Chapter 650: Sudden Succession
Prime Minister Xie Cheng sat in the study with an angry face, and opposite him was the old man Xu with a faint smile. "Prime Minister, why be angry? As long as we endure it for a few more days, we can be done. ”
Prime Minister Xie thought of the big plan, and his face was really much better. "Indeed, how is the arrangement on the Xu family's side?"
"Most of the former subordinates of the Xu family are supportive, but a few of them are stubborn and still need some effort. However, it is only a matter of time, and it should be agreed on right away. "Old man Xu is full of confidence.
Prime Minister Xie felt that this was good news, the Xu family acted quickly, and he was close to his success. "Old man Xu has been to the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and I heard that Mrs. Hou and the two little sons have left the capital."
Old man Xu really didn't have any plans for the Dingbei Hou Mansion, the old Dingbei Hou was old and stubborn, and he would never participate in the rebellion. And that Mrs. Shizi is even more powerful, Xu Guifei said at the beginning, let the Xu family not offend the Mo family lightly.
Everyone has a good face and a cooperative relationship, at least it is enough for the prince of Nangong to be drawn to the Dingbei Hou Mansion.
Therefore, when Old Man Xu was plotting rebellion, he didn't think of Dingbei Hou Mansion. "It's not proper, the old marquis's stone temperament, I'm afraid that if he knows our plan, he will immediately draw his sword and cut people."
Prime Minister Xie sneered, "But we just controlled the forbidden army, if the old marquis rushed into the palace with the Mo family army of Jingxiao, the forbidden army would not have an advantage at that time."
And if we don't succeed this time, neither of you and I will have a way to live. The crown prince is the only heir of the emperor in the end, and the emperor will not kill the prince. But what about us?
will definitely become the emperor's punching bag, and Old Man Xu won't not understand the emperor's temperament! ”
Old Man Xu's face stiffened, indeed. If the emperor attacks himself and Prime Minister Xie Cheng, he will definitely only be beheaded. Although the Dingbei Hou Mansion supports the prince, who dares to guarantee that they will sit back and watch the prince rebel?
At that time, if what happened to Prime Minister Xie Cheng's worries, where should the Xu family go at that time? The emperor is the prince's son, not the Xu family's son. The emperor will not forgive the Xu family with the old feelings, but will only use the Xu family as a substitute for the dead.
"How does the prime minister think he should take the Dingbei Hou Mansion?" Old Man Xu felt that Prime Minister Xie Cheng could ask this question, and he must be prepared.
Prime Minister Xie smiled weirdly: "Aren't the princes and wives of the Dingbei Hou Mansion related to the Xu family?" Why don't you let the old man go this way. ”
Old man Xu is in trouble. Although the Xu family and the Wu family are in-laws, in recent years, because of different political views, the Wu family has become less and less close to the Xu family. Let Mrs. Wu Lin help the Xu family to persuade the Liu family. It seems to be a bit difficult!
But I can only give it a try, and the other people in the Dingbei Hou Mansion, Old Man Xu really didn't dare to move, so he was afraid of forcing the old Hou Ye to be in a hurry.
After Old Man Xu returned home. immediately told Mrs. Xu what he meant. Then Mrs. Xu posted a post, naturally to feast Wu Lin and Liu Yue. Liu Yue came calmly, and she was alone in the capital, what were you afraid of?
Anyway, where is the identity of the Beihou Mansion, no matter which party wants to rebel, it will definitely test the meaning of the Beihou Mansion first. It's just a pity that I can't control this matter, and if I want to mention it, let Old Man Xu go and tell his father-in-law in person.
So under Mrs. Xu's repeated reminders openly and secretly. Liu Yue still looks like a virtuous granddaughter-in-law, and resolutely refuses to touch this matter.
Wu Lin knew that Yue'er would not care about this. It's just that the Xu family's heart is too big, even if they rebel, they still want to pull the Dingbei Hou Mansion together. didn't dare to talk to the old marquis openly, but pulled Yue'er and didn't let go.
Even if Yue'er has the right to speak in the Hou Mansion, she can't be stupid enough to be the lord of her father-in-law!
In the end, Mrs. Xu really couldn't do anything, and it was not early in the day, so she couldn't keep people around. I could only watch the Liu family and the Wu Lin family leave the Xu Mansion together, but it took most of the day to get things done.
Old man Xu, who had been waiting, heard that his wife hadn't done anything, and he couldn't move the Liu family at all. His face immediately darkened, but he also knew that the Liu family was not easy to deal with. Is it true that you can let yourself convince the old marquis?
Old Man Xu was really a little scared, that old marquis was a famous stone, and if he didn't do it, he would be directly angered. But what Prime Minister Xie said is not unreasonable, you can't even be clear about the attitude of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, so you can't rebel in a hurry!
Liu Yue sat in the carriage, accompanied by Wu Lin, and both of them were preoccupied. Liu Yue didn't know if Old Man Xu dared to go to the grandfather to talk about it.
However, after Liu Yue returned home, the first thing she did was to send the news she found out today to her father-in-law in the suburbs of Beijing. I hope that my father-in-law can be prepared and calmly deal with the difficult Xu family.
Xie Cheng is not surprised by Liu's stubbornness, if Liu's immediate submission, then what is abnormal? It seems that there is only one step to go, but this step must be pulled by the Xu family.
