There was no way out, the contradictions between the imperial family and the rest of the nobles were deep, but even so, it was better to compromise with them than to be burned to death by the anger of the countrymen.

Secret contacts with the rest of the nobility had already begun, and it was an instant match in this matter.

Although the rest of the nobles were afraid of the aggressiveness of the imperial father's family, this time the rest of the nobles also saw the crisis they were facing.

Some nobles wanted to rely on Wei Chu, but many more chose to stay in the Song Kingdom.

After more than twenty years of "forced" peace, the various noble families have accumulated enough power, at least in their opinion, much richer and more powerful than they were twenty years ago.

If the Mo family entered the Song Dynasty, the rest of the princes would not allow the Mo family to monopolize the Song Kingdom, although the Song Kingdom may be involved in a protracted war, but once stabilized, they can return to their previous lives or even better than before, instead of being as worried as they are now, for fear that those people who are affected by Sishang will really engage in riots such as "everyone is equal, the sage is chosen as the Son of Heaven, and the land under the Tao Law should naturally belong to all people in the world".

It was a big gamble.

The emperor's father, Yue Ling, had to gamble, he felt that the earlier he gambled, the more likely he was to win, otherwise it was like drinking a cup of chronic poisonous wine that would die sooner or later, and no one would be able to save him when he was dying.

Several croonious henchmen couldn't help but say: "In this way, Song Di is sandwiched between Wei Chu and Sishang. Sishang built many fortresses, and the people were untamable and difficult to attack. ”

"At that time, I am afraid that the battle can only be within the Song realm. Within the four borders, no less than half of the people were killed or wounded...... This is a bit too miserable. ”

The emperor's father, Yue Ling, also sighed: "But what can be done about this? ”

"If Sishang is not ambitious, if the people do not seek profit but seek righteousness, if they grow crops and textiles with peace of mind, why should it be so?"

"The responsibility for the death and injury of the people does not lie with us, but with the Mo family in Sishang."

"It was their morality that caused the chaos in the world, if it weren't for their morality, how could there be so many deaths and injuries in the world as always?"

Everyone nodded, and some people echoed: "The public is very true." Before the princes competed with each other, destroyed the country and left sacrifices, the noble ones are always noble, although the world is chaotic, but there are still rules and etiquette. ”

"If we fight today, the loser will be sacrificed and extinct, and the temple will collapse. The people are vying for profit and not obeying the law, all of which are the fault of the Mo family. ”

"Why is it the Song Kingdom? Every country in the world will be involved in this chaos, and millions of people will be killed and injured, all of which are guilty! ”

Seeing that everyone said this, those who had compassion in their hearts, whether they believed it or not, at least had a reasonable reason, so they no longer mentioned any righteousness.

Instead, he said, "This matter needs to be hurried." The envoys of Wei and Chu countries will go to Sishang, if they agree on it, they are afraid that Song Guoshe will not be protected. ”

"Wei and Chu are both big countries, and they have the heart to swallow the universe, and they want to carve up the Song land in order to get the land of merchants. If their conspiracy was signed in Sishang, it would be too late to do so. ”

That's right.

What the imperial father Yue Ling did was to make it too late for countries to react, especially not to allow countries to reach a compromise with Sishang.

Without setting their own houses on fire, it is impossible for the rest of the neighbors to come to the rescue.

If the evil neighbors come forward and reach an agreement with the rest of the neighbors to divide their own grass houses and set their houses on fire, it will be too late.

In the previous tax hikes, the people resented it, but they did not immediately rebel because they still had a glimmer of hope.

This hope stems from the Dai family, and the time of 20 years will soon come, and the new Inquiry Yuan ordered Yin to elect the Dai family, and the people of the country have the right to participate in major events such as "moving the capital and establishing a monarch", which has always been a tradition, and the coup d'état 20 years ago and the pervasive activities of the Mo family in Shangqiu have made this tradition even more vigorous.

They hope to endure the tax increase at this time first, and wait until the year arrives to elect a new Inquiry Yuan Ling Yin, after all, Dai Cong has given the people some hope.

If there is hope, there is patience and waiting.

The day hope is shattered, the day all the chaos is unleashed at once.

The Imperial Fathers had also granted part of their fiefdoms to the people in their fiefdoms, exempting them from taxes and requiring them to be loyal and serviced.

A semi-professional private soldier similar to Xihe's pawn, which was different from the peasant soldiers at this time, was a bit retro to the Chinese conscription, but more full-time, similar to Xihe's pawn, was a force that the emperor's father Yue Ling could use.

An army of 12,000 men contained 1,000 cavalry, more than enough to suppress the populace.

Together with the private soldiers of the rest of the nobles, a total of nearly 30,000 can be completely controlled, and a total of nearly 40,000 troops can be made up with some forced conscriptions.

Moreover, the relationship with Sishang was quite good before, and weapons such as muskets could be purchased, and the composition of the army of nearly 50,000 people seemed to have the strength to fight.

1,000 cavalry and more than 400 subordinates, this is the elite of the private soldiers, which is used to suppress the rest of the field soldiers.

There were about 7,000 musketeers among the soldiers, who were trained.

The rest of the nobles were able to muster a thousand cavalry, nearly two thousand musketeers.

This is the backbone of the entire army, and the rest are collected by forced conscription, which are all cannon fodder and make up numbers, but can be used to widen the front in the confrontation.

