Article 257 Struggle for power

From the process of dealing with Liu Jin several times, King An knew that this person was scheming, treacherous and cunning, although some of the nobles also joined Liu Jin's disciples, but most of them served under the British Duke and the Chengguo Duke.

Although the two factions are not as close to each other as the civilian faction to the eunuch faction, they can be regarded as quite contradictory.

Liu Jin actually supported the Xungui faction, which should be a big name.

"Liu Jin's idea is very simple!" Xu Guangzuo said with a smile, "He learned a little bit about the combat effectiveness of the Tianwang faction from Wei Bin, and he also knew the military might of the Hetao army from the side! Now he holds most of the government and government, and he also has a lot of power in the Beijing camp! The forbidden army is even more under his command! He is impatient to meddle in the rights of the border army and the guard! It's just that the guard is too involved, and he can't be pacified for a while, and the major border commanders of the border army are all old subordinates of the Duke of Cheng Guo and the Duke of England, so he can't move for a while! So after seeing the Hetao army, he hit the idea on this army!"

"Oh?" Wang An was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "I'm afraid that he has miscalculated! The Hetao army is strong, or because the generals under Zilong have the courage to do things and win the hearts of the army! Don't say that he can't be inserted by outsiders in Hetao, even if he sends someone to Hetao, he can't take the military power of this army from Zilong!"

Xu Guangzuo listened to King An's words, nodded incessantly, and said: "Who says it's not? Although I don't know the situation in Hetao as well as you, Your Royal Highness King An, I am afraid that Hetao will not give in so easily! Last time I was in the Great Wall camp, I also discussed this issue with Zilong! Zilong's opinion is that Hetao is suitable for autonomy and should not be included in the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court now! Liu Jin wants to directly take the military and political power of Hetao into his hands, but I am afraid that he will make a miscalculation!"

"I'm not afraid of Xu Guogong, you know, although Zilong has become the leader of the various departments of the Hetao, but the right to govern is given to the people of the Hetao, and the right to coordinate the various ministries is given to a Beji person, except for the limited military power, Zilong has nothing in his hands! Zilong's current reputation in the Hetao can only do this step for the time being, so if Liu Jin forcibly wants to seize the right of the Hetao, he can only break the blood!"

Although the facts are slightly different from what King An said, King An's last sentence is not wrong, if Liu Jin forcibly sends someone to Hetao to seize power, I am afraid that it will not be as he wishes.

"This is his father-in-law's business!" Xu Guangzuo smiled indifferently and said, "Because I have talked with Zilong, I also think that Hetao is currently suitable for autonomy, rather than such direct control! Therefore, I have already revised a letter and informed the British Duke and the Chengguo Duke of my opinion! Although the two princes still think that it is good to directly govern, they have sold me a face, and they have changed their tone and sided with the Xungui faction to the side of the civil official group!"

"I'm afraid that it's not just to sell your face to Dingguogong, but also to guard against Liu Jin's desire to seize military power!" Wang An thought slightly in his heart when he heard this, but it was inconvenient to say this, and then King An asked: "Then Xu Guogong came today, but he wanted to ......"

"Originally, Zilong had the most say in the matter of Hetao!" Xu Guangzuo heard King An's question, and immediately replied, "Now Liu Jin is a thief, relying on the holy family, insisting on going his own way, he has already asked for the holy decree, sent his cronies, and led a group of military horses to Hetao to take up his post!"

"Ah, how can this be?" King An originally thought that Liu Jin's plan could not be implemented because of the opposition of the nobles and civil officials, but when Xu Guangzuo said this, didn't it mean that Liu Jin's plan had been implemented, so Xu Guangzuo came to find himself and Zilong, is there any bad news?

At that moment, King An asked: "What about Zilong? Zilong is the first merit in this battle, could it be that the imperial court deprived him of his merits like this, and still take away his power?"

"Don't be impatient!" Xu Guangzuo also saw King An's eagerness, and immediately said with a chuckle, "It will take ten days and half a month to go to Hetao in this capital! Although now because of Zilong's courage and perseverance, Hetao has temporarily returned to the jurisdiction of our Ming Dynasty, but first, it has been 20 years since Hetao was neutral! Second, it has just been pacified, and on this way, I am afraid that there will be a lot of bandits! Therefore, whether the people sent by Gonggong Liu can reach the guerrilla general's camp in Hetao, I have to say twice, Your Highness, do you say yes?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Guangzuo's meaning, King An instantly understood, and said excitedly, "This road is not quiet, the remnants of the Heavenly King Sect are still there, and then Gonggong Liu's people can't get to the guerrilla general's camp in this Hetao, and they can't smoothly transfer power, so there is no way to talk about controlling the military and government of Hetao!"

"That's it!" Xu Guangzuo smiled with a clapped palm.

"But this Liu Jin's person, after all, is an official of the imperial court! If ......" After Wang An smiled, he said with some worry, "What's more, Liu Jin's subordinates are good, even in the rivers and lakes, there are many scum under his command, I'm afraid, those 'bandits' can't stop the footsteps of the person he sent!"

