Zhao Yang rushed directly to the front hall and saw Li Ran sitting upright in it.
At this time, Li Ran also saw Zhao Yang, coming panting.
Li Ran straightened his clothes and looked clean.
Zhao Yang was outside and bowed deeply:
"Zhao Yang meets you sir!"
To show his humility, Zhao Yang deliberately omitted the title of "Jin Zhongjun" or "Jin Guozhengqing".
Li Ran heard this and hurriedly returned the courtesy:
"Li Ran has met Zhao Zhongjun!"
Zhao Yang's chest was heaving, and it was obvious that he had not even taken a breath during the whole journey.
Li Ran also waited for him to calm down a little before inviting him to sit down.
Zhao Yang held up his hands and said humbly:
"Sir, please sit down."
Li Ran also bowed in return:
"Zhao Zhongjun is respected, so please take a seat first. I already know your sincerity, but please take a seat first. This is courtesy!"
When Zhao Yang heard this, he cupped his hands and sat down.
Li Ran pushed the water and snacks towards him slightly, and then sat down opposite him.
"I already understand Zhao Zhongjun's intention. However...before that, I still have something unclear, and I would like to ask Zhongjun to clear up Li Ran's confusion!"
Zhao Yang said hurriedly:
"I wonder what worries you sir have? Just ask, Yang Yang will definitely tell you everything he knows!"
Li Ran nodded and said straight to the point:
"How do you feel about the casting of the torture cauldron back then? I wonder if you still remember it?"
When Zhao Yang heard this, his face turned red. Zhao Yang stroked his nose with his cuffs, looking extremely embarrassed:
"This... what happened back then is a long story to tell... Actually, it was all because Yang Yang was really young and energetic back then, and mistakenly regarded Fan Xianzi as a loyal and good man. Little did he know that this move would cause me so much trouble.
Controversy. This incident... indeed caused Yang Yang's prestige to be ruined for a while, and almost became the target of public criticism. However, this move... was really not what Yang Yang wanted!"
After Li Ran heard this, he did not reply immediately, but silently raised his face slightly while looking at Zhao Yang.
Seeing this, Zhao Yang felt calm and continued:
"Back then, Yang Yang had just succeeded my father, Zhao Jingzi, as the head of the clan. He was still young and didn't understand the rules. Fortunately, Han Xuanzi promoted me to the sixth minister before he resigned from the Central Army. After Han Xuanzi, Wei Xianzi became the chief minister.
I am like an uncle and nephew, but to be honest, Uncle Wei was indeed a low-key member of the clan back then and had difficulty controlling the overall situation."
"I was young and careless at the time, and I actually wanted to bridge the long-standing rift in the Jin Kingdom. Fan Xianzi also knew what I meant, so he sent someone to encourage me!"
"Fan Xianzi first sent his three sons to come to Martingale from time to time to entertain him, and in this way he gained Yangma's trust. Then Zhongxing Yin took Martingale to Rubin to build a city, and Yangma felt that this was a national event.
, so he followed."
"At this time, Zhongxing Yin told Yang Yang that Uncle Wei ordered us to smelt the collected bronzes into a tripod, and to engrave the laws established during Fan Xuanzi's period on the tripod, and said that this is the future of the Jin Dynasty.
great cause!"
"What Yang Yang thought at the time was that since this was an order given by Uncle Wei, it would naturally be feasible. So, I fully agreed and put it into action!"
When Li Ran heard this, he secretly sighed in his heart. Logically speaking, Jin's casting of the punishment cauldron can be regarded as a feat of "a thousand years of merit" in the Jin Kingdom. However, you must know that what needs to be engraved at this time is the law of Fan Xuanzi's period.
Among them, some are more or less partial to the Fan family, or to the so-called Shandong interest group.
Especially the iron law of "the one who caused the trouble dies" set at that time directly put a tight curse on the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei who were already isolated and helpless.
It also makes the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei, who are already stretched thin on the battlefield of public opinion, even worse!
