Chapter 221: These Knees Must Not Kneel Again

"Grandpa, this is a holy decree sent by Kuaima from Jingshi..."

"What about the messenger?"

"Still waiting outside..."

"Killed..."

Chen Cao closed the official document, and then handed it to Wang Xiaojie, Hong Chengchou and others: "Do you think that when I return to Beijing to report on my work this time, will my experience be exactly the same as Li Rubai's." ”

"Guogong, you killed the messenger?"

Sun Chuanting had just walked in from outside the door, and before he entered the door, he saw Zhao Xin and others doing it.

Chen Cao asked them to hand over the official document to Sun Chuanting, and after Sun Chuanting read it, he sighed and said, "Hey, aren't there people of insight in the court?" At this critical moment, if you have to force people to rebel, you can't do things? ”

Chen Cao laughed, and then said: "Everyone, since the imperial court wants to force me to rebel, then I Chen Cao can't sit still, but I have always been the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I am still a person with lofty ideals.

Passing on our military order, all the Yamen of the general army in western Liaoning were relocated, and all the soldiers and civilians of the forts around Guangning City were transported to Songjiang by warship, and the Dingwu army stayed in Guangning temporarily, taking away all the baggage materials that could be taken away, and absolutely no trace of usable things could be left for Jiannu. ”

"Grandpa, there are only four warships and flagships in our army, which cannot transport redundant personnel, so Zhao Tianlin is still in the Shuangtaizi Waihe River with most of the fleet, but it is a little far away from our warships, and they are still afraid of death."

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he said: "Grandpa, why don't we also learn from Yuan Chonghuan's house and have a Hongmen banquet." ”

"Zhao Tianlin chicken thief, I don't think he will be fooled,"

Chen Cao shook his head: "But Deng Guang won't follow him, it depends on how Deng Guang chooses." ”

"Then how are we going to trick him ashore?"

Chen Cao took the official document in his hand: "Send someone to hold the waist card of the North Division, this official document is the order." ”

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Jingshi, Baoguo Mansion

Zhu Yanrong was receiving Sun Chengzong at the moment, and the emperor had already issued a series of decrees last day, including the holy decree that Sun Chengzong should be allowed to return home to retire.

"Inspector Sun is here, won't he just talk about simple state affairs?"

Sun Chengzong's face was serious, and he first told Zhu Yanrong what Chen Cao had said as it was, and then put on a contemplative expression: "Wei Zhongxian caused chaos in the government and poisoned the monarch's father, this is a great rebellion, Baoguo Gong, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Yanrong was surprised that Chen Cao would actually tell Sun Chengzong about this, but thinking that he was coldly treated by Wei Zhongxian in Jingshi, he could also think of the trick in the middle.

"Inspector Sun, Your Majesty's dragon body is still healthy..."

"The old man is not here to make a public joke with Baoguo, His Majesty praised King Xin in front of a group of cabinet ministers on the twelve, as Yao Shun, Baoguo Gong, His Majesty has stopped the court discussion in the past few days, all military affairs are seen by King Xin, Huo Weihua is even more dedicated to the 'elixir' that I don't know where it came from, this...

Li Kezhuo's incident can be vividly remembered..."

Zhu Yanrong also became serious, and then looked at Sun Chengzong: "Supervisor, I have also seen the situation of Your Majesty in Beijing and other people in Beijing, and the spirit is still good, but it is a little swollen." ”

"A few days ago, for some reason, there were a lot of unknown palace maids, and the personnel transfers of internal officials and supervisors were also unusually frequent, and the old man was very worried about His Majesty's safety, but now he has been dismissed and returned to his hometown, and the eunuch party has taken power...

Baoguo Gong, you are in charge of the Shenji Battalion, and you need to take care of Your Majesty's safety. ”

Zhu Yanrong frowned: "The Beijing camp is in charge of the British duke, and it is not a last resort, I believe that there will be no time for my Shenji battalion to come forward, besides, there are Tengxiang four guards in the imperial city, what can go wrong?" ”

"Baoguo Gong, Teng Xiang Siwei is in the hands of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and the Admiral Eunuch of the Imperial Horse Eunuch is Wei Zhongxian's person."

"Boss Overseer? What do you mean by that? Do you mean that it is Wei Zhongxian who is not good for the emperor? ”

Zhu Yanrong understood at the moment, it turned out that Sun Chengzong's purpose was on this, and he sneered at the moment: "He is a eunuch, and he still dares to cause trouble in the government?" Besides..."

Saying that, Zhu Yanrong whispered: "Even if the emperor has no heirs, he has summoned King Xin a few days ago, what does this mean?" What else is needed to prove it? Once the emperor's dragon body is unexpected, the throne is not something that Wei Zhongxian can decide. ”

Sun Chengzong is worried about this, the national capital of the Ming Dynasty was changed during the Wuzong period, and since then the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is no longer the eldest son, Wuzong has no queen, and the throne can only be passed to his cousin, although they are all descendants of Emperor Chenghua, but they have lost the identity of the 'eldest son'.

At present, Sun Chengzong is worried that as he guessed, once the emperor dies, someone will tell the world which woman is pregnant with the emperor's species, but this kind of thing is always speculation, and no one dares to bring it up, because of this, Sun Chengzong will come to visit Zhu Yanrong at this moment.

