East Palace, Study.

The prince excitedly paced back and forth in the study.

The corners of his mouth raised in an upward arc.

It seems that a great event has been encountered.

As the crown prince of Wu State, it is difficult for ordinary things to make the prince so excited.

But today, I encountered a great joy.

Chen Qibo, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, actually took the initiative to show favor to him.

"Mr. Dong, Chen Qibo hopes to help him ascend to the position of Wei Weiqing, do you think it is possible?"

The prince was both excited and worried.

Because of Wang Wenzhong's sudden death, Wei Weiqing's position was vacant.

Wei Weiqing, this position is not something that ordinary people can sit on.

Generally speaking, there are two conditions for a person who can serve as Wei Weiqing.

First, he is the confidant of the Son of Heaven.

is not a confidant of the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven rest assured that the Imperial Forest Army will be handed over to him to be in charge.

Second, he has prestige in the army.

The soldiers who can enter the Imperial Forest Army are all carefully selected, and they are the strongest elite in the Wu Army.

It can be said that the Royal Forest Army is a group of proud soldiers.

If Wei Weiqing had no prestige in the army, he would not be able to command the Imperial Forest Army at all.

Forcibly serving as Wei Weiqing will only become an ornament, and the battalions of the Royal Forest Army under his command will listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

Therefore, Wei Weiqing's selection is very harsh.

Basically, in order to pick out a qualified Wei Weiqing, the Son of Heaven needs a long-term layout.

First have your own henchmen, and then cultivate your henchmen, throw them into the army, make meritorious contributions, and gradually establish prestige.

In the end, he served as Wei Weiqing and took charge of the Royal Forest Army.

Wang Wenzhong became Wei Weiqing according to this number of roads.

However, Wang Wenzhong thought that the Guangling tragedy was suddenly killed.

As a result, Emperor Xiaoyuan did not do a good job in the training of the next Wei Weiqing at all.

Wei Weiqing's selection became a problem for a while.

Mr. Dong arched his hand and said respectfully to the prince.

"Your Highness, Wei Weiqing must be chosen, and there are only three ways to put it in front of Your Majesty."

"One is to select henchmen to serve as Wei Weiqing, but among His Majesty's henchmen, there are no people who have enough prestige in the army. Forcibly pushing his henchmen to the throne of Wei Weiqing will only make the Royal Forest Army a plate of loose sand. ”

"The minister thinks that this is the next policy, and His Majesty will never choose like this."

Hearing Mr. Dong's judgment, the prince raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Why didn't my father choose this?"

"Because the recent offensive of the Yue Kingdom has been ferocious."

"In case the champion Hou can't stand the front line, maybe the Royal Forest Army will have to go to support."

"If it is said that the Imperial Forest Army is scattered, resulting in the defeat of the battle, then the sky is falling."

"Your Majesty is not only not a faint king, but is in the prime of life, and he is very eager to make contributions and become a generation of holy masters."

"As long as Your Majesty is still ambitious, he will not choose to push his henchmen to the top position."

Mr. Dong has a lot of speculation about the mentality of Emperor Xiaoyuan.

Among them, there is one point that Mr. Dong ponders the most.

That was the ambition of Emperor Xiaoyuan.

Because of Emperor Xiaoyuan's abnormal ascension, Emperor Xiaoyuan was extremely ambitious, and he was very eager to make some achievements and prove it to the world.

It was right for him to kill Prince Mingyan back then, because he was more suitable for the Son of Heaven than Prince Mingyan.

For the Son of Heaven, the biggest attack is to expand the territory.

As long as Emperor Xiaoyuan still wants to prove that he is stronger than Prince Mingyan, he will never allow the Imperial Forest Army to lose its combat power.

"What about the other two paths?" The prince then asked.

"Second, choose a person of high morality and parachute into the Imperial Forest. There is enough prestige, airborne Royal Forest Army, and can suppress these proud soldiers of the Royal Forest Army, the entire Wu State military, there are only two or three people. ”

"For example, Champion Hou, such as Wellingberg......"

"However, as long as Your Majesty is not old and confused, he will not choose Champion Hou, Willingbo and others to serve as Wei Weiqing."

"Champion Hou and Wellingberg were originally in charge of the first army, and their prestige was extremely high. If they were to be in command of the Imperial Foresters, they would be too powerful. ”

"On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore."

"When the time comes, I'm afraid Your Majesty won't even be able to sleep well!"

After listening to Mr. Dong's remarks, the prince suddenly delayed, as if he had been opened up to the eight veins of the Qi Sutra.

"Mr. Takami."

"If you were lonely, you wouldn't do it."

"Therefore, my father can only choose one of the several generals in the Imperial Forest Army to be promoted."

"Go and tell Chen Qibo, it's Lone who agreed!"

"Lone will do his best to help him become Wei Weiqing."

The prince was in a state of great excitement, and his fists clenched in excitement.

