Chapter 228: Surrender of military power
The prince did what he said, and the next day he accused King An and Jiang Yunhua in the court of jointly staging an assassination scene to frame him.
As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty quarreled fiercely.
Some people say that although the prince is stupid, he is not stupid enough to send someone to assassinate his own brother on the cusp of the storm, and some people say that the prince is a wicked person who sues first and deliberately confuses the public.
But before the truth is revealed, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhongyongbo can only withdraw from the investigation of King An's assassination.
Jiang Yunhua was still on the way back to Beijing to escort the envoys, in order not to disturb the envoys, Emperor Showa did not let Dali Temple send someone to arrest Jiang Yunhua and come back for trial, but three days later, the Praetorian Guards sent back Li Yi's 800 miles of urgent excerpts.
The envoy group was assassinated, and Jiang Yunqiu's life and death are unknown!
The excerpt was presented to the imperial case, and then placed on the court, and everyone exploded.
The crown prince even insisted that these assassins were also arranged by King An, and deliberately let the envoys stay in Chenzhou in order to exert pressure on the court and find an opportunity to rebel.
At that time, the prince demoted Jiang Yunhua to a commoner in Chenzhou, and the Chenzhou state capital at that time was Jiang Yunhua's maternal uncle Yin Huanchao, and last year Yin Huanchao was beheaded because of collusion with the bandits in Qingyun Mountain, and now the envoy group has an accident in Chenzhou, whether it is Jiang Yunhuan who is in charge of escorting and Jiang Yunyang, who is a lieutenant in Chenzhou, they are suspected of dereliction of duty.
Although the prince did not directly bite Uncle Zhongyong, he suspected that Uncle Zhongyong was secretly forming a party with King An for personal gain.
The prince doubted that King An could, and when he was involved in Zhongyongbo, those generals suddenly couldn't sit still.
When Uncle Zhongyong was fighting on the battlefield, the prince was still wetting the bed, and he did a bunch of bad things without seeing it, how could he be embarrassed to pour dirty water on the humerus old minister?
Now the court not only has to quarrel, but also rolls up his sleeves and fights.
Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, Uncle Zhong Yong still roared and suppressed these generals.
Uncle Zhong Yongbo did not rush to refute the crown prince, but only looked at Emperor Showa and said: "The assassination of the envoy is related to the peace of the two countries, and the old minister thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to let the envoy group enter Beijing first, explain the misunderstanding, so as not to cause estrangement with the Yuexi royal family." ”
"Uncle Zhongyong, is this avoiding the important and light? In case all this is the third child's trick, the envoy group entering Beijing is delaying time for him, if something happens then, can you bear this responsibility? ”
The more the prince spoke, the higher his voice became, and the final tone was no different from questioning.
Uncle Zhong Yong was not frightened by the prince, he has been on the battlefield for many years, his shoulders and back are still as wide as a pine, his expression is calm, and the prince standing in front of him is like a fried fighting, without any bearing.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the old minister can bear this responsibility."
Uncle Zhong Yong replied, his voice was not high, but his aura was very powerful, and he directly crushed the prince.
The prince was a little weak by Uncle Zhongyong, but he had no way out so far, so he could only say with a strained face: "Uncle Zhongyong is very old, and he hasn't been on the battlefield much in recent years, so he is a little too conceited. ”
The crown prince questioned Zhong Yongbo's ability face to face, and the other generals all clenched their fists, and Zhong Yongbo was not angry, and said quietly: "Your Highness suspects that the old minister is disloyal and useless, so you can take back the old minister's military power and hand it over to a credible person." ”
As soon as Uncle Zhong Yong said that he would hand over the military power, all the generals knelt down.
Most of them were promoted by Zhongyongbo, and they couldn't bear to see Zhongyongbo's age being treated like this.
