As soon as Empress Meng made her move, she moved like a thunderbolt and was as fast as lightning. While the envoys of Wei State were still drunk (?), shocking news had already passed from Bei Liang.
The third prince, Juqu Mujian, and the deceased eldest concubine Li Shi had committed adultery. After being accused of adultery, Empress Meng caught him in the East Palace. It is said that Juqu Mujian had not yet got off the bed of Li Shi when he was caught.
For the Hu people, it is normal for their wives to be taken care of by their younger brothers when their elder brother dies. There are also many widows who have married widows. This is not something to criticize, at best it is considered a bad personal relationship.
But the problem lies in Juqu Muqian's identity.
He is the prefect of Jiuquan and Dunhuang, the husband of Li Jingai, the princess of Xiliang. From Jiuquan to Xizhou, where Dunhuang is located, the stable development depends on the marriage between the two people. The people rarely revolt. Li Jingai's brothers are very fond of their sister. Love, rarely take the initiative to cause trouble.
But this does not mean that there is no resentment among the remnants of Xiliang.
The contradictions between Beiliang, Nanliang and Xiliang have always existed. The three countries were originally mortal enemies. Although Beiliang destroyed Xiliang and occupied the aunt, it did not choose to appease the problem of the survivors, but to win over Beiliang. The local nobles and high gates in Liang were forcibly suppressed, coupled with marriage and other means to maintain the relationship between Bei Liang and several other countries.
Li Jingai is a woman with general knowledge, and also knows that the equality of the remnants of Xiliang is maintained by the marriage of the two, so she will turn a blind eye when encountering a bad thing, but Queen Meng forcibly opened it. Her eyes made it impossible for her to pretend to be deaf.
Princess Xingping originally wanted to get Li Jingai's help to call her to Beijing, but now it has become a face-slapping act. After being imprisoned, Da Li also confessed her adultery with her concubine Peng Xuan and several others. Fortunately, Queen Meng gave Juqu Mengxun a bit of old face and did not pull out his affair.
Juqu Mujian's prestige suddenly dropped to the lowest level. The eldest son died resisting Rouran's aggression. He has been the heir for many years. His prestige is unmatched in Beiliang, especially among the old officials of Beiliang.
The most important thing is that Queen Meng's action conveyed a message that the later party began to formally compete for the position of the prince for Bodhi, instead of being pushed behind by others.
After Juqu Mujian was sent to the Inner Palace, the officials of the Meng faction began to actively walk around, and the voice of "Quick Li Shizi" became louder and louder. , only the matter of Princess Xingping sending her relatives was quickly arranged, and there was a great momentum to send the people of Wei away quickly.
embassy.
"General Hua, I think it's time." Yigan Wei's civil and military officials said with a smile, "At this time, forcing Juqu Mengxun to immediately determine the candidate for marriage, he can only establish Juqu Bodhi as the heir. Because it is impossible for him Let the heir to marry him to Wei State."
"Is it because of his body?" He Mulan asked, "Is his body so bad?"
"The imperial doctor we brought has observed his complexion. He has a very serious diabetes mellitus. As long as he is emotionally disturbed or overworked, he will become ill. Although he has not checked the pulse, there is no doubt that he is terminally ill. , even if Daluo Immortal comes, he can't save him."
Liu Zhen told everyone the information he got.
"That's why Queen Meng can't sit still. If Juqu Mengxun really takes the throne, she and Bodhi will surely die."
The female status of the Lushuihu people is also very high. Legend has it that the queen of the Shang Dynasty was a woman named Fuhao, as evidenced by the fact that there are countless Lushuihu people buried with them in the tomb of Fuhao.
Therefore, in Beiliang, if Queen Meng is tough, it is very possible that there will be an empress dowager regent.
It is impossible for Juqu Mujian to have a queen mother on his head, and behind him there is a younger brother who can succeed him at any time. Once Juqu Mengxun's death period arrives, it will be the time when the two factions begin to fight.
Queen Meng took action and directly attacked Juqu Mujian's weakness. The leaders of the Jiuquan faction and the Dunhuang faction now have to worry about how to prevent the possible turmoil in Xiliang.
