Chapter 1699: Shuntian Responds to the People, the Prototype of the Empire (3)
Even if he has not yet established a country and become the emperor, but now in the current situation, Xiao Tang knows that he has long been regarded as an uncrowned king. The name is the minister but the actual king, and the Song court is powerless to cut down the feudal towns that he deliberately supported in order to protect himself because of the eyes of the Jin State, but sooner or later, before he is about to attack himself, Xiao Tangxin said that it will be time for him to simply pull the flag and rebel again, but this time, it will not cause large-scale resistance and resistance among the people under his rule.
Of course, in all dynasties, there were also founding kings and bloody killings, which shocked the people under the rule of the conquered territories into fear and submission. However, this has always been an inferior means of expanding the territory, and now Xiao Tang knows very well that since he has a great reputation among the Song people in all the world, the banner of "doing the right thing for heaven" on the face should not be just a trick to forge momentum.
During this period, because his big power was between the Song and Jin forces, he had never been loyal to the Song State and the official court, but in order to achieve the goal of turning the recovered region into his own independent empire, and before completely tearing each other's faces, Sha Mo also had to prevaricate with the envoys who came out to ask the Song Dynasty.
"It is also the opportunity not to be lost, and it will not come again, although it openly resisted the order to march north and then conquered the Jin Tartars, but it is also to compete with the Song Dynasty for this time, and many courtiers in the official family and the court actually negotiated with the Jin, and did not hesitate to teach the people of the world to be cold, isn't it to have the spare strength to cut down the feudal domain for us? However, how can my brother do the fish and meat on the board and let the court dispose of it, once he loses power, he will definitely be killed. It has long been imperative to follow the general trend and do great things.
At the moment, the most important thing for us to think about is: it is a little too early to do that now, but assuming that my brother... When he became emperor, whether the people under his rule would agree again, although there was no need to worry too much, but the Song court would definitely not sit idly by, and it may not be able to unite with the Jin State again, and whether we would be able to withstand the powerful offensive of both sides. The so-called emperor's throne is now just a prestige and the reality of an emperor, and the temporary position of the king, of course, my brother has been able to do this......"
Analyzing the current situation and how the general direction will be deployed in the future, Xu Guanzhong, who is naturally far-sighted and able to strategize, has to make suggestions. It's just that now Xu Guanzhong has put words such as "brother is the emperor" on his lips in view of the future trend of the times, compared to the previous habitual words when dealing with the Song court, he still hugged the pipa and half-covered his face, and now the attitude of the real self-reliance of the feudal town has been revealed.
Now it seems that Liu Fa and other generals who are still a little embarrassed when they think about the situation between them and the Song Dynasty are continuing to expand the border with Xiao Jiasui to recover the relatively lax military state under the rule of Hebei and the two roads, and they do not appear here, Xiao Tang is planning a very "big rebellion" plan, and the leaders who are still staying in the Yajie Hall of the Sifu can hear Xu Guanzhong say this, most of them are gearing up and eager to try, and the excitement on their faces is already overflowing, and the expressions on the faces of most of the brothers seem to be full of joy and excitement of "waiting for that day soon".
And Li Zhu, who was also in the scene, closed his eyes slightly at first, as if he was recuperating, but when he opened his eyes, and saw his nephew Li Kai poking his eyes towards him from time to time, Li Zhu's pair of tricks was clearly a little uncontrollable fanaticism, and his face also showed a meaningful smile.
Of course, when he heard his brother and Xu Guanzhong's discussion, there would also be Hu Yanzhuo, the descendants of the founding generals of the Song Dynasty, who couldn't help but show a little hesitation on their faces. But even those Song officers and generals were born before, and they couldn't help but think about whether they would one day be able to join the brothers of the Song court, and after many years of frank meeting with Xiao Tang and trusting each other with their lives. In fact, they are also very aware that their brother raised his arms and exhaled to gather the brave soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the world, first anti-Song and now anti-Jin, and then subtly recruited the rest of the armed forces that rose up to resist only obeyed his Xiao Renxia's orders, which was not only to turn the tide at the time of national disaster, but also to have already come to a road of no return.
