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Zhao Teng's lips rose slightly, and then he retreated again, he stood up and said, "Since Your Majesty has something to discuss, then Weichen will retire first." ”

Today, Zhao Qian pulled him to sit down and said, "You don't have to go, it's okay to listen together." ”

"That being the case, the minister would be more respectful than obey." Zhao Teng said, quietly sitting back in his seat.

The first to come in was the crown prince Zhao Yuliang.

He hurried here after receiving a message from the emperor.

It has been nearly half a month since the emperor withdrew the authority of the crown prince to assist in political affairs. During this time, the emperor never met the crown prince in private.

Now that the emperor suddenly saw it, the prince's heart was somewhat vigilant, but he was not panicked.

After saluting, the crown prince Zhao Yuliang sat down opposite the emperor.

It was a position side by side with Zhao Teng. Because the distance was not far away, the prince could clearly feel Zhao Teng's rejection of him.

The prince pretended not to know.

Many, many years ago, when the prince was a child of five or six years old, he found that Zhao Teng didn't like him. That time, Zhao Teng returned to Beijing to report on his work, and the prince also happened to come to the Yangxin Palace to greet the emperor, and the two met at the door of the Yangxin Palace.

After that, the two also had the opportunity to meet a few times, but Zhao Yuliang found that Zhao Teng's face was not very good-looking every time he saw him.

Although Zhao Teng had also smiled at him on crowded occasions, that smile seemed to him to say, "You'd better disappear from my eyes immediately." Therefore, Zhao Yuliang can be sure that Zhao Teng doesn't like him very much.

Zhao Yuliang didn't know why Zhao Teng's disgust for him arose, but this subtle feeling was inconvenient to talk about, so when the two of them met, they only said a few necessary greetings and never talked about other things.

Now although the two are sitting side by side, they have no intersection.

Zhao Yuliang had just sat down, and the scholars of the Household Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry, as well as the scholars of the Middle Pole Palace, the Jianji Palace, the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, the Wenyuan Pavilion and the East Pavilion also came in one by one.

After everyone saluted and sat down, the emperor went straight to the front and said: "An hour ago, I received reliable information from the front, saying that Li Qi, the king of Xiangyang, had secretly connected with Zhong Tiangui, the king of Guanxi, Zhu Ming, the king of Anping, and Liu Fengyi, the king of Hankang, and prepared to launch a rebellion on July 3. ”

Except for Wang Zhao Teng and Guo Mao, the secretary of the military department, everyone else had a frozen face.

Li Qi, King of Xiangyang, Zhong Tiangui, King of Guanxi, Zhu Ming, King of Anping, and Liu Fengyi, King of Hankang, were heroes of the previous dynasty, and they were awarded the title precisely because they had made great contributions to the state of Cao.

In the first ten years, the four of them were still in order, and after that, they gradually became ambitious.

After their ambitions, they began to install their own people in the key provinces and towns on land and water, and then dredged the rivers to repair the city, conquered the city, and privately recruited a large number of troops, minted money, made explosives, and occupied people's land, and gradually, the entire southwest and northwest became their territory.

Among these four people, Li Qi, the king of Xiangyang, had the greatest ambition and ability, and he took only three years to bring all the governors in the southwest and northwest regions under his command, and also concluded the old department of Linxing, and built his own power kingdom step by step.

Today, they make up one-third of the country.

At first, the emperor didn't care much about it, but since the year before that, he gradually smelled the signs of them, so he sent someone to keep an eye on them secretly.

When the four princes were full moon, several of their vassal kings also returned to Beijing to congratulate them, but they all embarked on the road back to the domain early the next morning.

Now that you think about it, it is not difficult to see that they want to launch a rebellion while the vassal kings are still in Beijing.

The ministers who had been edicted discussed in whispers.

"Prince, what do you suggest?" The emperor looked at Zhao Yuliang and asked, with a faint concern in his blazing eyes.

Everyone was stunned - hasn't the emperor stopped the prince from assisting in political affairs for a while? Why did you take the initiative to ask the prince's opinion again?

Looking at Zhao Teng again, they seemed to understand a little.

Listening to the emperor's words, Zhao Teng squinted his eyes slightly, as if he didn't look at Zhao Yuliang very much.

Zhao Yuliang pondered for a moment and said, "Since they have a great strength together, then let's divide their strength first." ”

Zhao Teng opened his eyes suddenly, and everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Yuliang's body, waiting with bated breath for him to continue.

Zhao Yuliang continued: "Your Majesty can first issue an order to remove all the existing governors in the southwest and northwest regions, replace them with a group of people directly selected by the imperial court, and then send troops to the domains of the kings of Guanxi, Anping, and Hankang, strictly monitor them, and confiscate their private collection of soldiers, horses, and explosives. Without the help of the three of them, Li Qi, the king of Xiangyang, would be isolated and helpless, and we could take the opportunity to lead troops to encircle and suppress the king of Xiangyang. As soon as the king of Xiangyang died, this rebellion naturally collapsed. ”

"Well, Your Highness, this method is feasible." Cabinet Chief Auxiliary Yun Yiting nodded.

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Miyazawa Tetsu, was also extremely pleased and said: "In this way, it will not be too much of a drain on troops, and it can fundamentally decompose their forces, and the minister also agrees with His Highness's idea." ”

Feng Hong, the secretary of the ministry, looked at the people present, and when he was about to speak, the emperor had already said loudly: "Just act according to the prince's method." Guo Aiqing, Zheng Aiqing, Feng Aiqing, and Peng Aiqing obeyed orders......"

Within half an hour, the emperor deployed the specific work. This time, the emperor appointed Guo Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zheng Yusong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Feng Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Peng Wentao, a member of the Cabinet University, as the persons in charge of the mission, and appointed Guo Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, as the commander-in-chief of the operation, and allocated 400,000 troops and horses at his disposal, so that they could start the action at the next hour.

The crown prince frowned slightly after listening to the emperor's deployment, but he didn't say anything more in the end.

When the work was deployed, everyone withdrew.

Out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Guo Mao, the secretary of the military department, exchanged glances with Zhao Teng, and then each walked in opposite directions.

That night, King Zhao Teng left the palace with a small plan and met with his adviser Zhang Shihe at a small intersection in the northern corner of the city.

Ling Wang Zhao Teng wore a hat with a low brim and a set of civilian clothes, so as long as he didn't raise his head and didn't make a sound, no one would know that it was him.

"Here he comes, in the stone temple ahead." Zhang Shihe leaned close to him and whispered in his ear.

Zhao Teng nodded his head and immediately went in the direction of the stone temple. (To be continued.) )