Chapter 770: Jinling Changes!
Emperor Xinde was terminally ill, but miraculously re-emerged, look at his appearance, this is not like what just happened, in this matter Emperor Xinde has a deep premeditation!
Otherwise, why is the stand-in he arranged for himself, His Majesty in the Fengyang Palace and His Majesty now, not the same person! At this point, Emperor Xinde suddenly summoned the Lu family and the other three family heads, and it was obvious that Jiangnan was going to face drastic changes next!
Xu Tiandao has been following Emperor Xinde for decades, but he still feels creepy when he sees this scene now, this situation is too terrifying, the emperor's mental skills are unpredictable, too profound.
In comparison, the Lu family and the other three heads of the family were greatly shaken, the situation in Jiangnan is getting more and more out of control, the Lu family, as the leader of everyone in Jiangnan, has been obscure in recent days, and it can be said that it is a burden of humiliation, everyone thinks that the Lu family may be going into decline because of Lu Zheng, but today, now, the Lu family has ushered in an opportunity.
Lu Shanchang turned countless thoughts in his heart, but his expression was very calm, and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no longer the previous His Royal Highness the Prince, his strength is not what it used to be, not only is he responding to every call in the court, but more importantly, Su Zhi of the Nanfu Army has now completely fallen to him, although our family has a little strength, but this strength is at most barely enough to protect itself, if you want to turn the situation around for Your Majesty, then ...... That's a lot of fear! ”
Emperor Xinde said lightly: "I am the master of Dakang, you are the loyal ministers under me, although the rebellious ministers are strong, but they do not conform to the way of heaven and do not occupy justice, they will be defeated, and you will win!" ”
Emperor Xinde looked at Lu Shanchang, changed his words, and said: "Lu Qing, although I am in the deep palace, I also look at the situation outside, and I know that Qing has received a lot of grievances recently. Tsk, tsk, amazing, Su Zhi, this villain, the villain has the ambition to rebel, Lu Zheng promoted him so much at the beginning, and now he is the most down. The Lu family originally gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan, but now it's okay, and they have raised a white-eyed wolf!
I can say with certainty that if Long Zhaohuan succeeds and the Su family becomes the first of my Dakang, the Lu family will not have room to survive. The Jinling Lu family, the Jinling Chen family, and the Jinling Gu family will all be wiped out! Rebels and thieves will not be as merciful as I am! ”
Emperor Xinde talked eloquently, what he said didn't seem to be a big deal, but between his words, it gave people the feeling that it was extremely murderous, obviously, Emperor Xinde had thought everything clearly, he passed the Lu family and several other heads of the family into the palace, he didn't leave a way back for everyone, the situation is like this, Lu Shanchang and others have no choice, so at this moment, maybe the rumors have leaked, after Long Zhaohuan returns to the East Palace, maybe he will immediately make trouble, once that's the case, who can stay out of the matter?
Lu Shanchang figured out this truth, and immediately stopped bargaining, he knelt on the ground, and said seriously word by word: "Your Majesty, Minister Lu Shanchang obeys the order!" ”
Lu Shanchang expressed his attitude, where did Chen Zhiqian and Gu Tiansheng still have their own ideas? Immediately, the two of them expressed their positions, and Emperor Xinde was very happy, and said: "Okay, very good, you didn't disappoint me, since this is the case, I will make an order, let Lu Qing's family control the whole at this time, and I will make Lu Qing's family a Taiwei, in addition, Chen's family is a Taifu, Gu Qing's family is a Taishi, and the three of you are in the position of the third duke. As soon as this matter is over, you will be the most prominent rumored power family in my Dakang Dynasty! ”
The three of them knelt down together and said, "The ministers knock on Longen, and the ministers will do their best to ensure that Jiangshan Sheji does not fall into the hands of rebellion!" ”
Lu Shanchang paused and continued: "Your Majesty, since this matter has been decided, the ministers should leave the palace earlier and arrange it immediately. At present, our three families have 40,000 private soldiers, in addition, Lu Zheng has arranged 10,000 people for us from the north as an internal response, these more than 10,000 people will definitely be able to surprise at a critical time, and achieve miraculous results, when the time comes, as long as our two sides are evenly matched, the enemy will be defeated! ”
Lu Shanchang talked eloquently, his words made everyone extremely excited, everyone knows the skills of the Lu family, but how much Lu Zheng has skills, no one at the scene, including Emperor Xinde, can fully understand it.
Lu Zheng's means are superb, his strength is strong, and his subordinates, especially the intelligence system, are extremely developed, because after the Hanging Mirror Division was returned to Lu Zheng, the Hanging Mirror Division was an institution that cost the country millions of taels of silver, how much power can such an institution exert in Lu Zheng's hands?
Now Lu Shanchang himself has no private soldiers, but promised Lu Zheng to give him more than 10,000 people in the dark, this is undoubtedly very credible, and everyone feels extremely excited for a while!
Emperor Xinde was in a particularly good mood, he said: "Since this is the case, then there is nothing to say, the three Aiqing immediately went on an errand, we took three hours for a period, three hours later, the nine gates were closed, the four gates of the palace were closed, and the soldiers should be in place, if they did not enter the city within the time limit, they would all be punished as rebellion!" ”
Although Emperor Xinde is old, he has been engaged in intrigues and tricks all his life, and he is absolutely quite decisive at a critical moment, the royal family has no father and son, and Emperor Xinde is at this age, and he still can't let go of the power in his hands.
