Chapter 150 Chess Pieces

How many people are there in the entire Beijun, and how much is the tax revenue in a year.

Moreover, in less than a year, there is no way to breed the horses needed for 50,000 heavy cavalry.

The most important thing is that there is no money.

Although the business of the Beiwang Mansion is profitable, no matter how you calculate it, it can't make the armor needed for 50,000 heavy cavalry.

Another point is that there are not so many craftsmen in Beijun.

In the whole Daxia, there is only one person who can build 50,000 heavy cavalry, and only he has such resources.

Who is that person?

You can guess it with your toes.

That person is in the palace.

After Lu Shuyun came to his senses, he felt very stupid.

He actually thought that the Beiwang had suddenly awakened, and he was even so scared that he couldn't sleep. Every time he thought about the bloodbath in his mansion some time ago, he was very panicked.

Now think about it, Lu Shuyun feels that it is a shame for him to be afraid of a mere Beiwang.

At this time, Wang Yong, who was next to Lu Shuyun, said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. In my opinion, His Majesty has no intention of making the Northern King the Crown Prince. The Northern King is just a chess piece in His Majesty's eyes."

"Anyone can see that His Majesty is in his prime and has no intention of establishing a crown prince. Now the Northern King has 50,000 heavy cavalry. Almost all forces and factions in Daxia are staring at the Northern King. If the Northern King is really so loved by His Majesty, His Majesty will not let the Northern King become the target of public criticism."

Hearing Wang Yong's words, Lu Shuyun's mouth slightly raised. He actually thought so. He didn't think that his father really liked his ninth brother so much.

If he really liked him, he would not let the Northern King stand out when the conflict with the aristocratic family was about to break out.

The Northern King now has 50,000 heavy cavalry. Once his father took action against the aristocratic families in Daxia, these 50,000 heavy cavalry would most likely be a knife, and the Northern King would be in a very dangerous situation at that time.

His father had no intention of appointing a crown prince so early, so how could he expose his candidate for the crown prince so early? Wouldn't this make people target the King of the North?

As for whether his father was trying to hone the King of the North, that was even more impossible. At this time, how could his father push out the candidate for the crown prince in his mind to hone him?

In today's undercurrent, if he is not careful, the King of the North will die.

So the King of the North can only be a chess piece.

And it is a chess piece used to target the aristocratic family.

The mother family of the King of the North is the Chu family. Pushing the King of the North out is likely to divide the Chu family. This is the first role.

Secondly, the King of the North is a dispensable prince. If he dies, Emperor Xia will not be sad, so he is the most suitable chess piece.

At this time, Lu Shuyun sneered and said: "I originally wanted to make peace with him and work together for the great cause, but I didn't expect him to reject me."

"It's ridiculous. He thought that he was now favored by his father and the position of the crown prince was his. He really didn't know what was good for him."

"Since he didn't accept my toast, don't blame me for being rude."

Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, in my opinion, now all the princes are on guard against the King of the North. Why don't we take this opportunity to join forces with other princes and get rid of the King of the North first."

Lu Shuyun said lightly: "There is no need. At the beginning, I wanted to kill him in order to make the Chu family completely turn to me. Now the entire Jiangnan family is... Support me. It doesn't matter whether the King of the North is dead or not. He is just a chess piece that my father can discard at will. "

Wang Yong said: "But the 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun is always a huge threat to us. If we don't find a way to disintegrate these 50,000 heavy cavalry, it may have a great impact on your highness's cause. "

"The most important thing is that I heard that the shadow guards have gone to Beijun. The national teacher and the shadow guards appeared in Beijun at the same time. I am afraid that your majesty has already controlled the evidence of our transaction with the barbarians. It is estimated that it will not take long for your majesty to use the excuse that the Wang family colluded with the barbarians to take action against us. "

After hearing what Wang Yong said, Lu Shuyun fell silent.

Originally, he just wanted to fight for the throne by seizing the throne, and had no intention of rebelling directly.

But his father had a great prejudice against the aristocratic family, and it was obvious that he was ready to take action against the aristocratic family.

In theory, he should keep a distance from the aristocratic family at this time to avoid being affected by the aristocratic family.

But his mother is a daughter of the Wang family. If the Wang family rebels, it is impossible that he will not be affected at all. He will lose the throne at that time.

Moreover, for him, the aristocratic family is his biggest trump card. For now, his interests are tied to the aristocratic family.

He has reached the point where he can no longer cut off from the aristocratic family.

As long as his father takes action against the Jiangnan aristocratic family, he will inevitably be affected, so he finally has only one way left, which is to rebel.

But then again, a son who rebels against his father will eventually be despised by the world.

