Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 475 The Unassailable Conspiracy

Zhang Wuji felt a little awkward when he heard the slightly flattering words, but he was very happy in his heart.

Now he also understands a little bit why, so many emperors in ancient times were close to courtiers and alienated from honest and virtuous officials.

After all, "the court ladies are all private to the king", whether they talk or do things, they are more in line with the king's heart.Compared with those "honest officials" who bluntly say that "offending the superior" does not give the leader any face, they still speak better.

Now Zhang Wuji feels that he has also begun to "corrupt".

But Zhang Wuji still spoke for Zhao Min: "Zhiruo, Fan You told you to take it easy and let Minmin finish talking first." Zhang Wuji looked at Zhao Min, "Minmin, please continue."

Zhao Min nodded and said: "If brother Wuji is really dead, then the situation in the Central Plains will become uncontrollable. We don't have the strength to completely pacify the princes in the Central Plains. Moreover, we Mongols have lost the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, and we will be driven back to the grassland sooner or later. It's just that Brother Wuji killed fewer people, and those princes killed more people. This is the result that my father does not want to see, and it is also the result we do not want to see."

"But if you just spread the news of Brother Wuji's death, or say that the emperor in Bianliang City is a fake, then without the co-lord of the world, you can stir up fights among the various factions in the Central Plains, and reap the benefits."

Fan Yao found a logical loophole, and immediately asked: "But the princess, my subordinates don't understand something. To put it bluntly, as long as the news of the leader's death spreads to the Central Plains, the Central Plains will be in chaos. The princes will fall apart. Whether it is real death or fake death, the result is obviously the same. Why is the real death of the leader not acceptable, but fake death is in the interest of the Mongolian court?"

Zhao Min replied: "Because this is my father's strategy, he just wants to use this method to force Brother Wuji to negotiate with him."

"Negotiation? What kind of negotiation?" Fan Yao murmured.

At this moment Zhang Wuji also understood, he applauded and said: "High! Really tall! My father-in-law is really a general, beyond the reach of ordinary warriors."

Zhao Min said proudly, "That's right, you don't care whose father it is."

Zhou Zhiruo looked at Zhao Min, and then at Zhang Wuji. She asked with a blank face, "What's going on? How did I get confused by you guys? What kind of negotiation?"

Looking at the puzzled expressions of Fan Yao and Zhou Zhiruo, Zhang Wuji immediately explained: "If I really die, what will happen? Minmin has already said it. I won't say more. But if I fake my death, then I will definitely rush back to the Central Plains to clarify the facts for my own throne."

"King Ruyang has given me a time lag. If he returns to the Central Plains early, he will spread the news that I am not in the Central Plains or that I have died, and the hearts of the Central Plains will be in chaos. The coalition forces of the princes will even collapse and start fighting each other."

"The morale of the coalition forces comes from me. If I don't clarify it in time, the morale of the anti-Yuan forces in the Central Plains will be greatly shaken. And King Ruyang led his troops to block the way to and from it to prevent news from leaking."

"If Yang Zuoshi and others heard that I was dead, then they would definitely send someone to the main altar to ask for confirmation, but the road is blocked, so they can't ask for confirmation. Not to mention other princes, even they will follow suit."

"As for civil strife, it will be difficult to calm down in a short period of time. Then Ruyang King can send a large army to attack. It would be the best if it can recover the lost ground. But if not, it can also consume part of the strength of the rebel army. Not to mention, the mutual conquest of various forces will consume the strength of the anti-Yuan. Let them take advantage of it."

Fan Yao asked: "But if one side rises at this time, wouldn't the result be the same? At least the ministers know that Xu Shouhui and Ming Yuzhen are rich in money and food, strong in soldiers and horses, and have the heart of disobedience."

Zhang Wuji smiled wryly and said, "So this move by King Ruyang is an unsolvable conspiracy. There is no two kings in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country. The Mongols don't want to sit back and watch the princes of the Central Plains conquer each other and grow bigger, and I, the emperor, don't want to see them grow bigger."

Speaking of this, Fan Yao finally understood King Ruyang's plan. Fan Yao took a breath and said, "It's really a vicious strategy! When these disobedient people really become emperors and become bigger, they will naturally no longer recognize us as co-lords."

"At that time, in order to maintain our orthodoxy, we must eradicate them. In the process of eliminating them, we will damage the strength of both sides. This will weaken the strength of the Anti-Yuan. In the end, the Mongolian Yuan will benefit."

"But if we don't eliminate these rebels and traitors to maintain Mingzun's authority and orthodoxy, all previous efforts will be in vain. Even if the leader shows up at that time, those rebellious officials will say that the leader is a fake for their orthodoxy. Even these traitors will use the guise of avenging the real leader and eliminating the false leader to join forces with Meng Yuan to destroy us."

"In this way, Mongolian Yuan will benefit in the end no matter what. At worst, they can also achieve the effect of three-party containment. This strategy is really vicious."

Zhao Min said: "This strategy is really vicious. But don't worry everyone. My father is not someone who doesn't understand the overall situation. His move is nothing more than to weaken the anti-Yuan forces in the Central Plains, and then force Brother Wuji to accept the negotiation terms."

Zhou Zhiruo asked at this time: "What is the condition?"

Zhao Min replied: "The emperor is going to negotiate with brother Wuji, and we will strike. The emperor is willing to give up all the land of the old Song Dynasty except the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to brother Wuji, and then canonize brother Wuji as the emperor of the Central Plains."

"However, if my father's poisonous plan succeeds, brother Wuji may not be able to be the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, but he can only be the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty."

"As long as brother Wuji agrees to the emperor's conditions, then we can join forces to wipe out the princes entrenched in the south. At that time, I will help brother Wuji unify the south of the Yangtze River. After that, I will marry brother Wuji as a concubine and be the queen. Brother Wuji will present himself as a minister to the emperor. If he does not accept tribute, he can learn from Song Liao and establish a 'brotherly alliance'."

"And by that time, the south has experienced feudal lords' hegemony and the 'Da Ding' war devastated, and it won't be able to achieve any big climate within five or sixty years. Even if Brother Wuji wanted to go north at that time, he would be powerless because of the lack of money, food and population."

Zhang Wuji spread his hands helplessly at this moment and said, "That's right. This time, even if we knew it was a pit, we still had to jump into it. I have to say, our father-in-law made a move for us, who had always been tricked out. Sigh~! This time I underestimated the enemy, and I really missed Jingzhou."

Zhao Min said at this time: "Okay, since my father has already sent troops to blockade the front line of Yumen, this proves that his plan has already started. The most urgent thing is to rush back as soon as possible to minimize the loss. Besides, we should send our troops eastward. As long as we break the front line of Yumen and attack Liangzhou, then we can also occupy some initiative. Contain the Central Plains from the rear."

Zhang Wuji said: "Minmin's words are reasonable." Zhang Wuji looked at Fan Yao and asked, "Fan Youshi, how many troops can we mobilize now?"

Fan Yao stretched out three fingers, and Zhang Wuji asked, "Oh? Have we expanded to 30 troops?"

(End of this chapter)