"Brother Imperial, in the past few days since you fell ill, Jiang Shan has completely changed. He is trying his best to suppress the ministers from the south of the Yangtze River. His actions will destabilize the officials and cause chaos in the court! Also, he made it clear after he took office
He will deal with us, the old royal relatives, and support his own power. If the royal family rises up to attack, the world will not be peaceful." Jiang Gui said anxiously.
"He has this method, and he will not let the clan members from all over the country find the opportunity. I only have a few days left, and I really can't control so much." Jiang Cong looked helpless.
Xu Xuan, who was behind King Cheng, finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the prince has blatantly bribed Zou Jinlin and Shi Lan. Now Zou Jinlin has at least twice as many Jinyi guards on the island as I have! They!
This is to imprison you!"
Jiang Cong sneered: "Humph, Xu Xuan, what about yourself? If I live well, I know that you will all be more loyal than dogs, but aren't you all looking for a better path for yourself now?"
"Your Majesty, you are wronged! This old servant is loyal and loyal. King Cheng and you have a deep brotherly love. Only he can keep the Jiang family! Helping King Cheng is helping yourself!" Xu Xuan begged on his knees.
"Brother, what are you afraid of? As long as he is removed from the post of supervising the country and demoted to a commoner, his followers will scatter like birds and beasts! King Qi is smart, benevolent and filial, and will definitely be supported by all officials!" Cheng
Wang said in time.
"You finally got together with the Chen family. Don't I know how much your son is worth? King Qi can't do that! If you force Jiang Shan to rebel, it will harm him even if he doesn't say it, and it will give the Northern Zhou Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of.
." Jiang Cong shook his head.
"Your Majesty, you can't pass the throne to that kind of guy who is worse than a beast! The 'Great General' smuggled enemies, trafficked people, and assassinated loyal people... How could such a person be allowed to ascend the throne!" He Qizhou loudly advised.
"Brother, you can pass the throne to me, and I will appoint King Jiang Feng of Qi as his heir. If Jiang Shan lures a wolf into the house and the northern border is difficult to protect, we can also imitate the Southern Tang Dynasty and establish a foothold on half of the country first, and then pursue a great cause!" Jiang Gui said.
"Jiang Gui, after all these years, you are still thinking about this position." Jiang Cong's voice became even more helpless.
"Uncle Emperor! Are you trying to force me into the palace?" Suddenly a shout came from outside the dormitory! Then Prince Jiang Shan opened the door and walked in, followed by Zou Jinlin, commander of the Jin Yiwei.
"You are the one who forced me into the palace! Jiang Shan, do you treat your father and subjects like this? We are bent on regaining our country, but for your own ambitions, you secretly colluded with the enemy and killed the loyal!" Jiang Gui said angrily.
"Uncle, I hope this is not the last time I call you uncle. It's you who colluded with the enemy, it's you who harmed the loyal, and it's you who forced the palace to usurp the throne! If you can put away this ambition, I don't mind if you continue to work in the armament hall.
You have to put your name on the line, but you must take this risk, and I can only operate on you!" Jiang Shan said.
"Am I dead?" Jiang Cong shouted.
"Father, you have always said that I have no opinion. This time, I will be tough, so that you can safely hand over the country to me. Alas, if you had let go thirty years ago, I would have
It won't be like this!" Jiang Shan straightened his body and did not kneel down, nor did he pay attention to what Jiang Cong said.
"You finally admit it now? Brother Emperor, when you were rescued by Yang Zheng thirty years ago, he not only messed up the harem, but also planned to ascend the throne. If my brother hadn't risked his life to stop him, his treacherous plan would have succeeded long ago!
My brother suspects that he sent someone to instigate the two assassinations you encountered on your way back!" Jiang Gui said.
"Fart! Jiang Gui! When you held military power and bullied me when I was young, you wanted to seize the throne yourself, right? When my father came back, you tried every means to pin those unfounded charges on my head, which made my father think about nothing in the past thirty years.
He abolished me as the crown prince and allowed me to support myself for the past thirty years without daring to make any mistakes..."
"Jiang Shan, it's you who thinks too much! Although I am angry with you and don't even want to see you, your talents are indeed outstanding. If I really want to destroy you, won't it be possible in thirty years? But you really shouldn't
You did those things behind your back!" Jiang Cong said angrily.
"Buying civil and military officials, forming cliques for personal gain, setting up killer organizations, smuggling, human trafficking, framing loyal ministers, assassinating Yang Zheng, colluding with foreign aggression...Jiang Shan, what else can't you do!" Jiang Gui said angrily.
"What do you mean? You mentioned Yang Zheng again? Are you still expecting him to help you?" Jiang Shan pointed to He Qizhou in the corner and said: "I am the prince of the prison country, and I need power! Where can I get power if I don't form a party?"
After gaining power, my father would not dare to depose me easily;
I don’t want to smuggle, but I can’t do anything without money, so I have to think of ways to make money;
After Yang Zheng gained power, he repeatedly impeached me in front of his father, so I had no choice but to find a way to get rid of him. This was also the original intention of establishing the 'Yueyin', and it also prevented the huge Yang Party from finding out about me;
As for the negotiation with Helian Qingfeng, it is beneficial to both parties. Since we cannot capture Zhenyuan Pass and spend so much manpower and financial resources to run a safe and defendable Youzhou City, I would rather trade the land of Youyan for a breather.
