Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 186

After humiliating people, Zhuang Xunxian felt guilty because of his evil deeds, but not much, just a little bit, but there was still some aftertaste stimulation.

He has certain persistence that he faces, but he never hesitates to show his shameless nastiness and arrogance to his enemies.

The goal was achieved, the revenge was completed in stages, and it was considered a decision to leave Lu Buming with a small life and play slowly, without any murderous intention for the time being.

Before, there was still a dilemma about whether to kill these two people, Siqin Mi. Now that the decision has been made, people have become more relaxed and comfortable.

Zhuang Xun didn't want Si Qin Mi to worry about it. Whether to kill or not was a decision he made. He didn't want to get involved with Si Qin Mi and upset her. He didn't even want the news to appear on Si Qin Mi's desktop.

He didn't want Si Qin Mi to be stressed. If she didn't want to kill Lu Buming, he wouldn't think too much about it, but she would also be stressed.

If she wanted to kill Lu Buming, but she made the decision because she was concerned about her own feelings, these were things Zhuang Xun didn't want to think about and would embarrass her.

You can say that Zhuang Xun thinks too much, but just because he thinks too much, he is worried that Si Qinmi also thinks too much.

So he acted arbitrarily and just decided for himself instead of leaving the problem to Si Qinmi. In this way, he wouldn't have to think about it so much and it was all his own decision.

If this choice is given to Si Qin Mi, it seems to be asking her to make the decision, and it seems to respect her, but in fact it is throwing the person involved in a situation of choice. No matter what decision is made, it will seem wrong, and if it is wrong, it will cause trouble.

Although Zhuang Xun was sure that Si Qin Mi loved him wholeheartedly now and had no contact with Lu Buming for a long time, but not letting her make a choice to deal with this kind of thing, Zhuang Xun felt that it was a sign of loving her more and respecting her more.

Speaking of being a bit awkward, the explanation is that Zhuang Xun wants to strip away the connection between Si Qinmi and Lu Buming, let Si Qinmi completely cut off from the past, and not get involved in Lu Buming's affairs at all, so that this matter is not between the two of them. exist.

He doesn't need to leave Lu Buming to Si Qin Mi to prove her loyalty to him. After all, Si Qin Mi is a wife whom he loves and cares about. She is not a toy like Zhao Luofu. She can also be brought to Lu Buming to show off her conquests. What do you think?

He is considerate, protective and loves Si Qin Mi, so he doesn't want her to accept negative emotions or get hurt at all. He just needs to deal with Lu Bu Ming. No matter what he does to Lu Bu Ming, Si Qin Mi will accept and support him and put the potential Kill all the troubles.

Now Lu Buming is either dead or alive, so be it. Zhuang Xun is also satisfied with this kind of torture. Although it is evil, it can really relax his emotions.

Lu Buming went from angry to helpless last night. He slapped the door panel to get angry at Zhuang Xun, cursed and pinched, but was blocked by Zhao. Now he was as quiet as death. Zhuang Xun fully enjoyed the joy of revenge. The more Lu Buming broke his guard. The happier I am, I realized what I wanted at the longevity banquet.

The three people Yu Guozhuangxun hated the most were Xu Houde and Lu Buming who had forged evidence, and Qian Xinzhao who sent people to kill him. He didn't want to let any of them pass if he had the chance.

Xu Houde died well last time, but Zhuang Xun didn't see it when he went to hell. It was a pity. Because of Lu Buming's merits, Zhuang Xun didn't want him to simply go to hell and be reincarnated. Now it's much more comfortable.

After hard work and sweating exercise, he achieved the great harmony of heaven and earth and the ultimate truth of the universe. Zhuang Xun left the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion with physical and mental pleasure.

There are still a lot of things to do, such as whether to confront Cheng Guo head-on or to suppress the soft persimmon of King Donghua first.

Yes, King Donghua, who had an army of 20, was a soft persimmon in Zhuang Xun's eyes. Compared to Li Pingyuan, who also had an army of 20, there was a huge difference.

When faced with Li Pingyuan's inquiry, he was really afraid that he would not be able to defeat him. Unlike King Donghua, who was just playing tricks, Li Pingyuan was an old fox, ruthless, and he couldn't believe that his own son-in-law could even be placed under house arrest. .

According to the intelligence, the King of Henan has taken refuge with Li Pingyuan. Now it is a situation of two large and one small. Zhuang Xun and Li Pingyuan are powerful, while King Donghua is small.

However, the conflict between the two would leave opportunities for King Donghua. Uniting with King Donghua was unacceptable to Zhuang Xun.

It's not that Zhuang Xun is reluctant to part with the land and has any grudge against King Donghua, it's because Zhuang Xun has implemented a new law here, and the new law is unfavorable to big families. However, King Donghua is full of big families, and they won't accept it. They want Zhuang Xun to die.

Fortunately, most of the big families who supported King Yanghua were killed by the refugee army. Otherwise, it is hard to say whether they would have voted for Zhuang Xun.

