"My child will obey the mother's instructions and actively strive to go to the Western Territory. To avenge the emperor's brother, relieve the father's worries, and eliminate the evil dynasty." Xiang Nan raised his hands and said loudly.
"Okay." Seeing Xiang Nan's fighting spirit, Zhang Meiniang couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Good boy, I'm really happy that you can say that.
In this way, you go to your uncle's house again. Your cousin Gao Xian is the general of Anhu Mansion in the Western Region, with as many as 100,000 troops under his command. If you can get his help on your trip to the Western Region this time, you will be even more powerful. "
Xiang Nan nodded after hearing this.
…
The next day, Li Zuo summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, the people of Danchi dare to assassinate me, Prince Toyochao. This is simply disrespectful to me, Toyochao!"
"The Danchi people have been causing trouble on our border. I heard that wherever they pass, they are like locusts passing through the border, and the people are already complaining."
"Soldiers are an ominous weapon. Dan Chi has lived on the ice sheet for a long time. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are 100,000 cavalry. I think it will not be easy to start the war lightly."
"The truth about the assassination of the prince has not yet been found out, and it does not necessarily mean that it was actually done by Dan Chi. Your Majesty, I think we should send someone to conduct a thorough investigation in order to clarify the truth."
The ministers all made suggestions one after another.
"Prince Zhong, what do you think?" Li Zuo looked at Prince Zhong and said.
"Your Majesty, this assassination was definitely not an impromptu move by the Danchi people. They should have had a careful plan before the prince set off, which shows that the Danchi people had long been interested in rebelling. Now they must have accumulated a large number of troops and are preparing to fight with me. The Toyo Dynasty is openly starting a war." Prince Tadashi said immediately.
When Xiang Nan heard this, he became more and more convinced that King Zhong was a fool. There is absolutely no logic in what he said.
First of all, the people of Danchi did not know when the prince would set off, so how could they make careful plans in advance?
Secondly, even if Danchi wanted to start a war, he could just attack Toyoto's city directly, and he could not go ahead and assassinate Prince Toyoto. That doesn't do them any good at all.
Because the purpose of the war is land, wealth, and population. The prince had nothing to do with his trip, so why would Dan Chi assassinate him? Wouldn't it be unnecessary?
Sure enough, Li Hao remained silent after hearing this.
At this time, Li Chengye stood up and said, "Father, I would like to lead the troops to drive the Danchi people back beyond Yanzhi Mountain, never to cross the border again, and to avenge my brother."
When Xiang Nan heard this, he sighed secretly.
Li Chengye is not smart enough either.
King Zhong's words were illogical and could not convince Li Zuo that the assassination was done by Dan Chi.
Li Chengye couldn't see it, and still proposed to lead the army to the northwest.
The name is to avenge his father and brother, but in fact the purpose is not to establish military exploits so as to seek the position of prince.
His thoughts were simply Sima Zhao's and everyone on the street knew them.
Sure enough, Li Hao listened to his words and still did not express his position.
…
"Father, I think that although the Danchi people are bold and arrogant, they are still wary of us under the suppression of our dynasty in recent years." Xiang Nan stood up at this time and said, "The assassination of the prince happened suddenly. It’s strange, it’s too hasty to launch an army rashly before finding out the truth of the matter.”
Gao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Xiang Nan said.
These words were exactly what he wanted to say. Because he knew that Prince Li Chengji was not killed by Danchi people.
The reason was that Gao Xian had a secret deal with the Danchi people in the Western Region Protectorate. The Danchi people robbed and robbed the Fuchao border every three months, and then expelled them with an army led by Gao Xian.
In this way, the people of Danchi got benefits and showed their military merit. This was the so-called self-respect of the bandits. Therefore, he knew that the death of the prince had nothing to do with the Danchi people.
In addition, after the prince went to the Western Region as an envoy, the Gao family actually sent someone to assassinate the prince. It's a pity that the prince fought bravely to fight him out, but his success fell short.
Now the prince has really been assassinated, and there is obviously a second wave of assassins.
And this second wave of assassins was probably sent by Li Chengye and King Zhong.
Because according to common sense, whoever benefits the most after a person dies may be the real murderer.
Perhaps we can find evidence from this case that Li Chengye assassinated the prince, and then we can successfully bring down the second prince and eliminate another powerful enemy for Li Chengyin to ascend to the throne.
Therefore, he advocated investigating the truth first. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan spoke for him before he opened his mouth. He is such a smart boy.
…
"Danchi people are warlike by nature. If we don't give him a head-on blow this time, he will be a tiger and have endless troubles!" King Zhong said immediately after hearing this.
"Father, I am wondering why the Danchi people want to assassinate the prince? He has done so much harm to other countries without any benefit. Why would he do this? He might be framed." Xiang Nanze said again.
"You say that, do you have any evidence?" Li Hao looked at Xiang Nan and said.
"There is no evidence yet." Xiang Nan bowed and said, "So I suggest that the imperial court send capable personnel to the Western Region to investigate the case, clarify the truth, find out the real culprit, and seek justice for the imperial brother."
"Yes." Li Hao nodded, and then said, "The prince of our dynasty was assassinated. If there is no countermeasure for such a big event, the neighboring countries will definitely think that our dynasty is weak and can be bullied.
Chengye, I order you to lead the troops to Anhu Mansion in the west. First, thoroughly investigate the assassination of the prince; second, to deter the countries in the northwest.
Cheng Yin, take the delegation to Xizhou. Although the prince was assassinated, the East Palace is still there. If the daughter of the King of Xizhou is married to the East Palace, she can strive for stability and peace in Xizhou, which is very important in this stall. "
"Yes, I will obey the holy orders." Xiang Nan and Li Chengye bowed one after another.
However, Xiang Nan could already see that the emperor deliberately favored Li Chengye.
When the prince was assassinated, the emperor could actually see that Dan Chi was just a scapegoat.
Because as Xiang Nan said, Dan Chi's assassination of the Prince of Toyo Chao would cause a hundred harms but no benefit.
On the contrary, it was the Toyo Dynasty's own forces that were more likely to promote this matter in order to compete for the throne.
The two people who are qualified to compete for the throne are Li Chengye and Li Chengyin, so the main culprit is between Li Chengye and Li Chengyin.
Now that Li Chengye is urging war before the truth is known, the suspicion is obviously even greater.
But the emperor sent Li Chengye to investigate the case and investigated himself. It would be strange if he could find out the truth.
Obviously he intended to protect Li Chengye, and he also showed that he actually didn't care much about the truth about the prince's assassination. He just wanted to take this opportunity to repair Dan Chi.
On the one hand, Dan Chi has been invading the border all the year round, harassing the imperial court, robbing property, and taking people captive. This has caused serious harm and has accumulated a lot of hatred;
On the one hand, Dan Chi is now powerful and has one hundred thousand cavalry, which is a huge threat to Toyo Dynasty. It’s time to take a closer look at it before it becomes a major problem.
As for sending Li Chengyin to Xizhou to propose marriage, it should also be out of balance considerations.
After all, politics requires balance. Since you gave Li Chengye a candy, you must also give Li Chengyin a date.
…
Gao Ming was so smart that he naturally noticed it and couldn't help but feel secretly alert.
The emperor was really too cold-blooded. He didn't care how his biological son died, he only thought about his own political interests.
It’s true that the royal family has no father and son!
(End of chapter)
