Chapter 18: Plans to save the princess
Li Luo was very sad, really sad, the new emperor had fallen within a few days of his accession to the throne, and he was counted on his head.
Forget it, the five hundred brothers who followed him south died because of himself, no matter how you look at it, the responsibility is on your own shoulders. He is now very remorseful, regretting why he broke into the deep palace alone, if it weren't for this, the brothers would not have died, and the emperor would not have died.
He lay on the hospital bed decadently, looking at the drip hanging by the bed, he even felt that why the people of the Republic wanted to save him, it was better to let him die.
"Awake?" The head of the Nanjing Intelligence Department of the Republic pushed open the door and came to him.
"Why save me?" Li Luo looked at the man in front of him with trepidation.
"Because you can't die here yet, your five hundred brothers are still waiting for you to take revenge. Also, how can it be said from the outside that there are many times when you can't do it, otherwise what would you want us from the intelligence bureau to do? Seeing the essence through the phenomenon is our duty.
More than 30 percent of your 500 brothers were not on the same path as you in the first place. Otherwise, the news of your going south will not be known to Li Zicheng, and then set up a trap for you to get in. But even if you don't go south, the new emperor will still die, that is, it is a matter of time before you go south, it is best for you to go south, he originally planned to deal with those powerful military attaches in Beizhili, and you are the one who has been blackened, just to lead the trouble to the east. The Commissioner said to him with great interest.
"According to what you say, why didn't Li Zicheng directly frame your republic?" Li Luo may be too sad, and his IQ has dropped.
Perhaps, he doesn't plan to think about it, or maybe he has lost interest in thinking at this moment.
"What good is it to blame our republic? Even if the people under the control of the entire Ming Empire hate us, will they be able to recover the country in one battle? Everyone is not a fool, instead of wasting manpower and material resources to fight a battle with no chance of winning, it is better to directly frame the blame on you, and then find a way to seize the actual control of the northern territory, and at the same time seize the technological achievements of the Ming Dynasty over the years, strengthen yourself to the extreme, and leave a foreshadowing for yourself to take over the Ming regime in the future, what a good move, isn't it? The director said to Li Luo with a bit of sarcasm.
Li Luo is actually not stupid, a fool can't be the director of the intelligence bureau, he just has a dead heart and doesn't want to think so much. After listening to the director's sneering and sneering words, even a fool can figure out that as a smart person, he can even draw inferences.
"So, you left me alive just to let me spread the truth, and then help you win over those officials in the north?" Li Luo sneered.
"That's really an idea on our part, but we still need your cooperation at this stage. But before that, here's a letter for you, a letter from your three brothers, and you'll have to look at it. In addition, you have been in a coma for three days, and two days later, it will be the day when Princess Changping will marry Li Yuanfang, if you don't want Emperor Chongzhen's baby princess to be harmed by Li Zicheng's dog, it is best to cheer up as soon as possible. The Commissioner dropped a letter, said these words, and turned to leave the room.
For others, Li Luo may not care, but Chongzhen and his children, as well as his three sworn brothers, he has to pay attention. After all, since the marriage, I have been constantly getting help from the three of them, and I can't pay them back for the rest of my life, and I can't ignore this sincere feeling.
When I opened the letter, it was full of some concerned greetings, and there was no mention of him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light. Reading between the lines is not to tell him to recover soon, it's a big deal not to be an official, he came to Chang'an a day, and the four brothers had a drink or something.
Li Luo couldn't be calm, there were no words of persuasion on this letter, which made people worry. Not to mention the handwriting, he could see that this was a letter written by the three brothers together, which others might not be able to imitate, and there were secret notes in it that only the four of them could understand.
As for how the Republic was able to get this letter to himself in three days, this was not within his consideration.
He doesn't know what it means, but if he knows, then in his impression, Zhang Hongbin is the demon who has been hanging and fighting the country. He didn't know the special name of Yashan Society, but he didn't expect that these former remnants of the Song Dynasty would actually create so many things in foreign countries. It's a pity that they chose not the emperor, but the third son of a Shaanxi landlord.
Should this be regarded as a long-sighted man, or does he really want to watch the Ming Dynasty perish?
The next day, Li Luo found the director and said that as long as it did not hurt the officials of Beizhili, he could cooperate appropriately. owes so much to his brother, and it is time for him to pay off his debts for what he has done over the years. At the same time, he was curious about what the people of the republic needed him to do and what they were going to do.
Then, I learned from their mouths that Li Zicheng was only afraid that he had forcibly killed all the harem concubines, and with the help of secret methods, he was afraid that soon these concubines would be found to be pregnant. When the time comes, this will be the widow of the Ming Emperor.
In the constitution of the new Ming Empire, the emperor was originally an ornament, and many things were not directly involved, so this emperor is an unborn emperor, or a female emperor is actually harmless, as long as he is from the Ming imperial family.
