Chapter 112
Shao Fang did not order to stop the retreating Fengjun because he was afraid that Tang Yin would disclose the wrongdoing of his throne to the public. However, he resented Tang Yin's wanton love and planted the seeds of revenge.
Shao Fang returned to modu Zhenjiang and soon set off a bloody storm. The object he cleaned up was the Shao royal family. In order to have an absolute orthodox position and no one can threaten his throne, Shaofang laid a cruel hand on his fellow clans.
At first, he pretended to do something and found some "criminal evidence" to convict the clan. Later, Shao Fang was lazy to plant and directly ordered to be killed. At this time, Shao Fang showed the most cruel and ferocious side of human nature.
At the beginning, when Shao Fanggang inherited the throne, he had cleaned up a large number of Shao clan relatives, including his brother Shaobo. However, at that time, he was a new king and needed to eliminate dissidents to consolidate his throne. It was understandable to do so, but now his throne is very stable, and it is unpopular to clean up the Shao clan.
Not only the people of Mozambique complained, but also most of the ministers in the court expressed their opposition. Many ministers wrote to Shaofang to persuade him not to poison the royal family of the same clan. After all, at the critical moment, the royal family is Shaofang's most powerful supporter. No matter how holy the monarch is, he also needs someone to help him. He indiscriminately kills the clan. In the end, there is only one left, and it is too late to repent.
The ministers' advice was right and out of loyalty and kindness, but now Shao Fang couldn't listen to a word. More and more ministers saw the letter. In a rage, Shao Fang even killed three ministers who advised the letter, and ordered the whole country that anyone who dared to shield the royal family should be punished with the same party and kill the nine families.
Shao Fang's killing of the minister who advised him was undoubtedly a taboo. In the prevailing atmosphere at that time, no matter how different the opinions of the minister and the monarch were, the monarch could not execute the minister hastily. Even if the person who advised him was only a civilian, the monarch should treat him with courtesy, otherwise he would be labeled as a tyrant. Shao Fang obviously can't take care of so much. He must get rid of future troubles forever, otherwise Tang Yin will hold the handle, and his throne may not be guaranteed at any time. He doesn't want to live in fear in the future.
Shao Fang's crazy behavior, even the right minister Dong Sheng, who helped him to the throne, has a lot of criticism. It's a pity that Shao Fang is no longer the original Shao Fang. Where will he listen to him.
One by one, the Royal clans of the state of Mo were killed by Shao Fang for various reasons or no reason at all, causing people to be in danger. Many clans began to flee the state of Mo with their families, or go to an Anguo in the South or take refuge in Fengguo in the north.
The escape of the royal clan gave Shao Fang an excuse to kill all. He stated in public in the court that the current royal clan is no longer the pillar of the kingdom of Mo, let alone the right arm of the king, but the moth of the kingdom of Mo, which must be completely eradicated.
At this time, no one in King Mo's court dared to give advice, and people could only endure Shaofang's cruelty silently.
Mo state is cleaning up the royal family with great fanfare, while Feng state is calm. The friendship between Tang Yin and Shaofang and the marriage with lingshuang did not bring much waves to Feng state, but the imperial court made urgent consultations.
The falling out with Mo was something that caught the court of Fengguo unprepared. On the evening of Tang Yin's return to Yancheng, Fengguo ministers led by Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji came to see him.
When they arrived, Tang Yin was having dinner with the four ladies. During the dinner, Wu Mei asked about his marriage with lingshuang. Tang Yin laughed it off and didn't take the marriage seriously at all. Seeing that he treated her like this, Wu Mei stopped asking more questions.
Halfway through the meal, I heard that Qiu Zhen, Shangguan Yuanji and other ministers came. Tang Yin sent a message to them to wait for a moment in the study. It was only half an hour until Tang Yin finished dinner with the four ladies before he left for the study.
Tang Yin's study is not small, but at this time, it is full of people and seems a little crowded. When Tang Yin arrived, all the people got up to salute and said in unison, "your majesty!"
With a nod, Tang Yin waved his hand and motioned for all the ministers to take their seats.
"Your Majesty, I have heard what happened at the Moyu border. Now our country is a big enemy. We should not offend Moyu again and add another strong enemy!" Zhang Han, a senior scholar, said anxiously.
Tang Yin smiled, shrugged and said, "it's not that the king offended the kingdom of Mo, but that the kingdom of Mo was tricked by the kingdom of Yu. What can the king do?"
Zhang Han said, "in that case, the king should send envoys to Mozambique with heavy gifts to rebuild the alliance."
Tang Yin said with a smile, "why did the king send messengers and send heavy gifts instead of Mo Guo taking the initiative to fix it?"
Zhang Han said: "at present, China urgently needs the assistance of Mozambique to resist powerful countries such as Chuanzhen. On the contrary, China is not so important to Mozambique, so it is natural for China to take the initiative to show goodwill..."
Before he could play, Tang Yin interrupted, "Lord Zhang is very good at speaking from the standpoint of Mo country!"
Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji haven't spoken, mainly because of Tang Yin's attitude. Through his conversation with Zhang Han, it can be seen that Tang Yin has no intention to recover the rupture of the Fengmo alliance, which indirectly shows that Tang Yin agrees with the rupture of the alliance between the two countries.
Listening to Tang Yin's tone began to become bad. Qiu Zhen was afraid that Zhang Han, a nerd, would continue to speak against Tang Yin's wishes. He directly asked, "does the king have the intention of fighting with Mo?"
Tang Yin smiled at the speech and didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "has my national strength become stronger or weaker in recent years?"
Although the national treasury of Fengguo is empty now, it is obvious that its national strength has become stronger. Apart from others, just annexing eight counties in ningbei will make the strength of Fengguo soar qualitatively. In the past, Fengguo was a big country short of food. Because of the problem of food and grass, it was unable to support a large number of troops. Now it has annexed eight counties in ningbei, so that Fengguo has a stable source of food. The number of both the central army and the local army has doubled.
The ministers looked at each other and said in unison, "our national strength is much higher than before."
Tang Yin nodded and asked, "why is there an improvement?" Before everyone could answer, he continued: "because of war! Only war can make our wind country plunder rich land, plunder the wealth of other countries, and plunder population, resources and technology. Without war, the wind country will only decline. Only continuous war can make the wind country stronger and stronger." With these words, Tang Yin stood up, went to the wall and waved off the curtain hanging on the wall. Behind the curtain was a map of the whole Haotian Empire and its surrounding countries. He pointed to the top of the map and said, "let's have a look. Now where else can we fight with the wind country? The East is the sea, the west is Tiya, and the north is besa and duki, which is about to be annexed by besa. Except for Mozambique, our country has no way to expand."
People subconsciously walked to the map and looked carefully. They found that there were many traces outlined on the map, and most of them were concentrated between Feng and Mo. obviously, Tang Yin's plan for Mo's use of troops was not two days a day.
Qiu Zhen said: "it turns out... The king is ready to fight with Mozambique!"
"I can't talk about preparation. I didn't expect to fall out with Shaofang so soon, but now that I've turned my face, I don't have to be polite." After a pause, Tang Yin turned back and said, "Qiu Zhen, send a message to the third water army of Tiya immediately, and the whole army will withdraw to China immediately!"
"Yes! King!" On the issue of external expansion, Qiu Zhen 100% agrees with Tang Yin's decision. Their ideas are roughly the same. They both believe that foreign annexation is the only way out for a powerful country.
However, Zhang Han immediately stood up and expressed his opposition. He said in a hurry: "the king must not be compared with the country of mo. when fighting the country of Ning, we have the strong support of Mo and can fight with mo. instead of having reinforcements, we have to risk fighting with Chuanzhen and other countries at the same time. The king must not act impulsively and send troops hastily!"
Tang Yin frowned. Why is Zhang Han always afraid of wolves in front and tigers in back? How can it become atmosphere? At this time, Shangguan Yuanji finally said, "in fact, it is not as difficult to break the country of Mo as expected."
"Oh?" All the people present were in high spirits and looked at Shangguan Yuanji one after another.
Tang Yin asked, "what does Yuanji say?"
Shangguan Yuanji said: "After all, Shao's throne came from a wrong path. China can send spies to hide in Mozambique and spread rumors among the people to expose Shao's assassination of his father in order to win the throne. In this way, the loyalty of the people of Mozambique to Shao will be greatly reduced. At the same time, the king can also support other royal families of Mozambique and let them unite to impeach Shao, as long as it can create chaos and civil strife, It will be greatly beneficial to our country, and we will get twice the result with half the effort. "
Pop! Tang Yin pointed, looked up and smiled. "Yuanji's idea is wonderful. That's it!"
On hearing this, Zhang Han was worried again and hurriedly said, "don't be the king! Although the king has some friction with the king of Mo, the alliance between the two countries is still there. There is no proper reason for the king to send troops to the country of Mo!"
Tang Yin and Shao Fang are both modest people, but in terms of tolerance, Tang Yin is much better than Shao Fang. Zhang Han repeatedly stood up against Tang Yin's intention, but Tang Yin could bear it. Just because of this, his ministers dared to express their real ideas in front of him again and again.
"Lord Zhang, before long, we will have a reason to send troops." Tang Yin laughed to himself.
"Ah?" Zhang Han was stunned and looked at Tang Yin puzzled.
Tang Yin said: "Shao Fang knows that when lingshuang and I get married, he will think that I have the intention of annexing the jade country. He will never tolerate the annexation of the jade country by the wind country, because in this way, he will form a encirclement of the Mo country. He will use troops in the short term, either against the jade country or against the wind country. However, there are natural dangers in the south of China, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Mo country is more likely to send troops to the jade country. You know Tao, I have married lingshuang. If Mo country attacks Yu country, I have no reason not to rescue, so it is logical to send troops to Mo country. "