Spreading rumors has been a useful means of striking at the enemy since ancient times.

As the so-called public mouth is gold, once the rumor spreads to a certain extent, the energy it generates is very terrifying.

For example, Xu Yin, the general of Fen Chengsai, he was already a first-class general in the Wei military, but under the rumor at the beginning, Wei Tianzi could only choose to protect him.

At present, General Xu Yin and the Fencheng army led by him are still staying in the garrison camp of the Junshui Army, and rarely show up, so as to wait for a few days when the wind and waves will be calm, and then return to Fenchengsai.

General Xu Yin is not the first victim of that kind of malicious rumor, but definitely not the last.

No, Zhao Hongrun, who had just destroyed the Zongfu, tasted the taste of being attacked by rumors.

In fact, in fact, because of his brilliant exploits in the first expedition to Chu and the second expedition to Sanchuan, the local Wei people in the royal capital Daliang are very supportive of King Su Hongrun, and they don't care whether His Royal Highness King Su really uses the way of retreat to advance to win the throne.

Even, there are many Liang people who are quite inclined to Zhao Hongrun.

At most, there are a few idle scholars who will feel that Su Wang Hongrun's move is "not glorious".

And this is only among the people, but in the DPRK and China, the situation is completely different.

How will the prince of the East Palace Hongli think of Zhao Hongrun?

Yongwang Hongyu and Xiangwang Hongjing, how are Zhao Hongrun viewed?

The most terrifying thing about this rumor is not to "warn" the above princes who are concerned about the throne, their little eighth brother Zhao Hongrun may be holding the way of retreating to win the throne, but to "wake up" these royal highnesses, what kind of power their little eighth brother Hongrun holds in their hands now.

Wu Ji's Shang Shui army was 30,000, Qu Cheng's Yan Ling army was 20,000, and Bo Xile's northern Sichuan archers were 50,000, and in terms of army, Zhao Hongrun held a full 100,000 troops.

How much is the strength of the six battalions of the garrison combined? Is there any eighty thousand?

In the DPRK, Zhao Hongrun was in charge of the Smelting Bureau.

Today's smelting bureau is not comparable to the past, a few days ago, the smelting bureau stopped work under the pretext of lack of money, and the household department, the military department, and the ministry of industry jointly played the vertical arch hall, a full three departments, half of the imperial court.

Perhaps in the past, the impression of Zhao Hongrun by the government and the opposition was still in the aspects of "young" and "outstanding", but after hearing that rumor, most of them would be amazed, "It turns out that King Su has unknowingly pinched so much power in his hands."

was forced to surface and become the focus of public opinion, which is the biggest harm that the rumor brought to Zhao Hongrun.

What's worse is that this rumor will break the relationship between Zhao Hongrun and Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, and the Yongwang Hongyu and Xiangwang Hongjing.

No, after hearing this rumor, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, immediately summoned Luo Ying, the chief staff, to the front and asked the latter if this rumor was true.

"King Su must have been ...... by the shadows"

Luo Ying knew that the prince of the East Palace in front of him, Hongli, was not a thoughtful and active-minded person, so he did not beat around the bush, holding the tea offered by a palace maid in the East Palace, and calmly analyzed: "A few days ago, wasn't King Su imprisoned in the sect's mansion? The Smelting Bureau also planned to stop work for a while? ”

"Sir, mean, this rumor came from the Zongfu?" The prince of the East Palace, Hongli, asked in surprise, "Why did the Zongfu do this?" ”

Luo Ying took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Obviously, it was the Zongfu that failed to fight King Su. ”

"Zongfu can't fight Xiaoba?" The prince of the East Palace, Hongli, laughed, shook his head and said, "How is this possible, Zongfu, that is the existence that the father and the emperor have to compromise." ”

"That's why!" Luo Ying interrupted the words of the crown prince, and Zhengse said: "It is precisely because Your Majesty has always been restrained by the Zongfu, so as long as there is an opportunity, Your Majesty is bound to weaken the Zongfu heavily...... Moreover, as far as I know, the guards, the guards, and the guards surrounded the Zongfu two days ago, and although both His Majesty and the Three Guards were silent on this matter, they could still guess a few points. ”

"But Zongfu, isn't it good? The second uncle of the main palace...... is still in charge of the sect. Prince Hongli asked puzzled.

"Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean the prince?" Luo Ying smiled slightly and said, "If the prince also belongs to the side that is the winner, he will naturally be fine." ”

The prince of the East Palace, Hongli, was stunned, and then his face showed a little disbelief, and he muttered, "Won't it?" Do you say ......"

Luo Ying glanced at the prince of the East Palace, and said with a smile: "Looking at the look of His Royal Highness the prince, there must be more powerful people in the sect mansion than the Zongzheng of the prince......

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed on the face of the crown prince Hongli, and he muttered: "Having said that, it is the uncle of the main palace and Xiaoba's generation, as well as the uncle of the great uncle......"

