Chapter 852

"Father! Father! Who is it? Who did it? "

In the palace of King Chu, Li Chuyuan was in a state of grief, but the indifference in his eyes betrayed his mood at this time.

When his father put him under house arrest for the sake of the merchant Council, the relationship between them was broken.

All these years, his father has been an obstacle to his power, and now the obstacle has finally disappeared.

Of course, he also guessed who assassinated his father. Today, only the emperor in the north can do it.

At this time, he finally realized what Xiao Ming said in the imperial library.

"Your Highness, it's not the time to be sad. His Highness the king of Chu died, but the state of Chu still needs someone to inherit it. As his eldest son, his highness should inherit the throne of Chu."

When the king of Chu's corpse returned to Lin'an City, all kinds of forces in Lin'an City were moved by the wind. For them, every change of the king of Chu was a time to renew the army.

The minister who spoke was Sima Hao, Li Chuyuan's uncle. As the first powerful family in Lin'an, almost every king of Chu would choose to marry Sima.

It is also because of the existence of Sima family that Li Chuyuan's position among the aristocrats is as stable as Mount Tai.

"Uncle, it must be the Cao family. The merchant Council has been coveting Chu's rights for a long time. Now they can't help it." Li Chuyuan said, almost biting his teeth.

Sima Hao, with a clear mind, said: "the scholars of Chu have been dissatisfied with the merchant Council for a long time. They will support us, but before that, you must inherit the throne of Chu, so that you can become famous."

Li Chuyuan nodded fiercely. How could he tolerate an extra force out of control in his own territory.

After a pause, he continued: "those two Frenchmen are not good things either. If they were bewitched, my father would not trust the Cao family so much. Now my uncle should kill them immediately."

Sima Hao nodded, they can cooperate with businessmen in trade, but absolutely can't tolerate Cao family coveting rights.

Pacing back and forth, Li Chuyuan gritted his teeth and made a decision again. He said, "uncle, in order to make sure that everything is safe, now we should ask Xiao Ming for help and leave a ray of life for us."

Sima Hao thought it was true that if he didn't pay attention to the Cao family before, but now the merchant Council headed by our Cao family is growing too fast.

He just got the news that at the first time when the news of the death of the king of Chu came, three firearm battalions stationed outside Lin'an City, with a total of 9000 people, all defected. They protected Cao Kun and Cao Zhengtong and headed for Suzhou.

"I don't know how many secret flags the Cao family have planted in the state of Chu in recent years. I suspect that the merchant Council has not only controlled these firearms camps, but also more. At this time, it is necessary to show weakness to Xiao Ming." Sima Hao pondered.

"In that case, I will send a letter to Qingzhou immediately," Li said

After that, he asked people to bring paper and pen to record the current situation of Chu.

At the same time, when they learned of the death of the king of Chu, Cao Kun and Cao Zhengtong fled from Lin'an City with their families.

They are very clear what will happen if they continue to be in Lin'an. After all, Lin'an is firmly controlled by Sima, and their strength is very weak.

"Father, once Li Chuyuan succeeds to the throne, it's definitely against the Cao family. It's time for us to put up with it after so long, otherwise there will be no place for us in Dayu." Cao Zhengtong looked at the direction of Lin'an City, but he was unwilling.

Cao Kun was sitting opposite Cao Zhengtong in the carriage. At this moment, he closed his eyes. After hearing Cao Zhengtong's words, he said slowly, "what's the hurry? In recent years, we have exhausted our financial resources to form a merchant Council. Can Li Chuyuan, a boy who is not as good as Mao, be able to deal with it? As for Sima, he is just an old-fashioned antique. They are powerful in Lin'an, and we can't match them, But he is not qualified to compete with us

After a pause, he said, "when we get to Suzhou, it's not easy for us to take control of the new army, recruit soldiers, and defeat those unruly families."

Cao Zhengtong nodded. The king of Wei didn't know until he died that fan Zilong, the current governor of Suzhou, had long been their man. The most important thing is that this governor had mastered the new army recruited in the past two years.

With this new army armed with firearms, they have no worries about the storm Li Chuyuan will bring. Their only worry is Xiao Ming in the north.

When Lin'an was in turmoil, Li San, the founder of the terracotta warriors, took his men all the way to escape.

Four days later, they arrived in Jinling City. After staying here for a few days, they returned to Qingzhou in another four days.

"So the king of Chu died?"

In the imperial library, Xiao Ming stops writing. He is writing about penicillin, which is all for biology.

"Yes, when we were in Jinling City, we sent someone to Lin'an to confirm that the king of Chu was dead. Now Li Chuyuan and Sima's family control Lin'an City, and Cao's family go to Suzhou. Now both sides are gathering people to prepare for war." Li San said.

Xiao Ming showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. Now the situation is finally interesting. He said, "let them fight."Li three Zheng for a while, he said: "emperor, don't we send troops South now?"

"It's not the right time. One of the two represents the aristocracy and the other represents the ambition capital. It's a headache for me. Even if I defeat them, I will leave hidden dangers. So, it's better to let both families lose. In this way, the South I take over will be a clean place without the aristocracy and ambition capital." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

"What the emperor said is reasonable, but from the perspective of the following officials, Li Chuyuan may not be the opponent of the Cao family." Li San was a little worried. "If we let the Cao family control the south, it would be troublesome."

Xiao Ming smiles, "do you think I will give them this chance?"

As they were saying this, Qian Dafu suddenly came in with a letter. He said, "emperor, the letter from Li Chuyuan has arrived."

Xiao Ming is in a good mood today. He took the letter from Qian Dafu and read it again. He said to Li San, "Li Chuyuan is asking me for help. In this case, I can only make war money again. Isn't the Li family as rich as the enemy? I'll empty the Li family's silver first, and then go south to clean them up. "

Li San shook his head helplessly. Now he basically understood what the emperor meant. In fact, because of the rapid innovation of weapons in Qingzhou, there are a lot of obsolete firearms in the army. These firearms used to be real gold and silver, so it's too wasteful to put them in this way.

Moreover, in the Northern War, they also seized many firearms, which were worthless to them, but not to Li Chuyuan, who was in urgent need of firearms.

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