"...Still not able to see Zhu Hang? It's been so many days and I haven't even been able to see him personally. What use can you useless people have?"
Huai Wang Zhao Guan looked like a beast trapped in an iron cage, his eyes were bloodshot. He could no longer suppress the anxiety in his heart. He kicked several cases to the ground viciously, and the tea cup and fruit saucer rolled down on the grindstone floor.
, shattered on the ground.
"Is this guy determined to collude with the Zheng family and support his youngest son?"
When Emperor Jianji was on the throne, Gu Fan deliberately kept a distance from Prince Huai's Palace, but at this time he could not worry too much.
Because he knew very well in his heart that after the death of Emperor Jianji, he would not be able to survive alone if Chushan and the Zheng family succeeded in establishing the young emperor and began to crowd out and suppress the Huai Prince's family.
He did not believe that Zheng and Xu Huai had the magnanimity and magnanimity to tolerate him. When the time came, Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others would not be able to help him in order to protect themselves.
At this time, instead of worrying alone in the house, it would be better to go directly to Prince Huai's Mansion to participate in the last fight.
Wang Boqian's face was also very ugly.
It's not that King Huai doesn't want to compromise with Chushan or make concessions, but the problem is that since Emperor Jianji became critically ill, Zhu Hang and Wang Fan, as the people in the court who have the closest relationship with Chushan - if there are any conditions to negotiate,
They should also be the ones passing the message—but they completely refused to contact Prince Huai’s Mansion.
Xu Huai arrived in Jianye late at night the day before yesterday and went to Funing Palace yesterday to see him. After the death of Emperor Jianji, not only did he have no intention of contacting King Huai, he even rejected Hu Kai's possible lobbying in public.
According to reliable information, Xu Huai most likely met Zheng Huaizhong, who had caught up by boat from Runzhou, at the Longzangpu River Estuary Manor early this morning.
There is not much time left for them.
Emperor Jianji was laid to rest in Funing Palace yesterday. The funeral and the matter of the emperor's successor will be announced to the world in the next two days. Once the ministers are coerced into recognizing the young emperor's accession to the throne, what chance do they have of overturning this situation?
"Your Highness, Xu Huai sent people with letters to the Jianye Government Office, the Political Hall, and the Privy Council to request that he lead his guards into the imperial city to read out His Majesty's last edict!" A guard rushed in and reported, "Xu Huai also requested at the same time.
The officials in power, ministers of various ministries, supervisors of various temples, officials stationed in Beijing, funeral officials, Prince Zhao Yi of Wuwei County, His Highness, Princess Yingyun, and concubines were present to accept the imperial edict..."
"We must not ask Xu Huai to lead his guards into the city!" Wang Boqian was shocked when he heard the guard's report and said flatly to Zhao Guan, King of Huaihe.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, it has always been intentional to limit the power of the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace. The main Eastern Palace officials are all concurrently held by court officials. Only special agencies have been set up to take charge of daily life and bodyguards, and the scale is still very limited.
However, when the capital was moved to Jianye, Emperor Jianji, in order for King Huai to be at ease to join him in Jianye, in addition to issuing orders to Ge Boyi, Wang Boxian, Yang Maoyan, Han Shiliang and other officials of the East Palace such as Prince Shaoshi and Prince Shaobao, he also issued a special decree
The Prince of Huai's Mansion was allowed to set up the Right and Left Guard Command and Envoy Division in Jianye, with a total of 3,000 elite soldiers in charge of the guards of the Prince of Huai's Mansion.
This is also the most important force in Jianye besides the Suwei Forbidden Army, the Jianye Mansion Army, and the Jianye Navy.
The Jianye Navy is mainly stationed in the naval camps in Jianye, Runzhou and Chizhou, and is responsible for the defense of the Yangtze River and its branch rivers on both sides of the north and south banks. It does not involve the defense of Jianye City.
The Suwei Forbidden Army is usually stationed in many permanent camps outside Jianye City for training and is under the supervision of the Imperial Envoy. In addition to being on daily duty to guard the palace and under the control of the Imperial City Department, the Suwei Forbidden Army undergoes large-scale mobilization.
, assembly requires an order from the Privy Council.
