The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

He Lianfang's house has a new guest tonight.

Since He Lianfang agreed to support Zhao Yao, the emperor's surveillance of him was not as strict as before.Now, what the emperor did to He Lianfang was to turn a blind eye.

In the study, the two of them sat by the window, playing chess with the bright moonlight and bright candlelight outside the window.

In the yard outside the window, the sound of cicadas and frogs could be heard from time to time, which was very lively.

Sitting opposite He Lianfang was a man with a full beard and disheveled hair.This man looked a little weathered, but his eyes were bright and bright.

The man's sitting posture is very inelegant. He has no socks on his feet and sits cross-legged on the chair.He plays chess with his right hand and picks his feet with his left hand.

"It's cool and comfortable here." The man glanced at a basin of ice cubes placed not far away. The cold air emitted by the ice cubes made the stuffy room much cooler.

After He Lianfang put down the chess pieces, she glanced at the ice cubes placed not far away, and then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

When the man saw He Lianfang smiling, he immediately joked: "When you see this basin of ice cubes, do you miss your little apprentice?"

He Lianfang ignored the man, picked up the tea placed aside, and drank it slowly.

Seeing that He Lianfang ignored him, the man was not annoyed and continued: "This little apprentice of yours is not simple. If nothing else, just talking about this ice cube, he actually thought of using saltpeter to make ice. This is not what ordinary people can think of. "

"My apprentice is certainly not an ordinary person." He Lianfang's tone was full of pride.

The man pointed at He Lianfang and teased: "Look at your smug face, tut tut tut tut..."

He Lianfang snorted lightly, and then said proudly: "Using saltpeter to make ice is nothing to Xiao Shi."

"Among all the things that your little apprentice has made, making ice from saltpeter is really nothing." The man raised his left hand and rubbed his chin and said, "It's really amazing to be born with knowledge, but I'm very curious about your little apprentice. Where do all these fantastic ideas come from?”

He asked again: "Most of these things your little apprentice has made are unheard of and unseen. He is born to know them. What does he know?"

He Lianfang said with a profound look: "The future."

"The future?" The man thought about it and felt that He Lianfang was right, "Yes, these things cannot come from the past, then they can only come from the future. However, how long is the future? Have you ever asked your little apprentice? ?”

He Lianfang said: "No."

The man looked surprised: "You didn't ask!"

He Lianfang glanced at the surprised man and asked, "Why should I ask?"

"Aren't you curious about the future?"

He Lianfang said indifferently: "I'm not curious."

When the man heard what He Lianfang said, he said with disgust on his face: "You are really boring."

He Lianfang made one move and directly took three of the man's pieces.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you so cruel?" The man quickly thought of a way to save himself.

The man's chess skills are still good and he saved himself.

"Your little apprentice said that there are endless mountains of gold and silver dug by the Japanese pirates. Is this true or false?"

He Lianfang did not answer the man's question, but gave him a blank look.

"There are mountains of gold and silver among the Japanese pirates. Did your little apprentice know that through the future?" The man played with the chess pieces. "Don't the Japanese pirates know that they have mountains of gold and silver that they can't finish digging?"

He Lianfang felt that the man's questions were too stupid, and said with disgust: "Did you go out today without thinking?"

The man was choked by He Lianfang's words.He was stunned for a while and then said: "I have dealt with Japanese pirates at sea. They are all savages. I heard that the Japanese country is a small country, very poor and desolate. It is really hard to imagine that they have endless digging. Mountains of gold and silver.”

"There are so many things you can't imagine."

"If there are really endless mountains of gold and silver to mine, then we will be rich." The man's eyes were green and his face was full of greed.

"Let you go to the Japanese country, not only to dig mountains of gold and silver, but also to control those barbarians."

After hearing this, the man raised his lips and smiled playfully: "Do you want me to be the emperor of Japan?"

"It's not impossible if you want to be the emperor of Japan."

The man was stunned when he heard this.His eyes suddenly widened and he asked in disbelief: "You're not kidding me, are you?"

"If you want to do it, just do it." He Lianfang's tone was very casual, "Xiao Shi said that the Japanese country must be under our control."

The man held his chin and said, "I have done many things, but I have never been an emperor."

He Lianfang said: "Then you can try it."

"Would you like to try to be the emperor?" The man imagined himself being the emperor of Japan, and then his face changed drastically, and he said with a look of trouble, "Forget it, being the emperor is really too troublesome."

Seeing the man's expression that he thought it was troublesome to be an emperor, He Lianfang thought of Zhao Yao and said angrily: "Isn't it right for you to do this?"

"Why, you're not happy that I'm not the emperor of Japan?" The man said amusedly, "You want me to be the emperor of Japan? Do you think I'm qualified to be the emperor?"

"I don't care whether you take it seriously or not. When you go to Japan, you must capture Japan." He Lianfang's tone suddenly became very serious, "Let Japan become our treasure."

"You still don't believe me. When I go to Japan, Japan will definitely become ours." The man said confidently, "When I go to Japan, everything will be up to me. What do I want to do? How to do it?"

"what ever."

The man suddenly laughed evilly: "Then let me have some fun. When will we go to Japan?" "Let's go in the spring next year."

"That's still half a year."

"You can prepare well in the past six months."

"Okay, then I'll make good preparations." After the man finished speaking, he thought that he had not met He Lianfang's young apprentice and asked, "Should I go to Yangzhou to meet His Highness the Tenth Prince?"

