Zhao Junsheng's gaze swept over the faces of the ministers and generals, "The last general will give you a reminder, Your Majesty has died, and the Western Route Army has lost the person who is in charge, and now the general of the Zongzi Army, He Duoluo, the general of the Shuzi Army, Da Xi Guangliang, the general of the left wing, Changle Wang Su, and the right wing, the general Le'an Wang Tuoba Fan, are all outside the army, who can order them present?" No! ”

The ministers' hearts sank when they heard this.

Zhao Junsheng continued: "If the news of His Majesty's death spreads, these generals will rush back with their troops, no one will obey anyone, and they will be able to draw their swords against each other if they disagree, and then there will be a scuffle, not to mention how many soldiers and generals are killed and injured, how big the losses of the imperial court are, and the safety of all the ministers will be in question!" ”

The ministers began to sweat on their foreheads when they heard this.

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath and finally said his purpose: "Everyone, in my opinion, the candidate for the future emperor must and can only be one of the princes who will go to Mobei this time!" ”

Taishi Ling Zhang Yuan immediately objected: "General Zhao, you say this official does not agree, this official thinks that the person who inherits the throne must have both ability and political integrity, and his prestige among the courtiers is higher than that of other princes, and Leping Wang Pi is the best candidate!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said coldly: "Gong Zhang, do you think that you will be able to gain benefits by supporting King Leping in the end?" King Leping is far away in Pingcheng, if the news of His Majesty's death reaches Pingcheng, the ministers of Pingcheng will immediately support him to ascend the throne, and then what will happen to our ministers and generals who went to Mobei? The high-ranking officials and good titles were all won by the ministers of Pingcheng, what can we get? In the end, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to drink the soup, and I will be slowly pushed out of the court! ”

Zhang Yuan suddenly became dumbfounded.

Zhang Junsheng's mouth full of benefits, high-ranking officials and titles were extremely explicit, and the ministers present were a little embarrassed and uncomfortable to hear it, but his words were not coarse, no matter when he came out to be an official, wasn't it to get benefits? Without benefits and benefits, who would shave their heads and squeeze around the emperor?

Taichangqing Cui Hao said loudly: "This official thinks that what General Zhao said is not unreasonable, for us, Pingcheng is too far away, and we can't affect Pingcheng now, if the news is transmitted back to Pingcheng, it will be up to us to decide who will ascend the throne!" Therefore, the princes in Heijo are not considered! This official also reminds you that Your Majesty has died, Dawei has lost its master, no matter whose camp you used to be, now you have lost the identity of the original camp, and now we are the same camp, so we should have one heart! ”

The ministers and generals all looked at each other, and most of them agreed with Cui Hao's words.

In fact, for Cui Hao, Tuoba Tao's death hit him and the national teacher Kou Qian the hardest, the two of them were promoted by Tuoba Tao, among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the two of them were the most favored by Tuoba Tao, and now that Tuoba Tao is dead, they have completely lost their backers, will the next emperor be like Tuoba Tao and favor them again?

This is not good, once a son of heaven and a courtier! So although they are sad and sad, and even feel that the future is bleak, he must fight for the future, and this future emperor must be chosen by them.

At this time, King Tuobana of Gaochang stood up and said with a serious face: "Ladies and gentlemen, although Your Majesty was assassinated and died, but there are still heirs, and there is no precedent for my Great Wei's imperial succession to be a brother, although the prince Huang is young, but who can say that he does not have the talent of the emperor?" If you want to talk about the qualifications to inherit the throne, the prince Huang is the most qualified person, and his succession is orthodox! If it is succeeded by other princes, it will be difficult to block the mouth of the world! ”

"King Gaochang, it is indeed orthodox for the prince to succeed to the throne, but he is too young to speak, how can he rule the ministers and govern the world?"

Tuobana immediately retorted: "Aren't there still ministers waiting for me to be present?" You are all the pillars of the imperial court, with our assistance, can't you stabilize the court? Can't hold out until the new emperor comes of age to govern? ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately shouted: "King Gaochang, Master Cui has already said just now, the prince who is far away in Pingcheng will not be considered, even if the prince is not good, do you still want to send someone to take the prince Huang here to ascend the throne?" By the time you send someone to Pingcheng, the news has already spread in Pingcheng, can you still help? You're just making a wedding garment for someone else! ”

Tuobana was also so stunned that he couldn't speak.

The champion general An Jie said: "In this way, the two most qualified princes in Mobei are King Le'an and King Yongchang, which prince do we support?" ”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers present knew that the new emperor could only choose one of these two.

Yijue quickly said: "This official thinks that King Le'an is the most suitable, he has 10,000 soldiers and horses on the right wing, he is modest and respectful, treats his subordinates generously and considerately, and puts his heart into his heart, if King Le'an is the emperor, it will be a blessing for us, a blessing for the court, and a blessing for the world!" ”

Some of the ministers nodded in approval of Ika's words.

Zhao Junsheng sneered, and immediately retorted: "Yi Shizhong's words, this general does not agree with it, if you compare the number of soldiers and horses, now there are tens of thousands of troops under the command of King Yongchang, how can King Le'an compare?" Also, the king of Yongchang is tall and strong, good at riding and shooting, the art of war, and his heroism is better than that of the emperor (that is, the name of the emperor after his death but before the establishment of the name) is more than that, if the king of Yongchang succeeds to the throne, he will be able to complete the will of the emperor of Daxing during his lifetime, dominate the world and conquer the four seas! ”

This won the favor of many ministers loyal to Tuobatao, and the wishes of these ministers gradually favored King Yongchang.

