Wang Mi is a kind and sensible person. It is obvious that he hopes that Xie Youdu can survive for a while, and it is not all for Xie Minghui's sake.

In fact, Xie Xuan's survival is a key to him personally and even to the entire Xie family.

The Beifu soldiers have been controlled by Xie Xuan for a long time. He has a high prestige in the army and also enjoys a high reputation in the court.

Most of the ministers in the imperial court respected Xie Xuan simply because he was good at fighting, but he was not at the top level.

He is a child of an aristocratic family, and he understands their family's theory of balance, and he plays very skillfully.

Maybe many people will have a question. Xie Xuan is also a good general, and Wang Mi is also a victorious general. Why can ministers tolerate Xie Xuan? Not only tolerate it, but also praise it. The same thing happened to Wang Mi.

Has it become a target of criticism?

The answer is very simple, you can understand it with a little thought.

It's a matter of degree.

Xie Youdu was often able to win and led the Beifu soldiers in an impressive manner, but that was just his glamorous side.

On the contrary, behind Xie Youdu's brilliant achievements, there is also some dark side. Although the Beifu soldiers under his leadership were able to win the battle, they suffered a lot of losses.

After almost every war, the imperial court would conduct a large-scale conscription to continue to expand the Beifu. It was precisely because Xie Xuan's battle losses were too high that the imperial court always had to drive away the hungry and disaster victims and bring them out of the mountains.

After being searched, he went to serve as a soldier in Beifu.

This, of course, caused many local turmoils.

In addition, although the battles commanded by Xie Xuan were brilliant and dazzling in the history books, all of them were great victories.

But in fact, it’s nothing.

None of the great victories commanded by Xie Xuan involved actually conquering a city or territory; they were all small-scale blocking battles.

This can be seen by reading the history books. Which important military town was captured by Xie Xuan's command?

Have it?

Can you find it?

Searching through ancient books, we can't find a single trace.

Therefore, it can be seen that Xie Xuan's ability to command operations has an upper limit, and this upper limit can obviously only command small-scale wars and block invading enemies, but it cannot recapture the cities that the opponent has already occupied.

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This upper limit is acceptable to the ministers in the court.

Looking back at Wang Mi, the gap is obvious.

Ever since Wang Mi took charge of Beifu, Beifu soldiers have been overwhelming and have now recaptured all five or six important towns in Jiangbei.

Moreover, taking advantage of the civil strife in Di Qin and having no time to look eastward, he captured Yecheng, the ancient capital in the north!

Such an achievement, let alone the current Xie Youdu, would not be able to achieve it even if he was just starting out and taking control of Beifu.

He neither has the ability nor the desire to do it.

To put it bluntly, Wang Mi's current actions were too sharp and made the ministers in the court very uneasy.

We are all trash, but you, Wang Zhiyuan, are so capable, and you are still so young. When you gain power, what are you going to do with us trash?

Fortunately, Emperor Sima Yao has died suddenly and mysteriously. If not, Wang Mi might have been attacked by ministers.

Why is this?

Isn't Sima Yao just a decoration?

Can his existence really influence the politics of the Jin Dynasty?

No, no.

Sima Yao has been established recently and has been emperor for ten years. He is mentally mature and has a certain level of intelligence. He is not just a hands-off shopkeeper. He still wants to be a good emperor and has certain ambitions.

If Sima Yao were still here, Wang Mi would definitely be highly praised by Sima Yao for his performance, and he would be drawn to his side and become a spear to deal with the aristocratic family.

This is tantamount to weakening the power of the aristocratic family itself, but actually strengthening the power of the Sima family, which of course cannot be tolerated by the children of the aristocratic family.

Fortunately, Sima Yao passed away at the right time, which gave the ministers some relief.

As a result, Wang Mi's dazzling appearance became even more difficult to conceal.

That's why he needs Xie Youdu.

