At this time, Emperor Jianji's body was resting in the sleeping hall of Funing Palace. He had to wait until the big coffin was put into the coffin before it was moved to Zichen Palace.
The total period of mourning was twenty-seven days, and the imperial mausoleum was moved to the imperial mausoleum when the mourning period was over. However, it was less than two years before Dayue moved its capital to Jianye. During this period, in addition to strengthening Jianye and defense along the river, they also tried their best to fight against the Chihu people in Huainan.
This was the largest battle since Chihu's invasion of the south. There was no time or money to build an imperial mausoleum near Jianye.
Even though many people were worried about Emperor Jianji's health, no one thought that Emperor Jianye's body would collapse in such a short period of time.
Huai Wang Zhao Guan, Zhou He and others advocated that after the mourning period was over, the coffins should be placed in a large temple and ancient temple in Jianye during the construction of the mausoleum. They also asked Xu Huai for his opinion. Xu Huai of course meant that Huai Wang
Just decide with the various phases.
After having some hasty vegetarian food at Prince Huai's Mansion, he rushed to Funing Palace with Zhao Yi, Prince of Wuwei County, who was in charge of keeping vigil at night.
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An altar was set up in the outer hall, with incense and candles burning high on the long table. A dozen eminent monks from ancient temples surrounded the table and chanted sutras continuously. The palace attendants and guards inside and outside were all wearing plain clothes. The atmosphere was depressing and sad. There were also dozens of courtiers keeping vigil in the outer hall.
Since Emperor Jianji came to the throne, although Xu Huai has been among the generals along with Gao Junyang, Gu Jiqian, Yang Lin, Zheng Huaizhong and others, he has not had many opportunities to return to the center to meet the emperor, and has only met most of the courtiers in passing.
Neither of them left a deep impression.
Among the dozens of courtiers who were keeping watch in the outer hall, Xu Huai also knew the people of Zhongshushe, Qian Shangduan, who knew the imperial edict, and Jin Zhuangchen, the minister of etiquette. The others were also introduced by Zhao Yi, the king of Wuwei County, and Xu Huai handed them over one by one.
Salute; Everyone's attitude towards Xu Huai is neither enthusiastic nor deliberately cold and alienated, but it must be carefully discerned, as they are more confused and fearful.
After all, all the ministers who are qualified to take turns guarding the mausoleum in Funing Hall have witnessed with their own eyes yesterday how Xu Huai manipulated Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son into the palm of their hand. Even most of them, including Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Qian
Including Shang Duan and others, they still don't know what kind of secret agreement Xu Huai and King Huai have reached in secret. Who dares to offend him at this time?
After the coffin, Emperor Jianji had put on his longevity clothes and lay lifeless on the dragon couch, surrounded by incense and candles.
Xu Huai walked into the inner hall to worship Emperor Jianji.
Concubine Zheng was not placed under house arrest, and she still kept vigil in the palace with her concubines and Princess Yingyun. However, when she saw Xu Huai walking in, her eyes were full of resentment - Princess Yingyun's beautiful face looked haggard.
"There may be ministers who would like to make Prince Yin the crown prince, but this is definitely not allowed..."
Princess Yingyun was the only daughter of Emperor Jian's successor. The ministers paid homage to her, and she wanted to come over to return the gift. When Princess Yingyun returned the gift, Xu Huai lowered his voice and said.
Princess Yingyun was slightly startled, thinking about the meaning of Xu Huai's words. After Xu Huai paid homage, he stood up and looked at the remains of Emperor Jianji for a while, then walked to the outer hall.
After the death of Emperor Jianji, Huai Wang Zhao Guan succeeded to the throne as the emperor's younger brother. In the eyes of many ministers, it seemed natural to make Prince Yin the crown prince.
When the time comes, whether it is for this reason or for other reasons and purposes, if you submit a letter to make Prince Yin the crown prince, it is possible that the newly babbling Prince Yin will be plunged into an unspeakable and dangerous whirlpool -
—Princess Yingyun, as the only daughter of Emperor Jian's successor, will not be able to stay out of the whirlpool.
When Emperor Jianji was the King of Jing, he had deep grudges with the Ciming Palace family, including King Huai, and King Huai was by no means a broad-minded person.
After King Huai ascended the throne, even if he temporarily submitted to the court and appointed Prince Yin as the crown prince, how could he be willing deep down in his heart?
