Chapter 287 Conspiracy

"Your Majesty is watching everyone bite the dog." Su Qian smiled bitterly: "Sir, is your claim too unrestrained? Everyone knows that the current leader is one with power, and the other with money. Why do you support those who have no money or power?"

"There must be someone to support it." Ouyang and Su Qian were on a Qingming Festival outing: "From me, it doesn't matter who is in power. There are a few key points. First, the emperor will not be dissatisfied. Second, the capital exhibition will not be restricted. Third, it will not weaken the army and consume national strength."

"All adults say that, then it seems that we have no chance in the May election. But adults think who will win Zhou Ping or Li Gang?"

Ouyang smiled and said, "If we help, of course it is Zhou Ping. Although Li Gang has bureaucratic support, he suppresses the rights of rich people. Many people don't like him. As long as you join forces with Zhou Ping, you can ensure that Zhou Ping's stable victory. Besides, although Li Gang advocates this, even after he comes to power, he has to win over you and Zhou Ping. Otherwise, if you oppose every policy of his opponent, he will not be able to stand it." This is the emperor's three politics that are used instead of legal monitoring. Everyone plays according to the rules, and if they don't follow the rules, you won't let you play.

Su Qian smiled bitterly: "Sir, there is really no chance?"

"That may not be necessary. If you can make substantial claims, there will be certain hope." Ouyang said: "After the emperor took office, he paid great attention to local people's livelihood and avoided mobs from damaging the foundation of the Song Dynasty. You can raise the emperor to talk about things, just say that the emperor also pays great attention to people's livelihood, but the temple is high, and everyone may not know what the people below have. What is the need for the people below. This is the truth. I believe that even if we fail, Zhou Ping and Li Gang will take care of us because we are right. For example, allowing a small number of people to participate in politics, allowing people below to speak, etc. is also an explanation to the emperor."

Su Qian asked: "I don't know what the emperor's attitude is."

"The emperor's attitude is that we can do whatever we want without harming her own interests. Her interests include the interests of the royal family. You cannot say that you want to abolish the inheritance of the throne, nor can you abolish the benefits of the princes. In general, the emperor means to work less, but don't leave it behind when you get the benefits."

Su Qian couldn't help but smile: "Sir, this is reasonable. Leave the dirty and tiring work to us, and the emperor is only responsible for getting dividends."

"Of course, there is still no weakening of national strength. Otherwise, she will be dissatisfied." Ouyang said: "In fact, you can appropriately win over the following military generals. For example, you can invest in military capital after you take power, such as paying attention to the training of military personnel. Although the Song Dynasty was the leader of the military, the generals were also very stubborn. These generals had a strong cohesion and a strong sense of national honor. Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Zhang Jun, Yue Fei, Zhang Bao, Wu brothers, etc. are all people who want honor and do not want to die. These people can lead troops at any time without asking for life and death for the sake of the country. They are all heroic figures for a while. The position of Taiwei has been vacant for a long time. I guess it was left to Han Shizhong. The status of military generals in the court will also be improved to a certain extent in the future." Ouyang still appreciates the current martial arts system. The officials say whether to fight or not, and how to fight, and everyone has clear power. After all, from the root, war serves politics.

Su Qian said: "I listen to my tone, I plan to stay out of the matter. In fact, if the influence and prestige of my adults are expressed properly, it will be easy to get everyone's support." Su Qian is telling the truth. Although Ouyang resigned a few days after he came to the stage, it is not mandatory. Ouyang's biggest advantage is his achievements. It is easy to be named a king with a very brilliant achievement, and he did not obtain it, which makes people sympathize with him.

"I don't like to be a magistrate, let alone a right prime minister who is busy with everything, let alone a ruling state." Ouyang said: "Besides, I'm too crooked and can't be right." There was a movie called "Subtitle" in the SAR back then, and it was sought after by many young people. But when a few officials were criticized for being wrong, they were blamed as sinners. Why do some people applaud people who kill and set fire, but a few bad things can affect the reputation of a large number of officials? Later, Ouyang understood one thing: the reason why the justice of the underworld is more convincing because they should be dark. The reason why the government's conspiracy is more hated is that the government's conspiracy is even more hated.