Looking at this incident, it was indeed his illness first, and after a serious illness, Emperor Xinde came back to his senses and looked at the court again, and found that earth-shaking changes had taken place inside and outside the court, and his power as emperor was unexpectedly vacated by the prince of the East Palace.
Above the imperial court, the minister is from the East Palace, and above the military affairs, Su Zhi, the leader of the Nanfu Army, was also co-opted by Long Zhaohuan. It is no exaggeration to say that he Emperor Xinde has become a puppet, and what is even more terrifying is that Long Zhaohuan no longer has much patience, even if Emperor Xinde wants to be a puppet, it won't be long before he can be a puppet!
In such a crisis situation, Emperor Xinde not only did not want to retreat bravely, but also had infinite fighting spirit in his heart.
He is a person with an extremely strong desire for power, why is he so deliberately seeking immortals and seeking eternal life? said a thousand, said 10,000, not for other reasons, he just wanted to be his majesty forever, forever in power, for thousands of years......
Therefore, he must not allow the power to fall, let alone tolerate Long Zhaohuan to put him in the air, and he has no choice but to replace him.
After Lu Shanchang and the others came out of the palace, they immediately went on an errand, and the time was only two hours, and the private army department was to be transferred into the imperial city in two hours!
The Lu family has no private soldiers, the private soldiers of the Chen family and the Gu family have always been secretly planted in the capital, and their arch guards the core area of the Chen family and the Gu family.
Besides, after the crown prince Long Zhaohuan returned from the palace, Dong Yong had a conversation with him, Long Zhaohuan talked about his arrival in the palace, Dong Yong's face changed instantly, and said: "It's not good, it's not good!" Xu Tiandao hasn't appeared for so long, there must be something wrong with his sudden appearance in the palace. According to His Majesty's temper, if Xu Tiandao didn't get His Majesty's edict, he would never dare to enter the palace!
However, His Royal Highness saw His Majesty after entering the palace, but he was already sluggish and demented, this is unreasonable, this matter is fraudulent, Your Highness, the matter has come to this, there is nothing to say, there can be no hesitation at this moment, Su Zhi should be immediately asked to transfer 5,000 elite soldiers, and then enter the palace to replace the palace forbidden department, after mastering the nine gates of the capital and the four gates of the palace, and then try to make the next move! ”
Long Zhaohuan was stunned for a moment, he felt good about himself just now, but after Dong Yong said this, he pondered it carefully, and found that today's things were really a bit abnormal, Emperor Xinde's expression was wrong, as soon as he thought of this, he panicked, and said:
"Mr. Dong, I don't think this is true, could it be that my father did it on purpose, is he avoiding me? Or ......"
Dong Yong stomped his feet and said: "No matter what the reason, now without further ado, immediately transfer troops into the city, don't go to other places, let people control the four gates of the palace first, replace the forbidden army department in the palace, and then you can decide a big thing!" ”
Dong Yong said this, and there was a hurried report outside, and the door rushed to report: "Report to Your Highness, just now the palace suddenly summoned Prime Minister Lu Shanchang, Chen Zhiqian, Gu Tiansheng and other three people to enter the palace!" ”
As soon as Long Zhaohuan heard that the head of the wealthy family of the three families in Jiangnan had entered the palace, his heart sank instantly, Dong Yong's eyes rolled, and he said, "Your Majesty wants to do it first, and the first strike is stronger!" Your Highness, I will immediately go to Liuhe in person, come and prepare horses! I'm going to Liuhe to transfer troops! ”
Dong Yong went to Liuhe, and immediately had a fast horse ready, Long Zhaohuan said: "Mr. Dong, only 5,000 soldiers and horses don't need to be transferred from Liuhe, we can transfer 5,000 people outside the city!" ”
Dong Yong shook his head and said, "Where is this still a problem that five thousand people can solve?" Your Highness, several powerful families in Jiangnan have private soldiers, and the private soldiers of the Lu family have been handed over to you, but the Chen family and the Gu family still have at least 40,000 elites. Your Majesty let them enter the palace, obviously with ten thousand preparations, at this time we will not respond with thunderous means, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”
After Dong Yong finished speaking, he was about to turn over and get on the horse, but James of the Prince's Mansion flashed out and said, "Mr. Dong, the matter is urgent, I will handle this matter, it is important that you stay in the East Palace to assist His Highness!" ”
Dong Yong nodded, told him to lead the troops quickly, and then asked him to go out and go straight to Liuhe, not long after he went out, Long Zhaohuan received news one after another, but it was the heads of the three families who came out of the palace and went to their respective homes.
Then there was a change in the capital, and the three families began to transfer troops, Dong Yongdao: "At the critical moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince quickly asked to transfer 5,000 men and horses into the palace in an emergency, these thousands of city defense battalions are His Royal Highness's guards, act quickly, and you can't delay for a moment!" ”
After Dong Yong finished speaking, Long Zhaohuan immediately reacted, and he remembered that there was a city defense battalion guarding the palace, and the city defense battalion was only a few thousand people. Now this is the fastest speed that Long Zhaohuan can mobilize, and immediately he acted quickly, personally put on armor, pulled out the city defense camp, and went straight to the palace without saying anything.
Almost at the same time, the Chen family and the Gu family's men and horses were also mobilized, and the two sides almost simultaneously killed in the direction of the palace......