Chapter 106: Containment

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng has said everything about this, if those ministers in the hall don't understand what Prime Minister Xiao Cheng means, they will be stupid.

Li Lei looked at Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, and suddenly smiled sarcastically, and said:

"It turns out that the prime minister is playing this abacus! I almost forgot that the two daughters of the prime minister's family, one married the emperor as the queen, and the other married His Royal Highness King Han as a concubine, which said, His Royal Highness the King Han is also the prime minister's son-in-law, no wonder ......"

Li Lei's words were extremely ironic, and the implication was that the reason why Prime Minister Xiao Cheng admired Chu Xiuhan was just for his own selfish desires.

Now the government and the opposition all know that King Han was imprisoned by the emperor in the prison because of the assassination of the queen mother, and he was convicted only on a certain day, and Prime Minister Xiao Cheng said such things at this moment, undoubtedly to help Chu Xiuhan get out of the prison.

As soon as Li Lei's words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and occasionally a few words floated into Prime Minister Xiao's ears.

The approximate meaning is that Prime Minister Xiao Cheng was originally for his own selfish desires, so he admired Chu Xiuhan so much.

However, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng turned a deaf ear to these remarks about the grass on the wall that would fall wherever the wind blew, he just looked straight at the person sitting on the dragon chair, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, this matter is a matter of the survival of the country, no child's play, I hope the emperor will think twice."

When Chu Xiuran heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but stared at all the ministers in the hall with gloomy eyes, and everyone's hearts were tight.

As everyone knows, when the emperor was still the crown prince, he was a mortal enemy of King Han, but he has been suffering from not being able to catch King Han's handle, so he has been allowed to go free.

Now that he has finally caught the reason for the assassination of the Queen Mother by His Royal Highness King Han, he can justifiably condemn him to death.

But at this time, he killed a South Yue, but not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, when the foundation was unstable, if Chu Xiuran wanted to stabilize his country, before his new forces were established, he had to rely on these old forces.

But if he really released Chu Xiuhan, it would be difficult to punish him again in the future.

But the current situation is urgent, on the one hand, there is a social situation, and on the other hand, there are personal grievances, which is really a headache.

"What does the prime minister mean to let me send King Han to the border pass?"

After a while, Chu Xiuran said faintly.

It's not that he doesn't know that in this case, sending Chu Xiuhan to the border pass is undoubtedly the best choice, but there is another situation that he has to consider.

Today, he sent Chu Xiuhan to the border pass, although he was able to lead the troops to solve the urgent need at this time, but he did not dare to guarantee that Chu Xiuhan would not become the biggest hidden danger that threatened him in the future.

Moreover, if Chu Xiuhan is spared this time, if he wants to find a way to cure his sins in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

"The minister is just suggesting, of course, if the emperor has a more suitable candidate, you don't need to consider the minister's suggestion."

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng was neither humble nor arrogant, and said every sentence very pertinently, because he knew very well in his heart that Chu Xiuran had no other way than this choice.

"Do you know that what King Han is committing now is a capital crime."

Chu Xiuran stared at Prime Minister Xiao Cheng without squinting, and said word by word, neither agreeing with Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's statement, nor denying Prime Minister Xiao's statement, which made people a little uncertain for a while what Chu Xiuran meant.

"The capital crime committed by His Royal Highness King Han is a death sentence both horizontally and vertically, if there is no attack by South Vietnam, it is death, and now there is an attack by South Vietnam, it is also death, but it is just the difference between more and less dead people."

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng has been an official in the court for decades, and even under Chu Xiuran's fierce gaze, he is still neither humble nor arrogant.

He said everything to this point, which is more important, he believes that Chu Xiuran can distinguish clearly.

However, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's words, Chu Xiuran did not answer immediately, but instantly woke up the people who had been watching him fight with Li Lei just now.

Suddenly, among the ministers, some people stood up, knelt down in front of Chu Xiuran, and shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, please focus on the overall situation."

Oh, yes! If the barbarians of South Vietnam invade the city, then it will be more than a matter of killing one or two people, and the common people in the city will suffer.

Of course, it also includes themselves and their wives and children at home, although they can now protect themselves for a while, but if they let the barbarians of South Vietnam enter the city, then they will take their own lives.

For a while, everyone figured this out, and more and more ministers knelt down in the center of the hall, begging Chu Xiuran to focus on the overall situation.

Chu Xiuran looked at the kneeling people in the hall, pursed his thin lips, and didn't say a word.

Why doesn't he want to stabilize his country, if he doesn't even have a country, then what's the use of him being this king?

However, although Chu Xiuhan can solve the immediate need, it is not a long-term solution, he has to think of a way to achieve both.

It can not only allow Chu Xiuhan to repel the South Vietnamese barbarians, but also restrain Chu Xiuhan and prevent him from rebelling in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

Li Lei seemed to see Chu Xiuran's unspeakable secret, thought for a moment, and said cautiously.

"Speak."

Li Lei looked at Chu Xiuran, cleared his throat, and said:

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, it is indeed more suitable to send His Royal Highness King Han to suppress those South Vietnamese barbarians, and His Royal Highness King Han is now wearing a guilty body, why not take this opportunity to give His Royal Highness King Han a chance to redeem his merits, which can be regarded as a favor to His Royal Highness King Han."

At the moment of the great enemy, Li Lei thought about it, it was important to save his own life first, and now since only Chu Xiuhan could subdue those South Vietnamese barbarians, then why not send Chu Xiuhan to surrender.

"So, you also think that I should release the Han King from the prison?"

Chu Xiuran looked at Li Lei, his eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't expect that this Li Lei would change the direction of the wind so quickly, what kind of medicine was he selling in this gourd.

"Your Majesty, you are done talking."

Facing Chu Xiuran's dangerous gaze, Li Lei still said unhurriedly.

"Now that the barbarians have invaded the pass, the only quick and effective way to suppress them is to send His Royal Highness King Han to the border pass, but His Royal Highness King Han has the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason before, and then he has the crime of assassinating the Queen Mother, so, just in case, before sending His Royal Highness King Han to the border pass, you have to let him set up a petition for his name, if His Royal Highness King Han has the intention of rebellion in the future, then the emperor also has a bargaining chip in his hand to fight against it."

After Li Lei finished speaking, he looked up at Chu Xiuran, and a sly light flashed in his eyes.

When Chu Xiuran heard this, a smile flashed in his eyes, Li Lei's words happened to speak to his heart.

Some people are happy and some are worried, as soon as Li Lei's words came out, Chu Xiuran was happy, but Prime Minister Xiao Cheng on the side couldn't help frowning, and his intuition told him that this Li Lei was definitely not at ease.