, because they should be bright. So even in the sexually open United States, their president's extramarital affair can rise to the height of moral criticism. Ouyang understands this truth, and he knows that he is not suitable to be the ruling state. Wu Min is okay, but there is also private darkness. On the contrary, Li Gang is a person with such a very positive image. If you want monogamy, you cannot marry two wives. If you want political progress, you cannot have a negative image. If you want equality between men and women, you must encourage women to have their own careers. Many things are not just for you to shout a few slogans. People are doing it, and God is watching...

Ouyang said: "Su Qian, you can compromise privately. For example, you can support Zhou Ping first, but Zhou Ping must also agree to you. After Wu Min officially supervises the country, such as adding the position of public opinion doctors. For example, soldiers, farmers, workers, miners, vendors, etc., representatives of professions, do not use ethnic groups to represent them, and do not appear if the Jurchens represent them."

Su Qiandao: "Sir, I naturally believe in you. But what are the benefits of doing this?"

"Supporting Zhou Ping is equivalent to opposing Li Gang's policies. Force him to reflect on whether his political program is too extreme. As for the benefits, these new representatives naturally tend to support you in their hearts, which means that there are more supporters in your dynasty. So I think Zhou Ping may agree to our request, but will limit the number of people. This is a negotiation, and it depends on your own. If I come forward, it is equivalent to forcing Zhou Ping to agree to the request, which is very bad for future cooperation." Ouyang stretched out his finger and said, "This is just a strategy, and the final support must be Li Gang."

Who said that the lowest approval rating is the most passive? According to Zhao Yu's speech, the regents elected by the end of May will not collapse so quickly, and will last at least three years. Of course, unless it is done something extraordinary. Not only are the officials of the court concerned, but the people are also very concerned. Because whoever comes to power represents the interest groups that represent the winner. Moreover, unlike before, Zhao Yu gave the regents the right to appoint all the leaders of all three provinces and six ministries except the Censorate and Dali Temple. For example, the former third-rank minister of the Ministry of Justice was removed, but he lost his post. The Censorate and Dali Temple no longer participated in the court discussion, and they were only responsible to the emperor.

The system is improved step by step. This supervision system is a system proposed by Ouyang in the Qing Dynasty, and finally Zhao Yu affirmed it.

Ouyang moved behind the scenes, Su Qian himself had no right to be elected, so he was an official who had some common sense about capital operations and trusted capital operations to a certain extent. From the second-rank minister Xu Churen. Xu Churen was a Jinshi in the Shenzong era, and could be said to be an old minister of the four dynasties. He was quite tough and had a dispute with Tong Guan, the most popular Tong Guan during the Song Huizong era, and defeated Tong Guan in economic policies. He was an old minister of the four dynasties and had enough qualifications, so he also became the spokesperson of the Su Qian group.

Zhou Ping's representative was still Wu Min, and Li Gang was his representative. Since Zhao Yu was not in the court for the last half year, the three supervisors were rotated quickly and the system was chaotic, it inevitably affected the normal operation and development of the court. Everyone also looked forward to a decision to decide the person who made the decision as soon as possible. However, there were also those who satisfied everyone. For example, Zhu Da led his troops to the border Qiang, which was decided by Ouyang, but the next supervisor did not withdraw Zhu Da, but instead provided great logistical help until Zhu Da finished the matter. The three parties understood that although Zhao Yu was outside, he saw everything in the court. If the major events that were not conducive to the country due to attacking the opponent, the consequences would be difficult to imagine.

Zhao Yu still didn't come back for such a big event. She was waiting for the former Khitan officials' request for a visit at the Linhuang Palace, the former capital of Khitan. However, she sent her confidant Ninth Old Man back. As soon as the Ninth Old Man returned to Beijing, many officials immediately asked for a visit. However, Ninth Old Man only nodded to see Li Gang, Wu Min and Ouyang. Li Gang and Wu Min met him, but Ouyang was not there. Ten days ago, Ouyang went out of the Bian River. No one knew where Ouyang had gone. However, Ouyang Liujing's secretary Jin Niang said that Ouyang would definitely come back before the election began.

Where did Ouyang go? Ouyang went to Cangzhou prison.

