Chapter 687: Politics is the art of compromise
Chu Haikuo rushed into Bao Dahai's tent, only to see Bao Suoyan sitting motionless with Bao Dahai's body in his arms. Chu Haikuo yelled: "Old Bao!"
Bao Suoyan's eyes moved, remembering his father's last words, a strong desire to survive came to his heart, put down Bao Dahai's body, stood up and ran without looking back. Chu Haikuo didn't know why, calmed down, rushed out of the door, and went straight to Lei Buyu's residence.
Before he could break out of the camp, the rain had already come. The Forbidden City is in a piece, how can Lei Buyu put his mind at ease? Bumped into Chu Haikuo head-on, Lei Buyu asked, "Where is Bao Dahai?"
Chu Haikuo whispered, "Old Bao is dead! Boss Lei, Lao Bao seems to have died at the hands of his son, what should I do?"
Lei Buyu frowned: "Dead? Grass! Ignore him for now, it's even worse in the Forbidden City! Quick, get someone on your hands, and follow me into the palace!"
Just rushed out of the barracks and came to the intersection of Chang'an Street and Shichang Street in Yongfang, he was running into Liu Jin and others who were killed from Chengtianmen. Chu Haikuo shouted: "Who is in front? Stop! A certain new army Chu Haikuo!"
Liang Shantong looked back at Liu Jin, who looked like a walking corpse, Liu Jin was reluctant to let go of Zhu Houzhao's corpse, so he had to shout: "Chu Haikuo! Our Liu Jin! Come forward and see you!"
Chu Haikuo was startled, immediately pushed away his subordinates, and strode into the wing army, and when he saw Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao in his arms, tears blurred his eyes, and he roared: "Liu Jin! Your Majesty, what's wrong with Your Majesty?"
Liu Jin's dry tears welled up again, and he choked up and said, "Long live the lord, long live the lord was killed by Liu Zhang! Chu Haikuo, our family wants to avenge the Lord of Long Live Lord, will you come?"
"Liu Zhang? Lao Tzu tore him apart!" Chu Haikuo's eyes were full of tears, he roared angrily, pulled out the revolver on his waist, turned around and left!
"Wait!" Liang Shantong stopped Chu Haikuo, turned his head and asked Liu Jin, "Father-in-law, what should I do with the Queen Mother?" Who's going to sit on that dragon chair? Who wants to be on our side?"
Liu Jin's heart was in turmoil, and he roared angrily: "Our family can't take care of it! Our family only thinks about avenging the Lord of Long Live! The sky has nothing to do with our family!"
Chu Haikuo watched Liu Jin stop, this is not good! Regardless of the reckless slaughter into the Forbidden City, it is true that it can be as fast as it is for a while, but the Ming Dynasty is in chaos! He couldn't make up his mind, so he turned around and ran to the new army: "Gonggong Liu, please invite Lord Lei to come over, you and Lord Lei will discuss!"
Liu Jin snorted, "Lei Buyu? If we don't avenge the Lord of Long Live Lord, no one in our family will recognize it!"
Lei Buyu came very quickly, and when he saw Liu Jin, he immediately said, "Father-in-law Liu, to avenge Your Majesty, Lei Buyu will never be left behind, please rest assured that Father-in-law Liu. But it's about the Daming Dynasty, please tell Gonggong Liu about the cause and effect!"
Liu Jin burst into tears, and explained the truth of the matter in a few words. But Liu Jin is actually only a small part involved, and he has no idea what is going on. Lei Buyu pondered for a moment: "Father-in-law Liu, Lei thinks that the country is now the most important, this is Xiao Yongfang, not far from Li Dongyang Li Ge Lao's mansion, it is better to ask Li Ge Lao to preside over the overall situation!"
Liu Jin glared at the triangular eyes: "Long live the funeral of the lord, I'm afraid that these civil officials can't get out of it, our family, our family."
Liang Shantong was afraid that Liu Jin and Lei Buyu would fall out, so he interjected: "Gonggong Liu, does Your Majesty have an edict?"
