"This is not only a gesture, but also to replenish new blood and recruit them into the system, one is to buy people's hearts, the second is to change the image of the legion that looked down on the local tyrants before, and the third is to change the composition of the members of the clan again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhao Hu said helplessly, this kind of life of having to consider the overall strategy in every word and deed is very difficult, but since he is the leader, then this is the responsibility, no matter how sad he is, he has to live.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu couldn't help but shake his head self-deprecatingly.

Although Zhou Wen felt that his master was not in a good mood, he didn't persuade him much, and he didn't even want to persuade him, his own master was in a bad mood because he couldn't fight in person, can such a thing be persuaded?

However, he is also a clever person, and immediately changed the topic: "Lord, according to the news sent back by the envoy, they will arrive in the imperial capital on January 1 next year, just in time for the enthronement ceremony, but if we pinch the time like this, will the crown prince and them find us trouble?" ”

Zhao Hu sighed, waved his hand and said, "Absolutely not now, but I don't know if it will be in the future, it depends on whether the crown prince is open-minded." Let's get ready, and we'll be back at the Overseer's Mansion tomorrow. ”

Zhou Wen was overjoyed, it seemed that the day was coming when the Lord would firmly control the two provinces in his hands.

In the Governor's Mansion of the Seaside Province, the servants inside and outside the door were full of joy with a hint of pride on their faces.

My lord controls a province, and I thought that my lord would spend the New Year in the Grand Marshal's Mansion, but I didn't expect to receive a notice that it was actually the New Year's Eve in the Overseer's Mansion, so of course I had to make the festival arrangements properly, which was a matter of the Overseer's face.

As for the pride in the hearts of the servants, it was because of the endless stream of guests who came to the door to give gifts.

These guests are all cronies of the warlords and magnates, and even those local emperor warlords have to give New Year's gifts to their masters, and they all look very respectful, so how can these servants who only want to be with a good boss be proud.

In the imperial capital, in the side hall of the palace council hall, the crown prince was asking the marshal: "Your Excellency the marshal, don't you know that the troops who boasted of their military exploits during the ceremony are all ready?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, it has already been prepared, and now they are all doing the final training in the camp outside the city, and the ceremony will definitely surprise the people of the imperial capital."

The marshal nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth and said.

And the prime minister on the side, without waiting for the crown prince to ask, had already spoken: "Your Highness, the new civil and military officials have been selected, and they are now focusing on studying the Great Ceremony Festival, I believe that when it comes to His Highness's enthronement ceremony, they will definitely not lose His Highness's face." ”

"Yes, thanks to the help of all the adults, especially the marshal and the prime minister, I can sit back and enjoy it without worrying about anything, for which I can only express my deep gratitude." The crown prince bowed very gratefully.

The officials present were all busy shaking their hands and did not dare to say yes, only the marshal and the prime minister sat peacefully in their chairs and accepted the salute with a smile.

For this disrespectful crime, everyone should not see it, the marshal and the prime minister are highly powerful, not only are they old, but they are also from the emperor's relatives, if you really want to talk about it, without the support of these two Optimus Primes, the crown prince would not have daydreamed of becoming an emperor, and he didn't have that strength. Therefore, the two of them accepted the future king's gift with great arrogance, but they should have it.

But at this moment, no one thought that when the crown prince saw this scene, he thought in his heart: "Hmph, you two damn old guys!" actually gave me the credit for the qualification! Wait, wait for me to accept your great bow and bow down, wait for me to become the master of the empire, and wait for me to firmly control the military and government, you will know what the next sentence of Asuka is good for bowing! ”

On the western frontier of the empire, the Wenxi Province in the sphere of influence of the Four Princes, close to the prairie, that is, the camp where Zhao Hu used to move back from the prairie to the passage back to the empire.

At this moment, this border camp has been surrounded by dense soldiers, and the scouts are even more than a hundred miles away.

The reason why this border is so tightly guarded is not because there is a war with the steppe, but because the masters of the four western provinces are in this camp.

The main camp looks like an ordinary military building on the outside, but inside it is decorated with magnificence and luxury.

A handsome but masculine young man, although he can be called a teenager according to his age, but that kind of bearing will only make people think that he is a man, very good, and a young man, this person is the fourth prince of the Augustus Empire.

The four princes sat on the main seat in the camp, carelessly stroking a sharp knife in their hands, and two men stood below.

One is Qin Na, who holds the position of logistics chief, but actually controls the Wenxi Guard Division, and the other is Weiss who has met with Zhao Hu and pretends to be a free alliance merchant group to enter and leave the prairie.

