Chapter 150 Chess Pieces

The entire North County has a population of only a small amount and a year's tax revenue.

Moreover, there was no way to breed the horses needed for the fifty thousand heavy cavalry in less than a year.

The most important thing is that I have no money.

Although the little business in Beiwang Mansion is profitable, no matter how you calculate it, you can't build the armor needed by the fifty thousand heavy cavalry.

Another point is that there are not so many craftsmen in North County.

In the entire Daxia, there is only one person who can build 50,000 heavy cavalry, and only he has such resources.

who's that person?

You can guess it with your toes.

That person is inside the palace.

After Lu Shuyun came back to his senses, he felt very stupid.

He actually thought that King Bei had suddenly awakened, and was even so scared that he couldn't sleep. Every time he thought about the bloodbath in his mansion some time ago, he felt very panicked.

Thinking about it now, Lu Shuyun felt that it was a shame that he would be afraid of a mere Northern King.

At this time, Wang Yong next to Lu Shuyun said: "Your Highness, don't worry. In my opinion, Your Majesty has no idea of ​​wanting King Bei to be the crown prince. King Bei is just a chess piece in His Majesty's eyes."

"Everyone can see that His Majesty is now in his prime and has no plans to establish a prince. Now the King of the North has 50,000 heavy cavalry. Almost all the forces and factions in Daxia are eyeing the King of the North. If the King of the North is really His Majesty likes him so much, and it is impossible for your Majesty to let King Bei become the target of public criticism."

Hearing Wang Yong's words, the corners of Lu Shuyun's mouth raised slightly. He actually thought so too. He didn't think that his father really liked his ninth brother so much.

If he really liked him, he wouldn't have let King Bei step out when the conflict with the family was about to break out.

The Northern King now has 50,000 heavy cavalry. Once his father takes action against the aristocratic families in Daxia, these 50,000 heavy cavalry will most likely be a knife, and the Northern King will be in a very dangerous situation.

Even his father had no intention of establishing a crown prince so early. How could he let his choice for the crown prince be exposed so early? Wouldn't this make people target the King of the North?

As for whether his father was trying to train the Northern King, it was even more impossible. At this time, how could his father push out the candidate for the crown prince in his heart to train him.

Today, with the undercurrent surging, King Bei would be dead if he were not careful.

Therefore, the North King can only be a chess piece.

And it is a chess piece used against the noble family.

The mother clan of the Northern King is the Chu family. Pushing the Northern King out will most likely divide the Chu family. This is the first effect it will have.

Secondly, King Bei is a dispensable prince, and Emperor Xia will not be sad if he dies, so he is a perfect chess piece.

At this time, Lu Shuyun sneered and said, "I originally wanted to make peace with him and work together for a great cause, but I didn't expect that he actually rejected me."

"It's really ridiculous. He thinks that now that he is favored by his father, the position of prince is his. He is really ignorant."

"Since he refuses to drink wine as a penalty, don't blame me for being rude."

Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, in my opinion, all the princes are now guarding against King Bei. Why don't we take this opportunity to join forces with other princes to get rid of King Bei first."

Lu Shuyun said calmly: "It's not necessary. When I wanted to kill him, it was to make the Chu family completely fall to me. Now the entire Jiangnan family supports me. It doesn't matter whether the North King dies or not. Anyway, he They are just chess pieces that my father can throw away."

Wang Yong said: "But Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry is always a huge threat to us. If we don't find a way to disintegrate these 50,000 heavy cavalry, it may have a great impact on His Highness's great cause."

"The most important thing is that I heard that some Shadow Guards have gone to Beijun. The Imperial Master and the Shadow Guards have appeared in Beijun at the same time. I am afraid that Your Majesty already has the evidence of our transaction with the barbarians. It is estimated that it won't be long before Your Majesty will accuse the Wang family of colluding." The barbarians used it as an excuse to attack us."

Hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun fell into silence.

Originally, he just wanted to seize the throne to gain the throne, and had no intention of directly rebelling.

But his father had a great prejudice against the aristocratic family, and he was obviously ready to take action against the aristocratic family.

Logically speaking, he should keep a distance from the aristocratic family at this time to prevent the aristocratic family from affecting him.

But his mother is the daughter of the Wang family. If the Wang family rebels, it will not have any impact on him. He will also lose the throne by then.

And for him, the aristocratic family is his biggest trump card. For now, his interests are tied to the aristocratic family.

He has reached the point where he can no longer be separated from the family.

As long as his father attacks the Jiangnan family, he will inevitably be affected, so he finally has the last option left, which is to rebel.

