Yuan Wei and He Jin made an appointment in private at a secret place in order to meet.
After the meeting, Yuan Wei got straight to the point and put forward his ideas directly.
"Suigao, the emperor's thoughts are no longer concealed. The emperor has decided to abolish the elders and establish younger ones. At this time, can't you do nothing? If you watch the emperor act recklessly, what will happen to your family without telling you? What will happen to the Han Dynasty?
It’s all going to collapse!”
It's not that Yuan Wei is telling lies.
Yuan Wei really wanted to win over He Jin for his own use and enhance his original power, but at the same time, after careful observation, Yuan Wei also really believed that Liu Hong wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger.
In other words, after Liu Hong caused such a big incident, no one thought that Liu Hong was simply suppressing He Jin's power and asserting his own power.
Who is He Jin?
Not only is he a relative of the general, he is also the uncle of the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian. It would be fine if there was no such thing as the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian. The key point is that a young man like the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian is standing there, and there is really no way to stop it.
Others think in that direction.
Moreover, according to rumors, the emperor did not like the current Queen He and had a very bad relationship with Queen He, so for so many years, except for Liu Bian, the two of them had nothing to do.
This is almost an open secret, and many people inside and outside the palace know about it, otherwise the emperor would not have refused to appoint a prince for so long.
Yuan Wei was scheming, but he didn't have Liu Bei's foresight. Combining all the information he had, plus his understanding of Liu Hong's behavior, he could only draw one conclusion - Liu Hong wanted to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.
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Of course he also felt that Liu Hong was acting recklessly, but this was a particularly good opportunity for him.
It is worth mentioning that no matter what era, no matter how high the emperor's power is, when it comes to establishing a prince, it is difficult for officials with power to stay out of the matter. They may be passive or active, and they all want to participate in the matter and get a share of the pie.
Even if they risk their lives for this, they can't stop their enthusiasm.
The reason is simply that the power of Conglong is too great. Just as the prince cannot avoid the temptation of the throne, the ministers cannot avoid the temptation of power.
This situation becomes even more clear when the minister himself has an inseparable interest relationship with the candidate for the throne.
Even if He Jin wanted to avoid it, he couldn't avoid it. What's more, He Jin didn't want to avoid it. He was the general and the uncle of the emperor's eldest son. He was connected by blood, so why should he avoid it?
Yuan Wei didn't want to avoid it either.
Conglong's meritorious service is one of the greatest achievements of a minister, and it is also the only way for people of his background who want to further explore the supreme authority. For Yuan Kailai, who wants to promote the Yuan family to be the best in the world
He said that this step must be taken.
Being close to He Jin is partly because He Jin has the power of the general and is relatively simple-minded, and partly because He Jin has a good nephew.
"Good" nephew.
As a high-ranking official at the three-gong level, Yuan Wei had contact with Liu Bian and had a certain understanding of the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian. He also participated in the request by the ministers to establish the crown prince.
That was quite a few years ago, and before Beauty Wang favored her and gave birth to Liu Xie, Liu Hong only had Liu Bian as his only living son.
That year, the ministers asked Liu Hong to establish the crown prince to stabilize the country. Although the relationship between Liu Hong and Queen He had not broken down at that time, and Queen He's appearance and skills were still in line with Liu Hong's taste, Liu Hong still
Didn't let go.
The reason was that Liu Hong felt that Liu Bian's behavior was frivolous, he did not have the dignity that the Tian family should have, and he was not suitable to be an emperor, so he did not agree to the request of the ministers for the time being.
At that time, Liu Hong was still young, and the ministers thought that Liu Hong could have other sons with the queen, so they did not try hard. If Liu Hong really didn't like Liu Bian, then it would be easy to negotiate as long as he was the legitimate son.
But times have changed, so many years have passed, the relationship between the emperor and the empress has broken down, and Empress He can no longer have children. Liu Hong himself only has Liu Xie, his concubine son alive. Liu Bian is already fifteen years old, and he has not established a prince.
Hong's thoughts are clearly revealed.
Of course, based on Yuan Wei's own observation, it is true that the emperor's eldest son Liu Bian grew up at the hands of a woman in the palace. Because his mother was relatively strong, Liu Bian's character was relatively weak and he had little self-confidence. He felt a bit like others.
He is not excellent in all aspects of studying and practicing martial arts.
From Yuan Wei's point of view, if Liu Bian was his own son, he would also be very worried about whether the Yuan family business could be passed down safely in Liu Bian's hands. But on the other hand, Yuan Wei felt from the bottom of his heart that Liu Hong had no right to look down on him.
his own son.
He said Liu Bian was frivolous. Could it be that the feeling he left to the world was not "frivolous"?
If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and he himself cannot be serious and upright, how can he set a good example for his son?
Do you still have the nerve to despise your own son for being "frivolous"?
He was embarrassed to say it, but Yuan Wei was embarrassed to listen.
If you just say stupid, it's better than this!
But that's what happened. He is the emperor. No matter how shameless he is, he is justified. He just dislikes Liu Bian and doesn't want to pass the throne to Liu Bian. What can he do?
Waste the elders and create young ones!
But this is unacceptable to everyone.
He Jin has been a general for more than five years. Are the people who have been attracted by He Jin and surrounded by He Jin for such a long time, are they here for He Jin himself?
Could it be that He Jin's own super charm attracted such a group of people?
He Jin, who was born as a butcher in Nanyang, is really not that attractive.
The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Bian, was even more attractive.
Everyone came here for Liu Bian and Conglong Zhigong.
It can be said that although Liu Bian, the eldest son of the emperor, has not yet been established as the prince, the power of the party that wants to promote Liu Bian to become the prince has been formed, with clear interest demands and close unity. Even in the period of the ancient literature dispute, this party
Interest groups have not wavered.
Even though Liu Bian himself did not know these people at all, the group of royalists who wanted Liu Bian to be emperor had already been established, and their power was far stronger than the forces that wanted to push Liu Xie to ascend the throne.
At present, the forces that want to promote Liu Xie's ascension to the throne are very small. There are only Liu Hong's mother, Empress Dowager Dong, and Empress Dowager Dong's nephew, Dong Chong.
There is no comparison between the two sides at all.
So no matter what Liu Hong was thinking, when he acted, although he had strengthened his side through the establishment of the Xiyuan Army, he had also pushed a considerable group of people to oppose him.
He Jin's feeling was particularly strong.
Therefore, when facing Yuan Wei, He Jin did not hold back at all and vomited out everything he was thinking.
"I have done so many things for the emperor, made so many achievements, fought for such a long time, and worked hard even without merit. But the emperor was deceived by someone, and he wants to do this to me? What I did was wrong.
What? Am I going to usurp his Han Dynasty?
If Prince Ben becomes the emperor, of course I will protect him with my life! I will definitely let him secure the throne! Isn’t Prince Ben the biological son of the emperor? Or is he born of the queen! Born of the queen! His legitimate son! Can’t he inherit the throne?