Chapter 124 I intend to make him the prince

Emperor Xia glanced at the crowd and saw that no one seemed to be speaking anymore, so he said: "The prince's matter involves the country's foundation and needs long-term consideration. We will not discuss the matter today.

After hearing what Emperor Xia said, Zhao Wenhan did not continue to say anything. He was just talking, and he would not be able to support King Bei.

Few court officials would support King Bei.

Ordinary princes, even princes who do not participate in the seizure of the heir, may have some contacts with ministers, but King Bei is a weirdo. He has no contacts with any ministers. Who wants to support him?

Except for the possible temptation of the Chu family, the fundamentals of the other princes have hardly changed much.

After all, the Northern King is related by blood to the Chu family. Although the Chu family now supports the eighth prince, that is because the ninth prince could not hold up the wall at the beginning.

Now that the Ninth Prince has achieved such great military exploits, and has even reached the point where he is the master of martial arts, how could they not be tempted.

Maybe they will support the Ninth Prince again.

Of course, this is definitely a huge challenge for the other princes.

The first is Beijun’s 50,000 heavy cavalry!

If Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry are not dealt with, the Beiwang will always be a sword above their heads.

Even if they win the throne in the future, Beijun's military might be so strong that they are likely to be driven out of power.

If the 50,000 heavy cavalry are not eliminated, even if the Northern King is not eliminated, all the princes will have trouble sleeping and eating!

Almost in an instant, all the princes in the court who participated in the battle for the right to inherit the throne stood on the same front, that is, the North King was their biggest threat and they must take down the North King.

At this time, Emperor Xia continued: "My dear friends, King Bei has made such great contributions. How do you think the court should reward him?"

In the end, Emperor Xia left this issue to the ministers.

King Bei's contribution was so great that even Emperor Xia didn't know how to reward him for a while. The position of prince was definitely not enough.

He had no intention of establishing the crown prince so early. What's more, that person was still King Bei, a prince who didn't even know if he was his own child. How could he make him the crown prince.

After hearing Emperor Xia's question, the ministers in the court looked at me and I didn't know what to do.

This merit is so great that only the position of prince seems to be comparable to this merit, and other rewards will seem insignificant.

But obviously Emperor Xia will not hand over the crown prince's position to King Bei, so what kind of reward should be given to King Bei? You can't just reward him with nothing.

There is no reward. If the people of Daxia knew about it, they would not agree, and this cannot be justified.

You must know that the North King killed barbarians!

A barbarian tribe with a blood feud with the people of Daxia.

Someone else, the Northern King, killed so many barbarians, but the court showed no sign of it at all. How could the people of Daxia agree?

At this time, Lin Gaoyuan said: "Your Majesty, I believe that King Bei's contribution is so great that ordinary rewards can no longer compare with it."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenhan immediately choked and said: "Prime Minister Lin, aren't you talking nonsense? What your Majesty needs is a specific reward, not listening to you talking about Che Gulu here."

Lin Gaoyuan ignored Zhao Wenhan and continued: "I believe that the Expansion Order can be used as a reward for the Northern King's contribution!"

Hearing this, the court was in an uproar.

Extension order, as the name suggests, means to open up territory.

When Daxia was founded, Xia Taizu created many vassal kings. These vassal kings all had territorial expansion orders, and the territory they conquered belonged to those vassal kings themselves.

But soon Emperor Xia later discovered that this was a huge hidden danger, because the territories of some vassal kings were getting larger and larger, and they were almost even going to exceed the actual territory controlled by Emperor Xia.

With the joint efforts of the following generations of Xia emperors, the Expansion Order was abolished. In order to abolish the Extension Order, several wars broke out in Daxia.

Later, when the Xia Emperor came to this generation, he further reduced the vassal vassal. The current vassal kings basically had fiefdoms arranged by the court. Even if they conquered the territory of other countries, it belonged to the court and the Xia Emperor. The vassal king was not qualified to take it as his own. have.

If the Border Expansion Order is issued to the Northern King, the Northern King's territory in Beijun will be able to expand indefinitely in the future, as long as he has the strength.

This is actually not a good thing for the court. If the Northern King owns too much territory, his strength is likely to further increase and become a greater threat to Daxia.

but……

After hearing Lin Gaoyuan's proposal, Emperor Xia did not immediately reject the proposal because he found that the proposal seemed to have some effect.

Once the Northern King has the Border Expansion Order, the Northern King is likely to launch wars abroad in order to expand its territory.

