high official

Chapter 1097 Farewell
On the day Wang Xian set out, the grand event was unprecedented. Two princes, ten marquises, nearly a hundred uncles, and military generals above the second rank in the capital, as well as their servants and soldiers, added up to two or three thousand warriors. Swinging outside the city to send the official pavilion to send Wang Xian south.

In that room, the civil official group did not show weakness, three pairs of six ministers came, all the cabinet scholars also came, and those old people from the East Palace who had been favored by Wang Xian did not leave one, and all came.

"This is Shang Dynasty, this is..." Dai Hua was driving the carriage, looking at the mighty formation outside the sending official pavilion ahead, he couldn't help but gasped.

"Hey," Wang Xian lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the grand occasion ahead, and said with a smile, "This is going to be a fight, and neither side is willing to lose." He didn't see Zhu Zhanji in the crowd Although the figure had been prepared for a long time, he still couldn't help feeling sad. The former siblings had become strangers after all.

"In that case, the warriors are more imposing." Dai Hua joked with a smile.

"It's a pity that the emperor is not on their side..." Wang Xian sighed, put away the untimely extravagant hopes in his heart, and laughed at himself: "Hey, what the hell are you doing so leisurely?" He said to Gu Xiao in the car Lian said softly: "I'll go back when I go." Then he jumped off the carriage and walked towards the officials ahead.

"Oh, it's a sin, it's a sin, it's such a hot day, I still bother you to come and see you off, I can't bear it." Wang Xian bowed his hands to everyone from a distance, with a relaxed and happy expression, and he couldn't see that he was nostalgic for the country. worry.

"Hahaha, my father-in-law is taking office in Beijing. Although he is not far away, we won't be able to see each other often in the future. Why don't we come and see him off?" Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng stepped forward with smiles, one on the left and one on the right. Stop at the position next to Wang Xian, and let Yang Pu, Huang Huai and others who came forward also stand aside.

"The two lords have been killed." Of course Wang Xian knew that this was a competition between the military generals and the civil officials. The new emperor had only been enthroned for a few days, and this started. It was really not a good sign.But who cares, I'm leaving anyway, so let them make trouble if they like.So Wang Xian kept a warm smile on his face all the time, and he was hypocritically courteous to this civil servant and military general.

Wang Xian drank three glasses of wine offered by the father-in-law on behalf of the generals, and three glasses of wine offered by Yang Pu and Huang Huai on behalf of the civil officials, and then he was slightly drunk and wanted to drive away.But he saw dozens of carriages carrying large black-painted boxes join his team.

"This is?" No matter how much Wang Xian drank, he knew that these carriages did not belong to him.

"Hehe, brother, you are going to take office, you have no relatives, and you have so many people, the cost must be not small." Zhu Neng said with a smile: "If you are so hard-pressed, don't you beat us old brothers? Face?" Paused, pointing to the carriageway: "Our brothers together, I got some Cheng Yi for you." Zhu Neng looked at Wang Zhang, the imperial censor behind Yang Pu, and said, "My lord, Lord Zhen Guo doesn’t care about us, so it’s not considered bribery, is it?”

"This..." Wang Zhang said with a bitter face, "For Cheng Yi, isn't it too thick?"

"We can't do it without it!" All the nobles burst into laughter: "Master Wang, don't just say something ignorant, we have such a family, and if we gather together, it will cost dozens of cars!"

"Yeah, if it weren't for the bad influence, what would a few dozen cars count? We can even make hundreds of cars!"

"..." Wang Zhang didn't want to offend Wang Xian badly, so what else could he do but be speechless.

All the civil officials showed dissatisfaction, and they really hoped that Wang Xian would refuse, so that they could feel better.

Wang Xian looked at the civil servants, smiled at the nobles and said, "I accept your wishes. As for the gifts..."

Hearing what Wang Xian said, all the civil servants showed joy, and the expressions of the nobles changed.Unexpectedly, Wang Xian changed the subject, laughed loudly and said: "Naturally, I was accepted!"

"Hahahaha!" All the nobles burst out laughing, feeling very happy that Wang Xian played tricks on the civil servants.

The civil servants looked embarrassed, only to realize that Duke Zhen doesn't care what they think!
"Sending you off for thousands of miles will eventually require a farewell, everyone, please stay!" Wang Xianchao bowed his hands to the crowd and got into the car.

"Respectfully send off the lord." The civil servants and military generals saluted Wang Xian in unison, watching his team disappear under the scorching sun under the official road.

As soon as Wang Xian's team disappeared, the smiles on the faces of the civil servants and generals froze, and the two distinct groups glared at each other.Li An, the Marquis of Anping, was a firecracker, so he couldn't hold it back at first, pointing at the civil servants and scolding: "You white-eyed wolves, didn't the late emperor treat you well enough? How dare you instigate the emperor to whip his corpse before his bones are cold?" !"

"That's right!" All the nobles had been holding back their anger for a long time these days, but they didn't dare to explode immediately because the emperor had just ascended the throne.Wang Xian's departure from Beijing was like a signal that they finally could no longer bear it.Pointing at all the civil servants, they shouted: "You ungrateful and murderous people, the emperor just let you lead them down!"

