"Bang!"
In the study room of Prince Qing's Mansion, after hearing Zong Wei Chang Yanlang's reply, Prince Qing Hongxin became furious and smashed a precious porcelain bottle on the wall angrily. He then stood holding the wall while panting, mouthing
Cursing names such as Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun.
"It doesn't make sense! It doesn't make sense!"
For dozens of breaths, Qing Wang Hongxin's face turned red, and he walked around the study room with his fists clenched. Looking at his expression, it seemed that he wanted to fight again with Yong Wang Hongyu and Su Wang Hongrun.
Seeing this, Zongwei Chang Yan Lang advised: "Your Highness, calm down and think of countermeasures for the present."
"Countermeasures? What countermeasures can we have?" Qing Wang Hongxin said angrily.
He had to admit that Zhao Hongrun's move was not only insidious, but also gave him no clue. Even though he knew that Zhao Hongrun was behind the incident, he was helpless.
After all, the Bingzhu Bureau incident was initiated by the people of the West City, who complained to the Yushitai, and then the Yushitai came forward to impeach the Bingzhu Bureau. At least on the surface, it was the same as Yong Wang Hongyu and Su Wang Hongrun.
It doesn't matter at all.
Of course, this is only on the surface. As for privately, Qing Wang Hongxin is very convinced that among the "tricksters" who took the lead in going to Yushitai to sue the Bingzhu Bureau for disturbing the people, there must be people from the eighth Zhao Hongrun, and maybe even those who
The people taking the lead are all old people - real ordinary people who only dare to follow what they hear and don't have the guts to come forward and sue an official agency like the Bingzhu Bureau.
Suddenly, King Qing Hongxin had an idea and said to Zongwei Chang Yan Lang: "Yan Lang, you immediately send someone to the West City to arrest a few unruly people for me and find out who those guys who took the lead are."
However, after hearing this, Zong Wei Changyan Lang said with a strange expression: "Your Highness, in fact, the humble position has already sent people, but..."
"Just what?" Qing Wang Hongxin asked doubtfully.
Zongwei Yan Lang gave a wry smile and said, "It seems that the Ministry of Punishment had already anticipated this and sent a lot of people there to maintain order. People in humble positions... don't dare to arrest people rashly."
"Ministry of Punishment?" King Qing Hongxin was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses and cursed: "Damn Zhao Hongyu!"
Seeing that His Royal Highness started to curse and curse again, Zong Wei Chang Yan Lang was about to say something but stopped.
After a while, King Qing Hongxin was tired of scolding, so he sat on a chair and sulked.
Seeing this, Zongwei Zhang Yanlang hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, why not make peace with King Su?"
Upon hearing this, King Qing Hongxin glared at Yan Lang, and opened his mouth as if he was about to curse. But for some reason, he opened his mouth several times, but in the end he did not curse. Instead, he let out a long sigh: "It's too late."
Originally Yan Lang was already prepared to be scolded, but he didn't expect Qing Wang Hongxin to be moved and relented. Then he became energetic and continued to persuade: "It's not too late for me to humble myself... In the palace two days ago, His Highness had already
After many times of forbearance, King Su still refused to give in. This time too, I believe King Su knew what he was thinking. From the perspective of his humble position, King Su just wanted His Highness to surrender, and did not really want to treat His Highness as enemies of each other...
King Su has always been smart, so he naturally understands that being an enemy of His Highness at this time will only allow King Yong to take advantage in vain. Although King Su and King Yong have been quite close in the past, I believe they are not yet at odds with His Highness for the sake of King Yong.
The point.”
Qing Wang Hongxin listened quietly to Zongwei Changyanlang's analysis and did not deny it. I believe he also approved the latter's statement, but in the end, he shook his head and said in a deep voice: "You haven't seen it clearly yet.
Situation, Yan Lang. In fact, Lao Ba is not targeting
I am the king, but "Uncle Feng, Marquis of Yuanling" and other great nobles in the country. Do you understand?...The real purpose of his using this method to force me to submit is that he is preparing to suppress the people of "Marquis Yuanling".