With Xie Youdu here, this Beifu is not under the control of Wang Mi at least in name. Although everyone knows that Xie Youdu has fallen and can no longer control the army, but as long as Xie Youdu is still there, Wang Mi can only take his place.

The father-in-law is in charge of the army in an escrow capacity.

As long as it is managed on behalf of others, there will still be room for struggle for the ministers in the court and the generals in the army.

Maybe he can squeeze out Wang Mi and ascend on his own.

However, now that Xie Youdu has passed away, Wang Mi has to face the difficulties of the ministers in the court single-handedly.

Hey hey hey!

Even God, who treats Wang Mi well, will never be on his side all the time. He should have been on guard a long time ago.

As for Xie Xuan, to be honest, as a person who has already laid down, he has already created many opportunities for Wang Mi.

It's time to let him rest.

However, it was really not the right time for him to go.

The army led by Wang Mi is still wandering back in Xuzhou City, and the situation in Xuzhou City is still unclear. A careless operation may very well continue the war.

The imperial court had previously urged him to return to Jiankang as soon as possible. When he returned to Jiankang, he would probably face the fate of relinquishing military power and immediately disbanding.

Although he did not disclose these facts to Wuji and Liu Yu, it was obvious that he had made such preparations.

If he himself is in Jiankang at this time and understands the situation there, he may be able to act quickly and take advantage of it.

such a pity!

He is lingering here now and cannot rush back to Jiankang in a short time. In this way, when he returns, won't the situation be even more unfavorable to him?

Wang Gong and others will have an even tighter control over the government, and Xie An is still considered a useful person by his side at this time.

However, compared to Xie Youdu, this person's ability is slightly inferior. Basically, he is a person who follows Xie An's command and what Xie An plans and does.

Can't support the overall situation.

But now, Wang Mi has completely lost the possibility of counterattack. If he goes back at this time, won't he be beaten on the head by others?

No wonder Xie Xiang was so anxious.

It seems that Xie An is also very panicked inside.

"Why did Mr. Xie let you out?"

"Is there some trouble in the capital?"

Xie Xiang wiped her tears, but was stunned: "Shilang Wang thought too much. With Mr. Xie here, those little children did not dare to cause trouble. However, as soon as General Xie left, Mrs. Wang was heartbroken and cried day and night. Mr. Xie

I am worried, so I ordered me to venture out of the city and send you the news as soon as possible."

At the same time, Xie Xiang sent a letter written by Xie An to Wang Mi. Wang Mi weighed the thin pages as if they weighed a thousand kilograms.

"Xie Gong said that as long as you read this letter, you will understand the specific things."

I see!

I see!

It turned out that it was not for official matters, but for private matters!

No wonder.

Xie Minghui was Xie An's most beloved grandson, and Xie Xuan was his most valued nephew. Xie Xuan's death had already left Xie An exhausted.

I originally thought that Xie Xuan was young and powerful, and when he died, he could hand over the position of head of the Xie family to Xie Xuan, and he could rest in peace.

Unexpectedly, God was unfair and summoned Xie Xuan first, leaving Xie An alone!

Although Xie Minghui seems naughty, she has a deep relationship with her father. Ever since Xie Xuan became seriously ill, she has been in a bad mood.

In the past, Xie Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, but Xie Minghui still held on to hope. Wang Mi also took advantage of this opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition.

Now, although the battle has been won, my father-in-law has passed away.

This was indeed a big blow to Wang Mi.

I always feel that after winning an important town like Yecheng but losing my powerful father-in-law, there is a feeling of exchanging one thing for another.

As for Xie An's letter, it was so heavy that Wang Mi picked it up and didn't know how to open it for a moment.

Somewhat uneasy.

Contrary to Xie Tao's imagination, he knew very well that the content of this letter was definitely not just family instructions, but the real trends in the court might also be written in this letter.

And what can Wang Mi do?

No!

At least, Wang Mi, who is currently parked outside Xuzhou City, has no countermeasures.
To be continued...