Chapter 449: Temptation
Huang Yuanwu looked at Huang Zhengchu who was a little emotional, and there was no turmoil in his heart. He had known before that these things were things that could not be avoided by any empire. Qi Tian established the country for three hundred years, and continued to expand and build, the number of people continued to increase. In addition, the court's policies were generous and the taxes were very low, which also led to the enthusiasm of the people. In addition, the long-standing policy of Qi Tian Empire, there were many small marginal countries, and they even hoped that the Qi Tian Empire's army would occupy it, which would not only consolidate their dominance, but also make the country strong.
Such a powerful empire has accumulated so much wealth for hundreds of years. In addition to being part of the finances, the accumulation of the royal family has also reached a terrifying number. In order to make his brothers obey their own affairs and give them a luxurious and rich life, this is nothing wrong, and it is not the reason why Huang Zhengchu wanted to rebel. His rebellion was only because he was dissatisfied with the status quo, and that's all.
"Otherwise?" Huang Yuanwu looked up at Huang Zhengchu and replied softly: "You are willing to let your Majesty's relative take over the position of our Sifang Palace?"
Huang Yuanwu did not follow Huang Zhengchu's words at all. He also knew what Huang Zhengchu would say later. It was nothing more than the unkindness of the royal family and he raised his army for justice. Huang Yuanwu was too lazy to listen to it, so he simply interrupted his words.
"Hahaha." Huang Zhengchu seemed to have expected that Huang Yuanwu would answer like this, and was not angry. He looked at Huang Yuanwu and said in a deep voice: "Do you think he didn't do this? We can't act like your father. Your father and the late emperor have a close relationship with him and are also his most trusted younger brother. The Eastern Palace will always be invincible in the struggle because of such a relationship. Even if the early emperor goes west, his son ascended the throne. The Eastern Palace is different from the Northern Palace. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he cut my supplies repeatedly, weakened my military power, and transferred the cities under my rule to the imperial commander. If there were no enemy countries in the north that had not yet been settled, what would you think there was still the Northern Palace now?"
"This is your private matter. You don't have to ask me what you want to do." Huang Yuanwu replied lightly: "I just want to ask you why it is to raise an army to siege the imperial capital? Is it related to you if my father died in battle?" 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 panic, Huang Yuanwu could determine something.
He always felt that the three kings rebelled at the same time, and there was definitely something strange about this. Even after the new emperor ascended the throne, he continued to launch new policies to weaken the strength of the vassal kings, and all the three royal palaces were complained, but these angers would not erupt at the same time. And it happened that the time before the three kings arrived at the imperial capital at the same time was almost the same as the arrival time of the Eastern Prince's troops.
It is not surprising that the Three Kings rebelled, and it is not surprising that the Eastern King led his troops to quell the rebellion. But it is too strange that the four surrounding border guards and troops arrive at the imperial capital at the same time. The distance between the four royal palaces is completely different. The farthest Western Prince's Mansion needs to reach the imperial capital, and it takes more than three months to gallop, let alone the army set out for the expedition. It takes at least half a month to get to the nearest Eastern Prince's Mansion. But the fact is that the royal army in four directions arrives at the imperial capital almost at the same time.
It was like a person behind him who arranged the time and notified the palaces to arrive at the same time. At this time, Yang Qin rebelled and quickly captured the imperial capital when the four kings were too busy to take care of themselves. However, the Eastern King received the emperor's order to enter the palace to meet him on the eve of the previous day. All this seemed to have been arranged by someone.
Huang Yuanwu hid in his heart for a long time. It seemed that all the spearheads were directed at Yang Qin, who is now in the imperial capital, but Huang Yuanwu knew that Yang Qin alone would definitely not have such great power to mobilize four border guard palaces. Behind this, there must be other people.
And Huang Zhengchu, he was the winner of the three kings.
, there must be some inside information. Now the Eastern King died in battle, the previous emperor died, the Western King Emperor Chengbi retreated, and returned to his Western Regions. The Southern King Emperor Liangping was defeated and became the captive of Emperor Zhengchu. Those who could know this at this moment, Huang Yuanwu could ask only Emperor Zhengchu.
When Emperor Zhengchu heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he replied without thinking: "It has nothing to do with me." Then, Emperor Zhengchu walked forward, looked at the eyes of Emperor Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "At that time, we gathered our troops before the imperial capital. When we saw the troops of the other royal palaces, we were stunned. When we saw the Eastern Prince's Army camping before the imperial capital, I had already wanted to retreat. It was Xu Feng who would make a suggestion and tell me not to withdraw."
Huang Zhengchu explained the matter in these words. Huang Yuanwu looked straight into his eyes, and there was no trace of panic in his eyes.
"It's not him..." Huang Yuanwu frowned slightly. He believed Huang Zhengchu's words. The Eastern Palace has always been the strongest royal palace among the four kings, with the strongest single combat ability and the troops were all tempered. It was not surprising that Huang Zhengchu had such an idea at that time.
But seeing Huang Zhengchu's appearance, he didn't know it. Huang Yuanwu thought for a while and asked, "Was it Xu Feng's suggestion that you sent troops at that time?"
"Natural." Huang Zhengchu smiled slightly, just said this, and then stopped looking at Huang Yuanwu. Instead, he walked back to his dragon throne and sat down, picked up his wine glass, signaled to Huang Yuanwu, and then drank it all in one go.
