Chapter 210 Thunder Methods

Xijing, Yuewang Mansion.

The original palace of the Mingyue Empire had been destroyed by a fire, so Qiu Yutang offered her Yuewang Mansion and changed it to Qiuye's palace. Qiuye did not refuse, because the Mingyue Empire is now in ruins and is waiting for money everywhere, so there is no extra money to spend on the palace.

The western part of the royal palace has now been changed to the convention hall where Akino temporarily summoned his ministers.

At this time, the thirteen-year-old young emperor Akino, Masashimi, and the prime minister Zhang Dianchen discussed matters. The new imperial prime minister Zhang Dianchen was originally the teacher of the young emperor Akino. Although the Zhang family did not have much power in the empire, Zhang Dianchen himself was talented and outstanding. He replaced Xiao Chengliang as the prime minister of the empire, which was considered a popular destination.

What happened recently in the Glorious Empire has now spread to Xijing. The little emperor summoned Qiu Yutang and Zhang Dianchen to discuss solutions.

After Qiu Yutang and Zhang Dianchen sat down, the little emperor asked: "What kind of response should the emperor's aunt and teacher think the empire should take? Should we wait and see if the empire chooses to intervene? If the empire chooses to intervene, what way should we intervene?"

Although it only took a few months to ascend the throne, the little emperor Akino's knowledge has made great progress.

Zhang Dianchen thought for a while and whispered: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the empire is at the moment when internal and external troubles, and it is too late to take care of itself, so it is better not to get involved."

The little emperor said: "But have the teacher ever thought that if we can instigate Meng Hu, we will build a solid barrier in the eastern part of the empire. From then on, the empire will no longer have to worry about the threat of the glorious empire. In this way, we can at least gain five to ten years of hard work for the empire."

"Also, if we can find a way to expose the lies of Meng Ke and Uncle Meng Yan, then we can wipe out Meng Yan's prestige and may even trigger civil strife in the Glorious Empire. In this way, the external troubles faced by the empire can be greatly alleviated, and we can free up our hands to clear up internal unstable factors."

"Meng Hu doesn't need to instigate him."

Qiu Yutang said lightly, "In fact, Meng Hu has rebelled now, but it has not been made public. As for exposing the lies of the uncle and nephew of the Meng family, it is even more meaningless. By exposing the lies of the uncle and nephew of the Meng family to instigate the civil unrest of the Guanghui Empire, it is even more delusional. Ye Ye, don't touch these useless thoughts anymore."

When the little emperor heard this, his face turned slightly red and he whispered: "Since both the emperor's aunt and the teacher opposed the imperial intervention, then this matter will be revealed and not mentioned. Now let's talk about another thing, the emperor's aunt, you asked the Shadow Guard to investigate secretly. Has the reason for the defeat in the Battle of Sad Ridge been found?"

"The result has come out."

Qiu Yutang sighed lightly, "The defeat of Sad Ridge was entirely caused by Qiu Changlin's secret trouble. If Qiu Changlin had not come forward to disturb him, Zhuozhou Governor Luo Congyun would never have attacked easily. When the two armies were in full swing, Qiu Changlin suddenly lost and fled, directly disrupting the main line of the Zhuozhou army, and eventually leading to a defeat on the entire line."

"Qiu Changlin!?" the little emperor gritted his teeth, "I can't spare him this traitor."

Qiu Yutang shook his head and said, "Wild must keep calm. It's not time to deal with Qiu Changlin."

Zhang Dianchen also advised: "Yes, King Yue is right. The empire's finances are exhausted, the army has no fighting spirit, and the people also need rest urgently. They cannot use rash weapons anymore, otherwise it may trigger large-scale civil unrest. If it triggers large-scale riots, it will be worth it."

The little emperor took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, my aunt and teacher. I know the importance of it. I am just angry. If Qiu Changlin, a traitor, had it been the traitor, how could Meng Hu and his tens of thousands of remaining soldiers escape from our army's net? Why did the father wander in a foreign country? Alas..."

"well."

Qiu Yutang sighed softly, stepped forward and stroked the little emperor's head and said, "Ye Ye, the capture of the first emperor is not only a shame for the empire, but also a great humiliation for our Qiu family. So from today on, you must learn how to govern the country well, strive to make the empire strong as soon as possible, and then defeat Meng Hu to welcome the first emperor back, and wash away the great humiliation that Meng Huqiang gave us."

