Carrying a few bottles of canned food from Jing Xiang, Fan Sheng strolled through the streets of Chang'an City. The guards led the horses and followed him from a distance, Fan Sheng did not allow them to come close to him, he needed to be alone to be quiet, think about it, and sort it out.

Today's visit to Jing Xiang can also be seen as that he has been tied up with the Third Highness, Fan Sheng has nothing to complain about this, he is originally Jing Xiang's descendant, so he naturally wants to follow Jing Xiang.

But he knew too well what it meant.

If the Third Highness wants to ascend to the throne, he must go through blood and violence.

His Majesty has given up the Third Highness, which is clear to everyone above the court, and the Third Highness who returned to Chang'an seems to have given up everything, until today, Fan Sheng has understood that everything is just Jing Xiang's arrangement behind his back, and it should be that Jing Xiang has already negotiated all this with the Third Highness on the way back from Wuyi.

Perhaps this can also explain why the Third Highness, who returned to Chang'an, was so quiet and recovered so quickly.

A person, only in a hopeful situation, can be so calm.

It's just that Fan Sheng can't understand why Jing Xiang would give up his old friend, old boss, and old club Zhu Wen.

This is an undoubted question, Zhu Wen is not yet sixty years old, he has always been in good health, and he has always trusted Jing Xiang, what made Jing Xiang disappointed in Zhu Wen and began to plot a rebellion?

Yes, it's rebellion.

Jing Xiang naturally wouldn't say it explicitly, but Fan Sheng knew that if he wanted to let His Royal Highness take the throne under the current situation, what other way could he do besides killing the original one above?

Taking control of the forbidden army is only one of the steps, and next, the Third Highness will begin to regain a force of his own in the local area, so that Pinglu, which looks extremely dangerous to the Third Highness, is actually a wonderful move.

A place where the girder has been strategically abandoned, it is naturally easier to get up and down. If it is changed to another place, everyone is eyeing it, but it will not be easy to do.

What's more, where the Third Highness goes, it will make many people think that Zhu Youzhen has given up on herself and no longer wants to compete for anything. Let's say the Great Highness and the Second Highness.

Of course, the Third Highness must still have strong foreign aid.

Fan Sheng thought for a moment, it could only be Cao Xuan of the Tianping Army. Cao Xuan was captured in Luzhou with His Royal Highness, imprisoned together for a long time, and returned with Jingxiang together, if nothing happened along the way, Fan Sheng didn't believe it.

After returning to the court, although Cao Xuan served as the Tongping chapter above the court, he never stayed in Chang'an for a long time, and after returning, he only met the emperor once, and then returned to his own jurisdiction, and never set foot in Chang'an again.

If the three princes want to ascend to the throne, who is the biggest opponent?

Naturally, it is the eldest prince Zhu Youyu.

This time, Zhu Youyu was sent out to attack Shannan Dongdao, and once the attack was completed, he would inevitably take advantage of the situation to attack Eyue, and once the attack was completed, his power would inevitably grow rapidly. Unlike His Royal Highness Zhu Youqi, who went to fight Shannan West Road, even if he was defeated, he would either have to face remote areas next, or deal with Jiannan, Xichuan and other places, which would be hard bones. Up to now, Jiannan, Xichuan and other places have neither surrendered to Li Ze of Zhenzhou, nor surrendered to Zhu Wen of Chang'an, but closed the door and became a family of their own, and even faintly sat in the country of abundance in the Sichuan Basin, and coveted the world.

They may be waiting for Li Ze, Zhu Wen and even the southern candidates to fight in the dark, day and night, and then raise the army and reap the benefits.

What the second prince, Zhu Youqi, fished was definitely not a good errand.

What's more, His Royal Highness Zhu Youyu also has a good father-in-law, Gunhai Jie Du Envoy, Dai Chao.

As far as the current situation is concerned, no matter which aspect it is, His Highness has an absolute advantage. And the most important point is the support of Emperor Zhu Wen, which is more important than anything else. Zhu Wen, who started with military merits and relied on force to get to this point, attaches unparalleled importance to force. This is also the reason why he thinks very highly of His Royal Highness Zhu Youyu.

Jing Xiang said in the fog that something big would happen, but Fan Sheng really couldn't think of what it was.

Or there are some things, only when you stand in a higher position, you will know the inside story. At the moment, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to touch this.

Just take a step and look at it. In the eyes of others, he was originally a person of the Jingxiang family, and the imprint on his body could not be washed off.

Fan Sheng stopped suddenly, and a thought flashed through his mind.

If you want to overthrow His Royal Highness, the only possibility is to let His Highness turn against the emperor, and what Xianming Jingxiang said that he didn't know was very likely to be related to this matter.

