Chapter 656: Hangzhou Upheaval

"It's not necessary, is it?" Zhao Ding had a different opinion.

Xu Liang Shen said: "Zhao Xiang, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, in my opinion, it is better to keep the ministers in the city." ”

Zhao Chen thought for a while and asked, "Then who will stay?" ”

Several people didn't speak, and Huang Qianshan said: "The minister stays behind, can you?" ”

"Well, Huang Qing has always been cautious, it's best for you to stay in the city. If you have something, you can send someone to Geling to report it. Zhao Chen commanded, and Huang Qianshan received the order. The emperor said so, and Zhu Shengfei and the others naturally had no opinion. At that moment, Huang Qianshan stayed, and Zhao Chen personally led the minister to Geling.

After the abdication, especially after the hope of restoration ceased to exist, he devoted himself to Taoism, living in Geling and hugging Pulu all the year round, not asking about the world, and concentrating on cultivation. In his spare time, he made a mistake with Danqing calligraphy. Without the trouble of state affairs, Zhao Ji's skills have greatly improved.

Of course, there is no way to verify whether the skill of cultivation is successful. But his painting and calligraphy are perfect! The thin gold font is written in a thin gold font, and people who don't know calligraphy have to praise it when they see it. The ministers of the court and the central government were all proud to have obtained the Daojun Mobao, and took it back to frame it for future generations. But the courtiers got very few Taoist Mobao, Xu Wei was very honored, he recovered Henan Mansion, protected the mausoleum, and fulfilled the filial piety of the Zhao family, which made Zhao Ji very pleased, and specially gave Mobao to him.

Fortunately, although Xu Wei didn't read much, he knew that Zhao Ji of Song Huizong couldn't be the emperor, but he was an outstanding artist, so he carefully collected the authentic works of Daojun.

On the original historical trajectory, Zhao Ji and his son Zhao Huan were exiled to the Jin Kingdom, and were named "Dude Gong" and "Heavy Dusk Marquis", and died of illness in the city of the Five Kingdoms in shame. Because of the change of history, although Zhao Ji was not able to reset, he was able to spend the second half of his life leisurely, and lived several years longer than the original, and finally died without illness, which can be regarded as lucky. If there is anything that does not go well, it is that his own son, Emperor Zhao Huan, has a tense relationship with him. Even the grandson of the emperor often came to visit, and he didn't have time for a leisurely emperor.

Because Zhao Ji firmly believed in Taoism, Zhao Chen followed his grandfather's belief and held Taoist ceremonies for him in Geling. After the ritual is completed, the body will be welcomed into the industry and a formal funeral will be held.

When they arrived at Geling, when they saw Daojun's body, they were really peaceful, kind and kind-eyed, and they were not sick at all. What is especially amazing is that Daojun's face is still ruddy and lifelike, as if he has fallen asleep. For this reason, the ministers all persuaded the sad emperor, saying that Jun had really ascended to the immortal realm.

At the beginning of the ceremony, it was red tape and lengthy, but in order to show filial piety, Zhao Chen insisted on participating in the whole process from beginning to end. He is a young man anyway, but he has suffered from Zhu Shengfei and Zhao Ding, who have been in the huā armor for many years, with the shouts of the mage, one kneeling together, one kneeling together, tossing until the evening, both of them kneeling unsteadily, but they still have to hold on.

Don't complain, the other ministers don't have a chance to come. The people who can appear here are all important ministers of the court, powerful ministers, and cronies of the emperor! Think about it, the emperor's grandfather died, doing the law, this is his family affairs, as a courtier, you can participate in the emperor's family affairs, doesn't it prove the emperor's favor to you? Because of this, when I heard that the minister was going to stay in the city, these few did not fight, and Huang Qianshan went.

On that day, the torture was not finished until late at night, and after that, there were two whole days of rituals. Because Daojun lived in Geling, the imperial court built many houses on Geling, so he didn't worry about where to live. After a period of time, the ministers sent the emperor to rest, and then went to the arranged lodging to rest.

Xu Liang got up and knelt down on this day and said less than dozens of times, the two tuǐ were as heavy as pouring molten iron, and after burning his feet, he slept on the chuáng, thinking about the recent events in his head without a clue. In the end, when I thought of Huang Qianshan staying behind, I always felt that something was wrong in my heart, but because I was too tired, I fell asleep quickly.

