In the Heavens

The clan, nobles, and factory guards teamed up, and naturally it was not something that a bunch of talkative officials could resist. Before they could elect an emperor, they went to hell in advance.

It can be seen that in the complex political struggle, everyone is making progress. The Xungui Group, which had finally turned around, did not leave any chance for its competitors in this wave, and charged the cabinet members with treason as soon as it came up.

As the victors, at this moment the Xungui Group is bringing the remaining civil and military officials to welcome the "King of Xiangyang" into the imperial city at the gate of the city.

Zhang Lun stood in the first place without hesitation, next to him was the patriarchal order, and behind him was a group of dignitaries, and the figures of the civil servants were left behind.

It's not that everyone is messing around, it's just that the entire army of high-level officials in Beijing and China has been wiped out, and all the top and second-rank officials have been wiped out because of their involvement in the reverse case.

Although the rest did not go to the guillotine, they are still under investigation because of the faction boss's involvement in the rebellion.

Before the suspicion is cleared, they are not qualified to support a new king. Otherwise, if you get the merit of support and get involved in the reverse case, wouldn't it be injustice for the new king?

Now that there is a vacancy in the cabinet and the vacancy of the chief officials of the six ministries, so many positions have been vacated at one time, and they are all left to the new emperor to arrange cronies. This is already the greatest sincerity shown by the Xungui Group.

It can be said that the "King of Xiangyang" picked up a big bargain this time, and he was able to promote his cronies and reorganize the court according to his own will.

Looking at the horse team with white sails and the flag with the word "Xiang" erected, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

When the team approached, the British Duke Zhang Lun stepped forward and gave a half salute: "Zhang Lun and all the officials, civil and military, respectfully invite the prince to enter the city!"

The rules are the rules. Before the ceremony is completed, Zhu Houwei is only the king of Xiangyang, not the son of Datian.

"You're welcome, we are all old acquaintances."

Hearing this familiar voice, after confirming again and again that it wasn't his own eyesight, the mouths of the dignitaries and clan bosses in front of them all turned into O shapes.

Seemingly satisfied with all of this, the freshly released King of Xiangyang "Zhu Houwei" waved his hand and asked everyone, "Is it a pleasant surprise to see Gu again?"

I didn't feel the surprise, but from the cold sweat on the foreheads of everyone, it can be seen that shock is a must.

But what should we do now?

The emperor is still alive, but he has sent a funeral to the world. I searched through the history books, but I couldn't find such a wonderful thing.

But thinking about the strange things that Zhengde has done in the past, Zhang Lun can be sure that the guy in front of him is indeed the original. Only this guy can do such a wonderful thing.

Walking up to Zhengde, Zhang Lun lowered his voice as much as possible and asked, "Your Majesty, the game is so big this time, how should it end now?"

There is no other way to start a massacre in front of him. It was based on the premise that the cabinet colluded with the aristocratic family to kill the king. Now that the emperor is still alive, the nature has changed again.

It is necessary to come up with a reasonable explanation to convince the people of the world, otherwise the civil servants will have to riot.

Zhengde patted Zhang Lun on the shoulder, gave him a reassuring look, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you have mistaken someone.

It is Zhu Houwei who is alone, and the first emperor has already driven the crane west. As brothers, we look like Yidiandian, which is understandable if you think about it. "

Zhang Lun, who is not low in political wisdom, immediately realized: "My lord is right. I lost my mind for a while when I saw that my lord remembered the late emperor. I hope my lord will not be offended!"

Obviously, these words were for the nobles behind him. Since the emperor is not afraid to say that he is dead, he should simply make the mistake and continue to support the new emperor.

Although it was a little nonsense, this rhetoric can at least calm down the matter in front of it.

Anyway, there are not many people who have had close contact with the emperor, as long as everyone insists that this is the King of Xiangyang, that is the King of Xiangyang.

"Zhu Houwei" waved his hand and said: "No blame, no blame! Let's enter the city first, and then I have to trouble Zhang Gong to find out the murderer who murdered the late emperor and avenge my brother!"

