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Chapter 124 I intend to make him the crown prince
Emperor Xia glanced at the crowd, and seeing that no one seemed to speak, he said, "The crown prince's matter involves the country's roots, and needs to be discussed in the long term. We will not discuss this matter today."

After hearing Emperor Xia's words, Zhao Wenhan didn't continue to say anything, he was just talking, and it was impossible for him to support King Bei.

Few court officials would support the Northern King.

Ordinary princes, even those who did not participate in the seizure of the heir apparent, might have some contacts with the ministers, but the Northern King was a freak, he had no contact with any ministers, who would support him.

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

After all, the Northern King is related to the Chu family by blood. Although the Chu family supports the eighth prince now, it was because the ninth prince could not support the wall with mud.

Now that the Ninth Prince has achieved such great military exploits, even reaching the point where his achievements surpass the Lord, how could they not be tempted.

Maybe they will support the Ninth Prince again.

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

The first is the [-] heavy cavalry from Beijun!

If the [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun are not dealt with, the King of the North will always be a sword above their heads.

Even if they win the throne in the future, with such a strong military strength in Beijun, it is also very likely that they will be ousted from power.

If the [-] heavy cavalry are not eliminated, and the Northern King is not eliminated, all the princes will have trouble sleeping and eating!

Almost in an instant, all the princes in the court who participated in the battle for succession stood on the same front, that is, the Northern King is their biggest threat, and the Northern King must be brought down.

At this time, Emperor Xia continued: "Dear dear ones, the Northern King has made such great contributions, how do you think the court should reward him?"

In the end, Emperor Xia still left this issue to the ministers.

The Northern King's contribution is so great that even Emperor Xia didn't know how to reward him for a while, the crown prince would definitely not work.

He hadn't planned to establish a prince so early, let alone that person is the king of the north, a prince who doesn't even know if he is a child, how could he make him a prince.

After hearing Emperor Xia's question, the ministers in the court looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what to do.

This credit is too great, it seems that only the crown prince can match this credit, and other rewards will appear insignificant.

But obviously Emperor Xia would not hand over the crown prince position to the Northern King, so what kind of reward should be given to the Northern King?

If you don't reward anything, the common people in Daxia will not agree if they know about it, and this is also unreasonable.

You must know that the Northern King killed barbarians!
A barbarian who has a blood feud with the people of Daxia.

Others, the Northern King killed so many barbarians, but the court said nothing at all, how could the people of Daxia agree.

At this time, Lin Gaoyuan said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the Northern King's contribution is so great that ordinary rewards are no longer comparable to him."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenhan immediately said in a choked voice, "Master Lin, aren't you talking nonsense? What His Majesty needs is a specific reward, not to hear you talking about cars here."

Lin Gaoyuan ignored Zhao Wenhan, and continued: "I believe that the Tuojiang Order can be used as a reward for the Northern King's achievements!"

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the hall.

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

When Great Xia was founded, Emperor Taizu enfeoffed many vassal kings. These vassal kings all had border extension orders, and the territory they conquered belonged to those vassal kings themselves.

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

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

Later, in this generation of Emperor Xia, he further reduced the vassals. The current vassal kings are basically fiefs arranged by the court. Even if they conquered the territory of other countries, it still belongs to the court and belongs to the Emperor Xia. The vassal kings are not qualified to claim it for themselves. have.

If the Border Expansion Order is issued to Beiwang, Beiwang's territory in Beijun will be able to expand infinitely in the future, as long as he has the strength of course.

This is actually not a good thing for the imperial court. If the Northern King owns too much territory, his strength is likely to be further improved and become a greater threat to Daxia.

but……

After hearing Lin Gaoyuan's proposal, Emperor Xia didn't immediately deny it, because he found that it seemed to be useful.

Once the King of the North has the Border Expansion Order, the King of the North is likely to launch a war in order to expand the territory.

War needs money and food, and consumes strength.

Besides, the King of the North is in Beijun, and there is only one option to expand his territory, and that is to expand towards the north.

The north is the territory of the barbarians, so the war between the King of the North and the barbarians will continue.

For Daxia, this not only weakened the strength of Beijun, but also weakened the threat to Daxia brought by the barbarians going south to a certain extent.

This is a great way to do it.

It's just that once the Expansion Order is used, if you want to take it back in the future, I'm afraid there will only be a war, or let the King of the North be the next Emperor Xia.

Once the King of the North has the Border Expansion Order and has opened up the territory, he will definitely not hand over the land in his hands to the imperial court, which is something that is beyond even a thought.

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment.

Then he said: "The decree is that the King of the North beheaded 20 barbarians, captured more than 200 barbarians, and shot and killed the barbarian Sirius King on the battlefield. Order one."

Seeing that Emperor Xia just gave out the Border Expansion Order, the ministers were a little confused. This generation of Emperor Xia actually gave out the Border Expansion Order that previous generations of Xia Emperor had finally taken back.

However, no one among the ministers said anything at this time, because compared with the extension order, people cared more about the position of the crown prince.

If a prince was exchanged for an expansion order, they would still be able to accept it. Anyway, the north is also the border of the barbarians, and the king of the north can only go north if he wants to expand his territory.

If he goes south, it is not an expansion of territory, but a rebellion.

As long as the Northern King does not become the prince, everything is easy to talk about, and it is fine to give him the Tuojiang Order.

at the same time.

At the north gate of the capital, a soldier with a red flag on his back was riding a horse and shouting loudly: "Northern County Great Victory!!!"

"Bei Wang led soldiers from Beijun to kill 20 barbarians and capture 10 barbarians!!!"

The soldiers rode on horses and ran towards the palace, shouting.

