On the day Wang Xian set out, the occasion was unprecedented. Two princes, ten marquises, nearly a hundred uncles, and generals of the second rank or above in the capital, as well as their servants and soldiers, added up to two to three thousand warriors, which was a mighty force.
Hanging outside the city, he sent Wang Xian off to the official pavilion to see him off south.
In that room, the civil service group did not show any weakness. Three pairs of ministers from the six departments came, and all the cabinet bachelors came. Not even one of the old people from the East Palace who had received favor from Wang Xian came.
"This is the court, this is..." Dai Hua drove the carriage and looked at the mighty formation outside the official farewell pavilion ahead, and couldn't help but take a breath of air.
"Hehe," Wang Xian opened the car curtain, looked at the grand scene in front, and said with a smile: "This is about to start a fight. No one on either side is willing to lose." He did not see Zhu Zhanji's face in the crowd.
Although the figures were well prepared, they couldn't help but feel sad. The former brothers had become strangers after all.
"If you put it that way, the warriors are more powerful." Dai Hua joked with a smile.
"It's a pity that the emperor is not on their side..." Wang Xian sighed, throwing away the untimely extravagant hopes in his heart, and laughed to himself: "Hey, what are you doing with your free time?" He said to Gu Xiao in the car.
Lian said softly: "I'll come back as soon as I go." Then he jumped off the carriage and walked towards the officials ahead.
"Oh, what a sin, what a sin. It's such a hot day that I bother you all to come and see me off. I can't bear it." Wang Xian handed over to everyone from a distance, with a relaxed and happy expression. He couldn't tell that he was nostalgic for his country or his hometown.
of worries.
"Hahaha, my father-in-law has left Beijing to take office. Although he is not far away, we will not be able to see each other often in the future. Why don't we come to see him off?" Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng smiled and stepped forward, one on the left and the other on the right.
He stopped next to Wang Xian and asked Yang Pu, Huang Huai and others who had also come forward to stand aside.
"The two gentlemen will be killed." Of course Wang Xian knew that this was a competition between the military generals and the civil servants. It had only been a few days since the new emperor ascended the throne, and this was really not a good sign. But whatever.
Since he was leaving anyway, he could let them make trouble if they wanted to. So Wang Xian kept a warm smile on his face and treated these civil servants and generals with false politeness.
Wang Xian drank three glasses of wine proposed by the gentlemen on behalf of the military generals, and three glasses of wine proposed by Yang Pu and Huang Huai on behalf of the civil servants. Then he was about to ride away in a drunken car. He saw dozens of cars carrying black paint.
The large box carriage joined its own team.
"What is this?" No matter how much wine Wang Xian drank, he still knew that these carriages did not belong to him.
"Haha, brother, you are going to take office, you have no relatives, and you are bringing so many people with you, the expenses must be quite high." Zhu Neng said with a smile: "If you are so poor, wouldn't you be beating us old brothers?
Face?" After a pause, he pointed to the carriage lanes and said, "Our brothers have worked together to get some Cheng Yi for you." As he spoke, Zhu Neng looked at Wang Zhang, the imperial censor behind Yang Pu, and said, "Master Wang,
The Duke of Zhenguo has nothing to do with us, so this doesn’t count as bribery, right?”
"This..." Wang Zhang said with a bitter face: "For Cheng Yi, is it too thick?"
"We can't do anything without it!" All the nobles burst into laughter: "Master Wang, don't just say some ignorant words. There are so many of us, and if you put a little bit together for one family, it will cost you dozens of cars!"
"Yes, if we didn't consider the bad impact, dozens of cars would be nothing, we can make hundreds of cars!"
"..." Wang Zhang didn't want to offend Wang Xian so badly. What else could he do besides being speechless.
All the civil servants showed dissatisfaction, hoping that Wang Xian would refuse, so that they would feel better.
Wang Xian looked at all the civil servants, smiled at them and said: "I accept your kindness. As for the gifts..."
Hearing what Wang Xian said, all the civil servants showed joy, and the expressions of the nobles changed. Who knew that Wang Xian changed the topic and laughed loudly: "Of course I accepted it immediately!"
"Hahahaha!" The nobles laughed loudly, feeling very happy that Wang Xian had tricked the civil servants.
The civil servants looked embarrassed, only to realize that the Duke of Zhenguo didn't care what they thought!
"After a long journey, we must say goodbye. Please stay here!" Wang Xian bowed his hands to everyone and got into the car.
"Farewell, my lord." The civil servants and military generals all returned the courtesy to Wang Xian, watching his team disappear under the official road under the scorching sun.
As soon as Wang Xian's team disappeared, the smiles on the faces of the civil servants and generals froze. The two distinct groups glared at each other. The Marquis of Anping, Li An, had a fiery temper and was the first to hold back. He pointed at the civil servants and cursed: "
You bunch of white-eyed wolves, the late Emperor was not good enough to you? His corpse was not cold yet, yet you dared to instigate the Emperor to whip his corpse!"
"That's right!" All the distinguished nobles had been holding back their anger for a long time. They just didn't dare to explode immediately because the emperor had just ascended the throne. Wang Xian's departure from the capital was like a signal that they could no longer bear it any longer.
Pointing at all the civil servants, they started shouting: "You ungrateful and murderous people, the emperor just let you lead them into evil!"
