Chapter 44 The madman who changed the future
Those who can be the king of a country are not really afraid, but they think too much and pursue success rates too much. So even when they know that the war will definitely come, they will still hesitate.
"Chu Jianyi, among all the ministers, you know Hao Menglan the best. Let's talk about your thoughts!"
The emperor spoke, and Chu Yu certainly knew that this was not a question of whether he should be banned, but whether he should be beaten! From this point of view, the emperor was quite sober. He knew that he could ask these old ministers who had been enjoying happiness in Tiandu City for many years, because even if they were well-informed, they could not master first-hand enemy information. On the contrary, Chu Yu, who had been with Chu Chan for many years, had the most say.
However, Chu Yu could not say firmly whether he should fight or not. After all, no one could tell about the war, and there were too many variables. If he said he could fight, but the general lost the command of the commander, then should he take the blame in the end?
"Your Majesty, it depends on who you want to take charge of this matter."
The problem was kicked back, and the other important officials understood it at this time. Everyone knew that this battle was to be fought. No matter whether the enemy wanted to test it or wanted to do anything else, they could not escape this battle. But now the emperor meant that he wanted to take the opportunity to let Lin Tai out!
It must be admitted that the enemy's move is wonderful!
Dingyuan City and Zhenyuan City are both the two major trading ports of Huaguo. According to previous practice, the caravan of Dalieguo should have gone to Dingyuan City. This time, he chose Zhenyuan City and made such a provocation. A large part of it is to provoke harmony between the monarch and the ministers and cause trouble for you.
You should know that war requires the right time, place, and people. Zhenyuan City is guarded by Lin Tai, the Marquis of Zhenyuan for many years. It can be said that once a war occurs, Lin Tai is the most suitable general at present. But now Lin Tai is under house arrest and urgently needs a chance to make meritorious service. But the problem is that if Lin Tai is really let go, it will inevitably arouse Chu Yu's dissatisfaction. Although a confident emperor does not need to take into account the ideas of his ministers too much, doing so will inevitably cause the hearts of the soldiers in the court.
Don’t underestimate the role of people’s hearts. Today you can kill a rank-level official with a vain reason, and you can also restore your post afterwards with guilt and meritorious officials. Then you can also use the same method to kill other officials in the future!
There are not many opponents in the court? Once this hole is opened, the ministers will understand that the emperor cannot protect them. In the future, no one will devote themselves to the royal family. They will protect themselves by themselves, and order will be in chaos.
"What do you think... what about Hou Lintai, Zhenyuan?"
The emperor spoke, and the ministers sighed in their hearts, "Don't the emperor know the seriousness of this matter? Not necessarily! But he may think that the negative impact of this matter is far less than that of the positive effect."
"Zhenyuan Hou Lintai guards Zhenyuan City for many years. He knows the local geography and humanities well. He has countless elite soldiers and soldiers under his command, and is very good at naval battles. He is indeed a suitable candidate."
Chu Yu bowed slightly with his fists and narrated it word by word, with a plain tone as if he was talking about a stranger. He did not object or agree, but this attitude actually expressed his position.
The emperor was a little moved in an instant. Chu Yu was really considerate. If it were another minister, he would have to oppose it strongly at this time. However, this kid could put the overall situation first and pointed out from factual analysis that Lin Tai was the best candidate.
"Okay, let's discuss this matter again. When the ministers go back, they will also mention a few people." The emperor got the answer he wanted, said casually and left after sending the ministers.
The officials of each department looked at each other but did not discuss in groups of three or three as usual. Everyone glanced at Chu Yu meaningfully, and bowed their hands together and retreated.
Chu Yu gave him one by one, but he was calm in his heart. He knew very well. These old guys were not admired because he could forget hatred and put the overall situation first, but gave him a thumbs up with a sarcastic tone in his heart, "You are so awesome"!
"What are you thinking? There are countless generals in the court, and many are good at naval battles. Why release Lin Tai?" Cao Zhi, the Minister of War, asked frown at the end of the team.
Chu Yu paused and chuckled, "Since the emperor wants to release Lin Tai, then it's up to his wish."
Cao Zhi stopped and stared at Chu Yu's back until he disappeared from a corner of the palace wall.
Similarly, He Yuan also looked at Chu Yu from afar with a confused look. He just now listened to the beam. To be honest, when the emperor mentioned Lin Tai's name, he felt disappointed even if it had nothing to do with He Yuan, let alone those generals and ministers.
