Chapter 238: Joining forces
"Now that Yan Shichong's party is becoming more and more rampant, we have to be careful in everything." Yan Yunpei said earnestly.
Yan Jinxuan nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, the child is measured." ”
He has been extremely vigilant since Su Shanyun told him about the catastrophe that the Yan family will encounter in four years, so although he is now closely monitoring the entire situation, as long as it is not related to the Yan family or his own business, he will try to adopt a 'non-interference' attitude. However, the incident of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is related to the future of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the interests of the people of the Ming Kingdom, so he has to take care of it.
However, he didn't manage it clearly, he was just a strategist behind his back.
He likes to tackle everything quietly.
"Daddy, you should try to be less serious about the party's affairs in the future."
"I know, I can't fight with him, I'm just worried about the emperor and the people." Then he said meaningfully, "But the heavens are watching." ”
Yan Jin was clear.
The two chatted for a while and then left Hemingxuan.
Yan Yunpei went back to the room to rest.
Yan Jinxuan stopped under the verandah.
He looked up at the dark and gloomy sky, and couldn't help but miss Su Shanyun.
Her sweet smile, gentle eyes, delicate cherry lips, slender posture, her intimate words, obedient expression, flexible personality, elegant manners, all of them touched his heart so much. He couldn't imagine what life would have been like if he hadn't met her.
After so many years of immersion in the bloody court, open and secret fighting, he has already cultivated an iron heart. However, after meeting her, his whole heart suddenly softened, as if a dying man had regained his life.
What a wonderful man! He said inwardly, a smile slowly rising to the corners of his mouth.
The next day, after the next court, Yan Jinxuan called the three princes.
The two walked slowly along the embankment by the moat.
"Third Prince, what do you think of the current situation?" Yan Jinxuan took the initiative to ask.
"I'm afraid it won't take two years for something to happen." The third prince whispered.
Yan Jinxuan nodded, lowered his voice and asked, "Do you have a way to deal with it?" ”
"I'm thinking, but it's far more complicated than I thought, so I'm afraid I'll have to unite a group of people." The third prince said.
"At present, only the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Military Department, the Household Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Zhongshu Province, the Hanlin Academy, the Shuntian Mansion, the Zhan Shi Mansion, the Guozijian and the Qin Tianjian have not yet been controlled by Lord Yan, if we want to connect them, we must act as soon as possible." Yan Jinxuan said.
"Uh-huh."
"Third prince, let's join forces." Yan Jinxuan suddenly looked at the third prince and said.
This was exactly what the third prince wanted to say today, so he nodded solemnly.
In fact, by this time, they can't join forces.
Although many officials have long wanted to unite against the Yan Party. But they all did not dare to act because they were afraid of his methods and forces. However, judging from the current situation, there is no longer room for delay.
"In order to be able to connect them as soon as possible, we spent three days secretly gathering the heads of these departments to have an initial meeting with them, what do you think?" Yan Jinxuan proposed.
"Hmm. Where do you think it's best to get together? The third prince asked.
"The more secluded the place, the more appropriate." Yan Jinxuan said. After bowing his head and pondering for a while, he said, "You can choose the Guanghua Lin Jing Restaurant on the outskirts of the city." The treasurer there is an uncle. So it's relatively safe. ”
"Okay, I know the place, so let's do it. I'll send someone tonight to inform them secretly. ”
"Okay. Just in case, it's best to set the time for the meeting in the dead of night. Yan Jinxuan added.
"Well, then it's set on the second and third watches." The third prince said.
"Okay."
As they walked, they came to a long wooden bench for passers-by to rest, and sat down tacitly.
"Lord Yan, I heard that you are married?" The third prince asked.
"Yes." Yan Jinxuan replied simply.
"I heard that the other party is the niece of Su Zizhao, the head of the household."
"Yes."
"It turns out that her sweetheart is you." Zhu Rui smiled.
Yan Jinxuan smiled and replied, "Yes." ”
"When did you meet?" The third prince asked again.
"When she was twelve."
"Then the county lord's family affairs ......" the third prince suddenly realized something.
"The county lord's family affairs have nothing to do with her, she is making her own decisions." Yan Jinxuan said calmly.
"But if it weren't for her, you probably wouldn't have broken off your engagement with the county lord." The third prince laughed.
"No, even if I don't meet her, I'll break the marriage."
"You mean the second prince of Joseon?"
Yan Jinxuan smiled.
"Okay, but I really didn't expect it, who would have thought that you would become a couple!" The third prince sighed.
"It seems that many people's first reaction when they hear it is like this." Yan Jinxuan said modestly, but his heart felt like he had drunk honey.
Zhu Rui's gaze fell on Yan Jinxuan's body for a while, and then said, "But I have to admire her vision, people like you can't find a few in the entire Daming Kingdom." Of course, the most important thing is that you are on the same page. ”
"The Three Princes have won the prize!"
Immediately, Yan Jinxuan changed his words and said: "Third prince, in order to prevent the party's behavior from endangering the harem/palace, please strengthen the supervision of the queen's diet and daily life." ”
The third prince was headed, and he personally went to Kunning Palace yesterday to learn about the situation from Empress Kuang.
Kuang Hou reacted that Concubine Shi Guifei hadn't been going to Kunning Palace very often recently.
"That's good, as the saying goes, 'a thousand guards are hard to guard against villains', even if she doesn't come often, I hope you don't let your guard down." The third prince held Kuang Hou's hand and said.
"Okay, I'll be careful." Kuang Hou said with a smile.
……………….
Three days passed quickly.
On the second watch of this day, the leaders of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Military Department, the Household Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Zhongshu Province, the Hanlin Academy, the Shuntian Mansion, the Zhan Shi Mansion, the Guozijian and the Qin Tianjian secretly gathered at the Guanghua Lin Jingwei Restaurant.
The third prince sat at the top as the host.
"This king came to you today to discuss with you how to contend with the forces of the Yan Party. Everyone knows that he currently controls more than half of the confidential departments of the Ming Kingdom, and his power is still rising, in order to prevent his power from being too large and bringing unnecessary disasters to the Ming Kingdom, so this king hopes that everyone will work together to resist the Yan Party from now on. ”
Everyone nodded.
"Since the emperor still needs Yan Shichong, it is not appropriate for us to inform the emperor of this matter for the time being, so our party can only be held in secret first." The third prince explained.
Everyone looked at each other with understanding.
"As the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if we act in secret, it will sooner or later be known by others, so in order to keep things as secret as possible, this king will not often call everyone to gather in secret, but will convey important matters to everyone in the form of a note, and everyone can also use this method when they have something to convey to this king." The third prince said.
And that couldn't be better! Neither does anyone want things to be exposed.
"From now on, our notes will be conveyed through these little round bottles." The third prince picked up a small white round bottle from the table and opened it for everyone to see.
"Because the bottle is small, it can only hold one or two small crumpled notes, but that's enough, it's too big and it's easy to expose." The third prince said again, and then asked his subordinates to distribute two small round bottles to each adult.
"When this king has collected enough incidents, we will meet secretly again, and then it will be time to discuss solutions together, I hope everyone will pay more attention to the movements of the Yan Party on weekdays, and strive to report their affairs to this king as soon as possible."
Everyone said yes in unison. (To be continued......)
PS: Dear friends, the second shift is coming. Since the author needs to go out to run errands this weekend, I'll temporarily update the second chapter every day for the next few days, and I'll resume the third update ( ̄▽ ̄) next week.