Emperor Yingchu of Qin had nine sons.

Boss Yingchuan.

The crown prince is the second in line, and he is born to the queen.

The three princes were crowned the kings of Su, and there were seven princes and five princes who were close to him.

The fourth prince, Ying Rui, is backed by the new talents of the DPRK, that is, those foreign guests.

Among them, the sixth prince Yingze and the eighth prince Yinggan have secretly stated their position to support the fourth prince Yingrui to win the throne.

Except for the Nine Emperor Princes and Yingchuan, who were in a similar situation and did not rely on any force, the rest of the princes basically formed their own factions.

Some officials privately believe that although the current court has been divided by the four parties, it is actually a three-legged situation.

Although the crown prince does not have the support of any prince, he is the prince after all, and between King Su and the four princes, his strength is still relatively strong.

At present, when King Su made a decision to choose to be close to Yingchuan, there was also movement on the side of the four princes.

As we all know, Yingrui loves to read, and often considers himself a scholar, and is often rumored to be a gentleman by the world, but this scholar who grew up in the emperor's family does not have the common problem of most scholars - pedantic.

Not only that, but he is also very flexible in some things.

When foreign officials want to implement some novel policies, as long as they are beneficial to the country and the people, he will always stand up and support them as soon as possible, regardless of how many people's interests will be affected behind this policy.

According to Ying Rui's words, that is, the emperor does not need a prince who tends to be inflammatory, what the emperor really needs is a prince who shares worries for the country.

Think about it, how can a prince who has the potential to become a prince choose to compromise because he offends some people? If the country is handed over to such people, won't ordinary people have no way to live?

At that time, all parts of Daqin will inevitably be full of smoke.

Therefore, even if he offends many people, as long as a certain policy or decree can benefit the country or make the emperor happy, he will not hesitate to stand up and support it.

Among the three princes' camps, Ying Rui, who was the weakest, should have been out early, but he became a tumbler by virtue of his political sensitivity.

At this moment, he was asking the Sixth and Eighth Princes about Yingchuan:

"Recently, the boss has been very active in the court, and he just got the news for his brother, saying that if Xianyang can be defended, he will let the boss be responsible for changing the law and strengthening the army, which is enough to shake the country's capital... What do you guys think? ”

Hearing this, the sixth prince Ying Ze spoke: "Recently, the boss has performed frequently, which is enough to prove that he was hiding himself before, and now that he is rising, he must hold great power, and we have to guard against it." ”

"Yes, the boss's performance is unexpected, just talking about the heart that has been withheld for many years, it is enough to call it unfathomable. Once the boss rises, I am afraid that it will affect us. Inrui was worried.

He is the weakest of the three princes' camps.

At any time, they can be replaced or kicked out by them.

Therefore, when facing some things, he must be cautious and make considerations.

Ying Ze blurted out: "Fourth brother, I don't think this matter is so complicated, the rise of the boss may only be good for us, not bad." ”

"No harm? Why is that? Ying Rui frowned.

In case Yingchuan gains power, then he may replace himself at any time, how can this be said to be harmless?

I only heard Ying Ze slowly explain: "The boss has a grudge against the prince, this brother should be clear, right?" And the fact that the father intends to let the boss change the law and strengthen the army is very likely to move the foundation of the third child.

After all, the reason why the third child is so rampant in the court is that he has the support of the military behind him, but what if those military figures are unfortunately affected by the boss's change of law to strengthen the army?

In this way, the boss offended the crown prince and the third child almost at the same time, but the boss has been stained for many years, and most of the officials in the court and the central government do not like to be close to him, and he has no reliable big tree except for his father and emperor to rely on.

Once the boss with a shallow foundation is targeted by the prince and the third child, can he carry it? But what if we are interested in recruiting the boss?

First, you can strengthen yourself, second, the prince and the third brother dare not act rashly, and third, the boss must be grateful and die for the fourth brother, at that time, wouldn't we be one step closer to that position? ”

Once the boss is recruited, it will still be a three-legged situation, and there will not be much change in the short term.

But...