Let alone whether it can succeed, even if it succeeds, he will probably be cursed by the world for a thousand years.

Even if he governs Daxia very well in the end, the rebellion will always be a stain on him.

If possible, Lu Shuyun still doesn't want to rebel directly, but through various pressures, let his father give up the idea of ​​taking action against the aristocratic family.

After a moment of silence, Lu Shuyun said: "If the 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun are disintegrated, will my father give up the aristocratic family?"

Hearing this question, Wang Yong said: "Your Highness, it is indeed possible. Your Majesty has long been planning to eradicate ancient families like us that have existed for thousands of years. However, considering the power and influence of the family, the most he can do is suppress the family in the court. I have never dared to directly attack any of our ancient families.

"Even though His Majesty has taken back his military power, he still hasn't taken action against the noble family."

"But it's different with Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry. These 50,000 heavy cavalry belong entirely to His Majesty. None of our aristocratic families can interfere with this heavy cavalry. They can't even put a spy in. It's okay." "This is His Majesty's biggest trump card, and it is also His Majesty's greatest confidence to take action against the aristocratic family."

"Without this trump card, His Majesty will have no confidence. If our family joins forces with other dynasties to put pressure on His Majesty, His Majesty will eventually have no choice but to compromise."

After hearing Wang Yong's analysis, Lu Shuyun pondered for a moment, and then said: "In that case, then we will join forces with several other brothers of this king to find a way to disintegrate Beijun's 50,000 heavy cavalry. It is best to Force my father to give up his original idea."

"Raising troops is always a bad idea. I believe that my brothers are also very afraid of the 50,000 heavy cavalry."

Wang Yong echoed: "Your Highness is right."

Then they gathered together to discuss some things about how to disintegrate Bei County's 50,000 heavy cavalry.

at the same time.

royal palace.

Royal Garden.

Emperor Xia, wearing a yellow dragon robe, stood by the lotus pond, watching the fish swimming around in the lotus pond. At this time, Situ Ce was in the pavilion beside the lotus pond.

Emperor Xia asked: "You went to see Xiaojiu this time. What do you think of Xiaojiu?"

Situ Ce replied in one sentence: "I have the ambition of Taizu."

Hearing this, Emperor Xia's face instantly darkened. Naturally, he didn't want to hear Situ Ce praise Lu Chen. After all, Lu Chen was his least favorite child.

However, Emperor Xia did not delve into it. He laughed and said, "I didn't expect that the Imperial Master would have such a high opinion of Xiao Jiu."

Having said this, Emperor Xia continued to ask: "The Imperial Master has stayed in Beijun for so long, so he should have understood some things about Beijun. I have a few things that are confusing, and I would like to ask the Imperial Master to clarify my confusion."

Situ Ce said: "Your Majesty, please speak."

Emperor Xia asked directly: "Based on the intelligence from all parties, I have a rough understanding of the battle in the Wanning Valley, but I still don't understand that even with the 50,000 heavy cavalry, Xiao Jiu would not be able to do this." Easily defeat the barbarian’s army of 300,000 people.”

"And according to General Lin's battle report, Beijun only lost 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers. Throughout the history of major dynasties, none has achieved such an exaggerated battle loss ratio. However, the battlefield was indeed cleaned by the imperial army. The number of corpses It was also counted by the imperial army, and its authenticity is beyond doubt."

"I'm very curious, what kind of army does Xiaojiu have in his hands, so that he can defeat the barbarian's 300,000 cavalry with the loss of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and it is still difficult to pull over in the Wanning Valley, where he can only fight head-on. The terrain of the decisive battle.”

"The Imperial Guard has been in Beijun for so long, and he must have seen the cavalry in Xiaojiu's hands. He should have some understanding of their situation."

Emperor Xia asked Situ Ce to go to Beijun. Obviously, it couldn't be as simple as bringing a message to Lu Chen or drawing a cake for Lu Chen. He just asked Situ Ce to go to Beijun in person to see what kind of monsters and ghosts there were in Beijun. It allowed King Bei to build 50,000 heavy cavalry in such a short period of time.

Moreover, Situ Ce is a Grand Master. It is relatively easy for a Grand Master to sneak into any place. Even if someone discovers Situ Ce, Situ Ce can easily leave.

After hearing Emperor Xia's words, Situ Ce smiled slightly. He naturally knew what Emperor Xia wanted to know, so he said directly: "Your Majesty, I did see the heavy cavalry in the hands of King Bei, and according to my observation, that Most of the soldiers in the heavy cavalry are above the fifth level.”

