Chapter 1444 Queen Song: Is Your Majesty planning to determine the ownership of the East Palace?
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Shenjing City, Ancestral Temple
At this moment, the Ancestral Temple was completely in a panic, with guards and eunuchs running around under the eaves.
Li Zan, the first assistant in the cabinet, and Gao Zhongping, the second assistant, were originally following Emperor Chongping. They were in a solemn and solemn atmosphere when they heard the rumbling sound, and then the sound of the collapse of the building.
I couldn't help but feel inexplicable fear in my heart, and when I stared at it, I saw the bright red blood stains on Emperor Chongping's face, and I felt even more horrified.
The emperor...
While everyone was talking, Emperor Chongping was escorted towards the palace garden, surrounded by Jinyi palace guards and Ouchi guards escorting him along the way.
And when the Imperial Ancestral Temple was bombed, the entire Shenjing City fell into an inexplicable panic. The fact that the emperor was assassinated was really shocking.
In other words, everything has happened in the past few years. For example, King Chen Cheng of Qi took advantage of the funeral of the Supreme Emperor to force Emperor Chongping to abdicate. Now, who knows who this gangster is, is so crazy that he wants to assassinate the emperor.
However, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Department has sent out soldiers and horses to search everywhere in Shenjing City.
On the third floor of a restaurant with the plaque "Yi Ran Ju" hanging on it, you can see a corner of the Imperial Ancestral Temple on the southwest side next to the Xuan window.
Chen Yuan held a monocular telescope in his hand and looked at the majestic temple of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. He saw that the main hall collapsed, leaving a huge cloud of smoke and dust.
My heart couldn't help but be ecstatic.
Father, your revenge has finally been avenged.
But then, Chen Yuan's pupils shrank, his expression paused, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.
Clearly in the field of vision of the telescope, Emperor Chongping was seen walking quickly outside the palace with the support of Dai Quan.
"Damn it!" Chen Yuan had an indignant look on his face, and with piercing eyes under his thick eyebrows, he shouted: "It's too early to light the fire now."
This really made Chen Yuan right. Just after Emperor Chongping entered the main hall, the Jinyi palace guard who was responsible for lighting the fire was noticed by his companions. In his eagerness, he could only use the fire folder to light the fuse of the gunpowder.
Emperor Chongping had just entered the Taimiao Hall, but the civil and military officials behind him had not yet entered the center of the hall.
Just when Chen Yuan was secretly resentful, Ruan Yongde quickly came up from the wooden stairs, with a look of fear on his face, and said: "Sir, something bad is going on."
"What's going on? He got out of here?" Chen Yuan shouted with anger on his face.
If that person escapes, then it will no longer be feasible to send troops and horses to hijack the palace.
"Something went wrong." Ruan Yongde looked extremely anxious and said in a deep voice: "Next, the Jinyi Mansion and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division will attack the entire city. Young Master should go out and hide first."
Chen Yuan frowned, his expression gloomy, and immediately he said no more.
Then, he quickly left Yiranju.
At this moment, the entire Shenjing City was in an uproar due to the assassination of Emperor Chongping, and was in chaos and chaos.
In Jinyi Mansion, the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division immediately sealed off the whole city at this moment. The relevant soldiers were searching for suspicious people in the streets and alleys. In an instant, the aura of swords and weapons was everywhere, creating a scene of autumn killings.
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But it is said that Emperor Chongping was dragged to the palace garden with the support of Dai Quan, a group of internal eunuchs, and guards.
Palaces with high vermilion walls stand in an orderly manner in the palace garden, and the eaves and ridges are winding like a dragon, spreading its wings. It is late autumn, and the sudden bleak autumn wind blows the sycamore leaves and falls on them.
The glazed tiles of the palace, as clear as a mirror, reflect the azure sky.
The crowd carried Emperor Chongping to a side hall with red beams and pillars. As they spoke, they gathered around Emperor Chongping and narrated the words.
