Treacherous ministers have deep routines
Chapter 447 Ascension to the throne!
"Big brother!"
Yang Yue came to the gate of the camp where Zhao Liangjun was stationed alone, and shouted in with his neck pulled.
The soldiers guarding the gate didn't know who Yang Yue was, so they immediately stopped him with their halberds, and said forcefully, "Who is coming, trespassing on the barracks?!"
Yang Yue smiled, pointed to himself, and said, "Me? Listen carefully, I am your lord's younger brother."
Unexpectedly, when the gate guard heard this, he immediately laughed and said boldly, "Then I am your own father!"
Yang Yue: "..."
Yang Yue blushed immediately, pointed at the soldier and said, "You...you are new here, I have never seen you before, you dare to take advantage of me, carefully, your master skinned you!"
"spit!"
The soldier was so stiff, he sneered and said: "What cats and dogs also ran to the barracks to play wild, leave quickly, otherwise the military law will punish you, and your father will not even recognize you!"
Yang Yue shook his hands angrily, and said, "You...you let me in, I want to find my elder brother! Can you take care of me if I neglect you?!"
As Yang Yue said, he went to push the soldier, who blocked the gate and said, "I'm good at barracks, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Yang Yue laughed angrily and said, "Come on, come on, let me see if you are tough!"
Yang Yue went there alone, holding in his hand the red lacquered box that Lin Rang had given to Yang Chun.
Therefore, he couldn't spare his hands to compete with the soldiers, and he couldn't do anything, so he simply knotted the cloth wrapped in the red lacquer box, put it around his neck, and freed his hands to fight against the soldiers.
There was a commotion at the gate, and it happened that Yang Zhen led troops to patrol. After all, he was already very close to Xuanyang, and he didn't know when the riot would happen. Yang Zhen was cautious in everything and liked to do things himself.
"Who is making noise!?"
Yang Zhen was very majestic and walked to the gate of the camp.
"Lord!"
The soldier quickly knelt down and said, "My lord, someone trespassed on the barracks!"
Yang Qin looked at the person who trespassed in the barracks, before he could see clearly, he heard someone shout: "Brother!"
Yang Zhen took a closer look and said in surprise, "This... is really the second brother!"
When the soldier saw it, he was dumbfounded and hesitated on the spot.
Yang Yue walked over very proudly, puffed out his chest, and said, "Brother, the gatekeeper of your camp claims to be our father."
The soldier faltered and said: "This... a misunderstanding, the villain was also ordered to guard the camp."
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, come in quickly, it's fine if you come back, how did you come back?"
Yang Zhen pulled him into the camp and said, "Brother Wei was worried that you wouldn't be able to get out in the capital, but now it's all right. You've come out of the capital, so I don't have any worries for you."
"Hey, brother, I'm going to tell you about this."
Yang Yue quickly stopped his elder brother and said, "Let's talk in the accounts."
The two entered the tent, screened off the others, and only the two brothers were left. Yang Yue put the brocade box on the table with a "kuang!" and said, "Brother, I didn't escape from the capital."
Yang Zhen said strangely: "That's...?"
Yang Yue said, "Wei Man let me out."
Yang Zhen said in surprise: "Wei Man is very thoughtful, there must be some deceit. He heard that I sent troops to the capital, and he didn't know how to arrest you, but let you out. This is definitely a trick!"
Yang Yue said: "Brother...Actually, Wei Man asked me to come and persuade him."
Yang Qin said: "Wei Man is such a good idea, he actually asked my own brother to persuade me? There is no way!"
Yang Yue scratched his chin, and said awkwardly: "Actually... I mean the same thing, brother, or else we will submit to Wei Mande."
"What did you say?"
Yang Zhen was very surprised, raised his hand and hit him, saying: "You bastard! You bastard! You have been raising you for so many years, and you turned against the enemy at a critical moment!"
Yang Yue quickly covered his head and said, "Oh! Hey... Big brother, stop beating, stop beating, if you are stupid, you still have to support him!"
Yang Zhen was very angry, Yang Yue pulled him to sit down, and said: "Brother, you have to distinguish clearly, you only have 12 soldiers and horses in your hand, plus the [-] you gave me, a total of [-], although you now The voices are loud, but you also know those local prefects, can they have a half-hearted heart? It’s not all hypocrisy, they want to use you as a shield, so they can cover behind. When things get better, they rush forward, If the situation is not good, I will blame it on you, why bother to be such a thankless master?"
Yang Zhen didn't speak, but seemed to agree.
After all, he has already sent troops to Xuanyang, and at this juncture, no one in charge of soldiers can be reconciled to letting him give up.
Yang Yue said again: "Furthermore, those prefects will never lend you their military power, so we have 12 troops, and Xuanyang City has 20 soldiers and horses, let alone the soldiers and horses brought by Wei Man. You also know that there is a governor of Luzhou. The governor of Luzhou has always been facing Wei Man. Although there are not many soldiers in Luzhou, they are strong and strong. The general Wu Wentai and his son Wu Yan are all fighting Don't die, people who look like lunatics, as well as Wu Wentai's nephew Lu Jinyu, who is not very old and has a small heart, are not easy to provoke."
Listening to his analysis, Yang Zhen's face turned pale, but he also calmed down.
Yang Yue said: "Brother, we can't fight recklessly. For other prefects, they pushed us up because we were annihilated and they didn't have any losses. In this situation, you can't be so stupid, brother."
Yang Qin said: "After talking for a long time, you are in the same boat as Wei Man?"
Yang Yue waved his hand and said, "Hey, what are you doing together? This is a person who knows the current affairs is a hero. Let's surrender to Wei Man first and wait for the opportunity to act, isn't it?"
Yang Zhen nodded and smiled, "It really is my younger brother."
"By the way," he said again, "what's that hanging around your neck?"
Yang Yue let out an "oh" and said, "I almost forgot, this is a gift from the Governor of Luzhou to my eldest brother. Please open it and have a look. I don't know what it is. It's mysterious, and I even made a lock." , can only be split."
Yang Zhen was very surprised, so he drew out his sword and gestured at the brocade box, "Crack!!!" With a crisp sound, he split the brocade box from the middle.
In an instant, the brocade box exploded, and a stench wafted into the air. Yang Yue hurriedly covered his nose.
"Ho-"
Yang Yue took a deep breath and said, "Human... head?!"
Yang Jin narrowed his eyes and said, "Chen Ji's head."
At the same time, with a sound of "crash!", a letter fell out of the box, fluttering to the ground, stained with red blood...
"Master!!"
Xia Yuanyun quickly ran in from outside the hall, panting and said: "The big thing is bad, my lord!"
Wei Man put down the document in his hand and said, "What's wrong?"
Xia Yuanyun said: "My lord, it's not good, the big thing is not good! Yang Yue didn't surrender, but fled with a large army. Yang Yue's [-] troops have already merged with Yang Zhen's [-] troops, threatening to attack Entering Xuanyang City!"
