Three years after the founding of Taizu, Empress Taizu died of illness.

Emperor Taizu reigned for eight years and never had a queen.

After Emperor Taizu's funeral, the throne was inherited by Zhao Ruijie, the only son of Zhao Ruijie, who favored the harem, and posthumously crowned Empress Taizu as the Empress Dowager of filial piety, and Zhao Ruijie as the Empress Dowager of the Holy Mother.

And the first will of the Queen Mother after the canonization was that the taxes of the provinces of Chu State were unified from the government to keep the Cao Yun to the local dart bureau to keep the Cao Yun.

“…… This is all a law, nearly a hundred years of old rules, but Fu Wannian is about to break it, and grab this bowl of rice with the local dart bureau! There is also the second master of the Qiu family, who went to the northwest to do grain business under the banner of the queen mother's mother's family, and made it clear that he wanted to be a peacemaker from it and break the situation that the northwest had been isolated by the north and south darts for many years, but Fu Wannian didn't give any face at all, and in just one year, he made the Qiu family lose millions of taels of silver! ”

These people have long hated that Fu Wannian!

"I am worried that I don't have a handle, now that the millions of taels of taxes in the northwest have been robbed, how can these people let go, the impeachment is like a snowflake, and it is forced to replace the commanders of the four northwest provinces......" Her voice gradually slowed, and she looked at Cheng Chengbo with a solemn expression, "Even if the border army is dismantled, Ji'er can still keep at least 200,000 troops in his hands and keep the pure land in the northwest...... Once...... At least we can both hide in the northwest, and there will always be a place to live, if the commanders of the four northwest provinces are replaced by the Zhao family, I am afraid that even I will die without a place to be buried! ”

"Long live that it was because of these things that I compromised?" Sincerity Bo said suddenly.

She hoped so, too!

Seeing her father's relieved gaze, Concubine Zhuang felt a pain in her heart.

The expression on her face did not move, she sighed softly, and replied:

"In the hands of Prince Lie, in the end he is in charge of the North and South Dart Bureau, these years, although Long Live has pressed hard, repeatedly issued orders strictly prohibiting any dart board from holding more than fifty knives and guns without permission, and more strictly control the mining of metal mining and weapon building, but with the discovery of mineral deposits in some remote areas one after another, there are more and more merchants mining privately, these years, the North and South Dart Bureau is still growing stronger and stronger year by year, if one day, really assembled, the power ......"

That strength is no less than a million army that is dormant in the heart of the Chu State and will change at any time!

The voice paused, and Concubine Zhuang didn't say it.

She sighed faintly, "...... Banzai is also worried that if it is really urgent, Prince Lie will rebel regardless of the army! ”

And the king of the northwest, who has an army of 500,000 troops, will definitely not give in, and if he kills each other, the state of Chu will immediately fall apart, and there will be a situation in which the princes of all parties will establish themselves as kings.

The foundation that our ancestors had guarded for nearly a hundred years was destroyed overnight!

Hooray, you would never want to see this happen!

So......

"He decided to take back the military power, sacrifice Ji'er, who has made great contributions to him, and sacrifice our banker!" Sincerity's voice changed tone.

Sacrificing the king of the northwest and supporting Prince Lie, even if Prince Lie is a little weaker, after a hundred years, it may go downhill, but at least there will not be a situation where the two tigers will compete in the Chu State.

There will be no situation where the heroes will rise together and fall apart!

Seeing through the grim situation at a glance, Cheng Chengbo's face turned pale, and his old body trembled.

But he still didn't give up.

stiffly straightened his waist and looked at Concubine Zhuang for a moment.

"Ji'er is famous in the northwest, without him, long live not afraid that the Tartars will go south to plunder my territory and disturb my people?"

Try to see the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

Except for the king of the northwest, who can compete with the fierce iron cavalry of the north?

“…… The North and South Darts Bureau is not only a huge armed force. Concubine Zhuang Guifei's voice was sharp, "He also controls the economic lifeline of the entire Great Chu, and is an all-pervasive dense butterfly net in the hands of Prince Lie, from the three princes and nine kings to the reckless mountain thieves of the local government, all of whom are inextricably linked with him...... If he wants to rebel, the economy of Chu will be paralyzed immediately! "Look straight at your father, "Just ask, in addition to the 500,000 army in Ji'er's hands, what other forces and which princes can compete with him in today's Great Chu!" ”

And using the national army to destroy the North and South Dart Bureau is precisely the bottom line of long live.

It's the last thing Banzai wants to see.

It's a dead end!

The last trace of extravagant hope in his heart was disillusioned, and the sincerity suddenly wilted like an overnight dish.

There was silence in the side hall.

Needle drops can be heard.

“…… Even Master Yunxuan said that Ji'er has the appearance of a dragon, if it weren't for this, the Marquis of Changyi would not have agreed to marry the county lord of Chaoyang to him...... Could it be that Banzai just gave up on him? Chengyi Bo muttered to himself again, remembering something, he suddenly raised his head, "And Changyi Hou, Ji'er married the county lord of Chaoyang and is his only grandson-in-law, did he give up like this?" ”

*****

Son-in-law?

The Marquis of Changyi snorted coldly.

“…… Prince Lie still has the blood of my Zhao family in his body! ”

Although Prince Lie's biological mother, Empress Zhao, and her marquis are not a branch, they are relatives who are pulling bones and tendons. Seeing her master's confident appearance, the pale face of Mrs. Marquis of Changyi, who was still nervous, quickly turned bloody.

"What the lord said is that you are just an idle marquis, and you only act at the will of Banzai, and Banzai wants to disarm, how can we stop you?"

The Marquis of Changyi stroked his beard and smiled slightly.

One is a grandson-in-law, the other is a grandson's nephew, whoever becomes the emperor, he and the marquis of Changyi enjoy the same glory and wealth!

The important thing is whether he can distinguish the form and understand the divine will.

Hooray, it has been decided that Prince Liyeol will be the prince and will begin to clear the way for his accession to the throne.

How can he, the Marquis of Changyi, not know the current affairs!

*****

Although she knew that Li Ji and Fu Wannian all liked to eat the dishes they cooked, only the planning of her new business house had just started, and there were too many things to arrange before going to Zhongzhou, so Zhao Qing couldn't take care of it, so she simply ordered Xia Zhu to go to Daxianglou to order a table and send it back.

After receiving the letter from the capital, Li Ji hurriedly left the Shunlai Inn.

When he turned back after finishing his errands, he was already in charge of the lamp.

Zhao Qing was surrounded by a group of craftsmen to discuss the drawings of the new trading house, and everyone was in full swing. Fu Wannian and Zhu Licheng took the plan that Zhao Qing made overnight yesterday and watched it with relish in the private room next door...... The brightly lit Shunlai Inn is even livelier than the Chinese New Year.

Seeing Li Ji coming behind him, Zhao Qing only raised his head and said, "...... Seventh Master, wait a minute, just have a few more questions. He bowed his head again.

Fu Wannian and Zhu Licheng had already welcomed in, Fu Wannian dragged Li Ji and walked out, "She has to wait for a while, and the seventh master will go next door to drink tea for a while." ”

Li Ji stood still and did not move.

He lowered his head and listened carefully to Zhao Qing's explanation to the craftsman who didn't understand the places and his own unique ideas. (To be continued.) )