"By giving up my eldest son, I finally cut off your uncles' hopes of getting involved in the Zhenbei Army!" After a long time, Jiang Tianchi calmed down and said calmly, "But this is just to prevent them from being like countless others in the past. It’s the same thing every time. He took away the fruits of my hard work—the Zhenbei Army—in just one sentence. It wasn’t mine at that time!”
"In the following decades, I pretended to know nothing and devoted myself to learning the art of general. Thanks to my good son, your uncle was very sympathetic to my 'experience', although most of him Everything depends on your imperial grandfather, but since Dan'er was abandoned, your uncle has obviously favored me!"
"Not only did he teach me without any secrets, he even personally stopped his only son from joining the army!"
"Of course, what I am most grateful for is that after I showed that I was capable of taking charge of my own business, he immediately left his post and returned to Beijing. Why did he suffer from old injuries and the climate in northern Xinjiang was not suitable for recuperating his body? In fact, he followed your imperial grandfather in the north when he was a boy. Xinjiang is fighting against the Hu people, and the climate I am most used to is Northern Xinjiang! On the contrary, I haven’t been back to Sangzikui County for many years, so I’m not used to it!”
"The real reason is that he is afraid that if he stays in Northern Xinjiang, it will be detrimental to my establishment of the authority of General Zhenbei!"
Jiang Tianchi raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said sadly, "I originally thought that the matter was over here. Sparing your brother alone, I gained the Zhenbei Army, gained a pivotal position in the family, and also had the ability to protect my wife and children. Ability, and God gave me a younger son, who has talents that are not inferior to those of the eldest son. Due to the experience of the eldest son, you have been well protected and cultivated... To be ruthless, this is actually a profitable business. !”
"But I didn't expect that while I was concentrating on calculating the military power of the Zhenbei Army, the situation in the court was constantly changing!"
"Our family won the battle between the two queens, but the remaining members of the Gu family are still being killed!"
"After all, Queen Mother Gu's regency for more than thirty years was not in vain!"
"Moreover, the Chu family's membership is not small, and they have never done anything that has angered people and made people resentful. How can they be willing to be regents of Queen Mother Gu for more than thirty years and continue to be controlled by our Jiang family?"
"Although Chu Weisang is not an amazing talent, he is much more impressive than his father! If we don't take advantage of his fledgling life before he is mature, how can we wait for him to accumulate capital bit by bit and then step on it?" The corpses of our Jiang family have achieved the reputation of being the king of ZTE!"
Jiang Tianchi sighed desolately, "How could I give him such a chance?"
"So the father abandoned the fourth aunt again?" Jiang Yashuang said coldly, "Although Queen Mother Gu has been in chaos for more than thirty years, because Prime Minister Xue is extremely talented in governing the country, Qian Rui's national strength has not been affected too much. Of course, if there is a big loss, there won’t be much resentment towards the royal family - even if there is, it will all be blamed on Queen Mother Gu. The Chu family is always worthy of sympathy! If you want the world to recognize Dai Rui of the Qin Dynasty, of course you have to let Emperor Rui do something. It’s something that both humans and gods are angry about! Otherwise, let alone shutting up the mouths of everyone in the world, it won’t be possible to get through the situation!”
Murdering one's mother, killing one's son, and killing one's sister—if a normal person were to consider such a crime, they would call Chu Weisang crazy! Otherwise, how can it be used as a fig leaf for the Jiang family to come to power? !
Jiang Yashuang's eyes started from the gray-black ground under her feet, passing through the nearby ruins, and then to the crumbling palace wall in the distance. The scene when Jiang Tianluan was still alive intertwined with the ruin at this moment. Those things that had been accumulated in her heart for several years were intertwined. The emotions that had been brewing for a long time seemed to be brewing to the limit, surging and roaring.
But his tone was indifferent after all, "Fourth Aunt exchanged for Great Qin Dai Rui, my Jiang family's ninth-five supreme position! So now, what does the father want to exchange for his son?"
"..." Jiang Tianchi seemed to be unable to bear his son's attitude and words. Looking under the starlight, the linen clothes on his body seemed to tremble for a moment, and then he whispered, "What else do you think you can do to be a father?"
The frost on the river cliff drooped his eyes, and he remained silent for a long time.
Jiang Tianchi was silent for a long time, and then continued: "Feng Rugui is just one of them!"
His words came out abruptly, but he knew that Jiang Yashuang could understand him, so he continued speaking on his own, "No matter which dynasty or generation, there are actually many people like him. Although he did an extraordinary job A little shameless, but sometimes, this type of person is really indispensable! He also worked hard during the battle between the two queens! "
"It's not just people like Feng Rugui who don't care about good and evil, but only care about interests. Since your imperial grandfather entered the court and joined the court as an ally of Queen Mother Gu, it has been impossible to gain a foothold. People and things who follow the rules and behave sexually..."
At this point, he was silent for a moment, seeming to be thinking about his next wording, "They can be considered as my Jiang family's meritorious officials, but this is not the reason for them to rely on their own merits to the point where the common people are lawless! This is tantamount to destroying me. Da Qin’s foundation!”
He said calmly, "You see the previous civil uprising in the south is an example! I just expressed my intention to promote your eighth brother - until today, the court has not discussed who of you two brothers will inherit the treasure in the future. His old subordinates He is so bold that he treats common people like pigs and dogs and the laws of the country as nothing!"
"How many people like this are there in the whole country, between the government and the public?" Jiang Tianchi's tone was filled with deep sorrow and helplessness. "I have been in northern Xinjiang for decades. For the government of the court and the administration of various places, I can only do it through The spy reported back and understood a thing or two, but it was shocking enough!”
