The seven prime ministers in the hall had just reached a unified opinion, but at this time, King Tang suddenly came running, and everyone's expressions suddenly changed.

"What to do, see or not see!" Gu Yuanjing was a little weak-hearted, but Su Guansheng and Wan Yuan Ji didn't speak.

They used to be very close to the Tang King and were supporters of the Tang King, but now although the Tang King wants to rebel, they have decided to abandon the Tang King, and they always feel that they are at a loss.

Zhang Kentang said: "I don't think there is any need to see it, with this information, you can control King Tang first!" ”

Chen Bangyan waved his hand, "Don't worry, King Tang is the king of governance, there is not enough ironclad evidence, how can we move him!" Let's meet him and see what he has to say. ”

Tang Wang is the king of Lizheng, the younger brother of Emperor Gaozong, although he has been excluded by the imperial court and gradually withdrawn from the circle of decision-making, but his identity still has a great influence.

After listening to Chen Bangyan's words, Su Guansheng suddenly said: "It's good to see it!" ”

Wan Yuan Ji looked at him, and then nodded as well.

At that moment, the seven people moved out to greet them, and after a while, King Tang was led in.

After the Seven Kingdoms were the same as the Tang King, they returned to the hall, and of course the things on the table had been taken away.

At that moment, everyone sat down again, the seven ministers of state were seated on both sides, and Tang Wang sat in the seat of Wang Yan in the middle without politeness. He leaned back on the Nanmu chair, stroked the armrest of the chair with his hand, straightened up, and suddenly said heavily: "Several cabinet elders, I came to the council hall today because I have a confidential matter, and I want to inform the cabinet!" ”

Several cabinet members on both sides exchanged glances, Su Guansheng looked at King Tang with strange eyes, and asked, "I don't know what the big thing is, Your Highness actually came here in person?" ”

Tang Wang didn't notice anything unusual, his buttocks moved on the chair, leaned forward a little, and then said in a deep voice: "It's really a big deal, Lone got the news, King Lu rebelled!" ”

The seven pavilion elders were slightly stunned when they heard this, and there was silence in the hall, and the needle drop could be heard, and Zhang Kentang suddenly let out a "wow" and let out an exclamation, before breaking the silence.

Zhang Kentang was originally a minister of the Lu faction, but since he entered the cabinet, he has been busy with the affairs of the cabinet, thinking about whether he can make achievements in the cabinet, and gradually staying away from King Lu.

Seeing this, King Tang was very satisfied in his heart, but said with a melancholy on his face: "Elder Zhang Ge, it is reasonable to be surprised, and I can't believe it at the beginning." ”

Do a full set of dramas, those who can enter the cabinet are old fritters, Zhang Kentang entered the officialdom in the name of Jinshi during the Wanli period, he saw the expression of King Tang, and his face immediately showed a look of disbelief, "Where did His Royal Highness get the news, how could His Royal Highness King Lu rebel?" ”

Wang Yan has imperceptibly divided the power of the two kings of Tang and Lu over the years, so that most of the ministers under the two kings have gradually recognized the rules of the operation of the imperial court, and they do not rely on Tang Lu, but can climb faster.

In the struggle of the court, even if it is out of consideration of local interests, they are also anti-Chu and not anti-king, they fight against the Chu party, but they recognize the rules of struggle set by Wang Yan.

This made the civil officials gradually stay away from the two kings, so in the eyes of King Tang, Zhang Kentang's reaction was very normal, because just like he was gradually estranged from Su Guansheng and others, King Lu no longer trusted Zhang Kentang, so naturally he would not tell Zhang Kentang about the army.

"There will be no falsehood in this matter, King Lu has secretly sneaked back to Zhejiang, he invited King Gu to raise troops together, and took advantage of the fact that King Chu was not in Beijing to seize power, but King Gu refused!" King Tang opened his mouth and said: "If you don't believe it, you can send someone to King Lu's mansion to see if King Lu is still in the mansion!" ”

Chen Bangyan asked, and then called a person and ordered him to go to King Lu's mansion to investigate.

