On that day, after King Yong Hongyu came out of Fengyi Hall, he went straight back to King Yong's Mansion and had a drink with Shi Rong, the head of the Chen Liushi family.
Because of the promise from King Yong Hongyu, Shi Rong finally put down the huge stone hanging in his heart and accompanied King Yong Hongyu to drink from afternoon to night. He became extremely drunk and was carried to a wing of the palace to rest by the guards.
Only Yongwang Hongyu was left, still sitting at the stone table in the garden, drinking alone in front of the moonlight.
"...I believe that tomorrow, no one will be gossiping about Mr. Chen Liushi anymore."
While drinking, a voice suddenly came from behind Zhao Hongyu.
Yong Wang Hongyu looked back and said with a half-drunk smile: "It's Qi Gong. Come, drink with me for a while."
Zhang Qigong did not refuse, and sat down opposite Zhao Hongyu. After having a few drinks with His Highness, he said with a smile: "Your Highness is really "willful" today... News has been spread in the palace that His Highness and Queen Wang are together.
The conversation ended unhappily. Afterwards, His Highness left the palace without going to Chui Gong Hall to handle government affairs..."
At this point, he stirred the wine cup a few times and said meaningfully: "But there are some things that I think it's best to do it under the guise of "willfulness". In the future, there may not be such an opportunity..."
Yongwang Hongyu shook the empty cup in his hand and said calmly: "Qi Gong refers to..."the Imperial Guard", right?"
"Your Highness is wise."
Zhang Qigong smiled slightly and leaned over to fill up the drink for His Highness.
Looking at the wine in the glass, Yong Wang Hongyu's eyes flashed with determination, and he drank it all in one gulp.
The next day, Yongwang Hongyu led several clan guards directly to Chui Gong Hall.
At this time, in the Chuigong Hall, Zhongshu Ling Lin Yuyang, Zhongshu left minister Yu Ziqi, and Zhongshu right minister Feng Yu were already handling government affairs in the palace. When they saw King Yong Hongyu walking into the palace with a sullen face, they immediately stood up to greet him: "His Royal Highness King Yong."
"Thank you for your hard work these days, sir." Yong Wang Hongyu returned the greeting with his hands in hand.
"How dare you? How dare you."
The three Zhongshu ministers waved their hands. They secretly looked at Yong Wang Hongyu's face. They vaguely felt that the latter was still angry and seemed to have not yet fully recovered from the bad news of "the death of Concubine Shi", so they became more cautious to avoid being implicated.
Own.
After a while, Yong Wang Hongyu returned to his small case in the Chui Gong Hall and sat down. After glancing at the pile of memorials on the case table, he coughed and signaled: "Take a break, my lords. Today, my king has
I want to discuss this matter with three adults."
Hearing this, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu stopped what they were doing and looked at Yong Wang Hongyu.
Seeing this, Yong Wang Hongyu said with a smile: "My lords, I feel that the guards in this palace have been pampered for a long time and are no longer useful. They need to be reorganized. I wonder what your opinions are on this?"
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu looked at each other and secretly murmured in their hearts: As expected, His Highness King Yong is going to kill the "Prince Guard".
Lin Yuyang and the other three Zhongshu ministers were not surprised by this.
You must know that the incident that happened in Fengyi Palace that day was instigated by King Xiang Zhao Hongjing. His Highness King Xiang not only exposed the fact that "the eldest prince Zhao Hongli and Yong Wang Hongyu were exchanged when they were just born", but also used sharp words
Concubine Shi was so stimulated by her words that she took poison and committed suicide after returning to Jinxiu Palace to apologize to her biological son Zhao Hongli.
However, that day, His Royal Highness Prince Xiang, who had provoked the incident, left the palace without any hindrance after the incident, and no guards came forward to stop him.
Obviously, today His Highness King Yong wants to settle accounts with the Queen of Autumn.
"This..." Zhongshu Ling Lin Yuyang showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Your Highness King Yong, you should discuss this matter with Lord Li Zheng, or with the eunuch, I will wait..."
Indeed, the imperial guard in the palace, Lang Wei, was under the joint jurisdiction of "Li Zheng, the President of the Three Guards Army" and the "Inner Attendant Supervisor" - in contrast, Li Zheng, the former Zongwei Chief of Emperor Wei,
It has greater authority and more say.
Therefore, if Zhao Hongyu wanted to rectify the imperial guards, it stands to reason that he should consult with "Li Zheng".
However, unexpectedly, King Yong Hongyu said with a faint smile: "Lord Zhongshu Ling is joking. All domestic affairs, big and small, and political orders come from Chui Gong Hall..."
"You are right, but..."
Lin Yuyang and others showed a bit of embarrassment on their faces.
It is undeniable that Yong Wang Hongyu is right. All major and minor matters in the Wei Kingdom and government orders come from the Chui Gong Hall. However, the problem is that "Li Zheng, the President of the Three Guards Army" has a special status. He was the former Zongwei of Wei Emperor Zhao Yuansi.
The commander is an uncrowned general, and the first person in the military who has the power to mobilize any army in Wei State in times of crisis. Although the national decree comes from Chui Gong Palace, you can't bypass that gentleman, right?
"Shall we tell you the opinions of the three of you first?" Yongwang Hongyu said calmly.
After that, he saw Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu looking at each other, and then frowned and said: "I have been ordered by my father to supervise the country, don't I even have the right to rectify the imperial guards?"
Lin Yuyang heard this and said quickly: "Your Highness King Yong, please calm down... I wonder how your Highness wants to rectify it?"
Yong Wang Hongyu said calmly: "Most of the imperial guards in the palace are not useful. I am thinking about removing half of them, and the vacant places will be selected from local places."
