Steel Dynasty - Chapter 853

[Chapter 851 War Fortune]

“Father! Father! Who is it? Who did it?”

Li Chuyuan in the Chu Palace looked grief-stricken, but the indifference deep in his eyes betrayed him at this time Mood.

When his father put him under house arrest for the Merchant Council, the relationship between father and son had already broken.

His father had been an obstacle to his attaining power all these years, and now that obstacle was finally gone.

Of course, he also guessed who assassinated his father. Today, only the emperor from the north can do it.

At this time, he finally understood what Xiao Ming said in the imperial study.

“His Royal Highness, it is not the time to be sad yet. His Royal Highness the King of Chu has passed away, but the Kingdom of Chu still needs someone to succeed him. As the eldest son, Your Highness should inherit the throne of Chu.”

When King Chu’s body returned to Lin’an City, the entire Lin’an The various forces in the city took action upon hearing the news. For them, every change of king of Chu was a time to regroup.

The minister who spoke was Li Chuyuan’s uncle Sima Hao. As the largest wealthy family in Lin’an, almost every generation of Chu kings would choose to marry the Sima family.

It is also because of the existence of the Sima family that Li Chuyuan’s status among the princes is as stable as Mount Tai.

“Uncle, it must be the Cao family. The merchant council has been coveting the power of the Chu Kingdom for a long time, and now they can’t bear it anymore.” Li Chuyuan said almost through gritted teeth.

Sima Hao looked confident. He said: “The nobles of Chu have been dissatisfied with the Merchant Council for a long time. They will support us, but before that, you must inherit the throne of Chu so that you can become famous.”

Li Chuyuan was fierce He nodded, how could he tolerate an uncontrolled force in his territory.

After a pause, he continued: “Those two Frenchmen are not good people either. If they were the ones who deceived me, my father would not trust the Cao family so much. My uncle should execute them immediately.”

Sima Hao nodded, and they You can cooperate and trade with merchants, but you must not tolerate the Cao family coveting power.

Pacing back and forth, Li Chuyuan gritted his teeth and made a decision again. He said: “Uncle, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we should ask Xiao Ming for help now to leave us a glimmer of hope.”

Sima Haoshen took it for granted. He certainly doesn’t take the Cao family seriously, but now the merchant council headed by my Cao family has grown too fast.

He had just received news that as soon as the news of King Chu’s death came, all the nine thousand people in the three firearms battalions stationed outside Lin’an City defected. They protected Cao Kun and Cao Zheng as they headed towards Suzhou.

“I don’t know how many hidden flags the Cao family has planted in the Chu Kingdom in the past few years. I suspect that the Merchant Council not only controls these firearms camps, but there may be more. At this time, we really need to show weakness to Xiao Ming.” Sima Hao pondered. road.

Li Chuyuan said: “In that case, I will send a letter to Qingzhou immediately.”

After that, he asked people to bring paper and pen to record the current situation of Chu State.

At the same time, when they learned about the death of King Chu, Cao Kun and Cao Zhengtong immediately escaped from Lin’an City with their families.

They knew very well what the consequences would be if they continued to bring about Lin’an. After all, Lin’an was firmly controlled by the Sima clan, and their power was very weak.

“Father, once Li Chuyuan inherits the throne, the following will definitely target the Cao family. We have tolerated it for so long and it is time to take action. Otherwise, there will no longer be a place for us in the country of Chongqing.” Cao Zhengtong looked in the direction of Lin’an City, I feel unwilling to do so.

On the carriage, Cao Kun was sitting opposite Cao Zhengtong. He closed his eyes at this time. After hearing Cao Zhengtong’s words, he said slowly: “What’s the rush? In the past few years, we have exhausted our financial resources to form a merchant council. How could it be that Li Chu Yuan, a boy with no hair at all, can deal with them. As for Sima, they are just old-fashioned antiques. They are powerful in Lin’an and we can’t beat them, but he is not qualified to be our opponent.” He

paused .

After a moment, he said: “When we arrive in Suzhou, we will immediately take control of the new army and recruit soldiers. By then it will not be a simple matter to defeat those disobedient wealthy families.”

Cao Zhengtong nodded. King Wei did not know until his death that now Fan Zilong, the governor of Suzhou, has long been one of their men. The most important thing is that this governor controls the new army recruited in the past two years.

With this new army equipped with firearms, they have no worries about the storm Li Chuyuan will cause. Their only worry is Xiao Ming in the north.

When Lin’an was turbulent, Li San, the instigator, led his men to escape.

Four days later, they arrived at Jinling City. After staying here for a few days, they returned to Qingzhou in another four days.

“So, the King of Chu is dead?”

Xiao Ming stopped writing in the imperial study. He was writing about penicillin, which was all prepared for biology.

“Yes, when we were in Jinling City, we sent people to Lin’an to confirm that the King of Chu was indeed dead. Now Li Chuyuan and the Sima family have taken control of Lin’an City, and the Cao family has gone to Suzhou. Now both sides are gathering troops. Get ready for war,” Li San said.

A smile appeared on Xiao Ming’s lips. The situation finally became interesting. He said, “Then let them fight.”

Li San was startled for a moment, and then he said, “Your Majesty, don’t we send troops south now?”

“Not yet .

At that time, one of these two families represented a wealthy family and the other represented ambitious capital. They were both a headache for me. Now even if I defeat them when I go south, there will be hidden dangers. In this case, it is better to let both families suffer. In this way, I The southern part of the country will be a clean place without wealthy families and ambitions,” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

“What the emperor said makes sense, but from the perspective of the lower officials, this Li Chuyuan may not be the Cao family’s opponent.” Li San was a little worried, “If the Cao family controls the south, it will be troublesome.”

Xiao Ming smiled Laughing, “Do you think I will give them this opportunity?”

As the two were talking, Qian Dafu suddenly came in with a letter. He said, “Your Majesty, Li Chuyuan’s letter has arrived.”

Xiao Ming was in a good mood today. He took the letter from Qian Dafu, read it over and said to Li San: “Li Chuyuan is asking me for help. In this case, I can only make another war fortune. This Li family Aren’t we as rich as the country? I’ll empty out the Li family’s money first and then go south to deal with them.”

Li San shook his head helplessly. He now basically understood what the emperor meant. In fact, because Qingzhou’s weapon innovation was too fast, Now the military has accumulated a large number of obsolete firearms. These firearms used to be real money. It is too wasteful to just leave them like this.

Moreover, they also seized a lot of firearms during the Northern War. These firearms were worthless to them, but it was different for Li Chuyuan, who was in urgent need of firearms now.

(End of chapter)