Li Zan looked horrified and said urgently: "Imperial physician, imperial physician."
At this moment, several imperial doctors almost trotted all the way, and when they came closer, they looked at Emperor Chongping who was lying on the bed. They quickly approached and applied medicine to Emperor Chongping's eyes.
At this moment, Emperor Chongping's eyes narrowed slightly under his two rugged and thin green pine eyebrows. It was clear that his eyes had been numb for such a long time, and his thin and clear cheeks were covered with bloodshot streaks.
At this moment, Emperor Chongping endured the pain and groaned without even uttering a word.
"Your Majesty, how are you?" Li Zan stepped forward quickly, his face paused slightly, and he asked with a worried tone.
There was a sense of weakness in Emperor Chongping's voice as he said: "Li Qing, send someone to investigate the treacherous person and make sure there is no mistake!"
Li Zan looked solemn and said: "Your Majesty, Jinyi Mansion and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division have sealed off the whole city and started searching for the thieves. Your Majesty, please rest first."
Emperor Chongping gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must catch these people!"
At this moment, the middle-aged emperor's heart was full of rage, and a waterfall of murderous intent boiled like water.
Gao Zhongping said: "Your Majesty, I think it must be the remnants of King Zhao who are causing trouble in secret. Other than that, I won't think twice about it."
Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said angrily: "Chen Yuan, you bastard! This is the resting place of the spiritual tablet of Taizong, the ancestor of the Chen family."
It can be said that at this moment, Emperor Chongping was blind, with murderous intentions in his heart like a waterfall, and the anger in his chest almost burned the entire land.
At this moment, several imperial doctors were helping to check other injuries on Emperor Chongping's body. Feeling the wrath of the real dragon, their faces showed fear.
In Kunning Palace——
Empress Song was dressed in a light yellow dress and had a plump figure. She sat on a pearwood chair with a backrest, holding a blue-covered book in her hand and reading attentively.
The beauty's bun is beautiful, and under the smooth jade-like forehead, under the curved willow leaves and thin eyebrows, the beautiful eyes are crystal clear. Under the sunlight, the beauty is like a delicate peony flower.
At this moment, a female official quickly entered the palace, her voice already slightly panicked, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been assassinated!"
As soon as she said this, Empress Song looked at the maid, with a look of panic in her beautiful eyes under her beautiful eyebrows, and said, "What on earth is going on?"
The female official said: "Your Majesty, when Your Majesty went to the Ancestral Temple to worship the ancestors, the gangsters put gunpowder in the main hall of the Ancestral Temple in advance and ignited the black gunpowder."
When Empress Song heard this, her jade face, as crystal clear as snow, turned pale, and asked: "Where is your Majesty now?"
The female official said: "Now he is being sent to Xihe Palace."
After hearing this, Empress Song pursed her glossy pink lips and ordered: "Show us at Xihe Palace."
At this time, it was a critical time. As the queen of the mother-in-law world, Queen Song naturally wanted to go to Xihe Palace.
While talking, Queen Song, accompanied by several female officials, went to Xihe Palace.
At this moment, there was a dark circle inside and outside the palace, and the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty were waiting anxiously.
"The Queen has arrived."
Accompanied by the sharp voice of the inner prisoner, everyone followed the sound and saw a graceful and graceful beauty walking quickly to the palace.
Queen Song's fair-skinned face was full of worry, and her voice clearly contained traces of choking as she called: "Your Majesty."
At this moment, the imperial doctor had wrapped a white cloth around Emperor Chongping's eyes. At this moment, the emperor's aura was weak, and his whole body was enveloped by a faint aura of decay.
Emperor Chongping's voice was weak and full of exhaustion: "Zitong, here we come."
Seeing the miserable state of Emperor Chongping, Empress Song walked a few steps quickly. Under her curved willow eyebrows, her beautiful crystal eyes looked at Emperor Chongping with concern, and said softly: "Your Majesty, how could this happen?"
