"Father! Father! Who is it? Who did it?"

Li Chuyuan looked distraught in the Chu Palace, but the indifference in his eyes betrayed his mood at this time.

When his father put him under house arrest for the merchant council, their father and son had already broken.

Over the years, his father has been an obstacle to his gaining power, and now this obstacle has finally disappeared.

Of course, he also guessed who assassinated his father, and today only the emperor in the north can do it.

At this time, he finally realized what Xiao Ming said in the royal study room.

"His Royal Highness, it is not the time to be sad. His Royal Highness Chu has died, but Chu still needs someone to inherit. His Royal Highness, as the eldest son, shall inherit the throne of Chu."

When King Chu's corpse returned to Lin'an City, the various forces throughout Lin'an City were moved by the wind. For them, each change of King Chu was a time to regroup.

The minister who spoke was Li Chuyuan's uncle Sima Hao. As the number one family in Lin'an, almost every generation of the Chu king would choose to marry the Sima clan.

It is also because of the existence of the Sima family that Li Chuyuan's position among the elders is as stable as Mount Tai.

"Uncle, it must be the Cao family. The Merchants Council has been coveting the rights of the Chu Kingdom for a long time, and now they can't help it." Li Chuyuan almost gritted his teeth.

Sima Hao looked confident. He said: "The Chu gentry has been dissatisfied with the merchant council for a long time. They will support us, but before that, you must inherit the throne of Chu, so that you can become famous."

Li Chuyuan nodded fiercely, how could he tolerate an uncontrollable force in his territory.

After a pause, he continued: "The two Frenchmen are not good things either. If they were bewitched, the father would not trust the Cao family so much. Uncle should immediately put them to death."

Sima Hao nodded. They can trade with merchants, but they absolutely can't tolerate Cao's coveting rights.

Walking back and forth, Li Chuyuan gritted his teeth and made a decision again. He said: "Uncle, in order to be sure, I should ask Xiao Ming for help now to leave us a ray of life."

Sima Hao deeply believed that if he hadn't put the Cao family in his eyes before, but now the merchant council headed by my Cao family has grown too quickly.

He just got the news that as soon as the news of King Chu’s death came, three firearms camps stationed outside Lin'an, a total of nine thousand people all defected, and they protected Cao Kun and Cao Zheng leading to Suzhou.

"The Cao family doesn't know how many dark flags have been planted in Chu State in the past few years. I suspect that the Merchant Council not only controls these firearm camps, but there may be more. At this time, it is indeed necessary to show weakness to Xiao Ming." Sima Hao pondered. Tao.

Li Chuyuan said: "In that case, I immediately sent a letter to Qingzhou."

After all, he asked people to bring paper and pen to record all the current situation of Chu State.

At the same time, when they learned about the death of King Chu, Cao Kun and Cao Zhengtong fled Lin'an City with their families.

They are very clear about the consequences of continuing in Lin'an. After all, Lin'an is firmly controlled by Sima, and their strength is very weak.

"Father, once Li Chuyuan inherits the throne, the next step is definitely to target the Cao family. We should endure it for so long and we should do it, otherwise there will be no place for us in the Great Yu country." Cao Zhengtong looked in the direction of Lin'an City. I was unwilling.

On the carriage, Cao Kun was sitting opposite Cao Zhengtong. At this time, he closed his eyes. After hearing what Cao Zhengtong said, he slowly said: "What is the hurry, we have exhausted our financial resources in the past few years to form a merchant council. Is it Li Chu? Yuan, a boy who doesn't have the same hair, can deal with it. As for the Sima family, they are just an old-fashioned antique. They are strong in Lin'an and we can't match it, but he is not qualified to be an opponent with us."

After a pause, he said: "When we get to Suzhou, we will immediately take control of the new army and recruit soldiers. Then it will not be a simple matter to defeat the disobedient tyrants."

Cao Zhengtong nodded. Wei Wang didn't know until his death that the current Suzhou Governor Fan Zilong had long been theirs. The most important thing was that the governor controlled the new army recruited in the past two years.

With these new troops equipped with firearms, they are not worried about the storm that Li Chuyuan will set off. Their only worry is Xiao Ming in the north.

When Lin'an was surging, Li San, the instigator, led his men and fled all the way.

They arrived at Jinling City four days later, and after staying here for a few days, they returned to Qingzhou in another four days.

"So, King Chu is dead?"

In the Imperial Study Room, Xiao Ming stopped writing. He was writing about penicillin, which was prepared for biology.

"Yes, when we were in Jinling City, we sent someone to Lin'an to make sure that King Chu was indeed dead. Now Li Chuyuan and Sima control Lin'an City, and the Cao family went to Suzhou. Now both parties are gathering people. Ready to fight." Li San said.

A smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Ming's mouth, and the situation finally became interesting. He said, "Then let them fight."

Li San was taken aback, and he said, "The emperor, don't we send troops to the south now?"

"It's not time yet. One of these two represents the wealthy family and the other represents the ambition capital. It is a headache to me. Now even if they defeat them, they will leave hidden dangers. So, it is better to let the two lose both. As a result, the South Convenience I received is a clean place with no rich family and no ambitious capital~lightnovelpub.net~Xiao Ming said with a smile.

"What the emperor said is reasonable, but from the lower officials, this Li Chuyuan may not be an opponent of the Cao family." Li San was a little worried, "If the Cao family is allowed to control the south, this will be troublesome."

Xiao Ming smiled, "Do you think I will give them this opportunity?"

The two were talking, Qian Dafu suddenly came in with a letter, and he said, "The emperor, Li Chuyuan's letter has arrived."

Xiao Ming is in a good mood today. He received the letter from Qian Dafu and read it again. He said to Li San: "Li Chuyuan is asking me for help. In that case, I can only make another war fortune. This Li family Isn't it a rich and enemy country? I first emptied the Li family's money and then went south to clean up them."

Li San shook his head helplessly. He now basically understands what the emperor meant. In fact, because Qingzhou's weapons are being renovated too quickly, there are now a large number of eliminated firearms in the army. These firearms were all real gold and silver before. It's too wasteful.

And they also seized a lot of firearms during the Northern War. These firearms were worthless to them, but it was different for Li Chuyuan, who was in urgent need of firearms.