Chapter 290: Palace Coup (I)
After a long conversation with Uncle Shen, the little emperor Huangfu Tian suddenly seemed to be enlightened, he was silent, began to study hard, and never seemed to hear anything outside the window, for the two masters to be transferred, he expressed his acceptance, when the Empress Dowager Shen asked him to question, when he expressed his attitude, he hoped that the two masters could spend the second half of their lives safely.
He did seem to have woken up, so that Empress Dowager Shen expressed satisfaction with his transformation, and also acquiesced in the fact that the officials allowed his two masters to take office in the future.
But all this is just a faΓ§ade, Huang Fu Tian has realized that verbal protest will not change any facts, as Uncle Shen said, if he does not resist, his mother will usurp the throne sooner or later, he must do something, but he is no longer reckless, he is waiting for an opportunity in silence.
The opportunity did not go far, on the eve of the New Year, Luo Jing suddenly launched a large-scale offensive against Tongguan and Jinnan, and used their sharpest artillery, the sudden offensive caught Yongjing off guard, and the 200,000 troops originally stationed near Yongjing were transferred to Tongguan, so that Yongjing's troops were suddenly empty.
Not only that, the sudden war made the treasury tight, almost unable to support the huge military spending, and the people's resentment boiled, forcing the Empress Dowager Shen to attack the imperial family, which made Huangfu Tian find his loyal supporters.
This unexpected opportunity made Huang Fu Tian nervous and excited, and Uncle Shen had already hinted to him that if he made a move, he would support it, which made Huang Fu Tian see the hope of success.
In the study, Huangfu Tian is accurately calculating the strength of the capital on a blank piece of paper, originally Uncle Shen Guo had 30,000 troops in the capital, but not long ago 20,000 of them were transferred to Hanzhong, only 10,000 people remained, and then 5,000 embroidered guards, now there are only 1,000 left in the capital, and the remaining 4,000 are raided in Guanzhong, and then the original Huaqing Palace's 10,000 Yulin Army, now renamed Longwu Army, stationed in Xineiyuan, and then there is 10,000 Yulin Army led by Mao Xiang, stationed in the imperial city.
Now there are only 30,000 troops in the entire capital, Mao Xiang expressed his allegiance to him, and the 10,000 Jiumen army will also support him, then there are only 10,000 people around the Empress Dowager Shen, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he doesn't seize this opportunity, he will hate him for life.
At this time, the door of the study suddenly opened, and Huangfu Tian said angrily: "Who is it?" β
"Your Majesty, it's the little slave Zhang Desheng, send ginseng tea to Your Majesty."
The little eunuch Zhang Desheng walked in with a bowl of ginseng tea, Huangfu Tian hurriedly cleaned up the things on the table, he was very angry and scolded: "You damn minion, who let you in, get out of here!" β
"Slaves don't know, slaves should die!" Zhang Desheng hurriedly went out with ginseng tea, and when he walked to the door, he quickly glanced at the bookcase, his heart jumped suddenly, the bookcase he had been hiding was gone, could it be found?
He was nervous, the tea bowl was not flat, the tea bowl slipped off the tea tray, 'Bang! With a crisp sound, it shattered, and Zhang Desheng's heart softened with fright and sat down on the ground.
"!"
Huangfu Tian was furious and slapped the table, "Someone! β
Several guards rushed in, and Zhang Desheng was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty spares your life!" Your Majesty spares your life! β
Huangfu Tian pointed at him, "Drag this hairy bastard out and beat him with thirty sticks!" β
Several guards dragged him away, Zhang Desheng also let go of his heart, the emperor did not find his secret, in fact, he did not notice that the reason why he wanted to remove the bookcase was because Huangfu Tian wanted to hang a table of imperial lineage of the Daning Dynasty in that place, and he had to remind himself all the time that he was a descendant of the Huangfu family.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing your life! Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing your life! Zhang Desheng was dragged down, and at this time, he suddenly saw Xu Yun hurrying over, and he was stunned in his heart, why did this person come again?
In the study, several little eunuchs were busy cleaning up the debris and water stains on the ground, and Huangfu Tian was a little upset, this damn slave had completely messed up his thinking.
"Your Majesty!"
Another eunuch at the door reported: "Mr. Xu is here!" β
Huangfu Tian was overjoyed, "Please come in!" β
He said to several eunuchs who were busy cleaning up: "All stand down, and we will clean up later." β
Several little eunuchs retreated one after another, and after a while, Xu Yun walked in and closed the door casually, he Pope Fu Tian had been studying for five years, and it was already very casual to walk out of the study, he was full of joy, and stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty, congratulations." β
Huangfu Tian's heart was pounding with excitement, "Is it the best news?" β
"Not only the best news, but even better than the best news."
"Master, sit down and tell me something."
Xu Yun sat down, in the past two days, he was ordered by Huangfu Tian to contact the royal family, quite fruitful, he smiled slightly: "I have met more than a dozen major royal families, in fact, I don't need Your Majesty to find them, led by Pengcheng County Wangfu Luo Song, they are already uniting, preparing to raise troops to overthrow the Queen Mother." β
"Raise troops?"
