Simon Ye was undoubtedly faced with these two choices, on the one hand, the incomparably precious throne handed down from his ancestors, and on the other hand, his own freedom. Although Ximen Ye had guessed that Zhao Gao might be instructed by Liu Fan, there was no evidence. Ximen Ye was not in a hurry to make a decision, nor was he in a hurry to go to Zhao Gao to ask the mastermind behind it. Ximen Ye is still the walrus as usual as his emperor, practicing his martial arts cultivation every day. Zhao Gao's words were like a sharp blade in Ximenye's heart, if it wasn't for his lack of strength, if it wasn't like this, if it wasn't like that, how could he be so humiliated by the other party like this.

Ximen Ye also keenly felt that since Zhao Gao had found him, the number of people guarding his Black Ice Platform suddenly increased several times, perhaps because of his cultivation or the reason why the other party deliberately exposed, Ximen Ye actually found many secret whistles that had never shown their faces. The information that can be obtained every day has also changed a lot, and the main content is no longer available to all the warlords in the world, and there are more and more reports on the Shenwu Army, the legion formed by Prince Li back then, and even the situation of the ministers of the DPRK and China has begun to slowly reveal more or less to Ximenye. Ximen Ye confirmed his guess more and more from the information in his hand, and at the same time, the more he knew the answer, the more distressed Ximen Ye's heart became, he didn't expect Liu Fan's strength to be so strong, and what made Ximen Ye feel even more ridiculous was that Zhang Rang, who had always prided himself on being smart, and his henchmen turned out to be Liu Fan's people, and he didn't know, and he really didn't know whether to grieve for the dead eunuch.

After Ximen Ye confirmed that it was Liu Fan who wanted the throne, he immediately had a new idea in his heart, since it was you Liu Fan who wanted it, then this matter would be easy to do. If Liu Fan wants this throne. It is necessary to ascend this great treasure in a righteous and bright way. The royal family did not do anything for the people of the world to abandon. Therefore, it is not feasible for Liu Fan to lead troops to usurp the throne, not to mention that Liu Fan himself is a member of the royal family, and he can only wait for Ximen Ye to abdicate for the sake of the so-called righteousness. Ximen Ye knew that if he was smart enough, there was nothing wrong with being a rich prince after abdication, if it was another royal family, Ximen Ye might make such a decision, but he faced Liu Fan, his fourth brother-in-law.

Ximen Ye's sister Ximen Yan is a person who is trying her best to maintain the dominance of the Ximen family from the heart. She would never allow Liu Fan to usurp the throne. Now the royal family is also a political capital of Liu Fan, especially the royal princesses such as Ximen Yan are in the hands of Liu Fan, Liu Fan can justifiably lead the army to attack the imperial capital, not to mention that there is another person who also occupies a very important position in the process of the rule of the Ximen family, that is, Liu Fan's other wife He Ying. He Ying is Ximen Ye's cousin, Empress Dowager He's niece, and Empress Dowager He is also a person who tries her best to maintain the rule of the Ximen family, there are such two people by Liu Fan's side, unless he abdicates, Liu Fan will definitely not mutiny.

Simon is optimistic, but not a fool either. He knew that the day he was fished away from the imperial capital by Liu Fan, or the day when Liu Fan led his troops into the imperial capital, was the day he had to make a choice. He had to prepare now, prepare for everything after meeting Liu Fan. At least let Liu Fan feel that he can't abdicate. Ximen Ye also knew that if he didn't take the initiative to abdicate, those extremely clever strategists under Liu Fan would definitely be able to let him die in vain. Simon knew that if he wanted to survive and keep his position, there were only two people he could rely on, and now he had to learn to endure until the day when he had the strength.

Just as Ximen Ye thought, if he couldn't take the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian, Zhao Gao would now have a thousand ways to make Ximen Ye die in an unknown way, and others would never doubt Liu Fan, but now is not an opportunity. Zhao Gao also needs the little emperor Ximen Ye to stand in front of him to block the knife for him, this little emperor is very weak, but having him and not him are completely different things. Zhao Gao is responsible for sorting out the palace, and the first thing to settle is those Jin Wuwei who have been on duty in the palace for a long time. After Zhang Rang took control of the imperial capital, these Jin Wuwei were installed by Zhang Rang up and down to install their own personal guards, and Cao Chun, the blood Mo sword, was also transferred to the Jin Wuwei as a general of Jin Wuwei.

