In April 4878, the Shaodian king Shaodian Dan was assassinated, and the news shook the whole country. Because Shaodian Dan left behind three young sons, the eldest is only eight years old this year, and none of them have the conditions to ascend the throne as king, so who will be the new king or regent has become the focus of everyone's attention.

However, before everyone could recover from the shock, there was an even more sensational news from the West Sea Theater, and Yang Zhao, the Duke of Dingguo, and Fan Yu, the Duke of Xingguo, supported Shaodian Yong, the Prince of Yinsha, as the new monarch.

The whole country couldn't help but be in an uproar, the gossip that Shaodian Dan won the throne from Shaodian Ji back then, even if the official crackdown was fully forced, but the folk circulation has never been interrupted, and the Prince of Yinsha is the orthodox statement of the throne has a certain market, and now the two major countries support Prince Yinsha to be recognized by some people.

What's more critical is that the commanders of three legions in the Western Sea Theater stood up to support Prince Yinsha, namely the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Legions, and the remaining five legions have not yet expressed their position, but the Fifth and Nineteenth Army Corps have a vague attitude, and it is very likely that they will secretly fall to Prince Yinsha.

Xiluo City is the capital of Xihai Prefecture, the largest of the four western states, and the sixty-year-old Shaodian Pi took over the position of state pastor from his elderly father ten years ago, and his family is the stronger vein of the Shaodian clan.

Today, Shaodian Pi welcomes a mysterious guest at home.

"I should call you brother by generation, it is wise for my brother not to let people take me down, and I will never let you regret your decision today. The mysterious guest sat generously across from Xihai Zhoumu.

"Prince Yinsha, there is one thing I hope you can tell me honestly, did Yang Zhao send a dead soldier to assassinate the king?"

The guest opposite him was the Prince of Yinsha who had just come to the cusp of the storm.

Shaodian Yong stood up, circled around the chair, looked up and said, "To tell you the truth, the ancestor of the Yang family secretly looked for me and revealed some of his plans, including assassinating the fourth uncle. Here he did not address Shao Dian Dan as king.

"I didn't give a clear answer, and now that it's here, it doesn't matter if I agreed to it or not. My father was forced to death by the fourth uncle, even if the people I sent assassinated him, it would be a retribution. The Yang family did their best to support me on the throne as king, so what if I fought for them in this matter!" He did not shy away from the question of assassination.

"So, you are a rebellious ...... who plotted to kill the former king" Shaodian deliberately dragged out his voice and closely observed Shaodian Yong's expression.

"Hmph, become a king and defeat a coward! I will sit on the throne one day, the fourth uncle is the real rebel, and my Shaodian clan will not remember the loser! Who remembers that the ancestor is the first heir?" Shaodian Yong leaned back, his face was very calm.

"Most of the kingdom's resources are in the hands of the center, how can you guarantee that you can sit on the throne?"

He knew very well what Shaodianyong was coming, and he was nothing more than bribing him, hoping that Xihaizhou would recognize the legitimacy of Prince Yinsha. At this time, those who hold real power will not easily stand in line, let alone stand on the side that is obviously at a disadvantage.

Don't look at Shaodian Yong's support with the support of the two princes, and the support of the regular army of the five legions in the open and secretly, the entire Shaodian country has ten dukes and twenty regular legions, and the advantage is still on the side of Shaodiandan's heirs.

"My resources are not only in the Shaodian Kingdom, I am not afraid to tell you, the Thousand Islands Alliance has reached an agreement with me, they will no longer attack the West Sea and send troops to help me take the throne;

As long as you are willing to support me, in the future, all your descendants will inherit the position of state pastor in Xihai Prefecture, and the center can also leave you a high-ranking official position in this line; from now until ten years after I pacify the whole country, all the taxes that should be paid in Xihai Prefecture will be exempted and at your disposal. "Shaodian Yong has been prepared.

The state pastor is not a hereditary position, and it is necessary to rank seniority and compete for strength in the Shaodian clan to obtain, and the history of the Shaodian State has never designated the state pastor as hereditary, which is equivalent to letting a state be autonomous.

The kingdom has not yet arrived to send a state out, Shaodian Yong's conditions for Shaodian can be said to have made a lot of blood, from one side the Prince of Yinsha is too weak, the power that belongs to his control is too little, even if he dominates the country in the future, there is no strong control.

After being a state pastor for ten years, Shao Dianbi's Qi Nourishing Kung Fu cultivation has reached home, but he is not moved when he hears such attractive conditions, he picks up the teacup and takes a shallow sip before saying: "If you want to do this, you are not afraid that someone in the clan will object?"

"If I don't do it, there will be people in my clan who oppose it, so why should I care? At this time, I need to be the first to stand up and support me, and the most qualified person is you, brother. The second and third ones who stand up naturally do not have such favorable conditions. ”

Shaodian Yong heard the meaning of Shaodian Pi, how many can the hereditary state pastor give? If the hereditary state pastor is unique, then Shaodian Pi is worth spending more effort to support him.

"Well, what do I need to do?" Shaodian leaned out the other party's bottom line and turned to care about the price.

"Publicly support my succession, declare all those who oppose me in Xihai Prefecture to be rebellious, refuse to enter the regular army that opposes me and expel them, and organize troops to crusade against the rebellion at the right time. ”

Among Shaodian Yong's several requirements, "organizing troops to crusade against rebellion in a timely manner" is the most ingenious, not letting Shaodian Pi immediately send troops to help him, but giving Shaodian enough space to wait and see, and it is not too late to consider sending troops when he can compete with the current official.

At present, it is unrealistic to let Shaodian Pi send troops immediately, expressing his stance and acting are two different things, once he starts, the line represented by Shaodian Pi will completely break with the central power, and no one will be willing to take such a big risk before Shaodian Yong shows that he is strong enough.

"So, let me think about it. Shaodianbi didn't agree immediately.

"Well, the stakes are high, and it should be treated with caution. Then I won't bother, so I'll leave first. I hope that the clan brother can give me a satisfactory answer. Shaodian Yong is also very simple, throwing out the bait and leaving, not in a hurry to wait for Shaodian to bite the hook.

After secretly sending off Prince Yinsha, Shaodian Pi immediately summoned all the think tanks to discuss. He can completely ignore the Prince of Yinsha, but there is a direct threat, the army that supports the Prince of Yinsha can attack Xihaizhou at any time, and go straight to the city of Xiluo; promised the Prince of Yinsha that the risks and benefits are roughly equal, it is worth a fight, but it is not certain whether to win or lose, and how to choose is very difficult.