Chang'an is good

Chapter 608 Mingluo's Secret Letter
A soldier rode back to the camp on horseback, quickly came to King Rong's tent, and brought back the latest news of victory.

The counselors in the tent were all excited. One said, "It seems that in this case, it will only take another month for our army to reach the capital!"

"By then, I'm afraid this thief Bian won't be able to sit on the throne for even a year!"

"Your Highness is expected to take back the capital before winter this year!"

"We are here to congratulate the prince first..."

Everyone joined in the congratulations, except Luo Guanlin, who was sitting cross-legged at the bottom, and did not say a word.

This battle went more smoothly than everyone had imagined, and this success also made more and more forces begin to lean towards Prince Rong Li Yin. In the eyes of all the advisers in Prince Rong's mansion, this was nothing more than: people's hearts can distinguish right from wrong, success from failure.

They were about to approach the capital, but Li Suining chose to put himself to death.

The prince's great cause was going particularly smoothly, but that powerful enemy made many stupid moves... This was luck and destiny!
When a counselor mentioned Li Suining, he sneered, "…This woman used the auspicious event in Taiyuan to promote the idea of ​​destiny, but how can destiny be in a woman? If so, what does it matter if she steals the position of crown prince? How can a woman with such a shortsighted vision protect what she has stolen?"

"I heard that many places are unwilling to obey the decree issued by Taiyuan... Who would be willing to respect a young woman whose life and death are uncertain and who disregards the overall situation as their leader?"

"Chang Suining didn't even think before he did anything. Even if he wanted to gain a good reputation for protecting the country, who wouldn't think about the way out when the situation is at stake? Going to the North to gain a good reputation is really naive and foolish!"

She was young and frivolous, and she probably didn't understand what the primary responsibility of a monarch was... It was not ability or means, nor was it the name of benevolence and righteousness, but to stay alive.

Living is the foundation of everything. How can a person who cannot even guarantee her own safety and has voluntarily turned away from the center of power struggle gather people's hearts? How many people can safely bet their wealth and future on such a young girl who is full of variables and irresponsible?
Young people who achieve success are certainly eye-catching, but those who can win steadily are the best choice.

Chang Suining is too immature after all. He has no idea what is truly important. Going to the northern border is simply destroying his own future.

However, there are many precedents in the past. It is clear that a person who holds a good situation can ruin the situation with a decision made in a single night. This kind of decision-making error is often regarded as one's own vision not being able to bear the luck, and is destined to return the luck in another way. Once the luck is lost, it will soon be back to the original state and be defeated.

Now, Chang Suining is about to lose his luck!

Listening to all these discussions, Li Yin showed no contempt, ridicule or complacency. Instead, he said, "In any case, her trip is indeed a benevolent act for the country and the people. Regardless of success or failure, I will remember her kindness on behalf of the people of Dasheng."

His words revealed that if Li Suining was defeated by him in the future, he would take the other party's actions into consideration and show leniency to him.

One counselor sighed, "Your Majesty is very virtuous."

"Your Highness, you are wrong." Luo Guanlin, who had not spoken a word, said solemnly, "In my opinion, this woman does not understand what benevolence and righteousness are. Considering her past behavior, it can be seen that she is just a warmongering and arrogant person who only knows how to fight and kill. She thinks she is invincible, so she is arrogant and wants to show off her power in the north——"

"This woman has long been blinded by her murderous ambitions. Even if she has some achievements, they are not enough to offset her heinous crime of stealing the throne!"

"Besides, this woman is most likely a pawn in the hands of the Ming Queen... The Ming Queen helped her pretend to be the princess to deceive the world, and was eager to support her to become the crown prince. How could there be no calculation in this?"

Luo Guanlin finished speaking, looked at Prince Rong, raised his hand and said: "Your Highness's kindness is known to the world, but this kindness is definitely not suitable for such a troublemaker, and we should cut the grass and eradicate it!"

Hearing these passionate words, some of the counselors echoed them, while others just smiled knowingly.

Mr. Luo, who had "resurrected from the dead", was particularly disgusted by women usurping power. A few years ago, his article to attack the Ming Empress had caused an uproar among the people. The article was full of dissatisfaction with the phenomenon of women in power, calling it a sign of yin and yang being reversed and doing things in reverse, and blaming all the chaos on the evil queen in power.

After spending so much time together, they even suspected that the reason this man came back to the stage was probably because he couldn't stand the sight of women running rampant in the world.

This person was able to help the Empress Ming dethrone the Emperor, and later helped Xu Zhengye start an uprising. He used his pen to incite support from various forces for Xu Zhengye. He was undoubtedly very talented.

In recent days, this person has repeatedly offered brilliant strategies to the prince, and his intelligence and wisdom are beyond doubt. However, when it comes to the affairs of the Queen Ming and Li Suining, all that is left is subjective hatred, and when it comes to indignation, he even occasionally uses extreme words.

But this is not a bad thing for the Rong Palace. The world needs such fierce voices against women's dominance, the more the better.

Facing Luo Guanlin's admonition to root out the problem, Prince Rong nodded slightly and said sincerely: "Sir, you have always been considerate of me, so I will listen to you. I am lucky to have your help."

