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The atmosphere suddenly became tense, Lu Wenfu was not angered by the other party's words, but he had to have a reply to the other party's words, otherwise it would inevitably arouse everyone's suspicions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lord Ning, please pay attention to your words, it was His Majesty's arrangement to go to see Lord He, as for the reason, I don't think I need to explain it to you. As you said, now that the situation is critical, don't you know how much turmoil your proposal will cause? I cannot understand your thoughts, and I believe that all of you do not understand them. Lu Wenfu replied calmly.

"Hmph, Your Majesty has already gone, and it is up to you to say it at this time. The selection of the new emperor is a major matter of the state, how can it be decided? If it is a civil war, then who should bear this responsibility?" Ning Yuanwang snorted disdainfully before saying: "I don't want to say more about other reasons, the decision of several highnesses will inevitably cause turmoil in Yanjing and even the empire, so we must be extremely cautious and strive to obtain the unanimous opinion of the vast majority of people in order to stabilize the situation." I think this is a sufficient reason, and if any of you think that he has the ability to ensure that the election of a new emperor will not cause unrest, the official will have nothing to say. ”

Ning Yuanwang's words are indeed very powerful, everyone knows that several highnesses not only have their own forces in the court, but what is more troublesome is that they control quite a powerful army in the empire, and at present, the new emperor [***] Minister Jilin cannot control the operation and mobilization of the emperor's [***] team, and these armies have actually gradually evolved into the posture of several princes' private armies. What he said is indeed quite reasonable, no one in the empire can control this situation at the moment, and if there is any trouble, I am afraid that it will immediately cause chaos.

"Could it be that Lord Yining's suggestion won't cause turmoil?" Lu Wenfu knew that it would be difficult for him to defeat this guy who started with Qing talk in terms of speech and argumentation, but if he didn't say it, he was afraid that it would be difficult for everyone to recognize the urgency of the current situation.

"This official doesn't dare to say it, but at least we can win more people to support our final opinion, so that no matter which prince ascends the throne, is it fairer?

But Lu Wenfu knew that what the other party said was just talk on paper, purely idealistic, just ask in the current situation, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, I am afraid that these highnesses will flee back to their lair, and they will face a full-scale civil war, but now who will support them, and some people will say that they are selfish.

"Lord Ning, I'm afraid what you said is just a beautiful fantasy, once the death of His Majesty is known to the world, what will happen to several highnesses, this official does not dare to say, but what will happen to the Kamans, the Macedhans, and the Taiping Sect, have you considered it? Once there is a change, there is no king in the court, who can preside over the overall situation? Have you considered it?" Lu Wenfu could not help but persuade from the threat from the outside world, hoping to win the support of other ministers.

"Lord Lu, I think you are too worried, the Kamans do not border the empire-controlled area now, if they want to attack the empire, they must first pass through the area controlled by the Gerlok and Taiping sects, or they can only attack the northwest, I think no matter which path they choose to take, it will not have much impact on the empire for the time being, you don't have to worry about it, at that time, there will naturally be people who are more anxious than us." As for the Maqi Khans, the river network in Wuhu County is dense, the water flows vertically and horizontally, and the superior forces of the Maqi Khans cannot be brought into play there at all, and they are now struggling to occupy Balingdu, not to mention the Taiping Sectarians, as long as Yusuf's City Guard Legion and the Third and Fourth Legions work a little harder, the official is thinking, I am afraid that the Taiping Sect people will have been driven out of Heshuo a long time ago. ”

I can't help but admit that Ning Yuanwang's eloquence is incomparable, although it is on paper, but it is the head of the way, no matter what he says, but on the surface, several major threats to the empire have been turned invisible by him in a few words, Lu Wenfu doesn't know how the other party came to the logic that the Maqi Khans are struggling and the Kamans must attack the Taiping people if they want to go south, but the other party's purpose has obviously been achieved, and at the moment these people are not army generals, except for Ma Yuanxiang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Legion, who has never spoken.

Lu Wenfu doesn't want to be entangled with the other party on this matter, if it goes on like this, he is afraid that the other party will have more reasons, of course, some of the situations that the other party said are indeed true, but this does not represent the whole situation.

"I don't dare to agree with Lord Ning's opinion, but I don't know what the other adults think?" Lu Wenfu bypassed Ning Yuanwang, hoping to gain the support of several other colleagues.

Foreign Minister Sariden, who originally supported the immediate determination of the new emperor's candidate, was also a little undecided after listening to Ning Yuanwang's words, he turned his gaze to the Minister of Finance Tian Yi beside him, wanting to see something from the other party's expression, but the Minister of Finance with a calm face did not seem to be much interested in this matter, but was more interested in the wooden floor underground, staring intently below.

