For a feudal dynasty, the emperor's illness is a major event at any time, and if he is not careful, it may cause turmoil in the political situation of the court, so the emperor's illness should be listed as a top secret, without the permission of the emperor himself, if anyone dares to disclose it privately, I am afraid that he will be charged with a crime of conspiracy.

It's okay to hide it from others, but it's wrong to hide the prince, the prince is the heir to the throne, in case something happens to the emperor, he will immediately support the prince to ascend the throne, but now no one dares to tell the emperor the truth about his illness, in case the prince comes over, how about causing the emperor's misunderstanding?

The four people who accompanied the emperor, Wang Shao and Feng Deyi's official positions are still smaller, and I think it is Yuan Yan and Liu Shu who can really decide this matter, Yuan Yan is an old minister, the former military department Shangshu, and the current Shangshu right servant, although Liu Shu is young, but he is the current military department Shangshu, and he is a concubine of the dynasty, and he has won the trust of the emperor, but the two have different opinions, Liu Shu's intention must be notified to the prince immediately, so that the prince can bring hundreds of officials to Renshou Palace to see the driver, to prevent the emperor from having a case, but Yuan Yan advocates that Lao Cheng is serious, it is better to block the news first, Wait a few days and tell the emperor before you talk about it.

After a fierce dispute, in the end it was Yuan Yan who won the dispute, although Liu Shu is the imperial prince, but far younger than Yuan Yan, Yuan Yan has always been Liu Shu's official, Liu Shu was the military department when Yuan Yan was the military secretary, Liu Shu was the military department of the Shangshu, when Liu Shu was the military department of the Shangshu, Yuan Yan was the right servant of the Shangshu, and finally Liu Shu agreed to Yuan Yan's proposal, after a few days, after the emperor's condition stabilized, he asked the emperor, after all, it was related to the succession. It's better to be steady.

It's just that when Yuan Yan and Liu Shu were arguing, they didn't expect that the emperor's illness had already spread, and their concealment had no effect at all. On the contrary, the capital began to fluctuate in the undercurrent.

I saw that when I learned of my father's illness, Yang Yong didn't show it, and he didn't even tell his wife and concubines, he still went to Shangshu Province every day to work as usual, and returned to the East Palace after reviewing all kinds of twists and turns.

There are fast horses in the capital every day to contact Renshou Palace, and some of the pieces that need to be decided by the emperor are sent to Renshou Palace for the emperor to see and review, but after Yang Yong got the emperor's fall injury, there is no Renshou Palace's recital back, and there are many ministers who go to Renshou Palace to see the emperor, but all the ministers who want to see the emperor can only wait in a few palaces in Renshou Palace for officials to rest and stay.

The capital was divided into three parts. The largest piece is, of course, the forbidden army system composed of the twelve guards, the twelve guards are divided into left and right guards, left and right military guards, left and right martial marquis, left and right leaders, left and right supervisors, and left and right leaders. Each Janissary has its own duties. There is a general. There are two generals, and there is a hussar house and a chariot house under the general......

These 12 guards are divided into internal guards and external guards. The officers and men who serve as internal guards are collectively referred to as the internal army, and the officers and men who serve as external guards are collectively referred to as the outer army, with 1,000 internal troops and 4,000 foreign troops per guard, with few internal troops and many foreign troops. Now the twelve guards were all taken to Renshou Palace by the emperor. The rest of the capital was the Twelve Guards Foreign Army, a total of 48,000 people.

The second major force is the various princely families. There are hundreds of thousands of servants from various wealthy families in the capital, and among these people, at least tens of thousands of people have military literacy.

The third major force is the city defense army of each gate of the capital, as well as the five capitals under Jingzhao Yin Guo Yan, each side has three gates, and the west gate has five gates, and the people on duty at the city gate add up to 15,000 people, but their strength cannot be compared with the sum of the various princely families, and can only rank third.

Yang Yong is the crown prince, once the emperor dies, he can immediately take over the power of the Twelve Wei Forbidden Army, among the twelve Wei generals, at least five Wei generals have a close relationship with the East Palace, Yang Shuang, Yuan, He Ruobi, Du Yan, Yuan Zhou are all old with the East Palace, the rest of the Wei generals except for the left Wuhou general Yu Wenshu, the right Wu Wei general Yu Wenmi and the King of Jin are friendly, the rest of the Wei generals are neutral, if the emperor dies, unless they have the courage to rebel, otherwise they must obey Yang Yong's orders, then Yang Yong gave an order, Forty thousand of the most elite Praetorian Guards can be captured.

At present, the strength of the East Palace seems to be weak, with the protection of the twelve forbidden armies, but it is as stable as Mount Tai, as for the second major force, the princely family is headed by the Shenguo Mansion, the original Shenguo Duke Li Mu has died, and the successor to the title of Shenguo Duke is Li Mudi's youngest son Li Hun.

Li Hun is not only good friends with the East Palace, but also his nephew Li Min's father Li Chong served under Yang Yong, when Li Chong was defeated by the Turks, thanks to Yang Yong to save his life, if the Li family will do something sorry for the prince, I am afraid no one will believe it, not to mention that Yang Yong relies on the development of textile factories over the years, the Agricultural College is firmly linked to the interests of various families, with the guarantee of interests, most of the families will invest in the prince.

