The few people present were already mentally prepared, but they were still surprised after hearing Yun Xi's words. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Chang Sen blurted out directly: "What! Zhu Di rebelled! "It's the first time for Chang Sen to participate in a meeting of this level, and in the past, the Chang family was always Chang Sheng, but now Chang Sheng is not in the capital, so Yun Xi let Chang Sen participate.

Yun Xi immediately glanced at Chang Sen with disgust, and opened his mouth to correct: "It's not that King Yan has rebelled, but it is possible that he has rebelled." In addition, Chang Sen, you call the clan by its name, but it is a crime of disrespect! ”

Of course, Chang Sen knew that he couldn't call Zhu Di by his name, he was just used to calling him at home, and he was too surprised just now, so he came out casually. After hearing Yun Xi's reprimand, he immediately pleaded guilty. Yun Xi won't pursue him, just say a few words.

At this time, Zhang Wen said: "Your Majesty, where did Your Majesty get this news, but it is already confirmed?" ”

Yun Xi said: "It is inferred from other things, there is no direct evidence, so I dare not be sure, but there is a fifty percent chance that King Yan has rebelled." "As for the other half, of course, the letters were dropped.

Geng Bingwen asked, "What does Your Majesty plan to do?" "In the face of such uncertainty, they don't dare to say anything.

Yun Xi is also making a difficult choice at this time. If Zhu Di did not rebel, but announced that he had rebelled, with Zhu Di's temperament, he would probably have rebelled if he didn't want to.

But if Zhu Di really rebelled and he didn't prepare, then things would not be good. Zhu Di has been in Beiping for a long time, and it is difficult to say whether other guards under Zhu Di's jurisdiction will follow and rebel, but Zhu Di, the third guard of King Yan, will definitely be able to instigate the move.

Now that Shandong's rebellion is in rebellion, once Shandong's northern part is connected, it will be even more difficult to control.

Yun Xi pondered for a while and said, "What do you think? "He didn't dare to make a decision casually.

There was silence. After a long while, Xue Ning said, "Your Majesty, can you follow the example of Henkel's Cloud Patrol Dream?" ”

Yun Xi's eyes immediately lit up: Yes, you can follow the example of Han Gaozu who patrolled the clouds and dreamed of capturing Han Xin, the king of Chu. Although this matter is not exactly the same as the situation when Liu Bang faced Han Xin, the king of Chu, it is also similar.

Yun Xi said: "Then I will take the pro-conquest and the pacification of the rebellion as the name, and drive the pro-conquest!" ”

"Let's not announce that King Yan has rebelled, but from the guards of Zhili, another 100,000 soldiers will be recruited to accompany me on the expedition."

Since it is a royal expedition, it will not be surprising to increase troops in order to ensure victory. 250,000 horses, as well as tens of thousands of horses in the river, and the men and horses of Denglai Erfu, if Zhu Di really rebels, there are soldiers from Liaoxi, Shenbei and other places to fight, it is almost enough.

But there was a question that no one present dared to say, although everyone understood it, that is, what if other vassal kings also followed Zhu Di to rebel? , especially King Ning, King Liao and others with heavy troops. Although it has now been ascertained whether Zhu Yu was coerced and did not take the initiative to rebel, and there is no benefit for other vassal kings to rebel, it is not easy to say.

Yun Xi also understood their concerns, and said after consideration: "Immediately send a message to the world that the king of Qi is not a rebellion, but is coerced by the men and horses of the three guards of the king of Qi, and there is no prince to rebel." ”

"Immediately inform Cao Zhen of King Yan's possible rebellion, so that Cao Zhen can be prepared, but you must not let other people know."

"You go down, and plan to recruit the soldiers of those guards to fight again, go down first. Never tell anyone about it. ”

Several people bowed and retreated.

But after they retreated, Yun Xi did not go to rest, but asked Wang Xi to bring over pen and ink and silk, wrote a paragraph on the silk, stuffed it into a wooden box and sealed it, handed it to Wang Xi and said: "Immediately send the secret decree to Cao Xing, the commander of the river capital for six hundred miles." ”

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, is Zhu Di's half-brother, and the location of Kaifeng Mansion is too important, Yun Xi does not dare to take risks. His will to Cao Xing was that if Cao Xing found that Zhu Hu or Zhu Hu's sons had any abnormal movements, he could detain them and take over the three guards of King Zhou. King Zhou has always disliked war, and his prestige among the three guards is limited, and Cao Xing, who has a certain prestige as a meritorious general, should be able to smoothly take over the three guards of King Zhou.

Although Yun Xi was also worried about whether Cao Xing would rebel, four of Cao Xing's five sons were in the capital, and Yun Xi thought that he was not sorry for Cao Xing at all, so he was relieved. Yun Xi had already noticed that Xie Cheng was now childless and daughterless.

Wang Xi took the sealed box and immediately went out of the palace to deliver the holy decree.

Yun Xi thought about it and felt that everything that should have been done tonight had already been done, and other things could not be done tonight.

But he didn't want to go to sleep either, so Huang Lu re-lit a candle and looked at the map again.

After a while, Wang Xi came back and immediately persuaded Yun Xi to sleep. Yun Xi couldn't stand his persuasion and went to sleep. But he didn't feel sleepy at all, and lay in bed until dawn.