The next day, it was another full day of rituals, and Xu Liang didn't have time to think about it. And he got up and knelt down and wept and wept and wept. When it was time to go to bed at night, he lay on the chuáng, listening to the autumn wind outside stirring the trees, and thinking about things without a head. I suddenly remembered what I was thinking about last night.

Since Huang Qianshan was returned by Zhu Shengfei to participate in political affairs, it can be said that he is acting with his tail between his legs. is kind to everyone, never argues, and does his own job separately. Even when it comes to major events in the army, he generally does not express his opinion, if the other three have the same opinion, he agrees, and if there is any objection, he simply remains silent. It is no wonder that as an old minister of the Emperor Taishang, he has a close relationship with Geng Nanzhong, so as soon as the new monarch ascended the throne, he was thrown out of the central government. Now that I finally came back, I naturally kept a low profile.

However, this time he offered to be on guard and volunteered to stay in the city, which did seem to be a little unexpected. Or does he want to show his loyalty to the official family through this move?

Having said that, his opinion is really not unfounded. Now the situation is so sensitive, there are many ministers in the DPRK and the central government who are dissatisfied with the official family, coupled with the impact of the defeat of the front, the whole dynasty is resentful. Although the front-line generals have been dealt with, it is difficult to put an end to the crowd.

Now that the emperor has left the city of Hangzhou, he will stay on Geling for three days, if people with different intentions take advantage of this to cause trouble, and the ministers of the ruling government also come to Geling with the emperor, then there will be something wrong in the city?

"Huang Qianshan is really a cautious person......" Xu Liang thought so, and fell asleep again. Suddenly! He opened his eyes suddenly, then got up from the chuáng again, and hurriedly lit the lamp. Looking at the dim light, his face was full of horror!

No, no, Huang Qianshan's approach is very different from before! He has always been immersed in his work and never publicized, but now he has taken the initiative to stay in the city, is there no reason for this? He was Geng Nanzhong's party back then, and Geng Nanzhong was an old minister of the Emperor Taishang when he was in the East Palace, and he was loyal to Taishang! Now, neither the emperor nor the emperor are in the city, so he is left alone, in case ......

At the thought of this, Xu Liu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat! Recently, the government has moved dàng, and people's hearts are unpredictable, I hope I think too much!

At this time, it was late at night, and it was impossible to disturb the emperor, Zhu Xiang and Zhao Xiang were old, and it was not good to disturb them. I can only wait until tomorrow morning, anyway, tomorrow afternoon, I will escort Daojun's coffin back to the city.

Thinking so, Xu Liu planned to blow out the lights. But I couldn't put down the stone in my heart, so I thought about it, so I simply put on my robe, turned on the lamp, and opened the door to go out. The autumn wind was gusting outside, and he was guarding the lights with one hand while looking for the way. The place where he lives is a courtyard, and Zhu Shengfei and Zhao Ding live downstairs.

He cautiously went downstairs, and almost fell, and finally reached Zhao Ding's door, and reached out and knocked on the door. Zhao Ding estimated that he was asleep soundly, and he didn't respond even a few times. The more anxious Xu Liu's heart became, the louder the door buckled, and it was a long time before he heard a voice inside: "Who knocked on the door?" ”

"Zhao Xiang, I'm Xu Liang." Xu Liu replied.

There was a noise inside, as if something had been knocked down, and a moment later there was a light in the room. After waiting for a while, Zhao Ding opened the door in his clothes, squinted his eyes and asked, "Xu Shenzheng, what time is this, how are you ...... Come in and say. ”

Xu Liu entered the door, and Zhao Ding originally planned to close the door, but in the end, he pushed it all open, to show that the gentleman was frank. Xu Liu sat down at the table with a look of yīn owl, and Zhao Ding sat down opposite him, and when he saw this, he asked, "Why is Xu participating in politics like this?" ”

"Zhao Xiang, there is something that the more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes, and I really can't help it, which disturbs you." Xu Liudao.

Zhao Ding pulled the robe on his shoulders and said suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

"When you came yesterday, Huang Shenzheng took the initiative to stay in the city, don't you think it's strange?" Xu Liang said in a deep voice.

Zhao Ding was disturbed from his sleep, his head was still confused at this time, and he said casually: "What's strange?" ”

"Think about it, who is Huang Qianshan? After he returned to the center, he acted cautiously, walked on thin ice, and never spoke lightly. Yesterday, however, his words, coupled with his offer to stay in the city, were they not unusual? Xu Liu analyzed.

