Chapter 471: Persuasion
The Empire of Praying Heaven, the Imperial Capital.
Dongwangfu Camp.
Since the last sneak attack ended, the weather has been calm in the past few days.
In early winter, the first snowfall of the year started between heaven and earth, and the earth was covered with silver.
What happened in the past few days is also very simple, all under the expectations of Huang Yuanwu.
The first is Huang Zhengchu. He sent his subordinates to check it out and promised that the matter was definitely not done by the Northern Palace. He moved Emperor Yuanwu with emotion and reason with reason with the purpose of making Emperor Yuanwu dispel his suspicion of the Northern Palace. In response, Emperor Yuanwu smiled and said that.
Later, the imperial capital also sent envoys to visit the emperor and invited Huang Yuanwu to meet the saint. However, this matter was rejected by Huang Yuanwu for his busy affairs.
Everyone knows very well that the current imperial capital is under the control of Yang Qin, and whether it is an imperial edict or an oral edict, it is Yang Qin's intention. He asked Huang Yuanwu to go to the imperial capital. Once Huang Yuanwu went, no matter what he said to Yang Qin, it would inevitably arouse suspicion in the Northern Prince's Mansion. This is exactly what Yang Qin wanted to see. However, Huang Yuanwu would never let such a thing happen.
There is no sign of the last sneak attack now. Huang Yuanwu has secretly sent some of his masters to lurk in various surrounding provinces to find out the news, but this matter was not achieved overnight.
There have been several speculations about the forces behind this matter, but because there is no evidence, they can only stay in the speculation.
Liu Yi has been sent out by Huang Yuanwu and acted as an envoy of the Eastern Palace to visit various provinces. He is an old man around Huang Yuanwu, so it is impossible for him to lurk. But Liu Yi's actions will provide everyone with information, and the Eastern Palace will start to take action.
In the following days, Huang Zhengchu posted another post to invite Huang Yuanwu to the banquet, but Huang Yuanwu did not go there at once.
The situation before the imperial capital is now quite subtle. If the Eastern Prince's Mansion gets closer to either side, it will arouse suspicion from the other side.
If the Northern King Emperor Zhengchu wants to be the emperor, he must handle the Eastern Prince's Mansion. Huang Yuanwu did not intend to accept the last proposal. The state that Huang Zhengchu showed at that time also made him suspicious. Huang Yuanwu felt more and more that the reason why Qi Tian became what he is now is not as simple as it seems.
The origin of the Three Kings Rebellion was the root of the chaos in the Qitian Emperor Capital, and eventually led to the death of the Eastern King and the death of the Emperor. But it was strange that in this place, the emperor was killed by Yang Qin with a trick, but it did not lead to the chaos in the Qitian. The forces of the Three Kings seemed to want to compete for the throne, but the battle was not as tragic as imagined.
Logically speaking, things have reached this point, and the three kings have sent troops, so it is impossible to retreat again. There are only two possibilities for fighting for the throne, either to succeed and become a new emperor, or to fail and have no place to die. Then this battle will inevitably develop into a chaos, and the three kings will use all their strength to attack the other party desperately in order to achieve the final victory.
But the fact is that within the entire imperial capital, only the three kings were attacking each other, and the surrounding provinces did not move at all. Not only that, there were many dissatisfied countries that were once conquered by Qi Tian. In this process, even these forces did not move, which was a bit incredible.
Before, Huang Yuanwu didn't think much about it, and because the internal affairs of the Eastern Palace were complicated, he didn't even bother to think about it. Now that he has arrived in the imperial capital, especially after the last sneak attack, Huang Yuanwu felt the seriousness of the matter.
In a vaguely, he felt that Qi Tian was under the control of some force, so that such a big thing happened to the imperial capital. Now the emperor has died, and the three kings guarding the border rebelled one after another, which did not lead to chaos in the world.
At that time, Huang Yuanwu still felt that there was no chaos in the world because the strength of the Eastern Prince's Mansion was still there, and the Eastern Prince's Mansion had enough strength to quell the rebellion of the Three Kings. In fact, the Eastern Prince's Mansion did have this strength, but now a giant Tianqing City appeared behind, and the Eastern Prince's Mansion could not fully mobilize to quell the imperial rebellion. Especially after arriving at the imperial capital, the camp of the Eastern Prince's Mansion was attacked, which eventually made Huang Yuanwu give up this idea.
It is obvious that no matter who attacked the Eastern Palace, they were not afraid of the Eastern Palace, let alone other palace forces.
From this we can analyze that Qi Tian’s current situation is a bit strange and not as simple as imagined.
After years of war, Qi Tian developed from a smaller country to a behemoth like this, annexing and eliminating more than one country. However, in this process, the Qi Tian royal family never destroyed any royal family that was destroyed and retained their status. This is something that Emperor Yuanwu has never thought of. He once asked his father that his father only told him the Qi Tian ancestor teachings that Qi Tian's conquest was for the people of the world, not for killing.
Looking back now, I really think the rise of the entire Qitian Empire is a bit weird.
Where can a country expand by benevolence and righteousness?
The Eastern Palace is the most thoroughly implemented in the Qitian Ancestral Constitution, but during the conquest, it is inevitable that it will cause great killing. After destroying other countries, even if the royal bloodline of this country is left behind, they will never give them any rights. Take the matter in the northern border of the Eastern Palace for example, if the conquest is not thorough, it will eventually lead to the other party's counterattack.
But Qi Tian was really established under such a national policy, and the country's territory was constantly expanding, and it was not until recent years that it had a stable trend.
In the past few days, Huang Yuanwu has thought a lot and even had a little doubt about Qi Tian’s ancestral teachings.
