Everyone didn't expect that it would be He Zhou who would refute Sister Xie Yan, and they were speculating whether He Zhou had changed his position and was loyal to the prince.

The prince only said, "This matter is postponed and discussed, the emperor has brought a lot of things today, I don't know what it is?"

The ministers' eyes turned to the box that Qinglan was holding in her arms.

Sister Yan's eyes swept away, and the palace people around her retreated, and even Qinglan put down the box and went out.

The people went into the inner sanctum.

Everyone sat down in turn.

"Years ago, everyone has always wanted to send troops to the business country and raise the prestige of our country, and now it seems that the war between the two countries is unavoidable, so the decisive battle between the two countries is imperative, do you have any objections?"

Everyone knows that today we want to discuss a major event, it turned out that the two countries are at war, the people of Chu are flesh, Shang is so untrustworthy Chu State, there is such a provocation, how can Chu State swallow its anger, the battle is naturally to be fought, since Shang Guo wants to repay the debt, then grab these things back.

The crowd talked for a while and unified their thoughts.

"The ministers have no objection to this matter, not to mention that the national strength of the Chu State is stronger than that of the Shang State now, even if it is weak, it is absolutely impossible to learn from the likes of the Qi State and grovel. ”

Sister Yan looked at their somewhat excited faces, and continued, what this seat brings today is the account book of the power accumulated by the Emperor's Mansion and the Academy Palace over the years, these things, except for the Emperor Master, can only be seen by the Emperor, even if it is sacrificial wine, it can only be seen ten years ago, and it is impossible for others to even know about its existence, and the things in these account books can only be used when necessary. ”

As he spoke, he handed the top two books to the prince, and passed the rest to the prince and the prince who sat at the bottom, and each of them took one or two copies and looked at them.

At first, everyone was a little confused, but after reading a few pages, they were shocked.

Especially Xie Yun, as the head of the household, he is the most sensitive to the accounts, and the account books are recorded in the accounts that are not known to others, so many account books, how much wealth has been accumulated in the Emperor's Mansion and the Xue Palace.

Someone sighed, "With the support of these things, it will be difficult for my Chu State to lose." ”

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect the Emperor's Mansion to be a big treasury with so many things. ”

A cadre of people and others, they are all happy, the emperor is really calm, there are so many good things, I only say it now.

The prince did not participate in the discussion, but carefully and quickly flipped through the two books in his hand, and knew the bottom in his heart.

These two books record the account books of the sixth year of Qiyuan and the seventh year of Qiyuan, that is, five years ago.

The accumulation of a pen is a considerable amount of progress, not to mention that the Emperor's Mansion has been accumulated for so many years, so how much should it add up.

Each book contains a record of the secret development of new weapons.

Sister Yan had revealed to him some of the greatest responsibilities of the Emperor's Mansion before, and the prince vaguely guessed some of them, but when he saw them with his own eyes today, he realized that the people of the Emperor's Mansion have been adhering to the will of the emperors of the past dynasties and preparing for the monarch of Chu to lead the world.

When they gradually accepted these things that appeared out of thin air, Sister Yan said amazingly, "How about it, with these things, everyone can be sure of going south to attack Shangdu in one fell swoop." ”

This is the meaning of fighting to the death with the Shang State, the Chu State and the Shang and Jin Dynasty have been facing each other for a hundred years, and they have not been able to hold each other, how much everyone once wanted to break the restrictions of the Shang and Jin countries, but they were restricted by the two countries.

However, if it weren't for their eyesights, the Chu State would not dare to slack off, and worked hard to develop for hundreds of years, with one enemy and two enemies, the national strength could still rank first among the five countries.

But such a stalemate, in the hearts of the people of the three countries, it seems that the three countries should confront each other like this, and go on, regardless of victory or defeat.

Therefore, Sister Yan said that she wanted to conquer the Shang Kingdom, and everyone immediately felt that it was impossible.

Boiling frogs in warm water is a bit too much.

"But if we make a move against the Shang State, the Jin State will not sit idly by, does my Chu State have such energy?"

In the face of doubts, the prince said, "What the predecessors did not do, we have pinned our hopes on the future generations, and we already have the power they have accumulated for us, can't we still make contributions?"

Sister Yan continued, "In order to realize this ambition, Emperor Jian'an discussed with his courtiers and used the Emperor's Mansion as a guide to establish a secret warehouse to store power. ”

The courtiers she is talking about, everyone can guess that it is Xie Xuan, the ancestor of the Xie family, the confidant of Emperor Jian'an, and the legendary minister of Great Chu.

Everyone looked up at her and wondered if she was going to start this plan because of selfishness.

"I don't know if the emperor has a plan. ”

Sister Yan said, "Before Feng Yu set off, we discussed many times, whether it was the time they waited, now that the civil strife in Shang has basically calmed down, with Lian Jin's ambitions, he will definitely not be satisfied with the status quo, he has been coveting the Chu State for a long time, in the future, he can let go of his hand to restrict the development of the Chu State, and then use the Qi State to strengthen his body, under the advantages of the other, the disadvantages of the Chu State will become more and more serious. ”

The prince said, "What the emperor said is right, this prince also thinks that he should strike first." ”

"But what about the Jin State, the two of them attacked with the strength of the country, and no one helped them, my Chu State was already overwhelmed, how to take the Shang State. ”

"Yes, the Qin State can no longer be counted on, and the Shang and Jin countries have no scruples. ”

"Everyone hopes to be able to conquer the Shang Kingdom, but the current situation seems to be unpromising. ”

Sister Yan gave the prince a look.

