Chapter 767: The beginning of the civil strife in Chu
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Zhao Hongrun cursed and walked on the way out of the palace.
Although he seemed to be very calm when he left the Chui Gong Hall, in fact he was furious at the time. The reason why he did not show it was simply because he did not want to be ridiculed by his unscrupulous father.
Neither the former "Eighth Highness" nor the current "Prince Su" would behave like a lost dog when they were at a disadvantage, just to make others laugh at them - especially the unscrupulous father.
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"Old man, you are so cunning... I asked him why he was suddenly so kind and promoted my Shangshui County to Shangshui County. It turned out that he was waiting for me here... Damn it!"
Zhao Hongrun cursed in a low voice while secretly feeling annoyed that he was once again tricked by his unscrupulous father, which made him miserable.
Behind His Highness King Su, except for Chu Heng who had a silly smile on his face and perhaps still didn't understand what happened, the other four clan guards, Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Zhou Pu and Mu Qing, were all exposed.
A wry smile.
In the palace in Daliang, the capital of the Wei Kingdom, he actually slandered the emperor as an "old man" without any respect. Apart from their highness, I am afraid that few people in the entire Wei Kingdom had the courage.
"I don't know if there are any eunuchs around here..."
The sect guards shrank their necks, feeling as guilty as thieves, and glanced around from time to time.
Although they have not discovered the person of the eunuch so far, the fear in their hearts cannot subside. After all, they know very well that the eunuch may appear to be just a eunuch serving the emperor, but in fact, he is a supervisor.
The capabilities of the supervisory agency will never be inferior to that of Shangshui Qingya, and it is directly under the intelligence supervision agency of the current Emperor Wei.
If such treacherous words as His Highness's were to reach the ears of Emperor Wei...the sect guards could not imagine what it would be like.
"Ahem."
In the end, Wei Jiao couldn't help but interrupt His Highness's endless complaints, and advised with a stern expression: "Your Highness, if you think about it on the bright side, our fiefdom is bigger than before, isn't it?... This is more beneficial.
Your Highness, you have great ambitions."
"Ambition?" Zhao Hongrun glanced back at Wei Jiao and asked expressionlessly: "What are my lofty ambitions?"
"..." Wei Jiao was suddenly speechless.
After all, as the Zongwei around Zhao Hongrun, they know best about His Highness's so-called grand ambition: to follow in the footsteps of King Yi Zhao Yuanli and become a free and easy-going dandy who can eat and play whenever he wants.
Yes, I'm afraid not many people will believe that the real ambition of the now famous Prince Su is to be a carefree dandy prince, and the rest of "making Wei strong" is just to ensure that
It’s just a prerequisite for that ultimate ambition to be carried out smoothly.
I have to say that on this point, Zhao Hongrun has thought very clearly: he wants to be a dandy prince. First, the Wei State must be strong. If the Wei State dies because of its weakness, then what capital does he have to become a dandy prince?
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"Hmph!" Seeing that Wei Jiao was speechless, Zhao Hongrun did not make things difficult for him. He just snorted with an unhappy face, and then said through gritted teeth: "This matter is not over yet!"
"have to!"
The guards of the sect knew clearly in their hearts. As those who had witnessed the "Father and Son War" step by step, they knew very well in their hearts that their Highness had suffered such a loss of blood today. How could he swallow this breath? There was no guarantee that he would take revenge tomorrow.
Sometimes even they can't figure out what the reason is for father and son, His Highness and his father, to plot against each other from time to time because of their rivalry.
Take today's events as an example. In the eyes of the Zongwei, His Royal Highness has gained a lot of benefits. After all, he has gained six counties in vain. Although most of those six counties were attacked by the Chu army two years ago.
During the attack, farmland, villages, houses and other basic buildings were completely destroyed, but after all, it is land after all.
I still remember that last year, in order to obtain a piece of land as a fiefdom, the nobles in the country did not hesitate to use the wealth accumulated over several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, to buy a piece of land from the court in Hedong and Shangdang areas with heavy sums of money.
Deploy private troops on this land to assist the court in resisting the attack of the Korean army.
This example fully proves the importance of fiefdom.
Therefore, in the eyes of all the clan guards, their Highness has obtained the land of six entire counties. This should be a great good thing, so why are they angry because of some of His Majesty's bad tastes?
If a good thing turns into a bad thing, wouldn't it be asking for trouble?
Thinking of this, Mu Qing couldn't help but advise: "Your Highness, I advise you to forget it."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun stopped and asked displeasedly: "Mu Qing, what do you mean by this? ... Do you think I can't beat the old man?"
Hearing the words "old man", Mu Qing couldn't help but want to laugh.
Maybe others would be frightened because of Zhao Hongrun's stern face, but as one of the Zongwei who had been with Zhao Hongrun day and night for several years, Mu Qing showed no fear on his face. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Your Highness, you said it yourself, you will leave the palace after you leave the palace."
How many times have you won since then?"
"..." Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth, but was speechless by Mu Qing's words.
It has to be said that since Zhao Hongrun left the cabinet and established a government, the "war" between him and his father has indeed resulted in him winning less and losing more.
Some people may ask, when Zhao Hongrun was still in the palace, didn't he defy Emperor Wei several times? Why did he go back more and more as he got older?
