The two looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.
Things are getting serious.
Su Zhenting and Zhao Xuanji frowned, feeling extremely troubled.
It was Zhao Xuanji who spoke first: "Under the laws of the Qin Dynasty, the vassal king controls all the people's livelihood in the fiefdom and has military and political power. However, there are several red lines that must not be touched."
"The most stringent one is that the vassal king absolutely prohibits the private manufacture of military equipment. Any weapons required by the army and soldiers of any fiefdom must be reported to the court, and the Ministry of War will conduct accounting. After confirming the type and quantity of supplementary equipment, it will be handed over to the Holy Lord.
After discussing with the courtiers, and finally with the Holy Emperor’s approval, the imperial court can produce and transport them uniformly.”
"This rule was personally set by Emperor Taizu, and in the past 360 years of this dynasty, no vassal king has ever had a good death after violating this red line."
Li Chen's face was as dark as water, and he said: "The provincial magistrate is well-informed, so I would like to ask the provincial magistrate to tell me, in the more than three hundred years of our reign, has there been any vassal king who has touched this line?"
"have."
Zhao Xuanji nodded and replied: "Emperor Gaozu's brother, Zhao Yang, the then King of Huaiyang, was reported to have privately manufactured one hundred and sixty sets of standard weapons. Even Emperor Gaozu couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to shed tears and issue an edict, Zhao Yang
If he was beheaded, all the officials in his fiefdom and the royal palace would be severely punished. That time, a total of 659 people were killed, sent to the border areas, and more than a thousand were confiscated."
"From now on, the honorific title of King Huaiyang has been banned forever."
"In the seventh year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, the first vassal rebellion broke out since the founding of this dynasty. The cause was that the then King Wu was found to be hiding three red cannons. When the court held him accountable, King Wu directly rebelled. Although in just a short time
It was suppressed by the imperial army within three months, but it still caused considerable turmoil."
"Except for these two times, the most recent one was when the late emperor Tianyuan was in power, he dealt with the King of Nan'an who had a private armory, and he was also punished."
"Throughout the more than 300 years of this dynasty, it is just these three times that the vassal kings stepped on the red line. Because the court decided not to tolerate or tolerate it, the vassal kings were also very cautious. No matter whether they did it in private, at least publicly
The face is clean."
Zhao Xuanji's tone became more solemn and he said: "But this time, so many weapons and equipment in Prince Ning's warehouse are directly exposed to the eyes of the world, and even the Tibetan capital cannot hide them. I'm afraid there will be a big chaos."
"Even if His Highness wants to turn a blind eye, everyone in the world can see it clearly. Therefore, Your Highness and the court must not make any gestures. Once they make any gestures, for Prince Ning, it will... force him to rebel."
When he said the last two words, Zhao Xuanji's eyes were deep. He looked at Li Chen with a very strange look and said solemnly: "Your Highness, if this matter is not handled properly, the country may be overthrown."
This sentence was tantamount to nonsense, and when Li Chen heard it, he felt a little bit of gloating about his misfortune.
Li Chen didn't say anything. He looked at Su Zhenting and asked, "General Su, what do you think?"
Su Zhenting's expression was solemn and he said: "What the provincial order said is absolutely true. The biggest problem at the moment is not how many ordnances or red cannons King Ning has hidden. If you hide one of these things, you will die. If you hide a hundred or two hundred thousand,
They are all dead. If there are too many lice, they will not be itchy. Their properties are the same."