Zhao Ding listened, thought for a while, and said, "Or maybe Xu is too involved in politics, right?" What's wrong with that? ”

"Zhao Xiang, what is the situation now? You can see the scene when we set off, dozens of ministers knelt on the ground to plead their grievances, asking the official family to allow the Emperor Taishang to preside over the funeral and attend the puja. But I thought about it later, when the officials led us to set out, although they all cried out in mourning, none of them stepped forward to stop them. There, there are a lot of officials and officials, and they have always been the most daring to speak, even at the expense of spitting on the faces of officials. It stands to reason that one or two bold ones should come out and hold on to the official family. Xu Liudao.

Zhao Ding still didn't believe it, shook his head and said, "No, you must have thought too much." ”

"I'd rather think about it, but this matter must be guarded against!" Xu Liu said firmly.

"If you don't worry, tomorrow afternoon the Dharma is over, and you will know when you go back and see." Zhao Ding comforted.

Xu Liuda shook his head: "This kind of thing, day and night, how can you wait until tomorrow?" ”

"So what do you say?" Zhao Ding asked.

"Xiang Gong is the right servant of Shangshu shè, with the middle book under the door of the Ping Zhang, at this time it is inconvenient for us to alarm the saint, Xiang Gong should send someone to hold your codex and go back to the city to verify!" Xu Liu suggested. Because at this time, the city gate must have been closed, and if there is no prime minister's codex, I am afraid that I will not be able to enter.

Zhao Ding felt that this was a bit abrupt, and he was indecisive for a while, and under Xu Liu's repeated urging and reminders, he took the pen and ink and wrote down a warrant. Because the people who came to Geling with the emperor, in addition to the important ministers, there were only a few hundred soldiers and a few internal shì. Shen Xue must have wanted to serve the official's family, and he couldn't move, so he sent another inner shì, the deacon's codex, down the mountain, and returned to the city to check. Xu Liu specially instructed him that if he was interrogated by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, you only said that Zhao Xiang had an old illness and came back to get some medicine. Zhao Ding has no opinion on this.

But as soon as Neishì left, Zhao Ding seemed to think of something, and said: "Xu participates in politics, if there is really any change, I am afraid he will not be able to come back." ”

"If something really happens, he's just afraid that he won't even be able to enter the city......" Xu Liu muttered.

But he said that this inner shì boss was not happy, and he slept soundly, so he picked it up, and sent such a bird errand back to the city overnight! It's dark, and you have to walk with torches, and these two ministers don't know what to think. Go back to the city to check, what's there to see?

Although it was not happy, this Neishì still took a few soldiers and drove to Hangzhou City. It didn't take long to get a glimpse of the outline of Hangzhou City in the night. By the time they arrived at the front of the city, the gates were closed. Nei shì then asked the sergeant to come forward and call the door and identify himself.

There was no movement in the city for a long time, and finally I saw someone carrying a lantern and shouting down in front of the tower, "Who is outside the city?" It's late at night, and I'll come back tomorrow morning! ”

I can't see who it is after all, Nei shì shouted loudly in the car: "I am entering the small yellow gate, holding the left servant shè of the Shangshu, and Zhao Xiang's codex under the Pingzhang of the Zhongshu Gate, I have something to go into the city!" Hurry up and open the door with me! ”

After Zhao Chen ascended the throne, he was very fond of eunuchs, especially the eunuchs of the East Palace when he was the crown prince. Therefore, Shen Xue took the position of a eunuch and took charge of the internal guard of the forbidden army, and the status of the eunuch was improved, which often became a reason for the ministers to criticize the emperor.

The city was dumb for a while, and then someone shouted: "There is a murder case in the city tonight, and the state government has to have the approval of the department to close the city gate until the murderer is caught. ”

The little yellow gate was a little annoyed, you caught your murderer, is it possible that I can still take the murderer out of the city? Besides, you just open half of the door, and we can go in, don't believe that the murderer can take this opportunity to crawl out from under the noses of so many people? Therefore, he yelled: "Nonsense! I hold Zhao Xiang's Codex, do you dare to disobey? ”

"I'm sorry, the villain obeys the chief, and he doesn't dare to make his own decisions, please go back." After the city left this sentence, no matter how Xiaohuangmen called, there was no response.