The crown prince couldn't get used to these people defending Zhongyongbo, suppressed his dissatisfaction, softened his tone and said: "Zhongyongbo misunderstood, this palace is not suspicious of you, but just worried about your body, with you, of course nothing will happen in the capital, but if you have to hand over the military power to avoid suspicion, and find out the truth in the future, this palace will definitely apologize to you in person." ”
The prince said that he wanted to apologize, but in fact, he forced Uncle Zhong Yong to hand over his military power.
Uncle Zhong Yong did not procrastinate, and immediately handed over the talisman to the prince, and wanted to remove his armor, but he heard the prince say: "At present, the envoys are quite dissatisfied because of the assassination, and they are unwilling to enter Beijing, so they can't really let my father personally go to Chenzhou to invite them to Beijing, so how can the face of Zhaoling exist?" ”
The hint in the prince's words was full of meaning, and Uncle Zhongyong pretended not to know, and asked: "Your Highness is the prince of a country, according to Your Highness's opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”
The prince was not polite, and said according to the plan he had already thought of: "It is already hard for the king of Yuexi to come all the way to Zhaoling to pay tribute, and it is normal for him to be angry when something like this suddenly happens, and he really needs a weighty person to invite him, and this palace feels that Uncle Zhongyong is the best candidate." ”
Uncle Zhong Yong fought with Mu Cang when he was young, and the two are old acquaintances, which is indeed very suitable, but as soon as Uncle Zhong Yong leaves, there will be no one in the capital.
"The young son of the old minister is suspected of colluding with King An to rebel, His Royal Highness asked the old minister to pick up the envoy group at this time, so he is not afraid that the old minister will do something to defect to the enemy and betray the country?"
Uncle Zhongyong asked rhetorically, if the prince wants to defend, there will be contradictions before and after, and he didn't know how to answer, Jingyang Hou suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty Qiqi and the old minister feel that His Royal Highness the prince's suggestion is not unreasonable, but since Uncle Zhongyong has handed over the military power, it may not be very important for him to do the matter of welcoming the envoy group into Beijing, and the old minister feels that he can let Zhongyong Bo accompany the five princes to go together." "Look at Shula
The fifth prince has always been the prince's follower, the prince is defenseless against him, and as long as he can take the loyal and brave uncle away, the prince's goal will be achieved.
Thinking of this, the prince said loudly: "The palace thinks that what Marquis Jingyang said is very good, so the father might as well do what he says!" ”
The crown prince did not ask for instructions, but directly made a decision for Emperor Showa.
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Hua Rong didn't know about the turmoil in the court.
Jiang Yunqi was seriously injured, and he had a fever repeatedly for several days, and Hua Rong and the doctor took turns guarding him.
On this day, Jiang Yunqi's burning finally subsided, and Hua Rong finally had time to take a bath.
The wooden house is very simple, there is no separate bathroom, only a little place is temporarily separated by wooden boards, as if it is back to the old days when I was a rough maid.
After taking a bath, Hua Rong washed and dried her clothes again before returning to the house.
Jiang Yunqi didn't know when he woke up, and sat up strongly, and the gauze on the wound was immediately soaked with blood.
Seeing Hua Rong, the doctor hurriedly said: "You are back, he can't see you when he wakes up, he has to go to you, I can't stop you no matter what I say!" ”
Hua Rong's hair hadn't dried yet, knowing that she really just went to take a bath, Jiang Yunhua relaxed a little, and said with a stiff face, "Help me go to the toilet." ”
It seems that he just wants to go to the thatched house, and he is not in a hurry to find Huarong.
"You can't go anywhere now, you have to lie down and recuperate!"
The doctor rejected Jiang Yunhua's request, and picked up the night pot to take off Jiang Yunhua's pants very easily, but Jiang Yunhua glared at him.
Although Jiang Yunqi had just woken up, his eyes were still very intimidating.
The doctor shook a little, and persuaded patiently: "You really can't move now, you have been burning to a coma for the past few days, we have taken care of you like this, don't be embarrassed in this situation." ”
Jiang Yunhua keenly captured the word "we" and subconsciously looked at Hua Rong.
As early as when Jiang Yunhua said that he wanted to go to the toilet, Hua Rong withdrew from the house.