When Luo Ying heard this, a hint of discoloration flashed in her eyes, and then she nodded and smiled and said, "It is worthy of King Su, it is really a good skill." ”

After that, he smiled and added, "Isn't that right?" Presumably, King Su took the lead in driving out the uncles and uncles of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from the Zongfu, and the latter was not angry, so this rumor spread as revenge. ”

Speaking of this, he took a deep look at the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, and said in a low voice: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry with the authority in King Su's hands at this moment, and he is embarrassed by it, or even fights for it, he will just fall into the plan of those old men. ”

After listening to Luo Ying's explanation, the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, finally understood, and then said indignantly: "What does Mr. mean is to let this palace continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, ignoring the fact that Xiaoba's power is increasing day by day?" ”

"......" Luo Ying pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, did you say that Your Majesty also heard this rumor?" ”

Prince Hongli said with a puzzled face: "This is natural. …… Tong Xian, the great eunuch beside his father, is the chief eunuch of the inner eunuch, and the inner eunuch has always been the eyes and ears of his father, monitoring the beam, as if this kind of major event that is spreading in the city, the father naturally knows. Perhaps, before this rumor spread, my father had already heard about it. ”

『…… That's not right!'

Luo Ying narrowed her eyes, and thought to herself: If it was really as Donggong said, the Son of Heaven had heard about this rumor before it spread, why didn't he intervene to stop it? With the importance that the Son of Heaven attaches to King Su, he should not sit back and watch this rumor that is unfavorable to King Su spread in Daliang.

"Unless...... The Son of Heaven wants to try, can he take this opportunity to let King Su also join the fight for the throne......

A few hints of discoloration flashed in Luo Ying's eyes.

At this time, seeing that Luo Ying didn't speak for a long time, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, couldn't bear it anymore, and asked repeatedly, "Sir?" Mr? …… Could it be that now, Mr. still wants to persuade the palace to lower his voice and win over Xiaoba? ”

"Nope." Luo Ying shook her head and said with some regret: "It's a pity that His Royal Highness and King Su don't agree, and if you try to win over again, I'm afraid King Su won't vote for His Highness......"

Hearing this, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, said happily: "Great, this palace immediately ordered someone to play the emperor and talk about this matter." ”

"What?" Luo Ying was stunned, and hurriedly called out to the crown prince Hongli, and said in shock: "What is Your Highness going to do?" ”

The prince of the East Palace, Hongli, said with self-righteousness: "This is a great opportunity to weaken Xiaoba, if this palace can get the matter of Sanchuan in hand......"

『……』

Luo Ying looked at the crown prince Hongli blankly, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness the prince, you mean 'Chuan Yu', right?" That's King Su's hard work, do you think King Su will give away his hard work? What's more, at present, I don't know how many people are staring at the fat piece of 'Chuanyu', is it just the four princes and kings of Chengling, Jiyang, Zhongyang, and Yuanyang? Zongfu, Imperial Court Household Department, Chenggao Pass...... Many forces are wrestling in it, and it is also a loss that it is the current King of Su, who is now in the ascendant, and if he wants to be replaced by another person, I am afraid that this piece of fat has already been torn apart and robbed......"

"That'...... What about the 50,000 cavalry of northern Sichuan? Donggong Prince Hongli said.

Luo Ying sighed and said: "The predecessor of the cavalry in northern Sichuan is the cavalry of the Qiangjiao tribe, they are afraid of the king of Su who defeated them, not His Royal Highness the Prince, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to use His Majesty or the imperial court to control this army, I believe that the unruly Qiang people will not obey His Royal Highness the Prince." …… If it's just nominal control, what's the use? ”

"It's not, that's not it...... What does that gentleman want Hongu to do? Prince Hongli said dissatisfiedly.

I saw that the wry smile on Luo Ying's face suddenly retracted, and said in a deep voice: "Take this opportunity to force King Su out of the beam!" ”

"Huh?" The crown prince Hongli looked at Luo Ying puzzled.

Seeing this, Luo Ying patiently explained: "If in the next material, King Su's ambition is indeed not small, but his ambition is not that he wants to sit on the throne, but that he is too conceited, hoping that everything is under his control, and that Dawei will gradually become stronger according to his ideas." Therefore, King Su will never hand over the power in his hands, but he also knows that if he refuses to hand over the power, it will inevitably be rumored that he will be like the rumors, "inconsistent on the outside, advancing by retreat, and ambitious peeping on the throne", in this case, the most likely choice for King Su is to leave Daliang and stay away from the struggle for the throne. ”

Hongli, the crown prince of the East Palace, touched his chin when he heard this, and muttered, "In this case, this palace can also accept it." After that, he frowned and asked, "I'm afraid that the second child will get in the way." ”

"Not this time." Luo Ying shook his head and said lightly: "The power in King Su's hands now is so great that even King Yong and King Xiang, who have a very good relationship with him, will feel uneasy about this, because the two royal highnesses dare not easily determine whether King Su really used the way of retreat to advance to win the throne." …… As I expected, King Su stayed away from the beams, I am afraid that they will also breathe a sigh of relief, how can they get in the way? ”

Hearing this, Prince Hongli let out a long breath, and then said happily: "Then what are you waiting for? ”

"Still have to wait!" Luo Ying Zhengse said: "This matter is a matter of course, there is no need to offend King Su for this." …… Someone will force King Su to leave the beam. ”

"Second, third?" Prince Fox asked.

"No ......"

Luo Ying shook her head slightly. (To be continued.) )