Hearing the news, the sweat on Zhang Lun's forehead increased again. After working for a long time, this "golden cicada escapes its shell, Li Daitao stiffens" is all prepared for the aristocratic family.

With the political slogan of "revenge for my brother", Zhu Houwei can take down all the aristocratic families in a reasonable and legal manner without causing a collective reaction from the gentry all over the world.

Of course, the premise is that they can do well in aristocratic families. Looking at the extra Taoist priests among the accompanying drivers, Zhang Lun knew that the emperor had gained the support of the Taoist sect.

The responsibility for military force is there, and the next step is the performance of the army. The aristocratic family will not sit still, as long as the emperor insists on revenge, they will inevitably raise troops and make trouble.

This is also an opportunity for the nobles, who have been idle for so many years, and now they finally have a place to use, although it is only to suppress civil strife.

Immediately patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Zhang Lun is inseparable from the rebellious officials and thieves, and they will be brought to justice!"

...

Seeing "Zhu Houwei" deal with Xungui with three words and two words, Li Muxuan's heart was mostly relieved.

Don't look at the decline of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but the system of hereditary military service was played by the Ming Dynasty, and most of the middle and high levels of the army were inextricably linked with the nobles.

Taking down the Xungui Group is equivalent to stabilizing the military. In the future, even if there are occasional civil strife, there will be no Jiufang Border Town on the side of the Qing Dynasty.

As long as the frontier army is in hand, the world will still belong to Ming Dynasty. If there is no accident, the dead gang of important officials in the court have even prepared food and salaries for countering the rebellion.

Perhaps this is the greatest contribution they have made to Daming, using their hard-earned money to embezzle half of their lives to contribute to the cause of Daming's reform.

...

When the new emperor ascended the throne, he should have pardoned the world. It's a pity that this time is different, there is no pardon order, but a bunch of imperial edicts to ransack the family and exterminate the family.

Suzhou Yuanfu

In this mansion comparable to the size of an emperor, there is a chill atmosphere at the moment, and the children of the Yuan family who were scattered in various places as officials have also returned with their seals.

A young man in his twenties came forward with a secret letter and said: "The imperial court ordered to arrest the murderer, and my Yuan family is on the list. My lord, turn it back!"

After reading the contents of the secret letter, the old man gave up all his previous illusions. The worst thing ever happened.

Not only were the families that participated in the assassination unlucky, but the other aristocratic families that did not participate also suffered disasters.

Of course, this cannot be regarded as an innocent disaster. Although not directly involved, they are also insiders. Knowing about the rebellion and not reporting it, in the eyes of the emperor, is no different from rebellion.

"Pass down the order to recruit Xiangyong in the name of guarding against theft. The third child sent me a post to invite the officials of Suzhou. Before the imperial edict is delivered, we must take down the Suzhou mansion first!

Fifth, you are in charge of inviting the major gentry families in Suzhou and Hangzhou. If you want to succeed this time, you must drag them into the water.

Second child, you are in charge of communicating with the Liu family, Sima family, Lin family, Chen family and other big families. Now we are all on the same boat. In order to survive, everyone must unite.

Lao Qi, you go to the Confucius family in Shandong in person. Although their strength is not very good, the name of the descendant of the saint has a great influence on the scholars.

In this incident, we lack righteousness. No matter what you do, you have to get them on board.

Lao Ba sent people to keep an eye on Prince Wu's mansion, and would take them down if he had the chance, and they must be caught alive. We need his banner this time.

..."

After giving more than a dozen orders in a row, the old man's expression was still very solemn. Raising troops to rebel is the last resort and the worst decision of the family.

Throughout the ages, countless aristocratic families have perished in wars. Even if they won the final victory and successfully seized the political power, it is often not worth the loss.

When it comes to the comfort of small life, the royal family can't keep up with the aristocratic family. Even though successive dynasties have suppressed aristocratic families, their small days are still happy.

Compared with the aristocratic era at their peak, they are just broken into pieces, their style of acting is much lower-key, and their own wealth has not decreased.

