On the last day of the Millennium Festival celebrations, the emperor was assassinated in Gyeonggi Province and was seriously injured. His life or death was unknown.
This news, like a thunder on the ground, shocked the whole world.
Within a few days after the assassination, all festivals across the country were suspended. People in various prefectures and counties spontaneously went to temples to pray for the emperor.
At the same time, a secret meeting was being held in the Luo family residence in Ansheng Garden in Bachuan, Chang'an.
Luo Anyuan, the head of the Luo family, sat in the upper seat. He first glanced at Luo Yingcai, who was restless beside him, and then looked at the prince's young master Wang Jin, who was sitting next to him. Finally, he picked up the teacup and said slowly: "Yuan Yuan of Jinyiwei Nanzhen."
The Governor will be here soon. Before he attends the meeting, let's talk about other things first."
Luo Yingcai asked Luo Anyuan: "Brother, did you see the emperor on the street that day?"
Luo Anyuan: "The Emperor is in the royal chariot, and there are guards blocking him around. Even if I wanted to step forward to check, I couldn't do it... It's just that at such a close distance, I was hit by a Crouching Tiger Cannon.
Shotgun, no matter who is in the chariot, even if he is not killed on the spot, he is probably seriously injured and difficult to treat."
Luo Yingcai said happily: "So, can big things be accomplished?"
Wang Jin, who is the prince's young master, said: "Don't talk too much. Just yesterday, the prince went to the palace to see His Majesty in the name of a visit. When he came back, he told me that Your Majesty was behind the curtain and could not
I can clearly see the specific situation, but when I spoke, I was very angry, and there was the smell of blood in the room, so I must have been seriously injured. However, it is too early to say that His Majesty's injuries are serious and difficult to treat at the moment."
Luo Yingcai heard this and said with disappointment: "I prepared armor, crossbows, gunpowder, and even tiger cannons and thunder and fire bombs for those Tubo people, but I couldn't kill them with one blow. I really don't know that these barbarians
How is it done?!"
Luo Anyuan shook his head and said: "I told Sang Chiruo at the beginning that the capital is well-defended and the guards are tight. If you want to succeed in the assassination, the chance of success is very slim. Although, I later used my former contacts to secretly adjust the North
The government's defense deliberately reduced the strength of the guards at the time of the incident, but the Tibetans still did not have the advantage. Therefore, if this assassination can be achieved, it can be regarded as barely achieving the goal."
Wang Jin: "Didn't we already make assumptions when we made the plan? The best case scenario for this assassination is to kill with one blow; the worst case scenario is to return without success; and the most likely scenario is that
The situation is that the goal has been severely damaged. Now, although we have not done our best, we have followed the plan anyway, and the results are not too bad, so what is there to complain about?"
When Luo Yingcai heard this, he nodded slightly and then stopped talking.
Luo Anyuan: "Young master Wang is right. When we made the plan, no matter whether the outcome is the best, the worst, or ordinary, we have already set a way to deal with it. No matter how the situation changes, we are still in control.
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Having said this, Luo Anyuan paused for a moment and then said to Wang Jin: "Young Master Wang, as the Crown Prince's staff, why don't you analyze it and tell us what should be done first?"
Wang Jin thought for a while and said: "According to the plan, the first step should be to control the situation around the emperor as soon as possible. Specifically, it is divided into two situations. The first one is that if the emperor is seriously injured and feels that his time is running out,
An edict will definitely be drafted in advance to determine the successor. What we have to do is to ensure that the successor in the edict must be the prince..."
Luo Yingcai interrupted and asked: "What if the successor in the edict is not the prince?"
Wang Jin: "Then we must find a way to use the power of the palace, try to know the contents of the edict in advance, and make some changes at the appropriate time."
Luo Anyuan frowned and said: "It's not easy to change the imperial edict privately? What's more, there is that old guy Fan Jinian who is looking after the six seals for the emperor."
Wang Jin ignored the Luo brothers and continued: "In the second case, if the emperor's injury improves, once he recovers, he will start investigating the truth of the assassination case. With the intelligence and wisdom of the current emperor, it will not take long
Day, they will be found on our heads. Once this happens, it will be terrible news for us."
Luo Anyuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "If His Majesty's injury really starts to improve, we must not sit back and wait for death. We can only do one thing and the other without stopping, and strike first to gain advantage!"
Having said this, Luo Anyuan clenched his hands and made a palm-slapping gesture.
Wang Jin: "If the second situation really occurs, then we must integrate the forces in the court as soon as possible before the emperor takes action, eliminate those officials who are unfavorable to us, and replace those officials who are close to us in key positions.
Control as much military power as possible in the capital to prepare for emergencies."
Luo Anyuan: "The armors and weapons used by the Tubo people this time were all collected by me from the guards of Bei Ya with great efforts. Many of them were taken from the arsenal and can be used to frame up and frame up those in Bei Ya.
The disobedient generals in the government will lose their military power and be replaced by our henchmen."
Wang Jin: "Killing two birds with one stone, Duke Luo is wise."
Luo Anyuan: "It will take a lot of time to seize the military power of the Gyeonggi army through the assassination. Before that, we must closely monitor the palace to prevent the emperor from making a sudden attack."
Wang Jin: "Yes, the key to this plan is to monitor the palace and confirm His Majesty's situation at all times."
Luo Yingcai: "Although I say that, even if the prince went to visit, he could not see your majesty. How can we monitor the palace?"
Wang Jin smiled slightly: "At this juncture, the prince really cannot get close to the Holy Emperor, but there is another person who can easily do it."
When Luo Yingcai was wondering, Luo Anyuan suddenly said in surprise: "It's the Queen. If she goes to spy on His Majesty, she will definitely not arouse any suspicion... Moreover, she can change the imperial edict privately, seize power in the court, or even launch an army as a last resort.
Very helpful.”
Hearing this, Luo Yingcai asked with some suspicion: "Will the Queen really help?"
Wang Jin smiled: "The queen is the prince's biological mother, so she will definitely help with this."
At this moment, a message came from outside the door, saying that a messenger had come from Jinyiweinan Town.
Luo Anyuan opened his mouth and said he wanted someone to come in.
However, to the disappointment of the three people in the room, the person who entered the door was not Gong Zai, the governor of Jinyiweinan Town, but one of the latter's deputy governors named Zhang Yanling.
Luo Yingcai looked at Zhang Yanling with an angry look on his face: "Duke Yuan made an agreement with us. If Chang'an is accomplished, we must return to the city to discuss it as soon as possible. Why not today? Is it possible that he plans to break his promise?!"
Zhang Yanling cupped his hands and said, "Duke Yuan has been working with you all on the great plan earlier, so naturally he will not break his promise. He cannot attend today because of other important matters."
Luo Anyuan looked at Zhang Yanling and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
Zhang Yanling took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Luo Anyuan respectfully.
The latter opened the letter, read it once, then took a deep breath and said to the others: "Yuan Zai is planning to kill all his political opponents."