"Prince, please ask, I will know everything." The prefect of the Tatars said respectfully.

"I heard that you recognized the young master of the shopkeeper of Shunfeng Escort Agency as your godson, and it is rumored that you want to give him the position of the prefect of Jiangnan to him, but this is true."

Tuoba Tat's expression changed and he said uneasy: "Gu Shun is indeed the godson recognized by Weichen. My inner circle and I have always regarded him as my own. Gu Shun is a kind and intelligent child, and is loyal to Daqi. Weichen believes that he can inherit the position of Weichen and become the prefect of Jiangnan.

Weichen has two sons in total. The eldest son died in battle on the battlefield. The younger son Tuoba Hao also died of serious illness before, which has a great blow to us. I am old and it is time to find an heir. So I have that plan. If the prince disagrees, Weichen will immediately take back his life."

"No, Uncle Tatar has been loyal and kind for generations, serving Daqi and working diligently. I believe Uncle Tatar's judgment. Mr. Gu is your godson of Uncle Tatar. My Emperor of Great Qi always pays attention to the succession of his father and his son, and his brother will eventually become a brother. What's wrong with this?

Moreover, the old emperor once tried his best to promote intermarriage and friendship between the Han people and the Xianbei, and this kind of thing should be vigorously promoted.

When I was visiting Jiangnan City, I asked when I heard some rumors in the market. Not only did I not oppose Uncle Tatar's approach, I also agreed to give the position of the prefect of Jiangnan City to Young Master Gu in the future.

In my opinion, Young Master Gu is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, has excellent martial arts, is agile and intelligent. If you hand it over to him, you will definitely be able to defend Jiangnan for our Great Qi Dynasty, and you will even be a marquis and ministers in the future."

Hearing Tuoba Han's evaluation of Gu Shun, the prefects present and Chu Xiuru were also surprised that the prince actually valued Gu Shun so much.

Gu Shun is only six years old this year, and Tuoba Han is almost twenty years old. The two are apart for more than ten years, but they are extremely prone to chat. It seems that Gu Shun's social skills are simply full.

"Thank you for appreciating Gu Shun, the child. I will definitely live up to the prince's entrusted and train him to become a talent."

"The little girl Xiuru thanked the prince for appreciating the dog son. If you have this sentence from the prince, I will encourage him to make him useful as soon as possible." Chu Xiuru also nodded slightly and said.

Tuoba Han nodded heavily.

After a long night chat with Gu Shun last night, he found that Gu Shun was not as simple as it seemed.

This also strengthened his idea of ​​tieing the Gu family to his own chariot. With the influence of the Gu family in Jiangnan and the prosperity of Jiangnan, he could gain a huge backer in the increasingly fierce battle for the throne.

Since ancient times, the ruthless imperial family, although he was a prince, he knew that once he participated in the battle for the throne, the price of failure would be destruction.

But he had to do this, and this started with his background.

His mother was not a Xianbei nobleman, but a Han girl.

When the late emperor was alive, he forced the reform of the Han system, wore Han clothes and changed the surnames of Han and wrote Chinese characters, used the laws and systems of the Han family to govern the country, and dreamed that the Xianbei would quickly achieve national leap and fusion with the Central Plains tribes.

From a backward and uncivilized nomadic nation to an immortal dynasty that can rule in the Central Plains for generations.

It was also at that time that his mother was chosen by his grandfather and married her father, who is the current emperor.

However, with the death of the old emperor, the Xianbei clans had long hated the practice of forcing the Han system, so this Chinese reform was quickly abolished.

The Han people in the Great Qi court became the target of the Xianbei nobles and officials for a while. The Han women who married into the palace were also targeted and excluded by the Xianbei and other tribe women.

Although Tuoba Han's mother was a great family, because of her mother's identity as a Han Chinese, the bullying he received in the palace after his father ascended the throne was even more than Zhang Yian.

This is why Tuoba Han was particularly sympathetic to Zhang Yian. Their experiences were very similar. They were not favored by their fathers. The biological mother was bullied, cowardly, humiliated, but had to endure it. It seemed that he could see his self back then.

