In the main hall of the East Palace, Guo Jue, the prince's housekeeper, was edicted to enter the palace to perform, and he stepped forward to greet him and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

At this moment, Mu Sheng was studying the article, and when he saw Guo Jue arrive, he raised his head and asked, "How are things going?" ”

Guo Jue said: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, I have already sent someone to Yucheng to deliver the letter, I believe that the ladies who stay in Yucheng will soon be summoned by Your Highness, and then the ladies will come to Qingyang with the mountain puppet envoy, Your Highness, please rest assured." ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head slightly and said, "Well, you do things, I don't worry." ”

"Before, Lone succeeded to the throne of the crown prince, and I was often uneasy in my heart, and I didn't dare to rashly let the ladies come here to reunite with me, but now the overall situation has been decided, and in a few days, the emperor will read the edict of the first emperor on the day after the great court meeting, and Lone will soon succeed to the emperor's throne."

When Guo Jue heard this, his heart shook and said, "What? Your Majesty has returned to heaven? ”

Mu Sheng's expression was sad, and he bowed his head and said: "Yes, Huo Xiangguo personally led Gu to the inner palace to see the body of the first emperor, and Gu didn't expect the first emperor to ...... Alas! ”

Guo Jue's face was solemn, and he didn't know whether to be sad or happy, happy that his master was about to take the throne, sad that the old emperor had died, and at this moment he didn't dare to show a little joy to hurt His Royal Highness the Prince's heart.

Guo Jue looked sad and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, please mourn." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it will take at least three months to travel from the extreme south of the mountain puppet to the Central Plains at the earliest, and I am afraid that the ladies will not be able to catch up with your enthronement ceremony Your Highness."

Mu Sheng nodded silently when he heard this.

Guo Jue remembered what Mu Sheng had told him before, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince previously instructed Weichen to go to the Shushan puppet and let Borzongbi and others mobilize three hundred mountain puppets to join the envoy group to visit, but is it for this succession ceremony?" If His Royal Highness's succession ceremony is dangerous, or is Weichen going to Shushan Puppet to transfer more manpower? ”

Mu Sheng shook his head and said: "No need, there are too many people, but it attracts the attention of people with a heart, and Lone is also a rainy day, you also know that now Huo Xiang's dictatorship, after the cleaning of An Guojun's case, his protégés and former officials have long been all over the government and the opposition, and the military power in the forbidden area is controlled by the Huo family, and the 30,000 lieutenant army guarding Qingyang City is also his younger brother Huo Qi as the commander, I am afraid that after I succeed to the throne, it will be in vain." ”

When Guo Jue heard this, he knew it, but if the prince did not correct it for a day, he would have no authority to command the world.

Guo Jue said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as you can successfully succeed to the emperor's throne, the soldier Fu Yuxi has the right to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses in your hands, Huo Xiangguo was born as a civil official, and he is not familiar with martial arts, and now the forbidden army guarding Qingyang City is under his control, but tens of thousands of elites of the northern army who are only a dozen miles away from Qingyang City can only be called when they see the emperor personally giving the tiger talisman. ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head slightly and said: "Well, let's hurry up and prepare for the enthronement ceremony first, Gu doesn't think that Huo Xiangguo will really risk the world's disapproval, maybe he just wants to keep his position to the maximum." ”

Guo Jue bowed his head slightly and said, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true. ”

Mu Sheng also knew in his heart that Guo Jue was just comforting him, and now the guards of the southern army under the control of the guard were under his nose, the so-called guards of the southern army were the guards guarding the palace city, under the Jiuqing guards, there were guards and guards, bus Sima Ling, guard orders, palace gate Simas, etc., which were the heads of the emperor's armed security regiments, and now they were the cronies of Huo Zheng, the prime minister of Zuo.

The imperial palace in this era is equivalent to the inner city of the city, and it is also guarded by city walls, moats and city gates, which is similar to the specifications of the Bauhinia City in later generations.