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

It's just that before Lin Xiuming and the supervising army sent the red silk messenger, they told them not to shout out in the capital, but to wait until the palace.

Because the Northern King has done so much, it is best for the people to know about this matter after the court discusses how to reward the Northern King, otherwise the public opinion of the people will definitely put some pressure on the court.

But Lu Chen didn't think so much, he thought that the common people would know about it sooner or later anyway, so he sent a red silk messenger to let him shout on the road, and specially prepared dozens of water bottles for the red silk messenger .

Only when the common people in Daxia knew that King Bei killed 20 barbarians in Beijun, did the court dare not do anything to him.

For such a great achievement, if the imperial court did not reward him, but instead wanted to cut down the feudal clan, or say that he rebelled, he would definitely lose the support of the people.

At this moment, the common people in the capital were stunned when they heard the battle report from the red silk messenger.

Did they hear it right?
Bei Wang led Beijun soldiers to kill 20 barbarian troops?

real or fake?

Isn't the Northern King a waste prince?
How can he, a prince who has no strength to restrain himself, and whose body has been hollowed out by wine and lust, achieve such military exploits?

They didn't even dare to doubt that it was fake.

Although the common people don't have any political sense, they also know that this extremely fake battle report is unlikely to be fake, because no one dares to pass on such a fake battle report.

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

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

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

After all, this news sounds too unbelievable.

It is obviously impossible for a recognized waste to change so much in just one place.

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

After hearing the news from Hong Ling's messenger, the spies from other countries immediately used their connections to inquire about the movements of the court.

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

Soon the spies from other countries found out that the battle report that Hong Ling's messenger said was true, which made the spies from other countries dumbfounded.

They have collected information in the Great Xia Dynasty for so many years, but they have never put the Northern King in their sights, thinking that he is just a waste prince, there is no need to know the Northern King, and such a waste prince cannot become the leader of the Great Xia Dynasty. Prince.

result……

As soon as this battle report is confirmed, it proves that the information they have collected about King Bei for so many years is all false, all of them have been deceived by King Bei, and King Bei is the prince with the greatest potential and the deepest scheming in Daxia!

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

at the same time.

Palace, Royal Garden.

When Emperor Xia came to the pavilion where Situ Ce was, he asked, "The national teacher should already know about it, right?"

Situ Ce said, "Understood."

When Situ Ce found out what the King of the North had done in Beijun, he had the same reaction as the others. He couldn't believe it. However, a shadow guard showed him the information he had collected, and he gradually accepted this. information.

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

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

Situ Ce immediately said, "I dare not!"

Emperor Xia snorted coldly, and then said: "Xiao Jiu really hides deep enough, [-] heavy cavalry, the imperial court can't afford to support so many heavy cavalry, yet suddenly [-] heavy cavalry emerged from a North County!"

Situ Ce said at this time: "Your Majesty, it seems that Vice Commander Bai's information is not wrong. There is a high probability that His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince will not cooperate with Xuanyue Palace, because he does not need to rely on Xuanyue Palace at all."

Xia Huang said: "Didn't the national teacher think about how Xiao Jiu's heavy cavalry came?"

"What the North County looks like, the National Teacher probably doesn't know, how long has he been in the North County, how can he build [-] heavy cavalry?"

Situ Ce asked: "Does Your Majesty think that His Royal Highness Ninth Prince colluded with other dynasties, and that these heavy cavalry came from other dynasties?"

"However, as far as I know, apart from Daxia, Beijun only borders on the Dayue Dynasty. If such a large heavy cavalry passed through Dayue, it is impossible for the Shadow Guards to have no news at all."

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia fell silent.

What Situ Ce said was correct, the heavy cavalry was the key object of surveillance by the major dynasties, and any dynasty that used heavy cavalry would be known to other dynasties, so there would be no news about it.

Moreover, no dynasty is willing to send [-] heavy cavalry to others. This is obviously impossible, so there is only one last possibility. These [-] heavy cavalry were indeed built by the King of the North.

But no matter in terms of time or resources, Beijun is not enough to build [-] heavy cavalry.

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 the fifty thousand heavy cavalry came from, neither do the ministers in the court, nor do the aristocratic families."

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Emperor Xia came to his senses.

What Situ Ce meant was to pretend that the King of the North was supported by him, since no one else knew how the King of the North got his heavy cavalry anyway.

The Northern King was entrusted to Beijun by himself. It can be said that the Northern King could not achieve today's military exploits without Emperor Xia himself.

Therefore, Emperor Xia probably knew what kind of person the real Northern King was from the very beginning, and also knew that the Northern King had always been hiding his clumsiness. He arranged the Northern King in Beijun, probably because he had some important mission.

Maybe all of this is Emperor Xia's arrangement!

Building heavy cavalry requires a lot of resources, and it can't be completed in a day or two, and Beijun doesn't have that many resources. Now in the entire Great Xia, there is only one person who can support the Northern King with [-] heavy cavalry!

That is the current Emperor Xia!

Emperor Xia asked at this time: "The national teacher thinks that I can use Xiao Jiu's heavy cavalry to confuse the big families?"

Situ Ce said: "Yes, Your Majesty, now you are the only one who can make Beijun have [-] heavy cavalry. No family or dynasty has such ability, and you are the one who personally sent the King of Bei to Beijun." .”

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

The [-] heavy cavalry in Beijun can indeed be used a little bit, but after using it, how to solve it is another troublesome matter.

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

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

Emperor Xia continued: "After you went 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, sir."

Emperor Xia then turned around and said: "Okay, the national teacher is ready, let's go to Beijun."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will retire."

(End of this chapter)