The iron gate opened, and Ouyang saw Wanyan Lan. Wanyan Lan was in good condition. According to Ouyang's instructions, the food was good, and she could take a bath once in two days and go to bask in the sun for half an hour every day. Wanyan Lan was shocked when she saw Ouyang and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I'll keep my promise."

"Promise?" Wanyan Lan thought about it and sat on the ground and asked, "Is the Jurchen over?"

"Well, Wanyan Wu Qimai is dead. Wanyan Zongbi is in a negotiation with the Song imperial guards. He is willing to take 5,000 Jurchens to Changzhou." Ouyang said: "I can't agree. If I want to go, I can only go to Africa. He still has 20,000 direct subordinates. If he is willing to all become Chinese and accept the imperial enthronement, the Song Dynasty can transport them to Africa and become kings."

"Sir" Zhang San brought the chair.

Ouyang sat down and said, "I think he can't refuse my conditions. Otherwise, the Jurchens will really be destroyed."

Wanyan Lan asked without trusting her and said, "This... was defeated so soon?"

Ouyang nodded: "You Jurchens can also fight internally. The worse the situation, the more you will fight. Zonghan and Wanyan Zongbi were originally incompatible. After the battle in Huanglong Mansion, Wanyan Zongbi became the Grand Marshal. Zonghan became his deputy. I really didn't expect that Zonghan was a strong man, had a bad temper, and was a little narrow-minded. After hearing that Wanyan Zongbi used military methods to kill two of his confidant generals, he was very depressed and died of vomiting blood in less than three months."

Zhang San interfaced: "When Zong Han died, his several trusted subordinates were very dissatisfied with the Wanyan tribe. At this time, Jin Si joined them again. With the help of these trusted generals, Jin Si captured Wanyan Wu Qimai alive." This is the evil consequence of the warlords. They only chose to accept the orders of those they trusted, and did not accept the military orders of the court.

Wanyan Lan was stunned for a long time and asked, "Are you lying to me?"

"You don't have that much face, let me come and lie to you."

"Then are you here?"

"There's no way." Ouyang said helplessly: "According to my agreement with the Cangzhou garrison, no one can let you go unless I come in person. But you also know that if you have been in charge of you for fifty years, I will be responsible for these expenses. Do you think I can't come?"

Wanyan Lan asked: "Are you lying to me?"

After asking twice, Ouyang thought about it and said, "I want to ask you if you want to go to Africa?"

"As long as I can be with my tribe..."

"If you have the conditions, you will be a Chinese citizen, accept the official position of the Song Dynasty, and you will vow to respect the Song Kingdom as your father's country and never betray it."

Wanyan Lan was stunned again: "Why...?"

"No," Ouyang said: "I thought of it temporarily. Africa is by the sea. Don't wait a few years later, you are driving a boat and killing you back."

Wanyan Lan was silent for a while and asked: "Wanyan Aguda once wanted to kill you, but as for making you hate the Jurchens so much?"

"I have said many times that there is no personal hatred between me and the Jurchens." Ouyang said: "You may not know that you were in the Cangzhou prison for these times. I advocate attacking all the nomadic tribes in Mongolia and Western Liao. Do as much as possible without leaving any one. I don't understand why you are still so naive. You must think that the main reason for the war in Jin and Liao that year was hatred? Can you not fight without hatred? Besides, am I such a petty person?"

"Wanyan Zongbi will agree to your proposal?"

"I believe that as long as he has a little bit of his mind, he will be able to fight against more than 200,000 elite soldiers from the Hebei Army Road. Han Shizhong's headquarters is behind him, and the Song army hoarded over 400,000 people in the Five Kingdoms."

Wanyan Lan shook her head: "I don't believe it. If this were the case, you would have asked someone to take action long ago."

"Haha, you're really guessing it right. If I were in charge, I would have taken action." Ouyang said: "You don't know? I am now the Right Pushe of Shangshu and the Secretariat, but I am responsible for the commercial tax. The Ministry of Revenue belongs to me, and the Shangshu is my person. The person in charge of diplomatic and military policies is Li Gang and Li Xiang. He said that if he doesn't fight for the time being, I can't do anything. He can only propose to exile them to Africa." Ouyang's implication is that if the Jurchens do not agree to be exiled, then Ouyang will have the excuse to put pressure on Li Gang and force him to attack.