There is also the most critical palace guard, that is, Lang Wei, is the emperor's personal guard, the chief Lang Zhongling is the younger brother Huo Jun of the left prime minister Huo Zheng, Lang Zhongling belongs to the inner court officials, the difference between Lang Zhongling and Wei Wei is that Wei Wei is responsible for guarding the outer palace, and Lang Wei under Lang Zhongling is guarding the inner palace, and the two forbidden armies are each other inside and outside, and contain each other.

There are also 30,000 lieutenant troops guarding the entire Qingyang City, the various city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest of Qingyang, the city security, garrisoning, and patrolling, all of which are in charge of the lieutenant army, and are led by the lieutenant, so it is also called the lieutenant army, and the commander of the lieutenant army, Huo Qi, is also the younger brother of Prime Minister Zuo. It can be said that the military power inside and outside the Beijing division has all been firmly controlled by the Huo family brothers, if something earth-shattering happens, I am afraid that the northern army has not received the edict, and they will be cold first, especially the military power of the core of a country's power is the most important, the families of important ministers of the imperial court, the palace, are all under the control of the forbidden army in the capital, if the emperor cannot master the forbidden, it means that there is no real name, and he is an empty emperor.

Just like the Yongzheng Dynasty in the Yongzheng Dynasty before the official succession to the throne, he mastered the most critical military power of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion, and got the allegiance of the Admiral of Jiumen, so he succeeded to the throne smoothly, if Yongzheng could not grasp the military power in time, even if he had the emperor's edict, in the name of the justification, the usurper should be able to tear up the edict of succession in front of him and set up a new monarch.

Mu Sheng thought about it, but at the moment he has not officially ascended the throne, so let's talk about it after he officially ascends the throne.

The crown prince Guo Jue retired, and Mu Sheng sat back on the soft collapse to think about the difficulties he would face in the future after succeeding to the throne.

He didn't think that Zuo Prime Minister Huo Zheng had the ambition to usurp the country, at most he was to follow the example of Zhong Sun Ming, the minister of power of the Li Gong Dynasty, and become an authoritarian prime minister.

Huo Zheng wants to learn from Cao Cao to usurp the Han in later generations, but he doesn't have that foundation, because this world is not the result of his Huo family's efforts, the world is the result of the efforts of the previous kings surnamed Jiang of the Jin Kingdom from generation to generation, and the Huo family is at most an executive attached to this national system, wanting to usurp the country? There is a serious lack of legal basis.

The reason for the success of Cao Cheng's prime minister Cao Cheng was that Cao Pi, the second generation of Cao Wei, was able to usurp the Han Dynasty, the reason is that Cao Wei's world is the result of years of bloody struggle by their Cao family, and the entire national system and government team are all built by their Cao family brick by brick.

That's it, when Prime Minister Cao Cheng held absolute power, he still couldn't make up his mind to officially usurp the Han Dynasty, the reason is that he was a Hanchen back then, and he really wanted to openly usurp the Han, he couldn't afford the infamy, and Cao Cao has been carrying the name of the Kuang Zheng Han Room in the world, it can't be said that seeing that Cao Wei Group is about to go public, he immediately kicked off the golden sign of the Kuang Fu Han Room for no reason, it can be said that the Kuang Fu Han Room is a shortcut for Cao Cheng to win the world and win the hearts of the people, and it is also a tight spell on his head. It's not something you can take off easily.

In history, those powerful dynasties established by virtue of their great martial arts have almost no successful precedents for usurping power with foreign surnames, the only exception being Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty and the Sima family's usurpation of Cao Wei Jiangshan.

The reason why the Sima family was successful was that the kings of the late Cao Wei period generally lived short, which allowed the Sima family to seize the opportunity, even if Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming lived for ten more years, it would not let the Sima family gain power.

Even if the Sima family came to power later, it took three generations to finally succeed, as long as there is a mistake in the middle, the Sima family will be doomed immediately, which shows how difficult it is to usurp the country, it is still the turbulent period of the Three Kingdoms, and the only example of Wang Mang who succeeded in usurping the throne during the period of the Great Unification Dynasty.