"This His Royal Highness can also be relieved!" "Since Taizong, the Duke of England and the Duke of Chengguo have always been the leaders of the army! Control the world's army for the Ming royal family! There was an example of Wang Zhen causing trouble in the government and ruining the 400,000 elite army, and the two princes did not want this military power to be controlled by eunuchs who did not learn and did not know how to do it! Therefore, the two princes would also send off this Gonggong Liu's subordinates to congratulate him!"

The meaning of this is actually that the British Duke and the Cheng Guogong oppose Liu Jin's intervention in the army, so Liu Jin wants to send people north to the Hetao to seize the rights of the Hetao, and the two Guogongs are also against it!

At that time, people will also be sent to kill this team, so that it is not difficult for the Xungui Group and the Hetao forces to join forces to kill such a team of Liu Jin's men.

What's more, if the Xungui group comes forward, the characterization of this matter will definitely be a member of the imperial court, and on the way, he will encounter bandits and die.

With the help of the Xungui group in the imperial court, the life of Hetao will be better.

Talking about this, King An already understands the true purpose of Xu Guangzuo's coming here. He actually wanted to discuss with Zilong and get rid of Liu Jin's subordinates who went to the post together.

But Zilong is now missing for Wan'er, and for a while, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get in touch. And even if you do, you may not be able to get in touch with the loop in time.

At that moment, King An pondered for a while, and said: "Xu Guogong, what you mean, this king has already understood! This king is in Hetao, and he still knows some people, and he can also say some things! This king will repair a letter later, inform the people and horses in Hetao, and prepare to take action!"

"Well, that's good!" Hearing King An's assurance, Xu Guangzuo was also full of smiles and said, "It's just that you have to remember that this matter must be a 'bandit', if you expose a flaw and give Liu Jin an excuse to make trouble, I am afraid that the British Duke and the Chengguo Duke may not be willing to come forward! As for me, hehe, Your Highness, you also know that this battle has made me, the Duke of Dingguo, raise his eyebrows, but I still can't say too much in Xungui!"

"This king understands! This matter must be done well for Xu Guogong, and not the slightest flaw will be revealed!" said King An assurance.

"That's good!" Xu Guangzuo's first goal was achieved, and he was also happy, and then thought for a moment, and then asked, "If Zilong marries your daughter and has an errand in the palace, I am afraid that the achievements in this life will reach the limit, and His Royal Highness should know this?"

"Yes!" This Xu Guangzuo had just started up, and King An had already understood the purpose of his words, and immediately nodded and said, "This king has always felt that Zilong is young and promising, and he should not be condescended to my small palace!

Xu Guangzuo's meaning is that if Zilong continues to serve as the commander of the guard department of King An's mansion and then marries the pearl of King An's palm, then because of the suspicion of the clan, there is no need to expect to be promoted in this life.

This rule was actually set by Emperor Taizong Wen of this dynasty! Taizong was originally the fourth son of Taizu, who was named King of Yan and sat in Beiping to resist the Mongols.

Originally, he had no chance to be a great treasure, so he could only be a prince! Later, when Taizu died and Emperor Huiwen ascended the throne, the first thing he started was to cut the domain.

When Taizu was there, in order to screen the royal family, all his sons and nephews were divided into kings, all of which were military and political powers, which were all in one, which was no different from China.

Emperor Huiwen cut the domain, but he annoyed many princes in the world. Taizong grasped the dissatisfaction of the princes of the world, contacted the princes, and took the lead in the battle against the imperial court in the name of Jingnan.

After several years of hard fighting, Taizong finally entered Nanjing, the capital at that time, and Emperor Huiwen was nowhere to be found, and Taizong officially ascended to the pole and became the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Just because Taizong had some flaws in his succession, what he was most afraid of was that the vassal kings of the world would make trouble, so he came up with a strategy. In general, this strategy is to cultivate a feudal domain.

Nominally, Taizong respected the vassal kings and allowed them to eat in their respective fiefdoms.

But at the same time, he deprived most of the vassal kings of military and political power, and all vassal kings and their children were not allowed to be officials, generals, businessmen, or fame.

These clan members are not allowed to enjoy anything other than glory and wealth.

The reason why King An still has some rights is because Ningxia is located in one of the nine borders, and compared with the generals of the border army, in fact, the royal family still has to trust the vassal king more.

Therefore, the princes whose fiefs happen to be in the border areas still have some power to a greater or lesser extent, and the worst of them is the acting king of Datong.

But if Zilong becomes a person in King An's mansion and marries Wan'er, although King An did not ask for Wan'er's title, Zilong's career is also broken.

Xu Guangzuo's second purpose is actually to take Zilong out of King An's mansion and then take him under his command.

King An also knew that this was a happy situation for Zilong, for himself, and even for Xu Guangzuo, so he agreed directly.