I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 63
Qingtang Wangcheng is located in the middle of the Xihai Plateau, also known as Sunlight City.

This royal city was built by Tuoba Chide's grandfather, Tuobagui. At that time, Tuobagui, who was a maharajah, moved the capital from the old place in the south of Shannan to the Luoxie area in order to avoid the interference of various rich and noble forces. It is the current Qingtang Wangcheng.

The area around Luoxie used to be a swamp and barren. After the capital was moved, Tuobagui led his followers to build palaces, build rivers, and build temples, laying the foundation for Qingtang City. When his father Tuobayi, he built the current The royal palace - Hongshan Palace.

Inside the sleeping hall, Tuoba Chide was lying on the bed with disheveled hair, his face pale.

After he vomited blood and fell off his horse while crossing Tanju Ridge, Tuoba Chide became weak and seemed to be seriously ill.After returning to Wangcheng, he has been bedridden, so that inside and outside the Wangcheng, as well as many tribes are discussing, is the majesty dying?
But as long as Tuoba Chide is still alive, he will be Qingtang Maharaja, the nominal ruler of the Xihai Plateau, and the master of the Red Mountain Palace.

So even though he was lying on the bed, looking like he was going to die at any moment, the entire royal city was not out of his control.

"Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived."

Qingyi knotted ghosts and Zhang came in to report.

"Help me up, please."

Qingyi Jieguizhang stretched out his hand to help Tuoba Chide up, leaned on several soft cushions, then picked up the silver cup containing water, and let him take a sip of water.

"Meet the majesty."

The theory of escape from the dead was praised, and he prostrated himself on the ground, and his etiquette was as respectful and comprehensive as ever.Can't find anything wrong.

After Lun Zanpo saw the banners of the two reinforcements in Shule City, he decisively took less than 200 members of his own tribe and marched alone. Far apart.

So much so that some clansmen asked him, this old man, why didn't he march with the large army?After all, they only have less than 200 people. If the Jin army pursues them, they will be unable to resist.

Lun Zanpo didn't explain much, but let the people follow the route he said.

As a result, when the two armies of Xue Cong and Qiuzheng chased after them, they defeated Yeli and Renduo first, and then defeated Tuoba Awu's army, and the Qingtang army scattered and fled.

Only Qingyi Jieguizhang's unit maintained its organizational integrity, but it also suffered heavy losses. When it crossed Tanjuling, there were less than 4000 people.

The other tribes fled back to Qingtang scatteredly, and many people starved to death halfway because of the discarded baggage and lack of food.

Others were directly beheaded by the Jin army. From Shule City to Tanjuling, there were corpses of Qingtang people everywhere.

However, Lun Zanpo always brought his own troops of less than 200 people and avoided crowded areas, so that the Jin army did not take any targeted actions after discovering the [-]-man team.

The Maharaja is their goal, and no one would have thought that the famous Lun Zanpo in the past was in this team of less than 200 people.

So all members of this team miraculously returned to Tangjuling, and even a small group of scouts from the Jin army did not attack them on the way.

As for Lun Zanpo, he came to Wangcheng only after his followers brought him back.

Maharaja Tuoba Chide thought that the old Prime Minister had died in battle, and when he learned that he came back, he quickly sent someone to invite him. Now he needs the wisdom of the old Prime Minister more than ever.

"The Prime Minister doesn't need to be too polite, come and show the Prime Minister a seat, pour a bowl of butter tea for cough cough cough, put more honey, cough cough cough, the prime minister likes to eat sweet things."

Seeing that Tuoba Chide was coughing, Lun Zanpo hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, please take care of your health, we Qingtang still count on His Majesty."

Tuoba Chide coughed a few times, and after he was out of breath, he said slowly: "Old Prime Minister, I may not last long, but I still need to ask you for some things."

What Tuoba Chide said was sincere, and even Zan Po was quite moved: "Your majesty asks questions, and this old man knows everything."

"Ghost chapter, get rid of everyone."

Looking at Tuoba Chide's appearance, Qing Yijie felt sore in his heart, then nodded in agreement, and immediately drove out the servants and guards, and then stood guard at the door himself.

"Old Prime Minister, after I die, who will inherit the throne."

As soon as he left, Tuoba Chide directly asked a very sensitive question.

After Lun Zanpo heard this, his cloudy eyes lit up, and he looked directly into those anxious eyes, but he didn't speak for a long time.

"Majesty, have you really reached this point?"

Whether Zanpo or not, he didn't think that Tuoba Chide's body was really broken.

Tuoba Chide is only in his early forties today, and his body has always been strong. This time, it was just because of his defeat in the battle, his heart was stagnant, and he was far from exhausted.

Therefore, Lun Zanpo does not want to get involved in such a sensitive matter of establishing a reserve.

