[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 20 Conquer 20

The eldest brother, the crown prince, is really depressed now.

Just as His Majesty Li Xiaojiu said, the Wa Kingdom launched a battle with Datang for the Korean Peninsula the year before, and as a result, it lost troops and returned in a big defeat.

The nobles at all levels in the country complained everywhere, and even the Nakatomi family and the Abe family who originally supported the crown prince's ascension to the throne began to hesitate.

Prince Hairen, the younger brother of the eldest brother, the crown prince, also advised his elder brother to give in to the nobles in the country for the time being, and to seize the power first.

Therefore, the Crown Prince Zhongda followed his advice and took the opportunity to issue the "Omi Order" and "Nian Ji", which divided the people of the entire Wa Kingdom into several levels, and especially gave the royal family and the aristocratic class a lot of privileges to show appeasement.

However, the ensuing work of measuring the land and counting the population encountered great troubles.

Because today's Wa country is still in a semi-slave society, the work of counting the country's land and population will undoubtedly violate the interests of the nobles who merged the land and population.

Many old ministers expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the nobles could not directly occupy the land, and many local forces were even ready to move, making a lot of small moves in private.

The arrival of the Tang Dynasty mission this time brought some benefits to the crown prince, brother Zhong.

Those forces who were dissatisfied with the reign of the eldest brother, the crown prince, and those who were afraid of the Tang Dynasty's revenge on the Japanese kingdom had subsided a lot.

After Xiao Li Xianggong and his party lived in Tojo-in, they received invitations from different forces in the Wa Kingdom almost every day.

Li Yifu was born in an authentic imperial examination, not to mention proficient in everything from classics to history and law, even poetry and songs are also the most outstanding among the people in Chongwenguan. Therefore, for these nondescript greetings written in Chinese characters, Mr. Li But he dismissed it at all, and only asked his deputy Xu Shilang to divide those people into groups according to different forces.

"This one, this one, and that one, Mr. Xu Lang just go and meet him..." Li Sanlang casually clicked on a few stacks of greeting cards, pushed them all to Master Xu Yu, then lazily yawned, and said, "I'll go first." Sleep for a while..."

After finishing speaking, the young man just lay on his side on the couch and fell asleep soundly.

Master Xu Yu: "..."

Xu Shilang hugged the pile of zizi resignedly, and met General Xiaowu who came back in a hurry as soon as he went out.

"Mr. Wu Lang, where did you come back from?" Master Xu Yu asked in surprise, why did he think that Mr. Wu Lang hadn't slept all night?

Reminiscent of Mr. Li's lack of energy today, Xu Shilang suddenly felt that he seemed to have discovered a big secret...

"Cough!" Master Xu Yu coughed, lowered his head not daring to meet General Xiao Wu's eyes, and whispered: "Li Xianggong is resting, if Mr. Wu Lang has something to do, come back later..."

There has always been a legend in the Chongwen Museum that even if the sky falls, don’t wake up Mr. Li who is sleeping, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!

Wu Minzhi also seemed to know that there was such a legend. Hearing Xu Shilang's words, he hesitated for a moment, and decided not to go into the room yet.

So, Wu Minzhi and Xu Yushi left Mr. Li's room one after the other.

"Is there something important for Mr. Wu Lang?" Seeing Wu Min's gloomy face, Master Xu Yu couldn't help asking.

Wu Minzhi looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time..."

"What?" Master Xu Yu was taken aback when he heard the words, and turned his head to look around, only to see the flowers and trees in a courtyard.

"Could it be that someone wants to be unfavorable to me?"

Wu Minzhi nodded, and seeing the stack of red and green greeting cards in Master Xu Yu's hands, he couldn't help but look serious.

"This is?"

"This? Ah, this is an invitation letter from some royal nobles of the Wa Kingdom to Li Xianggong..." Before Master Xu Yu finished speaking, Wu Minzhi had already snatched the invitation letter from him with a sullen face.

"Mr. Wu Lang, you..."

Wu Minzhi pinched one of the fragrant pink flower papers, and said, "Minister, can you push this person's invitation?"

Master Xu Yu was stunned for a moment, seeing that the post said the name of Prince Hairen, the younger brother of Prince Zhong, he could not help hesitating.

"This one……"

In theory, this person must be seen.

Prince Hairen is the only younger brother of the eldest brother, the Crown Prince. Even though he is only in his twenties, he has already followed his brother through events such as the extermination of the power minister Suga, and the suppression of the Ishikawa Maro Rebellion. Later, during the Dahua reform process, the Crown Prince Zhongda had a political disagreement with Emperor Kotoku, and the Prince Hairen stood decisively on his elder brother's side, so he has always been reused by his elder brother.

With the support of Prince Hairen, the eldest brother, Crown Prince, was able to depose Emperor Kotoku, and appointed his mother Qi Ming as the queen, and continued to carry out reforms.

Therefore, this prince from the sea is not a simple character.

It is said that the first wife of the eldest brother, the crown prince, has not yet given birth to a prince, and all his current sons are born to the concubines of the Suga family. In theory, it is almost impossible for these princes who are blood related to the Suga family to be selected. As the heir, according to the tradition of the Japanese country, it is common for brothers to end up with younger brothers, so the prince from Haihai is likely to be the first heir to the eldest brother, the crown prince.