Yu Ziyuan was in the palace, reporting the incident, when he heard Xia Yuanyun's words, he stood up immediately, and said in surprise, "What?"
Xia Yuanyun didn't seem to have expected this to happen, and said, "It's absolutely true. Many people have heard of it. It is estimated that we will start to arrange the main character."
Yu Ziyuan never expected that Yang Yue would go and come back quickly, after all...
After all, I am still here.
But unexpectedly, Yang Yue ran away and joined Yang Zhen with soldiers and horses, desperate.
Lin Rang patted Yu Ziyuan's shoulder and said, "Be safe and don't be impatient."
Wei Man sneered and said, "I know Yang Yue's petty thoughts, so don't pay attention to them. I want to see how Yang Zhen's [-] troops can break into Xuanyang?"
Wei Man occupied the entire Xuanyang, and he already had a huge advantage.
However, there are still many hidden forces around, such as Yang Zhen, and other prefect Zhou Mu. They arrived around Xuanyang, but did not enter Xuanyang. Although they have not moved, they are always threatening.
Wei Manben had already controlled Xuanyang, but now that something happened about Yang Yue, there was a lot of discussion, and some people panicked.
At this moment, there is something even more frightening...
Mr. Duan Su quickly ran over from the outside and said, "My lord, the governor... the body of the late emperor has been found."
Lin Rang immediately stood up and said, "Did you find it?"
The first emperor and Wei Zixiu were washed away by the flood, and no one was alive or dead, but now the body of the little emperor was found.
Mr. Duan Su nodded and said: "It has been soaked by the flood, but the jade pendant on his body must not be fake."
Lin Rang said, "Take me to have a look."
Mr. Duan Su nodded and said, "Inspector, please."
Wei Man originally wanted to go to see it together, but after he entered the capital, Wei Man had to handle all matters, let alone the prime minister. Wei Man has now become the emperor, so he has no time to leave, so he can only stay and continue to deal with official documents.
Lin Rang and Mr. Duan Su left the main hall and went to the ice cellar where the little emperor's body was kept. Because the body was rotten, it could only be stored in the ice storage.
Mr. Duan Su led Lin Rang in, and saw the little emperor's body covered under the yellow cloth.
His stature was right, he looked like a teenager, and he was very young.
Lin Rang walked over, reached out and slowly lifted the yellow cloth. Under the yellow cloth, the body was so swollen that it was basically impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, let alone its face.
The clothes were soaked and torn, and there was a hairy jade pendant on the waist, which belonged to the royal family. It was also because of this that everyone could distinguish the little emperor's body.
Lin Rang said, "Are you sure it's the first emperor?"
Mr. Duan Su said: "Except for the jade pendant, there is no way to be sure."
Lin Rang said, "Did someone do an autopsy?"
Mr. Duan Su hurriedly said: "It must not be done. This is the remains of the late emperor. An autopsy must not be done."
Lin Rang nodded. This is indeed the case. The ancients were very contemptuous of work, and felt that autopsy was a treasonous job, let alone an autopsy for the emperor. Wouldn't they be drowned in saliva?
Lin Rang slowly put down the yellow cloth in his hand, covered it up again, and said in a low voice: "The body is well preserved, and we can wait for the funeral of Duke Wei in the future."
"Yes."
Lin Rang took a deep look at the body covered with yellow cloth, then turned and left the icehouse, ready to go back.
He was walking on the road, and before he had taken a few steps, he saw someone walking towards him, and he just had a face-to-face meeting with Lin Rang.
When Lin Rang saw the man, he nodded and was about to leave, but he didn't know that the other party was coming for Lin Rang, so he quickly blocked Lin Rang's way, smiled very humbly, and said: "The governor of Luzhou, I have admired the name of the governor for a long time, and I have never had a chance. You can see, today can be regarded as seeing."
Lin Rang knew that person at the state banquet arranged by Tong Cheng, and he was an official of Honglu Temple.
Honglu smiled and said, "Lord Inspector, there is a sentence... I don't know if I should say it or not."
Lin Rang glanced at Na Honglu very indifferently, and said, "When most people ask this question, they know that this sentence is inappropriate, so don't say it."
He said, turned and left.
Honglu was stunned there, Lin Rang played his cards unreasonably and was almost bluffed by Honglu.
Honglu hurried to catch up and said: "Inspector...Master Inspector, wait a moment, wait a moment!"
Lin Rang turned back and said, "Master Honglu, is there anything else?"
Honglu bit the bullet and said: "Yes... that's the case, the villain thought about it, and still thinks he should tell Lord Inspector."
Lin Rang said lightly, "Why should we talk about it again?"
Honglu was sweating all over his face, and said with a dry smile: "It's like this...Nowadays the world is in a state of turmoil and disaster is at hand. The first emperor passed away, Duke Wu was beaten to death with a single punch, and the prefect Zhou Mu from all over the country came to Beijing. It was Tong Gao The disaster is happening again! The governor of Luzhou is righteous and talented, if he doesn't take action at this time, when should he do it?"
Lin Rang looked at Honglu quietly, and said indifferently: "What Master Honghe wants to say, I am so dull that I don't seem to understand."
"This……"
When Honglu heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Inspector, you have a strong military power, you are also skilled and benevolent, there are countless living people, and the people's aspirations, aren't you better than that Wei Man?"
Lin Rang didn't speak, and Honglu said again: "The meaning of the villain is... Now that the body of the late emperor has been found, and Duke Wu has just been beaten to death, Wei Man's heart is known to everyone, and he wants to usurp the throne. In terms of strength and prestige, he is no weaker than Wei Man, and if he earns a fortune, he doesn't know who is superior or inferior! The villain is willing to help with all his strength, and help the governor... to ascend to the great treasure!"
Lin Rang looked at that Honglu and listened to his sonorous and forceful words, his expression was already very indifferent.
Hong Lu took a look, and said emphatically, "Furthermore, Wei Man is from a family of eunuchs. The governor is different from you. You are the former emperor's master, so your voice is naturally higher. Please think about it..."
Wei Man reviewed the documents in the hall for a while, but he still didn't see Lin Rang coming back, so he felt a little uneasy.
They were in the capital, not in their hometown, and they let Lin go for a "walk" alone, so many people were staring at him, they might not know what would happen.
Wei Man couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up quickly, threw the documents in his hands on the desk, and strode outside the hall to look for Lin Rang.
Wei Man walked all the way to the icehouse, and halfway there, he saw someone approaching, and said humbly, "Meet Wei Gong."
Wei Man nodded and said, "Well, there's no need to be too polite, I still have things to do."
As he spoke, he was about to leave, but he didn't know that the man stopped Wei Man and said, "Duke Wei is going to find the governor of Luzhou?"
Wei Man stood still, and finally took a direct look at the other party, it turned out to be Chao Zhong Yi Lang.
Yilang cupped his hands and said, "Duke Wei doesn't know that the governor of Luzhou is using the pretext of going to the icehouse, and at this very moment is... conspiring against others."
Wei Man narrowed his eyes and said, "Conspiracy?"
