Chapter 1694 Is the Renzi Juan Li Chu or Jian Guo?

  A team of people is running on the road to Iron Net Mountain.

  The road from Jingshi City to Tiewang Mountain is easy to walk. Although it is not the main post road, it is a must-go road in the autumn of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At the same time, the imperial mausoleum of the Great Zhou Dynasty is also on this line, so the road condition is maintained very well.

  Fang Congzhe, Qi Yongtai, and Li Tingji sat in a large carriage.

   This sudden accident disrupted their deployment.

  Emperor Yonglong discussed with them many times before, because he knew that Prince Yizhong also had a lot of insiders in the court, so many things were kept secret and only communicated with a few cabinet elders and ministers of the Ministry of War.

  Especially this step aimed at Niu Jizong was proposed by Emperor Yonglong, and he was determined to eliminate future troubles.

  The Beijing camp and the Xuanfu army are in the hands of Prince Yizhong's party, which puts too much pressure on the emperor. It is so great that the emperor has had trouble sleeping and eating since he took the throne for ten years. He wants to do many things but dare not do them, so he can only endure.

Now, by introducing Qiu Shiben and fighting the Mongols in the Battle of Santunying, the Jingying camp has finally completely changed its flag, completely transforming this iron army that originally belonged to the Supreme Emperor into the troops of Emperor Yonglong, but the Xuanfu army has been delaying Can't do it.

   Seeing that his health was getting worse, Emperor Yonglong made up his mind to eliminate the biggest hidden danger of the Xuanfu army, even at the risk of taking risks.

  But who would have thought that such a big change, even an accident, would have occurred just after the plan was launched.

   Or in other words, this was already calculated by the opponent, and a trick came, if the assassination of the emperor was the opponent's act.

  In fact, the cabinet ministers basically judged that the assassination of the emperor must have something to do with Prince Yizhong.

  If it is said that such a big move was made by someone on the spur of the moment, or that any other force can do it, no one will believe it.

   Now it is no longer a matter of discussing who did it and where the evidence is. What needs to be solved now is how to deal with the current situation.

   This is like a huge boulder pressing down on everyone's hearts, heavy.

The original plan was to let Niu Jizong lead the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army to launch a rebellion, and then take the bottom line. Datong Town has Yang Yuan and Chai Guozhu from Shanxi Town to cooperate. Sun Shaozu is naturally nothing to worry about. As long as there is Zhang Chengyin in Xuanfu Town With a sudden counterattack and You Shigong attacking from the east, Niu Jizong had no choice but to bow his head and capture him.

  The idea is very good, but Emperor Yonglong's sudden assassination and coma has become a huge variable.

Niu Jizong has a great influence in the Xuanfu army. Even if Zhang Chengyin, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu town, fights back, how many of the deputy commander-in-chief and guerrillas around him will listen to him in the end? I dare not say anything.

  Originally, it was considered that because of the righteousness of Emperor Yonglong, Niu Jizong's influence could be suppressed with a single imperial decree. Here, You Shigong attacked with a large army and completely defeated the confidence of Niu Jizong's party and won a complete victory.

But now that the emperor is in a coma, this news cannot be concealed from others, and Niu Jizong will take advantage of this opportunity to make a big splash. To play a fatal role in counterattack?

At the beginning, in order to lure Niu Jizong to lead the army to advance eastward, the Ministry of War also asked You Shigong to restrain the progress of the main force of Jizhen's westward advance, pretending to be restrained by the Chahar people who harassed Jiangjunshi and Huangyayu, but now it seems This has also become a fatal failure. Once the Xuanfu army advances eastward with all its strength and kills from Yanqingwei, it can be said to be a wilderness, and no one can stop it. Once the Xuanfu army arrives at the capital, what should everyone do?

Before the three of them left the city, Zhang Huaichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, had already discussed with the ministers of the cabinet, and finally decided to immediately send someone to send an order to You Shigong in Shunyi to quickly lead the army westward, control Gonghua City to the front line of Qinghedian, and prepare for the battle Preparations for the Xuanfu army.

   But it's too late, wait until the order arrives before mobilizing and attacking, I don't know if it's too late?

   "I'm afraid it's too late." Qi Yongtai said a little out of reason, "One wrong step, one wrong step."

  Although he was out of his mind, Fang Congzhe and Li Tingji both understood what Qi Yongtai was worried about, but now he could only resign himself to fate.

Matters in the military cannot be accomplished with just a single word of mouth. Tens of thousands of troops have to move, and it is not possible to cross them with one step on the map. Short distance, there is not a day or two that can't be done, but can the Xuanfu army give You Shigong such a long time?

"Chengfeng, now we can only act in this way. Let's talk about it after seeing the situation in Iron Net Mountain." Fang Congzhe also sighed, "Who would have thought that the iron net mountain autumn would become like this, cruel and merciless, Don't hold back."

  The same nonsense, but the two people in the car understand.

   But isn’t that the case with taking the heirloom? When Emperor Yonglong and Prince Yizhong took the throne, although they were not among the elders of the court, they were also courtiers. They also witnessed the fighting methods of all parties, and they also used insidious tricks. It's just that they were under the control of the Supreme Emperor, and they were not so ugly. Well, now it's all about the inheritance of the throne, who will stay behind?

