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Chapter 242 Raising the people like sheep is not as good as raising the people like wolves! (Part 1)(1/2)

There was no sign of a sudden meeting, and the sudden meeting was held in Qinxi.

In Qinzhou City, a deserted land was cleared out two months ago. A half-person-high semicircular earth platform was rammed out with cooked earth. There were eight echo walls around the round platform. In a quiet situation, a slightly high voice could reach everyone in the venue. This was a simple correction platform, a place where a state reconsideration was held. The design was clever, but the construction was quite simple, because the economic conditions of the Tiance regime were not yet abundant.

Yang Guolao, the leader of the National Political Council, was a general who had no military affairs at the commander's office near Qinzhou, a civil servant above the county magistrate, a censor and a national representative in Qinzhou, a gentry in this state, an influential merchant gathered in Qinzhou, and an envoy from Liao and Jin. More than 100 people gathered in such a small space, which seemed a little crowded, and everyone whispered, wondering why Marshal Zhang suddenly wanted to hold such a meeting.

I think there must be something big! Since the Tang army in Tiance entered Qinxi, such a thing has never happened. It has summoned so many people, and it was the marshal himself. What a big deal!

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Wang Pu, the envoy sent by Shi Jin to Tiance, was particularly awkward and even a little confused about this scene.

Wang Pu, who was only 20 years old in Xuzhou, won the Jinshi in the envoy award specially awarded by Shi Jingtang last year. When he was in high spirits, he was sent to Qinxi as an envoy to Shi Jin to send Tiance - both sides sent permanent envoys to each other. This was a system created by Zhang Mai and received a response from Shi Jin.

But Wang Pu never had such experience. He did not see any previous examples when he read through historical books. In the past, the envoys from all dynasties were all affairs-oriented, and they were sent to do anything and returned without any matter. How could they stay there? Wang Pu knew that his mission was a pioneering task, and he didn't know what his future would be. When he came to Qinxi, what he saw was completely different from what he read in his previous books. It seemed that this was another country.

But a few months ago, didn’t this place still belong to the Great Jin Dynasty?

Now, the lord of Tiance's country suddenly wanted to hold such a large-scale meeting and even called foreign envoys. What is he going to do?

As a representative of scholars in the Central Plains and as a representative of the Shijin Dynasty, he was full of curiosity and vigilance.

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Yelu Wuzhi, who was about to leave, was suddenly called back. He was a little uneasy and thought that the senior executives of Tiance made a change in Liao diplomatic strategy. But when he came here, he knew that it was not that he was not sitting in a very special position, but was placed in a corner, sitting side by side with the envoys sent by Shi Jingtang to Qinzhou - which made Yelu Wuzhi feel very unhappy. According to Ma Xiaochun's notice, he asked himself to listen.

But what kind of major event is there in Tiance that he actually wants an enemy envoy who has not yet concluded a peace agreement to listen to it?

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Wei Renpu was also uneasy. Although he was nearly ten years older than Wang Pu, he had never experienced such a thing before, and even in history books. The head of a country convened civil and military personnel, Chinese people and foreign envoys to gather for meetings. What is this to do!

Although I have experienced Taiwan meetings and national people's political discussions in Liangzhou, no foreign envoys have come.

At the same time, he has served under the Tiance regime for several years and moved his family to Liangzhou, and now his heart is completely on Zhang Mai. After all, Qinzhou is a new place of merger, a new gentry, a new elder, a new censor, and even a merchant! Can he really guarantee the loyalty of these people?

He thought that Zhang Mai's safety was really worth worrying about when he appeared in such a complicated situation.

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Cao Yuanzhong was nervous. He had already left the city, but when he saw that if he walked towards the Khitan, he would be able to make a great contribution. He suddenly said that there was something wrong here and that he would come back with Yelu Wuzhi. It would be related to Yan Yun's affairs. But if it was just for Yan Yun's affairs, the situation would be a little bigger.

It won’t be a big deal about internal restructuring?

The old old people in Shazhou, especially the Guiyi Army who were in power at the time, were always a group of people who were silently suspicious in the first few years of the establishment of Tiance. Fortunately, the opposition factions during the Guiyi Army period, the scholars of Shazhou represented by Zhang Yi were earlier gaining the trust of Zhang Mai and entered the center. Now the suspicion that Cao Yuanzhong and others have seemed to have weakened, and they are moving more and more smoothly on the road of officialdom. Don’t do anything else at this time.

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Yang Guangyuan and An Shenqi were even more worried.

They themselves were originally released by Xiaojie, but after surrendering to Zhang Mai, they became weak. As new entrants to this regime, they were always worried that they would be purged and affected.

