The beginning was born in Qing Yu Nian

Chapter 104 On Northern Qi

After Emperor Qing finished speaking, the two people kneeling on the ground reacted differently.

Although Li Chengqian has been hiding himself all the time, is he really a very smart person?No, he chose the method of showing weakness to the enemy, isn't it because his own strength is too weak?
Fan You had already told him before that the so-called crown prince was just a word of Emperor Qing, and whether he was established or dismissed was just a thought of Emperor Qing.

He, Li Chengqian, has neither military merit nor peerless literary talent, but he is a prince with bad deeds. If Emperor Qing decreed today to abolish Li Chengqian as the crown prince of the East Palace, at least half of the people in the court would support him.

As for Li Chengze, he will not be able to become the crown prince. After Fan You revealed the relationship between Li Chengze, the eldest princess and the Ming family, he is already doomed to be unable to become the crown prince.

In ancient times, there was no one who was not suspicious of emperors, especially those emperors throughout the ages. All of them were so suspicious that there was no cure. Many people even couldn't trust their own sons and relatives.

The same is true for Emperor Qing. Fan You grasped this point. He didn't care whether Emperor Qing knew about the relationship between Li Yunrui and the second prince, but as long as he said it, not the second prince himself, then this piece of Fan You would be fine. It worked.

Emperor Qing became wary of Li Chengze. It was impossible for him to teach Li Chengze the position of crown prince. Compared with these two, Emperor Qing at this time was more willing to retrain the third prince.

Li Chengqian's face was gray, and when Emperor Qing said that he would abolish his position as the crown prince, his body softened instantly, and he was inexplicably relieved, but he also had endless regrets.

Li Chengze's heart was full of resentment. If Fan You didn't tell about his relationship with Li Yunrui, or about the smuggling of Neiku and Qi Guojin Yiwei, the things he did would at best be a few words of punishment, but now everything It's too late, Emperor Qing can say that as long as he is still alive, the two of them will not be able to become the crown prince, which means that from now on, the two of them will always be princes!
Emperor Qing waved his sleeves at the two brothers on the ground with a dark face, turned around and walked in front of Fan You.

"Fan You, I've given you this account, and I've said it all! If you still want to punish the two of them, just say it, and I'll make it!"

Emperor Qing had already made a decision in his mind to retrain the third prince, but the third prince is still too young, so if he wants to retrain him, the first thing to do is to find a good master for the third prince.

Fan You stood up and knelt down: "Fan You, thank you Your Majesty on behalf of my wife who is still awake!"

Seeing Fan You knelt down, Emperor Qing didn't help Fan You up this time, instead he patted Fan You on the shoulder with one hand and said.

"Fan You, the second child and Cheng Qian were abolished today because of you alone."

"I have given you an explanation. Similarly, you have to promise me one thing. Concubine Yigui's son, who is also my third prince, is still young."

"Since you said that these two people are not suitable for the prince in your heart, then I will ask you to teach me personally. If my three princes do not meet my expectations after many years, then you, and the entire Fan family, Everyone has to pay for it!"

As an emperor, Emperor Qing couldn't even be too kind to a person, especially to a courtier. The more capable a courtier is, the more helpful he will be to the country. The harm to the country is also immeasurable.

Emperor Qing's love for Fan You surpassed everyone's imagination, even his own son was not as good as Fan You.

However, Emperor Qing couldn't just treat Fan You blindly, beatings were inevitable.

The Fan family now occupies all four characters: Shang, Wu, Wen, and Guan, and concubine Yigui and Fan Jian's wife Liu Ruyu belong to the Liu family.

The Liu family's roots are extremely deep, and the power in the court is not inferior to that of Lin Ruofu.

Concubine Yigui was not the most favored by Emperor Qing in the harem, but mother was more expensive than her son, and after giving birth to the third prince, her status was much higher than that of ordinary concubines.

It's just because the third prince is too young, and Li Chengqian has already been established as the prince, so the third prince will at most give a fief to become a prince in the future. Such a person will not get the attention of the ministers in the court.

Therefore, even if the Liu family has a deep foundation, it is impossible to push the third prince to the position of the crown prince.

But now Fan You abolished the crown prince in one fell swoop, and even ruthlessly tricked Li Chengze, completely insulating these two people from the position of crown prince. In this way, the position of crown prince can only fall to the third prince.

