The brave cavalry of the vanguard army were selected to replace the guards of the Zhengshitang (Zhongshu Menxia Province). When Xu Huai entered to read out the imperial edict, Zhao Guan also rushed to the Privy Council to listen to the edict, surrounded by the guards of the Huai Palace.
The Political Hall and the Privy Council are the centerpieces of Dai Viet. Not only do they stand on both sides of the royal road, they are grand buildings, but they are also separated from the front hall of the palace by a palace wall.
Zhao Guan, the king of Huai, who had already prepared for the worst, was sitting in the yamen hall of the Privy Council. Although the autumn weather was not yet strong and the weather was only slightly cooler, Zhao Guan could not help but tremble all over and asked someone to light a brazier in front of the hall.
Slightly better.
"Your Highness, I'm so happy, so happy!"
Wang Boqian and Gu Fan rushed to the Privy Council hand in hand. Before they even walked into the Yamen Hall, they couldn't help shouting excitedly in the courtyard.
King Zhao Guan of Huai was in a trance at this time and did not hear clearly what Wang Boqian and Gu Fan were saying. Seeing them dancing and shouting in an extremely exaggerated way, he thought Zheng Huaizhong and Xu Huai were sending troops to attack, so he hurriedly pulled out his sword and chopped it on the table.
On the case, he shouted to the left and right: "The generals will guard the Privy Council and kill the rebels. All of them will be rewarded..."
"Your Highness, it's wrong, it's wrong," Wang Boqian and Gu Fan stumbled into the government hall and quickly told Huai Wang Zhao Guan what happened in the government hall just now. "There are no rebels, there are no rebels, there are no rebels."
Zheng Huaizhong and Zheng Cong secretly planned to abolish the establishment, but Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai saw through it. At this time, Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son were captured and imprisoned in the Political Affairs Hall, and His Highness was invited to come and take charge of the overall situation!"
"Isn't there some trap waiting for me to fall into it?" Huai Wang Zhao Guan finally figured out what happened, but he still didn't believe it all. He looked at Wang Boqian and Gu Fan suspiciously, suspecting that they had been bribed.
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"Didn't His Highness discuss it with Marquis Jingsheng beforehand?" Wang Boqian and Gu Fan were both confused by this time. There were too many reversals overlapping each other, and they asked when they thought of this.
"..." Huai Wang Zhao Guan shook his head and denied that he had any dealings with Xu Huai. He stared at Wang Boqian and Gu Fan's eyes warily and asked, "Where is the secret edict? It is indeed the emperor's brother who treated Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son before he died.
Are you wary?"
"The secret edict is in the hands of Prime Minister Zhou at this time. Princess Yingyun has read it and compared it with the emperor's seal. It is indeed his majesty's handwriting when he was ill," Wang Boqian said. "At this time, in addition to a small team of elite guards from Chushan, Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son
Outside, Marquis Jingsheng has led his army to withdraw from the Political Affairs Hall and go to the military camp outside Daliang Gate for a short rest. Prime Minister Zhou, Prime Minister Hu, Prime Minister Zhu Hang and the Prince of Wuwei County have all invited His Highness to lead the guards and horses to the Political Affairs Hall to take charge of the overall situation!"
"I won't go to the Political Hall, let them all come to the Privy Council!" Huai Wang Zhao Guan said flatly.
He has seen the Privy Council inside and out several times. The Imperial Guards of Prince Huai's Mansion have also taken over all the guards of the Privy Council, at least ensuring that no assassins are hiding in every corner of the Privy Council. But can the Political Hall ensure this?
Wang Boqian and Gu Fan think about it too. The Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall are both called the East and West. What major events can only be decided in the Political Affairs Hall and cannot be moved to the Privy Council?
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"The secret edict arrived at Chushan. Xu Hou saw from the secret edict that His Majesty was worried about the Zheng family. But even if Zhao Fan rushed to Wuyang to meet him, Xu Hou didn't think much about it, thinking that the current situation was turbulent and people's hearts were unstable.
