Chapter 115: A Son of Heaven and a Courtier
Chongzhen issued an edict, announcing that ten days later, he would feast on the civil and military officials of the imperial court in the palace to celebrate his accession to the throne.
As soon as Tian Ergeng received the news, he quickly found Yang Yu and said hurriedly: "They actually came to such a hand, what should I do?" β
Yang Yu laughed: "Interesting, it seems that this is all Huang Peng's idea." This hand is really beautiful, and he helped Chongzhen regain the initiative in one fell swoop, and in the world, he is the only one who is qualified to be my opponent. They set a time, and they won or lost at the banquet ten days later! β
Tian Ergeng said helplessly: "Why can you still laugh?" They knew about our plan, but they didn't go according to our plan. You've made so many deceptive suggestions, and they don't take it seriously. β
Yang Yu laughed for a while, picked up a bunch of grapes from the table and ate it, and said slowly: "Who said that it was not taken seriously, this is all expected by me, Huang Peng saw my first few steps, and his approach is exactly what I want." β
Tian Ergeng sighed: "If you have a banquet in the palace, as long as the ambush people arrest us all, how can you resist?" It's a dead end. Unless ......"
"Unless we also do it at the banquet and replace all the palace guards with our own people. In this way, you can catch turtles in the urn in turn. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the army is not allowed to enter the inner palace, and if they do not hear the order, they can only stand by in the outer palace, and trespassing on the palace is a capital crime. As long as you kill Chongzhen in the Forbidden Palace, won't you succeed? We need to be prepared for what we count. β
Tian Ergeng saw that he still had a way, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that you have already thought about what to do, don't scare me, tell me what to do?" β
Yang Yu said: "So far, Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, still has the official position, and he still has the right to appoint a captain of the palace guards. When the time comes, we will only need to secretly replace the palace guards with our own people...... I'm saying it so bluntly, you understand, right? β
Tian Ergeng was overjoyed and said, "You really have a way." If the palace guards were replaced by ours, the situation could indeed be reversed. However, how could Chongzhen answer that the captain of the palace guard should be replaced? β
"Because it's vacant tonight, I'll do it." Killing someone, Yang Yu said that it was as ordinary as eating and drinking, and said with a smile: "This is just the first step, after the palace guards are replaced by our people, this matter will also be revealed, let Huo Weihua reveal the general plan to the Donglin Party, and find someone to reveal the news to the three parties of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu, if this thing is to be done, they still need their help." β
"Reveal it again? Isn't it good to be secretive? If they knew about it, they would have come up with a way to crack it. Tian Ergeng just laughed a few times, and Yang Yu choked. He felt that he had to be tortured and crazy if he went on like this, and Yang Yuan's thoughts were really incomprehensible.
Yang Yu smiled: "If you want to do great things, you have to make a strange move." Do you think that there is no one around Chongzhen? If others don't say it, Huang Peng will definitely guess about the guards, and I did this just to go along with his wishes and make him relax his vigilance. There are many masters in Ouchi, and if we want to control the situation and kill all the opponents, we need the help of those ministers, and everything is under my control. β
Tian Ergeng felt that Yang Yuan was crazy. He has a group of dead soldiers under him, and it is not a problem to change the palace guards, but how can the Donglin Party and the three parties help him? But now, he has no way out, he can only choose to believe in Yang Yuan.
On the surface, the capital is calm, but in fact it is already turbulent. Both sides began to set up a golden arrangement. Ten days later, the winner will be revealed.
That night, Ao Bai went to the drizzle building and asked to see Su Meng'er. So many things happened in the capital, and Su Meng'er was not in the mood to sing and dance, saying that she had been sick and resting for more than half a month. Seeing Aobai, she said expressionlessly: "Huang Gongzi, you finally remembered to find me, you have nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, do you have anything to do with me?" β
Talking to smart people is less wasteful tongue, Ao Bai smiled: "That's right, I really need you to do a favor." Ten days later, you must have known the news of the banquet for civil and military officials in the palace. The emperor will do it on the day of the meeting, the eunuchs will definitely work on the palace guards, can you drain the salt to help the masters enter the palace to protect the emperor and eliminate the eunuchs? β
Su Meng'er didn't say yes or no, and asked rhetorically, "Do you know who your opponent is?" β
"Yang Yu and Tian Ergeng. The eunuch rebellion has nothing to do with Wei Gonggong. I can guarantee that he's okay. Liang Bin is also willing to help, plus my most powerful apprentice, the four of us should be able to win if we join forces, right? β
Su Meng'er nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." I will inform my father that within five days, the elite of the Salt Gang will arrive, and you can arrange the rest. β
"Refreshing."