After discussing with Old Man Xu for a long time, Prime Minister Xie finally decided that he could not follow the path of Lao Dingbeihou.
Then you can only take other paths, so that the old Dingbei Marquis does not dare to enter the palace to save the fight, and does not dare to be the loyal minister. Then at this time, the only thing that can control Lao Dingbeihou is naturally the lives of the people in Mofu.
Although the Liu family sent Mrs. Hou and her two sons to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, it was inconvenient to do it in the capital. But in order to achieve the goal, what does it matter if you move bigger?
So after discussing with Old Man Xu, Prime Minister Xie and Xu Fu directly went out together and killed Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. directly captured Mrs. Hou and the two little sons of the Hou Mansion alive. With these three people in hand, are you still afraid that the Dingbei Hou Mansion will be disobedient?
So on the tenth day of Prime Minister Xie Cheng's grounding, Prime Minister Xie suddenly appeared on the Jinluan Hall again, dressed in the court clothes of the minister, very majestic, with a calm face, and there was no trace of fear and worry on his face.
Old Man Xu, who also hadn't shown up for a long time and directly asked the emperor to dismiss him, actually returned to the court, and the smugness on his face was dazzling.
When the ministers saw Old Man Xu and Prime Minister Xie Cheng, they didn't know how to line up. I can only ignore these two people and stand directly in their own positions. However, the unofficial Old Man Xu didn't care about the cold eyes at all.
If you stay in the court, you will know who you want to listen to and who you will follow in the court. However, there are also old man Xu's close faction, who took the initiative to talk to old man Xu, and stood behind old man Xu with interest.
This made the other ministers very dissatisfied, but no one dared to say anything until they couldn't see the shape clearly. Today's early dynasty does not seem to be simple, and things must be reversed, and there must be problems.
I just hope that there will be no big mess and no bloodshed, this court dispute has been bloody since ancient times.
Just when everyone was waiting for the emperor to appear, suddenly the princes and eunuchs led them into the hall. The ministers were even more puzzled in their hearts, didn't this prince let the emperor be grounded directly? I haven't heard the emperor's decree to lift the ban, why did he suddenly appear in the main hall?
I saw that the prince was dressed in a bright and yellow court dress, with a mighty dragon embroidered on his chest, to say that the prince's court dress was actually not much different from the emperor's dragon robe.
It's just that the dragon robe is embroidered with nine dragons, and the prince's robe is embroidered with five dragons. Actually, it's not a dragon yet, but it's just a few missing.
And today's prince's court clothes seem to be a little different, although they are still bright yellow, but the embroidered dragon is nine dragons, not the five dragons of the prince's court clothes. And the other decorations on the court robe are also completely made according to the standards of the dragon robe.
Originally, when Prime Minister Xie and Old Man Xu approached, it made the officials smell different. Since he is mixed in the officialdom, and he is mixed to the level of a Beijing official, no one is really stupid, so he naturally knows what this means.
This will see the prince's chic dragon robe again, and everyone is really stupid if they don't understand it, but the ministers didn't expect it to come so quickly. At this time, the officials of the court began to be a little restless, and some people looked worried, and their brows were tightly wrinkled.
Obviously, I don't want this to happen, but some people are excited, because the new emperor will definitely reward meritorious officials, especially those who support meritorious service.
Prime Minister Xie Cheng first took the lead in kneeling down for the crown prince, and then begged the prince to succeed to the throne with a face of resignation. And the ministers who had been arranged by the Xu family and Prime Minister Xie Cheng before would all kneel down for the prince together. With a loud shout of 'Banzai Banzai', the prince was very excited.
The crown prince actually wanted to ascend to the throne as soon as possible, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. And I feel a little guilty about my father, filial piety is great, I surpassed my father and became the emperor directly, my father must be very disappointed in himself!
But my father's body is not as good as day by day, and I am doing this to stabilize the people's hearts as soon as possible. I believe that my father will understand, and at most I will ask my father for guilt at that time.
The prince finally sat on the dragon chair generously, this dragon chair is very big, beautiful, and very exciting. Since he was studying behind his father, the prince has been looking forward to the day when he can sit on this dragon chair like his father. To be the most noble person in the world, everyone's life and death are in their own hands.
Now that he is finally on the throne, the crown prince feels that he is very excited in his heart, and at the same time very excited. Looking at the officials kneeling in the main hall, the prince frowned again, and those people who were wooed by his grandfather and the prime minister naturally all surrendered to him.
Kneel respectfully below. But there was the other half of the people in the court, who didn't pay any attention to themselves at all, and still stood on the temple. Looking at himself with an accusatory face, the prince was furious in his heart, why didn't these people support him.
This throne is his own, is there any difference between sitting one day early and one day at night?
The crown prince rarely put up a shelf, changed his previous gentleness and kindness, and swept his cold eyes to the ministers who were standing: "You don't want to surrender to me, do you?" ”
The officials below, seeing the prince's sudden cold eyes, were a little scared in their hearts, whether to surrender or not to surrender?
But the prime minister and the Xu family all fully supported the prince, and the prince would have already sat on the dragon chair, and the prince was the only son of the emperor. The crown prince will be the emperor sooner or later, but now it is a little early, and the emperor is still sick, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. That's it, let's go now! (To be continued......)