Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 841

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the throne, holding two secret letters in his hands, covered with silver lacquer wax seals for Jin Yiwei, carefully studying them, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the center of the hall, Lu Zhong, the Commander of Jin Yiwei in a flying fish robe, was calmly narrating the information he had just received.

"...Your Majesty, that's how it happened. After Yang Jie set off from the Xuanfu, he first went to Datong in secret and met the King Dai, and then went to Ningxia to meet Jin Shangshu..."

"This Yang Jie can really make a fuss!"

Putting down the two secret letters in his hand, Zhu Qiyu shook his head lightly, not knowing whether it was joy or anger, he rubbed his forehead, he sighed and said.

"However, he has given me a big problem!"

The battle in the court will always be the part hidden under the iceberg, more than the exposed part.

It should be said that this operation against King Xiang had been planned a long time ago.

This is also Zhu Qiyu's test for Zhu Huixun!

After all, he, the emperor, is the one who decides the court. At the beginning, Zhu Zhanqian and Zhu Huixun fought in the Min Palace. Although it was said that Zhu Huixun started the fight first, Zhu Zhanqian was not without fault.

Therefore, if Zhu Qiyu finds it troublesome, and each hits [-] boards, it is not without reason to drive both of them back to the fief.

However, he didn't do that. On the contrary, he even gave King Xiang the position of Da Zongzheng with some partiality.

On the surface, it seems that this is because the emperor is closer to his uncle and vassal king and believes in his relatives, but in fact, the existence of King Xiang is the test left for Zhu Huixun.

The chronic illness of the vassal clan is a major hidden danger in the court. Although there is no time to take care of it now, it must always be resolved.

The establishment of the Zongxue and the re-establishment of the Zongren Mansion are all preparations for the rectification of Zongfu in the future.

That being the case, then, who will be in charge of the clan mansion is particularly important!
If it is just to deal with some daily clan affairs, then this Dazong is arresting anyone at will, as long as he is of one mind with Zhu Qiyu, he can come to him.

However, since it is to prepare for the future reform of suzerain and vassal, then it is necessary for this dazong to have seniority, prestige, ability, and means.

In addition to being loyal to the imperial court, because it involves the level of the imperial court, one also needs to have the ability to be like a fish in water in the complicated and changeable court situation.

Zhu Huixun has means, but it is not known how much he can use in the complex and ever-changing court situation.

Therefore, King Xiang is his touchstone.

Zhu Qiyu had planned this matter since the time when the clan's mansion was re-established and King Xiang was left in Beijing as Zuo Zongren.

Among the various clans, King Xiang has a high prestige, has always abided by etiquette, and has outstanding abilities. He is also the brother of the former emperor, with a noble status, so he naturally has advantages.

If Zhu Huixun wanted to get the position of Da Zongzheng, he had to overcome the obstacle that was King Xiang. When he got married to the Jing'anbo Mansion, he actually had no other choice.

Therefore, when Zhu Huixun came to Beijing, he probably realized what he should do.

During this process, Zhu Qiyu will not help him too much. If he can't prove his strength, then naturally it is impossible to become the new Dazong Zheng. A better ending is to return to the feudal land as an idler. My lord, if there is a bad ending, I am afraid that I will bear the brunt of the suzerainty reform in the future.

After all, it is impossible to take the benefits of the emperor without paying the price.

Zhu Huixun knew this very well, so he probably started very early and was ready to fight King Xiang.

One must know that King Xiang is now so notorious among Zongxue, and many of them are all thanks to Zhu Yinji.

To achieve this is not a one-day effort.

However, it still needs an opportunity to really bring down King Xiang.

This opportunity needs to be found by Zhu Huixun himself!

Originally, according to Zhu Qiyu's plan, after the death of the old King Min, King Xiang and Zhu Huixun would fight for the position of Da Zongzheng, but it was really not possible, just like before, one would be Da Zongzheng and the other Zuozong.

In a long time, the two will always decide the outcome.

But King Xiang was too impatient and wanted to preemptively drive King Min out of the capital, and there was a scene of disturbance in Prince Min's mansion.

Originally, if Zhu Qiyu wanted to be biased, he could have favored Zhu Huixun.

But he didn't!

The reason was that he wanted to see if this uncle, in such a situation, could make a comeback.

As it turns out, he can!

Pleading guilty at the Meridian Gate and inciting the clan's children to riot in the ten princes' mansion are all prologues. His real killer move is hidden under the seemingly failed situation.