I originally thought Chu Yu would strongly oppose it, at least if He Yuan had done that, but I didn't expect Chu Yu...what the hell was he doing?
...
"You didn't object?" Chu Heng looked at his elder brother in surprise. This was not Chu Yu's personality. None of the officials in the court who participated had run away and were all beheaded.
"Why don't you object! Isn't anyone in the court able to fight except Lin Tai?" Chu Qingxue stood up from the chair and his eyes turned red in an instant. Originally, Lin Tai was the most direct murderer, because the emperor wanted to protect him, so he had never mentioned this matter, which was a selective forgetting. Now he still wants to restore his post? Then my father died in vain!
Hai Shaoyu stood faintly behind Chu Qingxue and supported her with his actions. Wen Bo's face felt a little bitter. He did not mention Lin Tai, but just sighed: "The emperor is still the same emperor. He has always been good at making this choice, the choice he wants."
Mo Jiu looked at everyone, what was going on? This was a conflict for an outsider. He reached out and patted Chu Heng and said angrily: "Don't be sad, I'll kill him with just one word!" Anyway, I can use my body to temporarily escape the pain, and at worst I can think of a few reasons to hide for a few days.
Chu Heng rolled his eyes and knocked Mo Jiu's hand off, "Don't make trouble!"
Chu Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said lightly: "This incident is not simple. The caravan of Daliguo sold good dream orchids on a large scale, which is to challenge the bottom line of Huaguo. The most direct effect of doing this is to promote friction! In other words, they want to fight!"
"So what?" Chu Heng frowned.
"Whether it is the Dali Kingdom or the Hua Kingdom, its size is amazing. Although it is well known that the Dali Kingdom is the strongest in the world, it is very difficult to annex the country of the Hua Kingdom. After all, once the war starts, it will not be the only military strength." Chu Yu sighed, "It is impossible for Dali Kingdom to know such a simple truth, but even so they still have to fight, so there is only one possibility. Dali Kingdom has made a crushing breakthrough in force!"
“Crushing…”
In an instant, everyone looked at Wen Bo, and they thought of the kind of armor mentioned by Wen Bo.
Wen Bo's face became more and more bitter, "It's been so many years. If the Dali Kingdom could popularize that kind of armor into the entire army, then the Hua Kingdom would be in danger!"
Chu Yu said again: "Although I have never seen it, I have heard of the kind of armor you mentioned. However, this time the matter is not that simple. According to the habit of Daliguo, if they make up their minds to invade, they will not use the reason of caravans to sell prohibited items. It is more of an excuse to help other small countries develop common economic prosperity and strength. This time, it may only be that they may not be able to win!"
"So, is this a tentative war?" Wen Bo frowned slightly. After all, he was the former elite of the black armor, and he came up with the key in the blink of an eye.
Chu Yu smiled and said, "After all, the Red Eagles of the Dalie Kingdom were also wearing armor, and even the number was several times that of you, but in the end they were all over the black armor elite! I guess they were not sure about the military strength of the Hua Kingdom! Or maybe there was a problem within them and they couldn't afford to lose."
"So, you are for the sake of national justice, so you are reluctant to say it?" Chu Heng looked at Chu Yu in disbelief, feeling as if he had known this elder brother for the first time.
Chu Yu picked up the teacup again and took a sip, "Even if it's for this country!"
For some reason, everyone always felt that there was something in this sentence that they could not understand.
Chu Yu looked up at Chu Qingxue's red eyes, opened his mouth with heartache, and thought for a while and said again: "Lin Tai made a meritorious service this time, so the coach will definitely not be him. Your Majesty should also send an important official to be the nominal coach and preside over the matter of banning flowers. Originally, my understanding of Hao Menglan was the best candidate, but Your Majesty would not take the risk of disagreement with the head and deputy coach. So this time, a veteran and serious official should be sent."
Chu Heng leaned his cheeks a little depressed, "What does this have to do with us?"
Chu Yu said slowly: "It has nothing to do with us now, but it will be related afterwards. Anyway, you can prepare for it." Then he looked at Chu Qingxue, "If you can improve your strength to the Fourth Ring Road after Lin Tai's death, then maybe you can pour a basin of sewage on Lin Tai's tomb."
“…”
The amount of information that said this was a bit large, but Chu Yu left after he said it. He didn't know what he was doing outside every day. Anyway, he didn't give everyone any chance to ask.
...
Late at night, two figures were having a private meeting above the palace wall.