Emperor Jianji actually wanted to install his own heir on the throne, but it was just a matter of days and years.
If Emperor Jianji really wanted to continue to reign for more than ten years, by which time he would have succeeded in expelling the barbarians, regaining the Central Plains, and making Dayue peaceful and peaceful, how could he not find an opportunity to depose King Huai and pass the throne to him?
The principles are all the same.
At this time, Xu Huai could encourage the courtiers to submit a letter asking for the establishment of Prince Yin. In order to secure the throne, King Huai would most likely agree.
The problem is that Prince Yincai is babbling. There are all direct relatives of Prince Huai inside and outside the palace. Concubine Zheng will most likely be relegated to the cold palace and will no longer be in contact with Prince Yin. How can Princess Yingyun alone guarantee that Prince Yin is around?
Were there no surprises when growing up?
If anything happens to the babbling prince Yin Danfan, Princess Yingyun will be the one to take the blame.
For Prince Yin, the best way is to become a vassal and leave Jianye.
Prince Yin was not in sight of King Huai, and no one of the courtiers discussed the matter of establishing a prince, so it would be much safer. However, this matter required long-term planning and could not be accomplished suddenly at this time.
That night, Xu Huai kept vigil for Emperor Jianji in the outer hall of Funing Palace. Early the next morning, Emperor Jianji's body was put into a coffin and moved to Zichen Hall. Officials in the capital and their family members above the imperial edict would enter the palace to pay their respects.
As the successor emperor, Zhao Guan, the king of Huaihe, not only had to command the ministers during the funeral ceremony, decide on various matters during the funeral, and supervise the state affairs, but he also needed to make decisions on the military and various divisions, appeasement and deployment of Huaidong generals. It can be said that
Don't stop even for a second.
However, he was excited inside, and there was no trace of tiredness on his face.
The ministers and their family members paid their respects to Emperor Jianji's remains, which lasted until sunset.
At this moment, Xu Huai also received the command to lead the two heroic cavalry of the selected vanguard army and recruit three armored soldiers in Nancai. Together with the Jinghu South Road System and Construction Division and the Jinghu North Road Soldiers and Horses Deployment Division, they entered the cave to suppress the Jing thief army.
Privy Council Recruitment Order.
The cavalry of Dayue has a capital of 500 people, and the infantry has a capital of 2,500. They are commanded by the capital, and are controlled by the Marquis of Yu.
With this recruitment order, Xu Huai could directly recruit 7,500 combat soldiers and part of the corresponding heavy troops in Nancai, Qiao County, and accompany them with more than a thousand brave cavalry from the vanguard to join the campaign against the Dongjing bandit army.
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Xu Huai is the general manager of the military and horse capital of the Chushan camp. Jingshenghou also knows you, the military of Cai and Liangzhou, the governor of Mingzhou, and the imperial equipment. Whether in terms of seniority or title, they are far above the military deployment of Jinghu North Road.
, but this levy order allowed Xu Huaizheng to organize troops and horses to participate in the suppression of the Dongjing bandit army from the Jinghu North Road. It was a coordinated operation with the troops and horses under the jurisdiction of the Jinghu North Road Troops and Horses Deployment Department, and had no control over it.
Obviously, the people of the Huai Prince's Palace, headed by Wang Boqian, the Deputy Privy Envoy, still had a hand in this recruitment order, which shows that Huai Prince Zhao Guan did not forget about it when he was about to ascend the throne.
However, what Xu Huai needed in the end was just such a recruitment order.
After bidding farewell to Huai Wang Zhao Guan, Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others in the Zichen Palace, Xu Huai took advantage of the sunset and rushed out of Daliang Gate to the mouth of the Longzangpu River.
At the mouth of the Longzangpu River, more than a thousand brave cavalrymen from the selected vanguard army had also made preparations to set off overnight.
Just after the burial ceremony, Zhu Hang and Wang Fan were unable to escape. Zhu Tong, Lu Xiong, Wang Kong and others could only go out of the city to see Xu Huai off. They rushed to the mouth of Longzangpu River and saw that the departure was ready.
The preparations were a bit surprising.
"You've been working hard for days, why don't you wait until tomorrow to leave?" Zhu Tong asked doubtfully.
"Military planes change rapidly, and there is a huge difference between one day early and one day late..." Xu Huai said lightly.
