The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 274 Dai Yuan’s Troubles

Soon, Yang Xianrong sent someone to greet Liu Tai's messenger as usual.

Yang Xianrong had to admit that it was precisely because of Liu Yao's letter sent by Liu Tai in January that he secured his position.

Because several soldiers holding troops and horses knew very well that the current Zhao Kingdom was split from the original Huns and Han Kingdoms.

But I don’t know whether Liu Yao should be considered as betraying the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, or Liu Tai should be considered as inheriting the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.

All in all, no one knew what Liu Yao's stupid thoughts were at the beginning, and he wanted to mess with Zhao State.

He didn't care about getting out of Zhao State, but he went to rescue Shi Le, but he was captured by Liu Tai.

He can just be a prisoner now, but how can he imagine that he and others have worked so hard to maintain the Zhao Kingdom, and it would make him cry if he talked too much about it!
  However, at this time, the people of Zhao State still thought of Liu Tai in their hearts.

After all, he and others were coerced by Liu Yao. As a member of the clan, he went crazy and suddenly wanted to change the country's title. He and others had no choice but to become thieves.

Now, just wait for the heavenly soldiers to arrive, and you can surrender directly.

To be honest, everyone even prepared a congratulatory message to congratulate Liu Tai on becoming emperor. However, Liu Tai stopped coming after beating Shi Le, and instead started building the Yongji Canal, which really made the Zhao people confused.

When the Zhao people saw that Liu Tai did not come, the people who originally held military power would definitely want to overthrow Yang Xianrong and claim the throne themselves, and maybe they could let Yang Xianrong become their queen again.

But Liu Tai calmly sent over a letter handwritten by Liu Yao, but no one in the entire court dared to say anything.

Although he was just one person, Cui Yue seemed to have thousands of troops behind him, which made him dare not complain.

After that, although the person who came to deliver the letter was just a messenger, everyone in the Zhao Kingdom seemed to have their backbone pulled out, and they did not dare to show any slights.

Because if you neglect it, what should you do if the envoy says a few words to Liu Tai and calls him back?
  After all, if others don’t know what kind of foundation Zhao Guo has now, don’t you know it yourself?
  There are various people in Guandong who are rebelling. It is not easy for Yang Xianrong to maintain this attitude.

This time, Yang Xianrong couldn't help but look solemn when he saw that the messenger who came to deliver the letter was actually Cui Yue, who was here for the first time.

Because envoys are also hierarchical, an ordinary envoy may be just a messenger, but Cui Yue truly comes on behalf of Liu Tai. If there is nothing wrong, Liu Tai will not send him.

"I've seen the Han envoy, but I haven't seen him for a long time!" Yang Xianrong did not dare to be careless when facing Cui Yue.

Cui Yue looked at Yang Xianrong, glanced around the Zhao ministers, then respectfully handed the letter in his hand to the envoy, and said to Yang Xianrong, "In addition to delivering letters to the guilty king Liu Yao, this envoy is here. What's more important is to inform you.

At the end of this year, our Han Dynasty is about to hold the examination. If the talents of Zhao State are good at "Han Shu" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", they can come to our Han Dynasty to take the exam to gain fame. Those who come out at the top can directly become officials in the Han Dynasty! "

"Han envoy, this is the Kingdom of Zhao, please do not overstep your bounds!" Yang Xianrong heard Cui Yue's words and decisively interrupted Cui Yue.

Cui Yue heard Yang Xianrong's words and said calmly and solemnly, "The Han has great authority and leads all nations. All the people under the sun and the moon are his concubines. I am just here to inform the queen. I hope the queen will not misunderstand the good intentions of the great man!"

Cui Yue bowed respectfully to Yang Xianrong, and then chose to leave the court magnanimously.

When everyone in the court saw this scene, until Cui Yue left the hall, they jumped out one after another.

Everyone was very excited, and they all said that as long as you say a word from the queen, they would immediately capture Cui Yue and chop her into pieces!
  Of course, everyone just talked about it. They were already thinking about the disciples in their families who could memorize "Han Shu" well, and they would give it a try. If their descendants successfully passed the so-called Jinshi, Then you won’t have to worry!
  If Yang Xianrong really issued an order to capture Cui Yue and chop him into pieces, these people would definitely carry it out.

It's just that the person who goes to arrest will report it to Cui Yue first. In this way, the person who is arresting is himself, and the person who reports is also himself. He will successfully establish a relationship with Cui Yue. It is a favor whether it is big or small, and he will be able to survive safely. Robbed.

And Yang Xianrong has been in charge of Zhao for so long, doesn't he still know what the foundation of Zhao is now?

If there wasn't a single loyal minister among them, it wouldn't be a problem according to Yang Xianrong, but if two-thirds of the ministers present were randomly killed, there would definitely be a lot left behind.

