Chapter 449: Temptation
Huang Yuanwu looked at Huang Zhengchu, who was a little emotional, and there was no turmoil in his heart. He knew these things before, and this was something that no empire could avoid. In the three hundred years since the establishment of the country, in the continuous expansion and construction, the number of Li people has been increasing, coupled with the generous policies of the imperial court and the low taxes, which has also driven the enthusiasm of a large number of Li people, coupled with the long-term Huairou policy of the Qitian Empire, there are many small marginal countries, and even look forward to the army of the Qitian Empire to occupy, not only to consolidate their dominance, but also to make the country strong.
Such a powerful empire, hundreds of years to accumulate so much wealth, in addition to a part of the use of the treasury, the accumulation of the royal family has also reached a terrifying number, the emperor in order to let his brothers and sisters to keep to themselves, give them a luxurious and rich life, this is understandable, and it is not the reason for the emperor to rebel at the beginning, his rebellion is only because he is dissatisfied with the status quo, nothing more.
"Otherwise?" Huang Yuanwu raised his eyes to look at Huang Zhengchu and replied softly: "Let Your Majesty's relatives take over the position of our Sifang Palace, are you willing?"
Huang Yuanwu didn't continue to follow Huang Zhengchu's words at all, and he also knew what Huang Zhengchu would say later, it was nothing more than the nonsense that the royal family was unkind and he raised troops out of justice, and Huang Yuanwu didn't bother to listen to it, so he simply interrupted his words.
"Hehehe. Huang Zhengchu seemed to expect Huang Yuanwu to answer like this, and he was not angry, he looked at Huang Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think he did this? We can't be like your father, your father has the closest relationship with the first emperor, and he is also his most trusted younger brother, the East Wangfu will always be invincible in the struggle because of this relationship, even if the first emperor goes west, his son ascends the throne is the same, the East Wangfu and the North Wangfu are different." After the new emperor ascended the throne, he cut my supplies three times and twice, weakened my military power, and assigned the cities under my rule to the imperial command.
"It's your private matter, what are you going to do, don't ask me. Huang Yuanwu replied lightly: "I just want to ask you, why did you raise troops to besiege the imperial capital? When Huang Yuanwu said this again, his eyes suddenly became as sharp as a sharp knife, and he looked straight at Huang Zhengchu, if he was a little flustered, Huang Yuanwu would be able to conclude something.
He always felt that the three kings rebelled at the same time, this thing was absolutely strange, even if the new emperor ascended the throne, he continued to carry out new policies to weaken the strength of the vassal king, and the three kings were all complaining, but these anger would not erupt at the same time. And the timing was so coincidental, the three kings arrived at the imperial capital almost at the same time, which was not much different from the time when the troops of the Eastern Wangfu arrived at that time.
It is not surprising that the Three Kings rebelled, and it is not surprising that the King of the East led his troops to quell the rebellion. But it is too strange that the troops of the four surrounding border palaces arrived at the imperial capital at the same time. The distance between the four palaces and the imperial capital is not the same at all, and the farthest western palace will go to the imperial capital, and it will take more than three months to gallop fast horses, not to mention the large army. The nearest Dongwang Mansion also takes at least half a month. But the fact is that the royal army in four directions arrived at the imperial capital almost at the same time.
It's as if there is a person behind him, who has arranged the time and notified the various palaces to let them arrive at the same time. At this time, Yang Qin rebelled, and when the four kings were too busy to take care of themselves, they quickly captured the imperial capital, but the king of the east received an order from the emperor the night before to enter the palace to meet him. It's as if someone arranged it.
For this question, Huangyuan Musashi had it in his heart for a long time. It seems that all the spearheads are pointed at Yang Qin, who is now in the imperial capital, but Huang Yuanwu knows that with just one Yang Qin, there is absolutely no such great force to be able to mobilize the four border palaces. There must be someone else behind this.
And Huang Zhengchu, as the winner of the three kings, must know some inside information. Now the king of the east was killed in battle, the first emperor died, the emperor of the west was defeated and retreated, and returned to his western regions, and the king of the south, Huang Liangping, was defeated and became a prisoner of the emperor. The only person who can know about this matter at this moment, Huang Yuanwu can open his mouth to ask, is Huang Zhengchu alone.
Huang Zhengchu's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he replied without thinking about it: "It has nothing to do with me." Then, Huang Zhengchu paced forward, looked at the eyes of this Huang Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "At that time, we gathered our troops in front of the imperial capital, and when we saw the people and horses of other palaces, we were all stunned. ”
Huang Zhengchu's words explained the matter, and Huang Yuanwu looked straight into his eyes, and there was no trace of panic in his gaze.
"It's not him......" Huang Yuanwu frowned slightly, he believed Huang Zhengchu's words, the East Wangfu has always been the strongest palace among the four kings, the strongest individual combat ability, and the troops are all tempered, it is not surprising that Huang Zhengchu had such an idea at that time.
But looking at Huang Zhengchu's appearance, he didn't know about it, Huang Yuanwu thought for a while, and asked: "At that time, you sent troops, was it also Xu Feng's suggestion?"
"Naturally. Huang Zhengchu smiled slightly, just said this, and then no longer looked at Huang Yuanwu, but walked back to his dragon chair and sat down, picked up the wine glass, signaled to Huang Yuanwu, and then drank it all.
"Xu Feng......" Huang Yuanwu picked up the wine glass and signaled to Huang Zhengchu, took a sip gently, and then put it down gently.
Huang Zhengchu's previous actions proved several things.