Liu Jin nodded slowly: "Long live Lord ordered me to escape from the capital, find King Wu, and King Wu will ascend to the throne and preside over the overall situation!" But King Wu is tens of thousands of miles away, how can he be in time?"
Lei Buyu gritted his teeth: "In this case, let's do it according to Lei's idea first!" Gonggong Liu, I'm sorry, Your Majesty and I are as kind as a mountain, Lei must act according to the edict, and the Ming Dynasty must not be chaotic!"
Liu Jin was furious: "Lei Buyu! Okay, let's do it ourselves! Liang Shantong and Chu Haikuo, are you two willing to kill all the female ministers and thieves with our family?"
Chu Haikuo hesitated slightly, but still stood beside Liu Jin: "Boss Lei, I'm sorry! Chu Haikuo was promoted by His Majesty, even if he takes this life, he will avenge His Majesty!"
Liang Shantong said calmly: "General Lei, the lower officials are ordered to protect Your Majesty, where Your Majesty is, Liang Shantong is there!"
Reb's beard fluttered: "Pedantic! Father-in-law Liu, isn't Lei tired of the emperor's favor? Lei doesn't want to avenge His Majesty? Now that Beijing is in chaos, who knows which ones are the murderers who killed His Majesty? In case, if it is a big chaos
Now, in the end, those rebellious ministers and thieves, will Your Majesty turn a blind eye? Now there are several major events, one, who will inherit the throne; Second, the aftermath of His Majesty; Third, there can be no chaos. Father-in-law Liu, you say, who of us can solve it?"
Liu Jin shook his head stubbornly: "We can't control those things, and we don't want to care!" The world is chaotic, with King Wu here, there will always be a day when chaos will be set right. We just want to kill all those rebels and thieves!"
Lei Buyu looked up to the sky and sighed, "Ah! Father-in-law Liu, Lei's heart for His Majesty can be seen from the sun and the moon! But, but now that we don't distinguish between friend and foe, we can't kill indiscriminately, right?"
Liu Jin finally softened and nodded, "Okay! According to what Master Lei said, you go to Li Dongyang. Our family, Chu Haikuo, and Liang Shantong went to find Gu Dayong and Gao Feng, and we must find out!"
Lei Buyu smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law, let's hide out first. Since the female cadres are rebellious, there must be a backhand, and Gonggong Liu is the only one who knows the edict, and the important things entrusted by His Majesty still need to be handled by the father-in-law!"
Liu Jin was sad: "Long live the Lord is gone, what reason does Liu Jin have to live? Big things, haha, big things have those big people who want to do, Liu Jin."
Rumble! The men and horses of the Five Cities Terracotta Division chased them out, and they fired a cannon from a distance! Lei Buyu was furious: "Destroy them!" Then he continued to order: "The new army will immediately divide its troops and control the Six Divisions, the Three Law Divisions, and the Forbidden City!" Father-in-law Liu, please listen to what Lei said. For the sake of His Majesty's posthumous plan and to protect himself, you must know that the annals of history are written by those literati! Do you want Your Majesty to bear the name of the Emperor?"
Liu Jin finally nodded: "Okay! Haikuo, you stay, keep an eye on our family, if Lord Lei has different hearts, you know what to do!"
Lei Buyu smiled bitterly: "Lei will definitely live up to His Majesty's kindness, father-in-law, you should go to Jinling!" Haikuo, you still follow your father-in-law, Your Majesty needs to be chilled, otherwise how can you be buried?"
Liu Jin left, rushed out of the capital from Fuchengmen with Zhu Houzhao's body, and went straight to Shunyi. Lei Buyu hurriedly came to Li Dongyang's house, and after seeing Li Dongyang, he didn't care about etiquette, and told him what he knew.
Li Dongyang was shocked and burst into tears: "Your Majesty has gone? Your Majesty!"
Lei Buyu hurriedly said, "My Lord Li, now is not the time to be sad! Liu Zhang is still in the Forbidden City, what should I do?"
