The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In the study room of He Lianfang in the Marsh Mansion, Prince Han's Mansion, He Lianfang was drinking the liquor Zhao Yao brewed for him while playing chess with His Highness the Prince of Han.

He Lianfang was very satisfied with the wine brewed by Zhao Yao, especially the strong wine.

After drinking the strong wine brewed by Zhao Yao, He Lianfang felt that the wine he drank before was just water.

Seeing that He Lianfang kept drinking, Zhao Yao persuaded with helplessness: "Second uncle, drink less, or you will get drunk again."

When he first drank the liquor, He Lianfang became drunk within a few sips, and she was still quite drunk.These days, He Lianfang drinks every day in order to exercise his drinking capacity.In the past, although He Lianfang had not reached the point where she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, she could still drink without getting drunk after a hundred cups.However, now he will be drunk and unconscious after drinking two bottles of wine.

"Hmph, after some time, I won't get drunk." He Lianfang couldn't accept that her drinking capacity was so poor, so she drank every day.Although he is a drinker, he is not a drinker.

Seeing He Lianfang's tough-tongued and arrogant look, Zhao Yao teased him and said, "Second uncle, when you get used to Erguotou, I will brew Sanguotou. This Sanguotou will be stronger than Erguotou. Then you can brew it in one bite." Get you drunk."

When He Lianfang heard what Zhao Yao said, his face lit up: "Is Sanguotou stronger than Erguotou?"

"Yes, in the future I will also brew Siguotou, Wuguotou, Liuguotou... each one is stronger than the other." Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang and smiled maliciously, "Second uncle, you have to practice hard. Practice drinking.”

He Lianfang took another swig of strong wine and let out a comfortable sigh: "Comfortable." This wine was too much.

Seeing that He Lianfang liked the wine he brewed so much, Zhao Yao felt very proud.

"Hurry up and brew Sanguotou." He Lianfang couldn't wait to drink Sanguotou, which was stronger than Erguotou.

Seeing He Lianfang's anxious expression, Zhao Yao said with a smile: "Second uncle, you'd better drink Erguotou properly first. When you don't get drunk after drinking Erguotou, I'll make Sanguotou."

He Lianfang glared at Zhao Yao angrily and retorted harshly: "When did I get drunk?"

Zhao Yao was too lazy to argue with He Lianfang about whether he was drunk or not, so he changed the subject and talked about other things.

"Second uncle, why do you think the emperor sent someone to tell me about the death of the third mother and concubine?" Zhao Yao thought for many days, but still couldn't figure out the purpose of the emperor's notification to him.

He Lianfang was slightly startled when she heard this question, and then said with a normal expression: "What do you think?"

"I don't know." Zhao Yao rubbed two chess pieces in his hand, "But I think my father is not well-intentioned."

"Zhao Zheng loves you, why do you think Zhao Zheng is unkind to you?" He Lianfang secretly felt vigilant in her heart.

"My father clearly knows that the Third Mother Concubine is very important to me. If she dies, I will be very sad and angry. Isn't he afraid that I will return to the capital?"

He Lianfang said without changing her expression: "He is eager for you to return to the capital. Your return to the capital will be useful to him."

Hearing this, Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Is it useful?"

He Lianfang asked, "You don't know?"

Zhao Yao pondered for a while, then muttered: "Father wants me to go back and disrupt the situation."

He Lianfang said: "Since you know, why are you still confused."

Zhao Yao remained silent.

He Lianfang laughed unceremoniously: "Why, can't you accept that Zhao Zheng used you to return to Beijing to be a troublemaker?"

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "No."

"Then why do you care that Zhao Zheng told you about Pan Cairen's death?" He Lianfang said bluntly, "Actually, you know why Zhao Zheng told you this, but you don't want to admit it."

Zhao Yao still didn't speak.

He Lianfang took another sip of wine and continued: "You have known for a long time that although you are Zhao Zheng's most beloved son, in Zhao Zheng's heart you are far less important than the country of Zhou Zheng. Zhao Zheng loves you, but he can also use you. .”

He continued: "You did not submit the glass formula to the court this time, which has made him a little dissatisfied. Now, King Dai and King Jing are interested in your glass business, and they are taking advantage of this matter to let you disturb the court even more. Be more chaotic." He Lianfang calmly applied eye drops to the emperor, and then instigated the father-son relationship between the emperor and Zhao Yao, and finally prevented Zhao Yao from thinking that the emperor wanted him to seize the throne.He was really afraid that Zhao Yao would notice that the emperor wanted him to participate in the heir apparent.Once Zhao Yao discovers the signs, he will definitely resist with all his strength.Then all the arrangements he and the emperor had made over the years would be in vain.

After hearing what He Lianfang said, Zhao Yao raised his lips and gave a wry smile: "Second uncle, you are really merciless at all."

"Do you need me to show mercy to you?" He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao with a smile on his face, "Don't you already know what kind of virtue Zhao Yao has? Why can't you accept it now?"

