No matter what Ma Wan's purpose is, at least one thing he said is right, Datang does lack an agent in the Western Regions, whether it is to make trouble in the Western Regions, or to stabilize the situation in the Western Regions, if there is an agent, all problems will be solved.

Tian Changping, who was silent, quickly reacted, and after glancing at Ma Wanjie silently, he nodded without a trace, which can be regarded as a unified caliber.

Tian Changping was able to gain the support of the military in Gaochang, and naturally he had his advantages, and he may not be as good as Ma Wanjie in terms of calculation, but he is not much inferior to him. Everyone wants to be a hero, but not everyone can be a hero who will die, at least he Tian Changping doesn't want to be.

The Tang Dynasty soldiers, who had just wiped out the Turks, were in full swing, and the extermination of thousands of horse thieves made the morale of the Tang army extremely high. If you want to match such an army, even the Western Turks have to retreat with the same number of troops, and a country like Gaochang with only 20,000 troops should not even think about it.

Another point is how good it is to have the 60,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty as an agent to rely on.

It is estimated that the elimination of some small countries is not a big problem, and the territory under the control of Gaochang will increase at any time, and the rising tide will raise the boat, although there is one more 'Emperor Taishang' above, but for the powerful ministers of Gaochang, the benefits that can be obtained are still much greater than now.

Another point is, what if you can use the military power of the Tang Dynasty to dominate the Western Regions? At that time, a powerful Gaochang State should be able to drive the Tang Dynasty out of the Western Regions, right?

"How do you explain it? You must know that the lord of the country hates Datang. After making a decision, Tian Changping considered the problem more practically.

"Now that the lord of the country is unconscious, no one knows what he thinks, once the lord of the country also means this, but he can't say it because he is unconscious?" Ma Wanjie has already won the support of Tian Changping, and his words are much more explicit: "And we are also thinking about Gaochang, if we persist like this, in case the Tang Dynasty chooses Khotan or Qiuzi as an agent, it will be very disadvantageous to us." ”

"That being said, we can't just do things in private, can we?" Tian Changping squinted his eyes, and glanced at Ju Shufan, as if he was waiting for him as a member of the royal family to make a statement.

Although Ju Shufan was a little stupid, he also saw some signs at this time, and knew that if he didn't compromise, he was afraid that it would be difficult to get out of this room today.

So under the forced gaze of Ma Wanjie and Tian Changping, he said hesitantly: "Zhisheng should be able to understand us, right?" Why don't we talk to Zhisheng about this matter and let him come forward? ”

"I think so." Ma Wanjie nodded and said: "The so-called snake can't fly without a head, and a bird can't fly without a head." The lord of the country cannot be in charge, and there is nothing wrong with His Royal Highness the prince appearing. ”

A conspiracy proposed by Ma Wanjie and cooperated by the military was settled in this not very well-known hotel, and under the banner of everything for Gaochang, Ju Wentai's eight-year reign was tacitly ended, and his son Ju Zhisheng was pushed to the forefront.

That night, Ju Zhisheng was led out of the palace by Ma Wanjie and went to a secluded corner of the palace: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the condition of the lord of the country is unknown, but it is not a matter to stay awake all the time, and the minister thinks that His Royal Highness should make plans in advance." ”

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by that? Could it be that the father really ...... It's really ......" Ju Zhisheng is an ordinary young man after all, after listening to Ma Wanjie's words, he immediately didn't know what to do.

On the one hand, being suppressed by the arrogant Lao Tzu for many years made him feel a little depressed in his heart, and at this time, Ma Wanjie's words made him see the opportunity to take the position.

On the other hand, the Tang army outside was overwhelmed, and the battle of 20,000 soldiers in Gaochang was not enough to fight with it, which made him extremely nervous and skeptical about whether he could cope with it.

"Your Highness, the lord of the country has not eaten water and rice for several days, if you don't wake up within three days......" Ma Wanjie's voice gradually lowered, wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and pretended to be sad: "Please also ask Your Highness to think about Gaochang's future as soon as possible!" ”

Consider? What to consider? Thinking about tens of thousands of troops outside the city? So many of you don't understand it, but let Lao Tzu think about it, isn't it nonsense.

Ju Zhisheng complained in his heart, but he didn't say anything on his face, just asked a little heavily: "Prime Minister, please think of a way, you must find a way to wake up your father, Gaochang can't do without your father." ”

"The minister has found the best doctor in Gaochang to take care of the lord, but the doctor can't do anything about the current state of the lord, you just saw it in the palace, and now the lord can't even feed things, even people can't stand it for a long time." Ma Wanjie tried to pretend to be sad and pretend to hide his true expression.

Of course, he would not say that he had been arranging for someone to feed Ju Wentai chronic poison in the past few days, nor would he say that he had secretly contacted the generalissimo and the general of the left guard, let alone that he wanted Ju Zhisheng to be a puppet monarch.

Ju Wentai, who is arrogant and inferior, used his attitude and practice to let his prime minister betray him, which is the 'cause' of the incident. And Ma Wanjie chose to betray in order to live for himself and for the continuation of his family, and secretly contacting Wang Xuance was the 'fruit' of all Ju Wentai's actions.

Ma Wanjie, who chose to betray, tied himself to Datang's chariot, and after taking the first step, he was pushed by Datang's chariot and could never stop, everything he did was accidental and inevitable.

Ju Wentai's arrogant, inferior, and suspicious personality is not a big problem when there is no external trouble, at most, everyone should be careful.

However, when the Tang army is overwhelmed, this kind of character will give birth to many changes, and it is because some of the important ministers around him are dedicating their loyalty, but they are not rewarded.

Therefore, Ma Wanjie's betrayal is his own depravity, and it is better to say that Ju Wentai forced him to take this step.

At the time of the alliance, Ma Wanjie promised to give 10,000 soldiers food, which was not a big deal for Gao Chang, but it could solve the deadlock.

But Ju Wentai thinks that this is a shame and a compromise with Datang, and his extremely strong inferiority complex makes him angry, no matter how he looks at Ma Wanjie, he feels that he is so unpleasant.

Thinking of the idea of summoning the Tang army to Gaochang again, it was Ma Wanjie who put it forward, and he felt that he had betrayed him.

With such prejudice, Ju Wentai has found it difficult to control his mentality, and from time to time he always looks at Ma Wanjie with murderous intent in his eyes, how can this make his own prime minister not have some other thoughts.

As a result, an agent plan that could have been carried out by Ju Wentai himself became carried out by his son Ju Zhisheng, and he himself was lying in bed, waiting for the arrival of death.