These two people are both characters in the field they are good at, but in front of this age enough to be the master of their son, they can be as respectful as they can. As close associates, they know very well what kind of person their master is.

As long as he knew that this master was only twelve years old, he took all the rights from his mother's family, so that the mother's family, who originally wanted to take advantage of his well-established status, became a cow; At the age of fourteen, tens of thousands of Predators were willing to die for it, and when people of other ages were still ignorant of what love and love would only be pursued, and when he lived a humble life, he had secretly controlled a regular Imperial Legion, and the spies had developed into neighboring countries.

By the time he came of age, the willing servants of the Empire had spread all over the country, and if it weren't for that intricate and completely out of control Imperial Night, the future master of the Empire would have been him.

"Do you know why I chose the western part of the empire as my foundation?" The fourth prince suddenly said softly.

The two people below immediately overloaded their brains to think about this problem, I don't know if it's a bloodline problem or an education problem, the royal bloodline of the Augustus Empire, when they didn't ascend the throne, they called themselves all me, and rarely called themselves His Royal Highness.

"Your Highness, my subordinates think that this is because although the four western provinces are poor, they are rich in minerals and the people are strong, so they are excellent places to raise troops," Weiss was the first to say.

The fourth prince didn't speak, but just looked at Qin Na, Qin Na's body tightened, and he immediately said: "The subordinates think that in addition to the reason that Lord Weiss said, it is also because the foreign enemies of the four western provinces are only the herding and riding alliance on the prairie. As long as you get the herding alliance, you can concentrate on the inside.

Moreover, the terrain in the west of our country is higher than the rest of the empire, and it has become a strategic form of taking advantage of the situation, as long as we strike with a thunderbolt, we can crush the southwest and northwest regions of the empire in a very short period of time, and then form a state of attacking the imperial capital on three sides. ”

The fourth prince nodded: "Well, that's right, although the four provinces are poor, the reason for the poverty is just the lack of money and the lack of development resources, and we have long been prepared for the lack of money at all, after our development, the income of the four provinces is no worse than that of the coastal provinces." ”

Of course, the two of them knew that this was the result of the comparison between the four provinces and the poorest province on the coast, but they didn't have to care about the income, as long as they officially raised troops and won a few big battles, those wait-and-see wall grasses would definitely come over to be loyal to them, and nothing would be lacking by then.

Seeing that the fourth prince was in a good mood, Weiss hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, will the prairie fulfill the agreement?" Once our main force leaves the frontier, the four provinces of this frontier will be empty, will those greedy steppe people hold back and not do anything?

As far as their subordinates know, the credibility of the steppe people is only for the merchant group, and even the promises made by their own people will be immediately broken due to the problem of interests. ”

The fourth prince snorted coldly and said, "I don't understand your concerns?" Prairie people are white-eyed wolves, and if they have milk, they are mothers! Am I the one who colluded with foreign enemies to invade my homeland? And when did I say I was going to keep their promise? Didn't Qin Na say it very clearly just now? If you get the Banner Alliance, you can concentrate on the inside, and if you don't get the prairie, who of us will be relieved to go on the expedition? ”

Hearing this, Weiss and Qin Na were both shocked, and their eyes emitted a scorching light! I didn't follow the wrong master!

The worries were lifted, and everyone felt that the atmosphere was much warmer, but Weiss asked: "Your Highness, the New Year is almost over, and the crown prince will be shamelessly enthroned as emperor as soon as the new year comes, how should we deal with this problem?" ”

This is a serious topic, Huang Taizi ascended the throne in the imperial capital, and he has a righteous name among all the people in the world, and this righteous name must come down, but it is not so easy to cancel.

The four princes understood the meaning of Weis's words, even if they were worried that the soldiers under their command would waver, and the anti-child officers were unlikely to waver, in this battle for the throne, the higher the official position of each candidate, the more loyal they were.

First, the investment of senior officials in candidates is too great to be withdrawn; Second, since he is a high-ranking official, he takes refuge in the enemy, and his position is not high, and the comparison between profit and loss is really huge; Third, if the situation is not very clear, other candidates will not believe the high-ranking enemy officials who suddenly take refuge, and people are still afraid that you will come up with a bitter plan.

The fourth prince frowned, and after a while, he said, "Ascend the throne at the same time!" ”

Weiss and Qin Na couldn't hold back the excitement anymore and immediately received their orders, didn't they just wait for such a day after their hard work? Super heroes, as long as you and your descendants don't make mistakes, you will definitely be glorious and rich forever.

The fourth prince doesn't have the excitement of a courtier, he definitely doesn't want to ascend to the extreme early, but if he doesn't do this, the eldest brother with the name of righteousness can declare himself a rebel!