First, Huang Zhengchu didn't seem to tear his face with Huang Yuanwu, otherwise he wouldn't have opened his mouth to answer Huang Yuanwu's question.
Second, the dispatch of troops by the Northern Wangfu is directly related to Xu Feng. And the rapid rise of the Northern Wangfu is strange. The Northern Palace, which has always been the weakest of the four kings, because the expansion of the empire to the north has almost stopped, and the remaining areas are close to the Endless Sea, but there are some marginal deficiencies, which are not to worry about at all, so the emperor will take the Northern Palace's sword first;
"This Xu Feng is definitely not as simple as he seems to have said. ”
Huang Yuanwu's mind crossed the figure of Xu Feng when he left, and he faintly felt that these turmoil in the Qitian Empire should be inseparable from his shadow.
He still remembered what Xu Feng said after meeting him in Dongwangfu and suddenly changing his face.
"Pray for the heavens, extinguish!"
At that time, the momentum and hideous face that burst out of Xu Feng's body couldn't be pretended at all.
Moreover, Huang Yuanwu has not figured out the ins and outs of that incident until now. Xu Feng appeared at that time, as a strategist of the Northern Palace, rather than as a friend of Huang Yuchen, as he was in the back.
At that time, he was the one he saw again, and he was like two people.
Among them, there must be some secret that I don't know, and this secret finally led to the current result. The civil strife in the sky is about to erupt.
"What about the other two, how did they decide to send troops?" Huang Yuanwu put down his wine glass, looked at Huang Zhengchu, and asked here.
Huang Zhengchu glanced at Huang Yuanwu, the corners of his mouth grinned, and said with a smile: "Yuanwu, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, but when you meet, you interrogated me, why don't you see what kind of place this is?"
Huang Zhengchu said this with a smile, but after he said this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed, and the generals of the Northern Palace, who were sitting opposite them, all looked at more than a dozen people on Huang Yuanwu's side with an indifferent expression at this moment, as if they were looking at a group of dead people. Although they did not exude a strong murderous aura, Huang Yuanwu knew that as long as Huang Zhengchu gave an order, they would not care who they were.
"I'm not interrogating you. Huang Yuanwu's expression was indifferent, unmoved, and continued: "I must find out the reason, my father died in the inner city of the imperial capital, and the murderer was Yang Qin, but he will definitely not be able to do this himself." ”
The tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but it also gave Huang Zhengchu a step and eased the atmosphere. Now, after all, on Huang Zhengchu's territory, although Huang Zhengchu is unwilling to break with the Eastern Palace, which will lead to a protracted civil war, if he is in a hurry, this person can do anything.
"I don't know about the others. Huang Zhengchu took another sip of wine and said softly: "But Huang Liangping, that fool, heard that the soldiers of the Western King were directly pointing to the imperial capital, so he sent troops to get some benefits, whether it was military merits or rewards, he could solve his current dilemma." The emperor not only did his actions against my northern palace, but also the other two palaces. Saying that, Huang Zhengchu glanced at Huang Yuanwu deeply, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
"Your strategist Xu Feng, where is it now?" Seeing that Huang Zhengchu didn't want to say too much, Huang Yuanwu picked up the wine glass, took a sip, seemed to be chatting, and asked a nonsense that he already knew the answer.
"I don't know. Huang Zhengchu smiled and said: "This person is out of nowhere, I haven't seen him for more than a month now, what's the matter, Yuanwu, what are you looking for him?"
"Nothing, just something to ask him. Saying that, Huang Yuanwu and Huang Zhengchu drank a cup of each other, and then pointed to Liu Tianyang, who was sitting beside him, already thinking about a wood-like person, and asked softly: "Does Zhengchu know who this person is?"
"Huh?" Hearing Huang Yuanwu say this, Huang Zhengchu just looked at Liu Tianyang's words, and after reading it carefully, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, is the new general of the Eastern Palace? ”
"It's not. Huang Yuanwu shook his head lightly and said, "This person is the younger brother of Liu Tianyi, the leader of the enclave, Liu Tianyang." ”
Huang Zhengchu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then glanced at Liu Tianyang carefully, shook his head gently, and said, "I really didn't see it, this person is quite big." ”
"I just wanted to ask Xu Feng what was the purpose of colluding with the enclave to trap my Dongwang Mansion. Huang Yuanwu put down his wine glass and looked at Huang Zhengchu with a faint smile on his face.
He seemed to be asking Xu Feng, but he was actually asking Huang Zhengchu. It means that I already know about you stumbling on me in the enclave, and now I have brought witnesses to see what you have to say.
"Oh, Yuanwu, what are you talking about?Xu Feng actually framed the Dongwang Mansion in the enclave?" Huang Zhengchu suddenly showed a surprised expression, glared and asked, "What's going on?" I don't know at all, this damn Xu Feng, don't you know the relationship between me and Yuanwu?
As he spoke, Huang Zhengchu shouted, and then several sergeants immediately came out on both sides and knelt on one knee.
"Go, no matter what method you use, find Xu Feng for me, I have to ask what the hell is going on!" Huang Zhengchu looked angry at this moment, and ordered loudly, and several sergeants took the order and withdrew from the main hall.
Then Huang Zhengchu turned his head, looked at Huang Yuanwu, and said softly: "Yuanwu, I really don't know about this matter, what's wrong with you in the enclave?
Huang Yuanwu quietly watched Huang Zhengchu play this play in front of his eyes, but he sneered in his heart.
"Don't do anything, since I brought someone here, I don't plan to bring it back, Zhengchu, this person, you take it. Huang Yuanwu smiled, looked at Huang Zhengchu's eyes, and said softly.