"Xu Feng..." Huang Yuanwu picked up the wine glass and signaled at Huang Zhengchu, took a sip, and then gently put it down.
Huang Zhengchu's previous actions proved several things.
First, Huang Zhengchu is not like he is having a strife with Huang Yuanwu, otherwise he would not have answered Huang Yuanwu's question.
Secondly, the sending of troops from the Northern King's Mansion is directly related to Xu Feng. Moreover, the rapid rise of the Northern King's Mansion is strange. The Northern King's Mansion has always been the weakest among the four kings, because the empire's expansion to the north has almost stopped, and the remaining areas are close to the endless sea, but some marginal shortcomings are not enough to worry about, so the emperor would first take action against the Northern King's Mansion; however, the sudden rise of the Northern King's Mansion was extremely fast, and it actually could win the battle for the three kings, which really made Emperor Yuanwu feel strange.
"This Xu Feng is definitely not as simple as he seems to have said."
The figure of Xu Feng leaving passed through Huang Yuanwu's mind again. He vaguely felt that the movements and chaos in the Qitian Empire should be inseparable from his shadow.
He still remembered what Xu Feng said after meeting him in the Eastern Palace and suddenly changed his face.
"Pray to heaven, destroy!"
At that time, the momentum and ferocious face that burst out from Xu Feng were simply unpretentious.
Moreover, Huang Yuanwu has not yet figured out the whole story of that incident. Xu Feng appeared at that time as a counselor of the Northern King's Mansion, rather than as far as the back, and is more inclined to Huang Yuchen's friend.
At that time, he and He met him again were completely different.
There must be some secrets that I don’t know, and this secret eventually led to the current result. Qi Tian’s civil strife is about to break out.
"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.
Emperor Zhengchu glanced at Emperor Yuanwu, grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Yuanwu, I haven't seen him for more than ten years. I've met him. You have been interrogating me. Why don't you see where this is?"
Huang Zhengchu said this with a smile, but after he said this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed. The generals of the Northern Palace sitting opposite them were all indifferent at this moment.
Ran looked at the dozen people on Huang Yuanwu's side with his expression, as if he was watching a group of dead people. Although they did not emit a strong murderous aura, Huang Yuanwu knew that as long as Huang Zhengchu gave his order, they would not care who they were.
"I'm not interrogating you." Huang Yuanwu looked calm and unmoved. He continued: "I must figure out the reason. My father died in the inner city of the imperial capital. The murderer was Yang Qin, but he would never be able to do this himself."
His tone was neither humble nor arrogant, but it also gave Huang Zhengchu a step, eased the atmosphere. After all, in Huang Zhengchu's territory, although Huang Zhengchu was unwilling to break with the Eastern Palace and led to a protracted civil war, if he got angry, this man could do anything.
"I don't know the others." Huang Zhengchu took another sip of wine and said softly: "But that fool Huang Liangping heard that the Western King's troops were directed to the imperial capital, and then sent troops to gain some benefits. Whether it was military merit or reward, it could solve his current predicament. The emperor not only attacked my Northern Palace, but also the other two palaces." As he said, Huang Zhengchu glanced at Huang Yuanwu deeply, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
"Where is your adviser Xu Feng now?" Seeing that Huang Zhengchu didn't want to say too much, Huang Yuanwu picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and seemed to be chatting, and asked nonsense that he already knew the answer.
"I don't know." Huang Zhengchu smiled and said, "This person is elusive. I haven't seen him for more than a month. Why, Yuanwu, what are you asking for him?"
"It's nothing, I just have something to ask him." As he said that, Huang Yuanwu and Huang Zhengchu drank a glass of each other, then pointed at Liu Tianyang who was sitting next to him, thinking of a wooden one, and asked softly: "Do you know who this person is?"
"Hmm?" After hearing what Emperor Yuanwu said, Huang Zhengchu looked at Liu Tianyang's words. After carefully reading it, he shook his head and said, "I wonder, is the new general of the Eastern Prince's Mansion? He can be on par with Yuanwu, but it seems that he has outstanding military achievements."
"No." Huang Yuanwu shook his head gently 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, then looked at Liu Tianyang carefully again, shook his head gently, and said, "I really didn't see that this person is quite big."
"I looked for Xu Feng just to ask what the purpose of colluding with the enclave to trap my Eastern Prince's 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 in fact he was asking Emperor Zhengchu. The meaning was that I already knew about you stumbling in the enclave. Now I brought witnesses to see what you said.
"Oh? Yuanwu, what did you say? Xu Feng actually framed the Eastern Prince's Mansion in the enclave?" Huang Zhengchu suddenly showed a shocked expression and asked with a glaring look: "What's going on? I don't know at all. This damn Xu Feng, don't you know the relationship between me and Yuanwu? Come!"
While speaking, Huang Zhengchu shouted, and then several soldiers immediately came out of both sides and knelt on one knee.
"Go, no matter what method you use, find Xu Feng for me, I have to ask clearly what's going on!" Huang Zhengchu looked furious at this moment, and loudly ordered several soldiers to take the order and withdraw from the hall.
Then Emperor Zhengchu turned his head, looked at Emperor Yuanwu, and whispered: "Yuanwu, I really don't know about this. What's wrong with you in the enclave? What are you going to do with this person now?"
Huang Yuanwu quietly watched Huang Zhengchu performing this drama in front of him, but he sneered in his heart.
Chapter completed!