Chapter 124 I Intend to Make Him the Crown Prince

Emperor Xia glanced at the crowd and saw that no one seemed to be talking, so he said, "The matter of the crown prince involves the foundation of the country and needs to be discussed in the long run. Let's not discuss this matter today.

After hearing what Emperor Xia said, Zhao Wenhan did not say anything else. He was just talking. Besides, he could not support the King of the North.

Few court officials would support the King of the North.

General princes, even those who did not participate in the fight for the throne, might have some contacts with ministers, but the King of the North was a freak. He had no contacts with any ministers. Who would support him?

Except that the Chu family might be tempted, the basic base of other princes has hardly changed much.

After all, the King of the North is related to the Chu family. Although the Chu family now supports the Eighth Prince, it was because the Ninth Prince was a hopeless case.

Now that the Ninth Prince has achieved such great military exploits, even How could they not be tempted when their achievements have surpassed their master?

Maybe they will support the Ninth Prince again.

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

First of all, there are the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun!

If the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun are not dealt with, the King of Bei will always be a sword hanging over their heads.

Even if they seize the throne in the future, the powerful military strength of Beijun is likely to drive them off the throne.

If the 50,000 heavy cavalry and the King of Bei are not removed, all the princes will have trouble sleeping and eating!

Almost in an instant, all the princes in the court who participated in the struggle for the throne stood on the same front, that is, the King of Bei is their biggest threat, and they must get rid of the King of Bei.

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

In the end, Emperor Xia still threw this question to the ministers.

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

He had never planned to appoint a crown prince so early, not to mention that the man was the North King. How could he appoint a prince who he didn't even know was his own child as the crown prince?

After hearing Emperor Xia's question, the ministers in the court looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

This contribution was so great that it seemed that only the position of the crown prince could match this contribution, and other rewards would be... It seems insignificant.

But it is obvious that Emperor Xia will not give the position of crown prince to King Bei, so what should be used to reward King Bei? It is impossible to give him nothing.

If the people of Daxia knew that he did not give him anything, they would not agree, and it is not reasonable.

You must know that King Bei killed the barbarians!

The barbarians who have a blood feud with the people of Daxia.

The King Bei killed so many barbarians, but the court did not say anything. How could the people of Daxia agree?

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

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

Lin Gaoyuan ignored Zhao Wenhan and continued: "I think the expansion order can be used as a reward for the King Bei's contribution this time! "

Hearing this, the court was in an uproar.

The Frontier Expansion Order, as the name suggests, means to expand the territory.

When Daxia was founded, Emperor Taizu of Xia granted many vassal kings, all of whom had the Frontier Expansion Order. The territories they conquered belonged to the vassal kings themselves.

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

Under the joint efforts of the later generations of Emperor Xia, the Frontier Expansion Order was abolished, and even in order to abolish the Frontier Expansion Order, Daxia broke out several wars.

Later, when it came to this generation of Emperor Xia, he further reduced the fiefdoms. Now the vassal kings are basically arranged by the court. Even if they conquer other countries' territories, they belong to the court and Emperor Xia, and the vassal kings are not qualified to take them for themselves.

If the Frontier Expansion Order is issued to the King of the North, the territory of the King of the North in Beijun will be able to expand unlimitedly in the future, of course, as long as he has the strength.

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

However...

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

Once the Northern King has the order to expand the territory, he is likely to launch a war to expand the territory.

War requires money and food, and consumes strength.

Besides, the Northern King is in Beijun, and there is only one choice for him to expand his territory, that is, to expand to 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 weakens the strength of Beijun, but also to a certain extent reduces the threat brought to Daxia by the barbarians going south.

This is a good method.

However, once the order to expand the territory is used, if you want to take it back in the future, I am afraid that there will be no choice but to fight a war or let the Northern King become the next Emperor Xia.

Once the Northern King has the order to expand the territory and expands the territory, he will definitely not hand over the land in his hands to the court. This is a no-brainer.

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment.

Then he said: "Draft an edict. The Northern King killed 200,000 barbarians, captured more than 100,000 barbarians, and shot the barbarian wolf king on the battlefield. He has made great contributions and is rewarded with 2 million taels of silver, 200,000 pieces of cloth, and a frontier expansion order."

Seeing that Emperor Xia gave out the frontier expansion order like this, the ministers were a little confused. The frontier expansion order that the previous generations of Emperor Xia had finally taken back was actually given out by this generation of Emperor Xia again.

However, no one among the ministers said anything at this time, because compared to the frontier expansion order, people were more concerned about the position of the crown prince.

If a frontier expansion order was exchanged for a crown prince, 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 went south, it would not be territorial expansion, but rebellion.

As long as the Northern King did not become the crown prince, everything would be fine, and it would be fine to give him the frontier expansion order.

At the same time

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

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

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

This kind of victory itself should be shouted out, that is, to let the people know.

However, before Lin Xiuming and the military supervisor sent the red silk messenger, they told them not to shout it out in the capital, and wait until they arrived at the palace to shout it out.

Because the King of Bei's contribution was too great, it would be best to let the people know about it after the court discussed how to reward the King of Bei, otherwise the public opinion would definitely put some pressure on the court.