They have no historical status under the Tence regime and are the most insecure people in the entire venue. No matter what happens today, they only hope that they will not be harmed, but not for any benefits.

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A big businessman like Zheng Ji and Naibu also lowered his head among the crowd, looking extremely low-key.

They not only surrendered to the Tiance regime before Yang Guang and An Shenqi, but also before the old man in Shazhou.

However, under the Tiance regime, they did not have any political power that they could rely on. Even though Naibu had already started to fund the Anxi Tang army from Lingxi, even if Zheng Ji had a brother who joined the senior management of Tiance, this could not bring them much security.

With the expansion of the Tiance regime, their money has become more and more profitable, and even their business has grown to the point where they will expand. A shopkeeper who went out of the Zheng family and the Nai family will also be treated as a courtesy when they arrive in Luoyang, Liaodong, Chengdu.

But the more money they make, the more scared they feel!

I don’t know when the people in power were unhappy, or felt that their family was too big and fat, so they decided to start slaughtering. At that time, just a little thing might lead to a disaster!

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As for the elders of Qinzhou, for them, today it was the emperor summoned him!

No matter what the matter is, in short, the summoned by the emperor is a kind of glory. I will kowtow carefully later. When I get home, I can show off to my children and grandchildren.

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Only Murong Chunhua and a few old friends from Anxi who came from Anxi were missing this scene. They now have a bit of the taste of everyone gathering together in the desert, regardless of age or age, or talking at night on the bonfire.

Although it was daytime, although the people present had completely changed, more than 80% of them were people who were not very familiar with each other.

But for some reason, there are some very subtle existences that remind Murong Chunhua of the past...

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Just as everyone was talking, Zhang Mai, dressed in military uniform, appeared. During this period, Zhang Mai often visited various places in western Qin. Almost all the censors and Qinzhou elders recognized him. Everyone had talked to Zhang Mai for a long or short time! But everyone had never seen him dressed so formally, without a crown on his head. He was equipped with a horizontal knife, tight military uniform, legs-fitting trousers, and tall cowhide boots. He stepped in with big strides.

During this appearance, everyone in the field stood up, and the field suddenly became silent. Even when Zhang Mai walked by his side, he suddenly crawled on the ground and kowtowed. Several literati also wanted to bow and kneel down, but Zhang Mai had already walked over like the wind. Only the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were straight and looked at Zhang Mai, but their bodies did not move at all.

These are the middle-level generals of the Tiance Tang Army in Qinxi. Seeing their momentum and physique, Yelu Wuzhi felt awe-inspiring in his heart and said to himself: "Tiance is a strong enemy! Han Zangming's decision is not wrong! Last year, the battle of Guanzhong. Even if there was no news from Mobei, it is hard to say whether we can win the end!"

His thinking flashed, and he saw that Zhang Mai had already sat down in the middle of the clarification stand. On his left hand, Yang Dingguo was on his right hand. Zheng Wei was on his right hand. After he sat down, the civil and military ministers on both sides sat down one after another, and the generals also sat down with their movements in a unified manner, as if they had practiced it. Instead, those who were crawling and kneeling to worship quickly got up, with a slightly awkward expression.

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Zhang Mai surrounded the field and saw the reactions of everyone such as the Anxi faction, the Guiyi faction of Shazhou, the opposition faction of Shazhou, the surrender faction of Qinxi, the Central Plains Scripture faction, etc.

In his eyes, most people's reactions seemed to be hunched, shrunk, or weak. As long as these people were slightly attracted and used some means, they would become their loyal fans. They were loyal because they were powerless to betray them.

Another small group of people, after being baptized by iron blood, are heroic and vigorous, admirable, admirable, and fearful. But this group of people with the most powerful are the most feared by everyone else. Because they are sharp and because they are potentially dangerous!

You have to make a choice among these two groups of people - turn the former into the latter, or turn the latter into the former, or let the two groups check and balance each other - this is the choice you want to make today, and it will also affect the future path of the Tiance Tang Dynasty.

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After everyone sat down, the entire venue suddenly became quiet. Many people were even breathing, for fear of making a sound. Zhang Mai's words were clearly transmitted to everyone's ears in this situation:

"I'm going to invite everyone to discuss something with you. Although this is not Liangzhou, the National People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Censors' Commentary and Censors are not here, most of my elite Tang army go out, not in the northern part of the Mo, just in Chilechuan, or in the Western Regions, or in the front line of Guanzhong, there are many elders, many merchants, and many young and old soldiers. I think it is enough to represent the morale of the army and the public and help me make a decision."