As long as the speed is fast enough, the private soldiers of the imperial father's clan can quickly control Shangqiu, although the local people in Shangqiu have a certain amount of military training, but there is no strict organization, the imperial father Yue Ling thinks that as soon as his army enters Shangqiu, he will be able to control the situation immediately.

Once the situation is controlled, it can make the entire Song Dynasty jump and incite anger and hatred, so that the princes of all countries can see the terrible riot of the people - use a few nobles as sacrifices, so that the rest of the princes can feel the same way, so that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad and sad.

If the Mo family wants to go to war, it must take a long time to prepare.

Because this matter is not just a matter of the Song Kingdom. Destined to deal with the Wei and Chu countries, the imperial father Yue Ling believed that it was absolutely impossible for the Mo family to enter the Song Dynasty with a small number of troops.

Once mobilization takes place in Sishang, it will take at least half a year.

This also includes diplomacy and deterrence against Vietnam, Qi and other countries, control of the South China Sea and suppression of rebellion, and within half a year, even if the Wei and Chu countries react slowly, they must be ready.

At that time, once the flames of the national rebellion rise, it will be impossible for Wei Chu and Han Qi not to interfere. And as long as there is interference, and the countries check each other, an intact Song state may be retained, and it will receive a steady stream of military support.

The most important thing is that the money that the imperial father Yue Ling owed to the Mo family and those businessmen before does not have to be repaid, which can greatly alleviate the financial pressure.

Those merchants of the Song State would definitely not dare to ask for debts at that time, and they would either run to Sishang or be executed, and then they could confiscate some land, houses and workshop property, which was conducive to the rapid stabilization of the situation after that.

The conspiracy with the rest of the nobles of the Song Dynasty had already begun, and the confrontation between the two sides from twenty years ago to the current cooperation was only driven by interests.

Although the emperor's father Yue Ling also participated in the blood oath alliance with the nobles, but now in these years, everyone knows that the oath is not credible, even if it is the Song Land that respects the god of Yin Shang, the nobles first swear an oath and then jump back.

But now, under external pressure, they are surprisingly united, waiting for an opportunity.

This opportunity cannot be too soon.

If it is too early, and all countries are not prepared just in case, the mobilization speed of Sishang will be faster than that of the rest of the countries, and the Song State may not be able to hold out at that time.

This opportunity can't be too late.

If it is too late, Wei Chuhan and Sishang reach a secret agreement to divide the Song State, and the attitude of the countries may also be ambiguous and difficult to explain.

Now that the envoy of the king of Chu has arrived in Sishang, the emperor's father, Yue Ling, feels that this opportunity has come.

Because at that time, once such a bloody incident occurred in the Song State, once the Mo family sent troops, it would be impossible for the envoys of the Chu State to reach a secret agreement with Sishang, and they would definitely leave Sishang, thus cutting off the possibility of a secret agreement between Mo and Chu.

Before the envoy of the king of Chu came to Sishang, it was impossible for the king of Chu to think that the situation of the Song Kingdom would become what the emperor's father Yue Ling had planned, and it would be impossible for the envoy of the king of Chu to continue to talk with the Mo family according to his previous thoughts.

At the same time, the envoys of the Qin State had also arrived in the Song State and were about to enter Sishang, which was also an opportunity to take advantage of.

Intercepting the envoys of the Qin State halfway, controlling them, keeping them in the Song State and unable to enter the Sishang, and sending them back to Qin, the Mo family could not reach a formal agreement with the envoys of the Qin State.

In this way, it is more likely that Wei Han will send troops.

The relationship between the Qin State and the Mo family is not good or bad, although the distance is far away, there are many rebellions against Mo, and they must understand the strength of Sishang.

With the consistent attitude of the Qin State, this time he will definitely choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and may even give the Wei State enough goodwill in order to let Wei Han be involved in the whirlpool of the Song State.

This matter was also taken into account by the imperial father Yue Ling, because the Sishang Mo family seemed to be able to control the situation of the Song State before, which made the chaos of the Song State evolve into a "noble coup", and they did not want to fight.

If the Qin State wanted the Central Plains to be in chaos, it definitely did not want Wei, Chu, and Han Sishang to divide the Song State, but hoped that the Quartet would start a war around the Song State.

If Sishang didn't want to fight, Qin was afraid that he would also fight Sishang, and even gave enough conditions to reach a close alliance, only asking Sishang to start a war with Wei Chuhan.

But the emperor's father, Yue Ling, decided to strike first, that is, to force the Mo family to send troops.

If the Mo family does not send troops.

The emperor's father, Yue Ling, was able to control the situation of the Song State and immediately reconcile with Wei Chuhan to fight against the bridgehead of Sishang and gain the support of the surrounding countries.

At that time, in order to fight against Sishang, the countries will also be happy that the Song State will become independent from the control of Sishang.

If the Mo family sends troops.

The Qin State did not need to give Sishang enough price, or even form an alliance, because the purpose of the Qin State had been achieved, and the best choice was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

At that time, he could even instigate Wei Han to send troops.

As for how to convince Wei Han......

Either form an alliance, or take the opportunity to start a war against Xirong in the west, or continue to deepen the reform, in short, it will make Wei and Han both make judgments that it is impossible for Qin to fulfill its alliance with the Mo family, so that they can be more inclined to send troops to intervene in Song.