The palace of the Han Dynasty did not look any different from the outside, but in fact it had entered a state of full combat readiness, blocking all news in the palace, except for a few important ministers who were ordered, there was some freedom, and a team of people followed when other personnel entered and left.

And in the council hall of the palace, the crown prince, who was the first to get the news and was so excited that his eyes were red, has calmed down after two days and one night of busyness.

But all kinds of things are still going on, this is a big mountain on the head of the Han Dynasty, and now this mountain is gone, but there are still many follow-up problems.

"Your Highness, all the orders of the Ministry of War have been issued, and now it is time to discuss the selection of the new king of the town. At this time, Cao Shiping, the left minister, came in, Cao Shiping did not rest, and his expression was very excited.

After all, the king of the town is here, and the court does not dare to speak loudly, at least he does not dare to touch anything related to the king of the town at will, and every time the king of the town asks for money, food, and salary, it will make them miserable, and they have to go all out.

Not to mention that the imperial court has been secretly preparing for a battle with the king of the town, and he has to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides, and Cao Shiping has long been overwhelmed. Now that the king of the town is dead, even if something happens next, there is no need to worry.

"Well, tell me. The prince rubbed his forehead gently, for some reason, he has always felt a little in a trance recently, it stands to reason that the realm and body, let alone a few days, even if it is a long time, it will not be like this. At this moment, the prince has already thought about it in his heart, and he will quickly use the treasure given to him by his father to cultivate again, and his strength will increase, and he may be able to make up for the loss.

"Although the king of the town is not like Liu Yuchengen, the king of Jingnan, he has many heirs under his knees, and those who have grown up and have a certain reputation belong to the eight tigers of the Xia family. One of the reasons for the different origins of the Eight Tigers is also because Xia Zhen's eldest son, who is also the head of the Eight Tigers, has a tiger character in his name, Xia Hu. This person is strong and domineering, and several major battles of the army of the king of the town in the later period were led by him, and there are many people in the army who support him. ”

Cao Shiping said, seeing that the prince didn't say anything, he continued to introduce.

"The second tiger in the Eight Tigers is called Xia Lei, who has been by Xia Hu's side since he was a child, has a rough personality, is a talented general, and wholeheartedly supports Xia Hu and has no heart to compete for the throne. The third summer wind, brilliant writing, once won the opportunity to take the palace test five years ago, and had the opportunity to get the champion, but suddenly disappeared, and did not return to the town king's mansion until half a year ago, it is said that he went to travel. This person was very talented back then, but he disappeared for many years and did not know the specific details, but after he returned, he began to take charge of some clerical work in the town king's mansion, and within a year he had already won the support of most of the civil officials in the town king's mansion. ”

"The fourth eldest of the Bahu is called Xia Guang, who is the brother of Xia Feng's mother, and has admired Xia Guang since he was a child. The fifth tiger in the Bahu is called Xia Chen, a general in the army, but this person is Xia Lu, who closely follows the seventh tiger in the eight tigers. It can be said that in addition to Xia Feng's unknown situation, Xia Hu and Xia Lu should be the ones with the best chance of obtaining the throne of the town king, and both of them have support in the army, no matter which side supports them, it should not be a big problem. ”

"Well, I've heard of both. No, what about two less?" The prince beat his spirits, sat up straight and looked at Cao Shiping, their purpose was very clear, but listening to it, he felt that there were two tigers missing.

"The sixth tiger of the Xia family is the tigress Xia Xue, it is said that she is no worse than Xia Hu and Xia Lu in the battlefield, but it is difficult to become the king of the town, the youngest little tiger is called Xia Yu, the one who was cleaned up by Xia Fan last time he came to Hanjing City, and he was only reluctantly joined. ”

"What are you talking about?" the prince was in a strong spirit, and this matter was also very important.

Although there are also a few people who believe that taking advantage of the death of the king of the town directly cut off the thrones of the three kings of the opposite sex, the king of Jingnan has been rooted in the southwest for generations, and his family is powerful. Zhao Yin, the king of Pingnan, only has his only son, Zhao Wei, and they are all very well controlled, and the old minister thinks that there is no need to unite them at this time. Moreover, the imperial court has just crowned the king of Zhenhai, and there is no need for the king of the opposite sex. In the past, there was a town king, and he could unite the others, but now it is the safest plan to divide the town king's forces and let them fight among themselves, so one must be selected from the town king's sons to be crowned king, causing the town king to split internally. ”

"Xiangye is right, in fact, the palace was very puzzled at the beginning, why the father has not let the palace act, and now he understands his father's plan. Even if they want to fight, they must first let the king of the town fight internally, and as long as they fight internally, the court will have an excuse. First of all, it can bring some people over, and then see the situation gradually weaken the power of the town king, and finally completely collapse. "Because the emperor has been in retreat, in fact, it is the crown prince who has been overwhelmed by the mountain of the king of the town every day all these years, so he is also very excited at the moment.

"That's right, with His Majesty and the crown prince in control of the overall situation, and when the king of the town is dead, it will naturally be difficult for others to make waves. The old minister studied according to the wishes of His Majesty and the prince, and originally preferred Xia Hu and Xia Lu, because no matter which of the two of them became the king of the town, the other party would not be convinced. But just an hour ago, the old minister received a message from the king of the town using official channels, first, that the king of Shangsong town had been assassinated, and secondly, there were some personal meanings of Xia Feng mixed in. ”

"What do you mean......?" the prince was surprised when he heard it.

