In midsummer, the sky is overcast, but the rain never falls. Jinling City is stuffy and hot, like a steamer.
The Zuo Prime Minister Hall of Zhongshu Province is cool and pleasant, which is the effect created by Shiren using ice cubes and rotating fans.
"There is a poem in the Song Dynasty that says, 'If you don't see the Duke's house in Chang'an, you won't know the heat in June. The fan will blow up the wind, and the ice will pour down the cold rain.' Today, I finally realized it here with Hu Xiang." Chen Ning felt it with a face full of satisfaction.
Cool said:
"His grandma's, this is called life."
"This is not easy. I'll have someone arrange it for you this afternoon." Hu Weiyong said calmly.
"Is it suitable? This ice fan cart is a royal item in the palace. I heard that it was designed by King Chu and built by King Yan." Chen Ning was a little worried.
"What's inappropriate? The emperor and the prince went to Tangshan, and I have the final say in Beijing." Hu Weiyong looked at Zixiong and said: "They will never come back, so I will have the final say in the future!"
According to the agreement, today is the day for the assassination of Xu Da in Beiping. He will also take action after nightfall.
At this moment, there is nothing to hide anymore. Hu Xiang finally no longer needs to keep a low profile and can show his true face to others.
"The emperor and the prince are not in the capital. God helps Prime Minister Hu... Oh no, God helps my lord." Chen Ning consciously changed his title. He now also feels that Hu Weiyong is really lucky, otherwise since he was preparing to rebel, Prime Minister Hu would have been
How could there be divine help?
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At the beginning of the month, the emperor's "Lijie disease" broke out again. In Lao Liu's words, it was an attack of rheumatoid arthritis. His left knee was swollen like a steamed bun, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't sleep.
Hu Weiyong suggested that Boss Zhu go to the Tangshan Hot Spring Palace, fifty miles away from the capital, to recuperate. The imperial doctor at the Imperial Medical Temple also said that there was a hot spring there that could relieve paralysis and was very effective in relieving pain.
After the hard persuasion of several highnesses and officials, Boss Zhu finally agreed to go to Tangshan to rest for a while... The officials sincerely advised him to go, so that he would not have to go to court.
Of course, Boss Zhu just changed his job. Not only did he require that the daily memorials be delivered to the Tangshan Palace before dark, the Zhongshu Province and each ministry also had to send an officer to accompany them, in case the emperor made arrangements at any time.
Work.
At first, he left the prince in Beijing to handle government affairs. Later, because the prince and Hu Weiyong disagreed on many things, they got into a tense situation. Boss Zhu simply invited the prince to go to the Hot Spring Palace to take a bath together, and let Hu Weiyong sit in charge in Beijing.
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The result was this excellent situation. That's why Hu Weiyong rushed to urge Peking to take action. It was really a God-given opportunity that must not be missed. It will never come again!
"Are you ready in all aspects?" Hu Weiyong took great advantage of Chen Ning's new title. He imitated Boss Zhu's actions and put his hands on the jade belt around his waist when asking questions.
It's just that he is so skinny that when he does this action, he always feels like he is afraid of losing his pants, so he holds up his belt, which is very funny.
"Back to my lord, I checked with Governor Ding one more time before I came here. As soon as the news of the emperor's assassination came over from Tangshan, the city gates were immediately closed and the whole city was under martial law." Chen Ning said hurriedly and solemnly:
"As long as the state of martial law is entered and the emperor and the prince are away, the garrison in the capital can only listen to the command of the governor. As long as we have military power in our hands, what should we do in the capital is not a matter of a word from the lord?"
"You still can't be careless." Hu Weiyong said in a deep voice: "Although the five guards of the imperial army are accompanied by four guards, there is still one guard in the capital. They may not necessarily listen to the governor's office."
"It doesn't matter, Liu Ying and Lao Si are not in the capital. They are leaderless. If they don't listen to orders, just kill them!" Chen Ning said fiercely: "Captain Ding has made a plan. When the time comes, they will be labeled as rebels. Ten guards will be killed.
