Chapter 383: Return (3)
Ji Feng is a doer, and he can't wait to do it when he makes up his mind, but he can ignore it, but Jiang Yun has to think about it more. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Taisun Ji Qiyun's embankment against King Wu has never been reduced, and he will never sit idly by and watch Ji Feng leave the capital, with such a hostage in his hands, he is only afraid that he will have trouble sleeping. Therefore, once the news is leaked, Ji Qiyun will definitely try his best to make an obstacle from it, and during the critical period of power transfer, Ji Chong will never mean to his grandson, so this matter will be completely yellow. The only way is to bypass Ji Qiyun and let the old emperor respond first, since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the king has no jokes", and it will naturally be difficult to regret it at that time.
In view of this, Jiang Yun asked Ji Feng to calm down for a while, and on the other hand, he tried to contact the old eunuch Wang Li. He was about to leave the capital, and the cooperative relationship with the old eunuch was about to end, and out of the idea of starting and finishing well, he sent 50,000 taels of silver tickets to Wang Li at one time, which was a hundred times the amount of gifts exchanged in the past.
When the old eunuch received the silver ticket, he was naturally overjoyed. He knows Ji Chong's physical condition better than anyone else, once the old emperor returns to heaven, the only result of his close ministers who have served for decades is to be driven out of the palace by the new monarch, and life and death are fateful. Of course, the means of "rushing" will be relatively mild, and under normal circumstances, a hundred and ten taels of silver will be given as pension funds. But after all, Wang Li has lived in the palace for decades, and although the food is not as good as that of the royal family, it can be regarded as brocade clothes and jade food. is only a hundred taels, you can spend it in the blink of an eye, from luxury to frugality, most of his eunuch ancestors will starve to death on the street after leaving the palace.
The profession of eunuchs is extremely limited, and they do not know anything but to serve people. The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty also clearly stipulate that anyone who hires eunuchs other than the imperial palace will be punished as treason. Therefore, once abandoned by the emperor, after leaving the palace, the eunuchs will sit on empty mountains and will no longer have a penny of income.
Wang Li had already made tens of thousands of taels before and after Jiang Yun's time, plus the 50,000 taels of silver tickets in hand, which was enough for him to live to be 100 years old, what else was there to worry about? After solving his worries, Wang Li immediately began to work on Jiang Yun's affairs, and news from the palace kept coming out.
If you want to see Ji Shigei alone, it's hard! The old emperor almost stayed at Liu Ruyan on weekdays, and the new batch of show girls had already entered the palace, so he was waiting for the emperor's favor letter to be canonized, and he was really busy. Even if it is rare to be free, with Ji Qiyun by his side, the only chance to be alone is the rare re-reading in the imperial study. This situation is very rare, and even Wang Li can only know about it on the same day, which is unpredictable.
The opportunity to see the emperor had to wait slowly, but Lu Xun's return date had arrived, and he couldn't wait. On this day, everyone got up early in the morning, accompanied her all the way out of the city, and sent her ten miles away before reluctantly returning the same way. Lu Xun naturally rushed directly to Tianjin Wei to return to Yizhou, while the evil wind accompanying him took the first step and hurried to Jinling City. Jiangnan is not a piece of iron bucket, and it is inevitable that an accident will happen, so he has to inform King Wu as soon as possible to make preparations.
Three days later, the news of Wang Li came, and after lunch, the old emperor had to read the recital of the grandson's instructions alone in the imperial study. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity should not be missed, Jiang Yun immediately began to open up the relationship between Ji Feng and enter the palace, and after some operation, Ji Feng really met Ji Zhong as he wished.
When he came back, he didn't say much, but the excitement on his face had already told Jiang Yun that it was done!
Everything was expected by Jiang Yun.
The old emperor and the grandson showed completely different attitudes towards the problems of Jiangnan. If you say that he is jealous, the grandson is jealous of King Wu, and Ji Zhong is not very at ease with Xu Jiye, as for his own son, he has never doubted it.
The idea of the former is very simple, Xu Jiye is a foreign minister, under the premise of the existence of the ancestral religion, he has no possibility of succeeding in rebellion, who becomes the emperor does not make any difference to Xu Jiye at all, as long as he can continue to ensure the transcendent status of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, he is not afraid that Xu Jiye will have any dissenting intentions. The latter's mind is even simpler, his own son is always more reliable than outsiders, King Wu is in Jinling, and he can have a certain clamp on Xu Jiye in a certain way.
Hearing that King Wu was seriously ill, how could he not worry? What's more, Ji Chong's time is short, except for Ji Qiyun, the grandson, all the parents and children are in the domain, and they can't be taken care of by themselves, how can he bear that King Wu is alone until death like himself.
