Chapter 178: He's Old, But Not Stupid
King Liang died, and the old emperor of Nantai never thought that it would be so soon.
From the time he agreed to cooperate with Shunyu Gambling House to the present, it has only been four or five days, and this has been solved?
The palace of the king of Liang was heavily guarded, which can almost be called an impregnable wall, and he himself sent people to break through, but no life was returned.
It seems that this Shunyu gambling house really can't be underestimated.
Before, he even had the idea of thoroughly investigating Shunyu's gambling house, if it was determined that it was the murderer of the prince, he would definitely find a way to take revenge.
But now, the disparity in strength is too great, and he has no ability to compete with Shunyu Gambling House at all.
The most important thing is that King Liang died, which he exchanged for a million taels of gold, the treasury was empty, and there was no extra money at all, but these personal grievances, if you don't pay attention to state affairs, you will soon usher in destruction.
When the great court meeting was held, the old emperor's cloudy eyes swept over everyone below, and this morning the matter of King Liang came, and everyone speculated about everything, and most people still felt that the death of King Liang was the handiwork of the old emperor.
Because of this, no one dared to mention the matter of Lichu again at the court meeting this morning.
"King Liang is my own brother, and now that he has suffered a tragedy, the assassins who are caught must be carefully interrogated and the real culprit behind the scenes must be caught, so that King Liang can also be blinded under Jiuquan."
The old emperor sighed and said some words to appease the prince of Liang, the prince of Liang gritted his teeth and looked at the emperor above, his eyes were full of hatred, his father must have died in the hands of the old emperor, but he couldn't come up with evidence, and now he had to listen to him say this pretendly.
The words I said about the affairs of Queen Liang were not important, just when everyone was yawning, the old emperor changed his words and talked about the military power of King Liang's mansion.
"King Liang is gone, and this military power can no longer be placed outside, and from now on, I will take back the military power of the 400,000 army in the hands of King Liang."
The ministers' drowsiness disappeared in an instant, and they were waiting here!
The prince of Liang was very anxious, glanced at some of the ministers that his father trusted most during his lifetime, and motioned for them to speak for him.
Many people dodged their eyes, but a few people stood up and said, "Your Majesty, King Liang's bones are not cold, why don't you discuss the matter of military power later?" ”
"Your Majesty, although King Liang is dead, but the prince of Liang is still there, according to Weichen's opinion, it is more appropriate for the military power to be in charge of the prince of Liang."
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
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Since the emperor can raise this question, he is naturally ready to respond, hearing these words, he hooked his lips and smiled, and said softly: "What Aiqing said, I have not thought about it, King Liang is my own brother, and he was able to hand over the military power to him at the beginning, so he naturally trusted him, and moreover, the most important point is that he is a person who has made military achievements on the battlefield, and he is in charge of military power, which is what everyone expects." ”
"But Ting'er is different, he is still young and has never been on the battlefield, if he takes over the military power, how can he serve the public? Now that Nantai is suffering from internal and external troubles, we must no longer take it lightly. I will take back this military power for the time being, and when Ting'er makes meritorious service in the future, this military power will still be given to him, and others will naturally not be able to say anything at that time. ”
"Ting'er, can you understand my painstaking efforts?"
The old emperor looked bitter, as if he was thinking about the prince of Liang, so that no matter how many reasons everyone had, they couldn't say it.
Only then did everyone realize that the old emperor was old, but he was not stupid, he was still the emperor who was quite deep in the city and decisive in killing, otherwise how could he personally raise such an excellent heir as the former prince?
If it weren't for the sudden assassination of the former crown prince, Nantai would not have fallen to such a situation now, and most importantly, they would not dare to argue with the emperor like this.
The prince of Liang knew that the overall situation had been decided, as long as the old emperor was still alive, he would not have a day to turn over, not to mention that now the military power would be withdrawn, and the Liang Wangfu would fall instantly.
During this time, King Liang has always felt that the victory is in his hands, and he still offended many vassal kings, and now he said that if he didn't, it would be gone, and the rest of King Liang's Mansion would not be happy.
In the past, the old emperor was blatantly biased towards Liang Wangfu, but after this incident, Liang Wangfu has become an abandoned son in the hands of the old emperor, and there will be no one to support them in the future.
King Liang gritted his teeth, unwilling in his heart, but there was no other way, and said: "Yes, everything is arranged by the emperor's uncle." ”
King Liang's matter was revealed so lightly, the ministers of the court came back to their senses, thinking of the fact that they had helped King Liang to grab the throne before, and their backs were cold, their emperors were not good people, and now that they have withdrawn their military power, they will definitely deal with them in a big way.
Especially the ministers who had just stood up to help King Liang speak for the prince, and they even regretted it a little.
People died like a mountain, and the glory of the Liang Wangfu ceased to exist overnight.
The old emperor looked at the self-conscious appearance of these people below, and sneered in his heart, but he still said kindly: "Although King Liang is gone, I should really consider the matter of establishing a prince that he mentioned before." I'm old, I'm riddled with diseases, and I don't know when I'm gone. ”
Hearing this, everyone instantly knelt down in a cold sweat: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”
King Liang mentioned this matter before, the old emperor kept silent, and now that King Liang is dead, no one mentions it, and the old emperor takes the initiative to talk about it again, and everyone is in danger for a while, and they don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the old emperor's gourd.
The old emperor heard too much of this kind of flattery, and he was basically immune, and everyone in this world could not escape death, just sooner or later.
"Now I have three younger sons under my knees, they are not very old, and they will be cultivated together in the future, from now until the day I die, whoever performs the best will be appointed as the prince, I have thought about this matter in my heart, and I said it, just let the Aiqing be a witness, and there is no need to be anxious about the matter of the prince."
These words were obviously the matter of the ministers forcing the emperor to establish a prince before the connotation, and everyone trembled and did not dare to speak.
The old emperor was quite satisfied with their performance, if he had changed his life, he would definitely have to give the court a big change, but now that he is old and does not have much money in his hands, he doesn't want to make a big deal with these courtiers too ugly for the time being.
However, now that the treasury is empty, it is possible to copy a few corrupt officials' homes to fill the treasury.
So, in the next period of time, the officials of Nantai experienced the most thrilling period, the old emperor ruthlessly copied the homes of seven big officials, all the family property was filled with the treasury, the officials beheaded themselves, their families were exiled, and there were heavy casualties.
For a while, the courtiers no longer dared to easily challenge the majesty of the old emperor, and the court situation that had been chaotic for a long time finally stabilized.
As for the other vassal kings, they watched the fire from the other side for the time being, at least during the time that the old emperor was still alive, they didn't dare to jump easily.