Although the emperor had no special instructions, Jia Ke thought that if he didn't show his loyalty now, there would be no such good opportunity in the future.
So Jia Ke put on his helmet and crown, held Fang Tian's painted halberd, and stood outside the emperor's tent to keep vigil for the emperor. The emperor's personal eunuch Da Daiquan came out several times to persuade him to rest. Jia Ke sternly refused.
Jia Ke said it very nicely. Since the emperor has entrusted the safety to the subordinates, the subordinates cannot slack off at all. If there is any problem, who can take care of it.
Dai Quan had no choice but to go back to the tent and listen to Jia Ke's words to the emperor. After hearing these words, the emperor was very moved. As an emperor, he has not had such emotions for many years. He doesn't know why.
Ever since the emperor met Jia Ke, he had a special liking for him.
On this day, the emperor slept in the tent with unprecedented peace. In the past, the emperor was often awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night. Either evil spirits came to seek his life, or someone rebelled and entered the palace. But this night, none of these nightmares appeared. It seemed that these evil spirits
They are all afraid of Jia Ke's majesty.
At dawn the next day, the emperor was still sleeping soundly, which was unimaginable before. Dai Quan saw that the time was almost up, so he had to go into the tent and gently wake up the emperor.
As soon as the emperor woke up, he looked at the sky outside and saw that it was already bright. He felt that he had slept so comfortably that night and completely let go of his worries.
The emperor put on his clothes, summoned all the ministers, and headed to Taizu's mausoleum. You could not take a car at this step, you had to walk. The emperor took the lead and walked in front, with Jia Ke guarding him. The ministers followed the emperor and slowly walked towards the mausoleum.
.Since the emperor and many ministers were already old and frail, they walked very slowly along the way. They started in the morning and arrived at the mausoleum at almost noon. By the time they arrived at the mausoleum, the emperor was already tired.
, couldn't walk anymore, if Dai Quan wasn't holding him up, he would have been lying on the ground.
Jia Ke followed the emperor to the edge of Emperor Taizu's imperial mausoleum. He raised his head and looked carefully, and found that the scale of Emperor Taizu's imperial mausoleum was not large. This was only because the people were exhausted when the country was founded, and Emperor Taizu had a good life.
He refused to be too extravagant and wasteful, so when he built the imperial mausoleum, although the specifications were the same as those of the previous emperor, the size of all buildings was much smaller. He also left a will that from now on, the imperial mausoleums of future generations should not exceed his size.
Therefore, the imperial tombs of the emperors of this dynasty were not large.
The imperial mausoleum has three walls: the inner imperial city, the brick city, and the earth city. There are hundreds of rooms in the mausoleum, such as the Xiang Hall, the verandahs on the left and right of the hall, the palace hall, the direct room, the divine kitchen, the slaughtering kitchen, and the wine room. The Golden Gate, the Red Gate,
There are dozens of Lingxing gates, dozens of royal bridges, red bridges, and water passes, stele pavilions, two temples, sacrificial offices, dozens of shops, hundreds of pines and cypresses, and dozens of pairs of stone figures and horses. Among them, the emperor
The main hall of the mausoleum is the most magnificent, with nine rooms in width and three levels of Danbi. It is a place for holding sacrificial activities.
The emperor and the important ministers came to the main hall and offered sacrifices. The emperor's sacrificial vessel, nine tripods, eight guis and nine tripods, contained cattle, sheep, hogs, fish, bacon, intestines, skin, fresh fish, and fresh wax. This kind was also called Dalao. This was only for the emperor.
Only the sacrificial method can be used.
The emperor had just finished the sacrifice and came to the square in front of the main hall. Suddenly, a forbidden soldier ran up the Shinto. This man was out of breath, but he did not dare to stop for a moment. Dai Quan hurriedly asked someone to stop him.
The emperor saw it clearly and told Dai Quan: "Don't stop him, let him come over and talk." Dai Quan quickly winked at the guard below, and the guard let him go.
As soon as the imperial army came to the emperor, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and reported eagerly: "It is not a good thing to report to the emperor. Countless soldiers have surrounded the imperial mausoleum and blocked internal and external traffic."
The emperor said expressionlessly: "Go down, I know."
Li Lu, a bachelor, stood up and responded: "Your Majesty, the imperial mausoleum has been surrounded. Someone must have disobedient intentions. Please send someone to break out of the encirclement immediately and find some passers-by, King Ma Qin."
"There is no need. I want to see who is so arrogant." The emperor said calmly.
The emperor didn't show any panic even now because he had already expected such a move today and had made complete arrangements in the past few days.
His confidant, King Beijing, did not come with him today. He had already sent him to the Forbidden Army, ready to bring reinforcements at any time.
The Minister of War was also sitting in the capital, ready to quell the rebellion at any time. Therefore, the emperor was already confident that as long as he gave an order, King Beijing would lead the soldiers of King Qin from all walks of life to surround and exterminate the people below.
Moreover, there was Jia Ke standing next to the emperor. As long as the opponent did not attack up the mountain, with Jia Ke's strength, there was nothing that could hurt him.
While the monarch and his ministers were discussing, suddenly the imperial guards came to report that a eunuch wanted to see the emperor.
A sneer appeared on the emperor's lips, and then he ordered the eunuch to be brought with him.
After a while, the imperial army brought a young eunuch. This eunuch showed off his power and did not take anyone else seriously. When he saw the emperor, he just bowed and then said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, our family is here under the order of the emperor."
Come to deliver the message."