Seeing Jing Xiang suddenly stop, the guards behind him immediately surrounded him.

Gao Xiangsheng made a lot of trouble in Luoyang, Chang'an, and from time to time he would break out and be assassinated again, although Gao Xiangsheng assassinated most of the officials of the Tang Dynasty, but they surrendered to Zhu Wen's group of people, but if they had the opportunity, they would never be afraid to kill people like Fan Sheng.

Other people may not know who Fan Sheng is, but Gao Xiangsheng is clear.

"Chief!" The leader of the guards whispered, "Did you find something?" ”

Fan Sheng shook his head: "No, it's just that looking at the current Chang'an, I feel a little emotional." ”

In the past, Chang'an was extremely prosperous, but now Chang'an is cold and desolate. In the past, the crowded streets, the two cities of East and West, which were full of people, are now sparsely populated in front of the door.

This is the bitter fruit of Zhu Wen's rash abolition of the Tang Dynasty and self-reliance.

not only gave Zhenzhou Li Zetian a big mouth, but also made many knots in the south look sideways at Zhu Wen.

Lao Tzu doesn't dare to do it, what you don't want to do, why do you dare to do it? Since you dare to be bold and want to ride on Lao Tzu's head and call yourself lonely, then Lao Tzu can find ways to embarrass you.

All over the south, Ren Wu, naturally no one has the ability to single out Zhu Wen, and they can't have a core that can unite them together to form an alliance, but there is one thing that everyone still tacitly understands, that is, to blockade Liang on top of the economy.

Twenty years after the Tang peasant uprising, the economic center of gravity of the Tang Dynasty has shifted from the north to the south, and many festivals in the south have accumulated a lot of wealth, while Chang'an, Luoyang and other places in Guanzhong basically rely on blood transfusion in the south to maintain prosperity.

This is the reason why Jing Xiang asked Zhu Wen to delay his claim to be emperor.

It's a pity that Jing Xiang's hard work was finally pitted by some people who only care about their immediate interests. Jing Xiang made a trip, and after he came back, everything was a foregone conclusion, even if Jing Xiang was trusted and had strength in the court, he still had no power to return to heaven on such a thing.

I can't say that I was crowned emperor a few days ago, and I said that I made a mistake and abdicated every few days!

The bitter wine is made by yourself, so you have to taste it yourself after all.

Or is it from that time that Jing Xiang was disappointed in Zhu Wen, right? It is very difficult for a person who cannot overcome his inner desires to achieve great things.

In the past, Jing Xiang didn't pay too much attention to Zhu Wen's affairs above women, but this time, the nature is completely different.

Looking at the withered street in front of him, Fan Sheng shook his head, or there was something else.

Zhu Wen attaches too much importance to the military and ignores the construction of the economy, and the decline of the economy in Guanzhong has made all this a vicious circle, the army needs a lot of money to support, without money and food, the army is not your protector, it is likely to become your life-destroying talisman.

Jing Xiang and Wu Jian, the head of the household department, took great pains to repair relations with the south, and Wu Jian prepared a large number of plans to revive the economy, but many of them were rejected by the court.

Because many of Wu Jian's plans are working hard from those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Daliang, and grabbing food from the bowls of those local gentry who support Zhu Wen, in the long run, it will naturally be beneficial to the imperial court, but unfortunately, it will not be able to pass the current hurdle.

Wu Jian was even besieged in the court for these things.

He, the head of the household, deserves to be the most suffocating. Fan Sheng heard that once at the Great Dynasty Meeting, he was even questioned by His Royal Highness Zhu Youyu, and the spit stars were sprayed on Wu Jian's face, but he didn't beat him anymore.

And the reason is that Wu Jian has no money to allocate a reward to His Royal Highness's army.

The treasury is empty, is this the reason for Wu Jian?

Fortunately, Emperor Zhu Wen was still sober in his mind and knew that if there was no Wu Jian, the great butler, the situation would only be worse. So just reprimanded Wu Jian and gave up.

Wu Jian had been to Li Ze's office in the north, and as an economic expert, he was both shocked by the economic prosperity of the north and worried about his own fragile economic situation.

It costs money to fight a war.

Unless your forces can defeat the other side and take everything for yourself, the economically vulnerable side will eventually lose.

But the problem is that the fight against Li Ze is unwinnable, at least for now.

Therefore, they had to fight to the south.

Above the court, Wu Jian is a staunch main battle faction.

Only war can give him more abundant funds in his hands.

But how long can this last?

Fan Sheng shook his head and strode away.

When he walked into the house, he saw the family coming out with a smile on their faces, and saw the children greeting him in pairs, and he was suddenly thrown out of his mind all the mess.

"See what Daddy brought you back?" He laughed and held up the can in his hand.