Chapter 44: Hesitation (I)

I didn't expect Su Zirong to be so resolute. ’

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhang Qi returned to the Privy Council.

Across several courtyards, looking at the green tiles on the main hall under the door of the Chinese book.

Recalling the last sudden change during today's court meeting, I can't help but be secretly frightened.

The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven in the end, and he already understands the principle of divide and rule at a young age. It's a pity that he chose the wrong target and calculated it on Su Song's head.

Maybe this can't be wrong, Su Song has always been the most respectful one to the Son of Heaven among the ministers. After reporting to the Queen Mother, he didn't forget to say it to the Son of Heaven again, and sometimes he would explain a few more words.

Zhang Qi once thought about learning from him, but after thinking about what the Queen Mother would think, he had to stop. The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and the two mansions were in charge, and only Su Song could not care about the mood of the Queen Mother, and the others still had to think more about doing this, what would the Queen Mother think in her heart.

A small official held a thick stack of males. Wen came to Zhang Qi's public hall, "Privy, this is what I want to see this morning." ”

Zhang Qi now has the heart to look more, and waved his hand, "You go down first." ”

Sitting behind the table, stacked up male. Wen blocked Zhang Qi's uncertain face.

Although Su Song and others have a close relationship with Han Gang and are like-minded, his style of acting and style of life are completely different from those of Han Gang and Zhang Dan.

Others saw Su Song visiting Hanfu at night, and today he embarrassed the emperor in the palace, thinking that Su Song was bewitched by Han Gang and became an accomplice.

But in Zhang Qi's opinion, it must have been something that happened in the palace that made Su Song completely give up his plan to stay out. With Su Song's character, it is by no means a mere rhetoric that can be moved, let alone coercion and temptation.

It's just that this change seems to be known only to Su Song, Zhang Dian and Han Gang at the moment. And the Son of Heaven also knew that only those three people knew.

The thoughts have become tongue twisters, and Zhang Qi's head is now a mess. The only thing that can be determined is that the Son of Heaven knows this, so he deliberately chose to test it at the court meeting, and also tried to show favor to Su Song and win Su Song over, but Su Song refused very decisively.

From another point of view, that is to say, Su Song, Zhang Dan, and Han Gang have the means to turn the tables around at any time, and they are not afraid of what the Son of Heaven can do.

Did you get the edict of the Queen Mother? Or are you planning to war?

Zhang Qi couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up and circled around the room. The officials who had been serving in the hall were all driven out of the hall, and he was not afraid that anyone would see the dignified privy envoy so uncomposed, and he would be restless at all.

The feeling of being excluded made Zhang Qi very uncomfortable, which not only meant that Su, Zhang, and Han did not need the support of the privy envoy at all, but even the Son of Heaven did not have the idea of wooing himself as a privy envoy.

Zhang Qi shook his head violently, even if the emperor wooed him, he would never dare to respond.

The edict of the Queen Mother is nothing, as long as you get the national seal, any kind of edict can be written. What's more, without the cooperation of his subordinates, the edict is a dead letter.

The most important thing is to hold the military power, Han Gang and Zhang Dian are the prime ministers, as long as they can control the army, both the military and the political side will be on the opposite side of the Son of Heaven.

With Wang Zhongzheng, Wang Hou and Li Xinzai, even the forbidden middle school is in his hands, as long as the time comes, as soon as the evidence is released to the public, it is just to do what he wants, even if it is abolished, no one can stop it.

Zhang Qi suddenly gritted his teeth, and his cheeks bulged.

Anyone who wants to abolish the Son of Heaven will never think that there are too many supporters around him, but that he will have too little power in his hands.

Su Song, Zhang Tun, and Han Gang don't want the power of the Privy Council, but there are already people in the Privy Council who have taken the lead, so that the people under the Zhongshu Gate don't have to think about themselves anymore.

Zhang Qi stared at the courtyard in the west fiercely, without saying a word, he actually surrendered to the past, there was no wind at all, and he really kept it secret!

Thinking that half of the Privy Council had been pulled away, but he had thrown himself aside, Zhang Qi became even more impetuous.

He tugged hard at the placket, his heart was so panicked that he couldn't even breathe so smoothly.

Not only the colleagues in the west courtyard, but also the owner of the courtyard in the east, which was empty for at least eleven months a year, must have also taken refuge in the Zhongshu Gate early.

I also want to know, if it weren't for Han Gang's strong support, how could he sit in the position of deputy privy envoy with the name of Shen Kuo?

Even if Shen Kuo has been using his strengths in engineering construction to supervise the railway outside Beijing after serving as the privy deputy envoy, how many people do not use the benefit of the privy deputy envoy, and are willing to go to Beijing to eat wind and sand on the construction site, just to have a little more influence on the construction of the railway - as long as he controls a trunk line, the benefits he gets from it are endless.

Wrong! Zhang Qi suddenly stood still, cold sweat was dripping on his head, and his face was even more frightened.

In recent years, the railway has been built longer and longer, and more and more forbidden troops have been allocated to the railway supervision yamen, and up to now, Shen Kuo has at least 50,000 soldiers in his hands.

