Chapter 123, brothers fighting

When His Royal Highness returned to Beijing this time, because he could not hand over the gold and silver treasures of Zhennan Palace to the emperor, he put the blame on Li Ji, but Li Ji was not that easy to bully.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince beheaded the King of Zhennan, who was rumored to be extremely wealthy, but did not hand over a single coin to the emperor. How could this convince the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty?

Because His Highness the Crown Prince insisted that Li Ji sent people to cause trouble, Li Ji asked his men to impeach His Highness the Crown Prince in the court.Li Ji's people said that His Highness the Crown Prince himself was not doing things well and blaming the blame on his brothers. This was a sign of irresponsibility.And for the first time, Li Ji's supporters boldly proposed to depose Li Yong from his position as crown prince.

As a result, His Royal Highness was not only scolded by the emperor, but also impeached and questioned by hundreds of officials, and he almost lost his position as prince.At the same time, Li Ji was also dragged into the water by the prince. He also didn't get a single coin, but he took the blame.The brothers were quarreling. Some people suspected that His Highness the Prince had swallowed up the property. Naturally, some people also suspected that Li Ji had intercepted it halfway.

Anyway, this time the two brothers were biting each other, and neither one accepted the other, both wanted to bite each other to death, and each felt quite aggrieved, because they really didn't get a single coin.

In the imperial study of the Emperor of Wei.

The emperor held a memorial to impeach His Highness the Crown Prince and threw it away in anger. He also took a memorial to impeach His Highness Li Ji. He was even more angry. He simply put down the memorial and asked the eunuch Zhao Fudao beside him: "Zhao Fu, do you think it's true that His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't find even a single copper plate when he went south this time? I've always known that the King of Zhennan is as rich as anyone in the country. All the civil and military officials have also known that the King of Zhennan is digging mines secretly. The gold and silver treasures are piled up like mountains, and there are account books to prove it.”

If the king of Zhennan was not so rich that he could rival the country, why would the emperor need to destroy him, a king with a foreign surname far in the south?Wouldn't it be better to let him guard the south properly?Even Zhao Fu knew that the reason why the emperor killed King Zhennan was because King Zhennan was too rich!The news that King Zhennan was secretly digging mines had long reached the emperor's ears, not to mention that King Zhennan was bold enough to secretly manufacture weapons.If the emperor does not destroy him, who will he destroy?
He knew that he knew, but Zhao Fu was just a eunuch. He bent down and said carefully: "This... I don't dare to say it casually. I don't have clairvoyance. How can I know about the King of Zhennan who is thousands of miles away? This dynasty Who knows more about the matters in the court than the Emperor?"

The emperor picked up another memorial and opened it, and said: "Don't be careless with me. I forgive you for not being guilty. Just tell me your own opinion. Is His Highness the Crown Prince too ruthless and too greedy? Even if you want to be greedy, You can't be greedy. If you are greedy, you won't even bring back a single coin for me? All the civil and military officials in the dynasty are questioning him. Am I shameless?"

Zhao Fu knew that the emperor was really angry, and he said solemnly: "So, the old servant doesn't understand, what happened to His Highness the Crown Prince? If His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Highness did not get the overwhelming wealth from the Zhennan Palace, then who Did you take it away? King Zhennan is dead, have all those things been taken away by heaven? It must have a place to go."

Emperor: "Zhao Fu, the prince said that this was robbed by the second brother Li Ji. Do you believe it? How could the second brother Li Ji steal all the gold and silver jewelry from the prince? Where did the second brother get so much? manpower?"

Eunuch Zhao: "Your Majesty, this old slave is stupid and his brain is really not working well. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Highness are both smart people. If they fight, who can understand except the Emperor? If this old slave has that How can he be just a slave if he can see through His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Highness? However, the Emperor has a sharp eye and must know what he is thinking."

Zhao Fu is very good at flattering, but the emperor really didn't understand it this time, and he didn't know what to say: "You only know how to flatter! You have as much brains as your ass, and I don't expect you to be able to tell the truth. But, Your Highness, the Crown Prince I am so disappointed this time! It is said that the king of Zhennan is as rich as the enemy, with mountains of gold, silver and jewels. Now he is dead without raising an army to rebel. Why can’t His Highness find even a copper plate? If it is really the old man When the second calamity is over, where can the second child put his things? The second child argued hard and spoke eloquently. With the way the second child behaved, I really believed that he had been wronged."

Eunuch Zhao couldn't hold it back now and expressed his opinion: "If His Highness is wronged, will it mean that His Highness the Crown Prince swallows them all? However, Yi Nucai sees that His Highness the Crown Prince is such a shrewd person, if he really wants to take it Now that he has got it, there is no reason for him to swallow all the gold and silver treasures. No matter who gets this overwhelming wealth, the shrewd ones will only swallow three points. No matter how greedy they are, they have to keep three points. ?" The emperor also felt that Eunuch Zhao was right and reasonable: "So? There is a third person who swallowed up this wealth? This person is not only bold, but also a person who wants to go against me. In the south, besides Besides King Zhennan, who else has the ability to swallow such a fortune?"

Eunuch Zhao: "Your Majesty, could it be pirates or bandits?"

While the emperor was meditating, a eunuch came to report that the fourth prince Li Yao wanted to see him.

When the emperor heard that his fourth son Li Yao asked for an audience, he suddenly became very excited: "Hurry, announce him to come in!"

The reason why the emperor was so excited was because someone had reported before that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince Li Yao might have died at sea.Even when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Yong came back, he said with certainty that his men saw Li Yao falling into the water with their own eyes and were unable to rescue him.His whereabouts and life and death are unknown after that.Although it is said that life and death are unknown, it actually means that the person is dead.

It turned out that the son had been in poor health since he was a child and had been poisoned repeatedly. The imperial doctor and doctors concluded that he would soon die.Therefore, although the emperor still sent people to continue to search for Li Yao, saying that he wanted to see him alive and his body after death, the emperor had long thought that it was definitely more serious than bad, and his son was gone.

Therefore, the emperor was so excited when he heard that the fourth prince Li Yao asked for an audience.Among the several princes, the son who attracted the emperor's attention the most when he was young was actually Li Yao.The emperor once thought of making Li Yao the prince.Unfortunately, later Li Yao was infected with cold poison and was always ill. The emperor only cared about his health and no longer had any intention of establishing him as a prince.

Over the years, several sons have fought openly and secretly for the throne. How could they escape the emperor's eyes?Only Li Yao, the son, has never participated in the overt and secret fights for the throne. He has always been the most filial to him. He gets along with him like an ordinary father and son, and he is the most considerate son.

He often sighed secretly in his heart, what a pity!The son is in poor health and cannot succeed to the throne.

Li Yao came in and bowed to the emperor in a polite manner: "Kowtow to my father! Kowtow to my father, Jin An! My unfilial son and his delay in returning must have worried my father."

(End of this chapter)

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