Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 399

Hearing what Ren Li asked, Jiao Jing knew that Ren Li had already figured out the key points.

In fact, he came to Ningyuan Hou Mansion today for two purposes.

One is to beat Ren Li a bit to get him to focus on the business.

A lot of things happened in the past few months. After understanding the ins and outs clearly, Jiao Jing could sense very sensitively that Ren Li had selfish motives.

He didn't want to be a puppet of the British government, especially after he became the governor of the five armies, he wanted to cultivate his own power in the court.

There was nothing wrong with that.

As Ren Li himself said, he was ordered by the Empress Dowager Sun to cultivate his influence. Since he was recruited under this banner, he would more or less be stamped with the mark of the palace, which was in the interests of the Empress Dowager Sun.

However, everything is afraid of nothing.

After being side-by-side with Uncle Ning Yang, Empress Dowager Sun, Princess Changde, and Jiao Jing himself in the Five Armies Governor's Mansion.

Jiao Jing quickly figured out what Ren Li was doing during this time.

He is not only cultivating power secretly, but also suppressing intentionally or unintentionally, splitting the power of the British government, and using it for his own use.

Luo Tong is an obvious example. He had already been wooed by the Dingxihou Mansion, but Ren Li still secretly contacted him. This was simply a pure factional struggle.

You know, the Supreme Emperor is still going north, and the emperor is pressing every step of the way, and they are already struggling.

At this time, Ren Li is still so ineffective, how can he not beat him up?
As for the second purpose, it was just as Ren Li guessed.

He was thinking about how to win over the power of the British government if something happened to Zhang Fu.

It sounds inconsistent, even ironic.

He was still accusing Lie Li of eroding the power of the British government and fighting each other, but when he turned around, he wanted to help Li Li continue to do so.

It sounds ridiculous, but the reality is so helpless.

Once something happened to Zhang Fu, the huge political power left behind by Zhang Fu would immediately face the risk of falling apart.

At this time, there needs to be someone to receive these powers, even if they can only receive part of them, it is much better than the tree falling and the monkeys scattered.

This is not an easy task.

Most of those generals recognized Zhang Fu as the old man, and being able to recognize Zhang Fu was already thanks to Zhang Fu's legacy.

It is naturally more difficult to change people now.

So it is conceivable that even if they can be gathered successfully, more than half of these forces will be lost.

But even that half is not so easy to conquer.

It was Zhang Fu's favor that he received at the beginning, so if you want to be recognized by others, at least you have to be the brother and son of the old man, or have been friends for many years.

In addition, everyone is very strong, if you want someone to obey you, you must at least have military merits.

Originally, the most suitable candidate should be Chen Mao.

He is Zhang Fu's old department, and he has military merits. Once something happens to Zhang Fu, it is most suitable for him to replace Zhang Fu and continue to manage those generals.

However, the case of King Zhennan made him think about his mistakes and his prestige in the court was greatly reduced. Everyone strives for benefits.

After all, even if there is an old friendship, everyone will follow you in the end because they want to go more smoothly in the army or in the officialdom.

That's why they stick together.

Zhang Fu didn't have military merits in his hands, and Chen Mao was in the current situation. If Zhang Fu couldn't keep it, then the team that wanted to avoid Zhang Fu's management with great difficulty would not be scattered. The only choice for Jiao Jing was Ren Li.

He has made a lot of military achievements, the most important point is that he was the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Bauhinia Pass, and he carried great credit for winning the Battle of Wala on his back.

This is enough to make those generals believe in his ability.

Moreover, he is now the governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion, and it is justifiable to take over these forces. What needs to be resolved is the issue of trust between the two parties, but this, Jiao Jing also has his own plan.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why he came here today.

Facing Ren Li's question, Jiao Jing thought for a while and said, "It's actually not difficult to speculate on this matter, but it's not easy for me to say it clearly in front of Zhang Min. Don’t hide it anymore.”

Everyone now knows that Zhang Fu's life and death is the most critical issue.

So Ren Li didn't care about avoiding any taboos, and said directly: "Please enlighten me, Concubine Jiao."

Jiao Jing organized his words, raised his hand and raised two fingers, and said.

"There are two reasons. The first point has already been mentioned in the British government, but the old man didn't explain it clearly at the time. That is, why Jin Yiwei dared to arrest the mission sent by the imperial court with such a big fanfare."

"You know, in the hands of Zhang Fu and others, they are holding the letter of credence and imperial decree written by the emperor himself, representing the Ming court. If there is no sufficient reason, doing so is tantamount to committing rebellion."

"More importantly, they not only arrested Zhang Fu, but also detained the entire mission."

Ren Li frowned, and he could tell that Jiao Jing's focus was on the last sentence - the entire mission was detained.

"What Prince Jiao means is that the reason for Jin Yiwei's arrest is not to involve a certain person in the mission, but to involve everyone in the mission?"

Jiao Jing nodded, and said: "At least, Xu Bin, the chief envoy, Zhang Fu, and Xiao Weizhen's two deputy envoys should all be involved, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a big move."

Ren Li's complexion changed. Being able to involve the principal envoy and the deputy envoy at the same time is almost inseparable, and it has something to do with the border relationship.

After all, the missions used to negotiate. If one of them was arrested, it could be explained that they were arrested by Jin Yiwei for some crime.

However, the fact that all three were detained could only show that there was a problem with the mission's negotiations, and this problem might involve the relationship between the two countries.

After trying to understand this point, Ren Li let out a long breath, stared at Jiao Jing closely, with a dry mouth, and asked, "What is the second reason for what the son-in-law said?"

He had a premonition that the following reason was the reason why Jiao Jing made up his mind to start preparing for the future.

Jiao Jing sighed, and asked: "I don't know if you still remember the military newspaper that Yu Shaobao took out in the early court today. What did you say at the beginning?"

Ren Li thought for a while, then shook his head.

In the scene at that time, everyone was shocked by this beautiful victory, and their eyes were all focused on the final result, but they didn't pay much attention to the specific battle situation.

So, Jiao Jing glanced at Xue Heng who was next to him, and the latter immediately understood, took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Ren Li, and said.

"This is after the early court. I went to the Ministry of War to find a relationship, and copied a copy. Ren Hou can look at it."

(End of this chapter)