Things are definitely not as simple as it seems. The process of Qitian's rise, including the current civil strife, is definitely hidden. The cold eyes of the surrounding provinces and many forces made Huang Yuanwu feel very abnormal. The imperial capital is a bit too quiet.
Huang Zhengchu took down the other two royal palaces and even captured the Southern King alive. Now, even if Yang Qin occupied the imperial capital and established a new emperor ascended the throne, Huang Zhengchu had no other choice. He either captured the imperial capital and killed Yang Qin and ascended the throne himself, or retreated to his army and waited for death. But in fact, he did not do so, but occupied the two imperial capitals to accompany the city, waiting for his Eastern Prince's Palace to come.
Thinking from another perspective, if Emperor Yuanwu was now in the position of Emperor Zhengchu, he would never hesitate and would command all the power he could use to take down the imperial capital, ascend to the throne first, and when he ascends to the throne, there is no place for the Eastern Palace to speak. But now, Emperor Zhengchu has not done this.
The abnormal actions in all aspects eventually led to the current situation in the imperial capital. It was just like this. Yang Qin occupied the imperial capital and had a new emperor, but no one would listen to the instructions issued. Huang Yuanwu did not believe that Yang Qin had not tried to mobilize all the soldiers and horses of Qitian to come to the king, but no province had any action. Huang Zhengchu occupied two accompanying cities, and the entire imperial capital was almost under his control. He had many soldiers and generals, but he did not attack the imperial capital.
Huang Yuanwu sat on his chair, looking at the snowflakes slowly falling outside the tent, thinking about these things, but he couldn't figure it out.
The more this happens, the less he cannot act rashly and cannot figure out the root of the matter. If he acts rashly, the consequences may be something he cannot imagine.
The same is true. Huang Yuanwu's feelings for Qi Tian were far from keeping up with his feelings for the Eastern Prince's Mansion. When he came to the imperial capital, he originally meant to come before Huang Zhengchu attacked the imperial capital and kill his enemy Yang Qin with his own hands. But after he arrived, he realized that Huang Zhengchu had no intention of attacking the imperial capital at all, and he really wanted to have never been there.
While meditating, a figure appeared outside the tent. Huang Yuanwu looked carefully and saw that the man was wearing a red robe and a red face. He was Xu Xiuping, the master who had not diminished for many days.
"Master?" Huang Yuanwu quickly stood up to meet him. He didn't expect Xu Xiuping would suddenly appear outside his camp, and he felt a little surprised.
"Yuanwu." Xu Xiuping smiled and went straight into the big tent. His arrival seemed unobstructed. The guards outside the big tent seemed to have just discovered Xu Xiuping's appearance. Just as they were about to defend the enemy, they heard Huang Yuanwu's voice, and then they saw Huang Yuanwu greeting him in person.
"Little Prince, this is..." The guard outside the tent asked involuntarily when he saw Huang Yuanwu walking to the door.
"Okay, there's nothing you have to do, go down and rest." Huang Yuanwu waved his hand to the guards, and without saying anything, he went directly into the tent.
The guards on both sides immediately received the order and retreated one after another.
After Xu Xiuping entered Huang Yuanwu's tent, he didn't wait for Huang Yuanwu to give up his seat, so he found a seat and sat down, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Huang Yuanwu with a smile.
Huang Yuanwu stepped forward a few steps, bowed to Xu Xiuping, and said, "I have seen my uncle."
"I haven't seen each other for many days, okay?"
"It's all okay." Huang Yuanwu nodded slightly and sat beside Xu Xiuping: "My uncle suddenly left, I don't know where he went?"
"Go and investigate some things." Xu Xiuping whispered: "I always feel that something is wrong. Instead of waiting in the palace, it is better to go out and investigate."
"I wonder what my master went to investigate?" Xu Xiuping walked for several months. When he left, the matter of the enclave was not yet determined. At that time, Huang Yuanwu's eyes did not focus on the direction of the imperial capital.
Xu Xiuping didn't say anything, looked at Huang Yuanwu with a smile, and then shook his head gently.
"Can't you say it?" Huang Yuanwu suddenly felt a slump in his heart, feeling that the old man in front of him was a little different from what he saw last time.
"Yuchen woke up and Pingjin City was attacked. Several forces targeted him, but they all blocked him." Xu Xiuping did not answer Huang Yuanwu's words, but changed the topic and talked about Huang Yuchen.
"Awaken? How is he now?" Huang Yuanwu was surprised when he heard this. He had not received any news from Pingjincheng yet, nor did he know about Huang Yuchen's current situation.
The imperial capital is still some distance from Pingjin City on the border of the Eastern Prince's Mansion. It takes about ten days to fast horses. Now it snows again in winter, and the transmission of messages will inevitably be blocked.
"I've been to see it. It's not a serious problem. I still can't go down the ground when I left. Maybe it was because I was in a coma for too long, which caused my body to be sore and weak, and I would recover in time." Xu Xiuping replied softly.
"My master just said someone was attacking him, can you tell who did it?"
"Chasing the Rizong." Xu Xiu looked at Huang Yuanwu calmly and said, "You don't have to be surprised. Didn't you disclose Yuchen's identity to attract them?"
Now it was Huang Yuanwu's turn to remain silent, and he frowned slightly. Of course he knew the matter of chasing the Rizong, but he didn't understand why the force was brought out was them.
"I don't know who they are, but I don't know who they are."
"Hasn't it caused any harm to Yuchen?" Huang Yuanwu asked softly.
Xu Xiuping shook his head, then looked at Huang Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "I am here this time to persuade you to withdraw your troops."
Chapter completed!