Chapter 37 Fighting for the Emperor's Throne The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea to Show Their Magical Powers
Xiao Quanzi is the follower of the prince, a very favored eunuch, because Liu Cheng does not allow the prince to have his own army and vassals, so most of the people around the prince are eunuchs, except for the necessary guards, there are very few people available around each prince.
The rights of the princes of the Qi Dynasty are almost the worst among the dynasties in history, and some princes need some officials to do something, and they even need to use money to buy them out, which can be seen.
After the court, the crown prince sat on the imperial chair, feeling the supreme power, and there was only one small power waiting by his side.
Xiao Quanzi has been by the prince's side for a long time, and many things can be understood with a glance.
The prince called himself in, but did not say anything, which was waiting for him to speak first.
"Prince, the emperor has been in poor health recently, this is a great opportunity!"
The prince, who was traveling around with his eyes closed, seemed to come back to his senses, and did not open his eyes, and asked as if he was nothing: "Oh? What's the big opportunity? β
Xiao Quanzi understood what the prince was thinking, and said with a flattering face: "Now the emperor is often in a coma, and many things can't be asked at all, if something happens at this time, I'm afraid it's too late, and then the wood is already in the boat, even if the emperor's body recovers, I'm afraid there is nothing to be done!" β
"What's the matter? So important! Like what......? β
"For example, if something happens to the third prince or the sixth prince, even if he is not dead, he is seriously injured, so he will definitely lose the qualification to inherit the throne!"
"Nonsense, how many times has my father said not to go against the third prince and the sixth prince, we are all the key to the future prosperity of the dynasty, don't kill each other!"
"Yes, yes! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince taught us! β
Although he was teaching Xiao Quanzi a lesson, there was no anger in his words, but he said it lightly, and after he finished speaking, he gently patted Xiao Quanzi on the shoulder!
"There's nothing special lately, I'm going to the court, you can walk around as you like, you don't have to come to me every day!"
"Yes! Yes, sir! β
Xiao Quan Zi knows very well how to do it!
The crown prince has the heart to eliminate his potential competitors, and the third prince and the sixth prince are not willing to be lonely, and they are also thinking about how to remove the stumbling block of the prince.
At this time, the third prince was in his mansion, and he was also plotting something.
In a room with only one door on all four sides, there were four people, one with a wall behind him, the third prince sitting on the east side, and the other three older people sitting on the southwest, north, south, and west sides.
The three princes were wearing brocade clothes with gold silk dragon edges, and the other three people were also wearing brocade clothes with gold silk dragon edges.
The third prince was a little flustered, and asked in a panic: "The crown prince is in power now, every day is like a dynasty, me and the six princes have no rights and no reputation, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it's not good!" β
The other three were silent, and the three princes were a little angry when they saw that the three of them were not in a hurry, and they pulled off the armrest on the chair with all their might, and said: "Lord Sangong, if the crown prince ascends to the throne, I'm afraid the consequences for the three of them will not be very good!" β
Sitting with the three princes turned out to be the three princes of the dynasty, the head of the civil ministers, and the first-level officials whose status and power were second only to the four kings.
Li Wei said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince doesn't need to be angry, and there is no need to be anxious, if it is so easy for the crown prince to inherit the throne, then wouldn't it be a joke to take the heir!" β
Wei Dongcheng agreed: "Yes, now the prince is just dealing with some daily trivial matters, and he can't touch the real powerful relationship at all!" β
"And there are many things in the dynasty that don't need to be reported to him at all, we can make decisions in private, I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage to ask!"
Xue Chenghai's words seemed to be a little arrogant, and he didn't put the prince in his eyes between the lines.
Li Wei touched his beard and said with a smile: "In order to avoid the troubles of the princes of the previous dynasty competing for hegemony, the emperor has greatly reduced your rights, and even now the prince has no foundation, except for some money, he has no power and no soldiers, if he hadn't underestimated Long Yu's status in the emperor's heart before, in addition to him, we can directly support you as the emperor now, after all, our three dukes are in the real power of the dynasty." β
The third prince's heart moved, and he sighed: "It's a pity that the matter of the man in black didn't bring him down, and the father didn't investigate it at all, if it was ..................!" β
"With a little investigation, we can turn something that didn't exist into reality!"
"Now the position is awkward, Long Yu controls the Dragon Array Army, I'm afraid there is no one among the four kings who can fight against him, so we will have to work harder, it's good that we didn't target Long Yu at the beginning!"
Seeing the hesitant appearance of the third prince, the third prince shook his head, and Xue Chenghai said loudly: "Your Royal Highness the third prince, you are too naΓ―ve, the emperor has set up the crown prince, that is, three points are biased towards him, Long Yu must be of the same mind as the emperor, if you want to be the emperor, you must get rid of Long Yu, no matter how difficult it is, he is not something that can be bought with a few taels of gold!" β
Li Wei: "That's right, Your Highness, if the emperor ascends to the throne in the future, the prince wants to kill you, and in a word, Long Yu will make your head fall to the ground, even if you didn't offend him before, this is your life-and-death struggle, don't think of kindness!" β
The third prince knew in his heart that he had no way out, and asked, "Then ask the three adults, what should we do next!" β
"Let's do what we made before, let's hide in the dark, and we'll not be too late to do it when the result of that matter appears."
"This ......... Is it too late then? Will something happen? The third prince was a little worried.