"Remove half of it?!"
Lin Yuyang was shocked when he heard this, but looking at Yong Wang Hongyu's still angry face, he knew what was going on, but he did not dare to say anything more. He could only say: "My lord... I have no objection."
Hearing this, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu were shocked and looked at Lin Yuyang in horror.
However, after thinking about it carefully, they both immediately understood the reason for Lin Yuyang's compromise: His Highness, King Yong in front of them, obviously took out his hatred of Xiang Wang Hongjing on the imperial guard, and hated the latter for not acting that day and not punishing Xiang Wang Hongjing for provoking the trouble.
Capturing him was obviously an act to vent his anger. To stop him at this time would be tantamount to going against His Highness.
That's fine with other things, but this matter involves "the death of Concubine Shi" - this is the revenge of killing one's mother!
Therefore, if I go against His Highness King Yong on this matter, I am afraid that my career will end here.
Thinking of this, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu also chose to compromise: "Wei Chen and others... have no objections."
"The three adults really understand the righteousness." Yong Wang Hongyu showed a slight smile on his face, and then took out a document from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Please three adults take a look at this draft. If there is no objection, it will be issued today."
Alright."
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu looked at each other in confusion. They stood up and took the document from King Yong Hongyu's hand. After looking at it carefully, they realized that it was a document for dismissal. The eight Wulang Lieutenants of the Imperial Guard were all on the list, and they were all preparing here.
Among the list of positions to be removed.
The first person to bear the brunt was Jin Ju, the commander who led the imperial guards to Fengyi Palace that day.
"Are you going to take down the guards in one fell swoop?"
Lin Yuyang's face became very ugly, because he knew how Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, would feel after learning about this matter. Not only did Yong Wang Hongyu avoid him, but he also placed him in the Imperial Guards.
All eight subordinates have been dismissed from their posts. This is obviously a bad thing!
Feng Yu also thought of this and said humbly: "Your Highness King Yong, why don't you discuss such a big matter with His Majesty?"
Hearing this, Yong Wang Hongyu glanced at Feng Yu expressionlessly and said calmly: "My father is uneasy, so there is no need to alarm my father for some trivial matters... Furthermore, how can things in the palace be kept secret?"
Are you like your father?"
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu were deeply convinced when they heard this.
Half an hour later, Chui Gong Palace issued an edict to remove all eight Wu Langwei including Jin Ju and Cao Pu from their posts, and half of the remaining guards were dismissed.
After the incident spread, there was an uproar in the court. Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, was shocked and angry. He personally came to Chui Gong Hall to question King Yong Hongyu: "Why did His Highness King Yong remove eight of Li's subordinates from their posts?"
Yong Wang Hongyu calmly told the story about the imperial guards letting go of Xiang Wang Hongjing that day, and said coldly: "Such a neglect of duty, what use are the imperial guards for?!"
Li Zheng was speechless and could only go to Ganlu Hall afterwards to report the matter to Emperor Wei.
Just as Zhang Qigong guessed, King Yong Hongyu's willful move of removing the imperial guards from the palace was interpreted by Emperor Wei as a sign of anger. Considering that the imperial guards did let King Xiang Hongjing go, Emperor Wei could only appease Li Zheng and cooperate with King Yong Hongyu to rectify the situation.
Guard.
That night, Jin Ju, who had been dismissed from his post as Imperial Guard Wu Langwei, visited Prince Su's Mansion.
Zhao Hongrun had nothing to do about this. After all, Yong Wang Hongyu clearly wanted to vent his anger on the imperial guards. What could he do?
At most, he just appeases Jin Ju and assigns him a position: "Commander Jin, please be patient. This time the imperial guard suffered an unreasonable disaster. I deeply regret it. King Yong's move... By the way, the Smelting Bureau is in Daliang City.
If Commander Jin is not suspicious of the captain who is still patrolling Yecheng outside, he might as well surrender for a while to see what happens next."
Of course, Jin Ju would not refuse Zhao Hongrun's invitation. Although the position of Lieutenant of Yecheng was far less prestigious than that of the Imperial Guard, it was still an important position in the Suwang line.
So, he readily accepted it and made a request: could he be allowed to bring some of his fellow guardsmen into the job?
Naturally, Zhao Hongrun would not refuse this. After all, although the combat quality of the imperial guards was not as good as that of the garrison, they could still be regarded as elite men.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun had to say hello to Chui Gong Palace for this. After all, according to the news coming from the palace, Yong Wang Hongyu wanted to demote these Wu Lang Lieutenants to local positions as Wu Lieutenants.
During this period, Jie Ziyu suddenly asked Jin Ju: "Commander Jin, among your colleagues, I remember that there is a person named "Cao Pu" who is quite close to King Yong on weekdays. Has he also been devalued?"
Jin Ju nodded and said: "Cao Pu was also implicated this time, but it seems that he was not transferred to a local area, but was transferred to the Military Guard Mansion..."
"Heibeifu?"
Jie Ziyu frowned and murmured: "I'm afraid, what King Yong did today was not to vent his anger, but to seize power..."
"..." Zhao Hongrun was thoughtful.
Just three or two days later, Yongwang Hongyu transferred some soldiers from Chenliu, Suanzao and other places to serve as imperial guards. Among them were many members of the Yongwang nobles such as the Shi family of Chenliu and the Cui family of Suanzao.
From then on, although the Imperial Guard was still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Supervisor and the Guards Mansion, in reality, it was at the disposal of King Yong Hongyu. Even the Queen and the Queen could no longer mobilize the Imperial Guard privately through the Internal Affairs Supervisor.
At this time, many discerning people realized that King Yong Hongyu's reorganization of the imperial guards in the past two days was not just to vent his anger.