The celebrant and the celebrant Zhao Gao took the information sent by Dongchang, and carefully looked at a personal name in his hand, the names of the people who were marked with a red circle on it were the people who had surrendered, and those who were marked with a red cross were the ones who were killed. Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian never thought of taking over the palace peacefully, no matter which dynasty or generation, the change of power would inevitably carry a lot of bloodshed. For Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao, they will not frown how many of these ministers have been killed, Liu Fan has generals in his hands, and some are talents, killing these people just makes all the official positions in the court vacant, and Liu Fan has enough places to install his cronies.

"Father-in-law, Father-in-law Wei sent someone to deliver a message saying that Zheng Shumiao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had died in the prison of Dongchang, and the fans of Dongchang had raided his home, and the whole family had been beheaded. A little eunuch hurriedly walked in with a pale face, and whispered to Zhao Gao, who was checking the list.

A gleam flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes, he put down the list in his hand, and his fingers rhythmically tapped on the table. This is the first Shangshu that Wei Zhongxian killed, and it seems that the imperial capital is going to be peaceful again. Although Wei Zhongxian's Dongchang had killed several Yushi and Shilang and others before this, the official positions of those people were still negligible compared with many executives and princes in the imperial capital, and this Zheng Shumiao was different, he was Zhang Rang's absolute confidant, and he was also one of the main planners of Zhang Rang's mutiny, and this Zheng Shumiao was also an important figure in Confucianism, until now Confucianism has not recognized Liu Fan's status and served Liu Fan, and now Zheng Shumiao's death has made the relationship between Confucianism and Liu Fan even more tense. Zhao Gao didn't expect that Wei Zhongxian would attack this Zheng Shumiao so early, and this news more or less caught Zhao Gao off guard. As soon as Zheng Shumiao died, it represented Zhao Gao, Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Rang officially started a war.

Confucianism, thinking of Confucianism Zhao Gao's eyes flashed a gleam, since Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian returned to the palace to grasp the power. The two of them have invested heavily in wooing Confucianism, but unfortunately Confucianism has never been very kind to the two, and not only that, but the leader of Confucianism, Taifu Kongping, who visited Confucianism twice and again, was rejected. Moreover, Kong Ping also scolded Zhang Rangde and others several times in the court. Because of Kong Ping's identity and status, Zhang Rang had no way to take him. I want to sit in this position. The Confucian scholars in the world still can't be offended, at least now his world still needs Confucian scholars to govern for him.

Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao have never been hostile to Confucianism, and they have always tried to win over the world's number one sect. Two-thirds of the world's officials are from Confucianism, and it can be said that Confucianism is the foundation for governing the world. But what really made the two murderous was that Taifu Kongping announced to the outside world that all Confucian children were not allowed to work for Liu Fan after Liu Fan escaped from the imperial capital and occupied Yangzhou, as long as those who worked for Liu Fan were all expelled from the Confucian gate. Even after Liu Fan led his troops to repel the attack of the Sea Clan, and even he himself was seriously injured, Taifu Kongping still did not recognize Liu Fan's identity. Confucianism still criticizes Liu Fan unlimitedly, especially this Zheng Shumiao has intensified his request for the emperor to send troops to exterminate Liu Fan's rebellion, and he still wrote again and again, which makes Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian how can they.

What made the two even more angry was that Confucianism didn't recognize Liu Fan's status, and they put up with it if they didn't work for Liu Fan. Liu Fan has a lot of talents in his hands, and there is no problem at all in cultivating some low-level officials. But what made the two of them angry with Confucianism was that after the Eight Great Emperor Merchants revealed their minions, this group of Confucian scholars immediately pasted their hot faces on them. Your sister, the mud bodhisattva still has three points of fire, isn't it the first religion in the world? Damn it!