The civil servants were naturally full of anger, but the so-called "a scholar meets a soldier, it is reasonable to be unreasonable", it is really unseemly to scold these old and noble nobles in public, so they can only reply with cold snorts, and quickly get in the car and sedan chair, so as not to be embarrassing here.

Seeing the disdainful behavior of the civil servants, all the nobles became even more furious. They looked at the gentlemen one after another, filled with righteous indignation: "Grandpa, this is going to shit on our necks! You have to give us Make the decision!"

"Hmph! Don't worry!" Zhu Yong snorted coldly, and said disdainfully, "It's just them? They don't have that ability!"

"It's better not to be too optimistic..." Chengshan Hou Wang Tong frowned and said: "The emperor has always been close to civil officials, and I'm afraid he has a bad opinion of us being close to the King of Han back then. We must guard against those civil officials taking advantage of this to drive a wedge between the emperor and us!"

All the nobles thought so deeply, if it wasn't for this, they wouldn't be so terrified and lose their composure.

"My lord!" Everyone looked at the British lord, wanting to hear what this honorable leader thought: "What do you think we should do?"

"Let's have a look first before we talk." Zhang Fu looked at the crowd and said calmly, "Let's go back first."

After Zhang Fu finished speaking, he bent down and got into the carriage. All the nobles were there stupidly. He didn't expect the British Duke to be so indifferent.Seeing the eldest brother getting into the car, Zhang Min glanced around the crowd, and scolded with a smile: "Is this the place to talk about business?" He pointed at Li An and said, "Don't be in a hurry, you stick your ass, people Don't you know you're going to shit? Why are you pulling people all over your body?"

All the nobles laughed together when they heard the words, obviously they had listened to Zhang Min's words.Li An blushed and said, "I, am I in a hurry..."

"Don't be in a hurry, let's go back quickly, the sun is already dry!" Zhang Min said, and followed Zhang Fu's carriage.

As soon as the two brothers got into the car, the rest of the princes and earls also got into the car one after another, rushing back in a mighty manner.

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In the carriage of the British Duke, Zhang Fu looked serious, with a deep worry in his brows.He has a precious character and never speaks lightly, but this does not mean that he has a less sense of crisis than others.In fact, in the future, today he would never come to see Wang Xian off. It is precisely because he senses the severe challenges that the Xungui Group will face after the new king ascends the throne that he will spare no effort to see Wang Xian off.

"Brother, do you think the emperor will come?" Seeing Zhang Fu's expression, Zhang Min knew that the problem was very serious, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice.

Zhang Fu nodded, he had nothing to hide from his brothers, and said in a low voice, "It's all written in the Enthronement Edict, do you think it's a joke?"

"That's natural." Zhang Min frowned and said, "What I'm asking is, can the emperor really do this? He didn't think about the backlash from the government and the opposition?"

"The emperor thinks that the civil servants support him in doing this." Zhang Fu lowered his eyelids and said, "As for us warriors, the emperor has always disliked us..." Thinking of accompanying the prince all the way north, the prince was polite to him on the surface, but in fact he was indifferent Zhang Fuchang sighed, "Riding a horse to conquer the world, dismounting to rule the world, the emperor must have felt that it's time to put the swords and guns into the warehouse and release the horse to Nanshan."

"The emperor wants to deal with us?" Zhang Min was terrified. He used to think that the emperor wanted to take revenge on the late emperor, and the generals were just trying to hurt Chi Yu.But according to what the elder brother said, the real target of the emperor is actually these generals!

"This is just my guess..." Although he was in the carriage, not worried about being heard by others, Zhang Fu still lowered his voice and said: "On the way to accompany the emperor to Beijing, I heard someone mention it by chance. The inheritance of the throne will be accompanied by blood flow, the reason is that although the military power is in the hands of the court in name, it is controlled by the intricate generals..." After a pause, "If the military power is really in the hands of the court, the relationship between those vassal kings and noble generals No matter how good it is, there is no way to launch a rebellion..."

"Really?" Zhang Min's whole body was terrified.

"It's just a rumor," Zhang Fu said slowly, "but it's not without reason."

"Then we can't just sit and wait!" Zhang Min hurriedly said.

"Let's take a look first, maybe the emperor won't think so after a while." Zhang Fu said noncommittally: "Judging from the posthumous title given to the late emperor, the emperor didn't dare to go too far."

"Hmm..." Zhang Min knew his big brother well, and he knew better that the interests of a family like theirs were highly tied to the royal family. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he absolutely could not fight against the emperor.What's more, some people will jump out, so why rush...

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As soon as the officials returned to the capital, Zhu Gaochi summoned three cabinet scholars, Yang Pu and Huang Huai.

His Majesty the Emperor looked deeply at the five people in front of him, and sighed: "I have been in the Yongle Dynasty for 20 years. The situation has been very dangerous. There are villains who covet me and frame me. Talking about the difficulty of the situation and the danger of the situation, my heart Among the princes of all dynasties, I am definitely among the best." After a pause, he choked up emotionally and said: "Over the years, countless people have left me and betrayed me, only Duke Zhen and the five of you have always been faithful Guarding me. Without your sacrifice and contribution, I would not be where I am today!"

(End of this chapter)