The day before the Northern Expedition generals set off, Yang Guang's face became more and more gloomy. He locked himself in the study and didn't leave all day, just holding the five-pound Huaihuang Burning Spring Drink non-stop. He didn't hide his irritable mood at all, he didn't want anyone to come into the study to disturb him at this time, and he didn't want to see Concubine Xiao, he had been sleepless all day and night since he came back. While drinking, I pinched the joints of my fingers with my hands from time to time, listening to the crisp clatter sound of the blue.

Yang Guang was thinking, thinking painfully.

On the eve of the kings leaving Beijing, Zhang Heng disguised himself as an inconspicuous man, and followed the carriage that delivered food to the Jin Wangfu every day and ventured into the mansion. Yang Guang welcomed him into the study, and the pair had a stern conversation between the master and the slave.

Zhang Heng entered the mansion this time, but also received an urgent call from Yang Guang, at this juncture, if he entered the Jin King's Mansion secretarily, it would not only be a great risk to him, but also to the King of Jin. However, the king of Jin summoned him, and Zhang Heng had to come. At this moment, whether it is Yang Su or Yu Wenshu, they are even more light, they are afraid that there are countless people around them staring. However, Zhang Heng is not so eye-catching at the moment, and he belongs to the confidant of King Jin, and it will only play a role after seeing King Jin. At this time, King Jin needed more than just a microphone, he needed a wise man to advise him.

Zhang Heng thought that King Jin might want to talk about how to clear the wrongs of the assassination case, but in fact, he also knew a lot about this aspect. There was the full intervention of the princeling's party, not for two or three months. It is impossible to really get to the bottom of the case. But when he saw Yang Guang, he was unexpectedly discovered. This is not what King Jin is going to talk about tonight.

"If we mutiny at this time," King Jin said without being shocked, and directly opened with a shocking sentence, "If we mutiny at this time, what are the chances of victory?" ”

"Mutiny?" Zhang Heng was shocked and incoherent. His first reaction was that King Jin was crazy, and his second reaction was that King Jin was drunk. But if you look closely, although King Jin has a little alcohol on his face, his eyes are extremely clear, and he is not drunk. Nor crazy.

"I think the emperor's mind has changed, he seems to be ready to abandon me, maybe he will replace the crown prince, but the new crown prince will most likely not be me." Yang Guang gritted his teeth and said, "Regarding this assassination case, I think about it, but I can't figure it out. I didn't assassinate Yang Lin, and Yang Lin himself couldn't have assassinated himself, nor was he a prince. It can't be Yang Jun, Yang Liang and Yang Xiu don't have this ability, I think the real murderer of the assassination may be the emperor. ”

Zhang Heng inhaled the cold air. I feel a little out of step with the rhythm more and more.

"But why did the emperor do this? The emperor liked Yang Lin very much. ”

"It is precisely because the emperor likes Yang Lin that he planned this bureau. The assassination of the imperial grandson is just a game, and the real purpose is to come against me. By stabbing the case, and then take down me before the expedition. I've never been able to understand why Yu Xiaoren was involved. Why did you betray me, now I think I figured it out. Because of the emperor. Yu Xiaoren could not resist the emperor, and the fate of the Yu family's family members who were exiled to Lingnan was all in the hands of the emperor, and he could not refuse the emperor's request. ”

"This alone can't be proven, it's just speculation." Zhang Heng still couldn't believe that the assassination was actually planned by the emperor.

"Evidence, to my status, how can I need any evidence for many things, and it is too late to really need evidence." Yang Guang sneered, "I can't sit still!" ”

"Maybe it didn't get to that point." Zhang Heng comforted him. "Even if he fails to lead the Northern Expedition, the King of Jin still has a lot of hope."

"If it was before, maybe yes. But now," Yang Guang shook his head, desperate in his heart. "I can't wait for that day, I have to get up and let go. I have thought about it, after the kings and generals leave the capital tomorrow, the vigilance of the capital division will inevitably be greatly reduced, and this is an excellent opportunity. While the emperor is not on guard, we suddenly attack, we don't need many soldiers and horses, just a small number of reliable soldiers and horses. As long as we act quickly and attack the palace as soon as possible, then the matter is half the battle. At that time, we will seize the palace and force the emperor to issue an edict. ”

"The division is heavily guarded, the imperial city is even more heavily guarded, the palace walls are tall and strong, and there are elite guards guarding it, it is too difficult to attack the palace." Zhang Heng didn't expect King Jin to have such an idea, and cold sweat flowed down.