Let Wei Weiqing be his own person, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In normal times, there is no such possibility.

If it weren't for Ji Tianci to kill Wang Wenzhong, there would be no current situation.

"Hahaha-"

"Old Five, this time it's thanks to you!"

"If it weren't for you, Lone wouldn't have had this opportunity."

Seeing that the prince was complacent, Mr. Dong chose to stand up and pour a basin of cold water on the prince.

"Your Highness, now is not the time to be happy."

"The minister thinks that the current situation is deliberately created by the five princes."

Mr. Dong's words shocked the prince into a cold sweat.

"The fifth deliberately?"

"That's right!"

"Your Highness, you might as well think about it, among the several generals of the Royal Forest Army, who is most likely to become Wei Weiqing?" Mr. Dong asked solemnly.

The crown prince fell into deep thought.

The pacing just now also stopped.

Of the several generals of the Imperial Guards, who is the most promising?

In the prince's view, these generals all have opportunities and similar opportunities.

After all, none of these generals have overpowered their opponents, and they are all half-hearted.

"I thought that all the staff members would be half a catty and eight taels, and the difference was not bad."

"Whoever can get more external support is likely to become Wei Weiqing."

"Therefore, the likelihood of these generals is almost equal."

Mr. Dong bowed his head: "With all due respect, Your Highness's judgment is only half right. ”

"Which half is right?" The prince frowned slightly, wanting to hear Mr. Dong's high opinion.

"The strength of these generals is indeed half a pound and eight taels, and no one can overwhelm the opponent."

"Who can stand out depends on the support of external forces."

"However, among the extremely generals, Wei Yanfeng has already stood out."

Mr. Dong's words immediately confused the prince.

"Wei Yanfeng, why did he delay coming out."

"As far as the minister knows, the five princes have invented an ordnance that is far superior to the Divine Crossbow, which can greatly improve the army's ability to attack the city."

"And Wei Yanfeng has colluded with the five princes early, and it is not surprising that the kind of ordnance called cannons will definitely be provided to Wei Yanfeng first."

"With the power of the cannon, it is enough to help Wei Yanfeng stand out from the crowd of generals."

Listening to Mr. Dong's words, the prince was stunned for a moment.

Cannon?

What is it?

However, when he heard Mr. Dong's evaluation of the cannon, which was far better than the Broken God Crossbow, the prince still attracted attention.

The god-breaking crossbow is the heavy weapon of the army.

This thing called a cannon can actually defeat the god-breaking crossbow, which shows its value.

"Then put pressure on Shaofu Temple, let the craftsmen of Shaofu Temple help Chen Qibo build cannons, under the same conditions, Chen Qibo may not lose to Wei Yanfeng."

The prince said disapprehantly.

Although Cheng Yishan told the old man to return to his hometown.

But anyway, Shaofu Temple used to be his territory.

So without Cheng Yishan, he still has a good influence in Shaofu Temple.

Giving priority to Chen Qibo is just a trivial matter.

Mr. Dong sighed, a little unbearable to hit the prince.

He knew in his heart that the matter of cannons was as easy as the prince said.

"Your Highness, you don't know anything."

"The cannon was invented by the five princes, and the construction drawings were also drawn by the five princes."

"Your Majesty has given a death order, whoever builds the cannon first will be the Shaofuqing."

"What's this?"

The prince was still frowning, and he didn't hear any reason from Mr. Dong's words.

Mr. Dong took a deep breath and arched his hand at the prince.

"The point is that His Royal Highness only provided the construction drawings of the cannon to his henchman Wang Xuanfan."

"The other Heavenly Masters don't know how to build cannons at all."

"At present, in the entire Shaofu Temple, only Wang Xuanfan can build cannons, how can Wang Xuanfan listen to your Royal Highness's orders?"

When the prince heard this, his eyes widened in shock, and his mouth opened open.

The prince, who was still personable and unimpressed just now, was so angry that his face turned blue and trembled.

"Old Five...... Thou...... Shameless! ”

"There are such shameless people in the world!"

"Does the father just sit back and watch the fifth child engage in these small actions? Feel free to control the choice of the secretary of the young government? ”

Mr. Dong sighed in a low mood.

"This is your Majesty's acquiescence."

"Since the beginning of the assassination, the fifth prince has been calculating His Highness."

"Use the assassination case first, bring down Cheng Yishan, and make Shaofuqing vacant. And then with the help of the construction of cannons, push their own people to the top. ”

"Moving to Wang Wenzhong must not be a temporary idea, but a calculation for a long time."

"The fifth prince estimated that the current situation had already been calculated, and the timing was very good."

"It's too early, the cannon hasn't been built yet, and Wei Yanfeng can't get enough advantages compared to other generals."

"It's too late, the cannon is popularized, and all the generals and Wei Yanfeng are on the same starting line."

