Chapter 1534 Is the country about to perish and chaos abound?
Chapter 1533 Is the country about to perish and chaos abound?
Palace Garden, Hanyuan Hall, Inner Study Room
At this moment, it was raining outside the hall, and the lanterns hanging on the eaves of the corridor swayed in the wind, creating circles of orange lights, casting bright or dark light and shadow on the jade steps.
Looking from a distance, one can see that the mist and rain are locked in, the twilight is vast, the entire palace is in chaos, and the lights are shining brightly.
The sudden assassination of the new emperor suddenly plunged the entire Han Dynasty into turmoil again.
At this moment, a group of inmates and nuns from all directions stood in darkness under the eaves of the corridor, with sad expressions on their faces. It was unclear whether they were crying or howling.
Zhen Qing, accompanied by several maids, quickly entered the study room. She had a sad face, holding a white handkerchief in her hand, covering her nose and crying non-stop.
At this moment, a brightly dressed nun from outside the palace entered the inner study. She raised her eyebrows, her eyes flickered, and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Wei is here."
The palace maids, who were originally crowded together in a dark crowd, all moved out of the way.
While he was talking, he saw a young king in a python robe walking over quickly, with a solemn face. He stared at Zhen Qing, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty."
"Prince Wei, Your Majesty has been assassinated." Zhen Qing's jade face, as crystal clear as snow, was as pale as paper, and under her beautiful willow eyebrows, her crystal clear eyes were about to cry, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.
This incident was beyond her expectation. Who was responsible for the assassination?
Could it be the person in front of me? Why didn't I discuss it with her before?
Jia Heng's eyebrows moved slightly, with a sad look on his face. He looked at Zhen Qing aside and asked: "Queen, when was the emperor assassinated?"
The Holy Mother of White Lotus is indeed more reliable than Xiaoxiao.
From his point of view, apart from the fact that the Holy Mother of White Lotus was highly skilled in martial arts and could kill with one strike, the main reason was that the King of Chu had just ascended the throne and his control over the palace and internal guards was far inferior to that of Emperor Chongping.
Not to mention other things, apart from the fact that there are palace guards outside, there are no big insiders to protect him secretly, which shows that his foundation is shallow and he lacks confidants around him who can call upon him.
Jia Heng looked solemn and said loudly: "The assassin should not have gone far yet. Immediately send the palace guards to search the entire city for traces of the assassin."
Tears could be seen rolling down Zhen Qing's beautiful jade face that looked like a hibiscus flower, and her beautiful eyes under her willow eyebrows were slightly moist with tears. Her voice was slightly choked: "Zi Yu, we have sent people to search for her."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Your Majesty, if the new emperor is assassinated, I am afraid that the country will be in turmoil. The most urgent task now is to summon all the ministers in the cabinet to take care of your majesty's funeral."
Zhen Qing sobbed: "Zi Yu is right, the cabinet needs to be summoned to discuss the aftermath."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please show me your condolences. In addition, it is really too shocking to exclude the idle people."
Witnessing the assassination of a new emperor in his study was such a tragic event that it is difficult to describe.
Zhen Qing's voice was filled with tears as she said, "Except for the female officials and the internal prison guards from Kunning Palace, all the people who are coming should step aside."
Just when the inner study was in a mess, a fair-faced nun stepped into the hall and said loudly: "My queen, several ministers from the cabinet are here."
Zhen Qing nodded and said: "Xuan."
Not long after, I saw Li Zan, the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace, Gao Zhongping, Qi Kun, Lu Jiang, Lin Ruhai and other ministers coming in the rain. Their faces were solemn, just like the cloudy weather outside.
While Li Zan was speaking, he quickly entered the hall. When he smelled the strong smell of blood that was surging in the study, his face was as dark as water, and under his sword-shaped eyebrows, there was a bit of worry in his eyes, and he said in shock: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty.
he……"
At this moment, the chief minister of the cabinet, who had gone through countless turmoils, saw the assassination of King Chu in the study room, and was shocked and inexplicable.
Without him, this scene would be too terrifying.
A 95-year-old Supreme Being was assassinated in the inner study room. He was seen lying in a large pool of red blood. This was unprecedented since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This is something extremely frightening.
Since the previous emperor was forced into the palace by King Wei, the Han Dynasty seemed to be in a state of turmoil, with bad things happening one after another.
Could it be that the country is about to perish and chaos reigns?
Li Zan suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart, looked at the young man in the python suit, and said: "Prince Wei, do you know who is responsible for the assassination?"
Jia Heng looked sad, shook his head and said, "I just learned the bad news. The General of the Dianwei Palace has not come yet."
