Governor please stay

Chapter 392 It's Not That Simple

Anyone who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" knows that the woman surnamed Cai in the book has never been a fuel-efficient lamp.There was Cai Wenji who was robbed to the Huns before, and was later exchanged by Cao Cao, and there was Mrs. Cai who buried Jingxiang at a critical moment.

Now, just as Liu Yishou and Xiao Xi had "concluded" the matter of raising troops in Shouyang and escorting Xiao Xi to Jiankang, someone stepped forward and resolutely disagreed with this matter!
That person is the wife of the late former Crown Prince Xiao Tong, the legal mother of Xiao Cha, the former Crown Princess Cai!Well, now it's time to call the Queen Mother.

It seemed that Mrs. Cai was making trouble out of no reason, but Liu Yishou could see the other party's selfishness at a glance.The eldest son, Xiao Huan, was the descendant of the Cai family, while the third son, Xiao Xie, was born to the concubine Gong's family and was adopted under her name.

Now Xiao Huan is the eldest son and heir.Why should Xiao Huan not be the crown prince, let Xiao Xi be the crown prince?It is inappropriate to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones!

Cai believes that although Liu Yishou is "sincerely" King Qin, he still has his own plans.Abandon the elders and establish the younger ones, isn't Liu Yishou doing this to better control the emperor?
Moreover, Xiao Tong also had a second son named Xiao Yu, who loved military affairs, and was entrusted by Xiao Yan to the Hedong County of Qiaozhi, that is, Songzi, Zhijiang and other places where Liu Yishou lived in his previous life, just west of Jiangling.

Xiao Yu only knows military equipment but not government affairs. He was not expected to be an emperor since he was a child, and the Cai family did not expect Xiao Yu to be a crown prince.In short, it is still necessary to choose one of Xiao Huan and Xiao Xie, and then let Xiao Yu assist.

"Liu Dudu, this time you ventured to Xiangyang to convey the late emperor's edict. The Ai family's mother and son are also very grateful. As for King Qin's rebellion, to seek justice for the late emperor, and let the murderer be punished, this is also the proper meaning.

Now, since the crown prince is to be established, according to the etiquette, no matter whether he establishes the heir or the elder, Xiao Huan, the king of Jiangling, should be the first.The Ai family has ordered people to invite the King of Jiangling to come to Xiangyang for a speech, why doesn't the governor wait until they meet before making a decision? "

In the study, Cai's words were no longer "pushing the wall", but telling Liu Yishou clearly that she would only support the Bingqin King unless her own son Xiao Huan was made the new emperor!
Otherwise, there is no talk, and the Cai family will not use love to generate electricity to support the adopted son to become the emperor.

If you have a son and an adopted son, and the son is several years older than the adopted son, will you support the adopted son to become emperor instead of your own son?

Thinking in another place, in fact Liu Yishou also understands Cai's thoughts very well. If he is in that position, I am afraid that the choice will be the same.However, in this way, what would Xiao Xi, who already regarded himself as an emperor, think?

Mrs. Cai thought very far. If Xiao Xi became the emperor, then Xiao Huan would most likely die in an "accident". After all, since he was both the eldest son and the first son, the threat to the throne was too great, it would be better to die.

In front of imperial power, what is a half brother?On the contrary, when Xiao Huan became the emperor, no one had to die, just follow the rules of etiquette, and everything was fine.

At this moment, Xiao Xi's heart felt like falling to the ground after falling from a high altitude.He lowered his head, blushed, squeezed his sleeves tightly with both hands, but dared not say a word.

Success is also a ritual, failure is also a ritual.With the name of etiquette, Xiao Tong's lineage was able to catch Liu Yishou's "express train". Otherwise, wouldn't it be nice for the governor to change to a "uncle generation" clan to serve, and it would be the turn of Xiao Tong's descendants!
However, just because it is necessary to follow the etiquette, then Xiao Huan has a better chance of inheriting the throne than Xiao Xie. No, it should be said that unless Xiao Huan dies or is too sick to be a member of the council, Xiao Huan has no chance at all.

