high official

Chapter 1057
Wang Xian and the three academicians knew very well that killing Wang Guifei would not turn the situation around, but would probably bring Zhao Ying closer to King Zhao, and might also attract the emperor's fury, greatly weakening the prince's party. Just weak strength.

But they didn't care, Wang Xian needed to use this matter to drag the three great scholars into the water, hold them as a handle, so that they would not dare to tear themselves apart in the future, so as to facilitate bargaining.

What the three great scholars need is to make extraordinary achievements for the prince, so that they can get the desired position in the future.As for the consequences of doing so, they asked themselves to do it in a concealed manner, so that they would not be suspected of themselves, so that was enough... As for the other things, they couldn't stop them, and naturally there was no need to take them into consideration.

"My lord, if Zhao Ying really becomes King Zhao's man as you said, will we be in danger?" Dai Hua asked in a low voice.

"With Zhu Lao San's character, we will not be in danger until they start at the earliest." Wang Xian patted the dirt on his hands and said with a smile: "If it is Zhu Lao Er, we will probably be killed by now. .”

"Of course, if King Zhao is replaced by King Han, my lord will not fall into the trap." Dai Hua smiled and flattered him.

"Of course. It is the most basic thing to watch people order food." Wang Xian accepted it calmly: "Zhao Laosan is resourceful and indecisive. He is most suitable for hiding behind the shady people, but he insists on following others to stand on the front desk and do his own thing." The thing I'm least good at, I dare to make such a risky move..."

When Wang Xian first entered Beijing, it was really a helpless move.He seems to hold more than half of Shandong in his hands, as if he has the capital to support his own self-respect, but after careful analysis, he will find that he is actually weak and pitiful... Not only does the government's army belong to Liu Sheng, but even the White Lotus Sect's army does not belong to him. However, his real team is less than 3000 people separated from the Jinyiwei system.

Of course, if he gave up his status as an official and joined the White Lotus Sect, Liu Jun's [-] troops would probably belong to him.But once this happens, Liu Sheng, Wei Yuan, and Chu Yan will definitely draw a clear line with him.It's not the superficial effort at the moment, but the real delineation.Because these high-ranking officials chose to cooperate with him only because they were worried about being liquidated by the emperor, and they had no intention of betraying the imperial court.

Moreover, in the hearts of the gentry and bureaucrats, the White Lotus Sect is a cult after all, and it can be used temporarily. If it is really in cahoots with them, it will definitely be abandoned by the scholar-bureaucrat group.Wang Xian has never seen a precedent for a successful rebellion without relying on landlords and scholar-bureaucrats.

As for the Mongols in Duoyan Sanwei, they just took what they needed and used each other. Once the matter was over, they would never communicate with each other.Even if the imperial court made up their minds to transfer them into the pass to suppress the rebellion, the Mongols would be happy to flatten Shandong...

But Baoyin's Borzigit Department is more trustworthy, but how can Wang Xian drag them into the flames of war?What's more, on the Hetao side, it's not Baoyin alone who can have the final say...

So if you calculate carefully, at that time Wang Xian seemed to have countless Austrian aid, and the fire was cooking oil, but in fact his foundation was very shallow, and he did not have the capital and possibility to compete with the imperial court.

This is simply a game of dead chess, Wang Xian can only go to Beijing alone, trying to survive from death.Fortunately, after he was in Calabash Valley, he had enough time to think about the future. He had foreseen this situation early, and laid out the chess pieces long in advance, so that Taoist Hu could make alchemy for the emperor. Only then did he have a chance to turn things around.

After that, while Wang Xian created the illusion that he was captured without a fight, he secretly arranged carefully and bluffed, so that the bad news from all directions was transmitted to the capital, and Zhu Di was greatly embarrassed and shocked at the court meeting!
In fact, he can only shock Zhu Di for a while. Once the emperor comes back to his senses and thinks carefully about the situation, he will see through his empty city plan.But after taking Taoist Hu's elixir, Zhu Di had no chance of recovering from his senses, and suffered a deep stroke in a fit of anger, which completely changed the situation in the court!

In the era of imperial power, the stability of the court and the balance of power are all tied to the emperor. Once the emperor is critically ill, the situation will change drastically!Everyone's thoughts will change, and everyone has to consider the dangers and opportunities brought about by the replacement of the throne as the top priority!Everything else has to make way for this one!That's why King Zhao became very popular all of a sudden.

Besides King Zhao, Wang Xian is also the biggest beneficiary.With Zhu Di's downfall, Liu Sheng, Wei Yuan, Chu Yan and others in Shandong will unite under Wang Xian's banner without hesitation, and cooperate more closely with the White Lotus Sect to maximize the strength of the group in order to deal with possible future events. of various situations.Those pro-prince forces who are close to Wang Xian will also move closer to him as much as possible, because everyone knows that once the crown prince takes power, Wang Xian will become the most powerful courtier in the Ming Dynasty!none of them!

Wang Xian's previously weak and loose forces suddenly became stronger and more compact. It was no longer just seemingly strong before, but turned from fiction to reality, and became truly powerful!
This is the reason why Wang Xian must enter Beijing. Only by entering Beijing can he realize his strength and truly become a powerful and important force!

