After finishing speaking, Cheng Yuhuan cleared her throat and said, "Now that your majesty and the prince have passed away, the second prince should take over. Do you have any opinions?"
Xia Jun shook his head and said: "No, the second prince is cruel and easy to kill, and is not qualified for such a big job. I think the third prince is better."
Cheng Yuhuan said: "The third prince is a playboy and has no royal dignity. How can he take on such an important responsibility?"
Xia Jun said: "The superior can be mediocre and do nothing but cannot be cruel and easy to kill. If the second prince is allowed to ascend the throne and become the emperor, how can he kill casually?"
Cheng Yuhuan said: "No, we should follow the ancestral system and have no legitimate son. In the past, even if the prince was the legitimate son and the eldest son, he could naturally become the crown prince. Now that the prince has passed away and there is no legitimate son, and the second prince has the eldest son, he should naturally become the emperor.
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Xia Jun said: "The throne is occupied by a capable person. How can we only look at the ancestral system?"
Cheng Yu said with a smile: "But the third prince is not a capable person."
Cheng Yuhuan has been in officialdom for a long time and is very proficient in the art of talking. He cited the ancestral system and the identity of the prince, as if the second prince's succession to the throne was the legacy of the late emperor. Marshal Xia Jun only considered the second prince to be cruel and easy to kill.
Obviously, the reasons for establishing a third prince were not sufficient, and he gradually fell behind.
The two argued for a long time without making a decision. Although Xia Jun lost to Cheng Yuhuan in terms of words, the key to who to choose was strength. He did not dare to be too cautious about Marshal Cheng Yuhuan, who had absolute strength in the military.
After much disobedience, both parties finally stopped and wanted to seek Xia Houfeng's opinion.
Xiahou Feng is currently the person with the highest position and prestige in the Xiahou family. The Xiahou family naturally looks up to him. Seeing that the Cheng and Xia families are arguing, Xiahou Feng doesn't know who to choose.
If he had to choose, although none of his nephews were successful, he would prefer the fifth prince. After all, the second prince was cruel and easy to kill. The third prince was too dandy and arrogant. Although the fifth prince was a bit lustful, if he became a
The emperor asked him to marry three thousand beauties in the harem, but he was the one with the fewest faults.
After Marshal Xia Houfeng expressed his opinion, he was besieged by the two families. As a result, the three parties argued for a long time without explaining the reason. In the end, they had to break up and wait until tomorrow.
Seeing the situation during the court meeting, Fang Rui knew that such a noise would not lead to anything and it would be better to be quiet. Therefore, when the court was over, the two elders of the Fang family said they were not feeling well and needed to rest for a few days, so they would not come to the court for the next few days.
toward.
Wang Xuan and Chen Qun also knew what they meant. Since they were on the same side as the Fang family, they naturally had to remain neutral, so they simply claimed they were ill and were recuperating and not coming.
Walking out of the palace gate side by side, Wang Xuan smiled and patted Fang Xiaoyu on the shoulder and said: "Xiaoyu, your move of retreating in order to advance is really awesome. Stay neutral first, let them fight with each other, and finally take advantage."
Fang Xiaoyu smiled bitterly and said: "Why retreat in order to advance? I am forced to have no choice."
"How..." Wang Xuan asked in surprise: "What happened?"
Fang Xiaoyu extended his hand to invite: "It's not convenient to talk here, uncle, let's get in the car first, and we'll talk on the way. Ling'er has already gone to my Lanting Villa first, let's go there too."
Wang Xuan nodded: "That's fine, I'll just take your carriage there."
After boarding the carriage, Wang Xuan smiled and said: "Although your carriage is also very exquisite, it is not as good as the one given to Ling'er. You also send the battery here from time to time. Ling'er's carriage is still very easy to use, but it's just that
I was in a hurry to go to Beijing this time and didn’t bring it with me."
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "I will give my uncle a better one in the future. You will definitely like it."
"Oh? Is there something better? Then I want to see it." Wang Xuan said again: "Let's not mention these for now. Can you first talk about the difficulties you just mentioned?"
When Wang Xuan asked again, Fang Xiaoyu had to tell everything he saw and heard when he went to see Xia Jun. Wang Xuan thought for a long time and shook his head: "I can't figure out why Mr. Xia is so determined. Your strategy.
That's right, we have no other good solution except to wait and see what happens."
Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Uncle, our troops are not rich now. We are weak together but strong together. I think uncle should move to Lanting Villa and bring the troops here to station. Let's stay at the Villa and wait and see what happens.
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Wang Xuan nodded in agreement and said, "That's all we have to do. I'll let the troops pass immediately."
It is indeed not safe to camp in the wild. Now that Lanting Villa is a place to camp, it is much better. Therefore, Wang Xuan quickly transferred his two divisions to Lanting Villa to garrison. The military strength here suddenly became full, and Fang Xiaoyu's heart
Finally got some bottom.
Now that he has remained neutral, what Fang Xiaoyu has to do now is to wait for the outcome of the dispute between the three parties in the city, so he no longer pays attention to the political struggle in the capital. With nothing to do in the villa, Fang Xiaoyu and Wang Ling are in
After playing around in the villa, the laughter of the two people was everywhere in Lanting Villa, which made Fang Rui, Wang Xuan and others just say that the young man was really energetic.
