"I am the emperor, but I am also your fourth brother. Do you have to be so alienated from your fourth brother? If so, I will not force you."
Faced with Yinzhen's words, Yunxiang didn't know how to answer. After a while, he said: "The emperor is my fourth brother. This is something that will never change in my life."
"Okay." After saying this, Yinzhen held Yunxiang's hand. When his palms were squeezed tightly, his nose was slightly sore. Yunxiang used to have a strong body and his arms were even thicker than him, but now he can't pinch them.
A bit of meat, except for the bones, it's just the skin.
After entering the Yangxin Hall and sitting down, Yinzhen said: "Why did you come here in such a cold weather? If you have anything to do, just ask someone to tell you. Why do you have to come here by yourself, in case you are cold or tired?"
If you do, wouldn’t it aggravate your condition?”
"Brother Chen is fine." Yunxiang calmed down his breath and said, "Brother Chen came here today because I want to talk to the emperor about my second elder brother."
Yinzhen said somewhat strangely: "Hongshi? What's wrong with him?"
Yunxiang pondered for a moment and said: "The second elder brother is the emperor's son. I shouldn't have said anything, but I was really worried, so I said it even if it made the emperor unhappy. Today the second elder brother came to see my brother.
, I also had a few words with him, and to be honest with the emperor, I feel... he is not a person who is content with the status quo."
Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Be careful, what did you say?"
Facing him, Yunxiang would not hide anything. He recounted the conversation in detail. Saying so many words in one breath was undoubtedly very tiring for him, so he took a long rest to catch his breath.
Come, "My brother has tried every means to persuade me, but it's a pity that the second elder brother doesn't seem to listen. I know that the emperor's favorite prince has always been the fourth elder brother, not the second elder brother, so I am worried that he will do something when the time comes.
If something extreme happens, the emperor must be careful."
Yinzhen frowned and said: "Old Thirteen, do you really think Hongshi is determined to be emperor?"
Yunxiang sighed softly and said: "I know that the emperor doesn't want to believe this, but I think that although I am weak and can't handle things, my eyes are not presbyopic, so I won't see the wrong person. Er A
Brother is the oldest among the princes and is raised by the queen.
He is the eldest son and the person most qualified to inherit the throne. In the past few years, he has been working hard to gain the emperor's approval. Tell me, if the throne belongs to the fourth elder brother, will he be willing to do so? Even in appearance.
Even though I’m convinced, I’m still dissatisfied in my heart.”
Yinzhen nodded, but the topic suddenly turned elsewhere, "Hongshi came to see you. Did you mention anything about Fengtai Camp?"
Yunxiang said with a strange expression: "No, why does the emperor ask that?"
Yinzhen sighed and said: "You only know that Hongshi is not willing to be an idle prince, but you don't know what he does secretly."
Yunxiang's expression changed slightly, he coughed a few times and said, "Has he already made some moves now?"
Yinzhen nodded slightly and told him that he colluded with Jiang Ying to deliberately tell Galdan the marching route of the army, so that Galdan attacked the city with all his strength, killed Yue Zhongqi and set up an ambush for the army, causing the 300,000-strong army to lose without even fighting a battle.
Once said.
Yunxiang was shocked, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Second Brother, as a prince, actually colluded with foreign enemies. Why did he do this?"
Yinzhen stood up with a sigh and said, "Yes, why is he doing it? I have always been curious about this question. I have thought about it and checked it for a long time, and finally I have pieced together some clues. Do you want to hear it?"
Yunxiang nodded and said, "My dear brother, I am all ears."
Yinzhen smiled solemnly and said: "Actually, it's all about the throne. I guess that Hongshi knew that I no longer trusted him and could not pass the throne to him, so he planned to take risks and find another way to get it.
The throne."
"The emperor is saying that the second elder brother colluded with Ge Erdan and wanted to use his troops to attack the capital by cooperating inside and outside?" As soon as he finished speaking, Yunxiang denied: "The second elder brother is a smart man. He should know that Ge Erdan
Erdan is cunning by nature, so getting along with him
Conspiracy is basically seeking skin from a tiger. Once the capital is breached, Galdan will only take control of the capital by himself, and it is impossible to support him as emperor. But if this is not the case, why is he helping Galdan? This will not do him any good.
"
Yinzhen walked to the imperial case and took the imperial seal in the brocade box in his hand. It was carved from a whole piece of jasper, with six characters "The Treasure of Yongzheng Imperial Jian" engraved on the bottom. It was such a seal.
, but it carries supreme rights and makes countless people crazy.
After putting the imperial seal back into the brocade box, he turned around and said, "Old Thirteen, have you noticed that the capital's military strength is now much emptier than before."
"Your Majesty, are you referring to the Firearms Battalion being transferred to the border? In fact, even if the Firearms Battalion is no longer there, there are Bumen Yamen inside and outside the capital, Fengtai Camp, and Jianrui Camp to protect and protect people, so there won't be any questions..." At this point...
, Yunxiang suddenly changed his color, and said in a trembling voice: "Is the transfer of the firearms camp also related to the second elder brother?"
"Don't leave ten." Yangxin Hall did not burn the earth dragon. In this winter, it was not much warmer than outside. Yinzhen rubbed his cold hands and said: "Geldan used powerful firearms to attack the city, and then set up an ambush.
The morale of the army has been greatly reduced. If I don't send out the firearms battalion at this time, I'm afraid that no matter what Yunli does, I won't be able to improve the morale of the army."
Yinzhen paused for a moment and continued: "After Hongli told me about Hongshi's suspicion, I have been sending people to check him, as well as the ministers in the court, to see how many people besides Jiang Ying were secretly
After helping Hongshi, guess how many people I found."
Yunxiang looked a little ugly and said: "A lot, right?"
"It's more than I imagined. I always thought that I had all the civil and military officials firmly in my hands, but it turned out not to be the case. Hundreds of years of accumulation have caused the Nala clan to infiltrate officials one after another. In addition to Jiang Ying, there are many people
He is more or less involved with Hongshi, such as the Minister of Household Affairs, Akshan, the deputy commander of the Infantry Yamen... and Ha Tai, the deputy commander of Fengtai Camp."
The last two words shocked Yunxiang and stood up from his chair, "Hatai? Is he even related to the second elder brother?"
Yinzhen patted him on the shoulder, motioned him to sit down and said: "You can't believe it, there are many people you can't think of. When I saw the list, I couldn't believe my eyes. Fortunately, Hongli found it
This matter, otherwise it would be really dangerous."
Yunxiang still didn't come back to his senses, and murmured: "Hatai has always been my most trusted subordinate. I even planned to let him take over the command of Fengtai camp in the future. I never expected that he would be
Second brother's
People." At this point, he suddenly came back to his thoughts, stared at Yinzhen closely and said: "My brother understands, the second elder brother is not colluding with Jungar, but using Jungar to hold back the army.
People who will hinder him, once his brother
If he dies or surrenders the rights of Fengtai Camp, he can unite with the infantry yamen and Fengtai Camp to force the emperor to pass the throne to him. When the time comes, the Jianrui Battalion alone will not be able to stop him. Wait until Lao Shi
qihe buddha symbol
After returning from victory, the overall situation has been decided. Unless there is a rebellion, we can only recognize him as the emperor. However, with Hongshi's temperament, he will not take this risk. He will use the emperor to lead the princes and force them to hand over their military power."