Chapter 1021 The eldest prince's plan

Liaodong.

There are a total of fifteen cities in the whole region. When the eldest daughter of the emperor took back these cities, two months had passed.

At the same time, in order to prevent the barbarians from invading again, they even built a large military fortress at Luogukou, completely blocking the way for the barbarians to enter Wuyang Kingdom.

It is worth mentioning that Luogukou did not originally belong to Wuyang Kingdom. Because it is a bit far from Liaodong, it has always been controlled by the barbarians.

"Military Advisor Tao, I plan to move some people here."

After inspecting Luogukou, the eldest daughter of the emperor also discovered the importance of this place.

"Yes."

"But how should the people living here survive? This place is a bit far from Liaodong, and it takes several days to go back and forth."

Tao Le thought for a while: "Your Highness, maybe we can build a post station at a certain distance to transfer supplies."

"In addition, the people living here can graze like the barbarians."

"Grazing?"

"Yes, this is also a natural grassland. Although the area is not as large as outside the pass, it is enough to be self-sufficient."

"Well, I understand."

Then, the eldest daughter of the emperor decided to move some more refugees to live here. At the same time, a post station was set up every few dozen kilometers, and dozens of post stations were set up in total.

Then, refugees were allowed to settle down around these post stations, and new villages were formed with the post stations as the center.

At the same time, the people living on this land were exempted from taxes for ten years to attract more refugees.

"Unfortunately, this place is not suitable for planting. We can only let these people find ways to survive on their own. I am afraid that we will not be able to attract many people by then."

"As long as Your Highness is willing to give them hope, I believe they will cherish it."

"Yes!"

The eldest princess knew very well that she would need to help the people here take root in the next period of time.

In addition to letting the people live here, Tao Le personally commanded the reconstruction of Luogukou, making it a huge military fortress.

Since then, it has become very difficult for the barbarians to invade the Wuyang Kingdom.

When the eldest princess was dealing with the affairs of Liaodong, her deeds also spread.

The entire Wuyang Kingdom knew the achievements of the eldest princess.

The eldest princess gained great reputation because she personally led the army and saved the northern border of the empire.

In contrast, the second prince was miserable.

"Damn, idiot!" The second prince hated his brother-in-law Qian Luo.

Although Qian Luo acted according to his orders on the surface, he secretly excluded Deng Cheng, the deputy general he arranged.

He knew Deng Cheng's ability very well.

If the 100,000-man army was trained by Deng Cheng himself, it would not have ended up like this.

But Qian Luo was afraid that Deng Cheng would take away his power, so he actually made Deng Cheng a bachelor commander.

After learning the news, the second prince was so angry that he smashed things at home every day, and even many servants were killed by the furious second prince because of some trivial matters.

A few days later, the second prince's serious perfunctory and indifferent behavior in supporting Luoyun City almost caused the entire Luoyun City to be invaded and fallen by barbarians.

In addition, the rebellion of the Iron Guard was impeached by the eldest prince.

The old king was also very angry and criticized the second prince: he did not value state affairs and was not worthy of being my son.

The old king deprived the second prince of his prince status and demoted him to a leisurely county king in another place like the third prince.

As for Qian Luo, because he delayed military affairs, framed others, and caused the army to rebel, he was directly exterminated by the old king.

Even the second prince's concubine was sent to the guillotine.

And this happened half a month later.

The second prince also ushered in his own tragic life, and finally died on the way to a foreign land.

It is said that he died of depression after learning that his beloved woman was killed.

But is this the truth?

In the end, the competition for the throne fell on the eldest prince and the eldest daughter.

The eldest daughter was as brave as a man, and her performance this time also shocked the entire Wuyang Kingdom.

The old king had limited energy, and every time he handled government affairs, he needed to rest for a long time.

In the matter of the eldest daughter, he did not show any performance for the time being.

He just sent someone to pass the order, asking her to continue working hard and take good care of her body, and there was nothing else to say.

But although the eldest daughter did not receive any rewards for the time being, she did not mind.

Because she knew that the old king cared about her.

So, she continued to perform in the country.

She tried to stabilize the various unrests in the country, and was involved in assassination storms many times. Although she was rescued unexpectedly again and again, there were constant risks.

On the other hand, the eldest prince, taking advantage of the fact that he was the only prince left in the capital, also strengthened his efforts on the officials in the court.

Not only did he bribe these officials, but he also showed great strength in the struggle for power, those who obeyed me prospered, and those who opposed me perished.

However, he did not care about the people.

Especially in his jurisdiction, once civil unrest occurred, he only knew to suppress it forcefully.

As a result, there were constant uprisings in the country.

At this time, several months had passed since the barbarian invasion.

