Chapter 290: The Holy Emperor's Calculations
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Therefore, Song Xingtian was still very grateful to Zhan Long in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info After he ascended the throne, in terms of meritorious deeds, the general Zhanlong was naturally the chief hero. Song Xingtian also reciprocated the favor by sealing Zhanlong as the king of Jingnan and taking charge of the three southern counties. When they sent Zhan Long to the three southern counties to take office, neither of them expected that things would evolve into the current situation.
Zhan Long, a military general with a foreign surname, was named King of Jingnan, which is already the supreme honor of a soldier. Except for General Li, the earth-shattering god of war at the beginning of the founding of the country, throughout the history of the Holy Lion Empire, there is no general more beautiful than the war dragon. In other words, War Dragon is the second most awesome figure in the history of the Imperial military!
Human nature may be greedy, and it stands to reason that Zhan Long should be satisfied with the title of prince as a military general. However, he was not satisfied, and as his strength grew, he began to support his own troops, and regarded the three southern counties as his own back garden. The possessiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and now, it seems that the court is no longer allowed to interfere.
The three southern counties seem to have become a country within a country. This is absolutely intolerable for the unified and centralized Holy Lion Empire.
It is precisely because of this that the relationship between the Holy Emperor and the War Dragon has evolved from the original harmony to the current deceit. The war dragon wanted to occupy that one-third of an acre of land, and did not want the imperial court to interfere, and the Holy Emperor naturally could not agree. Although he looks very low-key, he is an extremely strong character in his bones. If he allowed the war dragon to take the three southern counties as his own, and acquiesced to this situation of a country within a country, he would leave a lasting infamy in history. Later generations will judge him as the Holy Emperor, and they will ridicule him for being cowardly and incompetent, and he can't even control a courtier.
From his point of view, of course, he wanted to catch the war dragon and slash it with one sword. What kind of in-law relationship, the former kindness, can all be ignored in front of Jiangshan Sheji.
But Zhan Long is the number one military genius of the military, sitting on 500,000 male soldiers, and he himself is brave and good at fighting and resourceful, if he really sends an army to conquer him, there is really no military general who can match him. If you are not sure, the Holy Emperor will not act rashly.
If the hard ones are not good, they can only come to the soft ones.
The Holy Emperor had made countless excuses to transfer the war dragon back to the capital division, as long as he left the three southern counties and left his 500,000 male soldiers, the war dragon would become a toothless tiger and be left to the Holy Emperor to clean up. When you arrive at the imperial capital, it is the Holy Emperor's one-third of an acre, can the war dragon still run?
But what the Holy Emperor could think of, the old boy of the war dragon naturally thought of it. Therefore, he frequently refused the edicts of the Holy Emperor on the grounds that there were provocations in small border countries from time to time and that the war was tight. He just wouldn't leave his turtle's nest. The two sides were at a stalemate for a long time, and the Holy Emperor couldn't think of any good way for a while. In addition, there is still Prince Zhong in the court, so he doesn't have the extra energy to take care of the war dragon anymore. It's just that the number of spies sent in the past has been increasing.
The main thing is to pay attention to whether the war dragon has a tendency to rebel. If he is just in a corner and becomes a prince of peace, he can put it aside for a while. But if he starts to dislike that the position under his ass is not high enough, and he falls in love with the Holy Emperor's dragon chair, he will have to be vigilant enough.
Once this phenomenon happens, the taste of suffering from the enemy is not so pleasant.
Some time ago, there was nothing to do, but this time the news from the spies made the Holy Emperor a little uneasy.
The old boy of Zhan Long is fine, but what makes people feel a headache is Zhan Chunlei, the son of Zhan Long.
Zhan Chunlei has been sent to the Miyun Sect to cultivate since he was a child, and because of his extraordinary talent and rapid cultivation, he is already a disciple of the inner hall of the Miyun Sect.
This Miyun Sect is one of the top three major sects in the Holy Lion Empire, and the strongest sects in the sect are like clouds, and their strength cannot be underestimated. It is said that Zhan Chunlei has begun to recruit troops and horses since he got off Miyun Mountain, and many strong men have gathered under his command, although there is no obvious indication that Zhan Chunlei has the intention of rebelling, but if he does not rebel, why should he recruit troops and buy horses? With his father's 500,000 troops, it is more than enough to rule the three southern counties. Why do you need him to recruit the strongest in the sect?
This information made the Holy Emperor feel uneasy, and he instinctively felt that this Battle Spring Thunder might not be a good one. Although the war dragon is brave, but after so many years, the days of the prince of peace, the price is soaked in the wine pond meat forest all day long, and the ring is fat and thin, and the fighting spirit is afraid that it has long been exhausted. His greatest hope is probably to keep the three southern counties, and he has no enterprising spirit.
But this Zhan Chunlei is different. He has a strong strength, backed by his father's towering tree, with hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, the key is that he is young, in this case, if there is no ambition, is it too abnormal?
This kid is unpredictable and very dangerous. The degree of danger is even no less than that of Song Li.
"Your Majesty, the slave Xiao Anzi has something important to report. "The Holy Emperor was contemplating Zhan Chunlei's motive for recruiting troops, and the chamberlain who was in charge of communicating with the spies outside the palace asked for an audience outside the palace.
"Come in. The Holy Emperor said lightly.