Huangfu Tian was stunned for a moment, "Where did they get the army?" β
"They all have Zhuang Ding and Jia Ding, more than 50 manors are estimated to have more than 10,000 people, fully armed and equipped, they also feel that the emptiness in Guanzhong is an opportunity, I talked to them, and they also think that the Queen Mother will attack them sooner or later, rather than waiting to be destroyed, it is better to unite and resist."
Huang Fu Tian's face showed a look of embarrassment, his original intention was to let the royal family contribute money and food to support him, but he didn't expect that the other party would also organize people, this person has a lot of mouths, don't leak the matter.
"Master, how long will it take for them to be organized? I'm worried about the Queen Mother's side. β
"Your Majesty, rest assured, they have already organized, and a part of the Zhuang Ding today will all arrive by noon tomorrow at the latest, and the time will be in these two days."
Huangfu Tian's heart was slightly lowered, but he still felt a little inappropriate, but he couldn't say what was wrong, and after a while, he finally understood that this matter was not discussed with Uncle Shen, what Uncle Shen meant at that time was to get the moral support of the royal family afterwards and abolish the curtain system of the queen mother in the name of the royal collective, but it was not said that the royal family would also participate in the rebellion.
"Master, do you want me to discuss it with Uncle Shen Guo again."
"No way!"
Xu Yun's face suddenly sank, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten what his surname is?" Is he using you, using you to overthrow the Queen Mother, and then he will take power alone, or let His Majesty be a puppet, we can't trust him too much. β
The master is also reasonable, in fact, what Huangfu Tianzhen can't let go of is the 200,000 army of Shenji, as well as the army that supports the Empress Dowager Shen, Uncle Shen means to control the Empress Dowager Shen, make an order in the name of the Empress Dowager Shen, deceive Shen Ji back, and then kill him with an ambush halfway, as long as Shen Ji dies, his army will naturally support the emperor, and the same is true of the Empress Dowager Shen's army.
This needs to be done in secret, but these royal families are making trouble, and it is difficult to keep it secret.
Huangfu Tian had no choice but to hope to implement the palace change as soon as possible, so that Shen Ji would not have time to rush back, he thought about it and said: "In this case, the master has to go and talk to General Mao again to finalize the specific details and launch time." β
"Hmmm! Zhou Shangshu has already talked to General Mao, and I will go to him with Zhou Shangshu later, and talk about it again, the time will be set for tomorrow night according to the original plan, does Your Highness feel that it needs to be changed? β
Huangfu Tian thought about it for a while, this matter can't be delayed, sooner rather than later, "Okay!" Just as planned. β
With Xu Yun's departure, Huangfu Tian's heart also tightened, tomorrow night is a Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night.
οΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌοΌ In the military system of the Daning Dynasty, Mao Xiang, the general of the Yulin Army, is definitely a veteran, he is sixty-five years old this year, as early as the time of the Emperor Jin'an, he was a palace guard, when the Jin'an Incident, he did not have the six warriors of Jin'an, but like most of the guards, he finally supported the King of Chu into the palace, because he did not get a special reward and promotion.
Then year after year, he also became a general step by step from a small soldier, and finally after the division of the Daning Dynasty, Shao Jingwen and other major generals were promoted to the main generals in the army, he finally came out and fulfilled his long-cherished wish for decades, and was promoted to the general of the Yulin Army, commanding 10,000 Yulin troops, responsible for the security of Ping'an Palace and the imperial city.
Strictly speaking, Mao Xiang can only be regarded as mediocre, because there is no general in Shu, he became a pioneer in Liaohua, but Mao Xiang's other ability is very strong, that is, his fertility, he has six wives, nineteen children, more than fifty grandchildren, a large family lives together, he is the highest authority in the family.
The reason why Mao Xiang promised to be loyal to Huangfu Tian was that Huangfu Tian promised him a higher position, Zuo Xiang, the military department Shangshu, Lu Guogong, especially the title, made him even more tempted, and he didn't even have a title now.
Mao Xiang went into his study after returning home, in fact, he didn't read any books, just wanted to be quiet, there were too many grandchildren, he was so noisy, and he wanted a sixty-acre mansion, Mao Xiang decided to put forward conditions to Huangfu Tian again.
Mao Xiang sat on the wide recliner in the study, squinting his eyes comfortably, a little maid squatting in front of him, his mouth busy up and down, at this time, another maid at the door said timidly: "Master, Zhou Shangshu and a Mr. Xu are here, saying that there is something urgent." β
"Oh! Oh! Let them in. β
Mao Xiang waved his hand a little unhappily, squatted in front of him and the little maid cleaned up for him, and went out, when he turned around, Mao Xiang reached out and pinched her buttocks, hehe smiled.
After a while, Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun were ushered in, and they saluted together, "Disturb the general!" β
Mao Xiang knew his status very well at this time, he didn't stand up, and waved his hand, "Two adults, please sit down!" β
Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly in their hearts, "This Mao Xiang, the shelf is a little too big." β
The two sat down, Zhou Qilun and Mao Xiang have the best relationship, the two are fellow villagers, and they also have a bit of a relationship between children and daughters, Mao Xiang's second daughter-in-law is a distant niece of Zhou Qilun.
Zhou Qilun spoke first: "We came today to finalize the final details and time with General Mao. β
Mao Xiang didn't say anything, he took out a piece of paper from the drawer and handed it to Zhou Qilun: "These are a few small requests I have added, I hope the emperor can agree." β
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(To be continued)