The rise of the prince

Chapter 643 One step at a time, one step at a time
The entire palace has been mobilized silently, Qifang first asked Yan Gu to contact Sun Banzhang and others, and asked them to help read some news from the six senior officials.

On the other side, a battalion of new troops stationed in the back mountain was quietly transferred to the vacant warehouse of the workshop by the river. Because almost all the big ships went north, many businesses in the palace were affected, and this area was temporarily vacant.

The workers said that the military camp needs to renovate the equipment, so there is such a transfer.

In fact, Shiyu thought about it for a long time. Before he left, the guy reminded her that there were some things that he had to guard against, so he deliberately sent new troops from outside the city to garrison the back mountain of the palace.

But now that something happened, while Shiyu privately mobilized the manpower of the palace, he also felt that this matter needs to be taken care of. After thinking about it, there are only two people who are suitable to go to the palace, one is Ji Chunsheng, and the other is Qifang.

Uncle Ji is a veteran who fought with Prince Xiao on the battlefield, he is very experienced, but he is also an envoy of martial arts, he often has to enter the palace, and he can't take care of it when he is not in the palace.

After thinking about it, Qifang is the only one left. Qifang was the commander of the Huaihua Mansion Xiangjun when he started to gain power, and commanded the Xiangjun.

If Yan Shen and others were in the mansion, she would never go to find Fang, but this time there is no way.

In the morning, when Shiyu bit the bullet and found Qifang in the backyard of the palace, she was curiously asking questions beside Qiuer, who was busy debugging her new generation steam engine.

Because the big ships in the south were all going to the north to fight, Qifang finally got some free time. She seemed to be very interested in Qiu'er's steam engine and Zhao Si's artillery, and went to the backyard test site every day.

Seeing her coming, Qiu'er greeted her, but Qifang acted as if she hadn't seen her.

Shiyu was angry, but she didn't attack, so she stepped forward and said in a low voice, "I have something I want to talk to you alone."

Qifang looked up at her in disbelief: "You mean me?"

"Yes."

"I heard that right, my lord princess"

"No!" Shiyu was annoyed by her eccentric words, and quickly suppressed her anger.

In the end, Qifang followed her out of the backyard and came to the corridor in the front yard. Everyone looked at them with bewildered eyes. In fact, everyone in the palace knew that they couldn't deal with each other, and they would get angry if they couldn't speak a few words.

In fact, Shiyu himself understands why, both of them are arrogant people, so they can't get together, but they know it, they just can't change it.

"Say something quickly, I don't want to waste my time arguing with you." There were only two people left, and Qifang was not polite anymore.

Shiyu snorted, but after all, she had something to ask for, so she could only say, "I need your help."

Qifang was taken aback for a moment, and then said directly: "Then tell me and listen, and let's talk about whether you can help or not."

"I want you to lead the garrison on the back mountain and station it in the west courtyard."

After listening to her words, Qifang frowned, "Why?"

"My lord has won, a great victory in the north, the new army has taken Nanjing City, and captured the royal family of the Liao Kingdom."

Qifang was shocked, and jumped up excitedly: "It's true!"

"Really, the news will arrive in the capital in a few days." Shiyu said, her voice just fell, Qifang let out a long sigh of relief, her happy smile couldn't help overflowing, seeing her expression of relief and rare tenderness, at the same time As a woman, she has long been keenly aware of his thoughts, and her heart is slightly blocked. That bastard is indeed a big carrot, showing mercy everywhere.

"But what does that have to do with the garrison?"

"Hmph, I thought you were so smart and should have thought of it earlier." Shiyu finally found a chance to fight back and sneered.

"Whether I'm smart or not is none of your business, and it's not your turn to say it!" Qi Fang retorted.

"The reason is very simple. This is the last chance for the princelings. The north has no chance to win so beautifully. But dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry. People who are in a hurry may be able to do anything, especially people like the prince. There are still six most officials." The poem is more euphemistic, but it is very dignified.

"Hmph, you are really suitable for intrigue." Qifang sneered.

Shiyu didn't bother to respond to her sarcasm: "In short, we must take precautions before they happen. When he left, he told me repeatedly. After thinking about it, the only people left in the palace are you and Uncle Ji who have experience in commanding troops. Entering the palace, so I can only ask you for help."

"I agree to this matter, but how to arrange these people is my business. At most, you can only intervene and not intervene." Qi Fang said unceremoniously.

Shiyu took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, and finally nodded: "Okay, but you must also remember that this is different from a complete march and war. While preventing it before it happens, you must act in a secret and thoughtful manner, and you must not leave people behind. .”

"You don't need to tell me, I have my own measure." Qifang turned around and left, so angry that Shiyu stayed where her teeth were itching. If it wasn't for this time, she really wanted to have a good argument with this woman.

Many things have to be thought about and arranged slowly, such as obtaining news from the palace, monitoring the movements of the six high-ranking officials, changes in the four departments, and the tendency of most important officials in the court.

These are not difficult these days, because they don't know the big victory in the north, so they won't be so cautious.So if you get the news one step ahead, you can make arrangements one step ahead, and then step by step, step by step
In the next two days, the officials of the six ministries moved around recently, and the news from the DPRK and China was secretly transferred to the palace from all directions. For those who did not know the news, they had no sense of struggle and no precautions, so a lot of information was exposed immediately. .

For example, the people under Sun Banzhang's attention reported that the Ministry of Rites judged the Ministry of Affairs, the Ministry of Officials sentenced the Ministry of Affairs, the Ministry of Criminal Justice sentenced the Ministry of Affairs, the Tongzhi of the Ministry of War, the Tongzhi of the Ministry of Industry, etc., often went to the east of the city to be sentenced to the house of the Tokyo Imperial College.

Cheng Jin has a house in Huanghua Lane outside the East Palace of the city, which is very close to the East Palace on the east side of the imperial city, so it is easy to come and go, so it is self-evident why these people went to Cheng Jin's house.

But they don't know the situation in the north, and the palace has long been prepared.

Kyoto is still calm, and there are no storms for the time being, because the news from the north has not yet come.

On a calm day at the beginning of autumn, the sky was still high and the air was still high, and the summer heat was slowly dissipating. Two fast horses hurriedly stepped on the bluestone road, passed through the high gate of the Meridian Gate, and showed the waist card of the Privy Council all the way, and went straight into the palace.

The guards of Wu Desi were not allowed to stop them, and let them go directly. The two fast horses ran directly into the palace, and rushed to the Privy Council yamen on the southwest side. generally.

As soon as he arrived at the Privy Council office, he dismounted in a hurry, before he could fasten his horse, and shouted: "Northern urgent report!" He rushed directly to the Privy Council office, passed through the fortified black courtyard, and sent the letter directly to the deputy secretary of the Privy Council office. Get Wendao out of your hands.

Wen Daoli just took a cursory look, and knocked over the inkstone in a hurry, half of his sleeves were stained black. He didn't care, and asked two messengers to come in and ask for a long time.

Then he hurriedly protected the letter in his hand, didn't care, and hurriedly shouted for someone to prepare a sedan chair and enter the palace.

After a while, a small sedan chair left the Yamen of the Privy Council, thinking about hurrying to the palace in the north.

(End of this chapter)