Fan Zhi and Zheng Wei looked at each other and they were the only two who knew what Zhang Mai was going to say. Although they were not very clear about Zhang Mai’s real intention, they at least knew what prompted Zhang Mai to hold such a conference.

Yang Dingguo stood up and said, "I don't know what the marshal wants to discuss with everyone, please tell me."

I heard Zhang Mai say the explosive thing in a low voice: "Recently, someone told me that my elite Tang Dynasty is in Mobei, and the power of Mobei is in the hands of General Yang Yi. They told me that General Yang Yi is now very powerful and has great power, and he is in control of great power. If it is not restricted, it may be detrimental to the country. To put it bluntly, they are worried that General Yang Yi will rebel."

A tone that didn't even have an exclamation mark was like dropping a bombshell in the entire venue!

"Wow—" sounded, although everyone was consciously restrained, they were still provoked by these words. Many people almost ejaculated. Then they looked at their companions next to them in horror, whispered in the field, and then found that a stranger was listening to what they said not far away, and then closed their mouths in fear!

Suddenly, the entire venue calmed down. This strange silence came too quickly and violently, and turned into an atmosphere that was more unbearable than noise!

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"He actually told this on such an occasion!"

Yelu Wuzhi could hardly believe his ears!

This time he was sent to Tiance to envoy, and then sent Han Deshu to Luoyang to share Yan Yun with his place and gave the two countries. This was an open conspiracy.

Han Yanhui took a different approach and induced Sang Weihan to spread rumors in Tiance to discord Zhang Mai and Yang Yi, and to intensify the conflict between the front and rear of Tiance. This is a conspiracy.

Although this conspiracy was not led by Yelu Wuzhi, he also learned about it from Han Yanhui. In his communication with Cao Yuanzhong, he also secretly promoted it. Before leaving Qinzhou, he had already seen a undercurrent surging in the territory of Tiance. In addition to admiring Han Yanhui's plan and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, he also wanted to see how Zhang Mai would deal with this difficult and difficult-to-deal problem.

Yelu Wushixin thought, maybe Zhang Mai would turn a blind eye, maybe Zhang Mai would win over Yang Yi, or maybe Zhang Mai would pretend to be trusted. But in short, you must avoid talking about your suspicion of Yang Yi - even the historian should be a taboo for the respected one!

But no matter how much Yelu House quality imagined, he would never expect Zhang Mai to reveal the matter in such a situation or in such an occasion!

If you don’t tell this kind of thing, all parties still have room for maneuver. Once it is revealed, there will be no room for maneuver!

The situation will become uncontrollable at any time!

Doesn’t Zhang Mai know this?

Or is there something big change inside Tiance that forced Zhang Mai to fail to implement this bad strategy?

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As an envoy of Shi Jin, although Wang Pu was young, he came from the Central Plains. He was familiar with history books and knew the seriousness of this problem!

When Wang Jian conquers Chu, could Qin Shihuang not doubt Wang Jian? But even the "Records of the Grand Historian" that dares to speak the most does not record any suspicious words about Qin Shihuang publicly said about Wang Jian before the fall of Chu State. At most, it only records Wang Jian's own conjectures about his confidant.

Li Jing's military talent was arrogant and could Emperor Taizong of Tang not be afraid of him? But among all historical books, only records how the monarch and ministers met between Li Jing and Emperor Taizong of Tang. At most, historical books only record how Li Jing closed his door to thank guests after his success.

These things cannot be said out loud!

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Cao Yuanzhong opened his mouth wide and could hardly believe what was happening in front of him.

For a long time, Zhang Mai and the Anxi Tang Army generals were so close that they could hardly penetrate the needle and could not penetrate the water!

As an old man in Shazhou, their position is actually the most ambiguous when it comes to Yang Yimobei’s power. It can even be said that a large part of the undercurrent of this rumor is the fuel that these people are fueling the fire!

Cao Yuanzhong did not directly participate in this matter, nor did he take the initiative to spread rumors. He even told his clan members not to talk nonsense about this matter, because he felt that even if he said it, it would be difficult to shake the relationship between Zhang Mai and Yang Yi, let alone do so, and do not make it good for the Cao family!

But Cao Yuanzhong never expected that Zhang Mai would say it himself!

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The big businessman Zheng Ji was extremely frightened!

He remembered the conversation he had with Zheng Wei the day before yesterday, and the extremely vigilant look on his face!

Among so many people in Qinzhou, there are only a few people who dare to mention this matter in front of Zhang Mai, and Zheng Wei is one of them!

"Can it be A Wei... he really ran to tell the marshal?"
To be continued...
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