Yi Lang nodded and said, "That's right. Wei Gong trusted the governor so much, but the governor failed Wei Gong's painstaking efforts. The villain just saw with his own eyes that the governor of Luzhou was talking to Tong Cheng's remaining party. He vaguely said something. The governor is the former emperor's teacher, he is not convinced by Duke Wei, and wants to overthrow Duke Wei."
Wei Man listened with indifference, this may be the most nonsense he has ever heard.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yi Lang quickly said: "If Duke Wei doesn't believe it, you can go with the villain, and you will know when you hear it."
Wei Man was about to look for Lin Rang, so he said: "Okay, Gu will follow you."
Yilang thought that Wei Man wanted to see Lin Rang plot against him, so he quickly agreed and led Wei Man to go.
When the two saw Lin Rang, Na Honglu was talking to Lin Rang.
It just so happened that Lin Rang turned against Wei Man to stand on his own.
Yilang saw that Wei Man's face was livid, and he was instantly happy. He had done a good job in tipping off the news, and now he might become a big celebrity in front of Duke Wei.
Unexpectedly, Lin Rang opened his mouth quietly and said, "Thanks to Mr. Honglu, you think highly of it, but you may not know it. I am a loose person, I don't like to covet glory and wealth, and I don't have any desire to control ownership. To be on the throne, it would be better to give me a set of scalpels, it might disappoint Lord Honglu."
"What... what?"
Honglu was taken aback, but he wasn't the only one who was surprised?And Yilang who sowed discord.
Yilang Nahan was at the same place, he wanted to pull Weiman to watch the rebellion, but it became a scene of loyalty.
When Wei Man heard it, he was very happy, and walked out clapping his hands "papapa".
Honglu didn't know that Wei Man was on the spot, so he was startled, his hair stood on end, his back felt cold, and he said shiveringly, "Bye bye...bye bye Wei Gong."
Wei Man didn't even pay attention to him, and said to Lin Rang with a smile: "You want a scalpel? When Gu is free, I'll make another set for you, okay?"
Lin Rang said lightly: "It's good for Wei Gong to remember, don't fight until the year of the monkey like last time."
Wei Man: "..." Lin Rang is still a grudge.
Before, Wei Man promised to give Lin Rang a set of scalpels, but Wei Man forgot about it later, and it took him a long time to remember it, and Lin Rang kept remembering it.
Wei Man looked at Lin Rang dotingly, then turned his eyes, as if changing his face, looked at Na Honghe and Yilang coldly, and said: "The two adults have also seen that Gu and the governor trust each other very much, so we don't bother." You worry too much."
Those two people trembled, knelt down and kowtowed quickly, and said, "Yes... yes, the villain will never dare again!"
Wei Man didn't move them, but pulled Lin Rang and said, "It's been so long, let's go back."
The body of the little emperor has been found, and the biggest thing now is to bury the body and elect a new emperor.
Although there is no emperor, the court meeting will still be held.
On this day, the largest court meeting was held in the palace, and both Wei Man and Lin Rang would be present, not only present, Wei Man was also in charge of presiding over the meeting.
After the hundreds of officials were listed, Wei Man made his final appearance.
"Wei Gong, I heard that the late emperor's body has been found?"
"Yeah, I heard that too."
When everyone saw Wei Man, they started asking questions.
Wei Man nodded and said: "It is true that the late emperor's body has been found, and I invite you all here today to discuss with all the adults how to bury the late emperor and mourn for the late emperor. "
As soon as Wei Man's words fell, all the officials began to cry.
"Ouch—my lord! Why did you go, lord!"
"Your Majesty!!"
"Your Majesty, what shall we do if you are gone!"
Wei Man watched the crowd mourning with cold eyes, and after crying for a while, everyone wiped away their tears formally and said: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet! This funeral for the former emperor has always been done by the new emperor." , the country cannot live without a king, the problem we should solve first is the problem of electing a leader."
"Yeah yeah!"
"Yes, a country cannot live without a king!"
Everyone responded, and someone said: "The anti-thief Tong Cheng recently elected Duke Wu of Xuanzhou as the new emperor. Unfortunately, Duke Wu was also a victim. He was coerced by Tong Cheng and unfortunately died in the end! After all, Duke Wu belongs to our Wu family. The most orthodox bloodline, Duke Wu is gone now... the burden of the new emperor will surely fall on the shoulders of his son, Wu He!"
Wu He was on the list. After his father's fake death, Wu He kept a low profile, but he had to attend the court meeting.
When Wu He heard that everyone recommended him, his face was very indifferent, and he didn't mean to be happy at all.
After so many years of being in the officialdom, Wu He has already seen through the officialdom.
Is it true that these ministers recommended themselves because they are optimistic about themselves?Of course not, it is because they are "young and ignorant" that they are easy to control.
With a young new emperor in place, the veterans can do whatever they want, but if the person in charge is Wei Man, who has such an iron fist, who can run the army on horseback and rule the people on horseback, what benefits will they gain, and what kind of faction will they form?
It's all over!
So the ministers wanted Wu He to be the puppet emperor.
Although Wu He is young and looks weak and easy to bully, he is like a bright mirror in his heart. He has passed the hell gate so many times. To be honest, his heart is as calm as water, and he has no desire for the throne.
The only thing I want to do now is to retire with my father.
They have guarded the border for so many years and fought in the court for so many years. They have been used by others, and they have almost become victims of the struggle. Now it is time to put down their burdens, go away and live a leisurely life.
"Wu He is the authentic royal family!"
"Yes, yes, Wuhe is the most suitable!"
"Although Mr. Wu was recommended by Tong Cheng, he has an authentic bloodline and can be regarded as the master. Mr. Wu is Mr. Wu's only son, so he should be the crown prince. We recommend Wu He as the new emperor!"
Wei Man and Lin Rang saw the excitement of the crowd, but they were very indifferent, sitting on the table calmly and listening to the discussion.
After everyone had finished talking, Lin Rang said: "You all have been recommending for so long, so why don't we listen to Mr. Wu's thoughts?"
Everyone immediately looked at Wu He.
Then Wu He stood up from the mat, walked slowly to the center of the main hall, and said in a clear and cold voice: "Wu He has no virtue, no ability, no talent, no talent, and dare not take on this great task. You are absurd."
Let him be the emperor, if he doesn't, he's probably crazy!
Everyone was taken aback, and someone hurriedly said: "Mr. Wu, don't be humble."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Wu, you are an authentic member of the royal family, so you don't need to be humble."
"Young Master Wu takes on this great responsibility, we are all convinced."
Wu He ignored their flattery, but said: "Wu He has no talent, cannot govern the country, and Wu He is incompetent, cannot govern the army, and his qualifications are not enough, and he doesn't know how to deal with the world. This throne, Wu He will do it no matter what. No, please...don't be aggressive."
The four words "aggressive and aggressive" came out, and everyone couldn't hold back their face, so they had to shut up.
