Stunning weapon

Li Shaobai is dead. Although this famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty was very cruel on the battlefield, especially his behavior of massacring the city, many people hated him to the bone, but in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was out-and-out A famous general, loved by many people.

Mo Xiaochuan and Li Shaobai, in general, do not have any deep hatred, although Mo Xiaochuan is also very angry at what he did in Youzhou City. After all, in a prosperous ancient city, the people in the city are no longer enough. One-tenth, more than half of the houses were destroyed, and the original scene could no longer be reproduced.This may not be a big deal for a general who conquers cities, but for Mo Xiaochuan, Li Shaobai is committing a crime, and it is an unforgivable crime.

But then again, the person Li Shaobai killed had little to do with him, and what he destroyed was nothing more than the Ye Family's belongings in Yan State, and had little to do with Xiliang. Li Shaobai even killed him for him. Many enemies.

For example, Fang Xin's family, from this point of view, he still has to thank Li Shaobai.

Moreover, Li Shaobai and Mo Xiaochuan have been friends for a long time, and they can be said to cherish each other. Although the time they spend together is not too long, they treat each other as friends.Now that Li Shaobai had died, Mo Xiaochuan felt somewhat unhappy.

He returned to Mozhou alone, and stayed in the house for several days without going out.Just let Situ Lin'er order to take Li Shaobai's body back, and at the same time of burial, he also set up a small temple for people to pay homage to.

Many people do not understand Mo Xiaochuan's approach.

Especially some ministers above the Xiliang court, but it can be said that Li Shaobai died in the hands of Mo Xiaochuan, and it is difficult for them to find any excuse to criticize Mo Xiaochuan.Although some people also posted some notes to criticize Mo Xiaochuan's cooking for raising the ambition of the Southern Tang Dynasty and destroying his prestige.

However, Mo Zhiyuan didn't say anything after receiving such a note, but just shelved it.Not only was he not angry with Mo Xiaochuan's actions, he even admired them somewhat, and even smiled when he heard the news.

There is no other reason. After all, Mo Xiaochuan is a member of the Xiliang royal family, and even the sole heir to the throne. With this relationship, it is impossible for Mo Zhiyuan to be as afraid of him as he is of Liu Chengqi.As for Mo Xiaochuan, he only asked Mo Xiaochuan not to develop beyond his control, so that he took the throne from him before he abdicated.Today, Mo Xiaochuan can do this to an enemy general, which can only show that Mo Xiaochuan is still very affectionate.

This is a weakness of Mo Xiaochuan, but for Mo Zhiyuan, it is an advantage. Because Mo Xiaochuan values ​​friendship, he should be scruples about family affection and will not do rebellious things. Because he values ​​affection, even if he is overwhelmed by power, Even in a daze, Mo Zhiyuan has a way to control him.

And the most direct way to control him is the Prince Qi's Mansion in Shangjing City of Xiliang. Of course, it should be called Prince Chen's Mansion now.

Mo Xiaochuan didn't think too much these days. He didn't bother to think about how the capital would treat this matter. He also knew in his heart that it would inevitably arouse criticism from some people, but so what?With his current status, is there anyone who can pull him down because of such a trivial matter?This is nothing short of a joke.

Perhaps Li Shaobai's wish was to send his body to Nantang, but now Mo Xiaochuan did not do so, which made Nantang very angry, and even sent an envoy.But Mo Xiaochuan sneered and asked someone to send a message to the Southern Tang envoy, saying: "The current Yan Kingdom has become Xiliang, and the Southern Tang will be included in the territory of Xiliang sooner or later. As long as Li Shaobai is buried in the Central Plains, Everywhere is home."

As soon as this word spread, the Southern Tang army's monarchs and ministers suddenly became furious, scolding Mo Xiaochuan for uttering wild words, and directly stepped up the use of troops against the Yan State. Unfortunately, at this time, Han Cheng had already sent 6 soldiers from the Chu State. People eat it.

Although Chu's army is quite powerful, it's a pity that they are alone, with no supplies inside and no rescue outside, so it is impossible for them to persist for too long.

Han Cheng did almost nothing, and directly built another earthen city in Youzhou City, completely trapped the people of Chu State in it, and did not attack, but only defended, and at the same time kept raising the city wall.

The Chu army did not have siege equipment, and every time they broke through, they were shot back with bows and arrows by Han Cheng's men. Seeing that the city wall was getting higher day by day, and the supply of food, grass and drinking water on their side was gradually insufficient, there was no other way, so they had to gather a crowd surrender.

The day they surrendered happened to be the few days Li Shaobai died.

After Han Cheng asked Mo Xiaochuan for instructions, according to Mo Xiaochuan's wishes, he mobilized a large amount of food, grass and military pay from Izumo Pass, and then directly sent his troops south to meet Kou Yilang.

With the addition of more than 20 people from Han Cheng, the morale of the Xiliang Army suddenly rose. The large-scale attack of the Southern Tang Army not only failed to achieve results, but was also defeated. In order to defend, he began to resist the Xiliang army.

Because, they suddenly discovered that what Mo Xiaochuan said was not a big talk, and now he already has this kind of strength.