Of course, there must be a price to pay, and the price is that he is now trapped in Beijing, which is like a prison.However, Wang Xian's life and death are not in the hands of others, because at this moment, his bluff has become real strength.Whoever wants to kill him has to weigh it up, whether he can bear the price of chaos in the world!
But if King Zhao was replaced by King Han, Wang Xian would never dare to take the risk, it was only because King Zhao was indecisive and had too many scruples that he dared to do so...

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Three days later, it was originally the day after the seal.

Zhao Wang used the reason that he could not make his father too sad, so far he has prevented people from reporting the sad news of Wang Guifei's death to the emperor.Although Zheng He felt that something was wrong, what King Zhao said made sense after all. Given the current situation of the emperor, he really couldn't bear a little trouble.We can only hope that Zhu Di was completely confused and forgot about the happy event after the seal.

However, contrary to expectations, Zhu Di was obviously very restless that day, as if he couldn't remember something important, he kept trying to keep his eyes open, and his throat was making a ho-ho, as if he was thinking hard about what was going on.

King Zhao waited from the side, deliberately pretending not to notice the strange behavior of the emperor, and picked up a few books scattered on the table, which he used to read to the emperor to relieve his boredom. 'Accidentally', he swept a bamboo stick to the ground with a snap.

Zhao Wang hurriedly bent down to pick it up, but he stared at the emperor from the corner of his eye. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Di staring at the bamboo stick.Zhao Wang's mouth was slightly upturned, and the smug smile was fleeting.

Zheng He, who was standing on the side, changed his expression drastically when he saw this, but the situation did not allow him to talk too much.

"Chongxi..." Sure enough, Zhu Di suddenly remembered, and said vaguely: "Today is the day of Chongxi, right?"

King Zhao's body froze, his shoulders twitched slightly, as if he was wiping tears with his back to the emperor.

"Where is Concubine Wang?" Zhu Di remembered that he hadn't seen Concubine Wang for three days. "Why hasn't the ceremony started yet?"

"Father..." Zhao Wang choked up and said, "The imperial concubine is ill, the grand ceremony cannot be held today..."

"Why?" The corners of Zhu Di's mouth twitched, his expression becoming anxious.

"The imperial concubine is ill..." King Zhao repeated.

"That can't miss Chongxi..." Zhu Di's voice was vague, but his tone was unquestionable: "Today must be held."

"Father can't be held anymore!" Zhao Wang suddenly turned his head, his face was covered with tears, and his expression was extremely painful.Trembling and choking with sobs, he said: "The imperial concubine is dead..."

"What?!" Zhu Di struggled to sit up as if struck by lightning. Of course, there was no doubt that he fell heavily on the bed. If it wasn't for Zheng He's sharp eyes and quick hands, he would have fallen off the dragon bed, and would have suffered another stroke. ...

"He... what did he say?" Zhu Di gasped like a bellows, stared at Zheng He, and asked in a hissing voice, "Really?"

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body..." Zheng He could only nod his head with tears in his eyes and said, "Three days ago, the imperial concubine died suddenly. For the sake of the emperor's dragon body, she has been hiding it from the emperor and has not reported it..."

"Ho... ho..." Zhu Di's eyes were straightened, he was panting violently, a lot of saliva dripped from the corner of his crooked mouth, Zheng He hurriedly pushed the emperor's palace acupuncture point, Zhao Wang also stepped forward to wipe the scum around the emperor's mouth Saliva.

"Who did it?!" Zhu Di gasped for a moment, looked at Zhao Wang weakly, and squeezed out these four words from between his teeth.No matter how confused Zhu Di was, he also understood that Wang Guifei's sudden death at this time was definitely not an accident.It's because someone doesn't want her to be the queen!
"Eunuch Zhao is already conducting a thorough investigation..." King Zhao knelt in front of the emperor, and said in a deep voice, "I have the audacity to suspect that someone wants to stop Chongxi! I don't want to see the emperor's dragon body get better!"

Zhu Gaosui cleverly changed positions, and secretly changed concepts between Fenghou and Chongxi, but Zhu Di didn't notice it, and gritted his teeth: "Prince, can't you wait so long?!"

"I can't be sure that it's the elder brother, he's in Nanjing..." King Zhao actually interceded for the prince.But that was because he knew Zhu Di's self-willedness too well, the more he interceded at this time, the more he pushed the prince into the pit of fire.Instead, he made a good name for himself.

"Who else could it be if it wasn't him?!" Zhu Di's straight eyes were shining coldly, and his trembling voice was piercingly cold: "He really thought I was already dead?!" He hissed and roared: "Even Even my noble concubine dares to kill, the next step is to kill the king!"

"Your majesty!" Zheng He and Zhao Wang knelt in front of the emperor almost at the same time, the former choked up and said, "Prince is benevolent and filial, it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing, Your majesty..."

"Shut up!" Zhu Di glanced at Zheng He sternly, and Zheng He didn't dare to speak out.

"Father, no matter whether it is the emperor's brother or not, there must be ghosts in the palace, and there must be thieves in the court!" King Zhao said sharply, "Those people are capable of doing anything out of conscience!"

"Investigate! Give me a thorough investigation!" Zhu Di's breathing became more and more rapid, his eyes and face were swollen red, almost purple. "They want me to die, I let them die first!"

"Who will investigate, who will investigate, and who will be arrested first? Please show me!" King Zhao asked urgently.

(End of this chapter)