Chapter 1148: 2 Peaches Kill 3 Warriors
Dong Cheng's words made both Fu Wan and Zhong Ji feel that this plan was feasible. At least for now, this was the best way to provoke the two thieves to turn against each other. However, the final decision on success or failure still lies in Liu Xie's hands. If he is unwilling, then they must find another way.
The young emperor was walking back and forth in the side hall holding the imperial seal. The other three people lowered their heads and remained silent, quietly waiting for the little emperor's decision.
After a long time, Liu Xie finally stopped, looked at the three of them with determination, and said, "What Dong Aiqing said is true. If I can truly control several counties, with the glorious power of my great Han Dynasty, I will definitely have talents from all over. Given time, I will be able to revive the glory of Guangwu, and getting rid of the two thieves and taking control of Yongzhou is my first step. Therefore, I decided to make Huangfu Chaobo king, and then follow Dong Aiqing's plan of killing three people with two peaches. It’s just that you still need to plan carefully and don’t allow any oversights.”
"My Holy Emperor!" The three of them were overjoyed and shouted in unison;
"It's not difficult to implement this plan, but when will His Majesty's reinforcements arrive? If they can't arrive in Chang'an when our plan is implemented, then it will be difficult for us to control Chang'an City. If we cannot control Chang'an City, It will be difficult to implement your Majesty's subsequent strategy. So, can your Majesty be sure that the reinforcements can successfully break through Tongguan, enter Guanzhong, and sneak outside Chang'an City quietly? Also, after the reinforcements help your Majesty retake Chang'an, will they be willing to hand over Chang'an City? Your Majesty?" Dong Cheng asked with a worried look;
In his opinion, if you want to truly control Chang'an City, it is impossible without the help of external forces. If you want to borrow external forces, the Tang Army in Luoyang is undoubtedly the best place. However, Dong Cheng is also worried that the other party will swallow up Chang'an City. In this way, just after driving away two wild wolves, another tiger was attracted.
Seeing Dong Cheng's worry, Liu Xie smiled softly, and the last trace of doubt in his heart was completely let go.
Returning to the dragon chair, Liu Xie waved to the three people and explained to them the origin of the reinforcements in detail. After the three people listened, they were all stunned and speechless for a long time.
The three of them never imagined that the reinforcements His Majesty mentioned would come like this. However, after knowing this, the three of them became more confident in what they were going to do next.
In the next few days, Liu Xie recruited several people into the palace from time to time, claiming that his majesty asked three ministers to discuss how to reward the Duke of Tang. Guo and Li also entered the palace once, and found that the four of them were discussing how to reward the Duke of Tang. The Duke of Tang was already quarreling over there, and three of His Majesty's ministers almost came to blows over the reward.
However, when the two were bored, a sentence suddenly aroused the interest of Guo and Li: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Tang Guogong's contribution this time cannot be rewarded with a pickaxe unless he is granted the title of king, so I It is recommended that your Majesty confer the title of Duke of Tang as the King of the Tang Dynasty, and it will be hereditary."
"Bold Zhongji, the ancestral system of the Han Dynasty, no one with the surname Liu can be king. You, an ambitious person, actually want His Majesty to make the Duke of Tang the king. What are your intentions?" Fu Wan was furious and wanted to rush forward and fight Zhongji. He wanted to fight, but Li Jue, with his sharp eyes and quick hands, stopped him.
"Being king...hereditary but not replaced..."
These words suddenly popped into the minds of the two of them, and they couldn't get them out of their minds. Although this time the discussion was stopped due to the conflict between Fu Wan and Zhong Ji, after returning to their residences, the two of them felt that They couldn't calm down at all. If it was said that being crowned Duke was their biggest wish in their lives before, but the title of King proposed by Zhongji was like opening a Pandora's box, making their hearts become hot again. Come on, since Huangfu Chaobo, who is also the Duke, can be crowned king, does that mean that he also has the opportunity to be crowned king? You must know that it is crowned king, and it is a hereditary and irreplaceable throne. How can they not make the two of them jealous.
So the two of them agreed to recruit their subordinates and confidants. They would use these confidants to help Zhongji and promote the success of Huangfu Chaobo's crowning. As long as one prince successfully crowned the king, then for the two of them,
The title of king is also a matter of course.
So in the next few days, during the court meeting in the Chang'an Palace, more and more ministers supported the title of Tang Duke. At first, only a few people supported Zhongji. In the end, most of the courtiers supported Zhongji. In desperation, the little emperor had no choice but to succumb to the wishes of the ministers and sent a decree to confer the title of Duke of Tang as King of Tang, which was hereditary.
For a moment, the world was shocked.
Half a month later, the emperor's envoys and Xun You finally arrived in Luoyang. After summoning Huangfu Chaobo and all the civil and military officers and generals under his command, the emperor's envoys announced in public that they would make Huangfu Chaobo, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, the hereditary king of Tang Dynasty. Disregard!
Everyone in Huangfu Chaobo's civil and military circles was extremely happy. Even Pang Tong, Guo Jia and others did not expect that after dedicating the jade seal to Chang'an, it would bring such benefits to their lord. The emperor of Zhou years ago was just like him. The four-hundred-year-old Han Dynasty has now become an era of feudal princes competing for hegemony, and they are still legitimate princes and kings.
While everyone in the Tang Kingdom was busy preparing for the Tang Dynasty King's coronation ceremony, undercurrents were already surging in Chang'an City, and the two princes Guo and Li were also making every effort to promote themselves as kings. After working with Zhong Ji to urge the emperor to confer the title of Tang Prince, Guo and Li's relationship with Zhong Ji had improved. Of course, their dealings with Zhong Ji were separate, and they had never agreed to visit Zhong Ji.
As their relationship with Zhong Ji became better and better, Guo and Li gradually understood the conditions for becoming a king. The more they understood, the more disappointed they became, because they found that becoming a king was not as simple as they imagined. They only needed to force the little emperor to agree. Instead, there were too many conditions, which were limited by the gods and could not be changed.
However, even so, the two still did not give up. After becoming closer to Zhong Ji, at a banquet one day, Guo Si suddenly got a message from the drunk Zhong Ji that it was not impossible for him to become a king. He only needed to meet the conditions for becoming a king. To meet the conditions, the most important point was the number of territory and people under his command. After hearing Zhong Ji's drunken words, Guo Si suddenly had an epiphany in his mind.
If he wanted to become a king smoothly, he needed to occupy a larger territory. For himself, if he wanted to expand his territory, he had to get rid of Li Jue. After getting rid of Li Jue, once he successfully took over his territory, he would have controlled Yongzhou completely, which would bring him one step closer to becoming a king. Once this idea came into being, it grew like a vine, and instantly occupied Guo Si's mind, leaving no room for anything else.
A few days later, in Li Jue's mansion, Zhong Ji got drunk again, and a strange idea also surged in Li Jue's mind, and it was out of control!