Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Chapter 698 Xie Zhan must die

Chang'an, Sangfu

Shangshu Ling Sang Baiqing was from a small family, and he was currently receiving several important guests.

These guests are all famous family heads or young heads today.

In addition to Li Jing, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, and Wang Yuan, the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, there were also Wang Yun, the young master of the Wang family in Langya, Pei Zheng, the young master of the Pei family in Hedong, and Liu Shaoyun, the young master of the Liu family, who came all the way from other places.

The Pei family, the Liu family and the Xue family are collectively known as the three prominent Jin families in Hedong.

When everyone saw each other, they greeted each other before taking their seats.

Li Jing was the eldest. He looked around and asked Sang Baiqing, "The Cui family of Qinghe, the Lu family of Zhuozhou, and the Zheng family of Xingyang are not here?"

Sang Baiqing nodded, "Yes."

Wang Yuan and Li Jing were about the same age, so he replied, "It's not surprising, Xingyang is far away in Yuzhou, and is still far away from being involved in the war."

"Both Zhuozhou and Qinghe are now occupied by Pingzhou. The two great families are facing the risk of being incorporated. We don't know how Pingzhou will treat them. We are currently mediating with the Pingzhou official office."

There was originally a Xie family in a famous family in the world, but the Xie family went against the grain and was boycotted by the family and excluded.

Pei Zheng said with a wry smile, "Not as good as the three of them. We are all desperate and have to get together to find a way to save ourselves."

Liu Shaoyun, who is also from the Hedong family, also smiled bitterly, "We in Hedong are already in danger, and my father had to ask me to come to Chang'an to see if there is any good strategy."

Xianbei is currently attacking Hexi, and their Hedong is just south of Hexi. This is no different from imminent danger.

Wang Yuan, the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, also sighed, "Who says it's not the case? We can't even stay in our hometown in Taiyuan."

Nowadays, most of Taiyuan is occupied by Xianbei, and the Wang family really fled in embarrassment.

Li Jing, the head of the Li family in Zhaojun, also let out a long sigh. The same goes for their Li family.

Wang Yun, the young master of the Langya Wang clan, also followed, "The armies led by Qin Zhao and Sun Congyi are already attacking Qingzhou. Langya is in the southwest of Qingzhou. The situation now is urgent."

At this point, the heads and young heads of these aristocratic families could not help but lament that the current situation had changed too quickly.

Li Jing and Wang Yuan looked at each other. In fact, they wanted to wait and see how Pingzhou treated the Cui family of Qinghe and the Lu family of Zhuozhou, so as to have a reference, but the treatment of these two families in Pingzhou has yet to be decided.

But their family has a big business, so for the sake of safety, they decided to move most of the clan members out first and wait and see.

After sighing, they had to turn their attention back to the current situation.

"The current situation is one against two, with Pingzhou sending troops to attack Xianbei and Dali at the same time."

"For now, Pingzhou has strong soldiers and horses, and because they harvested Dali and Xianbei before, their food and grass are much more abundant than these two."

"Secondly, due to the implementation of the new tax law in Dali, the national treasury is still relatively abundant in food."

When it comes to this, the faces of everyone present are not very good, mainly because of the money and food in the treasury, they have contributed a lot.

But they are both capable people and quickly suppressed this dissatisfaction.

"Because Xianbei's fundamentals are not as good as Dali's, they also experienced the currency harvest war in Pingzhou, and the grain and grass are the least."

"Previously, Pingzhou used a stratagem to divide the country and broke up the hidden cooperative alliance between Dali and Xianbei."

"Immediately afterwards, Pingzhou used the strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers against Xianbei."

"We also found a reason to send troops to attack Dali in an all-out way."

"Obviously, the leader of this battle is Pingzhou. The goal is naturally land and population."

"Indeed, Pingzhou is becoming more and more prosperous. It currently has a population of more than six million and is in great need of territory!"