There is a fatal problem here.

"How do you think the crown prince and the third child will not act rashly? They are hostile to the boss, and the boss has been recruited by us, if they take advantage of this to work together against us, won't we become the boss's shield? Intro was full of doubts.

Ying Ze shook his head and continued: "Things seem like this, but they are not. Changing the law and strengthening the army is a national policy set by the father and the emperor, and anyone who affects this national policy is the enemy of the father.

Once the prince chooses to take action against the boss, his father will definitely not be able to do his best, so they will be tantamount to offending his father. If I were them, the most effective thing to do right now would be not to act rashly.

The boss is a man of some talent and intelligence, otherwise, he would never have created a new set of military training methods, and his father would not have entrusted him with important tasks.

In the case that the crown prince and the third child both hate the boss, we stand up to support the boss, which will definitely make the boss grateful, after all, the boss has no foundation and is hopeless to compete for the throne, so it is better to choose to rely on me.

At that time, not only will our own power grow, but we will also get the two fierce generals under the command of the boss, why not? ”

"Sixth brother, what you said is good! Well, we will fully support the boss to change the law and strengthen the army! Intrix made a decision.

With King Su and his support, basically no one can influence the coup d'état of Yingchuan to strengthen the army.

Merely... As a party concerned, he is still immersed in the dream of the enemy army breaking through Xianyang City.

After hearing the decision of his two elder brothers, the Eighth Emperor Prince Yinggan, who had not yet spoken, pursed his lips and sneered: "Can the boss have real talent and real learning? It's just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse! If he's talented, I'll jump from the gates!" ”

"Eighth! Be careful! The boss's talent is already a fact for all to see! Ying Rui glared at him fiercely.

Early the next morning.

Cao participated in the meeting in Yingchuan and inspected the city defense together.

At present, the 50,000 troops in the city have been moved to the city gate by the former.

He is ready to fight the enemy at any time.

As for the latter...

He still doesn't realize that the brothers who are usually hostile to him or don't want to see him, except for the crown prince, basically choose to support him.

"Your Highness, I didn't expect you and me to meet again, it was actually in this situation, no matter what, you recommended the last general to defend the city, the last general is grateful, if there is any dispatch in the future, please ask Your Highness to order, as long as the last general can do it, it will be broken!"

After Cao Shen met Yingchuan, he took the lead in showing his loyalty.

The latter stood tall and said with a smile: "Cao Guogong doesn't need to be like this, you can have today's opportunity, mainly because you have cultivated Taoguang over the years, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness." ”

He was snickering in his heart.

It's a straw bale.

The Manchu civil and military were unwilling to defend the city and confront the enemy head-on, and he thought that he had gained some kind of beauty.

If the enemy breaks through Xianyang, the first one to kill is a boss like him.

The second one to kill is himself.

Everyone did not want to defend the city, because they thought that they could not defeat the enemy army.

Are you still complacent?

Can you defeat the enemy? It's simply not possible!

After seeing the enemy's edge, Cao Guogong, don't be scared!

Hearing this, Cao Shen was stunned, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

He is worthy of the great prince!

I actually knew early on that I was in Taoguang.

This insight is really amazing!

Just when he was sighing, he saw that Yingchuan and Zhao Yun had already stepped on the city gate.

He burst into tears.

When the nobles did not dare to confront the enemy head-on, it was the thin back of the eldest prince who resolutely stepped on the city wall and guarded this pass for countless ordinary people!

Such a great prince...

It's really respectable!

Cao Shen's side followed his eldest son Cao Ming.

After the latter saw this scene, he was also full of admiration in his heart.

At the beginning, he thought that the eldest prince was just a vain appearance, although some changes have indeed taken place in the past few days, but how can he hide the fact that he has been in a fool for more than ten years?

But now it seems...

The eldest prince doesn't seem to be as unbearable as his sister said.

After all, at such an extraordinary moment, how many princes dared to climb the city wall in person like Yingchuan?

From this point, it is not difficult to see that the eldest prince really wants to hold Xianyang City!

The country is in danger, be a capable minister!