"That Xia Feng said very tactfully, but the meaning is very clear, he wants to be a Wenchen and a Wenwang. In other words, if he can become the king of the town, he will return the military power to the imperial court and rule the land ruled by the king of Wenzhizhen. At the same time, he also revealed that if the territory that King Zhen has laid down over the years, plus the territory controlled by other forces, after the Han Dynasty is completely centralized, it can definitely become a super empire that can compete with the Great Sun Divine Kingdom and the Tianyu Empire, and he will be the King of the Ancient Ages. ”

After Cao Shiping finished speaking, he already looked up at the prince with a smile.

"Okay!" Sure enough, as soon as he finished saying this, the prince applauded loudly.

"A smart person, as expected, is a smart person who almost became the champion, knows the current affairs, understands that only this method can protect his Xia family, if the order attributed to the imperial court is from the mouth of the king of the town himself, it will definitely mean different. When the time comes, let the world see, what is called a person who knows the times as a handsome, if he can really do it, the palace and his father will definitely give him the honor and favor of the king of ten thousand years......" The prince got up and walked back and forth, couldn't help but high-five and celebrated, after holding back for so many years, today he finally raised his eyebrows.

You must know that there are many countries around the Han Dynasty, and if you can clean up all those small countries, the Han Dynasty will definitely not be in this pattern. But in fact, whether it is the king of the town who rose up and destroyed the demon kingdom, and then forcibly annexed the control of many surrounding countries, or the Jingnan Wang family who lived in the southwest for generations, they all controlled many small countries around them. Not only that, but the same is true in other places, in addition to the prairie in the northwest, even there are some similar small countries around the auxiliary general Wang.

Although many of these small states were called ministers and tributes, and quickly stabilized the situation of the Han Dynasty in the early days, they became hidden dangers in the later period. The imperial court wanted to clean up and expand, but found that they were surrounded by these small countries, and these small countries were inextricably linked with the families and forces in the imperial court.

The appearance of the demon kingdom destroyed many small countries, and after the king of the town ruled the western front, all the small countries on the western front were almost flattened, but later the territory controlled by the king of the town was no longer under the control of the imperial court. That's why some people say that the king of the town occupies half of the world, because the territory laid by the king of the town in the later period adds up, and it is not even much smaller than the original Han Dynasty.

In fact, if it was in the past, Cao Shiping and his family also controlled some small countries, but after the turmoil in the Demon Kingdom, most of the small countries they controlled were destroyed. In particular, most of the small countries controlled by the family are on the Western Front, so they hate the town king the most, and now that they don't have much of their interests, they will certainly support this decision even more.

"What His Highness said is very true, and the old minister thinks the same. This Xia Feng is talented but has no military power, and the civil official system of the king of the town supports him, if the court gives him a righteous name, he will definitely rely on the court. And as soon as this example is opened, it can sweep away the thousand-year-old evils of our Han Dynasty, and then our Han Dynasty will no longer be harassed by other small countries, no longer threatened by the grassland, and then it can directly dominate this world with the Great Sun Divine Kingdom and the Tianyu Empire, dominate the world, and become the ancient dynasty. To be able to become a prime minister, how can Cao Shiping be an ordinary person, he immediately bowed down and said, directly handed over the credit decision to the prince, and at the same time slapped a sycophant quietly and wisely.

The Ancient Dynasty is not such a simple thing, although the Great Han Dynasty is also very powerful, but it is still not comparable to the Great Sun Divine Kingdom and the Tianyu Empire. The Great Sun Divine Kingdom and the Heavenly Rain Empire are both countries with tens of thousands of years of inheritance, although the Heavenly Rain Empire is a country that has declined and risen, but everyone knows that the Great Emperor of the Heavenly Rain Empire is the apprentice of the emperor, and the Heavenly Rain Empire has a strong foundation. After hundreds of years of development, it is now enough to compete with the Great Sun Divine Kingdom.

In fact, if it weren't for the rise of the Tianyu Empire and the constant battles between the Great Sun Divine Kingdom, I am afraid that the Great Sun Divine Kingdom would have already carried out the pace of comprehensive unification.

"Okay, pass the decree, let this Xia Feng inherit the throne of the king of the town. The prince shouted again after hearing this, and directly gave an order.

If it weren't for the fact that his body was always tired, the prince would be even happier, because this time his father had also begun to give him power since the news of the death of the king of the town, which made the prince very excited, which represented a signal.

"Yes, by the way, Your Highness, is there still a tiger in Hanjing City?" Cao Shiping bowed down and agreed that he just wanted to leave, and suddenly remembered something, although it is not the king of the town who rebelled now, but without the protection and image of the king of the town, it is also a question whether he should deal with this kid.

"Xia Fan......" mentioned this guy The prince felt a surge of anger, although Xia Fan did not directly have any conflict with him, but thinking about what he did, he had no imperial power at all, but then he seemed to think of something, and suddenly laughed again.

"Your Highness?" Cao Shiping was a little puzzled.

"Don't pay attention to him, he can't ......protect himself now" Speaking of this, the prince found that Cao Shiping hadn't understood yet, thinking that this matter would soon no longer be a secret, he explained in his mood: "The three sects and the six sects are in big trouble this time, and they can still manage to maintain themselves together for so many years, there is a big problem in the Jiuyao Heavenly Star Cave, and all of this is made by Xia Fan." In the past, this guy made a big fuss about the Tianjiao Heroes Competition, and he always took advantage of the reason and the upper hand, making the other three sects and five sects dumb and unable to say whether they were suffering from Coptis chinensis, but this time it was different. What's more, on this day of universal celebration, it is time to solve some problems, the whole world is not the king's land, how can the sect not be under the rule......"