Chapter 314: The Prince's Turnaround

The capital, Chongwenmen, the infantry army commanded the yamen.

The crown prince Yinren sat in the signing room with a gloomy face, and entered Beijing for half a day, there was no good news, but the bad news was endless, and it felt like a huge trap in the entire capital, he couldn't help but wring his eyebrows and pondering, whose handwriting was the layout of the capital? The two princes who sit on Xu'er are the fifth and the ninth, the fifth is generous, and he has never participated in the struggle for the crown, although the old nine are insidious, but they don't seem to have this ability, otherwise why would the old Bayi party be in this situation?

The ministers on duty in the study are Xiao Yongzao and Zhang Pengxi, the two belong to the Eighth Party and the Fourteenth Party respectively, these two people are one and the same, and it is somewhat possible to join forces with each other, could it be that the Eighth and the Fourteenth have already secretly joined forces? That's a lot of worry.

Just hurting himself, the guard Suo Antai hurriedly walked in, and after saluting, he wanted to say something and stopped, Yinren smiled indifferently, and said: "I've heard enough bad news today, and it doesn't hurt to have one more, let's say it." ”

Suo Antai bowed down and said: "The crown prince, the three banners of the Internal Affairs Office and three thousand soldiers and horses control the palace Jingyun Gate, Longzong Gate, Shunzhen Gate, Shenwu Gate and other key places, and the servants went to negotiate with He Yi, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, to change the guard, but He Yi categorically refused. ”

"Huh?" Yinren frowned, if these doors don't change their guards, how can he live in the palace with confidence? He Yi, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, knew very well that he had always only seen Kangxi in his eyes, and his temperament was extremely cold, and he was very difficult to deal with, so he groaned slightly, and then he asked in a deep voice: "What did he say?" ”

After hesitating, Suo Antai said: "He said that without the emperor's exact news, he would not consider changing guards." ”

"Bastard thing!" Yinren muttered in a low voice, and then was silent, the three banners of the Internal Affairs Office have seven thousand soldiers and horses in the capital, all of which are composed of clothed servants of the three banners, these soldiers and horses are extremely difficult to buy, if they are hard, they can only force them, and now he has a shortage of soldiers and horses at hand, but he can't afford to lose, besides, although the three banners of the Internal Affairs Office can't be used by him, at least they can help protect the palace and Changchun Garden, save him a lot of troops, and after a long while, he said: "Go and tell He Yi, just let Jingyunmen out, otherwise how can I go back to Yuqing Palace?" ”

"Oh, the minion is going." Suo Antai breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed out.

Yinren was extremely annoyed, all his henchmen and henchmen were transferred out of the city, and none of them were left for him, and the gunpowder in the inventory was all destroyed, even the craftsmen of the gunpowder workshop were taken away, the artillery on the city wall became decorations, the seven thousand soldiers and horses of the three banners of the Internal Affairs Office could not be mobilized, and there were tens of thousands of troops outside the city, which was really a domestic and external dilemma.

was having a headache, but the guards who listened to it reported outside the door: "Prince Yu, Wang Luo, Wang Zhongtang has arrived." ”

Wang Luo is also an old minister of Kangxi, a scholar, a minister of the study, successively served as the criminal department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites. The party, as soon as he heard that he was coming, Yinren was overjoyed and immediately got up to greet him.

Wang Luo has sixty seven, but in good health, spirits, for the prince's mutiny to hold the ministers hostage, he is extremely dissatisfied, although he knows that the prince's move is forced to helpless, but this move is tantamount to usurpation, even if he succeeds to the throne, he will be infamous behind him, even with him, will also be involved, he came this time, is to try to persuade the prince to release the hostages, a little to save a little impact.

Seeing Yinren come out, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet An, "King Weichen will greet the crown prince." Yinren hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Zao Ru doesn't have to be polite. ”

The two of them entered the room and sat down, and Wang Luo said: "The three thousand lone soldiers of the navy are going north, and the emperor is already a guest of honor, if the prince waits a few more days, the situation will be very different." ”

Pedantic! Yinren scolded secretly, but there was a look of regret on his face, and he groaned a little before he said: "The matter has come to this point, it is too late to regret, and now it is ready to fly, and it has to be sent." At present, the situation is unstable, and all the ministers and clan relatives cannot always be detained, what do you suggest? ”…,

"Tightly control the inner city, temporarily close the city gates, and release a group of princes and ministers." Wang Luo groaned: "The crown prince's first priority now is to win people's hearts and prepare for his accession to the throne. In fact, many ministers had already predicted that the emperor had died, and once the navy arrived in the capital, more people would inevitably believe this, and they would not let them go, which would not only be unpopular, nor would it be inconvenient for the ministers to lobby, and it would cause tension for no reason. ”

As soon as he heard that Wang Luo offered to help him attract people's hearts, Yinren couldn't help but be overjoyed, Wang Luo had held important positions, and his protégés were a lot old, and he would definitely be able to bring in many ministers, close the city gate, and then release the ministers' relatives, but the scope of detention was larger, and he didn't worry about what tricks they could play, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I'll arrange it immediately." ”

Seeing that the prince agreed, Wang Luo was also very pleased, and immediately said: "In the past two days, the prince had better take some time to visit some ministers' mansions to comfort and attract people's hearts." ”

Yinren nodded and said, "It should be so." ”

Send Wang Luo away, Yinren is in a slightly better mood, if he can successfully recruit half of the ministers' relatives, don't want half, as long as there are three percent, he can ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, once the royal pole, what can't be done?

Just as he was thinking of the proud place, he listened to the report of the guard: "Prince Yu, Zhu Tianbao is out asking to see." ”

Zhu Tianbao! Yinren is happy, why did he come so fast? At the beginning, in order to protect Zhu Tianbao, he deliberately found someone to arrange for him to be released from the foreign post, and he hurriedly said: "Call in!" ”

As soon as Zhu Tianbao came in, he bowed and worshipped, "Slave Zhu Tianbao greets the prince." ”

Seeing Zhu Tianbao's appearance of being a servant, Yinren's heart was hot, and he hurriedly said: "Jiuru doesn't have to be polite, where did you come from?" ”

Zhu Tianbao got up and said: "The governor of Changping Prefecture, where the slaves were released, is not far from the capital, and when I heard that there was a change in Tianjin, I immediately rushed back. ”

"Someone, tea." Yinren commanded, and then said: "Jiu Ru came just in time, I am now in internal and external difficulties, and there is a shortage of manpower." As he spoke, he explained the current situation in detail.

After listening attentively, Zhu Tianbao was silent for a while before saying, "What do they want to do when they arrange it like this in the capital?" ”

"Naturally, it prevents me from ascending the throne." Yinren said disdainfully.

After a little hesitation, Zhu Tianbao said, "This should only be one of the purposes. ”

"Other purposes?" Yinren was slightly surprised, stared at him and asked.

"The prince is a fan of the authorities." Zhu Tianbao said in a deep voice: "The best way to prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne is to keep the prince out of the city, and they have enough troops to prevent the prince from entering Beijing." ”

"Not necessarily, but I have a lot of ministers and clansmen in my hands." Yinren said disapprerovingly: "If they block me from entering the city, killing a group of clan relatives is enough to cause chaos in the inner city, which clan mansion does not have hundreds of servants, who wants to watch their master being killed at the city gate?" ”