Zeng Chengwang asked worriedly, "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of Lidu guards have defected, and the situation in the country is unstable. Will Linzhan take advantage of the situation and attack our country?"
Chai Jianyuan shook his head and said, "No, I have sent an order to send troops and horses to the border to intimidate Linzhan."
Zeng Chengwang smiled bitterly and said, "Even if our court is on guard, Linzhan has a catapult and is extremely sharp, so he might still dare to invade boldly."
Chai Jianyuan showed a smile, which seemed to be both proud and disdainful, "Linzhan has a catapult, and our court also has one!"
Zeng Chengwang was suddenly startled, his eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief!
Then, he became ecstatic, showed a thick smile, and the wrinkles on his face were all squeezed together like ravines, and asked urgently, "Your Majesty, does our country really have a catapult?"
He couldn't believe it.
Chai Jianyuan glanced at him, "Do you think I can joke?"
The secret spies of Dali are rushing back from Linzhan with the drawings of catapults.
Therefore, Chai Jianyuan dared to mobilize 400,000 soldiers and horses to set a trap for the prince and trick him into taking action, without worrying about Linzhan taking advantage of it.
Zeng Chengwang was overjoyed and his hands couldn't help but tremble!
He has always been worried that one day, Linzhan soldiers and horses will bring many catapults to capture Dali City.
This was a thorn in his heart, but he didn't expect that the thorn would be removed so quickly.
From now on, Linzhan will have catapults, and we will also have our own. If the opponent attacks the city, we can set up catapults on the city wall and throw stones at each other with the opponent to offset the damage!
Looking at Zeng Chengwang with a smile on his face, Chai Jianyuan said seriously, "Publish the news that our dynasty stole the catapult blueprint from Zhanjing!"
Zeng Chengwang was stunned for a moment, seemingly puzzled.
Chai Jianyuan explained slowly, "The drawings are being sent in a hurry. Only after they arrive can we rush to make them. Before that, in order to avoid rash action, we naturally have to spread the news so that the other party will be wary and dare not act rashly."
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"In addition, we must let Linzhan know that the blueprints were stolen from Zhanjing, which can cause civil strife in the other party!"
Zeng Chengwang laughed repeatedly and praised, "Your Majesty, this plan is very wonderful!"
Chai Jianyuan smiled lightly and continued, "When the drawings arrive, they must be delivered to Gu Aiqing as soon as possible so that she can quickly build a catapult and capture Dajing City as soon as possible."
"In addition, he sent an envoy to Liu Kang to negotiate with Prime Minister Zhao and sold the catapult drawings for a large sum of money."
Zeng Chengwang was immediately shocked and said quickly, "Your Majesty, think twice. This catapult is a deadly weapon and cannot be sold at will!"
Chai Jianyuan shook his head and said, "I guess that after this dynasty builds a catapult and captures the city of Dajing, Linzhan will definitely sell the catapult blueprint to Dajing to prevent it from perishing in the hands of this dynasty. In this case, I will
The court can sell this blueprint to Liu Kang in advance to prevent him from being killed by Lin Zhan."
Zeng Chengwang thought about it carefully and realized that it made sense. He secretly sighed that His Majesty was far-sighted.
In this way, the situation in Cangyuan Continent will be stabilized again, and there will be no huge changes because of Linzhan's catapult.
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Zhanjing, Imperial Study Room.
The empress's beautiful face was full of anger, her red lips pursed tightly, "I have changed the eunuchs and maids in the palace, why are the drawings of the catapult still stolen by Dali spies?"
In the imperial study, five ministers, the Prime Minister of Military Affairs, the Prime Minister of Literature, King Mu, Taishi, and Marquis Dingjun are all present.
After dealing with the flood in Zhaolie Mansion and completing the disaster relief, King Mu has returned to Zhanjing.
Hearing the empress's angry rebuke, all the important ministers frowned and pondered in silence.
After a while, Marquis Dingjun asked, "Your Majesty, could it be that there was civil strife in Da Li, and he was worried that our court would take advantage of it, so he deliberately spread rumors to prevent our court from taking any rash action?"
The empress narrowed her bright eyes tightly and shook her head and said, "I had guessed the same before, but Luo Zhi, a spy lurking in Lidu, sent back the news that Dali has sent people to make a catapult, and its shape is exactly the same as the catapult of this dynasty!" After confirming the authenticity of the news, many ministers remained silent, and the atmosphere in the imperial study became slightly stagnant.
Suddenly, Minister Wen asked, "Your Majesty, could it be that this blueprint was not stolen from the palace, but from the Ministry of Works?"
After saying that, he glanced at Wu Xiang, who frowned slightly when he heard this.
After Qin Yi returned the drawings, the empress ordered a rubbing to be made. The original was placed in the palace warehouse, and the imitation was awarded to the Ministry of Industry to rush production.
Therefore, it is possible that it was leaked from within the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Industry is one of the three ministries under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister.
Seeing that Prime Minister Wu did not refute, Marquis Dingjun defended himself and said, "Master Yuan, you cannot say this nonsense. Do you have any evidence?"
There was no evidence for Wen Xiang, so he could only say with a pinched neck, "I am just guessing. Isn't it allowed to even make a guess?"
Marquis Dingjun was about to say more when he heard the empress say, "I have sent people to check the two warehouses in the palace and the Ministry of Industry. The drawings are all there. It can be seen that the spies only copied them, not stole them."
Being in both places means that it is impossible to know whether the spies sneaked into the palace warehouse or the Ministry of Industry warehouse.
It is also impossible to determine where the spy is hiding.
King Mu frowned and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, it seems that our court needs another major purge."
Hearing this, Wen Xiang trembled in his heart.
He has not forgotten that when the empress ascended the throne, King Mu, a black-faced Yama, bloodbathed the entire prince's mansion without receiving orders!
The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was greedy for ink. This murderer arrested hundreds of people and imprisoned them, causing the prisons to be crowded with officials of all sizes.
At that time, he was just a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Before going to the Yamen for duty every day, he would pray, hoping that he would be able to return home safely at the end of the day.
Now, if King Mu is allowed to clean up the court again, I don’t know how many officials will be killed.
After a moment of shock, Prime Minister Wen immediately said, "Your Majesty, Dali spies are hiding in our court. They should be discovered, but they must not be implicated too widely!"
King Mu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wen Xiang displeased.
What the other party said was obviously aimed at him.
The Prime Minister of Wu spoke up and said, "Your Majesty, Da Li spread the news just because he wants me to go to war with Da Li and breed civil strife, but we can't do what the other party wants."
King Ning's poisoning with eucalyptus has already caused chaos in the court, many officials were imprisoned, and the palace maids and eunuchs were replaced wantonly. If it happens again, it will definitely be broken.
The empress pursed her red lips tightly and pondered for a moment before speaking out, "King Mu, I leave this matter to you. Let me thoroughly investigate the palace and the Ministry of Industry and find out the spies, but do not implicate irrelevant persons."
When King Mu heard this, he frowned slightly. He wanted to persuade her again, but the empress had already made her decision, so she could only accept it.
In his opinion, there is no implication or implication. If there is any suspicion, he must be imprisoned. He would rather kill the wrong person than let him go!