  In the "Battle of Jingnan" in the former Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di was cruel and merciless, and in the former Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi "sounded the shadow of the ax" and forced Zhao Dezhao to death. Aren't they still called Taizong?

Under the throne, any friendship can be forgotten. The reason why Emperor Yonglong didn't attack Prince Yizhong was not because he didn't want to, but because the Supreme Emperor didn't have the right time, and he also thought that he was in control of the overall situation. If I knew it would turn into this way, I'm afraid I would rather take some risks and delete it in advance.

   "If the emperor really can't wake up for the time being, what should I do? Whether to set up a prince, or supervise the country?" Li Tingji didn't say much, but the question he asked was the key.

If Ye Xianggao didn't come, he was equivalent to Ye Xianggao's spokesperson. Now Qi Yongtai in this car represents the northern scholars, Fang Congzhe represents the southern Zhili-Zhejiang Yidang, and he is the Fujian-Jiangxi scholar The representatives of the people basically covered the public opinion of the mainstream scholars in the entire court. Ye Xianggao and Li Tingji also discussed how to deal with this situation, but they both felt that it was inappropriate.

   "Chengfeng, what do you think?" Fang Congzhe looked at Qi Yongtai.

"It's not up to us to decide on the establishment of the crown prince. What if the emperor wakes up and the person he appoints is not what he wants?" Qi Yongtai said in a deep voice: "We all know that Shouwang is not the emperor's favorite candidate, but if Is it appropriate to establish King Lu? What's more, it seems that the emperor has been hesitating between King Lu and King Gong..."

   "I'm afraid Prince Gong is too young?" Li Tingji frowned.

Fang Congzhe said indifferently: "Chengfeng, Er Zhang, let's talk about whether we can establish a reserve first. As for who we can establish, we will discuss later. Chengfeng, I don't think it matters who we establish. If the emperor wakes up and doesn't approve, then it's easy." It is not impossible to have a reserve, what we have to consider is whether there will be difficulties in the operation of the imperial court mechanism if there is no establishment of a reserve or supervision of the country, and whether there will be a situation where the name is not right and the word is not right, this is the key."

  Lacking Ye Xianggao's suppression, Fang Congzhe suddenly became imposing, which Qi Yongtai and Li Tingji felt very obviously.

  The sentence that no one is important is very meaningful, and both Qi Yongtai and Li Tingji actually think it deeply.

The situation of Emperor Yonglong's sons is all there. Maybe Lu Wang and Gong Wang are smarter, but they are too young, and the adult Shou Wang, Fu Wang, and Li Wang are all worrying about their qualifications. Anyway, they are not very optimistic. But if it is necessary to establish a reserve, then establishing a chief is the traditional concept of scholars.

  But the Great Zhou Dynasty did not establish the tradition of establishing a leader, so Lixian seems to be more supported by the emperor, because the word virtuous is too broad, and it is actually the emperor's own wish.

Now the emperor is in a coma. Although there was a tendency before, it is not clear who is in the hands of the cabinet and the six important officials. Basically it can be determined.

   But whether to reserve or not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of establishing it, and what are the advantages and problems of not establishing it?

   "If it is not established, the reputation will not be right, and if Prince Yizhong interferes with the court, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in the court." Li Tingji hesitated before saying.

  Ye Xianggao was also hesitant on this issue, so the two did not discuss it well before.

"How about not establishing a crown prince, but confirming the supervision of the country?" Qi Yongtai proposed: "Establishing the crown prince is basically to determine the next monarch. Once the emperor wakes up and disagrees, it is very troublesome and has a great impact, but the supervision of the country It’s different, once the emperor wakes up, or the cabinet thinks that the prison is no longer suitable, it can directly decide to replace or cancel the prison, which is much simpler.”

  Fang Congzhe nodded slightly, he also tended to this.

  Supervising the country is originally a temporary position, and the cabinet has the right to replace or dismiss it. Compared with the prince, the position of the prince is more formal and has more specific meaning, while the supervisor of the country has a more substantive role.

  However, whether the supervision of the country can play a role depends on whether the cabinet and the six civil servants agree with it.

   To put it bluntly, if you agree with us, we will support it. If you disagree with us, then we will ignore it. After all, the executive power is in our hands, and your supervision of the country is just a supervisory role.

   "I agree with Chengfeng's opinion. The establishment of a prison country does not have a crown prince. The crown prince must be decided by the emperor, unless the emperor is unfortunate..." Fang Congzhe paused, "Then it is not too late for us to discuss the crown prince."

Even if the emperor wants to remove the crown prince, he needs to go through a series of procedures, so the establishment of the crown prince is very formal, even if the emperor does not wake up, and the cabinet feels that the current crown prince is not suitable, it will be troublesome if he wants to change the crown It is very large, so there is a lot of room for buffering if there is no crown prince but a prison country. It is not said that you must be enthroned as emperor if you become a prison country.

  (end of this chapter)