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    What Li Lansheng valued was Han Ren's confidence, his talent, and his courage to challenge everything.

    Han Ren is such a person, he is a counselor and a warrior.

    Han Ren dared to do things that others did not dare to do, and he even dared to speak openly about things like seeking the throne.

    But it is precisely because of this that Han Ren was able to gain the respect of Li Lansheng and become his true confidant.

    However, Han Ren only had one taboo. He seemed to overestimate the little prince in the flower room.

    He is like a fanatical admirer. As long as the topic of the Little Prince of Flowers is involved, he will understand it deeply.

    It has even reached the point of not distinguishing between occasions. Li Lansheng is very helpless about this, and even a little disgusted with Han Ren's habit.

    However, as a counselor, the most basic thing is to observe the words and expressions. How could he not know the expression in Li Lansheng's eyes and face.

    To be precise, he is not a 'believer' of the little prince Huajian. Most of his admiration for the little prince Huajian is the respect for the strong shown after studying his deeds.

    And he showed the power of the Little Prince Huajian again and again, not to explain how powerful the Little Prince Huajian was, but to let Li Lansheng understand how terrifying the Little Prince Huajian was.

    He doesn’t mind being labeled as a die-hard loyalist to the little prince Huajian. He just wants to do his best to make Li Lansheng’s imperial career smoother.

    It is true that Li Lansheng does have an absolute advantage now. All the military power in the capital is in his hands, and there are many masters under his command. The other princes are unable to compete with him. Even Wei Rufeng, the minister who originally had a way to check and balance Li Lansheng, can't do it at this moment.  While fighting the enemy at the border, Li Lansheng also obeyed his request and blocked the main road between the border and the capital, preventing the message from reaching Wei Rufeng's ears.

    However, Li Lansheng is not without threats.

    Even before he was harmed, the old emperor still planned a successor.  The third prince Li Yucheng.

    And Li Yucheng and the little prince Huajian had a relationship that was constantly in turmoil and chaos. At the beginning, Li Yucheng also walked a path of no return. The winner was the king and the loser was the bandit. When Li Yucheng failed, Li Lansheng was almost excited for three days and three nights.  He didn't sleep a wink, because in his opinion, Li Yucheng had lost the qualification to compete with him.

    But in recent months, the old emperor has behaved abnormally.  All of this shows that the old emperor has not really given up on Li Yucheng. On the contrary, paying attention to Li Yucheng has become the most punctual and punctual task of the old emperor every day besides government affairs.

    At the same time, there are channels for internal affairs.  Li Lansheng obtained a lot of information from Wuliang Mountain that reached the old emperor's desk.

    The intelligence clearly records Li Yucheng’s growth, or progress.

    “And the old emperor was often in a daze and angry about this information.

    This also contributed to the important reason why Li Lansheng attacked the old emperor. He couldn't bear that his father still missed his brother who had committed heinous crimes.

    That throne should have been his own, as he was as talented as Li Lansheng.  It also has an almost perfect performance.

    However, Li Yucheng just became a disciple of a famous person in the world, and he got such attention from the old emperor.

    Li Lansheng is unwilling to give in!  He was very unwilling.

    Whenever he thinks of this, Li Lansheng grits his teeth.

    Li Lansheng didn’t want to discuss the Little Prince of Flowers with Han Ren anymore, so he had to change the topic.

    "Has the military pay been in place?" Li Lansheng asked.

    "It's already in place. The national treasury has sent the money to the house. And because of such a natural disaster, I specially made an additional three million taels to comfort and compensate the families of those soldiers and to stabilize the morale of the army."

    No matter what you do, you must have money. Even if a certain dynasty usurps the throne, you still need money, and you have to spend a lot of money.

    Although Li Lansheng does not need to pay for the military salary of the Royal Guards personally, he does need Li Lansheng to pay it out on time.

    Most of this money is spent from the national treasury.  Then it passes through the levels and is finally distributed to the hands of soldiers.

    Of course, military spending is the easiest money in the world to withhold.

    So the more you spend from the treasury, the more you earn.  Most of this money naturally went into Li Lansheng's pocket.

    Han Ren said that it was to compensate the officers for the casualties, so he applied for more military expenses. In fact, he was saying in disguise that they had made more money.

    For an emperor, having more money in his pocket means nothing.

    But for a prince, the more money he has, the greater his chances.

    The bigger your pockets are, the more confidants you can cultivate, and the moreIf you have party members, you can carry out more activities.

    Generally, the most important way for emperors to restrict the formation of private parties among princes is to restrict the prince's financial resources. If this matter is not brought to the table, it means that the emperor and the prince have completely broken apart.

    Therefore, no matter how ambitious the prince is, he is cautious in this regard and will never dare to expose it easily before the situation is about to become a success.

    Of course, since Li Lansheng's situation is so big, it is naturally impossible for him to have only military pay as his source of income.

