When the prince heard that Long Shujun had a clever move, he suddenly perked up: "Dare to ask sir, what is the strategy?" ”

Long Shujun's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he arched his hand: "Please ask the prince to control a minister of the law change, and then force him to publicly ask the king to restore the ancient system at the next court meeting, and the gentleman's Ze, the third generation, and all the titles and fiefs of the noble ministers who have been inherited for more than three generations will be nationalized."

As long as this suggestion came out of the mouths of the ministers of the reformers, it would inevitably attract the opposition of the Manchu ministers and the fear of most of the nobles.

In this way, whether it is the ministers and nobles of the court or the nobles and feudal lords of various places, they will be firmly united around the prince because of fear.

And as long as there is the support of the nobles of the whole country, the prince's major event will be half successful. ”

Prince Heng acquiesced.

He has been in charge of the country for many years, and he knows very well that with the deepening of the reform, as the counties are gradually mastered by the reformers, the contradictions between the reformers and the nobles have become very acute.

The reason why the nobles of Chu State have not yet turned their faces with the law faction is not only because their father has not died, but more importantly, because the new law has not really touched the root of the nobility - the title.

And once someone touches this root of the aristocracy, the nobility of the whole country will explode.

Even if the father is not dead, the nobles in the country will erupt wildly.

And at that time, as long as he showed the slightest inclination, the nobles of the country would all belong to him like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

However, the problem is that once he opens this mouth, then he will completely stand on the opposite side of the new law, and there will be no turning back.

The reformers and the old aristocracy will only survive.

Either the reformers will subdue the old nobles and transform all the old nobles into new nobles, or the old nobles will exterminate the reformers.

And this is contrary to his previous plan to inherit the results of his father's reform.

Although I was a little reluctant in my heart, but... He now has no choice.

Thinking about it, the prince nodded slowly and nodded, "Yes." ”

Long Shujun was overjoyed when he saw that the prince had agreed to the most critical point and was ready to break with the law changers and the new law, and immediately continued: "Prince, as long as the nobles in the country come to vote, then the prince's foundation will be stable. However, the nobles in various places are too far away and it is difficult to solve the close fire, so the prince also needs to strengthen the foundation of Shouying, and needs an army that can control Shouying and deter Jianghuai, an army that completely obeys the prince's orders, no less than 50,000. ”

"Fifty thousand troops, isn't that too much?" The crown prince frowned.

"No, not much at all." Long Shujun arched his hand and said: "Prince, the six regions near Shouying, Quyang, Dongcheng, Yinling and other areas are either loyal to the king's henchmen, or the counties that have been controlled by the law-changing faction.

Once the news of the prince's rebellion spreads, these places will surely come to their aid.

Therefore, without an army of 50,000, the prince may not even be able to hold Shouchun City. ”

The prince pondered for a moment and said: "The number of 50,000 troops is too much, one is that the number is huge and there is no place to hide, and the second is that the daily consumption of the 50,000 army is huge, and it costs too much money and food. ”

Long Shujun said with a smile: "Prince, these are all easy to do, Chengyang Jun's fief is in the upper reaches of Shouying, the prince can let Gongziping return to Chengyang, secretly recruit warriors, and train the army." Chengyang is the territory of the prince and the prince, and it is difficult for the king's power to penetrate into Chengyang, so that he can hide from others.

As for money and grain, the prince, Gongyin and Dasi Nong are all places where there is no shortage of money. ”

The prince's eyes lit up: "Good." ”

Long Shujun continued: "The crown prince has the support of the nobles of the whole country and a large army in hand, so according to the already completed, once the matter is raised, there will be a sixty percent chance.

Next, the crown prince cut off the king's wings, so that Yin, Zhuguo, Zuotu, Taifu Yin and others are all deeply trusted by the king, and have a strong foundation, so they cannot directly fight the enemy, but they can be transferred.

Therefore, the minister's intention was to ask Zuo Sima Jingyang to take action, and on the grounds that there was a problem with the Jianghan Water Canal, he transferred away Dasi Nong Chen Xiang, and let Dasi Nong Cheng Pan Jun temporarily replace Dasi Nong.

In this way, the prince's control worker Yin and Dasi Nong have a steady stream of money and food.

The crown prince can send people to create commercial and trade conflicts between Chu and Wei, and then transfer Yin Jinjuntong from Taifu.

