Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 263 The worry of the concubine
As one of the only six remaining state residences in the Ming Dynasty, the British residence naturally has a profound heritage and an extraordinary charm.

However, since the death of the old British Duke Zhang Fu, the mansion was really in chaos for a while because of the title of the British Duke.

Fortunately, in the end, the second and third masters of the mansion came forward to play the court, and finally returned the title to Zhang Mao, the eldest son of the eldest son, Zhang Mao, on the grounds that Zhang Zhong, the eldest son of the eldest son, was ill.

However, because the new Duke is only eight years old, his two uncles are in charge of all the affairs of the British government.

Logically speaking, in terms of age, it should have been Zhang Xiang, the second bedroom, who made the decision, but in fact it was not the case.

Passing the title to Zhang Mao, the youngest son, was decided by Zhang Fu long before his death.

The old man only had this youngest son in his sixties, so he naturally had to consider, once he left first, and the youngest son hadn't grown up yet, who should be the leader of the British government for him.

He chose Zhang Fu from Sanfang!

On the one hand, it is because Zhang Fu himself has military merits. He participated in the Battle of Luchuan and the Battle of Putting down the Miao Rebellion, so it is easier to gain a firm foothold in the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies.

On the other hand, it is also to prevent Zhang Mao from being conspired to seize the title in the future.

After all, the third room is the third room, even if the old man went, Zhang Fu got the power of the British government, if he wanted to seek the title, he had to get rid of the second room first, which was too difficult.

Out of these considerations, when the old man made arrangements, he directly arranged Zhang Fu to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and arranged Zhang Fu to the Jingwei Command and Envoy.

Sure enough, the old man died in a civil engineering battle.

Relying on the friendship he made in the Five Armies Commander's Mansion and other honorable mansions, Zhang Fu naturally inherited the political legacy of the British government and stepped forward to stabilize the situation.

Not only that, but the third master also coaxed his second brother to go around, making Zhang Min have no opinion about him coming to take charge of the Duke's Mansion, which shows how clever he is.

The sun slanted across the sky and began to slide down to the west.

In the backyard of the British government, Zhang Yu didn't have time to change his official uniform, and under the guidance of his servants, he walked quickly to a warm pavilion.

Opening the door and looking, my third brother and another person were sitting opposite each other, the teacups on the table were already cold, obviously they had been waiting for a while.

After ordering people to guard the outside, Zhang Min strode in and said.

"Third Brother, Prince Consort, you called me back in such a hurry, but what happened?"

In the warm pavilion, the person sitting opposite Zhang Fu was none other than Jiao Jing, the consort captain who had been idle for a long time.

Zhang Fu didn't speak, he got up and led Zhang Fu to sit down, Fang put his eyes on Yi Jiao Jing, and said.

"My son-in-law, what's the matter, can we talk about it now?"

Others don't know, but Zhang Xiang does.

This son-in-law seems to be jobless and light-hearted, but in fact, he is an important person in contact with his relatives and the palace.

At the beginning, Li Xian brought a group of descended generals and relatives, taking advantage of the undecided title of the Duke of England, secretly hooked up with King Tan, and leaned on the thigh of the current emperor.

Even the Holy Empress Dowager, who was in the palace, also alienated a lot from the relatives.

Jing Nan's lineage, Zonglai and Jiang Jiang's lineage have a deep gap, and it's not just that they don't like each other.

Today, he paid more attention to the lineage of surrendered generals, and at one time he won two positions as the governors of the five army governors' mansions, and took away the Beijing camp.

These were originally the sphere of influence of the British government.

Not to mention, now he still has to forcefully support a prince of the country.

The struggle within the Xunqi is no weaker than that of Wenchen.

The rise of the lineage of descendants is actually encroaching on the authority of the British government.

Therefore, to regain these powers, they can only rely on the Holy Empress Dowager in the palace and His Majesty the Supreme Emperor who is still in the north.

But because of the treason of Li Xian and others during the court meeting, the empress dowager Shangsheng in the palace had already become suspicious of the honored relatives.

It was this Concubine Jiao who used his status as a close friend of the Supreme Emperor to make peace in front of the Supreme Empress Dowager, which led to the internal and external cooperation.

Since then, the son-in-law, like Jin Ying, has become a matchmaker between the two parties.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Jiao Jing looked around and said.

"I came here today because of two things."

"The first one is about dealing with the palace in the future. I can no longer be responsible. After Jin Ying was sent to Nanjing, I entered the palace too frequently, and I'm afraid people will find out my flaws."

As he spoke, Jiao Jing frowned, with a disturbed expression, and said.

"In the case of Dongchang, although Yang Shan said that he died without finding anything, I sent people to search for several nearby mass graves, but there was no trace. Is Shu Liang's statement true or false? I'm afraid I'll have to investigate again."

"There is also the last court court, although the Jinyiwei said that Shi Pu was sent to track after notifying the Ministry of War in advance, but we, the people buried in the Jinyiwei, have no news in advance about this matter."

"That's why I think that Jin Yiwei may be the same as Dongchang, and has been completely held by that person."

"With these two sharp weapons in hand, we must be more cautious in our future actions."

Zhang Fu nodded and said.

"That's right, this man in the palace is not easy to deal with, especially Dongchang, who penetrates every corner. Although we have made preparations, we still have to be careful."

After speaking, Zhang Fu sighed, and said: "It's a pity for Eunuch Jin, without him, the Holy Mother will have no internal and external contacts to use. After all, you are a foreign relative, and you enter the palace too often, so it is easy to attract attention."

A gloomy look flashed across Jiao Jing's brows, and he said: "What the third master said is true, but the most urgent thing right now is to find someone to replace me."

After a short pause, Jiao Jing turned to Zhang Min who was at the side and asked.

"Second Master, how is the progress on your side?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yu shook his head.

He is now working in the Jingwei Command and Envoy Division, which can be regarded as dealing with the palace ban.

Although he couldn't enter the inner palace, he could still come into contact with some court ladies and eunuchs from time to time. Therefore, he was also trying to win over these people and deliver news for them.

Sighing, Zhang Min said.

"This matter is not easy to handle. The Holy Mother originally favored Cao Jixiang and planned to let him pretend to join Cheng Jing, but she never thought that that person would be so ruthless, just because Cao Jixiang was so involved with Wang Zhen, she would press him charged with treason."

"After Eunuch Jin left, the high-ranking eunuchs who could come and go freely in the palace were basically picked up by Jingyang Palace. I dare not rashly win over them."

"I have tried to win over some eunuchs who can go in and out of the palace to buy things regularly, but the time is too short and they are not trustworthy enough. If I hand things over to them, then it will be over."

"This matter will take time. After a long time, they have some handles in our hands before they dare to trust them. So for a while, I don't have any manpower available on my side."

"This……"

Jiao Jing also felt very troubled.

Although now the Holy Empress Dowager has retired to the deep palace, she puts most of her energy on educating the prince.

But there is no doubt that if they plan to welcome back the Supreme Emperor, they need to know about many things, and even obtain the consent of the empress dowager.

After all, they need to use her old man's banner to carry out activities outside the court.

But now, Jin Ying has gone to Nanjing, and Jiao Jing, as a foreign relative, frequently enters the palace and is too eye-catching, this matter of internal and external news transmission has become troublesome.

(End of this chapter)