Xiao Huangmen had no choice but to return the same way. When he returned to the courtyard where the prime ministers lived out of breath, Zhao Ding had already slept, only Xu Liang's room was still full of light, so he climbed upstairs, only to see that the door of Xu's political participation was not closed, so he reported: "Participate in politics, the villain is back." ”

When Xu Liu saw it, his face changed drastically!

Come back so soon! I can't even get into the city! He stood up abruptly, strode to the door, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Huangmen gasped: "It is said that there is a murder in the city, and the Hangzhou Yamen has to be approved by the department, and the city gate must be closed until the murderer is arrested. ”

Murder? Such a coincidence?

"Have you taken a closer look at the city?" Xu Liu asked quickly.

Xiao Huangmen immediately shook his head and said: "It's hard to see in the dark, and the villain can't observe." ”

Xu Liu snorted impatiently, waved his hand to remove the inner shì, and became more and more frightened in his heart. There must be something strange about this! Thinking of this, without saying a word, he went downstairs again, this time not only woke up Zhao Ding, but also Zhu Shengfei.

When the two prime ministers heard about this, they also felt that it was too much of a coincidence, and it was uneasy. What the two of them mean is that tomorrow afternoon the Son of Heaven will welcome the coffin of the Daojun back to the city, which can not be stopped by anyone and anything, so wait until tomorrow afternoon.

"I don't think so, if there is really something wrong in the city, don't say wait until tomorrow afternoon, that is, tomorrow morning, I'm afraid it's too late!" In Zhu Shengfei's room, Xu Liu reminded solemnly.

Zhu Zhao and the two were silent, although they also thought that something was wrong, but they were unwilling to think about the worst, thinking that Xu Liang was making a big fuss.

Seeing this, Xu Liu said eagerly: "It's okay if there is nothing, if there is really a mistake, the second prince hesitates, and he has fallen into danger!" ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Zhao and the others changed for it! Zhao Ding asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

"Think for the worst." Xu Liu pointed at the table with his fingers.

The worst? How bad can it be? The ministers were dissatisfied with the officials, so they blocked the city gate and prevented the officials from returning? Is this possible? Don't you say that some ministers in the DPRK and China took this opportunity to support the restoration of the emperor, right? This is impossible, the official family has only been out for two days, what can be accomplished in two days?

Seeing that the two prime ministers didn't speak again, Xu Liu simply made it clear: "Prime Minister Zhu, in the past, the old thing when my father and the prime minister worked together to support the official family to ascend the throne, do you remember?" ”

How could Zhu Shengfei not remember, it didn't take one night for the matter to settle. The ministers rushed to the residence of the emperor, and on the other hand, Xu Shao moved the army, forcing the Zhang brothers to open the city, and the coup d'état was successful in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder. Indeed, the Emperor Taishang has been interfering in court affairs on weekdays, and among the ministers, many people are running around Deoksugung Palace, and the officials have not made up their minds to cleanse them. If the Emperor really has the intention of restoration, he must plan early, and when everything is ready, only one night is enough.

"The only plan for today is to be prepared." Zhu Shengfei nodded.

"If there is really something wrong in the city, the little yellow gate will already be violent with our worries. I'm afraid that before tomorrow morning, someone will come to Geling! Xu Liu constantly put pressure on the two seniors.

Zhu Shengfei was taken aback: "There are only three hundred warriors who come to Geling to protect the official family, if something really happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of it!" ”

Seeing that the two of them were nervous like this, Zhao Ding persuaded: "All this is just speculation, and there is no evidence, we don't need to do this, right?" ”

Xu Liu looked at him: "When the voucher comes, I'm afraid it's too late to regret it!" ”

Zhu Shengfei ignored Zhao Ding, and only said: "Xu participates in politics, do you have a feasible strategy?" ”

"The official family must leave Geling immediately in case of accidents!" Xu Liu's words were amazing.

Zhu Shengfei kept waving his hands: "This is impossible!" The official family is in grief, and the ritual will be completed tomorrow afternoon, and at such a juncture, the official family will never leave. ”

Xu Liu stood up, arched his hands and said to the two prime ministers: "Two prime ministers, Xu is willing to guess wrong." But judging from the current situation, it is a surprising coincidence! If you don't prepare in advance, not only you and me, but also the official family will be in danger! As the ruling minister, we must make a decision immediately! ”

"How?" Zhao Ding asked.

"First of all, the officers and soldiers here are not enough to protect the holy car. The officials must leave immediately! We will invite the edict and quickly transfer the troops of the two Zhejiang Xuanfu Divisions to come! ”