When Tang Yin and Wu Yu were greeting each other, he saw that Wu Mei had also walked out of the carriage and was looking in his direction. The corner of Tang Yin's mouth lifted as he grinned at Wu Mei. The latter ignored him and turned away, pretending not to see him. Tang Yin secretly laughed, but he did not express anything else, and brought Wu Yu, Liang Xing, and Ziyang Haochun to his temporary residence.
After welcoming the three into the great hall, Tang Yin very politely invited them to sit, while he himself sat down, the generals and strategists from Tianyuan Army were also seated on both sides.
Soon, the servants brought out the prepared meat and wine and placed them in front of the tables. Tang Yin smiled at Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun, and said: "Prime Minister Liang, Prime Minister Wu, Ziyang Great General has worked hard all this while, I have prepared some dishes and wine, if there are any inopportune places, please do not take offense."
Although his words were polite, they were completely like the words of a landlord. Liang Xing and Ziyang Haochun frowned, before waiting for the two to speak, Wu Yu first opened his mouth and asked: "Brother Tang, I wonder if the Dancing Palace is safe?"
The moment Zhong Tian took over the position, Wu Yu and the others were all under his house arrest, and their residences were sealed. Wu Yu's question implied that they were going to return to his dance hall to stay.
Tang Yin thought for a bit, smiled, and said: "Prime Minister Wu does not need to worry, the Dancing Palace is safe and sound, since Prime Minister Wu has already returned to the capital, you can return to your residence at any time."
"Very good!" After hearing those words, Wu Yu relaxed, the smile on his face became even wider.
Tang Yin changed the topic and sternly said: "I invite the three sirs to return to the capital, hoping that Prime Minister Liang, Prime Minister Wu and Great General Ziyang will be able to stir up some trouble during a time of national crisis, and take charge of the overall situation, pacifying the internal conflict, excluding the culprit, is it possible that the three sirs are willing to take on this heavy responsibility?"
"Oh …" Wu Yu muttered to himself and asked: "Then our official position is..."
"Of course, the official reinstate. Prime Minister Wu is still a Right Prime Minister, and Prime Minister Liang is still the Minister of the Left, and Great General Ziyang is still a Great General. " Tang Yin laughed and said.
"Of course." Without waiting for Wu Yu to answer, Ziyang Haochun said this confidently.
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and stared straight at Ziyang Haochun. Although he was smiling, his tolerance towards Ziyang Haochun had reached its limit.
Just then, Liang Xing suddenly spoke out, "A country cannot be without a ruler, and the imperial government cannot be without a ruler. The reconstitution of the imperial government is not something that only us ministers can do. It still requires a king. When these words reached the crux of the matter, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun looked towards Tang Yin at the same time, waiting for his answer.
Tang Yin revealed a serious look, nodded, and said: "The Feng Country was initiated by the Zhan Clan, so to establish the monarch, naturally it should be chosen from the descendants of the Zhan Clan."
Liang Xing frowned: "But Zhong Tian, ever since he usurped the throne, he massacred the entire Zhan Clan of Feng Country without restraint, and now there is no longer anyone with the surname 'Zhan' within the Feng Country."
Tang Yin acted like he was saying, and replied faintly: "That is a problem." While speaking, he looked towards Qiu Zhen and asked: "Master Qiu, do you have any objections?"
Qiu Zhen immediately cupped his hands together and said: "Sir, in my opinion, we should post a notice nationwide to search for the direct descendants of the Former King. As long as I can confirm that there is no mistake, I will make them king."
Tang Yin nodded as he listened, expressing his agreement. After Qiu Zhen finished speaking, he looked at Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun, and asked: "Masters, what do you think of Master Qiu's opinion?"
Qiu Zhen's suggestion did not sound inappropriate, and did not sound like he was harboring any selfish intent. In fact, both he and Tang Yin knew, the clan surnamed Zhan, had already been uprooted by Zhong Tian, and there could not be any descendants left alive, and even if a notice was posted throughout the entire country, there would be no King's candidate appearing. The reason why he said that was to buy time for Tang Yin, so that Tang Yin could completely destroy Zhong Tian's power and rope in the heads of the various counties, making it possible for them to control the entire country.
Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun carefully analyzed Qiu Zhen's words, feeling that what he said was reasonable. Liang Xing asked: "If we follow Master Qiu's instructions and post the notice, what will we do if no descendants of the Zhan Clan appears? Are we going to have to wait forever? "
Qiu Zhen laughed, and said: "If it's really like this, then it's also heaven's will, for the heavens to trade for the monarch of my Great Gale, not something our strength can change. "I think we should just wait for three months and post the notice for three months. If the Descendant appears, we can only come up with another plan."
"I wonder what Master Qiu plans to do with this alternative?"
At this time, Tang Yin waved his hand, and interrupted with a smile: "Prime Minister Liang, it's still too early to discuss this! "My top priority right now is to calm my internal and external troubles, not to discuss who will become king."
"But …"
Liang Xing was about to speak when Wu Yu opened his mouth first, "Nephew Tang, you are right. The traitor Zhong Tian is currently at the Wan City and is close to the capital.
