Chapter 1175: The Truth
At this point, what else does Zhang Fu not understand? He, the fisherman who thinks he sits firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, is simply a monkey who lets others play with him! When it comes to intrigue and trickery, he, an undefeated hero on the battlefield, is far from being able to compare with Wang Xian. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
That was Yao Guangxiao's former disciple, and even Zhu Di was not an opponent's god......
In fact, it was really more striking than Zhang Fu thought, and Wang Xian did return to the capital for a while. But in order not to be exposed, he basically didn't show up, and he didn't even need to plan the layout, Wu Wei, Mo Wen, Liu Sheng and others in the capital had already taken care of everything.
The reason why Taisun and Xungui were defeated was largely because they were too slow to act, leaving too much time for their opponents to prepare. You must know that before Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, Wang Xian and his gang had already concluded that the nobles must have a fierce conflict with the emperor, so Wang Xian insisted on leaving the capital, so as not to fall into this whirlpool and not be able to extricate himself.
It's just that although Wang Xianren left, his attention never left. Under his instruction, Wu Wei and others began to make all-out arrangements in advance for possible conflicts. In the past half a year, Jin Yiwei has been silently in accordance with the emperor's will on the surface, but secretly he has made every effort to investigate every move of Zhu Zhanji and the nobles.
If the princes and nobles made trouble at the beginning of the emperor's succession, Wang Xian's side might still be caught off guard, but after more than half a year and nearly a year of preparation, they have already won the game, and they can even deliberately let the other party perform, and then strike a fatal blow at the most favorable time to win the greatest benefit.
Back to the days of the conflict between the first emperor Ancuo and Changling, only one day later, Wu Wei had already sent the whole story to Wang Xian's desk. As long as he understood the extent of the conflict, how could Wang Xian not judge that the day of the showdown between the nobles and the emperor had arrived?
Coupled with the fact that Jinyiwei detected Zhu Zhanji and Xungui's frequent contact, how could Wang Xian not judge that His Royal Highness Taisun would also play an important role in the conflict? This is truly extraordinary, because if the nobles win this contest, the emperor's authority will fall to the bottom, and he will be the prince, the de facto heir to the throne...... Although Zhu Gaochi was reluctant to correct Zhu Zhanji's name, people with a little political wisdom knew very well that this was just a temporary suppression and would not really change anything.
Don't forget, Zhu Gaochi was able to withstand the hostility of the first emperor for 20 years, and finally succeeded in taking over the throne, relying on his status as the eldest son! He is the son of King Yan personally appointed by Emperor Taizu, and if Zhu Di wants to have a long time, he must maintain the integrity of Gangchang, so he can only restrain the impulse to abolish the heir and establish the young, and let Zhu Gaochi take over the throne and sit firmly in the position of the crown prince.
Although legend has it that at the last moment, Zhu Di wanted Zhu Zhanji to ascend the throne past the crown prince, but it was because he was old and faint, and he regarded himself as the number one enemy, so there would be changes, and he could not be measured by common sense.
In the same way, Zhu Gaochi will not pass on the position of prince to a prince other than Zhu Zhanji unless it is absolutely necessary. That's the grandson of the emperor for more than 20 years, the eldest son of the real grandson!
This truth, not only Wang Xian understands, Zhu Zhanji will not be unclear, according to common sense, even if he will have an awkward relationship with his father in small matters, this kind of major matter related to the survival of imperial power, he will definitely stand on his father's side. Unless, he can get more in this coup d'état - it can only be the throne!
Having figured this out, all doubts were solved. Because it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Zhanji to directly usurp the throne with a group of nobles, he must have the rumored edict of the first emperor in his hand, and there must be some conditions in the edict that he can't do, so Zhu Zhanji didn't take it out at the first time!
As for what the conditions are, Wang Xian can say very immodestly, only if it is related to himself, His Royal Highness Taisun will be so difficult to do. As long as you think about Emperor Yongle's hatred for himself, the content of that condition will be clear - you must kill yourself to ascend the throne!
These truths that even Zhang Fu can understand, Wang Xian has no ideals and no ideals, once he understands these, the opponent's actions will have no secrets at all! Jin Yiwei even designed several sets of plans for the nobles, and took precautions for each plan. Although, with the support of the continuous intelligence of the Jinyiwei secret agents, they knew very well from the beginning what kind of actions the British Guild would take, but the strength of the Jinyiwei was too strong, and it was a super intelligence agency that had defeated the emperor and Dongchang, so they didn't need to pay attention to what 'good steel is used on the blade', and it was not difficult to wipe out all the possibilities!
This situation often occurs when killing chickens with a knife.
Of course, such a victory is bound to be crushing, and there is no suspense at all.
This is an unfair contest with a huge disparity in strength from the beginning, and with the full trust and support of the emperor, Wang Xian is an invincible existence in the world. Zhang Fu and Zhu Zhanji know this, and Wang Xian will not be naïve to this day, thinking that others will underestimate him.
So everyone knows very well that as long as Wang Xian returns to the capital, all the turmoil will subside, and no matter how dissatisfied the generals are, they don't dare to make too many mistakes, let alone argue with the emperor, and even want to force the palace to seize power.