Any regime, when it comes to the position of the monarch, will be related to the life and death of many people, and if it fails, countless heads will fall to the ground.

Just like last winter's Khan change in the Golden Horde, it may not be surprising that such a peaceful transition is in Jin, but it is too rare for tribal alliances like Qingtang and Golden Horde.

Every time there was a change of royal power in the Qingtang Dynasty, among the big tribes, among the royal families, the generals leading the army would kill bloody storms for the heir to the throne they supported.

Unless the candidate for the maharaja is what everyone expects and can get the approval of most people.

But for Qing Tang, this kind of situation is almost impossible to happen, because in order to choose a suitable heir to the throne, the old majesty will let his sons compete with each other, give each of them a territory and an army, and watch them perform on the battlefield.

It's like raising Gu, the strongest can survive to the end and inherit the throne.

But now, Maharaja has no choice about his sons.

In Tuoba Chide's view, the eldest son, Tuoba Hao, is brave and forthright, with courage, but no wisdom.

The second son, Tuoba Ge, was braver and wiser than his elder brother Tuoba Hao, so he was originally the best candidate.But his parentage is a problem. He is a prince born to Noribe's concubine.

The Noribe is the most powerful family in Qingtang, second only to the royal family in strength.

Yeli Gonglu, the former head of the Yeli tribe, was an ambitious guy, although he was removed by Tuoba Chide through Fu Maoxiu, the Hexi Jiedu envoy.

But even if Nori Gonglu died, Noribe's strength was still there, and it was still the number one wealthy family in Qingtang.The territory and the population are all the heads of the tribes other than the royal family.

So Tuoba Ge was in Tuoba Chide's heart, but the first one was actually ruled out.

Next is the sixth son Tuobajian.His courage and resourcefulness are not inferior to Tuoba Ge, and even more outstanding than Tuoba Hao.

But he was born too low, his mother was a slave girl.It is the product of Maharaja Tuoba Chide's indulgence.

Maharaja Tuoba Chide disliked him very much, and gave him the smallest territory and the smallest number of followers.

As for the other sons, they were either too young or ineffective.

Originally, he wanted his eldest son to succeed him, but after dispatching troops this time and seeing Tuoba Hao's performance on the battlefield, he gave up this idea.

Therefore, Tuoba Chide, who felt that his time was running out, was now considering the issue of successors.

But the praise of the bystanders is clear. Although Tuoba Chide looks weak at the moment, but his expression is not damaged, he should be able to bear it in a few months.

After he recovers, the established successor at this time may be in a very embarrassing situation.

The power he is willing to hand over now will definitely be taken back when he recovers.

Even if the other party is his son.

He knew the Maharaja too well.

Ambitious and ambitious, but not magnanimous, far worse than the late Lao Dajun.

So no matter what, Lun Zan Po will not wade into this muddy water.The Lun clan is just a small clan with thousands of tents, and they don't have the ability to get involved in such a thing. If they are not careful, they will die.

But at the moment, Maharaja Tuoba Chide has to pass this test, and he needs to give him an explanation, but this explanation cannot have obvious tendencies.

After thinking about it for a long time, Lun Zanpo said: "The majesty must say something, so I will say something."

"Our Qingtang is different from the Dajin. If we want to choose a suitable leader, we need everyone to be convinced, otherwise those who are not convinced will fight and make trouble. The Majesty should also be worried about this issue."

"Then Majesty should consider these aspects."

"The first thing is to be able to unite all members of the royal family. The royal family is the largest tribe in Qingtang. It cannot be chaotic or scattered, otherwise the whole Qingtang will be in chaos."

"Secondly, Yeli, Renduo, and Yuzang have at least the support of one big family. With the addition of the royal family, the new maharaja can control far more power than the other two."

"Thirdly, the various tribes in the Qingtang Dynasty have just encountered defeat in the war. They need a maharaja who can endure and accumulate strength, instead of thinking about provoking Dajin just after becoming a maharaja. With all due respect, maharaja. If the state of Jin There is no civil strife, they do not fight themselves, neither we nor the Golden Horde are their opponents."

"They have the best equipment and the most elite fighters. Even if we work together with the Golden Tent, we can't defeat them. We can only wait and wait for the opportunity."

Lun Zanpo said a lot, but it seemed like he didn't say anything.

He did not give Tuoba Chide any suggestion on which prince to establish as the heir to the Maharaja.

Instead, he analyzed for him what kind of maharaja Qingtang would need if he died.

And how the new maharaja can sit firmly.

This is the answer given by an old fox.

Be impartial, never offend anyone, and always keep your tribe out of the vortex.

This is also the wisdom that an old man of a small tribe relies on to survive on the Xihai plateau where the weak eat the strong.

(End of this chapter)