Chapter 1165 Situation
Seeing that Zhang Wuji had also found his other half, Su Yi was sincerely happy.
He was not the kind of person who would take all the delicious food into his own bowl, otherwise he would not have said that he only married four wives.
Yang Yaoqin was actually more suitable for Zhang Wuji. This woman seemed to be very opinionated, which complemented Zhang Wuji's indecisive personality.
The few of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Su Yi took the initiative to mention the engagement with Zhou Zhiruo. Zhang Wuji naturally felt sad.
Fortunately, he was no longer alone, so he felt comforted.
Su Yi asked Zhang Wuji to visit Yu Daying and Yin Liting first, but soon the leaders of the various factions came together again.
They were not here to welcome Su Yi, but to discuss things with Su Yi.
The matter of the emperor's murder finally began to ferment.
The new emperor of Dadu ascended the throne and issued an edict to the world-
"Dingyou, the previous emperor was assassinated and died in Dadu. He reigned for 24 years at the age of 37. The heaven was not harmonious, and this disaster was brought down. The country was in vain. The people in the three departments and six affairs of the queen, the ministers, and the Chinese and the barbarians, have entrusted the great destiny to me. The times were bad, and the imperial power was weak. I am a person of little virtue, and I flatter the great cause..."
The new emperor ascended the throne, not only did not pardon the world and celebrate, but also vowed in the edict to avenge the previous emperor, to sweep the world, and to suppress the rebellion.
It can be seen that this emperor is very enterprising.
The new emperor also ordered the deprivation of the title and fiefdom of King Ruyang, declared King Ruyang a traitor, a wolfish and ambitious regicide, and called on the people of the world to punish him together.
The family of Prince Ruyang, including more than 300 people, including distant relatives and close subordinates, totaling more than 4,000 people, were all executed at Caishikou on the third day after the new emperor ascended the throne. The heads of people rolled and the blood flowed like a river.
The emperor was angry, and blood flowed!
Before this, Prince Ruyang had always been hoping to resolve the misunderstanding with the Yuan court.
He submitted seven memorials to the prince to explain the matter, and wrote letters to many ministers in the court, even to political enemies who had never dealt with him. His words were humble and sincere, hoping that the Yuan court would believe that he was also a victim and had no intention of killing the emperor.
Many of his subordinates were loyal to the Yuan court and rebelled against him, but he did not kill them. He just arrested them and planned to send them to the Yuan court, hoping that the court would see his sincerity.
Even when the prince summoned him to Dadu to explain, he hesitated whether to take the risk to agree and explain in person.
But he was persuaded by Zhao Min and Wang Baobao.
They knew very well that even if the emperor was still alive, let alone the emperor's death, the Ruyang Palace would definitely not be able to coexist with the Borjigin clan because of the emperor's kneeling to Wang Baobao.
Zhao Min and Wang Baobao unanimously suggested that their father take advantage of the chaos in the Yuan court and join forces with Mr. Guan to force Dadu to force the new emperor to release his family.
But the King of Ruyang could not make up his mind to completely break with the Yuan court and completely go to the opposite side of his own nation. He was even more unwilling to collude with the rebels to attack Dadu, which he had been guarding.
He had no way to turn around. Even if his son and daughter begged repeatedly, he would not be moved. He stubbornly believed that the Yuan court would definitely believe in the loyalty of the Ruyang Palace.
He also felt that even if the Yuan court did not believe in him, the court could not do without the Ruyang Palace at the moment, and it was likely to be hypocritical and temporarily forbearing. In the process, he could also use his sincerity to impress the new emperor and make him change his mind.
When people are unwilling to face a certain reality, they will find a lot of reasons to convince themselves that they can avoid this bad result, and work hard for it.
If this kind of thing is done successfully, it is called a Jedi reversal, and if it fails, it is called a fluke.
So we can't blame those who are lucky, because they just want to reverse it, what's wrong with them?
It's a pity that the price of luck is huge.
Until the news of thousands of people's heads fell, King Ruyang felt that his sky had fallen.
His wife, his sister, his god-grandson, and so many relatives were all killed!
King Ruyang had a good relationship with his wife and didn't want to remarry, so he only had Zhao Min as a daughter.
Wang Baobao was his sister's son, and he was adopted as his son.
But now, except for his son and daughter, all his relatives were killed by the emperor.
King Ruyang fainted on the spot.
After he woke up, he sat there for three hours, then summoned his children and subordinates, and swore with tears and blood that he would trample Dadu and cut off the head of the false emperor Ayushiridara!
The painful reality shattered all the luck of King Ruyang, and he finally woke up completely.
He became the Mongolian prince who called the wind and rain in the court and was invincible on the battlefield, cold, violent, bold, and smart...