When King Xiang thought that he had won a complete victory, won the position of Da Zongzheng, and was about to drive King Min and his son out of the capital, a real crisis was brewing.

Further incite the grievances of the disciples of Zongxue, speed up the investigation of the military settlements of the Min Fan, and persuade the Dai Wang to come forward and sue the King Xiang.

When King Xiang was immersed in his victory, an invisible net gradually enveloped him.

To achieve these three conditions, the first two are not difficult. The first one has been arranged for a long time, and the second is the matter of the Min Fan family. Although Zhu Huixun said to the public that he had just taken over the Min Fan, But in fact, since the old King Min came to Beijing, basically all the affairs of Min Fan have been taken care of by him.

The most important thing is to persuade the Dai Wang to impeach King Xiang. Only in this way can the imperial affairs be turned into court affairs, and the power of the imperial court can be mobilized to deal with King Xiang.

Only in this way can the competition between the two of them revolve around Da Zongzheng be transformed into the dissatisfaction of the various clan vassals towards King Xiang, creating an impression that King Xiang is unpopular.

Zhu Qiyu didn't know when Zhu Huixun had this plan, but there was no doubt that among the three conditions, it was the most difficult to achieve.

Although the first two are not easy, at any rate, Zhu Huixun and his son can control them by themselves.

But Dai Wang's mansion is far away at the border, out of reach.

The only thing Zhu Huixun can do is to influence Daiwangfu through Zhu Chenglian.

However, after all, Zhu Chenglian is only the son of the Daiwang. Although he has stronger opinions and more courage than the Daiwang himself, he cannot be the master of the Daiwang's mansion after all.

However, Zhu Huixun himself couldn't really intervene directly in this matter, otherwise, as King Xiang accused him in the hall, he would be caught by someone for linking up with the vassal king.

Once this charge is confirmed, it is a big taboo!
However, what to be afraid of, in the end everything is ready, and the problem really lies with Dai Wang.

This acting prince, cowardly and incompetent since he was a child, was afraid of this and that. Now that he has inherited the Dai Fan, his temperament has not changed.

Even if Zhu Chenglian had made it very clear in his heart, if he refused to help, he would go to the temple and mourn the mausoleum by himself, this acting prince was still hesitant.

Seeing that King Xiang has repeatedly impeached King Min and his son to stay in the capital, time can no longer be delayed, but there is good news...

Maybe even Zhu Chenglian didn't know why his father suddenly made up his mind.

However, Zhu Qiyu knew...

It's Yang Jie!
This child is indeed extremely intelligent. When he arrived in Datong, he only did one thing, that is, threw all the evidence of the Dai Fan's occupation of land on the border that the Yang family had collected over the years, in front of the Dai King. He asked if he wanted the Yang family to hand over the evidence to the court, or to plead guilty to the court on behalf of the king himself, and the king was persuaded.

Maybe it was a mistake, but after seeing the evidence, Dai Wang quickly wrote a secret letter and sent it to Zhu Chenglian.

When the east wind came, it was naturally a thunderous blow!
The reason why Yang Jie is said to be smart is because his move to find Dai Wang was entirely out of his own courage and vision, not speculation after knowing the inside story.

According to Yang Jie's memorandum sent back through Jin Yiwei's channel, the reason why he went to find the Dai Wang was because he guessed that after the imperial court cracked down on the nobles, the next step would be to target the feudal king.

Among the border vassals, Dai Wang is the easiest breakthrough, so he is willing to take a risk to face Dai Wang's anger on behalf of the court.

You know, that is the notorious Dai Fan!

Before the death of the old king, Dai Fan was not inferior to Yi Fan in the slightest.

Although it is said that the new acting king has kept his own place since he succeeded to the throne, but he is a feudal lord after all, and Yang Jie is just a governor of Jinyiwei. Still not good enough.

But Yang Jie dared to!

Moreover, and more importantly, he did not receive any instructions or support from the imperial court. Just relying on the news of the Chengguo Duke's reinstatement, he speculated on the next move of the imperial court, and dared to go one step ahead and go to the Dai Dynasty alone. The palace lobbyed.

This courage is very comparable.

Of course, indirectly helping Zhu Huixun break the situation in the capital, I'm afraid Yang Jie never thought of it.

However, when Zhu Qiyu said that he had created a big problem for himself, he didn't mean this, but...

