Chapter 214: Foreign Aid?
Traitors?
Li Zhi had nothing to say about Wang Ping's words, because he himself knew that his current reputation was really bad, and he was originally a little transparent in the eyes of the people, with neither a good impression nor a bad impression, after all, the people didn't know him at all, so the impression was naturally zero.
But after the news of his forced palace usurpation spread, the prestige that was originally at zero suddenly plummeted in a negative direction, although it was not to the point of smelling, but the people's impression of him was not much better.
Li Zhi has one thing that he has been trying to do these days, that is, he keeps distributing some benefits, such as tax exemptions, such as lowering some good policies, etc., hoping to give some small favors to the people, and intends to reverse the people's impression of themselves through this method, and according to the current feedback from the news, this approach has been quite effective, so long as it is done persistently, sooner or later the people's impression of themselves will be completely changed.
But this method also has shortcomings, in addition to perseverance, the other is that you can't do anything too bad during this period, and there is no doubt that this time the Nine Clans are evil and can't be evil.
It can be said that once he does the thing of slaughtering tens of thousands of people at one time, then his previous efforts will not only be in vain, but his already bad reputation will really stink to the extreme, not only will the people's impression of him be extremely bad, but even the army will be unstable, maybe before Li Zhen arrives, the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in Chang'an City will launch a mutiny, pull him down from the throne, and then tie him up to see Li Zhen.
"Look, am I just watching them get away with it?
If I don't deal with this matter, then how should the people of the world view me?
In the future, will not anyone who wants to rebel and rebel?
This wind must not rise......
"Although he knew that he couldn't do this, Li Zhi still couldn't swallow this breath, not to mention that what he said made sense, if he didn't deal with this matter, what would the world think of him?"
Not to mention that once he can't handle this matter perfectly, then it will give his subordinates the illusion that the mutiny will not be punished, so that the cost of the mutiny will be reduced, and he is afraid that his subordinates will have a fluctuating heart.
"Of course I know these truths, in fact, as soon as we got the news, we had already discussed the response policy, but unfortunately on the shore, we were one step late......
Even if you deal with it now, you can't handle it.
Speaking of this, Wang Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head, of course he knew that what Li Zhi said was also very reasonable, and made a coping strategy, the problem is that there is another hidden meaning in this matter: "In fact, as early as three days ago, when they rebelled, Li Zhen's secret agents hidden in Chang'an City had already transferred all the direct relatives of the rebels, and now even if I and our Blood Dragon Guard, we can't find any trace of them, let alone punish them." ” "Damn, Li Zhen, you deceive people too much......"
When Li Zhi heard this, he was even more angry, and he couldn't vent his anger in his heart, and he slashed at the carved dragon pillar next to him, until the sword was broken, and his tiger's mouth was cracked and bleeding.
Seeing this, Wang Ping hurriedly relieved: "Your Majesty, please rest easy, in addition to coming over to persuade you, there is another good news to tell you." ” "What's the good news?
Where is the good news now?
Li Zhi gasped, ignoring his bleeding right hand, staring at Wang Ping with wolf-like eyes, if the news he said was not enough to surprise him, even if Wang Ping had the support of the family behind him, he would not be able to kill him to vent his anger.
Wang Ping directly ignored Li Zhi's gaze, still with that calm and breezy look: "This time the minister brought really good news, we have contacted the Western Turks' Ebi Shekuku Khan and the Ottoman Caliph of the Great Food Empire, they are all willing to send troops to support Your Highness and Li Zhen in the battle, among which the Western Turks are willing to send 300,000 elite cavalry, and the Ottoman Caliph has sent up to 700,000 troops......
As long as we can divide the Turkic steppe and Tianzhu to them after the war, it will be fine. ” "What?"
There was no excitement as Wang Ping expected, on the contrary, after Li Zhi heard his words, he changed color: "You actually colluded with foreign enemies?
And dare to cut the land and capital the enemy?
You are so bold, this is treason, it is a serious crime to punish the nine clans, aren't you afraid that I will execute you all as traitors?
” Wang Ping didn't care about Li Zhi's scare, because he knew that Li Zhi was just talking, he didn't dare at all, and he didn't have the power to destroy the nine clans of the family.
So he just asked lightly: "Otherwise?"
In the face of Li Zhen, who is pressing step by step, at this time, in addition to introducing foreign aid, how many chances do you think we have to win?
Don't forget, Li Zhen's current manpower is not less than yours, and there are 100,000 young soldiers among them, what kind of combat effectiveness the youth army is, I believe you have also understood it over the years......
Not to mention that Li Zhen also has a stable rear in Lingnan, where there are still a million male soldiers and at least 200,000 young soldiers, these troops are all loyal to Li Zhen, it can be said that if Li Zhen is not willing to make things big and let foreign countries pick up the cheap, it is estimated that he would have ordered this million troops to go north, and who in the world would dare to be its edge at that time?
But what do you have?
At present, you are only in control of one Guanzhong, and all the armies that can be drawn in the entire Guanzhong have been withdrawn, which means that you only have this million army, and once you are consumed, you can only wait to be captured, not to mention that this million miles were abducted by Li Zhen 300,000, and you only have 700,000 now......
As for our strength, let's tell you the truth, we do have the power to subvert Datang, but these forces are scattered all over Datang, and it takes time to integrate them, and what we lack most at present is time.
But if we bring in outsiders, it will be different, with Li Zhen's character of being inside and first securing outside, he will definitely have to spare some of his energy to deal with the army of Dashi and the Western Turks, which can invisibly buy us a lot of time.
With some time, we will be able to draw more forces and finally defeat Li Zhen.
You don't have to worry about the enemy coming in, although I don't want to admit it, but Li Zhen's strength is really not ordinary, don't look at the big food and the Western Turks sent a million troops, but these armies are ordinary cold weapon legions, in the face of my Datang's thermal weapons, they don't have a very good defense method at all.