Ouyang introduced that Confucianism attaches great importance to the unity of man and nature, and not killing indiscriminately is a prominent feature of them. Ouyang was not tough on this issue, and if the Jurchens agreed to go into exile in Africa, he would be acceptable.

Wanyan Lan shook her head: "Do you know why Wanyan Zongbi agreed? Because if he doesn't agree and cannot bear the humiliation, then he will not be the only one who died. But if you want me to bow to the Song Dynasty for freedom or life, I can't do it. You kill me."

"Sorry, you don't have this right." Ouyang said: "You only have two choices. The first choice is to surrender to the Song Dynasty, change your hometown to Han, and go to Africa. The second choice is to continue staying in the Cangzhou Prison. You hate me too much, and I can't let you threaten me again."

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"No hurry to answer. No matter what, we may not have the chance to meet again." Ouyang said: "I have asked someone to prepare a banquet to send it to prison. After drinking and having a meal, I will tell me what your answer is. Actually, I hope you go to Africa. After all, there are your tribe members there. You can start over again. There is no need to wait in such a place until you die of old age."

No matter how brave the Jurchen soldiers were, they could not compete with the Song Dynasty for national strength. When the war was compared with the comprehensive strength of the country, the Jurchens were actually defeated. Exile to Africa was a decision made after discussion by the heads of several factions. Wanyan Lan was eating quietly and listening to Ouyang's words, digesting the bad news. Capturing Huanglong Mansion, defeating the crusade army, and in the Battle of Bubangda, everything was full of heaven-given miracles. It was not until the Song people began to resist the Jin and aid Liao, which allowed the strength of the Khitan and Jurchens to be the most cruel to consume. This game was obviously the Song people who laughed to the end.

Ouyang sat opposite Wanyan Lan, and the guards behind him were still Zhang San and Li Si. Wanyan Lan suddenly looked up and asked, "You asked me to follow Africa. Do you want to use the chiefs of the two tribes to continue to split us?"

"Haha" Ouyang smiled and said, "If you can unite with the Jurchens, how can we split up? But I admire Wanyan Zongbi more. When the Jurchens were in trouble, they deliberately or unintentionally had conflicts with Zonghan, fighting for power and profit, and finally forced Zonghan to death." Seeing the internal struggle again, Ouyang was already numb, just like the Song court now, there were also internal struggles, but this struggle formed rules and regulations.

"Hmph" Wanyan Lan saw through Ouyang's sinister intentions at a glance, for fear that she would vent her anger with others after going to Africa, and was provoking the relationship between herself and Wanyan Zongbi. However, although Wanyan Lan only listened to Ouyang's introduction, she was also very clear about the internal conflicts of the Jurchen army now. Most of the officers of the Zonghan sect were not Wanyan's troops, and it was reasonable to not accept Wanyan Zongbi. When they arrived in Africa, they might not be able to draw swords as jade, but they would also be likely to annex each other in places in Africa.

Ouyang asked: "Have you eaten?"

"Okay," Wanyan Lan said while using a cloth to wipe her hands: "If you want to kill, you will be cut, please listen to your wishes."

"Then you stay in Cangzhou." Ouyang stood up and said, "It's more cost-effective, and it will be treated the same as the criminals inside."

Li Si hurriedly said: "Sir, Wanyan Lan is quite beautiful, what if the jailers..."

"Tell them that you have to silence me if you are tired of playing."

"You are a beast," Wanyan Lan shouted angrily: "You are not a human."

"Well... the right to choose is yours." Ouyang said: "It is your right to stay and be punished for decades, and I have no right to interfere."

"..." Wanyan Lan finally said: "Okay, I'll be a Chinese citizen"

"Okay, you will be escorted to the front line of the Jurchen tribe of the five countries by the Tokyo Imperial Forces, and will be handed over to the Jurchens by General Zhang Jun and the court's negotiating envoys, and a unified arrangement of ships to Africa." Ouyang said: "Goodbye"
Chapter completed!