"Father, is the son wrong?"

Zhao Yuanliang looked at his father uneasily, he had always been very afraid of his father. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After pondering for a while, King Zhao said slowly: "Yuan Liang, this is not the time to deal with Xiao Ming, this is not the time to deal with Xiao Ming, this point, Wang Xi can see it clearly. ”

"Father, if you don't annihilate Xiao Ming in one fell swoop at this time, I'm afraid that Xiao Ming will take the opportunity to become bigger, my son has been in contact with Xiao Ming, this person is very treacherous, and I must guard against it."

"So what if when Xiao Ming is fighting, the other vassal kings take the opportunity to attack Chang'an?" King Zhao's gaze was sharp.

Zhao Yuanliang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, back then, Bei Shan's hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry were still defeated by Xiao Ming, and this time they must go all out to use troops against Xiao Ming again.

If other vassal kings take the opportunity to attack Chang'an and the hinterland of Zhao at this time, they will not be able to recover.

"Erchen understands, now is the first thing to appease the other vassal kings." Zhao Yuanliang said.

"Well, that's right, you go and arrange Xiao Wenxuan's state funeral and the enthronement of the thirteen princes now, after the new emperor ascends the throne, the attitude of the other vassal kings will be clear, and it is not too late to prepare at that time." King Zhao said slowly.

"Yes, Father."

Zhao Yuanliang bowed and retreated.

Wang Xi turned around and walked out, but at this time he was stopped by King Zhao, and he asked, "How is Wanrong now?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Niangniang still doesn't eat or drink, and Niangniang can't hold it up if she goes on like this." Wang Xi said.

King Zhao sighed slightly, "I really hurt her for my father's will, and this king is really guilty in his heart." ”

"Your Highness, you can't be merciful in this world, and Your Highness is not wrong." Wang Xi was cautious.

King Zhao nodded and asked, "This king asked you to send a message to the other vassal kings, and they can respond." ”

"Your Highness, no vassal king has responded so far, and it is estimated that they will not come to Chang'an to attend the funeral of the former emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor."

"Does this king really want to clean up these vassal kings one by one?" King Zhao's voice was mixed with anger.

Wang Xi sighed and stopped talking.

Although they have entered Chang'an, there is still a long way to go to get the world.

With a cold snort, King Zhao waved his hand and motioned for Wang Xi to leave.

Three days later, Xiao Wenxuan's state funeral was held in Chang'an City, along the Vermilion Bird Avenue, Xiao Wenxuan's coffin was carried to the imperial tomb outside Chang'an City, and the next day the thirteenth prince, who was only six months old, ascended the throne and worshiped King Zhao as the general of the state and led state affairs.

When the news from Chang'an came out, the world was in an uproar.

And only a few days later, the king of Chu announced to the world, denounced King Zhao as a chaotic minister and thief, and then assisted the three princes in Lin'an to ascend the throne as the emperor and stand on his own, and at the same time the king of Shu served the three princes as the king, and the southern rivers and mountains changed hands one day.

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In Qingzhou, news from all over the Great Chongqing Kingdom came to the Qi Palace.

These people, Xiao Ming, in addition to reconciling the old ministers and magnates from Chang'an, was thinking about the situation of the Great Yu Kingdom.

When King Zhao staged a farce to ascend the throne in Chang'an, Fiji and Luo Quan successively sent envoys to Jinling City and Jizhou City, and King Zhao's conspiracy was exposed in the mouths of the two.

And when the king of Chu assisted the three princes to establish themselves, Fiji and Luo Quan also returned to Qingzhou from the fiefs of the kings of Wei and Yong.

"Your Highness, King Wei's attitude is ambiguous, and he seems unwilling to form an alliance with His Highness to deal with the current crisis together." Fiji is dusty, and his face is full of anxiety.

Luo Quan came back two days earlier than Fiji, and he said to Fiji: "I have gained a lot from going to Jizhou this time, and King Yong is very indignant about King Zhao's rebellion, and he is willing to form an alliance with His Highness to deal with King Zhao's troops." ”

"Hey, it's a pity that I paid so much attention to King Wei back then, but I didn't expect King Wei to have a rebellious mind a long time ago, this time he was unwilling to form an alliance with His Royal Highness, and at this time it was clear that he had the intention of competing for the world." Fiji slapped the table hard.

Xiao Ming was not surprised by this result at all, he said: "Fei Zhongshu does not have to sigh, it may not be a good thing for this king, this alliance, only King Yong agrees, after all, King Yong is the western barrier of the country, as long as King Yong is there, he can block the attack of King Zhao and the barbarians from the west for this king, and as for King Wei, this king is worried that there is no excuse to beat him." ”

Pang Yukun said: "Wei is rich and has a large population, if His Royal Highness can annex Wei, his strength will definitely increase." ”

Niu Ben said: "If His Royal Highness wants to take Weidi, he must first take Pengzhou, which is held in the traffic hub, and can attack Jiangnan in the south, and enter the hinterland of the Central Plains in the west, and Pengzhou is surrounded by many mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a place where soldiers must fight." ”

Fiji sighed when he heard this, now the king of Zhao assisted the thirteen princes to ascend the throne, and there is a great posture of coercing the son of heaven to order the princes, and the king of Chu is self-reliant in Lin'an, and it is said that he has sent troops to attack the prefectures and counties that once belonged to the royal family, and the king of Ruyang and Huainan are not willing to be lonely, and take the opportunity to annex a large number of royal homelands, so it seems that the situation in the world is irreparable.

Now, even if Xiao Wenxuan is resurrected, it is difficult to stop the ambitions of the vassal kings.

It's just that he was still worried, so he said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the great trouble in the world is King Zhao, after all, King Zhao borrowed troops from the barbarians to lure wolves into the house, and the barbarians are eyeing His Highness, and they can't wait to overthrow Qingzhou immediately, so in the eyes of the old ministers, it should be mainly to prevent King Zhao." ”

Pang Yukun said at this time: "But King Zhao doesn't seem to want to start a war with His Highness now, the so-called imperial order came from Chang'an two days ago, and he praised His Highness." ”

"Oh?" Fiji looked surprised.

Xiao Ming gave the holy decree to Fiji at this time, and he said: "King Zhao is in the company of poisonous snakes, and sooner or later he will suffer from it, as for this holy decree, we can just take a look, we can't believe it all, after all, the plan can't catch up with the changes." ”

Everyone nodded.

After a pause, Xiao Ming said: "King Zhao is scheming, but the vassal kings of this world are not fools, since the world is in chaos, they can only rely on their own abilities." ”

"So, is His Highness really ready to take Pengzhou?" Fiji asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, the Pengzhou of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is the modern Pengcheng, that is, Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu, the land of Longxing of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

This time he made up his mind to use troops not on a whim, it was in order to guard against the attack of the barbarians and the king of Zhao that he was ready to annex Pengzhou, after all, Shandong and Henan have always been the hardest hit areas of food shortage in history, and if he did not find a stable grain production area for himself, this would seriously limit his expeditionary ability.

Moreover, Pengzhou and its subordinate prefectures and counties have a population of more than 500,000, which will provide him with a lot of manpower, and the most important thing is that as the territory of King Wei closest to his fiefdom, the secret guards are of course the priority to penetrate, and the folk drama of Qingzhou is also quite influential in Pengzhou, it can be said that the people here are very yearning for Qingzhou, and the only problem that needs to be solved is the local clan.