Chapter 987 Clever tongue!
In Jiangnan, Long Zhaohuan looked forward to the stars, but the moon did not look forward to his army's return. What he looked forward to was his sister's return, and he returned with honor.
Now in Jiangnan, Long Lingxiu has a great reputation. The so-called single-handed mission to two rivers is on the same line. For the sake of the Dawn of Jiangnan, the people dared to die generously regardless of their personal safety. In short, all kinds of false reputations fell on Long Lingxiu, which gave Long Lingxiu a very high reputation.
At the same time, the one who came back with Long Lingxiu was Wu Lie, the general of Zhenbei. None of the soldiers from Jingji came back. The chief general Wu Lie came back. I have to say that this was a very dramatic result.
Long Zhaohuan was originally going to go out of the city to greet him, but when he heard this situation, his heart was really cool. The counselors around him advised him that he could not welcome Long Lingxiu into the city no matter what. Long Lingxiu would better not live in Jinling.
In fact, Long Lingxiu's current status is very embarrassing. Long Zhaohuan does not need this woman to exist at all. On the contrary, with this woman, he is worried that the Tan family army will change. In this case, he wishes Long Lingxiu would never return to Jiangnan.
But things went against his wishes. The more he didn't want to happen, the more things happened. What should he do at this time? What can he do?
"Smart is wronged by intelligence, now it's okay! I think the strategy I used is contrary to my wishes!" Long Zhaohuan said to his side.
Someone may say, "Your Majesty, this strategy was made by Dong Yong for Your Majesty. Dong Yong seems to be loyal, but in fact, it may contain evil intentions. Your Majesty must not trust such people who are confusing the public!"
Long Zhaohuan was irritated. It was not that he had not thought of Dong Yong, but Dong Yong even gave him a more ruthless plan, because he did not dare to adopt it.
"Okay, everything about Jiangnan is my decision. Even if a counselor makes an inappropriate plan for me, it is because I have adopted it and caused such consequences.
What do you want me to do? Do you still want me to punish others? If that is the case, who will dare to give advice in front of me in the future?”
When Long Zhaohuan said this, the audience was silent because they could no longer speak. After all, everyone was a bowl of rice. If they were guilty of their words, how could they eat this bowl of rice?
But the problem is that at this time, Long Lingxiu had arrived outside Jinling City. What is Long Zhaohuan's attitude? Will he see or not? If he sees him, what will happen?
The current Jiangnan regime is very fragile. Long Zhaohuan lives a life as His Majesty. If he is not tolerant of everything and is not cautious, he will most likely make mistakes, which will lead to internalization.
In fact, the Ministry of Rites is already sealing the mouths of all people, but there is always a force that is constantly waving the flag and shouting for Long Lingxiu. When a princess's reputation is louder than His Majesty, it may not be a blessing for the Dakang Dynasty.
Can't Long Zhaohuan understand these principles? Of course he understood, but he really didn't want to see Long Lingxiu, and he didn't even want Long Lingxiu to enter Jinling.
However, the eldest princess as big as Jinling has been completed. The eldest princess returned triumphantly and could not move into the princess's mansion. What does this mean that the people of the world think about this? Will the civil and military officials feel disappointed?
There are also many powerful families in Long Zhaohuan's regime that need to rely on. How will these forces view this matter? In short, every little thing has caused great constraints on Long Zhaohuan, making Long Zhaohuan a little helpless and don't know what to do!
"Your Majesty, the key to the current plan depends on the attitude of the Tan family army. The Tan family army is now in Wuling. Your Majesty only needs an imperial edict to confer Tan as a general from the north, so that he can guard Wuling for many years. Wuling is far away from Jinling. The eldest princess lives in the capital and cannot contact Wuling. In this case, we can ensure the absolute safety of the capital. Even if the eldest princess is good at dancing, she can do nothing in isolation and helplessness!" A strategist offered advice to Long Zhaohuan.
Long Zhaohuan nodded slightly and said, "The situation should be like this now, but that's just a temporary measure and must not last long! It's said that we are not afraid of thieves stealing, but fear of thieves thinking about it. I'm worried that we will be tired for a thousand days when we guard against thieves. If we look back, we may lose our efforts with a slight negligence. That would be really bad!"
"Your Majesty has no need to worry. In fact, the most important thing for Your Majesty is to let the Tan Family Army completely surrender to Your Majesty. Now the Tan Family Army seems to be a solid piece of the matter, but there are also internal conflicts!
Tan Cheng is now the head of the family, but the former head of the family was Tan Lei, and Tan Lei was not dead. His Majesty can arrange someone to find Tan Lei secretly, and then create opportunities for Tan Lei to let the Tan family army fight first.
As long as the Tan family army has internal conflicts, they will not care about obeying Long Lingxiu's orders. What should we do at that time? Your Majesty can take advantage of the situation and completely separate the Tan family army, and even insert some of His Majesty's confidants into the Tan family army. By that time, the Tan family army will return to His Majesty, what can the eldest princess do if she has the ability?"
