The eldest prince said: "Otherwise, I will send someone to tell my father now, so that he will not go to war with the Great Chen Kingdom again." Da Chen has Wu Zong to help, if we reconcile with him, Da Chen Guo will not come to attack us. My father had only been gone for a day, and it was too late to send someone to chase him. ”

Patriarch Cao said, "It's impossible. Not to mention that it is impossible for Da Chen Guo to spare your father, even if you send someone to catch up with your father and tell him these words, he will not agree.

Now there are only two paths for you to choose: the first path is that you, like your father and the emperor, will oppose the Great Chen State, and finally be destroyed by the Great Chen State, you, you and all the members of the imperial family, all the officials of the Great Xia Kingdom at all levels, and their families, will be captured and executed by the Great Chen State, or become slaves. The second way is that you make peace with the Great Chen Kingdom, so that after the Great Chen Kingdom defeats your father and emperor, you will no longer continue to attack the Great Xia Kingdom, but let you be the emperor, but you must obey the orders of the Great Chen Kingdom. ”

The eldest prince hesitated, hesitated again: accepting this kind of reconciliation, the eldest prince understood that this was actually a surrender to the Great Chen State, which was a bit unacceptable. But if they don't accept such a settlement, the consequence is that all of them will die.

Thinking of death, the eldest prince was afraid: he didn't want to die, he was a prince, he lived all day long, he wanted the wind to be windy, he wanted to be rainy, and his life was very good. But if he is caught by Da Chen Guo, he will be divided into five horses and cut by a thousand knives!

The eldest prince sat there, flustered, and the six gods had no master. The patriarch of the Cao family and the other three patriarchs sat in front of the eldest prince, ready that once the eldest prince refused to surrender to the Great Chen Kingdom, those three people would immediately act and kill him.

The eldest prince did not notice this. He has a good relationship with the patriarch of the Cao family, and the patriarch of the Cao family has always been obedient to him. He has never been disobedient to him. Now that the national crisis is at hand, everyone is at a critical juncture of life and death, so many people in the court have not thought about the terrible consequences of defeat, only the three of them are the patriarchs of the Cao family, who are particularly thoughtful and can find a way to survive for him at this critical moment.

The eldest prince's heart was full of gratitude to the patriarch of the Cao family, and he secretly thought in his heart that when he became the emperor, he must raise the patriarch of the Cao family to a very high position and reward him greatly.

The eldest prince hesitated for a long time, he looked at the expectant eyes of the three people in front of him, and finally said: "Okay, I agree to reconcile with the Great Chen Kingdom, thank you three for finding such a way to survive for the Great Xia Kingdom, you are the heroes of the Great Xia Kingdom!"

After listening to the words of the Great Prince, the three of them were overjoyed in their hearts: They had finally turned the Great Prince against him! There was a Great Prince who rebelled against the Great Xia Kingdom in the Imperial City and accepted the orders of the Great Chen Kingdom, so that all the soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom who went out to the border passes would be cut off, and without the support of the rear, how would they fight this battle?

The three of them plotted against the Great Prince, and made such a great contribution to the Great Chen Kingdom, and when the Great Chen Kingdom destroyed the Great Xia Kingdom in the future, what kind of benefits would the families of those three people have in the Great Chen Kingdom!

The patriarch of the Cao family said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really wise, far-sighted, has the world in mind, and loves the people like a son!

Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed to reconcile with the Great Chen Kingdom, then we have to plan now, how we will control the Imperial City, and how we will negotiate with the Great Chen Kingdom once the war at the border pass is defeated to protect the Great Xia Kingdom. ”

The eldest prince said, "Isn't the imperial city under my control?"

The patriarch of the Cao family said: "The imperial city is now under the control of His Highness, but the prime minister and many ministers in the court will definitely ask His Highness to fully support the war ahead. Since we are ready to reconcile with the Great Chen Kingdom and support the war ahead, then the Great Chen Kingdom will definitely be very angry, and they will not agree to reconcile with us at that time. The Great Chen State has the help of the Martial Sect, and in their eyes, our Great Xia Kingdom is a lamb to the slaughter. They can destroy us, or they can spare us, it's just a matter of their thoughts. Therefore, we must not support the border pass and make Chen Guo angry. Moreover, in the current situation, the result of our support and non-support is the same, and we will definitely lose. The Great Chen Kingdom defeated our Great Xia Kingdom, as easy as swatting a mosquito to death. ”

The eldest prince said: "Now that I am in charge of the country, I will not let them support me, who of them will dare to disobey me?"

The patriarch of the Cao family said: "If His Royal Highness orders not to support the front line, there will definitely be many people who oppose it, especially the prime minister and the patriarch of the Li family of the Yang family. If many people oppose His Highness, it will be difficult for His Highness to control the Imperial City. Now I have a plan for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consider.

Now His Majesty has just set out for a short time, so he can't fall out with his ministers for the time being. lest they whisper to His Majesty. You can talk negatively about supporting the front line in the court, and just talk about it, but don't actually do it. I heard that His Highness discussed the issue of etiquette in the court today. That's fine. You shift the focus of the discussion in the court to the etiquette and law, so that when His Royal Highness becomes the emperor in the future, he will be able to strictly enforce the law, so that the monarch and the minister, father and son, and the dignity and inferiority will have their own identities, and they will no longer be like Your Majesty, always being a courteous corporal and messing up the law. Just like this Li Yuan, his cultivation is low, his background is humble, and he can only refine some pills, and His Majesty spoils him to be more noble than everyone else's status and status, so that he disturbs the legitimacy of the court's hierarchy.

In the month before Your Majesty arrives at the border gates, you must establish a system of etiquette and law, and make it clear: the etiquette of kings and ministers and the difference between rank must be clear. It is necessary to determine the rank and status of the princes and ministers in the court and the families and forces of the imperial city one by one. From the first rank to the ninth grade, the specific rank of each person must be clearly divided, and those who are inferior must bow respectfully in the face of those who are superior, and those who are superior have complete authority to command and order those who are inferior. A person of inferior rank shall not disobey the command of a superior person.

A person of superior grade is not allowed to surrender his status and associate with a person of inferior grade at will.

Between different grades, there must be no intermarriage or other acts that confuse the status hierarchy. Punish severely those who confuse the hierarchy. Establish a slavery system, and turn into slaves those who cannot afford to pay the money, those who violate the law, and those who do not obey His Highness's orders.

If His Highness does not actively support the border passes, he will definitely be opposed by the Prime Minister and other diehards, so wait a few days to catch their mistakes or disrespect for His Highness, and arrest them all and turn them into slaves.

For evil families like the Yang family and the Li family, His Royal Highness wants to catch a mistake in them, arrest them all, and reduce them to slaves. Those who resist are to be put to death.

Of course, now others think that we have gone to the Tianduan Mountain Range, so it is inconvenient for us to show up for the time being, so as not to arouse the suspicion of others and cause unnecessary trouble.

The soldiers must be ordered to guard the gates of the city, and from tomorrow onwards, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the imperial city at will, and all carrier pigeons entering and leaving the imperial city must be intercepted, and no one shall be allowed to transmit information through carrier pigeons, etc. ”

When the eldest prince heard this, he said in his heart, "Didn't I say anything in the court, and they did what I ordered?" Why did there still those who did not obey the order? And so many things?

The eldest prince agreed to the suggestion of the patriarch of the Cao family, and then returned to the palace with a heavy heart and a heavy heart.