If Huo Zheng has different intentions, there is also a big problem that the prestige of the family behind him is not good, in the era of the nations, Huo Zheng was just a low-level official, relying on the appreciation of the first emperor, he was ranked among the prime ministers, and his background was very humble, the family background behind him was based on the genetic mutation of his generation, and a golden phoenix flew out of the chicken nest, and the bloodline and prestige of the entire family were extremely shortcoming, relying on his generation to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne, which was tantamount to a fool's dream.

In history, the ministers who can complete the usurpation of the throne within the dynasty are basically from famous families, and the family power behind them can empower the ministers, which is the key, just like the people of later generations to pursue brand-name products is a truth, the famous family in the society, friends and friends are all over the court and the opposition, itself has a strong appeal, which is also an important reason why the emperors of the past dynasties are careful to guard against the ministers born in famous families to take power, because they are the most likely to subvert the dynasty of a group of people.

Mu Sheng thought that he had the strength of an old monster monk, maybe he might directly find an opportunity to make trouble and give Huo Zheng a sword to seal his throat, and then he shook his head, feeling unreliable, as if it was too cheap and too naïve.

The reason why the minister is called the minister is because he not only represents himself, but also has a protégé behind him who has been trained for many years, and supports his interest group.

At that time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty actually had a chance to directly kill Cao Cao, the minister of power, because at that time, the minister was facing the monarch and wanted the emperor's Jin Wuwei to protect him, although Jin Wuwei was small, but it happened to be not under Cao Cao's control.

At that time, Cao Cao saw Emperor Han Xian, and Emperor Han Xian directly had a showdown in front of him, and asked Cao Cao if he had the ambition to represent Han? Cao Cao was so frightened that he was sweating white, afraid that the emperor would directly order Jin Wuwei to kill him directly, he quickly denied it, expressed his loyalty, and claimed that he had no intention of representing Han, and Emperor Han Xian let him go.

In fact, both sides are smart people, is it Emperor Han Xian who doesn't want to kill Cao? He can ask this question, which shows that Emperor Han Xian is very dissatisfied with Cao Cao's dictatorship, but he does not dare to do it, once the fish is dead and the net is broken, relying on the little Jin Wuwei around him, he will not be able to control the situation at all.

Assuming that Emperor Han Xian dared to order Cao to be killed, tens of thousands of arrogant soldiers under Cao Cao would immediately rush into the palace and chop Emperor Han Xian into meat sauce, and the final result was that Cao Cao's son Cao Pi ascended the throne in advance with the support of Cao Cao's old ministers and continued the career of Cao Wei's group.

Before Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty came to Xuchang, he had a lesson from the past, when Wang Yun and Wang Situ planned to kill the tyrannical Dong Zhuo, what was the result? failed to appease the Xiliang forces behind Dong Zhuo, which led to the rebellion of Dong Zhuo's old Li Dao and Guo Yan, hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops invaded Chang'an, Wang Yun died and the clan was wiped out, but Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty continued to be the puppet of Li Guo and the others, and the last chance for the revival of the Han Dynasty was in vain, and the result of killing the ministers was not tragic.

The biggest problem in cutting off the ministers is that they must be sure to control the forces behind the ministers before they can do it, instead of being hot-headed and fighting with bayonets directly.

Mu Sheng used some historical knowledge accumulated in his previous life, analyzed and thought for a long time, and then breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he went up, he would not be Emperor Han Xian, it would really be Sun Monkey sitting in the position of Emperor Han Xian, and he would not be able to turn the sky.

The appeal of the Son of Heaven surnamed Jiang of the Jin Kingdom is still very strong, especially the previous generation of the Son of Heaven is still a powerful emperor who swept away the princes of the world, as long as he doesn't do it, don't mess around, he can slowly accumulate the prestige of the king, and there is still a certain chance to regain power, but it takes a long time to accumulate.