On October 15th, the Xiayuan Festival, King Yong Hongyu presided over ancestor worship on behalf of the Emperor of Wei in the tomb temple of previous kings in the palace.
After the sacrifice, when King Yong Hongyu was about to return to King Yong's Mansion, a eunuch who appeared to be in his forties blocked his way and said: "Your Majesty has summoned King Yong."
King Yong Hongyu was not surprised by this, so he followed the eunuch to the Manlu Palace, and walked into the palace under the leadership of Tong Xin, the right commander of the Royal Guards of the Gongwei Department.
When he arrived at the inner hall, Yong Wang Hongyu saw his father sitting on the edge of the couch, and his pulse was being taken by an imperial doctor in the palace.
Next to it, stood the eunuch Tong Xian and the president of the Three Guards Army Li Zheng, the former chief of the imperial clan of Emperor Wei.
Glancing at Li Zheng, Yongwang Hongyu somewhat guessed the purpose of his father summoning him this time.
"Hongyu is here."
After seeing Zhao Hongyu, Emperor Wei took his wrist out of the imperial doctor's hand and signaled the latter to leave temporarily. The imperial doctor didn't say much. After packing the medicine box, he said goodbye to Emperor Wei and Yongwang Hongyu respectively.
Leave.
At this time, Yong Wang Hongyu stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said: "My son Hongyu, I kowtow to my father and wish him good health."
"Get up." Emperor Wei smiled and raised his right hand to signal Zhao Hongyu to get up.
Immediately, he asked Zhao Hongyu some trivial matters during today's sacrifice. After hearing Zhao Hongyu's fluent answers and the arrangements for ancestor worship, Emperor Wei nodded with satisfaction.
"Hongyu, you did a great job... A few years ago, I could insist on worshiping my ancestors, but now, I can't. I feel tired after standing for a long time..." Emperor Wei patted his leg, and his tone was unavoidable.
Seems a little bleak.
I remember that when he first came to the throne, he was strong and high-spirited. But more than 20 years later, his health has deteriorated. Now he has reached the point where he feels extremely strenuous even if he stands for a while. This is for a man who once had great ambitions.
For the king, it can be said to be a huge blow.
"My father's words are serious. I think that my father has been working hard on state affairs for twenty years and has become sick from overwork. After a few more days of cultivation, he will be able to show his glory again." King Yong Hongyu replied respectfully.
Emperor Wei smiled lightly when he heard this.
It is true to say that he worked hard on state affairs and became ill due to overwork. He is only forty-nine this year and half a hundred years old in another year, but his hair and beard are already gray.
Compared with Wang Zhaoshen and others, he is far more than ten years older.
But as for recuperating and recuperating, that is just a luxury hope: as people get older, once their bodies collapse, there is almost no possibility of recovery, and they are no better than those strong young men of their nephews' generation.
"Let's not talk about this for now."
Emperor Wei called Yong Wang Hongyu in front of him and signaled Tong Xian to bring a stool for his son to sit on. Then, he looked at Zhao Hongyu and said with a half-smile: "Hongyu, you gave everyone to him in the past two days."
What a joke."
This "everyone" actually includes Emperor Wei himself.
A few days ago, even he thought that Yong Wang Hongyu took action to rectify the imperial guards just to retaliate against the imperial guards for letting King Xiang Hongjing run away that day. Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongyu quickly left the Chen family from Chen after removing the original imperial guards.
, Suanzao Cui and other Yongwang noble clansmen selected young people and transferred them to the imperial guards. In one move, they changed the pillars and took the imperial guards into their hands, freeing the imperial guards from the control of Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army and the inner chamberlain.
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When Emperor Wei learned about this, he was also surprised. After all, he did not expect Zhao Hongyu to be so bold: You and I are still alive and well, and you took away the imperial guards. What do you want to do?
You know, although after the emergence of the "Arch Guards", the status of the imperial guards was far less than it was before, but as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The imperial guards are still the guards guarding the palace, so they have been composed of
How can the emperor of Wei or the confidants of the emperor of Wei be under the control of others?
But in the past two days, Hongyu used the pretext of "revenge on the imperial guards" to rectify the imperial guards on the surface, but actually brought the imperial guards under his control. This undoubtedly touched the nerves of Emperor Wei.
Therefore, today Emperor Wei specially called the son of Yong Wang Hongyu to ask him what he wanted to do.
"...I heard what Li Zheng said, you put Chen Liushi, Suanzao Cui and other descendants of the family who support you into the imperial guard, and secretly instructed these people not to obey Li Zheng's orders. Is this possible?
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"Father, it is clear that this is indeed true!" Yongwang Hongyu admitted frankly.
Hearing this, Emperor Wei, Tong Xian, and Li Zheng were slightly surprised: He actually admitted it?
"Why?" Emperor Wei asked slowly.
"Because Mr. Li Zheng has very loose control over the imperial guards, which is not conducive to the security of the palace." Yong Wang Hongyu said calmly: "According to regulations, the imperial guards can capture anyone who causes trouble in the palace, regardless of their status. But Zhao Hongjing escaped.
On that day, Mr. Li Zheng turned a blind eye. It could not be because of Zhao Hongjing’s emperor.
Should I let him go because he is a son?... I dare to ask Mr. Li Zheng, is this what you did when your father entrusted you to take charge of the security of Daliang and the palace?... Whether to let Zhao Hongjing go or not should be judged by your father. Li Zheng
Your Excellency just arrests people. But just like what Mr. Li Zheng did that day, I dare not return the guards."
Li Zheng, who was standing aside, blushed at what Yong Wang Hongyu said and could not refute.
"..."
Emperor Wei glanced at Yong Wang Hongyu in surprise.
