Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 396 Beating
After writing the draft letter, Zhao Xing gave it to Sanshui and asked him to give it to the Shujishi for polishing. Then he looked at Yin Hanzhang and said, "Have you read Gu Tingwei's confession?"

"I have read it." Yin Hanzhang replied.

"I will let Liu Sanshi cooperate with you and investigate it thoroughly." Zhao Xing said lightly.

The reason why Gu Tingwei was bribed by the Wizard Cult was because the Wizard Cult promised him that they could help him rescue his mother.

The condition is that Gu Tingwei helps them.

After the rebellion broke out in Jiangzhou, the Wizard Cult notified him and asked him to find a way to join the imperial army that was suppressing the rebellion.

Even if Zhao Xing did not send Song Chaozhong to quell the rebellion this time, when the court decided on the candidate to lead the troops, Gu Tingwei would ask Gu Yankai to join the army to quell the rebellion.

Although Gu Tingwei is not a scheming person, he will not believe in the wizard religion so easily.

After all, his mother was imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, which was the place where nobles who committed crimes in the palace were imprisoned. It was not so easy to save her.

The reason why he believed that the Wizarding Cult could do it was because the Wizarding Cult gave him a handwritten letter from his mother.

This made Gu Tingwei believe it without a doubt.

Although the place where the Ministry of Punishment imprisoned people was not in the imperial palace, it was in a remote corner of the imperial city.

The fact that the Wizarding Cult was able to get the letter out shows that they have already extended their hands into the Imperial City.

This matter must be investigated thoroughly.

"Yes!"

Yin Hanzhang responded and asked, "Your Majesty, how should Gu Tingwei be dealt with?"

"Let's escort him back to Beijing first."

Zhao Xing rubbed his brows with a headache when he heard this.

Although Gu Tingye hated Xiao Qin very much, he still had deep feelings for his younger brother.

What Gu Tingwei committed was definitely a capital crime, but he had to consider Gu Tingye's thoughts.

Now is the critical time for planning Hehuang. It would be the most troublesome if Gu Tingye's planning for Hehuang was affected by Gu Tingwei's affairs.

After sending Yin Hanzhang away, Sanshui delivered the polished edict. After reading it, Zhao Xing found no problems and stamped it with the imperial seal.

"Order someone to send it to Jiangzhou urgently." Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!"

Sanshui responded, bowed and prepared to leave.

"Wait." Zhao Xing stopped Sanshui and said, "Go to Ningyuan Marquis's mansion in person and tell Ningyuan Marquis about Gu Tingwei."

"Yes!"

Seeing that Zhao Xing had no other instructions, Sanshui bowed and left.

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Xixia
After receiving the report from Liang Yimai, Li Liangzuo ordered someone to find Liang Guangchuan.

"Prime Minister, please take a look."

After Liang Guangchuan paid his respects, Li Liangzuo handed the letter to Liang Guangchuan.

"Your Majesty, I think the Song Dynasty is deliberately delaying time. However, from the information we have received, the 30,000 additional troops of the Song Dynasty, plus the original 50,000 troops, only total 80,000. The Song Dynasty has to leave some troops behind to defend the rear, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized, so the impact is not great." Liang Guangchuan said.

“Not much of an impact?”

Li Liangzuo's face was gloomy and he asked, "Don't you know the current situation in Hehuang?"

"The Song army raided the camp and defeated the Qiang people, which also restored the confidence of the Hehuang Tubo. Now the Qiang people are retreating step by step. Once the Song army's reinforcements arrive, the demise of the Qiang people is only a matter of time."

"I also received a report this time. When Liang Yimai met with the Emperor of Song, his words were not harsh. It seemed that he had no intention of stopping the Song Dynasty from sending troops. Moreover, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty went to the Honglu Temple in person and asked to have a private talk with Liang Yimai. Could it be that your Liang family and the Song Dynasty have reached some agreement?"

Liang Guangchuan said calmly, "Your Majesty, this is just a plot by the Song State to sow discord."