He Mulan is not politically strong, but she has two good teachers, Tuoba Tao and Cui Hao, and she has long learned to "take advance as retreat". to the point of.
The next day, He Mulan held a scepter and asked Juqu Mengxun to choose a candidate for marriage immediately, and believed that Juqu Muqian was indebted to his personal virtue, and hoped to replace Bodhi as the person to marry.
As soon as this statement came out, the whole court was in an uproar.
The envoy of the Wei state directly stated that "Juqu Muqian has a personal moral disadvantage", so even if Juqu Mengxun presented Wei Guoguo Juqu Muqian as the prince, Tuoba Tao could use this one to reject it.
Although Juqu Mujian was sick and troubled before, he didn't do anything outrageous. On the contrary, he was personable, and he also showed considerable courage in Meiyuan before. Many ministers of Wei State gave him high personal evaluation. .
But it was easy, and Queen Meng gave his handle to the people of Wei.
Incest/morality can be big or small. Wei Guo wants to make him big now, so it has to be big.
Once even Bodhi was in his hands, Juqu Mujian would not be able to establish himself as the heir, and once Juqu Mengxun hung up, Wei State could make him the king of Liang at any time, and borrowed the army to give him back to the throne.
The situation began to pour towards the Meng family, because no one knew whether the Meng family had reached an agreement with the Wei state, and the Wei state was precisely the key to determining the position of the prince.
Following the accident of Juqu Mujian, the Meng family also began to act.
The Meng family troops who were guarding Gu Zang and Zhangye began to assemble. Behind Bodhi, there were a number of East Palace officials who had been assisted by Juqu Xingguo and Juqu Zhengde, who frequently entered and left the palace. After Juqu Mujian was accused of the Inner Palace, Jiuquan sent officials to wander around, and the entire Beiliang was watching the next move of Queen Meng and Juqu Mengxun.
For them, the game of one king and one queen is the real game.
Is it to establish Juqu Bodhi for the prince in exchange for the safety of Juqu Mujian
The answer is obvious.
On the third day, Juqu Mengxun finally went to court and established Juqu Bodhi as the heir, but Juqu Mujian was also released from the inner palace and was still the candidate for this marriage.
Because Juqu Mujian was going to Wei State to marry him, he just lost his position as the prefect of Dunhuang, and there was no more punishment.
This result can be said to make everyone headed by He Mulan excited.
Changming Palace.
"Why did you do this?" Juqu Mengxun, who pressed Queen Meng, seemed to be many years older, "Are those internal officials also yours? You deliberately told them to tell the Mu Jianjian Department to put Li Shun on top of him? "
"I don't know what the king is talking about." Queen Meng's expression was very frightened, "Bodhi has been assassinated so many times, the king! If he can't become the prince, I can't justify adding guards for him! He needs people, needs More people!"
"Bodhi is too young." Juqu Mengxun saw that Queen Meng's expression did not seem to be fake, so he couldn't help but wiped his face, "I won't live long, if I can live a few more years, I will definitely Established Bodhi as the heir. But Mu Jian is different, he is old enough, he has a son, Jiuquan and Dunhuang are both well managed, he has the mentality of both sides, and can maintain Beiliang under the persecution of Wei State. "
"I don't listen to you." Queen Meng showed her usual impatience in front of Juqu Mengxun. "You have already established yourself, and you have promised me that only my son will ascend the throne. When you asked for marriage, you promised me that if you violated this oath, you would destroy your country and your family."
Juqu Mengxun choked suddenly.
"You short-sighted woman! I don't make Bodhi the prince to protect him! Bodhi will eventually become the king of Liang, after Mujian has attracted attacks from all sides for him! Now that you have formed an alliance with Wei, that is to seek skin from a tiger. !"
What's the point of scheming with a tiger
I have lived with tigers for over thirty years.
Queen Meng sneered in her heart.
"I didn't form an alliance with Wei, and Wei ignored me."
Queen Meng said casually: "I just don't want to see my eldest daughter-in-law go on like this. I dream of my son crying with me every night, saying that I didn't take good care of her. I want to send the eldest Li family away, do you mind? "
Everyone in the palace knew about the affair between Juqu Mengxun and the Dali family. At this time, when Queen Meng talked about Juqu's political morality, Juqu Mengxun's face was not so calm. When she mentioned the Dali family again. , the color is more red.