Zhao Yao said calmly: "I don't accept it, nor am I sad." After saying that, he added, "I just don't want to be so troublesome, and I don't want to get involved in the turmoil in the capital." He has already I'm no longer in the capital, and I don't want to think about fighting for power anymore.

"Really?" He Lianfang obviously didn't believe Zhao Yao's words, but he didn't expose Zhao Yao either.

In order to make He Lianfang believe what he said, Zhao Yao unconsciously raised his voice and said: "Of course."

"Although you didn't return to the capital, you were still involved in the disputes in the capital."

"No more now." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of what happened in the capital and said to He Lianfang with a smile on his face, "King Dai and Prince Jing are fighting fiercely at the moment, and they have no time to take advantage of me. I am safe."

"Oh, why did King Dai and King Jing fight so hard?" He Lianfang asked playfully.

"I really underestimated Brother Seven before. Brother Seven not only reversed the situation that was unfavorable to the Queen, but also made Concubine Rong the murderer of the late Queen." Zhao Yao did not expect that things would develop like this. "Now, King Dai and Concubine Rong hate the Queen and King Jing to death, and they are fighting fiercely." Unfortunately, he was not in the capital and could not see such a wonderful show.

"This King Jing has a double brain." He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao who was gloating about his misfortune, "Now that King Jing has taken action, won't your plan to bring down the Queen be in vain?"

"It's not me who brought down the queen, but King Dai and the others." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Now that Concubine Rong has been made the murderer of the late queen by King Jing and the others, King Dai and the others cannot just sit back and wait for death. They will try their best to Let the rumors that the queen killed the former queen come true."

"Daiwang and the others have no evidence, how can the rumors become true?" He Lianfang reminded Zhao Yao, "Don't forget, you have no evidence either."

Zhao Yao winked at He Lianfang and said mysteriously: "I have no evidence, but I have a backup plan."

He Lianfang asked curiously: "What's the next move?"

Zhao Yao laughed twice and said, "I won't tell you for now. If King Dai and the others still can't deal with the Queen and King Jing in the end, then I will help them."

Seeing Zhao Yao's confident look, He Lianfang guessed that the last move he mentioned must be a big move.

"Then I'll wait." He Lianfang just finished speaking, and suddenly thought of something. He glanced deeply at Zhao Yao, "Actually, there is a way to quickly depose both the Queen and King Jing. You don’t need to go to such trouble.”

After hearing this, Zhao Yao's eyes gleamed and he hurriedly asked: "What can I do?" He Lianfang said three words: "Deposed Prince."

These three words had no beginning or end, but Zhao Yao understood the hidden meaning of He Lianfang's words.His eyebrows frowned unconsciously: "Second uncle, you mean to kill the eldest brother, and then frame the blame on the queen and Prince Jing."

He Lianfang smiled lightly and said: "This is the best and most trouble-free way."

"Second uncle, the method you mentioned is indeed a good one, but I don't agree with it." Zhao Yao said with a slight expression on his face, "Brother and I have no grievances. I can't send people to kill the Queen and King Jing just to bring them down." I lost my eldest brother." Thinking of the situation of the deposed prince, he sighed quietly, "Since my eldest brother was deposed, he has been trapped in the Royal Villa. He is already pitiful enough."

He Lianfang had already guessed that Zhao Yao would disagree. The reason why he still said it was to give Zhao Yao a warning.

"You don't kill the deposed prince, but that's not necessarily the case for King Dai and King Jing. If King Dai can't reverse the rumor that Concubine Rong killed the late queen, he will definitely kill the deposed prince and frame him for King Jing. In this way, Rong The imperial concubine’s crime of killing the late empress will be cleared, and the empress and Prince Jing will be deposed. This is a good way to kill two birds with one stone."

Zhao Yao had not thought of this, but now that he heard what He Lianfang said, he felt that Daiwang and the others were really likely to kill the deposed prince.

"As for King Jing, he killed two birds with one stone by killing the deposed prince."

"They can't kill the deposed prince."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said so confidently, He Lianfang asked in surprise: "Why can't they kill him?"

"Because the Fourth Brother and the Eighth Brother have always sent people to protect and take care of the eldest brother and his family." Although the father has decreed to take care of the deposed prince's family as a prince, the people in the Royal Villa will obey and disobey it.The fourth brother and eighth brother were afraid that their eldest brother and his family would be bullied in the Royal Courtyard, so they secretly sent people to protect and take care of their family.

Before Zhao Yao came to Lingnan, he went to the Royal Villa to visit the deposed prince's family.With the care of King Chu and King Wei, the eldest brother's family is living a good life.

Although the deposed prince's family was trapped in the Royal Courtyard and could not get out for the rest of their lives, they did not complain or be cruel. On the contrary, they lived very comfortably.When Zhao Yao went to visit him, he was shocked by his indifferent appearance.