At this moment, Empress Song didn't know what to say, so she stepped forward and took Emperor Chongping's hand.
Emperor Chongping's face paused slightly, and he said in a low voice: "There are evil people plotting against you, or Chen Yuan, the son of the violent King Zhao, is mad and crazy in the Ancestral Temple to do evil. How can I tolerate it?"
Empress Song said softly: "Your Majesty, please go to Kunning Palace to raise her in honor first."
Then, he looked at Li Zan and Gao Zhongping on the side and said, "The state affairs will be left to the two cabinet ministers and other ministers."
When Li Zan heard this, he quickly raised his hands and said, "I don't dare."
Gao Zhongping also saluted Empress Song.
Emperor Chongping's face was as pale as paper and he didn't say much. With the support of several eunuchs, he walked towards the harem.
At this moment, outside Xihe Palace, in the spacious white marble square, the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, which were originally crowded, were all solemn in their hearts.
General Li Zan turned around, glanced at Gao Zhongping, Lu Jiang, Qi Kun, and Lin Ruhai, and several cabinet ministers, and said loudly: "Now the national situation is difficult. You will follow Li to calm down the situation and take command at the center to prevent
Xiaoxiao, there must be no mistakes!”
Gao Zhongping also responded and said: "My father has worked hard for the country of the Han Dynasty and worked hard to achieve the resurgence of the Han Dynasty. However, Xiao Xiao secretly always harbors resentment. We and other civil and military ministers must be at odds with the thieves and bandits!"
The shocked civil and military ministers in the White Marble Square had a look of indignation on their faces.
But Lin Ruhai, who was standing among the ministers and officials, had a hint of worry in his eyes.
Since the Holy Sage was so seriously injured, I am afraid that his character will become more jealous and harsh, and I don't know if Ziyu's return will cause disharmony between the emperor and his ministers.
In fact, Gao Zhongfang's words were also intended to prevent someone from secretly pinning the bombed shit basin of the Imperial Ancestral Temple on Jia Heng, who was surrounded by soldiers.
At that time, the emperor and his ministers were at odds, and the world was in chaos.
Palace Garden, Kunning Palace
Emperor Chongping was in the inner prison. With the support of a female official, he lay on a soft couch covered with a cool bamboo mat beside the Nuan Pavilion.
Under the curved willow-leaf slender eyebrows, Empress Song looked at Emperor Chongping with her crystal-clear and twinkling beautiful eyes. Her tone was full of pity and she said: "Your Majesty, please take a rest first.
, wait until His Majesty is well."
At this moment, Emperor Chongping was lying on the bed, feeling hateful and annoyed, and said, "Where is Dai Quan?"
"My servant is here." Dai Quan said with an almost tearful tone in his voice: "Your Majesty."
"Send all the secret spies from the inner guards and Jinyi Mansion's guards to find the whereabouts of Chen Yuan!" Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice with murderous intent.
Dai Quan's face paused slightly, and he quickly said yes.
At this moment, the female official outside said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is here."
Empress Dowager Feng, who was honoring the Buddha in Changle Palace, had heard the news before and came to Kunning Palace under the escort of a group of internal prisoners and old ladies.
"My son, what's wrong with you?"
Empress Dowager Feng's face was full of worry. Accompanied by several old ladies, she walked closer and looked at Emperor Chongping who was lying on the bed.
Emperor Chongping turned his head and said in a weak voice: "Mother, my son and I are fine."
Queen Mother Feng's face was full of worry, and she said softly: "My son, what's wrong with you?"
Emperor Chongping said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, I'm fine. I just fell into the trap of a bad person, nothing else."
At this moment, Emperor Chongping still chose to deal with it strongly and did not show his weak side.
Empress Dowager Feng looked at Emperor Chongping with her old and kind eyes, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with your eyes...?"