"Change? Of course there will be, it will only be a good thing, if it is not dead or disabled, it is extremely beneficial to us, as long as the three princes are at ease! Li Wei comforted.
"Yes, as far as the three adults are concerned!"
The sixth prince is very anxious at this time, even more anxious than the third prince, there are two people above him, even if he trips the crown prince, there are still three princes, how to solve these two enemies is the difficulty.
Some customs on the Kyushu continent are very strange, the emperor of each dynasty is a long and not a virtuous, as long as it is the eldest son, he is the prince, and the princes below will not be considered no matter how capable they are.
Some rumors say that the eldest son is the will of God, only obedience to the will of heaven can ensure the prosperity of the dynasty for a long time, if the eldest son is not established, the descendants of the dynasty will be implicated, Liu Cheng is a person who believes in the way of heaven, he is more inclined to the crown prince to ascend the throne, conform to the way of heaven.
The crown prince has a problem and is dismissed, and there are still three princes, and the second prince is weak and may not live long, so he is excluded, so the third prince is the best candidate.
In terms of seniority, there is no hope for the sixth prince, unless the crown prince and the third prince are dismissed together.
There are only three people in the entire Qi Dynasty who have the strength and possibility to ascend to the throne, one was born to the queen mother, and the other two were born to the concubines, unless all three died, Liu Cheng would consider the princes born to other concubines.
The six princes do not have any advantages now, some are just some prestige, few princes have led troops to fight, the seventeenth prince is one, the six princes are also one, the dynasty established many small national tribes often attack the surrounding prefectures and counties, because the prefectures and counties do not have formal troops, it is difficult to resist, causing great losses.
More than a dozen tribes formed a line and launched a unified attack, nearly ten surrounding prefectures and counties were threatened, and some remnant countries were also unstable, Long Yu and the other three kings were to protect Wushuang City from destruction, and second, to quell the rebellion of other countries, and if they couldn't pull out their hands, the six princes and the four generals who commanded the Weitian Army went to relieve the siege.
Although the Weitian Army has a large number of nearly two million, most of them have extremely poor combat strength, and many of them risk becoming soldiers in order to make ends meet, and even flee in a hurry.
You can't count on this Weitian Army when it's not necessary, and King Qicheng didn't dare to let the Weitian Army interfere in the rebellion before, so maybe it will help you.
Later, there was no way, so I could only send a part of the Weitian army to resist first, and wait until the four kings quelled the rebellion in the future to be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Who knew that the six princes followed the four generals, and actually defeated more than a dozen tribes, and even wiped them out, and made great contributions, and since then their status has also changed, and it has become a possibility, and there are also many relationships in the Weitian army, compared to other princes, the six princes are people with a little power.
How to use the power in his hands for his own personal gain, this is the essence of power, and of course the six princes will not let go of such an important resource.
The four generals who commanded the Weitian army, the largest generals in the dynasty except for the four kings, were Cai San, Qu Zhi, Dahl and Yinlou, of which Cai San and Qu Zhi were responsible for the command of the Weitian army, while Dahl and Yinlou were responsible for mobilizing troops and horses and daily armaments.
Cai San and Qu Zhi were both subordinates of Long Yu, and later they were promoted to generals with great military achievements, and Qi Ping'a is somewhat similar to Qi Ping'a, and his marching style is somewhat of Long Yu's shadow, and he is straightforward in what he does.
I don't think I will participate in the matter of seizing the heir, and when the six princes were in the battle, they inquired on the side, and the two of them were not moved at all, and their personalities were also a little stubborn.
The silver building and Dahl, who are responsible for dredging and miscellaneous affairs in the army, are different, they know that sooner or later the dynasty will change masters, and it is wise to stand in line in time, so they have already contacted the six princes, so that one day, the dynasty will change, and they can still sit firmly in the position of general, or even go to the next level.
Now that the emperor is seriously ill and the crown prince is in charge of the dynasty, not to mention that he is in power, at least he has begun to take power, and these two generals are also a little unable to sit still, and hurriedly seek countermeasures with the six princes.
The sixth prince was also very anxious in the mansion at this time, and the arrival of these two people happened to be combined.
didn't dare to visit the six princes openly, the two dressed up in disguise, secretly mixed into the mansion with the servants, and went straight to the inner hall.
The sixth prince was overjoyed to see the two of them coming: "Two generals, you have come just in time, but you have been worrying me for the past few days!" β
Dahl whispered: "Our brothers have not had a good time these days, Cai San and Qu Zhi are really arrogant and unreasonable, we have used a lot of methods to knock on the side, but the two of them are good, they are completely unmoved, and they look like they have nothing to do with themselves!" β
Yinlou said angrily: "The two of them don't want to think about it, when the dynasty changes, their position as a general can still be sitting?" β
"Shhhh You can be quiet, this big problem can't be changed! Dahl hurriedly reminded.
The Sixth Prince: "Yes, although the house is full of domestic servants who have followed for many years, and there is not necessarily no whistle of the prince, General Yin is still quiet!" β
Dahl: "Yes, now is a critical period, everything must be careful, don't fall into the hands of others, Your Highness will be very passive!" β
Yinlou knew that he had lost his words just now, and nodded: "Yes, yes, His Highness taught me a lesson, my old man is a little excited!" β
Dahl was still relatively calm, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, what should we do now, the crown prince and the third prince are not easy to deal with!" β