So Li Zhen won't lose, he will only lose a little bit of troops at most, but we have taken advantage of this rare time to accumulate enough strength to destroy him in one fell swoop......
What's more, even if Li Zhen fails in the end, so what?
For us, that kind of result is simply better, Li Zhen is certainly defeated, but isn't there still Your Majesty?
Even if the enemy reluctantly defeats Li Zhen, it will inevitably lose its strength, at this time, Your Majesty, you just take the opportunity to make a move, and if you raise the whole country's troops to fight, you can completely expel them, and when the time comes, you will calm Li Zhen inside, sweep away the strong outside, stabilize the society, and your prestige among the people will inevitably rise to the sky, even if someone doubts that you are not in the right position, I am afraid that you will not dare to rebel against you......
Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
” "......"
Li Zhi was silent, to be honest, he was very moved, but deep in his heart he was a little reluctant to accept it, after all, he was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and it would be okay not to lose the country, but to open the country to meet the invasion of foreign enemies......
No matter who gets involved in this kind of thing, the name of a traitor is unavoidable, not to mention that he is still an emperor, once this matter is spread, he will become the first traitor emperor in the past.
After thinking for a long time, Li Zhicai hesitated: "......
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But I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the descendant of Yan and Huang, and the monarch of the Chinese nation, and now I welcome foreign enemies into the Central Plains, how can I do this kind of thing?
Besides, my brother is insulted by the wall, no matter how Li Zhen and I fight, it is also our own internal matter, which attracts outsiders to help us beat our brother, and finally takes advantage of the fire to rob, which is a bit inappropriate, right?
” In any case, this doesn't sound like a stern refusal, but it has some meaning of wanting to refuse and welcome, so I almost didn't say it directly to Wang Ping, you go on, say a little more to convince me of my own reasons, give me a few more reasons, and I can promise you along the steps......
However, I don't know if I didn't understand the hidden meaning of Li Zhi's words, or if he was already impatient, or if there was something else, Wang Ping didn't follow his words, but said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, don't deceive yourself, what descendants of Yan and Huang?"
Do you think that if you say so, the Turkic blood in you can be washed away?
As for the so-called brotherly wall, it's even more nonsense, you even did something to usurp the throne, do you still hope you can have a good reputation?
The most important thing for you now is to destroy Li Zhen, as for other issues, let's wait until you sit on the throne, what's the use of thinking about it so much now?
” "You are bold ......"
Li Zhi was completely stabbed, Wang Ping's words can be said to have completely hit Li Zhi, or the pain point of the entire Li family, why is the Tang royal family looked down on by the other six families?
There are even so-called famous families who do not accept the Li family, which means that the family will not marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the fact that the princess Li is more debauched, another reason is because the six major families are pure-blooded Han people, but the Li family is not a pure-blooded Han people, but a mixed-race family with some Turkic blood, so it has always been looked down upon by the rest of the family.
It is precisely this kind of contempt that Li Shimin compiled the "Clan Chronicles", and listed the surname Li as the first class, the relatives as the second class, and the Shandong clan as the third class, but the "Clan Chronicles" was not recognized, and in the end it could only be reduced to Li Shimin's own YY tool.
But Li Zhen doesn't care about this, after all, he has experienced ethnic integration in later generations, and to be honest, after the Five Hu Chaohua, there are basically no pure-bred Han people in the north, and in the 21st century, pure-bred Han people are even scarce to the point of being comparable to giant pandas.
It's just that Li Zhen can accept it, but others can't accept it, especially the Li royal family itself, in order to prove the purity of his bloodline, he even put his ancestors on Lao Tzu's head, but this is self-deception after all, even the Li family itself is panicked, not to mention the Kwantung clan, they will not admit it at all, but sneer at this behavior.
Therefore, Turkic ancestry has become the biggest taboo of the Li family, let alone saying it in front of the emperor, even if you say it in private and are known by the emperor, then your life is estimated to be over, although it will not kill you, but you don't want to have any future in this life.
And when it comes to Li Zhi, this topic has become a taboo among taboos, you must know that Li Zhi was originally the emperor who usurped the throne, and he was trying to correct his name, and it was also the most sensitive time for his psychology, Wang Ping mentioned the issue of bloodline at this time, no wonder Li Zhi would blow up.
"Hehe, this should be called lust and guilt, right?"
Wang Ping also completely tore his face this time, and no longer planned to rob the game he played: "Look at your expression, are you planning to kill me?"
Hehe, what's the use of killing me even if you kill me?
What's more, do you dare to kill me?
What do you think you are?
If it weren't for our help, do you think you would be on this throne?
Since we have pushed you to the throne, we can naturally pull you down, if you want to be your emperor honestly, you had better be honest and obedient to me, otherwise we don't mind changing to another emperor.
And let me tell you, it's useless for you to promise or not, the two countries have already begun to send troops, and they should have reached the border line at this time, once they break through the resistance of the defenders, then the vast steppe and the great desert of the Western Regions are the best racetrack for the Great Food and the Western Turkic cavalry......" "......"
Li Zhi's face suddenly turned iron blue, he really wanted to stab the broken sword that was still half in his hand into Wang Ping's chest at this moment, but he didn't dare, even if he suffered such a humiliation, he didn't dare to really put his thoughts into action, because doing so was likely to completely offend the family.
Although it is impossible for the family to completely turn against him because of a distant relative, after all, now that Li Zhen is close at hand, even if they kill Li Zhi, they will not have time to elect a new emperor.
But even so, once Li Zhi does this, then the family will have enough reason to snatch benefits from him, and it is not impossible to completely squeeze him out of the imperial court, then he will really become a puppet emperor.