Sometimes, Ao Bai simply suspects that Su Meng'er is a man, she always analyzes one thing from the perspective of interests, Wei Zhongxian can't be a backer, she naturally chooses Ao Bai.
The Salt Gang has protected the emperor, which is a great achievement, and the position is even more solid, so she doesn't need to refuse such a thing. Before Wei Zhongxian said to resign, Su Meng'er obviously hated Yang Yu and raised her hand, because she wanted to get the inside story out of Yang Yuan's mouth and wanted to know Tian Ergeng's plan. But Yang Yu is also tight-lipped about her, this man looks crazy, but he is actually very scheming.
At night, Yu Qiang, the captain of the palace guard, "committed suicide by hanging a beam". The beam was so high that it was only possible to climb the ladder, and there were no chairs underneath, and no one knew how he hanged himself, and this incident became a strange case in the capital. When he was in the last dynasty, Cui Chengxiu proposed to let Tian Ergeng's henchmen become the new captain of the guard, and Chongzhen played it.
The next day, Huo Weihua, the "informant" of the Donglin Party, brought out the news, saying that Tian Ergeng would replace the palace guards one after another these days, replace them with a group of dead soldiers trained by himself, and start a coup d'Γ©tat after the banquet began. The captain of the guard would open the gates and let the eunuchs' private troops into the palace.
The British public Zhang Weixianhe already knew about Aobai's plan, and some masters would be ambushed in the palace, but as soon as they received this latest news, they suddenly lost confidence in Aobai.
The Donglin Party felt that in this coup, the number of people in the palace was not superior, and the emperor was in danger. So they also have to be ready to send troops to help at any time.
Also received the news, as well as the three parties of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu.
These officials all know that as long as they move to the eunuch party this time, it is a good opportunity for them to be reused by the emperor, there are so many people involved in this matter, and hundreds of official positions will be vacated at that time, and it is difficult to think about not being promoted, how can this kind of opportunity sit idly by?
Some corrupt officials didn't see the danger of this matter at all, and proposed: "This matter, we must not let the Donglin Party and Huang Peng take advantage of it in vain, especially Huang Peng, if he takes all the credit, within ten years, it is likely to be another traitor like Wei Zhongxian." Huang Peng and Wei Zhongxian are not the same, Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, he is old, this kid is so young, if he is allowed to gain power and look at us unpleasantly, then everyone doesn't have to mix. β
After some deliberation, many people felt that it would be perfect if Huang Peng could also die in this coup d'Γ©tat while cracking down on the eunuchs. Even at this time, these ministers did not forget the party struggle. Defeating Wei Zhongxian's soldiers is not the most important thing, what matters is that after Wei Zhongxian falls, who will be the person who will replace him, and who will be trusted and reused by the new emperor?
These people, for the sake of power, have gone crazy.
This is also what Yang Yu wants to see.
With each passing day, Tian Ergeng became more and more uneasy. I heard that at Shanhaiguan, Wang Zhichen had secretly sent back an army to stand by outside Beijing. Yang Yu is different, he drinks wine and eats meat every day, and he lives a very chic life, as if the overall situation has been decided. Tian Ergeng repeatedly asked him about his specific plan, why did he let so many people get involved, and now he wants to be promoted by defeating them, they are just like a piece of fat, everyone wants to take a bite.
"You said that those people from the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party will help us then? Then you took the brocade guards to destroy them all, how is this possible? Hurry up and tell me the specific plan, my entire net worth has been gambled, and as long as I fail, I will die without a place to bury. I believe you, but you can't just say these crazy things. β
"It's not crazy, my plan is going to work, it's a perfect script, only at the last minute, everyone will understand." Yang Yu said a few words in Tian Ergeng's ear, and Tian Ergeng was relieved and happy. He felt that God must have wanted him to be the emperor, so he found such a strange person to assist him. He now felt that there was nothing that Yang Yu couldn't do.
Ao Bai entered the palace to see Chongzhen several times, and also had contact with the Donglin Party. It's strange why the eunuchs deliberately make a big deal out of these things? Almost all the powerful ministers in the DPRK and China knew that they were going to rebel. And these ministers are also planning their own little calculations, ready to reap some benefits in this state banquet war, at least to show loyalty to Chongzhen.
Originally, Ao Bai felt that he was nine out of ten, but now he is a little bottomless. If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates. He now understands Yang Yu and Tian Ergeng, but he doesn't know about these courtiers who join in the fun, for fear that they will do bad things.
