The three kings of Jiangnan rebelled, which was completely unexpected by everyone, because it was too fast, according to common sense, even if the other party really questioned the identity of the grandson, it should be done after the news was announced by the imperial court.

And it is really unreasonable to go straight to the army without even asking a word.

After Meng Yuan pondered for a moment, he came to a conclusion that shocked him: "I'm afraid that the crown princess has already secretly contacted them. ”

The excuse for the three kings of Jiangnan to raise troops was on the side of the Qing monarch, and they were well prepared, and the slogans were terrifying, which could not be completed in a while, and Meng Yuan thought of the fact that the crown princess burned down the main courtyard of the Great Sect last night, and he seemed to understand.

"She didn't want to go to the Northland, and she didn't need to." Meng Yuan said with a solemn expression: "What she wanted from the beginning was to let us suffer from the enemy, and the northern land was a cover from beginning to end."

Until this moment, Meng Yuan finally understood that the plan of the crown princess that he thought he knew was actually deliberately shown to him by the other party.

The Northern Earth Xuantian Sect was exposed to Jinyiwei's field of vision from the beginning, and Meng Yuan also took it for granted that this was the hole card of the East Palace, but who knew that such a big force, even the force cultivated by the prince himself, was actually the target that the crown princess pushed out to block the gun.

He must admit that he underestimated this woman's ruthlessness, and even his husband and children can be used as bargaining chips to calculate, I am afraid that as the prince said, the other party had no intention of competing for the throne from the beginning, but just used this as an excuse to hide people's eyes.

All she wanted was the chaos now, as for the reason. Forget it, there is no point in it anymore.

Big things happened one after another, but the court can't be chaotic, once they have problems here, then they really can't go back to the sky, at this moment His Majesty has passed away, the old prince is already dying, although His Royal Highness Taisun has prestige but is full of murderous reputation, although he has the ability but can not convince the public.

So Meng Yuan had no choice but to take over the important task at this time, and he gathered the important ministers of the cabinet and several key ministers of the six ministries to discuss how to deal with it.

The head of the household said first: "Ladies and gentlemen, when the first emperor was here, although he built a lot of construction to seek immortals to visit the Tao, but the things used were all from the inner government, so now the treasury is still abundant. ”

The military department Shangshu echoed: "There has been no war for many years, but the training of soldiers has never been slack. ”

Wei Ge Lao nodded: "This is very good, but although the anti-king is menacing and provokes the world, it is not worth mentioning at all in front of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, money and food are worry-free, what we have to do now is to extinguish this fire as soon as possible, and if it is late, there will be changes, don't forget, there are still families watching from the side." ”

He is right, although the anti-king of Jiangnan is monstrous, but as soon as the imperial court soldiers arrive, they can immediately crush it into powder, and the family is the big trouble in this world.

"What do you think?" Meng Yuan asked.

Wei Ge's old brows tightened, and he sighed: "For today's plan, I have to mourn for Your Majesty first, and then announce it to the world, so that His Royal Highness Taisun will be the emperor, and the court will be ruled by the law. ”

Wei Ge Lao said, came to the old master Luo and bowed deeply: "Please master for the livelihood of the world, and solve this crisis for me." ”

The biggest advantage of the imperial court lies in the legal system and morality, the old prince can no longer be counted on now, and if he wants to convince the world of the identity of the grandson, he can only let a respected person come forward to stand for him, and the old master Luo is the best candidate.

First, he is the contemporary helmsman of Confucianism, and his reputation among scholars is unrivaled, and his virtue is convinced and respected by people all over the world.

Secondly, when the first emperor ascended the throne, almost more than half of the entire court were Confucian disciples, or simply called themselves disciples of the master, at that time it was really unparalleled.

Even today, the disciples and grandchildren of the master in the court account for almost half of the minus, and there are many disciples in all parts of the world.

Luo Fuzi returned the salute and said lightly: "As a courtier, where the duty lies, the elder does not have to be like this, the old man can go to write a letter to ensure that Jiangnan is worry-free." ”

"Really?!" Wei Ge Lao was pleasantly surprised.

"The reason why Jiangnan is full of wolf smoke is because His Majesty died suddenly, once the grandson ascends the throne, the court can be determined, and then the world can be determined."

The old master's eyes were calm, and he said indifferently: "I have been in the dynasty for two hundred years, the mandate of heaven favors the people, and the people's hearts, even if the first emperor abandoned the government for the sake of immortals, he has never abolished the people of the world with his own selfish desires, so the royal family is still the desire of the people in the world." ”

The old master represents the scholar class, behind him is the world's Confucian disciples, what he said is the morality followed by the Confucian disciples for generations, the so-called Zhou Gong spits out the world and returns to the heart, it doesn't matter who Zhou Gong is, the emperor is here, and this is the place where the world's scholars return to their hearts.

The old man pointed out the problem at the same time: "The old man thinks that the top priority is to suppress the rebellion in the north, and the south of the Yangtze River is just a disease of scabies, and the north is the disaster." ”

Wei Ge Lao said hesitantly: "There are General Helian and 30,000 white armor troops stationed in the north, and there is no worry for a while, Jiangnan is the hinterland of the imperial court, why don't you suppress the anti-king king in Jiangnan first, and then send troops to the north?" ”

The two have different views, and the differences are not more important than those in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and this kind of thing does not matter whether it is right or wrong, except for the two border armies, nearly ninety percent of the country's standing army is stationed in the Beijing Division, with a total strength of more than 400,000.

The three-way anti-king patchwork together, counting all the family funds, can make a full calculation of 50,000 people is enough for Xu Zhenfu to apologize for his crimes, according to Jinyiwei's intelligence estimates, at most 30,000 to 40,000, suppressing these rebellions, it doesn't take much effort at all.

And although the Xuantian Sect in the North has many disciples, even if it has the background of the Cefeng Army, it can form a formed legion, at most 20,000, and the remaining so-called masters of the rivers and lakes, when they reach the battlefield, are all rabble, so there is no need to worry at all.

But even so, the strength of the northern land is still stronger than the Jiangnan three-way anti-king, after all, the Cefeng army is a serious army retreated, and it is still stronger than the miscellaneous army in Jiangnan that has been cobbled together out of nowhere.

Old Master Luo suggested that he should take action against the northern land first, on the one hand, because the threat of the Xuantian Sect was indeed greater, and on the other hand, because this rebellion must be suppressed as soon as possible, and those families who are still waiting and watching cannot see the opportunity to take advantage of it, otherwise the harm will be endless.

Therefore, his goal is not to send troops on one side and contain the other in order to suppress them one after another, but to attack both sides at the same time.

The last point, and the key point that cannot be said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still alive, but no matter from any point of view, everyone can not accept that he will return to the capital to inherit the throne, from the overall situation, if he returns, the harm caused will be even greater than the current Three Kings Rebellion.

Therefore, the rebellion in the north must be severely suppressed, and Luo Fuzi has no doubt that even if Jiangnan is the first to rise now, but with the comprehensive plan of the crown princess, the north is also like a barrel of explosives at this moment.

(End of chapter)