Chapter 64: Burden

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When the hordes of rebels poured in like a flood, the prince was so frightened that he was often awakened in his sleep and screamed loudly on the way to escape, and he had to be comforted for a long time before he could be quiet.

Liang Shengzhi was the one who persuaded him, and he added many scratches to his face for this.

He was also frightened, but what he was most afraid of was not the chaos, but how to explain after returning to Beijing, he was the prince's most direct guardian and was responsible for everything the prince.

At noon that day, a scholar named Guo Shifeng came to see Liang Shengzhi and gave him an idea: "Mrs. Liang is the grandmaster of literature in the world, and I can't bear to see his grandson go to a dead end." If you return to Beijing with the general, you will have to accept His Majesty's criticism with the general, whose statement do you think Your Majesty will believe? ”

Liang Shengzhi only had a slight understanding of the open and secret battles between the emperor and the general, and when he heard Guo Shifeng's words, he immediately felt that he was at a disadvantage, so he begged him for guidance.

"Day and night, you must return to Beijing before the general, and maybe have the opportunity to defend yourself a few more words."

"Will the general let me go?"

Guo Shifeng glanced at the trembling prince and said, "The good prince can't take it away, can't the sick prince take it away?" Guo is not talented, and he is willing to go to persuade the general to wash the horse. ”

Liang Shengzhi had just been promoted to the crown prince before the expedition, and he cherished this position very much, so he immediately nodded, grabbed Guo Shifeng's wrist, and was so excited that he almost burst into tears, "If you are safe, you will never forget your great kindness for the rest of your life." ”

Guo Shifeng went to see the general, and soon facilitated the matter, Liang Shengzhi hugged the prince, Guo Shifeng led two more horses, all the way, and finally arrived in the eastern capital before dawn, more than half a day earlier than the general.

As a result, a lot of bad news, but also good news, awaited them.

The crown prince succeeded to the throne in a daze, but he still couldn't do without Liang Shengzhi, not for a while, let alone someone else, even the queen mother and the queen mother were kicked and beaten away by him, and they had to be held in his arms by Liang Xima in order to be more stable.

Liang Shengzhi did not leave the new emperor step by step, working harder than the lowliest servant, but he did not complain.

Living in the heavily guarded palace, the panic in Liang Sheng's heart gradually subsided, and in the process of lulling the emperor to sleep, he thought about what had happened in the past few days over and over again, and finally figured out two things.

The fiasco in Qinzhou was not an accident, someone deliberately leaked the news to lure the rebellious people to grab grain and grass, and this person was the emperor of all things who had just been assassinated.

Guo Shifeng has no reason to persuade the general for him, but it should be the other way around, Guo Shifeng is persuading him for the general. The seriously ill prince became a hot potato, and the general was anxious to get rid of it, but he did not expect that the prince would be able to succeed to the throne when he returned to Beijing.

If it weren't for holding the new emperor in his arms, Liang Shengzhi really wanted to kneel down and thank the gods and Buddhas of the sky.

He ordered someone to call Guo Shifeng and gave two choices: "I also cherish talents, look at how much ability you have, I am willing to stay by your side, be a strategist, and fight for the future by yourself, you can also leave the palace and return to the general, I will not stop you." ”

Guo Shifeng did not hesitate at all, knelt down and kowtowed, first admitting his mistakes, and then showing his loyalty. For him, the matter is very simple, whoever holds the new emperor is the "future".

Guo Shifeng made suggestions to help Liang Shengzhi stop the chaos in the palace, first honoring the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and then issuing a decree prohibiting all soldiers from moving or entering the city, and then summoned Liang Taifu and several other ministers to agree on a grand ceremony.

The Empress Dowager was very satisfied, because her position was still the highest in the palace, and she could grieve to her heart's content, and the Empress Dowager was also very satisfied, she finally came out and saw her son become the emperor with her own eyes, although her son almost didn't recognize her, but she still had to recognize this son.

