"Your Highness, is this guy really capable? Do you want me to take a team of men and follow him and help him secretly?"
Long Yi said with some worry, this is a major event of changing dynasties after all, can a prime minister alone do it? Of course, he didn't know much about the situation on the grassland.
"He's already dead. We've already done the hardest part for him. If he can't do the rest, then he's unworthy of being my partner. He'll just have to be killed."
Li Xiang looked back at the grassland in the distance. His troops were also put into the system space in batches by Li Xiang. These were the most useful soldiers. After returning to Liangzhou City, he had to give a few instructions to Zatlk.
The group became dozens of people, and they rode at full speed towards the gathering place of Zatlk.
When Zatlk saw Li Xiang, his face was full of shock. After all, he had not received any news that Li Xiang was coming. At this moment, this guy was managing Li Xiang's grassland. This area was left behind a long time ago and was considered the best land in the entire northern grassland. Li Xiang saw many foals in the distance.
"Is there something serious going on?"
Zatlk said with some surprise that Li Xiang came to the grassland in person, but he had not heard any news before, and he had kept it secret from him. Could there be a rift between the two sides?
"Don't roll your eyes. I don't mean to replace you. I'm here for my own business. This time, great changes are about to take place on the grassland. I have bad news for you. Prime Minister Midu has launched a coup. As far as I know, your father has lost his life."
When Li Xiang said this, he found sadness in Zatlk's eyes. Although his father betrayed him and launched an attack on the Tang Dynasty without caring about his life or death, he was his father after all. Anyone who heard that his father was killed would feel sad. If this guy showed excitement, Li Xiang would consider whether to replace him.
"He is no longer my father. Ever since he didn't care about my life or death and made my brother the crown prince, he is no longer my father."
Zatlk was unwilling to shed tears in front of Li Xiang, but turned around and shook his head. He looked cold when he turned around. Li Xiang was also unwilling to expose this guy. Political struggle itself is cruel. In Li Xiang's view, your father is unwilling to stand on my side. In order to complete my own territory, I can only make your father disappear. Of course, Li Xiang would not say these words. If you want to hate someone, go and hate Prime Minister Midu.
"Things on the grasslands change rapidly. How many soldiers have you recruited here?"
Zatlk was a senior staff member of the Protectorate and had the privilege of entering and leaving Liangzhou Prefecture. In addition, he had some confidants on the grassland. During this period, under the authorization of Li Xiang, he also began to form his own army. In addition to helping manage Li Xiang's grassland, the rest of this army was to expand his own military strength.
Speaking of this matter, Zatlk felt a little embarrassed. He originally thought that if he raised his arms and called on everyone, at least tens of thousands of people would come to join him, but so far there are less than three thousand people.
"This is human nature. After all, people forget about you when you're gone. Besides, you're no longer the prince of the grasslands. Everyone wants to make a career for themselves. Having more than 3,000 people is not bad. In this case, I've left 2,000 men for you on the grasslands. They'll come over after a while, and I'll have them come looking for you. Together with these 3,000 men under your command, they'll serve as your army. You'll keep an eye on Prime Minister Midu for me."
Zatlk already knew that his father was killed by Prime Minister Midu. Although he said he didn't care, this man was also his father's murderer. Li Xiang now gave him 5,000 troops and asked him to always pay attention to Prime Minister Midu's actions, which was equivalent to letting the two fight each other.
A superior cannot allow his subordinates to be too harmonious, but also cannot allow them to fight each other too fiercely. Let them be in a state of constantly watching each other. This is the best state. It will not consume his own strength, but at the same time no one will betray him.
Originally, Zatlk wanted to refuse the two thousand cavalry given by Li Xiang, and he didn't want to be monitored all the time, but when he saw the people around him, he knew he couldn't refuse. Now he was living under someone else's roof, and including the people serving around him, all were arranged by Li Xiang. This was only on the surface, and no one knew how many people were arranged in secret.
Zatlk also has his own ideals, but he finds that he is getting further and further away from his ideals. Li Xiang is pressing him step by step. When he has his own armed forces, Li Xiang will send people to monitor this group of people, so he will never be able to be independent.
"You and my sister are not married yet."
Zatlk said this for no reason. Li Xiang was very disgusted with this, but Zatlk agreed with it.
“Does this have anything to do with our cooperation?”
Li Xiang said speechlessly, why should women be involved in matters between men?
"I can help you watch over the grassland, but I will only do it for my nephew. If you send someone else to take over the grassland, I can't guarantee that it will be the same as it is now. Either kill me or send a king to the grassland."
After saying this, Zatlk went straight to his room without giving Li Xiang any chance to speak. Li Xiang looked at Zatlk's back and knew that this should be his last stubbornness.
Zatlk had been deceiving himself. He did not surrender to Li Xiang, but only compromised temporarily. However, through a series of actions by Li Xiang, he knew that his chances of getting rid of Li Xiang were getting smaller and smaller, especially when the two thousand cavalry came over, he probably would not have any chance.
So Zatlk changed his mind. Now he was not working for Li Xiang, but for his nephew. There was nothing shameful about this. As long as his sister could give birth to Li Xiang's son, he would be related to him by blood. Then, handing this grassland to him would be a kind of inheritance.
Li Xiang also understood Zat'erke's thoughts, but this forced relationship made him feel a little disgusted. He just thought of the pitiful appearance of the eldest princess. Apart from himself, no man could want her because she was marked by his own mark...