(Recommended reading: In mid-July, the Wanli Emperor, who was sick in bed, issued a holy decree ordering the new army stationed outside the city to go to Shanhaiguan for training, and not to return without the holy decree.

This incident caused a small commotion in the officialdom of the capital, which was already turbulent, and the new army was called the royal forbidden army by the outside world, but suddenly it was transferred to Shanhaiguan by Emperor Wanli, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

However, the officials in the capital soon realized that the Wanli Emperor's move was related to the crown prince, and ruled out a possible danger on the way to the throne for the prince.

Emperor Wanli trusts Li Hongyu, but Li Hongyu is also very close to Princess Shouning and Ran Xingrang, especially with Ran Xingrang, which has to make Emperor Wanli feel a little jealous of this, after all, this matter is related to who belongs to the Ming Emperor, and he can't take the slightest risk now.

Besides, the new army should not have appeared near the capital in the first place, and it is nothing in normal times, but now that it is an extraordinary period, it is really not suitable to station a military force outside the capital that does not belong to the Beijing army system, so it is normal to be transferred.

Li Hongyu was not surprised by this matter, if he was the Wanli Emperor, he would definitely transfer the new army away, who let him get closer to Princess Shouning's mansion and Princess Shouning is the sister of King Fu, so there is a hidden danger in the handover of imperial power.

Therefore, Li Hongyu did not take the matter of the transfer of the new army to heart, so that he would not receive the attention of all forces in the capital, but would also be at ease.

The only thing that Li Hongyu couldn't figure out was whether Emperor Wanli transferred the new army out of his own idea this time, or whether someone had some rumors in his ear that made Emperor Wanli make this decision.

It is somewhat surprising to say that Li Hongyu, who was the champion and the first, now has limited influence among the civil officials because of his shallow qualifications, but because of his two great victories in Liaodong, he has a lot of prestige among the military attachés.

In particular, the large number of Jurchen prisoners of war captured in the second battle of Tieling made the nobles of the capital even more impressive, and those prisoners were genuine and could not cheat, showing Li Hongyu's outstanding military talent, which also made the burly middle-aged man with a national character face very jealous of him.

Now that the new army has been transferred away and he can't command the new army, his influence in the struggle for the throne between the crown prince and King Fu has plummeted, and he has virtually escaped from the whirlpool of right and wrong in the struggle for imperial power in the capital.

In fact, Li Hongyu does not want to get too involved in the battle for the throne between the crown prince and King Fu, the officialdom pays attention to seniority, and the size of the right to speak in the officialdom is closely related to whether the qualifications are profound, and his officialdom is shallow, so this kind of major event is not his turn to speak, and if he forcibly comes out, it will only break the rules of officialdom.

Li Hongyu is Zhu Youxiao's teacher, and there seems to be no reason not to support the prince, so in the eyes of most people, he has already been classified into the prince's camp.

The reason why it is most people is because Li Hongyu has a close relationship with Princess Shouning's Mansion, which makes some people think that he has the possibility of taking refuge in King Fu.

This is also an important reason for Emperor Wanli to transfer the new army, and Emperor Wanli did not do this against Li Hongyu, but to remove all the potential obstacles that hindered the crown prince's accession to the throne.

At night, Li House.

"Brother Li, there have been rumors in officialdom recently that you have secretly taken refuge in King Fu, on the condition that King Fu promises to let you serve as the first assistant of the cabinet in the future."

In the study, Zhao Xin frowned slightly and said to Li Hongyu, who was leaning over the desk to practice calligraphy, and his words seemed a little worried, the so-called no wind and no waves, which means that someone is secretly spreading rumors to deal with Li Hongyu.

"The wind and rain are coming, the wind is full of buildings, and their mouths are growing on others, if they want to stir up something wrong, we can't stop it at all, it's better to let it be."

Li Hongyu knew that Zhao Xin was worried about him, so he splashed ink on the paper in front of him, and said with a disapproving smile, those rumors on the market were made by political enemies in the officialdom.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, officialdom factions were rampant, and Li Hongyu naturally could not avoid being labeled as a faction if he stepped into the official career, just as Zhao Xin was regarded as a member of the Qi Party, he was regarded as the camp of the Chu Party, and he was a rising star of the Chu Party, and he would naturally be attacked by other factions in the imperial court.

"I'm worried that this will be bad for the crown prince!" Zhao Xin saw Li Hongyu's disapproving look, and couldn't help but remind with concern.

She knew that Li Hongyu supported the crown prince, and the transfer of the new army was obviously more powerful to King Fu, so that the prince lost a military force that he could rely on, and it was still an elite army.

Zhao Xin is not worried about the rumors about Li Hongyu on the market, the relationship between Li Hongyu and Zhu Youxiao is not something that ordinary people can easily provoke, she is worried that after the new army is transferred, the prince will lose an important military force to support him in the capital, and once the Beijing army and the pro-army change, the consequences will be unpredictable.

