Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 460 Conspiracy
The Song Dynasty sending troops to Hehuang could not scare him.

After all, it cost the Song Dynasty a lot to build the Great Wall in the north.

Although it has not been completed yet, the civil strife in Liao has shown signs of subsiding. Li Liangzuo does not believe that the Song Dynasty will fall out with Western Xia.

However, Dong Zhan not only nominally surrendered to the Song Dynasty and received reinforcements from the Song Dynasty, but he was also very capable.

In a short period of time, the original Hehuang Tubo tribes were won over, and the annexed Qiang people were also completely digested.

Today, Hehuang has become an ironclad region managed by Dong Zhan.

When this news came, Li Liangzuo was furious and blamed everything on Liang Guangchuan.

The strength of Hehuang was actually not weak. The combined strength of the Qiang and Tubo troops was more than 200,000.

The reason why there was no threat was that both the Qiang and Tubo peoples were divided into multiple tribes.

Not only are the two sides able to check and balance each other, but there is also discord among the people.

Later, the Hehuang War broke out and both sides suffered heavy losses.

However, after Dong Zhen led the Zuosilo tribe into Hehuang, not only did they make up for the previous losses, but their population and military strength actually exceeded that of before.

Now Dong Jian is almost completely in control of Hehuang, with nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

Although Western Xia claimed to have an army of 600,000, that was a situation where almost everyone was a soldier.

Although Dong Jian's army of nearly 300,000 was almost all soldiers, if Xixia wanted to take over a unified Hehuang, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

By then, it won’t be that the Song Dynasty is afraid to break off relations, but that it will deliberately watch the show and wait for both sides to suffer losses.

"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Liang Guangchuan knew he couldn't refute it, so he could only bow and plead guilty.

"I will punish you, even if I kill you, so what?"

Li Liangzuo said angrily: "Now there are many complaints in the court, saying that I am indecisive and spent so much money to take over a piece of land that is not even inhabited. What I want to hear now is the method of annexing Hehuang!"

"Your Majesty, the only solution now is to wait!" Liang Guangchuan said.

"wait?"

Li Liangzuo looked grim and asked, "Wait until when? Wait until Dong Zhan completely controls Hehuang?"

"Didn't your majesty just say that the civil unrest in Liao has been quelled? Liao will certainly not want to see the Song Dynasty build the Great Wall, and there will be a war between Song and Liao. The Zuosiluo tribe did not sincerely submit to the Song Dynasty, but was just worried about being annexed by our Xia Kingdom. Once the war between Song and Liao breaks out, they can completely unite with Dong Zhen to attack the Song Dynasty!

Compared to Hehuang, Song is a rich place." Liang Guangchuan said.

"Dong Zhan has a grudge against my Great Xia, how could he agree to it!" Li Liangzuo asked back with a slightly relieved expression.

"Will do."

Liang Guangchuan said confidently: "The world is in turmoil, all for profit. Your Majesty, don't forget that Hehuang is the pass facing the Song Dynasty, and it is now in the hands of the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty wants to send troops to Hehuang, it is flat and there is no place to defend. Doesn't Dong Jian want to take it back?"

Li Liangzuo thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "The father-in-law is right. It is indeed more beneficial to capture some cities of the Song Dynasty than to capture Hehuang."

Although the northwestern cities of the Song Dynasty were poor after all, that was only for the Song Dynasty.

For Xixia, it was not only wealthy, but also had a large population.

"However, Yimai had a conflicting relationship with the Song Dynasty when he was sent as an envoy to the Song Dynasty before. Although I trust the father-in-law, there are many criticisms in the court, and I can't just ignore them. Let Yimai rest at home first, and I will re-employ him when the storm is over." Li Liangzuo said.

"I am a stupid and unfit minister. It would be a good idea to let him stay at home and calm down so that he can better serve Your Majesty in the future." Liang Guangchuan said calmly.

"It's good that the father-in-law understands."

Li Liangzuo nodded and let Liang Guangchuan leave first.