He summed up and reflected on his mistakes during this period, and decided to cheer up and start again.
The first step is to correct his name.
He declared war on the Yuan court under the banner of "punishing the false emperor and rectifying the government", and insisted that it was the false emperor who killed his father and committed treason, and put the blame on King Ruyang on the grounds that the new emperor had once rebelled and forced the emperor to abdicate.
This statement is actually very popular. After all, the Prince of Ruyang was a staunch royalist before, but the prince was very close to the political enemies of the Prince of Ruyang. The prince's accession to the throne was definitely not a good thing for the Prince of Ruyang's Palace.
The second step is to purge and reorganize.
The Prince of Ruyang killed all the "traitors" who were prepared to send to the Yuan court to express his sincerity, and reorganized the internal affairs, strengthened his control over the army, and gave his children more rights.
Wang Baobao controlled more troops, and Zhao Min took over the intelligence and diplomatic work.
The third step is to stabilize the rear.
Prince Ruyang sent gifts to Mr. Guan and the rebels in Gansu and Shaanxi, and wrote letters, using both soft and hard tactics to persuade these people not to attack him when he was fighting with the Yuan court, otherwise he would be retaliated a hundredfold.
In fact, Zhao Min and Wang Baobao suggested that Prince Ruyang and Mr. Guan join forces, but Prince Ruyang rejected it outright. He believed that if he could defeat Dadu, he might be able to support the new emperor and continue to return to the Mongolian camp.
But if he joined forces with the rebels to attack the Yuan court, he would really be completely self-determined on the grassland.
Prince Ruyang hated the new emperor who killed his family, but he also hated Su Yi who plotted against him. However, this hatred was not only buried deep in his heart, but also tried to fade it in front of Zhao Min and Wang Baobao.
Because he knew very well that a madman who could go deep into the palace and kidnap the emperor, what was the Prince Ruyang Mansion in his eyes?
Unless the luck turned, it would basically be impossible to seek revenge on Su Yi.
Not to mention, he had to make plans for a worse situation.
If the situation deteriorates and the Ruyang Palace is at the brink of survival, the only one who can help them at that time is Su Yi, who has calculated them.
Behind the emperor's murder, the great achievements of Su Yi, Zhang Sanfeng and Miejue Shi Tai who broke into the palace were completely downplayed, and even not mentioned at all, because if this matter was publicized everywhere, it would be a fatal blow to the prestige and morale of the Yuan court.
The heroes of various factions gathered together today, and one of the topics was whether to publicize this matter, to hit the prestige of the Yuan court, to boost the morale of the various righteous armies, and at the same time to make the coalition of various factions famous and attract more heroes and righteous men to join.
But this matter was rejected by Su Yi.
Not because of keeping a low profile, but because the relationship between the Ruyang Prince and the Yuan court is like a raging fire, which can be ignited at a touch.
At this time, you jumped out and claimed to be responsible for the regicide. Aren't you justifying the Ruyang Palace?
Once the "wise men" on both sides take the opportunity to make an effort to make the two sides reach a reconciliation and face the outside world in unison, Su Yi's previous efforts will be in vain.
Therefore, Su Yi's strategy is to take this opportunity to continue to accumulate strength and wait for the right time.
The heroes agree with Su Yi's judgment, but they all feel very sorry.
Because if there is really a name of "regicide", it will inevitably make heroes all over the world flock to the seven factions coalition, which will be of great benefit to the growth of the righteous army, and the personal prestige of Su Yi and others will also be qualitatively improved.
Another topic is about Mr. Guan.
The previous paragraph mentioned that Mr. Guan originally planned to march north with his army, go wild on the grassland, and directly attack the royal court of Shangdu.
In the original plot, Mr. Guan also did this. After he conquered Shangdu, he moved to the northeast and finally broke through the royal court of Goryeo.
But with the news that the Yuan Dynasty emperor was assassinated, Mr. Guan changed his mind.
He decided to stay for the time being and wait for an opportunity.
As long as there is a clear breeze and bright moon, Mr. Guan's every move can not be hidden from Su Yi, and Su Yi will know any decision he makes at the first time.
Su Yi knows that Mr. Guan has received the soft and hard letter from King Ruyang, and has also accepted the heavy gifts sent by King Ruyang.
Mr. Guan believes that King Ruyang is a greater threat than the Yuan court, so he intends to pretend to agree, and even make a false impression that the army is heading north, but in fact he wants to wait for King Ruyang and the Yuan court to fight fiercely, and then sneak attack King Ruyang from behind to completely destroy King Ruyang's power.
He believes that once King Ruyang dies, the fate of the Yuan court will soon end.