The Jianye Prefecture Army usually maintains public security in the city, guards the city gates, conducts inspections, etc., and its combat effectiveness is limited.
Only the 3,000 soldiers of the Huai Palace Army are not only the elites selected from Shouzhou, but their daily training, supervision, mobilization and assembly are completely controlled by the Huai Palace.
These three thousand armored soldiers can be said to be the biggest trump card of the Huai Prince's palace in its last stand.
In fact, there were only a few hundred soldiers and horses responsible for the daily guards in the palace. After Emperor Jianji became critically ill, Zhou He, Hu Kai and others decided to strengthen the guards in the palace, and less than a few soldiers were transferred to the palace to participate in the rotation.
Two thousand armored soldiers——If Huai Wang Zhao Guan is sure that there is no hope and has to make a last-ditch effort, he still has a chance to control the imperial city, the political affairs hall and the Privy Council immediately.
If the 1,200 brave knights from Chushan's selected vanguard army were really released, not to mention whether Xu Huai had any other ambitions, the Huai Palace might really have no choice but to leave it to fate.
"Perhaps there is not much difference at this time," Gu Fan couldn't help but said to Prince Huai in a frustrated voice, "Your Highness needs to be more patient at this time to plan for the future..."
They might be able to persuade Zhou He, Hu Kai and others to prevent Xu Huai from leading his troops into the city.
The problem is that Xu Huai cannot lead his troops into the city. He can also ask Zhou He, Hu Kai and others to read out the imperial edict after leaving the city. In the end, as long as Zhou He, Hu Kai and others approve the imperial edict, they can calmly mobilize, assemble the Imperial Guards, and even order the construction of Ye.
The navy blocked the Yangtze River——
They have 3,000 soldiers in Jianye City. Do they really have a chance to fight to the death?
Even if they were ruthless enough to launch a mutiny at this time and control Zhou He, Hu Kai, Gao Chunnian and others, would they have a chance to persuade the generals of the Suwei Imperial Army to follow them and drive Xu Huai away from Jianye?
From Gu Fan's point of view, the most important thing for them right now is to endure this situation first, and then escort King Huai to Shouzhou - now they must not act rashly and give others leverage. If anything happens to King Huai, they will have no hope at all.
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King Huai paced anxiously in the hall. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said to Wang Boqian, Gu Fan:
"I wrote a letter for you to take to the political hall to meet Zhou He and Hu Kai, saying that the emperor's brother passed away. I was so sad that I fainted after returning home. I barely woke up after being treated by the imperial doctor. I needed to stay in bed for rest and could not participate for the time being.
In the affairs of the state, all matters are carried out in accordance with the orders of the emperor..."
"Your Highness Shengming!" Gu Fan said.
If Xu Huai could not be prevented from leading his troops into the city, Gu Fan did not advocate that King Huai go directly to the Zhengshi Hall to listen to the imperial edict; they wanted to guard against Prince Huai being detained in the Zhengshi Hall.
Even if Zhou He and others were forced to accept the fact that the young emperor ascended the throne, as long as Prince Huai was not at fault, I believe that the possibility of Xu Huai and Zheng Huaizhong joining forces at this juncture to mobilize troops and attack Prince Huai's palace is extremely slim.
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Gu Fan and Wang Boqian rushed to the Zhengshi Hall with the handcuffs of Huai Wang Zhao Guan. In the Zhengshi Hall, where Zhongshu was the provincial agent of state affairs, they had already started arguing about Xu Huai leading his troops into the palace to read out the imperial edict.
To the surprise of Gu Fan and Wang Boqian, Hu Kai opposed it most firmly.
Hu Kai believed that the Imperial Guards were enough to ensure that Emperor Jianji's orders were carried out to the letter, and he could not set a precedent for the vassal commander to lead his guards into the palace. If this was not possible, the ministers could go to the Daliang Gate, the main gate of the West City, to receive the imperial edict.
Zhu Hang, Wang Fan, Zheng Cong and others firmly claimed that the imperial edict was of great importance. Xu Huai led a small number of troops into the city to announce the imperial edict, just to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others were making trouble at this time and neither opposed nor agreed with Xu Huai's support of the army and the edict.
