It doesn't matter whether you surrender or hedging your bets.
After returning to the capital, Di Xin could predict that even though King Cheng was eyeing him, there would not be too few people coming to visit him.
But as for what they were thinking, Di Xin didn't care.
His base is in northern Xinjiang, not the capital.
Among the officials in the capital, it would be the icing on the cake if someone is willing to surrender and stand on his side. But even if no one sincerely supports him, it will not have any impact on him.
A small part of the reason why Di Xin did this was to maximize his own advantages.
The main reason was to create trouble for King Cheng.
From the spies previously placed in the capital and the letters from his cheap brother, it can be basically inferred that after King Jing was suppressed, there is no prince or prince in the capital who can compete with King Cheng.
And after becoming a dominant family, he continued to expand his power.
Therefore, among the hundreds of officials in the capital, not to say 100%, but at least 90% of the candidates have supported Cheng Wang either openly or covertly.
The remaining people are either staunch royalists who do not stand for anyone except the emperor; or they cannot easily change their stance due to the shackles of their status.
The outstanding representative in this regard is King Jing's uncle, Marquis Wucheng of Southern Xinjiang.
Unless King Jing completely gives up the throne, even if he wants to support others, others will not dare to accept it easily.
The royalists will not express any opinions, and those who are restricted by their status are also suppressed because of the princes and princes they support, resulting in a continuous reduction in the right to speak.
Therefore, in the absence of the old emperor, in the entire capital, although it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is the king's speech, it is not much different.
If Di Xin were to collide with such a huge force, he would probably get a bloody head.
Head-to-head confrontation is the worst of the worst.
The best way is, of course, to divide it into parts.
One hundred people have one hundred different ideas.
Di Xin didn't believe that there were so many people in the capital who supported Cheng Wang, not one of them was just pretending, they were all sincere.
Wall grass exists all the time.
When King Cheng was dominant in the capital, these outsiders naturally chose to support King Cheng in a swarm, and they might even show more exaggeration than those who sincerely expressed their support.
But when Emperor Xin returns and a strong candidate appears who can compete with King Cheng for the throne, they will definitely be unable to sit still.
He doesn't need them to stand on his side publicly, even if it's just an ordinary show of goodwill, it's enough for Di Xin.
When the first person to hedge his bets appears, seeds of doubt will be sown among King Cheng's forces.
The disadvantages of accepting someone else will emerge from now on.
When the seeds of suspicion are sown, even if Di Xin does nothing, these officials who are originally one body will have suspicions and cracks between each other.
And if he tampered with it again, it would be like moving a thousand pounds, which would be enough to cause quite a stir in King Cheng's huge power.
Of course, Di Xin didn't think of this just now.
After King Jing was suppressed and King Cheng accelerated his actions to expand his power, he guessed this. And Di Xin believed that King Cheng could also see it.
But there are gains and there are losses.
Unless King Cheng felt that he had enough power to obtain the throne, he would not be able to give up recruiting other officials.
And with such a distinguished prince like Di Xin outside, how could he dare to slack off?
This is an inevitable hidden danger in the expansion of forces. Even though King Cheng can prevent it to a certain extent in advance, as long as he cannot control everyone's thoughts, he cannot completely solve this problem.
And now, Di Xin just wanted to make him a king and watched helplessly as he inserted a needle into it.
conspiracy?
Conspiracy?
No, these cannot be called these. These are just some choices made by the two flag-bearers during the game of chess.
As for how far they can achieve it, it really depends on the ability of two people.
But for Di Xin, in the capital, the territory of King Cheng, no matter how much the two people struggled, it was King Cheng himself who suffered the ultimate loss, but the amount was different.
Both left and right can make money, so why not do it for Di Xin!
Misfortunes are where blessings depend, and blessings are where misfortunes lie.
The capital is the political center of Dali. The more support you get from the officials of the imperial court, the greater your advantage will naturally be.
Since King Cheng chose to establish his own power in the center of this political whirlpool, while gaining advantages, he naturally had to solve the problems that resulted.
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A night of silence.
At dawn the next day, after breakfast, the motorcade officially hoisted the flag representing King Yu. After returning to the official road, it headed towards the capital in a swaggering way.
Under deliberate control, around noon, the motorcade slowly approached the south gate of the capital.
When the flag embroidered with the word "Yu" followed the motorcade to the city gate, the people entering and exiting skillfully moved out of the way after recognizing the sign belonging to the royal family.
Then the crowd started to watch on the side of the road.
However, there were still some people who, after their eyes rested on the word "Yu" on the flag for a moment, their expressions changed slightly, and then they quietly and quickly chose to leave with the help of the crowd.
This was what Di Xin had expected, because he didn't even have the time to look around. He opened the curtain and showed his face in front of the soldiers responsible for inspection, and then signaled Wei San to give his token.
He handed it over together with the documents that Eunuch Li had given him at that time.
Members of the royal family who leave the capital are not allowed to return to the capital without an edict.
Without this document, Emperor Xin would not even be able to enter the capital today, let alone anything else.
After checking, the soldiers at the city gate confirmed Di Xin's identity, immediately handed back the token and documents, and then knelt down in front of the carriage.
"I humbly pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
After he knelt down, the other soldiers also reacted and knelt down quickly.
"Meet His Highness Prince Yu."
On the other hand, the people around him vaguely heard the prince's words, but they only had a look of awe on their faces and did not kneel down.
And this is the normal situation.
In a place like the capital city, if a stone is thrown down, nine out of ten people will be high-ranking officials and nobles. If everyone is forced to kneel down, these common people will not have to do anything for a day.
In fact, except for certain formal occasions or special circumstances, except for the emperor himself, even if they meet a prince like now, they will not be forced to kowtow and salute.