Xiao Anzi bowed and walked in, knelt down to greet him, and then said: "Your Majesty, there is news from outside the palace that Song Li, the king of Lijun, and Yun Lin, the princess of Ming, have both been promoted to alchemy masters, and the Ming Wangfu has also married Cui Heling, the president of the Alchemist Guild, and Song Li has become President Cui's quasi-grandson-in-law. ”
"What?" The Holy Emperor, who was originally holding a book of classics and pretending to be diligent, immediately became uneasy, and as soon as his hand trembled, the volume of books fell on the dragon case. "Are you saying that Song Li and Yun Lin have both become alchemy masters?
"It's true! It's news from the Alchemist Guild. I'm afraid that the entire imperial capital has spread all over the city. Xiao Anzi said with certainty.
The Holy Emperor believed that this matter was already certain. There's no way the intelligence guys could be wrong about something like that, unless they didn't want to eat the guys.
Song Xingtian's brain hurt even more, what does it mean to make things worse? This is called making things worse.
It stands to reason that the Ming Palace, the Holy Emperor and the Holy Emperor are one and the same, and Song Li's strength has achieved a great leap, and he should be happy. But the opposite is true.
In the conflict between Song Li and Song Side, the Holy Emperor saw the situation very clearly. With the strength of the Ming Palace's current situation, if he wanted to move Song Li, the consequences would be disastrous. He moved Song Li, and the Ming Wangfu was bound to break with him, and without the help of the Ming Wangfu, he would not be able to deal with Prince Zhong himself. If it could have been done, it would have been done a long time ago, and it would not have been delayed until now.
Prince Zhong hasn't done it yet, and he has set up a powerful enemy of the Ming Palace, and the Holy Emperor will not do such a stupid deal, so he chose to forbear, obviously his son was beaten, and the entire royal family was humiliated, but he still chose to calm things down and drive Song Side out of the imperial capital. This is a major concession that has never been made by the royal family since the founding of the country.
In fact, it is equivalent to the Holy Emperor showing weakness to the Ming Palace. On the surface, this matter is in the past, but in fact, whether it is Song Li or the Holy Emperor, they are very clear in their hearts that this matter has fallen into the hearts of both parties. Once Prince Zhong fell, the Ming Wangfu became the most eye-catching force. The Holy Emperor would never allow any force that overrode the imperial power, and at that time, it was probably inevitable to settle accounts after the autumn.
It can be said that the Holy Emperor has already thought of a follow-up plan in his heart. He believed that the date of Prince Chung's downfall was not far off. So he has already begun to deploy the chess pieces against the Ming Palace. However, the news that Song Li and Yun Lin were both promoted to alchemy masters suddenly disrupted his full game of good chess! Without him, it was because the opponent's strength was growing too fast, and his deployments were no longer enough to pose a threat to others.
The Founding Ancestor said that the influence of an alchemy master is sometimes better than an army! The Ming Wangfu has two more alchemy masters at once, which is equivalent to two more armies. Even more terrible than two armies. For the time being, the Holy Emperor can't come up with a decent chess piece to offset the two alchemy masters.
Moreover, the Ming Wangfu also married the old guy from Chairman Cui. It means that the entire Alchemist Guild has become Song Li's backyard. It's easy to deal with Song Li's kid, but for the behemoth of the Alchemist Guild, the Holy Emperor really has a bit of a headache.
A complex situation has not yet ended, and another more complex situation has arrived. The Holy Emperor sighed, the position of the emperor of a country is really not so easy to do.
"How's this person going, has there been any change recently?" the Holy Emperor calmed down his emotions, the more he had to calm down the more he had to do at this time.
The Miller he is talking about is the deputy commander of the Guardian in the Golden Feather Knight Legion, Miller. This person once followed Song Li to the Shitilan Desert, and although he was rewarded for his meritorious service, the Holy Emperor was very uneasy about him. Within the Golden Feather Knight, they must maintain absolute loyalty to the Holy Emperor. If Miller has any clues that he has a relationship with Song Li, this person must not stay.
"Your Majesty, the servant has heard a piece of news. The chamberlain paused and continued: "Miller's brother-in-law, Ge Teng, when he first came to the imperial capital, somehow offended the king of Lijun, and he repaired it very badly. Later, Miller and a group of brothers returned to the field, and the two sides seemed to break up unhappily. ”
"Oh?" the Holy Emperor raised his eyebrows, the news clearly intriguing him, and said, "Are you sure this isn't a scene between them?"
"The minion thinks no. The inner attendant said: "That Ge Teng was a gentleman when he was in Nanzhou County, and he relied on his brother-in-law to hold a high position in the Golden Feather Knight camp, so he had no one in his eyes, so he collided with Song Li, which is very logical." The matter of his coming to the imperial capital was very secret, because the Golden Feather Knight had always asked for secrecy, and it was unlikely that Song Li would know about it in advance. The conflict between them should have been an accident. ”
"Hmm. The Holy Emperor nodded, he had just said another possibility, in fact, he also felt that it was impossible to collude in advance. With Song Li's intelligence, he would not have taken such a clumsy way. Then, Miller had a conflict with Song Li because of his brother-in-law's matter, it should be true.
Song Li beat Ge Teng, that is, in vain, with his status and influence in the imperial capital today, the deputy commander of the Golden Feather Knight's capital guard also had nothing to do with him. According to common sense, Miller must be holding his stomach in his heart, so it is impossible for him to have any connection with Song Li.