Happy Emperor

"Brother Emperor, I am telling the truth. This matter was the idea of ​​Wang Qian and the other vassal kings, not mine."

After saying this, Lin Meng hurriedly distanced himself from Wang Qian.

"I believe you, you don't need to explain."

Lin Tian replied with a faint smile.

Lin Meng definitely does not support the prince's succession to the throne. He has never supported it since he was a child.

It's just that he wants to be the emperor himself.

"Royal brother, are you...are you going to let me go? When I return, I will definitely tell my uncle that you are the only good emperor of our Great Xia."

Lin Meng was overjoyed and flattered Lin Tian carefully.

"Tianba, take Lin Meng away first."

Lin Tian still had something to say to Li Yi and Zhao Xiankun alone.

Moreover, he didn't want to see Lin Meng's lackey-like appearance again.

As a prince, he can be said to have brought shame to the royal family of Daxia.

Moreover, Lin Meng had just been secretly looking at his three concubines.

Lin Tian is not the kind of person who spoils his children.

"Remember, when two countries are at war, envoys are not killed. You can handle the rest. After you're done, throw him in the Sky Prison. As long as he doesn't starve to death, that's fine."

"As you wish, I understand!"

After Huang Tianba finished speaking, he once again carried Lin Meng, who kept begging for mercy, and left the South Study.

As the two walked away, Lin Meng's shouting completely disappeared.

Lin Tiancai spoke slowly: "Li Yi, is Prince Li Ren's situation the same as Prince Zhao Wuji's? Most of his troops are stationed at the border."

Hearing the emperor's question, Li Yi certainly understood what Lin Tian meant.

He just wanted to know whether he could send troops if a war broke out between him and King Pingdong.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yi slowly said, "The situation in Nanyun Province is much better than that of Prince Zhao Wuji. Our neighboring Jiaozhi Kingdom was originally a vassal state of Daxia."

"Although they have broken away from Daxia and declared independence, they do not dare to invade Daxia territory on a large scale."

"If the time comes, Nanyun Province can deploy 100,000 troops."

After listening to this, Lin Tian nodded slightly.

The situation Li Yi described was pretty much the same as what he imagined.

Lin Tian took out the map of Daxia and spread it on the chopping board.

The distribution of various forces and the general situation of their armies on the entire map of Daxia suddenly appeared in front of Li Yi and Zhao Xiankun.

They didn't expect that Emperor Li knew the entire situation of Daxia so clearly.

At the same time, they also understood that Emperor Li actually took out this map in front of them.

It is obviously also a trust in the two people and the princes represented behind them.

Lin Tian pointed at the map of Daxia and spoke slowly.

"Although the territory of Daxia has shrunk considerably since Emperor Gaozu's time, it still has eleven provinces."

"The King of Pingdong controls the three provinces of Jilu, Anping, and Yulin. He has a force of 500,000 available."

"And you three kings of different surnames, from north to south, are Wang Qian's Fengtai Province, Zhao Wuji's Guigan Province, and Li Ren's Nanyun Province. You are naturally more aware of the available military forces than I am."

"The remaining two provinces, located between Prince Pingdong and Prince Li Renfan, are Xiangzhong Province and Gannan Province."

"Among them, Prince Lin Xiang controls the majority of Xiangzhong Province, while the remaining Gannan Province and a small portion of Xiangzhong Province are controlled by eighteen princes with the surname Lin. Although these two provinces have a large area and a large population, their military strength is only around 100,000."

After Lin Tian finished explaining the general situation, he looked up at the two of them again.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do next?"

Li Yi asked with a serious expression.

He knew that Emperor Li must have a purpose in telling them this.

Zhao Xiankun also looked at Emperor Li seriously, waiting for his instructions.

"Fight! Let's go first."

Lin Tian spoke word by word.

Then he stared at the two of them, watching their reactions.

After hearing this, Li Yi stared at the map in silence, calculating the chances of winning the war.

Although, his brother Li Renfan Wang also supported the fight.

Because it is almost impossible to unify Daxia through negotiations, otherwise it would have been unified long ago.

But the premise of his brother's assumption was that the three kings of different surnames all surrendered to Emperor Li.

