Chapter 314: Death and Resurrection
Li Congjia looked up at Zhang Yi expectantly and said, "This king knows that you have a way! How to solve the current dilemma? This king had already predicted that the royal brothers would be unscrupulous in the future. Especially the shameless old thief Sun Sheng, if it weren't for him, how could Xu Xuan fall so easily? With this female slippery old thief giving advice to the royal brother, the king's life is in danger, perhaps...... Maybe tomorrow my father will issue a holy decree to deprive me of the title of King Zheng, and then release this king to the third division......
Zhang Xun sighed and said, "Your Highness doesn't need to be so alarmed, the more you need to stabilize your position at this time. Does Your Highness know why you are in this predicament? There is a saying that I don't know whether to say or not."
"It's all now, what else should I not say?" Li Congjia shouted.
Zhang Xun said in a deep voice, "The minister risked his death to say it. If the words are inappropriate, please forgive your sins."
Li Congjia waved his hand and said: "Don't have any worries between you and me, say whatever comes to mind, you know that this king has never defended you, and now you are the only one who is still loyal to stay by this king's side, you are the most trusted person by this king, and no one can replace your position in this king's heart."
Zhang Xun arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, the minister is grateful!" What the minister wants to say is that Your Highness, you are too indecisive, to put it nicely, you are too honest. In fact, you had a good chance not to let the situation fall into such a predicament, but you still slipped into this situation.
It is true that this time, Your Highness, you were indeed put together by Li Zhenggu and Wei Guogong, they rebelled, but you suffered great grievances. But why don't you think the other way around, how dare they openly rebel, isn't it because they have played your banner? Because the whole country knows that almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are courtiers who support His Highness, so the chances of winning the army are very high.
You must know that His Royal Highness controlled the two major centers of Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, and held 300,000 elites of the six armies of the forbidden army, plus more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the three towns of He Jingzhu, Zhang Wenbiao, and Song Mojie, what a good situation, but it was a pity that it was buried in vain."
Li Congjia frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Zhang Yi said: "Your Highness, he dared to rebel with 100,000 Zhennan troops, and the 500,000 soldiers and horses in your hands were enough to do great things. You have been decisive, and now you are sitting on the golden temple and receiving the worship of your courtiers."
Li Congjia was shocked and said, "You mean...... Are you saying that the king should rebel and take the throne?"
Zhang Xun frowned and said, "That's not called rebellion, that's called Qingjun's side. Female cadres such as Sun Sheng and Han Xizai can naturally become the targets of eradication, and they have been showing off their power by His Majesty's side, making the court restless. If His Royal Highness had raised troops to clear the king's side, and the Zhongshu Sect had told the world, the Privy Council had ordered all towns to support His Highness, and the great thing could be done!
Besides, what's so bad about taking the throne? Have you forgotten that three hundred years ago, Taizong was not the great treasure of the Xuanwu Sect who ascended the throne? What's more, in today's troubled times, do you know how many emperors have changed in the northern part of the Central Plains? But once you reach the limit, some people dare to say that the Son of Heaven is half of it, isn't it? The victor is the prince and the loser is Kou, the emperor's seat is coveted by everyone, if he is not decisive, how can he sit down?"
Li Congjia's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Bold, you dare to say such a rebellious word, do you want to die?"
Zhang Xun sneered: "Even though Your Highness killed the minister, the minister has long wanted to say these words. Who is this for? Not for you, Your Highness? You would like to behave in a dutiful manner in front of Your Majesty, but what is the result now? You must know that there will never be a shortage of people beside Your Majesty who will be loyal and obedient.
The original good situation was wasted, not to mention, now the people loyal to you have been brought down one by one, and Your Highness is only one person left, if Your Majesty really regards you as the mastermind of this rebellion, or if King Yan and they are guilty of your crimes, Your Highness, now that no one speaks for you, do you still have a chance to live? After this rebellion was put down, His Highness was the first person to be given death, don't Your Highness understand?"
Li Congjia was speechless, and after a while, he sighed and said, "What's the use of talking about this now? Time has long passed, and now this king is alone and trapped in the palace, and there are no 500,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, only a lonely family remains."
Zhang Xun said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, it is not yet the time to despair, don't forget, Your Highness, you will always be Your Majesty's own son, and you are also the concubine born to the queen's mother. you
Think about it, even Seo Hyun has been taken away and tortured by the Third Division, but why has Your Majesty delayed issuing a will about you?
The minister dared to guess that in addition to the lack of evidence now, His Majesty must be reluctant to do anything to you, and even if he is willing, the queen will definitely not follow. The Queen Mother is the breakthrough."
Li Congjia frowned and said, "You mean the queen mother? But this king has now committed the great crime of rebellion, do you think the queen mother is willing to speak for this king? Although the queen mother has always loved this king, at this special time, I am afraid that it will not help for her to come forward."
Zhang Xun smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, no matter when, you must remember that the identity of mother and son will never change. Your Highness, you have reached the point of exhaustion, if you don't try hard, then you really have to be slaughtered by others.
And most importantly, you are not really rebelling, you are just being wronged. Even if Sun Sheng and the others can find the so-called evidence, it must be perjury, and you must dare to give up the perjury before they confirm it, and abandon anyone who is not favorable to you for the sake of a comeback in the future."
Li Congjia's spirit was shocked, and he said in a low voice, "Give up? What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Xun leaned forward and whispered, "Your Highness, it is not difficult to break the current predicament, you must rely on Sun Sheng's power in turn. Isn't he, Sun Sheng, desperately biting Xu Xiang now? Then you will take the initiative to help him, so that it will be difficult for King Yan and their next plan to be realized."