But having said that, a son who rebels against his father will eventually be despised by the world.

Let’s not talk about whether he can succeed or not. Even if he succeeds, he will probably be reviled by the world for thousands of years.

Even if he manages Daxia very well in the end, the rebellion will always be a stain on him.

If possible, Lu Shuyun still did not want to rebel directly, but used pressure from all aspects to force his father to give up the idea of ​​​​acting against the family.

After a moment of silence, Lu Shuyun said: "If the 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun are destroyed, will my father give up attacking the noble family?"

Hearing this question, Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, it is indeed possible. Your Majesty has long been planning to eradicate ancient aristocratic families like us that have existed for thousands of years. However, considering the power and influence of the aristocratic families, the most he can do is suppress the aristocratic families in the court. I have never dared to directly attack any of our ancient families.

"Even though His Majesty has taken back his military power, he still hasn't taken action against the noble family."

"But it's different with Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry. These 50,000 heavy cavalry belong entirely to His Majesty. None of our aristocratic families can interfere with this heavy cavalry. They can't even put a spy in. It's okay." Said this is His Majesty’s biggest trump card and also His Majesty’s greatest confidence to take action against the aristocratic family.”

"Without this trump card, His Majesty will have no confidence. If our family joins forces with other dynasties to put pressure on His Majesty, His Majesty will eventually have no choice but to compromise."

After hearing Wang Yong's analysis, Lu Shuyun pondered for a moment, and then said: "In that case, then we will join forces with several other brothers of this king to find a way to disintegrate Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry. It is best to Force my father to give up his original idea."

"Raising troops is always a bad idea. I believe that my brothers are also very afraid of the 50,000 heavy cavalry."

Wang Yong echoed: "Your Highness is right."

Then they gathered together to discuss some things about how to disintegrate Bei County's 50,000 heavy cavalry.

at the same time.

royal palace.

Royal Garden.

Emperor Xia, wearing a yellow dragon robe, stood by the lotus pond, watching the fish swimming around in the lotus pond. At this time, Situ Ce was in the pavilion beside the lotus pond.

Emperor Xia asked: "You went to see Xiaojiu this time. What do you think of Xiaojiu?"

Situ Ce replied in one sentence: "I have the ambition of Taizu."

Hearing this, Emperor Xia's face instantly darkened. Naturally, he didn't want to hear Situ Ce praise Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen was his least favorite child.

However, Emperor Xia did not delve into it. He laughed and said, "I didn't expect that the Imperial Master spoke so highly of Xiao Jiu."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia continued to ask: "The Imperial Master has been in Beijun for so long, so he should have understood some things about Beijun. I have a few things that are confusing, and I would like to ask the Imperial Master to clarify my confusion."

Situ Ce said: "Your Majesty, please speak."

Emperor Xia asked directly: "Based on the intelligence from all parties, I have a rough understanding of the battle in Wanning Valley, but I still don't understand that even with the 50,000 heavy cavalry, Xiao Jiu would not be able to do this." Easily eat the barbarian’s 300,000 troops.”

"And according to General Lin's battle report, Beijun only lost 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. Throughout the history of major dynasties, none has reached such an exaggerated battle loss ratio. However, the battlefield was indeed cleaned by the imperial army. The number of corpses It was also counted by the imperial army, and its authenticity is beyond doubt."

"I'm very curious, what kind of army does Xiaojiu have at his disposal, so that he can defeat the barbarian's 300,000 cavalry with the loss of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and it is still difficult to pull over in the Wanning River Valley, where it can only be fought head-on. The terrain of the decisive battle.”

"The Imperial Guard has been in Beijun for so long, and he must have seen the cavalry in Xiaojiu's hands, and he should have some understanding of their situation."

Emperor Xia asked Situ Ce to go to Beijun. Obviously, it couldn't be as simple as bringing a message to Lu Chen or drawing a cake for Lu Chen. He just asked Situ Ce to go to Beijun in person to see what kind of monsters and monsters there were in Beijun. It allowed King Bei to build 50,000 heavy cavalry in such a short period of time.

Moreover, Situ Ce is a Grand Master. It is relatively easy for a Grand Master to sneak into any place. Even if someone discovers Situ Ce, Situ Ce can easily leave.

After hearing Emperor Xia's words, Situ Ce smiled slightly. He naturally knew what Emperor Xia wanted to know, so he said directly: "Your Majesty, I did see the heavy cavalry in the hands of King Bei, and according to my observation, that Most of the soldiers in the heavy cavalry are above the fifth level."

Hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia's brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan". There were about 50,000 fifth-grade soldiers. Where did his son get so many warriors?

Situ Ce continued: "Of course, I think your Majesty doesn't care much about this heavy cavalry now. What your Majesty really cares about is the suspected presence of a great master in Beijun."

Indeed, what Emperor Xia really wanted to know was whether there was a grand master in Beijun. Lin Xiuming's memorial mentioned that a grand master was suspected to have appeared on the battlefield, but Lin Xiuming could not confirm it.

If a grand master really appears, it would not be strange to win this war, but the grand master is not a cabbage. How can there be a grand master in Beijun?

This has always puzzled Emperor Xia.

Moreover, Emperor Xia had already asked Shadow Guard to investigate. According to the information he obtained, Xuanyue Palace seemed to have just begun to contact his son and did not provide any help to Beijun at all.

It can be said that Xuanyue Palace chose to invest in Bei Wang because of his great potential. It was not because Xuanyue Palace helped Bei Wang that Bei Wang achieved his current strength.

Then the question arises, since Xuanyue Palace is not helping Lu Chen, then what force is secretly helping Lu Chen, allowing Lu Chen to have 50,000 heavy cavalry all of a sudden, and there are also traces of a suspected grand master in Beijun.

Emperor Xia asked at this time: "So does the Imperial Master think a great master has really appeared in Beijun?"

Situ Ce replied: "I am not sure, but judging from the situation on the battlefield, it is indeed possible that a great master participated in the battle in the Wanning Valley."

After hearing Situ Ce's answer, Emperor Xia fell into deep thought.

Why does he feel like his good-for-nothing son is becoming more and more mysterious now?

Is it possible that he is really not his own child?

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia's face suddenly became very ugly.

When Lu Chen was born, he had suspected that Lu Chen was not his child. After all, he had never slept with Chu Yue soberly. He was always with Chu Yue in a daze. Who knew Chu Yue was pregnant? Is it your own species?

If he hadn't wanted to get the support of the Chu family, he wouldn't have been able to marry Chu Yue. He had no feelings for Chu Yue at all.

And he could also feel that Chu Yue didn't want to serve him at all. They were together very rarely, and the possibility of Chu Yue being pregnant with his child was also very low. This made Emperor Xia always feel that Chu Yue was having an affair with other men. And Lu Chen is also the child of a certain man.

It's just that he has never been able to find evidence, and he has been brooding about this matter all these years. Even after Chu Yue's death, he asked the shadow guard to continue investigating the man who had a good relationship with Chu Yue, trying to find Lu Chen's biological child Father, but after so many years, there has been no result.

Fortunately, Lu Chen had always been a waste, so Emperor Xia simply enfeoffed him to Beijun. Unexpectedly, Lu Chen suddenly rose to prominence when he arrived in Beijun, and even grew to the point where he could threaten Daxia.

This further deepened the suspicion in Emperor Xia's mind. Lu Chen might not be his seed. The reason why Lu Chen was able to rise so quickly now might be that Lu Chen's biological father was helping Lu Chen. This Emperor Xia felt as if he had eaten shit.

Even though Chu Yue was dead, he still felt very ashamed of it.

Thinking about the reality that he had to marry a woman he didn't like, and even had to accept the children of other men in her belly. In the end, this woman even killed the woman he liked. All of these combined made Xia Xia... The emperor was very uncomfortable.

It's uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable, but now is not the time to touch King Bei. He has been uncomfortable for so many years, and it will not be worse in the next few years.

After solving the family problem first, he would deal with Lu Chen's matter.

Now he still needs to use Lu Chen's 50,000 heavy cavalry to intimidate those aristocratic families.

Ever since it was revealed that there were 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun, almost all the aristocratic families thought that these 50,000 heavy cavalry belonged to Emperor Xia, and they suddenly became extremely honest.

With the deterrence of these 50,000 heavy cavalry, when he cleans up a certain family, if other families want to follow in the rebellion, they will have to weigh their strength.

This is a good thing for him.

When he thought of this, Emperor Xia chuckled, "I didn't expect that I would actually be reduced to using the power of my son to intimidate the family. I am really a coward as an emperor."

Hearing that Emperor Xia suddenly stopped mentioning the Grand Master, Situ Ce asked curiously: "Isn't Your Majesty curious about where the Grand Master of Beijun comes from?"

Emperor Xia said calmly: "Put aside the matters in Beijun for now. The Shadow Guard has collected enough evidence about the Wang family's collusion with the barbarians."

"I have suffered from this cowardice for so many years, and it's time to end it all!"