"Under normal circumstances, it is certainly not easy to take the palace, but we don't have to attack hard." Yang Guang clenched his fists, "The three cities of Luocheng, Imperial City, and Miyagi in Daxing City, the northern city walls are actually shared. The north gate of the palace, the Xuanwu Gate, leads directly to the palace, as long as we can take the Xuanwu Gate, we can take a few soldiers and horses from the north of Daxing City through the Xuanwu Gate to enter the palace, bypassing the outer city guards, the imperial city guards and the palace guards of Daxing City. ”

"But the Xuanwu Gate has always been heavily guarded, and there is an elite stationed there. Once there is a policeman, the rest of the guards can also rush to the rescue. ”

"Li Zixiong, the guard of Xuanwu Gate, once followed me to Ping Chen, and then became the governor of Jiangzhou, and only last year was transferred to the Beijing Central Prison Guard as the guard of Xuanwu Gate, and he has always had a good relationship with me. I am confident that if our army goes to the Xuanwu Gate, Li Zixiong will open the Xuanwu Gate for me. Yang Guang confidently said the biggest source of confidence that he wanted to launch a mutiny, the real trump card in his hand.

At this moment, Zhang Heng couldn't help but breathe rapidly. If the Xuanwu Gate guards were really on their side, then there was a real chance of success in launching a mutiny. Although the palace is strictly guarded, if the Xuanwu Gate is in the hands of his own people, then the entire palace is actually undefended. They didn't really want to capture Daxing City, all they needed was to quickly break into the palace and control the emperor in their hands. As long as you enter the palace, control the emperor, and then ask the emperor to order the guards in Beijing to lay down their weapons, it is not impossible. Even as the King of Jin said, when the time comes, he will directly let the emperor give the edict to the King of Jin.

However, the thought only turned around in his mind a few times, and he soon thought of a farther place. Maybe it can really be done, but is it enough?

Even if the King of Jin really succeeded in entering the palace and successfully controlling the emperor. Even let the emperor edict the Zen throne, but will others accept it?

The crown prince is on the march. But the commander of hundreds of thousands of Northern Expeditionary troops, not to mention the emperor's grandsons and kings. and the two prime ministers are also outside, and when the time comes, the capital will be controlled, and the emperor will not be controlled, but the crown prince, the emperor, the grandson, and the kings will not be controlled. At that time, if any one refuses to recognize the new emperor, it will be a big war. And he could imagine that no one would ever admit to usurping the throne by a sudden mutiny. When it comes to fighting, they have absolutely no chance of winning. They have been in business for many years, and their real strength is in Jianghuai, and in Beijing, they have few people and horses. At that time, the princes and kings fought back. They were immediately crushed to dust.

"Your Highness, this matter is very important, please think twice."

"Heaven and Buddha take it, but suffer from it. In the current situation, if I don't blog, wait a little longer, and then I won't have a chance even if I still want to let go. Yang Guang raised his head and looked at Zhang Heng, his eyes full of pessimism. Words are in words. "I can't sit still. Jianping, you are familiar with the affairs of the court, you say. Now the emperor's mind is still on this king. If the emperor really intends to replace me as the prince, then why does he want to take my position this time because of the slightest suspicion. Or even confine me to Beijing? The emperor hasn't touched me yet, not because he believes in me and protects me. He's just going to cut off my wings step by step, and then he's going to move me. ”

"I really waited for that day. The emperor doesn't want to depose me, he only needs a decree to place me in the capital to give me an idle position, or transfer me to Shuzhong, then it will be too late for the king to have any ideas. ”

Zhang Heng also nodded, "Although this dynasty reuses the clan on the surface, it is the head of the military town of the frontier officials, and the important positions such as Shangshu Shilang when he enters." But in fact, the clan does not have a real feudal state, even if it is the head of a town, but the emperor can transfer it out of another town at any time, in the final analysis, the clan has no real foundation. ”

Yang Guang smiled bitterly and nodded, "This dynasty has been established for less than 20 years, and this king has been appointed governor of the state since he was fourteen years old, and has successively served as the governor of the state, the governor of Hebei Xingtai, the pastor of Yongzhou, the governor of Huainan Xingtai, the governor of Yangzhou, and many other positions, and the longest-serving Yangzhou has only been eight years. I have been concentrating on business for many years, but now the emperor has transferred me to the state by decree. If the emperor really doesn't want to be my crown prince, then I have no chance to inherit the Great Sui in this life, even if I just want to be a vassal king, I can't get it. ”