It must be said that this person's vision is still very accurate, and from his point of view, doing so is indeed the most beneficial to him.
Once Mr. Guan succeeds, the entire Gansu-Shaanxi area, as well as half of Jizhong, will fall into his hands, and then the connection between the Yuan court and the northwest and the Central Plains will be directly cut off, and the Yuan court's power will be cut in two.
Moreover, once the King of Ruyang died, the most capable fighter among the Tartars was gone, and the fate of the Yuan court did speed up the countdown.
But Su Yi did not think that Mr. Guan could succeed, because Zhao Min and Wang Baobao were definitely not easy to deal with.
Although Mr. Guan had a good plan, he was afraid that the other side would take advantage of the situation and make a feint to the east and attack the west, which would make him achieve another victory for the King of Ruyang.
Su Yi did not have much hope for Mr. Guan, but this matter could not be stopped, and he could not persuade Mr. Guan to act according to the original plan.
Su Yi brought his concerns to the heroes for discussion. Some of them did not agree with Su Yi's judgment, and felt that if Mr. Guan could destroy the King of Ruyang, although it deviated from Su Yi's plan, it would be a good thing for the Han people.
There were also some people who recognized Su Yi's judgment, but they thought that they should wait and see, let Mr. Guan suffer a little loss, he would know the pain, know that the King of Ruyang was not easy to mess with, and naturally leave, and do what he should do.
The heroes all had a bad impression of Mr. Guan, because he really kept a distance from the heroes of the Jianghu and was very indifferent.
Previously, Shaolin Kongwen, Kongzhi and the head of Kunlun and his wife volunteered to borrow military rations from Mr. Guan, but not only did they fail to borrow them, they were also ridiculed by Mr. Guan.
People think that you Jianghu people are meddling in military and national affairs?
Just go and grab territory and fight for strength and courage, don't do things you are not good at.
He Taichong was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword to kill people, but Mr. Guan was not afraid at all, and he was killed, saying that even if you kill me, it is equivalent to cutting yourself off from the world.
He Taichong really didn't dare to kill Mr. Guan, because Mr. Guan was now attacking the front line of the anti-Yuan war. If he dared to kill Mr. Guan, he would really be infamous.
Not only that, a considerable number of the heroes and righteous men who came to join the coalition of the seven sects in recent days were intercepted by Mr. Guan.
Kongwen went to argue with him, but Mr. Guan said: "Just consider it as the rent for you occupying my territory."
Monk Kongwen had a good temper, but he was almost furious.
The only one who gave a good face was Emei.
A few days ago, Emei went to negotiate with Mr. Guan because Mr. Guan seized some of the food and horses provided by the outer disciples of Emei.
The leader was a monk of Emei. Originally, he thought that a group of women would be treated coldly, but he didn't expect that Mr. Guan's people would return the people without saying a word, and apologized and compensated.
Su Yi was also very surprised when he learned about this, because he was sure that Mr. Guan was not intimidated by the reputation of Master Miejue, but he really looked at Emei differently.
But then again, Su Yi's group was indeed in Mr. Guan's territory.
Some time ago, it was just a group of heroes who gathered together. People kept their distance and pretended not to see them.
But now this group of people are staying and not leaving, and they are starting to recruit soldiers. How can Mr. Guan have a good impression of the heroes?
Although they are all volunteers, these days, the volunteers often kill each other, while the Tartars are relatively free.
Mr. Guan was already very wary of the high-flying heroes and kept his distance. Now that the heroes have started to recruit soldiers and set up camps, he is even more unhappy.
Mr. Guan sent people to protest several times, but they were all rejected and eventually nothing happened.
Maybe thinking that he would leave soon, Mr. Guan was too lazy to care about the heroes anymore.
Kong Wen felt good about himself at this time. He Taichong ran to borrow military rations from them. To be honest, they were good-tempered because they didn't draw their swords and chop people directly.
It was precisely because of this contradiction that the relationship between the heroes and Mr. Guan became very tense. Now that they know that Mr. Guan may not leave, it is actually not good news for the heroes.
Just as the heroes were expressing their opinions, Yang Yaoqin, who was allowed to listen by Su Yi as an exception, suddenly bowed to Su Yi and said, "Master Su, is Mr. Guan you are talking about Guan Duo?"
Su Yi was startled and said, "This man is called Guan Duo, how come Miss Yang knows him?"
"If it is not a person with the same name, I do know this person." Yang Yaoqin said, "But I still need to verify whether it is this person. Master Su, why don't you ask Wuji to accompany me to Mr. Guan's military camp. If it is really the Guan Duo I know, maybe I can mediate and let everyone clear up the misunderstanding."