Chapter 266: Imperial Means
It is located in the camp of Jingzhou, and there are 120,000 elites of the Great Chu in the camp of Jingzhou, and this Chu army is the largest barrier in the capital of the Great Chu, and it is the Dinghai Divine Needle of Jingzhou for thousands of miles.
The Jingzhou camp is still there, the 120,000 tigers and wolves are still there, and no rebels dare to provoke them, and the surroundings of the capital at least seem to be peaceful.
A few days after he arrived at the camp in Jingzhou, Liu Chongxin, who was still thinking about how to earn some more credit from His Majesty, received a secret report before his will to return to Beijing as soon as possible.
This secret report arrived in his hands about half a day earlier than the holy decree that was still on the way, but because of this secret report, he decided to be the crown prince..... No, he hasn't adapted to the fact that the crown prince has become the new emperor.
Even if the new emperor arrives in person, he will not easily leave this Jingzhou camp, he is still a supervisor, his godson Tong Meng is still a general, and the 120,000 army is in his hands, which is more effective than the iron coupon in his hand.
If Yang Jing wants to sit on the throne, he must take down the 120,000 Jingzhou army, if he can't take it, the capital is a crumbling island, and the emperor is just the owner of an island.
Liu Chongxin handed the secret report to Tong Meng, got up and paced back and forth in the big tent, and after a moment he ordered: "Order the army to be on guard, no matter who it is, whoever enters the camp without my order will be killed." ”
"Yes!"
The general Tong Meng nodded immediately, he was not a fool, he knew very well that he and Liu Chongxin were already tied to a rope.
If the new emperor wanted to deal with Liu Chongxin, he wouldn't be able to run, but with heavy troops in his hands, that emperor kid didn't dare to act rashly.
But he didn't dare to really oppose it, he could take advantage of the fact that the 120,000 Jingzhou army didn't know what was going on, if the Jingzhou army knew about the change of the throne and knew that the crown prince was on the throne, his order as a general might not still work.
Liu Chongxin looked at Tong Meng and said: "You are my closest person, and I am also the person I trust the most, we are now in the same boat, you know what to do, if I fall, my group of children and grandchildren will be unlucky, as long as I don't fall, the court is still our court, and the world is still our world." ”
Tong Meng leaned over and said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, we have soldiers and money in our hands, Your Majesty doesn't dare to do anything, I guess, this will is probably to deceive you back to the capital, as long as your father-in-law doesn't go back, Your Majesty has nothing to do, and it's not the last time to ask your father-in-law." ”
Liu Chongxin smiled and nodded: "This prince can pretend, I know he can pretend, he is like an unruly wolf, but in the end, he will know very well that without me, he is nothing." ”
Hearing this, Tong Meng's heart suddenly tightened, and a sentence popped up inexplicably in his mind.
Liu Chongxin said that the new emperor is nothing without him?
But Liu Chongxin, the monstrous power, left the emperor, or what?
He subconsciously looked at Liu Chongxin, and he didn't know if he was dazzled or what, what he saw was no longer a 5,000-year-old with beautiful scenery, but an old monster who was dying in his last years.
Liu Chongxin was still talking to himself.
"You are a general appointed by the first emperor, and I am the supervisor appointed by the first emperor, so there is nothing to worry about."
Liu Chongxin returned to the chair and sat down, took a sip of the teacup, and still looked calm.
But the hallucinations in Tong Meng's eyes continued, and he saw in the hallucinations that behind Liu Chongxin, there was an old fox with gray hair that was turning around in fright, and his tail was already clamped.
Tong Meng smiled: "Father-in-law, let's just wait for the little emperor to come and beg us to see what tricks he can play." ”
Half a day later, the new emperor's decree arrived
Finish.
