Chapter 494: All Rebellion

Chang'an, Imperial Palace

In the imperial study, in the Nine Dragon Cauldron, incense for calming the mind was burning, and the smoke was floating.

Song Mo sat at the top, and the Prime Minister Shen Wan, Shangshu Ling Sang Baiqing, Taiwei Xiao Qun, Duzhi Shangshu Wu Chunyu, Dali Temple Qing Yao Songwen and others were in the list.

The ministers of Dali were not all incompetent and good-for-nothings, especially the several important ministers appointed by Song Mo, who were still capable.

Just now, Song Mo let them discuss in the west room, and he did not participate. These ministers brainstormed and worked together, and soon came up with two most effective solutions at present.

When they came into the imperial study to meet the emperor, Xiao Qun, as a representative, said, "Two ways. The first is to send troops directly to attack Pingzhou, and it would be best to quell the rebellion in Pingzhou with a thunderous force."

Wu Chunyu was anxious when he heard it. If he chose the first solution, it would be all his business from then on!

"It's easy for Taiwei Xiao to say that. Where does Dali get its troops from now? Where does it get its food and grass?"

Xiao Qun glanced at him, "This is your business! You can't just yell every time the emperor needs you as the Minister of Finance! Otherwise, what's the point of the emperor having you as the Minister of Finance?!"

Wu Chunyu choked. Xiao Qun's words were too harsh. He made him look like a drunkard. He yelled, but when did he not work?

Song Mo knocked on the table and asked, "What's the second way?" For the old minister who had been following him from the Qiandi, he had to protect him when he should.

Xiao Qun hesitated and said, "The second option is to retreat to advance, but in this case, the emperor will have to suffer a little."

"How to do it specifically?" Song Mo asked.

Xiao Qun said, "Pingzhou rebelled against Dali because of the negotiations between Pinggang and Pingzhou. During the negotiations, the emperor and his ministers had no way of knowing what happened, but the emperor was insulted by the Pingzhou edict for no reason. Prince Gong, Zuo Anmin, Lin Ran and others are to blame for their death."

"Your Majesty, at this time, we can only abandon the car to save the king. This is also the first step of the second solution."

The ministers thought, who to abandon and who to save depends on how the emperor chooses. There are three choices.

After a while, Song Mo asked, "What about the second step?"

The second step is, "The emperor will issue another self-criticism edict, saying that he was deceived, and then ask the Qin and Lu families to return to Dali and promise to reuse them."

This is for the world to see.

What a vicious plan. Yao Songwen thought, although he had just learned two specific solutions, he still felt it was very vicious when he heard it now.

The return of the Qin and Lu families is the return of You and Pingzhou. This deal is too cost-effective.

Once this plan is used, Pingzhou will defeat the emperor's army before, and then the emperor will defeat them.

If the emperor can bend and stretch and use this plan, then Pingzhou will be in trouble next, and the pressure will also be on them.

Song Mo did not speak for a long time after hearing this.

Obviously, he has not decided which method to choose.

Xiao Qun still prefers the second method. The emperor cannot make major decision-making mistakes. It is best to shift the blame for forcing the two families of Qin and Lu to rebel.

At this time, Shangshu Ling Sang Baiqing said, "Your Majesty, I think these two methods are not just one or the other. In fact, these two strategies can be used in parallel. If method one doesn't work, method two can be activated. While Prince Gong and others have not returned, the emperor can explain it by saying "I was deceived."

Song Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Yao Songwen shook his body slightly.

Xiao Qun and other ministers were all smart people. Seeing the emperor's expression, they knew that he was persuaded by Sang Baiqing.

Xiao Qun immediately said, "Your Majesty, we must send troops to attack Pingzhou as soon as possible. We must prevent other forces from imitating Qin and Lu and rising up."

"They dare?" This made Song Mo think of his two brothers, King Cheng and King Jin, who had returned to their respective fiefdoms.

But he still listened to the ministers' words.

Seeing that it was getting late, Song Mo waved his hand to let the ministers disperse.

Among all the ministers, Yao Songwen had the least experience, so he walked last. When he left the palace, he looked up to the northeast and shook his head in his heart. After all, everyone's positions were different.

After dismissing the ministers, Song Mo sent someone to ask the Censorate whether the proclamation had been written.

Zhou Chengzhong and Zhang Xian were indeed in the Censorate. Both of them knew that the emperor urgently needed the proclamation to attack Qin and Lu, and they did not dare to delay and wrote it quickly.

The eunuch took it back to the palace.

Song Mo opened it and saw that compared with the majestic and powerful Pingzhou Manifesto, the Manifesto written by Zhou Chengzhong and Zhang Xian seemed a bit tepid.

Song Mo was not very satisfied, but he could only make do with it.

"Send it to all counties!" Song Mo ordered.

The common people in Chang'an were the first to see the Manifesto issued by the court to attack Lv Desheng. In the Manifesto, the court called him a traitor.

Condemned Pingzhou for deliberately letting Tuoba Lian go and expelling the Xianbei Hulu.

Revealed that the Qin and Lu families were clearly harboring evil intentions and stealing the artifacts, but used high-sounding words to cover up their filth!

Warned the followers around Qin and Lu not to be stubborn and stay away from the traitors as soon as possible, and not to help the tyrants, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

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The plan to deal with Pingzhou was made. The court had just issued the Manifesto to attack the Qin and Lu families, and Song Mo just breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he saw the eunuch Liang An stumbling into the palace.

"Your Majesty, it's bad. The King of Cheng in the Southwest, the King of Jin in the East Sea, and Xie Zhan in the South of the Lingnan have rebelled."

"What?!" Song Mo's voice was full of disbelief.

"Please explain clearly, is it just Xie Zhan who rebelled? Or is it Prince Cheng, Prince Jin and Xie Zhan who all rebelled?"

Liang An had a sad face, "Your Majesty, all three parties rebelled. They all rebelled."