This time, the Ming family completely lost power, and the Liu family will rise again, but this time the rise of the Liu family is entirely due to Fan You and the Fan family.

This time, Fan You undoubtedly found another powerful helper for the Fan family.

Logically speaking, what Emperor Qing should do at this time is to find a good master for the third prince, but this master must not have too much contact with the Fan family, Liu family, Lin family, and Ye family.

Otherwise, once the four major families join forces to support the third prince, at least eight levels of civil and military officials in the court will stand on the side of the third prince.

This kind of power is too strong!
Fan You also knew in his heart that what he did would only speed up the demise of the Fan family, but he didn't care, with two masters as his cards, the Fan family was not afraid of anyone!
Fan You: "Please speak, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Fan You agreed, Emperor Qing was about to start a long speech, but when he spoke again, he saw Li Chengqian and Li Chengze still kneeling on the ground beside him.

"You two go down first, Cheng Qian, after you go back, pack up and move back to the original place, Cheng Ze, after you go back, face the wall for three days!"

"As for the eldest princess, I will explain the situation and tell the people behind you to be honest!"

"Zhen, I know your little actions, but I don't want to make it too ugly. After all, you are my son, understand? Go down."

Emperor Qing's earnest expression was full of hypocrisy in the eyes of everyone.

Li Chengze took a deep breath to suppress all the dissatisfaction and unwillingness in his heart.

"My son retire!"

Li Chengqian was in a trance at this moment. He lost what he cared most about for so many years today. Although it was a relief, his heart was full of unwillingness.

"My son, my son will leave."

After the two got up and left, Emperor Qing turned to Fan You and said with a smile, "Fan You, I named Fan Xian the crown prince and tutor. After the matter is over in a few days, I will let the third prince go to Fan's residence to study."

"Fan You's literary talents are amazing, his martial arts are not weak, his character and strategy are all top choices, and you are about to lead the Tianci Battalion to dispatch troops, so you cannot take up the position of Prince and Taifu for the time being."

"Also, the third prince's biological mother Yigui is from the Liu family, and Liu Ruyu is a cousin. The relationship between the two is pretty good. Logically speaking, the third prince should call you elder brother."

Fan You: "Your Majesty, you also know that I have a cold personality. If the third prince is allowed to learn from me, the only thing I can teach him is medical skills."

"It's really better to let him learn from Fan Xian. There are many things he can learn from Fan Xian, such as the way of life, and reading and writing. I am not as good as Fan Xian in these aspects."

"I am dissatisfied with His Majesty saying that if the third prince is really allowed to learn from the minister, then the first thing the minister will give him is to kill someone!"

Fan You is also now courageous, his waist is hardened, and he dares to say anything.

Emperor Qing was a little curious when he heard this.

"Oh why?"

Fan You looked at the direction where the two left just now and said, "Actually, whether it is the crown prince or the second prince, both of them have their own strengths and weaknesses."

"For example, the crown prince has endured for many years. All these years, everyone thought that the crown prince was just a man with great ambition and lack of talent, and was not worthy of the position in the East Palace."

"But in reality? It's not like that. It goes without saying that a person who can endure for so many years has a heart. It's a pity that the crown prince forbeared so deeply that he buried himself."

"Dignified prince, there is no one under his command? Isn't this ridiculous?!"

"Second prince, the prince's heart is not inferior to the prince's, and the prince's strategy is more prosperous, not to mention his cruelty. It is a good thing to use all means to achieve the goal."

"But, the second prince didn't dare to do it openly, and lost the most important one of the way of being a king."

When Emperor Qing heard Fan You talk about the way of being a king, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Fan You, you said the way of being a king? How do you understand it?"

Fan You: "Your Majesty, if you want to become the crown prince, you must get it in a dignified way. It is definitely not something you can do in private."

"None of the things the second prince has done has come to the fore, and he even colluded with the Jin Yiwei of the Qi State. This is a crime of treason!"

"If it were me, Fan You would be open and honest with my enemies. As the saying goes, one force can reduce ten meetings, I have enough strength, and there will be many talented people under my command."

"If you want to be the crown prince, you will definitely use military merit! You can get it with literary talent, and you will definitely not aim at defeating the current crown prince."

"The two of them haven't figured out who their enemy is from the beginning to the end. It's not the other party, but Qi State!"