Long Zhaohuan listened to the advice of his advisers, his heart gradually stabilized. He immediately issued an order to open the middle gate of Jinling to welcome Long Lingxiu into the city with the highest ceremonial guard. After Long Lingxiu entered the city, the first thing he did was to go to the palace to pay homage to the emperor. Then the two of them staged a deep brotherly love drama in front of civil and military officials and the people of the world.
However, when Long Zhaohuan saw Wu Lie, no matter how cunning he was, he felt that his acting skills were really unstoppable! Long Zhaohuan entrusted him with important tasks, but what was the result?
This guy threw all the tens of thousands of people in his hands into Jingji, and he came back in shame. All the forces in Jiangnan had already caused great trouble because of this incident. This time, Jiangnan's soldiers were in Jingji.
Many of these soldiers have fathers and high-ranking houses, and some of them are even wives and children in Jiangnan. Now they are gone and never come back, but the chief general of the army has returned unscathed. How did Long Zhaohuan explain to Jiangnan’s elders?
After Long Zhaohuan and Long Lingxiu performed a drama, Long Lingxiu left the palace and returned to the princess's mansion, but Wu Lie still knelt outside Long Zhaohuan's warm pavilion. In this way, he kept kneeling for the middle of the night. The deacon and eunuch came over and asked him to see His Majesty.
When he arrived in front of Long Zhaohuan, Wu Lie crawled on the ground, howled and cried, saying, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die for all my crimes. I beg Your Majesty to reward Wu for his death and thank him for his life!"
Long Zhaohuan's face was extremely gloomy, but after hearing Wu Lie's words, his expression slightly eased, and he couldn't help asking:
"Wulie, I will ask you one thing, I have given you 30,000 to 40,000 troops. You have not set up any tents in the north, and you have not even been able to confront the Liaodong Army head-on.
But now you are back alone, and my tens of thousands of people are gone without a trace. I will ask you, how do you face me? How do you face the elders of Jiangnan?
Also, why did you ask me to explain to the Jiangnan elders? This fact is too great, your sin is too great! I just want to protect you, and the Jiangnan elders may not agree, don’t you think so?"
Wu Lie said: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die for thousands of crimes. No matter how you deal with me, I will not say anything. But for this matter in the capital, I still need to report to Your Majesty the cause and effect, because this matter is extremely important and concerns the country..."
After Wu Lie said that, he cried again. Although Long Zhaohuan was so heartless, when he heard Wu Lie say this, he couldn't help but feel moved and said:
"Tell me, what's going on? Let me open my eyes!"
Wu Lie swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and immediately told all the reasons and consequences of how he was deceived by Long Lingxiu. Of course, he had already planned the statement with Long Lingxiu before this, and his statement was added to the fire, because Long Lingxiu was not only a princess, but also an imperial envoy.
As a chief official in the border area, Wu Lie happened to be unable to contact Jiangnan. Under that situation, Long Lingxiu asked him to go to Bianzhou. Can he think that he would never return?
He was fooled by Long Lingxiu. Originally, Long Lingxiu wanted to ask him to take tens of thousands of soldiers out of the capital and hand them over to Lu Zheng. Wu Lie resolutely fought against this. Later, Long Lingxiu might be worried that Wu Lie would not come back after he left the capital.
Or he forced Wu Lie too quickly, and Wu Lie was desperate and just died. In that case, the glorious image Long Lingxiu created for herself would definitely collapse immediately, which would not be worth the cost for her!
Not only that, but also the most important point, that is, the woman Long Lingxiu is still afraid of Long Zhaohuan. That is, if she really did too much and Long Zhaohuan would not tolerate her, the two of them might not even have face intimacy.
Wu Lie made these things clear and clearly stated them all. It seemed that he was bold and reckless when he said this, but in fact he completely ignored his responsibilities.
The most important point is that Wu Lie's statement is obviously about Long Zhaohuan's preference. Long Zhaohuan is afraid of his sister now. In this situation, if someone says good things about Long Lingxiu in front of him, he will definitely not be in a good mood and will inevitably have resistance.
But if someone says bad things about Long Lingxiu, such as Wu Lie's description, he clearly states Long Lingxiu's insidiousness and ruthlessness, and clearly, his words made Long Zhaohuan feel that he had seen all this with his own eyes, which undoubtedly made Long Zhaohuan very angry and even more sympathetic to Wu Lie.
"Bang" Long Zhaohuan threw the pen on the table hard to the ground and broke it, and then said: "It's really outrageous! I didn't expect that this happened in the two rivers when I knew people but not my heart.
Wu Lie, do you know how serious this matter is? If you have any false words about this matter, the eldest princess can't forgive you, and I can't forgive you either! Aren't you afraid?"
Wu Lie held his head up and chest out, decisively pretending to be very loyal and fierce, and said, "Your Majesty, everything is just death! But I, Wu Lie, have to bear the grace of Your Majesty, and before I die, I have to say what I have in my heart. Regardless of whether Your Majesty believes it or not, I should do my duty as a minister!
If you die, you will die. Anyway, our brothers in Gyeonggi may be waiting for me on the road to the underworld at this time! Our brothers will go on the road together, without any regrets, no regrets..."
Chapter completed!