It's not surprising that Xie Cang's attitude is such that he has the potential to turn against him, but in fact, the viciousness behind the words of this Zhaozhou Lieutenant is enough to send Su Qi'an and Xie Cang on their way.
What Zhao Zhouwei meant, to put it bluntly, was that everything that happened in front of him was directed and acted by Su Qi'an and Xie Cang.
The so-called basement is where Su Qian and others secretly hide their troops.
They just used the name of assassins to clear their charges of building a cave to hide soldiers.
What is the purpose of secretly creating a cave to hide soldiers in other people's territory? Do you want to develop your own power? Or you can wait for the right opportunity and reap the benefits.
These can be used as suspected evidence and submitted to the court, so that the two men can be convicted of hiding private soldiers and taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
It could range from being expelled from the title, sent to prison, or exiled, to being beheaded directly.
Regardless of the fact that it is not a big deal to create a cave to hide private soldiers, like the princes and dignitaries in Kyoto, who does not have private soldiers in their house does not see anything wrong.
On the surface it seems like this, but ordinary people overlook one thing. These people's private soldiers are at the feet of the emperor. It can be said that every move is monitored by the emperor. No one dares to seek death and use these private soldiers to commit rebellion.
Su Qi'an, Xie Cang and other local princes, who hold military power, are far away from the government in Kyoto.
He himself held military power, so he was somewhat feared and criticized by the court, if it weren't for Emperor Gaozu's gratitude to his brothers and brothers, and they conquered the country together.
According to the rules set down, all those who become princes have military power.
If it were not for this rule of Emperor Gaozu, according to the urine behavior of subsequent emperors, military power would have been deprived of them long ago.
Even if it cannot be completely deprived, then start from the number of soldiers. This is the only way. The Marquis of Daliang must not have more than 10,000 soldiers.
Once it exceeds 10,000 and exceeds this red line, someone will seize the opportunity to impeach. It is guaranteed that the bomb will be accurate and no one can escape. .
From this aspect, it is enough to see the imperial court's fear of rivals holding military power.
If at this time, it is revealed that these princes hold military power and are not satisfied, and secretly build caves to hide soldiers in other states, this will be very serious.
It's not an exaggeration to say that it's the same as conspiracy. Even if it doesn't work, you will be charged with separatism and separatism in Great Liang.
These accusations are just speculation and there is no evidence. It should not be easy to install them.
If they really thought so, they, the feudal lords, would have died countless times.
Officials in Daliang really don't have many talented people when it comes to leading troops to fight, developing the economy, or building internal affairs.
But when it comes to attacking political parties and finding evidence of rebellion, you can be said to be more proficient than anyone else.
Think about it, the Marquis of Laiyang in Xizhou, who had his entire family confiscated, was fabricated directly out of thin air by Tang Feng, together with Zheng Yuan and other princes of the court, to prove that the Marquis of Laiyang had rebelled, and ended up being beheaded, confiscated, and exiled.
Whether it's Kyoto or the twelve states of Great Liang, we really have to check them point by point. Who among these princes and powerful dignitaries of the states doesn't have a little bit of fish in their hands?
It's just that these things are either suppressed or formalized through reasonable means.
For example, the Heilu army in Tang Feng's hands was, strictly speaking, naked private soldiers, and there were quite a few of them.
However, through Tang Feng's operation, it was gradually rationalized, announced to the outside world as Xizhou soldiers, replaced the Xizhou soldiers, and directly regularized.
Su Qi'an also learned this trick. The 20,000 soldiers he expanded were all officially legalized as Jiaozhou soldiers.
Even Zhou Mu is like this. No matter how powerful he is, he does not dare to make his private soldiers public.
As long as they don't do anything inappropriate, these private soldiers will naturally have reasonable identities.
Again, some things can only be done privately. Once they are put on the table, they can only wait for death.
After all, no one would miss such a good opportunity to attack a political party.
If two people like Su Qi'an and Xie Cang were reported to the court on such charges, it goes without saying that Zheng Yuan would immediately find out the so-called treason charges and put them on the hook.
The murderous intention towards Su Qi'an can't be eliminated quickly. With Zheng Yuan appearing...
In your position as prime minister, you can be said to be at the top of your game in the imperial court.
As long as he opens his mouth, a lot of evidence about Su Qi'an's rebellion will be placed on Su Xuanyong's Long case like snowflakes.
The intentions of this Captain Zhao Zhou cannot be said to be innocuous. Compared with Xiang Yan, they are even worse.
It's a pity that Su Qi'an is not the Marquis of Laiyang, nor can he become the second Marquis of Laiyang.
The atmosphere between the two sides instantly turned cold. Su Qi'an, who had been silent until now, said softly.
"I admire Lieutenant Zhao's whimsical fantasy, but before reporting it, I hope Lord Zhao can use his brain and take a closer look at how many people and how much time it would take to build such a large troop hiding cave."
"If I really had this ability, I think Yuezhou would have been captured by me long ago."
Su Qi'an's words made Zhao Zhouwei stunned for a moment. His toughness just now was more to save his face.