When King Tang saw someone leave the hall, he immediately blamed himself: "This matter is also Lone's fault, Lone hesitated for a few days before finally deciding to inform the cabinet and give King Lu time to contact the incident." After calculating the time, King Lu was probably already raising troops in Zhejiang at this time. ”

Tang Wang, a political enemy of Wang Yan, said that he hesitated for a few days and felt that his credibility was very high.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone had already received the information and knew that King Tang was going to do something to Wang Yan, and he said this, it would have been possible for the cabinet to believe his words.

"Now is not the time to be held accountable, we are all guilty of negligence!" Chen Bangyan hurriedly said: "The key now is how to deal with King Lu's rebellion!" ”

Su Guansheng looked at the King of Tang, "The elite soldiers of the imperial court are on the front line, Zhejiang is only five or six days away from here, if the king of Lu really raises troops, Nanjing is empty, and the king of Chu is not in Beijing, how can this resist?" ”

Several cabinet ministers showed urgency on their faces, this was not fake, but really worried.

The elite soldiers of the Ming army were all on the front line, and Nanjing originally had more than 30,000 defenders, but Wang Yan took away 10,000, leaving only 20,000 people.

In a big city like Nanjing, it is difficult to defend with 20,000 people, if King Lu's soldiers are in the city, and Wang Yan is not in the city, Nanjing lacks the backbone, and it is very likely to be captured by King Lu's rebels.

When King Tang saw several elders, he looked nervous, sneered in his heart, and then said solemnly: "King Lu rebelled and endangered the country, but the king of Chu is not in Nanjing, and there is a lack of people in the city who can stabilize people's hearts. ”

Several people listened to Tang Wang's words and understood what he meant, he wanted to gain the trust of the cabinet and gain power in Nanjing.

At that moment, several cabinet ministers looked at each other, and after a moment of silence in the hall, Chen Bangyan said: "Your Royal Highness is willing to contribute to the imperial court and help the cabinet defend Nanjing, which is naturally a good thing for the imperial court, and we naturally agree, but in addition to guarding Nanjing, we should immediately issue an order to inform the king of Chu and ask him to quell the rebellion." ”

Tang Wang sneered in his heart, according to the agreed time, at this time, Wang Yan should have entered the net of heaven and earth laid by Jin Shenghuan, Tang Wang naturally would not speak out against it, but would support Chen Bangyan's opinion, because Wang Yan could no longer get the authorization of the cabinet and the council hall.

"Lone also agrees with Chen Ge Lao's opinion!" King Tang nodded and said: "Right now, we want to defend Nanjing, and we want to ask King Chu to transfer troops to quell the rebellion!" ”

He came to the cabinet this time, just to pave the way a little, and when Wang Yan died, King Lu's army came to the city, and the Nanjing court knew that King Lu had launched a third prince of Zhu and wanted to overthrow the court, so his opportunity came.

Now the cabinet pinned the hope of counterinsurgency on Wang Yan, once Wang Yan could not quell the rebellion, the cabinet would be helpless, even if he knew that Wang Yan might be his victim, but as long as he did not admit the matter, the cabinet would still compromise with him and put down King Lu's rebellion first.

When the time comes, the cabinet and the hundred officials of the court can only rely on him to deal with King Lu, and he will be able to smoothly inherit the inheritance left by Wang Yan, and as long as he quells the rebellion of King Lu and holds power, how Wang Yan died, this can be covered up.

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After King Lu raised his troops from Hangzhou, the army immediately set off, passing through Huzhou and Yixing, directly approaching Luyang, and entering the boundary of Yingtianfu, all of which were resisted along the way.

King Lu deliberately postponed the army for a few days, just to let the Tang King start first, and then let the court and the Tang King fight, he originally thought that the news of the Tang King's move had spread throughout Nanzhili, and the news of Wang Yan's death had already shaken the world, but he didn't want the army to enter Nanzhi, or even enter Yingtianfu, and the whole world was still peaceful.

King Lu's banner was to pacify Tang Chu's struggle for power, which led to chaos in the world, but he was about to go to Nanjing, but the world was stable, which was a little embarrassing.

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