Luo Guanlin stood up upon hearing this and gave a long bow. "Since the witch queen came to power, Dasheng has never had peace. The witch queen has disrupted the government and persecuted the royal family, causing the Li family's descendants to wither and decline... Fortunately, the prince has kept a low profile and stationed in the western border, leaving Dasheng with a glimmer of hope. Now I am lucky to be able to follow the prince and support the orthodoxy of the Li family."

From this statement, it is not difficult to hear the speaker's obsession with supporting the orthodoxy of the Li family - Li Yin had no doubts about this. When Xu Zhengye started the rebellion, there were many spies planted by Li Yin in the army, so Li Yin was very clear about the process of Luo Guanlin and Xu Zhengye's separation: it was because the former saw the latter's ambition to establish himself, and the former only wanted to restore the Li family's imperial power. To be precise, it was the patriarchal Li family imperial power that still respected men.

Li Yin was moved and asked Luo Guanlin, who had stood up and saluted, to sit down again.

After discussing the next war deployment, several counselors and generals received the order and left to carry out the matters.

Not long after, a soldier from Qianzhong Road entered the tent and delivered a message, saying that the governor of Qianzhong Road was about to get married and would be engaged to a girl from the Changsun family in seven days.

The military advisor who sat closest to Li Yin was surprised, then stroked his beard with a smile and said, "The Changsun family finally agreed!"

Then he congratulated Li Yin: "Your Majesty, this is really a happy event!"

Their Rong Wang Mansion has been trying to win over the Changsun family for a long time, but the other party's attitude has always been unclear. The proposal of marriage by the governor of Qianzhong Road is actually the last test.

This marriage proposal has been going on for several months. At first, the Changsun family was unwilling to agree... Now, perhaps seeing that the Rong Palace’s army is advancing smoothly towards the capital, the Changsun family has finally made a decision.

She Kui, the governor of Qianzhong Road, had long since surrendered to the Rong Palace. The Changsun family's agreement to this marriage was self-evident in their attitude.

Although the Changsun family is no longer the same as before after being slaughtered by Emperor Shengce, they were the founding heroes of Dasheng and had produced several queens. Two kings of Dasheng had half the blood of the Changsun family. This surname has long been inseparable from the Li royal family. If he can get the support of the Changsun family, he will be able to ascend the throne more legitimately in the future.

Li Yin was naturally happy to see this marriage, and immediately asked someone to prepare generous gifts and send them back to Qianzhong.

After this matter was passed on, only Luo Guanlin and two other counselors were left in the tent. Not long after, another soldier entered the tent to deliver a message, which was a piece of news about the succession of the throne of a foreign country.

The leader of Tuyuhun, Murong Yun, died.

Murong Yun was in his early thirties and in the prime of his life. The news of his death was very sudden. It was said that he was poisoned by a snake while hunting in the mountains and died of an acute illness.

The prince who succeeded to the throne was not Murong Yun's eldest son, but his youngest son, Murong Shouping.

The soldier repeated the news in more detail: "…The new king is only three years old, and his mother is Princess Gu'an of our dynasty."

Li Yin understood the difference, and his tone was ambiguous: "She is worthy of being a princess raised by the Queen." Supporting such a young child to become the new king of Tuyuhun would inevitably lead to opposition from the Tuyuhun royal family and ministers. The fact that she could fight her way out of these oppositions showed that she already had her own foundation and power in Tuyuhun.

Therefore, it is also worth considering how Murong Yun died.

At this point, the soldier presented a letter: "This is a letter from Tuyuhun, reporting to Dasheng about the enthronement of a new king."

"Did they actually send this letter to Jiannan Road?" Li Yin asked with interest as he raised his hand to take it.

"Yes, according to the Tuyuhun envoy, this is what Princess Gu'an wanted."

Li Yin's interest grew stronger. Wherever the imperial letter reached was the political center of the dynasty. Princess Mingluo of Gu'an did not send anyone to send it to Taiyuan or Luoyang, but to Jiannan Road.

The territory of Tuyuhun was not as large as several states of Dasheng, but as a buffer state between Dasheng and Tubo, it had extraordinary strategic significance.

A few years earlier, before Dasheng ordered Princess Gu'an to marry Tuyuhun, Tubo had intended to invade - the matter was reported to the capital by Li Yin. Tubo was connected to Longyou Road of Dasheng in the north and Jiannan Road in the east. The Rong Palace had always been responsible for the defense against Tubo, so Li Yin had naturally had many dealings with Tuyuhun.

But this is the first time I have had such an "interaction"...

This letter from Tuyuhun to enthrone the new king also contained a secret letter.

This secret letter came from Princess Gu'an Mingluo, who said in the letter that she wanted to make a deal with Prince Rong's Mansion, and that she had a secret matter in her hands that was related to the late Crown Prince Xiao, and she believed that His Royal Highness Prince Rong would be very interested.

Li Yin found it a little funny.

A princess named Ming, who was guarding the tiny land of Tuyuhun, dared to come to him in a mysterious way to make a deal with him.

