Chapter 157: Rather abandon the land than the imperial power
"What if the Northern Qi State really dares to send troops into my Nanyue territory, wait until I get rid of that rebel, and then transfer troops to attack the Northern Qi State."
Zhang Chengqian said disapprehantly.
"What's more, we still have our ally Western Chu, at that time, we only need to return the prisoners as a condition, and ask the Western Chu State to put pressure on Northern Qi, even if the Northern Qi State occupies a few cities, he will honestly return it to me!"
Zhang Chengqian has already made arrangements for this matter.
Doesn't the Seven Princes of Western Chu come to meet him by crossing the rebel son, doesn't it show that Zhang Junlin, who is not optimistic about killing Xiang's father and son, is indeed allied with him?
He just used Zhao Dan's killing of Xiang Yuzhi to exaggerate the threat of Northern Qi to Western Chu, and when the time came, as long as he used the captives of Western Chu to drive away the Northern Qi State that seized the northern city, the two countries would fight and suffer heavy losses, and it would save him a lot of trouble.
After Xu Guangliang heard His Majesty the Emperor's words, he understood the plan and understood that this method was indeed feasible.
It's just that......
His Majesty would rather lose the land than retain the imperial power, and the practice of killing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all costs made him really chilled.
"Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding about the killing of the second prince by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Because when Empress Moqing was alive, the Southern Yue Kingdom and the Northern Qi Kingdom were on good terms, and Xu Guangliang and Empress Moqing did not have much dealing.
But he was also guarding the country, and he knew very well what kind of responsibility His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had assumed when he stayed in Jinling, with no soldiers, no food, and no one available.
The crown prince who can take on this important responsibility, but he is an absurd person?
He didn't believe it.
"What does General Xu mean is that His Royal Highness lied to my father and you?"
Shhh
Zhang Juncheng tore off his already tattered clothes, revealing his bare shoulders.
Pointing to the hideous wound on his right shoulder.
"See, this is the arrow shot by Zhang Junlin when he asked his men to chase and kill His Highness!"
"If it weren't for the protection of the ancestors, His Royal Highness would have died in Zhenzhou at this time, and he would not have seen his father at all, and you would have been kept in the dark by Zhang Junlin to this day!"
Zhang Juncheng's words may be faked, but his injuries can't be faked.
The blurred appearance of flesh and blood, as well as the multiple abrasions on his body, can tell at a glance what kind of danger Zhang Jun encountered when he arrived in Jiazhou.
Seeing this scene, Xu Guangliang silently bowed to Zhang Chengqian, and stood beside him, no longer having any doubts.
At this time, unless His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in the palace and clarifies everything...... It doesn't seem to need clarification either.
His Majesty has made an order, and this is the time it is a certainty.
Unless His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can call the living Second Prince to confront the Eighth Prince, this father-son war is bound to be fought!
"Do you have any objections to my crusade against Zhang Junlin and the killing of the rebels?"
Zhang Chengqian glanced at the silent civil and military officials in the audience.
He knows.
Many of these people have been secretly dealing with Jinling and Zhenzhou recently, and want to fall to the side of the rebel.
"How can a person who can even mutilate his siblings take on the responsibility of the crown prince, let alone become a king one day, Aiqing, do you say yes?"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The civil and military officials bowed their hands and replied in unison.
The last time Zhang Chengqian saw everyone working together was when he left Jinling, when he discussed moving the clan north and letting the rebels supervise the country.
Before I knew it, three months had passed.
"Since there is no objection, immediately sort out the military supplies, and pull out the camp early tomorrow morning and return to Jinling!"
The temporary court meeting was dispersed.
The civil and military officials left the palace, returned to their homes, told the housewife, quickly packed their things, and followed the army back to Jinling.
"Master, didn't the army go to Jinling to fight? We dragged our family and followed behind, this knife and gun are not long-sighted, what if it hits us? ”
The more powerful the elite, the more important they are to their lives.
Although staying in Jiazhou is not as prosperous as Jinling City, there is no danger.
"Woman's opinion, you know a fart!"