After seeing Emperor Chongzhen on this day, when Ao Bai was about to leave the palace, he passed by the courtyard where Wei Zhongxian lived, did some ideological struggle, and walked in.
Wei Zhongxian was much older, wearing thin clothes, leaning on the recliner, looking at the sky in a daze, and there was no one next to him. In the past, the tables piled up in his room were all folds, but now the door is open, and there is nothing on the table, Chongzhen chooses to be pro-government, and he doesn't need to help anymore.
Seeing Wei Zhongxian's appearance, Ao Bai felt a little sad. A person suddenly falls from a high place to the bottom, that kind of feeling is not something ordinary people can experience, maybe life is better than death, right?
When Wei Zhongxian saw him, he moved his lips, wanted to speak but didn't speak, just looked at him curiously.
Ao Bai said: "I just met the emperor, and I stopped by to see my father-in-law, are you okay?" β
Wei Zhongxian smiled bitterly: "Do you still dare to come and talk to our family?" Everybody can't hide from me...... I want to resign, but the emperor won't allow it. Aren't you afraid of being implicated? People on the outside...... They all thought I was going to rebel, how could I rebel......"
As he spoke, tears flowed from his eyes.
Ao Bai sat next to him and said, "The emperor knows that you will not rebel, and I also know that you think too much." β
"You don't have to comfort me, even if I don't rebel, Tian Ergeng, Cui Chengxiu, which one was not promoted by me? It was I who was blind and promoted such a group of scourges, and when I die in the future, how can I have the face to go to the first emperor. Wei Zhongxian cried: "No one listens to what I say now." They all know I'm done......"
Ao Bai sighed and said: "My father-in-law has been in the palace for many years, and he has no merit and hard work, and there is nothing bad about holding money to enjoy his old age." When this time is over, you go back to your hometown, find a poor child to adopt, and raise him to adulthood, and he will really treat you as a grandfather. β
Wei Zhongxian wiped his tears and said lightly: "It's a pity...... I still don't have a son. I recognized so many sons, but in the end they were all for power, they didn't take me seriously at all, I didn't care if I had no status. Anyway, when you die, you can't take it with you. But I don't understand, why can't I get a little affection back when I'm so good to them? Are people so indifferent? β
Ao Bai patted him on the back a few times and said, "Of course not." Liang Bin and Su Meng'er can't enter the palace at will, so they can't come to see you. You can leave the palace, and you won't be looking for them recently, and you're afraid of affecting them, right? They begged me more than once to keep you safe in front of the emperor, in order to let me return to the capital as soon as possible, the ten-day road, Liang Bin only took five days to get to Shaolin, and even the horse was about to run to death. You've had feelings for a long time, and these things aren't fake. You have at least one son, a daughter, and a friend like me, although I am not righteous enough, I told the emperor just now, if you resign, I will let you return to your hometown. If you care about power, it should be worse than killing you, right? β
Wei Zhongxian cried loudly, crying for a long time, and there was a little smile on his face. "Huang Peng, thank you for speaking to me. Originally, I was going to commit suicide when I left the capital. Now that I've figured it out, I want to live. β
"If you die with courage, why not live? The rights you had before can affect the happiness of most people, and if you lose your rights, you can also make a small number of people happy. Life is like a mirror, if you are good to a person, in turn, he will like you and be good to you. You have never treated me badly, and we will be friends in the future. β
The gloom on Wei Zhongxian's face unfolded. He doesn't know how many tears he has shed these days. There are many reasons for tears, but they have not lost their rights. In the beginning, he got happiness from power, but what has power brought him in recent years? He has done so many things for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he has been impeached by so many people, and he has to go to the Emperor of the Apocalypse to cry once in three days, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse has suppressed these impeachments and seems to favor him. In fact, isn't he carrying the black pot for the apocalypse? In the end, no one thanked him, and as soon as Chongzhen came to power, the first thing he did was to do him. Power has long been not something that brings him happiness, but a burden that makes him miserable.
After the banquet, Wei Zhongxian was ready to resign again, he wanted to be an ordinary person again.
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When Wei Zhongxian is mentioned in history books, he is often the worst person, and if you just look through the information, you will find that except for persecuting the Donglin Party members who have nothing to do and scold the emperor and don't want businessmen to pay taxes, he has not done anything bad. Wei Zhongxian is a person who has been face-painted in the history books, and Wei Zhongxian in this book is not bad. You can believe it or not, but ...... You have to vote.
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