Pingnan Palace
King Pingnan narrowed his eyes slightly after reading the secret message that the spies had returned from the Northern Territory.
No wonder Dingbeihou dared not take the new emperor seriously and refused to accept the imperial edict given to him. It turned out that he had obtained high-yielding grain seeds.
The year before last, the two sons and daughters of King Liang went to visit him in the north, but they didn't see any movement from him afterwards.
I thought he would really remain neutral, but now it seems that he should have hooked up with Prince Liang a long time ago.
He walked around the study twice.
Look at the slender sweet potatoes, a few small potatoes, and a handful of corn kernels on the table.
These things were brought back with the letter. They were obtained by several spies he placed in the North at the risk of being exposed.
The spies concluded that Beihou paid close attention to these things. They had been planting them in Beidi for two seasons and started planting them on a large scale this year.
King Pingnan held a small potato and looked at it for a while, feeling a little suspicious. With something like this, the yield per mu can be three thousand kilograms?
He said to his confidants: "Go and ask Mr. Wang and Mr. Gongsun to come over."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wang Yanping and Gongsun Qiao were his staff members who had been with him for many years. Helping him with advice over the years has enabled him to achieve what he has achieved today. These two gentlemen deserve a lot of credit.
The two of them arrived very quickly. They bowed as soon as they entered the door and said, "See you, Your Majesty."
"You two gentlemen need not be polite."
Pingnan Wangxu helped the two of them, then pointed to a few sweet potatoes and potatoes on the table and said:
"Sir, this is high-yielding grain that the spies brought back from the northern belt. Marquis Dingbei has been planting it for two seasons.
I heard that the yield per mu can reach more than 3,000 kilograms. Have you two seen this kind of grain before? "
Gongsun Qiao and Wang Yanping were shocked when they heard about it. They quickly picked up the sweet potatoes and potatoes on the table. The more they looked at them, the more suspicious they became. Can such a thing produce three thousand kilograms per mu?
Gongsun Qiao said: "Your Majesty, I have never seen such food before. Is the output really that high?"
King Pingnan showed the secret letter to the two of them, "This is what the letter said, and it also wrote several methods of growing food."
Gongsun Qiao took the letter and read it quickly, "Your Majesty, why don't you take it to Zhuangzi and try it?
If it is true as stated in the letter, Dingbeihou may not rely on the capital to allocate military pay in the future. Then it will not be controlled by the emperor. The prince should remind the queen mother and the emperor to prepare early. "
Wang Yanping also nodded in agreement. Since last year, King Liang has been ready to make a move. If the prince had not sent troops to suppress it in time, he would have started a war long ago.
King Liang is still a little jealous of King Pingnan, but if he adds Dingbeihou who is not short of food and grass as an ally, he will be more confident.
King Pingnan sat silently at the top.
Although the analysis of the two gentlemen was reasonable, he also thought so at the beginning.
But based on his understanding of Dingbeihou, he always felt that that person was unlikely to support King Liang.
The two of them are not the same person, there must be something he doesn't know about.
Suddenly a scene from many years ago flashed in his mind.
Shen Chengzhang, who was not the Marquis of Dingbei at that time, had some connections with Lin Junyan, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Although the two of them were just friends between gentlemen on the surface, he seemed to have heard that Lin Junyan once saved Shen Chengzhang's life.
He didn't know whether this was true or false before, but now that he thought about it, he suddenly realized it.
No wonder neither the people sent by him nor the people sent by the emperor found Li Yunze. He must have hid in the North.
After thinking these things through, he immediately discussed countermeasures with his two staff.
Wang Yanping thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, if Dingbeihou supports the young prince, then things will be simple.
As long as he doesn't hook up with King Liang, we don't have to worry too much. "
Gongsun Qiao immediately shook his head and objected, "Brother Wang, what you said is wrong, that little prince was born to Queen Lin.
Moreover, he was the only legitimate son of Emperor Zhengyuan. If Marquis Dingbei fully supports him, there will be more people supporting him. "
He looked at King Pingnan and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, we must not let the young prince live. If he and Dingbei Hou reach an agreement, we will be in trouble, so we must do it as soon as possible..."
He didn't say the next words, and made a beheading motion with his hand.
King Pingnan nodded slowly and immediately picked up the pen and ink to write a letter.
In a quarter of an hour, three letters were written.
One was written to the emperor and the queen mother, and the other two were to his two sons.
"Ask the messenger to set off immediately, eight hundred miles away in a hurry."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When the confidant went out with the letter, King Pingnan ordered another subordinate,
"Take these seeds to Zhuangzi and ask them to plant them according to the method in the letter, and then send a few people to watch over there."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Gongsun Qiao hesitated for a moment and reminded: "My lord, why not let the spies from the North inquire about the little prince's information. If you find his whereabouts, take action directly. Otherwise, the night will be long and the dream will be long."
Seeing that King Pingnan was deep in thought, he whispered again: "My lord, I don't know what's going on. Every time I talk about the little prince, I feel very uneasy. I feel even more panicked than when King Liang rebelled."
King Pingnan believed in Gongsun Qiao's intuition very much. Every time he said this or made a suggestion, something big was going to happen.
It seems that unless Li Yunze is removed, Haoer's position will not be secure.
He immediately made a decision and planned to send dead soldiers to the North to find Li Yunze's hiding place and kill him immediately if he found it.
Li Yunze, who was training in the military camp at this time, didn't know yet that several waves of people who assassinated him had avoided this side and went to the North.
Ye Yutong came out of Dongyang County on horseback and saw a group of people in the distance rushing towards this side.
There were about seven or eight people, and the horses these people rode were fat, strong, smooth, and they all had extraordinary skills.
They did not stop here and rushed directly towards Qingzhou City.
Ye Yutong followed them on horseback. She came to the city today to talk to Yan San about the factory.
Li Yunze was originally going to come with her, but Lin Zhong happened to have something to do with him today, so he didn't come with her.
Li Yunze wanted to send some guards to protect her, but Ye Yutong didn't agree.
She has practiced martial arts very well now, and ordinary people can't get close to her.
Moreover, it is not far from the military camp to Dongyang County, and it only takes two-quarters of an hour on horseback.
Feiying had already noticed Ye Yutong behind him, but he didn't pay attention. He pinched the horse's belly hard and led his men to speed up.
They have been out for more than a month, but they have not yet found out the whereabouts of Miss Song.
The master has lost his patience and gave him an ultimatum a few days ago. If he can't find anyone again, he will be asked to go back and collect his punishment.
He and several of his men came from Fengcheng. They only found out that Miss Song was visiting relatives in Qingzhou City, but they didn't find out which family they were from.
It seems that the Song family has no relatives in Qingzhou City. Only a student of Song Shanchang works in Qingzhou City.
I don’t know if Miss Song has gone here, so I can only go and take a look first.