Wu He said again: "Since everyone thinks highly of Wu He, it's time to talk about it. Wu He has a good candidate. He is talented in both civil and military affairs. He is strict in running the army and loves the people. Put down the rebellion, count me as a talented person..."
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Wei Man, and said, "It's Hussar General Wei Gong!"
"Wei Man..."
"Wu He actually elected Wei Man?"
"If Wei Man becomes emperor, wouldn't we be finished?"
Everyone whispered, and it became a mess, Wei Man stood up very calmly, cupped his hands and said, "Wei Man really dare not be nominated by Mr. Wu."
Wu He said: "Duke Wei is humble. In terms of achievements, no one in this court can match Duke Wei. In terms of governing the army, Duke Wei is strict and strict. In terms of people's hearts, Duke Wei is benevolent. If Duke Wei can become a leader, he will surely benefit the people. , to reverse the fierce situation, please don't refuse."
When everyone saw this scene, something bad happened.
That day, Hong Lu who lobbied Lin Rang for self-reliance suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, now Zhao Liang's prefect Yang Zhen's soldiers and horses are outside Xuanyang City, and they have been staring at them. The people of my Xuanyang City are in panic, this is a big deal! I think it’s not too late to establish a new emperor after these prefect rebellions are put down.”
Lin Rang immediately stood up and said: "Lord Honglu's words are wrong. When the late emperor was alive, Chen Zhonglu and Chen Ji were the prefects of various places. On the contrary, the rebellion must be suppressed before ascending the throne. If the local army is unable to subdue for a while, then no new emperor will be established;
Honglu was just looking for an excuse, but was rendered speechless by Lin Rang's rebuttal.
He looked around flusteredly, and said: "This... this Duke Wei is unparalleled in talent, but he is not a relative of our emperor's clan, and he violates the ancestral system! Therefore, we must be more cautious in recommending... the late emperor was alive. , although he failed to subdue the local troops, the first emperor was of the blood of the clan, so others would not have any objections. Now Duke Wei is different. Duke Wei is not of the blood of the clan. This minister is also thinking of Duke Wei."
Lin Rang nodded and said, "Oh? Master Honglu, what you mean is... If Duke Wei can subdue Yang Jin's soldiers and horses and submit to the imperial court, will Duke Wei be qualified to become the new emperor?"
Hong Lu always felt that something was weird, but the words were all in the mouth, so he nodded and said: "That's right, if Duke Wei can't even subdue Yang Zhen's troops, why should everyone submit?"
Everyone was thinking in their hearts, Yang Zhen has 12 soldiers, no one in this world can compete with Wei Man except Yang Zhen, and now the prefects everywhere are also following Yang Zhen's lead.
Therefore, Wei Man's defeat of Yang Jin did not happen overnight. A few days ago, Yang Yue's younger brother, Yang Yue, led his troops to flee and dealt a heavy blow to Wei Man. impossible.
In this way, Wei Man will be recommended to be removed, which is a good thing for other forces in the court.
So many people nodded and said: "That's right, Yang Jin's forces are right outside the door, so we should deal with Yang Zhen first."
"Yes yes yes, deal with Yang Jing."
"Does Wei Gong have any good ways to deal with Yang Zhen's troops?"
Everyone looked at Wei Man, who sat on the table calmly, and said very leisurely: "Everyone... I just wanted to see the ability of me, Wei, so it's easy to handle."
As he spoke, he stood up from the mat, waved his hand, and said, "Then please open your eyes so that you can take a look."
Jiang Duting was standing at the gate of the hall, and when he got the order, he immediately said loudly, "Drive in."
"Ta Ta Ta!!"
Following Jiang Duting's order, a large number of voices came quickly and uniformly, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains, as if shaking the sky and rolling thunder, rumbled from the sky, approaching the court hall.
"boom--"
The door of the hall was pushed open as wide as possible, and then two rows of soldiers came in from the outside, each holding a long halberd and wearing black armor on his shoulders, with stern faces and fierce eyes.
"Ta Tata..."
"Ta Tata..."
"Snapped!"
The soldiers came in in two rows and surrounded the entire Chaoyi Hall in an instant, and the halberds fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
All the ministers panicked when they saw it, and said, "Wei... Duke Wei, what do you mean?!"
"Wei Man, march your troops into the palace, are you... rebelling!?"
"Wei Gong, what are you doing?!"
Wei Man was very leisurely, and said: "Everyone, don't misunderstand, everyone suggested that Gu take over the military power of the Zhao Liang prefect, have you forgotten?"
He said loudly, "Come in."
Then he heard the footsteps of "Tap Tat Tat...", this time the footsteps were very light, there were only two people, and there were no thousands of troops.
Those two people stepped into the court hall, and everyone couldn't help but gasped with a "ho--" and looked at them fixedly.
"Yang..."
"Prefect Zhao Liang!?"
"And the prefect of Wu Han!?"
They are brothers Yang Jin and Yang Yue.
Er Yang walked in from the outside, and Yang Yue walked like a big horse with a golden knife, swaying every step, aggressive, wishing to raise his chin above his head.
"What the hell is going on?!"
Everyone was amazed, Yang Zhen was supposed to be outside Xuanyang City, but unexpectedly drove in.
The prefect of Zhao Liang, Yang Jin, squinted his eyes, stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "My humble general, Yang Zhen, pay my respects to my lord!"
As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Wei Man.
All of a sudden, it was like thunder, and the rumbling ministers were caught off guard.
"Yang Jin surrendered to Wei Man?!"
"How did Duke Wei become Duke Yang's lord?"
"What the hell is going on here!?"
Wei Man smiled, and said kindly, "Brother Yang, why are you so out of touch?"
Everyone just said harsh words to ask Wei Man to subdue Yang Zhen's troops, but now they have not seen for a moment, they really subdued, it was a slap in the face on the spot.
It turned out that a few days ago, the news that Yang Yue escaped and led his troops to join Yang Chun suddenly came out. It was deliberately released by Lin Rang, but it was just false news to confuse the public.
Lin Rang gave Yang Zhen a generous gift, which was Chen Ji's head.
Everyone knows that Yang Jin, Chen Ji, and Wei Man are sworn brothers. In the past, the three of them had a very good relationship. Now that Chen Ji is dead, his head was cut off and given to Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen was naturally shocked and frightened.
Coupled with Yang Yue's lobbying, Yang Zhen also knew that if he fought hard with Wei Man, he would not get any benefits in the end, but those warlords would watch the fun instead.
Yang Jin was ready to surrender to Wei Man a long time ago, and there happened to be a letter in the box, which was addressed to Yang Zhen.
Lin Rang asked Yang Chun to pretend to target Wei Man, and Yang Yue pretended to run away with his troops. In this way, there must be many forces in the court who were dissatisfied with Wei Man and would take the opportunity to surface. On the other hand, they can also cooperate to allow Wei Man to ascend to the throne.
Logically speaking, Yang Jin was determined not to be reconciled, but the facts were before him, Yang Zhen was short of Wei Man by more than one head, if he didn't cooperate, he might end up being annihilated.
But if cooperate...