This is indeed his fault.
In front of his old wife who had been with him for decades, Juqu Mengxun almost fled.
"Your Majesty..."
Juqu Mengxun's confidant lowered his voice and approached.
"Meng Yulong went to Hua Mulan and didn't know what to talk about..."
"Is there a way to find out?"
Juqu Mengxun frowned: "Li Shun said that Zheng Zong, who was bought by him, and Lu Shuihu's Gai Wu, sent people to contact him."
"This... Mulan hardly leaves the embassy."
The confidant's face was full of embarrassment.
"Zheng Zong is his interpreter and he never leaves. It's easy to get Wu. He is busy in the city every day contacting the former Tiantai Army..."
"Then find Gai Wu first. Find out what Wei Guo promised the queen."
"Yes!"
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"Hahaha, we will definitely get a reward when we return to the country!" Several envoys of Wei State had a feast in the embassy to celebrate the surrender of King Beiliang. This was a big event for Wei State, and Juqu Mengxun put on a form to request the title of heir The table book has been sent to Pingcheng, and the letters written by He Mulan and others also went to Pingcheng with the document.
If there is no problem with the agreement made by Queen Meng, maybe Wei State can really take down the State of Liang without bloodshed.
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"Speaking of which, Queen Meng is also very powerful. The women in the deep palace can actually mobilize the imperial guards in the palace." Yuan Po Qiang sighed, "This time they were caught off guard, but Juqu Muqian is impossible to do so. Submissive. Once Queen Meng starts to tear her face, Bei Liang will really die for the throne..."
"It's better to be a little messier." Liu Zhen smiled, "The problem of the royal family of Beiliang has existed since the death of Juqu's political morality. Juqu Mengxun's country was weak at the beginning of his establishment, so he needed to unite all the forces that could help him. But Bei Liang is now a behemoth, and the forces that once helped him have begun to slowly ask for what they promised."
"The officials of the Jiuquan faction and the Dunhuang faction are all from Xichuan. Queen Meng's faction represents all the noble tribes who raised troops to help him when Beiliang was founded. Buddhism has always helped to appease the people and educate the aliens, so that the people could not resist. Originally, the Han people from the Longxi tribe and the Han people in the Hexi area hoped that Beiliang would embark on the road of sinicizing the country. With the addition of the remnants and officials of Xiliang and Nanliang, if Juqu Mengxun did not fulfill the original promise, sooner or later something would happen. "
"I have already contacted my father's former ministry." Yuan Po Qiang said lightly, "They are willing to fulfill the covenant of the past. If we attack the cold, they will come to us and provide us with supplies near Guzang. "
In a place like Beiliang, the most fearful thing is that the supplies cannot keep up. Tuoba Tao also likes to use cavalry, and the long-distance attack is for speed. If he can't get local supplies, he will be in danger.
Hearing Yuan Po Qiang's promise, everyone felt more like a shot in the arm.
"Can what General Yuan said be true?" He Mulan was also curious, "After so many years, are they still willing to help you?"
"My ancestors made a blood oath with them. As long as the blood of the bald family continues, they will help each other in attack and defense." Yuan Po Qiang chuckled, "I'm not dead yet, of course they have to keep the promise."
"Anyway, drink this cup full!"
A group of officials smiled and raised their cups, "Unify the Central Plains for the Great Wei!"
Everyone laughed and laughed, and the whole embassy laughed and laughed, not at all afraid that Beiliang people would be unhappy when they heard it.
He Mulan was actually very afraid of this kind of entertainment, but in this game, she did stand firm and helped Queen Meng make a good move. Maybe Queen Meng has been waiting for this blow for many years, maybe Queen Meng will regret or relent tomorrow, but what does it matter...
Whoever is in power must rely on Wei State.
He Mulan, who had no psychological pressure, went back to the room after having a full meal and was about to go to bed. When she opened the door, she found Zheng Zong sitting in the room and touching the quilt on her bed with a vulgar face.
He Mulan's hair stood up all of a sudden, and scolded aloud: "You bastard, how did you come to me..."
When Zheng Zong saw that she was about to scream, he immediately waved his hands desperately, and then covered his face and gestured.