War requires money, food, and strength.

Besides, the King of the North was in Beijun, so he had only one option to expand his territory, and that was to expand towards the north.

The north is the territory of the barbarians, so the war between the Northern King and the barbarians will continue.

For Daxia, this not only weakened the strength of Beijun, but also weakened to a certain extent the threat posed to Daxia by the barbarians moving south.

This is a good approach.

However, once the Border Expansion Order is used, if you want to take it back in the future, you may only have to break out a war, or let the Northern King become the next Xia Emperor.

Once the Northern King has the Expansion Order and expands the territory, he will definitely not hand over the land to the court. This is a matter of course.

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment.

Then he said: "The decree is that the King of the North kills 200,000 barbarians, captures more than 100,000 barbarians, and shoots the barbarian Sirius King on the battlefield. He has made a great contribution and is specially rewarded with 2 million taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of cloth. , a border expansion order."

Seeing Emperor Xia giving out the Border Expansion Order like this, the ministers were a little confused. The Xia Emperor of previous generations had finally given out the Border Expansion Order that had been taken back with difficulty by this generation of Emperor Xia.

However, no one from the ministers said anything at this time, because compared to the Expansion Order, people were more concerned about the position of the prince.

If a border expansion order was exchanged for the position of a prince, then they could still accept it. Anyway, the north was also the territory of the barbarians, and the Northern King could only expand his territory to the north.

If he goes south, it will not be expansion of territory, but rebellion.

As long as the King of the North is not the crown prince, everything will be fine, and it will be fine if the Expansion Order is given to him.

at the same time.

At the north gate of the capital, a soldier carrying a red flag was riding a horse and shouting: "Great victory in Beijun!!!"

"The King of the North led the soldiers of Beijun to kill 200,000 barbarians and capture 100,000 barbarians!!!"

The soldiers rode horses and ran towards the palace, shouting.

This kind of great victory itself needs to be shouted out, and it is meant to be known to the people.

It's just that before Lin Xiuming and the supervisor sent the Hong Ling messenger, they told them not to shout out in the capital and wait until they got to the palace.

Because King Bei's contribution is too great, it would be best to let the people know about this matter after the court has discussed how to reward King Bei. Otherwise, public opinion among the people will definitely create some pressure on the court.

However, Lu Chen didn't think so much. He thought that sooner or later, the people would know about this matter, so he sent the Hong Ling Messenger and asked him to shout loudly on the road. He also specially prepared dozens of kettles for the Hong Ling Messenger. .

Only when the people of Daxia knew that King Bei killed 200,000 barbarians in Beijun, the court did not dare to do anything to him.

For such a great contribution, if the court did not reward him and instead thought about cutting down the vassal, or calling him a rebellion, he would definitely lose the support of the people.

At this moment, the common people in the capital were stunned when they heard the battle report from Hong Ling Messenger.

Did they hear it correctly?

The King of the North led the soldiers of the North County to kill an army of 200,000 barbarians?

real or fake?

Isn’t King Bei a useless prince?

How could he, a prince who had no strength and was drained by wine and sex, achieve such military exploits?

They didn't dare to suspect that it was fake.

Although ordinary people have no political sense, they also know that such extremely false war reports are unlikely to be false, because no one dares to pass on such false war reports.

What's more, it was Hong Ling's messenger who sent the news back to the capital!

For a time, the people in the entire capital were excited.

Of course, most people are questioning the authenticity of this news.

After all, this news sounds too incredible.

It is obviously impossible for a recognized waste to have such a big change just by changing places.

At this time, spies from other countries or dynasties in the capital also heard the news delivered by Hong Ling's messenger. Although they were also very suspicious of it, they were different from ordinary people.

After the spies from other countries heard the news about Hong Ling's messenger, they immediately used their connections to inquire about what was going on in the court.

Whether this matter is true or not, those ministers must know.

Soon the spies from other countries found out that the battle report mentioned by the Hong Ling Messenger was true, which made the spies from other countries dumbfounded.

They have collected intelligence for so many years in the Great Xia Dynasty, but they have never put the Northern King in their sights. They think that he is just a useless prince. There is no need to understand the Northern King. It is impossible for such a useless prince to become the Great Xia Dynasty. Prince.

result……

Once this battle report is confirmed, it proves that the intelligence they have collected about King Bei over the years is false. All of them have been deceived by King Bei. King Bei is the prince with the greatest potential and the deepest scheming in Daxia!