There are also some gossip reports that this prince from the sea is both civil and military, has both ability and political integrity, is also good at astronomy, and is proficient in astrology.More than half of the various teenagers in the Tang mission sent to Datang this time were personally selected by the prince from Haihai.

Hearing that Datang sent a repatriation envoy, the prince from Haihai was very excited, and immediately sent a letter of greeting to Mr. Li...

In view of the special status of the prince of Hairen, Mr. Li has secretly made plans in his heart. He must meet him this time after he was rejected in the past few times when he asked to see him...

Therefore, Master Xu Yu's request to General Xiaowu was a bit embarrassing.

"This person...could it be bad for Li Xianggong?" He could only think about it.

Wu Minzhi pondered for a while, and said: "This person is not something he can handle!" Needless to say, this 'he' is Mr. Li.

Previously, those nobles who were dissatisfied with the eldest brother, the crown prince, were easy to deal with. This prince from the sea is different. Although he seems to be quite romantic at a young age, this guy followed the eldest brother, the crown prince, to kill in a bloody storm all the way. It's not easy for the little fox who came out to instigate him, or he might get burned!

Wu Minzhi's concerns are obviously very justified.

Master Xu Yu's face changed slightly, he also knew that coming to the Wa country this time was not an easy job, but the Wa country should not dare to really attack the members of their mission, right?

Datang Zheng couldn't find an excuse to call Shangdao. They shouldn't have brought the handle to their door, right?

However, what Xu Shilang didn't expect was that some of the Japanese people were really bold, or in other words, daring!

Just when the Datang repatriation group stayed in Wa country for nearly a month and was about to leave for the country, something unexpected happened...

Xiao Li Xianggong, who went to the street to buy Japanese local specialties in a micro-service, was robbed in broad daylight!

That's pretty cool!

In China, no matter which dynasty it is, it is a serious crime to rob good people in the street.

But in Japan, a country where the laws and regulations are not perfect enough, sometimes some princes and nobles snatch a girl (male) from a good family, it is the same as catching a stray dog ​​on the street and going home, it is not illegal at all!

When Xiao Li Xianggong's attendant was crying and went back to the Tojo Courtyard to find rescuers, Wu Dalang's face was completely dark, and he raised his hand and shattered a small table.

And Xu Shilang was completely stupid.

Mr. Li was robbed? !

This is the end!

Well, he was referring to the person who robbed people...

Sure enough, when General Xiaowu rescued him properly, Xu Shilang heard that the dandy who robbed him was chopped up by General Xiaowu as a tool of crime on the spot. Keep someone', that kid was almost cut into a human stick by someone angry!

This incident has already alarmed the high-level officials of the Wa Kingdom, including the eldest brother, the crown prince.

As a result, after checking the identity of the dandy who offended the Tang Angel, the eldest brother, the Crown Prince, almost fainted.

It turned out that the boy who was eunuch was not someone else, but the son of Nakatomi Kamazu, who was the most respected by the eldest brother, the crown prince.

Nakatomi Kamazu is the person most trusted by the Crown Prince, apart from the Hairen prince, and also a good teacher and helpful friend of the Crown Prince, almost an indispensable figure in his administration.

This legendary figure who studied Confucianism with Su Worulu, the power minister at that time, was regarded as the proud student of Nanyuan, and finally helped the eldest brother, the crown prince, to destroy Su Worulu's monopoly, but it was difficult for him until he knew his destiny. Just got a son.

Who knows, but today...

Is this the heavens going to destroy his Zhongchen clan? !

Zhongchen Lianzu was in great pain, and what made him even more painful was that he had to bow his knees to plead guilty to the envoy of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of his seriously injured son.

Even though the eldest brother, the crown prince, begged him to be patient, when Zhongchen saw the envoy of the Tang Dynasty with a pair of peach blossom eyes, he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage!

It's really deceiving!

It was so easy to send away the envoys from the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Li Xianggong. Before the eldest brother, the Crown Prince, could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard bad news.

A large number of locusts have been found near the capital of the Wa Kingdom, and they are already becoming a disaster...

To make matters worse, the people of Kyushu Dazaifu revolted because they could not bear the heavy corvee.

Not to mention, the nobles in some places far away from the capital of Omi were dissatisfied with the revision of the "Omi Order" by the eldest brother Crown Prince, and your decision on the nationalization of noble land and slaves also took advantage of the fire and rioted...

However, the conservative forces in the Japanese court were originally dissatisfied with the innovation, and immediately put pressure on the eldest brother, the crown prince.

However, Nakatomi Kamazu, who was supposed to advise the eldest brother, the crown prince, suffered a great mental blow because of the injury of his beloved son. He has been sick at home and can't help at all!

At this time of internal and external difficulties, and there was no effective solution for a while, the eldest brother, the Crown Prince, finally fell ill...

The eldest brother Crown Prince Zhong who was seriously ill was afraid that Dahua Reform would fail because of his downfall, so he immediately appointed his younger brother Prince Hairen as the crown prince and let him be regent and supervise the country.

And Mr. Li, who has returned to Chang'an safely, heard that the prince from the sea of ​​the Japanese country has become a prince, and he couldn't help but smile: The opportunity has come!

That night, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu was just about to do some discordant exercises with his wife in his arms, when he suddenly heard Xiao Shunzi tremblingly report outside: "Saint, Mr. Li knocked on the pavilion to see you..."

The author has something to say: I smoked again, which made me get up in the middle of the night to change the garbled characters ==

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