Just when Zhu Hai and Xia Wanchun were running for the plan of the praying mantis to catch cicadas, another person in Beijing also sensed that something was wrong, and this person was Tong Yangjia.

Tong Yangjia was born in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, that is, in 1599 AD, and is exactly sixty-five years old this year. If it is an ordinary person, he has already been recuperating in his life when he reaches the age of sixtieth, but Tong Yangjia has been haunted in his heart because he can't be the first assistant.

According to the time when he started with Zhu Hongsan, Tong Yangjia should be the second, Ma Mingyuan was the first to follow Zhu Hongsan, which is no problem, but why did Ma Jiyuan, who joined the company the latest, rank second? It was only in Hengyang that Feng Ziyong made up his mind to follow Zhu Hongsan to the end, so it should be Tong Yangjia who took over the power after Ma Mingyuan's resignation.

But after Ma Mingyuan finished, it was Ma Jiyuan, and after Ma Jiyuan finished, it was Ma Mingyuan again, and finally got Ma Mingyuan again, but he didn't expect it to be Feng Ziyong, which made Tong Yangjia, who thought he had Zhang Liang's talent, completely unacceptable, so Tong Yangjia had to seize every opportunity to take the position.

In December, Ma Rufeng began to lay out the things for the Shangyuan Festival, although Ma Rufeng felt that he was very secretive, but he could hide the pervasive Jinyi Guard. The position of the Xishan General Army is critical, and when Ma Rufeng adjusted his generals, Jinyiwei had already received the news, and Qian Lide, as the commander of Jinyiwei, immediately felt that something was wrong.

On December 28th, there are still two days to celebrate the New Year, and on this night, the mansion of Qi Guo is lit up, because the younger generation of Tong Ge is going to come to pay New Year's greetings to the elders tonight.

Although the people in Tong's Mansion were overjoyed, in a small building in the depths of the Guogong Mansion, Tong Yangjia and a few juniors did not have the heart to celebrate the New Year, and they were all sad.

In addition to Tong Yangjia, who was sitting in the middle, there were four people in the room, including Zhu Huai, Qian Lide, Tong Tuchang, and Tong Tulai, the king of Chu. Since Tong Tulai was put into Tong Yangjia's account, he immediately became the core figure of Tong Yangjia's group, after all, Tong Yangjia needs bureaucrats with officialdom experience too much.

Just now, Qian Lide finished talking about the various changes in Beijing in the past ten days, and the people in the house were not new to officialdom, so they immediately felt that something was wrong.

Tong Tulai had the lowest position among these people, so he said first: "Uncle, it seems that King Qin is going to fight hard, what should we do?" ”

Tong Yangjia didn't speak, Tong Tuchang said on the side: "Now it's King Qin who wants to deal with the crown prince, what does it have to do with us?" Wouldn't it be nice for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? ”

Zhu Huai, the king of Chu, still looked like a big fat man, and said with a smile after listening to Tong Tuchang: "Uncle is right, the second and the eldest want to fight to the death, so won't the father and the emperor become the prince when he comes back?" Hahaha, great! ”

Tong Tulai just joined the core of the group, and when he heard Zhu Huai say this, he hurriedly held his stinky feet on the side: "What the prince said is very right, when the prince ascends to the throne, the uncle will be the first assistant, and the eldest brother will be the secretary of the organization department!" ”

Zhu Huai listened to what Tong Tulai said, and said with a smile: "Master Tong can't forget himself, just be a secretary of the military department!" Zhu Huai can call Tong Tuchang his uncle, but Tong Tulai doesn't have this treatment, Tong Tulai heard Zhu Huai say this, and quickly stood up and thanked him.

Tong Yangjia saw that his juniors were full of ugliness, and snorted: "Hmph, you think too easily, the prince and the king of Qin are not easy to match, do you still think that the king of Qin has no arrangement in Shenyang?" ”

Zhu Huai's ability is far inferior to his two elder brothers, and when he heard Tong Yangjia say this, he was stunned and asked, "Grandpa, is the second child so bold that he dares to be unfavorable to his father?" ”

Tong Yangjia didn't speak, Tong Tuchang said on the side: "Lord Wang, the governor of the Northeast is now Zhao Guodong, according to the relationship between the King of Qin and him, Zhao Guodong must be on the side of the King of Qin, and the minister estimates that Zhao Guodong is likely to hold His Majesty hostage, and then use His Majesty's name to issue a holy decree to abolish the crown prince, and then the King of Qin will naturally be able to ascend the throne!" ”

Zhu Huai's rights all come from his Lao Tzu, and now he hears that Lao Tzu is going to be unlucky, and the second child who is the least suitable for him is going to take the position, Zhu Huai can't help but ask anxiously: "Grandpa, what can I do about this?" The second son must not let go of this king! Grandpa, you're talking! ”

Tong Yangjia opened his mouth at this time and said: "King Qin is still too young, His Majesty the Emperor has not seen any scenes in the battle for many years, how can there be no backhand in the infantry yamen?" So let's just sit and watch the show! The old man estimates that the crown prince and the king of Qin will be unlucky in the end, and this is the opportunity for you to ascend the throne, King Chu! ”

Qian Lide was in charge of Jinyiwei, and when he heard Tong Yangjia say this, he asked, "What does my father-in-law mean?" ”

"Jinyiwei's side, you need to control the news, and you must not let the emperor know the news of Beijing a day earlier, but you still have to ensure the safety of the emperor? Only when the emperor is alive can we achieve the greatest benefits! And the safety here in Beijing is going to be up to the King of Chu! ”

Zhu Huai didn't expect that he had his own business, and hurriedly asked, "Grandpa has any orders, please say!" ”

"What we need to do is to survive to the end, but in order to prevent the King of Qin and the crown prince from affecting us when they make a move, we have to ask the King of Chu to go to the King of Jianning for help!"

