Chapter 279 Giving in

"I... I don't know what your Majesty means."

"Nothing, just chatting."

Liu Yizhen behaved very gently because he knew that he had gone beyond the level of intimidating others with anger and roaring.

The tens of thousands of soldiers surrounding Jiankang City were Liu Yizhen's confidence. The intimidation brought by those shining swords was far more direct than the bluff roar.

In comparison, Xu Xianzhi, who also held great power, looked particularly weak standing opposite him.

Because no matter how powerful he was, he still had no military power and could never straighten his waist.

Moreover, his Shangshu Province was not the only one, Liu Yizhen also mixed a lot of sand into it. Yin Jingren, Zheng Xianzhi, and Gao Yun were all Liu Yizhen's people.

Xu Xianzhi himself was not from a noble family, and he did not have huge family resources for him to mobilize.

All of the above caused Xu Xianzhi to naturally fall into a disadvantage in front of Liu Yizhen.

Xu Xianzhi bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, not daring to look at Liu Yizhen: "Back to Your Majesty. I used to live in the government office, and I haven't seen my nephew for a long time."

On the surface, these words meant that Xu Xianzhi raised his hands to surrender, but in reality, this was not the case.

Xu Xianzhi, who has always been strong, has already cleared himself up in words and played his own cards at the same time.

Having never seen Xu Peizhi, he cut his nephew and himself apart with a knife.

Living in the government office.

The superficial meaning of this is to let Liu Yizhen remember his hard work and merit, and not to make everyone look bad when he comes up. Otherwise, how will other ministers who have made great contributions look at it?

The deeper meaning is to hint at Liu Yizhen, who is also a high-ranking official of the Shangshu and a Pushe of the Shangshu.

He was injured for the Liu Song Dynasty, and he shed blood for the Liu Song Dynasty.

With all these merits, no matter how big of a mistake Xu Peizhi makes, he can't just take the blame for it, right?

"Oh."

Liu Yizhen's smile remained gentle.

After all, he is an old fox who has been in the officialdom for many years. Taking retreat to advance is like protecting Xu Peizhi.

only……

Is this the end?

Liu Yizhen himself did not have a good impression of Xu Xianzhi before because he was a powerful minister.

There is a natural hostile relationship between powerful officials and the emperor, and no one is immune to this.

But now, the power of the central military is in the hands of Liu Yizhen. Wang Zhene, who leads the central army, has been squeezed out by the southern factions in the Jiankang Dynasty for many years. With Liu Yizhen in power, a prosperous and prosperous life is finally coming, so he hooked up with Xu Xianzhi out of his mind. Xu Xianzhi

If you want to get involved in the military power, it is simply more difficult than reaching the sky.

And without military power, the so-called powerful officials are just paper tigers without claws. Liu Yizhen will naturally not be afraid of such Xu Xianzhi.

In addition, Xu Xianzhi indeed had meritorious service to the country. During the days when Liu Yizhen went to the north, he managed the southern court in an orderly manner, at least in a stable manner.

Logically speaking, Liu Yizhen would have done more if he didn't mention Xu Xianzhi being imprisoned.

only……

Just like how he treated Xie Hui.

The butt determines the head.

This time, that time.

Xu Xianzhi still holds huge power in his hands now.

This part of authority was the key to Xu Xianzhi's ability to stabilize the Jiankang court in Liu Yizhen's absence.

But Liu Yizhen is back.

These achievements of Xu Xianzhi will soon become the poison that kills him.

I would like to ask how the emperor would feel if he went out to fight and left the prime minister to look after his family. When he came back, he found that his country was no different from before he went to war.

Are you impressed by the Prime Minister's achievements?

No!

It's fear.

At this time, no emperor with a sane mind would say: "Oh, the Prime Minister is so strong, the Prime Minister is so great, I will leave everything to the Prime Minister."

But "Damn it! This bitch is so strong, is he trying to usurp the throne?"

