Although those people who had contact with the Xixia people were all arrested secretly, there was a prince among them. The prince disappeared, and the officials who supported the prince suddenly panicked. At first, they thought they were killed by other princes.
, when they got the news that it was captured by people from Dongchang, they became even more panicked, thinking that the emperor had taken the initiative to eliminate a prince. Not only those officials thought so, but also officials from other factions who did not know the truth also
Think of it this way.
This made the other two princes extremely happy. The probability of inheriting the throne jumped from a little more than one-third to one-half. In their hearts, as long as they defeated one of them, the throne would be theirs.
The officials involved in the matter were naturally unwilling to give up. On that day, several important ministers went into the palace to meet the Holy Emperor. They wanted to confirm whether the emperor had really given up on the prince. When several important ministers came, the emperor did not give them a good look. This was terrible.
It frightened several people, and they all wondered why this was happening.
"Your Majesty, I don't know why you ordered the arrest of the Crown Prince. Did he break any national laws?" Although the emperor was powerful, it also made the ministers a little scared. However, to say that he was cowardly would be a bit exaggerated. In fact, if there is no conclusive evidence,
The evidence is that the emperor did not dare to touch most of these ministers. Most of these people came from political families and had a great influence on the court.
The emperor snorted coldly: "Huh, you still have the nerve to come see me. He secretly contacted Xixia and surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. Don't you know?"
Upon hearing the emperor's angry words, several ministers were shocked, "How is it possible! How is it possible to surrender to the enemy and betray the country!"
"Humph, it's impossible? Then what is this!" After the prince was captured, Dongchang's police immediately searched the prince's mansion. The prince was suddenly arrested, and some evidence of contacting Xixia was found by Dongchang.
The factory was searched on the spot. At this time, the old emperor threw something away angrily, which was the evidence.
Several ministers hurriedly picked it up and looked at it. Their expressions changed greatly when they saw it. Then they all fell to their knees with a plop: "Your Majesty, I really don't know that he has surrendered to the enemy and betrayed his country. What hope do you have?"
Your Majesty has learned from it!"
Seeing several ministers who kept kowtowing to each other, the emperor snorted coldly again: "Hmph, everyone, get up. If you really knew about this, you wouldn't be here now! The prison of the Ministry of Punishments has been prepared for you a long time ago.
Got it!"
"Thank you, your majesty, thank you, your majesty!"
Several ministers stood up. They had no intention of saving the prince now. As long as this matter did not involve them, they would burn incense.
"What do you do to support such a traitor?" Although the emperor did not hold them accountable, he still wanted to lose his temper and wanted to beat these ministers.
"I am ignorant and have not seen clearly this son's ambition."
Soon the truth of the matter spread throughout the court, and the ministers in the court did not expect that the prince actually wanted the throne and cooperated with Xixia. The officials of the factions involved were in danger and did not dare to show their faces in the court.
, other officials also quickly restrained the princes they supported and told them not to think of looking for foreign aid.
Although the emperor didn't want the matter to get serious, there were still some people who had to be dealt with, such as the prince's father, a marquis from the royal family. In fact, the marquis didn't know that his son was actually cooperating with Xixia, but such a thing
But whether you know it or not, even if you don't know, the emperor will not let their family go.
The matter was handled very quickly under the emperor's personal intervention. All those involved were questioned and executed. Because of this incident, Dongchang unexpectedly dug out several spies from Xixia and other countries. The fate of these spies was natural.
No matter where they went, they were all secretly executed.
The two armies were fighting without killing the envoys, not to mention that Xixia and other countries were now nominally allies with the Central Plains. The envoys were killed. This was simply an insult to Xixia and other countries. After the news came back, as expected, the people in the country clamored to send troops.
The voice started up again, but this time the court made preparations in advance. Their country was in a mess by the players, so it was not a good opportunity to send troops. The last few countries only made a few noises, and the matter was settled.
But everyone knows that this matter is only temporarily put aside. Several countries are so blatantly participating in the imperial court's fight for the right to inherit the throne. The imperial court will not swallow this tone. However, due to internal problems, it cannot use force now. As long as the time is right,
, the imperial court will definitely educate several countries, and if these countries agree to go too far, they will definitely send troops without hesitation as long as the time is right.
There was peace in the court for a few days, but a battle for people immediately started again. At first, it was the Shan faction officials, because the prince wanted to die on his own. Now there are only two factions left, the officials involved, and the prince without support. Of course,
It became the object of attraction for the other two factions.
In this regard, Wan Huojing and the others took action relatively early. When Zhongyuan decided to let Wan Huojing inform, they had already thought of this step. After the incident, before others could react, Wan Huojing started to take action.
Take action and win over those officials.
The officials of that faction were in danger when everyone was in danger. With Wan Huojing's wooing, many people immediately joined Wan Huojing's faction. When the officials of the other faction saw Wan Huojing's actions, they
Only then did he react and immediately began to win over those officials.
However, because Wan Huojing made preparations in advance and was the first to take action, more than half of the officials joined their faction. Because of this, Wan Huojing and his faction became so powerful that they controlled four of the six divisions.
It can be said to be the number one political party in the current imperial court.
The Crown Prince, whom Wan Huojing nominally supports, is so happy that he even plans to consider himself the Crown Prince, as if the throne is already in his pocket.
Zeng Yi became busy again, and suddenly recruited so many officials. Zeng Yi had to select the suitable ones and pull them into the pirate ship. However, while Zeng Yi was busy, the arrogant prince also began to do something.
Guy, seeing that the people who support him have become so powerful, with six tribes taking up four of them, they actually want Wan Huojing and the others to force the emperor to make him the prince, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Made, you really agreed with what you said. If God wants him to die, he will be driven crazy! To what extent has he grown so big that he thinks he can force the emperor to make him the prince?"
After learning this from Wan Huojing, Zeng Yi didn't know what to say, "Don't worry about him, just suppress him until I get those officials on board our pirate ship."
"I'm afraid I can't suppress him. That guy is already treating himself as a prince in his own house!"