The people outside hurriedly came to report that Lord Qincha had arrived, Liu Chongxin frowned and said, "Where did the people come from, they dared to pretend to be Qincha?" ”
He got up and walked out, Tong Meng also followed, and after a short time he arrived outside the gate of the Jingzhou camp, the so-called Qin Cha was a small eunuch under Jing Obey's order, and he came with two hundred forbidden troops.
"Ancestor."
When the little eunuch saw Liu Chongxin, he seemed to have forgotten all the rhetoric he had thought about countless times on the way, got off the carriage as soon as possible, and knelt down in front of Liu Chongxin with a plop.
Liu Chongxin snorted proudly: "Who am I, it turned out to be you, a little rabbit cub, what are you doing here?" ”
"Come and say hello to the ancestors."
The little eunuch kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is thinking about the old ancestor and wants to ask the old ancestor to go back." ”
Liu Chongxin smiled and asked, "Which Your Majesty?" ”
As soon as the little eunuch heard it, he knew that something was wrong, Liu Chongxin had already gotten the news, and the new emperor meant not to let Liu Chongxin know that the old emperor had died, so he said that the old emperor missed him and asked him to rush back to the capital immediately.
But now, this plan seems to be meaningless, and it can be seen from Liu Chongxin's attitude that he already knew about the death of the first emperor.
The little eunuch reacted quickly, and said in an extremely flattering tone: "Ancestor, the new emperor has ascended the throne, please go back to preside over the overall situation, Your Majesty said, there is no ancestor by his side, there is no backbone in his heart, and those courtiers are not all obedient, and they need to go back and press the ancestor." ”
Liu Chongxin was stunned.
He didn't know these words for a while, some of them were true and some were false.
"Be specific."
Liu Chongxin immediately replied.
The little eunuch called Gao Muen, knelt there and said: "After the assassination of the first emperor, His Majesty was heartbroken, so he handed over the power of the court to Yuwen Chonghe to be in charge, but the next day, His Majesty said to let Yuwen Chonghe bring the officials of the six ministries to meet, Yuwen Chonghe said that no one is allowed to go, to give His Majesty a dismount, let His Majesty know who is in charge, and also give an order to the Lord of the Nine Gate Soldiers and Horses, if you go back to the capital in the ancestor, you will be killed by arrows, and you will never be allowed to enter the door, in addition, the two guards in the hands of his two sons have taken over the defense of the capital, and besieged the palace. ”
Liu Chongxin looked at Tong Meng, Tong Meng lowered his voice beside him and said: "This is somewhat credible, Yuwen Chonghe that guy has long wanted to occupy the power of the court, but you have been pressing him as a father-in-law, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he wants to control the government and turn the new emperor into a puppet." ”
Liu Chongxin nodded, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu was originally going to support the prince, but the prince must be obedient, but even if he is disobedient, it will not be your turn Yuwen Chonghe to threaten and suppress him.
No matter what, the crown prince is also the son of Lao Tzu's brother and the son of the first emperor.
He snorted and asked Gao Muen, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”
Gao Muen's will was to let Liu Chongxin rush back to the capital as soon as possible, and Liu Chongxin was not allowed to lead the troops, nor was Tong Meng allowed to lead the troops.
But Gao Muen looked at the current posture, if it was announced according to the original will, I was afraid that it would be a big deal.
He knelt there and said: "Your Majesty said, please take the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou battalion back to the capital as soon as possible, and bring back the 120,000 troops. ”
Liu Chongxin himself never thought that one day he would be deceived by his disciples and grandchildren, an insignificant little eunuch, who dared to change his will privately, dared not take out the holy decree, and dared to say that His Majesty only had an oral message.
In Liu Chongxin's eyes, these disciples and grandchildren are the hairs that fell from his body, who dares to lie to him?
"Get up."
Liu Chongxin commanded, and then said to himself with a smile: "Without me, it's nothing." ”
Liu Chongxin looked at Tong Meng and said: "As long as the army is in hand, there is nothing to be afraid of, you go to give the order, the army is pulled, let's take the 120,000 army to the capital for a walk, and see that Yuwen Chonghe, who is like a grandson in front of me, dare to say in front of me that he will shoot me to death." ”
Tong Meng leaned over and said, "Obey." ”
At the same time, the capital, Daxing Palace.