In Zhao Yao's view, the deposed prince not only lives in peace with the world, but also attains enlightenment and becomes an immortal.The eldest brother chants and copies Buddhist scriptures every day, and then writes articles and draws pictures.He also edited many books, which are very popular among readers.

Zhao Yao told the deposed prince that he was going to Lingnan.The eldest brother didn’t say it was bad to go to Lingnan, he said Lingnan was a good place.He also asked Zhao Yao to stay in Lingnan and not return to the capital.

The deposed prince didn't have anything good to give Zhao Yao, so he gave him some books that he had annotated and compiled himself.

"Then it depends on whether King Chu and King Wei can protect the deposed prince."

"Fourth brother and eighth brother can definitely protect us together."

He Lianfang smiled inexplicably and said nothing more about this matter.

"At the beginning of February, Lao Gao will return to Dazhou with gold. You have to arrange for someone to dig the basement as soon as possible."

"Dig the basement after the Lantern Festival." Zhao Yao asked, "I asked Uncle Gao to get some slaves from the Japanese country and send them back. Did he do it?" Rather than going to Siam and Annan to buy slaves, it is better to buy slaves directly from the Japanese country. The Japanese country brought some people over to be slaves for free.

"He will naturally take care of the things you tell him." He Lianfang said, "He will get you 1 strong men first this time. If you still think it's not enough, he will get you another 1 men."

"1 strong men." Zhao Yao said with surprise on his face, "That's enough for now." 1 strong men can do a lot of things.The most important thing is that there is no need to be polite to them, and there is no need to spend a lot of food to feed them.Just use them as mules. "By the way, how is the situation over there in Japan?"

"Lao Gao has already controlled Kansai of Japan. If nothing unexpected happens this year, he should be able to control Kantung of Japan." He Lianfang suggested, "Lao Gao said that he needs you to send people to help him manage Japan."

"Second Uncle, then you can arrange it. Give Uncle Gao some more people, and let him take them to Japan when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll pick some capable people during this period." He Lianfang finished the pot of wine in his hand and poured himself a cup of strong tea.He picked up the tea cup, took two sips of tea, and then asked, "With Lao Gao's ability, he can completely conquer the entire Japanese country in less than two years. Do you plan to make the Japanese country a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, or let it be Become your King Han’s back garden?”

"Ah?" Zhao Yao was stunned by He Lianfang's question.He only wanted to conquer the Japanese country, but he never thought of letting the Japanese country become his back garden.

"Are you really planning to hand over Japan to the imperial court?"

Zhao Yao didn't quite understand what He Lianfang meant, and asked with some confusion: "Shouldn't I hand it over to the court?"

"You planned the capture of the Japanese country, and the imperial court did not contribute half of it. Are you really willing to give the Japanese country to the imperial court?" Although the Japanese country is a small land, it has gold and silver that cannot be mined out for hundreds of years. He Lianfang felt that it would be a shame to hand it over to the court. "The Japanese country is too small, not as big as a state capital in the Zhou Dynasty. Even if you submit it to the court, the court may not take it seriously."

"The Japanese country has more gold and silver than can be mined for hundreds of years. How could the imperial court look down on it?" Zhao Yao felt that He Lianfang was overthinking. "If the imperial court knew about this, everyone would go crazy with joy."

He Lianfang suddenly asked: "Have you ever thought about something?"

"whats the matter?"

"What will the people in the court think of you after they learn that Japan has endless gold and silver?" He Lianfang asked again, "What will your good second brother and seventh brother think of you?"

Zhao Yao was choked by He Lianfang's repeated questions.A glass business made King Dai and King Jing care about him.If King Dai and the others learned about the gold and silver mountains of Japan, they would definitely not let him go easily.

The mountains of gold and silver in Japan are amazing.No matter who knows about it, they will take advantage of Japan.And he, the person who discovered that Japan has mountains of gold and silver, will also be targeted by them.

"At that time, you will be completely involved in the disputes in the capital, and you will never be able to get out."

What He Lianfang said makes sense, but...

"Second uncle, even if I don't say anything about the Japanese country, can this matter be hidden?"

"If you don't talk about Jinshan and Yinshan, no one will care about the Japanese country." He Lianfang sneered, "Those in the court don't look down on the tiny Japanese country."

"It doesn't matter whether the court sees it or not. If those ministers know that I captured the Japanese country and don't report it, they will think that I have the intention of treason."

"You can tell the court that you captured Japan, but you must not talk about Jinshan and Yinshan."

"let me see."

He Lianfang stopped talking about the Japanese affairs.

Zhao Yao stopped thinking about the Japanese affairs for the time being and continued to play chess with He Lianfang.After it rained for a while, he returned to his yard.

After Zhao Yao left, He Lianfang called a secret guard and told him some things.

A few days later, that is, after the Lantern Festival, Zhao Yao received the news that the deposed prince's family had been killed.