As the guards outside interrogated the rebel leaders, Qiao Mu reflected on himself for a moment.

This time, she was a little too much to take for granted.

may be because the last time, when she became the Empress Dowager Dou, everything went very smoothly, so when she came to the early Western Han Dynasty again, she inevitably had some slackness, and also had some illusions that it was just like this and easy to deal with.

But she forgot that the early Western Han Dynasty at this time was completely different from the early Western Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wu, in the early years of Emperor Wu, the world was peaceful, the people had abundant food and clothing, and the royal authority of the Liu family was greatly established because of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

At that time, all the military power was in the hands of the Liu Han royal family and the Empress Dowager Dou, and the ministers had no right to mobilize soldiers at all.

But now that Liu Bang has just died, the original heroes have not died, and some people even have a lot of private soldiers in their hands, and even the army, if it weren't for the kings surnamed Liu who were divided into various places, they hadn't started to cultivate their own forces, or the cultivated forces were not very strong.

Maybe Lu Pheasant's situation is even worse.

Therefore, the original Lu Pheasant in the first few years, or in the years when her son became the emperor, because her son was useless, in fact, it was also difficult, until her son died, she was officially regent, and divided Zhu Lu as the king, controlled most of the army, this can be regarded as a formal peace of mind, and train a successor.

But who knew that her grandson died before she grew up.

The two nephews were stupid again, and they actually handed over the military power they had acquired, and in the end, they were all killed by the Lu family and Liu Ying's heirs.

It can be said that if Liu Ying was too wasteful, Lu Pheasant would not be like that at all.

And although she has a certain selfishness in separating Zhulu as king, she is more likely to be because she knows that her life is short, and she is worried that her grandson's throne is unstable, so she hopes that her nephew will be able to protect the young emperor after getting benefits.

Unfortunately, she overestimated her nephew's IQ.

also underestimated the ruthlessness of those ministers.

If she had known, it is estimated that she would have killed the court minister before she died.

Just when Qiao Mu was reflecting on himself, Xiao He and the others belatedly ran over with some troops to escort them, and then, they were almost all caught off guard by the firearms battalion soldiers who were on guard.

Fortunately, someone recognized Xiao He.

After a little stopping, he asked again, and then he cleared up the misunderstanding with the escort army.

Then, the leader of the secret guard sent a maid into the inner hall to inform Qiao Mu of the situation, and asked Qiao Mu if he wanted to see Xiao He and Xiao Cheng.

Arbors are naturally to be seen.

It just so happened that she also had something she wanted to tell Xiao He.

A few minutes later, the two met.

"The ministers are late for escort, and I hope that Her Majesty the Queen Mother will forgive me, I don't know how Your Majesty is, have you ever been frightened?"

As soon as Xiao He met, he asked Liu Ying.

In fact, the reason why Lu Pheasant was able to quickly control the court and no one raised troops to resist was mainly because of Xiao He's team of staunch royalists, and their so-called royalists were of course not Bao Lu Pheasant, but mainly Liu Ying.

In their concept, Liu Ying is the orthodox emperor in the orthodox etiquette, although he is not the eldest son, he is also the son-in-law, and he was the crown prince before ascending the throne, everything is logical.

Whether from the current patriarchal system or from the primogeniture inheritance system established since ancient times, Liu Ying's position is unshakable.

Let's take an analogy.

Why was Emperor Xin able to be called emperor?

It doesn't really matter how brave he is.

The main reason is that he is a son-in-law.

He and his two older brothers both had the same mother and father, but his mother was not yet a queen when his two older brothers were born.

So his two elder brothers are concubines.

And when he was born, his mother had already been crowned queen, so he was the son-in-law.

The etiquette is so harsh and rigorous.

Even if the son-in-law is incompetent, then at least half of the ministers in the court will stand by the sister-in-law for no reason because of etiquette.

If the son-in-law is capable.

That's not to mention.

"What can he do, stay in the house well, this time the rebel matter, you are guilty of negligence, the leader of the rebel army has been caught by the mourning family, and the specific mourning family knows where it came from.

I will leave this matter to you to investigate thoroughly, can you? ”

Although Qiao Mu already knew who the rebels were at this time and why they rebelled, she still didn't know about the specific process of their rebellion and who cooperated with them in the middle.

However, the original body's infiltration into the government at this time was not deep, and Qiao Mu had been letting go of the government for more than a year, so the people in the court, she was really not sure who was good and who was bad, who would obey the orders she issued, who would disobey the yang and yin, and the only thing she could believe in was her brother and a few nephews, but Qiao Mu really didn't trust their intelligence, so she could only hope for Xiao He, hoping that he was at least loyal.

"Yes, Lord's Order!

However, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, once this matter is thoroughly investigated, I am afraid that many people will be implicated, and it may even lead to a certain rebellion.

I don't know if Her Majesty the Queen Mother has enough manpower?

Are the private armies out there enough?

Has His Majesty's position ever been secured? ”

Xiao He's words are both an admonition.

It is also temptation and inquiry.

Although he did not know the strength of the soldiers who had been pointing at him with iron pipes, he could not be weaker based on the time and power with which they could easily destroy the rebels.

But he had never heard of such an army, so it could only be newly trained by the Queen Mother, how could this not make him frightened and not want to test the depths.

"Naturally, it is enough, not to mention the hundreds of northern armies, as long as the mourning family is given time to prepare, even if the northern army arrives, the mourning family is not afraid of anything.

The mourners know what you're thinking.

Also know what you're worried about.

You can rest assured, the mourning family can guarantee that the world belongs to the Liu family and will not fall into the hands of others. ”

Arbors sometimes really feel weird.

She really couldn't figure it out, as long as Liu Bang existed, why would there be so many people loyal to him, the world had just been pacified for a few years, and Liu Bang actually died before he had been the emperor for a few years, but his mandatory order that he could not be called king except for the surname Liu, why were there so many people willing to follow and execute it together?

So many good ministers.

Why should you follow him as if you had been bowed, and be faithful to him and even to his son?

However, even if Qiao Mu is puzzled, for the sake of An Xiaohe's heart, he can only promise like this.

Anyway, she didn't plan to be emperor herself.

That's it.