buwei and others had tried to insert chess pieces at the sticking pole. However, for various reasons, they either failed or were discovered by the Black Ice Platform.

As for the Black Ice Platform, it had also intervened in the Qing Dynasty, but like the Sticking Rod Office of the Qing Dynasty, it had both successes and failures. The matter of Lao Du and Zhao Ji was not an absolute secret in Youzhou.

For Qin Zheng, this is not a secret either.

However, there was nothing he could do because Zhao Ji was his mother and it was just to keep a lover, which was better than coming to him and asking for her life.

The Qin government simply built a palace for Zhao Ji in a remote place, under the pretext of finding a suitable and quiet place for his mother to live out her days. In fact, it was just to keep her out of sight and out of mind.

At the same time, the same method was used, but the two people stayed away from the center of power and did not give Zhao Ji the opportunity to interfere in internal affairs.

However, over the years, Lao Ai had actually kept dozens of guests in the name of Zhao Ji. Although they were all petty thieves, with such a group of younger brothers under his command, and the fact that he could ride on the horse of the mother of Qin Zheng, the lord of Youzhou, day and night, he actually developed a bit of ambition.

In particular, in ancient times, there were no effective contraceptive measures.

Over the years, these two people actually had offspring, and more than one.

However, Zhao Ji did not dare to let the two children see the light of day, and could only hide them secretly in the palace. Qin Zheng could tolerate him keeping one concubine, and even if she did not cause trouble, it would not be a problem to keep more!
However, if this has a consequence, it will be of another nature.

It is easy to be soft-hearted after having a child. Coupled with Lao Shu's instigation day and night, Zhao Ji's dissatisfaction with the Qin government also increased day by day.

This time, under the instigation of the Sticky Rod, Lao Shu finally made up his mind. When Youzhou was at its most empty, he broke into the palace, killed Qin Zheng, and became the lord of Youzhou himself.

However, Lao Shu never seemed to think that even if he could kill Qin Zheng and even if Zhao Ji supported him, would Qin Ji, Qin Renhao, Qin Quliang, Qin Hua, and Qin Zhu, the other members of the Qin clan, agree?

Undoubtedly, Lao Shu's foolish move was a failure.

In history, Lao Shu's plan had failed once, so it would naturally be more difficult to succeed this time.

He used the name of Zhao Ji, led a group of guests and dozens of assassins from the Sticking Rod Department, and broke into the palace.

However, they ran into Qin Zheng's bodyguard general Ruan Weng Zhong head-on. Ruan Weng Zhong was wearing iron armor and leading dozens of elite soldiers. Like dozens of tanks, they rushed into the enemy crowd and started killing indiscriminately.

In a short while, the enemy was killed to pieces.

In ancient times, you could make your own weapons, and sometimes even carry them into battle. However, if you dared to hide armor, you would be killed, and even your family would be implicated.

The biggest reason is that if an armored soldier targets an unarmored person, it can cause a massacre.

Although this rebellion did not cause even a small amount of trouble, it still made Qin Zheng furious, and he ordered Lao Shu to be torn to pieces in public.

After that, he personally led people to visit "Zhao Ji", and during this process, he also discovered his two younger brothers.

In order to demonstrate the brotherly love and friendly relations among the brothers, Qin Zheng personally helped the two brothers do a free fall exercise.

Afterwards, they found a suitable place for retirement and gave it to Zhao Ji to live in, and also sent a team of soldiers to protect her.