To fight the world, this road can be said to be wider and wider, but the back road that can really be chosen by Xiao Tang's brother is actually getting narrower and narrower, first he once turned his back on the imperial court, and now forced the official family to make an exception to accept his brother's use of the actual feudal town to recover a large area of the territory and military states that fell to foreign invaders, from the perspective of the Song court, it is not not not a fatal threat from the Jin State and drink to quench his thirst. How can this be more than a high achievement? When Xiao Tang's brother once again became the biggest threat to the rule of the imperial court, the official family and the imperial court would really promise to teach Xiao Tang, who was willing to relinquish his military power, to enjoy the throne forever and never harm him with the immortal merits of Kuang Fu Sheji and surveying the troubles? Is this possible? I'm afraid that I will end up with the suspicion of the official family and the civil official group, and the ending of the Angel of the Face Nee General Di Qingdi, who was degraded one after another, and finally died of depression, is wishful thinking!
But if Brother Xiao Tang doesn't go sideways, most of the rivers and mountains in the world have fallen into the hands of foreign invaders, and the brothers have come all the way to the present, in fact, if it is really time to completely eliminate the hidden danger threat of the Jin State to the Central Plains, his brother will only have two back roads to go: one is to claim himself the emperor and completely get rid of the constraints of the Song court, and the other way is to let the court kill himself for the sake of the name of the whole loyal monarch. Even if they, the descendants of the generals of the Song court, are willing to be loyal to the court and die for the court, but how many years have they been the generals of the unified army under Xiao Tang, who have been "rebellious and anti-thieves", and most of them will eventually be in great trouble for the imperial court, and most of them will be dispatched and transferred.
Didn't you say that you were still loyal to the official family to the death? Okay, let's all die......
When it comes to this, what we are waiting for is indeed throwing our heads and spilling blood in order to defend the mountains and rivers from external humiliation, how can we be willing to be at the mercy of the imperial court and be pinched and flattened?
And what has moved Hu Yanzhuo and other descendants of the Song Dynasty generals is that they also recalled that their brother once said meaningfully: "Taiping was originally a general, and the general was not allowed to see Taiping...?" Oh, originally I gathered to oppose the imperial court, but the act of resisting the Jin and Song Dynasty taught the people of the world to think that the sword went sideways, unexpectedly, that is, to fight the world, I also want to think about it, how to teach more righteous brothers to fulfill their long-cherished wishes, whether it is the descendants of the deceased, or the living have gone through many ups and downs, and finally can enjoy the peace and prosperity of the world......"
Every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, sighed slightly, and he couldn't help but bow his head slightly with Xu Guanzhong's subsequent words. And Hu Yanzhuo also knows very well that now that he has not made a statement, then this road can only follow Xiao Tang and continue to go to the end.
And all the beings had their own faces, and the various reactions between the expressions of the brothers present also taught Xiao Tang, who was intentionally observing, to see all in his eyes, and the original worries in his heart had also dissipated a little at this time......
When he was preparing to meet the envoys sent by the Bianjing Imperial Court, and when Sha Mo would also give that guy a dismount, the personal entourage ordered by Xiao Tang had also prepared a letter to send to Shuibo Liangshan, preparing to escort his brother's wife and children, and even the brothers and children in the back house of Liangshan to the north of the Daimyo Mansion....... However, almost at the same time, located on the south side of the Daimyo's Mansion, near the left side of Shen County, and among the mountains and forest paths next to the relatively remote official road, a woman was holding a sharp sword in her hand, and shouted at a man who collapsed in front of her and asked, "What are you talking about, this bird?" My father-in-law was shown to the public, and my father... It was actually chopped by Xiao Tang's dog thief!? ”