Chapter 69: The Great Meeting
It's winter, and the night in Jingcheng is a little cold, but the hearts of countless people in Jingcheng are hot tonight.
Tomorrow is the Great Dynasty Meeting, Jingguo will usher in their new monarch, as long as Li Yunyu succeeds in ascending the throne, then these courtiers who support him are all Conglong heroes, and they will all be in charge of Jingguo with the new monarch, and they will be glorious for a lifetime.
Many ministers estimated that they would not be able to sleep well tonight, and they were filled with various emotions of nervousness, excitement, anxiety, anticipation, and worry, which made it difficult for them to calm down. The defenders of the city will be dispatched after nightfall, and tomorrow the Great Dynasty will meet Jingcheng will be under martial law, and the four cities will be closed, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave.
Qu Tianying, the general of the defending army, did not die, he was the third son of the Duke of Huguo and a die-hard follower of Li Yunyu. In the past few days, Li Yunyu and Zhou Xian's six great princes have been plotting this matter, and naturally they will not allow any mistakes to occur.
Heilongtai sent dozens of spies to closely monitor the Yiwang Mansion, and there were also Heilongtai's spies in the palace. There are more than 1,000 spies in the entire Jingcheng Black Dragon Terrace, and they are all mobilized now, paying close attention to every corner of Jingcheng, once there is any trouble, they will be suppressed by iron and blood.
Today's court meeting is very important, as long as the court meeting can be held smoothly, Li Yunyu can ascend the throne as king. Once on the throne, Li Yunyu will control the general situation, and the situation will be irreversible, unless there is a rebellion.
It is not so easy to rebel, such as the fourth prince, although he has a very high reputation in the army, and many generals in the army obey him. But don't forget the six great princes, these six families have countless clan sons and daughters in the army and localities. There are also many local wealthy families who have a close relationship with them, and the fourth prince raised an army, but it does not mean that he can easily control his army, and an army that is not good around him may mutiny, and he may be assassinated in the barracks.
That's why today's court meeting is so important, and Li Yunyu and Zhou Xian attach so much importance to it.
Before dawn, Li Yunyu got up, he didn't fall asleep at all last night, fortunately he was in good spirits, and his face was red. After freshening up, having breakfast, changing into a brand-new purple and gold python robe, wearing a royal jade crown on his head, and black cloud boots on his feet, Li Yunyu walked out of the courtyard where he lived. Outside, Zhou Xian changed into court clothes, and there were six great princes and a group of ministers waiting outside, and when they saw Li Yunyu come out, except for Zhou Xian, they all knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Let's enter the palace. β
Li Yunyu looked at the red sun rising in the sky, and his mood became better. He went to the jade chariot, and under the protection of a team of royal forest troops, he led Zhou Xian and a group of princes and ministers to the palace. The streets outside are under martial law, and there is not a single pedestrian in sight, the second venerable of Heilongtai will report every half an hour, everything is normal, there are no unknown forces lurking in the city, the Yiwang Mansion is very quiet, and Li Yunyi doesn't seem to have gotten up?
When Yu Yuan entered the palace, Cao Li greeted him with a group of Imperial Forest Army, and Li Yunyu directly attacked and made an order to revoke Cao Li's position as the commander and let the deputy commander Lin Yun temporarily take the position of the commander. The Great Grandmaster Zhou Xian was pressing on the side, the six great princes were all there, and Lin Yun was eyeing him with his direct personal guards.
Although Cao Li looked a little sad and angry, he didn't say anything, handed over the official seal of the Great Commander, and then was politely invited by Lin Yun.
Lin Yun quickly took over, replaced the three commanders, and replaced them all with his people. It was only half an hour before he came to King Jing's Palace, indicating that the Imperial Forest Army had been preliminarily controlled by him. Li Yunyu's hanging heart finally relaxed, the Imperial Forest Army was inside, the city defenders were outside, and there were 10,000 troops mobilized by Zhou Xian from Black Rock City in ambush outside the city. The 10,000 troops were commanded by Wu Qi, the general of Zhennan, who was his hardcore subordinate, and the entire Jingcheng was in their hands.
Now there is only one variable left, and that is the Yiwang Mansion.
Although Li Yunyi has always been very low-key, and the Blood Wolf Camp is still in Yujing Mountain, Li Yunyu never dared to underestimate this crippled younger brother. If it weren't for this crippled younger brother, Jingcheng would have been lost a long time ago, and Jingguo would have perished. Cai Min's army of 20,000 was wiped out by Li Yunyi, and more than 10,000 were wiped out by Li Yunyi, and Cai Min was all killed, how could Li Yunyu dare to underestimate it? Not to mention that there was a great master by Li Yunyi's side.
There was still a little time to leave the Great Dynasty Meeting, and Li Yunyu thought about whether to go and see Li Hongtu? Heilongtai gave feedback, Li Hongtu's body is still the same, and it is estimated that he will not be able to stand up for a few days, and Imperial Doctor Liu has no way to wake up Li Hongtu.
Many civil and military officials began to enter the palace, and Li Yunyu became even more nervous in his heart, and he asked the Black Dragon Terrace Second Venerable Xing Tianming to wait by his side, so that he could always know the big and small things that were happening in the city. He paid special attention to Li Yunyi's side, and he asked people to report every once every incense stick.
King Yi's Mansion is very quiet, there is no change in the Shaking Mountain Camp Divine Bow Camp, the Blood Wolf Camp and the Miscellaneous Army on Yujing Mountain also have no changes, Li Yunyi has not left the dormitory until now, and it seems that he doesn't plan to make trouble?
