It turned out that King Yan saw that his country was undergoing earth-shaking changes with the help of Ji Jie, and coupled with the changes in Zhaocheng and Dazhou, he came up with the idea of abdication!
He wanted to pass the throne to Ji Jie. He believed that under Ji Jie's governance, the Yan State would become richer and more powerful and become a powerful country in China.
King Yan did not announce this idea in front of the ministers. He only told his personal old eunuch. The old eunuch drank too much and lost his ability to talk about it.
The speaker was unintentional but the listener was interested. The news quickly reached Ji Yong's ears.
Ji Yong had been coveting the throne for a long time and was worried about having nothing to do. When he heard the news, he was overjoyed and immediately found Empress Yan to discuss the matter with her.
Ji Yong pretended to be indignant and shouted in front of Empress Yan that the position of king could not be passed on to outsiders and must be inherited by his nephew, the son of King Yan and Empress Yan.
On the one hand, Queen Yan was grateful for Ji Yong's "sense of justice", but on the other hand, she was afraid that King Yan would really give the throne to Ji Jie. She knew King Yan's temper very well, and once she decided something, even the nine-headed ox would not be able to come back.
Ji Yong saw the anxiety of Queen Yan, and "timely" gave her a good idea to murder King Yan, and then with the support of him and the officials, he established the young prince as the new king.
Queen Yan thought over and over again and decided to adopt Ji Yong's suggestion. But how could she kill King Yan without letting outsiders doubt the cause of his death?
Ji Yong gave her another idea and inserted a silver needle into King Yan's Tianmen point while he was sleeping. The attack occurred an hour later, and the cause of death looked like sudden death.
Queen Yan prepared for this for a long time. Finally, after lunch that day, King Yan wanted to take a lunch break at her place. After he fell asleep, Queen Yan took out the silver needle she had prepared long ago and stabbed him at the right spot. Go down!
Then, King Yan died suddenly.
Queen Yan originally thought that Ji Yong and the officials would support her son, but she didn't expect that Ji Yong immediately changed his mind. He wanted to be the king of the Yan Kingdom. As soon as King Yan died, he began to bribe the officials. Queen Yan, who was late in taking action, was at a disadvantage.
If Ji Lin hadn't made her position clear, Ji Yong might have sat on the throne of the king.
When Empress Yan and Ji Yong heard Ji Jie's words, "Two people can only live one," they rushed to tell the whole process from planning to implementation, without any omissions.
Ji Jie had already found some clues before, but because there was no evidence, he could only adopt this method to intimidate and deceive the two of them so that they could tell the truth on their own.
Unexpectedly, these two people were very good at it, and they quickly used them all.
"So, King Yan's death has a lot to do with me!" Ji Jie sighed helplessly and said, "If he hadn't wanted to give the throne to me, he wouldn't have died young!"
Ji Lin's eyes turned red. She pulled out her sword with a clang, pointed at Empress Yan and Ji Yong who were kneeling on the ground, and shouted sternly: "For the sake of the throne, you are even willing to kill your own relatives, how could I have Such a brother and sister-in-law will die!"
"Brother-in-law, you have to save me..."
"Save me..."
Queen Yan and Ji Yong each hugged one of Ji Jie's legs and eagerly sought shelter. The two of them also knew Ji Lin very well. This girl had a very similar personality to King Yan. She usually held back, but once the fire in her heart burned up, she would No one can stop it.
"Sister Lin, don't be impulsive!" Ji Jie stopped her and said seriously: "I can understand how you feel now. They killed your eldest brother. They are worse than animals. They really deserve to die! But think about it, after all, they They are also your relatives, what is the difference between you killing them and them killing your eldest brother, right?"
The corners of Ji Lin's mouth moved, and the long sword in her hand fell to the ground with a clang, and her tears fell down like a string of broken beads.
"Yes, yes, I am no better than a beast. Sister, if you want to kill me, you are no better than a beast..."
"Fuck you, uncle!" Ji Jie kicked Ji Yong mercilessly. Damn it, your grandma, I'm begging you for mercy and you kicked your nose in the face, so get out of here.
Ji Jie gently held Ji Lin in his arms and advised softly: "Don't be sad. People can't be resurrected after death. I believe that King Yan in heaven doesn't want to see you like you are now. You should take practical actions." , make the Yan Kingdom more powerful, and then he will rest in peace!"
"But..." Ji Lin was already bursting into tears: "Big brother's...meaning...let...let you become a great...king..."
"Haha, does it make any difference if I do what you do?" Ji Jie carefully wiped away the tears on her face and said softly: "Your eldest brother's wish is nothing more than to make Yan country stronger and stronger. As long as you can do At this point, you are more suitable to be the king than me, don't you have confidence in yourself?"
"Do you have confidence in me?" Ji Lin raised her head and asked, her big eyes still sparkling with tears.
"Of course!" Ji Jie smiled and patted her shoulder and said, "Let's talk about the current Yanjun. Although I helped you create it at the beginning, the current Tiejun is inseparable from your efforts. Your ability is obvious to all, you can't even build an army, let alone govern a country, haha!"
Ji Lin nodded heavily, saw Ji Yong and Empress Yan from the corner of her eye, and asked, "What should they do?"
"I will arrange these!" Ji Jie made an expression that said you can rest assured that I will do the work, and then led her out, instructing the three brothers to keep a close eye on the two people inside.
Then, a list of posters was posted all over the streets and alleys of Jicheng.
The content of the announcement is as follows: King Yan left a will before his death, stating that it could only be opened after the arrival of Lord Zhaowen and Ji Jie. Today, Lord Zhaowen and Princess Ji Lin entered the palace, accompanied by Prince Ji Yong and Queen Yan. The four of them jointly opened the will. The king of Yan ordered that his sister Ji Lin should inherit the throne, and asked Zhaowen Jun Ji Jie to serve as the supervisor of the country to help the new king govern the country. The Yan Kingdom and the Great Zhou Dynasty would be reconciled from generation to generation.
This result was beyond the expectations of all Yan people. In their opinion, the position of the king belonged to either Ji Yong or the son of Queen Yan. How could it become Ji Lin's?
In order to win over people's hearts, Ji Jie spent a lot of money and asked Ji Lin to issue the first royal decree to waive tax and corvee for three years.
No tax collection for three years, Ji Jie has it all covered!
The people were shocked. With such great benefits, they didn't care whether the new king was a man or a woman. In short, they supported him with one word!
Well, these are two words.
As for Ji Yong and Queen Yan, Ji Jie sent someone to secretly send them to Sima City in the far north and imprison them in a dungeon. They will never see the sun again in this life. Who told you to be so cruel?
Empress Yan's son, Ji Lin's nephew, was sent to Zhaocheng to receive enlightenment education. The child was innocent.
Everything was according to Ji Jie's plan, and he began to prepare for Ji Lin's coronation ceremony.