Li Dongyang accepted his sad face and nodded: "What Lord Lei said is, go!" Go to the Forbidden City!"
After defeating the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the 70,000 new troops were divided like mercury, and the major yamen in the capital, and the mansions of various nobles and important ministers were all controlled by the new army. In the Forbidden City, Liu Zhang was still bargaining with Empress Dowager Zhang.
"The Zhou family and the Zhang family are relatives, and both families can send noble girls to the palace."
Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at each other, and they were a little shaken. At this moment, the gunshots came, Liu Zhang turned around, and Zhang Hedi of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division ran over with the remnants of the defeated generals, and reported in a panic: "Lord Liu, the new army, the new army has been killed!"
Liu Zhang's heart sank, knowing that the opportunity was fleeting, and looked at the Empress Dowager Zhang fiercely: "The Queen Mother, the new army will be killed immediately, and this matter can't be discussed again, so the old minister has no choice but to
Empress Dowager Zhou immediately decided: "Needless to say! Just rely on Lord Liu! But this must go through the Cabinet before it can be carried out!"
"So, please decree the Queen Mother!"
Empress Dowager Zhou turned her head to look at Empress Dowager Zhang: "Zhang, the matter has come to this point and there is nothing to be done. Let's hold on to the situation first, and we'll talk about the rest when Wei'er comes back!"
Empress Dowager Zhang actually had no idea, so she had to bow her head against her will and say yes. When Yizhi arrived, Liu Zhang's heart was determined. At this time, Li Dongyang and Lei Buyu also arrived! Liu Zhang ordered Zhang He Di to give up resistance, and he stood on the royal road outside Cining Palace, unmoving, like a thousand-year-old pine.
Li Dongyang and Lei Buyu received the report and glanced at each other. Li Dongyang strode forward: "Buyu, meet Liu Zhang with the old man!"
After Liu Zhang saw Li Dongyang, he raised his hand and arched: "Master Li, don't come to harm?"
Li Dongyang's face was gloomy: "Where is Lord Liu free? Lord Liu, what are your plans now?"
"King Xing's old man has been brought into Cining Palace, Zhu Houxi can succeed to the throne, and the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager have both agreed, this is Empress Dowager Zhang's decree!" Liu Zhang raised the edict in his hand, and his face was still light.
"Good!" Li Dongyang sneered, and then said, "How should King Wu explain?"
Liu Zhang sneered: "To tell you the truth, Master Li, the old man has already repaired the book to the Ottoman Sultan, and King Wu can't return to the Ming Dynasty!"
Li Dongyang shook his head: "It's not proper! In the first battle of Samarkand, why couldn't a million iron horsemen count on the Ottomans? Impossible!"
"Possibly! With mental calculation or unintentional, of course it is possible! The old man made a heavy bet, and he couldn't help the Sultan not to take the bait! Master Li, the method of smelting iron, the method of making the soul chasing gun, can move his heart?"
Depend on! Li Dongyang was distressed for a while, he really didn't feel distressed when he stepped on the horse cub to sell his master's field! This is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's strength over other countries, and it is actually sold clean for the sake of a King Wu? Liu Zhang saw what Li Dongyang was thinking, and sneered: "The solidity of mountains and rivers is not in danger, it is just a method of making firecrackers for iron smelting, and it is worth changing to a bright and bright world!"
In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Li Dongyang is on the side of the literati, he is a big man in the literary world, and he has long been dissatisfied with Hua Houwei. It's just that Hua Houwei has strong soldiers in his hands, and he doesn't dare to make a mistake. Now that Liu Zhang has a backhand, it is very likely that Huahou Wei will not be able to return to the Ming Dynasty, so there is nothing wrong with Zhu Houxi succeeding to the throne! The weaker the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the better, and it is better to be a hypocritical monarch.
Li Dongyang carefully calculated in his heart, Liu Zhang is more than 90 people, how many days can he live? The so-called Xiangshan Hui Xiao Jing is dead, and it can't become any climate. Zhu Houxi was originally a guilty body, and he had no foundation in the court, it seems, probably, is the best choice? It should be!
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