Because only by doing so will there be a greater chance of defeating King Pingdong.

Otherwise, it is very likely that Daxia will be dragged into a long civil war.

In this case, not only will the people fall into dire straits, but the enemy country may take advantage of the situation and eventually lead to the destruction of Daxia.

Of course, if Emperor Li had any better plans, the two would tell their respective vassal kings the truth.

"Your Majesty, but...but we don't have an advantage in terms of military strength, unless..."

Zhao Xiankun frowned and said, "Unless, Prince Wang Qian also stands on your Majesty's side."

Li Yi also nodded in agreement and said, "Please don't blame me, Your Majesty. I also think that what Prince Zhao said makes sense. If we rashly start a war, it will indeed be easy to drag the entire Great Xia into the quagmire of a long-term war. At that time, I am afraid that the enemy countries will take advantage of the opportunity to invade..."

After listening to what the two said, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not difficult for him to see the prince's intention from the two people's answers.

It is possible to fight, but the minimum condition is that the three kings of different surnames stand on his side at the same time, so that they are evenly matched with the King of Pingdong.

Lin Tian did not blame them. The two kings of different surnames, Li and Zhao, had served in the army for so many years.

Such concerns are not surprising.

"I don't blame you for having such concerns." After a moment, Lin Tian slowly said, "Now it's just the three of us, the king and his subjects. I want to be honest with you two."

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will tell you everything I know and will not lie a single word."

Li Yi was the first to speak out.

If you still harbor selfish thoughts at this time, you are a fool.

Unless they want to be defeated one by one by King Pingdong.

Zhao Xiankun also nodded and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, my father has instructed me. He will certainly do his utmost to assist Your Majesty in unifying Daxia."

"it is good!"

Lin Tian nodded with satisfaction.

After sorting out some thoughts, he spoke after a while.

"The reason why Daxia allows the seven nations to bully us is precisely because Daxia is now divided into pieces. Otherwise, how could they dare to do whatever they want in Daxia?"

"During the time of the previous emperor, there was a chance to unify Daxia, but at that time, enemy nations were constantly harassing Daxia's territory. The vassal kings were basically busy quelling the war and had no time to worry about this matter at all."

"From what we can see now, it turns out that the enemy doesn't want our Great Xia to truly unify."

Lin Tian sighed and paused deliberately.

At the beginning, he set the tone by talking about national hatred.

Sure enough, after hearing this, both of them showed a hint of unwillingness in their eyes.

After seeing the two people's reactions, Lin Tian continued.

"In the later period, the late emperor misused Ji Feng and Baturin, causing Daxia to completely lose the opportunity to unify. Furthermore, the late emperor was a benevolent ruler. To put it bluntly, he was completely unable to mediate the conflict between the King of Pingdong and the three kings of different surnames."

Hearing this, Li Yi and Zhao Xiankun were obviously stunned.

They looked at each other, of course they knew all these things.

But unexpectedly, Emperor Li would point this out directly.

You know, since ancient times, emperors would know what wrongs the previous emperor or emperors had done.

But they will never mention it on their own initiative, and will only try their best to cover up the matter, even a wise ruler would do so.

That is what is called knowing mistakes, correcting them, but never admitting them!

But today Emperor Li directly admitted the shortcomings of the previous emperor.

It can be said that Emperor Li was absolutely open-hearted with the two of them.

"Your Majesty, you know that it's not that the king of a different surname doesn't tolerate the King of Pingdong, but..."

Li Yi and Zhao Xiankun explained almost at the same time.

But before the two of them could finish speaking, Lin Tian waved his hand to stop them.

"Of course I know!"

"But this is not what I want to talk about today. I want to tell you clearly."

"The current conflict in Daxia may seem to be a conflict between me and the King of Pingdong, but it's not actually the case."

"Isn't it because the Crown Prince's attitude towards kings of different surnames aligns with his own that the King of Pingdong has always insisted on letting the Crown Prince inherit the throne? Or is it because the Crown Prince will obey the King of Pingdong's orders on this point?"

"But, I won't!"

"So, it is I who am helping you, not you, the kings of other surnames, who are helping me?"