The little things in Chu Yun's court seemed to be twists and turns and had a lot of plans, but if you just hit the roots, you will find that they are not complicated at all. The root cause of the crisis of the Situ family and the Zhenbei Army is actually one, the imperial power!

When he was in the capital, Zhang Nan had already discovered something wrong.

Looking at the changes in imperial power in Chu Yun's past dynasties, although there was no shortage of bloody storms, there had never been any real chaos. After dying, they were all important officials of the court, powerful families, and the royal family had never died. They had never even been arrested. At the worst, they were Prince Taiping.

Now it seems that King Liang is helping the eldest prince and the crown prince compete for the throne, but if you think about it carefully, you will find it very abnormal. At that time, King Liang was in power and his son was the prince for the emperor in the palace. At that time, as long as King Liang wanted to do it, he could set the position of crown prince for his son. Even if the emperor had his own son later, it would not be too late for King Liang to take action, because he was in power and righteousness.

But what did King Liang do? He handed over the power directly and went home to support him. He had been raising him for more than 20 years.

Now that the emperor's son has grown up, the crown prince has been established, and the ministers in the court have changed. The King of Liang suddenly jumped out and began to plan to compete for the throne. Isn't this an old birthday boy hanging himself, it's purely a disease?

However, at that time, Zhang Nan did not want to intervene in Chu Yun's political situation. He was the simple and simple family of Chu Yun's royal family, so he might be fine. So until he saw the prince, he thought that the Situ family was a victim of the Yi Chu dispute, and it was just a bargaining chip between the prince and the King of Liang. But later when he saw the old dean, Zhang Nan understood.

What is easy to pass or what is the prince Liang fights against each other, it is all nonsense. Chu Yun’s real boss is not the emperor at all, but the corrupt fat old man who is huddled in the back mountain of the inner courtyard!

In Zhongzhou, top warriors are equivalent to nuclear weapons to shock the inside and outside. But from beginning to end, Chu Yun's nuclear button has always been controlled by the fat old man. He will not govern the country, but he is always supervising it.

As long as that person is present, the Chu Yun royal family will never have a real civil strife. It seems like a bloody storm, but in fact it is the royal family that is pursuing the court!

For example, the reason why King Liang came out now was that he came out to perform with the emperor. He wanted to blow up all those who were restless, dissatisfied with the prince, and threatened the prince, and clean up the prince by the reason for fighting for the crown prince.

The Situ family is the one who supports the prince, but their authority is too great, which directly affects the future imperial power. The Situ family's disciples and former officials are all over the court and the country, and the Zhenbei Army is even more powerful. The combat power of an army catches up with the sum of several other main legions. And it seems that there are other trump cards that can be suppressed when the emperor is there, but the emperor is worried that he will not be able to suppress it.

The Situ family is now loyal, but the emperor cannot be sure that the descendants of the Situ family are also loyal. It doesn’t matter whether the Situ family and the Zhenbei Army will rebel. What’s important is that they can resist at any time as long as they want. For the sake of imperial power, this hidden danger must be eradicated.

The imperial court has been slow to send troops to the northern border, not because King Liang was interfering, but because the emperor did not want to rescue him. When the Zhenbei Army was defeated, the Wei Wu Kingdom would not be able to fall. If we mobilize a large army at that time, the danger to the northern border will not be a problem at all.

A large group of people in the capital, including Liu Feiyan and Xu Zhengming, were allowed to play with the traps set up by the emperor and King Liang, and many people would definitely lose their lives.

From the emperor's starting point, doing these things is extremely cold-blooded, but from the perspective of imperial power, it cannot be said that it is completely wrong. But the Situ family's reaction made Zhang Nan speechless.

Zhang Nan had just speculated before, but he deliberately defrauded him while talking just now, but he didn't expect it to be defrauded.

The emperor and King Liang were not very relieved about Wei Wuguo, so they got a double insurance and wanted to use the hands behind Leng Moxue to eradicate the Situ family. After discovering the emperor's intention, the Situ family not only did not take risks, but also wanted to help the emperor accelerate the process.

There may be many reasons, but the most obvious one is that Situ Kuohai wants to save the Zhenbei Army.

"The Chu Yun Kingdom may not have a Situ family, but it cannot have a Zhenbei Army." Zhang Nan looked at Situ Xiazhen: "Although I have never met the veteran General Situ, I believe this is his idea."

Situ Xiazhen nodded in pain, with a gloomy eyes:

"The Situ family has been operated for three generations, and the Zhenbei military has its power today. Grandpa said that he has never been loyal to the Chu Yun royal family, but this land. He trained this iron army not to protect the imperial power, but to defend the people. If he gave him another ten years, this army alone would ensure that there would be no war again for twenty years, so that the border people would be spared from the suffering of war!"