The reason is very simple. When I was in the palace, whether I turned the imperial garden upside down or made the harem uneasy, these were just childish nonsense and could not be considered elegant.
The only one who was more upright than his father was the battle two years ago when Zhao Hongrun defeated Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
But after that time, Emperor Wei no longer regarded Zhao Hongrun's son simply as a child, but as his "equal" opponent. As a result, it was difficult for Zhao Hongrun to get any more opportunities.
Unless he disregards his face and continues the same nonsense.
"Eat the inside out..." After Mu Qing uncovered the scar, Zhao Hongrun cursed with some embarrassment: "Tomorrow I will transfer you to the Youma Army and ask you to pick up horse manure!"
After hearing this, Mu Qing's complexion changed greatly, and he wailed: "No, Your Highness, I made a mistake, I know I was wrong... I will stand firmly on your side, and we will fight together... Well, fight against His Majesty."
Amid the laughter of the sect guards, Zhao Hongrun glanced sideways at Mu Qing and said coldly: "Hey, Mu Qing, your change is a bit fast. Didn't you still think highly of me a while ago?"
"How can you?" Mu Qing came to Zhao Hongrun with a flattering smile and said with a flattering look on his face: "We, Zongwei, are in the same boat as you, Your Highness."
"Hmph! But now I am winning less and losing more..."
"The future is long... Your Majesty, please think about it. Your Majesty, after having been in office for many years, is naturally very resourceful. Even if you lose to His Majesty for a moment, why should you be discouraged? In your words, Your Majesty, even if you lose ninety times in the past,
It doesn't matter if you win the last nine battles, as long as you win the last one, victory belongs to the one who laughs last, what do you think?" Mu Qing said flatteringly.
"Hmph, you are quite good at talking." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Mu Qing twice and walked away: "Next time you dare to cheat, I will report to the Youma Army yourself!"
Amid the roars of laughter from the sect guards, Mu Qing pretended to be frightened and pretended to wipe the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
In the final analysis, this is just a daily joke between Zhao Hongrun and the Zongwei. After all, the Zongwei are his right-hand men, and there is no way that Zhao Hongrun will demote these humeral confidants to the Youma Cavalry to collect horse dung.
But not to mention, Zhao Hongrun was indeed in a much better mood because of Mu Qing's jokes.
Furthermore, Mu Qing's remarks also made Zhao Hongrun feel a little less depressed.
Why are you depressed?
Because as Mu Qing said, when Emperor Wei truly began to regard his son Zhao Hongrun as an equal opponent, the outcome of the father-son war suddenly tilted towards the father's side.
After all, Emperor Wei has been in power for more than ten years, and he has mastered all the power and scheming. Just like this time, Emperor Wei paved the way for his son in advance, so that his son could settle the more than one million Chu people on the vacant land. At the same time, he could
This son, even though he knew everything, had to accept his father's gifts as if they were alms and agree to all kinds of loss-making conditions.
This is called conspiracy!
Of course, this is what makes Zhao Hongrun the most angry.
However, after hearing what Mu Qing said, Zhao Hongrun also felt that there was some truth to it.
So far, he has directly and indirectly seen three kings: King Lu Xi of Qi, King Xiong Xu of Chu, and Shu Pan, the lord of Lu, and none of them are good at it.
And his father, Emperor Wei, was standing side by side with those other kings. How could he be an easy person to deal with?
Perhaps it was because of the darkness under the candlestick that Zhao Hongrun often contacted his father, but he ignored the fact that his father was also a king who co-existed with Qi Wang Lu Xi, Chu Wang Xiong Xu, and Lu Wang Gong Shu Pan.
Of course, even so, Zhao Hongrun was not discouraged.
"...I need to find an opportunity to avenge this arrow, hum."
Touching his chin, Zhao Hongrun left the palace thoughtfully, thinking about how to think of a way to make his father lose some face.
Of course, it was an honest calculation between men and not a childish nonsense. After all, Zhao Hongrun is now a famous figure in the world, but he can't save his face and do some childish acts of revenge.
When they returned to Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun and others were surprised to find that Gao Kuo, Zhong Zhao and other Zongwei who had been training in the Shangshui Army had also returned to Daliang.
In other words, except for Shen Yu, the original sect guard chief, who was still studying with Zhao Hongrun's fifth uncle, King Yu, Zhao Yuandai, the other nine sect guards were reunited again.
However, Zhao Hongrun felt regretful that when Gao Kuo and others came back, they also brought back news about Chu.
There was civil strife in Chu. The Qu family, which had been suppressed by the Xiong family for a long time, took advantage of the fact that King Xiong Xu of Chu was resisted by many nobles in the country because of certain actions.
royal power.
In this case, Qu Ping, Lord of Xiling, one of the Three Pillars of Chu State, was implicated and had to stand opposite to King Xiong Xu of Chu for the benefit of his own clan.
From this, the confrontation between Shouling Lord Jingshe and Xiling Lord Qu Ping began.
"This is wonderful!"
After hearing the news, Zhao Hongrun felt a little depressed because of his father's relationship, and immediately disappeared. His mind was filled with the confrontation between Shouling Jun Jingshe and Xiling Jun Qu Ping.
After all, these two people are both one of the Three Pillars of Chu State, and are veritable heroic figures of Chu State.