"May I ask Your Majesty, if the idea of ​​the next Martial Dao Conference was proposed by the crown prince, how would you reward him?"

Emperor Qing nodded silently after listening to Fan You's talk. Fan You's words were right. The fight between brothers was just a small fight after all, too short-sighted!
As Fan You said, if Li Chengqian had thought from the beginning, how to defeat Qi and make Qing truly the largest country in the world, even if Li Chengqian was not capable enough, Emperor Qing would try his best to form his own team for Li Chengqian.

It's a pity that Li Chengqian didn't think of this. In Li Chengqian's eyes, there was only one enemy from the beginning to the end, the second brother Li Chengze.

Similarly, in order to compete for the crown prince, Li Chengze even went so far as to collude with Qing's greatest enemy, Qi!

These two people will not be crown princes, and they will not be able to become the emperor of the Qing Kingdom in the future. They will only lead the Qing Kingdom to decline.

Emperor Qing: "You're right. I also know about the small actions of the two of them in private, but I didn't care about it, and I didn't care."

"The struggle between the two brothers is just a small fight, nothing big can happen."

"However, cooperating with Qi State and targeting your own brother, this shouldn't be."

"I underestimated you, Fan You. I didn't expect you to have such an opinion on the way of being a king at such a young age. It's really not easy."

"Hey! If Cheng Qian and Cheng Ze had half your insights and abilities, I wouldn't have such a headache!"

"The position of the crown prince is related to our [-]-year plan to celebrate the country! There is no room for mistakes, even if there are some shortcomings, we must find a way to solve them, otherwise it will definitely lead to serious troubles in the future."

Fan You said indifferently: "Actually, it's not that serious. Compared with the little emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty, neither Li Chengqian nor Li Chengze can lose to him."

"If the two Highnesses ascend the throne in the future, they may not be at a disadvantage when they confront the little Qi emperor, but that's all."

"If the Qing Kingdom wants to become the most powerful country in the world, this is not enough. The next prince must have the kindness and strategy of Your Majesty. Both are indispensable!"

Speaking of the Little Emperor of Northern Qi, Emperor Qing didn't have much information here, but hearing what Fan You said, it seemed that Fan You knew the Little Emperor of Northern Qi very well.

Emperor Qing: "Fan You, from what you said, you seem to know the little emperor of Northern Qi very well."

Fan You: "Of course, the person who understands you best in this world will always be your enemy. Know yourself and your enemy and you will win a hundred battles."

"If we, Qing Kingdom, want to defeat Northern Qi, we must first have a sufficient understanding of Northern Qi. Just like the little emperor Zhan Doudou of Northern Qi, he has some means, but the enemy he is facing now is not our Qing Kingdom , but the Queen Mother who listens to the government behind the curtain."

"The government of Northern Qi is really unbearable."

"Jin Yiwei covered the sky with one hand and completely obeyed the Queen Mother. Zhan Doudou had very few people available under him. Even Uesugi Tiger, the most powerful general in the Northern Qi Kingdom, was recalled to the capital by their emperor and placed under house arrest."

"The reason is simple. Zhan Doudou and the Empress Dowager of the State of Qi are only in court. If they want to fight for military power, they must start with Uesugi Tiger."

"That Uesugi Tiger has been in the army for many years, and he has many cronies, from the general to the corporal commander and the pawns. It is precisely because of these cronies that Uesugi Tiger can have enough confidence in the border army control."

"Only now, this Uesugi tiger is going to become a caged tiger, and Qi will be destroyed by his own people."

Emperor Qing's eyes on Fan You changed again and again. Many of the news that Fan You said, even he, the emperor of the Qing Kingdom, did not know, but Fan You was able to speak in an orderly manner.

Especially the news about Uesugi Tiger, the Great General of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Even in the Inspection Institute, there are very few records of Uesugi Tiger's identity, but Fan You can tell the root of Uesugi Tiger's foothold in the army. Where did Fan You's news come from? of?This doubt appeared in Emperor Qing's mind.

Emperor Qing: "Fan You, where did you know what you said? There is no such news in the inspection institute."

Fan You: "Your Majesty, Fan You sent some spies to plant on the border between the two countries. The news was passed on to me by those spies. The news is absolutely true!"

(End of this chapter)