"Yes!" Liang Xing took a deep breath, looked at Tang Yin, then looked at Wu Yu, and immediately understood that Wu Yu was wearing the same pants as him.
He did not say anything more, only sighing to himself.
Tang Yin said: "What we need to do now is to take back all the counties and counties that are under Zhong Tian's control. The three counties east of the capital, Tai An, Shang Qing, and Gao Yang, as well as Ling Dong, Ling Nan, Fu Chuan, and Ping Xi, are all very important. If we can take back these seven counties and add on the four counties to the north, we can control eleven counties.
"That's true!" "As a martial general, Ziyang Haochun was well versed in military strategies, and he felt that Tang Yin's words were very reasonable. Master Tang means for us to first attack these seven countries instead of attacking Zhong Tian? "
"No." Tang Yin said with a smile: "We should be courteous first and followed by troops! If the seven County Head s are willing to come, it means that they have acknowledged the new dynasty, and are still loyal to the wind. If they are not willing to come, it means that their hearts are dead loyalty to Zhong Tian, and that it is not too late for us to send troops to suppress them. "
"Why bother." Ziyang Haochun disapprovingly waved his hands and said: "When Zhong Tian was established as the king, all the County Head s of the seven countries were considered to be subservient, they were all traitors of my Windy Tribe, so their deaths were not worth regretting. Now, Master Tang does not need to pity them, if you are afraid of being thwarted in your offense, then it would be easy to give me the authority to lead your troops."
Tang Yin was startled at first, but after that, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He really didn't know whether to say that Ziyang Haochun was simple-minded or if he should say that he was too adorable, to give him the authority of the army, was that even possible? Even a fool would not do such a stupid thing.
Seeing Tang Yin's exaggerated smile, Ziyang Haochun frowned, he stared straight at Tang Yin and said: "I am the Great General, so I have the authority to move the entire nation's army, don't tell me the armies under the Master Tang do not belong to my Feng Army?"
These words caused the expressions of everyone present to simultaneously change, especially the generals and strategists of the Tianyuan Army, all of them stared at Ziyang Haochun with fury.
It seems that Ziyang Haochun still had not figured out the situation, and did not know who was in charge and who was in charge. Tang Yin still had a smile on his face, he wasn't the least bit angry, he only slowly lifted his wine jug and poured himself a cup of wine. Then, he raised his cup and drank all the wine within it.
He poured himself a cup of wine, and even though he did not reply, he did not pay attention to Ziyang Haochun.
Right at this moment, a chaos occurred outside the hall, and people looked out, only to see a troop of soldiers gathered in the courtyard outside the hall, and more than twenty of them were being tied up, and they were being escorted inside. Very quickly, a man dressed in a Captain s attire walked in quickly, coming in front of Tang Yin, he interfered and saluted, and said: "Master, I have captured Sinner Zhang Song and his family in the city, please decide."
Hearing the name Zhang Song, Liang Xing, Wu Yu and the other two were all startled. Zhang Song was the subject of the imperial court, his position was not considered high, but it was not low either. Later, when Zhong Tian usurped the throne, he was also placed under house arrest, pressed into the dungeon in Zhong Tian's residence. He was imprisoned in the same place as Liang Wu and Zi Yang.
Logically speaking, Zhang Song was considered to be the loyal subject of Feng Country, why did he suddenly become a sinner? The three of them could not understand what was going on.
Tang Yin looked at the three people who had confused expressions, and said: "According to the instructions of the captured General of Peng Country, Zhang Song had long ago been bought by Zhong Tian.
"Damn it!"
Just as Tang Yin finished speaking, a middle-aged man in the courtyard who was tied up shouted: "I was wrongly accused! This official has always been loyal to Great Gale, loyal to the Former King, and definitely had no other intentions. Prime Minister Liang, Prime Minister Wu, General Ziyang, this official has always been imprisoned together with the three of you. How could I possibly be Zhong Tian's lackey? " As he spoke, his tears fell like rain and his body trembled.
Tang Yin, on the other hand, was neither hurried nor slow. He took out a book of blood from his chest, placed it on the table and said: "This is General of Peng Country's testimony, the evidence is conclusive. How can you deny it? Someone come, behead Zhang Song and his family! "
"Unjustly accused!" Master Tang, I am innocent! This was a false accusation! Prime Minister Liang, Prime Minister Wu, General Ziyang, please save this humble one … " When he was under Zhong Tian's house arrest, he had already suffered greatly. Now, with great difficulty, he finally managed to get Feng Army, but in the end, he himself was put under the banner of a traitor. What kind of tragedy was this?
Seeing that the had forced Zhang Song and his family to their knees in the courtyard, the executioner ran out with the ghost head blade in his hand, standing up behind the crowd, preparing to cut them down, the three people of Liang Xing, Wu Yu and Ziyang Haochun felt a chill in their hearts, Liang Xing and Ziyang Haochun shouted at the same time: "Master Tang, hold up!"
"Hmm? Prime Minister Liang, Great General Ziyang, what do you two have to say? " Tang Yin acted as though he was puzzled and looked at the two of them.