Yuzhu sat steadily in the check-in room outside Qingxi Bookstore, drinking tea slowly.
Lao Ba, who was originally in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was taken down by the old emperor and replaced by Lao Sixteen.
Lao Shiliu has no knighthood yet, and he has been working very hard as a errand, obviously hoping to earn a bee or a knighthood.
After Lao Ba was idle for two years, the old emperor took the initiative to summon him. According to Yuzhu's guess, Lao Ba was probably going to be used again, right?
Sure enough, after the old emperor and Lao Ba chatted for more than an hour, they called Yuzhu in.
"Yuzhu, I have drafted a decree. I asked the eighth son of the emperor, Belle Yinsu, to go to Shengjing to worship our ancestors on my behalf." The old emperor glanced at the jade pillar and said, "You haven't worshiped my ancestors in the Qing Dynasty yet, have you?"
How clever is Yuzhu? As soon as he heard this, he knew that the old emperor was planning to ask him to monitor Lao Ba nearby to prevent Lao Ba from hooking up with the old Eight Banner princes in Shengjing.
"Hui Khan Ama, I have long wanted to go to Shengjing to pay homage to my ancestors of the Qing Dynasty." Yuzhu honestly stated his wish.
As expected, the old emperor immediately ordered with a smile: "Bring more guards and escort Lao Ba to Shengjing. Be sure to protect him and make sure nothing happens."
"嗻."
Shengjing, also known as Fengtian Mansion, is today’s Shenyang City.
Before the Qing army entered the Pass, there were two imperial mausoleums of the Later Jin Dynasty in Shengjing.
Among them, the old slave of Taizu of the Qing Dynasty was buried in Fuling, and Huang Taiji, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, was buried in Zhaoling.
In addition, the Qing Dynasty still had a complete imperial palace in Shengjing.
The official name of the Forbidden City in Fengtian Prefecture is: Shengjing Palace, also known as the Peidu Palace.
Shengjing Palace, according to the architectural layout and construction sequence, can be divided into three parts, namely East Road, Middle Road and West Road.
The East Road includes the Dazheng Hall and the Ten King Pavilions built during the Lao Nu period, where the emperor held grand ceremonies and the ministers of the Eight Banners held their offices.
The middle road was built during the Huang Taiji period and was where the emperor conducted political activities and where his concubines lived.
The West Road was where the old emperor temporarily stayed for reading, watching theater and summoning his ministers when he visited Shengjing.
Since the second deposed prince, the old emperor has never summoned Lao Ba alone.
Now, the old emperor suddenly arranged for Lao Ba to go to Shengjing to worship heaven, which obviously meant to appease the Manchurian military veterans.
There was no way, as the old emperor grew older, he gradually became unable to do many things.
This is roughly similar to the situation of Lao Tong's family.
Tong Guowei, in the name of the emperor's uncle, was worshiped by Longkodo and Yuzhu.
However, within the old Tong family, Tong Guowei, who used to keep his word, no longer has much effect.
The people below are not fools. They all know that sooner or later, the old Tong family will be ruled by Longkodo and his son.
Overtly or covertly, there are countless servants of the Tong family who have taken refuge under Yuzhu.
The old emperor, due to lack of energy, lost absolute control over the government day by day.
Even if the important ministers around Kangxi did not dare to publicly support the crown prince, privately, who would dare not to bet on his side in advance?
Since Zhou Quan had been secretly keeping an eye on Lao Si's movements, Zhang Tingyu's secret collusion with Lao Si was exposed to Yu Zhu's eyes.
It does not matter whether Zhang Tingyu was a civil servant or a Han Chinese.
However, due to the trust of the old emperor, Zhang Tingyu knew many secrets in the palace.
What's more funny is that after the fourth child took control of the overall situation in Changchun Garden, he took Zhang Tingyu back to the palace and rummaged through the emperor's jade seal, which was necessary for the imperial edict.
As a result, Zhang Tingyu led people to search for six full days before they found the crucial jade seal in the well.
The capital has always been under the control of Lao Si. After the jade seal is obtained, it is written by Zhang Tingyu and signed by Ma Qi, which is a qualified testament.
However, Lao Ba and Lao Fourteen were unwilling to lose, and they kept secretly and openly promulgating the edict six days late, making a big fuss and spreading the word among the people.
The fourth child is also a wonderful person. In response to the bad rumors among the people, he actually compiled an incredible book with the dignity of the emperor: "Dayi Jue Mi Lu".
As a result, after the book was released to the public, Laosi's reputation not only did not improve, but instead deteriorated at an accelerated pace.
Taking the golden decree and decree given by the old emperor, Yuzhu mobilized one hundred imperial guards and five hundred new troops to escort Lao Ba to Shengjing.
The old emperor was very satisfied with Yuzhu's arrangement.
Before leaving, the old emperor suddenly changed his mind and thrust the third child in again.
This arrangement is very interesting.
The third child is a thoughtful prince.
Laoba, I must have an idea.
Yuzhu is also a member of the old emperor.
In this way, the spectacle of Landlords was officially staged.
The third child has the highest title. He is Prince Heshuocheng. As the imperial envoy for this trip, he is naturally the envoy.
Lao Ba and Yu Zhu naturally acted as deputy envoys.
On the day of departure, when His Majesty was bidding farewell, the old emperor ordered: "This is a serious matter, so do not ignore it."
"Hey." The three people headed by Lao San all responded respectfully.
After coming out of Changchun Garden, Lao San was about to board the sedan, but he saw Yuzhu's men in front and behind the car.
"Humph." The third child was very dissatisfied, but it was the old emperor's will to let Yuzhu lead the troops to escort him, and he had nothing to do.
The third child is completely wingless and poses almost no threat to the old emperor.
Lao Ba is different.
Even though the old emperor suppressed Lao Ba several times, a lot of the grassroots in Ba Ye's party were indeed dispersed.
However, the core members of Ba Ye's party still stick to Lao Ba.
According to Yuzhu's understanding, this belongs to Lao Ba's personality charm.
It is very interesting to say that after the old emperor restored the crown prince, he originally thought that the prince's prestige had been greatly damaged and he would not be able to make a big splash.
Who would have thought that the prince had some tricks, and with the momentum of his restoration, he managed to win over a large number of important officials in the court.
Moreover, after the prince was deposed once, he deeply felt the pain of having no military power.
After he made a comeback, the prince focused on military power and recruited a group of dignitaries with military power.
The old emperor felt so threatened by the prince that he couldn't even sleep well, so he simply made excuses and deposed the prince again.
The struggle for power has always been a spiral that continues until one party in the duel falls completely.
The prince was trapped in Xian'an Palace, and the third son had hope.
Lao Ba seems to have been severely suppressed, but his wings have never been truly cut off, and his strength is still extremely strong.
After Lao San and Lao Ba boarded the sedans respectively, Yuzhu also got into his own carriage.
With the help of the Dutch East India Company, Yuzhu's carriage chassis was equipped with spiral springs.
Before the springs were installed, riding in a sedan chair was definitely much more comfortable than riding in a carriage.
With the springs in place, Yuzhu's carriage drove on the bumpy official road. Although it was still a little bumpy, it was many times more comfortable than before.
Of course, Yuzhu was happy to ride in the carriage, mainly because the carriage was very spacious.
Qingwen, who accompanied Yuzhu to Shengjing this time, not only served Yuzhu extremely comfortably, but also had private conversations together.