Emperor Lu was assassinated on the way to conquer Dangxiang. Zhennan Zong Wang Wululie and Pingyan Zong Wang Tu Ge led their direct troops to fight for the throne in the north. As a result, Yue Hailou, Cao Shixiong and other surrendered troops had to fight in Hehuai, Heluo and Guan.
Shrinking the defense line in the Shaanxi area - in this case, Dai Viet is fully capable of deploying elite soldiers and horses to quell the chaos in Dongjing.
If nothing else goes wrong, Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other thieves who were secretly communicating with the Chihu people may have received instructions from Yue Hailou or Cao Shixiong and were secretly negotiating with Ge Boyi about recruitment.
On the one hand, it seems that the final recruitment conditions have not yet been negotiated. On the other hand, Ge Boyi wanted to monopolize the credit, so he did not inform the court about this matter.
The Jinghu South Road Construction Department strictly blocked the news, and of course it was impossible to inform Prince Huai's Mansion of the matter alone.
Otherwise, such a recruitment order would not have been issued at all.
However, after the news reached Yuezhou that King Huai and the Privy Council allowed Chushan to recruit troops and horses in Nancai to participate in the attack on the Dongjing bandit army, Ge Boyi would definitely send people to Jianye as soon as possible to dissuade him.
Yuezhou, where the Jinghu South Road Construction Department is located, is about 1,500 miles away from Jianye, and it only takes four to six days for a messenger to travel one way.
In other words, Xu Huai must rush to Nancai as soon as possible. When he arrives in Nancai, he must complete the recruitment and mobilization of all troops and horses as quickly as possible, and then march to Fuzhou and Jingzhou, so that the DPRK will not take it back.
Opportunity for recruitment orders.
Only after leading troops and horses into Fuzhou and Jingzhou, whether the DPRK and the Central Government decide to carry out an attack on the Dongjing bandit army, or to recruit and recruit people, at least on the surface, there is no way or excuse to kick Chushan aside.
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At that time, even if Ge Boyi, with the full support of King Huai, insisted on recruiting the Dongjing bandit army, Chushan's elite coveted one side, without Xu Huai's nod and approval, or Chushan did not receive enough benefits.
Do Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other rebels dare to lay down their weapons and surrender easily?
On the other hand, Ge Boyi insisted on wiping out the Dongjing bandit army, and the Dongzhou Village forces headed by Jiang Ang surrendered to Chushan. Who can oppose or stop it on the bright side?
This is also the key reason why Han Gui strongly advocated secret military mobilization in advance when Xu Huai came to Beijing and passed through Nancai.
Whether the Dongjing bandit army can successfully recruit 30,000 to 50,000 or even larger young men this time is related to the subsequent development potential of Chushan——
Xu Huai didn't care about the reputation between the gentry and the courtiers. In recent years, the gentry and courtiers had not been strong enough to exclude and dislike Chushan Zairu and Cai's new policies?
After Yang Lin died in battle, Xu Huai certainly had the opportunity to keep Yang Qiye's troops in Chushan.
Emperor Jianji transferred Yang Qiye's troops to go south to Xiangyang for rest and recuperation, and accepted Wen Hengyue's control. Shi Zhen and others dissuaded him - and the reason was sufficient. Chushan was indeed under great military pressure at that time.
Xu Huai acted according to the imperial edict. In addition to the need to exert pressure on Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son, there was another main reason. The system that Xu Huai created inside and outside Chu Mountain was difficult to be compatible with the traditional Forbidden Army.
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Therefore, Chushan can directly recruit 30,000 to 50,000 or even larger young men from the Dongjing bandit army, and then carry out thorough rectification and transformation. It is definitely better than placing Nanyang Mansion under the jurisdiction of the Chushan Camp and transferring Nanyang Mansion from Nanyang Mansion.
Recruiting 30,000 to 50,000 new soldiers, or bringing other forbidden troops under the control of Chushan, will further consolidate the foundation of Chushan.
For this reason, Zhou Jingdu stayed in Nancai to assist Fan Zongqi, Jiang Xie, Xu Sheng and others in planning various matters, but did not follow him to Jianye.
At this juncture, Xu Huai really couldn't just stay in Jianye for one more night.
As for the new distribution of power in the court and local areas after King Huai ascended the throne, it was enough for Wang Fan to stay in Jianye.
