Chapter 2739 2741 [Take the initiative to ask for help]

Author: Ji Mobai

Chapter 2739 2741 [Take the initiative to ask for help]

"My child is following the mother's instructions and actively strives to go to the Western Territory to avenge the emperor's brother, relieve the father's worries, and eliminate the evil dynasty." Xiang Nan cupped his hands and said loudly.

"Okay." Seeing Xiang Nan's fighting spirit, Zhang Meiniang couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Good boy, you can say that, I'm really happy for you.

In this way, you go to your uncle's house again. Your cousin Gao Xian is the general of the Western Territory Anhufu, with as many as 100,000 troops under his command. If you can get his help on your trip to the Western Territory this time, you will be even more powerful."

When Xiang Nan heard this, he nodded.

…

The next day, Li Su summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, the Danchi people dare to assassinate me, Prince Toyochao. This is simply not taking me seriously!"

"The Danchi people have been causing harm to our border. I heard that wherever they pass, they are like locusts passing through the border, and the people are already complaining."

"Soldiers are an ominous weapon. Dan Chi has lived on the ice sheet for a long time. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are also hundreds of thousands of cavalry. I think it will be difficult to start the war lightly."

"The truth about the assassination of the prince has not yet been found out, and it does not necessarily mean that it was actually done by Dan Chi. Your Majesty, I think we should send someone to conduct a thorough investigation in order to clarify the truth."

The ministers all made suggestions one after another.

"Prince Zhong, what do you think?" Li Zuo looked at Prince Zhong and said.

"Your Majesty, this assassination was definitely not a temporary move by the Danchi people. They should have had a careful plan before the prince set off, which shows that the Danchi people had already had their intention to rebel. Now they must have accumulated a large number of troops and are preparing to fight with me. The Toyo Dynasty openly started a war." King Zhong said immediately.

When Xiang Nan heard this, he became more and more convinced that King Zhong was a fool. There was no logic in what he said.

First of all, the people of Danchi did not know when the prince would set off, so how could they make careful plans in advance?

Secondly, even if Danchi wanted to start a war, they could just attack Toyoto's city directly instead of assassinating Prince Toyoto. For them, that would be of no benefit at all.

Because the purpose of the war is land, wealth, and population. The prince's trip was not to touch any of them, so why would Dan Chi assassinate him? Wouldn't it be unnecessary?

Sure enough, Li Hao remained silent after hearing this.

At this time, Li Chengye stood up and said, "Father, I am willing to lead the troops to drive the Danchi people back beyond Yanzhi Mountain, never to cross the border again, and to avenge my imperial brother."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan sighed secretly.

Li Chengye is not smart enough either.

King Zhong's words were illogical and could not convince Li Zuo that the assassination was the work of Dan Chi.

Li Chengye couldn't see it, and still proposed to lead the army to the northwest.

In name, it was to avenge his father and brother, but in fact, the purpose was not to establish military merit and seek the position of prince.

His thoughts were simply Sima Zhao's thoughts, and everyone on the street knew them.

Sure enough, Li Hao listened to his words but still did not express his position.

…

"Father, I think that although the Danchi people are bold and arrogant, they are still wary of us under the suppression of our dynasty in recent years." Xiang Nan stood up at this time and said, "The assassination of the prince happened suddenly. What’s strange is that it’s too hasty to launch an army rashly before finding out the truth of the matter.”

When Gao Ming heard what Xiang Nan said, his eyes suddenly lit up.

These words were exactly what he wanted to say. Because he knew that Prince Li Chengji was not killed by Danchi people.

The reason was that Gao Xian had a secret deal with the Danchi people in the Western Territory Protectorate. The Danchi people robbed and robbed the Tocha border every three months, and then Gao Xian led his army to expel them.

In this way, the people of Danchi got benefits and showed great military merit, which was the so-called self-respect of raising bandits. Therefore, he knew that the death of the prince had nothing to do with the people of Danchi.

In addition, after the prince went to the Western Region as an envoy, the Gao family actually sent someone to assassinate the prince. Unfortunately, the prince fought bravely to kill him, and his success fell short.

Now the prince has really been assassinated, and there is obviously a second wave of assassins.

And this second wave of assassins was probably sent by Li Chengye, King Zhong.

Because according to common sense, whoever benefits the most after a person dies is likely to be the real culprit.

Perhaps we can find evidence from this case that Li Chengye secretly murdered the prince, and then we can successfully bring down the second prince and eliminate another powerful enemy for Li Chengyin to ascend to the throne.

So he insisted on investigating the truth first. Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Xiang Nan spoke for him. He is really a smart boy.

…

"Danchi people are warlike by nature. If we don't give them a head-on blow this time, they will feed tigers and cause endless troubles!" King Zhong said immediately after hearing this.

"Father, I am wondering why the Danchi people want to assassinate the prince. He has done so much harm to other countries without any benefit. Why would he do this? I am afraid that he may be framed." Xiang Nanze said again.

"You say that, do you have any evidence?" Li Hao looked at Xiang Nan and said.

"There is no evidence yet." Xiang Nan bowed and said, "So I suggest that the imperial court send capable personnel to the Western Region to investigate the case, clarify the truth, find out the real culprit, and seek justice for the imperial brother."

"Yes." Li Hao nodded, and then said, "The prince of our dynasty was assassinated. It is such a big event. If there is no countermeasure, the neighboring countries will definitely think that our dynasty is weak and can be bullied.

Cheng Ye, I order you to lead troops to Anhu Mansion in the Western Territory. First, to thoroughly investigate the assassination of the prince; second, to serve as a deterrent to the northwest countries.

Cheng Yin, you take the delegation to Xizhou. Although the prince was assassinated, the East Palace is still there. If the daughter of the King of Xizhou marries to the East Palace, she can strive for stability and peace in Xizhou, which is very important at this stage."

"Yes, I will obey the Holy Order." Xiang Nan and Li Chengye bowed one after another.

However, Xiang Nan could already see that the emperor deliberately favored Li Chengye.

When the prince was assassinated, the emperor could actually see that Dan Chi was just a scapegoat.

Because as Xiang Nan said, Dan Chi's assassination of the Prince of Toyo Chao caused a hundred harms but no benefit.

On the contrary, it was the Toyo Dynasty's own forces that were more likely to promote this matter in order to compete for the throne.

The two people who are qualified to compete for the throne are Li Chengye and Li Chengyin, so the main culprit is between Li Chengye and Li Chengyin.

Now that Li Chengye is urging war before the truth is known, the suspicion is obviously even greater.

But the emperor sent Li Chengye to investigate the case and investigated himself. It would be strange if he could find out the truth.

Obviously he intended to protect Li Chengye, and he also showed that he actually didn't care much about the truth about the assassination of the prince. He just wanted to take this opportunity to repair Dan Chi.

On the one hand, Dan Chi has been invading the border all the year round, harassing the imperial court, robbing property, and plundering the people. This has caused serious harm and has accumulated a lot of hatred;

On the one hand, Dan Chi is now powerful and has one hundred thousand cavalry, which is a huge threat to Toyo Dynasty. It is time to take good measures to prevent it from becoming a serious problem.

As for sending Li Chengyin to Xizhou to propose marriage, it was probably out of balance considerations.

After all, politics requires balance. Since you gave Li Chengye a candy, you should also give Li Chengyin a date.

…

Gao Ming was so smart that he naturally noticed it and couldn't help but feel secretly alert.

The emperor was really so cold-blooded and ruthless. He didn't care how his biological son died, he only thought about his own political interests.

It’s true that the royal family has no father and son!
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