"Who is so bold to enter the palace and assassinate the new emperor?" Gao Zhongping raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice with bright eyes.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Based on my guess, to get rid of the remnants of Wei and Liang vassals, they are the remnants of King Zhao and the White Lotus demon. Other than that, I won't do what others think."
Gao Zhongping frowned and guessed: "But could it be Chen Yuan and the White Lotus demon?"
Qi Kun answered: "It's not impossible."
Li Zan suddenly asked: "Why are the eunuchs of the Holy Sage and the Prime Minister of the Ming Palace not here?"
At this moment, Sang Yao walked in quickly from outside. On his fair face, there was an expression of fear and inexplicable fear, and he said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
As he said this, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, who had just achieved enlightenment alone, had chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, and gained great power, rushed forward, crying non-stop on his face.
Li Zan asked: "Eunuch Sang, who else did your Majesty meet before he was assassinated?"
Sang Yao looked sad and said in a low voice: "I was sent on an errand by His Majesty, but I haven't returned yet."
Li Zan looked at Sang Yao and asked: "Who did your Majesty meet for the last time?"
"Back to the pavilion, the last person your Majesty summoned was Qiu Liang, the commander of the Jinyi Mansion." Sang Yao said.
Jia Heng's voice was somewhat cold and sarcastic as he asked: "The last person your majesty saw was Qiu Liang?"
Sang Yao looked stunned for a moment, and then he mumbled yes.
Jia Heng frowned and looked with burning eyes. He turned to Li Zan and Gao Zhongping and said coldly: "I have heard some rumors in the capital recently, saying that Qiu Liang and the demon Bai Lian are secretly in league with each other. That's not true."
I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
As soon as these words came out, it was like a bone-chilling wind, blowing completely into the inner study room of Hanyuan Hall, making everyone present shiver.
"Could it be that Qiu Liang colluded with the White Lotus demon to do such a thing?" Qi Kun frowned and said in a deep voice with an aggressive look.
Gao Zhongping's face was as solid as iron, his eyes were fierce and flashing, and he said in a deep voice: "How dare Qiu Liang do this?"
Lu Jiang frowned and said: "There are many doubts about the assassination of the new emperor. It can be seen that there are many doubts inside."
Jia Heng said coldly: "Arrest Qiu Liang and bring him to Jinyi Mansion for torture and interrogation. You will know as soon as you ask."
Qiu Liang must have gone to the King of Chu to slander him, and now is the time to kill him.
Li Zan nodded and said, "Let's ask about the reason first."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Jia Heng and said, "Prince Wei, now that the new emperor has been assassinated, how should the aftermath be handled?"
This is where the discussion gets down to business.
Jia Heng said: "According to the ceremony of the Daxing Emperor, the state funeral will be held, the posthumous title and temple name will be decided, and the funeral will be held."
The last time we discussed the posthumous title and the temple name was not long ago, and now we are discussing the posthumous title again. It is true that the country is troubled and in turmoil.
Li Zan nodded, his eyes flickered, and he remained silent.
The new emperor had been on the throne for less than a year, and he had just changed his reign and was assassinated in mysterious circumstances. What kind of thing is this?
Everyone fell into a strange silence. Gao Zhongping sighed and said in a deep voice: "The new emperor passed away suddenly and the new king has not yet been decided. The country cannot be without a king for a day."
Zhen Qing suddenly said with a cry from the side: "Donggong has been established, and I should support Donggong to succeed."
In the inner study, the cabinet ministers who were discussing matters were undoubtedly silent for a while.
The new emperor ascended the throne legally, and there is no problem with the legal system. If it stands to reason, the son of the new emperor should take over the throne.
It's just that the son of the new emperor is young after all. He has just taken off his swaddling clothes. The young master of the country is doubtful, and the political situation may be turbulent.
But now the new emperor seems to have no legacy.
Li Zan looked sad and said: "First help Emperor Daxing bury the body. You and I will go to the side hall to discuss matters, and we will discuss state affairs later."
"Mr. Li Ge, today we will discuss who will be the new emperor in front of Emperor Daxing." Zhen Qing said in a low voice, a little reluctant.
She was afraid that if she changed the place, she would not be able to make the decision herself. If the eighth prince, Chen Ze, was replaced, Zhen Qing could only cry without tears.
Li Zan said in a deep voice: "Nowadays, the country's villains are appearing in the countryside, spying on the artifact, and there are even treacherous assassins who kill the king. This shows that the young master is suspicious of the country."
At this time, Zhen Qing kept crying, her face paused slightly, and she whispered: "Your Majesty, you left so miserably, leaving only us orphans and widowed mothers here."
