Chapter 105: Calculations
Zhang Bangchang lay on the city wall and looked down, only to see that the city was full of soldiers, waving flags, covering the sky and the sun, dazzling swords and guns, and the black and dark could not see the edge, and a big flag was written with four big characters of 'seeking rebellion and recovering the country'. He was a little stupid, he had just presented a persuasion table to King Kang, and this King Qin came again, how could it be good?
'Whoosh', just when Zhang Bangchang was in a daze, an arrow shot over, rubbing his hair bun and nailed it to the pillar, Zhang Bangchang was so frightened that he sat on the ground, his body was soft, cold sweat flowed, and several soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to protect him with shields.
"Xiangye, shoot a letter!" One of his personal attendants pulled out the arrow nailed to the pillar of the building, and held it in both hands.
"Read..."Zhang Bangchang said in a trembling voice.
"The traitor Zhang Bangchang colluded with the Jurchens and betrayed the country..."
"Give it to me!" Zhang Bangchang hurriedly snatched it when he heard it, and he became a thief in the first two sentences, and I am afraid that there is nothing good to hear in the back, so don't be ashamed, I have read it carefully, the more I look at it, the worse my face is, my hands tremble and my face is sweating, and I suddenly rolled my eyes and fainted, and the entourage saw it and hurriedly grabbed him and snatched him out of the city.
"What is this for? Why won't God let me go! Zhang Bangchang woke up under the help of everyone and found that he was in the palace, surrounded by Xu Bingzhe, Wang Shiyong, Fan Qiong and other ministers, and he howled and cried.
"Zhang Xiang also asks for condolences, the Qin Wangjun outside has besieged the capital, let us open the city and surrender, otherwise we will attack the city, and now we need to make an early claim!" Xu Bingzhe saw that he was awake and hurriedly said.
"To the emperor who has been cancelled, he will return to the queen mother. And asked King Kang to return to Beijing to govern, which is already benevolent and righteous. Let's welcome him into the city! Zhang Bangchang stopped his sad voice and said.
"Absolutely not, King Qin has already ascended to immortality. This must be someone else pretending to be his name, if it is a thief and a thief to deceive the city, won't the capital be plagued by soldiers again! Wang Shiyong said.
"But the soldiers and horses outside the city are majestic, how can we refuse, if it is really the King of Qin who cheated out of the city back then, I am afraid that the King of Qin will return to the city this time..."
Everyone was silent for a while, and now there is a shortage of food and firewood in the city, and there is no fighting spirit, and the King of Qin is famous as 'muddy and unlucky'. Now they have sold their parents and brothers to the Jurchens and proclaimed themselves emperors, although there is also helplessness among them, but with his temper, he will definitely not give up, and I am afraid that none of these people in the palace can live.
"For today's plan, we can only insist that King Qin has ascended to immortality, whether it is a real death or fake death, we don't recognize it, and when King Kang inherits the unification after he returns, we can also count as having the merit of supporting the dragon. They won't be cruel to us! Wang Shiyong said.
"Yes, King Qin's return to Beijing at this time is nothing more than to take the opportunity to steal the throne, and King Kang also has this intention, as long as he waits for King Kang to arrive. It has the edict of the Queen Mother, and then we will support King Kang as the main one, and King Qin can help me! Xu Bingzhe high-fived and said yes.
"The edict has just been sent. I don't know when King Kang will arrive, and how to deal with the current crisis? Zhang Bangchang said. He is now pulling out the cold in his heart, and he has just asked to abdicate his position. These people are in a hurry to find their next home, it's really a hot and cold world!
"For today's plan, there is only to send people out of the city to deal with it, there is no will, the name of his army is not right, even if the king of Qin is in the army, he will not dare to risk the disapproval of the world to lead the army into the city without authorization, otherwise he will be spurned by the people of the world!" Xu Bingzhe said that he knew that although King Qin was a bastard, he was reasonable, and he just grasped this weakness and made him suffer.
"Prime Minister, the Queen Mother sent someone to ask how to deal with King Qin's matter? The Queen Mother wanted to meet King Qin. Just when everyone was talking and trying to refuse the King of Qin outside the city, the inner chamberlain told the Queen Mother to send someone.
"This..."Zhang Bangchang's heart skipped a beat, all kinds of ways they thought of were based on the cooperation of the Queen Mother, everyone in Beijing knew that King Qin had made the government and the opposition uneasy in order to support the Queen Mother, and he was really good to the Queen Mother, even if he was not in Beijing, there was also a princess who came to the door to ask for warmth, the relationship between the two is not ordinary, if it is really King Qin outside, then King Kang is afraid that there will be nothing to do, he has nothing to do, and his gang will have nothing to do!
"If you tell someone to come, just say that the prime minister is screening the identity of the King of Qin outside the city, and he will report back when he has the results!" Xu Bingzhe reacted quickly and said first, he knew that this matter must be kept secret from the Queen Mother, and he must not be allowed to interfere in this matter.
The situation was urgent, everyone discussed and came up with a solution, they knew that the King of Qin was well-known in the capital, so they ordered Fan Qiong to lead the troops on guard, and once something happened, they immediately suppressed it, and then sent the scholar Wu Qi and Shangshu Zuocheng Feng Lu out of the city to negotiate, asking them to find out the identity of this King of Qin, and second, to delay the time, and wait for King Kang to go to Beijing...