"Are you crazy? If there is a life-and-death decision between this king and Sun Sheng, he wants to put this king to death, and this king still wants to help him?" Li Congjia frowned.
"Your Highness, what Sun Sheng is now thinking about is to confirm the charge of treason against you, and he will soon succeed. Because the minister heard that Xu Xiang's wild words in the past have spread all over the city, but at the beginning, His Royal Highness recommended Xu Xiang to the center, no one in the court knows the relationship between you and Xu Xiang, in the final analysis, although this cannot be evidence, but it is also very fatal.
If you don't come forward quickly and do your best to get rid of it, you will be the next three divisions to interrogate! Therefore, at this time, you must make a parting, since Sun Sheng is thinking about Xu Xiang, then you can simply push the boat and push all the charges on Xu Xiang, so that Sun Sheng and them will be caught off guard."
Li Congjia was stunned and said, "But wouldn't it be too ruthless to do this? If it weren't for Xu Xuan's great help in the past, this king would probably still be chanting in Zhongshan now. And Zhang Xun, Xu Xuan is your mentor!"
Zhang Xun paused, arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "If you want to achieve great things, you should make a decision, and the minister is also heartbroken. But now Your Highness, you have been forced into a desperate situation, if you can't give up Xu Xiang, the consequences will be doomed.
Now what you need to do is to quickly enter the palace to see the queen mother, move with affection, and tell why Xu Xiang deceived His Royal Highness, why he was domineering, why he dominated the government, as for the rebellion, you must bite to death without knowing everything, and you can even show the queen mother that she is willing to take the initiative to ask Ying to quell the rebellion. If so, it will be bright."
Li Congjia smiled bitterly and said, "To put it bluntly, do you want this king to cry to the queen mother? Then it's better to go to my father......
Zhang Xun said: "No, Your Majesty is in doubt, Your Highness's face is open at this time, and it is the best way to let the Queen Mother give Your Majesty a blow." In extraordinary times, His Highness has no choice but to do so."
Li Congjia frowned and said, "What if the queen mother is unwilling to speak for this king?"
"I can't help but let my mother refuse, if she refuses, the net will be broken, Your Highness, you can hide the blade in your sleeve. Anyway, there is no way out, so I simply came out with a "clear will to die", Niangniang usually fasts and recites Buddha, is kind and benevolent, and is a smart person, I will not understand that His Royal Highness has no way out. There's no way she'll not be out at this point."
Li Congjia was stunned and said, "This ...... This ......"
Zhang Xun sighed: "Your Highness, the minister doesn't want you to really die, sometimes it is also a way to put him to death and live later. If you hesitate so much, you can't live if you want to. Now is the last moment, and we can't be indecisive anymore."
Li Congjia was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, it's up to you."
Zhang Xun nodded and said, "This is the decisive state, Your Highness should be fearless, you will boldly enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and you will be safe for a while."
As for the minister, he planned to bring a few loyalties
Reliable people disguised themselves as people to go out of the city to find Li Zhenggu outside the city of Hezhou, and the minister had his own clever plan to let him put the charge of the rebellion on Xu Xiang's head."
Li Congjia was surprised: "If this can really be done, this king will be saved."
Zhang said: "This is the only way to go at the moment. If Your Highness can survive the difficulties this time, let's plan for the future. For example, Sun Sheng, this old thief is not dead, it is a big trouble for His Royal Highness, the old thief has done a lot of evil, we have suffered such a big loss this time, we must take action. Therefore, the minister asked His Royal Highness to allow the minister to arrange a plan to slaughter Sun Sheng's old thief. As soon as the old thief dies, the world is peaceful. If the old thief does not die, His Highness will not be able to sleep."
Li Congjia exclaimed, "Do you want to assassinate Sun Sheng?"
Zhang Xun said, "Doesn't Your Highness want the old thief to die?"
Li Congjia gritted his teeth and said, "This king now thinks about eating, sleeping, and dreaming, and he doesn't want the old thief to die all the time. But now that the old thief has regained his position as the right minister, what about the guards beside him? It is very risky to assassinate him, and if he misses, he will lose everything, how can my father not see the clues, and he will never tolerate it."
Zhang Xun said coldly: "Your Highness, it's still the same sentence, put it to death and come back to life. Kill the old thief and the world will be peaceful. Of course, it is not now, but in the future, the minister will also act cautiously and will not show his feet. His Royal Highness can rest assured, and only when he finds the right opportunity will he make a move. In short, Your Highness should not have heard of this matter, and all the ministers will do it in secret."
Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "That's it, you can do it with confidence, this king is looking forward to surprises."
Zhang Yi said, "Thank you, Your Highness. Your Royal Highness should remember that after entering the palace tomorrow to meet the queen's mother, if you are safe and sound, don't stay in the palace and feel sorry for yourself afterwards. The more you are stuffy in the palace, the more Your Majesty thinks that His Highness has something in his heart."
Li Congjia nodded and said, "Okay, this king will do as you say. Zhang Xun, talking to you like this, this king's heart can be regarded as open. I really don't know how this king would have survived without you. If this king can make a comeback one day, he will make an exception for you to lead the government of a hundred officials. Only a faithful man like you can do things for the king, and the king can rest in peace."
Zhang Xun bowed down and shouted, "Thank you, Your Highness, rest assured, Your Highness will definitely do his best to assist you in becoming the emperor, and you will never give up."
……