Seeing him like this, He Mulan knew something must have happened, and asked him in a low voice, "What's wrong? How did you get into my room?"
Zheng Zong approached He Mulan, who was almost nose-to-nose, and then said softly, "King Liang just sent someone to look for me. Someone in the embassy is King Liang's eyeliner."
This is not surprising at all, they are in the embassy of Liang country, naturally there are people from Liang country everywhere.
"The man promised me ten catties of gold, and asked me what conditions Meng Yulong agreed to come to the general." Zheng Zong said excitedly, "I said I didn't know, I wanted to inquire, he said I wanted If you have news, go to the pantry to find him, it should be someone from the pantry."
After speaking, Zheng Zong's eyes lit up with excitement.
"It's ten pounds of gold! General, we can make money again!"
He Mulan looked at Zheng Zong amusingly, "So you came to my room early to report the news?"
"No one saw me when I came. There were only a lot of people here when you were there. I said hello to Chen Jie and came in first, so that they wouldn't notice that I came to ventilate you."
Zheng Zong smiled and scratched his head.
"Do you think King Liang wants to attack Queen Meng? Or does he want to win us over?"
He can buy Li Shun, and it is natural to want to buy General Hua again.
"General, give the money and go ahead, don't do anything at all, what a cheap deal!"
Zheng Zong simply regarded Juqu Mengxun as a fool.
"Just tell him something to fool him."
He Mulan also didn't expect that Juqu Mengxun would find Zheng Zong, and it may not be so easy to do "Infernal Affairs" again, because Juqu Mengxun is not as conceited as Li Shun.
While she was talking, He Mulan's door rang again. She walked over to open it and saw that Chen Jie, who was supposed to be on duty today, was standing outside.
"What's wrong?"
He Mulan stretched out his head to look outside, but found nothing unusual.
"Do you want sober soup, General? I think you drank a lot at night."
Chen Jie stared into He Mulan's eyes and said.
Chen Jie didn't know how long she had followed He Mulan. Naturally, she knew that He Mulan's alcohol intake was not light at all. This amount of wine was nothing at all. As soon as she heard it, she knew that Chen Jie was probably going to tell her something, so she nodded.
"It's a little dizzy."
After a while, the hangover soup was brought into He Mulan's room. Chen Jie put down the hangover soup and whispered in He Mulan's ear: "Gai Wu is back, Juqu Mujian's people have been looking for him and want to know. What benefit did the Meng family give the general to help him?"
After speaking, he did not delay, took the tray and left.
These two were asking about the bottom line of Wei's envoys. Zheng Zong looked at He Mulan nervously, not knowing how she should deal with it.
To be honest, no one will believe it if there is no alliance.
But to say anything about the conditions, there is nothing more than that there is a promise that Bodhi will abdicate and leave the country of Liang after he ascends the throne.
As soon as such words are revealed, they are selling teammates, and Juqu Mengxun might just kill their relatives directly.
"How to do?"
Zheng Zong looked at He Mulan eagerly.
"Do you still want the money?"
This made He Mulan amused all of a sudden.
"Do you still remember the money?"
"Didn't you say the general was poor?"
Zheng Zong glanced at He Mulan's smile embarrassedly.
"Don't be in a hurry, let's wait for news from the Meng family."
He Mulan said calmly.
"Since the Meng family has shown us their sincerity, there must be something behind."
As He Mulan said, the Meng family was even more anxious about their attitude than Wei.
Every day, people came to He Mulan to learn about martial arts, and the next morning there was another general to visit, but this time, the general did not ask for "discussions", but hoped that the Hu Ben army could compete with Gu Zang's Iron Guard Battalion. , look at the ability of the two sides to line up.
Most of Gu Zang's forbidden army were the children of the Meng family who served as generals. Even if they were not the Meng family, they were inextricably linked. He Mulan knew that Meng Yulong wanted to see her on a formal occasion. As long as He Mulan agreed to the invitation, he would It is equivalent to telling everyone that Wei has supported the Meng family.
Queen Meng has completed what she has to do, and now she is looking for support from Wei's envoys.
"Go, why not go?"
