Chapter 260: The Storm Suddenly Changes

Therefore, from that generation onwards, all princes were kept in the palace and were not allowed to participate in any court politics, and only when the previous emperor died, they were succeeded by the pre-appointed crown prince. However, this method also has advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that there will never be a powerful prince to compete for the throne, and the disadvantage is that the new emperor has no experience in governance, and government affairs have to rely more on courtiers, resulting in the loss of power.

But fortunately, there has always been a division of the Xia Cheng family to balance the strength of his subordinates, and later joined the Fang family as a buffer, and they have always been safe and sound, which is why Fang Xiaoyu has never seen several princes.

However, this time it was different, the emperor was assassinated, and the crown prince was also killed at the same time, which caused the emperor to have no designated candidate. At this time, the remaining princes have the hope of succeeding to the throne, and the forces of all parties will naturally support a certain prince to ascend the throne according to their own needs.

Fang Xiaoyu said: "What is the situation in the capital now?" Have any statements from all sides? ”

Xiahou Min shook his head and said: "Now the capital is already very chaotic, relying on a few big families to maintain order, and the entire army in the capital has entered a state of high combat readiness. All parties are waiting and seeing, and no one wants to take a stand first. ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded, he also understood that whoever jumped out first at this time would be tantamount to becoming the target of the public, and maybe the dirty water that assassinated the emperor would be splashed on him.

Fang Xiaoyu said: "I want to ask privately, I don't know which prince Marshal Lu Dao likes?" ”

Xiahou Min snorted and said: "None of these princes are comfortable to look at, the second is ruthless, the third is a gentleman, and the fifth is even more unbearable, a pure wine-colored person, originally only the prince is the best one, kind-hearted, intelligent and studious, and measured in his work, but he was killed." Thinking of the emperor and the prince being killed, Xiahou Min was sad again.

Hearing Marshal Xiahou Min's analysis, Fang Xiaoyu didn't want to ask too much, not to mention that he hadn't passed the gas with a few grandfathers, and he didn't know what the reaction of Lu Dao's family was, so Fang Xiaoyu had to get up and say goodbye.

Xiahou Min also got up and said, "Since the virtuous nephew is leaving, I won't keep it." If you want to enter Beijing, be careful, I'm afraid that the Cheng family will be unfavorable to you in this chaotic period. ”

Fang Xiaoyu was very grateful for Marshal Xiahou Min's concern, and before leaving, he turned around and said: "Marshal, I can't do the affairs of the Fang family, but no matter whether we support the same prince or not, I hope that our two families will not fight each other, this is the precious combat power of our Lanfang Empire, I don't want to consume it in a senseless civil war, especially the navy." Xiahou Min nodded sympathetically, saying that no matter what his family's choice was, he would keep an eye on the navy and prevent them from intervening in the domestic turmoil.

At this time, the major forces in the Lanfang Empire are probably fully prepared for the outbreak of civil war, and turmoil may soon occur in the country. In this case, Marshal Xiahou Min's statement made Fang Xiaoyu very moved, he was unwilling to intervene in a possible civil war, hoping to preserve the vitality of the country, so Fang Xiaoyu secretly determined that he must protect the imperial navy from damage.

This time, it was Liu Mingzhao, the deputy commander of the Iron and Blood Army, who led the team to follow Fang Xiaoyu, and when he saw Fang Xiaoyu returning to the accommodation arranged for them by the Imperial Navy, Liu Mingzhao immediately stepped forward and asked anxiously: "Young Master, have you heard about the situation?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded: "The situation is that I heard a little, but it's all bad news." You told the brothers to be on guard, for the whole country is very unstable and that you should be careful. Liu Mingzhao nodded and didn't ask more.

The next morning, Fang Xiaoyu's fleet left Quanzhou Port and headed for Port Arthur. Since there is no railway in Quanzhou Port, Fang Xiaoyu now plans to go ashore from Port Arthur and make his own special column in Beijing, so that the speed can be faster, and the order to drive the special train to Port Arthur has already been sent to the Joint Staff Department by radio from the cruiser.

The fleet left Fang Xiaoyu and the Iron Blood Army Crazy Leopard Regiment in Port Arthur and went north again, back to Vladivostok Port, and as soon as they got off the ship, some personnel of the Chinese Consulate took Fang Xiaoyu and others to the railway station and directly got on the special train that had been waiting here.

This time, the special train that sent Fang Xiaoyu to Beijing was a little different from the comfortable and luxurious No. 1 special train used in the past, and this was a special No. 2 special train specially used for defensive operations. The No. 2 special train is propelled by two locomotives in the front and rear, and the locomotive in front is also equipped with a mine-proof and bomb-proof flatbed car and obstacle remover, which can not only remove obstacles on the railway, but also detonate mines in advance.

All carriages were equipped with thick iron armor, and the windows of each carriage had shuttered iron lattices that could be lowered at any time, and eight 100-5mm howitzers and four newly produced combat vehicles were hidden in the ten iron carriages of the train, which were used as mobile power.

In addition, there are six railway armored vehicles connected to the special train, each of which can be disassembled and act alone on the railway, and they are topped with well-disguised rotating turrets, which are equipped with twin machine guns and cannons, and there are some small windows around the armored car for members to shoot with small arms, these equipment make the No. 2 special train invincible at today's level of technology.

Fang Xiaoyu walked into his passenger car and found Hua Dongxing and Tobul sitting in the car. Fang Xiaoyu was surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

Hua Dongxing said: "The situation is too urgent, we want to discuss with the young master the measures that the Chinese Consulate should take." Just as Huadong Xing was talking, the train had started slowly, and now they couldn't delay for a minute, they could only have a meeting halfway to unify their thoughts.

Fang Xiaoyu sat down and sighed, "It was too sudden, I only met with Marshal Xiahou Min a few days ago and inquired about the real situation. Marshal Xiahou Min said that the emperor was not seriously injured and unconscious, but was assassinated, and the crown prince was also killed at that time. ”

"What?" The two of them exclaimed in unison, they never expected that the situation in China had reached such a level of tension.

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Now I want to be very confused, I am in such a hurry to enter Beijing just to discuss with the three grandfathers, how should our Zhonghua Ling and the Fang family go next." ”

Hua Dongxing said with a firm look in his eyes: "I didn't expect that Xiahou won that old man who was killed first, which can be regarded as cheapening him, but I'm afraid that Brother Zhao Quan will be sad." Because he was once betrayed by Xiahou Ying in exchange for political interests, Zhao Quan has always been the person who hates Xiahou Ying the most in the high-level of the Chinese collar.