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In Beiping City, Dao Yan was still talking: "......, in this way, the letter that His Royal Highness wanted to send to His Royal Highness the King of Gaoyang County was replaced by another letter by the poor monk. The content of the epistle is ....... ”

"This letter will probably arrive in the capital today or tomorrow, and perhaps the king of Gaoyang County has seen this letter now. Then, the King of Gaoyang County is also the son of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness also knows the King of Gaoyang County very well, and His Royal Highness can probably guess what His Royal Highness the King of Gaoyang County will do. ”

Zhu Di had a gloomy face. Of course, he knew what Zhu Gaoxu would do. Is Zhu Gaoxu a person who will sacrifice for others? Even if the man was his father, he wouldn't. Although Zhu Gaochu will also suspect that it was not Zhu Di's intention to have this letter dropped, Zhu Di will definitely not think that Zhu Gaochu will treat it as if there is no such letter.

Also in Zhu Di's view, Yun Xi is not a person who will act rashly, but now that Shandong Cheng is rebelling, Zhu Di does not dare to bet that Yun Xi will seriously investigate and talk about it later. Yoon-hee is likely to prepare for the worst.

When Zhu Di was thinking, Dao Yan was not idle. After he finished the previous paragraph, he waited for a while and then said: "Even if Your Majesty does not immediately announce Your Highness's rebellion, and even if Your Highness is ready to die, Your Majesty will most likely put Your Highness under house arrest first, and then investigate whether Your Highness has the intention of rebellion after the rebellion is settled." ”

"And after the rebellion has been put down, the captives and those who finally rebelled back to the court will tell Your Majesty that Your Highness has helped them. So in the end, His Majesty probably thought that His Highness wanted to rebel for a while, but in the end he didn't rebel for some reason. ”

"Your Majesty's final disposition of Your Highness, most likely, is to let the prince or the King of Gaoyang County inherit the throne of King Yan in the name of His Highness's poor health, and then put His Royal Highness under house arrest in the capital."

"The poor monk's inference, Your Highness thinks there is something inappropriate?"

Zhu Di pursed his lips and didn't speak. There is no problem with Daoyan's inference, and the most likely approach of Yunxi is the one deduced by Daoyan.

Dao Yan continued: "Your Highness, you must not be willing to be under house arrest by Your Majesty for the rest of your life. His Majesty Taizu is seventy-one years old, and His Highness is forty years old this year, how could His Highness be willing to spend the remaining thirty years in a place where there is no visible wall outside! ”

Zhu Di really didn't want to spend a day in such a place. If the rest of his life was like this, he would rather die.

"Besides, even if His Highness rebels, if His Highness does not die in battle during the war, even if His Highness is defeated, the final outcome will most likely be house arrest, and the result is probably the same as waiting to be killed now."

"So, Your Highness, the best thing you can do now is to rebel."

"Besides, His Royal Highness has been in Beiping for a long time, not only is he famous, but he is also very good to the soldiers and horses of the three guards, and the soldiers and horses of the three guards will also obey His Majesty's orders. In addition, now the various yamen in Beiping are not at all defenseless against His Royal Highness, and it is not difficult for His Highness to want to clear the monarch's side. ”

"Now that Shandong is rebelling, it is still rebelling, and His Royal Highness Qingjun will occupy Hebei after the side and connect with Shandong, and it is not impossible to succeed. If you can win over other vassal kings, then you have a better chance of winning. ”

Dao Yan's words are not particularly clear, but the key points have been said, and the derivation of what he Zhu Di, Yun Xi, and Zhu Gaoxu will do is also the most likely, as for the rest of the part, he is not clear about Zhu Di himself, and he can also add it.

Zhu Di had calmed down at this time, and he said to Dao Yan: "Your analysis is not wrong, the best way to do it now is to rebel, and you forced him to rebel!" ”

Dao Yan looked at Zhu Di with relief: Zhu Di finally opened his mouth to admit that what he said was correct.

Zhu Di continued: "But it's not appropriate to raise the banner on the side of the Qing Jun now, even the people of the Yanwang Sanwei may not all follow Gu, and if you want to be completely afraid that your Sanwei will obey, it will take time to persuade or deal with them, but there is no time now." ”

"Second, it is not so easy to fight the various prefectures and cities in Beiping and Hebei in the south, and it always takes a long time. It is estimated that when it has not yet been connected with Xie Cheng in Shandong, most of the imperial army that went north to quell the rebellion has already come over through the river, so that Lone and Xie Cheng cannot be connected, and the chances of victory are greatly reduced. There are still famous generals in the court, and most of them can't beat Cao Zhen and others. ”

"So now Lone does not raise the name of the Qing monarch, but goes south in the name of counterinsurgency. As long as the people of the Beiping Metropolitan Department and the Political Envoy Department are controlled, the people in the local governments and guards may think that they don't know that the imperial court has issued an order, so they can at least earn one or two cities and increase their chances of victory. ”

Dao Yan said: "What His Highness said is good, it is more prudent to do it according to His Highness's wishes." ”

"Then the poor monk called the generals of the Beiping Zhuwei over? It's better to do it sooner rather than later. ”

Zhu Di said: "You go." However, Zhu Di asked again after Dao Yan stood up: "Dao Yan, why did you force Gu to rebel?" Even if the orphan rebellion succeeds, the first thing is to kill you, and you can't enjoy the slightest glory and wealth, why do you still force the orphan to rebel? ”

Dao Yan's footsteps paused, and then said, "I'll know until His Highness is crowned in the capital, or before he fails." ”