Liu Yishou was also very helpless about this. The foundation of his trip to achieve his goal lies in the word "etiquette".Nowadays, I can't slap myself in the face, abandon the etiquette, and mention something like "establishing the virtuous but not establishing the superior".

If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to put Xiao Zhengde in that position?

"Empress Dowager, now Liang Guo is in chaos, and someone needs to stand up to clean up the situation. This point, the crown prince will not let it go. This matter is a matter of right and wrong, and we cannot shirk it, otherwise we will be entrusted by the late emperor.

Now Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, is eyeing Jingzhou covetously.In the lineage of the prince, who can inherit the throne, a decision needs to be made early. "

Liu Yishou folded his sleeves and bowed to Mrs. Cai, waiting for her answer.

"In this matter, we are indeed duty-bound. Dudu Liu is right about this." Mrs. Cai said slowly.What she opposed was naturally not her son's enthronement in Jiankang and proclaiming himself emperor.

When the chaos starts, it is not something you can avoid if you want to.Identity determines the position, and the identity of Xiao Tong's descendants has already been determined. They must fight for it. If they don't fight, they will die!
What's more, after Xiao Tong's death, everyone in the mansion, from the Cai family to the emperor's grandsons, all wanted to "get back on track".Now that the opportunity came, Mrs. Cai knew very well that even if she disagreed, her sons would definitely agree.

"It's not too late to discuss this matter after Jiangling King (Xiao Huan) arrives. There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two monarchs in the country. Since we are determined to make things right, who will be the crown prince and who will be the last to ascend the throne must be decided first. It cannot be changed overnight."

Cai said solemnly, and gave Xiao Xi a meaningful look.Xiao Xi didn't dare to meet her gaze, and lowered his head not knowing what he was thinking.

If it's his own business, Cai is not a very strong person, maybe it's okay to bear it.Even if it's sleeping with other men, isn't that the case?

But the current situation is related to his own son, adopted son, and the future of the entire Xiao Tongyi lineage. No matter what he says, he must fight for his own son.She understands that Xiao Xi probably has already reached a certain level of "agreement" with Liu Yishou, but what if it is agreed?
As long as she doesn't nod and Xiao Huan doesn't nod, then it's still not justified!The descendants of Xiao Tong's lineage are not of the same mind, what will Xiao Xi use to fight for the throne?

It has to be said that Xiao Tong's official concubine still has some political literacy, and it is not easy to do this for her own son.

"Then I will continue to trouble you in Xiangyang for a few more days. In any case, three days later is the deadline, and there must be a result at that time. Now that the Huaiyang area is full of wars, time waits for no one."

Liu Yishou also didn't want to get in touch with the Cai family, and Xiao Xie was ambitious, so making him the crown prince was naturally convenient for him to act.Xiao Huan is a little weak, if he looks forward and backward at that time, it will be troublesome to deal with it.After all, I am not playing the role of Dong Zhuo, so I can't eat too ugly.

But these are nothing more than a trivial matter in the final analysis, maybe the intensification of the conflict between Xiao Huan and Xiao Xie may be more beneficial to him.Liu Yishou has already made up his mind, he doesn't want to discuss this matter with Mrs. Cai too much, and will make a decision after Xiao Huan arrives in Xiangyang.

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"What does this Cai family mean?"

In the study in the small courtyard, there was no one around, Wang Wei asked Liu Yishou in a low voice.Cai's horizontal thrust made Wang Wei very upset.A Taoist woman came out and chattered crookedly, Wang Wei wanted to kick Cai's feet twice.

"Xiao has a unified lineage, and someone must stay in the important town of Xiangyang, otherwise it will be easy to be counted. We will take one person to Shouyang, and the other will stay in Xiangyang. At that time, I intend to let Dugu Xin leave the town of Xiangyang, what do you think? ?”

Liu Yishou asked in a deep voice.

The important town of Xiangyang cannot be handed over to people like Xiao Xie to guard it, there will be too many troubles in the future.At that time, the descendants of the Xiao family will be in control in name, but in fact Liu Yishou, the defender of Xiangyang, intends to take control directly, and will not be polite to Xiao Xie and the others.

