At daybreak, Wanyan Benjian came to the imperial camp in person and looked at Wanyan Liang's body in the emperor's tent with a very sad look on his face.
Wanyan Yiying's expression turned very bad when she saw Wanyan Liang's body.
The released He Shi Lieliangbi and Yi Lacheng rushed over to watch together, and their expressions were quite bad.
None of them expected Wanyan Liang to die, and they were not prepared to let Wanyan Liang die. Wanyan Liang's life and death were not within the scope of this mutiny.
But he was dead, completely dead.
Originally, Wanyan Ben was quite happy to see her.
Because he had to remonstrate with Wanyan Liang, there was nothing he couldn't do, so he led his troops to personally kill Xu Lin, who had always been quarrelsome with him, and let out a bad breath for himself.
Xu Lin's pleading look when he was dying made him extremely happy, but it was meaningless. Wanyan Benjian personally killed this hateful "sycophant" with a knife.
But Wan Yanliang's death swept away all his happiness, leaving only deep worry and deep despair in his heart.
Many things that could be solved in the future suddenly became unsolvable, and many futures that could have been had disappeared.
Except for Heshi Lieliangbi and Yi Lacheng, all the generals will bear the blame for this, and the biggest blame has undoubtedly been shouldered by Wanyan Benjian.
In the end, this old general who had fought hard for the Kingdom of Jin was accused of regicide.
Although at this moment no one wants to blame Wanyan Benjian for this.
They cannot and do not dare to. They must rely on Wanyan Benjian's prestige to gain hope of life from this desperate situation.
What to do next?
Everyone looked at Wanyan Benjian.
"The matter has come to an end, don't think too much, old general, and arrange the withdrawal as soon as possible."
Heshi Lieliangbi was also in a very bad mood, but he reacted quickly and reminded Wanyan Benjian what he should do most.
Wanyan Benjian looked at He Shi Lieliangbi, twitched the corner of his mouth, and revealed an ugly and sad smile.
"I know."
It's not that Heshi Lieliangbi couldn't understand Wanyan Benjian, he was even a little lucky just now.
Because he was arrested by Wan Yanliang before and did not participate in this regicide operation. Although he was also a direct beneficiary, he was clean and he was a lucky man.
Just when Wanyan Benjian was about to start arranging the retreat, Wanyan Yiying stepped forward.
"Grand Governor, is this the end of this matter?"
Wanyan Ben was stunned when he saw it, and everyone else was also stunned.
"What else do you want to do?"
Heshi Lieliangbi was a little unhappy: "The matter has come to this, it is business to retreat immediately. We can discuss other matters after we are all safe."
Wanyan Yiying shook his head.
"Grand Governor, the matter has come to this. Whether we like it or not, we are all regicides. When the new king comes to the throne, he may regard us as his loyal ministers, but the new king is also a king. Will he be right? Do I have a grudge?"
Does the new king have a grudge?
Wanyan Benjian frowned.
"What do you want to say?"
"Grand Governor, we all acted together with the Grand Governor because we wanted to survive. Now that things have reached this point, whether we can survive has become uncertain. This should not be the result we want, so..."
Wanyan Yiying took a deep breath and said, "There are three strategies: upper, middle and lower. Please make your choice."
"Three strategies?"
"The best idea is to ask the Governor to proclaim himself emperor!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Wanyan Benjian was so frightened that he almost couldn't even sit still.
"Yiying, you... what you said is too much! You can't say that!"
Heshi Lieliangbi was also frightened and quickly refuted it.
Wanyan Yiying's expression remained unchanged.
"Things have reached this point. If we want to survive, this is the best way. We have the military power and the main force of Dajin. If we support the governor to proclaim himself emperor, the governor can definitely sit on the throne and command the world! "
The generals looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they had to admit that what Wanyan Yiying said made sense.
If this group of people fully supports Wanyan Benjian as emperor, Wanyan Benjian can really become emperor.
Wanyan Benjian became the emperor, and they were all ministers of the dragon, so of course they would be safe, and they could also enjoy the glory and wealth, wouldn't it be wonderful?
Thinking like this, some people's faces became eager, looking at Wanyan Benjian expectantly.