Surround and annihilate them!"
"Well, how can we establish our authority without fighting? But we must be careful not to use our troops to rob. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, especially for us." Hu Weiyong began to look forward and was obviously not satisfied with revenge.
"Understood. My lord, the benevolent are invincible!" Chen Ning had long expected that Hu Weiyong was not interested in that position as he said, so he was not surprised at all.
"After taking control of the capital, we will immediately enter the palace and ask the queen to appoint King Yu as emperor..." Hu Weiyong said again in a deep voice.
"Ah? Didn't it mean to confer the title of King of Qi?" Chen Ning said in surprise.
"I didn't agree at that time. Besides, King Qi has a bad temper and his age is not suitable." Hu Weiyong said lightly. In fact, everything else comes second. The key is that King Qi is the son-in-law of the Marquis of Jiangyin. If he becomes the emperor, it will not be for nothing.
Marquis of Jiangyin and Marquis of Jinghai made wedding dresses?
"Indeed, that will give the Wu brothers an advantage in vain." Chen Ning nodded and said, "But they will definitely be unhappy."
"Don't worry, I will explain it to Marquis Jiangyin." Hu Weiyong said in a deep voice:
"At worst, if we add these two people to the list of ministers who care about life, will they still be ignorant of good and evil?"
"Who else is there among the Gu Ming ministers?" Chen Ning swallowed and asked.
"There are also the Duke of South Korea, the Marquis of Ji'an, the Marquis of Pingliang, and several other nobles, as well as I, Prime Minister Wang, Ding Yu, Song Lian, exactly ten ministers of civil and military affairs who are responsible for assisting the government." Hu Weiyong revealed.
"Ah, there is still a humble position?" Chen Ning was flattered and bowed, excitedly expressing his loyalty: "The humble position must obey the lord's lead and repay the lord for his kindness!"
"Haha, get up, it doesn't have to be like this. But in the future, you and I will serve as assistants to the government, so we must be of one heart and one mind." Hu Weiyong smiled and gave him a virtual hand.
"In this humble position, please remember your lord's teachings!" Chen Ning nodded hurriedly and flattered him: "My lord, this list of auxiliary administrators is really of a high level. He not only takes care of all aspects, but also can firmly grasp the initiative. In this way, no matter whether he is civil or military or a distinguished scholar,
, will all support us.”
"This is the effect we want." Hu Weiyong smiled, unable to suppress his excitement and said: "Then spread the word to the world, who dares to dissatisfy?!"
"No one dares to disobey!" Chen Ning immediately responded, but couldn't help but said: "As long as the actions in Tangshan and Peking go smoothly."
"I dare not say that I am 100% sure about Beiping." Hu Weiyong sighed: "As for the assassination, there is a possibility of failure. If it fails, the worst case scenario is that we will cross the river with the general to conquer."
After saying this, he realized that these words were hurting morale, so he said proudly: "Tangshan is the key! And this time we are going to fight with real swords and guns, there will be no luck!"
"The Japanese have arrived?" Chen Ning asked in surprise.
"That's right. The Japanese mission's ship and the 500 Ningbo soldiers escorting them passed Zhenjiang yesterday. They will disembark at Tongjiaying tonight, and then rush to Shewu Mountain sixteen miles away overnight to meet with
The two thousand soldiers and horses we were ambushing there gathered together and attacked the Hot Spring Palace from the north of Tangshan Mountain!"
"Then there are only three thousand people in total. Is this enough force?" Chen Ning became worried again.
"The emperor is too strict with the army. Once mobilized, they will be discovered. To be able to gather more than 2,000 people without anyone noticing and then transport them to hide them under the emperor's nose is already the limit." Hu Weiyong
He said in a deep voice:
"Fortunately, although Hu De and others were kicked out of the government army, there are still our people in the government army! When the time comes, we should cooperate inside and outside to catch everyone by surprise, and we will have enough manpower!"