You must know that in the past few years, Zhao Hongyu was somewhat afraid of Li Zheng and was polite to the latter, but today, Yong Wang Hongyu calmly scolded Li Zheng. With such fearless power, Emperor Wei seemed to see himself.
After thinking for a moment, Emperor Wei said to Yong Wang Hongyu: "Hongyu, let's put aside Li Zheng's matter for now... Regarding the imperial guards, you played a trick two days ago and tried to control the imperial guards... Haha, forbidden
Wei, Hongyu, like you, where do you put me?"
At the end of the sentence, Emperor Wei's tone became a little harsh.
However, Yong Wang Hongyu did not change his expression and asked: "Dare I ask my father, where do you put your sons and ministers?!"
"What?" Wei Tianzi showed a little confusion on his face, as if he didn't understand.
Seeing this, Yongwang Hongyu said solemnly with a straight face: "I dare to ask my father, is my son the prince responsible for supervising the country? Or is he just a puppet in the hands of my father? ... If it is the latter, my son
Please resign!"
Emperor Wei frowned and said slowly: "Why does Hongyu have such... thoughts?"
I saw a flash of anger on the face of King Yong Hongyu, and said with a stern face: "The fourth brother Hongjiang is stationed in the northern border, and he has 30,000 Shanyang troops and 20,000 Nanyan troops under his command; the fifth brother Hongxin has 50,000 troops under his command.
To suppress the rebel army, there are 50,000 Northern and Southern armies; Laoba Hongrun has 50,000 merchant navy troops and 50,000 Yanling troops under his command.
Even Xiaojiu Hongxuan had an army of 100,000 soldiers under his command... Each of these brothers held tens of thousands of troops. Why, as the prince chosen by his father, could his orders not go out of Daliang? However,
It’s a rectification, taking over the control of only a thousand imperial guards, and some people are making irresponsible remarks?!”
Having said this, he glanced at Li Zheng with his sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "Master Li Zheng, unless my father deposes me, if I take over the country one day, even if you are my father's Zongwei
Commander, I will not keep you! ...You hand over the military guards, imperial guards, and Lang guards, it will be a matter of time!"
"..." Li Zheng opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
He was shocked by the power of Yong Wang Hongyu at this time.
Not to mention Li Zheng, even the Emperor of Wei was secretly shocked by the power of Yong Wang Hongyu. He felt that Zhao Hongyu today was so sharp that he was completely different from the past.
Seeing the tension in the atmosphere from the side, the eunuch Tong Xian quickly came to the rescue and said: "Your Highness, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down..."
Yongwang Hongyu ignored Tong Xian, turned his attention to Emperor Wei again, and said seriously: "Father, in the final analysis, this is your problem... Everyone in the world knows that I, Zhao Hongyu, will most likely be the next king, but I know
, Father, you are still hesitating in your heart... Just like what was said in the government and the public, you have always paid attention to Lao Liu and Lao Ba. After Lao Liu left me, the Wei Dynasty, you have always hoped that Lao Ba will inherit the country... But in your heart
Thinking like this, you pushed your son to the position of overseeing the country. I dare to guess, are you still hoping that Lao Ba will change his mind?... If your father is like this, where will you put your son? What do you think of other people?
If a brother is too tolerant, but is too harsh on his sons and ministers, in the long run it will lead to disaster!"
"..." Wei Tianzi's eyes changed slightly.
In fact, Yong Wang Hongyu's guess was indeed correct. Although Emperor Wei did not regard the former as a spare tire, Emperor Wei was still hesitating between Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Hongrun.
It is precisely because of this that the Emperor of Wei has always held the control of Daliang firmly in his hands, so much so that King Yong praised this highly popular prince who oversees the country, but his actual power is not even as good as that of King Yan Hongjiang, King Qing Hongxin, and King Su Hongrun.
King Huan Hongxuan and several others.
At this time, Zhao Hongyu glanced at Li Zheng who was standing beside him, and said seriously to Emperor Wei: "Father, your ministers are indeed consolidating their power, but this is not to force the palace. On the contrary, my ministers believe that this is necessary for the transfer of monarchy.
The path... Unless the prince that the father pays attention to is not a son, otherwise, these things will gradually be transferred to the hands of the son, it is just a matter of time... The first few days were imperial guards, and then the next
, that is, the military guards, the Lang Wei, the imperial court, and the six garrison battalions. The sons and ministers will gradually hold these in their hands, take over the Wei Dynasty, inherit the country, strengthen the Wei Dynasty and dominate the Central Plains... If my father, you have any suspicions, what are you doing?
If you are dissatisfied, please remove your subordinates! I, Zhao Hongyu... have had enough of being a chess piece in the hands of others. I would rather follow Zhao Hongli and leave Daliang than be another person's puppet!"
"..."
Looking at Zhao Hongyu with an angry face, Emperor Wei was speechless.
After all, everything Yong Wang Hongyu said was reasonable, and even he had no way to refute it.
He secretly guessed: Shi's death really caused such an earth-shaking change in his son?
At this time, Yong Wang Hongyu took a deep breath, stood up, cupped his hands and said: "I will not disturb my father's rest, I will leave."
Emperor Wei didn't know what to say, so he just nodded silently.
Seeing this, Yongwang Hongyu bowed his hands and resigned. When he walked out of the inner hall, he turned back and glanced at Li Zheng.
"As I just said, next, I will find an opportunity to take over the military guard, and I also ask Mr. Li Zheng... to cooperate a lot."
"..." Li Zheng was speechless.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Wei frowned and felt a little unhappy in his heart.
However, as Zhao Hongyu said, if you are dissatisfied, remove him... If you remove him, who will he replace?
Among the scholars, except for Zhao Hongrun, who had no intention of taking the throne, who else could match the reputation of King Yong?
The latter not only possesses the talents of a king, but also possesses the power of a king.