Cao Hui was a little nervous. He knew very well that His Majesty the Emperor was in a very bad mood during this period. The last time he sent the prince's letter to the palace, the emperor smashed the big case of red sandalwood in front of him. In his memory, the emperor had never been so disobedient. It could make His Majesty so angry. It seems that what His Majesty wrote in the letter must have touched His Majesty's reverse scale.

Later, when he learned about the content of the letters written by the prince from the Ming Dynasty and the information found by the ghost about the secret meeting between the prince and Zhou Shuguang and the wealthy families, he was also shocked.

He knew very well that if His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness had a dirty act, the attack on Da Qi would be devastating.

He did not believe that His Highness the Prince would go against His Majesty, but the information that the ghost fed back from everywhere made his judgment shake. Those people were indeed in contact with the Prince, which was not groundless, but was actually happening.

He didn't know what His Highness the Prince was thinking, nor did he know what His Majesty would deal with this matter.

He rolled his eyes and looked at his father-in-law Tian Fen, who was sitting on a lotus leaf. However, the other party was staring at the swimming fish in the pond with all his attention, and he didn't even look at him. He wanted to get a little reminder from there, so he could only look at His Majesty's face again with some depression.

This look made him a little confused. The emperor's face was first shocked and angry, but then, it gradually returned to calm, slowly showing a thoughtful look. Finally, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

What does this mean?

Has His Majesty already gone to grudge against His Highness? So should I report the latest evidence of some of the contacts between the aristocratic families and the princes that the Ghost just found to His Majesty?

After reading Cao Yun's latest memorial, Cao Tiancheng handed the memorial to Tian Fen, "Prime Minister, look, our prince has some new suggestions."

Tian Fen took his eyes back from Yuyu, took the note and looked at it.

Cao Hui did not see any expression on Tian Fen's face. If you really want to be happy and angry, even His Majesty the Emperor is not as good as his father-in-law, the traitor and slick chief assistant!

Tian Fen looked at it very quickly. He put away the memorial, but closed his eyes. It took him a long time to open it again, but his eyes were shiny when he looked at the emperor.

Cao Tiancheng glanced at Cao Hui, who was confused on one side, and smiled and said, "Let me see this kid too!"

Tian Fen smiled and threw the memorial to Cao Hui. Cao Hui looked at it with only one look, and was furious: "Your Majesty, how can you sign such a treaty that is powerless and humiliating? Did Your Highness be fooled by lard? Hengduan Mountains are not only a springboard for us to attack Mingdi, but also a major area for us to defend the Ming army. How can we ced to Mingdi?"

He threw down the memorial in anger and looked up at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have just received the latest information gathered by ghosts. Now I can confirm that the prince's prince is indeed in secret contact with Zhou and Wu clans. Zhou Shuguang, Bozhou, had seen the prince's affairs in Wuling County, Ming Dynasty, and it was true. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is inappropriate."

Looking at Cao Hui who was angry, Cao Tiancheng suddenly burst into laughter, but Tian Fen sighed and shook his head repeatedly.

Looking at the expressions of these two people, the anger on Cao Hui's face froze and he looked at the two people at a loss. Did he say that he was wrong?

"After all, I'm still a little younger, lacking some training, and I can't see some things inside through the surface." Tian Fen looked at Cao Hui with some regret, "You still regard Qin Feng as your life's enemy. With your current performance, you don't deserve to carry his shoes! You can fight Guo Jiuling."

Cao Hui was so despised by his father-in-law in front of the emperor, and suddenly turned red and opened his mouth, but he did not refute. It was not only his father-in-law who scolded him, but also the prime minister of the dynasty. Although in name, the prime minister has now stepped down.

"He has preconceived ideas." Cao Tiancheng smiled and rescued him: "What he sees every day is news that the prince and those people are in contact. In fact, it is me. Wasn't he the same angry before?"

"What other meanings are there?" Cao Hui glanced at the two of them in surprise and picked up the memorials again," But what His Highness said about cedes the Hengduan Mountains is real? When did Daqi cede land to others? There is also the repatriation of all the people who were plundered from the beginning, and the trade regulations. Your Majesty, it would be fine to restore the people to the people, but we must not agree to this trade clause. The terms contained in their trade regulations are all ill-intentioned. Seeing the current miserable situation of Chu State, I understand more or less why they did this?"