Wei Man promised Yang Zhen that if Yang Zhen cooperated with him to ascend the throne as emperor, then he would let Yang Zhen be the general of hussars.
To hit a stone with an egg, or to catch a handful of oil and water?
Yang Chen's heart fluttered instantly.
Now that the general trend is the trend, Yang Zhen is naturally a flexible person, and immediately agreed to Lin Rang and Wei Man's request, and put on a good show together.
Yang Chun's sudden appearance caught all the ministers by surprise. Everyone stared blankly at Wei Man, as if they still wanted to make a final struggle.
At this moment, Lin Rang suddenly knelt down, clasped his fists in a salute and said, "The governor of Luzhou, the army of Luzhou, respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
When Yang Yue saw it, he also knelt down, cupped his hands and said, "Wu Han's prefect, Wu Han's army, I respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Yu Ziyuan sat in the banquet and glanced at Yang Yue.
When Lin Rang was planning, for the sake of truth, he didn't explain Yang Yue's matter to Yu Ziyuan. At this time, Yang Yue was terrified, and secretly gave Yu Ziyuan a look that didn't deserve to be beaten.
Yu Ziyuan smiled helplessly, stood up too, then knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "Daizhou governor, Daizhou army, I respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Xia Yuanyun also knelt down and cupped his hands and said: "The prefect of Pujun, the soldiers of Pujun, respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Yang Jin cupped his hands and said: "The prefect of Zhao Liang, the army of Zhao Liang, respectfully invite Duke Wei to take the throne!"
There were also Wei Man's cronies, Jiang Duting, Lin Feng, Wei Zilian, Zhao Dian, Sima Bogui, Sima Yue, and Wu Yan, Lu Jinyu, etc. who rushed over, all knelt down.
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne—"
Above the court hall, it was uncontrollable for a moment, all the ministers looked at each other for a while, and Wei Man looked down at the courtiers sitting on the table.
The current situation is very tense, and the general trend is the general trend. If you don't kneel down and shout, you may be caught by Wei Man.
At this point, there seems to be no room for any conversion.
The timid ones quickly stood up, knelt down likewise, and shouted loudly: "My minister supports Wei Gong!"
"Wei Gong is both civil and military, humble and humble, benevolent and caring for the people. If he can ascend the throne, it will be a blessing for the common people!"
"I also respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Duke Wei deserves it all, so stop being humble!"
"Yeah yeah!"
I don't know who shouted: "The Lord has been around forever! Meet the Lord!"
The rest of the ministers also knelt down, bowed their heads, kowtowed and said: "I pay my respects to the Lord, the Lord has been for thousands of years—"
Hearing these mountain shouts, Wei Man felt as if waves were rolling in his heart, and it was like a boiling oil pan, raging non-stop, his blood boiling.
Wei Man clenched his hands into fists, the palms were covered with sweat, whether it was cold sweat or hot sweat, he couldn't tell. Over the years, he had lost a lot and gained a lot, just for this moment.
Now this moment...
right in front of him.
Wei Man lowered his head and glanced at Lin Rang. Lin Rang fell on the ground, looking very respectful, raised his head slightly, looked at Wei Man, and then nodded slightly.
The corners of Wei Man's mouth turned up a little bit, showing a faint smile, and then he said loudly: "Everyone loves you, Wei dare not refuse, for fear of being disrespectful, here, only reluctantly agree to live up to your love, in the future I also ask everyone to work together to build our world together!"
He said that's all, turned around, stepped up to the platform of the main hall step by step, went up step by step, stepped on the seat of the leader, stretched out his sleeves, and sat down.
For a moment, the roar of the mountain shook the sky, and surrounded the entire parliament hall.
"Meet the Lord!"
"Master of the people for ten thousand years!"
"Meet the Lord—"
Yang Yue came to the gate of the camp where Zhao Liangjun was stationed alone, and shouted in with his neck pulled.
The soldiers guarding the gate didn't know who Yang Yue was, so they immediately stopped him with their halberds, and said forcefully, "Who is coming, trespassing on the barracks?!"
Yang Yue smiled, pointed to himself, and said, "Me? Listen carefully, I am your lord's younger brother."
Unexpectedly, when the gate guard heard this, he immediately laughed and said boldly, "Then I am your own father!"
Yang Yue: "..."
Yang Yue blushed immediately, pointed at the soldier and said, "You...you are new here, I have never seen you before, you dare to take advantage of me, carefully, your master skinned you!"
"spit!"
The soldier was so stiff, he sneered and said: "What cats and dogs also ran to the barracks to play wild, leave quickly, otherwise the military law will punish you, and your father will not even recognize you!"
Yang Yue shook his hands angrily, and said, "You...you let me in, I want to find my elder brother! Can you take care of me if I neglect you?!"
As Yang Yue said, he went to push the soldier, who blocked the gate and said, "I'm good at barracks, don't blame me for being cruel!"
Yang Yue laughed angrily and said, "Come on, come on, let me see if you are tough!"
Yang Yue went there alone, holding in his hand the red lacquered box that Lin Rang had given to Yang Chun.
Therefore, he couldn't spare his hands to compete with the soldiers, and he couldn't do anything, so he simply knotted the cloth wrapped in the red lacquer box, put it around his neck, and freed his hands to fight against the soldiers.
There was a commotion at the gate, and it happened that Yang Zhen led troops to patrol. After all, he was already very close to Xuanyang, and he didn't know when the riot would happen. Yang Zhen was cautious in everything and liked to do things himself.
"Who is making noise!?"
Yang Zhen was very majestic and walked to the gate of the camp.
"Lord!"
The soldier quickly knelt down and said, "My lord, someone trespassed on the barracks!"
Yang Qin looked at the person who trespassed in the barracks, before he could see clearly, he heard someone shout: "Brother!"
Yang Zhen took a closer look and said in surprise, "This... is really the second brother!"
When the soldier saw it, he was dumbfounded and hesitated on the spot.
Yang Yue walked over very proudly, puffed out his chest, and said, "Brother, the gatekeeper of your camp claims to be our father."
The soldier faltered and said: "This... a misunderstanding, the villain was also ordered to guard the camp."
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, come in quickly, it's fine if you come back, how did you come back?"
Yang Zhen pulled him into the camp and said, "Brother Wei was worried that you wouldn't be able to get out in the capital, but now it's all right. You've come out of the capital, so I don't have any worries for you."
"Hey, brother, I'm going to tell you about this."
Yang Yue quickly stopped his elder brother and said, "Let's talk in the accounts."
The two entered the tent, screened off the others, and only the two brothers were left. Yang Yue put the brocade box on the table with a "kuang!" and said, "Brother, I didn't escape from the capital."
Yang Zhen said strangely: "That's...?"
Yang Yue said, "Wei Man let me out."
Yang Zhen said in surprise: "Wei Man is very thoughtful, there must be some deceit. He heard that I sent troops to the capital, and he didn't know how to arrest you, but let you out. This is definitely a trick!"
