Chapter 73: The Monarch and the Ministers (Second Update, Asking for Support)
The speed of the Celestial Empire's army has been delayed!
For the "clan" of the Li family in Thang Long Mansion, when they learned the news, they were all anxious but did not dare to say anything, but in private, they all sent domestic slaves to inquire about the news.
Even in the palace, for Li Weiqi, who called himself the "Emperor of Dayue", he was also concerned about when the army of the Celestial Empire would arrive, and asked the eunuchs around him as before.
"I heard that it is because of the dense paddy fields on both sides of the Red River, and the fact that there have been a few heavy rains just now, the Red River has risen, so the fields are full of water, so it is blocking the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty."
The chief eunuch Ruan Jiuwen replied respectfully on the side.
"So, it's really the Buddha who blesses me Dayue!"
Although Li Weiqi said this on the surface, he even had to give instructions to Ruan Jiuwen there.
"I must immediately send someone to ask the king of Pingding to return to the division, and we must be in front of the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty, and we must not let them seize Shenglong and ruin the foundation of my Dayue!"
Although what Li Weiqi said was quite in line with his identity, the disappointment that flashed in his eyes revealed his true thoughts.
For Li Weiqi, who is a puppet, compared to being a puppet like now, he who is cautious for fear of being abolished by the Zheng family, hopes for the arrival of the Great Tomorrow Army, and then he can borrow the hand of the Ming Dynasty to kill all the Zheng traitors and regain power.
After all, he was the "Lord of Annan" canonized by the Ming Dynasty.
Even if he returns Gao Ping to the Mo family again, and then divides the world with the Ruan family, what can he do, at least at that time, he can live, and his descendants will not live so frightened like him, lest he lose his life by accident.
To outsiders, he is the Emperor of Yongshou and the Emperor of Dayue, but in fact?
Even in this palace, he didn't dare to speak loudly, because how many people in this palace, from eunuchs to palace maids, were not from the Zheng family?
even hurriedly took charge of the eunuch, saying that his surname was Ruan, but in fact he was called Li Duan, although his surname was Li, but he was a distant branch of the Zheng family, and he entered the palace to monitor him, so that he would not dare to make the slightest move.
The Zheng family has been holding the Son of Heaven hostage for more than 70 years, why don't they simply usurp the throne and seize power?
Kill me! So it's neat!
Although he thought so in his heart, every time Li Weiqi faced the Zheng family, he was still cautious, he didn't want to die, he was afraid of death, who could not be afraid of death?
The reason why the Li family is willing to be this puppet for several generations is not because they are afraid of death, because they are greedy for life, because at least in this way, they can live and enjoy all the wealth in the world in this palace, at least the Zheng family still maintains superficial respect for the emperor, and has never been short of the use in the palace, and even often selects show girls for the palace, so that he can at least enjoy the beauty of the world.
However, if there is an opportunity, who wants to be this puppet?
In the past, Li Weiqi never thought that he, like several generations of the Li family, was obsessed with beauty and drinking all day long, because at that time, they had no soldiers or officials in their hands, and they did not dare and could not challenge the Zheng family at all, because the price was heavy.
In fact, even if he obediently becomes a puppet, what is the final result?
It's nothing more than a death!
His grandfather was coerced by Zheng Song to hang himself, and then he would support his father as the emperor, and even he himself abdicated the throne to his son under the persecution of Zheng Jie, the king of the Qing capital, twenty years ago. Zheng Jie took his son hostage and went south to defeat the Nguyen clan, and was defeated at Changde, and the Imperial Forest Army suffered heavy losses. At this time, his son died in the chaos, so he was reinstated, and even three years ago, if it were not for fear of causing dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty, he might have been killed by the Zheng family because of a gaffe.
But now, now that the army of the Celestial Empire is coming, the Zheng family is looking for a dead end to provoke the Celestial Empire, and the thunderous anger of the Celestial Empire is something that the Zheng family can resist.
This also made Li Weiqi see an opportunity and see an opportunity to regain power.
It's just that Li Weiqi didn't notice that when there was a little disappointment in his eyes, Ruan Jiuwen, who was standing beside him, still noticed it, and although he was silent, he still kept this matter in his heart.
Everyone is watching each other!
At noon that day, when Ruan Jiuwen was resting in the emperor's morning, he went out of the palace and went directly to the Xiding Palace, not far from the west side of the palace.
"You're out of the palace now, but what's the matter?"
"Yes!"
Ruan Jiuwen replied with his head down.
He was originally surnamed Li, but he was a distant branch of the Zheng family, in order to let the Zheng family take care of his family, he chose to enter the palace as a eunuch, and the purpose of entering the palace was to monitor the emperor.
"Oh, what matters!"
"It's the Emperor!"
"Emperor?"
Zheng Du glanced at him in surprise.
"Did he make any changes?"
"The emperor will now inquire about the progress of the Northern Dynasty army every day, and if the villain is not bad, he must have made contact with the Northern Dynasty through the people in the sect."