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At this moment, several leaders in the palace outside the city gathered in the tent, and they were also waiting for the change of the situation, but there were three more old men in the tent, and Zhao Ren was missing.
"Master He, it's been half a day, if they don't open the city gate, then are we going to really fight?" Zhao Yong couldn't sit still, and asked He Qudao, who was sitting in the first place.
"Don't worry, it's Zhang Bangchang's group who are anxious now, they must be discussing countermeasures now, and someone will go out of the city to talk about something in the future!" He Qufei said with a smile.
"It's just that I didn't expect Zhang Bangchang, the dog thief, to carry the Empress Dowager Meng out, this is also our mistake, we knew that we would invite her out of the city together, and there was no matter of today, so that we were tied!" Huang Jingchen sighed and said.
"The trouble doesn't stop there, the Queen Mother issued an edict to ask King Kang to ascend the throne, and the ministers also went to the persuasion table, we are still a step late and missed the opportunity!" Xu Jingheng said.
"It's just a little more troublesome, but it doesn't matter, Zhang Bangchang said that the emperor has lost the hearts of the people, and it is even more difficult for a group of traitors to persuade him to enter; In terms of origin and prestige, the prince is a hundred times better than King Kang, and the people are welcome; Empress Meng has always valued the prince, and once she knows that the prince is still in the world, she will definitely change her mind! He Qufei said.
"Do you mean that you are going to let the prince inherit the great treasure?" Although a few people said it well, Zhao Yong also heard the meaning, and he asked suspiciously.
"The country can't be left without an owner for a day, we just feel some emotion, isn't it also a blessing for the world to have a person like the prince as the master?" He Qufei said with a smile.
"Brother Yong, go and take a look, don't always be silent, go out and fire a few cannons, let the sons and daughters move their legs and feet, those guys in the city will move faster, otherwise I thought our family would invite them!" Huang Jingchen said to Zhao Yong.
"Yes, big official, I'll go now!" Zhao Yong immediately got up and said, he knew that Huang Jingchen was the prince's henchman and the most trusted person, and they grew up under his 'obscenity', although they have now commanded tens of thousands of troops, but the shadow of their childhood is difficult to erase!
"Official, the success or failure of the matter still requires the cooperation of Yongshuai, do we still hide it from him?" Seeing Zhao Yong out of the tent, Li Juncai whispered.
"This is a major matter related to the fortunes of the country, but we hide it from him, but with the king's cleverness, he will soon understand the secret. But this matter is too big, even if the prince does not pursue it, someone must come out to take responsibility, so the fewer people involved the better. Huang Jingchen said, "Brother Yong'er is extremely loyal to the prince, and he is a fierce general, he has always been relied on by the prince as his right-hand man, and he will be of great use in the future, so he can't be ruined in this matter!" ”
"Originally, I didn't want to involve you in this matter, but a few of us old people have limited ability, so we can only drag you into the water, and we have wronged you!" He Qufei looked at Li Jun and said.
"Where does Master He say, the prince has the grace to recreate the villain, and the prince can govern the country and benefit the world, and the villain has no regrets even if he loses his head!" Li Jun said with a solemn face.
"Well, with such a loyal person, why worry about this matter!" Xu Jingheng nodded in praise.
"There's still something that needs to be resolved as soon as possible!" Li Jun said ashamedly and said, "Now that the Jin army has returned to the north, the prince has occupied Zhongshan, and that is the way that Han Li does not have to go through, the emperor and the princes are in his army, once the prince learns that he will do his best to rescue, I am afraid that there will be changes again!" ”
"Well, this is indeed a problem, but if the emperor is rescued, it is not a bad thing, after this big change, I am afraid that he will no longer be interested in that seat, but his name is still there, and it is rumored that the prince is able to block the mouth of the world, even if King Kang ascends the throne according to the edict of the queen mother, it is only an edict. The difficult thing now is that if the official family is rescued, it will be really irreparable! Xu Jingheng said.
"It doesn't matter, now that Zhao Ren has led the army to control the westward route, and then pursued, with Zong Han's ruthlessness, even if he kills the official family, he will never let him fall into the hands of our Great Song again; And he is also very cunning, he is only accompanied by the official family and his party, and the rest are all in Hanli, and he will return to the Jin Kingdom first! Huang Jingchen said.
"Zhao Ren is cautious, even if he catches up, he will come up with a safe strategy before he does it, but he just underestimated Zong Han's means, if he sent Zhao Yong to go, he wouldn't think so much, and he might snatch people out after chasing and fighting!" He Qufei said with a smile.
"Now that things have gradually become clear, do we want to inform the prince, there has been no news from Bianjing for more than a month, and once it arouses the suspicion of the prince, it will not be beautiful!" Li Jun said, he felt a cold sweat on his back again, these old guys are too calculating, they can influence the major affairs of the country while talking and laughing, but it is no wonder that they are all successful characters, otherwise they will not be able to enter the eyes of the prince, but fortunately, they are also people who have the world in their hearts and are loyal to the prince, if they have selfish intentions, they can also bring disaster to the country and the people!
"Well, that's fine!" He Qufei said, "But some things should be said more obscurely, and some can be slightly exaggerated, but don't be untruthful, don't let the prince see the flaws!" ”… (To be continued......)