Chapter 340: Discussion Between the Emperor and His Ministers

"Uncle Wang, don't worry."

Li Zhao smiled and said to Prince Ning who came to apologize, without any hint of complaint in his tone.

As for Prince Ning, his head bowed deeply after hearing Li Zhao's words, with a look of shame on his face.

The cause of all this starts with King Wu raising his troops.

King Ning's fiefdom is located in the southwest, that is, in the Gui, E, and Guang area.

The late emperor enfeoffed him here in order to let him intimidate the two kings of different surnames in the southwest, including King Wu of Nanyun.

But what about now?

The king of Wu rebelled and took control of the territory to protect himself.

Li Zhao had previously issued an edict to King Ning, asking him to pay more attention to King Wu's movements and be wary that the other party might take the opportunity to leave Zhennanguan westward.

This town, Nanguan, is the gateway town between Nanyun and Gui Echuan.

If Zhennanguan is occupied by King Wu, the latter can march to Sichuan and Sichuan to the north, and to Huguang to the east, threatening the Jiangnan provinces in Li Tang's rear.

Looking at it now, King Wu's intention of sending troops this time was to go north to Sichuan and Shu in an attempt to occupy this land of heaven.

As everyone knows.

Since ancient times, Sichuan and Shu have been a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

As long as any separatist regime takes over Sichuan and Shu, it can seal off three passes and five roads, and use the dangerous terrain to compete with a million-strong army.

In addition, Sichuan and Shu are inherently wealthy and luxurious, so starting from Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou in the Three Kingdoms, Sichuan and Shu have been called "the spirit of the emperor".

The clear meaning is that if you win Sichuan and Shu, you will be qualified to conquer the world.

It can be seen that the terrain conditions of Sichuan and Sichuan are favorable.

But what?

Prince Ning seemed to have misunderstood what Li Zhao meant.

Not only did they not pay more attention to the King of Wu, but they often went to attack another prince in the southwest during this period, the King of Yue.

The King of Yue was also a hero with a different surname who followed the late emperor to conquer the world.

But among all the six kings with different surnames who supported troops, he was at the bottom with the power of King Wu.

The reason is simple.

At this time, although Li Tang had already carried out a lot of development in the south.

However, the fiefdoms of the two kings with different surnames were closer to the remote and wild wilderness in the southwest. When Li Tang founded the country, there were still barbarian chieftains operating in their fiefdoms!

Poisonous insects and bad water harm people and waterfowl, causing the population in these places to be inferior to that of the Central Plains.

Even if it is a modern, re-created country in China.

The Southwest was also plagued by various diseases and parasites in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The most powerful one is schistosomiasis!

As long as there is water, this thing can reproduce and parasitize in the bodies of snail fish.

As long as people and animals enter the water, they are likely to be infected.

Once infected, there was no chance of survival under ancient medical conditions.

Therefore, the population of the Yue King's fiefdom was only about one million, and the number of soldiers he supported did not exceed 60,000.

Li Zhao couldn't figure it out.

The good King of Yue didn't cause any trouble, so why did King Ning chase him and beat him?

So much so that King Wu saw the opportunity and went straight out of Zhennanguan.

This is just great.

King Ning learned the news too late, so he hurriedly sent troops to pursue and intercept him.

He came to the capital in person to plead guilty to Li Zhao.

have to say.

After King Ning believed that Li Zhao was a man, his attitude was extremely respectful, and he did not dare to be arrogant and consider himself an elder.

Therefore, Li Zhao will not cause trouble just because of this.

You said Prince Ning is like this, what can she do? Punishment?

No, I have to comfort him instead.

After all, during King Wu's rebellion, the only military force the southwestern court could rely on was King Ning's command.

After bidding Queen Ning farewell, Li Zhao looked at the early spring lake view in the pavilion of the imperial garden and remained silent.

After a while, the person she was waiting for arrived belatedly under the leadership of a waiter.

Lin Chen didn't expect Li Zhao to urge him so hard.

No, he had just returned to Beijing and was preparing to take over the task of suppressing bandits in Shandong.

Who would have thought that Shangguan Wan'er would take him to the palace and rush to meet the saint without washing away the dust.

"See Your Majesty."

Lin Chen bowed slightly and saluted.

Li Zhao glanced at the guy in front of him. For some reason, an inexplicable anger emerged, and was suppressed by him.

In comparison.

This bitch lives a leisurely life, but on the other hand, he, the emperor, spends his whole day working hard on everything.

"Lin Qing, I heard that you quelled the bandits in Shandong. You are indeed my capable minister."

"Um?"

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard the anger in Li Zhao's words.

Is this your Majesty’s special day every month?

"Thanks to His Majesty's great fortune, I was able to quell the banditry so quickly."

Lin Chen also talked about Guan Tang, as if Leng Touqing couldn't hear the underlying meaning of Li Zhao's words.

Seeing this, Li Zhao became even more angry.

One is holding back his anger, and the other is pretending to be dumbfounded.

Shangguan Wan'er laughed in her heart when she saw this, she opened her mouth and retreated to the court to serve as a waiter.

Then.

Shangguan Wan'er was seen pressing Li Zhao's shoulders to relieve the latter's fatigue.

During this period of time, Li Zhao did not have much rest due to the incident with King Wu.

Even the disguised man's face has a dark circle under his eyes.

It's really disrespectful to the country.

Lin Chen looked at Li Zhao's eyes and cast a provocative look at him.

Um?

Lin Chen's mouth twitched slightly.

What does this... mean?

Could it be that you, Li Zhao, can really do something to Shangguan Wan'er?

etc.

Lin Chen, who had the figures of Shangguan Wan'er and Li Zhao in his mind, could not help but tilt his head and cough lightly, not looking into Li Zhao's eyes.

Hiss, it's a bit exciting.

"Lin Qing, why don't you report the Mingjiao matter to the court?!"

Li Zhao's expression became a little colder when she talked about the Ming Cult.

Obviously, she learned about the Ming Cult from the Jinyiwei.

The five altars and five flags of the sect have a total of 70,000 to 80,000 combat soldiers!

If the Ming Cult has any other intentions, it may be the next White Lotus Cult!

How can this make Li Zhao feel at ease?

What Li Zhao cares about more is that Lin Chen did not report this matter, as if pretending not to know.

In her opinion, you are not loyal!

Lin Chen heard this and suddenly realized it.

It turned out that Li Zhao summoned him for this matter.

Indeed.

Lin Chen overlooked one point.

Although he had read the original book and knew that the Ming Cult was not a big threat to the court at present.

But Li Zhao didn't know.

She only saw the terrifying power of the Ming Cult in this Wudang incident.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen had to explain to Li Zhao.

Let's start with the fact that the Ming Cult is leaderless.

As long as the leader of the Ming Cult has not been elected, the Ming Cult will not have to worry about internal troubles...

"Your Majesty, I actually... have a plan to dissipate the power of the Ming Cult."

Lin Chen deliberately kept it a secret.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhao glanced at him, and then said indifferently: "In this case, I will give the affairs of the Ming Cult to General Yu Lin to do. If the matter is successful, there will be rewards."

If it fails... don't blame me for being ruthless.

What else can Lin Chen say, he can only nod his head.

This is a few months away from Beijing.

When Lin Chen comes back, he not only has to report his work to Li Zhao, but also has to deal with another matter.

That is to appease the concubines in the harem who have a relationship with him.

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