serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 388 Chaotic Capital 5
Heavy snow is falling down one after another.

People looked longingly, and lanterns were lit one after another under the eaves of the palaces in the imperial city. There was a brilliance inside and outside the palace.

The door of the brightly lit Wenyuan Pavilion hall was open, and through the snowflakes it was vaguely visible that the hall was full of people.

Since the Yongwei camp entered the city, the chief and deputy ministers of the six ministries and nine ministers, officials of fourth rank and above, as well as officials from various provinces stationed in Beijing have come here as usual to deal with possible situations.

At this time, the main hall was already filled with gauze hats and dazzling red robes.

What is different from previous years is that the people who come today are all in very distinct camps.

Wang Ziteng and Li Hao, who came dragging their sick bodies, led a group of officials and stood on the left. Officials such as Jia Yucun and Mei Changwen stood on the right. No one looked at the other. There was silence in the hall.

There was only the occasional crackling sound when the brazier in the temple was burning.

At this time, the watch drum of Youshi was beating, and everyone was excited. It was time to disperse the Yamen, and it was time to give results.

"Hello, Mr. Ge! Hello, Mr. Li!"

A voice finally came from outside the second hall door, and all eyes looked outside the hall.

Before he finished speaking, a cabinet clerk held a lantern in the heavy snow and led Li Shouzhong in from outside the second hall. Behind him were Zhao Shun, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace, and a team of ceremonial supervisors Fanzi.

"Mr. Li Ge!" Everyone bowed their hands.

Li Shouzhong smiled and nodded: "Don't be too polite, don't be too polite."

At this time, everyone's sixth sense could feel that things had taken a turn for the better, and Li Shouzhong brought good news.

"The Yongwei Camp has lifted the blockade on the Ordnance Bureau." Sure enough, Li Shouzhong said it was good news.

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

Li Shouzhong walked to the brazier and stood, stretching out his hands to warm up the fire, while saying: "The chief assistant is back." Niu Shangshu first accompanied the chief assistant to Dongping County Prince's Mansion, Xining County Prince's Mansion and Qi Guogong's Mansion, and then everyone went to Beining together. At the Prince's Mansion, I saw that there was indeed someone who wanted to rebel against the Prince, but it was not the Prince and Yongweiying, but the remnants of the Supreme Emperor and Prince Yi Zhong's lineage.

They killed Wang Yushi and Deng Hanlin in order to provoke the party and the government, and assassinated Jia Guozhang in order to alienate the relationship between His Majesty and the noble military. The fisherman would benefit and regain his position. "

Having said this, his eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces.

Everyone looked awe-inspiring.

Li Shouzhong: "Perhaps some of you, my lords, already know, and perhaps some of you don't know yet. The mastermind behind Prince Yizhong's rebellion is the Supreme Emperor!"

The emperor issued an order to block the news of Xishan. Although there had been rumors early in the morning, everyone was still shocked when they heard Li Shouzhong's announcement in court.

"The father is the guide for the son, the father is not kind, the son goes to another country."

After speaking, Li Shouzhong cleared his throat and said loudly: "But the Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and your majesty is a very affectionate and filial person. So I would like you to go back and write a memorial on how to handle this case tomorrow." Submit it to the emperor for review early in the morning. The noble military means to depose the emperor, depose him as a commoner, and imprison him forever. Do you understand?"

Everyone finally understood that the emperor accepted the conditions of the noble lineage, but he was unwilling to bow his head, or in other words, he was unwilling to bear the infamy and let the officials bear this responsibility.

There was silence.

Li Shouzhong: "What? Is there any difficulty?"

Everyone responded in confusion: "Yes."

Li Shouzhong continued: "The first assistant also discussed with the prince and others about the appointment of the prince. Since the ninth prince was too young and frail, the prince agreed to the suggestions of the princes of Dongping County and appointed the seventh prince as the prince. And the old concubine will assist in government."

There was a slight commotion in the hall immediately.

Wang Ziteng's face turned pale, and Li Hao, Yang Jian, Li Mingbo and others were all stunned.

Jia Yucun, Mei Changwen and others breathed a sigh of relief.

The Qingliu civil servants immediately became excited, and their proud eyes intertwined with each other.

More officials looked confused and inexplicable.

Li Shouzhong coughed slightly, and then raised his voice: "However, there are two crucial conditions. First, in order to ensure the safety of the Ninth Prince, the Yongwei Battalion must be stationed in Xicheng, with a total of 8000 people. The other is that Fu General Chengmen only obeyed the military orders of the Infantry Army Yamen and cannot be punished in any form."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was stunned!
Jia Yucun suddenly stood up, looked at Li Shouzhong, and said with a look of sorrow and anger: "Are you protecting the Ninth Prince, or are you plotting something evil? Mr. Li Ge, your wolfish ambition is obvious."

Li Shouzhong did not accept his words and turned to Zhao Shun, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace: "Deputy General Zhao."

Zhao Shun, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace, nodded and slowly looked at Jia Yucun: "According to the order, Jia Yucun, the thief who is about to collude with the King of Yizhong County to plot evil, is escorted to Caishikou for questioning!"

Everyone except Li Shouzhong was shocked!
Several fans have already blocked Jia Yucun.

"I want to see the emperor!"

Only then did Jia Yucun wake up, hold on with all his strength, and shouted loudly: "There is a traitor who wants to harm me, I want to see the emperor!" Then he looked at Mei Changwen: "Save me!" Mei Changwen didn't dare to talk, and lowered his head in a hurry .