Wang Boqian and Gu Fan rushed to the political hall with Prince Huai's handcuffs. Zheng Huaizhong sent people to rush there and reported that Zheng Huaizhong was inspecting the reclamation affairs in Guyang, Runzhou. When he heard that Emperor Jianji had passed away, he rushed back to Jianye from Guyang to ask for help.
On his last journey for Emperor Jianji, he requested to lead a small number of guards and horses into the city.
Zheng Huaizhong was able to lead only a hundred guards and horses into the city in a hurry, which was considered to be within the normal range. It was not within the scope of rejection. The prince traveled with thirty-four Wu Ben guards at his left and right. Generally speaking,
It is said that it will not be strictly enforced.
At this time, almost everyone thought that the overall situation had been decided. Especially after seeing King Huai's hand pricking and seeing that King Huai had accepted his fate, few people refused to allow Xu Huai to lead his troops into the city. In the end, under the insistence of Hu Kai and others,
Next, a compromise plan was formed in which Xu Huai led his troops into the political hall to read out the imperial edict:
The guards of the Zhengshi Hall can be temporarily taken over by the Chushan Selected Front Army; in addition to the ministers listening to the edicts in the Zhengshi Hall, Princess Yingyun, Zheng Guifei and the concubines and princes are under the protection of the Suwei Imperial Army, closest to the Zhengshi Hall
In the Chui Gong Hall, Huai Wang Zhao Guan listened to the edict in the Privy Council opposite the Government Hall, protected by the guards of the Huai Prince's Mansion.
When everything was ready, Xu Huai, wearing armor and holding the reins, passed through the Imperial Street surrounded by more than a hundred armored cavalry and slowly headed towards the Political Hall.
Zheng Huaizhong had already entered the city and rushed to the political hall before Xu Huai. He was preparing to take over the overall situation of the court, and he was not willing to lag behind others at this time.
Xu Huai walked into the spacious courtyard in front of the main building of the Political Hall, looked up at the setting sun hanging over the beam gate, and saw the clear sky painted colorfully like fiery red clouds. Then he looked towards Zhou He, Hu Kai, Zhao Yi,
Wang Boqian, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan, Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and others raised their hands and said:
"Your Majesty is critically ill and sent the edict to Chushan. Xu Huai does not dare to act hastily. Please forgive me..."
"Where is your Majesty's decree? Please read it quickly." Although Hu Kai's eldest son Hu Zhiyuan has not yet become a minister, he is serving in the Ministry of Personnel. At this time, Lai is listening to the imperial edict in the Political Affairs Hall, and no one will drive him away.
- At this time, he believed that Xu Huai was an ambitious man, so he was not polite in his words, and just urged him to read out the imperial edict quickly.
Xu Huai glanced at Hu Kai.
Hu Kai stood up and looked at the locust tree in the corner of the courtyard, ignoring Xu Huai.
"The princes have been waiting for a long time, and Xu Huai no longer shows off and delays the princes' time."
Xu Huai slowly took out a letter from his sleeve, unfolded it, and read it to himself.
"Jingsheng Hou, the governor of Mingzhou, the general manager of Chushan's army and horse capital, I know you, Caizhou Military Xu Huaixian's brother, this book is top secret and must not be shown to others: Your Majesty passed away, the ministers were frightened, Chuzhou and Chu
When Shan Xiang was planning a grand plan, I thought about the quality of the officials in the Huai Wang's residence. Ge Boyi and Ge Yu were the generals who defeated the army. Wang Boxian and Yang Maoyan were the ministers who surrendered the enemy. The Huai Wang's ascension to the throne was actually a great misfortune for Vietnam. She Ji
The collapse is inevitable. The Marquis of Xu is the main city of the country. I don’t need to say more about the pros and cons. The most urgent task is to imprison King Huai in Jianye to prevent chaos. After helping Prince Yin ascend the throne, he will slowly cut off his party members, and the world will be safe and free from the barbarians.
Can be controlled..."
All the ministers were dumbfounded. How could this be a secret edict? It was clearly a secret letter written by Zheng Huaizhong to Xu Huai, plotting for the throne...