It turned out that Wei Zhongxian and Zhao Gao were angry, and the consequences were very serious, although the two did not discuss the matter of attacking Confucianism. But the action taken is truly strikingly consistent. After Zhang Rang fell ill, there was Zhang Rang who pressed the two of them and didn't dare to act blatantly, after all, Zhang Rang came from the wrong way, and the instigator behind him still attached great importance to the Confucianism, not to mention that the Confucianism did not announce that he asked his children not to work for you Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang naturally did not go to Confucianism to trouble when he got the benefits of Confucianism, so Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian always intentionally or unintentionally found trouble with those small fish and shrimp in the court, so that they would not cause too much turmoil, and they could also achieve their own revenge. The obvious action of the two of them is to tell those Confucian disciples in the court that we are looking for your trouble.

While looking for trouble with Confucianism, the two of them co-opted the officials of other sects, and made a lot of money to the small and talented officials of these sects, such as the peasants and miscellaneous families, and soon the two of them also gathered a group of Confucian scholars who received Confucianism and said that the officials who were "undisciplined". Since the Eight Great Emperor Merchants came out, Zhang Rang happened to fall ill, and many people were wondering if this matter was led by the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, only Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian poked their noses at this matter. The eight great emperors are eager to fight in your palace, the more fierce the fight, the better, they don't want this little emperor, they have been preparing for thousands of years, a small palace is not worthy of their attention.

In the past, those Confucian officials would at most enter the Dongchang prison and get off the first floor, and then go home to recuperate for a few days and continue to be their officials. Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Rang were murderously watching these Confucian people unhappy, and Zhang Rang would never allow these two guys to kill Confucian officials indiscriminately, even if they were guilty. But now, those Confucian officials can only ask for more blessings for themselves, and the horror of Dongchang is not blown, and few people can withstand their twenty-four torture instruments, large and small.

"It's going to happen so soon, I thought it would be a little later, are we in a bit too anxious?" Zhao Gao said to himself, Zheng Shumiao's eradication represents not only that they have been enemies of Zhang Rang from now on, but also that they have abandoned Confucianism. Now they are the enemies of the entire imperial capital, fortunately, the two of them have a lot of shili, but they are not afraid of these Confucian students, and now the officials in the imperial capital are Bai Qi and Zhang Wuji, although the two have not told the two of them, but as long as these Confucians dare to come forward, a note in the palace is handed out, and the imperial capital is full of people.

"Kill well, go and send a message to Gonggong Wei, when you kill someone, you might as well notify General Bai Qi of the Guards, and General Zhang Wuji of the Haojie Army had better be notified in advance, with the two generals of the Haojie Army and the Guards Army, Dongchang only needs to sharpen the knives in their hands. A sneer hung on the corner of Zhao Gao's mouth, since he had already turned his face, he would be extraordinary. Don't you like to hide behind your back? I don't think you'll be able to sit still. As long as you get out, I have a chance to kill you.

Zhao Gao naturally will not forget to investigate who is secretly instructing Zhang Rang, but unfortunately Zhao Gao still has no clue about this. There are no clues, Zhang Rang decided that there is no need to continue to investigate like this, if you don't come out, it's simple, I just need to force you to come out Wei Zhongxian's use of the East Factory to clean up those high-ranking officials who are loyal to Zhang Rang, promote his own officials, and control the court. I don't believe you're not coming out.

"Let people go to the Jin Wuwei to find General Cao Chun and inform the Ruishi Battalion to get ready, and today it is time for those people to see the Liliang of our Black Ice Terrace. "One inside the palace and one outside the palace, the division of labor between Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian is very clear. Compared with Zhao Gao, Wei Zhongxian's advantage lies in his East Factory, which has the task of monitoring the two major departments of Luowang and Black Ice Terrace, and those officials are naturally within the scope of supervision. There are few officials in the world who are innocent, and they can find out the secrets of Luo Wang and Hei Bingtai, and the secrets of these officials can naturally be found out clearly, and Wei Zhongxian has far more officials in his hands than Zhao Gao. And he has a natural advantage and excuse for dealing with these officials.

