Chapter 1097: The Battle for the Emperor
Wen Jifu came back from the Western Regions, Wen Xianggong's family was reunited, and it was the New Year's Day of the tenth year of Zhiping, what a good day, if it wasn't for the emperor's illness, Wen Xianggong would definitely celebrate it, after all, at his age, although he was in good health, he couldn't say when it would be gone.
There is no way, the passing year is unfavorable, they can only get together as a family and have a reunion dinner, although it is not as lively as imagined, but it is better to be close relatives, and the joy of family is also excellent.
When he was full of wine and food, Lao Wen went to the study, and Wen Jifu obediently followed behind his father.
At that time, he encouraged the Khitans to go west, took the opportunity to destroy Seljuk, swept away Eagle Fort, and marched to Tianzhu.
The change is imminent, and he also returned to the capital.
The father and son sat down in the study, and Lao Wen didn't wait for his son to speak, he directly took out a handwritten message, stuffed it to Wen Jifu, and motioned him to take a closer look.
Wen Jifu took it in his hand and looked at it carefully three times, his face was cloudy, and finally Wen Jifu put down his handwritten instructions and coughed lightly.
"Dad, what are you going to do?"
Wen Yanbo snorted lightly, "The country can't be without a king for a day, what else can I do!" ”
"Daddy!"
Wen Jifu stood up in shock, "Don't make mistakes, otherwise our family will die!" ”
Wen Yanbo was unmoved, "Now that the Son of Heaven is seriously ill, the Queen Mother wants to take care of the emperor, that is a matter of course, it is justified, and Wang Ningan can't stop it...... But don't worry, my father won't make an easy move, I have to wait, wait one more day, Wang Ning'an's righteous reputation will lose a little, and when the father wins, he will lead the political meeting and strike a fatal blow! ”
Lao Wen got up and stood with his hands in his hands, full of fighting spirit.
"How many years! Wang Ningan bullied the old man several times and treated the old man as a puppet, this time the old man's chance to take revenge has come, I must let him suffer, be unlucky, and fall! Avenge all these years of humiliation! ”
The more he spoke, the more energetic he became, but Wen Jifu's face became darker and darker, and his hands trembled.
"My dear father! If you do this, your son will have to cut off the father-son relationship with you immediately! Wen and Fu Zhengse.
"What?" Lao Wen jumped up, "You're crazy! What nonsense! Your dad is old, and it's not for you! ”
"You're dying early for us!"
Wen Jifu didn't care about anything, he reached out and pulled his father aside.
"Dad, do you know how powerful Your Majesty is?"
Wen Yanbo was impatient, "You kid can say whatever you want to say, don't go around in circles with me, your father eats more salt than you eat, and he can't scare me!" ”
Wen Jifu had to take a deep breath and try to stabilize his mind.
"Dad, the child has to say, over the years, His Majesty has personally led the troops, led the team to charge, attacked everything, and was invincible! Sweep the Khitan, Seljuk, Tianzhu! In the army, more than seventy percent of the soldiers are willing to die for Your Majesty! Who can afford to provoke this force! ”
Lao Wen is familiar with officialdom, familiar with the business circle, understands financial forces, and even knows the power of the New Deal Society, but there is only one circle that can't be entered, that is, the army, and he knows the least about the situation in the army, "Don't talk nonsense, although my Great Song Dynasty has always suppressed martial artists, but the soldiers will be there, many martial artists only recognize their bosses, not the emperor, I don't believe that Your Majesty has so much prestige, he has only led the army for a few years, are you a three-year-old child as a father?" ”
Wen Jifu's head was sweating, fortunately he was back, otherwise once his father misjudged, he would really be dead.
"Dad, listen to me, although Your Majesty has not led the army for a long time, but he has been studying royal martial arts since he was a child, and it has been more than ten years, nearly twenty years, His Majesty's original seniors and juniors are now in the army, and they also hold important positions, they are loyal, there is no need to doubt ......"
Wen Jifu gushed endlessly, telling Lao Wen what he saw and heard.
In fact, as early as ten years ago, Wang Ningan successively suppressed the family, including the Wang family army, the family army, and the Zhen family army, all of which were disbanded and reorganized.
Many people thought that Wang Ningan would leave his own power in the army, and even take the huge army for himself, but in fact, this is not the case at all.
Wang Ningan promoted military education and reformed the officer training system.
The first lesson of every officer who has learned from the royal martial arts is to be loyal to the emperor, they have their own responsibilities, and the army is the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty.
They will not easily interfere in the government affairs, but I'm sorry, who dares to touch the emperor and crossed the bottom limit of the army's endurance, these people must be desperate.
This kind of loyalty is not only the rules and regulations, but also Zhao Shu's spelling. On several occasions, he personally commanded the army, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and fought together. This is amazing, the generals already have the idea of serving the country loyally in their heads, and after personally contacting the emperor, they quickly took root and sprouted, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and are unshakable!
"So, our Majesty's influence in the army even exceeds that of Wang Ning'an?" Lao Wen didn't believe it.
Wen Jifu smiled bitterly, "Dad, of course King Yan's power is unfathomable, but he can't put it on the table, and Your Majesty cleans up people's hearts, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, only Your Majesty's orders are obeyed, let me ask Dad, this power is in hand, who dares to compete with Your Majesty?" ”
Lao Wen finally calmed down, he slowly stretched out his hand, took the Empress Dowager Cao's edict in his hand, and looked at it carefully from beginning to end, word by word...... After Empress Dowager Cao was blocked, she was furious, she knew that she was alone, and she was eager to win over various forces, among which Wen Yanbo, who was in charge of the parliamentary meeting, was the helper she wanted to fight for the most.