At this time, Empress Song walked up to Empress Dowager Feng, supported the old woman's arm, and said softly: "Mother, when Your Majesty was worshiping the ancestors in the Ancestral Temple, a gangster plotted against her. Fortunately, the ancestors protected her and she was not in danger."
Emperor Chongping remained silent on his side.
Just now, although the imperial doctor didn't say anything, he was probably blind.
Hateful, how could God treat him so poorly?
Not long after, the outer and inner supervisors came to report that Concubine Duanrong, Princess Xianning, and Princess Qinghe had arrived.
After hearing that Emperor Chongping was assassinated and blown up by explosives, Concubine Duanrong in the harem was shocked and quickly brought Princess Xianning and others over.
Empress Song looked at Concubine Duanrong and said softly: "Sister."
The noble concubine's delicate eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her jade face, as crystal clear as snow, had a look of concern, and she said, "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
"I was harmed by bad guys, but fortunately my life was not seriously injured." Empress Song said softly.
At this moment, Princess Xianning, accompanied by Princess Qinghe and Song Yan, walked closer and said softly: "Father."
"Xianning is here too?" Emperor Chongping called softly and asked, "You are inconvenient and don't want to rest in the palace. What are you doing here?"
Princess Xianning's eyes paused for a moment and she whispered: "When such a big thing happens to my father, how can I, my son, sit still?"
Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said: "I have nothing to do. Dai Quan sent an order to the cabinet to summon Jia Ziyu to return to the capital before the year before. The other two vassals of Wei and Chu also returned to Shenjing."
Now that he is blind, the two vassal princes must come back. In addition, Jia Ziyu's return can also check and balance the cabinet.
When Empress Song heard the words "Wei and Chu vassals are all returning to Shenjing", her heart suddenly trembled.
Is Your Majesty going to determine the ownership of the East Palace?
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Liaodong, Shengjing City
Late October of the 19th year of Chongping——
Jia Heng was having lunch with Chen Xiao. As time entered the late autumn of the 19th year of Chongping, the temperature in Liaodong dropped a lot. Jia Heng had already added a cotton coat inside to resist the cold.
In the past few days, Jia Heng mainly inspected the cultivation of acres of land in Liaodong. The land in Liaodong is fertile and can still grow some soybeans, wheat and other crops.
Jia Heng's eyes flashed and he asked: "How are the construction of the Liaodong guards these days?"
"The Shenyang Guards and the left and right guards of Guangning are fully prepared." Chen Xiao looked solemn and said loudly: "The key is the shortage of soldiers. If the Han army flags from Liaodong are used to fill them, it will still be difficult for the imperial court to control them in the long run."
Jia Heng thought for a while and said softly: "Those Liaodong generals have been working hard in Liaodong since the Ming Dynasty. After our Han Dynasty established the Central Plains, they parasitized the Han Dynasty. When the Manchu Qing occupied Liaodong, they took refuge in Liaodong."
In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, high-ranking officials were generously rewarded for several generations. Is there such a good thing in the world?"
Chen Xiao pondered: "Then what are you going to do?"
"Move to Shenjing, clean the house and treat guests." Jia Heng said in a low voice with a solemn expression.
The intertwined influence of local clans has been a problem in all dynasties. Even in the enlightened later generations, there were still cadres from Zhongxian County who continued to cause trouble in the local area.
Only regular pruning, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty regularly moving inland powerful people to Guandong, and Wu Zetian weakening the five surnames and seven hopes, can promote class mobility.
Chen Xiao stared at the young man in the python suit and said, "Have you ever seen the establishment of the Liaodong Navy jointly proposed by King Beijing and Wei Che?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Liaodong is adjacent to the coast. We can build a navy in Dalian to protect the waterway."
The strength of the Denglai Navy alone is not enough to escort the entire Bohai Sea. The Han Dynasty should indeed gradually transform and reduce the army on the nine sides. At the same time, it should divide and win over the Mongolian tribes, restrain and pacify them, and use the ethnic policies of the Qing Dynasty to reverse the situation.