But Wang Xian will definitely not return to Beijing in advance, that will only make a wedding dress for Yang Shiqi and others, and the loss is the interests of his own side. Today, even the emperor can no longer ask Wang Xian to blindly ignore gains and losses, be loyal to the monarch and love the country. Because in essence, the two are not just monarchs and ministers, but collaborators of common prosperity and mutual protection.
But Wang Xian will never wait for the situation to get out of control before returning to Beijing, after all, Emperor Hongxi is also his protector. If you really let those nobles remove the emperor from power, Wang Xian's good days will come to an end!
Therefore, he must return to Beijing at the most appropriate time, so that the nobles have already tried to see the dagger, and the emperor and civil officials are terrified to the extreme, so that he will appear as a savior and turn the tide of the tide!
This point in time is after the emperor and the nobles return to Beijing, but the problem is that the nobles also know very well that he will return to Beijing at this time! If the nobles knew that he would return, they would probably choose to be a shrunken turtle, which was not in Wang Xian's interests and his next plans.
Therefore, it is necessary to create an illusion of going south to Wudang Mountain, so that everyone believes that he will not return to Beijing, so that the nobles dare to give it a go. But it is very difficult to convince an opponent of such a clearly unconscionable move. It can even be said that this is the most difficult part of the whole plan.
Wang Xian put himself in his shoes and thought about it, and estimated that if he were Zhang Fu, he would not believe that the surnamed Wang would not return to the capital at this time, but would go to Wudang Mountain to propose marriage. But at the same time, there must be a desire for this to be an absurd fact, because there are indeed too many unbelievable things in history that have reversed the rise and fall of success and failure. So Zhang Fu must have an ambivalence that he can't believe it, but he will desperately want to confirm it.
Once there is this kind of speculative luck mentality, as long as there is a conclusive evidence and there is no counter-evidence, the balance in Zhang Fu's heart will collapse in an instant, and he chooses to believe that Wang Xian did go to Wudang Mountain!
Therefore, Wang Xian can only go to Wudang Mountain to propose marriage, but not to go back to Nanjing to see his father. If you go back to Nanjing, of course, because of the distance and time, Zhang Fu can't send someone to the scene to verify, but Nanjing was still the capital of the Ming Dynasty a few years ago, and its importance is no less than Beijing.
No matter how powerful Wang Xian's Jinyi Wei is, it is impossible to block all of Zhang Fu's information channels, so Nanjing is absolutely not good.
The situation in Wudang Mountain is much better, Huguang is still a remote area in this era, and Wudang Mountain is in the deep mountains and old forests. It is unlikely that Zhang Fu will train carrier pigeons that are in contact with Huguang, even if there is one, it must be flown to the provincial capital Wuchang, and from Wuchang to Wudang Mountain, it will take more than ten days to go back and forth, and the daylilies are cold.
Therefore, Wang Xian can be sure that if he chooses Wudang Mountain, Zhang Fu has no channels to confirm his whereabouts. In this way, Zhang Fu will not have any counter-evidence. There was only one conclusive piece of evidence left for him to believe.
And Wudang Mountain can provide such evidence that can convince Zhang Fu - since the night of King Zhao's rebellion last year, Taisun Yingtai was in distress, and Hu Hao surfaced. Wang Xian maintained a high degree of attention to this great master, who was quite related to him, was loyal to the royal family on the surface, but was actually ambitious.
Once targeted by the Jinyi Guard, there is no secret to speak of, and this truth, which has been verified countless times in the Ming Dynasty, is equally effective when placed on the mysterious Hu Qi.
Through investigation, Wang Xian found that this Wudang master, who had secretly tracked down Emperor Jianwen for nearly 20 years, once established an underground spy organization for Zhu Di, and it was very good and prosperous. It's a pity that it was Zhao Ying who finally caught Emperor Jianwen, and with the precedent of Ji Gang, Zhu Di didn't trust the foreign ministers very much, so it was Zhao Ying who finally established the East Factory, and Hu Hao could only helplessly hand over more than ten years of hard work.
After returning to Wudang Mountain and depressed for several years, Hu Hao was recalled to the capital by Zhu Di, this time his mission was to protect His Royal Highness Taisun. This is a promising career, and once the grandson ascends the throne, he will become a minister of Tuogu. It's just that I didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse, and it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who finally ascended the throne, and his dream of 'entrusting the orphan minister' could only be postponed indefinitely......
However, compared to Zhao Ying, who took away his hard work, Hu Hao was much luckier. Now the governor of Dongchang, who is determined to live for a hundred years, has been ruined and nowhere to be found, and the Dongchang established by himself has also been wiped out in the long river of history. After the dissolution of the East Factory, Hu Hao took the opportunity to secretly recall many old subordinates, and also absorbed many of the original East Factory masters. In this regard, His Royal Highness Taisun, who has been suffering from the lack of spy power, naturally welcomed it with both hands, and saved money to support this secret force.
Of course, while Hu Hao is helping his grandson, he will also do some private work by the way, such as establishing a connection with the carrier pigeons in Wudang Mountain......