It was only half an hour since he left the Great Dynasty Meeting, and Li Yunyu couldn't sit still, walking around the harem, asking about the situation in the city from time to time. He saw that Xing Tianming was constantly busy receiving news and handling affairs, so he patted Xing Tianming's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Tianming, I still need you to pay more attention to the affairs of the Black Dragon Terrace." β
"Your Highness!"
Xing Tianming became excited, Li Yunyu promised him the position of the first honor, he bowed and said: "I am willing to serve His Highness, do my best, and die." β
Li Yunyu nodded with satisfaction, time passed quickly, half an hour passed quickly, and there was still no change in the return of Heilongtai, Li Yunyu was completely relieved. Surrounded by several eunuchs, he walked towards King Jing's palace.
Hundreds of civil and military officials in King Jing's palace gathered, and those who were qualified to go to the court were all here, as long as the courtiers in Jingcheng came. There are Li Yunyu's faction, Li Yunxiang's faction, the original prince's faction, and the neutral faction.
Since it is a big court meeting, it is natural that all the courtiers will come, and then all the courtiers will join the throne together, so that they can grasp the general trend. If there were only courtiers from Li Yunyu's faction, such a court would have Li Yunyu ascend the throne, and everyone in the world would be dissatisfied.
Many of the courtiers below were full of red faces, many of them were gloomy, some were uneasy, and even some of the ministers were trembling, and there were all kinds of things in the world. Zhou Xian and the six great princes have positions, sitting on the left and right sides respectively.
Li Yunyu sat on the throne, all the ministers saluted, and he first handled some government affairs as the regent. For example, the military affairs coordination on the side of Black Rock City, such as how to mobilize officials to take over after the recovery of Dongyuan County after the retreat of Cai Guo's army, and so on.
Li Yunyu had just returned, and it was impossible to discuss the matter of ascending the throne directly, so he would give all the courtiers some time to buffer first. Let them be prepared in their hearts, and there will be no chaos when they wait.
The court meeting was held for half an hour, Zhou Xian and Li Yunyu glanced at each other, and Zhou Xian glanced at the protector of the country. Qu Ping, the protector of the country, knew that the time was almost up, he came out of the crowd, bowed and saluted, and said, "Regent, the old minister has something to play!"
Li Yunyu's face was expressionless, in fact, his heart had already begun to get excited, and he bowed his head and said: "Protector of the country, please speak!"
Qu Ping bowed again, and then said loudly: "Lord Regent, all the ministers, according to the report from Imperial Doctor Liu, Your Majesty's condition is getting more and more serious, I'm afraid it is...... The country cannot be left without an owner for a day, and the accession of the new monarch to the throne cannot be delayed, otherwise the courtiers and the people will be uncertain, and the country will not be a country...... Due to His Majesty's sudden accident, he has been unconscious, and there is no edict left, according to the ancestral system, a prince with both ability and integrity should be selected among the adult princes to ascend the throne...... The regent is young and promising, and his ability and ability are unparalleled...... That's why the old minister thinks that we should support the regent to ascend the throne......"
Qu Ping said a lot of things like a river, and the meaning was very clear - he hoped to support Li Yunyu to ascend the throne, and it was today. Although this prince is old, he is a master of the nine grades, and his voice is loud, and all the ministers in the entire court can hear it clearly.
An Guogong followed the offside and shouted: "What the Protector said is very true, and the old minister seconded the proposal, asking the regent to ascend the throne immediately and take the throne to reassure the hearts of all the people." β
Zhenguo Gong followed closely and was about to speak, when a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded outside, Lin Yun walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said, "The regent of Qiqi, the fourth highness and the general Wang led an army of 40,000 to arrive outside Jingcheng. General Qu couldn't stop it, and His Royal Highness and General Wang had already entered the city and were rushing towards the palace. β
"What?"
Li Yunyu stood up suddenly, thinking that he had misheard. Zhou Xian's eyes shrank, and several big princes also looked incredulous. In the military reports of the past few days, the fourth prince and Tuoba Wu are chasing Cai Guo's army, and how can they arrive in Jingcheng in Dongyuan County, which is thousands of miles away?
Zhen Guogong was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Lin Yun's collar and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about?
Zhen Guogong did not believe that tens of thousands of troops could arrive outside Jingcheng silently, and when the spies in Heilongtai were all over the place, were they blind? Not to mention Heilongtai, there were the properties of the six major princes in all places, and tens of thousands of troops rushed back to Jingcheng, but they did not receive any news, this was absolutely impossible.
Lin Yun said with a look of grievance: "Such a big matter, how can it be possible for the humble position to spread the news indiscriminately? The Fourth Highness and the Great General King have entered the city and will soon be able to reach the palace. β
"Newspaperβ"
A general outside shouted over and over again, running in, and when he arrived at the palace, he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Regent, by the order of the great general, the last general has come to deliver the word, and the fourth highness and the great general Wang have entered the city with a thousand personal guards." β
This general is a son of the Duke of Anguo, and he holds the position of a tooth general in the garrison of the city, and the news is real.
"Xing Tianming!"
Zhou Xian and Li Yunyu shouted out a name almost at the same time, and both of them figured it out at this moment. There is only one person who can make Li Yunxiang and Tuoba Wu arrive in Jingcheng silently, the current helmsman of Black Dragon Terrace, Xing Tianming.
Xing Tianming has rebelled!