At the gate of the capital city, with all the civil and military officials kneeling to see him off, he headed south all the way to Tongzhou Pier. Here, there were already dozens of dragon boats waiting for him.
Jia Ke boarded the dragon boat at Tongzhou Pier, and then the fleet headed south along the canal.
Not to mention that Jia Ke was enjoying the mountains and rivers in the lower reaches of the south. Besides, in the capital, since Jia Ke left, Chu King Jia Zhi, who was the supervisor of the country, immediately became active.
As he grew older, Jia Zhi also understood that he was not the son Jia Ke valued. With the competition from many brothers, it would not be easy for him to ascend to the position of prince, so he regarded this time as the prisoner of the country.
Golden opportunity.
The first thing Jia Zhi did was to assign a position among the six ministries to all the disciples around him.
However, Jia Zhi knew that this matter was against the rules. After all, since Jia Ke became emperor, no one who had not taken the imperial examination had ever held an official title.
Jia Zhi also did not dare to arrange any important positions. These people all held false positions among the six ministries, so as not to cause a backlash in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
However, Fan Kang, who was in charge of the capital, could not agree. After receiving Jia Zhi's order, he went to Yangxin Hall to argue with Jia Zhi that day.
And Jia Zhi seemed to have known about it for a long time. When Fan Kang came to Yangxin Hall, he had already hid in the palace.
Fan Kang could not enter the palace, so he had no choice but to leave. In this way, Fan Kang entered the palace three times, and Jia Zhi avoided him three times.
In the end, Fan Kang had no choice but to accept Jia Zhi's order, thinking that if he was still tossing it now, as long as there was no big trouble, the emperor would naturally sort out the situation when he came back.
After Jia Zhi arranged for his cronies, the second thing he did was to win over the gentry all over the world. Therefore, he issued several orders to the officials all over the world to treat the gentry favorably.
And those people around Jia Zhi kept beating the drum, asking Jia Zhi to exempt the gentry from paying taxes.
Jia Zhi is not a fool. How dare he make a decision on such a major matter? If he dares to issue an edict, Jia Ke can depose him the next day.
Now, Jia Zhi has begun to understand that the people around him may have selfish motives and are not really helping him wholeheartedly.
So Jia Zhi turned his attention to the imperial court and wanted to choose a few confidants. In the end, he chose his teacher Li Wenbin.
This Li Wenbin was Jia Ke's first teacher, and later served as Jia Zhi's master. Over the years, he had worked hard to advise Jia Zhi. Jia Zhi felt that the only one who truly cared for him was Li Wenbin.
So, one night Jia Zhi summoned Li Wenbin to the Yangxin Hall.
As soon as Li Wenbin entered the Yangxin Hall, before he could kneel down to salute Jia Zhi, Jia Zhi had already hurried over, grabbed Li Wenbin's arm, and helped him to a seat.
Then Jia Zhi sat aside to accompany him.
When Li Wenbin saw such courtesy from Dao Jia Zhi, he knew that he had something important to discuss with him, so he asked: "Is there something that the prince cannot decide on his own?"
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the teacher. These days, I have been ordered by my father to sit in the capital and supervise the world. Now I know how difficult it is for my father to govern the country?"
Li Wenbin was a little surprised. This is good. Why did King Chu say this?
King Chu Jiazhi continued: "I think that now that I am older, I can share my father's worries. If I can take care of him more, my father will be able to worry less. I wonder what the teacher can do?"
After hearing this, Li Wenbin was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat. Now Jia Zhi was about to say that he would sideline Jia Ke and make himself emperor.
Li Wenbin looked Jia Zhi up and down and felt a little discouraged. He originally thought that this King of Chu was also a man who knew the current affairs and knew how to advance and retreat. He didn't expect that his ambition was so big, but he didn't have any long-term vision.
But at this time Li Wenbin could not withdraw, because the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty already knew that Li Wenbin was a subordinate of King Jia Zhi of Chu.
So Li Wenbin could only persuade him: "I would like to ask Your Majesty to please be patient. Now the Emperor rules China, and his cronies are spread all over the country. No one in the world can mobilize any soldiers without the Emperor's order. If Your Majesty acts rashly,
I’m afraid it will be a disaster.”
After hearing what Fan Kang said, King Jiazhi of Chu knew that what he said was reasonable, but he sighed, looked at Fan Kang sincerely, and spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"I have realized over the years that my father will never pass on the throne to me. I will not hide the reason from Master Li. It is because my mother has the blood of the previous royal family."
After Li Wenbing heard this secret, he immediately understood that Jia Ke would not make the eldest son of Chu King Jia Zhi the crown prince.
Things are a little tricky now.
When King Chu Jiazhi saw Li Wenbin's expression change, he knew that he was a little scared, so he smiled slightly and said to him: "Teacher, now is my last chance to take charge of the world. After a while, my father will return to Beijing, how can I return to the capital?"
Allow me to do anything."
Li Wenbin is now desperate. This Chu King Jiazhi is useless. It seems that he has voted for the wrong person. "My lord, you have no hope. You want to be independent in the capital, but look at the three major camps outside the capital.