Yang Xianrong said, "Since you all have such bloody ambitions, I wonder who will take the initiative to ask for help, kill the envoys of the Han Dynasty, and establish the prestige of our country, Zhao!"

For a moment, the court, which was originally full of excitement, suddenly became quiet.

After all, the envoy who just scolded Liu Tai showed his integrity. Isn't this what civil servants should do? How can you take it seriously?

Besides, I can only give face to the Han Dynasty ambassador if you order me to do this. Now that you ask me to take the initiative, how can I have the nerve to express my loyalty to Liu Tai? If I fire Cui Yue at that time, wouldn't it appear that I am double-dealing.

At this moment, the courtiers all chose to shut up, whether they were concerned about their face or their lives.

In the end, Zhu Ji, who remained silent, stood up and said, "Da Zhao and Da Han come from the same lineage. Now the King of Han invites me, a scholar of Da Zhao, to participate in the examination. This is a prosperous age, how can we see blood so easily? Please be careful what you say." !”

Sure enough, with Zhu Ji, an old minister, coming out to smooth things over, the scene finally looked much better. Yang Xianrong waved his hand and said:
  "Let the court be dismissed. Anyone who wants to take the examination in the Han Dynasty can go on his own. The Great Zhao will not stop him!"

Yang Xianrong knew very well that in the face of such an opportunity given by the big man, the people in the Zhao Kingdom had long been impatient.

It's just that they didn't have such an honest opportunity at the beginning, so that they could rely on the big man to protect their family.

Now these families will naturally not be polite. For them, they have no sense of belonging to Zhao.

This is not only true for the Han people, but also for the Huns, but they have little chance of joining Liu Tai.

Because they didn't understand why Liu Tai had no idea of ​​going south after taking over Hebei?

If Liu Tai had taken advantage of the trend and went south, they would have already written down the surrender list, and there would never have been such a ridiculous thing like they wanted to surrender but couldn't find a way out. They would have continued to let Yang Xianrong and Liu Yao's son Sitting in the position of King Zhao.

After all, the Zhao Kingdom was separated from the Huns and Han Kingdom.

Here, both the Huns and the Han people, almost in these ten years, watched Liu Taili perform incredible feats one after another, and win one war after another with less victory over more.

The first decisive battle between the Huns and the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty was Liu Tai's famous battle for them.

Then Liu Tai's troops defeated Jin's famous general in the east, Gou Xi, and killed Wang Jun, a famous general in the north.

The Xianbei people, who had killed the Huns and abandoned their armor, and Liu Yao's entire army was annihilated, were being treated like dogs under Liu Tai's command, and Liu Tai even disliked them. The most important thing is that Liu Yaoshile and Liu Tainai, who were originally officially promoted, were the three generals of the Han army.

As a result, in the first year after Liu Yao established the Zhao Kingdom, Liu Tai destroyed both kings in one battle, directly killing all the stories of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom, and undisputedly inherited the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom. No, he should have returned power to the Han Dynasty.

Completely different from the Jin court who wanted to resist, the ministers and nobles of Zhao State wanted to send Yang Xianrong to Liu Tai's bed as soon as possible, and then surrender as soon as possible.

Under such circumstances, who among the remaining generals of Zhao dared to face Liu Tai's troops.

Even when Liu Tai led his army to Tongguan, he was afraid that Zhao would immediately sacrifice his sheep and his whole family and then surrender.

The reasons have all been thought out. The guilty king is rebellious and his death is not a pity. The king's master has not arrived yet, so he dare not move lightly. Now he has tied up the guilty king's relatives and hopes that the king of Han will spare the lives of the people in the city.

However, Liu Tai did not go south directly at the beginning, so this trick was not used.

But even so, Liu Tai's deterrence against Zhao still affected them bit by bit, especially the monthly messengers, which made them treat them with caution.

Because now they don't want the Zhao Kingdom, they want to return to the embrace of the Han Dynasty.

Naturally, it was impossible for Liu Tai to go south directly after taking the land in Hebei. The most direct reason was that he was afraid that Zu Ti would suddenly go crazy and fight him in Luoyang. Liu Tai was not afraid of losing, but he was afraid of being maimed, which would make him We have to rely on the strength of the aristocratic family.

But at the same time, he is also worried that he does not have enough military history and retired soldiers, so that he will not be able to control the place. Instead, he needs to rely on the group of guys who surrendered, so Liu Tai prefers to settle down in the past few years.

Especially the excavation of a large project like the Yongji Canal can train the management talents in one's hands to prepare for the next conquest of the world.

Otherwise, if you conquer a place by yourself, the management will still be handed over to the hands of the aristocratic family. Then will you conquer the world for the aristocratic family or for the big man?

Naturally, the Zhao courtiers did not understand the logic behind this.