"The wind is very strong above. If there is no urgent matter, go back to your own house." Chu Yu glanced at the guy who was a little angry next to him.
"You know that this war will be defeated, why do you still want Lin Tai to go? Just because you want to take revenge? But do you know that there are not many generals in Huaguo who can fight naval battles, and in the future..."
"What's wrong with my father's revenge? What's wrong with my wife's revenge?" Chu Yu looked at the not-bright moonlight in the sky, and a dark cloud slowly drifted by, gradually obscuring the only light.
Zhou Hao opened his mouth, suddenly he couldn't find a reason to refute, and paused and said, "That's right, no one said you shouldn't take revenge, it's just... it's just that Lin Tai shouldn't die here!"
Chu Yu looked down at his hands. Without the moonlight, it looked pitch black, like a touch of fear growing in the darkness. These hands seemed covered with blood!
"I have always been unable to understand. My father and my wife are dead. Why can't I take revenge? Later I found out that there are too many obstacles. I have to kick these obstacles away one by one and only then can I do what I want to do."
Zhou Hao covered his face and spread his hands and said bitterly: "I didn't stop you from taking revenge, but... you know, this battle between Flower Kingdom will definitely be defeated, and the Flower Kingdom will be in turmoil in the future. Lin Tai is one of the few pillars supporting Flower Kingdom. If he dies now, then the future..."
Chu Yu shook his head, his tone seemed to be expected, "I may not be able to stop what you said in the future, let alone the future has changed since I first made my father's ordinary life. Your ability should not be able to obtain more accurate information in time!"
Zhou Hao nodded, "Indeed, if you want to predict the future more accurately, you need to accumulate the number of times. But if you change too much future, I can't give you more important guidance. Take the next war as an example, we..."
"The next war was an invasion launched by Daliguo and Heguo at the same time. Although the invasion operation was timely insightful, both Dingyuancheng and Zhenyuancheng were lost! Then Huaguo was forced to turn the war into an inland area and delayed the attacks between the two sides with a lengthy strategic depth. From then on, Huaguo entered a period of decades of war! Is that true?"
Zhou Hao rubbed his temples, "At least I know the future is like this, but this is because generals such as Lin Tai fought to the death to resist, so that they could hold up the coalition forces of Daliguo and Heguo. If Lin Tai was gone, how do you know that the enemy would not take the opportunity to drive in?"
"Because this time, Daliguo and Hoguo will not attack at the same time!"
"Hmm? What does it mean?"
Chu Yu looked up and saw a team of guards patrolling over, hiding in the shadows with ease, and whispered: "Because we took the initiative to welcome the enemy! Lin Tai and his elite troops guard Zhenyuan City, and set off their stance to have a fight with Dalie Kingdom. In this case, Dalie Kingdom will not take risks. The biggest possibility is to let Heguo fight Lin Tai first. If he loses, he will naturally not talk about invasion. If he wins, then the army of Dalie Kingdom will land on the Yuancheng."
Zhou Hao looked at him with a confused look on his face, "Why do you think Congress Dalie did this?"
Chu Yu and others patrol went over and walked out of the shadow again, "Because you once told me that the reason why the Flower Kingdom finally withstood the fierce attack was because the Dali Kingdom... was destroyed!"
Zhou Hao nodded with a strange expression, "This is how the future will be displayed, but I don't know..."
"That's enough! We must be a little self-aware. We are just small people. The things we can influence are limited. The demise of the Dali Kingdom is not something we can control. In other words, when the time comes, the Dali Kingdom will be destroyed! Even if we don't know what it is." Chu Yu's eyes were a little cold.
"So you think there are problems in Dalie's country now, so they will be more cautious?"
"good."
Zhou Hao said awkwardly again: "But have you ignored one thing? This time there is no definite information. With Lin Tai's strength, Lin Tai will definitely lose! If that is the case, the army of Da Lie Kingdom will still land in Dingyuan City, and the result will not be the same at that time. And without Lin Tai, the Hua Kingdom may be destroyed directly, and then the Hua Kingdom will be supplemented with the Hua Kingdom's resources, and the Da Lie Kingdom will not be destroyed!"
"Won't!"
"Why are you so confident? If the army of Daliguo comes up, even your father may not be able to withstand it. Who will give you the courage!" Zhou Hao was angry.
Chu Yu paused for a moment, turned around and smiled, "Because I will lead my troops to fight against the army of Dalie Kingdom, I will destroy them outside Dingyuan City!"
"you……"
Chapter completed!