Yang Yue said: "Brother...Actually, Wei Man asked me to come and persuade him."
Yang Qin said: "Wei Man is such a good idea, he actually asked my own brother to persuade me? There is no way!"
Yang Yue scratched his chin, and said awkwardly: "Actually... I mean the same thing, brother, or else we will submit to Wei Mande."
"What did you say?"
Yang Zhen was very surprised, raised his hand and hit him, saying: "You bastard! You bastard! You have been raising you for so many years, and you turned against the enemy at a critical moment!"
Yang Yue quickly covered his head and said, "Oh! Hey... Big brother, stop beating, stop beating, if you are stupid, you still have to support him!"
Yang Zhen was very angry, Yang Yue pulled him to sit down, and said: "Brother, you have to distinguish clearly, you only have 12 soldiers and horses in your hand, plus the [-] you gave me, a total of [-], although you now The voices are loud, but you also know those local prefects, can they have a half-hearted heart? It’s not all hypocrisy, they want to use you as a shield, so they can cover behind. When things get better, they rush forward, If the situation is not good, I will blame it on you, why bother to be such a thankless master?"
Yang Zhen didn't speak, but seemed to agree.
After all, he has already sent troops to Xuanyang, and at this juncture, no one in charge of soldiers can be reconciled to letting him give up.
Yang Yue said again: "Furthermore, those prefects will never lend you their military power, so we have 12 troops, and Xuanyang City has 20 soldiers and horses, let alone the soldiers and horses brought by Wei Man. You also know that there is a governor of Luzhou. The governor of Luzhou has always been facing Wei Man. Although there are not many soldiers in Luzhou, they are strong and strong. The general Wu Wentai and his son Wu Yan are all fighting Don't die, people who look like lunatics, as well as Wu Wentai's nephew Lu Jinyu, who is not very old and has a small heart, are not easy to provoke."
Listening to his analysis, Yang Zhen's face turned pale, but he also calmed down.
Yang Yue said: "Brother, we can't fight recklessly. For other prefects, they pushed us up because we were annihilated and they didn't have any losses. In this situation, you can't be so stupid, brother."
Yang Qin said: "After talking for a long time, you are in the same boat as Wei Man?"
Yang Yue waved his hand and said, "Hey, what are you doing together? This is a person who knows the current affairs is a hero. Let's surrender to Wei Man first and wait for the opportunity to act, isn't it?"
Yang Zhen nodded and smiled, "It really is my younger brother."
"By the way," he said again, "what's that hanging around your neck?"
Yang Yue let out an "oh" and said, "I almost forgot, this is a gift from the Governor of Luzhou to my eldest brother. Please open it and have a look. I don't know what it is. It's mysterious, and I even made a lock." , can only be split."
Yang Zhen was very surprised, so he drew out his sword and gestured at the brocade box, "Crack!!!" With a crisp sound, he split the brocade box from the middle.
In an instant, the brocade box exploded, and a stench wafted into the air. Yang Yue hurriedly covered his nose.
"Ho-"
Yang Yue took a deep breath and said, "Human... head?!"
Yang Jin narrowed his eyes and said, "Chen Ji's head."
At the same time, with a sound of "crash!", a letter fell out of the box, fluttering to the ground, stained with red blood...
"Master!!"
Xia Yuanyun quickly ran in from outside the hall, panting and said: "The big thing is bad, my lord!"
Wei Man put down the document in his hand and said, "What's wrong?"
Xia Yuanyun said: "My lord, it's not good, the big thing is not good! Yang Yue didn't surrender, but fled with a large army. Yang Yue's [-] troops have already merged with Yang Zhen's [-] troops, threatening to attack Entering Xuanyang City!"
Yu Ziyuan was in the palace, reporting the incident, when he heard Xia Yuanyun's words, he stood up immediately, and said in surprise, "What?"
Xia Yuanyun didn't seem to have expected this to happen, and said, "It's absolutely true. Many people have heard of it. It is estimated that we will start to arrange the main character."
Yu Ziyuan never expected that Yang Yue would go and come back quickly, after all...
After all, I am still here.
But unexpectedly, Yang Yue ran away and joined Yang Zhen with soldiers and horses, desperate.
Lin Rang patted Yu Ziyuan's shoulder and said, "Be safe and don't be impatient."
Wei Man sneered and said, "I know Yang Yue's petty thoughts, so don't pay attention to them. I want to see how Yang Zhen's [-] troops can break into Xuanyang?"
Wei Man occupied the entire Xuanyang, and he already had a huge advantage.
However, there are still many hidden forces around, such as Yang Zhen, and other prefect Zhou Mu. They arrived around Xuanyang, but did not enter Xuanyang. Although they have not moved, they are always threatening.
Wei Manben had already controlled Xuanyang, but now that something happened about Yang Yue, there was a lot of discussion, and some people panicked.
At this moment, there is something even more frightening...
Mr. Duan Su quickly ran over from the outside and said, "My lord, the governor... the body of the late emperor has been found."
Lin Rang immediately stood up and said, "Did you find it?"
The first emperor and Wei Zixiu were washed away by the flood, and no one was alive or dead, but now the body of the little emperor was found.
Mr. Duan Su nodded and said: "It has been soaked by the flood, but the jade pendant on his body must not be fake."
Lin Rang said, "Take me to have a look."
Mr. Duan Su nodded and said, "Inspector, please."
Wei Man originally wanted to go to see it together, but after he entered the capital, Wei Man had to handle all matters, let alone the prime minister. Wei Man has now become the emperor, so he has no time to leave, so he can only stay and continue to deal with official documents.
Lin Rang and Mr. Duan Su left the main hall and went to the ice cellar where the little emperor's body was kept. Because the body was rotten, it could only be stored in the ice storage.
Mr. Duan Su led Lin Rang in, and saw the little emperor's body covered under the yellow cloth.
His stature was right, he looked like a teenager, and he was very young.
Lin Rang walked over, reached out and slowly lifted the yellow cloth. Under the yellow cloth, the body was so swollen that it was basically impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, let alone its face.
The clothes were soaked and torn, and there was a hairy jade pendant on the waist, which belonged to the royal family. It was also because of this that everyone could distinguish the little emperor's body.
Lin Rang said, "Are you sure it's the first emperor?"
Mr. Duan Su said: "Except for the jade pendant, there is no way to be sure."
Lin Rang said, "Did someone do an autopsy?"
Mr. Duan Su hurriedly said: "It must not be done. This is the remains of the late emperor. An autopsy must not be done."
Lin Rang nodded. This is indeed the case. The ancients were very contemptuous of work, and felt that autopsy was a treasonous job, let alone an autopsy for the emperor. Wouldn't they be drowned in saliva?
Lin Rang slowly put down the yellow cloth in his hand, covered it up again, and said in a low voice: "The body is well preserved, and we can wait for the funeral of Duke Wei in the future."
"Yes."
Lin Rang took a deep look at the body covered with yellow cloth, then turned and left the icehouse, ready to go back.