The civil servants were naturally full of anger, but as the saying goes, "When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why." It was really unseemly to curse in public with these old and rough nobles, so they could only snort in response and quickly get into the sedan, so as not to be embarrassed like this.
Seeing the disdainful behavior of the civil servants, the nobles were even more furious. They looked at the several princes one after another and said with indignation: "Young Master, you are trying to ride on our necks and shit! You have to give it to us.
Make the decision!"
"Hmph! Don't worry!" Zhu Yong snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's just them? They don't have that ability!"
"Don't be too optimistic..." Wang Tong, the Marquis of Chengshan, frowned and said, "The emperor has always been close to the civil servants, and I'm afraid he has a lot of opinions about our closeness to the King of Han back then. We must beware of those civil servants taking advantage of this to drive a wedge between the emperor and us!"
All the nobles and nobles took it for granted. If it weren't for this, they wouldn't be so frightened and rude.
"Master!" Everyone looked at the British Duke, wanting to hear what this distinguished leader thought: "What do you think we should do?"
"Let's take a look first and then talk." Zhang Fu looked at everyone and said calmly: "Let's go back first."
After Zhang Fu finished speaking, he bent down and got on the carriage. The nobles and nobles were there, but he didn't expect the British prince to be so cold. Seeing his eldest brother getting on the carriage, Zhang Fu glanced around the crowd and said with a smile: "This is a place to talk about business.
"?" He pointed his finger at Li An and said: "Don't be too impatient to fool around. When you stick your butt out, people won't know that you are going to poop? How can you poop on someone?"
All the nobles burst into laughter upon hearing this, obviously having heard Zhang Shi's words. Li An blushed and said, "I, I'm not in a hurry..."
"It's no hurry, let's go back as soon as possible. The sun will make people dry!" Zhang Xi said this and followed Zhang Fu's carriage.
As soon as the two brothers got on the bus, the other princes and counts also got on the bus one after another and rushed back...
In the British carriage, Zhang Fu looked serious, with a deep look of worry in his eyes. He had a noble character and never spoke lightly, but this did not mean that he had less sense of crisis than others. In fact, in another day,
He would never come to see Wang Xian off today. It was precisely because he was aware of the severe challenges that the Xungui Group would face after the new king ascended the throne that he risked his dignity to see Wang Xian off.
"Brother, do you think the emperor will really come?" Seeing Zhang Fu's expression, Zhang Shi knew that the problem was very serious and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Zhang Fu nodded, having nothing to hide from his brothers, and whispered: "It's all written into the imperial edict, do you think it's child's play?"
"That's natural," Zhang Xi frowned and said, "What I'm asking is, can the emperor really do this? Has he never thought about the backlash from the government and the opposition?"
"The emperor thinks that all the civil servants support him in doing this." Zhang Fu lowered his eyelids and said: "As for us warriors, the emperor has always disliked seeing us..." Thinking of accompanying the prince all the way north, the prince was polite to him on the surface, but in fact he was cold.
Zhang Fu let out a long sigh, "Conquer the world on horseback and rule the world on dismount. The emperor must have felt that it's time to put the swords and guns into the warehouse and release the horses to Nanshan."
"The emperor wants to deal with us?" Zhang Min was horrified. He used to think that the emperor wanted to take revenge on the late emperor, and that the generals were just causing trouble. But listening to what the elder brother said, the emperor's real target was actually these generals!
"This is just my guess..." Although he was on the carriage and not worried about being heard by others, Zhang Fu still lowered his voice and said: "On the way to Beijing with the emperor, I accidentally heard someone mention that the emperor said that since the founding of our country, every time
The inheritance of the throne will be accompanied by rivers of blood. The reason is that although the military power is nominally in the hands of the imperial court, it is controlled by the intricate generals..." After a pause, he said: "If the military power is truly in the hands of the imperial court, the relationship between those vassal princes and the noble generals will
No matter how good it is, there is no way to launch a rebellion..."
"Really?" Zhang Xi's whole body was horrified.
"It's just a rumor," Zhang Fu said slowly, "but it may not be without reason."
"Then we can't sit still and wait for death!" Zhang Xi said hurriedly.
"Let's take a look first. Maybe the emperor doesn't think so anymore after a while." Zhang Fu said noncommittally: "Judging from the posthumous title given to the late emperor, the emperor did not dare to go too far."
"Well..." Zhang Xi knew his elder brother well, and he knew even better that the interests of a family like theirs were highly bound to the royal family, and they could never go against the emperor unless absolutely necessary. Besides, some people were very good at jumping around.
Come out, why rush?
As soon as the officials returned to the capital, Zhu Gaochi summoned three cabinet bachelors, as well as Yang Pu and Huang Huai.
His Majesty the Emperor looked deeply at the five people in front of him and lamented: "For the twenty years I have been in the Yongle Dynasty, my situation has been very dangerous. There are constant villains who covet me and frame me. Talking about the difficulty of the situation and the dangerous situation,
The pain in my heart, among the princes of all dynasties, I am definitely among the best." After a pause, he choked up emotionally: "Over the years, countless people have left me and betrayed me, but only Duke Zhen and you five have always been loyal.
You protect me. Without your sacrifice and dedication, I wouldn’t be where I am today!”