The prince can send someone far away from Shouying to assassinate a county Yin, create a shocking case, and then transfer Sima Jian away.

At the same time, the crown prince could also use the right to appoint and dismiss officials below 600 stones, and began to install county lieutenants in the surrounding counties, and arranged for the children of nobles to serve as county officials, so as to control the surrounding areas of Shouying as much as possible.

Also, the crown prince can buy the palace guards with a lot of money, so that in the future, he can quickly enter the palace, control the king, and force the king to abdicate.

In addition······"

Long Shujun made more than a dozen suggestions in a row, and the prince agreed to them all one by one.

Then, the crown prince frowned and said, "Sir, others are easy to say, but what about Ling Yin and Zhuguo, the two of them are sitting in Shouying, and the threat is too great." ”

Long Shujun said with a smile: "Don't worry, the prince will make it easy for Yin Zhuguo to do it." According to the news sent back yesterday, the State of Qi was defeated by the State of Zhao, and even the Prime Minister of Qi was killed by Zhao Xiangle Yi, so far, the defeat of the State of Qi has been revealed.

As long as the crown prince continued to agitate for the joint expedition against Qi, he urged the state of Chu to attack the state of Qi on a large scale, and recommended Yin Zhuguo to personally lead the troops to seize the land of Song, Xue, and Huaibei, and even asked the army to penetrate deep into the state of Qi.

In this way, Ling Yin, as well as the 100,000 troops in the hands of Zhu Guo, will all leave Shouying.

As soon as Ling Yin, Zhu Guo and the others left, those who were loyal to the king in Shouchun were left with only Zuo disciples.

And the culprit of the Zuo disciple is the target of the anger of the nobles and ministers of the court and the central government, and it will also be the righteousness of the prince's uprising.

Moreover, there is another advantage of the large-scale invasion, that is, the large-scale transfer of the troops of the counties and counties abroad, once the incident starts, the king will have no relatives and no help. ”

When the prince heard this, he sighed and said: "This plan is very good, but since the last time the Chu army was defeated by the Qi-Wei coalition army, my father seems to have suffered a major blow, and his heart has been lost, and he has not agreed to send troops to attack Qi, and he can't do anything about it." ”

Long Shujun was silent for a moment, and then said in a cold tone: "The minister has a plan, please kill the son of the mouse." As long as Gongzi Zirat dies in Qi State, at that time, the king will definitely cut down Qi in the same way, and even take the initiative to ask for a large-scale attack on Qi State. ”

The prince was stunned and did not speak.

Long Shujun hurriedly persuaded: "Prince, those who achieve great things are not informal, and when they are constantly interrupted, they will suffer from chaos!" ”

When the prince heard this, he sighed, and then nodded slowly.

······

Soon after, the prince invited Gong Yin Gongzheng and Dasi Nong Cheng Pan Jun to discuss for a while.

Day.

Gongyi secretly withdrew 5,000 gold from Gongyin's Mansion to Prince Heng, while Pan Jun took 3,000 gold and 100,000 stone of grain from Dasi Nong.

On the same day, Gongziping and Pan Xin, the general of the Prince's Mansion, took Wanjin to Gongziping's fiefdom, which is located in Chengyang, which is not far from Shouchun City in the upper reaches of Huaishui.

It's still the day.

The prince summoned the state marquis, and then asked: "Jun Hou, that old man of Zhao Ju deceived me too much, and he plans to change to Ling Yin, I don't know if the prince can be interested in serving as my Chu State Ling Yin?" ”

Governor: "···"

Subsequently, the crown prince took advantage of the ministers and noble children who had taken refuge in him, and began to install noble children in the counties around Shouchun.

Under the maneuvering of many nobles, it is also because these are low-level official positions, and it is also because of the face of the prince's mansion, this matter did not have much impact in Shouchun.

Six days later, Wei envoys came to Chu and accused Chu of serious quality problems with the tortoiseshell, spices, silk, rhino horn and other goods sold by Chu to Wei, and also accused Chu of deliberately suppressing the prices of Wei's goods.

For this reason, after the crown prince consulted with the ministers, Yin Jinjun of the Taifu was also the envoy and went to Wei to deal with the matter.

It was also at this time that Qu Yong, the envoy of the Yan State, came to visit the Chu State.