Moreover, because the attack was so widespread at the time, this move also aroused unanimous opposition from the entire Jin state.
The first minister, Wei Xianzi Wei Shu, also wanted to stop it after learning about it.
"Although Uncle Wei immediately raised objections, Fan Xianzi suppressed his orders directly! And Yang Yang was at the tripod-making site at the time and didn't know about it at all."
"So, Yang Yang unknowingly became the target of public criticism..."
"Shortly afterwards, Uncle Wei died of illness and Fan Xianzi became the chief minister. The three families of Han, Wei and Zhao were suppressed by him and fell into a low ebb. When Uncle Wei passed away and Fan Xianzi became the chief minister, the first thing he did was to directly cast the
Ding's rules arbitrarily lowered Uncle Wei's funeral grade. Yang Yang's mood at that time was really full of mixed emotions!"
Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"The Chinese Army used to be young and energetic, but it seems that they did a lot of stupid things! However, this can be regarded as the price of youth!"
Zhao Yang still regrets this.
"Uncle Wei has made countless military exploits throughout his life as a soldier. Yang Yang has always regarded Uncle Wei as his role model. When the Jin Kingdom and the Bai Di tribe fought in Dayuan, he adapted to local conditions and changed chariots to foot soldiers. He fought hand-to-hand with Rong and Di.
This is a great victory.”
"Uncle Wei was so heroic back then, but after he became the First Minister, Martingale not only failed to help him, but actually hindered him..."
"Hey... now that I think about it, it's really embarrassing!"
After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he sighed again and drank the water in front of him in one gulp. He tried to cover up his embarrassment with this behavior.
When Li Ran saw this, he couldn't help but nodded:
"It's good that the Chinese Army has woken up. But I don't know what the Chinese Army thought about it after that."
Zhao Yang heard this question and sighed again:
"At that time, the Fan family grew bigger from this. Yang Yang felt at that time that Fan Xianzi was afraid that his ambition was not only to control the entire Jin court, but also to have an attempt to unite with foreign countries, and even to divide our Zhao State.
Shi!"
"Later, at Yan Yu's suggestion, I decided to follow the example of the Han family. I temporarily withdrew from the court struggle and adopted a method of overt and covert support for the Fan family. But in essence, I focused all my attention on the feudal land.
.”
"I was fortunate to have Dong Anyu's assistance at that time. On my behalf, he encouraged farmers to be diligent and reduce their corvee work. He also selected talents and appointed them and rewarded them with military merit. He also accumulated grain, livestock and horses, and developed our power to prepare for future contingencies.
Needed!"
Li Ran couldn't help laughing when he heard this:
"Haha, it's really not easy to keep a low profile and bide your time in such a chaotic world."
"It seems that... what happened to Le Qi in the Song Dynasty at that time was probably Dong Anyu's plan, right?"
After Zhao Yang heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and then he said again:
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you, sir! When Le Qi was sent as an envoy to Jin, it was Dong Anyu who asked me to take the initiative to approach Le Qi, and gained Le Qi's trust. Before Le Qi went on an envoy, he expressed his intention to work with us
The Zhao family has been friends for generations and even gave fifty pairs of armors to Zhao Yang as a gift."
"As Le Qi was on good terms with Yang Yang, this move naturally angered Fan Xianzi, so Fan Xianzi asked for orders to imprison Le Qi for three years. Although Le Qi was later released, Le Qi died of illness again on the way. The Song Dynasty
Therefore, I hate the Fan family of Jin to the core!"
When Li Ran heard Zhao Yang say this, he couldn't help but waved his hands, paused, and said:
"Fan Yang's move... is the result of your Zhao family's plan. But... I'm afraid this is also Fan Yang's plan!"
"Fan Yang is such a sophisticated person, how could he do such an outrageous thing for no reason?"
"I'm afraid that he did this on purpose. Just because he knew that his end was coming, he wanted to win over the Zhao family, and even the future of the Jin country would be buried with him!"