Chapter 1206 Maozhou
The next day, the prince brought a young eunuch out of the palace, asked Manbao to change into his clothes, and brought her back to the palace.
Manbao stood with his head down between two eunuchs and followed the prince into the palace. The queen was stunned for a moment when she saw Manbao, and then she looked at the prince who had a calm expression on the side.
She sighed and reached out to take Manbao's pulse.
Manbao gave the queen an acupuncture injection and changed the prescription. He told her to relax and then was sent out by the prince's men. In the carriage at the palace gate, she took off her outer coat and gave it to the eunuch who had been waiting outside, then went home with the guards who came to pick her up.
The East Palace is within the Imperial Palace, and the Crown Prince can enter and leave the palace freely, but the Empress Dowager has been seriously ill recently, and most of the princes and grandchildren are staying in the palace to take care of her.
Even the third prince, who was about to be enfeoffed, kept finding excuses to enter the palace. Now that the crown prince was entering and leaving the palace every day, he attracted attention.
Although no one could find out where the prince was going, this made people more suspicious.
So, after the impeachment memorials appeared on the emperor's desk, accusing the prince of not being able to control his emotions and having a violent temper, many censors also submitted memorials impeaching the prince for being unfilial, for not caring for the empress dowager and the queen when they were ill, and for always leaving the palace to play.
When the prince found out, he just rolled his eyes and ignored it.
In recent years, the memorials impeaching him have been like weeds popping up in spring, which cannot be completely removed. He would not be used to the day when there were no memorials impeaching him.
The emperor ignored it and suppressed the memorial.
Since others don’t know why the prince goes out, how could he not know?
When the censors saw that their memorials received no response, two of them became annoyed and simply submitted memorials to curse the emperor and make their own suggestions.
They believed that the reason why the prince was so naughty and refused to change despite repeated teachings was because the emperor indulged him. If you had been stricter, would your son have become like this?
It would be fine if he was your own son, but he is not only your son, he is also the crown prince, the heir to the throne.
If the crown prince is like this, what will happen to the country and the people in the future?
Wei Zhi was on duty in the Secretariat that day. When he saw the memorial, he thought it was particularly well-written, so he marked it and sent it to the emperor.
emperor:……
The emperor put the memorial aside and continued to ignore it. Nothing was more important than the affairs of Yizhou.
He picked up a secret letter, which was the news sent back by the people who followed the King of Yizhou out of the capital. They were discovered, and the two sides fought on the road. The King of Yizhou escaped, and most of their men were lost and could not keep up.
The emperor's face was gloomy. After calculating the time, he thought that the King of Yizhou should have entered the Jiannan Road area. He didn't know whether Yin Li could stop him from leaving Yizhou.
The emperor didn't know that the King of Yizhou didn't return to Yizhou at all, but went to Maozhou.
And Yin Li was not in Yizhou, he was also in Maozhou.
Yang Heshu pushed aside the branches in front of him and climbed halfway up the mountain. Yin Li, who was standing on the edge of the mountain, looking down at the mountain below, turned around and nodded slightly, saying, "Changbo is here."
Yang Heshu bowed, "Lord Yin."
He walked to Yin Li's side and looked down, but he only saw dense forests and nothing else.
He couldn't help but look at Yin Li.
Yin Li spread out the map in his hand and showed it to him, pointing to a place and saying, "Our people have pretended to be hunters and walked around the perimeter of these mountains. Now we can be sure that the people are hiding in this area."
"Is he back?"
"One has returned, but two haven't. They must be gone." Yin Li's expression didn't change much. He said, "Judging from the wheel tracks, the food just brought in is enough to last 28,000 people for a month."
Yang Heshu frowned, "So many people are hiding in this mountain?"
Yin Li said, "Don't underestimate this mountain range. Look at these endless peaks, with such dense trees. Even 100,000 men wouldn't be much, let alone 28,000. It all depends on whether the King of Yizhou has enough food."
"The people we found pretending to be hunters are all skilled scouts, but they don't dare go too deep. Otherwise, there will be countless poisonous insects and snakes, not to mention wild beasts. They will also get lost, which can kill people."
Yang Heshu understood, "No wonder they hid people in here."
"Yes, hiding in these deep mountains, even if there are villages nearby, we can easily fool them. Some people in small villages may never leave the mountains once in their entire lives, so we can just make up an excuse and fool them."
Even if you can't fool him, just kill him and then bribe someone to transport the village's taxes to the county town every year to ensure that people in the county government won't get suspicious.
If the prefecture and county can take care of it, there will be no problem at all.
Yang Heshu asked, "When does Lord Yin plan to take action?"
Yin Li took the map and said, "No rush."
Yang Heshu frowned.
Yin Li brought a total of 50,000 troops this time, and left 20,000 in Yizhou City to Tang County Magistrate. After all, that was the base of the King of Yizhou, and he had to be on guard.
There are still 30,000 people here. Even if they don't march every day, there is still plenty of food and grass.
People need to eat, and horses need to eat too.
Yang Heshu asked, "What are you waiting for, sir?"
"Waiting for someone," Yin Li said, "Waiting for someone."
Before Yang Heshu could ask anyone, a scout came running up from the foot of the mountain, knelt down and handed the information to Yin Li.
Yin Li took it and took a look at it, then handed it to Yang Heshu and said, "The person you've been waiting for has arrived."
Yang Heshu took it and his expression changed slightly, "The King of Yizhou has arrived?"
He raised his head, glared at Yin Li, and said disapprovingly, "Lord Yin, why do you have to wait for the King of Yizhou to arrive before taking action? That would cost us more, and it might even lead to war..."
If they act early and tell the private army in the mountains that the King of Yizhou has been captured, they will be leaderless. If they disrupt the morale of the army, they will surely be able to capture the city at a very small cost.
But it’s different when the King of Yizhou arrives. The dragons have a leader, so their combat effectiveness is more than just increased tenfold.
Besides, beyond this mountain lies the vast fields and villages of Maozhou. If the two armies engage in battle...
Yin Li said: "This is the only way to prevent future troubles and give an explanation to the heroes of the world."
Yang Heshu was not convinced, and Yin Li did not care about his opinion. Instead, he pointed to a captain and said, "Sir Yang, this is Captain Song. He will bring a thousand men to obey your orders. After nightfall, you can take them away from this mountain. You can do whatever you want."
Yang Heshu looked unhappy.
Yin Li's eyes were firm. He reached out and patted his shoulder, saying, "How many people you can save depends on your ability, Lord Yang."
Yang Heshu was not a naive young man like Bai Shanzhouman. He understood Yin Li's plan as soon as he heard it. He wanted to keep the main force of the King of Yizhou here.
This way, you can cut the Gordian knot quickly and avoid all the trouble of subsequent interrogation and judgment.
Otherwise, given the status of the King of Yizhou, this case would probably have dragged on for half a year, and in the end the King of Yizhou would at most have been demoted to a commoner and exiled.
But as a royal relative, even if he became a beggar, there would probably be people following him.
Yin Li obviously wanted to put an end to this permanent trouble, which was why he had been staying in the mountains for so long.
Yang Heshu did not try to persuade him any further. He led Captain Song back to the tent. He could not leave yet.
I achieved a new achievement. I gave a character to my godson, Li Changbo, the male protagonist of Gu Wanyin. I almost wanted to ask her to choose the character "和书", but then I thought about it and gave up. What if the book lovers completely confused the characters?
So I took the word "Haozhi"
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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