"Only now, the cannon has just been built and has not yet been popularized, and if the relationship with the five princes is close, whoever gets the cannon will be given priority."

"Five princes, in the next big game of chess!"

At the end, Mr. Dong's eyes showed a hint of admiration.

Even as an opponent, he admired Ji Tianci's layout.

It's a ring-by-ring.

The timing was too clever!

The prince's face was as gloomy as water, and he paced back and forth restlessly.

It seemed that he wanted to dispel the anxiety in his heart by pacing.

Ji Tianci's series of layouts made the prince feel like he was on pins and needles, as if he were facing a great enemy.

Shao Fuqing!

Wei Weiqing!

These are two Jiuqing!

If these two Jiuqing positions are all taken by Lao Wu.

The power of the fifth child in the court is about to surpass himself.

How can this be accepted by the prince?

"Mr. Dong, are we going to sit back and watch Lao Wu cover the sky with his hands?" The prince asked restlessly.

Mr. Dong stroked his beard, groaned, and said slowly.

"It's not that there is no way!"

"First of all, the crown prince, you have to instigate the other heavenly masters to report the drawings, and let Your Majesty put pressure on the five princes to give the drawings to the other heavenly masters."

"But even if you get the drawings now, it's too late!"

The prince shook his head repeatedly.

Mr. Dong said unhurriedly.

"If you let the Tiangong master of Shaofu Temple build it, it will naturally be too late."

"But what if it's the great master of the Mo family?"

"Uh-"

The prince was stunned by Mr. Dong's jumping thinking.

"Mr. Dong, you mean to ask the Grand Master of the Mo Family to build the cannon."

"That's right."

"With the Mo family's great master's attainments in mechanical techniques, he will definitely be able to catch up with Wei Weiqing's selection."

In this way, Chen Qibo and Wei Yanfeng are once again on the same starting line.

"That's right!"

"That's it!"

"Mr. Dong, this is a wonderful plan!"

The prince clapped excitedly.

As for how to place the great master of the Mo family after he built the cannon, how to place the great master of the Mo family.

Mr. Dong didn't say it, and the prince didn't take the initiative to mention it.

The strength of the Mo family is not bad.

Mechanism art is the focus of research in various countries.

It's a pity that the doctrine of the Mo family is too much in conflict with the imperial power and cannot be accepted by the royal families and nobles of various countries.

Therefore, for the crown prince, the Mo family is a footcloth.

Rub it off when you need it.

When you don't need it, throw it aside.

This kind of thing, the royal families of various countries, have not done less

……

After the prince and Mr. Dong finalized the plan, the whole plan began to work.

The next day, the prince bribed several Tiangong directors and asked them to play, angrily accusing Ji Tianci of bending the law for personal gain, and only provided the big ** paper to Wang Xuanfan.

In the face of Emperor Xiaoyuan's inquiry, Ji Tianci could only helplessly hand over the big ** paper to several other heavenly directors.

However, this is just a trivial matter for Ji Tianci.

Ji Tianci estimated the progress, and Wang Xuanfan's side made a cannon, which is a matter of the past few days.

Sure enough.

Three days later, Wang Xuanfan brought Ji Tianci good news.

"Your Highness, the minister has already made a cannon!"

The unkempt Wang Xuanfan didn't even have time to bathe and change clothes, so he came to the Five Princes' Mansion to report the good news to Ji Tianci.

When Ji Tianci saw the finished product of the cannon, he couldn't help but applaud.

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

Ji Tianci said three good words in a row, and his face was full of joy and excitement.

The successful creation of the cannon means that the position of Shaofuqing has been taken by Wang Xuanfan.

Among the Jiuqing, Dali Siqing and Shaofuqing are already their own people.

The rest is Wei Weiqing.

The cannon is the biggest bargaining chip in Ji Tianci's hand, which is enough to change the situation of Wei Weiqing's competition.

Most importantly.

The relationship between him and Wei Yanfeng, although there is usually a connection.

But Wei Yanfeng has not yet made it clear that he is willing to be loyal to him.

Wei Yanfeng was waiting for the cannon, and Ji Tianci was also waiting for the cannon to be built.

After the cannon was built, he would be able to control Wei Yanfeng.

He can't do it, a military fan like Wei Yanfeng can resist the power of the cannon.

Wang Xuanfan took out the cannon and put it in the backyard.

The long and dark cannon body exudes a rich cold light.

One look will make people know that this is a murderous weapon.

Ji Tianci nodded and said to Wang Xuanfan.

"Xuan Fan, after you build the cannon, you have to try to improve it."

"Your Highness, how do you want to improve?" Wang Xuanfan took the initiative to ask, although he had already had ideas for improvement in his heart, he still had to ask Ji Tianci's opinion.

Ji Tianci blurted out.

"Of course, it's a big development."

"Big, that's the king!"

"Men, they just like big ones."

"Hehe, not only men like big, but women like big too!" Wang Xuanfan said with a wink.