Hearing what Situ Ce said, Emperor Xia's brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan". There were about 50,000 fifth-grade soldiers. Where did his son get so many warriors?

Situ Ce continued: "Of course, I think your Majesty doesn't care much about this heavy cavalry now. What your Majesty really cares about is the suspected presence of a great master in Beijun."

Indeed, what Emperor Xia really wanted to know was whether there was a grand master in Beijun. Lin Xiuming's memorial mentioned that a grand master was suspected to have appeared on the battlefield, but Lin Xiuming could not confirm it.

If a grand master really appears, it would not be strange to win this war, but the grand master is not a cabbage. How could there be a grand master in Beijun?

This has always puzzled Emperor Xia.

Moreover, Emperor Xia had already asked Shadow Guard to investigate. According to the information he obtained, Xuanyue Palace seemed to have just begun to contact his son and did not provide any help to Beijun at all.

It can be said that Xuanyue Palace chose to invest in Bei Wang because of his great potential. It was not because Xuanyue Palace helped Bei Wang that Bei Wang achieved his current strength.

Then the question arises, since Xuanyue Palace is not helping Lu Chen, then what force is secretly helping Lu Chen, allowing Lu Chen to have 50,000 heavy cavalry all of a sudden, and there are also traces of a suspected grand master in Beijun.

Emperor Xia asked at this time: "So does the Imperial Master think that a great master has really appeared in Beijun?"

Situ Ce replied: "I am not sure, but judging from the situation on the battlefield, it is indeed possible that a great master participated in the battle in the Wanning Valley."

After hearing Situ Ce's answer, Emperor Xia fell into deep thought.

Why does he feel like his good-for-nothing son is becoming more and more mysterious now?

Is it possible that he is really not his own child?

Thinking of this, Emperor Xia's face suddenly became very ugly.

When Lu Chen was born, he had suspected that Lu Chen was not his child. After all, he had never slept with Chu Yue soberly. He was always with Chu Yue in a daze. Who knew Chu Yue was pregnant? Is it your own species?

If he hadn't wanted to get the support of the Chu family, he wouldn't have been able to marry Chu Yue. He had no feelings for Chu Yue at all.

And he could also feel that Chu Yue didn't want to serve him at all. They were together very rarely, and the possibility of Chu Yue being pregnant with his child was also very low. This made Emperor Xia always feel that Chu Yue was having an affair with other men. And Lu Chen is also the child of a certain man.

It's just that he has never been able to find evidence, and he has been brooding about this matter all these years. Even after Chu Yue's death, he asked the shadow guard to continue investigating the man who had a good relationship with Chu Yue, trying to find Lu Chen's biological child Father, but after so many years, there has been no result.

Fortunately, Lu Chen had always been a waste, so Emperor Xia simply enfeoffed him to Beijun. Unexpectedly, Lu Chen suddenly rose to prominence when he arrived in Beijun, and even grew to the point where he could threaten Daxia.

This further deepened the suspicion in Emperor Xia's mind. Lu Chen might not be his seed. The reason why Lu Chen was able to rise so quickly now might be that Lu Chen's biological father was helping Lu Chen. This Emperor Xia felt as if he had eaten shit.

Even though Chu Yue was dead, he still felt very ashamed of it.

Thinking about the reality that he had to marry a woman he didn't like, and even had to accept the children of other men in her belly. In the end, this woman even killed the woman he liked. All of these combined made Xia Xia... The emperor was very uncomfortable.

It's uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable, but now is not the time to touch King Bei. He has been uncomfortable for so many years, and it will not be far behind in the next few years.

After solving the family problem first, he would deal with Lu Chen's matter.

Now he still needs to use Lu Chen's 50,000 heavy cavalry to intimidate those aristocratic families.

Ever since it was revealed that there were 50,000 heavy cavalry in Beijun, almost all the aristocratic families thought that these 50,000 heavy cavalry belonged to Emperor Xia, and they suddenly became extremely honest.

With the deterrence of these 50,000 heavy cavalry, when he cleans up a certain family, if other families want to follow in the rebellion, they will have to weigh their strength.

This is a good thing for him.

When he thought of this, Emperor Xia chuckled, "I didn't expect that I would actually be reduced to using the power of my son to intimidate the family. I am really a coward as an emperor."

Hearing that Emperor Xia suddenly stopped mentioning the Grand Master, Situ Ce asked curiously: "Isn't Your Majesty curious about where the Grand Master of Beijun comes from?"

Emperor Xia said calmly: "Put aside the matters in Beijun for now. The Shadow Guard has collected enough evidence about the Wang family's collusion with the barbarians."

"I have suffered from this cowardice for so many years, and it's time to end it all!"