The seventh year of Daming Jingtai, the third day of October. appropriate, open the market, ascend; Don't, break ground.

In the past few days, the sky in Beijing is always overcast, which makes the climate a little cold from autumn to winter. And that dark cloud also shrouded the top of the Forbidden City, which made the people in the palace wait for a while.

Since the death of the crown prince, the Son of Heaven's health has not been improving, and after entering the second half of September, his condition has even worsened a few points. A strong sense of uneasiness spread among those palace people, no matter who it was, they almost didn't dare to show the slightest smile, and they became more and more cautious in walking and doing things on weekdays, for fear that if one was not good, they would cause disaster to themselves.

Cao Jixiang took a few eunuchs from the imperial palace to walk quickly, his eyes retreated from the side from time to time, and he swept over the low-level eunuchs who looked at him with awe, and he unconsciously felt a little emotion in his heart.

Once upon a time, I had experienced such a day when I could only look up to those big eunuchs and think about them. Later, he did succeed, leaned on the big tree of his godfather Cao Rui, and was even able to enter the master of ceremonies to work as an errand boy.

I thought that with this relationship, even if I couldn't do it in the palace, I could have a place, and in the future, I would be a pen or a eunuch in the hall, maybe I would be able to return to my hometown when I was old. But in the end, the subsequent changes were so sudden that he was caught off guard.

The biggest backer, the prince and the father-in-law, died, and the godfather was also condemned to death, and was beaten to death in front of him, and even himself, from a small and powerful steward eunuch in the ceremonial eunuch, was directly punished to the Huanyi Bureau as a hard laborer.

At that time, Cao Jixiang felt that his life was completely over, and he might die silently in this palace at any time. But he was unwilling after all, not only to get justice for his godfather who died of death, but also to be able to raise his head again in the future. So he continued to work hard, and even though he was belittled, he did not give up hope.

As a result, relying on his own talents and some luck, Cao Jixiang got rid of the Huanyi Bureau and re-entered the important yamen in the palace. In the end, because of the reshuffle of the palace personnel, he entered the imperial horse prison as an errand a few years later, which was second only to the master of ceremonies, and was appreciated by Li Hui, the eunuch in charge at that time......

After several years of hard work, after exhausting his wrists, Cao Jixiang has now become the indispensable palm seal eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and has almost mastered the power to guard the entire palace, and the transfer of tens of thousands of forbidden troops and other related matters are also in his thoughts.

When he regained his high position, the thought that had been buried deep in Cao Jixiang's heart frantically bred up, he wanted to take revenge on those who had hurt him, he wanted to seize more and more power, and he wanted to become an existence like Wang Zhen at the beginning! His ambition must be fully unleashed.

And to do this, it is obviously impossible to do it under the reign of the Son of the Son. Today's Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's suppression of the eunuchs is quite powerful, the celebrant has long existed in name only, and the imperial horse eunuch can only govern the forbidden army in the palace, and it can't involve the 100,000 troops in the capital camp at all.

So to achieve his goal, the only thing Cao Jixiang can do is to change the Son of Heaven. And right now, there is such an opportunity in front of him - the Son of Heaven has been sick and bedridden for a long time, and he has long been unable to care much about the affairs in the palace. And the courtiers have long been accustomed to such a situation where they cannot see the Son of Heaven for many days. What's more, there is also a Taishang Emperor Zhu Qizhen in the palace who is willing to cooperate with him and wants to regain the throne, and he even handed over an extremely important bloody edict to himself.

Now, the time is ripe, everything in the palace is under his control, and there are generals like Shi Heng outside the palace who hold the military power of the Beijing camp to help the Austrians, as long as a coup d'état is suddenly launched, the world can be changed, and he can take a big step towards his ultimate goal!

When he thought of the big event that was going to happen tonight, Cao Jixiang's body suddenly trembled, and the tension and excitement he had never felt before.

It wasn't until he came to the door of the Qianqing Palace of the Son of Heaven's bedroom that Cao Jixiang took a few deep breaths, suppressed the feeling of palpitations, and then changed his face to a flattering smile, walked forward quickly, and saluted several eunuchs guarding the door: "A few fathers-in-law, is Your Majesty okay today?" Do you want to see some foreign ministers? ”

This is an errand that he has to come to confirm every day as the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, because the emperor has been ill for a long time, and there has been no early court for many days, so the courtiers have to hand over a sign to meet if they want to perform a major event, and only after the emperor's permission can they enter the palace.