The eldest princess was very dissatisfied, there were a few hours, she was the chief in charge of the palace, from top to bottom, everyone listened to her arrangement, she had a complete plan, and just at the beginning, she was interrupted by the prince who suddenly returned.

For a day, even half a day, things might be completely different.

The king of Jibei was not very satisfied, but he did not dare to show it, so he had to hand over the power of the guards and concentrate on preparing for the funeral of the Emperor of All Things.

Only Lou Jian, the general of the Chinese army, seemed to be sincerely grieved, kept crying, crying until her whole body was weak, and Mrs. Lan had to send the princess and daughter-in-law to take care of her son, and she lost an important assistant by the side of the empress dowager.

Shao Junqian is also one of the frustrated, not only that, but he may also be impeached, because he is the "minister" of the first emperor and has offended many ministers.

Fortunately, the eldest princess's power is still some remnants, and Liang Shengzhi's words and deeds will reach her ears, and at the same time, Shao Junqian will know about it, and with a little guess, he understands the cause and effect.

"That's it." Shao Junqian was very honest, "We worked hard to dig the well, but it was someone else who drank the water in the end, and we couldn't even get close to the edge of the well." Once the Liang family takes power, it will be a disaster for the general and the eldest princess. ”

"It seems that the Liang family has taken power."

Shao Junqian shook her head, "As the seventeenth prince just said, the incident happened suddenly, everyone will make mistakes, and the ancestors and grandsons of Mrs. Liang are busy agreeing on the great ceremony, and the most feared person in his heart is the only general, so he has not yet started to clean up the court." At this time, if the edict is taken out, the Liang family will be caught off guard. ”

"Who does Mr. Shao plan to be the Minister of Care?" Lou Ji had already guessed Shao Junqian's plan.

Shao Junqian said with a smile: "Of course, the first one is the general, the external troubles have not been settled, and the internal troubles have risen again, at this time of crisis, if the general does not come forward, who can stabilize the society?" However, it is difficult to support alone, and the general also needs helpers, and the second one should be the king of Jibei, the top priority of the guards, how can he fake outsiders? The third one should be the eldest princess, he was the most trusted person of Emperor Daxing during his lifetime, and it was most suitable for her to take care of the new emperor by raising many children of the clan. Whether or not to arrange other ministers, the seventeenth prince can decide by himself. ”

"I have to ask the general for instructions on this kind of thing, how can I decide for myself?" Lou Ji thought for a while, and then asked, "The Liang family still doesn't know about the edict?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't said it."

"After the edict is issued, who will announce it?"

"King Jibei."

"If the king of Jibei is included in the list of ministers, it is not appropriate for him to announce the edict, not as good as the king of Xiangdong or the king of Yidu."

"King Yidu doesn't care, King Xiangdong can."

"How do you explain the period of disappearance of the edict?"

"The incident happened suddenly, and the main messenger of the assassin has not yet been caught, so in order to prevent accidents, the edict was sent outside the city." Shao Junqian answered as she asked, and her ideas came up quickly.

"Well, the edict is indeed outside the city, and I will go out of the city to get it as soon as it is dawn."

"The sooner the better."

"Rest assured. Before leaving, I had to meet Guo Shifeng once. ”

"The man sees the wind and steers the rudder, and cannot be trusted."

"It's because he sees the wind that I want to see him, and maybe I can turn him around again."

Shao Junqian pondered for a moment, "Okay, I'll try my best to arrange it, but the seventeenth prince must not mention the edict." ”

"I wouldn't make that mistake."

Shao Junqian said goodbye with a smile, and after a while, the eldest princess came in alone, her demeanor was completely different from before, more like the kind elder she knew at the beginning of the building.

"Well, your majesty is indeed ...... I had expected this day, but I could not persuade His Majesty to change his mind. In the mouth of the eldest princess, "Your Majesty" is still the emperor of all things.

"We're desperate too."