"It's a big deal to lead the army into the city at that time!" Seeing that Zhao Xin's words were full of worry, Li Hongyu smiled and put down the wolf pen in his hand, and said to Zhao Xin, "Come, see how well I write these two characters." ”

"King Qin?" Zhao Xin was stunned, then smiled helplessly, and walked towards Li Hongyu to check the writing, in her opinion, King Qin's move can be described as a next step, which means that the situation in the capital has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible.

"Don't be shocked by honor and disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, looking at the sky and clouds. After seeing the content of the two words on the table, Zhao Xin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Hongyu can now have such an open-minded state of mind, which means that he is confident about the situation in the capital.

"Brother Li, the emperor has an imperial order, unless the holy decree comes, the new army is not allowed to leave Shanhaiguan, if you want the new army to be the king, it will be against the emperor's imperial order, and it will inevitably be criticized in the future."

Zhao Xin is now in a hurry where is he in the mood to discuss Li Hongyu's two words, and after a deep groan, he looked at him with a serious expression and said.

After the death of the Wanli Emperor, during the period before the new emperor ascended the throne, there was no holy decree issued by the Ming Dynasty, and neither the Fu King nor the crown prince issued a holy decree, but called it "Jun Decree".

This means that once Li Hongyu transfers a new army to King Qinwang in Beijing after the death of Emperor Wanli, then he will first violate this holy decree of Emperor Wanli, and he will definitely become the target of attack by people with intentions in the future, and his reputation will also be damaged.

"Brother Zhao, don't you think there is something strange in the emperor's decree to transfer him from the new army?" Li Hongyu saw Zhao Xin's solemn look, so he smiled and asked.

"Strange?" Zhao Xin's eyes suddenly appeared stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't figure out the meaning of Li Hongyu's words for a while, in her opinion, there was nothing strange about Emperor Wanli's holy decree.

"Brother Zhao, the emperor transferred the new army to Shanhaiguan for training, as long as the return date is not said, then the new army will stay there, but the emperor pointed out on the holy decree that he can only return to the camp after receiving the holy decree, doesn't Brother Zhao think this is a bit redundant?" Seeing that Zhao Xin didn't understand the meaning of what he said, Li Hongyu smiled slightly and reminded him.

"This ......" Zhao Xin's willow eyebrows frowned, and his eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Hongyu with some surprise, "Could it be that the emperor already has a holy decree to let the new army return to the camp?" ”

In the eyes of the outside world, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Wanli's holy decree, and the reason why he added the sentence that he can only return to the camp after receiving the holy decree is to prevent any changes in the new army.

However, after Li Hongyu's awakening, Zhao Xin realized that Emperor Wanli may have a deep meaning in doing this, as Li Hongyu said, adding that sentence seems to be redundant, with the strength of Emperor Wanli, there is no need to do this.

Zhao Xin is gifted and intelligent, and if he starts to consider the problem from that somewhat redundant sentence, he can quickly think that the holy decree of the Wanli Emperor has another meaning, that is, once the new army receives the holy decree of transferring troops, it will rush to the capital immediately!

"The emperor is wise and wise, and naturally knows that the new army is a double-edged sword, which can not only help King Fu seize the throne but also assist the crown prince to ascend the throne, how can he abandon the new army?"

Li Hongyu smiled and said to Zhao Xin, "If this is really the case, then the emperor's trick of cultivating the plank road is really high, and when people think that the new army has become an outcast, it has become a killer weapon in the hands of the emperor." ”

"Not only that, but the emperor's move has also cut off your connection with the new army, so that he can calmly deal with the situation in the capital and bypass you to mobilize the new army." Zhao Xin nodded thoughtfully, I have to say that Emperor Wanli played a good move, making it difficult for the outside world to guess his intentions.

"But if the emperor does this, who will he hand over the holy decree of troop transfer?" Subsequently, Zhao Xin thought of a key question and couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu suspiciously.

By the time it was time to mobilize the new army, the Wanli Emperor would definitely have died, which required the Wanli Emperor to find a reliable and stable person in the court to preserve this holy decree, and go to Shanhaiguan to mobilize the new army at a critical moment.

"It's hard to guess, this matter is related to the ownership of the Ming Dynasty's imperial power, and the emperor definitely doesn't want outsiders to know about it, so he will definitely choose someone unexpected by the outside world to do this."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and told Zhao Xin his opinion on this matter, "In my opinion, the emperor may choose someone who is pro-army to preserve the holy decree, and the pro-army has served the emperor for generations and has received a lot of favor from the emperor, so many people are loyal to the emperor and are the most suitable for this kind of big thing." ”

"The pro-army is in charge of the palace ban, and he knows everything about the wind and grass in the palace, and once he finds out that the situation in the palace has a special ability, he can mobilize the new army to protect the prince in time!" Zhao Xin nodded again and again, thinking that Li Hongyu's analysis was reasonable, and compared with the courtiers, he was naturally pro-army and more worthy of the trust of Emperor Wanli.

"At that time, the capital must have reached the brink of bloodshed, and the nobles who support King Fu and the crown prince will definitely fight for the imperial power."

Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh, he looked very helpless in his words, he didn't want King Fu and the crown prince to meet each other, otherwise the contradiction between the two sides would not be able to be reconciled at that time.

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