It is neither against me nor to help King Yong."
"Your Highness?" Yan Lang looked at Qing Wang Hongxin in surprise, his expression seemed to be saying: Since Your Highness has seen the situation clearly, why do you insist on being an enemy of King Su?
As if he had guessed what Yan Lang was thinking, Qing Wang Hongxin said sternly: "The key is that I can't sit back and watch Yuanlinghou's group of people be suppressed by Lao Ba... If I want to replace Zhao Hongyu, I must get Yuanlinghou and others.
This is why I initially used the "Four Orders in Hedong" as bait to induce various local princes in the country to support me."
Having said this, he stood up, walked to the window, held his hand on the window lattice, frowned and said: "Lao San, we can't be said to be allies... You have also seen what he did in the past. When the East Palace was in power,
When he was older, he relied on
King Yong was attached to deal with the East Palace. Later, King Yong oversaw the country and assumed power. He leaned towards me again. How dare I confide in such a duplicitous person like him?... I need allies, allies who can truly support me.
"
After hearing this, Zongwei Chang Yanlang was not surprised at all. After all, he had once advised His Highness not to associate with duplicitous and treacherous people like Xiang Wang Hongjing. However, Qing Wang Hongxin used a very simple and straightforward
The truth convinced him: if Zhao Hongxin did not accept Xiang Wang Hongjing, Xiang Wang Hongjing would turn to Yong Wang.
If this is the case, Yong Wang Hongyu has firmly secured his position as crown prince. When he is honored with a high position in the future, Xiang Wang Hongjing will probably be able to get a crown prince, but what about Zhao Hongxin?
The previous generation is an excellent example: "King Yu Zhao Yuanji" who supported Emperor Wei became famous, and King Yi Zhao Yuanli was rich and prosperous, but what about the enemy? Prince Zhao Yuanli died suddenly, and Prince Jing Zhao Yuanzuo was exiled to Nanliang.
Let’s not mention Prince Zhao Yuanji for the moment. Prince Jing Zhao Yuanzuo was exiled to Nanliang for seventeen years before he was recalled to Daliang. How many seventeen years are there in a person’s life?
Therefore, under the current circumstances, King Xiang Hongjing can seek refuge with King Yong, because the former's power is not enough for King Yong to regard him as an old enemy competing for the throne. However, King Qing Zhao Hongxin is different.
Threatened by King Yong.
If King Yong really ascends to the throne, can he tolerate Zhao Hongxin?
Not surprisingly, if things really come to that point, what happened to Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang, will serve as a lesson for Zhao Hongxin.
Therefore, there is no coexistence between Zhao Hongxin and Yong Wang Hongyu. If Zhao Hongyu ascends the throne as the king of Wei one day, then the best outcome for Zhao Hongxin is to be sealed as king in a remote area.
From now on it will be difficult to return to Daliang.
Because of this, even though he knew that Zhao Hongrun wanted to suppress Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu and his group, Qing Wang Hongxin still had to die to protect the former.
After all, after Chengling King Zhao Shen fell to Su Wang Hongrun, everyone guessed that the latter would definitely try to suppress Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu and other major domestic nobles, and Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu and other major domestic aristocrats were also forced by the situation.
Under the circumstances, he defected to him, King Qing Hongxin.
This is the sharp contradiction between Qing Wang Hongxin and Su Wang Hongrun - one side wants to suppress Yuan Linghou and others, while the other side wants to protect them to death.
Putting aside this layer, there is actually no conflict of interest between King Qing Hongxin and King Su Hongxin.
But on the other hand, it was precisely because of this reason that Qing Wang Hongxin could not shake hands with Zhao Hongrun, unless he was willing to abandon Yuanling Hou Feng Shu and other domestic aristocratic forces who had defected to him.