Wang Xuan was also very happy to see Fang Xiaoyu and Wang Ling being so loving. In his free time, he played chess with Fang Rui and had tea with Fang Qiong. He was very happy and relaxed. In just one month, he was very happy.
It's past.
On this day, Fang Xiaoyu was taking Wang Xuan and his daughter to visit his No. 2 special train: "Uncle, look, this is the train I took this time. I call it an armored train. It is specially used for fighting. It can take up to two people."
Thousands of people, once a war breaks out, I guarantee that with this armored train, I can defeat 50,000 regular imperial troops with two thousand iron-blooded troops."
Wang Xuan stroked the 105mm howitzer in the carriage and said: "Yes, very good. If there are five of these things, they can run rampant throughout the Lanfang Empire. I wonder how many you have built?"
Fang Xiaoyu shook his head: "There's only one." Then he added: "It's not that I can't make it, but I'm unwilling to make it."
"Oh? Why? You are unwilling to make such a powerful weapon." Wang Xuan was very puzzled by Fang Xiaoyu's words.
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The target of this kind of weapon is too large, and it relies too much on railway lines. It is very easy to be destroyed. Although it is incredibly powerful, it can easily be trapped. It is not cost-effective to manufacture this kind of weapon."
Wang Xuan nodded and said: "These shortcomings do exist, but even if there are some shortcomings, the power of this weapon is very amazing. With such heavy armor, such heavy artillery, and so many carriages, no wonder you have to use four locomotives
Only then can we push forward.”
While several people were talking, Guo Cheng hurried over. He said out of breath: "Master, a businessman who claimed to be from the Chinese Consular Intelligence Bureau came to report. He looked very anxious, as if something had happened.
What a big deal. Oh, by the way, they still have this."
As he spoke, Guo Cheng took out a badge with the golden dragon logo. Fang Xiaoyu took it over and took a look. It was the identity badge of the Chinese Consular Intelligence Bureau, and it was also a very high-level identity badge. Seeing it, Fang Xiaoyu was already sure that the other party was him.
People.
Knowing that there was something urgent, Fang Xiaoyu immediately came to the living room with Wang Xuan. At this time, Fang Rui and others had already arrived. The person who came was a man dressed as a businessman. Everyone saw that he was hesitant to speak.
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Fang Xiaoyu said: "These are all members of my family. There is nothing to hide. Just tell me."
The businessman nodded and saluted: "It's your lord. I am the special liaison officer sent to the capital by Director Zhao. I am specially responsible for the young master's operation. After the young master left the capital, people from our intelligence bureau have been closely monitoring the people in the city.
There was movement. There was a gun battle in the city last night. Although the fighting was not very fierce, it lasted for most of the night. This morning the gate of the imperial city was closed tightly. The city was covered with soldiers. There was a lot of blood on the nearby streets, but there were no bodies."
Fang Xiaoyu was shocked when he heard this. He originally thought that something happened in the Chinese army, but he didn't expect that something happened in the capital. It was also strange that Lanting Villa was a little far away from the capital, and he didn't even know about the fierce fighting in the city. It was really closed-off, so he kept his neutrality.
It's really thorough. But it's no wonder that there have been frequent small-scale frictions between the three forces in the city recently. Gunfire is inevitable every night, and everyone is used to hearing it.
Fang Xiaoyu asked hurriedly: "Do you know which force in the city is fighting? What is the result?"
The businessman said: "We used some insider information and finally got the details of this battle. Yesterday evening, Xia Houhuan announced that the third prince and the fifth prince intended to rebel, killed them, and at the same time made the second prince the emperor. The result
With insufficient preparation, Marshal Xia Jun attacked the imperial city in the name of killing the rebels, but was attacked from both sides by the Cheng family and the Imperial Guards under Xia Houhuan. Lieutenant General Xia Houqian originally helped Marshal Xia quell the rebellion, but in the end,
One of the troops in the garrison suddenly rebelled and killed Lieutenant General Xia Houqian. Marshal Xia Jun was also seriously injured. Now the Xia family's armed forces have protected Marshal Xia and his family and retreated to the northwest."
After hearing the news about the visitor, everyone present was shocked. They did not expect such a big change to happen in the capital in one day. Fang Xiaoyu hurriedly asked: "Where is Marshal Xia Houfeng now?"
The businessman said: "Marshal Xia Houfeng did not support Xia Houhuan's rebellion. He was also injured in the conflict and had retreated eastward with the Beicheng city defense army and another army from the garrison who were loyal to him. In addition, Xia Yushang retreated to the east.
The lord's army also withdrew along with Marshal Xia Jun."
At this moment, Fang Wei, who had been stationed in Nancheng, walked into the living room with Zhengchen all over his body. Fang Rui quickly stepped forward and said, "Third brother, what's going on? Why are you back?"
Fang Wei said: "We were attacked by the Cheng family. The troops suffered heavy losses. There are only more than 10,000 city guards and garrison troops left in total. They have now been withdrawn." Seeing that Fang Wei was in low spirits, it was obvious that
Because he was running around for a long time and his body was very tired, Fang Rui quickly ordered someone to help him down to rest.