Chapter 3685 The Shen brothers are deeply scheming
Liu Yu shook his head: "You are half right. You have been a thief and my enemy. These are not unforgivable crimes. Of course, I myself was once forced to be loyal to Huan Xuan. Tianshi Dao was in Wu Di
Almost everyone responded to the call to arms. This was because the aristocratic families had caused anger and resentment in Wudi for many years. Even at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains aristocratic families from the north used various deceptions to squeeze out the nobles in Wudi and plunder their manors and fields.
, with the power of Tianshi Dao to help them, naturally they will have many followers, and the Shen family, as the representative of the local gentry in Wu, cannot avoid it."
Liu Muzhi frowned: "Isn't this enough? Joining the demon thieves and joining Huan Xuan are two different things after all. Even after Huan Xuan usurps the throne, he is still an official soldier, while the Shen family is not a rebel.
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Liu Yu laughed: "If you want to talk about being a rebel, then I lived in the grassland and married an enemy princess. Ah Shou was also forced to flee to Nanyan to seek asylum. When it comes to rebellion, I and Ah Shou are comparable.
The Shen brothers have gone further, and they can be said to be threatening the demon thieves, while we took the initiative to flee to the enemy's country."
Liu Muzhi shook his head: "These are just superficial reasons. In fact, what I want to say is that the Shen brothers were born in Wu, and they did not join Beifu from the beginning. They are not old brothers of Beifu who have pure blood and have come all the way.
Although I joined later, after all, compared to the Tan family brothers, I am still an outsider, and you know this."
Liu Yu nodded: "This is indeed a reason, but it is not just his Shen brothers. If you really want to count, Wang Zhene and Zhu Lingshi are in the same situation. If it is based on the condition of being pure Beifu, then only
Only Tan Daoji meets this requirement."
Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "So, there is another reason why you don't let Shen Tianzi go. Is it because he is incapable of thinking, has a bad temper, and always goes against Wang Zhene?"
Liu Yu sighed: "This is the reason for ranking second. Shen Tianzi is an excellent general and commander. Both his military skills and martial arts are top-notch. He can indeed be said to be the one who looks most like me among the younger generations.
However, there are two reasons that prevent me from choosing him as my successor."
Liu Muzhi's eyes sparkled and he said in a deep voice: "I am attentive to your reasons."
Liu Yu took a deep breath and said: "First of all, the Shen brothers have always respected me very much and regarded me as their savior, but for others, whether it is you or Xile, Wuji and the others, they
I don't have such respect. In other words, they only obey my orders and may not be willing to be inferior to others. The most obvious thing is that when their brothers returned home, they ignored the court's pardon order and still killed their father who had betrayed them.
Therefore, Shen Yuanzi, as the eldest brother, resigned from his post, seized the title, and returned home to live in seclusion."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, there is such a thing. It was a big deal back then, and it even caused many rebel thieves who had originally surrendered to go back to the mountains to form strongholds to protect themselves. In order to calm down the subsequent impact, I
However, it took a lot of effort, and even allowed Wu Di to waive grain taxes for half a year, before it was finally settled. To be honest, at that time, I wanted to kill the Shen brothers and use their heads to calm down the war that was almost going to start again.
of rebellion.”
Liu Yu said seriously: "I have repeatedly emphasized to the Shen brothers that in extraordinary times, troubles cannot occur again, and state affairs cannot be missed in order to fulfill their filial piety, but they still did not listen to my dissuasion and agreed in person to kill people after returning home.
And it was definitely not impulsive as they later said, or that the traitor was rampant in the countryside. In fact, they had been prepared for it. When they returned to their hometown, they brought their subordinates with them, pretending to be foreign knights, and attacked and killed the enemy's whole family. At that time, they
During the Western Expedition, I didn’t want to panic the surrendered soldiers, so I didn’t go into details. Otherwise, I really should have borrowed two heads to quell the subsequent turmoil and not embarrass you.”
Liu Muzhi's eyes narrowed slightly: "So from this incident, you have concluded that the Shen brothers are only interested in gratification and revenge, regardless of the overall situation, and are not people who can be entrusted with important responsibilities?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "Do you really think that they are acting impulsively or because they can't let go of the grudges between their fathers and ancestors, so they want to take revenge? Do you really think this is just an act of filial piety?"
Liu Muzhi laughed: "If I want to avenge my father and ancestors, it should be directed at you, Liu Laozhi. After all, the traitor neighbor only reported the report, and it was Liu Laozhi who committed the murder. He
It was you who personally led the troops to hunt down the prisoners that my father and ancestors took to the camp."
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, so in the name of filial piety and revenge, it was actually profit. The traitor was rewarded by the court for reporting his family, and suddenly became a powerful local family.
I also took away the land that had been handed down from generation to generation by the Shen brothers. In name, it was to confiscate the traitor's land for the court, but in fact it was returned to my own family as a village official. If it hadn't been for the Shen brothers who later surrendered to me and established a
If you become a general, I am afraid that even the ancestral home of the Shen family will not be given up to the traitor."
Liu Muzhi said sternly: "Yes, there were many such situations back then. If the children of aristocratic families and rural tycoons were not dead, they would wantonly embezzle the family property of local tycoons who had been demon thieves on charges of treason. In order to deal with these individuals
I have worked hard on disputes, and the case of the Shen brothers is the biggest one, after all, the impact of the massacre was too great."
Liu Yu sighed: "So they found a reason to avenge their father and ancestors, and killed the other party's entire family, and the time to do it was after I killed everyone in the Wang family to avenge Xie Tingyun. If they want to deal with them, they have to deal with it.
I, myself, have to say that these brothers made plans before acting, and were very thoughtful, and definitely not the kind of foolhardy fools."
Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "So, Shen Tianzi is always against Wang Zhen, and even the Zhu Lingshi brothers are not as rough and impulsive as they seem?"
Liu Yu said with a smile: "It's natural. Wang Zhene, Zhu Lingshi, and Shen Tianzi always make trouble in public, but they never come to me in private to remind them to be careful or restrict them. Fatty, do you think this represents
What?"
Liu Muzhi raised his eyebrows: "This shows that Shen Tianzi is a big man and very wise. He questioned Wang and Zhu in public, which caused all the generals to follow his accusations and be wary of them. And these two are among the younger generation.
The two people who pose the greatest threat to Shen Tianzi's status, exposing their shortcomings is to eliminate the support of other generals. In the final analysis, it is for himself."