Don't overestimate the integrity of a creature like the emperor, let alone underestimate the dangers of the emperor's profession.

For his own safety, emperors would often do some unreasonable things.

Just like now.

Liu Yizhen was very grateful to Xu Xianzhi for helping him stabilize Jiankang at the rear, but now that he was back, he had to hand over his authority.

Liu Yizhen is not Liu Yu, and Xu Xianzhi is not Liu Muzhi.

The two have no life-long friendship, nor have they experienced the test of life and death together.

So Liu Yizhen couldn't let go.

Taking advantage of Xu Peizhi's incident, Liu Yizhen also wanted to see Xu Xianzhi's reaction.

If he helps Xu Peizhi now, Liu Yizhen will only take back the power in his hands, not Xu Peizhi's life.

Even in the future, Liu Yizhen will give Xu Xianzhi some dignity and promise him a position as one of the three princes so that he can retire and return to his hometown.

But if Xu Xianzhi immediately dissociated himself from Xu Peizhi, Liu Yizhen would not touch him again, but would just bring Xu Peizhi to justice.

But from now on...it's hard to say.

Now that Xu Xianzhi has chosen the second option, Liu Yizhen's eyes are slightly disappointed.

However, in view of Xu Xianzhi's hard work and merit, Liu Yizhen decided to give Xu Xianzhi another chance.

"I see, Xu Shangshu is really working hard..."

The words stopped suddenly, and Liu Yizhen also started to see off the guests.

He hoped that Xu Xianzhi understood what he meant.

After all, this is an old minister Liu Yu left behind, and he is also a typical example of Liu Yu's promotion from a poor family. Liu Yizhen still hopes that the other party can continue to stand the last post for the banner of "Han people control the secrets" and give himself a future.

Completely break the aristocratic family politics and make some contribution, and your descendants will be blessed.

When Xu Xianzhi returned home, the more he thought about his conversation with Liu Yizhen today, the more he felt something was wrong.

He didn't call Xu Peizhi, it was meaningless.

That idiot probably didn't even know how he offended Liu Yizhen.

Even if he knew it, it would be useless. Xu Xianzhi could tell that Liu Yizhen was coming for him this time.

"Emperor Liu... is so cunning and weak."

At this moment, Xu Xianzhi once again thought of this record in the history books.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Lu was in rebellion. Chen Ping and Zhou Bo worked together to suppress the chaos, and brought Emperor Wen of Han back to Chang'an from the bitter cold of Dai to ascend the throne.

No matter how you look at it, both Chen Ping and Zhou Bo will be highly respected officials and enjoy glory and wealth in the future.

What's the result?

As soon as Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty came to power, he began to liquidate the meritorious ministers who pushed him to the throne, which caused Zhou Bo to sigh in prison, "I often command millions of troops, but I know how valuable the jailer is."

Another example is Han Xin and Xiao He’s relationship with Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.

Dou Ying, Tian Fu to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

…

"The Emperor Liu can only share adversity, but not wealth and honor?"

Of course Xu Xianzhi was unwilling to do so.

But he also understands the consequences of unwillingness.

Now Liu Yizhen has military power. This military power does not mean that Liu Yizhen dares to lead his troops into the ministers' homes and kill them all if they disagree.

More importantly, Liu Yizhen was placed in an invincible position.

in politics.

Military power is more about protection than offense.

Xu Xianzhi wrote a letter bitterly and asked the retainer to send it out.

The next day, the Minister of Civil Affairs wrote to Liu Yizhen, requesting for the remains.

As soon as this memorial was presented, Liu Yizhen knew that Xu Xianzhi had given in.

It's just a concession, not a complete surrender.

"never mind."

Liu Yizhen doesn't want to push too hard, as the future is long.

Xu Xianzhi will figure it out sooner or later.

"Now we will close the Internet cafes, starting from the Yu family."
Chapter completed!