"Lord Tian, Lord Fang Caining and Lord Lu have already expressed their opinions, I don't know what you think?" Sariden had to ask the other party directly.

Tian Yi, who originally wanted to pretend to be confused, secretly scolded this troubled old thing in his heart, this kind of thing is clearly a thorny matter that is not pleasing to both ends, and it may bring unpredictable trouble to support either side, so let yourself make it clear that you are not roasting yourself on the fire, but seeing that Ning Yuanwang and Lu Wenfu's eyes fell on him, obviously they all attached great importance to him, the Minister of Finance, and he also knew that he could never avoid this pass, so he pretended to be silent for a while before saying: " The opinions of the two adults have a certain amount of truth, the current thing to be done is to first handle His Majesty's affairs under the condition of ensuring the stability of the situation in the empire, but to ensure the stability of the situation in the empire, the official wants to first need to stabilize the situation in Yanjing, this can ask Ma Yuan to be responsible for this point, several highnesses can not leave Beijing for the time being, at least not before the new emperor ascends the throne, in addition, the war situation in various parts of the empire is ordered by the military department to temporarily maintain the status quo, not to provoke at will but also not to show weakness, in short, try to keep it stable. As for the new emperor's candidate, this official believes that it can be determined by the ministers on the basis of soliciting the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the Queen, and it is indeed a bit hasty to determine it today. ”

Although Tian Yi's words were impartial, they essentially rejected Lu Wenfu's proposal, and only put forward a few painless requirements on the surface, which was actually a disguised agreement with Ning Yuanwang's opinion, he couldn't be sure which side Ning Yuanwang supported, but he knew that Lu Wenfu was a gentleman, even if he didn't support his opinion, he wouldn't do anything, but it was difficult to say that Ning Yuanwang, who was sanctimonious on the surface.

The deliberations of the Jixian Hall were thus fruitless, and this was also the beginning of the empire's chaos. In this controversy, the attitude of Ma Yuanxiang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, should play a pivotal role, and it is precisely because of his silence that Ning Yuanwang has the capital to play, and finally vetoed the opinion of Lu Wenfu and Sariden to determine the new emperor immediately, in the words of later historians, if he is on Lu Wenfu's side in this dispute, with the internal affairs power controlled by Lu Wenfu and the Praetorian Guard Legion controlled by himself, he can easily support any prince to ascend the throne, even if it is not the original envisioned Nine Emperor Prince Situ Lang, but any of the other princes, he can firmly control the political situation in Yanjing, and also to avoid the de facto division and chaos of the empire later. Although it may be able to change the fate of the rise of the glorious empire, at least it can avoid the huge war trauma suffered by the Tang River Empire at that time.

But it was his strange silence that made Ning Yuanwang see hope, and because of Ning Yuanwang's outstanding eloquence, he included Minister of Finance Tian Yi, Foreign Minister Sariden, Minister of Military Affairs Jilin, The commander of the Imperial Military Police, Sun Chengxiu, and several other officials present were unable to decisively come up with their opinions, so that this meeting, which was supposed to be the future fate of the empire, ended unclearly, and finally only came to a worthless opinion that the four gates of Yanjing should be temporarily controlled by the Praetorian Guard Corps, and no prince should leave Beijing without authorization, and deal with the affairs of His Majesty the Emperor first.

Within less than an hour of everyone leaving Anfu Palace, almost all well-informed people had already learned of this shocking news, His Majesty the Emperor had passed away, and the new emperor was still in the pipeline! A provisional military and political decision-making committee composed of Vice Minister Ning Yuanwang, Minister of the Interior Lu Wenfu, Minister of Military Affairs, Minister of Finance Tian Yi, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sariden had appeared in the empire, which was responsible for temporarily handling emergency official duties.

After Situ Lang learned the news for the first time, he concluded that there was something wrong with Ma Yuanxiang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Legion, although on the surface the empire was controlled by the so-called military and political decision-making committee at this time, but Lu Wenfu had already gone to himself to clearly convey his father's opinion, and was ready to take over the position of Dabao by himself, as long as Ma Yuanxiang expressed his support, the General Administration of Internal Affairs controlled by Lu Wenfu and its subordinate forces could easily control the entire Yanjing in their hands, and everything would fall into place, but without the support of the Praetorian Legion, Lu Wenfu's internal affairs force would be useless。

Situ Lang immediately sent people outside the city to convey his orders, ordering the third and fourth legions to enter the city immediately, but unfortunately it was half a step late, the Praetorian Legion had fully taken over the defense of the city gate, and everyone's eyes were focused on the movements of the Praetorian Legion.

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