Although they were somewhat unable to accept this fact, the spies from various countries quickly sent the information they learned about the Northern King back to their respective capitals.

at the same time.

Royal palace, royal garden.

After Emperor Xia came to the pavilion where Situ Ce was, he asked, "Isn't the Imperial Master already aware of this?"

Situ Ce said, "I understand."

When Situ Ce knew what King Bei was doing in Beijun, he had the same reaction as everyone else, they all couldn't believe it. However, a shadow guard directly showed him the collected information, and he gradually accepted it. information.

Situ Ce said at this time: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for having such a brave and capable prince as the Ninth Prince!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xia said coldly: "Master, are you mocking me?"

Situ Ce immediately said: "I don't dare!"

Emperor Xia snorted coldly, and then said: "Xiaojiu is really hiding deep enough. The imperial court cannot afford to raise 50,000 heavy cavalry, but a North County suddenly shows up with 50,000 heavy cavalry!"

Situ Ce said at this time: "Your Majesty, it seems that Vice Commander Bai's information is not wrong. There is a high probability that His Highness the Ninth Prince is not cooperating with Xuanyue Palace because he does not need to rely on Xuanyue Palace at all."

Emperor Xia said: "Hasn't the Imperial Master thought about where Xiaojiu's heavy cavalry came from?"

"The Imperial Guard should know what Beijun is like. He has only been in Beijun for a long time. How can he build 50,000 heavy cavalry?"

Situ Ce asked: "Does Your Majesty think that His Highness the Ninth Prince has colluded with other dynasties and that these heavy cavalry are from other dynasties?"

"But as far as I know, apart from Daxia, Beijun only borders the Dayue Dynasty. If such a large group of heavy cavalry passes through Dayue, it is impossible for the Shadow Guards to have no news at all."

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia fell into silence.

Situ Ce is right. Heavy cavalry is the key target of surveillance by major dynasties. If any dynasty uses heavy cavalry, other dynasties will know about it, so there will be no news at all.

And no dynasty is willing to give away 50,000 heavy cavalry to others. This is obviously impossible, so there is only the last possibility left. These 50,000 heavy cavalry were indeed built by the King of the North.

But whether in terms of time or resources, Beijun is not enough to build 50,000 heavy cavalry.

Is it possible that his son can summon soldiers out of thin air?

At this time, Situ Ce said: "Your Majesty, I think this is probably a good thing for you."

Emperor Xia asked: "Why does the Imperial Master think so?"

Situ Ce replied: "You don't know where these 50,000 heavy cavalry came from, nor do the ministers in the court, nor do the aristocratic families."

After hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia reacted.

Situ Ce meant to pretend that King Bei was supported by him. Anyway, others didn't know where King Bei's heavy cavalry came from.

The Northern King was entrusted to Beijun by himself. It can be said that the Northern King could not achieve today's military exploits without the Xia Emperor himself.

Therefore, Emperor Xia probably knew what kind of person the real King Bei was from the beginning, and also knew that King Bei had been hiding his clumsiness. He placed King Bei in Beijun, probably because he had some important mission.

Maybe all this is Emperor Xia’s plan!

Building heavy cavalry requires a lot of resources, and it cannot be completed in a day or two. Beijun does not have that many resources. Now there is only one person in the whole of Daxia who can support the Northern King to have 50,000 heavy cavalry!

That is the current Emperor Xia!

Emperor Xia asked at this time: "The Imperial Master thinks that I can use Xiaojiu's heavy cavalry to confuse the major families?"

Situ Ce said: "Yes, Your Majesty, you are the only one who can give Beijun 50,000 heavy cavalry. No other aristocratic family or dynasty has such ability, and it was you who personally sent the King of Bei to Beijun." .”

Emperor Xia clasped his hands behind his back, looked at the lotus pond in front of him, and pondered for a long time.

It is true that Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry can be used for a while, but after using it, how to deal with it is another troublesome matter.

After a while, Emperor Xia said, "Master, I need you to go to Beijun."

Situ Ce had expected that Emperor Xia would say this, so he immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Emperor Xia continued: "After you go to Beijun, tell Xiaojiu that I intend to make him the prince. I hope he will not disappoint my expectations."

Situ Ce said: "My lord, I understand."

Emperor Xia then turned around and said, "Okay, the Imperial Master will prepare before heading to Beijun."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."