Deputy General Manager Zhao: "Pull it down!"

Jia Yucun jumped up, jumped on his feet and yelled: "I want to be punished and make meritorious service. I have a major case to expose, I will report it."

"Noisy!"

Deputy General Zhao slapped Jia Yucun hard on the face. The powerful force caused blood to spurt out from between Jia Yucun's mouth and nose.

Deputy Manager Zhao waved his hand in disgust: "Send it to Caishikou!" He strode out of the hall.

Fanzi followed Jia Yucun out.

Looking at the backs of Zhao Shun, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace, and the fans disappearing in the heavy snow, Li Shouzhong was stunned for a long time. He didn't understand why Jia Hu insisted on Jia Yucun's head, and then looked at Mei Changwen and others who had their heads lowered. Then he said: "It's getting late, everyone go back."

The officials replied in unison: "Yes." After that, they walked out without looking back.

Suddenly, there was a "plop" outside the door, and Li Shouzhong was startled.

"Not good! Censor Mei fainted!"

"Send it home." Li Shouzhong walked out
At this time in the palace, Emperor Jianwu was lying on the bed, his face turned white with anger, his lips turned blue, and his eyes were staring blankly at the top of the bed, motionless.

Wang Hetang, Zhao Zixun, Shi Guangzhu and Niu Jizong stood aside and held their breath in silence, not daring to bite.

Dai Quan on the side panicked when he saw this, walked over quickly and silently, picked up the tea bowl on the low table beside the bed and said softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please take a sip of hot tea."

Emperor Jianwu slowly woke up, glanced at Dai Quan, and then turned his attention to Wang Hetang: "I can agree to him, but he has to enlarge the border troops from Tong and Xuanfu into Beijing. I want to send troops from Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhou towns Recruit old soldiers to replenish the Imperial Army."

Wang Hetang felt relieved when he heard this and said: "Just as I was about to report to Your Majesty, the Prince of Dongping County proposed to expand the Forbidden Army and won the support of several other elders. Well, the Prince of County did not object to this matter. After calculation, as long as it does not exceed five Ten thousand, the national treasury can still support it.”

"fifty thousand?"

Emperor Jianwu's eyes just showed a little light and then dimmed, and he said slowly: "I, the emperor, have been aggrieved! I am ashamed of my ancestors. Let's let it be settled like this."

The four of them looked at each other and replied in unison: "I obey."

The night was already very deep, but the lights in Jia Mu's courtyard were still brightly lit.

The cotton curtain in the main room was lifted, and Yuanyang walked out. Her eyes looked at a kneeling "snowman" on the snow under the steps.

A complicated light flashed across Yuanyang's eyes. He walked to the snowman and bent down: "Master, the old lady wants you to come in." As he said this, he helped Jia She up.

Jia She stood up tremblingly: "The old lady wants to see me."

Yuanyang: "Yes. I also ordered someone to make ginger soup." After saying that, he helped Jia She into the house.

In the back room, under the dim light, Jia Mu sat on the edge of the bed and looked coldly at Jia She who walked in.

After drinking a bowl of ginger soup, Jia She finally recovered. He walked to Jia Mu and knelt down: "Mother."

Jia Mu didn't say a word, she just looked at Jia She with her two big, skinny eyes.

Jia She's voice was trembling: "My son is forced to do so! If the Yongwei camp cannot enter the city, the Jia family will be in danger of being destroyed."

"What?" Jia Mu had actually heard it, but she didn't want to believe her ears and stared at Jia She with wide eyes.

Jia She: "The emperor has long drafted the edict to appoint the seventh prince as the crown prince. Those rumors and rewards are just to paralyze our family. The day when the border troops of Datong and Xuanfu enter Beijing will be the showdown. Unless our family raises the flag to rebel, Otherwise, we can only accept the emperor’s will.”

"What a cruel emperor!"

Only then did Jia Mu really wake up, with a fierce look in her eyes, "None of the sons born by this old dog are good!" After saying that, she asked Jia She again: "Have you discussed this?"

Jia Amnesty nodded.

Jia Mu: "The second brother is your biological brother, you really have to do it!"

Jia She smiled bitterly: "If you want to keep some reputation, you must take this step. Only the second brother in the family goes out. Besides, his bias is just right."

After a "humph", Mother Jia said, "What's going on over there in Dongfu? Are there any other members of the Xungui lineage?"

Jia She sighed: "My son also just found out. When we first discussed it, Brother Hu clearly agreed. I guess that maybe he felt that the risk was too great and was worried that the emperor would leave a legacy and the new emperor would settle the accounts later. Let him After the seventh prince ascended the throne, the ninth prince became an excuse for the Jia family to hold on to military power, which could ensure safety.

As for the Xungui lineage, hey, as long as the Supreme Emperor is abolished, they will no longer be a threat.Naturally, they don't want to see the Jia family dominate.This is no longer the case. "

At this point, he hesitated, "The second daughter-in-law is also responsible for this matter. Before the crown prince was appointed, the people around her said some stupid things, like 'the uncle of the country on the fourth road outside'. How can we not let this happen?" Brother Hu is shocked!"

Seeing that Jia Mu's face was not good-looking, she hurriedly said something else: "This may not be a good thing. Besides, there are still many days to come. It's not certain whose family the flower will fall on!" After saying this, his eyes shone brightly.
(End of this chapter)