"Then go and see him."

"Then I will go to Yangzhou to see His Highness the Tenth Highness in a while." After the man finished talking about His Highness the Tenth Highness, he thought of what happened in the capital during this period, and put away the playful smile on his face, "You said the emperor will immediately Who is the prince?"

He Lianfang asked the man, "Who do you think the emperor will appoint as the crown prince?"

The man said: "King of Chu."

He Lianfang chuckled after hearing this: "Then you really underestimated Zhao Zheng."

"Why, isn't it?" The man felt that his guess was correct, "Before your little apprentice matures, the emperor will appoint a new prince and make him a target, so that your little apprentice will always be safe."

"The King of Chu is neither the legitimate son nor the eldest son. Even if the emperor wanted to make him the crown prince, he would not be able to do so." He Lianfang reminded the man, "Above the King of Chu, there is an acting king. Below him, there is Jing, the legitimate son. king."

After hearing this, the man raised his eyebrows slightly: "You mean the emperor will not make King Chu the crown prince for the time being?"

"Zhao Zheng will not establish a new crown prince for the time being. After all, the crown prince has just been deposed and he is feeling sad." He Lianfang's tone was full of sarcasm, "The overly sad emperor is not in the mood to establish a new crown prince."

Seeing He Lianfang's cold and mocking expression, the man chuckled and said, "You still hate the emperor as always."

"Humph!"

"You hate the emperor so much, why do you still support his youngest son?"

"This is a bet between me and Zhao Zheng."

"Okay, I won't get involved in the matter between you and the emperor." The man knew that the grudge between He Lianfang and the emperor was not something he could interfere casually, otherwise it would anger He Lianfang. "You just said that the emperor would not establish the King of Chu as the crown prince, but the Zhou Dynasty cannot live without a crown prince, and the ministers will not agree not to establish a new crown prince."

He Lianfang said meaningfully: "Next is the time for the game between the various forces."

"With the King of Chu's methods, he will be the prince in the end." Having said this, the man thought of another thing, "The person the emperor likes most is your young apprentice. If he makes the King of Chu the prince, what will happen to him later?" Let your little apprentice take over?"

"What do you say?"

The man immediately thought of something, with an expression of disbelief on his face: "Is it possible that the emperor will finally give King Chu to..." He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

He Lianfang didn't speak.

There was an exaggerated look of horror on the man's face.He stretched out his hand to cover his mouth very artificially, "Is the emperor so cruel?"

He Lianfang sneered: "Zhao Zheng has always been cruel and ruthless."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, it's true that the emperor's family is ruthless." The man said, with a look of pity on his face. "I sympathize with King Chu now. In order to put his youngest son in power, the emperor ruthlessly used other sons. King Chu and the others are really Pitiful."

"Zhao Zheng is so despicable and insidious."

"But, having said that, if your young apprentice participates in the fight for the heir, do you think he has a chance of winning?"

"Yes." He Lianfang said very firmly, "King Chu and the others are no match for him."

"You really have confidence in your little apprentice."

"Compared with means and planning, Xiao Shi is not inferior to Zhao Zheng at all." He Lianfang felt that she had made a mistake, so she quickly changed her words and said, "No, Zhao Zheng is not as good as Xiao Shi."

When the man who was drinking tea heard this, he was so shocked that he choked a mouthful of tea into his throat, and then coughed violently: "Ahem, cough, cough, you think too highly of your little apprentice, don't you?" The emperor's methods and scheming They are all unfathomable. His Highness is only 12 years old, how can he be compared to him. "You are no match for the emperor, how can your little apprentice surpass the emperor?"

"When have I not been Zhao Zheng's opponent?" He Lianfang was very dissatisfied with this sentence.

"Why do you think your little apprentice can surpass the emperor?"

"You will know later." It was difficult for He Lianfang to say it. After all, many things Zhao Yao did were confidential and could not be disclosed for the time being.

The man looked at He Lianfang speechlessly.

"When you see Xiao Shi, you will understand what I mean."

"What you said makes me look forward to meeting His Royal Highness even more."

At this time, Zhao Yao, who was far away in Yangzhou, sneezed unexpectedly and almost knocked the letter out of his hand.

"Who is speaking ill of me?"

Zhao Yao rubbed his itchy nose and continued to read the letter He Lianfang wrote to him.In the letter, He Lianfang told Zhao Yao that the prince Zhao Xuan was deposed, demoted to the king of Jin, and is currently under house arrest in Zongzheng Temple.After the construction of Prince Jin's Mansion, he was put under house arrest in Prince Jin's Mansion.

Considering that Zhenguo Gongfu was a founding hero and was highly valued by the late emperor, the emperor did not kill Zhenguo Gong and his son.However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. The father and son were imprisoned.As for the title of Zhen Guo Gongfu, which was not deprived, Xie Shi was appointed as Zhen Guo Gong.

Everyone else in the Zhenguo government office who was involved in stealing copper was arrested.Some were imprisoned and some were exiled.

The powerful Zhenguo Palace suddenly fell to this end, which made many people sigh.

When the Wang family and the Xun family saw the fate of the Zhenguo Palace, they were naturally frightened and uneasy.

For a time, the aristocratic families in the capital were restless. They were worried that they would be the ones who would be unlucky next.