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Li Zan suddenly had an inexplicable headache.
Gao Zhongping thought for a while and said: "Mr. Li Ge, since we have a prince, we should establish a prince first. You and I will do our best to assist you. Otherwise, the order will be in chaos, the court will be troubled from now on, and the world will be uneasy."
Now we can only let the youngest son of the new emperor succeed to the throne. The two vassals of Wei and Liang are obviously not suitable. And the other two sons of the late emperor, one is still in infancy, and his mother Song is also ridden with sins and cannot be an heir.
The other son was born to Concubine Duanrong, and he was a smart young man. However, the new emperor appointed a heir apparent when he succeeded to the throne.
Lu Jiang frowned, his eyes as sharp as swords, and said in a deep voice: "The young master is coming to the court, and the young master is suspicious of the country. It is a disaster for the country and the country, not a blessing."
When Zhen Qing heard this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in her heart. Under her beautifully trimmed eyebrows, her eyes were as bright as water, and she kept looking at Lu Jiang with cold flashes.
This person is really brave, and he is deceiving the public with his lies.
Qi Kun frowned and said: "Since we have the East Palace, we should make the East Palace the center and enthrone the throne as soon as possible to calm the hearts of both China and foreigners."
Lin Ruhai said: "Lin seconded the proposal."
Li Zan nodded, turned to look at Jia Heng on the side, asked, "What does Prince Wei think?"
At this moment, Zhen Qing stared at the boy in the python suit and said, "Prince Wei, what do you think of this matter?"
Jia Heng felt Zhen Qing's shining gaze on him and whispered: "The new emperor suddenly suffered a sudden disaster. He is pitiful."
The King of Chu had just ascended the throne and encountered such a sudden disaster, and then the throne could not be passed to his son, which is really pitiful.
As soon as these words came out, Li Zan was silent for a while, and seemed to feel the sadness in Jia Heng's words, and said: "Then support the establishment of the East Palace, with the queen observing the government from behind the curtain, and the cabinet military aircraft assisting the government."
There are precedents for this matter in history. For example, Emperor Zhezong Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty had the Empress Dowager listen to politics behind a curtain. Of course, Li Zan was a civil servant after all, and he was quite taboo about listening to politics behind a curtain, so he called it "Guanzheng".
Jia Heng nodded and said: "The funeral of the new emperor should also be arranged. The assassination cannot be announced to the world, so as not to cause the people of the world to look around with suspicion."
Of course, this is what he said. It would be better for this kind of thing to be spread more widely, the more beneficial it would be to him, because it would shake the legitimacy of the Chen Han clan.
Gao Zhongping's expression paused slightly, his eyes deepened, and he said: "If we don't inform the world, rumors will spread in both the government and the public, and there may be a change in the central government."
Qi Kun nodded and said: "What Mr. Gao Ge said is not unreasonable."
Li Zan's face was covered with clouds, and his eyes showed a look of thinking, and he asked: "How to decide on the posthumous name and temple name?"
Jia Heng thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The posthumous name is mourning, and the temple name is Guangzong."
It is said that the posthumous title with the word "Ai" means pity, and Guangzong means that his reign is short, like a meteor.
Li Zan smacked his lips for a while and said: "Emperor Daxing was in power for a short period of time and had a resolute temperament. He wanted to cheer up and be successful, but he didn't want to die young because of the bad weather. The temple name and the posthumous title, it's not right to say so.
appropriate."
Lu Jiang frowned, thought for a moment, and glanced at the boy in the python suit with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
For some reason, he always felt that the posthumous title and temple title seemed to have been prepared in advance.
Also, the posthumous title given to the late emperor earlier was so appropriate and accurate?
At this moment, everyone was discussing the funeral, but in the inner study, King Chu was lying in a pool of blood, dead on the spot. No one took a second look at this moment when the courtiers were discussing important matters.
It seems that the new emperor who just succeeded to the throne is not a party involved.
Several internal eunuchs walked around a lacquered wooden desk, moved the new emperor's body, and arranged the remains of the new emperor.
Then, cries could be heard in the inner study room, and the white spiritual flags that had been removed not long ago were hung up again.
And in the entire empty and dark palace, bursts of crying could be heard again. For a while, crying could be heard everywhere in the palace, shrouding the entire palace in an atmosphere of endless sorrow.
Jia Heng, Li Zan, and Gao Zhongping came to the side hall to discuss matters. Qi Kun, Lu Jiang, Lin Ruhai and others took their seats one after another. At this time, the eunuch held a fire folder and lit a vermilion candle.
Suddenly, orange-yellow lights illuminated the entire hall.