Now Zhuang Xun is faced with the question of how to make a decision. Siqinmi's letter also said that it would be best to digest the current land and use one to two years to gain recognition and support from the people.

To fight a war is to fight the economy. Uncontrolled expansion and collapse will be obvious. Only by obtaining land that can be used to produce value can we gain benefits.

According to Si Qinmi's letter, it doesn't matter even if they don't take over the territories like Donghua Road. They can just recuperate and recuperate on the spot. First, the new law will be popularized and the national strength will be strengthened. Then a new war will be launched to take over the remaining land. Incorporate and continue to repeat until you conquer the world.

Therefore, Zhuang Xun is currently on the defensive, holding on to his current land and stalemate with King Donghua of Cheng Kingdom. However, the letter also said that regardless of Cheng Kingdom, leaving King Donghua behind is leaving a nail. No matter who Zhuang Xun fights with in the future If there is a war, I believe King Donghua will intervene.

The letter asked Zhuang Xun to decide whether to go more conservative and plan for it slowly, or go more radical and completely destroy King Donghua and drive the entire army away from the land of Yu.

War is a national matter, and decisions should not be made easily. Both views are correct. The first situation is simple, that is, to postpone the problem until later. Although it does not rely on the wisdom of future generations, the method of leaving mines is the same, that is, not knowing until Shi Zhuang asked if he could bear it.

The second difficulty is visible to the naked eye, because there is no such power, and Si Qinmi's letter also said that if only the King of Donghua is destroyed and the big family flees to Li Pingyuan's tent, it will be more difficult to govern the land of Donghua Road. , to expend more energy, it is better to grasp Daojun, which is now in your hands.

Otherwise, we must do everything possible and drive Cheng Guo away so that Cheng Guo cannot protect these aristocratic families, cut off their escape route, and catch them all in one go.

Zhuang Xun also knew that the second method would work once and for all, but he still had doubts about whether he could defeat Li Pingyuan, so he could only wait and see now.

"I wonder how Li Pingyuan will reply to the letter." Zhuang Xun preferred the first option. Naturally, he wanted to reach an agreement with Li Pingyuan and ask him if his appetite was satisfied.

The first option is divided into two options. One is to unite with Li Pingyuan to destroy Donghua. Even if they deal with people later, they will only focus on dealing with Chengguo. The other is to retain King Donghua and not increase the strength of Chengguo. .

Zhuang Xun chose the first option again, because there was still a dispute over the country's origins in Chengguo. If he had the opportunity to take it back and keep King Donghua, his legitimacy would be questioned. Secondly, King Donghua must be watching him all the time. Li Pingyuan is not so free.

As for Li Pingyuan's house arrest, let him go first in the face of national interests, and then slowly liquidate him in the future. The country is not just playing house. At this time, if you act petty, the Lord will not be angry and start the army.

The letter was mainly about jointly solving King Donghua's request, and was even willing to transfer most of the land to satisfy Li Pingyuan's appetite. Zhuang Xun only needed to master a few defensive checkpoints.He is too bloated now. Most of the land has not been ruled for more than two years. There are many problems and need to be focused on governance.

He hopes that the land issue can be resolved through negotiation to avoid war, allowing him time to develop and better digest the land that has been swallowed up by whales.

While he was thinking about these things, Li Pingyuan was also reading the letter he wrote. He seemed to see Zhuang Xun's plan and smiled.

"Zhuang Xun invited me to besiege King Donghua, and we agreed to hand over most of Yudong to Chengguo. Madam Jiang, what do you think?" Li Pingyuan asked Madam Jiang beside him as he stroked his beard and smiled, put the letter down.

"Can Zhuang Xun's credibility be trusted? Three Kingdoms jumped, and Yu and Zhao trusted him so much. How did he do it? King Yu trusted him so much and entrusted him with important tasks, but today he stole his country and made an alliance with Zhao known to the world. , but now Zhao Guo is on the opposite side, and now he wants to make another alliance with the Grand Master, such a capricious person..."

Empress Dowager Jiang didn't understand what she said, and she understood the rest of it immediately, accusing Zhuang Xun of being careless and capricious.

What Zhuang Xun did was not only okay from his point of view, but also a matter of righteousness, but what Empress Dowager Jiang said seemed to make some sense.

Since Zhuang Xun and Li Pingyuan didn't get along, and the enemy of my enemy was a friend, Mrs. Jiang later formed an army and asked Li Pingyuan to cooperate in order to prevent Zhuang Xun from getting into trouble.

"Yes, but the conditions are indeed tempting. Madam Jiang, what you said about jointly expelling Zhuang Xun with King Donghua sounds good, but what conditions can Madam Jiang provide?"

Li Pingyuan raised his eyes, Zhuang Xun had already offered his own bargaining chip, and Empress Dowager Jiang could not be allowed to draw a pie in vain here. When the two parties discussed cooperation, an exchange of interests was indispensable, and Li Pingyuan understood Zhao Guo's thoughts.