The little emperor focused his attention and said solemnly: "Don't worry, my aunt, the wild man can do it, and the wild man will definitely wash away the shame!"

Qiu Yutang nodded slightly when she heard this, and felt heavy in her heart. In fact, this was a great shame to her?

This battle of defense made Meng Hu's tens of thousands of defeated soldiers move around in the hinterland of Zhongzhou, winning consecutive battles, and not to mention the two capturings of the imperial capital. Even the imperial emperor and the imperial prime minister were captured alive. Meng Hu did this just like putting shit on Qiu Yutang's head.

Of course, Qiu Yutang could not let go of such a great humiliation. Her words just now were both encouraging the little emperor and also encouraging herself to not forget the national humiliation.

Luojing, Qin Wang Mansion.

Just when Meng Yan summoned the noble elders who secretly supported the Chu King Meng Xing to discuss the matter, the new emperor Meng Yan had already secretly returned to Luojing with Shi Miyuan's company. The journey from Xiling to Luojing was more than a thousand miles away, but Meng Yan and Shi Miyuan completed it in less than three days.

Meng Yan followed Shi Miyuan's advice and did not immediately show up after returning to Beijing. Instead, he secretly summoned more than a dozen hard-core confidants to come to the royal palace to discuss matters. Among these dozen hard-core confidants were noble veterans from the Senate, deputy commander in the Imperial Guard, and senior generals in the Gyeonggi Police Force.

The next day, Luojing Government Affairs Council.

The Government Council is the office where the prime minister of the Empire handles daily state affairs, and can be said to be the highest administrative institution in the name of the Empire.

Because strictly speaking, the palace can only be regarded as the emperor's private residence, not as the emperor's office, and the emperor will only convene ministers to hold a palace meeting at the beginning of the month, mid-month or end of the month. In normal times, most state affairs are handled by the imperial prime minister.

Early in the morning, the imperial prime minister Cao Mo came to the Government Affairs Council.

However, Cao Mo was shocked as soon as he entered the hall of the Government Affairs Council, because he saw that there was a person sitting on the chair that belonged to him in the north of the hall, and this person was no one else, and it was the current emperor Meng Yan! Cao Mo couldn't believe it and rubbed his eyes hard. Yes, Meng Yan was still sitting on it.

Cao Mo did not dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately rushed to the ground with two steps in front of him and sang loudly: "Old minister... I'll bow to Your Majesty."

Meng Yan smiled faintly and replied with a stern hand: "Cao Aiqing is exempted from the gift. Where are you here? Come and see the Prime Minister and have tea."

The Imperial Army is the headquarters of the Grand Commander.

As soon as Cao Lin walked into the hall, he noticed that the atmosphere around him was not right. This was a soldier's intuition. He smelled a faint murderous intent from the air around him!

When Cao Lin found that the situation was wrong, he was eager to retreat. A large group of fully armed imperial guards had already rushed forward and surrounded him. The two generals in the lead were either other people, Ye Dingguo, the left deputy commander of the imperial guards and Ye Dingbei, the right deputy commander of the imperial guards. These two were Cao Lin's left and right deputy commander.

Cao Lin shouted in anger: "Ye Dingguo, Ye Dingbei, what do you want to do?"

The leader Ye Dingguo smiled coldly and said sneered: "I'm sorry, Commander, I'm sorry for you for a moment."

The south of Luojing City, the Governor's Office of the Governor's Office.

As soon as Gyeonggi Governor Meng Wu stepped into the hall, a team of fully armed Imperial Guards rushed up like a tiger and wolf, and pushed him to the ground without saying a word. It was too late for Meng Wu to struggle, so he had to turn his head and shout, "Who asked you to arrest me? What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

No one paid attention to Meng Wu, and soon Meng Wu will tie it into a zongzi shape.

Almost at the same time, the same scene was staged in many places in Luojing City. More than a hundred noble veterans who secretly supported the eldest prince Mengkong or the third prince Mengxing were all arrested at the same time! Mengkong and Mengxing were also captured by the Imperial Guard at the same time.

Xiling, Minister of War Ye Haotian’s head of the headquarters.