At this moment, sitting on a pearwood chair in the palace, were the six most powerful people in the Han Dynasty, who also determined the direction of the Han Dynasty.
After the death of the new emperor, the cabinet and Jia Heng will assist in the administration, and the subsequent dynasty disputes will also revolve around these two parties.
Li Zan's face was as solemn as iron, and he said in a deep voice: "The palace needs to carefully check the spies, and we cannot allow such assassinations to happen again. Otherwise, the emperor cannot be protected, and everyone in the world is in danger."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "What Mr. Li Ge said is true. Now that the external troubles are gone, only the internal ones are still there. Among them, the remnants of King Zhao and the White Lotus demon need to be eliminated urgently. Otherwise, there will be those little ones who are causing trouble in the capital."
, the country is in trouble."
Anger surged on Li Zan's face, and he said in a deep voice: "The assassin who assassinated the new emperor must be caught and brought to justice! Otherwise, justice will not be tolerated."
At this moment, while several people were discussing, an internal prison officer entered the hall and said loudly: "Mr. Ge, the two generals Zhen are here."
After a while, Zhen Jue and Zhen Lin came from outside, with white mourning cloths hanging on their bodies. Their rough and resolute faces showed a look of sadness.
However, this sadness is actually limited, because after the death of King Chu, the young master ascended the throne, and both of them were relatives who could protect the young master.
Li Zan's resolute and calm face surged with anger. He reprimanded and asked: "The Holy Emperor ordered you two to stay in the palace, why did you allow the assassin to get close to the emperor? What caused such a tragedy that shocked the world?"
In fact, it was also because the Zhen brothers had just taken over the guards of the palace and were not familiar with the guards of each gate.
Zhen Jue's jade-white face was as pale as paper, and there was a hint of fear in her eyes. She raised her hands and said, "According to the generals guarding the palace gates, there are no relevant assassins entering the palace gates. I think the murderer originated from the inner court."
Jia Heng's cold, rainbow-like eyes flashed, and he secretly thought, this Zhen Jue does have some abilities.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said warmly: "Chen Yuan is a remnant of King Zhao from the past, or some of the palace's cronies infiltrated the palace."
Gao Zhongping nodded and said: "Next, we must find out the murderer, otherwise the young master will still be suspected of being murdered when he succeeds to the throne."
Jia Heng said: "What Mr. Gao Ge said is true."
Qi Kun sighed and said thoughtfully: "The Emperor Daxing is still in mourning, and the new emperor... died suddenly, and the mausoleum has not yet been built."
Li Zan raised his eyebrows, looked deeply, and said: "Mr. Qi Ge, the mausoleum should be properly constructed. Summer will be here in two or three months, and the coffin cannot be parked haphazardly."
Just one year apart, the Han Dynasty held two state funerals, which was indeed a series of disasters.
Qi Kun nodded, his eyes flickered, and said: "The late emperor's mausoleum has been completed soon, and it will take half a year for the new emperor's mausoleum to be completed."
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Don't be impatient. The new emperor has suddenly passed away and the court is in chaos. I and other ministers should do our best to assist the young master and stabilize the situation in the world. Now that there are evil people in the capital, we should mobilize the Jinyi Tiqi
, Dasuo the whole city."
Li Zan frowned, his face paused slightly, and there was a feeling of worry in his heart.
I have a vague feeling of bad premonition.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "I am the Commander-in-Chief of Jinyi. I will strictly investigate the involvement of the Jinyi Colonel in the bombing of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. At the same time, the assassination of the new emperor will be investigated and the palace ban will be investigated. The generals and soldiers of the Beijing Camp will be temporarily taken over.
He is a veteran of hundreds of battles."
Gao Zhongping frowned, feeling worried in his heart.
But there doesn't seem to be anything unusual.
Li Zan thought for a moment, took a deep look at Jia Heng, and said, "Then Prince Wei will be solely responsible for this matter."
When the late emperor passed away, Jia Ziyu supported the new emperor, which shows that he was public-spirited and had no ulterior motives.
However, if he really wanted to cause harm to the country and chaos in the government, he and the temple officials would not just sit idly by and watch.
At this moment, Lu Jiang frowned and looked at Jia Heng suspiciously, filled with doubts in her heart.
On the other side of the room, Jia Heng was discussing with several cabinet ministers. When the sky turned dark, a young eunuch stepped across the vermilion threshold and quickly entered the side hall, saying: "Several cabinet ministers, the Daxing Emperor has already arrived.
Put the coffin in the Hanyuan Hall."
Everyone looked at each other with sad expressions on their faces.
Two coffins were parked in the small Hanyuan Hall, containing two generations of emperors.
Jia Heng's face was expressionless, but he sighed in his heart.