"Another point, Mrs. Murong, the mother of King Le'an, is the princess of Beiyan, this is an irrefutable fact, Mrs. Murong has always been devoted to her mother's family, and King Le'an's succession to the throne is not good for my Great Wei. According to the inheritance of my Great Wei Emperor's throne, before the establishment of the prince, the emperor wanted to give the mother of the prince to death, so as not to cause a situation where the foreign relatives were difficult to control, but the emperor of Daxing did not leave an edict before his death, if I support the king of Le'an, who would dare to move Mrs. Murong? The mother of the king of Yongchang died early, if we support the king of Yongchang, the new emperor does not have to follow the old practice to poison his mother, and we and other ministers and generals do not have to be embarrassed, they are all happy! Therefore, King Yongchang is the most suitable person to inherit the unification, and he is the chosen one! ”

After Zhao Junsheng's words came out, several people were inclined to support King Yongchang.

Even so, there are still some ministers who are opposed, these people are optimistic about King Le'an's Tuoba Fan, and one by one they stand up and list a series of reasons, nothing more than that King Le'an is easy to get along with, and he is very considerate to his subordinates and soldiers, and such an emperor is a blessing for the ministers.

For a time, the ministers were divided into two factions and quarreled.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" National Teacher Kou Qianzhi had to stand up to stop both sides, "Ladies and gentlemen, the succession to the throne is a major matter after all, and it can't be decided casually. In my opinion, it's too late tonight, the ministers will discuss the matter of keeping the spirit of Emperor Daxing first, and then the other colleagues will go back to rest, and think about the succession to the throne, let's discuss this matter tomorrow, how about it? ”

At this time, the commander of the Ouchi guard, Pi Louxian, said: "I will stay at the end of tonight to keep the spirit!" ”

Cui Hao is Tuoba Tao's favorite minister, of course, he is indispensable at this time, and he said extremely sadly: "This official also stays to guard the spirit!" ”

Kou Qian's face was full of sorrow: "Emperor Daxing is too miserable, and the poor Dao wants to stay and do a ritual to overdo it!" ”

In order to show their loyalty and grief, the other ministers expressed their desire to stay and keep the vigil.

Zhao Junsheng saw it, and immediately said loudly: "Emperor Daxing knows that all the ministers are loyal ministers, but the vigil does not need everyone to stay, if you don't keep it tonight, you still have to watch it tomorrow night, and tonight it will be guarded by Zhong Cao Zongai, General Pi Lou, Cui Gong and Kou Tianshi, as for tomorrow, it will be arranged separately, if everyone is tired, who will preside over the overall situation?" Okay, okay, it's all gone! ”

Many ministers and ministers were very dissatisfied with Zhao Junsheng giving orders like the person in charge, but now at this time, no one dared to offend him, and they could only muttered in their hearts, and each of them turned around and left after saluting Tuoba Tao's body.

After Zhao Junsheng walked out of the tent, he looked up at the starry sky, his expression was more determined, Mulan's identity as a woman had been exposed, and he could have less worry in his heart, Tuoba Tao was dead, he would be safe for the time being, no one would regard him as a mortal enemy anymore, even if there were, as long as it was not at the prince level or the new emperor, he would not be afraid, with thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, anyone who wanted to move him had to weigh whether it was worth it.

He took a deep breath and came to Mulan's tent, and as soon as he walked into the tent, Mulan wanted to struggle to get up, and asked anxiously: "Brother Junsheng, what happened outside?" Is it true that Oiran told me that it seems that His Majesty had been assassinated? ”

Zhao Junsheng hurriedly walked over to support her: "Your injury is not healed, don't break the wound!" ”

"You say, is it true?"

Zhao Junsheng nodded silently: "It's true, the emperor was assassinated and died!" ”

"What? It turned out to be true? Mulan's originally haggard face lost its blood color again, and her face turned pale, "Who?" Who did this to you? Did the assassins catch it? ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "No!" The ministers unanimously agreed that it was an assassin sent by the Rouran! ”

Hua Mulan was stunned for a while, and after a while, she seemed to remember something, shook her head, and said in an extremely firm tone: "Impossible!" This can't be done by the Rouran people, it's been two months since the army set out to conquer Mobei, we killed the Rouran people all the way and fled in all directions, if the Rouran people wanted to send assassins, they would have sent it a long time ago, don't wait until now! Besides, the Rouran people don't keep assassins at all, only war horses and swords and bows, how can there be any assassins? Also, the mountains and mountains are heavily guarded, and there are thousands of your elite horsemen, and there are countless outlying rangers and secret sentinels, I don't believe that the assassins have the ability to sneak through the layers of guards to sneak into the emperor's side to assassinate, this thing must have been done by our internal people, or the assassins have been hiding around us! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "This issue has also been discussed and quarreled by ministers and ministers, but it is meaningless!" The top priority is the selection of the new emperor, and who will ascend the throne and become the emperor has become a question that we must consider now! ”

If there is anyone else in this world who knows Zhao Junsheng best, there is no one else except Mulan, she saw that Zhao Junsheng's reaction was too calm, and he was a little abnormally calm, so she suddenly became suspicious and asked, "Brother Junsheng, you don't dare to do this, right?" ”8)