Emperor Yang Jing sat behind the desk, his fingers gently and rhythmically tapped on the table, sitting opposite him was Yuwen Chonghe, who had just been appointed prime minister, and Yuwen Chonghe's two sons, Yuwen Zhi, the general of the Wei army on the left, and Yuwen Cong, the general of the Wuwei on the right.
"You say, what if Liu Chongxin doesn't come back?"
The emperor looked at Yuwen Chonghe, father and son.
Yuwen Chonghe pondered for a moment and said: "The 120,000 troops of the Jingzhou camp, if Liu Chongxin is in control, it is indeed difficult to do, but the minister thinks that there are still two ways to do, the first is that His Majesty is in person, as long as His Majesty arrives at the Jingzhou camp, the soldiers will inevitably obey the emperor's orders, but now the affairs of the first emperor have not been completed, and His Majesty cannot easily leave Beijing...... The second way is to invite Prince Wu to go. ”
Yang Jing didn't tell Yuwen Chonghe that he had already given an order to Prince Wu, his face was slightly surprised after listening to it, and he said with some regret and emotion: "Why didn't I think of Prince Wu?" I can ask Prince Wu not to rush back to the capital first, and let him go to the Jingzhou camp to take over the military power first. ”
Yuwen Chonghe hurriedly said: "The matter of taking over the military power, in fact, there is no need, Prince Wu already has Zuo Wuwei, if he takes over the Jingzhou camp again, the minister is worried...... He would also be disrespectful to His Majesty. ”
Yang Jing said with a serious face: "Prince Wu is my imperial uncle, how can the imperial uncle harm me?" ”
Yuwen Chonghe said: "Your Majesty, you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to defend people." ”
Yang Jing sighed and said, "Then what do you think it should be?" ”
Yuwen Chonghe said: "If Liu Chongxin doesn't dare to leave the camp, let Prince Wu go over, Prince Wu is known for his prestige, and the soldiers of the Jingzhou camp are extremely convinced of him, so it is probably feasible to let Prince Wu force Liu Chongxin to return to the capital." ”
Yang Jing asked again: "But what if Liu Chongxin comes back with an army of 120,000 and Prince Wu?" ”
He looked at Yuwen Chonghe and said, "He is the supervisor authorized by his father, and he has not yet been dismissed, so even if he gives such an order, it is difficult for Prince Wu to stop him." ”
Yuwen Chonghe was silent for a moment, and finally understood why the emperor wanted to see him, and also to see his two sons, because the emperor was afraid, the emperor had no soldiers and no power in his hands, and there was indeed no one to rely on except for the Yuwen family.
Therefore, Yuwen Chonghe leaned over with a faint smug and said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty, no matter how dangerous it is, the minister will never give up, and the minister is willing to go to the city gate in person to stop Liu Chongxin and let him subjugate!" ”
The emperor said, "How can this be done, what if that gelding dog hurts you?" Such...... Yuwen Zhi and Yuwen Cong, led the left leading army guard and the right military guard out of the capital, and lined up outside the city, if Liu Chongxin came back with 120,000 troops, there was the left leading army and the right military guard, Liu Chongxin did not dare to be presumptuous. ”
The emperor looked at Yuwen Chonghe and said: "After the army is arrayed, you must always be ready to strike first, as long as Liu Chongxin does not obey the order, kill him immediately, and then you personally take over the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou battalion, except for you, I can't trust anyone." ”
Yuwen Chonghe hurriedly got up, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this time, even if the minister fights for this life, he will get rid of the eunuch for His Majesty and eradicate the chaotic party for the world!" ”
The Emperor said with relief: "I know, your loyalty, I have always known. ”