"Without the Situ family, the royal family can be relieved of Zhenbei Army." Zhang Nan sighed: "The status of the Sword Tower is the past style, and I will not do anything to the Situ family because of some trivial matters. But what you want to be angry is probably not the Sword Tower."

Situ Xiazhen looked stunned: "Mr. Zhang, do you even know this?"

"I don't know." Zhang Nan said: "But I have tested the people in Jianlou. He is very taboo about Leng Moxue's mother. It is obviously a character that is not easy to mess with. But you still seem to have your own thoughts and want to use the power of Jianlou to protect Zhenbei Army."

Situ Xiazhen nodded slightly and said, "I am the plan, but later Lin Qingqing made me understand my innocence. The matter of dropping out of school was proposed by myself without my grandfather's consent. I have never disobeyed my grandfather's decision, but I can't push the Situ family into a dead end."

"I said, you are not suitable to play with scheming. Now that I have this to say, is there any meaning to continue hiding it?" Zhang Nan shook his head with a smile:

"Your Situ family should have a certain reliance, and that reliance is the existence that the emperor cares about the most. It is even very likely that even your Situ family is afraid of that existence. Otherwise, no matter how stupid and loyal your grandfather is, he would not cooperate with His Majesty the Emperor's plan. Simply protecting the Zhenbei Army, there is no need to borrow strength from the Jianlou."

Situ Xiazhen pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

"I have no intention of exploring the secrets hidden by the Situ family, but if you want me to help, I must know everything." Zhang Nan said: "I don't want to be busy until the end. Your grandfather cooperates with the emperor to seek death, but instead meets me because of my help."

"Sir, joking." Situ Xiazhen looked embarrassed, obviously not afraid to deny this possibility, and said, "I dare not deceive Mr., but the Situ family has a trump card, but I don't know, and my grandfather is also very taboo and seems to be unwilling to mention it. But if you can really save the Situ family and Zhenbei Army, Xia Zhen will definitely repay you to the death."

Zhang Nan was silent for a while and said, "Well, you are the one who deals with me, not the Old General Situ. But there is a saying first. If the old general lights up his sword on me one day, I will not hold back. I promise you to protect the Situ family and the Zhenbei Army, but the Situ family has many people, and I may not protect everyone."

"Xia Zhen understands." Although Situ Xia Zhen looked a little confused, she still showed some determination: "Zhenbei Army is the life of my grandfather. If the gentleman can really protect him, he will be grateful to the gentleman even if he dies."

What Situ Xiazhen showed seems to be extremely emotional. But when you think about it carefully, it can also be said that it is extremely rational. In order to implement a certain goal, you can give up everything without any scruples. Even if a girl from the Situ family is like this, Situ Kuohai can even imagine that such a family can raise the best soldiers. But how can you not let the king worry about such characteristics?

Zhang Nan looked at the stubborn girl and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Perhaps letting Situ Xiazhen be the third host would be a good choice. Now two hosts, one lacks emotions and the other is not stunned, are all problematic children based on their temperament. If you add a rational and persistent person, you may be able to reconcile them.

This thought flashed through and was buried in Zhang Nan's heart.

Although the third host is to be found, it must be solved after the demon soul is solved. This time, cooperation with Situ Xiazhen can also be regarded as an inspection period.

"I can't give you an absolute guarantee, but I will do my best. As for the conditions for helping me, you can listen first." Zhang Nan said: "I want you to use all the power you can use to help find someone in Nantang. As long as I know where this person is and the specific situation, you don't have to do anything else."

"It's just that?" Situ Xiazhen was puzzled.

Zhang Nan did not guarantee that Situ Xiazhen would be more at ease. But Zhang Nan's conditions were so simple that it also made her uneasy. After all, compared with the survival of the Situ family and Zhenbei Army, finding someone is just a small thing.

"This is not simple, you will know after you do it." Zhang Nan smiled: "Everyone has something to care about, which may not be worth mentioning in your opinion, but its significance to me will not be less than that of the Zhenbei Army to the Elder General Situ."

If the demon soul Mu He mentioned this, Zhang Nan would not have taken over the mess of the Situ family. But as he himself said, everyone has something to care about and has their own reverse scales. In order to kill that person, let alone the Situ family and the Zhenbei Army, even if they are enemies with a country, Zhang Nan would not hesitate.

As for whether he could help Situ Xia really, Zhang Nan dared not say that he was sure, but he was not confident.
Chapter completed!