Eager

Regarding Prince Ning, Emperor Hongwen still felt a little complicated.

Although in the past he loved Prince Ning a lot because of the constraints of Duke Zhen and Queen Wang, as time passed, he still felt a little fond of his son.

If he doesn't want this position, he can still arrange a good rest of his life for him.

After all, this seat must be returned.

To be honest, switching back to this position is the best result for him. After all, there are many people who know some things.

Once exposed, he would be catastrophic, but he said he had to clean everything up, but he really couldn't do it, and he didn't dare to do it. After all, doing some things would only speed up the exposure.

Moreover, Prince Jin and Lu Yaoyao will get together in the future, and he doesn't want this girl he truly loves and cannot recognize to hate him for the rest of his life.

But if he changes it back, it will be a good thing for him, and it will also be a good thing for his descendants.

At least King Jin saw his sincerity, and since it was a royal scandal at the beginning, he would not take the initiative to expose it, nor would he kill them all, so he could ensure that they would have a prosperous and prosperous life.

It can be said that Emperor Hongwen also considered carefully before returning this position.

"Your Highness Prince Ning, you have been taught too many things since childhood."

What Wang De said is quite right.

Since King Ning was a child, people around him have told him more than once that the position of king of Dongzhou will be his in the future.

He himself has always thought so, and now that he has discovered that there is a problem, he feels an even more urgent need for this position.

"Let him think about it first. When he matures in the future, he may be able to understand."

"If not, I'm afraid he won't have a good life in the future."

After hearing this, Wang De did not answer, but he still agreed with Emperor Hongwen's statement.

After all, according to Emperor Hongwen's plan, this position will be passed on to Lu Yaoyao and King Jin's children in the future, so once the edict is released, it will definitely cause an uproar in the world.

Prince Ning will definitely be the first to sit still, and it's hard to say whether he will do something by then.

If he really did something, not to mention whether Emperor Hongwen would deal with him, King Jin would probably not let him go.

The most terrifying thing is Lu Yaoyao. Even though Lu Yaoyao usually seems to be doing nothing and being very low-key, if she really makes her angry, it will definitely shock the entire Dongzhou.

"How about we let Mr. Zhou guide us?"

Emperor Hongwen pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the days are still long, and it is useless to guide now. On the contrary, it may be possible to scare the snake."

"Lao Zhou finally gained Prince Ning's complete trust."

"Master Guo, it's not a problem for us to avoid them like this every day. Beichu has already occupied two of our cities. If we don't fight again, the morale of the brothers below will be affected."

"And I'm afraid the capital city will also press charges."

In Beiluo City, Lord Zhen Guo drank wine with a leisurely expression, as if he didn't hear what his men said.

"The Duke of the State"

"Why are you anxious? What's the use of a city? Don't be anxious. My father-in-law has his own plan."

Seeing him say this, the deputy general fell silent.

Three days later, a report from the north appeared on the table in the imperial study.

Emperor Hongwen sneered repeatedly when he saw what was written in the memorial.

"You are treating me like a fool."

The report was written by the Duke of Zhenguo. The general content was that Beichu's troops were strong and our army had suffered considerable losses in the past few days of fighting. We urgently needed support. We hoped that the emperor could send another 50,000 troops to Beiluo City.

As soon as the people arrived, he was confident that he would get back all the lost cities.

Asking for help may seem normal at other times, but at this time, it is not normal at all.

"He really thinks that I don't know anything about the situation in the north."

"I still want an army of 50,000. I want to make Dongzhou empty so that I can continue to threaten me."

There are a lot of troops and horses in the north, but they are not enough for the current situation of the Duke of Zhen.

He wanted to continue to check and balance Emperor Hongwen, but also did not want Bei Chu to take away things from Dongzhou, so there would definitely be some people left to stop Bei Chu.

But there are also many people in Beichu, and the fact that they have been silent so far must be waiting for the opportunity, so most people must arrange to block Beichu again.

So of the 200,000 to 300,000 people he currently has, some of whom are still stationed, the maximum he can use is no more than 180,000.

One hundred and eighty thousand may seem like a lot, but compared with the entire Dongzhou, it is still far behind.

Nowadays, he is not the Duke of Zhenguo who controlled most of the world's troops. It is completely impossible for him to compete with Emperor Hongwen with 180,000 soldiers.

Just the food and drink expenses of so many people are not something he can handle. Without food and drink, who would follow him?

So, he planned it from the beginning.

He would first fight Bei Chu Duoduo, then pretend to be defeated, throw away one or two cities at random, and then ask for reinforcements to bring more people from the north. As long as those people reached his territory, he would have a way to capture them for his own use.

I have to say that Duke Zhen Guo was a little greedy and underestimated Emperor Hongwen a little too much.

Perhaps Emperor Hongwen has always been suppressed by him. Even though he is now a little weak, deep down in his heart he still has disdain for Emperor Hongwen and does not really regard him as a person at all.

"Since he wants to play, then I will have fun with him. I want to see who asks for who when the time comes."

On the same day, Emperor Hongwen asked the emperor's guards to disperse out of the capital with his secret decree.

Not long after, a letter appeared in the hands of King Jin.

Looking at the content in his heart, King Jin frowned, pondered for a long time and shook his head, "Your Majesty is still a little anxious."

"Yan Yi, I will write a letter later, and you can send it back to the capital as quickly as possible and hand it over to Yao Yao."

"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be handled this way. You can arrange for someone to go there if you want. I can also understand your determination to defeat Duke Zhen."

"But how many Dongzhou people are there in Beiluo City and its surrounding areas, and how many northern soldiers are there? Do they all deserve to die?"

Lu Yaoyao got the letter from King Jin this morning. After visiting it, he rushed to the imperial study room as soon as possible.

It turned out that Emperor Hongwen's secret order was to dispatch soldiers from various places to the north, and then hand them over to the King of Jin to take charge, and then establish a defense line at Qingyuan Pass behind Beiluo City.

He didn't want to have anything to do with Duke Zhen. He could do whatever he wanted. To put it bluntly, he wanted to force Duke Zhen to defect to Beichu, and take this opportunity to completely accuse him.

In doing so, he was not so afraid of the alliance between Bei Chu and Zhen Guo Gong. After all, Bei Chu had helped Zhen Guo Gong before, but Zhen Guo Gong had gone back on his words, which had given Bei Chu some ideas.

Even if the town-state referendum passes, I'm afraid it won't be reused.

Why did Emperor Hongwen suddenly behave like this? Firstly, he had been oppressed and controlled by Duke Zhenguo for so many years, and his heart was full of hatred. Secondly, he now had a lot of power in his hands, and he always wanted to show off and vent his anger.
Chapter completed!