Wen Renzheng's sharp words made Liu Mingzhi's expression as simple as a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuation at all.
Every word of loyalty is spoken, but every step is counter-intuitive.
What are heart-breaking words? To Liu Mingzhi, the words of Wen Renzheng are tantamount to heart-breaking words.
However, Liu Mingzhi did not feel angry at all. He took a sip from the wine gourd and laughed softly.
He knew in his heart that since the old man invited him out of the city to meet alone after drinking, it was definitely not to accuse him or to criticize him.
“Old man, if it is as you said, I really have nothing to refute what you said. After all, from any convenient point of view, I have evil intentions.
But since you have secretly found out a series of causes and consequences between the boy and Li Ye.
Then the old man must also have found out some of the situation after the emperor's brother Li Baiyu became famous.
In the past, the emperor's brother had no choice but to commit suicide in the Qinzheng palace for the sake of the people. Before that, he sent people to send Li Ye, Li Tao and the two emperor's wives and their families out of the city through the secret passage in the palace, and personally ordered the spy agents to drop the Dragon Broken Stone.
This has completely cut off the possibility of abandoning the city and escaping. Old man, you should also have a clear understanding of this matter and the rest of it."
Wen Renzheng was silent for a long time. He seemed to understand the meaning of Liu Mingzhi's words, but he still nodded in agreement.
“Yes!”
“It’s good that the old man understands that after the third brother Li Yunlong, king of Shu, and other vassal kings raised their troops to attack the city, the eldest brother Li Baiyu committed suicide in the Qinzheng Palace.
At this time, the two imperial sisters-in-law and their children had already escaped from the city. According to the instruction of the eldest brother Li Baiyu, they divided their troops into two groups and went to Yingzhou and Yunzhou respectively to find the boy and Yunyang, the then Duke of Jingguo.
The profound meaning of this move is nothing more than the fear of being wiped out by the King of Shu and their pursuers, which increases the hope of restoring the bloodline of the emperor's brother.
So the brothers Li Ye and Li Tao began their escape career, and met the boy and the current North Vietnamese Wang Wanmingliang successively.
In order to eliminate the rebels and the traitors in the imperial court, Xiaozi first placed Li Ye in Mingzhou to lie dormant, and then welcomed him back after Xiaozi had reorganized the imperial court.
At that time, the jade seal passed down to the country had already been in the hands of the boy.
with my army in hand, I have no enemy in the entire capital and even all the prefectures in the capital.
The elite soldiers of the commander-in-chief also came to the capital to rescue King Qin. Wan Mingliang, the Duke of Wu State, was hundreds of miles away.
At that time, the boy had great power, many generals and soldiers, and he had the imperial seal in hand.
If I pretended not to have discovered the whereabouts of the eldest son of the emperor, Li Ye, and the queen mother, Chen Jie, wouldn't it be easy to support the army and stand on its own in the name of a country that cannot live without a king for a day?
At that time, it was very easy for a young man to stand on his own feet and proclaim himself emperor. If I was going against the grain every step of the way, why would I bother to welcome the eldest son of the emperor, Li Ye, back to the capital to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?
Wouldn’t it be better to directly rely on the power of the army and declare the emperor on the spot with the imperial seal?
Old man, what’s your explanation?”
Wen Renzheng nodded with a smile but not a smile: "This is exactly your plan. The reason why you did not proclaim yourself emperor is because you dare not proclaim yourself emperor."
“Oh? What’s the explanation?”
“At that time, when Li Baiyu was in power, he announced to the world the Northern Expedition to Jin and Turkmenistan.
At that time, the Northern Expedition army was divided into three groups, with three generals on the left, center and right commanding the officers and soldiers of the three armies.
In other words, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the world, and the soldiers and horses under your command are only half of them.
The troops and horses you can command with the Tiger Talisman Seal are only the 300,000 cavalry of the Six Guards of the New Army, and the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang and the troops of various ministries are not under your control.
At that time, if you proclaim yourself emperor, you will definitely be criticized by the world, and you will be attacked by the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang, veteran generals who are loyal to the court and the Li family.