Among the infantrymen who command the yamen, and the imperial army near the palace, which troop is not a direct lineage of the emperor who followed the emperor in the north and south, and which general is not the emperor's confidant? Can the prince command them to move every soldier?"
Li Wenbin sighed and continued: "I'm afraid the prince just announced here, but over there, they sent people in to arrest the prince."
Chu King Jiazhi nodded after hearing Li Wenbing's words, but there was no fear on his face.
"Precisely because they are all my father's confidants, if my father dies, they will naturally obey me as the supervisor."
When Li Wenbin heard this, his heart trembled, and even his legs trembled a little. Listening to the meaning of the words of the ancestor King Jia Zhi, the emperor was about to die.
But it knew the emperor's body. The emperor's annual inspection was so easy that he went north to resist the Tatars. His horse-riding skills were rare in the world.
How could such a good body die?
The King of Chu, Jia Zhi, smiled mysteriously at Li Wenbin and said nothing, but continued to ask: "If my father dies, Mr. Li, do you think this king will have a chance to rule the world?"
Li Wenbin now knew that he could only do his best to plan for Chu King Jiazhi after boarding the pirate ship. After listening to Chu King Jiazhi's question, he lowered his head and pondered for a long time.
"If the emperor dies as the prince thinks, then as the prince overseeing the country, you will naturally be the legitimate crown prince. When the time comes, all the civil and military forces in the world will support the prince."
Li Wenbin was silent for a while, then continued: "Ruling the world is inseparable from military power. Now the prince is relatively weak in this aspect. It seems to me that during this period, the prince has been in contact with Jia Yucun, the infantry commander of the Yamen."
"Why is this?" In Jia Zhi's mind, Jia Yucun was Jia Ke's absolute confidant. It was Jia Yucun who planned Jia Ke's ascension to the throne. How could he win over such a person?
But Li Wenbin told him: "Nearly all of the people in the capital have fought with the emperor for so many years. There is no way they could betray the emperor. Even if the emperor dies in the end, they will wait and see what happens. Only
Although this Jia Yucun was promoted by the emperor, I think this person is a villain who is greedy for profit. As long as the prince treats him a lot, this person will definitely turn to the prince. This is also the only chance for the prince to take charge of the military.
"
King Jia Zhi of Chu's eyes widened after hearing this. Thinking about Jia Yucun's usual actions, it turned out that it was really what Li Wenbin said. It seemed that this was a breakthrough.
Li Wenbin saw that Jia Zhi kept nodding, and then continued: "When the news of the emperor's death comes, the prince can use the infantry controlled by Jia Yucun to command the military power of the Yamen, seal off the nine gates, and then send troops to attack the emperor's other princes.
He will be taken into custody. Then he can immediately succeed to the throne. By then, the title of king and minister will be determined, and great things will be accomplished."
After hearing this, Chu King Jia Zhi finally understood Li Wenbin's plan. According to Li Wenbin's arrangement, he could really easily ascend to the throne, but this prerequisite was that Jia Ke could die according to the plan.
Jia Zhi was still somewhat confident about handling the matter of Jia Ke's death.
Some time before Qin Keqing's death, he had already thought about King Jia Ke of Chu, and that his life would not be easy in the future.
So he secretly kept his own power in the palace and the young master's incomplete power outside the palace secretly, and arranged for manpower to lurk silently.
In the past few years, as Jia Zhi got older, these people contacted Jia Zhi.
Only then did Jiazhi realize that there was such a power in his mother's hands.
Over the years, although these secretly hidden forces have not developed much, it is precisely because of their hiding that they have escaped several purges by Jacques.
Among these people, there are two eunuchs and a palace maid, who now hold considerable positions around Jia Ke.
The King of Chu, Jia Zhi, had given these people an order before Jia Ke left, that they must intoxicate Jia Ke with tea and rice.
The name of this fairy drunk sounds nice, but it is actually a kind of highly poisonous poison. It seems to be the venom extracted from a poisonous snake in Nanyang. The young master tried every means to get it. Since it has not been used, it has been kept until now.
This time Jia Zhi was cruel and determined to let Jia Ke die.
It is precisely because of this value that we are sure that Jia Ke will die during this southern tour.
After Jia Zhi and Li Wenbin discussed all night, starting from the next day, Chu King Jia Zhi began to frequently summon the Minister of Household Affairs, who also served as the nine-door admiral Jia Yucun.
Every time he was summoned, he was respectful to Jia Yucun, and he would give him a lot of gifts when he left Jia Yucun.
Not to mention this, he also hinted in front of Jia Yucun several times that he wanted to marry Jia Yucun's daughter as the princess.
On the surface, Jia Yucun's attitude towards Jia Zhi is getting better and better, but in fact, he is already wary in his heart. He has already seen what big move Jia Zhi is going to make.
So during this period in Jiayu Village, he would write a secret letter every night and order people to rush to deliver it to Jia Ke.
At the same time, Jia Yucun also ordered several generals of the Nine Admirals. Without his order, no one was allowed to mobilize a single soldier.
Now Jia Yucun is on the surface with Jia Zhixu, secretly waiting for Jia Ke's order.