What reassures Yang Yong is that Guo Yandi's 5,000 city guards are not at ease, but Guo Yan is careful and knows how to meet them, Yang Yong has been trying to avoid suspicion in recent years, but it is not easy to take Guo Yan, and now Guo Yandi's 5,000 city guards have become the only variable.

The combat effectiveness of the five thousand city guards is nothing, but the city guards are in charge of the security of the capital, if they join forces with Yuwenshu and Yuwenbi, it is enough to set off a storm in the capital, although Yang Yong is sure to let the remaining ten Praetorian Guards obey the order, but he is not allowed to have one or two people in the middle to be bought.

The commander of the dark guard has made Yuan Hao have entered Beijing, Sun Qing has also returned, I see that with the arrival of Yuan Hao, the strength of the dark guard in the capital has been strengthened, Yang Yong in line with the principle that the enemy does not move and I do not move, only ordered the dark guard to strengthen the surveillance, the East Palace has to deal with a large amount of information every day, compared with usual, the East Palace has significantly more people in and out.

Regarding the news that the emperor was already ill and might die within a month or two, Yang Yong had already revealed it to Zhang Qiu Taiyi, Fang Yanqian, and Li Gang, and these three people often discussed the situation that the East Palace would deal with with Yuan Hao and others.

The capital is still calm, there is no feeling that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, as long as there is no accident, within two months, Yang Yong will ascend the throne as the emperor There is no doubt.

It's just that Yang Yong still doesn't dare to be careless, the first thing he does every time he returns to the East Palace is to analyze the various pieces of information he received with Yuan Hao and several strategists in the East Palace, on this day, as soon as Yang Yong returns to the palace, he still immediately walks into the place where Yuan Hao and others are in Chongwen Palace, and when he sees Zhang Qiu Taiyi and others are there, he asks with a smile: "What news is there today?" ”

With a snap, Yuan Hao stood up: "Your Highness, there is a message from the humble position, Xu Cheng has confirmed that it was not captured by the Murong Mansion, and there is obviously a third party who has obtained the news of the emperor's physical condition." ”

Yuan Hao has been the leader of the Dark Guards for nearly 20 years, although he has great power, but he can only be in the dark, like a brocade at night, Yang Yong has promised him, after ascending the throne, a part of the Dark Guards will turn the darkness into light and allow him to become an official official of the court, which makes Yuan Hao extremely excited, and after staying in the dark for 20 years, he can finally stand in the sun again, these days, it is almost day and night to do things.

In the past few years, for Murong Yan who appeared next to Yang Guang, the dark clothes guard had already noticed it, and soon found out the origin of Murong Yan, for the Murong Mansion, of course the dark clothes guard would not give up monitoring, if it weren't for the fact that the power of Murong Mansion was too small to make such a big wave, Yang Yong would probably suspect that Murong Mansion was the black hand.

"Is there any news from that side?" Since Yuan Hao said that it could be confirmed that it was not Murong Mansion's attack, Yang Yong did not ask why he confirmed it, and trusted Yuan Hao's conclusion. Yuan Hao shook his head: "Your Highness, not yet, however, Murong Mansion sent a total of five horsemen out of Beijing, two horses are running to the south of the Yangtze River, two horses are running to the northwest, and one is running to the northeast, these three directions, I guess that the direction of Jiangnan is probably to report to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the northwest direction and the northeast direction are the places where Murong Sanzang and Murong Jianzhong are officials, and Murong Qi Li hates His Royal Highness to the bone, I am afraid that he will be desperate to launch." ”

Lu Mulin proposed: "Your Highness, do you want to hunt down the messenger sent by the Murong family?" ”

Yang Yong shook his head: "Forget it, their messenger has been off for a long time, except for using carrier pigeons to send orders, they can't be intercepted at all, these carrier pigeons are precious, they can't be used on this, even if they kill the messenger of the Murong family, these cows, snakes, ghosts and gods will eventually jump out of my opinion, he will come if he wants to come." ”

For the Murong family, Yang Yong really didn't look at it, not to mention the 40,000 Praetorian Guards, as long as half of the family fell to the side of the East Palace, Yang Yong didn't have to worry that the Murong Mansion would shake his position.

"Guo Yan, Yu Wenshu, and Yu Wenmi, can there be any movement?" Yang Yong couldn't help but ask.

If there is any movement, Yuan Hao is afraid that he will report it as soon as possible, Yuan Hao shook his head: "Back to the prince, these three people are normal, Guo Yan stays in Jingzhao Yin Yamen every day, and Yu Wenshu and Yu Wenmi are going back to their homes except for the military camp." ”

"It's strange, didn't these three people get the news that the emperor is sick?" Yang Yong asked suspiciously.

Fang Yanqian stroked his beard under his chin and suggested: "Your Highness, since there has been no news from Renshou Palace for a long time, it is better for the East Palace to release the news of the emperor's illness." ”