It is an ordinary thing. Xu Hou was worried about His Majesty's condition, and came to Jianye day and night to have an audience, but he did not expect that His Majesty would pass away during the audience. Xu Hou was so sad yesterday that he returned to Longzangpu River Estuary Manor to keep vigil for His Majesty.
Thinking that Zheng Huaizhong had hidden evil intentions and sneaked to the mouth of the river late at night, and had the audacity to trick Xu Hou to do harm to His Highness. Only then did Xu Hou fully understand the purpose of His Majesty leaving the secret edict, so he made up his mind and surrendered."
Han Gui, who had been searched four or five times, and even the shameful parts were not spared, now stood in the Privy Council Hall and looked at Huai Wang Zhao Guan, Zhou He, Hu Kai, Zhu Hang, and Wang Boqian.
Gu Fan and others described the causes and consequences of the design to lure Zheng and his son into captivity.
"The incident happened suddenly, and Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son were suspicious. Xu Hou was worried that the news would be leaked, so he did not dare to inform His Highness and the ministers in advance. He insisted on bringing troops into the city. In order to appease the Zheng family and his son, Xu Hou also asked His Highness and the ministers to
All appearances are clearly discernible..."
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, what Han Gui said at this time was Chushan's plan to stick to it. Anyway, he would never admit that Xu Huai had already decided to seduce Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son when he set off from Chushan.
"Xu Hou is really a loyal and good man of Dayue, a great leader of Qiancheng. The emperor did not mistrust him!" Zhao Guan, the king of Huai, praised him.
Regardless of how credible Han Gui's words were, or how much he hated Xu Huai in the past two days, the Chushan Frontier Army had all retreated to Daliang Gate after handing Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son to the custody of the guards of Prince Huai's Palace.
It is an undeniable fact that the nearby Fujun camp was settled.
The secret edict that Xu Huai produced did not involve the replacement of direct descendants at all, which is an undeniable fact - this also means that Huai Wang Zhao Guan's ascension to the throne as the emperor's younger brother was the only legal choice.
It is also a conclusive fact that this sealed edict, which has been confirmed internally and externally, has also been handed over to the king of Huai, Zhao Guanta.
Zhou He, Hu Kai, Zhu Hang and Wuwei County Prince Zhao Yi led the ministers to the Privy Council and asked Huai Wang Zhao Guan to preside over the funeral as the successor emperor. They also led the ministers to inform the world about the funeral. This is also a conclusive fact.
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In addition, Liu Shiwang requested to resign from the post of Imperial City Secretary in accordance with the memorial, and asked Huai Wang Zhao Guan to appoint another close relative to serve in this position - the Imperial City Secretary controls the entry and exit of the Imperial City, guards and examines the subjects, and is nominally subordinate to the Privy Council
, but the Imperial City Secretary and other positions are directly appointed by the emperor.
When the former emperor dies, the successor emperor appoints a new candidate before and after he takes the throne. This has also been the practice since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty.
Although Huai Wang Zhao Guan could not guess why Xu Huai made such a choice, and he could not calm down to think carefully about many details and subtleties, but in the face of so many conclusive facts, besides praising Xu Huai desperately, what else could he say
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Could it be that in front of so many princes and ministers, he questioned Xu Huai's ulterior motives and had ulterior motives?
Does it matter whether Xu Huai had already intended to lure the Zheng family and his son into his trap, or whether Zheng Huaizhong came to his rescue after the death of Emperor Jianji?
Is it possible that after he ascended the throne, he didn't want to eliminate the Zheng family and his son?
Xu Huai has now helped him do this in advance. Why is he unhappy?
After praising Xu Huai and everyone in Chushan, Zhou He, Gu Fan and others also lost no time in asking Huai Wang Zhao Guan to preside over the edict immediately, so that the people of the world could mourn for Emperor Jian as soon as possible.
They also wanted to determine the identity of the successor emperor first, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.