"How could I not? Your Majesty's heart is as deep as the sea, no one can guess it, and the death of Duan Shizi made the clan feel cold. Forget it, it's useless to talk more, if you can regain the crown prince from the Liang family...... To recapture the new emperor, with the teachings of talents like the Seventeenth Prince, the Tiancheng Dynasty will definitely produce a good emperor. ”

"Lou is not talented, how dare he take on such a big responsibility?"

"If the seventeenth prince is talentless, there will be no more talented people in the court. I won't make random promises, the imprisonment really can't be removed, but no one stipulates that Buyi can't be the emperor. ”

The eldest princess accepts with her heart, and the building is blindly humble, if outsiders are present, they will think that these two people have already cherished each other.

Shao Junqian came back and coughed at the door, and the eldest princess whispered: "Huanyan's marriage has not yet been decided, the seventeenth prince has worked hard, and the two county lords have entered the same door, what a grand event?" ”

Lou Ji was stunned, and before he came back to his senses, the eldest princess had already left.

For the sake of a testament, the eldest princess is willing to pay a lot of money.

Shao Junqian came in, "Seventeenth son, please come with me." ”

Guo Shifeng couldn't stay in the inner palace all the time, he had another place to live outside the palace, and refused to go to see people elsewhere, and others could only come to see him.

Shao Junqian sent someone to the door and retired by herself.

Guo Shifeng put on a new set of clothes, and rushed over as soon as he saw Lou Ji, grabbing his arms and laughing, "I didn't expect that my brother and I would meet here." ”

Lou Ji also smiled: "Brother Guo is haunted, and the foolish brother is out of reach." ”

"Haha, my brother is joking." Guo Shifeng led Lou Ji into the house and sat down, and said: "After I returned to Beijing, I have always wanted to contact my brother, but I didn't have a chance." ”

"I understand, I also said that I should contact as little as possible to prevent leaks."

Guo Shifeng was complacent, "No matter what, the matter has finally come to pass, but it's a pity that Brother Ma is not here and can't celebrate together." Is there any news of Brother Ma? ”

Guo Shifeng didn't know that there were three other real assassins.

"No, Brother Ma left suddenly, and he didn't say anything to anyone." Lou Ji told another lie, Ma Wei told him that he was going to merge the state.

"It's a pity that we have done such a big thing, and we can't tell the world."

"Truth-seeking, not fame."

"Haha, it's a shame that I'm still a pedantic disciple. Brother Brother came at the right time, I introduced you to Liang Xima, he is now the most trusted person around the emperor, and there may be a way to lift Brother Ji's confinement. ”

"What about the General?"

Guo Shifeng put away his smile, "I know what my brother is going to say, so it's better for me to say it first." Since the younger brother has been learned by fame, he should understand a truth, a strategist like us, who eats with one mouth, should not be burdened by false fame. Brother Ji just said that seeking truth and not seeking fame, but you are bound by the name of the Lou family, if you don't change, you can't get rid of the prison and get free. ”

"It's not that I'm affected by the Lou family, but I really have nothing to rely on except the Lou family."

"Hehe, the younger brother is still the heart of a noble son, learn from me, Ping traces all over the world, peace with encounters, and has indeed suffered a lot when he is drifting, but his heart is not hindered, he is not burdened by false fame, and he is often free."

Lou Ji said with a smile: "Not everyone can be as free and easy as Brother Guo. ”

"What's the matter, come with me to see Liang Xima?"

"I don't love the name of the Lou family, but outsiders don't necessarily believe it, and I have no merit in front of the Liang family, how can I see it?"

"As long as you can persuade the general to voluntarily hand over the military power, Liang Xima and Liang Taifu should be treated as a guest of honor."

Guo Shifeng claimed that "false fame" was a burden, but the most feared person in his heart was still the name of the general.

At least the general did not show any signs of despair in front of outsiders.

Lou Ji thought for a while and said, "Brother Lao Guo, take me to see Liang Xima." ”

Lou Ji learned at least one trick from the Emperor of All Things, seeing is believing, he has to see everyone before he can confirm the situation.