Lu Huan has been very busy recently, but Su Qingci doesn't know what he is busy with. He always goes out early and comes back late, and some time has passed like this.
In Kunde Hall, Emperor Gao Qinglie was looking at the report urgently submitted by the Yizhou Governor Babaili, with a hint of worry and shock in his eyes.
About half an incense stick of time later, Gao Qinglie's fingers dropped as if they were exhausted. He slowly raised his head and spoke to the ministers in the court.
"Prince Ning rebelled and led an army of 100,000 to attack Yizhou."
This sentence exploded in the court like thunder, and everyone was panicked.
Originally, all eyes in the court were fixed on Yan Xuanye. Although he said goodbye and left, everyone was worried that he would raise an army to attack the town of their Nanchang Kingdom.
Gao Qinglie had been sending people to follow Yan Xuanye's whereabouts along the way. Everyone had been terrified for more than half a month, until the news came yesterday that Yan Xuanye's team was riding at full speed and was now almost at the border of Nanchang State. Everyone was relieved.
But who would have thought that after one serious threat was gone, another one would come.
Prince Ning is Gao Qinglie's uncle. When Gao Qinglie's father was in power, all the adult brothers were granted fiefs and kept away from the capital to avoid power struggles.
Prince Ning's fiefdom was in Youzhou, and there had been peace and tranquility over the years.
Logically speaking, Prince Ning has reached the age of 50, and this is the time when he should be enjoying family happiness and living a peaceful retirement.
But he couldn't stand his nephew's incompetence, cruelty and lust, and felt that his son was much better than him. If his son became the emperor, he would surely make the country prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Originally, King Ning's fiefdom was in Yunnan, but he felt that Yunnan was located in a remote and cold place. Not only was the land barren and the climate harsh, but it was also far away from the capital, with inconvenient transportation and difficulty in communicating with the outside world.
Therefore, before Gao Qinglie's father passed away, Prince Ning wrote to him many times to cry out to him, and between the lines he often mentioned the deep brotherly friendship between himself and his elder brother.
He also asked for permission from his brother, the emperor, to move his fiefdom to the prosperous Youzhou.
Gao Qinglie's father is getting old. When people are nearing death, they tend to cherish their family affection and also care very much about their reputation a hundred years later.
After some consideration, he finally agreed to King Ning's request.
At first, King Ning behaved well after arriving in Youzhou and did not attract much attention.
However, as time went on, he witnessed the tyranny exercised by Gao Qinglie.
It was learned that the people also had complaints about the emperor and complained about his tyranny.
King Ning noticed that the people's dissatisfaction was growing.
Gradually, a bold idea emerged in his mind - rebellion.
Originally, he just wanted to fight for a better future for his sons and let them live a rich and stable life.
In addition, the Yunnan region is indeed too remote and far away, and the conditions in all aspects are relatively difficult, so I begged my royal brother to transfer my fiefdom to the more advantageous Youzhou.
But now it seems that if we want to truly change the status quo and let future generations enjoy wealth and glory, it is far from enough to rely solely on the grace of the emperor's brother.
Only through one's own efforts and seizing the throne can one gain absolute power and realize one's ideals and ambitions.
Moreover, Prince Ning later thought that if a cruel and licentious person like Gao Qinglie was worthy of being the emperor, why couldn't he and his son be the emperor?
Just because he is the emperor's only son, does that mean he should inherit the world?
Prince Ning thought that perhaps Gao Qinglie thought just like that, which was why he had been so unscrupulous since he ascended the throne.
Prince Ning has five sons in total, two of whom are born to the main wife and are of orthodox royal blood. They are not only proficient in both civil and military strategies, but are also outstanding people. However, they can only live in this small fiefdom.
Without the emperor's order, even stepping out of the fiefdom became a luxury.
Initially, King Ning had planned to wait for a few more years until he had accumulated more money and his army was stronger before launching a rebellion.
However, in recent years, Gao Qinglie's sudden changes have made him no longer want to wait.
In the past, Gao Qinglie lived an extravagant life, indulging in sensual pleasures all day long and caring nothing about government affairs.
However, since some time, he seemed to have been reborn, began to devote his energy to political affairs, and occasionally proposed some measures that benefited the people.
Although these measures were limited in number and had little actual effect, they remained cruel, tyrannical and licentious.
But after all, Gao Qinglie's reputation has improved slightly in recent years.
King Ning couldn't help but feel worried: If he could really mend his ways, then if he raised an army to rebel again, he would probably lose the right to do so.
If we rebel now, we can still use Gao Qinglie's reputation of being extremely cruel, extravagant and licentious. If we wait a few years, we will not have this opportunity.
Besides, Yan Xuanye had already promised him that he would send troops to help.
If he succeeded in becoming emperor, Yan Xuanye would not ask for anything except his promise that there would be no war between the two countries in the future, and only a woman.
Wouldn't it be stupid for him not to do such a good deal?
Therefore, King Ning took his existing 80,000 troops and recruited another 20,000 soldiers, totaling 100,000, and began to attack Yizhou City, the nearest city to Youzhou.
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Prince Ning rebelled, war broke out, and the people of Yizhou were plunged into dire straits.
Gao Qinglie was furious. "Prince Ning is my uncle. When the late emperor was seriously ill, Prince Ning wrote a letter, tearfully expressing his deep bond with the late emperor and requesting that his fief be moved to Youzhou. Father, cherishing this bond, granted his request."
"Over the years, I have also taken into consideration the kinship with Prince Ning and have always treated him with great respect and never treated him unfairly."
Gao Qinglie slammed the table and stood up, "I didn't expect him to dare to rebel!"
He looked around, his eyes sweeping sharply across the ministers below the stage, and then asked in a deep voice, "My dear ministers, in your opinion, who should be sent to quell the rebellion?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the civil officials in the audience turned their eyes to the ranks of military commanders standing nearby.
However, those battle-hardened generals looked at each other, and no one took the initiative to step forward and ask for permission to go to war.
For a moment, the court fell into dead silence.
"I have so many capable ministers, why...is there no one willing to take the initiative to share my worries?"
Gao Qinglie was very dissatisfied when he saw that no one took the initiative to ask for permission to quell the rebellion.
A courtier slowly stepped out and suggested, "Your Majesty, we could send General Lu Guang or his son, General Hongyi Lu Huan, to quell the rebellion."
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