Cao Tiancheng nodded: "The terms of trade are indeed ill-intentioned. In recent years, the Ministry of Revenue has been studying why the Chu economy collapsed so much. Even if Min Ruoying squandered all the wealth accumulated during the Minwei period, the wealth of Chu would not collapse at once. In the end, they finally confirmed that the Ming people used an unprecedented method of plundering Chu. Those people in the Ministry of Revenue called this a new economic war, which forced Chu to rely on Chu to support it in the economy. Once the Ming country cut off its economic support to Chu, Chu would be in an instant. But you don't have to worry, this is the condition offered by the Ming people. Since it is a condition, there is naturally room for bargaining. They are smart and we are not stupid. Since they have figured out the key points here, they want to use the same trick again, which is an insult."

"But the Hengduan Mountains?" Cao Hui said.

"Cao Hui, how many garrisons do we have in Hengduan Mountains?" Tian Fen suddenly asked.

"Fifty thousand." Cao Hui replied subconsciously.

"Can you break through the Hulao Pass?"

Cao Hui was stunned and shook his head. In fact, due to geographical reasons, the 50,000 troops in Hengduan Mountains was already the limit. If there were too many people, the logistics supply would have a big problem. In fact, Qi had launched countless attacks on Hulao Pass in history, but he had never been able to cross this heroic pass once. "But if the Hengduan Mountains were given up, the Ming people could cross the Hengduan Mountains to attack us. There was no such heroic pass as Hulao Pass in our territory."

Tian Fen sighed, "Do you think, with the current strength of the Ming Navy, if we go to war with the Ming Dynasty, can we determine where they will take as the main attack direction?"

Cao Hui breathed a heavy breath. The strength of the Ming Navy was unreservedly displayed in front of the Qi people. Unconsciously, the opponent's navy was already powerful enough that they could not resist at all. The Great Qi's thousands of miles of sea boundary was a sieve in terms of defense.

Thinking about this, the garrison in Hengduan Mountains is indeed a threat, but if you don’t defend, wouldn’t it give Mingren another attack direction? This is a step further!

"These 50,000 troops have been on the frontier for a long time and have fought with the Qin people in the past. They can be regarded as a powerful force, but now they are stationed in Hengduan Mountains, they have spent time. If they can free up their hands from there, they can do a lot of things." Cao Tiancheng smiled and said.

Cao Hui is a smart and intelligent person after all. Cao Tiancheng's words were like a lamp lit up in the fog, and a light flashed through his mind in an instant. He widened his eyes and said with surprise: "It turns out that His Highness the Prince is a drunkard and does not mean wine? He cares about Kunling County."

Cao Tiancheng laughed, but Tian Fen curled his lips: "It's not too late to finally react. His Highness the Prince's keenness in military affairs is indeed beyond the reach of the old ministers. The old ministers had never thought of this before."

"So, His Highness the Prince's contact with those people is just a vain and trying to confuse them?" Cao Hui said in surprise. Of course, he would like to remain intimate between His Highness the Prince and His Majesty the Emperor as before.

"That's not all!" Tian Fen shrugged, "The Prince did not explain many things in his letter, but I guess that the meaning of the Prince's compromise and negotiation with the aristocratic family has not changed. It's just that he wanted to negotiate with the other party under extremely strong circumstances, and wanted to oppress the other party to surrender. So it is still different from His Majesty's idea."

By this time, Cao Hui had fully understood what Cao Yun meant. He did want to negotiate with the wealthy family, but in the meantime, he wanted to defeat Zhou Jiyun's troops, the biggest relying on the wealthy family, at lightning speed. Before the wealthy family could react, he completed this action, and then released goodwill to the wealthy family and forced them to the negotiating table.

"It seems to be feasible!" he said thoughtfully.

"The centipede insect will not die!" Cao Tiancheng said lightly: "Cao Hui, you are more familiar with the control of the wealthy families over the local area than the prince. You should be very clear that these wealthy families have no Zhou Jiyun's troops, but they have lost the capital to confront us on the surface, but what about it in secret? They can still make us unable to move forward on the local area. Only by pushing them down can the order of the court be rebuilt."

"Your Majesty, it seems that this matter will be planned after His Highness the Prince comes back. I am afraid that the planning of His Highness the Prince is indispensable. After all, His Highness the Prince's military talent is unparalleled, and he also knows Zhou Jiyun very well. To solve the wealthy families in China, the Prince's cooperation is also required. This is a big show, and it requires careful arrangements and no mistakes can be made!"

Cao Tiancheng hesitated for a moment. Tian Fen's move was equivalent to granting Cao Yun the military power again, which made him a little reluctant, but he also knew that what Tian Fen said was indeed the right thing.
Chapter completed!