"Humph."

Li Liangzuo snorted coldly: "I hope so." He naturally knew that Liang Guangchuan would never betray Xixia.

With Liang Guangchuan's status in Xixia, he is second only to the emperor and there is no benefit for him to betray Xixia.

If he really wants to surrender to the Song Dynasty, what can the Song Dynasty give him?
King?

Li Liangzuo knew that in the Han dynasty, since ancient times, those who were granted the title of king of a different surname while still alive had no good ending.

It is impossible for Liang Guangchuan not to know this.

He just wanted to use this opportunity to warn Liang Guangchuan.

He supported Liang Guangchuan and made use of Han officials. In addition to the fact that the Xixia nobles were not as good as the Han people in local governance, he also wanted to use Han officials to check and balance the Xixia nobles.

The reason why he was sidelined and turned into a puppet was because of the unity of the Xixia nobles.

In order to avoid this situation from happening again in the future, the only way is to use Han officials to check and balance the situation.

Since he began to employ Han officials, the results have been very good.

The Xixia nobles felt a sense of crisis. While suppressing Han officials, they were also showing off themselves and proving their usefulness to the emperor.

While Li Liangzuo was happy, he was still wary of Liang Guangchuan.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Tell me why you think sending more troops to the Song Dynasty will have little impact?" Li Liangzuo frowned.

At this time, Zuosiluo, the leader of the largest Tibetan tribe in the plateau, had already died.

His son Dong Jian has already asked the Song Dynasty for permission to inherit the throne.

This was indeed a good time to capture the plateau, and he didn't want to give up.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I said this matter has little impact is because the Song Dynasty's increase in troops will inevitably touch the nerves of Hehuang Tubo."

Liang Guangchuan smiled and said, "It's easier to invite a god than to send him away. The Song Dynasty is short of troops, so the Hehuang Tubo can use the Song Dynasty as a free thug. But once the Song Dynasty sends more troops into Hehuang, aren't the Hehuang Tubo afraid that the Song Dynasty will take advantage of the situation and take care of them as well?"

"Moreover, the Qiang tribe was defeated and suffered heavy losses. The Hehuang Tubo will certainly feel that the Qiang tribe is nothing to be afraid of and that they can deal with it themselves. How can they be willing for the Song Dynasty to continue to send more troops?"

"You have a point."

Li Liangzuo hesitated for a moment and nodded, saying, "But what if? If the Song army does not withdraw, will Hehuang Tubo dare to attack the Song army?"

"Your Majesty, don't you still have a chess piece in Hehuang? It's time to make this chess piece work."

Liang Guangchuan smiled and said, "Hehuang Tubo dare not attack the Song army, but the Song Dynasty is also not easy to attack Hehuang Tubo. As long as someone guides them secretly, it will not be difficult to force the Song Dynasty to withdraw."

Hehuang was adjacent to the Western Xia of the Song Dynasty, so naturally some people secretly defected to the Western Xia.

As long as we use these people to secretly guide and force the Song Dynasty to withdraw its troops.

Li Liangzuo was silent. He planned to use this chess piece when he launched a military campaign against Hehuang in the future.

If we use it now and it is exposed, it will be difficult to place chess pieces in Hehuang again.

However, after hesitating for a long time, he finally made a decision.

"I'll leave this matter to Liang Aiqing."

"Yes, I will definitely fulfill my mission and force the Song Dynasty to withdraw its troops from Hehuang!" Liang Guangchuan said.

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"His Majesty!"

An eunuch walked into the hall and bowed, saying, "Princess Qingchang's third daughter-in-law, Han Gu, wants to see you."

"Request to see me?" Zhao Xing frowned when he heard that.

Princess Qingchang was the emperor's eldest daughter. However, the emperor was still young at the time and did not know that he would have few children. In addition, she was a concubine's daughter, so the emperor did not pay much attention to her.

Therefore, although she and Princess Funing were both princesses and not legitimate daughters, their treatments were very different.

(End of this chapter)