Academician Yan Mu was furious after hearing what he said, and refuted loudly: "The current emperor is right in front of us, where is the emperor? Who are you? How dare you falsely pass on the imperial edict."
The young eunuch glanced at Yan Mu disdainfully, and then said slowly: "The prince has ascended the throne as emperor, and he ordered me to bring the decree to reward the emperor. Do you accept the emperor's decree or not?"
After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, what a prince, what a prince, but he wants to do something to force his father to seize the throne. I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability." After saying this, he said to Dai Quan.
Said: "Give me the order."
After hearing the emperor's order, Dai Quan hurriedly came to the back and waved a large red flag. The little eunuch didn't stop him when he saw this, he just stood there as if watching a good show. Dai Quan almost broke his arm.
, but no one responded.
The emperor was a little frightened when he saw this, and his face began to turn pale.
The little eunuch laughed loudly and said with a sneer: "Your Majesty, this is the reinforcement that will kill King Beijing. Unfortunately, King Beijing is already on the road to hell. The entire imperial army has been controlled by the prince, and the surrounding emperor
The mausoleum is the military horse of Liaodong Jiedu Shi. Now that the emperor has accepted the decree, he can still enjoy his old age. Otherwise, I am afraid he will not have a good death."
The emperor had begun to tremble at this time. His plan was originally perfect, so how could there be any flaws? The emperor asked unwillingly: "How did you get the information to control the imperial army?"
The little eunuch said with a smile: "The Emperor already knew that the Supreme Emperor would ask, so he asked me to make it clear to the Supreme Emperor so that the Supreme Emperor would give up."
"Your Majesty, you may not know yet, but Huo Tu, Minister of War, has long been our Emperor's servant. Your every move is under His Majesty's surveillance." He said with a proud smile.
At this time, the emperor was already a little unsteady, and the eunuch next to him quickly supported him. Although the emperor expected that there was a traitor within himself, he never expected that it was Huo Tu. He could be said to be a confidant to him.
Otherwise, he would not be allowed to take charge of the Ministry of War. Unexpectedly, he would betray him in the end. It seems that all his plans have been known to the prince, and now he is really in danger.
The emperor barely stood firm with the help of the eunuch, then looked at the ministers below and said: "The matter has reached a critical moment, what can you do?"
Each of these ministers lowered their heads and said nothing. At this time, these ministers were thinking and weighing the pros and cons. Whether to continue to follow the emperor or take advantage of this opportunity to switch to the prince's command.
But soon someone made a decision, and suddenly a minister knelt down in front of the emperor and shouted loudly: "Long live Qi Zhen. Now that the prince has grown up and is so heroic, please ask the emperor to enthrone the prince. When the time comes, the world will
Peace, lest his life be ruined."
As soon as the minister finished speaking, forty or fifty more ministers immediately knelt at his feet and said together: "I second my opinion."
These people have seen that the emperor is at the end of his rope, and they still have a long life and a family to take care of. They must not let anything happen here. Moreover, even if they turn to the prince, the prince still has to rely on them to govern the country with their power. Therefore.
After careful consideration, some people still felt that they should go with the flow and move to the side of the prince in order to continue to maintain their glory and wealth.
When the emperor saw this situation, he was so angry that he could not speak. At this time, Pan Yong, a great scholar, stood up and said to the ministers who were kneeling on the ground: "Do you people still have the heart of a scholar? Confucius said
Chengren, Mencius said, "Qiyi. Now it's time for us to be loyal to the emperor. How can we be greedy for life and afraid of death?"
After hearing what he said, the emperor couldn't help feeling warm to his heart. The three bachelors he promoted, Li Lu and Yan Mu, were said to be capable officials in governing the world, while Pan Yong was said to be a villain who flattered him.
, but at the critical moment, these gentlemen below, who are full of benevolence, justice and morality, force themselves to surrender to the prince one by one, and this villain in their mouth has to be loyal to them, which shows that they have not misjudged the person.
But the emperor didn't know that in order to flatter the emperor, Pan Yong looked down on others and even contradicted the prince several times. Even if he leaned against him, the prince could not spare him, so he followed the emperor wholeheartedly.
Seeing this situation, Jia Ke knew that he should come out and say a few words. This time he looked dangerous, but in fact there was no difficulty.
Fan Kang had already anticipated this situation. A few days before departure, Fan Kang had already told him all the situations and arranged specific solutions for him.
Now Jia Ke looks dangerous, but in fact he is as stable as a rock. At this time, expressing his loyalty to the emperor can show his loyalty. Secondly, if something happens to the emperor, he can break out of the enemy camp with his martial arts, and then gather his troops to clear the emperor's side.
You may be able to control the situation in advance.
After Pan Yong finished speaking, Jia Ke could have fallen down and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything else, I only know the word loyalty. Now the matter is critical, it is the time for me to be loyal. Today, as long as I have a breath
Now, they can't even think of hurting the Emperor. If I'm not here anymore, please take care of yourself, Your Majesty."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor was even more moved. Now Jia Ke obviously meant that if he could save the emperor, if he died in the battle, the emperor should have made plans in advance.
Seeing that there were already two loyal ministers on his side, the emperor asked the other two bachelors, "What do you think? Let me sit in the crown prince's seat too?"
Li Lu and Yan Mu were silent at this time, but silence at this time is the biggest statement. It seems that they also think that the emperor has no chance to make a comeback. As long as they do not express their position, when the new emperor ascends the throne, relying on their disciples and old officials,
All over the world. The new emperor can't do without them when he governs the world. The glory and wealth will not be any less when the time comes. There is no need to stand up and express his position now.