Chapter 621: Brilliant idea
Han Qi fell ill.
When Tubo was defeated, the heavy burden on his shoulders was suddenly removed, but the burden in his heart became heavier. The war was about to come to an end, but Han Qi suddenly realized that Li Ze's power had become unshakable, but his power was far inferior to before.
There is no more Hedong that can be relied on.
From now on, the Zuo Wu Guard, who can be relied on, obviously will gradually break away from his control step by step. The Zuo Xiao Guard led by Qin Zhao in Dizhou was mixed with a lot of sand by Li Ze from the beginning. Li Hao, one of the Generals of the Central Army, was even Li Ze's confidant.
"Cunzhong, the general situation is gone, the general situation is gone!" Han Qi, who was lying on the bed, covered with a towel, and was extremely depressed. "Your Majesty is still lying on the bed, unable to speak or write with his hands, which is no different from a living dead. After this battle, Li Xiang's reputation will reach a new peak, what can you do to do!"
He was helpless, but he remembered Gao Pian's instructions when he left. Han Qi couldn't help but burst into tears: "Ship, it's not that Han Qi is not willing to do his best, but Han Qi is really unable to do it!"
Seeing Han Qi's appearance, Li Cunzhong was also worried. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, as long as Li Ze does not remove my position as General of the Left Wu Guard, the Left Wu Guard will always stand on your side."
Han Qi smiled and shook his head: "The old foundation of Zuo Wuwei. This battle has been fought for six or seven out of ten. In the following reorganization, a large number of martial Jinshis entered Zuo Wuwei, and a large number of trained new recruits will also join Zuo Wuwei. I am not worried about the combat effectiveness of Zuo Wuwei, but Cunzhong, is that still our troops? Are you sure to use your fingers? Or, you can command them at will when commanding the battle, but when you want them to oppose Li Xiang, will they still listen to you? Li Xiang only needs to master the majority of the middle and low-level officers, which is enough."
Li Cunzhong lowered his head and was speechless.
How could he not know? The most basic skeleton of an army is this large number of middle and low-level officers, not to mention Li Ze and Yixingshe. God knows that after the reorganization of the army this time, many Yixingshe people will be mixed in. In the past few years, whether it is Hedong or Zuowu Guard, they have been trying their best to resist the entry of Yixingshe, but with the end of this battle, all of this has become a bubble.
The war is coming to an end, and news from Hedong has finally gathered here. With Fan Jun, Sima Fan and others bowing their heads, the entire Hedong has opened its arms to Li Zechang.
The officials of the Fan family and Sima family collectively withdrew from the officialdom in Hedong. Some other officials resigned and even left after seeing the situation was not good. After all, in the Hedong war, many people lost their territory and city, and some even fled without a fight. Li Ze wanted to deal with them, but some were a lot of excuses.
The vacancy of these officials was quickly filled by officials from Li Ze and his group. It is obvious that Cao Xin from the Ministry of Personnel had already made preparations for this, and it seemed that these officials were waiting to take office.
In addition, the Xue family and the Sima family did not dare to make trouble in Hedong anymore. Instead, they were dedicated to helping maintain local order and peace. After taking office, these officials took over all their work smoothly. Hedong has fully started to clear the land and Dingkou, and a large amount of land is being awarded landless people.
A brand new Hedong, a Hedong they will never be familiar with, is reappearing in front of them.
"Jingshou, General!" The door was pushed open, and Han Rui strode in. Seeing the two of them, Han Rui was stunned at first, and then immediately understood why these two were so unhappy.
"What's the matter?" Li Cunzhong stood up and asked.
"Shu Xue has a letter." Han Rui took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Han Qi.
"Now Xue Ping is probably mixed with feelings. I don't know if he should be happy or sad, right?" Han Qi smiled bitterly while opening the envelope.
"Shangshu Xue is now in Hedong. He heard that the Ministry of Works is preparing to seek a large amount of funds from Li Xiang to invest in Hedong to help Hedong repair roads and water conservancy, and to prepare to use labor-for-relief methods." Han Rui said.
Li Cunzhong nodded, reached out to take off the towel on Han Qi's forehead, walked to the basin on the side, wet and wringed it out again, and prepared to apply Han Qi to his forehead.
"Good idea!" Han Qi's scream was startled, but Li Cunzhong was shocked, and the towel in his hand was also condensed in the air.
"Jingshuai, what's the good idea?" Li Cunzhong asked in surprise, looking at Han Qi who suddenly flushed on his face: "Don't be too excited, the doctor said that you have been too exhausted during this period and avoid great sorrow and joy."