Empress Dowager Cao mentioned in her edict that Wang Ning'an imprisoned the Son of Heaven and plotted against her, and asked Minister Wen to help Sheji and rescue His Majesty back to the palace......
Of course, Lao Wen understood Empress Dowager Cao's thoughts, he carefully calculated it, and found that this matter was really profitable.
First of all, Wang Ningan is a minister, and the Empress Dowager Cao is the king, Wang Ningan suffered a loss, the Empress Dowager Cao is the emperor's mother, the emperor is sick, she asked to take care of the emperor, welcome the emperor back to the palace, it is justified, no one can say anything.
Wang Ning'an blocked the Empress Dowager Cao, which was to ignore the monarch and ministers, and to separate the relationship between mother and son.
No matter what happened to this matter, Wang Ningan ignored it.
Since Wang Ningan ignored it, and he held the political meeting, he could join forces with the Empress Dowager Cao under the banner of the people, and rely on the name of righteousness to challenge Wang Ningan.
Wen Yanbo carefully calculated, his odds of winning are not small.
has been bullied by Wang Ningan for so many years, and Wen Xianggong is also resentful, as long as he has the opportunity, he wants to step on Wang Ningan.
But after listening to his son's analysis, Lao Wen's heart was half cold.
He didn't take Zhao Shu seriously before, thinking that he was a young genius, a milk doll, without Wang Ningan, it would be nothing, after his son said it, Lao Wen suddenly felt that Zhao Shu was even more tricky than Wang Ningan.
The Son of Heaven was originally a demigod, and Zhao Shu was conscientious, personally commanding the army to fight, fighting so many victories, opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and his contributions were incomparable.
The common people and ordinary soldiers will not pay attention to how much Yan Wang has done secretly, nor will they care how much effort the ruler of the court has put in, they only know that His Majesty is the commander of the three armies, His Majesty personally fights, and His Majesty is invincible!
That's enough!
To put it mildly, Zhao Shu is definitely the most popular emperor since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and he enjoys amazing prestige. The more this prestige penetrates into the people and among the common people and soldiers, the stronger it becomes.
Wang Ningan has high-end combat power, while Zhao Shu controls the morale of the people, these two forces are combined, and the so-called advantages of Empress Dowager Cao are simply a mirror and are not worth mentioning!
"Dad, if you really force the palace and want to snatch Your Majesty in your hands, even if Wang Ningan lets go, the generals of the forbidden army will not agree...... The child might as well tell his father one more thing, I rushed back after receiving Murong Qingchen's letter! ”
"Ahh
Lao Wen's face turned white instantly, "What's the matter, the army moved?" ”
"Hmm!"
Wen Jifu said unceremoniously: "Wang Zonghan, the prince of King Yan, has returned, he is His Majesty's most trusted confidant, and he is also the deputy head of the young officer corps in the forbidden army. ”
"Deputy Commander? The regimental commander? ”
"Your Majesty!"
"Ahh
Lao Wen almost lay down, don't bring such a scary, Zhao Shu, you are crazy, let the emperor be inappropriate, what kind of head to be! You're getting a head pump?
Wen Jifu ignored his father's surprise and continued, "Your Majesty suddenly fell into the water, the news has spread, and now among the forbidden army, many people think that the ministers are disloyal and want to frame the emperor!" Since Wenchen can't be trusted, they will go out to defend His Majesty the Emperor! Defend the Great Song Dynasty! Now Liaodong Province, Western Regions, and Seljuk's hometown, as well as Tianzhu, Fusang, Bohai, Jiaozhi, Lingnan...... The garrisons everywhere are moving, and I can still tell Daddy, the Privy Council, the General Staff, the Military Department, the Royal Martial Arts Academy...... These forces are rapidly assembling, you go and rob Your Majesty, if you dare to do it, it will be a military admonition immediately, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, countless border troops, they can tear apart all the princes of the court! ”
"How dare they?" Lao Wen asked in surprise.
"What don't you dare, you can even kill the king and kill your father, and you are not allowed to be admonished?" Wen Jifu said disdainfully.
Having said this, Lao Wen was completely dumbfounded.
He was silent for a long time, cold sweat soaked his clothes, and after a long time, suddenly Wen Yanbo grinned, laughing so much that tears came out.
Wen Jifu is still mad as a father!
"Dad, are you alright?"
"What's the matter with me!" Lao Wen said angrily: "I'm happy!" What a pleasure! ”
Wen Jifu's face darkened, but Dad was still crazy, and he was crazy!
Wen Yanbo didn't bother to deal with him, and turned the Empress Dowager Cao's hand in his hand, and after a long while, he finally showed a fox-like expression.
"If you return to the Queen Mother for your father now, Wen Yanbo will be the first to look forward!"
"Ahh
Wen Jifu was stunned for a second, and suddenly exclaimed, "Dad, are you going to sell the Empress Dowager Cao?" ”
"Don't say it so ugly! Your father is loyal, every day can be seen, I am Kuang Fu Sheji, the harem is in politics, it is a taboo in the past dynasties, for my father as a major minister of the court, shouldering the hope of the world, if you can't help the right and get rid of the evil, it is better to buy a piece of tofu and die! ”
……
Wen Jifu shook his head, came out of the study helplessly, returned to his room, and when he looked up, he happened to see Gouya'er sitting there in a green coat.
"Well, your dad isn't confused, is he?"
Wen Jifu hurriedly shook his head, "My father is honest and seeks the country, and he must be on His Majesty's side." ”
Dogtooth seemed to be smiling, he flicked his sleeves, got up and left, walked to the door, and turned around and said: "I don't expect Wen Xianggong to be a gentleman, I just want him to be a smart man!" Tomorrow Empress Dowager Cao will be in trouble, I will wait and see, waiting to see the performance of Wen Xianggong! ”