Chapter 761 A basin of dirty water

"Master, do we still have a chance to win in Dali?"

Looking at the anxious or hopeful eyes of his subordinates, Xie Zhan was silent for a long time and nodded, "There is still a chance."

Even in the face of Pingzhou's weapons suppression that was ahead of Dali, Xie Zhan did not lose heart. Because he knew that going from zero to one was the most difficult, but he believed that going from one to two was just a matter of time.

What he had to do now was to buy time and use time to exchange for space for Dali's growth.

The current situation is that he has two cards in his hand. Now the explosives have been scrapped, and only the charcoal is left.

But considering that Pingzhou is now attacking Xianbei in a big way, Dali must not be used by force like Xianbei did throughout the territory...

Besides, Lu Songli is not a militarist.

So, he predicted that next, he and Lu Songli would compete for the hearts of the people.

The situation in the Three States Free Trade Zone has deteriorated to this point, and there is no need to cover up Song Mo's death.

Therefore, the court soon rang the funeral bell and issued an obituary to the world.

In the winter of the seventh year of Tianhe, the eighth emperor of Dali, Song Mo, died in Taiji Hall.

At the same time, the world was informed that the late emperor left a will to establish his eldest son as the new emperor and take the name of the country as Daoming.

This country name is full of Dali's strong expectations for the future.

In addition to establishing a new emperor, the late emperor also left a will to appoint the former Grand Commander Xie Zhan as the regent.

After Song Mo's death, after discussion among the ministers, the posthumous title was proposed to be Ai.

Pingzhou, Changli

In the Pingzhou government office, all officials learned the news of the death of Song Mo, the emperor of Dali. And Song Mo's posthumous title also caused a lot of discussion among Pingzhou officials.

"Emperor Ai has many meanings, such as early death, lack of virtue, and suffering from great misfortune."

"Song Mo reigned for seven years and died at the age of 21, which means early death."

"During his reign, facing internal and external troubles, although he took some measures, he ultimately failed to save Dali from decline."

At this point in the discussion, everyone understood. Song Mo's life was mostly unfortunate, and his posthumous title of "Emperor Ai" also made people sympathize with him.

At this time, Lu Desheng spoke, "Dali dared to make public the fact that Xie Zhan was named the regent of Dali? This is equivalent to admitting that the court of Dali had cheated before. Aren't they afraid that we Pingzhou will hold them accountable?"

"Because of the polo match, Dali and Pingzhou are now at odds. There is no difference between turning against each other once and twice."

As the saying goes, too many lice will not itch.

Lu Songli knew that the identity was exposed, which must be the work of Xie Zhan.

She was not surprised that Xie Zhan would do this.

Xie Zhan was not stupid. He guessed that she knew that he was not dead. If this matter was still hidden, it would become a handle, or a hidden danger. It would be better to reveal it himself and eliminate the hidden danger.

With an opponent who knows you well, every move is like playing a clear chess game.

And playing a clear chess game is like this.

It is impossible to win a lot in one game. You can only win a little bit in one game through confrontation, and slowly form a big advantage.

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After the polo final, because Dali and Xianbei cheated, Pingzhou took the opportunity to attack and took Yanzhou and Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

Tuoba Jin and Tuoba Lian did not fight to the death, but took the Xianbei army in Yanzhou to pass through Dali and evacuate from Yuzhou.

Then, Dali stationed troops in Yuzhou, Donghai and Yongzhou to guard against the Pingzhou army.

Just when the high-ranking officials of Dali and Xianbei thought that Pingzhou would launch a massive attack on Yuzhou, Yangzhou or Yongzhou, the heartland of Dali, Pingzhou, contrary to its usual practice, deployed troops and horses along the border line with Dali to confront Dali.

On the other hand, Pingzhou sent three armies to attack Xianbei.

First, the Sun family army in Bingzhou went westward and intercepted Tuoba Jin and Tuoba Lian, the Xianbei army.