It has been five days since Yan Wang Mengke entered the mountain. Ye Haotian was worried about the safety of the prince, but he was surprised to find that His Majesty the Emperor was missing, and the imperial teacher Shi Miyuan was also missing! Ye Haotian's shock was really extraordinary. He thought that His Majesty the Emperor should not let Meng Hu kidnap him, right? He immediately summoned Li Yu, the Eastern Governor who was still temporarily stationed in Xiling, the new commander of the Western Army, and Yue Meng, the chief of staff of the Western Army, reported the situation.

However, before Li Yu and the other two arrived at Ye Haotian's headquarters, even more amazing news spread from the imperial capital to Xiling.

This is not an expedited official document sent by the Ministry of War, but a fast delivery delivered by Fei Ge directly in the name of the emperor. The content inside was even more surprising. It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor and Shi Miyuan had secretly returned to Luojing while the King of Yan entered the mountain, and launched a lightning-thunderous iron-blooded operation in Luojing.

Now, all the opposition forces in Luojing City have been uprooted by His Majesty the Emperor, including the forces of His Highness Mengkong and the third His Highness Mengxing, and even the forces of King Yan Mengke. Biru Prime Minister Cao Mo, the Imperial Guardian Cao Lin, the Governor of the Capital, Meng Wu, the Minister of Finance Meng Wen and other confidants of the King Yan have all been deposed!

Ye Haotian was suspected of being in a dream for a moment, thinking that this time His Majesty the Emperor was really awesome. His courageous behavior and skillful skills far exceeded his imagination, and far exceeded the evaluation of the ancestors and the King of Yan. Although there must be Shi Miyuan's factor, Meng Yan's ability to have such courage still surprised Ye Haotian a lot.

Soon, Li Yu and the other two rushed to the headquarters one after another, and Ye Haotian informed the three of them of this amazing news again.

It’s not that Ye Haotian didn’t want to conceal the news, but because Meng Yan made it clear in an urgent delivery that after the news reached Xiling, it immediately informed the whole province, so that all the people in the western provinces would know about this. Obviously, Meng Yan did this to have a widespread impact before King Meng Ke of Yan returned to Beijing. At that time, even if Meng Ke returned to Luojing, he would no longer be able to regain power from Meng Yan.

After listening to Ye Haotian’s retelling, Li Yu and the other two had different reactions.

Ye Xiao and Yue Meng seemed extremely calm. Both of them were pure soldiers. For them, as long as the emperor of the Empire was still surnamed Meng, it would be the same if anyone became the emperor. However, they were still a little strange in their hearts, thinking that the Emperor was still in Xiling, why did he suddenly appear in the capital again?

Where did the King of Yan go? How could he let His Majesty the Emperor depose Cao Mo, Cao Lin, Meng Wu, Meng Wen and others? You should know that these civil and military ministers are all the hard-core confidants who have been ordered by the King of Yan for more than ten years. His Majesty the Emperor did this clearly because he wanted to take over the imperial power fight from the King of Yan. King of Yan is really willing to give up the power fight in his hands?

The Eastern Governor Li Yu was very happy. In fact, like Meng Hu, this guy is also an ambitious person.

Now Meng Yan took advantage of the opportunity that King Yan was not in the capital and temporarily controlled Luojing with thunder means, and deposed Cao Mo, Cao Lin and others from the power center of the empire. How could King Yan Meng Ke tolerate it? In Li Yu's opinion, it is inevitable that Meng Ke and Meng Yan's uncle and nephew will turn against each other, and civil strife in the Guanghui Empire will also be inevitable. As long as the internal chaos in the Guanghui Empire is inseparable, the opportunity for Li Yu to have troops to stand up will come.

Of course, the political system of the Glorious Empire is quite special. Due to the existence of the Senate, it is not easy for the local governor to support troops and resign. For example, if the governor of the Eastern Region Li Yu wants to support troops and resign, he must obtain the support of most local tyrants in the seven eastern prefectures. Otherwise, he will not be able to raise food and pay, and the morale of his troops will be disintegrated, so Li Yu will be unable to move forward in the eastern provinces.