Let's wait until we become stronger and give Zhou Lu a fatal blow..."
"Do you really want to be the emperor?" Jiang Cong was so angry that blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
"Who doesn't want to be the emperor? Do you think Jiang Gui doesn't want to be? Over the years, he has been flirting with the King of Wu and the Chen family. He just wants to be the emperor. Now that you are seriously ill, he thinks that the opportunity has come, and he deceives the Chen family into supporting him.
Even if he is destined to fight for the throne with me, I am the destined prince, and he has long been disloyal!" Jiang Shan pointed at Jiang Gui and cursed.
"Evil! I just want to stop you, a traitor and traitor who is worse than a beast!" As Jiang Gui cursed angrily, someone pushed the door in from the study room next door and walked slowly to Jiang Gui. It was the person who had been protecting Jiang Cong.
Jiang Xian, an elder of the Yunmen Sect.
"Hahahaha! It's a joke, are you worthy of telling me? Don't think I don't know that you have hidden two illegitimate children! Without a son, there is no ambition? You can deceive the father, can you deceive me? What is the difference between this and deceiving others? Do you think
Will the Chen family really believe you? They just take a fancy to your military power! Speaking of killing Zhongliang, I didn’t kill Yang Zheng. It was you who really made the difference! It was you who persuaded his old friend Zhang Xingchu. If he didn’t take action, Yang Zheng
How could Zheng be hit by Helian Qingfeng's sword? You were also present at that time, right? What? You didn't dare to take action?"
"Impossible! You're talking nonsense!" Xu Muxue shouted anxiously, how could his great-grandfather become an assassin? And the person he killed was a loyal minister!
"Why do you want to kill my adoptive father too?" He Qizhou looked at King Cheng angrily, and finally knew who Zhang Xingchu's friend was referring to. It turned out to be this sanctimonious King Cheng, who was known for his "honesty"!
"He is afraid that Yang Zheng will take away his military power again! He gave the order to retreat from Xifengkou!" Jiang Shan sneered.
"But Liu Jinan was bribed by you, and you gave me false information!" Jiang Gui said.
"But that is the information you want most! You just need to send a few more people to verify it, but how do you do it? You tell the Bai brothers to withdraw directly! Even the last way to survive is blocked!"
"Jiang Shan, do you think you will definitely win?" Jiang Gui couldn't bear it anymore.
"I know there are people of yours in the Jinyi Guards. You, the Arms Hall Jijiu, have secretly cultivated many confidants over the years, but think about it, if you are not sure, will I come in?" Jiang Shan said.
"Jiang Xian, Zou Jinlin, I treat you well, do you really want to take refuge in these two beasts?" Jiang Cong suddenly realized that he was far from being as insightful into people's hearts as he thought.
"Father, you yourself have said that without that ruthlessness, how can you govern the world? We are like living in a pack of wolves. When you were healthy, all the wolves obeyed your orders. But now that you are not going to die soon, those wolves
They will listen to the wolf they think is the most powerful! Now Jiang Gui wants to take my throne, tell me, how can I let him go!" Jiang Shan said with a smile.
"Evil son! If you hadn't wanted to lure Jiang Gui here, wouldn't you have killed me a few days ago?" Jiang Cong was extremely angry.
"No, father, to be honest, I always thought I was afraid of you, but now that I think about it, I actually respect you. If Jiang Gui didn't show up, I would let you spend your last days quietly...
…”
"Fart!" Jiang Shan's words were interrupted by Jiang Gui: "Don't think I don't know, you are worried that the hundreds of royal guards will leak the news! If the reputation of killing the king and killing the father spreads, can you still sit on the throne?
"
"Jiang Gui, you shouldn't have come, you can't fight him! It seems that I can't survive tonight. No matter who of you wins or loses today, I hope you can be kinder to your brothers and sisters. It's not easy for the Jiang family to conquer this country!
"Jiang Cong closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to see these two close relatives again, but they were very close people in the city.
"Father, don't worry, I don't want the situation to get out of control." Jiang Shan actually smiled and said to Jiang Gui: "Jiang Gui, if there is anything wrong with my father today, it was caused by you usurping the throne!"
"Father, you will not die. Brother, please don't kill father!" Jiang Xing cried and knelt in front of Jiang Cong's bed, holding Jiang Cong's left hand tightly with both hands.
"Bad beast! Do you think you are sure of victory? Your Majesty, before I came, I summoned two thousand people from the armament hall and students from the four schools to escort me; King Qi and Mo Dezheng have already gone to the Royal Forest Army respectively with military orders and my tokens.
In the east and west camps, there will be at least thirty battalions of troops surrounding the imperial city before dawn! As long as you depose Jiang Shan and replace him with his younger brother, your younger brother can ensure that the harem is safe and the court can be stabilized as soon as possible! " Jiang
Gui shouted.
Another person came uninvited outside the house: "Master Jijiu, at least half of the two thousand people you mentioned are my people. The remaining people were 'persuaded' by the fifth battalion of forest troops before they entered the inner city, and
They all know now that it was your leader who killed Yang Zheng, and now he is colluding with the Chen family to usurp the throne!" Jiang Di slowly walked in, and after speaking, he kowtowed heavily to Jiang Cong and said, "I wish you my grandson.