"Our intelligence personnel are still very capable." Looking at the intelligence in his hands, Tang Mo, who was sitting in the sunny Forbidden City, praised with a smile.
He put down the report, looked at Leo who had come to deliver the message, and then ordered: "Let them adapt accordingly! Pay attention to safety."
"Yes! Your Majesty's kindness will be kept in my heart." Leo lowered his head and agreed gratefully.
"Let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cooperate. If you don't shout twice, they may have forgotten that we can't afford to offend you." Tang Mo looked at Prime Minister Roger on the other side.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Roger nodded slightly.
"The military side is also moving, stretching their muscles, but keeping a low profile to a certain extent. Don't scare Zhao Kai all of a sudden. The turtle has retracted into its shell, and it will not be easy to eat.
"Tang Mo looked at Loew next to Roger again.
Imperial Chief of Staff Loew stood at attention and saluted: "Yes! Your Majesty!"
"Then this matter has been settled. Operation Tianping was officially launched, and various departments began to work around Operation Tianping." Tang Mo laughed: "It has been peaceful for too long, and people are not used to the smell of gunpowder smoke." Lan
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These days, two members of the royal family, Zhao Chen and Zhao Jie, often come in and out of the palace. With the addition of Zhao Ji, the atmosphere in the court suddenly became tense.
Nothing changed on Zhao Yu's side, except that officials from some areas called the court to complain that businessmen from the Tang Empire had slowed down their investment in their areas.
There was no way, since the direction of the court had changed, it was natural for the businessmen to be more cautious, but the subsequent development of the matter was a bit beyond Zhao Kai's expectation.
As the mouthpiece of the Tang Empire to the outside world and the vanguard in seeking trouble when nothing happens, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire is obviously the fastest-moving department.
They immediately announced the postponement of an upcoming diplomats' networking event in the Great China Empire, and asked the Tang Dynasty Ambassador to the Great China Empire to send a letter of inquiry to Jiang Run, hoping that Jiang Run would explain the specific situation.
Jiang Run, the Minister of Rites, naturally denied that the Great China Empire was preparing to change its diplomatic attitude towards the Tang Empire. He assured the diplomatic department of the Datang Empire that cooperation between the two countries was still the guarantee that best served the interests of both countries.
In addition, Jiang Run also sent a message to the diplomatic department of the Tang Empire, saying that the Great China Empire protected all the legitimate rights and interests of Tang merchants, and asked the Tang Empire to rest assured.
As for whether the Tang Empire believes it or not, and what kind of things it wants to do, that is not something Jiang Run, the Minister of Rites, can control.
When he walked into the palace again, Zhao Chen was actually very worried, because he had been helping Zhao Kai manage the army of the Dahua Empire, at least part of the army.
As a person who essentially succeeded at least half of Feng Kezhi's military power, he was the one who faced the pressure of the Tang Dynasty's affairs in the Great China Empire.
In recent days, he has been receiving reports from the eastern border every day. Some abnormal and frequent movements have begun on the border of the Tang Empire.
Some of the most basic intelligence personnel also provided a large amount of information, which made Zhao Chen, the prince of the Great China Empire, sleepless and uneasy.
Intelligence shows that the Tang Empire's military trains heading to the border are increasing. These additional military trains transport either arms and ammunition or various supplies. Lan
This shows that the Tang Empire seems to be improving its border readiness and strengthening the troops deployed on the border - this is not a good sign for the Great China Empire.
Just in case, Zhao Chen is also actively increasing troops to the border areas, but doing so will undoubtedly stimulate the Tang Empire in turn, which is not a good idea.
So Zhao Chen has been trying to persuade Zhao Kai to reconsider the series of actions against his son Zhao Yu these days.
But this kind of advice could not impress Zhao Kai. What Zhao Kai needed was a plan to end the current unfavorable situation, rather than simply giving up the attack.
There is definitely a difference, because if Zhao Kai easily gives up the action against Zhao Yu this time, the difference in power between the two sides will only be even greater next time.
If you can't deal with Zhao Yu now, then you will be even better next year
I can't pay! Zhao Kai didn't know how the situation got complicated, but he knew very well that this was his only chance.
"Who would have thought that Zhao Yu's reaction would be so big... At first, he just said that he wanted to investigate Bao Changshi, but in the end, people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Zhou Qiang, started to impeach Bao Changshi for corruption, accepting bribes and bewitching the prince." The Minister of Punishment lowered his head in embarrassment.
The complaints made Zhao Kai, who was sitting in his seat, even more annoyed.
Originally, Zhao Kai just sent out a signal, but who would have thought that the beacon lighted up all of a sudden. Everything happened one after another, as if someone had arranged it, and it suddenly turned into a battle between the two forces, Zhao Kai and Zhao Yu.
The decisive battle.
"How is the situation at the border?" Seeing Zhao Chen come in, Zhao Kai immediately asked. What he is most afraid of now is problems at the border, because if Tang State does not get involved, he can still suppress everything.