Liang Guangchuan bowed and left the hall without any change in his expression. Only after he left the palace and got on the carriage did his expression turn grim.

He knew that Li Liangzuo dismissed Liang Yimai from his official position in order to give an explanation to the Dangxiang nobles and also to give him a warning.

But others did not understand that the fact that he, a Han Chinese, became the father-in-law of the Western Xia emperor and even the prime minister had already aroused dissatisfaction among the Tangut nobles, and various impeachments continued.

The reason why he can remain in power is because of Li Liangzuo.

Now that his son has been dismissed from office, it has sent a signal to the Tangut nobles that Li Liangzuo no longer trusts him.

At that time, not only will the Tangut nobles intensify their efforts to impeach him, but the Han officials will also lose confidence in him.

Fortunately, Li Liangzuo still needs him now. But once there is no war between Song and Liao, Li Liangzuo might abandon him and win over the Dangxiang nobles.

When he returned home, Liang Yimei learned that his father had returned and hurried out to greet him.

"Father, His Majesty suddenly summoned you to the palace, but what happened?"

"Let's go in and talk!" Liang Guangchuan said lightly.

Arriving at the main hall, Liang Guangchuan sent the servants away and then recounted what had happened.

"what?"

Liang Yi stood up and said, "Your Majesty is going to dismiss me just because of this little thing?"

Although the official position was not important to him, the identities of being the queen's brother and the prime minister's son were enough.

But being dismissed from his official position would be so embarrassing if it got out. How would he face people in the future?

"sit down!"

Liang Guangchuan scolded with an ugly expression: "Now there are bigger troubles waiting for us, you can't help it?"

Liang Yimai was still very afraid of his father and sat down obediently. Hearing this, he asked in confusion, "What is the big trouble that father is talking about?"

Liang Guangchuan told the whole story, and Liang Yimei became anxious after hearing it: "Father, what should we do?"

"I was reprimanded in the palace today. It won't be long before everyone knows what they should know. Once the news of your dismissal comes out, everyone will speculate so. There is no way to reverse it. We can only move the plan forward." Liang Guangchuan said coldly.

"Father, you mean..."

Liang Yimei was very excited when he heard this, but after being glared at by Liang Guangchuan, he shut up awkwardly.

"I will take care of this matter myself. You should stay at home and don't go out without my permission."

"Father, I..."

"You are not my only son."

Liang Yimei became anxious when he heard this, but he immediately calmed down after hearing Liang Guangchuan's words.

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Liang Guangchuan's guess was correct. Li Liangzuo summoned him into the palace, and no one knew what they talked about specifically. However, the noise of the teacups being smashed was quite loud, and could not be hidden from the eunuchs outside the palace.

Many of the Western Xia nobles had spies in the palace and soon learned the news.

Although I don’t know the reason, it’s a good thing that Li Liangzuo is so angry with Liang Guangchuan.

The next day, two pieces of news came out.

One is that Liang Yimai was dismissed from office and all his official positions were removed, becoming a commoner.

The other is that Liang Guangchuan is ill.

When Empress Liang heard the news, she hurried to ask for an audience with Li Liangzuo, wanting to go home to visit her father.

Li Liangzuo was also very worried about Liang Guangchuan's illness. He not only allowed Empress Liang to visit him, but also sent imperial doctors to accompany her.

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Leung's
After the imperial physician finished taking the patient's pulse and prescribing medicine, Empress Liang received a hint from Liang Yimai and sent all the servants away.

Liang Guangchuan, who was originally unconscious, opened his eyes and sat up.

"Father, you..."

Queen Liang was startled.

"It's okay as a father."

Liang Guangchuan waved his hand and said, "The situation is not favorable to us now, so we have to speed up our original plan."

"But my father doesn't have many people in the army now. If His Majesty passes away, we may not be able to control the situation." Queen Liang frowned.

"Your Majesty is already very dissatisfied with me because of the Hehuang incident. We can't drag it on any longer." Liang Guangchuan said seriously.

(End of this chapter)