Since Li Chengdong's death, the title of the king of Jianning County has been given to Li Yuanyin, and Li Yuanyin has become the king of the county and cannot lead troops to fight, but there are still 300 soldiers in the palace of Jianning County. These 300 people are not ordinary soldiers, these guys have followed Li Chengdong for many years, and they are all first-class good hands, and against this kind of security force in command of the Yamen by the infantry, 300 people can definitely beat 1,000 people.

Tong Yangjia's purpose is obvious, that is, to stay out of the dispute between the prince and the king of Qin, as long as the emperor comes back, he will definitely be able to clean up the prince and the king of Qin, and the king of Chu only needs to protect himself!

There was a dark tide surging in the city of Beijing, and all the forces began to prepare separately, just waiting for the arrival of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

At the beginning of the new year, a hundred officials entered the palace to worship, and the prince received a hundred officials as the emperor on behalf of the prince, and the three brothers were still joking with each other when they met, and outsiders couldn't see that these three people were already on the same page.

On the afternoon of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the crown prince sent an official letter from the East Palace, asking the cabinet and the King of Qin to go to the East Palace on the morning of the 14th. It's nothing, it's just that in two days there will be the annual Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival, and the prince wants to ask about the preparations for the Lantern Festival and the security situation in the capital during the Lantern Festival, after all, the emperor is not at home now, and if something happens to the group of deaths and injuries, everyone is not good-looking.

This official document is nothing between the lines, and in previous years, the emperor would also ask the cabinet about the situation before the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, but this year the emperor was not at home and was replaced by the crown prince.

But when the official document arrived at the King of Qin, it was different, the King of Qin was ready to launch a mutiny on the 15th, and now what would the prince do if he wanted to summon himself into the palace?

But at this time, there was no one around Zhu Jiang, Ma Rufeng and Jiang Pengju wanted to coordinate weapons, Jin Daoming went to organize his own soldiers, and Zhu Jiang did not have a confidant around him. Zhu Jiang thought for a while and realized that there was another one, that is, his uncle Ma Shaoguang.

Ma Shaoguang was resting at home, and Zhu Jiang couldn't care about anything else, so he asked his soldiers to bring their own posts to take Ma Shaoguang over.

Ma Shaoguang didn't know what King Qin was looking for himself in such a hurry, and when he saw Queen Qin, Ma Shaoguang asked, "King Qin, I don't know what to do with your ministers at this time?" ”

Zhu Jiang hurriedly took out the prince's official document and handed it to Ma Shaoguang to watch, Ma Shaoguang glanced at it and said angrily: "King Qin, isn't this an ordinary official document?" Just for such a thing, the general came to him so late? ”

Zhu Jiang saw that Ma Shaoguang was unhappy and remembered the matter of fifteen, he didn't know, Zhu Jiang was a little difficult in his heart at this time, whether he would tell him the truth or not?

Zhu Jiang thought about it for a long time and decided to say it, because Ma Shaoguang also wanted to know about it afterwards, so it was better to say it now.

Zhu Jiangsi Ai Ai said that he and Ma Rufeng were preparing to launch a mutiny at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, execute the crown prince and then ascend the throne himself.

Ma Shaoguang was scared to death when he heard it, and he didn't know such a big thing.

"King Qin, you must not do such a rebellious thing, even if you can succeed, but what should you do next? This is a rebellion, the armies all over the country will never obey you, the prince, you will only give the excuse of those army leaders to raise troops! Lord, do you want to watch the world and then go into chaos? ”

Zhu Jiang heard Ma Shaoguang say this and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, now everything is over, the third uncle and they have already begun to prepare, the soldiers and weapons have been transported to Dongcheng, just waiting for the time to launch!" ”

Ma Shaoguang hid it from himself when he heard about it, and scolded angrily: "Ma Rufeng, this guy doesn't have a long brain, the emperor is outside, he actually wants to play Xuanwumen, and when the time comes, all you need is a holy decree from the emperor, and all your preparations will be in vain!" King Qin, listen to your uncle's words, take advantage of the fact that there is no start now, hurry up and stop! ”

"Uncle, it's too late now, the messenger sent by my nephew to Guanwai has been out for ten days, and it is estimated that he has arrived in Zhao Guodong's mansion at this time, just wait for the fifteenth day of the first month to launch Shenyang and the capital together."

Ma Shaoguang heard Zhu Jiang say this, and knew that the matter was irreparable, Ma Shaoguang sat on the chair for a long time and was speechless.

Ma Shaoguang now knows that he is completely involved in this mutiny, even if he doesn't know, but Ma Rufeng is his younger brother, and he can't escape after the matter is revealed. Thinking of this, Ma Shaoguang couldn't help but grit his teeth in his heart: Since this is the case, let's do it, Li Shimin was able to win in all unfavorable situations back then, and King Qin's side did not have no chance of winning.

Ma Shaoguang sharply calculated the gains and losses in his heart, and asked, "King Qin, how did you arrange it?" ”

Zhu Jiang was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shaoguang say this, it seemed that Ma Shaoguang was ready to help him, and Zhu Jiang hurriedly told him in detail about his arrangements in Shenyang and the capital.

Ma Shaoguang nodded after listening to Zhu Jiang's arrangement, it was almost the same, at least he knew that he would ensure the emperor's life, and if the emperor died, it would be difficult.

Ma Shaoguang thought for a while and said: "There is another point, that is, to arrange manpower on the traffic arteries outside the city, we must prevent the news from getting out of Beijing, and the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us!" ”