"Your Majesty, the situation is not optimistic." Zhao Chen shook his head and sighed: "The troops of the Tang Empire are gathering. Although they are very low-key, they are indeed moving frequently. This is not a good sign."
"Although I have ordered more troops to be sent to the border, if a conflict breaks out, we are obviously still the weak side." He expressed his attitude as tactfully as possible: "I will defend the empire to the death, but whether I can succeed, I...
not sure."
"Can we recruit Zhao Yu into the palace and put him under house arrest...?" Zhao Ji put forward his own strategy at the side: "As the saying goes, catch the thief first and catch the king first. As long as Zhao Yu is controlled, the other party will become a piece of loose sand."
"Your Highness, I'm afraid things are not as simple as you imagined." Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice reminded him helplessly. He now felt that he was on the wrong team.
If the Tang State could have risen a few years earlier, why would he bother to get involved with Zhao Ji? Now his department has long been infiltrated into a sieve. Although he is still Zhao Ji's confidant, he has long been inferior to Zhao Ji in terms of operational power.
But there are other ministers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "For what crime? To imprison the prince, or to imprison the prince who is friendly with the Tang Empire. The border will only become more tense!" Zhao Chen is afraid that Zhao Kai is irrational
, I gave him a reminder by talking to Zhao Ji.
"He is collaborating with the enemy! He is traitorous to the country!" Who knew that these words would stimulate Zhao Kai, who suddenly became violent: "For this reason, killing him is not an injustice! It is not an injustice!"
"
Ignoring Zhao Ji who was secretly delighted, Zhao Chen had no choice but to bite the bullet and remind Zhao Kai: "Your Majesty! The situation is tense, a conflict really breaks out, and collapse is imminent."
Just kidding, Fengjiang, a large customs city, will become a front line and will have no income. Hundreds of thousands of troops will consume a lot of food every day. After entering and leaving the treasury, I have saved a little money in the past two years. Within two months,
Hollowed out by the war.
There is no trade, no investment, no taxation... If you can't even pay the ministers' salaries, what are you using to fight a war?
Who will go to the front line and suffer the consequences? Not him, Zhao Chen? Who will be responsible for the defeat? Not him, Zhao Chen? Who will be scolded in the history books for losing his land? Not him, Zhao Chen?
After calming down, Zhao Kai also realized that now was not the time to use Zhao Yu's excuse for collaborating with the enemy: even if what he was thinking about was "the enemy country Tang", he could never say it out loud.
Do you dare to say that being on good terms with the Tang Empire is collaboration with the enemy and treason? Good guy, guarding the East and Tu Xi, and befriending the Tang State and suppressing the Qin State are established national policies, and 80% of the ministers in the court support them! Are you not trying to deal with Zhao Yu?
Are you trying to flip the table?
At least Tang is not an enemy country in terms of appearance, and Tang is also a friendly country in the slogan, so Zhao Yu has a close relationship with Tang, so it is not a crime... Even if Zhao Kai thinks it is a crime, it is not!
"Zhao Yu is an unworthy man! Bastard! Tang Guo bullies others...he is also a bastard!" Gritting his teeth, Zhao Kai hammered the table and cursed angrily.
But compared to his hysteria just now, although he was still cursing now, his tone was obviously much calmer.
"If that doesn't work, let the Ministry of Punishment issue a report... to set the tone?" Zhao Chen saw that Zhao Kai had stabilized somewhat and asked tentatively.
This is basically asking, should we take a step back first, stop all activities and expose this matter?
never mind.
As long as the Ministry of Punishment controlled by Zhao Ji issues a certificate proving that Bao Changshi's death was accidental, it means that the crisis has been resolved, and it seems that this matter will disappear.
Unfortunately, this is not without cost: such a choice is equivalent to saying that Zhao Kai and Zhao Ji gave up on this match.
The problem suddenly returned to its original point: now that I'm scared, I'm just trying to survive. Even if I stabilize the situation, I'm just sitting there and waiting to die slowly.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Kai, who was forced into a seemingly desperate situation, seemed to grasp the point and interrupted Zhao Chen: "Isn't the reason why Zhao Yu is difficult to deal with because he has the support of the Tang Empire?"
He raised his head as he spoke, his eyes full of light: "As long as we come up with something to satisfy Tang Guo... and don't make trouble... then it's easy to deal with Zhao Yu, right?"
Thinking of this and saying this, Zhao Kai's thoughts suddenly seemed to become much clearer: "If I send a special envoy... to the Tang Kingdom to promise some benefits to Tang Mo. Let the Tang people see that I am also pro-Tang.
, what reason do they have to continue to support Zhao Yu?”
"This..." For a moment, Zhao Chen was speechless. He actually felt that this seemed like a good idea, but it was just a little bit deviated from the core interests of the Dahua Empire.
Your son Zhao Yu betrayed the country and cooperated with the enemy, so he got the support of the Tang people... You are the emperor, go and sell it yourself, go to the enemy... Is this really good? Lan
