Chapter 206: The Dying Yuwen Heavenly King
If Yunzhou City received these two letters from the capital, in order to curry favor with these two upstarts from the Southwest Army, even if the Yunzhou Army would not come out, it would symbolically fight a few battles to show the imperial court, but Ye Mao was not this character, Li Xin told him before he left Beijing, asking him to find an opportunity to give the Xianbei Department a ruthless time, so he spent a few months quietly dormant in Jizhou City, waiting for a suitable opportunity.
At this time, it was close to the end of the first year of Yankang.
The Yuwen tribes in the north, the life is different, the Qigui tribe and the Futu tribe are close to Yunzhou City and Jizhou City, and they have harvested a lot of money, food and population in these months of looting, but these two tribes are not strong enough after all, and the one who has really benefited the most in these months is the Helan department, which has the largest fist among the four Yuwen tribes.
These harvests are enough for them to survive this winter in peace, and survive until the beginning of spring next year, when the withered grass sprouts.
In comparison, the days of the Xianbei Wang's Tent are a little not very good, they were killed when they attacked Jizhou City, although they finally captured Jizhou, but they were also greatly injured, so that they lost the right to speak in the Yuwen Ministry, Yuwentao completely controlled the Helan Ministry, and began to suppress the Wang's Tent, in just one or two years, the power of Yuwen Zhao was not as good as before.
In the king's tent.
Yu Wenzhao, who was over fifty years old, was lying on the sickbed, his face as pale as paper.
From the empty king tent tens of thousands of young and strong, the other three have been out of control, this former co-owner of the four Yuwen departments, the body is not as good as day by day, but barely supported and did not fall, and now the other three have taken advantage of the civil strife in the Great Jin Dynasty, and have reaped a lot of benefits at the border, but the king tent has not made any profits, and even the food of this winter cannot be guaranteed.
Under the mental pressure of a long time, and the blows of one thing after another, the male lord of the royal tent finally fell ill and had been lying in bed for almost a month.
Yuwen Zhao's eldest son, Yuwen Di, stayed by his father's bedside, worried.
He knew very well in his heart that the current inside the royal tent was also full of resentment about the storming of Jimen Pass two years ago, Yuwen Zhao had a great prestige, and no one dared to make any different voices when he was alive, but once he fell, it was still unknown whether their bloodline could continue to preside over the royal tent.
Yuwen Heavenly King, who was lying on the hospital bed, coughed violently a few times, then looked up at his son and asked, "He...... What is the situation of the Helan Department now......"
Yuwen Di is now in his thirties, with Yuwen's signature beard on his face, he shook his head slightly when he heard this, and said silently: "That Yuwen Tao is very arrogant, and a few days ago he sent a message to the other two and my royal account, saying that he wanted to take some concubines, and asked the three of us to sacrifice some girls to the past......"
Yuwen Di slowly exhaled: "The other two departments have sent women to this guy, and the king's tent ignored him." ”
Now although the Helan Department is powerful, but it has not reached the point of absolute superiority, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if the king is weak now, and it is really a life and death fight, the Helan Department is also either dead or injured.
Therefore, even if Yu Wentao, the patriarch of the Helan tribe, was very arrogant, he did not dare to attack the king's account easily.
Yu Wenzhao closed his eyes with some difficulty, and his voice was hoarse: "For...... For the sake of the father's body, I am afraid it will not get better. ”
"Yu Wentao is a cruel and arrogant villain, and he is very ambitious, if this continues, he will attack our king sooner or later, now the king is weak, it will take at least seven or eight years to recover, but Yu Wentao will not ...... Leave us so long. ”
Speaking of this, Yu Wenzhao stopped, took a few deep breaths, and then eased up and continued: "I...... It won't last long. ”
"After I die, the king's tent may give birth to chaos, at this moment, once the king's tent is in turmoil, it will be quickly annexed by Yuwentao, with that guy's temperament, then my king's tent's people, I'm afraid there will be no good end."
"While I'm still alive..."
Yu Wenzhao's face was expressionless, and he said with some difficulty: "You go and kill a few people." ”
Yuwen Di's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Father... Who are you going to kill? ”
"Yuwen Pingyu, Yuwen Pingduan, Yuwen Mao, Yuwen Collection."
Yu Wenzhao said four names in one breath, and then took a deep breath: "These four people, all killed......"
Yuwen Di's face changed drastically.
The four people mentioned by his father were all highly respected figures in the king's tent, and most of them were elders two generations higher than him, and each of them held a heavy fist in the king's tent.
He opened his mouth, and just as he wanted to say something to Yu Wenzhao, he heard his father's voice hoarse and continued: "Kill these four people, even if I die, the king's tent will only be a small mess, and there will be no big mess." ”
He was very weak at this moment, and his speech was intermittent, and after saying this, he rested for a while before he opened his mouth.
"Other than that...... You send a trustworthy person to the capital of the Southern Jin Dynasty. ”
Yu Wenzhao's voice was a little low, as if he was tired.
"You take my seal to Li Chang'an and bow down to him......"
"You tell Li Chang'an that our royal tent can be used by him to help him sweep away all the hidden dangers in the northern Xinjiang, and after the matter is completed, the Southern Jin Dynasty court can establish a capital protection palace outside the pass, whether it is garrison or tax collection, there is no problem......
Yuwen Di's face suddenly changed.
His father wanted to kill his elders in front of him, although he was already rebellious, but it was somewhat understandable, but now he actually wanted to collude with the Han people and do something to the entire Xianbei department!
Isn't that ...... Xianbei rape?
"Father...... Father, originally the land of Jiangbei was the land of our clan, but now that our clan has fled to the outside of the pass, it is easy to have some respite, how can I let the Southern Jin Dynasty set up a capital to protect the palace outside the pass......"
Yu Wenzhao closed his eyes and his voice was calm.
"Li Changan is very shrewd, if you don't make this condition, he won't cooperate with you."
He opened his eyes, glanced at his eldest son, and said quietly: "Now, it is our king's tent that is on the verge of life and death, since it has reached this point, we have to cut the meat, and it is better to cut the meat than ...... It is stronger to be exterminated by the Helan tribe. ”
His voice was weak, but coherent.
"Besides, it doesn't matter if you set up a capital protectorate for them."
"Historically, there were two dynasties in the Central Plains that set up a capital outside the Guan, but in the end they all took the initiative to withdraw to the Guannei."
The Yuwen Heavenly King laughed at himself: "When the Han people govern a place, they have to organize households and people, and they have to collect taxes to build a city, and the land outside the customs can't grow fields, they can't produce too much food, and there aren't enough people to bring them enough taxes." ”
"Let them set up a capital to protect the mansion, and they will lose money here every year, which is nothing more than a scalding face."
Speaking of this, Yuwen Heavenly King's tone was calm.
"For more than a thousand years, it has been like this, no matter who comes to this land, one or two generations later, they will ride horses and herd sheep like us."
"Even if the Southern Jin Dynasty sets up a capital protectorate, it won't last long."
Yu Wenzhao's voice was hoarse.
"As long as the royal tent can survive, ten or twenty years later, north of Jimen Pass, it will still be our pasture......"