Yuan Po Qiang's eyes lit up and said: "The Iron Guard Battalion is Juqu Mengxun's most elite troops. Even if it's not to see the Meng family, it is necessary to inquire about the strength of Beiliang. Don't forget that when Your Majesty sent us to Beiliang as an envoy. What did he say, he hopes that we can find out the truth of Bei Liang, isn't this the best opportunity?"
"The sword has no eyes, if something happens..."
"Who will hurt General Hua!"
"The confrontation between the two armies is not a street fight!"
A group of people echoed Yuan Po Qiang.
Seeing that all the envoys had agreed to meet the people in the Iron Guard Camp, He Mulan replied that he would definitely visit tomorrow.
The next day, He Mulan led the Hu Ben army to the Iron Guard Camp.
The Iron Guard Camp was stationed in the south of Guzang, and the news that He Mulan led the army out of the city to the Iron Guard Camp could not be concealed from the people in Beiliang. After hearing the news, Juqu Mujian, who had just been released, smashed the whole room. I wish I could bite He Mulan to death.
But smashing things couldn't stop He Mulan and the Meng family from contacting him, so the two armies under the stage were lively fighting, but Meng Yulong and He Mulan on the stage were in harmony.
"Juqu Mujian's marriage, so you're not worried at all?"
Meng Yulong said with a smile, "He will definitely not give up."
"He doesn't dare." He Mulan said indifferently, "If he doesn't have his tail between his legs, His Majesty will detain him as a 'guest' in Pingcheng for a while."
"General Hua is so bold!"
Meng Yulong bowed his hands.
"Where, the queen is a good spirit."
He Mulan answered him casually.
"That day the general said that it depends on how far we can do it, but are you still satisfied now?" Meng Yulong knew that the initiative was not in his own hands, so he kept his attitude low.
"I'm really satisfied." He Mulan didn't embarrass him, "What do you want us to do next?"
"Next, Dunhuang will rebel."
Meng Yulong smiled and looked at He Mulan, "Your Majesty sent people to relieve the disaster, but it was too late. Dunhuang has been starved for a long time. The official he sent to Dunhuang was Suo Yuanxu, the former prefect of Dunhuang, and he had many people in Dunhuang. The old friends must have colluded with the local clan, and the survivors of Xiliang have been hit the hardest this time, so there must be trouble."
"Are you sure that Dunhuang will rebel?"
He Mulan looked at him in surprise. "Maybe you can't make trouble?"
"Juqu Mujian committed adultery with the Da Li clan. The news will soon spread to Dunhuang. The three princesses are quite respected among the remnants of Xiliang. Even if there is no famine, they will make trouble. Not to mention. Now Juqu, Mujian and the third princess are in Beijing."
Meng Yulong said yes.
"If they don't make trouble, we have a way to make them make trouble."
As for the method, He Mulan was too lazy to ask and didn't need to ask.
"Are you trying to break Juqu Mujian's back path?"
He Mulan understood after thinking about it.
"Yes, it's normal for the mob to riot, killing some officials and robbing some big households..."
"Actually, what I'm most worried about is that Buddhism will also follow the disaster relief." Meng Yulong looked at He Mulan and said, "Actually, there are many people in Buddhism who support His Highness Bodhi, but the Buddhist forces in Beiliang are complex, and most of them in Dunhuang support Ju Qu Mujian's, because he gave Buddhism a lot of convenience over there..."
He Mulan didn't speak, just looked at Meng Yulong and continued: "After we got in touch with Fomen, they said they could not interfere in our fight for the throne, but they wanted to see you privately."
"see me?"
He Mulan was shocked.
"What does this have to do with me?"
"After the defection of Master Tan Wushen because of Juqu Mujian's sake, there was a great controversy among Buddhists over whether to continue to support him. Bodhi changed his name to show his favor to Buddhism. In Beiliang, many great kings couldn't do it. Things, as long as the masters of Buddhism say a word, someone will do it well, so we have to compromise with Buddhism in many ways."
Meng Yulong looked at He Mulan apologetically.
"I don't know why they have to see you, but their support is very important to us. General Hua, the most important thing now is to weaken Juqu Mujian's strength..."
"It's just a meeting anyway. If possible, Buddhism will send someone to the embassy to meet you."