However, Lu Chen didn't think so much. He thought that the people would know about this sooner or later anyway, so he sent the red silk messenger and asked him to shout it hard on the road, and specially prepared dozens of kettles for the red silk messenger.

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

For such a great achievement, if the court did not reward him, but instead wanted to reduce the power of the vassal state, or said that he rebelled, he would definitely lose the support of the people.

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

Did they hear it right?

The King of the North led the soldiers of the Northern County to kill 200,000 barbarian troops?

Is it true?

Isn't the King of the North a useless prince?

How could he, a prince who was powerless and had been drained of his body by alcohol and sex, achieve such a military achievement?

They dared not doubt that it was fake.

Although the people had no political sense, they also knew that such a fake battle report was unlikely to be fake, because no one dared to pass on such a fake battle report.

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

For a time, the people of the entire capital were boiling.

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

After all, this news sounded too incredible.

A recognized waste, just by changing places, has undergone such a big change, which is obviously impossible.

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

After hearing the news from the Hongling messenger, the spies from other countries immediately used their connections to inquire about the movements in the court.

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

Soon, the spies from other countries found out that the war report mentioned by the Hongling messenger was true, which made the spies from various countries dumbfounded.

They have collected intelligence for so many years in the Great Xia Dynasty, and have never put the King of the North in their sight. They think that he is just a waste prince, and there is no need to understand the King of the North. Such a waste prince cannot become the prince of the Great Xia Dynasty.

As a result...

Once this war report is confirmed, it proves that the intelligence they have collected about the King of the North for so many years is false, and all of them have been deceived by the King of the North. The King of the North is the prince with the greatest potential and the deepest scheming in the Great Xia Dynasty!

Although some people could not accept this fact, the spies of various countries quickly sent the information they had learned about the Northern King back to their respective capitals.

At the same time.

The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Garden.

After Emperor Xia came to the pavilion where Situ Ce was, he asked, "The Imperial Master should have known about it, right?"

Situ Ce said, "Yes."

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

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

Hearing this, Emperor Xia said coldly: "National Master, are you mocking me?"

Situ Ce said immediately: "I dare not!"

Emperor Xia snorted coldly, and then said: "Xiao Jiu is really hiding deep enough. Fifty thousand heavy cavalry, the court can't afford so many heavy cavalry, but a Beijun suddenly has fifty thousand heavy cavalry!"

Situ Ce said at this time: "Your Majesty, it seems that Deputy Commander Bai's intelligence is not wrong. His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince is likely to have no cooperation with Xuanyue Palace, because he does not need to rely on Xuanyue Palace at all."

Emperor Xia said: "Hasn't the National Master thought about how Xiao Jiu's heavy cavalry came from?"

"What Beijun looks like, the National Master should know it. How long has he been in Beijun? How could he build fifty thousand heavy cavalry?"

Situ Ce asked: "Does your majesty think that His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince has colluded with other dynasties, and these heavy cavalrymen come from other dynasties?"

"But as far as I know, in addition to Daxia, Beijun only borders Dayue Dynasty. If such a large heavy cavalry passed through Dayue, it is impossible for the shadow guards to have no news at all."

After hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia fell silent.

What Situ Ce said was right. Heavy cavalrymen were the focus of surveillance by major dynasties. If any dynasty used heavy cavalrymen, other dynasties would know about it, so there would be no news at all.

And no dynasty was willing to send 50,000 heavy cavalrymen to others. This was obviously impossible. Then there was only one possibility left. These 50,000 heavy cavalrymen were indeed built by the King of Bei.

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

Could it be that his son could summon soldiers out of thin air?

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

Emperor Xia asked: "Why does the national teacher think so?"

Situ Ce replied: "You don't know where these 50,000 heavy cavalry came from, the ministers in the court don't know, and the noble families don't know either."

After hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia reacted.

Situ Ce meant to pretend that the King of the North was supported by him, anyway, other people didn't know where the King of the North's heavy cavalry came from.

The King of the North was granted the title of King of the North by himself. It can be said that the King of the North could not achieve today's military exploits without Emperor Xia himself.

So Emperor Xia probably knew what kind of person the real King of the North was from the beginning, and knew that the King of the North had been hiding his shortcomings. He arranged the King of the North in the North County, and it might be that there was some important task.

Maybe all this was Emperor Xia's layout!

It takes a lot of resources to build heavy cavalry, and it can't be completed in a day or two. The North County doesn't have so many resources. Now there is only one person in the whole of Daxia who can support the King of the North with 50,000 heavy cavalry!

That is the current Emperor Xia!

Emperor Xia asked at this time: "Does the Imperial Master think that I can use Xiao Jiu's heavy cavalry to confuse the major families?"

Situ Ce said: "Yes, Your Majesty, now only you can make Beijun have 50,000 heavy cavalry. No family or any dynasty has such ability, and it was you who personally sent the King of Beijun to Beijun."

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

The 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun can indeed be used a little, but after using them, how to deal with them is another troublesome matter.

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

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

Emperor Xia continued: "When you go to Beijun, tell Xiao Jiu that I intend to make him the crown prince, and I hope he will not disappoint my expectations."

Situ Ce said: "I understand."

Emperor Xia then turned around and said: "Okay, Imperial Master, get ready and go to Beijun."

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