Zhang Heng also smiled bitterly, if you talk about the emperor's five sons, the most virtuous among them is naturally King Jin. He followed the King of Jin not only because he was close to the King of Jin, but also because he was also impressed by this wise prince, and believed that if the throne passed into the hands of this man, the Great Sui would be able to become stronger in the future. But now that the situation has changed, he is becoming more and more disdainful of the situation in the Ming Dynasty, and the situation that has become more and more clear has become more and more gloomy. When they were in Yangzhou, they also planned to compete for the position of the prince, if in the end they could not do anything, then with their business in Jiangnan, the worst situation would be to rule the river with the new emperor and divide Jiangnan. But in the current situation, the emperor has blocked this retreat in advance. As soon as the edict was issued, the king of Jin changed from the governor of Yangzhou to the governor of the state, and he was also the governor of the state that could not be appointed. Once you can't become a prince in the future, there is really no way back. And at the moment, the King of Jin is indeed getting farther and farther away from the position of the crown prince.

But despite the fact that the shape was so bad, Zhang Heng still felt that it was not yet the worst, and he felt that King Jin was a little desperate because of the successive blows. But he didn't feel that there was no way back, they still had a chance, and they could wait.

"The Queen Mother has always intended to abolish Yong Ligu, if she can control the palace, then force the two saints to give an edict to the Zen position, and then let Nayan Suwei, who is accustomed to seeing the wind and rudder, stand up and lead the hundred officials to support Gu, and the situation is controllable. After getting the jade seal, Gu Ke asked Su Wei to pretend to be in the name of the emperor to draft an edict to recall the crown prince Gao Gong and others back to Beijing, and then directly execute them, and then pass the edict to the rest of the kings to summon them back to Beijing, accuse them of seizing their military power, and then let our generals take over the army, and the big thing can be done. The more Yang Guang spoke, the more excited he became, as if the matter had been successful.

Zhang Heng hurriedly said: "This matter is too difficult, as long as there is a mistake in one link, then we will fall into the abyss." I still think that now that the situation has not completely collapsed, we should wait a little longer and wait to see what happens. Even if this is to be done, it should not be now. At the very least, you have to be well prepared to do so. If you want to succeed and seize the palace, it is important to control the emperor, but at the same time, you must also control the prince and Gao Ying. In addition, we must also be careful of the imperial grandson, he is now in charge of Hebei, his power is not small, and he has the name of the imperial grandson, but I am afraid that there will be extraneous branches when the time comes. As for the rest, don't worry too much, as long as you can take down the emperor and the crown prince, the rest of the people are not a problem. Once he can control the overall situation, Su Wei will definitely kowtow to His Highness as soon as possible, and the King of Qin among the kings does not have to worry, and the King of Shu and the King of Han may be dissatisfied, but it is not a big problem. ”

Yang Guang didn't know these things, but he was worried that he didn't have much time. Once the emperor really decides not to give him the position of prince, I am afraid that he will be in a very worrying situation in the future.

"Maybe you can plan slowly first, and wait until the Northern Expedition is triumphant, when the crown prince and the kings are in Beijing, and then there will be a sudden mutiny, and then the emperor and the crown prince and the prince and the kings can be wiped out." Zhang Heng still doesn't approve of rushing into trouble, that is too bad to win, only relying on a Xuanwu Gate guard will be the internal response, it is too difficult to achieve things.

"Can only wait?" Yang Guang seemed to be asking Zhang Heng, but he was actually asking himself. He wanted to mutiniate immediately, but he was already desperate. can be persuaded by Zhang Heng, but it makes him feel that he is not in a desperate situation. As a last resort, he didn't want to mutiny in a hurry at this time. Although he felt in his heart that as long as he could capture the palace and control the two saints, then even if the crown prince and the kings were not convinced, he would not be afraid. However, Zhang Heng's words finally made him regain some confidence, maybe the situation has not gotten so bad.

"It's also about being foolproof." Zhang Heng looked at Yang Guang, "Maybe the situation will change dramatically at that time, maybe the emperor will still think that His Royal Highness is the best candidate for the throne." ”

Yang Guang sighed, "I don't know if it's right or wrong to listen to your words today!" ”

"It's better to plan and act than to start in a hurry, there is only one chance, once you fail, there will be no second chance to come back, we must be cautious. Emperors, crown princes, grandsons, and kings, if they miss any of them, they will have endless troubles, and there must be a perfect strategy to catch them all, so that it can be considered a great success. Zhang Heng persuaded again. (To be continued......)