"Dugu Xin, it's okay, it's not a big problem. As long as it's not Yu Wentai. I heard that Yu Wentai's nephews and nephews are quite contemptuous of the governor, and they sometimes speak against him. If Yu Wentai is allowed to come to Xiangyang, I'm afraid Unexpected things will happen.”

At the beginning, Wang Wei worked with Yu Wentai alone, and he intuitively thought that Yu Wentai was an old coin with many bad ideas.

"These things will definitely be dealt with in the future, so don't be in a hurry. Now is the time for employing people. Yu Wentai is not at fault, but instead disposes of his nephews and nephews. Isn't that self-defeating? Dealing with him is very simple, but What would other people think?"

Liu Yishou shook his head, categorically rejecting Wang Wei's opinion.Yu Wentai's family background is quite high, and his family used to be a town general in the border town. It is a tradition in his bones to form a school of his own, and it is difficult to be manipulated by others.

Such a person does not mean that if you treat him well, he will fully support you when you are in danger.A hero will not be willing to be inferior to others, once the time is right, the opponent will inevitably go out independently.If such a person is to be used well, chains must be tied to him and controlled.

"I'm not in Wuchuan Town here. Yuwentai lacks the foundation and can't respond to everything. Again, we must do our own things well first. If you want to win the battle, you can't just think about running behind If other people make you stumble, you have to run faster."

Liu Yishou said with a sigh.Yu Wentai is an unstable factor, as long as he develops well, he will not move around.Once there is a problem with himself, then Yu Wentai will become a problem.Wang Wei's worries are not unreasonable, but it's just not the time yet.

"My lord, do you think Xiao Xi will..."

Wang Wei made a gesture of wiping his neck.

People from the Xiao family, who knows.

Liu Yishou sighed helplessly, and spread his hands to express that he was also helpless.Killing fathers, brothers and nephews is not uncommon in the Xiao family.Even if Xiao Huan attacked Xiao Huan, he was not the first, nor would he be the last.

Only two days later, Xiao Huan arrived hurriedly.Both Xiangyang and Jiangling have well-developed waterways, which are much faster than riding a horse on land.After Xiao Huan arrived, Liu Yishou and the Cai family asked him if he would like to be the prince, and Liu Yi would guard him and go to Jiankang to become the throne.

I thought this cowardly grandson would refuse straight away, but Xiao Huan agreed without thinking about it.Even though Liu Yishou hinted that this trip would be full of twists and turns, that there would be fierce battles around Jiankang, and that if he failed, his life would be lost, he did not waver in the slightest.

This made Xiao Xi, who was staring at Xiao Huan eagerly, hoping that he would refuse straight away, his complexion was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the smile on his face was stiff. Anyone who was not blind would know that he was very upset.

"In that case, I will hand over the late emperor's edict to the King of Jiangling. Please follow me to Shouyang!"

Liu Yishou made a big salute to Xiao Huan with his sleeves folded.

Seeing the other party being so solemn, Xiao Huan was at a loss for a while.Mrs. Cai murmured in his ear for a long time, Xiao Huan replied this time: "Now I have appointed the governor as the chief minister, who supervises all military forces at home and abroad, opens the third division of Yitong, and leads the general, who is in charge of commanding all the Qin King's troops."

This is no different from what Xiao Xi said before.

"One more thing, Xiao Yi is also going to march into Jiankang. I suggest that we show weakness and give up Jiangling City to the other party. In this way, Xiao Yi may go to attack Jiankang first. We can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight in Shouyang first. After they are exhausted from fighting, they will issue a call to action, rubbing the edict and distributing it to the states and counties, calling on the soldiers and horses of the states and counties to be king."

Liu Yishou also said again what he had said to Xiao Cha before.

Xiao Huan seemed a little nervous, and he pretended to be calm and said: "All the big Sima can be executed by themselves, and I... will not object to anything."

"Your Majesty, please also write a handwritten letter and send it to Baling County." Liu Yishou reminded.This Xiao Huan seems to be not as bright as Xiao Xie.