Standing by the window and thinking for a moment, Qing Wang Hongxin said in a deep voice: "Since Mr. Li Huan has taken the initiative to resign, it means that his son Li Jin should have turned to Lao Ba. In this way, the Bing Zhu Bureau is probably
I can't keep it...but it's okay,
Now that Mr. Li Huan has resigned, I will be able to take full control of the Ministry of War... In this case, in addition to the Sixth Battalion of the garrison and the Wei Wu Army, as well as Lao Ba's Shangshui Army, the rest of the army will be at least nominally under my control... It's just that
This ‘General’s Mansion’…”
With that said, Qing Wang Hongxin turned to Zongwei Chang Yan Lang and said: "Yan Lang, send someone to send an invitation to Chao Wendong and say that I invite him to have a drink."
"Chao Wendong is in charge of the general's residence?" Yan Lang said in shock: "Your Highness, that's from the East Palace..."
Upon hearing this, King Qing Hongxin said calmly: "The Chao family is just a married family of the Wang family in Zhengcheng. Now that Zhao Hongli is in a weak position, and I take the initiative to show my kindness, the Chao family may not insist on siding with Zhao Hongli... Furthermore, this Chao Wendong
I have a grudge against Lao Ba
’, so-called sharing the same hatred with the enemy, Chao Wendong may help me, or even turn to me... Even if he insists on Zhao Hongli’s side, it doesn’t matter, and he will just resolve the conflict with Zhao Hongli. Anyway, Zhao Hongli hates King Yong the most, not King Yong.
It's me."
"Yes." Yan Lang nodded, and then asked: "What about the Bingzhu Bureau..."
"..." Qing Wang Hongxin was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Let's wait and see what happens. If Lao Ba really wants to take this opportunity to annex Bingzhu Bureau as I expected, I will impeach him...
I’m afraid that he would let the Bingzhu Bureau separate from the Ministry of War and become independent, and let the Smelting Bureau control the Bazhu Bureau, which would be troublesome."
Having said this, he thought about it carefully and felt a little discouraged.
After all, if he can think of things, the always smart old man can probably think of them too.
As a result, his Ministry of War lost control of the Bingzhu Bureau, but he still couldn't use this matter to accuse his boss, Zhao Hongrun, which was really frustrating.
A few days later, things seemed to be calm in Daliang. It seemed that the two major events, "Li Huan, Minister of the Ministry of War, begged for the bones" and "Bing Zhu Bureau begged to move out of Daliang" had not had any impact on the structure of Daliang.
However, people with a discerning eye can see that the atmosphere in Daliang became particularly tense at this time. Although the three princes, Prince Xiang Hongjing, Prince Qing Hongxin, and Prince Su Wang Hongxin, were all banned from their respective palaces by the Emperor of Wei, these three palaces were
Dignitaries and dignitaries come and go frequently.
A group of great nobles such as Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu frequently visited Prince Qing's Mansion, and a number of great nobles such as Chengling Prince Zhao Shen also came in and out of Prince Su's Mansion one after another, as if both sides were preparing their troops to compete.
In late November, two completely opposite public opinions suddenly broke out in Daliang City.
On the one hand, there is public opinion that is unfavorable to Su Wang Zhao Hongrun: Yuanling Marquis Feng Shu, Huyao Marquis Sun Mou, Wanlong Marquis Zhao Jian and other major nobles in the country jointly sued Su Wang Zhao Hongrun for conniving his subordinates to commit crimes, which resulted in the loss of many stores in Yuanling under the name of Yuanling Marquis.
It was destroyed by Shangshui soldiers who wanted to cause trouble.
On the other side, there is extremely unfavorable public opinion against Yuanlinghou Fengshu: After investigation by the Ministry of Punishment and King Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, it was found that the Yuanlinghou Fengshu family was running rampant in Yuanling City, bullying men and women, and listed more than ten crimes.
These two completely contradictory pieces of news confused the people of Daliang. They couldn't figure out which one was true and which one was false. They talked about it with great interest after dinner, which made the two pieces of news more and more intense, so much so that the imperial court had to intervene.
Chapter completed!