Seeing Sun Chengzong's worried face, Zhu Yanrong smiled and said: "Don't worry, the old superintendent, the Jingying troops are in the hands of the British Duke, the Shenji Battalion is in the hands of the Duke, and there are five military battalions in the hands of the Duke of Chengguo, and the three thousand battalions in the hands of the Duke of Dingguo, these troops are in the hands of our nobles, forgive him Wei Zhongxian does not dare to do anything against him." ”

"Hey..."

Sun Chengzong sighed, he can understand that these sons and nobles are not afraid of the emperor's change at all, and unlike the civil officials, who have a son of heaven and a courtier: "The old man still said the same thing, once the Beijing division changes, I hope that the prince of Baoguo and others can take on the safety of His Majesty." ”

"That's nature..."

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August 21, Forbidden City

"How?"

The Hakka family looked at Wei Zhongxian, who had just walked out of the Qianqing Palace, with an anxious expression: "The queen has agreed?" ”

Wei Zhongxian shook his head with a bitter face: "This is not the place to speak. ”

Where the two walked through, the palace maids were as quiet as cicadas, and the two of them went out of the Qianqing Palace from time to time and entered the middle hall of the Internal Affairs Mansion.

There were already many people waiting in the hall, Cui Chengxiu, Xu Xianchun, Tian Ergeng and other confidants were sitting in their positions, and even Gu Bingqian, who had retired, appeared in the Internal Affairs Mansion at this moment, which was enough to see how important this matter was.

"The Governor (Father)..."

These are Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, and their titles have not changed, but they have already called Wei Zhongxian 'nine thousand years old' outside.

Cui Chengxiu was the first to speak: "Duke, can you have an eyebrow in the matter?" ”

Wei Zhongxian sat on the main seat with a gloomy face, and was silent all the time, Xu Xianchun was the most observant of words and feelings, so he saluted to the Hakka family: "Madam, is there no room for things to turn around." ”

Hakka sighed and shook his head.

Wei Zhongxian said at this time: "The emperor is unconscious, and the queen does not allow this." ”

The four people in the hall were stunned, if the queen didn't agree to this matter, then how could they dare to operate, Gu Bingqian said: "If that's the case, it's better to send those palace maids out as soon as possible, don't fall into the trap, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

"Kill it..."

Hakka said coldly.

Wei Zhongxian scolded: "You shrew, do something that damages yin morality, if it weren't for this, the emperor would not be so unblessed by the ancestors and ancestors, it's now, you don't want to do something to accumulate virtue for the emperor, and you are still thinking about killing people." ”

The Hakka family didn't dare to fight back when he was scolded, and Wei Zhongxian, who was angry, looked at the four of them: "The queen didn't agree to this, saying that the emperor had decided to believe in the succession of His Royal Highness the king, Huo Weihua's medicine did not improve, today the emperor has fainted four or five times in the past, the situation is not good, our family's heart is now uncomfortable, do you have any good ideas?" ”

"King Xin has always been educated by the Donglin Party, and he is disgusted with us." Cui Chengxiu said nervously.

Wei Zhongxian still remembered what Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, said when he met him last year.

"If I were the emperor, I would kill you..."

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but shudder, not only him, but even the person who had been scolded by Zhu Youzhen, and now that the emperor's life may be in danger at any time, how to save his life is their most important choice now.

What's more, Wei Zhongxian's eunuch group has made too many enemies over the years, once the emperor dies, their eunuch party will definitely be unhappy, although several people in the cabinet are all people he single-handedly pulled, but the first assistant Huang Liji seems to be obedient, but in fact, he seems to have violated Wei Zhongxian's meaning in many things.

Moreover, Huang Liji's student also taught Zhu Youzhen in the Ten Princes' Mansion, which made the current Wei Zhongxian extremely worried.

"Shi Fenglai can still be believed now, but if something happens to the emperor, I am worried that their direction will suddenly change," Gu Bingqian, as Wei Zhongxian's think tank, said worriedly at the moment: "It's broken..."

A group of people looked over, and Wei Zhongxian looked up: "What's the matter?" ”

Gu Bingqian touched his beard and shook his head repeatedly: "We shouldn't be in such a hurry..."

Cui Chengxiu's brain was spinning very fast, and when he heard him say this, he thought of who it was: "Master Gu means Chen Cao's side?" ”

Gu Bingqian nodded, and then looked at Wei Zhongxian with a bitter face: "Chen Cao has a heavy army outside, and now it is a tense situation, if we force Chen Cao to rebel, it will only harm us, and there will be no benefit..."

Wei Zhongxian said urgently: "How did you do such a foolish thing at that time? ”

Who dares to answer this sentence?

No one dared to take it, because it was Wei Zhongxian himself who wanted to put Chen Cao to death, and now that there was danger, it was useless to regret it.

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, don't speak, because they all know that they have made a big mistake.

Chen Cao is from a eunuch background in front of civil officials, as long as they have this reason, even if Chen Cao is not in line with them now, they can try to win him over as much as possible, after all, he has troops outside.

And the new emperor ascended the throne, considering Chen Cao's reasons, he could at least keep himself for a while, but now they put Chen ** on the opposite side.

Cui Chengxiu arched his hand: "Dugong, the plan can't catch up with the changes, no one would have thought that the saint's illness would be so serious." ”

Wei Zhongxian looked at Gu Bingqian: "Do you have any good suggestions today?" ”

Gu Bingqian shook his head: "No, I can only take one step at a time, if there are really uncontrollable factors, I think I still have to work Chen Cao's body." ”