Although these soldiers and horses are distributed all over the country, after all, the Beijing Division is the center of the world and the hub of the country's railways.

In Kaifeng Mansion alone, there are eleven commanders of the army guarding the safety of the railway, one of whom is cavalry, and the rest are fully equipped horsemen. Due to the perennial training, there are tasks anytime and anywhere, and the combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to those forbidden troops in the Beijing division who conduct drills every two days and one drill every three days.

And these soldiers and horses are not so much listening to Shen Kuo as they are listening to Han Gang. Once Han Gang has a need, as long as he says a word, he can transfer everyone over - this is the biggest problem!

The other forbidden armies could not be mobilized at all without military charms and military orders issued by the Privy Council. But the guards on the railway are completely different, patrolling along the railway is their daily work, and the large-scale movement along the railway is also their daily training, and they do not need to go through the Privy Council at all, let alone stamp the edict of the national seal, as long as the prime minister's words.

Zhang Qi became short of breath.

No wonder Zhang Dian and Han Gang are so confident, and Su Song has no hesitation.

No matter what kind of evidence is in possession, without the support of military power, a qiē is a waste of paper. But with soldiers and horses in hand, it is okay to refer to the deer as a horse.

Zhang Dian and Han Gang have long done everything foolproof, the palace, the city, the city, and the outside of the city are all under the control of the Zhongshu Gate, and the little emperor is not in power, how can he be with the prime ministers who have worked together.

Why isn't it dark yet?

Zhang Qi stomped on the ground with his right foot restlessly, looking at the sky impatiently.

I just ended the court meeting before, there is still an hour before noon, the sun is just right, the sky is bright, it is a good time to go out, but it is not the time to follow Su Song and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to express his heart.

Can't wait.

Like a fire burning the heart of the footboard, Zhang Qi could no longer wait.

The Son of Heaven has clearly expressed his hostility to the prime minister in the palace today, and the three prime ministers will not hesitate for too long.

And there must be someone among the ministers who wants to fight, and if they go too late, maybe when they arrive, the political affairs hall will have already taken care of it, and there will be no more business of their own.

Noon, noon passes!

Zhang Qi tried his best to restrain the fluctuation in his heart and sat back in his place. It's not the right time to go, noon is the most appropriate.

He flipped through the male who was sent up. Wen wants to finish his work before noon.

Suddenly, his hand stopped, and he stared at the transfer in front of him. Text, what's going on?

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Summoning Wang Sunchen back to Beijing to report on his work, there was no problem with this one.

If Zhang Dian and Han Gang really wanted to do something, they would definitely have to take out the most useful chess pieces in their hands, and it would be impossible for the chess game to enter the middle game, and they would still put the rook and horse cannon on one side in place.

But let Li Xin out of Beijing and transfer to Ningxia Road as the deputy chief of soldiers and horses, what happened?

It doesn't make sense.

Kumamoto dropped his pen and put his hand on his chin, meditating.

With Li Xin's identity, although his authority is extremely heavy and his status is also very important, if he wants to transfer him, he must get the permission of the Queen Mother, but he is still nominally in the arrangement of the Western Court of the Fourth Election of Quancao, and the political hall can also make a statement on this.

If it was in normal times, Han Gang arranged his cousin like this, most likely just to make him go to the next level.

If he is not a relative, he is not a nobleman, and the military general will serve as the deputy chief of the soldiers and horses of the road without going out, so if he wants to be promoted to the horizontal class, or even the ranks of the three yamen in charge of the army, he doesn't have to think about it.

Li Xin is still in the ranks of the envoys, if he has been in Beijing all the time, then I don't know how many years it will take to survive to the horizontal class. If you want to be a captain, you can't die until you die.

But when is it now?

Letting out the cousin who led the army to control the forbidden middle and guarded the Xuande Gate out of Beijing, is there any other candidate who is more worthy of Han Gang's trust? Or is it safe enough to ban China, not much more Li Xin, and a lot less Li Xin?

What are you kidding, this is a severed business, you will only be less prepared, and you will not be prepared to do more! One less Li Xin, the chance of success is at least one percent lower.

No matter what Kumamoto thought, Han Gang had no reason to do so.

Even if he had gone mad and had hysteria in his head, he should not have been sick with him.

But Kumamoto saw the male. At the end of the text, Zhang's signature is there, the painting is stamped, and even the seal letter is stamped. It is also in front of Han Gang's signature and seal.

What the hell is going on?

Kumamoto pressed his temples, feeling that if he continued to think about it, he would probably become like the Queen Mother, and he would have to take opioids to stop his headache.

If Li Xin leaves Beijing and Wang Sunsin takes over, there is no need to worry too much about the ban getting out of control. But a careful look at the two appointments shows that Wang Sunchen went to Beijing to report on his work, and did not explicitly take over Li Xin's hand, and Li Xin would not leave Beijing until he took over.

Even if Wang Sunsin was now stationed in Yizhou, the closest to Ganliang Road, he would receive the news of his summons to Beijing within twenty days. But when he arrives in Beijing, it will be nearly two months later. And Li Xin has already arrived at the land of Lingwu.