Everyone present analyzed this point one by one, and there was a moment of silence.

Sang Baiqing couldn't help but sigh, "The links in Pingzhou are really high. I don't know who came up with it?"

Wang Yuan was quite familiar with the situation in Pingzhou, so he replied, "It is probably a strategy that was thought up through brainstorming. Now there are three famous military advisors in Pingzhou."

Pei Zheng said at this time, "But as far as I know, Pingzhou Governor Lu Songli is very good at planning and is good at general trends and internal affairs."

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell silent again. Could it be that their current predicament was due to underestimating Lu Songli.

"It's only been three years since the Pingzhou incident until now, right?" Wang Yun said quietly.

These words made many people present feel embarrassed. Before, they had looked down on the Pingzhou forces that lived in the far northeast, but they didn't expect that they would become a trend so quickly.

Looking back on the major events that have happened in the past few years, I blame them for their lack of foresight.

At that time, the Qin and Lu families in Pingzhou and Xie Zhan in the south were in trouble at the same time.

Their eyes were focused more on Xie Zhan.

Compared to Xie Zhan, who was born in a noble family, the Qin and Lu families had just introduced Lu Songli as the female head of the family, which they were not optimistic about.

The Xie family is both an aristocratic family, and their confidence in Xie Zhan is higher than that of Pingzhou.

Logically speaking, their family would not take the lead in rebellion.

They do not want to be the leader themselves, but prefer to invest from multiple forces, or push a leader to avoid the highest risks.

After all, it’s not easy to be the leader. If you win, you can win the country, but if you lose, you will have to pay for your whole family.

But investment is different. If the investment fails, at most you will be an accomplice. A mastermind like the leader cannot escape, but the whole family cannot escape, but an accomplice may be able to save the family.

The Xie family went to the stage of rebellion. Wasn't this forced by the situation?

Who made them act carelessly? After a broken marriage, Lu Songli and the emperor directly plotted against the entire family. The accumulation of many years was wiped out overnight, at least the wealth and power on the surface were wiped out.

It is understandable that if you want to return to your original class, you will take the lead in rebellion.

In the fourth year of Tianhe, Pingzhou rebelled, Nandi rebelled, King Cheng rebelled, and King Jin rebelled.

These aristocratic families are just trying to figure out how to place bets.

Unexpectedly, in the face of Dali's siege, Xie Zhan secretly united with the emperor to deal with the three forces of King Cheng, King Jin and Pingzhou. In the end, he stepped on the shoulders of King Cheng and King Jin and became the leader of Dali's army. The governor led the Xie family to make a comeback.

The situation at that time also changed very quickly. In just half a year, three of the rebel forces from all directions were wiped out, leaving only Pingzhou.

The game the emperor and Xie Zhan played together at that time was so shocking and their skills were superb.

The people present were even less optimistic about Pingzhou, which was run by a woman. They felt that Pingzhou was in a precarious situation and that Dali would put down the rebellion at some point.

It's just that I didn't expect that Pingzhou has always been silent, but with this battle, everyone can see its strength. This has become a climate.

Looking at Pingzhou now, they need to take it seriously.

This meeting lasted for more than an hour. The main purpose was to exchange the information everyone had, and also to find out the other party's views on Pingzhou.

Through the exchange, the people present did not gain anything, at least they had a clearer understanding of Pingzhou's strength.

As for the solution to the dilemma, it certainly cannot be discussed.

There is also competition between aristocratic families and aristocratic families. They will stick together and be on guard against each other.

But everyone also reached a consensus that Xie Zhan was guilty for sure.

Whether it was as a petition to Pingzhou or to avenge himself, Xie Zhan must die.

Xie Zhan deserved it. The new tax law he enacted before not only required re-measurement of the land, but also required a population census. They were all destroying the roots of the family!

If there is no chance, that's it. Now that such a good opportunity is here, the family will definitely take advantage of him.