"Xue Ping reads a lot, and he is indeed more intentional than me. He is not like me. At this point, there is nothing he can do except sigh!" Han Qi was a little excited and patted the edge of the bed.
"What did Shangshu Xue say?" Li Cunzhong and Han Rui were both a little curious.
"Xue Ping said that after I go back, I will unite you and me, as well as Tian Lingzi, Qin Zhao and others, and ask Your Majesty to abdicate as the Supreme Emperor and ask Your Highness to ascend the throne!" Han Qi said.
"What's this a good idea?" Li Cunzhong shook his head and said, "What's the difference compared to now? The prince is only ten years old this year."
"I'm only ten years old, but I always have hope!" Han Qi took a deep breath: "No matter how young you are, you are also a clear-minded, smart and studious emperor. No matter how young you are, you can't do anything, but you can always go to court and always listen to politics, right? As long as there is a person sitting on the seat above, then you, me, Xue Ping and others will have more space when you have stalemate with Li Xiang, right?"
"And!" Han Qi paused and said, "Although His Highness the Crown Prince is still young, as long as we sit in that position, we have reason to find a good marriage for the Crown Prince, right? This is to seek foreign aid openly."
Han Rui spread his hands and said, "Jingshuai, this is the Lier, but now under the form, there is a person with a certain strength and status who is willing to marry the royal family? I am afraid of avoiding it, but I am afraid of it."
"Then you are wrong!" Han Qi shook his head and said, "The queen's temptation is enough to make many ambitious people willing to take a gamble."
Li Cunzhong pondered for a while, "Jingshou, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the Crown Prince will not ascend the throne. Once he ascends the throne, if he ends up like His Majesty, we will harm him."
"Not!" Han Qi raised his head and closed his eyes for a while before saying, "At least, it is not. Li Ze always wants reputation now. If the prince's prince also has an accident, then he will not be able to wash away the suspicion even if he pours out all the water from the three rivers."
"With Li Ze's current power, even if he is shameless, what can he do?" Li Cunzhong said.
"If this is true, he would not have tried his best to get His Majesty to Zhenzhou." Han Qi said: "He needs the banner of the orthodox royal family, and the title of His Majesty the Emperor to win over us. Similarly, he also needs to use this righteous name to attack Zhu Wen and win over the forces in Shu and the south. If he really doesn't even want this face, then what's the difference between him and Zhu Wen? He won't do this."
"At last, it's also a way." Hearing this, Han Rui nodded: "It's better than being at a loss now. If the prince ascended the throne, he can rule the country at the age of sixteen, and at most it's eighteen. We have some hope. However, once we propose it, Li Xiang will not know our intentions. Will he agree?"
"He has no reason to disagree unless the emperor can get better now." Han Qi said: "But, does he hope the emperor will get better?"
There is no doubt that Li Ze would never want the emperor to get better. Once the emperor suddenly gets better, the emperor will of course be in charge and in power. Han Qi and Xue Ping have direct loyalty partners. Even if they still cannot shake Li Ze's rights from the root, they will always bring him more or less trouble.
The country cannot be without a king for a day. The current emperor's appearance makes the court exactly the same as Wujun, so when they make this request, Li Ze cannot find a suitable reason to refute them.
As Han Qi said, as long as there is still someone sitting above Li Ze, they will be more confident.
"I will reply to Xue Ping immediately and ask him to start working on this matter. When the war here is over and the army moves, the matter will be formally raised. Before that, we need to create some momentum to let the people discuss this matter first." Han Qi seemed to have strength suddenly, and he lifted the quilt and sat up.
"Jingshuai, isn't this a reminder to Li Xiang and make him prepared?"
"This matter cannot be solved by being prepared." Han Qi smiled and said, "We are doing this matter openly. The more the people are, the harder it is to deal with Li Xiang. Even in Wuyi, everyone knows that there is an emperor in Zhenzhou. Li Ze is just the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. The people support Li Ze, but they are not disgusted with the emperor. In their opinion, Li Ze, the prime minister, was also appointed by the emperor. It was the emperor's wise that brought them such a capable prime minister and allowed them to live a good life! So, this is not contradictory. On the contrary, if Li Ze goes against the trend, it will make the people feel confused! I think Li Ze will never be willing to face such a situation."
Han Qi, who sat by the desk, suddenly smiled and said, "Maybe, we can talk about this from another perspective, which makes the people really whisper in their hearts, making it difficult for Li Xiang to get rid of the tiger. In the end, he had to go with the flow and agree to the crown prince ascend the throne and the emperor abdicate as the emperor."
Chapter completed!