Unexpectedly, this Dongshan Marquis was tougher than him, especially the last sentence, which was not a joke at all, and did not take the so-called Yuezhou into consideration at all.
Shocked, but Zhao Zhouwei was more secretly happy.
If nothing else, based on Su Qian's last words, he already had the ambition to occupy Yuezhou.
You must know that in Yuezhou, there are not only local aristocratic families, but also the Yue King Su Kang who is at the height of his power.
Su Qi'an's statement, even if it did not offend Su Kang, would at least leave a bad impression in Su Kang's mind.
This gave him an opportunity. As a representative of a noble family, he finally became a state captain.
The first thing he had to do was to separate the close relationship between Su Kang and Su Qi'an.
Now that he was fine, he didn't need to say anything. The Dongshan Marquis expressed his stance and gave him such a great opportunity. How could this not make him secretly happy?
Just when Zhao Zhouwei was planning to use Su Qi'an's words to take advantage of Su Qi'an.
Then Su Qi'an stepped forward, walked in front of him, and said with a smile, "Since Lieutenant Zhao Zhou wants to play, I will give Lord Zhao a chance to play. By the way, if any of the adults present want to join us, it is best to seize this opportunity." , so as not to miss this good opportunity.”
"I, although I have resigned as wartime commander, do not have jurisdiction over your lords, but I hope that your lords will not forget my title before taking action."
"Consider whether you have this ability. I am waiting for your reports in Jiaozhou."
After saying that, Su Qi'an stretched out his hand and patted Captain Zhao Zhou on the shoulder, then turned and left.
As Su Qi'an left, Lieutenant Zhaozhou, who was secretly overjoyed, his face instantly stiffened. Not only him, but also many officials following him who wanted to take action against Su Qi'an suddenly extinguished the fire in their hearts.
They were naturally able to understand the deeper meaning hidden in Su Qian's words.
The meaning is very clear, if you adults want to report it, you want to get Su Qi'an.
Su Qi'an would not be polite at all. Before they report, they will definitely send troops across the state with the soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou, causing chaos in the state.
When Su Qi'an came to Yuezhou this time, they really ignored Su Qi'an's troops in Jiaozhou.
After all, when I came to Yuezhou, I only had 2,000 people with me, and I behaved very calmly, seemed easy to talk to, and felt easy to be manipulated.
But they forgot that Su Qi'an, the Dongshan Marquis who was granted the title of Marquis by the imperial court, had an iron-blooded mountain-breaking army no less powerful than Xie Cang's, called the Dongshan Army.
The war that broke out before Jiaozhou was still very loud in the three southern states. After all, one state pastor died and a new one was appointed.
Although they were not familiar with the new Jiaozhou Mu, they knew that when the Jiaozhou war broke out, there was an army called the Dongshan Army behind them, which made a great contribution to the war.
After the war, Jiaozhou seemed to have only one new state animal husbandry. The Dongshan Army, which had outstanding military exploits, was very mediocre and was temporarily incorporated into the Jiaozhou Army.
What signals are revealed in this, they can draw conclusions with a little analysis.
Su Qian supported a Xinzhou pastor in Jiaozhou. In fact, he
He is the actual person in power in Jiaozhou.
It's just that this person in power is so low-key that they all ignore this identity.
Only after Su Qi'an was angered and showed such a tough attitude did they think of the terrifying background of Dongshan Marquis.
Now that I think about it, if I want to recruit someone who is in power in a state, isn't this looking for death?
Although they are good at fabricating all kinds of trumped-up evidence to attack the opponent, the conditions of this opponent have to be controlled by them and do not exceed their upper limit.
Everything has an upper limit, even if it is fabricated, the same is true.
A person in power like Su Qian who controls a state has a status no less than that of a state pastor.
In the twelve states of Great Liang, it is impossible to overthrow a state pastor based on unfounded claims. The only thing that can be done is to overthrow him head-on with force.
If you knew Su Qi'an well, you would know how terrifying this person is.
He retreated completely from Kyoto, then stirred up troubles in Xizhou, and retreated calmly. Finally, he returned to Jiaozhou and overthrew Zhou Mu.
There is no way they can deal with such a person.
Thinking of this, Lieutenant Zhao Zhou no longer felt as proud as before, but instead felt endless fear and a chill in his back.
He suddenly realized one thing, attacking Dongshan Hou was the stupidest thing he had ever done.
Su Qi'an dared to risk his life with him and send troops across the state. Who among them would dare? Dare to gamble with your life and fortune?
A discerning person will know how to choose at a glance when weighing the pros and cons.
Su Qian didn't care at all about Captain Zhao Zhou's confusion. In his opinion, such a person was just a minor character.
Even Xiang Yan didn't kill him. For such a small character, they wanted to use him to establish their authority. All I can say is that they made the wrong calculation.
Su Qi'an now, not to mention how powerful he is, is definitely not someone who can control him.
This is the benefit of showing strength. At least anyone must think carefully before touching him.
Moreover, Su Qi'an's words just now were not only aimed at Yuezhou officials, but also the big shot standing beside them.