Li Zicheng wanted Chongzhen's queen and concubine to give birth to a son or daughter for him, and then raise one to come up. Then use the method of Zen position, and get the name of Chinese orthodoxy from the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the process is very slow, but very effective. Nowadays, there is no heirloom jade seal, and obtaining imperial power from the Zen throne in the hands of the emperor of the previous dynasty is the most legitimate orthodox inheritance ceremony.
Otherwise, it is necessary to take the identity of the person who changed the dynasty and operate slowly.
Don't forget jì, there is still a republic to the west, who will be orthodox then? It is better to be a successor than to be a changer of the dynasty at risk. The most important thing is that being a successor will be able to avoid the rebellion of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty from the people. The Qing Dynasty could kill all the rebels, but Li Zicheng couldn't, unless he didn't want to fight the Republic.
"Our plan is a two-front operation, simply in terms of intelligence work and special operations, and you have learned too little and are far from being our opponents. The fact that the palace waterways have been cleared by us as a way to travel back and forth is one of the biggest failures of your guards. But then again, no one would have thought that we could be in the water for that long, right? The director didn't finish speaking, but just said to Li Luo as if he was showing off.
Li Luo agreed with this, and he was surprised that night when he was put in his mouth by something in his mouth, he was able to breathe like he was on the ground, although he breathed through his mouth, but he was able to breathe in the water. With this thing, the pond in the palace connected to the living water is simply a secret passage!
"Our plan is to rescue Princess Changping through Guò on the one hand to attract the attention of the enemy. This requires your cooperation, Princess Changping knows you or not, and wants her to go with us, you are the key. Don't wonder why she doesn't hate you, the enemy who killed her royal brother, it is precisely because she is the party concerned that she will understand that you are not a murderer at all, but unfortunately, it is impossible for her to meet outsiders.
After attracting Li Zicheng's attention, our talent will enter the palace through the secret passage, which is actually very risky, and it is completely a dare to die. Our goal is very simple, either to rescue all of Chongzhen's concubines, or to kill them all. Let them bear the humiliation and give birth to Li Zicheng, it is better to let them die, this is the responsibility of Emperor Chongzhen.
Finally, Princess Tongguò Changping, we have obtained the approval of the northern generals, and when the time comes, whether they will become independent or voluntarily belong to our republic, that will be a matter for later, and we will not discuss this for the time being. The director finally said his plan, and Li Luo had nothing to complain about.
Even if the sin of assassinating the harem concubine was placed on him, he confessed it.
As the director said, let Chongzhen's woman be forced to give birth to Li Zicheng with a sense of guilt, and he was legally taken away by Li Zicheng because of this, that is the biggest sin. is not only irresponsible to him for these concubines, but also irresponsible to the late Emperor Chongzhen, but also irresponsible to the emperors of the Ming Dynasty who have been fighting and operating for nearly three hundred years.
As for the future, that's something to think about later. Any action is risky, and if it is not successful, there is no need to continue to think about it.
Being an intelligence officer can be considered one or two steps in advance, but thinking too far is not what a qualified intelligence officer should do.
The distribution of manpower was all discussed, and Li Luo took advantage of the fact that he had not taken action in the past two days, and he also desperately replenished his nutrition and exercised. Being shot in the abdomen by a bullet would not have been so easy, but Li Luo insisted on fighting on the front line, and the commissioner could only instruct the doctor to maximize the information and help him recover. It's a big deal, on the day of the action, give him an injection of painkillers, so that he can move without pain for three or five hours or something.
Two days is not a long time, but it is not a short time, but in fact, it has passed in the blink of an eye.
This day is an auspicious day for the zodiac, and Li Zicheng's son wants to marry Princess Changping, the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, if it is not grand.
Li Zicheng has been buying people's hearts these days, plus he seems to respect the royal family, and he also respects several queen concubines. In addition, it is a princess who is married, so naturally more people will come to watch.
In ancient times, it was generally not a princess who married but a princess. The princess and the concubine are monarchs and ministers, and the princess has a special princess's mansion, and the concubine can't even have sex with the princess if she is not summoned. The princess can even keep her face in captivity, and the colt really can't do anything but cry. And being a colt is not an official, so after the Song Dynasty, being a colt is the most aggrieved thing for young talents.
However, Li Zicheng is Li Zicheng after all, and according to the new constitution, the princess is still married by marriage. In other words, the royal status remains the same, but it will not be a monarch and a minister, but an equal husband and wife. At the same time, it is stipulated that if the princess allows it, the concubine can also take a concubine.
The time of the modification is only one day before his son's proposal, and it is easy for a discerning person to see something, but he will not talk nonsense. After all, it's inherently insignificant. At most, there are some etiquette issues involved, but for Li Zicheng and others, this is even less of a problem.
This year, driven by the republic, women have begun to show up to work, in the eyes of those Confucians in the past, what immoral things have not been done?
Under everyone's attention, the palace slowly opened, and the welcoming procession walked out of Li Zicheng's mansion, and then entered the palace.
Not long after, an eight-lift sedan chair, under the attention of everyone, followed the welcoming procession and walked slowly towards Li Zicheng's mansion......