Zhu Youxiao ignored their strange looks and continued:
"It is very simple to exterminate She Ni, but She Ni is far from qualified to be the target of my main conquest, let alone my ultimate goal."
"I believe you are all familiar with the Shuixi'an clan. The one who is located on the border of Sichuan and Guizhou and has been the largest chieftain in Guizhou for more than a thousand years!"
In terms of historical inheritance, the Shuixi'an family has a much deeper heritage than the Shizhu Ma family. Although both started in the Han Dynasty, their starting conditions are very different.
Although the ancestor of the Shizhu Ma family was General Fubo Ma Yuan, it was only a branch of it. Ma Chao's lineage was the closest to the main family. However, the descendants of Ma Chao and Ma Dai did not live up to expectations and gradually disappeared in the turntable of history.
Ma Xianglin's ancestors only had the title of a famous general, but they actually worked hard step by step. It was not until the Song Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty that the status of a leader was gradually stabilized.
As for the Shuixi'an clan, they started at the Tianhu level. When Marquis Wu conquered Meng Huo and other barbarian kings in the south, the ancestors of the Shuixi'an clan tried their best to help and made great achievements.
Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and the King of Luodian who was officially canonized in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, have been a powerful force since the Three Kingdoms. (The Han Dynasty is the Han Dynasty. There is no such thing as Shu Han or Ji Han. Liu Bei’s country name is the Han Dynasty. I hope everyone can respect Emperor Zhaolie, the founder of the Han Dynasty, who worked hard all his life and longed for the three prosperity of the Han Dynasty!)
Since then, the Shuixian clan has been standing in Guizhou, and its status has never been reduced.
The dynasties after the Three Kingdoms, whether it is the Sui, Tang or Song and Yuan dynasties, all depend on the face of the Shuixi'an family in Guizhou, to put it lightly, this is the strength of the thousand-year-old chieftain. Compared with the so-called aristocratic families, there are Worse than that.
After Emperor Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, the Shuixi'an family quickly surrendered and made it clear that they were willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Taizu breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that he did not need to mobilize a large army to fight this unknown outcome. Big battle.
Due to the inherited status and strength of the Shuixi'an clan, Taizu bestowed upon them the position of Guizhou Xuanwei Envoy, and clearly stated in the imperial edict that Guizhou Xuanwei Envoy Aicui was ranked above all other Xuanwei.
This means that the Shuixi'an family has a transcendent status, a unique status, and has become the head of the chieftains in name, but in fact, he also deserves to be the head of the chieftains.
The internal structure of the Shuixi'an family is also very large and complex. It is similar to the situation in which the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty divided the princes. It is a political management system within the family branch based on the principle of closeness and distance.
That is to say, the largest ruler in Shuixi was divided into twelve clans, and the twelve clans were divided into fourteen and eight families according to the degree of closeness. The forty-eight families were divided into one hundred and twenty descendants according to their degree of intimacy, and under the descendants were another One thousand two hundred yisu were enfeoffed.
In this way, blood relations are used as a bond to divide rights, and eldest son inheritance is used to stabilize the system and inherit political power. The patriarchal political system enables the Shuixi'an family to be passed down from generation to generation, and eventually becomes the famous thousand-year-old chieftain.
Zhu Youxiao came to face this thousand-year-old chieftain this time, and he still felt a little guilty.
If he remembered correctly, in history, when An Bangyan rebelled, he directly mobilized nearly 100,000 troops and controlled most of Guizhou. For a while, he really wanted to separate himself from one side.
But fortunately, An Bangyan was a man who was overjoyed at success and was short-sighted. He did not want to make progress when he had an advantage. He wanted to stick to this three-acre land and then build his own country. In the end, it took nearly twenty years for the Ming army to succeed. Finally settled.
This is Zhu Youxiao's advantage. Sometimes a person's character and vision can change the direction of history.
Zhu Youzheng was ready to catch An Bangyan's mentality of being content with being rich and deal with him in a targeted manner.
Of course, Qin Liangyu and others are no strangers to the Shuixi'an family. Although they have not interacted with each other much, they can be regarded as "fellow colleagues" at least.
Qin Liangyu glanced at Ma Xianglin in disbelief, trying to get a hint from his son's eyes.
"Your Majesty, do you think that the Shuixi'an clan will secretly help She Ni to start a rebellion?"
"We are not secretly helping each other. Based on my understanding of An Bangyan, he is paying close attention to everything between us and She Chongming. I am afraid he is fully prepared now."
"If She Chongming is powerful and really has the momentum to conquer Sichuan and Shu, he will definitely not sit still and wait for death. He will not be left behind, raise troops to respond, and then attack Guizhou, Yunnan and other places."
"And once he sees that She Ni can't succeed and can't gain momentum, he will take action. He will lead his troops to attack Yongning and other places where She Ni is his home base before we rush to put down She Ni."
"These people are more familiar with opportunistic things than anyone else. When such a big thing happens, they will not stay out of it, and they can't!"
The emperor's words are absolutely correct. This is indeed an excellent time to bet on both ends.
If the Shetei rebels cannot be put down quickly, An Bangyan will think that the king's business is profitable and will definitely join it.
And once there was a possibility that She Ni could be quelled, he would stab him in the back and use his head to express his loyalty to the emperor and claim credit. No matter what, it seemed that he would not lose money.
"Your Majesty, I think it is unlikely that the Shuixian clan will rebel. They have been able to maintain their status and strength for so many years because they know how to assess the situation. No matter when, they have never gone against the imperial court. .”
"And in the Battle of Bozhou more than 20 years ago, the An family made great achievements. They had no different intentions at that time. How could they do it now?"
Qin Liangyu still didn't quite believe that An, who had always been extremely shrewd, would make a stupid choice at this critical moment.
In her opinion, An was already the local emperor of Guizhou, and her actual power was unknown, so why risk everything for such a false name.
If Zhu Youxiao knew Qin Liangyu's thoughts, he would definitely say that ambition slowly expands with strength.
Just like An Lushan, he can be said to be the most powerful among the foreign ministers in the past dynasties. Didn't he rebel against Tang Xuanzong?
The emperor's throne, who doesn't covet this seat among those with strength and ambition? Who doesn’t want to sit on it and have fun?
"General Qin is a good leader in fighting. I may not be as good as you, but when it comes to observing people's hearts and sensing changes in situations, I am much better than General Qin."
Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and unknowingly pretended to be in front of his ministers. He thought he was some outsider, with such a loud tone.
"General Qin thought that She Ni would rebel blindly? Didn't he contact other chieftains before he rebelled?"
"If you were She Ni, would you give up on recruiting such a strong ally as Shuixi'an to join?"
"As for An Bangyan, do you really know nothing about all this? Not to mention other things, Shetai has been rebelling for some time. Can you see what actions they have taken?"
"You don't even have a letter. Why are you worried? Do you need me to say more?"
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