    Li Lansheng also has many contacts with merchants in the capital and even lower places. At the same time, the party members in the imperial city are also a considerable source of income.

    For those important people, Li Lansheng needs to spend money to do various activities to win over them.

    But for some ordinary officials, if they want to rely on Li Lansheng but don't have enough bargaining chips, they have to rely on gold and silver to clear the way.

    ……

    "The way to deal with the eldest prince is very simple, cut off his economic lifeline." Bai Chen strolled into the capital.

    There was a group of people behind him, and Bai Chen was talking loudly: "There is a natural disaster in Zhulupo. What does the eldest prince need to do to appease the imperial troops? Naturally, it is to distribute disaster relief money to appease the soldiers and their families, so this  when……"

    A smile appeared on Bai Chen's face: "Under normal circumstances, those soldiers would not mutiny even if they were in arrears with their salaries for two or three months. But now is a time when people's hearts are unstable. As long as we go to their wounds  Sprinkle some salt on it and they will rise up like wounded wolves!"

    Everyone couldn't help but wonder whether the collapse of Tianhu and the natural disasters suffered by the Forbidden Army were part of Bai Chen's plan.

    In fact, everyone really wrongly blamed Bai Chen. Bai Chen really never thought about taking action against the Forbidden Army.

    In Bai Chen’s plan, it is better not to have a real sword-to-knife confrontation.

    These Forbidden Forces themselves are not wrong. It is their duty to protect the country, not to die in internal fighting.

    But when this opportunity came, Bai Chen couldn't let it go.

    If the Forbidden Army is still in Li Lansheng's hands, it will definitely pose a threat to the entire situation.

    Bai Chen did not ask them to fight against each other, at least Li Lansheng would not be able to drive them during this period of time.

    Bai Chen thought for a while, then turned to look at the crowd, his eyes searching among the crowd.

    Finally, after searching for a long time, Bai Chen stopped in front of two bearded men.

    The two bearded men were very afraid of this child and looked at Bai Chen with flickering eyes.

    "Master, do you have something to give us?"

    Everyone was also looking at these two people. Apart from their vicious looks, they didn't find anything special about them.

    "Put your ears over here, I have something to tell you two."

    The two of them followed the words, and Bai Chen whispered in their ears for a while.

    There was a strange expression on the two people's faces. Bai Chen squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them: "If you have done this well, not only will I reward you, but the old emperor will also reward you. As for what you have committed before  , I don’t want to pursue it. It is impossible to become a prince or a prime minister, but it is indispensable to honor the ancestors. Whether it succeeds or not depends on you. "

    Both of them were robbers in the past and had committed many major crimes. However, these reckless things were mostly due to helplessness. Now that Bai Chen said that they could be exempted from past sins and have the opportunity to honor their ancestors, their hearts naturally began to rise.  Many thoughts that may or may not exist.

    "Wu Zun, do you have any eyes on the eldest prince?"

    "I have a disciple who is with the eldest prince, but now that such a big thing has happened in Zhulupo, I am afraid that the eldest prince has pushed this matter to Huangtianmen." Wu Zun glanced at Bai Chen, although he thought  He resented Bai Chen, but he didn't dare to show it on his face or tone.

    Bai Chen glanced at Wu Zun and said, "In that case, let me help you regain Wu Zun's trust."

    "How to get it?"

    "Senior Li, old devil, come and tell him what to do."

    Wu Zun obviously doesn’t know how to act, but Bai Chen wants Wu Zun to perform a movie-level acting.

    But this test is not Wu Zun’s acting skills, but also the strength of Li Zheng and Demon Zun.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Because this is a cruel trick, if the attack is heavy, the effect of the Martial Lord will be gone, and if the attack is light, the eldest prince will naturally not believe it.

    ??Wuzun cried, Li Zheng and Demon Lord don't "love the fragrance and cherish the jade".

    They can take action against a peerless master, and only they can do it, and Wu Zun is not allowed to fight back, is obviously a pleasant thing.

    Li Xianer no longer knew what to say, she couldn't even express what she felt in her heart.

    ??Wu Zun can also be regarded as her mentor.

    Although her nominal master is Huang Tiancheng, the one who actually teaches her martial arts is Wu Zun.

    However, now that Huang Tiancheng is dead and Wu Zun has been reduced to a slave, she feels very unhappy.

    And the initiator of all this is the child in front of me.

    At this moment, a short and thin figure passed through the grass and landed in front of Bai Chen: "Young Master, there is a convoy coming in front, escorted by officers and soldiers."

    "Did you see clearly what was delivered?"

    "There are two big boxes on each car. The money must have escaped."

    Not long after, the motorcade passed through the grass in front of Bai Chen.

    "Young Master, shall we take action?"

    Bai Chen narrowed his eyes: "Don't do anything, let them pass."

    "Why?" Everyone looked at Bai Chen in confusion. Wasn't this kid the one who proposed the previous plan?  Why did you go back on your promise now?

    "There's not money in it."
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