Chapter 597: You can only blame the young prince for being too weird (1 update)

You don’t know until you check, and you’ll be shocked when you check.

Pei Ruqing had been mentally prepared for this matter to involve the remnants of the previous dynasty, but he didn’t expect it to involve so many aristocratic families.

Pei Ruqing couldn’t understand it. Although Daliang is not a peaceful country now, the good people can live safely on this land. What kind of considerations did these aristocratic families have to cooperate with the rebels of the previous dynasty!

Why don’t they want to live a good and peaceful life, but want to start a war again!

The head of the four major families in Jiangnan, the Yang family, is the money bag of this group of rebels. The Yang family has been supplying large amounts of silver to the rebels over the years.

The other three families were simply used by the Yang family.

The other three families originally followed the lead of the Yang family. They mostly followed the suggestions of the head of the Yang family. Under the guidance of the head of the Yang family, the other three families also helped the former dynasty's traitors do many things.

Originally, many officials of the Jiangnan faction were connected with the remnants of the former dynasty, but these officials did not know the true identity and purpose of the other party. The other party gave them money, and they opened the door for them. This was just a simple transaction.

These remnants of the former dynasty relied on bribing the officials of the Jiangnan faction to establish bases in the Jiangnan area and take root there.

However, later, the young prince concealed his identity and went to Jiangnan. He directly dismissed the officials of this faction from head to toe, leaving no official with real power. This was equivalent to cutting off the connection between this group of remnants of the previous dynasty and the officials in the court.

Without the help of these officials, many things were very difficult for them to do.

For example, making a large sum of money, forging weapons, operating salt and iron, recruiting private soldiers, etc.

The young prince came to Jiangnan once and almost cut off their chances of survival. Therefore, when he came for the second time, these remnants of the previous dynasty were like a formidable enemy.

They had just taken advantage of the flood to absorb many believers, and originally planned to select a group of these people for training to form private soldiers.

That's right, the Red Lotus Sect was founded by the remnants of the previous dynasty. At the beginning, it was the Yang family who provided money and distributed food to support these believers.

The so-called Red Lotus Sect robbed their granary, which was just a show for the other three great families to see.

After all, all his food was given to the Red Lotus Sect, and he certainly couldn't take out as much food as originally planned to sell food with others.

The head of the Yang family needed a perfect excuse, an excuse that the other three families could not find fault with and would not make them dissatisfied.

Being robbed by the Red Lotus Sect was the best reason.

However, the price of grain was getting higher and higher. People could not afford to buy grain. Those who wanted to survive joined the Red Lotus Sect. In order to retain so many people, the Red Lotus Sect must have enough grain.

It was the head of the Yang family who leaked the grain locations of the Chen and Tang families. The two families were robbed at the same time. The head of the Yang family put in a lot of effort. After that, he pushed all the blame on the little prince, causing the two families to be dissatisfied with the prince and the court. Then he could continue to borrow the power of the two families to deal with the prince.

As for why the Zheng family was not touched, it was just to let the eldest prince behind the Zheng family take the blame.

The remnants of the previous dynasty have always wanted to make Daliang enter internal strife and let the princes compete for the position of crown prince. Only when the court of Daliang is in chaos can they take advantage of the chaos and complete their great cause of restoring the country.

From the beginning, they calculated the brave and warlike eldest prince.

Whether it is setting up obstacles for the little prince who is doing disaster relief in Jiangnan, finding literati to discredit the reputation of the prince among the people and the officialdom, bribing the historian to deal with the prince in the court;

or letting Chen Chu design the second and third princes, assassinate the two, and use the third prince to lure the crown prince into the trap, and then send assassins to kill him on the slow road. All of this is to provoke internal strife among the princes of Daliang, use the emperor's hand, and solve the hidden danger of the eldest prince.

This is a chain of schemes, one ring within another, and if it goes smoothly, it will be three birds with one stone -

first, when the crown prince, the second prince, and the third prince are assassinated, the remnants of the previous dynasty will push the blame on the neighboring country of Daming, and by then, a war between the two countries will be inevitable, which will definitely consume the national strength of Daliang;

second, the eldest prince will be pushed to the front by the remnants of the previous dynasty and become the mastermind behind the assassination of the crown prince. By then, the emperor of Daliang will personally eliminate this brave and warlike prince, thus reducing a major worry for their war to restore the country.

Third, the crown prince dies, and the throne of the crown prince is vacant. The remaining princes will definitely fight for the throne, attack each other, and compete for it. No matter which prince becomes the winner, there is no need to worry. These three princes are not talented in governing the country.

It can be said that the schemes of the remnants of the previous dynasty are not insidious!

After Chen Chu failed, the plan to assassinate the crown prince, the second prince, and the third prince was obviously no longer feasible. Instead of giving up, these people became even crazier.

As long as the crown prince dies, they can still benefit by putting the crime of assassinating the crown prince on the eldest prince. They can't be considered to have lost this confrontation.

Therefore, when they learned that the young prince was seriously ill and incurable, and that he would not live long, they would take the risk and activate the deepest nail to poison the prince.

However, the devil is always stronger than the good. These evildoers never thought that all this was a trap set by the young prince.

They could never have imagined that the prince would be so weird that he would pretend to be sick just to avoid working and to eat and drink for the rest of his life.

At the same time, his technique of pretending to be sick was so superb that even the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital could not diagnose him.

This prince not only had first-class skills in pretending to be sick, but also had extraordinary courage. He even dared to join forces with the director of the Imperial Hospital to deceive the emperor.

This is a crime of deceiving the emperor! His

Royal Highness the Crown Prince's reputation had already been almost ruined by them in the official circles and the court. Under normal circumstances, the Crown Prince would definitely try to reverse his reputation at this time.

Even if he does not reverse his reputation, he will just keep to himself and gain more favor from the Emperor.

Anyway, no matter what, he will not be as weird as the little Crown Prince, who would deceive the Emperor just to avoid working!

It was because they underestimated the Crown Prince's temper that their plan failed completely.

They wasted the deepest nails, exposed their base in the capital, and even captured their master alive!

The master is the descendant of the last emperor of the previous dynasty, and the spiritual leader of these remnants of the previous dynasty.

The reason why the remnants of the previous dynasty have such a strong power and gather so many people is because of this heir of the royal family of the previous dynasty.

Now that their master has been captured, this group of people has lost their followers and cohesion, so naturally there is nothing to fear.