Chapter 188: Exhaustion of Organs (1)
However, after the sadness, Zheng Yong's first question was how to explain to King Ji?
Originally, although the goal of all these plans was cold ice, the person he was calculating in the end was King Ji. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In fact, this plan has been brewing in Zheng Yong's heart for a long time.
Since the prince was attacked and injured, he has never been able to practice martial arts again, and Zhao Zhan, who is the prince's young protector, has since lost the opportunity to get close to the prince.
What's even more unexpected is that after the prince recovered from his injury, his temperament changed drastically. Although I didn't see how gentle and polite he became, at least he was violent.
Moreover, after suffering this setback, he seemed to suddenly figure it out, and began to obey and please his father everywhere.
He never liked books, but he actually began to study diligently, and got along quite well with his companion - Leng Shiyu, the youngest son of Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing.
Zheng Yong, who saw all this in his eyes, immediately realized that the situation was not good.
Now Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing is favored in front of the emperor, and his son Leng Shiyu is gradually relied on by the prince's side.
So one day, when the crown prince ascends the throne, won't this Dayu court become the world of their Leng father and son? Where will there be the day when their Zhao father and son will come out? !
From that moment on, Zheng Yong's heart had already begun to plan how to reverse this bad situation and finally let his son Zhao Zhan sit on the dragon chair.
Since the emperor and the crown prince have become stumbling blocks, the best way is to remove them and replace them with someone who can give them the fame, fortune and status of the Zhao family and his son to the throne.
In fact, such a person is easy to find, just pick any one of the existing brothers of Prince Haoxing Mingyong.
However, there is only one person who can't. And that person is King Ji.
If King Ji ascends the throne, he must still be reused, and their Zhao father and son are afraid that they will not be able to maintain their current powerful position.
In addition, although King Ji is currently imprisoned, his potential power is still there, and most importantly, the remnants of the Yan clan are still there.
If the day of the emperor's death, King Ji's party will never obediently obey and let their Zhao father and son raise a little emperor to be a puppet. When the time comes, a civil war will be inevitable.
Therefore, Zheng Yong thought very clearly, before starting the action to seize the throne, the first thing was to get rid of King Ji to prevent future troubles.
And how to get rid of King Ji? Zheng Yong really thought about this for a long time.
The first thing that came to his mind was, of course, the simplest and most direct way - to send an assassin to assassinate him. However, almost at the same time that the idea was generated, he immediately rejected it.
In order to seize the throne, King Ji has been operating in secret for many years, not only attracting a group of large and small courtiers, but also recruiting a group of Jianghu forces. Now that he is by his side, there must be many expert guards, and it is not easy to assassinate him. Moreover, if something goes wrong, there is a possibility of setting yourself on fire.
After giving up the idea of assassination, Zheng Yong thought of using the emperor to get rid of King Ji.
However, since King Ji was demoted from Beijing and confined to the fiefdom of Jeju, he suddenly became peaceful, at least on the surface, there was no change.
Not only did he abide by the emperor's edict and stay in the palace honestly all day long, but he also sent a petition every few days, with a very sincere attitude and a deep remorse for his past misdeeds, which made the emperor's anger towards him seem to gradually subside.
And Empress Yan in the palace also learned a lesson this time and became extremely smart. In addition to strictly ordering the people in the harem not to mention King Ji in front of the emperor, she herself changed her previous dignified and cold manners, and was obedient to the emperor, extremely gentle and considerate, without showing the slightest anger and dissatisfaction with her son's depreciation.
In this situation, it is really difficult for Zheng Yong to find an opportunity to provoke and make the emperor murderous to King Ji. If he insists on making up some rumors to slander King Ji, he is afraid that he will be too concerned and arouse the suspicion of the already suspicious emperor, and if he doesn't get it right, he will expose his intentions.
In the end, just when he was about to rack his brains, Zheng Yong suddenly had an idea and came up with a wonderful plan that he was most proud of in his life.
And the key person in this plan is the swinger Han Bing, who causes trouble all day long and is hated by everyone. Killing him and then marrying the king of Ji will definitely be able to kill two birds with one stone - not only to get rid of the king of Ji, but also to strike at the left minister of the holy family Zhenglong.
As soon as he came up with this plan, Zheng Yong was so excited that he couldn't sleep every day, and couldn't help but want to put it into practice as soon as possible. But he was still patient, silently waiting for an opportunity to come sooner or later.
It didn't make him wait long, and this opportunity came!
King Ji, who was still in captivity, was still unwilling to admit defeat, and quietly sent a secret envoy to Beijing to get in touch with the queen mother in the palace.
He wanted the queen to use the remnants of the Yan family's forces, that is, a few generals who had some box armies or border armies in their hands, and at the same time the Yan family's various prefectures in Beijing, so as to simply raise an army to rebel and help him force the palace to seize the throne.
All this information was asked by Zheng Yong from the mouth of Jin Ming, the secret envoy of King Ji who was secretly captured by him.
The leader of the Sanjiang Gang and the eldest brother of King Ji was quite able to pretend to be a good man at first, and his mouth was very hard. But as soon as he heard the name of the Endless Pill, he immediately relented and said everything he knew happily.
After obtaining such important information, Zheng Yong did not report it to the emperor. Because what he currently has in his hands is only a confession from Jin Ming, and there is no evidence other than that.
King Ji was very cautious this time, and only sent his henchman Jin Ming to deliver the news to the queen orally, and he had long had the idea that once something went wrong, he would not leave any handle.
In fact, even if he really grasped any solid evidence, Zheng Yong didn't want to use this matter to stomp on King Ji at once. Because at this time, in his plan, it is not only a Ji King who has to be calculated, but also a Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing.
So not only did he not report the matter to the emperor, but even in order to cover up the truth, he also killed all the masters who participated in the arrest of Jin Ming.
This is exactly the opportunity he has been waiting for, the opportunity to connect with King Ji and lure him into a trap step by step.
He put back the greedy Jin Ming, who was afraid of death, and asked him to bring a letter to King Ji, saying that he, the chief administrator of the Great House, was willing to help King Ji seize the throne.
And the condition he put forward for this is that after King Ji ascends the throne, he Zheng Yong can continue to be in charge of Da Nei. And Zhao Zhan, the commander of the forbidden army, will continue to be in charge of the forbidden army, and he will be given the title of a military marquis, and his descendants can inherit the lord for generations.
For King Ji, this condition is not very harsh. Especially compared to Zheng Yong and Zhao Zhan, two people who both hold a lot of power, can provide him with help, it can be said that it is really nothing.
However, the role played by Zheng Yong's mention of this condition is crucial. Because of it, King Ji completely believed in his and Zhao Zhan's intention to surrender.
In fact, King Ji himself is already in a worrying situation, although he has not given up his attempt to continue struggling, but the odds of victory can be said to be not great. Now that someone is suddenly willing to take the initiative to lend a hand, he will not miss this last opportunity to turn the tables no matter what.
The result naturally did not surprise Zheng Yong, and King Ji accepted his conditions very happily, and the cooperation between the two sides was reached.