Step by step, he is already lagging behind Xia State. Xia State's new policies are all what he wants to do, but the current situation can no longer be implemented.

Various things hindered his progress. He was obviously more powerful than Zhuang Xun at the beginning, but he was cautious when planning to usurp the throne and missed a good opportunity.

And Zhuang Xun has established the Xia Kingdom, and She Tunxiang has become a behemoth. Especially after returning from the Zhao Kingdom, in terms of superficial strength, it is no longer inferior to the Cheng Kingdom.

Although it doesn't look very stable yet, Zhuang Xun is already ahead of Li Pingyuan Jianguo, and Li Pingyuan can feel the immediate threat.

Now he had to bring in foreign aid to help him suppress Zhuang Xun, who had already hardened his wings. Otherwise, Li Pingyuan had a premonition that he would be pecked by Zhuang Xun.

The reason for offending Zhao before was that there must be a war, and he predicted that he could found the country earlier than Zhuang Xun, and would begin to unify Jizhou. Zhuang Xun, who had some strength, would submit to him and he would have less trouble. This was because he was willing to give Zhuang Xun benefits in the early stage. One of the reasons.

Even if Zhuang Xun was deceived by Zhao Guo, he would not be angry because it would not affect his goal of unifying Jizhou after usurping the throne.

It's different now. Before he usurped the throne and established a country, Zhuang Xun fled back from Zhao State, took the Seven Ways of You State for free, and was about to unify Jizhou.

Moreover, this trend could only be delayed but not stopped, so he placed Zhuang Xun under house arrest. He could not sit back and watch Zhuang Xun annex the Yu State and use the power of the two countries to deal with Cheng Guo or his newly established dynasty.

Zhuang Xun ran away again, causing a stalemate in the originally friendly relationship. Now that Zhuang Xun has taken over most of the territory of the Yu State, it becomes inevitable to unite with the Zhao State.

There are no feelings between countries, only interests. Even if Li Pingyuan kills a partial army of Zhao State, Li Pingyuan is Zhuang Xun's father-in-law, and if the interests are consistent, they can form a short-term alliance.

After confirming this goal, the next step is to unite with Zhao to pursue and intercept Zhuang Xun, so that Zhuang Xun is unable to expand externally and increase national power.

But it was impossible to serve as Zhao Guo's thug for nothing, even if it was something to do. Zhuang Xun's letter became a weapon for Li Pingyuan to ask for Zhao Guo's help.

This means that Zhuang Xun surrendered to him and did not care about his house arrest. He was even willing to give him benefits, as long as the two sides maintained peace, did not conflict, and gave Zhao and King Donghua a chance.

Li Pingyuan admired Zhuang Xun's forbearance. He was worthy of being a man who escaped unscathed in the Zhao Kingdom. The conditions made him moved, but he still had something more important to do.

"The Grand Master also has a destiny and must fight Zhuang Xun. Agreeing to Zhuang Xun's request now is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger.

Now that Zhuang Xun's foundation in Yu country is unstable and he is most vulnerable, it is better to attack him unprepared and drive him away from Yu.

If the Grand Master listens to the words of appeasement, in a few years Zhuang Xun will inherit the legal system of Yu State and the internal stability will be stable. It will be necessary to use force externally. By then it will be too late to regret. "

Empress Dowager Jiang also saw Li Pingyuan's thoughts and was not willing to place a bargaining chip. They were cooperating, not supporting. Moreover, they had just supported Zhuang Xun, and they were still frightened.

"Is it destiny? Is there Zhuang Xun's destiny? It can trigger visions from heaven and earth to help. The earthquake is too exaggerated."

Li Pingyuan said with great interest that the news of Zhuang Xun's ascension to the throne and the earthquake had probably spread throughout Kyushu. It was hard to say whether others believed it or not, but these people in Yu State believed it.

In the words of the spies, the majestic Chengdie Pass has now been broken into a pile of debris. Asking the locals again confirmed that there is no auspiciousness that can be more intimidating than this. It seems to be telling the world that this is what God has chosen. The emperor.

"There is no distinction between high and low destiny. They are all given by heaven. It's just a coincidence. If the grand master is afraid, he can surrender to Zhuang Xun now. Isn't the grand master also Zhuang Xun's father-in-law? Concubine Li is so favored and attracted by Zhuang Xun As my right-hand man, I will definitely spare the lives of the Grand Master and his family, regardless of the Grand Master's fault of being under house arrest."

Empress Dowager Jiang seemed to be smiling but not smiling. Her tone did not change, but she looked strange. Although she didn't understand why Zhuang Xun's ascension to the throne could cause earthquakes, she did understand who these imperial lineage holders were.

Especially those with green imperial veins basically have a strong ambition to become emperor and the ability to realize it.

"There's no need to use this trick to provoke me. The gap is too big. It's natural to surrender. My son-in-law, it's okay to surrender."

Li Pingyuan grew up in the treacherous Chengguo, and his heart has long been calm.

(End of this chapter)