"So Xue Chang's death is really sad for both your imperial grandfather and me!"
"If possible, except for you and Dan'er's family, and your mother, I would trade anyone for him!"
A cold look flashed in his eyes, "Including your imperial grandfather!"
"What he has done over the past few decades is not easy!"
"If you don't see with your own eyes how unscrupulous the Queen Mother Gu's party and the vassals of our family are, and how involved they are, you can never understand Xue Chang's hardships!"
"On the basis of not angering those bastards, appease the people, replenish the national treasury, and support the successive wars in the northwest, without losing one's own integrity... This is definitely not something ordinary capable ministers can do. Therefore, Xue Chang is a well-deserved name. Mutually!"
"It's a pity that among thousands of officials in the past few decades, there is only one Xue Chang!"
"It just so happens that his heart is towards the Chu family. Even though your imperial grandfather has always been kind to him, he still sided with the Chu family in the end!"
"Originally, this matter was not made public. Neither I nor your imperial grandfather were willing to pretend to be confused - even mentally prepared to treat the Chu family favorably in order to win over him! What a pity, what a pity, not only we have seen it Xue Chang is important, and others have also seen this... Moreover, the time that person proposed is really fatal: the Qin Dynasty was newly built, and the national sentiment was unstable. At this time, if it was revealed that Xue Chang had actually been loyal to Chu Weisang, and we Jiang If the family does not deal with him, it will not only fail to deter those who are optimistic about the future, but will also make the confidants who support our Jiang family come to power dissatisfied!"
Jiang Tianchi choked up. He really regretted Xue Chang's death. "So, did you really think that your imperial grandfather and I didn't listen to those words that you kneeled on the Danqi and expressed your sincere love? We know, but we We can't save him either - with great difficulty, our family has been transformed from minister to emperor, avoiding the danger of being liquidated by the Chu family in the future! No matter how important Xue Chang is, there is no way we can let the whole family risk overthrow for him!"
"Now that Xue Chang is gone, no one in this court can take on the important task of ensuring that the country's strength is not compromised despite being held back by a group of corrupt officials!"
"Your imperial grandfather couldn't do it, and as a father, I can't do it even more!"
He admitted without hesitation that he was not good at running a country, "I don't have the talent like your Seventh Uncle, you and Dan'er! Ever since I was a child, in terms of qualifications, I can only be considered a middle-class person! If I hadn't been forced by my brothers, if I hadn't The reluctance in my heart actually means that based on my talent and the initial respect I received at home, I have been living my life relying on my father's influence... To be able to take charge of the Zhenbei Army, I have risked my life to fight for it. The result of going to school!”
"And running an army and running a country are two different things!"
"There may be similarities between the two, but they are definitely not something that someone with my qualifications can comprehend!"
"So when I forced Emperor Rui to abdicate, I made your imperial grandfather the founding king of the Qin Dynasty - not because I was afraid of doing this, but because I knew that I didn't know how to govern the country at all! Especially when the new dynasty was established, there were most things going on. Xiang Xue Chang just died at this time, watching the people below reported all kinds of wrongdoings of those Conglong heroes, and heard that after the Great Qin Dynasty Dai Rui, they celebrated each other with their crowns, thinking that they could do whatever they wanted with Conglong's merits... "
Jiang Tianchi smiled mockingly, "I thought about it for a long time and only came up with one word: kill!"
After all, he was a battle-hardened commander. He said the word "kill" lightly, but the wind in the summer night seemed to be frightened by it, and he paused for a moment!
"Of course we can't really deal with it like this!" Noticing Jiang Yashuang's hesitant expression, his face softened a little, and he shook his head with a smile, "If we really do this, let's not say who will replace them after killing them. It’s a errand! Let’s just say that none of the heroes from Conglong will be loyal to me in the future. In that case, the newly born Great Qin will be defeated immediately!”
"I originally thought about letting your imperial grandfather, as the founding king of the country, take charge of daily affairs. On the one hand, I would follow my example, and on the other hand, if I did something fierce, he would be there to smooth things over!"
Jiang Tianchi sighed, "But your imperial grandfather is old after all. After he knew what I was thinking, he told me clearly that he might not be able to last long! And most of the Conglong heroes came out with him, and many people , he is even more difficult to attack than me!"
"I thought about it for a long time."
"Finally I thought of a way!"
"The heroes of Conglong are reticent. There is no sufficient reason. Even if they are caught committing crimes, they must be dealt with lightly! They know this very well, so they are all confident! I can't let the Jiang family risk losing people's hearts just to punish them. , so we can only settle for the next best thing—give them a substantial reason!”
Jiang Yashuang smiled bitterly: "For example, fighting for the heir apparent!"
"Not bad!" Jiang Tianchi looked at him appreciatively, with a bit of regret in his tone, but more of a pride, "It's a pity that although my father's painstaking efforts succeeded in coaxing the ministers, he couldn't hide it. Pass you!”
"Even though my father put on a show in front of others, the Queen even confessed to King Yongyi and others about how your uncle and the others forced him to abandon his eldest son to protect himself, in exchange for them believing that his father really really wanted to Pass the title to your eighth brother!”
"Even though your wife and your subordinates have reached the end of their tolerance - you yourself still refuse to follow your father's hints!"
He said with disappointment and relief, "You are really not an obedient child! But it doesn't matter. Rather than a pure and filial son who obeys what is told, what a father would rather see is a child who is better than a child!"