Zhao Gao was in charge of the army, and Zhao Gao already controlled Liliang, a part of the Guards and Haojie Army. If you want to completely control the palace Jin Wuwei and the dragoon army, Zhao Gao can't help but think about it, and their metropolitan governor Cao Chun is naturally the first person Zhao Gao to open the knife. It can be said that Zhao Gao also thought about Cao Chun's actions for a long time, Cao Chun could not be said to be Zhao Gao's cronies, and he did not contribute when Zhang Rang mutinied, but after Wei Zhongxian sent Zhao Gao a piece of information, Zhao Gao immediately gave up continuing to infiltrate the Haojie Army and the Guards, and instead infiltrated the Jinwuwei and Dragoons.

Jin Wuwei's battalion, Cao Chun has brought his dragoon army into the palace since he surrendered to Zhang Rang, and the military system of the empire has changed several times and the army has been reorganized several times. The dragoon army also went through several major changes, and after finally stabilizing, the dragoon army no longer had the strength of its heyday, and Cao Chun himself was also transferred to serve as the general of Jin Wuwei, and the elite of the dragoon army was also transferred to the palace as a guard in the palace.

"Grand Governor, is there any fraud in this?" After Cao Chun sent the little eunuch away with a solemn face, the expression on his face was very solemn, he already knew that Wei Zhongxian had begun to clean up the court officials, and he also knew that Zhao Gao had always maintained a deep hostility towards him. Cao Chun's lieutenant Cao Anming asked worriedly on the side, and even he felt that something was wrong.

"This matter is definitely not so simple, what is this Zhao Gao's idea?" Cao Chun's face was solemn, Zhao Gao asked him to discuss the matter, and this place made Cao Chun keenly grasp something. However, it is not very certain, the place of the celebrant is very special, and generally except for the eunuchs, the officials do not enter the celebrant with all their might.

Cao Anming also frowned, stood aside and said worriedly: "Metropolitan Governor, now that Gonggong Zhang has fallen ill, it can be said that Zhao Gao in this palace covers the sky with one hand. He asked us to go to the celebrant eunuch, if we don't go, it will be easy for him to catch the handle, he has always been obsessed with our Jin Wuwei and the dragoons, if we go, I am afraid that Zhao Gao has some ulterior secrets hidden. ”

"It's not a matter of a day or two that this Zhao Gao wants to deal with me, if I don't go, it's easier for him to catch the handle. Cao Chun looked at Cao Anming with a solemn face and said: "I just received information that Zheng Shumiao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has died in the prison of Dongchang, it seems that the two of them must have reached some invisible agreement this time." Has Zhao Gao made any moves against several other armies in the past few days?"

"No, except for the Eighth Guards Regiment going out to suppress bandits, and the 1st, 11th, and 12th Legions were transferred north, not a single army was mobilized. In addition, according to the spies' report, Huang Jie of Haojiejun seems to have taken someone to Youzhou. ”

"Hmph, Li Wei and Huang Jie are both Zhao Gao's lackeys. Zhao Gao sent these two most reliable dogs out at this time, what kind of idea did he have?" Cao Chun's tone was full of disdain, and he was full of infinite contempt for Li Wei and Huang Jie for taking refuge in Zhao Gao.

"I don't know about this last general, but I heard that Gonggong Zhang sent a person to Youzhou to discuss something with Fang Jiao of the Sun and Moon God Sect. ”

Cao Chun nodded solemnly, Zhao Gao is Zhang Rang's confidant, and every decision Zhang Rang makes is very clear. Zhang Rang sent someone to Youzhou, Cao Chun knew about this, did Zhao Gao send Huang Jie to Youzhou to kill this official? What happened between Zhao Gao and Zhang Rang?

"General, how should we refuse from Gonggong Zhao's side?"

"No, since he invited me, then I will go, you personally go to order five hundred personal soldiers to go with me to the celebrant supervisor, you stay in the army to control the army, and closely monitor the direction of the celebrant supervisor. Cao Chun said with a solemn face.

"Could it be?" Cao Anming's tone was full of doubts, Cao Chun nodded solemnly, if Zhao Gao wanted to seize power, he would definitely not be able to bypass him Cao Chun, and this time it was very likely to be a showdown with him Cao Chun.

"I'll go. Cao Anming turned around and hurriedly walked out with a solemn face, Cao Chun didn't notice a trace of light flashing in Cao Anming's eyes. (To be continued......)

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