Now that everything is over, with the failure of the court battle, the new emperor raised his butcher's knife against them, and he couldn't do without rebellion.

Since ancient times, the first citrons have died first, and it has never been heard that the first rebel ruled the world. If possible, the old man really doesn't want to be this early bird.

It was not only the Yuan family who raised their troops at the same time, all the aristocratic families who received the information decided to raise their troops almost at the same time.

But everyone's brains are still not burnt out, knowing that Daming has not yet reached the point of losing all people's hearts, and it is not a good time to rebel.

Instead of directly raising the anti-flag, they used the local vassals as a shield and started under the banner of "the side of the Qing emperor".

...

Overnight, the aristocratic families engulfed the princes of the Nine Routes, and they all played the banner of "the Qing emperor's side" and made a mess of Chinese and military officials.

"Zhu Houwei", who was the instigator, is sitting on the dragon chair and watching the fun without heart at this moment.

At this point, no one dares to say that the aristocratic family has been wronged. Regardless of whether there is a misunderstanding or not, since the anti-flag has been raised, there is no room for maneuver.

Knowing that all of this was deliberately done by the emperor, everyone can only pinch their noses to suppress the rebellion.

Affected by the merits of the previous cabinet's collective rebellion and suppression of Xungui, the generals group's waist in the court has suddenly become a lot harder.

Originally, it was only a matter of counterinsurgency that civilian officials were qualified to talk about, but now military generals also have the right to participate.

Seeing that all parties were still arguing, the British Duke Zhang Lun stepped forward and said: "This is the anti-insurgency outline compiled by us, please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the civil servants pretending to be provocative, as if to say: We are still here to fight the war, and you are responsible for watching.

Knowing that this was done on purpose, Zhu Houwei was still very satisfied. The court needs balance, and the relationship between civil and military cannot be too good.

Flipping through the memorial, Zhu Houwei said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Zhang, you have made all the arrangements, what do you want me to do?"

Those who didn't know thought that the emperor was dissatisfied with the British public. Only a few cronies knew that what "Zhu Houwei" was dissatisfied with was that he had no place in the counter-insurgency army.

As if hearing the signal, the censors were eager to try, so Zhang Lun spoke first: "Your Majesty, it is natural to take over the overall situation.

This rebellion was caused by a large family, and it is by no means comparable to the previous ordinary civil rebellion. In a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress it.

This is a big matter, please Your Majesty to put state affairs first! "

There is no way, Zhang Lun is really scared by the brat. If he is allowed to go out again, I don't know what kind of trouble will be caused.

Zhu Houwei rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction: "Mr. Zhang's words are serious. It seems that the Nine Route Army is a huge force, but in fact it is only a group of mobs.

The gang of rebellious troops in Guanzhong was taken care of by Lord Zhenbei, so the court didn't need to worry about it. The rebellious army in Hanzhong and Luoyang can also be solved by Lord Zhenbei.

The rebellious army in Shu and the people in the rivers and lakes were killing each other, and when they finished fighting, the turmoil would be over.

Those who need our hands are the rebels in Fujian, Jiangxi, Suzhou, Shandong, and Henan.

Fujian can be released first, and they won't make any big trouble anyway. For the remaining four roads, there is no need to bother at all. I will personally lead the troops to suppress them all the way. "

Seeing the emperor who was ready to fight, countless middle and low-level officials sighed with emotion: As expected of brothers, this style of behavior is completely out of the same mold.

Deep down in their hearts, they didn't doubt how Emperor Xiaozong taught his son, how did he teach these two bastards.

Zhang Lun bit the bullet and responded: "Your Majesty, how could a little rebellion allow you to go out in person, wouldn't this elevate the status of the rebels?

What's more, the Queen Mother has just experienced the pain of bereavement and needs you to accompany her. It is absolutely impossible for her to let you go! "

Seeing the British Duke who was fighting for reason, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there is a British Duke who is loyal to the country, otherwise this day would be impossible.

At the same time, they expressed dissatisfaction with the inaction of several cabinet members. At this time, it should be the time for their civil servants to show their strength. How can they let the military generals focus on their beauty?