"Oh!"
When Zheng Du heard this, his brows suddenly tightened, he who stayed in Shenglong wanted to watch the emperor for the Zheng family, and now the emperor actually had different ambitions.
What would my father do if this happened to him?
Thinking of his father's advice before leaving, Zheng Du pondered for a moment and then said.
"I've heard that the emperor seems to be feeling a little unwell lately."
The emperor is unwell?
Although his words were very simple, Ruan Jiuwen still heard his intention from his words, and his heart tightened slightly, but he still replied.
"The emperor has no serious illness, but his body has been weak for too long, and he is addicted to women all day long, so his body is far weaker than ordinary people. As long as you take care of it quietly, you will still get better, but if you continue to indulge in women like this, the slave is only afraid that the emperor will lose his body! ”
On the surface, he seemed to be answering Zheng Du's question, but in fact, Ruan Jiuwen knew that he needed to find an imperial doctor for the emperor, and then told the outside world through the imperial doctor that the emperor's body was weak and he might die soon at any time.
"Okay, just do as you say."
Zheng Du nodded, as if he was doing something very ordinary.
"Yes!"
After Ruan Jiuwen left the palace, he first went to the imperial doctor to discuss how to cure Emperor Yongshou's "illness" faster, it doesn't matter what the disease is, the important thing is that the emperor must be sick now. But the rules in the palace are completely different from the rules outside, from asking for the pulse to writing medical records, prescribing prescriptions, to dispensing medicines in Shou Pharmacy, decoction of medicines, there is a complete set of customization, which cannot be changed, so everything must follow the rules, only in this way can the emperor "fall ill".
In the afternoon, Emperor Yongshou's condition suddenly "worsened", and people became more and more unenergetic, unable to eat, and became more and more emaciated. Several imperial doctors answered everyone's answers in private in unison, but there was an indescribable fear in their hearts, and more regrets, regrets that they should not have been called to the court in the first place, whether the emperor was sick or not, they naturally knew better, and they knew that if the emperor was not sick, he would definitely lose his life because of this, and that was called a loss!
So they were all anxious, and they were playing a scene there, a scene to treat the emperor's illness. Even in terms of drug treatment, they still do not give in to each other.
It's just that whether the emperor is sick or not, I'm afraid only their hearts know.
Of course, as a patient, Li Weiqi also knows whether he is sick or not, but he doesn't know that he has become a patient in the palace, at least in the eyes of the ministers, he has become a patient. At this time, as in the past, he was watching the minister teach the prince to read.
For the elderly Li Weiqi, his four-year-old son Li Weiyu is his only hope, although his biological mother is Zheng Yuyi, the daughter of the Zheng family, but now he only has this one son.
The one who taught the prince's article was the historian Fan Gongshu, who was one of the few ministers in the court who was not afraid of the authority of the Zheng family. However, he noticed that Fan Gong's book today seemed to be a little absent-minded, and when his eyes came, it always seemed extremely complicated, and Li Weiqi, who knew that he must have something to do, stayed in the name of asking about his homework after the prince's schoolwork was over.
"Fan Qing, but something is going on?"
"Minister, minister is dead!"
Seeing that there was no one around, Fan Gongzhu hurriedly shook it over the top.
"Why is Fan Qing like this?"
"Minister, minister heard that Your Majesty, Your Majesty has contracted a disease, so, so ......"
In an instant, Li Weiqi understood, looking at Fan Gongshu with a sad expression, his heart was like ashes, and he muttered.
"What should come will come, will always come......"
What kind of disease, it is clearly thinking, it is trying to harm my life.
"Your Majesty!"
Again, Fan Gongzhu muttered.
"The minister is incompetent, he can't save the driver, the minister is incompetent!"
There are still loyal ministers in the world, but this loyal minister is just a useless historian.
For so many years, King Zheng sat side by side with him directly on the left side of the throne, and even exempted his subordinates from etiquette such as entering the court and paying their names. Such a powerful minister will kill him sooner or later.
Now, it's just that sooner or later things are coming today.
"The minister is incompetent, the minister is incompetent......"
Seeing that Fan Gong couldn't stop kowtowing and asking for sin, Li Weiqi thought for a moment, and then suddenly gritted his teeth, at this moment, he made up his mind.
"Fan Qing doesn't have to be like this, the Zheng family is autocratic, how can it be a day, today he wants to harm me, it is difficult for me to save my life, I am going to die!"
Although he was greedy for life and afraid of death, when faced with life and death, Li Weiqi still made a decision. So he continued.
"Fan Qing is more loyal to me, so I only ask Qing to do one thing for me!"
"Dare to disobey!"
Fan Gongzhu sobbed and said.
"The Zheng clan has been in power for many years, and the sooner I am older, I thought that the people were resentful, and even invaded the Celestial Empire with small crimes, so I decided to ......"
Li Weiqi said with an attitude that almost gritted his teeth.
"Please help me fight against the rebellion of the Great Yue!"
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