With Cui Yue's magnanimous mission to the State of Zhao, and then his generous return, Liu Tai only tested the bottom line of the State of Zhao, which seemed to be lower than he expected.

In fact, not long after Cui Yue left, the nobles of Zhao State began to go to Luoyang, and then crossed the river from Luoyang to Hebei.

For these scholars in Luoyang, they all understood that there was no hope for Zhao State.

After all, in these troubled times, even if Yang Xianrong is extremely intelligent and skillful, but in troubled times instead of a prosperous dynasty, it is extremely difficult for orphans and widowers to protect one party, let alone unify the world.

Therefore, all Yang Xianrong can do is to maintain the dignity of Zhao State, but what the aristocratic family under his command wants is to survive, and even take advantage of these troubled times to make contributions.

It can be said that with Liu Tai defeating Shi Le and Liu Yao and Sima Rui gaining a foothold in Jiangnan, there will inevitably be a war between the two sides.

Therefore, the nobles of Zhao State were willing to go to Liu Tai because they still had the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

In fact, just as they expected, rumors began to spread in the area under Dai Yuan's jurisdiction.

To put it simply, Zu Ti valued the people at the bottom and was very harsh on aristocratic families. As long as he was defeated, he would plunder aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen.

Now that Zu Ti has been removed from office, wouldn't he want to allow the refugees from the north to rob merchants and then start an army?

Whether or not this matter is really not important, the important thing is to keep Zu Ti away from military power.

At the same time, some people started to talk about Dai Yuan: "Dai Yuan is a talented person in the public auxiliary. His benevolent military skills are unique in the world. He is not only kind to the soldiers, but also capable of subduing others without fighting.

Liu Tai doesn't dare to go south now because he heard that Dai Yuan was leading the army, so he didn't dare to go south! "

Liu Tai would not deliberately write a letter to Dai Yuan, something that could be exposed so easily.

When he occasionally commented leisurely on the generals of the Jin court, he said: "Zu Ti can serve as a hundred thousand soldiers. As for Dai Yuan, the one who can defeat the enemy without fighting is the best soldier. If he sends his troops south, he should personally lead two soldiers." One hundred thousand soldiers will fight the Jin court!"

Did Liu Tai say anything about Dai Yuan's strength? It seems not.

But I don’t know why this sentence was passed down and became “Zu Ti can serve as a hundred thousand soldiers, but he is not as good as Dai Yuan who needs Liu Tai to lead two hundred thousand soldiers in a battle!”

Since ancient times, rumors have naturally spread the fastest. Don’t worry about whether they are right or not, just ask whether they are wild or not!
  Fortunately, there was Xun Chuo around him to record his words to prove his innocence.

I have never said that Dai Yuan has the ability to command an army of [-] soldiers!
  This reveals the importance of historians. For example, if the history books hadn't clearly written, "Brother Ji assassinated the emperor because of his past, the emperor fell behind him," who knows whether the rumors would become "Brother Ji raped the emperor before, and the emperor fell behind him." His unofficial history.

After all, a scholar cannot be offended easily. Even Liu Tai only dared to use slightly vague language and rumors to express his respect for Dai Yuan.

But Liu Tai did not correspond with Dai Yuan, and finally he changed his mind and had nothing to do with Liu Tai.

The historian next to Liu Tai clearly wrote what Liu Tai said. The rumors circulating outside now have nothing to do with Liu Tai!

No matter what, Dai Yuan listened to famous generals bragging about himself and belittling Zu Ti, especially when those aristocratic families gathered around him, which made Dai Yuan even more suitable.

But Zu Ti, who had surrendered his military power in the first place, was resentful in his heart. Unexpectedly, the rumors among the aristocratic families and the people were that Dai Yuan was stronger than him, and they did not miss his achievements in conquering the south bank of the Yellow River at all.

But he could no longer hold back his resentment, and Zu Ti spurted out three feet of blood, and then fell ill.

Dai Yuan also sent a famous doctor to see Zu Ti, but after seeing it, he shook his head at Dai Yuan when he returned, and then said: "General Zu became ill from overwork, and evil spirits grew up, which damaged his roots. It's so cold in winter now, as long as General Zu can hold on Spending the winter may prolong your life, otherwise..."

When Dai Yuan heard this, he sighed and said, "This is Shi Zhi's fate, just try your best to cure it!"

To be honest, even though Dai Yuan has been a bit boastful these days, he still recognizes Zu Ti's ability.

If Zu Ti hadn't been able to bear Liu Tai's pressure in Yanzhou, it would not have been an easy task for him to suppress Director Wang wholeheartedly!

When the time comes, if Director Wang rebels and Liu Tai goes south, without Zu Ti to help him, he will have to worry about whether he should capture Director Wang first or destroy Liu Tai first!
  (End of this chapter)