The Eastern Palace.
Duanben Hall.
"Li Xin has entered the capital?"
Crown Prince Li Ming frowned slightly and asked, "When did this happen?"
"Your Highness, just now."
The servant hurriedly replied, "They have already moved into the Imperial Clan Court. The Prince of Xin and the Prince of Liao's heir also came to the capital together."
"oh?"
Crown Prince Li Ming was stunned for a moment, "How did my younger brother get involved with the Prince of Liao?"
I never expected that!
"Perhaps they were just passing by and decided to travel together."
The servant thought for a moment and replied.
"Have the personnel been arranged at the Imperial Clan Court?"
Crown Prince Li Ming remained silent for a moment, then asked.
"Your Highness, everything has been arranged."
The servant replied, "Our people are among the cooks, guards, servants, maids, and officials of the Imperial Clan Court."
"Nothing Prince Xin does escapes our notice."
"At least they did something right!"
Li Ming smiled calmly and said, "Keep a close watch on them and report back immediately if there is any news."
"yes!"
The servants quickly agreed.
After the people inside left, Crown Prince Li Ming turned and walked into the study behind him.
At this moment, a man was sitting upright in the study. This man was Song Xianze, a staff member of the Eastern Palace and a confidant of the Crown Prince.
Mr. Song,
After Crown Prince Li Ming sat down, he said, "How could Li Xin and the Prince of Liao be involved together? Could it be that the Prince of Liao and Li Xin are plotting something?"
"We don't know that yet."
Song Xianze shook his head and said, "However, I heard from the people in the Office of Transmission that the Prince of Liao just submitted a memorial today, and it probably hasn't reached His Majesty's desk yet."
"The Liao King's memorial?"
Crown Prince Li Ming asked, "What did they say inside?"
"Your Highness, please don't worry. The people in the palace are probably making the transcription right now. We'll have news soon."
Song Xianze replied calmly.
But Li Ming couldn't wait any longer.
Some time ago, Li Ming secretly contacted the grassland bandits, wanting to use them to get rid of Li Xin.
Unexpectedly, Li Xin defeated them again.
These grassland bandits are such a loser!
Not only that, he had finally managed to get the people of Shuntian Prefecture to shut down Qingyu Trading Company and mobilized officials in various places to ban Qingyu Trading Company.
Unexpectedly, after the great victory in Dongning, a group of officials petitioned His Majesty to allow the Qingyu Trading Company to reopen.
My two previous preparations have both completely failed.
What troubles Li Ming the most is that Li Xin has now become involved with the Prince of Liao, the Prince of Qing, and the Prince of Su.
Are they forming an alliance?
Thinking of this, Crown Prince Li Ming's brows twitched involuntarily.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry!"
Song Xianze said calmly, "No matter how powerful the vassal kings are, so what?"
Your Highness, you are the Crown Prince, a position of supreme honor second only to the Emperor!
Even if the vassal kings dared to make any moves, would they have forgotten what happened thirty years ago?
Thirty years ago, Emperor Shizong, the father of the current emperor, had just ascended the throne when he encountered a powerful rebellion by the vassal kings.
Emperor Shizong used the full strength of the nation to quell the rebellion of the three vassal kings: the King of Chu, the King of Wei, and the King of Wu.
All three vassal kings were stripped of their titles and reduced to commoners, and the fiefdoms of the King of Chu, the King of Wei, and the King of Wu were revoked.
Then, on the charge of colluding with the King of Chu, he stripped the fiefdoms of a group of vassal kings, including the King of Yue, the King of Xiang, the King of Han, the King of Lu, and the King of Qi.
Finally, all the vassal kings in the inland provinces were eliminated.
The newly enfeoffed princes were all relocated to the border regions to defend against the rising grassland bandits.
After Emperor Shizong's swift and decisive actions, all the wealthy lands within the Great Gan Dynasty's territory came under the control of the imperial court.
Even some vassal kings in border regions, who command tens of thousands of troops, cannot support their armies without the imperial court's financial support.
Therefore, the imperial court no longer worried about the princes causing trouble.
Most importantly, the vassal kings such as the King of Liao, the King of Shu, the King of Liang, the King of Su, the King of Qing, and the King of Qin did not have many troops under their command.
In some border areas, most of the troops voluntarily handed over to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
In recent years, with the continuous incursions of grassland bandits into the border regions, some border princes have gradually strengthened their royal guards to resist the grassland bandits.
Li Ming understood what Song Xianze was saying.
He understood the meaning behind Song Xianze's words; after all, he was the crown prince, a man of high status.
If any border princes dare to make any moves, the court can strip them of their titles and demote them to commoners. How could they possibly rebel?
Thinking about it, Li Ming felt somewhat at ease.
At that moment, an inner court eunuch jogged into the Prince's study.
Upon seeing Crown Prince Li Ming, he immediately knelt down and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, the memorial submitted by the Prince of Liao has been copied. Please take a look."
"Hmm."
Crown Prince Li Ming nodded slightly and asked, "Has Father Emperor seen it?"
Not yet.
The eunuch shook his head and said, "It was just submitted to the Imperial Study. His Majesty will probably not read the memorial until tonight."
"Go down."
With a casual wave of his hand, Li Ming opened the Liao King's memorial and looked at its contents.
After reading it, Li Ming frowned and handed the memorial to Song Xianze.
Song Xianze flipped through the memorials, a smile appearing on his face. "Your Highness, please rest assured!"
The Liao King's memorial has already made things very clear.
The relationship between the King of Liao and the King of Xin was merely to jointly defend against the grassland bandits.
Otherwise, why would the King of Liao have submitted such a memorial?
This was not only for the Emperor's benefit, but also for His Highness's benefit, to show His Highness his true feelings, that there was no selfishness between the Prince of Liao and the Prince of Xin, only public opinion.
It seems the King of Liao is quite sensible!
"So, we don't need to worry too much about the Prince of Liao?"
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