Ji Zhong agreed, and he agreed very simply. With the king's promise, everyone immediately began to prepare to leave Beijing. It's just that Ji Feng has an official position after all, and the command of the Jingwei envoy involves all aspects, and the handover of resignation cannot be completed immediately, at least it will take a day or two.
Just when Jiang Yun and the others breathed a sigh of relief, the news of Ji Feng's resignation finally reached Ji Qiyun's ears, and he immediately left his official business without saying a word and rushed to the harem non-stop. Liu Ruyan is his own person, there is not much need to avoid it, and the meeting between the two is in the Qianliu Palace.
"Grandpa Huang, I heard that you have promised Ji Feng to return to Jinling?" After meeting, Ji Qiyun immediately cut to the chase, without a word of superfluous nonsense.
"Not bad." Ji re-dialed a grape and threw it into her mouth. "That's what you're here for?"
"Grandpa Huang, you... Swallowing back the word "confused" that he wanted to export, Ji Qiyun said dissatisfiedly: "You are too lacking in consideration for this matter." ”
"How?"
"You said earlier that your grandson will ascend the throne within half a year, how can you let Ji Feng go back during such a critical period? If he is not in the capital, what scruples will the third uncle have? In case of... ”
Ji Zhong glanced at him lightly: "Are you so worried about your third uncle?" Could it be that I wanted to keep Xiao Feng in the capital in the first place, just for the sake of having multiple hostages? ”
"Yes." Ji Qiyun obviously saw a trace of dissatisfaction in the old emperor's eyes, but he said without backing: "That's right, the third uncle has been the most responsible and low-key vassal king for so many years, and the number of soldiers and horses under his command has always been 30,000, compared to other uncles, he should have reassured his grandson the most." But the emperor's grandfather, the central army of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is stationed in Jinling City, and the remaining four armies are distributed all over the south of the Yangtze River, plus the soldiers and horses of the third uncle, a total of 240,000 troops, how can the grandson rest assured? ”
"Let's go." Ji Zhong flashed a look of heartache. "Trust is the foundation of unity. It is true that the heart of guarding against others is indispensable, but if the suspicion is too great, it will be even more counterproductive. Your suspicion will make Uncle Wang feel uneasy, and for the sake of peace of mind, they are bound to protect themselves and increase their strength in various ways. Have you calculated, how many troops did the Great Zhou vassal king have? ”
After gesturing, Ji Zhong continued: "Seven! In addition to your father, I also have seven children stationed in the domain, plus the second generation such as King Pingnan, the third generation such as the general of Zhenguo, the army in the hands of the king of the world is not less than one million, and the command of the capital directly in the hands of the emperor can never draw more than 500,000 soldiers and horses, this is only half. Suspicious of the vassal king, how many can you suspect? Once they are dissatisfied, persecuted too much, and set off, it will be difficult for you to end up. ”
"Of course my grandson knows." Ji Qiyun hurriedly replied: "Because of this, Sun Er wants to control the princes of the various feudal domains in the capital, and then replace them one by one, the prince rushed to the domain to replace the prince, and Uncle Wang went to Beijing to live in the old age. ”
"Your idea is right, but it's still the same sentence, don't force it too much!" Ji Zhong said lightly: "Mingcheng is seriously ill, and he urgently summons Xiao Feng back, can I not let him go?" ”
"I'm afraid of fraud."
"Whether there is fraud or not, for the time being, the opinion of the people in the world is the most important. Qiyun, I want you to be a Ming Jun, so that you can go down in history. But at the same time, I also hope that you can become a benevolent monarch, not for me to see, but for the world to see! Only in this way can we win the love and support of the people. The eyes of the people of the world are in the capital, so no matter whether Mingcheng is really sick or not, Xiao Feng must also go back, otherwise how will the people of the world look at me, how will they see you? ”
"Grandpa Huang would rather believe his lies?"
"What about fraud? At best, it's just thoughtful, and it's understandable. Ji Chong smiled faintly, his dim eyes emitted a fine light, and said proudly: "If I don't die for a day, you have nothing to worry about." When I am gone, the world should be firmly in your hands. Luck, don't forget, be kind to Uncle Wang! Only in this way can the world be peaceful, even if there are one or two wolf-hearted and dog-lung people who are looked away by me, they will not be able to set off any storms after all. ”
"Grandchildren remember."
Ji Qiyun, who had left the Thousand Willow Palace, had long since lost his previous convincing look, his face was extremely gloomy, he seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and his eyes were full of cold killing intent.