It's also a good idea.
The Lifanyuan was combined with the Mongolian Eight Banners system.
With the pacification of Liaodong, I am afraid that the expansion ambitions of the Han Dynasty will also be temporarily suspended.
If a place like the grassland is left alone for thirty to fifty years, a new force will immediately arise for you. Then the Han Dynasty will be singing and dancing, and the grassland will work hard to govern and integrate the grassland tribes, which will once again become a serious problem for the Central Plains dynasty.
At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly interrupted Jia Heng's thoughts and said, "The King of Wei and the King of Chu have already set off."
Jia Heng said: "I wonder how the situation in Shenjing is now?"
Chen Xiaodao: "I have sent people flying pigeons to deliver messages these days to keep an eye on the divine capital."
Coincidentally, while the couple were talking, the clear voice of a guard in Jinyi came from under the eaves, saying: "Captain, there is an urgent report from Shenjing."
As he spoke, the imperial guard in Feiyu uniform strode into the hall, handed over the letter of Fei Ge's letter, and said: "Captain, from the Shenjing side, when the Holy One went to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors, the temple was destroyed by explosives.
It exploded and collapsed, and the Holy One was seriously injured."
As soon as he said this, Jia Heng suddenly stood up and asked: "What's going on?"
At this moment, Chen Xiao also took the piece of paper from the hand of the Jinyi palace guard. Under his beautiful eyebrows, a look of surprise appeared in his clear eyes and he said, "Something big has happened."
Jia Heng thought for a while, then turned to look at the Jinyi palace guard and solemnly warned: "Don't let a word about this matter be leaked!"
"Yes." The Jinyi palace guard raised his hands and said yes.
When the Jinyi palace guard stood up and left, Jia Heng turned to look at Chen Xiao, silent for a moment, and whispered: "It's really shocking."
Chen Xiao said: "While worshiping ancestors, he used gunpowder to blow up the walls and suppress the civil and military ministers. At that time, Shenjing was in chaos, and he could take over the palace and the capital camp. It was a good plan."
Although this plan is rough, the feasibility is still relatively high, because not only Emperor Chongping was buried in the ruins, but also the cabinet of the Han Dynasty and the six ministers and nine ministers were also buried in the ruins.
In other words, the entire Han Dynasty Center was 80% paralyzed. If Chen Yuan came out to take control of the imperial court, there was still a high probability that he would succeed.
Jia Heng said: "It's really crazy. I dare to think and do it."
In his opinion, although this method relieves hatred, it is indeed... useful.
Because it meant that the central system of the entire Han Dynasty was completely paralyzed, Shenjing City ushered in a real power vacuum.
Chen Xiao said: "This time we failed, and the situation in the capital has become more and more dangerous now."
It can be said that this move almost completely angered the old dragon.
Jia Heng said: "Yes."
Chen Xiao asked with concern: "What will you do next?"
A look of worry appeared on Jia Heng's face, and he said: "I'm afraid it won't be long before the emperor will issue a decree calling me back to the capital."
Emperor Chongping would definitely be worried after such a big incident happened. He would continue to lead troops outside, or he would be extremely thirsty for military power.
It just so happened that Liaodong was at peace and the Han Dynasty was free from foreign aggression. The emperor now urgently needed a sense of security. But after he returned, would he be suspicious of him?
After all, the real dragon is old and looks around suspiciously.
Chen Xiao said: "You have forgotten that the kings of Wei and Chu led a group of cavalry the day before yesterday and returned to Shenjing first."
When Jia Heng heard this, he said thoughtfully: "This time we must discuss the establishment of the East Palace."
Jia Heng nodded and looked outside. It was late autumn in October, and the branches and leaves of the trees in the courtyard with double eaves and hooked corners were already withered and yellow. The autumn wind was blowing, and they could be seen fluttering and falling.
Chen Xiao raised his eyebrows and said softly: "Just wait and see what happens."