He was walking on the road, and before he had taken a few steps, he saw someone walking towards him, and he just had a face-to-face meeting with Lin Rang.
When Lin Rang saw the man, he nodded and was about to leave, but he didn't know that the other party was coming for Lin Rang, so he quickly blocked Lin Rang's way, smiled very humbly, and said: "The governor of Luzhou, I have admired the name of the governor for a long time, and I have never had a chance. You can see, today can be regarded as seeing."
Lin Rang knew that person at the state banquet arranged by Tong Cheng, and he was an official of Honglu Temple.
Honglu smiled and said, "Lord Inspector, there is a sentence... I don't know if I should say it or not."
Lin Rang glanced at Na Honglu very indifferently, and said, "When most people ask this question, they know that this sentence is inappropriate, so don't say it."
He said, turned and left.
Honglu was stunned there, Lin Rang played his cards unreasonably and was almost bluffed by Honglu.
Honglu hurried to catch up and said: "Inspector...Master Inspector, wait a moment, wait a moment!"
Lin Rang turned back and said, "Master Honglu, is there anything else?"
Honglu bit the bullet and said: "Yes... that's the case, the villain thought about it, and still thinks he should tell Lord Inspector."
Lin Rang said lightly, "Why should we talk about it again?"
Honglu was sweating all over his face, and said with a dry smile: "It's like this...Nowadays the world is in a state of turmoil and disaster is at hand. The first emperor passed away, Duke Wu was beaten to death with a single punch, and the prefect Zhou Mu from all over the country came to Beijing. It was Tong Gao The disaster is happening again! The governor of Luzhou is righteous and talented, if he doesn't take action at this time, when should he do it?"
Lin Rang looked at Honglu quietly, and said indifferently: "What Master Honghe wants to say, I am so dull that I don't seem to understand."
"This……"
When Honglu heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Inspector, you have a strong military power, you are also skilled and benevolent, there are countless living people, and the people's aspirations, aren't you better than that Wei Man?"
Lin Rang didn't speak, and Honglu said again: "The meaning of the villain is... Now that the body of the late emperor has been found, and Duke Wu has just been beaten to death, Wei Man's heart is known to everyone, and he wants to usurp the throne. In terms of strength and prestige, he is no weaker than Wei Man, and if he earns a fortune, he doesn't know who is superior or inferior! The villain is willing to help with all his strength, and help the governor... to ascend to the great treasure!"
Lin Rang looked at that Honglu and listened to his sonorous and forceful words, his expression was already very indifferent.
Hong Lu took a look, and said emphatically, "Furthermore, Wei Man is from a family of eunuchs. The governor is different from you. You are the former emperor's master, so your voice is naturally higher. Please think about it..."
Wei Man reviewed the documents in the hall for a while, but he still didn't see Lin Rang coming back, so he felt a little uneasy.
They were in the capital, not in their hometown, and they let Lin go for a "walk" alone, so many people were staring at him, they might not know what would happen.
Wei Man couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up quickly, threw the documents in his hands on the desk, and strode outside the hall to look for Lin Rang.
Wei Man walked all the way to the icehouse, and halfway there, he saw someone approaching, and said humbly, "Meet Wei Gong."
Wei Man nodded and said, "Well, there's no need to be too polite, I still have things to do."
As he spoke, he was about to leave, but he didn't know that the man stopped Wei Man and said, "Duke Wei is going to find the governor of Luzhou?"
Wei Man stood still, and finally took a direct look at the other party, it turned out to be Chao Zhong Yi Lang.
Yilang cupped his hands and said, "Duke Wei doesn't know that the governor of Luzhou is using the pretext of going to the icehouse, and at this very moment is... conspiring against others."
Wei Man narrowed his eyes and said, "Conspiracy?"
Yi Lang nodded and said, "That's right. Wei Gong trusted the governor so much, but the governor failed Wei Gong's painstaking efforts. The villain just saw with his own eyes that the governor of Luzhou was talking to Tong Cheng's remaining party. He vaguely said something. The governor is the former emperor's teacher, he is not convinced by Duke Wei, and wants to overthrow Duke Wei."
Wei Man listened with indifference, this may be the most nonsense he has ever heard.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Yi Lang quickly said: "If Duke Wei doesn't believe it, you can go with the villain, and you will know when you hear it."
Wei Man was about to look for Lin Rang, so he said: "Okay, Gu will follow you."
Yilang thought that Wei Man wanted to see Lin Rang plot against him, so he quickly agreed and led Wei Man to go.
When the two saw Lin Rang, Na Honglu was talking to Lin Rang.
It just so happened that Lin Rang turned against Wei Man to stand on his own.
Yilang saw that Wei Man's face was livid, and he was instantly happy. He had done a good job in tipping off the news, and now he might become a big celebrity in front of Duke Wei.
Unexpectedly, Lin Rang opened his mouth quietly and said, "Thanks to Mr. Honglu, you think highly of it, but you may not know it. I am a loose person, I don't like to covet glory and wealth, and I don't have any desire to control ownership. To be on the throne, it would be better to give me a set of scalpels, it might disappoint Lord Honglu."
"What... what?"
Honglu was taken aback, but he wasn't the only one who was surprised?And Yilang who sowed discord.
Yilang Nahan was at the same place, he wanted to pull Weiman to watch the rebellion, but it became a scene of loyalty.
When Wei Man heard it, he was very happy, and walked out clapping his hands "papapa".
Honglu didn't know that Wei Man was on the spot, so he was startled, his hair stood on end, his back felt cold, and he said shiveringly, "Bye bye...bye bye Wei Gong."
Wei Man didn't even pay attention to him, and said to Lin Rang with a smile: "You want a scalpel? When Gu is free, I'll make another set for you, okay?"
Lin Rang said lightly: "It's good for Wei Gong to remember, don't fight until the year of the monkey like last time."
Wei Man: "..." Lin Rang is still a grudge.
Before, Wei Man promised to give Lin Rang a set of scalpels, but Wei Man forgot about it later, and it took him a long time to remember it, and Lin Rang kept remembering it.
Wei Man looked at Lin Rang dotingly, then turned his eyes, as if changing his face, looked at Na Honghe and Yilang coldly, and said: "The two adults have also seen that Gu and the governor trust each other very much, so we don't bother." You worry too much."
Those two people trembled, knelt down and kowtowed quickly, and said, "Yes... yes, the villain will never dare again!"
Wei Man didn't move them, but pulled Lin Rang and said, "It's been so long, let's go back."
The body of the little emperor has been found, and the biggest thing now is to bury the body and elect a new emperor.
Although there is no emperor, the court meeting will still be held.
On this day, the largest court meeting was held in the palace, and both Wei Man and Lin Rang would be present, not only present, Wei Man was also in charge of presiding over the meeting.
After the hundreds of officials were listed, Wei Man made his final appearance.
"Wei Gong, I heard that the late emperor's body has been found?"
"Yeah, I heard that too."
When everyone saw Wei Man, they started asking questions.