Although the Southern Tang side has been resolved, there has been a dispute in the Xiliang court. Some people think that Mo Xiaochuan dared to say such words directly to the Southern Tang envoys. Domineering.

This kind of atmosphere cannot be promoted, and must be punished, even if it is ordered to reprimand it is good.

However, when such words were said, Gu Lianqing, who had always acted like a good old man, stood up and directly scolded the minister who said such words. What Gu Lianqing meant was that Mo Xiaochuan said these words only in front of the Southern Tang army. One of the methods used by the envoys was to increase the prestige of Xiliang and win glory for Xiliang. It was not true that he sent troops to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty without asking the court for instructions.

If you have to be punished in this way, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers, and also bluntly insulted these civil servants, not thinking about how to stabilize the form of the Yan State, how to gather the people's hearts of the Yan State as soon as possible, so that the State of Yan can become a country as soon as possible? The real territory of Xiliang is to tell the truth. This kind of practice is simply despicable, but it wants to entrap the pillars of the country.

At the same time, Gu Lianqing proposed a plan to govern the Yan State. He believed that Mo Xiaochuan was still needed to manage the Yan State well.Directly write a letter to Mo Zhiyuan, asking Mo Zhiyuan to make Mo Xiaochuan King of Yan, and give him temporary autonomy and appointment rights in the old land of Yan State.

When Gu Lianqing said this, the officials of the former Liu faction came out to agree one after another. In the court, it seemed that there were three factions again, one opposed, one supported, and the other was neutral.Just like the situation when Liu Chengqi was in power.

However, there are some subtle changes here, because when Liu Chengqi took power, those staunch royalists, such as Kou Gu, Han Yan, Zhang Bochang... These people have always firmly opposed the decision of the Liu faction.

But now, these people have remained neutral.As for the group of people headed by Cui Xiu, they remained silent as usual.

This form made Mo Zhiyuan frown slightly, and took a deep look at Gu Lianqing. Gu Lianqing's approach, in a certain way, somewhat motivated Mo Zhiyuan. Since Liu Chengqi fell, Mo Zhiyuan It had been a long time since he had felt this embarrassing feeling.

However, this time, Gu Lianqing, who had always been like a sheep, suddenly transformed into a tiger. This transformation made him smell like being provoked.However, Mo Zhiyuan is Mo Zhiyuan after all.

And Mo Xiaochuan is not Liu Chengqi, so Mo Zhiyuan didn't show any special meaning.

It's just that this matter is of great importance, and it needs to be discussed carefully before making a decision.However, he said he would consider what Gu Lianqing wanted.At the same time, Mo Zhiyuan cast an intriguing look at Kou Gu, Zhang Bochang and others' attitudes.

The Xiliang court seems to have begun to surge undercurrents again. Many royalists even began to directly suppress Gu Lianqing, saying that Gu Lianqing was disobedient and wanted to take down the land of Xiliang with great difficulty, and create a Come from China.

This hat was not insignificant, although Gu Lianqing argued vigorously, in the memorial to Mo Zhiyuan, the words were so earnest that he was almost in tears.Unfortunately, this situation has not improved much.

In his heart, he still had a bad premonition, so he had no choice but to go to the palace himself.

These days, Situ Yu'er is still in Dali for everything in the palace, and Liu Qingrou usually doesn't care much about the affairs of the palace. She often enters the palace, and most of the time, she lives in the Queen Mother's palace. Now, her relationship with the old lady is getting deeper and deeper.

Liu Qingrou was gentle by nature, and she was well educated and reasonable, which made the old lady love her very much.In addition, among the third generation of the Mo family in Xiliang, there is only one male, Mo Xiaochuan, and the old queen dotes on Mo Xiaochuan to the utmost.For Liu Qingrou, she naturally loves her house and her crow.

The grandparents and grandchildren get along very well.

The current Liu Qingrou, in the eyes of the old lady, seemed to be a qualified granddaughter-in-law, even closer than her granddaughter.This is not an exaggeration, because Yingying's biological mother was just an ordinary court lady. When she was young, her identity was not recognized. It is also very important. Naturally, Yingying won't get too much favor.

Liu Qingrou was different. According to her status, she was the daughter of Xiliang Xiangguo. Even though Liu Chengqi had been fighting with Mo Zhiyuan for many years, he had not committed any real treason after all. Hugged his name as the veteran and important minister of the three dynasties.

In terms of fame and righteousness, Liu Qingrou's status was impeccable, and it was not unreasonable for the old queen to spoil her.

It is precisely because Liu Qingrou is so favored now that Gu Lianqing feels that it is very important to come to Liu Qingrou now, because the matter he raised in the court has indeed touched the bottom line of some people.

Although Mo Zhiyuan didn't have a seizure, Gu Lianqing also understood that Mo Zhiyuan would not be too happy. After all, this is equivalent to directly depriving some power from Mo Zhiyuan's hands. If this is achieved, Mo Xiaochuan will be It's literally under one person, above ten thousand people.Even Cui Xiu could no longer stand shoulder to shoulder with him.