The prince sighed in his heart, when Xie Ling and Tianshen were still there, the four of them had deduced a way to capture the Chu State without being disturbed by the Jin State.

At that time, he was not the crown prince, but Xie Ling had already made him the master, and the two sisters were well-informed, and everyone talked about speculation, and everyone deduced several times before and after, which lasted for a month.

Even because he was too obsessed, the prince also summoned his advisers, put forward this hypothesis, and let the advisers give advice for a while.

Thinking about it now, they were already sure that they would be the crown prince at that time, and they deliberately let themselves participate in such a discussion, which gave them that kind of ambition and self-confidence in their hearts.

The prince got up and took out a box himself.

When I opened it, it was a map of the five countries, and the map was spread on the table, and the ministers all gathered around, and Sister Yan had already known about this plan, so she deliberately took a few steps back and let everyone gather around the prince.

I only heard the prince point to the map and said, "The Jin State does not have much border with my Chu State, and it can only be broken through in the southern Xinjiang by the King of Yunnan, as long as the King of Yunnan can hold on, the Jin State is not a problem for the time being." ”

"But isn't the Jin Kingdom going to borrow from the grassland?"

"You are stupid, the emperor personally went to the grassland to negotiate, and he could let them borrow the way. ”

Your Highness continued. ”

The crown prince was not angry, and continued, "The people of the Jin Kingdom are treacherous, judging from their performance, their alliance with the Shang State is not very close, the two countries are actually ruthless, and the Jin Kingdom only wants to share more interests, so what they value most is interests,

As long as our western army can break through the border defense of the Shang State with a thunderous momentum, so that the Shang State is at a disadvantage, and the Jin State cannot break through our defense line, their eyes will naturally turn to the Shang State, and in order to demonstrate the sincerity of the alliance between the two countries, the two countries border, Chen soldiers are not heavy, and the strength of the Shang State will be restrained by us at that time, and the Shang State can be said to be exposed to the knife of the Jin State. ”

If you hadn't seen the ledger before, everyone would not have agreed to such a plan, but with these materials and troops, this plan has become extremely feasible.

In the past many years, it has been proved that the Shang and Jin countries have their own ghosts, and if they were not able to work together, the Chu State would not be safe until now.

"At that time, in the eyes of the Jin State, they have more advantages than the Chu State in the face of the heavy army of the Shang State, plus after the Jin and Chu divided the Shang State, the national strength of the Jin and Chu countries is equal, and if they can take the Qi State at that time, the Jin State will be the strongest, such a temptation, the Jin State can not resist. ”

The prince told him about the overall plan, and it sounded that although the situation was very good, there were still many difficulties.

Someone questioned, "These are just conjectures, even if the Jin State defects, how can the Chu State let the Shang State fall behind on the basis of defending the Jin State on the one hand, and it also has to attract most of the Shang State's troops, and the Shang State has a lot of borders with my Chu State." ”

"Yes, why don't you change it, directly attack the Jin Kingdom, and lead the Shang Kingdom to attack the Jin Kingdom. ”

The crown prince pointed to a place on the map, "We have all considered these, do you still remember that the tenth brother used Gu poison to murder his father." ”

Everyone didn't understand why they brought it up, but they still replied, "Naturally, I don't dare to forget." ”

"The helper of the tenth brother is the saint daughter of the Dian tribe, and her status in the Dian nationality is extremely high. ”

"What is this?"

Xie Yun said to solve his doubts, "I once heard the seventh brother say that the Dian people are good at poisoning, and because they offended the powerful, they moved to the Helian Mountains in the Outer Chu State to avoid trouble, and the number of people in the ethnic group is 100,000. ”

Combined with the legends and books that everyone listened to and read on weekdays, everyone remembered the once feared ethnic group.

Someone grabbed the point, "The Helian Mountains?"

The Helian Mountains are complex, cut off Shang and Chu, it is not easy to march, but it is easy for them to hide, here is not very important, after all, it is difficult for the army to walk, but many years ago, there was a battle, Shang actually sent 30,000 troops, sneaked into Chu from here, under Helian Mountain, and the city guards, Chu reacted too slowly, and suffered great losses.

In the end, because of the victory of Chu in the main battlefield, this strange army did not achieve the expected results and was completely annihilated by Chu, but Chu also suffered a lot of losses, not only losing more than 50,000 troops, but also 40,000 civilians.

Since then, at the foot of Helian Mountain, there has always been a brave and warlike army.

But after all, the terrain is complicated, and it is not easy for the Shang Kingdom to get in, and it has always been a difficult choice to decide how many troops to put there.

The crown prince nodded, "That's right, it's the Helian Mountain Range, this prince and Xie Ling have reached an agreement with the Dian people, they secretly help to defend the Helian area, and temporarily stop me from worrying, as long as the frontal battlefield is fast and accurate, the expected effect can be achieved." ”