While handling border affairs, the eldest daughter of the emperor originally wanted to wait for Li Taihang's return and meet Li Taihang.

But the old king was dying and summoned her back to the palace in advance.

Helplessly, the eldest daughter of the emperor had to return to the capital in advance.

When she returned, she also invited the three sisters and Li Taihang to come to the capital to see her.

Originally, the eldest princess invited the three sisters and wanted to take them to the capital.

But the three sisters refused on the grounds that they were waiting for their brother to return, and did not go forward.

Helplessly, the eldest princess had to give up.

But this time, when the eldest princess returned to the capital, in addition to bringing 100,000 troops (50,000 new troops, more than 30,000 coalition troops, and more than 10,000 former Iron Guard rebels), she also brought two martial kings, Xilin and Ma Youzansong, and their families.

With the support of the two martial kings, the eldest princess can more easily deal with the calculations from the eldest prince.

In the early stage, the eldest prince ignored the importance of the eldest princess because he wanted to completely trample the second prince.

In the eyes of the eldest prince, the eldest princess personally led the army to destroy the barbarian army, which was no different from sending herself to death.

As a result, after the eldest prince dealt with the second prince, he found that the eldest princess had also dealt with the barbarian army, recaptured Liaodong, and occupied Luogukou, an important pass for the barbarians to go north.

Thus, the northern border of Wuyang Kingdom was no longer invaded by the barbarians.

The eldest prince felt the crisis. Although almost all the people in the court were his, he was still worried.

On this day, he gathered a lot of staff.

"What do you think, how to deal with my elder sister?"

The eldest prince knew that the power grab had

come to the most critical moment.

"The eldest princess is too famous. We can't do it openly. We have to set a trap in secret."

"Yes, that's right."

Compared with the eldest prince's intrigue and power struggle, the eldest princess is the one who truly contributes to the country.

Therefore, the eldest princess's reputation among the people far exceeds that of the eldest prince.

But the eldest prince's strength in the court is the strongest.

Especially after the second and third princes fell one after another, the eldest prince almost monopolized the power of the court.

If the eldest daughter of the emperor had not been in the capital and left people to watch, I'm afraid the eldest prince would have taken control of the government.

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"This..."

None of the staff dared to say anything. After all, this matter involved too much. If it was not handled properly, everyone would lose their heads.

"It seems that I shouldn't ask you." The eldest prince was a little disappointed and waved his hand.

However, he also understood that this matter was of great importance and must be considered in the long run.

It would be better if they didn't say it.

If they said it, he would be afraid.

Fear that some staff would leak the news.

Therefore, this matter really cannot be said openly.

So, after all the staff left, the eldest prince quietly ordered someone to find a few of his most trusted staff.

"If your highness wants to seize the throne, the methods for targeting the eldest daughter of the emperor are: one is assassination, and the other is poisoning."

After only a few staff were left, these few people were also the boldest and had been prepared to succeed at any cost.

"Well, you are right, let's talk about the details."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Next, the eldest prince secretly sent assassins to kill the eldest princess after learning that she had returned.

If this plan failed, he would poison her.

As a result, the people he sent found that there were 100,000 troops around the eldest princess.

Let alone assassinating her, all the people he sent were out of touch.

And all this was because of the existence of Xilin and Mayuzansong, the assassins sent by the eldest prince basically never returned.

But because the eldest prince could not get any news for a long time, he sent people to investigate, and only then did he find that the eldest princess was not dead, and there were two mysterious masters around her to help her, so that no one could get close to her.

In addition, she also formed a new army of 100,000 soldiers.

Although this new army was composed of several armies, one of which was a rebel army.

But because of the personal charm of the eldest princess, and because she led them to fight and recapture the entire Liaodong, and occupied Luogukou, the strength of this new army is now very outstanding.

Even far above several princes.

"Damn it!"

The eldest prince was quite shocked after hearing the news.

What shocked him even more was that he thought she would not bring back all 100,000 troops.

Maybe even a few people chose to go light and return to the capital quickly.

As a result, she returned directly with 100,000 troops.

"Your Highness, there is another news."

"What news?"

"Luoyun City Lord Zhu Daqing also announced his surrender to the eldest princess!"

"What?"

In the eldest prince's mind, it seemed as if 10,000 grass mud horses were galloping.

With all these performances, the eldest princess has received a lot of recognition. If the old king knew about these things, how could he keep his position as the eldest prince?

At this time, he thought of the second prince. The second prince not only lost his army and reputation, but even the last power of the second prince was either devoured by him or taken away by the eldest princess.

In the end, the second prince also lost all his power and was even assassinated by him on the road.

But the eldest princess became the beneficiary of the vested interests and became a person who could fight against the eldest prince.