Nine Elder Brother Yin glanced at everyone vigilantly, Li Guangdi is the banner of the 14th Party, if he succeeds in rescuing the hostage of ministers and clan relatives, wouldn't the 14th Party be the desire of the people? If the old fourteen is safe and sound, who among the brothers can fight for him?

Xiao Yongzao also thought of this consequence, and said quite eagerly: "Li Zhongtang has a proper method? ”

"It's too much to do." Li Guangdi shook his head slightly, and then sighed lightly: "The prince has been in court affairs for a long time, and his talents and methods are very comparable, but his temperament is a little more violent, this time he hijacked his ministers and clan relatives to return to Beijing, if he is blocked, have you ever thought about the consequences?" ”

The prince is arrogant and violent, and the officials in Beijing have heard about it, if the prince is blocked from the city, what will the prince do? What happens if you change yourself? will inevitably be threatened by ministers and clan relatives, what will be the consequences? The first to be used to establish authority must be the members of the Eight Parties and clan relatives, didn't the prince do this in Tianjin?

With only a dozen or so people sanitize, the inner city of Beijing will be in chaos, and those hostage ministers and clan relatives will definitely organize spontaneously, coerce or forcibly open the city gates, so they will not care about what will happen to the crown prince after he ascends the throne, they only care about the safety of the pillars of the family, which is also human nature and human nature.

After the prince leads the troops into the city, what will be the consequences and fate of these people? Being guided by Li Guangdi, everyone suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and their eyes were a little unkind when they looked at Brother Jiu, Brother Jiu didn't deliberately mislead them in the past two days, right? The eighth elder brother can stop the prince if he leads his troops into the city?

Long Keduo was also blinded when he landed, and this Li Guangdi turned out to be in the opposite tune! What does he mean? Open the city gates and welcome the prince into the city? Will the crown prince have a chance to ascend the throne? If you are an emperor, can you do it for a long time? Besides, if Kangxi hadn't died, how would he deal with himself as the Admiral of the Nine Gates? How will the Fourteenth Master see him in the future? You can't abandon your official position and run away, right? This is not good, unless Kangxi is dead, it is still a dead end.

Yin can't wait to kick this old sick ghost to death, this old guy is too ruthless, a few words put the eight parties in a desperate situation, and put the starlings and several of them into the opposite side of all the officials and clans, whether the rescue is successful or not, the eight parties will be doomed, it can be said that there is no chance left for the starling.

With such a great opportunity, Zhang Pengxi would not let it go, and said with a sincere face: "If Li Zhongtang has any suggestions, you might as well say it, and all the ministers in Beijing are here, and everyone can discuss it." ”

Li Guangdi glanced at everyone before he said slowly: "I suggest that the eighth elder brother be refused to enter Beijing and welcome the prince into Beijing." ”

"Welcoming the prince into Beijing, can you rescue the hostage ministers and relatives of the clan?" Nine Elder Brother Yin immediately spoke out against it.

"Take the initiative to welcome the prince into Beijing, not to mention that you will definitely be able to rescue the hostage of the ministers and clansmen, but at least there will be a chance. Moreover, the prince's entry into Beijing could not be stopped at all, unless he sacrificed all the hostage ministers and relatives and their relatives. When Li Guang said this, his eyes rolled, he looked at Yin, and asked in a deep voice: "Dare to ask the Ninth Master the Qing Dynasty and the throne, which is more important?" ”

Yin Dengshi saw sweat on his forehead, and he didn't dare to make a sound anymore, and if he continued, he offended all the people, and was embarrassed, but he saw a few soldiers and two little eunuchs leading a post guard to hurry over.

Seeing that it was the little eunuch who went to the study, Xiao Yongzao hurriedly got up and paced a few steps, and asked, "But from Tianjin?" ”

The post guard hurriedly took a few steps forward and knelt down and said, "Lord Hui, exactly." As he spoke, he handed an envelope with both hands.

Xiao Yongzao asked unhappily while inspecting the fire paint: "Isn't it that you report three times a day?" Why is it only reported yesterday and today? ”

"Lord Hui, the post road from Tianjin to Beijing has been completely cut off, and the damage is quite serious, it is said that the waterway is also blocked by sunken ships, and there are sergeants along the way who set up cards and are not allowed to pass." The postman replied in a deep voice. …,

I heard that it was a post guard from Tianjin, and everyone looked over, and when they heard this, everyone wondered, what does the prince want to do? Blocking the pursuers behind? But who will chase him later? Could it be that Kangxi has news? Otherwise, why would the prince have to go to such great lengths?

Xiao Yongzao opened the envelope and stared at it carefully.

Zhang Pengxi then asked, "Then how did you come here?" ”

"The small one is familiar with the terrain, one person and three rides, and it only took half a day to walk around the checkpoint by taking the trail." The postman replied respectfully.

Waving his hand to hold back a few soldiers, Xiao Yongzao said: "Everyone, there is a new movement in Tianjin." As he spoke, he handed the letter to Brother Jiu Yin, and then said: "Fifteen warships of the navy sailed into Tianjin at noon the day before yesterday, and three thousand musketeers were walking towards the capital at the speed of a forced march. ”

As soon as they heard the news, everyone burst into discussions, since the navy is here, it means that the fourteenth elder brother is safe, but what about Kangxi, who fell into the water with the fourteenth elder brother? Why is there no news of Kangxi?

An ominous premonition spread in everyone's hearts, there was no news of Kangxi in Tianjin for three days, there was only one possibility, Kangxi was in the navy, and most of them had died, and the fourteenth elder brother was not mourned in order to compete for the throne, so as not to have the advantage of the prince, he rushed to the capital in such a hurry, there is no doubt that he came to compete for the throne.

This time, the crown prince, the eighth elder brother, and the fourteenth elder brother gathered in the capital, and each of them brought thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Long Keduo is the most excited, the fourteenth master is safe, his career will be guaranteed, and while he is happy, he is thinking in his heart, how can he make great contributions in this battle for the throne?

Yin was nervous at first, and after a while, he was happy again, the old fourteen came, the starling brother can be regarded as having a helper, even if the old fourteen finally grabbed the throne, it is much stronger than the prince's upper position, I don't believe that the two parties can't move the prince together! It's just that at present, starlings are good for them to enter the city? Or is it better not to enter the city? He couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

Li Guangdi was like an old monk in a fixed place, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, but he was thinking hard in his heart, Kangxi died, there must be a dragon and tiger fight between the three princes, the Qing Dynasty is afraid that it will be difficult to escape, how can this disaster be avoided? After pondering for a long time, he said firmly: "In the current situation, I still insist on welcoming the prince into Beijing, and refuse the eighth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother outside the city!" ”

This time, it was Long Keduo who didn't do it, he immediately said: "I still insist on treating everyone equally, all of them are rejected outside the city, there are eight masters and fourteen masters outside the city, once the prince enters the city, he will definitely purge the eight and fourteen parties to consolidate the capital, and this loss is also unimaginable." ”1