However, Tuoba Han's personality was even more strong, so he chose to resist and eventually won the treatment and dignity that a prince should have in front of his father.

Originally, Tuoba Han didn't want to fight for the throne, and was a leisurely prince he had finally won. He didn't care about the world. Although he could not inherit the throne, he was not good to live freely and freely.

However, something that happened afterward completely changed him.

A few months ago, he followed his mother home to visit his relatives. The starvation he saw along the way was deeply hurt by the scene of bandits.

He couldn't understand why the Great Qi fell into this way. The Xianbei people acted violently, bullied the market, forced the women, and imposed heavy taxes. The people complained, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

If this continues, it won’t take long for the rule of Da Qi to collapse until it collapses.

After returning, Tuoba Han immediately wrote a letter to his father, hoping to do a benevolent government to the world, compassionate with the Han people, recuperate, and severely punish the evil Xianbei people, otherwise there would be a risk of national foundation being shaken and the building being overturned.

Seeing this memorial, Tuoba Han was scolded by his father, and at the same time demoted him from the Duke of Qi to the King of Yuzhang, and was promoted openly and secretly.

Yuzhang is located in the old land of Chu. Although it is not far from Jiangnan, its development level is completely different from that of Jiangnan.

Large areas of miasma swamps are wet and damp, with a small population, and low grain yields. They often have poisonous insects and tigers and leopards. Some people claim to have seen savages.

He treated such a place as a fiefdom, and after his father passed away, he would have no chance to make a comeback.

This also prompted Tuoba Han to decide to compete for the throne. When he was a child, he was often bullied among many princes because his mother was a Han Chinese, which also developed his strong character.

Since his father and those brothers were unreliable, he had to rely on his own hands to ascend to the emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty and change the bullying appearance of the Han people, so that no one dared to underestimate them, mother and son anymore.

After deciding to participate in the battle for the throne, Tuoba Han immediately took action. He wanted to strengthen his political influence and let his father recognize his abilities before he had the chance to be elected as the crown prince.

So on the one hand, he won over and made friends with some Han officials, and on the other hand, he prepared to seek support from some external families and rivers and lakes.

However, these aristocratic families are also the targets of other brothers who are competing for the throne.

Taking over the throne is a bet of bet on its own. The loser is out and the winner is all-out.

All of those aristocratic families were very savage. I heard that Tuoba Han himself was not valued by the current emperor in the palace. He even angered the emperor because of his book and demoted him to Yuzhang as a prince.

Naturally, no one dared to stand behind his back to support him. It was at this time that many of his disciples in the capital recommended him to the Shunfeng Escort Agency, which is now famous in Jiangnan.

The escort agency is not only a bodyguard escort in the world, but also has outstanding martial arts power and connections in the world. The Shunfeng escort agency is also a leader in rising in recent years and has an unparalleled reputation in Jiangnan.

Once he received the support of Shunfeng Escort Agency, he would have the wealth of Jiangnan as his backing, and his competitiveness in fighting for the throne would be greatly enhanced.

In order to take Shunfeng Escort Agency under his command before the other brothers, Tuoba Han sneaked out of the capital and rode south alone.

While inspecting the situation everywhere and thinking about the way to save Da Qi, he was preparing to meet with Gu Fan, the shopkeeper of Shunfeng Escort Agency, to discuss cooperation with each other.

"Prince, I have set up a banquet at the Yuelai Teahouse in Jiangnan City. I hope the prince can go to the banquet and taste the delicious food in Jiangnan." Although the magistrate of the Tatars had not stayed in the capital for many years, he still heard about the intensity of the imperial court's current struggle for the throne.

At this time, King Yuzhang came to Gu Fan, which must be related to the battle for the throne.

Although the Tartar prefect wanted to remain neutral and did not want to get involved, Tuoba Han was the prince after all. After all, the prince had to be thoughtful when visiting.

"No need, this time I came to Jiangnan City not to have fun, but to visit Shopkeeper Gu of Shunfeng Escort Agency. Unexpectedly, he did not return to the escort, so I would not stay much.

I am going to visit my fiefdom, Yuzhang County. When the shopkeeper Gu comes back, I will come to visit again."
Chapter completed!