At this time, Zhao Guan, the king of Huai, no longer tried to push back or persuade people to move forward. Within half an hour, after preparing the funeral edict to be distributed to all the road supervisors, he dispatched post and cavalry messengers to carry the edict out of the capital.
Reports were sent to all parties and imperial edicts were posted everywhere in Jianye.
After the matter of the title was settled, Huai Wang Zhao Guan did not want to be too impatient. At the same time, for the sake of Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others, he resolutely refused to allow Liu Shiwang to hand over to the imperial city department at this time.
Finally, after repeated persuasion by Zhou He, Hu Kai, Zhu Hang and others, they reluctantly allowed Su Zhi and Ge Dan, the commanders of the left and right guards of Prince Huai's Mansion, to also take charge of the Imperial City Department for official affairs, and to jointly take charge of the imperial city and palace confinement and other matters with Liu Shiwang.
Wang Ju, Guo Junpan, Wu Chihai and others left Daliang Gate before sunset and returned to the mouth of Longzangpu River. Xu Huaize, accompanied by Han Gui, went to the Huai Palace to see the heir.
Emperor Zhao Guan.
Zhao Guan did not want to move into the palace at this time, and insisted on staying in the Huai Palace to discuss the funeral and military aircraft with the ministers. The Huai Palace temporarily became the new center of Dai Viet - the front courtyard of the Huai Palace was also vacated.
, for Zhou He and Hu Kai to lead the ministers to settle in and handle official duties.
Although Xu Huai had the title of imperial weapon, and King Huai also specifically ordered Xu Huai to wear a sword when entering the palace, Xu Huai not only undressed the sword in the front house, but also insisted on being searched by the palace attendants of Prince Huai before he was ordered to greet him.
Hu Kai and others walked to the Mingde Hall where Huai Wang Zhao Guan usually handled official duties.
"By establishing King Huai as the throne, it is perfectly possible for the Zheng family to be favored. Why do you want to trick him into trap? You should know that this matter will not be hidden for long, and His Highness and the ministers will figure it out." After walking into the corridor, Hu Kai looked back.
After taking a quick look, he saw that except for the eldest son Hu Zhiyuan, the other accompanying persons were lagging behind, and he couldn't help but ask.
Of course Hu Kai would not believe that all of this was because Xu Huai saw Zheng Huaizhong early this morning, and he also believed that Zhao Guan, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan and other ministers would calm down and they would be able to figure out the meaning in the future.
He couldn't understand why Xu Huai was so eager to act rashly. In the end, this matter would only bring injustice to Chushan itself.
Xu Huai raised his head and looked at the full moon hanging high on the high wall, and said calmly: "There is no point in talking about other things. Hu Gong had better think about how to leave the court as soon as possible!"
"..." Hu Kai looked at Xu Huai blankly, but saw that Xu Huai seemed to have not spoken to him at all and walked straight to the other end of the corridor.
Hu Kai then quickened his pace and followed.
Hu Zhiyuan was completely confused. He didn't understand what Xu Huai meant when he said this: Prince Huai was not worthy of expectations, so he persuaded his father not to stay in the center? The question is, Prince Huai was not worthy of expectations, why did Xu Huai design to lure Zheng
His family joined the army to help King Huai ascend the throne?
Han Gui saw the reactions of Hu Kai and Hu Zhiyuan and sighed slightly in his heart, thinking of what Xu Huai said to him:
Both are pig teams, but the Huainan defense line, which is the most important to resist the barbarians, is in the hands of these two pig teams - Emperor Jianji originally arranged this just to make the Zheng family and the Huai Palace check and balance each other, so that they could
Better control, but he did not expect that his body collapsed only a year after the Huainan victory.
At the end of the day, it’s still a day and a year.
In order to prevent the two pig teams from killing each other first on the Huainan defense line, Xu Huai could only throw away his reputation and kill one of them first.
Now that the Zheng family has been eliminated and King Huai's accession to the throne is a foregone conclusion, the entire Huainan will become the base of the new emperor. Only in this way can we fully resist the Chihu people's eastward offensive...