These eunuchs waiting outside didn't know that Cao Jixiang came to ask today for a deeper purpose, he was to find out about the Son of Heaven's condition. If the Son of Heaven still wants to see the foreign minister today, it means that his body has improved, then he can't be in a hurry, on the contrary, the time to do it is set tonight!

They just shook their heads lightly at Cao Jixiang with solemn faces: "Your Majesty is not feeling well today, and he has already passed the word, saying that no one wants to see him, let the cabinet and the six ministries have anything to do." ”

"Slave and maid command." Cao Jixiang hurriedly lowered his head and frowned in response, but found that his voice actually carried a trace of trembling. It wasn't until he took a deep breath that he stabilized his mind, and then he didn't look up, just slowly retreated. He didn't dare to raise his head in front of these people, otherwise he was afraid that the ecstasy in his expression would not be able to hide it, and he would be seen by others.

He really couldn't help but feel ecstatic, years of long-cherished wishes, years of arrangement, and today, everything is finally going to be clear. Since the Son of Heaven refused to see the ministers, it means that his illness is very serious, and he can have a lot less worries when he acts at night.

Now, what he has to do is to replace all the palace gates with people he trusts, and then temporarily transfer those forbidden army generals who have not yet become his own people out of the palace. In the end, Shi Heng, who was still in Beijing, was informed of this decision, so that he could prepare accordingly and cooperate with him to send troops to control the entire city of Beijing after the coup.

Cao Jixiang knew very well that raising troops to control the entire palace and restoring Zhu Qizhen to the throne was only the first step in the overall plan, and the officials in Beijing would inevitably oppose it at that time. But he was more convinced that as long as Shi Heng could cooperate with him, it would not be a problem to subdue these courtiers.

Don't look at how loyal and patriotic these courtiers seem on the surface, and they are selfless, but Cao Jixiang, who has been rolling in this court for many years, has already seen through the essence of these people. They are just a bunch of selfish villains, only when everything is in their favor, they will fight hard, and when something will threaten their official power, even their lives, the vast majority of these people will only seek self-preservation, and will retreat. Otherwise, Wang Zhen, the prince of the year, would not be able to suppress the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty by himself.

And now, as long as Shi Heng's Jingying army threatens them from the side, even if those courtiers are dissatisfied, they can only pinch their noses and recognize the legitimacy of this coup.

Perhaps the only obstacle in the capital now is only two people - Yu Qian and Lu Jin. One is a very famous minister, and the other is the leader of the feared Jinyi Guard. However, as long as the incident in the palace is successful, even if the two of them want to do something, I am afraid it will be useless.

While cheering himself up, Cao Jixiang had already quickly come to his imperial horse supervisor's public room, and as soon as he sat down, he waved his hand and called a few henchmen and godsons, and instructed them carefully. Then, he took a few orders from the table that had been written long ago and handed them to them: "From today's unitary time, the generals of the forbidden army at the palace gates will be replaced by a few of them, and Chen Xiang will lead the overall situation and report directly to our family. ”

Several godsons also showed excited expressions on their faces, is this the final arrangement? Then, Fang Cai lifted his spirits, took the order with both hands, and responded with fists: "Godfather, don't worry, we will definitely keep a close eye on the palace gates everywhere!" ”

"Okay, let's go. Remember, everything must be done without a trace, at least until the palace gates are completely locked, so that outsiders do not see that something is wrong. Cao Jixiang finally instructed again.

After these people hurried away, Cao Jixiang stood up, slowly walked to the bookshelf, and took out a copy of "The Art of War" from it. I saw him gently stroke the military book that looked quite old with his hand, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Godfather, look at it." Ji Xiang'er will soon use these skills you taught me to do something earth-shattering in this palace! "This "Art of War" was given to him by Cao Rui himself to read, and it is also the only thing related to Cao Rui that Cao Jixiang now holds......

After more than an hour, everything was being arranged in an orderly manner. The generals of the forbidden army began to change, and those generals who did not need to do their duties tonight showed a relaxed smile, and after changing their armor, they left the palace happily together. It's rare to have a night to rest, and they naturally want to relax outside. They don't know how much change will happen to the palace tonight if they leave.

Only one general named Cheng Tengfei frowned slightly after coldly looking at today's sudden shift change, and then took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, called a personal soldier to him and explained his words to him.

After receiving the order, the pro-soldier also left when the big guys left the palace together. But after he left, he went straight to the east of the city......

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Today's third update。。。。。

Anyway, I was going to buy a mechanical keyboard code word today, but the money was spent to pay tribute to Mr. Jin Yong。。。。。。