"What's the situation at the border?"

Rubbing between his brows, Zhu Qiyu asked.

During this period of time, under Zhu Qiyu's instruction, Jinyiwei has cast down a large number of people, infiltrating the grassland and various parts of Liaodong.

Now, it should be said to be quite effective.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the situation is very chaotic. The precise news has been sent from the front. The Tuotuobuhua army is already marching towards the tribes of Oara. There have been dozens of battles, large and small, with each winning and losing. , but overall, Wala is at a disadvantage.”

"However, since King Bodu returned to Oala, he led the army of the Junggar tribe to fight back, and also saved a lot of the situation."

"Now the two sides are stuck in a stalemate. According to the latest news, they have already started to block the trade routes between the Tatar ministries and Ming Dynasty. At the same time, they have given up the southward retreat and part of the Kansai passage... "

"retreat?"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes froze, as if he had thought of something, he asked.

"You mean, you also plan to lure Tuotuobuhua to open the passage to the Western Regions?"

It should be said that Yexian is still Yexian. Perhaps in terms of wisdom, Tuotuobuhua can compete with him, but in terms of strategic vision, five Tuotuobuhuas tied together are no match for Yexian alone.

He knew very well where Tutuo Buhua's Achilles' heel was.

The reason why the puppet Khan he raised was able to mobilize his troops so quickly. On the one hand, it was because the Tatars did not work hard in the battle against the Ming Dynasty, and even retreated first in the end, reaching a peace treaty with the Ming court. On the other hand, it is because, through the mutual market, Tuotuobuhua has really won the support of the five major tribes of Tatar.

On the grassland, the strong are believed to be king. This is due to the harsh environment of the grassland. If they can't get enough supplies, then, in the bitter cold wind, the tribe can only be destroyed.

Tuotuobuhua is no longer the blood of the golden family, but if he can't lead the five tribes to prosperity, he will never be able to get their true allegiance.

Today, the reason why Tuotuobuhua dared to attack Oala is because, in the mutual market with the Ming court, the five major tribes got rich supplies, and all of this came from Tuotuobuhua's original agreement with the Ming emperor. .

Therefore, as soon as he made a move, he took the lead in blocking the passage between Tuotuobuhua and Daming's mutual market. This move directly hit Tuotuobuhua's Achilles heel.

If the mutual market cannot be maintained smoothly, then his prestige will inevitably be damaged. The five major tribes that received a large amount of supplies will definitely cause trouble.

At this time, he also gave way to the Kansai passage first. It seemed that he was fleeing in embarrassment and had to give up, but in fact, it was the bait.

Once Tuotuobuhua divides his troops, first of all, the pressure on the frontal battlefield will be greatly reduced. Secondly, in order to open up the passage to the Western Regions, he has spent a lot of effort. However, due to the existence of the Kansai Seven Guards, the passage to the Western Regions is still interrupted from time to time. continuous.

Therefore, if Tuotuobuhua hopes to obtain supplies through the Western Regions channel, then it will inevitably conflict with the Kansai Seven Guards.

In this way, under the pressure from both sides, Tuotuobuhua will inevitably be in chaos. Once the operation is not done properly, it is very likely that the situation will be reversed first.

In addition, the Seven Guards of Kansai are guarding Hexi for the Ming court. If Tuotuo does not fight with them, it is likely to offend the Ming court. Maybe it will affect the peace agreement of the mutual market.

But if you don't open up the passage to the Western Regions, not to mention whether Tuotuobuhua can resist this temptation, even if you can, you can use the style of Wala only defending but not attacking, and you want to win quickly. impossible.

Once you can't win quickly, you don't know where the situation will evolve.

It can be said that Yexian's series of tricks hit Tuotuobuhua's Qicun squarely, making him unable to advance or retreat.

And, what's worse, because the access to the Western Regions has been controlled by Ye Xian for a long time, it is rare for Tuotuo Buhua to have the opportunity to get this channel. This temptation is obviously not something that Tuotuobuhua, a prodigal Khan who is so successful, can resist.

Facing Zhu Qiyu's question, Lu Zhong cupped his hands and said in a deep voice.

"Return to Your Majesty, so far, yes!"

"According to the latest news, the Ordos Department, which was originally chasing the Wara Durbert's Department, has begun to gradually withdraw its troops and move closer to Hexi, which was also given up first..."

(End of this chapter)