The real difficulty is that since the establishment of the Senate in the empire, local tyrants in major local provinces have become noble senators in the Senate. They have integrated into the upper class of Luojing, and they are already inseparable from Luojing. Their interests are more in Luojing than in the local provinces, so it is difficult for Li Yu to get their support.

The reason why Li Yu was not optimistic about Meng Hu was because of this reason. No matter how brave Meng Hu was, how good she was in battle or how good she was to use troops to lead the army, but without the support of the local tyrants in the six western prefectures, he would not be able to withstand the counterattack of the imperial army. It would be a matter of time before failure.

Of course, Meng Hu still has certain advantages compared to Li Yu.

Because the Zhao family's power in the western provinces is much greater than the Li family's power in the eastern provinces, and under the secret planning of the former Western Governor Zhao Yue, the Zhao family's power has gradually faded out of Luojing and has taken root more in the western provinces. As long as Meng Hu can control the Zhao family's power, it is still possible to separatist the side with his ability.

Qingniu Tun, Menghu Shixing.

When Meng Hu was drinking with Qi Diaozi on the case, Jia Wudao, who had a gloomy face, suddenly walked in.

Qi Diaozi put down the wine glass, stood up and said to Jia Wudao, "Old Jia, has Lao Mengke changed his mind?"

"No." Jia Wudao shook his head, turned his eyes to Meng Hu, and said, "General, Bei Zhi just heard two very bad news."

"oh?"

Meng Hu quickly put down his wine glass and asked in a deep voice, "What news?"

Jia Wudao said: "The first news is that the new commander of the Western Legion Ye Xiao wants to follow the general's example of the general's equal distribution of land in the six western prefectures. Specifically, the empire will pay for the local tyrants and most of the land estates of the six western prefectures, and then divide them equally to the people of the six western prefectures according to Dingkou!"

"ah!?"

"What!?"

Meng Hu and Qi Diaozi were both surprised when they heard this. This was really not a good thing for the Tiger Legion, but Meng Hu couldn't blame others. When the Qingzhou Army invaded, he forced land reform to boost the morale of the people of Xiling. Shouldn't they be allowed to learn from him to carry out land reform now?

"General, we are in big trouble now."

Qi Diaozi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "If Ye Xiao really wants to divide the land in the six western prefectures, then the people's hearts of the people in the western region will no longer be directed towards us. Once the people's hearts are lost, the Tiger Legion will lose its foothold in the western provinces. No matter how strong Qingniutun Dazhai is, it is not a long-term solution."

Meng Hu was equally solemn in his heart, but he still said to Jia Wudao: "Old Jia, what is another bad news?"

Jia Wudao sighed and said helplessly: "The other bad news is that Meng Yan has taken advantage of the opportunity that Meng Ke was detained by us to return to Luojing. Now Cao Mo, Cao Lin, Meng Wen, Meng Wu and other civil servants and generals who are pro-Meng Ke have been dismissed by Meng Yan one after another. The eldest prince Meng Kong, the third prince Meng Xing and their followers have all been killed. Meng Yan has completely seized the military and political power of the empire!"

"sharp!"

Meng Hu couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioner when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "This is the drainage of the firewood from the cauldron. I didn't expect that Meng Yan, who is a coward and has such courage, really didn't see it."

Qi Diaozi's expression became more and more serious, and he said in a deep voice: "This is obviously the use of the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron."

Jia Wudao smiled bitterly and said, "Whether this is planned by Shi Miyuan is no longer so important. Now Meng Yan has completely seized the military and political power of the empire. It is meaningless for us to continue to detain Meng Ke. Maybe Meng Yan hopes that we will keep Meng Ke forever, as well as Qiu Fengjin and Xiao Chengliang. Meng Yan has now firmly held the throne. The entire empire is already under his control. Whether there is Qiu Fengjin, it is no longer important for Xiao Chengliang to clear his name for him. Alas..."

Meng Hu didn't say anything, and after a while, he asked Qi Diaozi, "Old Qi, do you think Meng Yan can completely control the situation?"

Qi Diaozi pondered for a moment and nodded and said, "If the rumors are true, Mengkong, Mengxing and the noble elders who secretly supported them have been killed, I believe Meng Yan can control the situation! After all, Meng Yan has Shi Miyuan as his think tank, and this Shi Miyuan's wisdom plan is not inferior to you and me."
Chapter completed!