Wanyan Benjian was in a trance for a while, feeling that it was really ridiculous for him to be the emperor.
Although he is also a member of the royal family, his identity is the grandson of Jin Jingzu Wanyan Wugunai's younger brother. He does not belong to the direct line of the royal family, but is a collateral line. According to the customary etiquette and laws of the Han Dynasty, he strictly speaking has no right to inherit the throne.
But if I have to say it, his surname is Wanyan, and he is also a member of the royal family. Since he is a royal family and an adult man, there is nothing to say about being an emperor.
At least it's decent.
However……
Wanyan Benjian did not have the courage to become a king.
Wan Yanliang's corpse was still cold, so he couldn't become emperor in front of his corpse.
It's too scary, okay?
Wanyan Ben saw that most of his body was buried in the ground. If he still wants to be the emperor at this stage, isn't he asking for trouble?
So Wanyan Benji shook his head.
"I don't have the courage to be an emperor, so don't say such things again."
All the generals felt it was a pity, but Heshi Lieliangbi felt a little relieved.
Wanyan Yiying sighed and could only settle for the next best thing: "Then the middle strategy is. The middle strategy is for the Grand Governor to lead us to eradicate all the cronies of the faint emperor and make them rebels, and we are the heroes who bring order to the chaos, and then lead The soldiers returned to the central capital and relied on the troops at hand to establish an obedient emperor."
Wanyan Yiying's words are undoubtedly treasonous, but they sound more feasible and gentler than letting Wanyan Benjian directly become emperor.
When the time comes, everyone will have real power and establish a young monarch to support the situation. After ten or twenty years, when the little baby can take charge personally, everyone will be full-fledged and unshakable.
In the Great Jin Kingdom, everyone here has the final say, so what can a mere little emperor do?
This is okay barely.
Wanyan Benjian was silent for a while, then asked again: "What's the next step?"
"The next best thing to do is to do nothing, withdraw the troops immediately, be a pure and honest minister, tell the story when you return to the court, work with the officials to elect the emperor, and leave our lives and property to the disposal of the new emperor."
Wanyan Yiying said it very seriously.
Their wealth and life are left to the disposal of the new king. How will the new king deal with them?
No one knows, and no one dares to guarantee that they will get favorable treatment. If they kill Wanyan Liang, they will kill Wanyan Liang. No one knows what the new king will think.
So, what is Wanyan Benjian’s choice?
Everyone looked at Wanyan Benjian nervously, waiting for Wanyan Benjian's final decision.
"Let's hit the target."
After long consideration, Wanyan Benjian chose the middle strategy that took into account both interests and safety under the watchful eyes of everyone.
He has no courage.
He was not willing to accept the last resort.
Then only Zhongce can choose.
You don't have to bear the infamy of being an emperor, but you can also control power and take care of glory and wealth.
The hanging hearts of the generals slowly fell to the ground.
So according to Wanyan Yiying's suggestion, Wanyan Liang's cronies must be executed and used as everyone's scapegoats.
Wanyan Liang's favored minister Xu Lin had been killed by Wanyan Benjian. The remaining Li Tong, Guo Anguo, his disciple Shan Yongnian, and the lucky enough to survive the death of the envoy Liang Zhen were all arrested by the generals. Then kill them, creating a situation where there is no evidence of death and confirming their rebellion.
Wanyan Benjian and others became the "loyal ministers" who eliminated the rebellion in one fell swoop.
Before they died, these people either struggled hard or cursed. None of them begged for mercy, but they were quite loyal to Wan Yanliang.
But what's the use?
As the initiator of the operation, Wanyan Benjian undoubtedly took control of the overall situation and began to make arrangements for the retreat of the army.
The first is to appease the morale of the troops. The generals of the various armies involved in the operation immediately returned to the military camps to appease the morale of the troops. They were careful not to make too much noise to avoid being noticed by the Liberation Army.
At the same time, the news of Wanyan Liang's death was strictly sealed to prevent the soldiers from knowing that their emperor was dead. They told the outside world that someone tried to rebel last night and that the rebellion had been put down. The major contributors to quelling the rebellion were several people headed by Wanyan Benjian. people.
Everything is intact now.
So the actions started one after another.