"Okay, okay, I'll write it now, I'll write it now."

With Cai's silent sigh, Xiao Huan wrote a letter to Xiao Yi.In the letter, Xiao Huan agreed to let Xiao Yi take over Jiangling as a "sincerity" to support the other party's sending troops to Jiankang.But for others, there can be no more.

After writing the letter, Liu Yishou read it, and found that he was quite literary.It seems that this Xiao Huan, like his father Xiao Tong, has all his skill points in strange places.None of the skills that an emperor should have has been developed.

"Queen Dowager, now that the overall situation has been decided, I will escort Your Majesty to Shouyang, where I will set up troops to serve as the king, and go to Jiankang to become the throne and proclaim myself emperor. I also ask the Queen Mother to follow my minister to Shouyang along the way."

"The Ai family will follow suit, and leave everything to Da Sima."

Cai felt a little uneasy in her heart, but she couldn't say it out.Things have come to this point, there is no turning back when you open the bow, you can only go to the dark one by one.

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Just as Liu Yishou quietly went to Jingxiang to pick up the descendants of Xiao Tongyi's lineage who came to Shouyang and prepared to raise troops, the turmoil in Liang State finally kicked off.

Xiao Fan's appeal in Liyang was echoed by powerful factions in many places.Xiao Yuanzao, governor of South Xuzhou who was in Jurong, Xiao Yuanming, governor of Hailing County, and governors of many places refused to recognize the legitimacy of Xiao Gang's succession to the throne, and proposed to investigate the cause of the late emperor's death carefully and expel the officials of the court. Out of the local area, the intention is unknown.

In the Sanwu area, although there were many people responding to Xiao Gang, more people acquiesced that nothing had happened, and refused to send trilogy to Jiankang to suppress the rebellion.

At the same time, Xiao Xu's troops set out from Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) and marched eastward along the Yangtze River. All the cities along the way surrendered without a fight, and the army approached Shicheng (Anqing).

Webster, who supported Xiao Gang, mainly stationed troops in the important town of Hefei. On the one hand, he had to monitor the movement of Liu Yishou's army, and on the other hand, Xiao Fan, Pei Zhigao and others in the south were still stubbornly resisting and refused to submit.

After weighing again and again, Webster decided not to send troops to Liyang temporarily to avoid being attacked by Liu Yishou.And Wei Zai, who was responsible for defending Guangling (Yangzhou) for Xiao Lun, miraculously defeated Wei Can who led his troops across the river from Jingkou, and won the victory in the same room.

Seeing the unfavorable battle situation in various places, Xiao Gang thought of Xia Houkui, Xiao Ying and others who were suppressing the rebellion as far away as Fujian and Zhejiang.So an order was issued, ordering Xia Houkui, Xiao Ying and others to lead troops back to King Qin of Jiankang.In addition, the world was amnesty, and the chieftains in Fujian and Zhejiang were widely sealed, and their crimes of rebellion were pardoned.

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On this day, the imperial edict was sent to Yongning City (Wenzhou City) in Yongjia County. Xiao Ying, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation around Jiankang, invited Chen Baxian to the study, and the two discussed countermeasures.

Xiao Ying is the legitimate son of Xiao Yan's younger brother Xiao Wei, and logically speaking, the throne has nothing to do with him.However, now that Xiao Yan was assassinated and died, wars broke out everywhere.Xiao Ying also thought carefully.

Even if you can't become an emperor, if you take a few steps forward and operate well, it should be fine, right?Back then when Xiao Qi was in Xiao Qi, Xiao Yan didn't belong to the royal line, he still belonged to the same surname but different clans, so how did Xiao Yan come to the position?

Xiao Ying put the letters written by many people and Jiankang's edict in front of Chen Baxian and asked: "Xingguo (Chen Baxian's word), what do you think?"

Chen Ba first read the letters on the table with a glance at ten lines, and sighed faintly.

"My lord, the chaos has only just begun, and there is still trouble ahead, so why not wait and see how things change."

(End of this chapter)