But he always admires ambitious people.

However, whether this deal can be done depends on how many chips she has and whether he needs them.

After Luo Guanlin and others left, Li Yin wrote a reply and had someone send it to Tuyuhun.

After the letter was sent out, Li Yin's gaze fell back on Ming Luo's letter and he accurately caught the four words "the former crown prince's effect".

In fact, he didn't like this feeling. A person who had been dead for many years was still mentioned all the time... Such a memorable crown prince showed how outstanding he was.

Soon, a sigh emerged in Li Yin's eyes. Such an outstanding person, in the end, was unable to escape from the desert unscathed.

A place where even Ah Shang couldn't return safely... Li Suining, can she do it?

Li Yin raised his head and looked towards the north through the gap in the curtain.

If Li Suining stayed in the North forever like Ashang, he, as the king's uncle, would certainly not be stingy in giving her praise, respect, honor and glory - those who died in time are always worthy of respect in his eyes.

If he comes back alive, that’s another story.

Li Yin lit Ming Luo's secret letter with a candle and threw it into the copper basin. The flames jumped and swallowed every word on the letter.

At the same moment, Li Cong's eyes scanned every word on the letter in his hand, and anxious anger rose in his eyes.

He followed his father's order to disintegrate Xiao Min's army in Lingnan Road. However, he had been here for two months and suffered repeated setbacks.

Half of the army of Prince Rong's Mansion was taken away by his father, and the other half was stationed in the western border. So he called on the troops from Qianzhong Road and some forces in Lingnan Road that had already surrendered to Prince Rong's Mansion.

The deployment of troops went smoothly, but the problem lay elsewhere. After fighting one battle after another, it was difficult for Li Cong not to admit his own shortcomings in leading troops in combat - over the years, he had been responsible for carrying out many assassinations and had almost never failed, but because most of his missions were carried out in secret, he lacked experience in leading troops in such large-scale combat.

His father probably knew his shortcomings and had told him to listen more to the experience and opinions of She Kui, the governor of Qianzhong Road.

But She Kui has been busy with his marriage to the Changsun family recently and rarely sets foot in the military camp.

When She Kui was not in the army, his generals had privately discussed his illegitimate status and laughed at his father for not recognizing him. Although they did not dare to say these words to his face, they openly looked down on him and questioned the military orders he issued from time to time...

This time he wrote to urge She Kui to come and discuss the war, but the other party replied that the wedding would be held in two months, and there were many things to prepare, so he could not get away for the time being. He would be in charge of all the war matters, and invited him to come back to Qianzhong for a wedding banquet.

This attitude made Li Cong very angry, but could he write a letter to his father to complain? That would only make his father think he was incompetent!
He originally thought that Xiao Min would not be able to hold out in Lingnan for long, but unexpectedly, the several states occupied by the other side have now all returned to Xiao Min, and have solved the problem of food and grass supply for Xiao Min's army in Lingnan.

She Kui once told Li Cong that he didn't need to worry too much about the war with Xiao Min. Everything was going smoothly at the front for the prince, and when he entered the capital, Xiao Min's army would naturally be demoralized, and the matter could be settled with just a single order... His words were teaching Li Cong, a young man, to understand the overall situation and to keep his composure.

But Li Cong refused to listen. This was She Kui's position, not his... If he had to wait until his father successfully took back the capital before he could solve the trouble here, then what would be his use? If he had no achievements to report by then, where would he be?
Li Cong was unwilling to give in, and summoned all his generals to discuss the matter.

But those generals had something in common with She Kui's attitude - it was not that they did not know the priorities, on the contrary, as veterans in the army, they knew how to weigh the pros and cons of a war.

Through the fights during this period of time, it can be seen that Xiao Min is not an easy character to deal with. He is a tough bone to chew. Instead of gnawing on him at an inappropriate time and breaking one's teeth, it is better to wait until the overall situation ahead is settled and then pick up the bone at the lowest cost.

Before that, they just need to keep a close eye on Xiao Min's army and prevent them from causing any trouble.

Their attitude was very clear: the war had to be fought, but a bloody and desperate fight was unnecessary.

This is also what She Kui meant. He is now concentrating on preparing for the marriage with the Changsun family.

She Kui was very happy about this marriage. He was nearly forty years old and his first wife had passed away several years ago. The girl from the Changsun family, whom he was about to marry, was only eighteen years old. The Changsun family had produced several queens in the past, and now they were going to marry their girl to him, She Kui, as his second wife. What an honor this was!

With this marriage as a support, when Prince Rong ascends the throne in the future, no one will be able to shake his position.

Therefore, this hard-earned marriage must not go wrong. To him, this is a hundred times more important than fighting Xiao Min's army!

The girl from the Changsun family who is about to get married is named Changsun Fu, and is the cousin of Changsun Ji.

At this moment, in Qianzhou City, Changsun Fu was listening to the instructions and teachings of her elders. Every girl has to listen to instructions before getting married, but the "instructions" she heard were very different from those of ordinary girls.

4500 chapters~ I'm going to make up for yesterday's leave! I'll make up for it tomorrow, good night~