"Follow the army to Jinling, at least your own people will fight your own people, if you wait for Your Majesty to transfer all the troops, those Japanese and Wu Liukou who destroyed the country come to Jiazhou to make trouble, do you think the property and female children left in Jiazhou can be good?"
Foreign invasions have always been ruthless butcher's knives.
And no matter how the dispute between the emperor and the crown prince is fought, it will retain the foundation of South Vietnam.
Besides......
"When you reach the border of Zhenzhou, you will sneak over the road to Zhenzhou and stay in Yang County."
"Young County?"
The mountain nest where birds don't in Yang County, the housewives of powerful families are really disgusted.
"Today's Yang County is not like before, there is a breeding land, supplying the meat of the militia of Jinling and Zhenzhou, it is said that there are a large number of officers and soldiers guarding, these officers and soldiers are not like soldiers, they are to maintain local stability, will not participate in the war, no matter who wins or loses, they are all officials inherited from generation to generation, the court will not embarrass them, and they will certainly not embarrass everyone."
The emperor of the iron magnates and flowing water.
Even if it is rumored that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was cutting meat from a powerful family when he opened up the wasteland.
But it turned out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also maintained the interests of the South Vietnamese elites.
In terms of cultivated land, the cultivated land of the magnates has not been reduced, and the new rice planting method promoted has saved everyone three or five catties per mu of grain.
Not to mention that after collecting more grain, it can also allow the powerful to use other industries to increase their income.
"Master, you have always said that His Royal Highness the Prince's new decree is so good recently, but His Majesty the Emperor not only wants to crusade against the crown prince through the death of the second prince, but also says that the prince's new decree is not good...... You say, if His Majesty the Emperor wins this battle, let's follow the trend and invest the money and manpower in breeding and transportation......"
The words are not finished yet.
The woman's mouth was covered by her lord.
"Shut up! Don't dare to spread this word out of this door! ”
His Majesty the Emperor Wins His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
There are many people in the royal family who hope so.
But it does not include those powerful businessmen and gentry who have secretly contacted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and have also figured out how to expand their family's financial resources after returning to Jinling.
And.
They are still waiting for the decree to be implemented in various places, thinking of the homeless tenants who can be fed and clothed, and the rich peasants and squires and hawkers who can make their money bags more abundant.
In the prison, a trace of residual blood sunset was projected onto Song Shizhen's body through the palm-sized air window.
Listening to the jailers nervously discussing the "chaos of war" in Jiazhou City and the changes of the magnates.
Song Shizhen, who was dressed in a green cloth linen prison uniform, looked at the afterglow of the sunset and sighed.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of your own selfishness, you will not hesitate to give up the land to grasp the imperial power, and you will not give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince any chance to defend himself."
"Have you ever thought that this imperial power is a double-edged sword, and you are not the only one who can hold this imperial power from beginning to end."
The imperial power is supreme and noble, but it is not the enemy of the people's hearts.
His Majesty did not personally go to Nazhenzhou to visit Najinling before launching a war against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
'M afraid...... Alas!
"Brother, don't worry about Your Majesty, let's worry about yourself and the Song family."
Song Shilunsai, who was dressed in cloth, gave the jailers a pot of good wine and a few broken boxes, and walked to the door of the cell with the lunch box.
Song Shizhen saw that Song Shilun was not wearing official clothes and brocade clothes, and his pupils suddenly shrank, and he laughed angrily.
"Your Majesty, is this trying to use my Song family as a warning to the powerful families and make an example of the monkeys?"
Shinong, industrialist, and industrial, with different classes and different clothes.
Although Song Shilun's official position is not high, he is also a six-grade Hanlin revision.
At this time, he was wearing a cloth coat, indicating that he had also been cut from his official position.
"Brother is right, Your Majesty sent you to the prison on the front foot, and sent someone to raid the house on the back foot, on the grounds that he suspected that he had secretly communicated with His Royal Highness the Prince, fortunately, he didn't copy anything, but because there was a comment in the book I repaired, His Majesty was dissatisfied, so I dismissed my post."
"Moreover, Your Majesty ordered that the Song family, regardless of men, women, old and young, should not return to Jinling with the army, stay in Jiazhou, and then dispose of the Song family after His Majesty pacifies the prince's rebellion.