There is at least a gap of more than a month and nearly two months.

Zhao Long is not in Beijing, there are no Wang Shunchen, Li Xin, and Zhao Long, and Han Gang's henchmen in the army are left, and there are only some envoys and ministers who are not of high grade.

Han Gang is so confident?

It can be said that for at least a month, Han Gang's control of the forbidden army in the city will become blank.

Relying on Wang Hou alone could not support Han Gang's situation in the army at all. And the military generals who can be used in the hands of Zhang Dian are only one Liu Zhongwu.

Once Han Gang's daughter marries Wang Hou's son, Wang Hou must also avoid suspicion. Maybe Han Gang can be pressed down, but if he asks in front of him, how can Wang Hou answer?

Han Gang would never be unwise like this, and Zhang Dian would not be confused like this.

What the hell is going on?

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That's what happened.

Pu Zongmeng closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Han Xianggong's uncle was seriously ill and didn't have much time left. ’

There was a little more smile on his lips, so it made sense.

After a pause, he reopened his eyes and asked his cronies who had brought this important piece of news.

"Where did you hear this, did you confirm it?"

The cronies shook their heads, "It leaked from the cotton shop, but there is no way to confirm it." ”

You don't need to confirm it.

Needless to say, the relationship between Cotton Bank and Han Gang is not known, no one in the capital does not know. If it is indeed news from the cotton shop, at least seven or eight points are true.

And this makes sense, if Li Xin is still serving in Beijing, when the bad news comes from his family, he will have to return to his hometown, but if he is in the border area, then it is natural for the court to win affection. It's only two months before I can come back.

Moreover, Han Gang also transferred Wang Sunchen back.

Wang Sunchen has been outside the territory for many years, and he has long been unruly, except for Han Gang, I am afraid that even the heavenly family does not pay attention to it. I have a prestige in the army, and once I take office in Beijing, I can control all the soldiers and horses in Beijing in a blink of an eye.

Once Wang Sunchen entered Beijing, and Li Xin was taken away and returned to Beijing, then Han Gang suddenly had two more arms. At that time, no one could compete with Han Gang.

As long as Han Gang can stabilize the time for two months and let his cronies arrive in Beijing, then he will win this game of chess completely.

But this cannot be ruled out that Han Gang deliberately released the news to confuse the world. However, as long as Li Xin is indeed leaving Beijing, then it makes no sense for him to release false news.

It's just another thing that makes Pu Zongmeng wonder why Su Song and Zhang Dian would sit back and watch Han Gang act like this.

Once he has the army in Beijing, Han Gang can usurp the throne if he wants. Even if he didn't usurp the throne and became a powerful minister who abolished the Son of Heaven, Su Song and Zhang Dian had to stand aside.

Su Song doesn't care, after this incident at today's court meeting, he has to write a recital to invite the old man when he goes back - although the Queen Mother will definitely not approve it, and she can't approve it. But Su Song has no intention of going to court, which is already undoubted.

But Zhang Dun is not yet old, as long as he is willing, it is not impossible to sit as prime minister for more than ten years. With Zhang Dan's emphasis on power, how could he sit back and watch Han Gang control the soldiers and horses of the Beijing division in his own hands?

Wang Zhongzheng and Han Gang have been friends for many years, Wang Hou is Han Gang's in-law, the Shenji Battalion was brought out by Han Gang's cousin, and Han Gang even took the Beijing Camp Forbidden Army to resist the Liao people in Hedong. When Li Xin comes back, there will be one more Wang Shunchen, will Zhang Dian still have a place to stay? Relying on only one Liu Zhongwu? Han Gang and Liu Zhongwu are not without friendship.

Shouldn't Zhang Duan be so confused about making wedding clothes for others?

Pu Zongmeng shook his head, as long as this matter couldn't be figured out, he couldn't make a rash decision.

It is a matter of net worth and life, even if you want to gamble, you must also see the dealer and the opponent clearly in making a conclusion.

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"I'm sure a lot of people will be surprised, right?"

Zhang Dian chuckled and said to Han Gang.

If you don't know the inside story, you can't imagine what it will be, and even if you know a little bit of the inside story, you will be misled.

Right now, in this world, only three people, including Su Song, can fully understand the plan this time.

"That's their business." Han Gang didn't smile, "The Queen Mother's condition can still be maintained, but opimen can't be used more, once addicted, it will be irreparable." ”

Zhang Dian restrained his smile.

Han Gang and the Compendium of Materia Medica, which he leads, have been experimenting with opium made from opium poppy for many years. The conclusions drawn are also scary.

Other poisons poison people, but opioids poison people to death. It looks similar, but in fact, the process is very different.

But this medicine has an immediate pain-relieving effect, and as far as Zhang Dian knows, Han Gang also plans to ask the Taiyi Bureau to purify opium and find a more effective pain-relieving prescription for use in the army.

But even if it wasn't mentioned. The refined opium will inevitably cause results that they do not want to see if it is used on the weak queen mother for a long time.

"It won't be long." Zhang Dian said in a low voice, "Su Zirong is doing so happily today, it won't be too long." ”