At that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty may temporarily succumb to your lustful power. However, when the real army of the King of Qin, such as the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang and soldiers and horses from various prefectures, arrive, you will inevitably be defeated by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the Forbidden Army and the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang.
The guards' troops were deployed to respond to the flanking attack.
Suppose only the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang, the Forbidden Army, and soldiers from various provinces attack you. With the number of elite soldiers under your command at that time, and the means of using your troops, you will naturally not be afraid.
Even though you may be defeated by the elite cavalry, the worst thing you can do is abandon the city and claim the territory as king.
The worst outcome is that both sides suffer.
The real reason why I just mentioned that you dare not proclaim yourself emperor is because of the soldiers and horses from the two countries outside the Pass, Jin and Tu, who are eyeing the dragon with covetousness.
Once you fight to the death with the soldiers and horses of the Six Guards in Northern Xinjiang, both sides will suffer losses. Then we will lose all our elite troops, and the only ones who will gain in the end will be Jin and Tu.
This is the result you don’t want to see.
Hence your move to build momentum by welcoming back the eldest son of the emperor, Li Ye, and overcoming all objections, strongly supporting him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor and inherit the great treasure."
“Old man, please don’t forget that at that time, Xiaozi and Wanyan were already an unknown couple, and they gave birth to a daughter. This is a matter known to the world.
With my love for the child Yue'er, I am not afraid of politely taking advantage of the opportunity to go south to invade the border after I and the soldiers of the Sixth Guards of Northern Xinjiang were both injured.
After all, the Jin Kingdom was very powerful at that time and was much stronger than the Turks. It politely conquered the world. The person who will inherit the great treasure in the future is the boy's blood relative Liu Luoyue, the only little princess of the Jin Kingdom.
The world will eventually all have the surname Liu, so why should I be afraid?"
“I have witnessed your love for your wife and children with my own eyes, and I do not deny this.
But in the past year in Jinling, south of the Yangtze River, you first entered Dangyang Academy, and later became a disciple of Lao Xian. Then you had an accidental first encounter with Zi Le, your junior fellow apprentice, Wen Renshe.
At that time, you, me, Master Zi Le and his disciple were sitting together to discuss the general trend of the world.
You generously expressed your views on foreign races.
You said that you do not dislike and hate foreigners, but the premise is that they are foreigners who pose no threat to our country.
On the other hand, your deep friendship with Queen Jin and the child Luo Yue does not mean that you will treat the subjects of Jin Kingdom equally, especially the soldiers of Jin Kingdom who have repeatedly gone south to invade the border.
In other words, it is true that you do not resent the exclusion of Jin and Tu, provided that they will not bring fatal disaster to our Han Dynasty court.
In other words, the two countries that you accept are the two countries of Jintu and Tujia that show friendship to our dragon, rather than the two countries of Jintu that use the power of their troops to invade the border south and attack our dragon with their iron cavalry and long swords.
two countries.
This is the bottom line for you not to exclude the two countries, Kim and Turkmenistan.
The countries in the Western Regions that took the initiative to come east to invade our borders in the past are the best examples.
When you led the troops in the Western Expedition, those who submitted to the Western Regions coexisted, and those who resisted perished. This just confirmed what I said.
Every move you made in the Western Regions will be recorded in detail by the military records of the Ministry of War.
Feeling Wen Renzheng’s shining old eyes, Liu Mingzhi’s lips twitched but he hesitated, but in the end he didn’t say a single word.
Wen Renzheng raised his head and took a sip of wine, then raised his hand to wipe the wine from his gray beard.
"You don't have to think about denying it. You are a disciple of Lao Cao's religion. Lao Cao knows what kind of character you are.
But you don’t have to think that Lao Chan is accusing you, on the contrary, Lao Chan agrees with your point of view.
The righteousness of the nation and the country are above all else. This is the foundation for a man to stand in heaven and earth.
Therefore, it is true that you love the Golden Queen in every possible way, and it is true that you dote on Luoyue in every possible way.
But you will never sit back and watch the cavalry of Jin and Turkmenistan raise their butcher knives and go south to invade the border and knock on the pass to enter.
Then building momentum was the only option for you at that time.”