Chapter 675: Failed to Win the Throne (17)
"Your guess may be right.
At that time, Emperor Kangwei was deeply influenced by the forces of his relatives led by the Empress Dowager, and he did not hold real power until the Empress Dowager died.
In a word.
Now, he doesn't want to leave some hidden dangers for his son, which is a matter of course.
Now that the fifth prince is dead, I am afraid that the ministers of the court will be in chaos again, Mu'er, my father will probably do it tomorrow, and I hope you can cooperate at that time, and stabilize the order of the inner court, so as not to destroy these buildings in the palace. β
After the Duke of Yasukuni sighed with emotion along with Qiao Mu's words, he brought the topic on the right track and officially began to discuss with Qiao Mu about plotting to usurp the throne.
How a no-brainer.
"Of course there is no problem in the palace.
What about other places, though?
If you simply take the capital, then in case other places rebel, or if the local army rises up together to help Sheji or something, how should you deal with it, I'm afraid the capital army is insufficient, right? β
Although Qiao Mu does not object to her father's usurpation of the throne, there are still some things that have to be asked clearly, and she can't really be hot-headed, so she can go directly to seek the usurpation of the dynasty, what about all kinds of preparations?
Seeking a dynasty to usurp the throne is not just to capture the palace, let alone to become an emperor by capturing the capital.
There's a lot to think about.
Arbor still has some experience in this.
"Don't you think that my father has been messing around in the capital for more than ten years, if I don't have some preparation, how dare I mention the matter of plotting the court.
The northern armies are all under my control, and although there are many local garrisons in the southeast, they have not fought for decades, and it is estimated that their combat effectiveness is limited and they are easy to deal with, and as for the western armies, they are all in the hands of my godson.
Again, there are no problems.
Speaking of which, this is thanks to Emperor Taizu's abolition of the feudal system, and all the princes are detained in the capital, only enjoying the title of the prince, without any fiefdoms, if the kings are divided like the previous dynasty, it will be really troublesome. β
The Duke of Yasukuni is still quite proud of the fact that he has secretly mastered so many troops, after all, these troops are all his reliance, and it is also the main reason why Emperor Kangwei has never dared to officially take action against him, if there were no such troops, it is estimated that their Yasukuni Mansion would have ceased to exist a long time ago.
Just like the other three founding fathers.
After two of them handed over their military power, they are now obscured from everyone, and only the dukedom of the country is left barely supporting the faΓ§ade, and the other one has become extinct, and the dukedom of the country has also been withdrawn.
As for the other princes who cannot be hereditarily replaced, they have long become Hou He generals.
It is estimated that it will not be a few generations before he becomes a civilian.
"Since my father has been prepared, then I will fully cooperate tomorrow, as for the specific time, my father will send someone to tell An Nan, and I will cooperate at that time, by the way, in order to avoid my father from taking on the name of killing the king, I will let Emperor Kangwei die of illness tonight, father, what do you think?"
Qiao Mu nodded and continued to ask.
Since they are going to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, there is naturally no need to renew the life of Emperor Kangwei.
Directly kill and pull down.
Anyway, it's just a matter of two or three dead points.
"Well, no, you better stop doing it.
If you do it, it won't be good for your reputation to look back, and people won't think that I didn't do it, so just let it go.
Anyway, didn't the imperial doctor say that it was hopeless.
It doesn't hurt to die a few days earlier or a few days later. β
Although the Duke of Yasukuni was a little moved, he still refused after thinking about it for a while, anyway, his army will enter the city tomorrow, there is really no need to make troubles now, in case he is accidentally caught, it will be more troublesome, it is better to wait until tomorrow after entering the palace.
Qiao Mu doesn't care about this, if he doesn't kill him, he won't kill him, anyway, Emperor Kangwei can only last another two or three days at most: "Okay, listen to my father." β
After the two of them had consulted with each other to determine what to do next, they soon separated from the secret passage again and went back to prepare for their own departure.
And this time.
Many ministers are still secretly gathering together in private to discuss who to support, and several princes of the clan are also discussing with each other, feeling that they can't let go of such a God-given opportunity to get the throne very easily, so everyone is planning, and some people have even begun to mobilize the private army they have secretly cultivated in private.
Tomorrow is bound to be a day of chaos.
Time flies, as if one second is still dark, the next second ushered in the rising sun, when some ministers, and even the remnants of the prince and the royal clan led their private armies to prepare to storm the imperial city and decide the winner, the 100,000 troops secretly transferred from the north by the Duke of Yasukuni also entered the city smoothly.
I'm heading to the palace.
Half an hour later, the two sides met.
On the one hand, there is an ordinary private army, that is, an army trained by the family, and on the other hand, there is the Zhenbei army that has really experienced the iron-blooded battlefield and came out in blood.
Does it need to be said who wins and who loses?
It's all crushing.
In the process of crushing, some soldiers also accidentally killed the crown prince and another prince who was not physically crippled under the secret instructions of the Duke of Yasukuni, and then, under the combination of Qiao Mu's inside and outside, smoothly entered the palace.
At this point, the big picture has been decided.
At least the overall situation in the capital is decided.
Because there is no one else in the hands of the Duke of Yasukuni who is familiar with the affairs of the inner court of the palace, the affairs of the inner court of the palace are still in charge of Qiao Mu, and the cleaning up of all the royal families in the capital is done by the Duke of Yasukuni himself.
Compared with those who almost wiped out the imperial family of the previous dynasty in the past, what the Yasukuni Duke did can be regarded as merciful.
And Qiao Mu happened to take this opportunity to take her two grandsons and one granddaughter into the palace to protect them temporarily.
Avoid chaos in the capital.
Because the palace has just changed owners, many manpower needs to be rearranged, and some forces that should not exist have to be sorted out, so Qiao Mu is really busy, and after Qiao Mu is busy with all the important affairs, he thinks of Emperor Kangwei again.
Conway is dead.
He originally relied on the imperial doctor and all kinds of century-old elixirs to continue his life, and the palace was chaotic before, and the imperial doctor did not dare to come at all, and no one fed him medicine.
He didn't just have to die.
In this regard, Qiao Mu could only hurriedly spread the news, and then put the body in the coffin prepared earlier and moved it into the imperial mausoleum, as for national filial piety or something, of course there is no, after all, now her father has already usurped the throne, and he, the emperor, is considered the emperor of the previous dynasty, where is there any qualification to engage in national filial piety, Qiao Mu has not whipped the corpse because of his son, it is already considered merciful.