Secondly, the army led by Yue Shu set out from Fuyu County, among which Wei Kuang, as a lieutenant general, led an army and headed straight to the Xianbei grassland.

Finally, the Jintai army was led by Qin Sheng as the main force, and Qin Zhao led another Qin family army to follow.

The two armies went directly from Qingzhou to Yanmen Pass, and then went out of the pass. The Qin family army led by Qin Zhao was responsible for dealing with the Xianbei army that blocked the road, while Qin Sheng led the Jintai army across the grassland and headed straight for the Xianbei capital-Shengle.

Dali

The emperor passed away, and the whole country was in mourning.

For a time, the prices of sacrificial items rose sharply.

The common people complained, because they really had no money.

But the government didn't care, because the regent ordered that the emperor should have a grand funeral, and the people under his rule could not drag their feet, and every household must hang white!

The common people were forced by the government to resent and anger.

Xie Zhan was very busy, busy with the funeral of the previous emperor, as well as the handover of power, personnel reorganization, and also had to pay attention to the development of the war with Pingzhou and Pingzhou's war situation with Xianbei.

One day, Xie Zhan finished his work and returned to the regent's mansion from the palace.

When the carriage was halfway through, it was found that the road ahead was artificially dug up, and the guards he led immediately alerted.

At this time, many ragged young men emerged from the alley and threw rotten vegetable leaves, cow dung, stones and other things in his direction.

"What are you doing?" Xie Bai shouted.

The roadblocker cast a hateful gaze at Xie Zhan.

"Xie Zhan, you evil ghost, how far do you want to push us ordinary people?"

"Yes, do you want to force us to death?"

"Why are you so cruel? You used horse racing to extort the people, and now you want us to spend a lot of money to buy sacrificial supplies like white linen? For money, you really do everything you can."

"Do you want to force us to death?!"

Hearing this, Xie Zhan frowned slightly, and his first reaction was that Pingzhou was behind it.

After his guards solved the matter, he questioned the arrested people again, and then sent people to investigate the matter in detail.

Only after he checked did he find out that it was the horse racing secret dealers in Yuzhou who went to collect debts and directly forced a family of twelve to death.

This matter aroused public outrage and public opinion was on fire. Countless victims of horse racing or victims surrounded the government office and demanded that the government severely punish the culprit.

Under the guidance of the Pingzhou navy, the government was also swept up by public opinion to investigate further.

And he originally intended to eliminate the horse racing secret dealers in Dali, and Fan Yang and Zuo Anmin and other confidants knew about this.

After the people from the Yuzhou government consulted their superiors and got instructions, they started to investigate.

This investigation led to the discovery of a big fish - Cao Huating.

Cao Huating was one of the owners of the horse-racing secret gambling house in Dali.

When Cao Huating was arrested, he confessed that there was someone behind him.

The Yuzhou government had to investigate, and Cao Huating finally confessed in public and announced the identity of the mastermind behind the horse-racing secret gambling house in Dali. This person was none other than Xie Zhan, the regent!

In addition to him, there were two other small owners, one was Lord Wang Yun, and the other was Tuoba Jin, the second prince of Xianbei.

Once this news was announced, it was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves.

"Cao Huating? Go check his identity!" Xie Zhan ordered.

This investigation revealed that he was the remnant of the Zhu family in the south, and this must be his revenge on himself.

Xie Zhan knew very well that Zhu Huating must have escaped.

"Master, what should we do now?"

Xie Zhan pinched his brows, the current public opinion is very unfavorable to him.

This is a trap, and Fan Yang Zuo Anmin and others fell into it.

The key is that Wang Yun actually admitted it!

A basin of dirty water was poured down from his head.

It directly polluted his reputation as the regent and dealt a heavy blow to his prestige.

Thinking of him, during this period of time, Dali, from the emperor to the officials of the noble families, was played in his hands.

But he turned around and fell into Lu Songli's hands.

Lu Songli, Lu Songli, this method is getting more and more dirty.

She really didn't even give him a chance to breathe.