Wei Man nodded and said: "It is true that the late emperor's body has been found, and I invite you all here today to discuss with all the adults how to bury the late emperor and mourn for the late emperor. "
As soon as Wei Man's words fell, all the officials began to cry.
"Ouch—my lord! Why did you go, lord!"
"Your Majesty!!"
"Your Majesty, what shall we do if you are gone!"
Wei Man watched the crowd mourning with cold eyes, and after crying for a while, everyone wiped away their tears formally and said: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet! This funeral for the former emperor has always been done by the new emperor." , the country cannot live without a king, the problem we should solve first is the problem of electing a leader."
"Yeah yeah!"
"Yes, a country cannot live without a king!"
Everyone responded, and someone said: "The anti-thief Tong Cheng recently elected Duke Wu of Xuanzhou as the new emperor. Unfortunately, Duke Wu was also a victim. He was coerced by Tong Cheng and unfortunately died in the end! After all, Duke Wu belongs to our Wu family. The most orthodox bloodline, Duke Wu is gone now... the burden of the new emperor will surely fall on the shoulders of his son, Wu He!"
Wu He was on the list. After his father's fake death, Wu He kept a low profile, but he had to attend the court meeting.
When Wu He heard that everyone recommended him, his face was very indifferent, and he didn't mean to be happy at all.
After so many years of being in the officialdom, Wu He has already seen through the officialdom.
Is it true that these ministers recommended themselves because they are optimistic about themselves?Of course not, it is because they are "young and ignorant" that they are easy to control.
With a young new emperor in place, the veterans can do whatever they want, but if the person in charge is Wei Man, who has such an iron fist, who can run the army on horseback and rule the people on horseback, what benefits will they gain, and what kind of faction will they form?
It's all over!
So the ministers wanted Wu He to be the puppet emperor.
Although Wu He is young and looks weak and easy to bully, he is like a bright mirror in his heart. He has passed the hell gate so many times. To be honest, his heart is as calm as water, and he has no desire for the throne.
The only thing I want to do now is to retire with my father.
They have guarded the border for so many years and fought in the court for so many years. They have been used by others, and they have almost become victims of the struggle. Now it is time to put down their burdens, go away and live a leisurely life.
"Wu He is the authentic royal family!"
"Yes, yes, Wuhe is the most suitable!"
"Although Mr. Wu was recommended by Tong Cheng, he has an authentic bloodline and can be regarded as the master. Mr. Wu is Mr. Wu's only son, so he should be the crown prince. We recommend Wu He as the new emperor!"
Wei Man and Lin Rang saw the excitement of the crowd, but they were very indifferent, sitting on the table calmly and listening to the discussion.
After everyone had finished talking, Lin Rang said: "You all have been recommending for so long, so why don't we listen to Mr. Wu's thoughts?"
Everyone immediately looked at Wu He.
Then Wu He stood up from the mat, walked slowly to the center of the main hall, and said in a clear and cold voice: "Wu He has no virtue, no ability, no talent, no talent, and dare not take on this great task. You are absurd."
Let him be the emperor, if he doesn't, he's probably crazy!
Everyone was taken aback, and someone hurriedly said: "Mr. Wu, don't be humble."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Wu, you are an authentic member of the royal family, so you don't need to be humble."
"Young Master Wu takes on this great responsibility, we are all convinced."
Wu He ignored their flattery, but said: "Wu He has no talent, cannot govern the country, and Wu He is incompetent, cannot govern the army, and his qualifications are not enough, and he doesn't know how to deal with the world. This throne, Wu He will do it no matter what. No, please...don't be aggressive."
The four words "aggressive and aggressive" came out, and everyone couldn't hold back their face, so they had to shut up.
Wu He said again: "Since everyone thinks highly of Wu He, it's time to talk about it. Wu He has a good candidate. He is talented in both civil and military affairs. He is strict in running the army and loves the people. Put down the rebellion, count me as a talented person..."
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Wei Man, and said, "It's Hussar General Wei Gong!"
"Wei Man..."
"Wu He actually elected Wei Man?"
"If Wei Man becomes emperor, wouldn't we be finished?"
Everyone whispered, and it became a mess, Wei Man stood up very calmly, cupped his hands and said, "Wei Man really dare not be nominated by Mr. Wu."
Wu He said: "Duke Wei is humble. In terms of achievements, no one in this court can match Duke Wei. In terms of governing the army, Duke Wei is strict and strict. In terms of people's hearts, Duke Wei is benevolent. If Duke Wei can become a leader, he will surely benefit the people. , to reverse the fierce situation, please don't refuse."
When everyone saw this scene, something bad happened.
That day, Hong Lu who lobbied Lin Rang for self-reliance suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, now Zhao Liang's prefect Yang Zhen's soldiers and horses are outside Xuanyang City, and they have been staring at them. The people of my Xuanyang City are in panic, this is a big deal! I think it’s not too late to establish a new emperor after these prefect rebellions are put down.”
Lin Rang immediately stood up and said: "Lord Honglu's words are wrong. When the late emperor was alive, Chen Zhonglu and Chen Ji were the prefects of various places. On the contrary, the rebellion must be suppressed before ascending the throne. If the local army is unable to subdue for a while, then no new emperor will be established;
Honglu was just looking for an excuse, but was rendered speechless by Lin Rang's rebuttal.
He looked around flusteredly, and said: "This... this Duke Wei is unparalleled in talent, but he is not a relative of our emperor's clan, and he violates the ancestral system! Therefore, we must be more cautious in recommending... the late emperor was alive. , although he failed to subdue the local troops, the first emperor was of the blood of the clan, so others would not have any objections. Now Duke Wei is different. Duke Wei is not of the blood of the clan. This minister is also thinking of Duke Wei."
Lin Rang nodded and said, "Oh? Master Honglu, what you mean is... If Duke Wei can subdue Yang Jin's soldiers and horses and submit to the imperial court, will Duke Wei be qualified to become the new emperor?"
Hong Lu always felt that something was weird, but the words were all in the mouth, so he nodded and said: "That's right, if Duke Wei can't even subdue Yang Zhen's troops, why should everyone submit?"
Everyone was thinking in their hearts, Yang Zhen has 12 soldiers, no one in this world can compete with Wei Man except Yang Zhen, and now the prefects everywhere are also following Yang Zhen's lead.
Therefore, Wei Man's defeat of Yang Jin did not happen overnight. A few days ago, Yang Yue's younger brother, Yang Yue, led his troops to flee and dealt a heavy blow to Wei Man. impossible.
In this way, Wei Man will be recommended to be removed, which is a good thing for other forces in the court.
So many people nodded and said: "That's right, Yang Jin's forces are right outside the door, so we should deal with Yang Zhen first."
"Yes yes yes, deal with Yang Jing."
"Does Wei Gong have any good ways to deal with Yang Zhen's troops?"
Everyone looked at Wei Man, who sat on the table calmly, and said very leisurely: "Everyone... I just wanted to see the ability of me, Wei, so it's easy to handle."
As he spoke, he stood up from the mat, waved his hand, and said, "Then please open your eyes so that you can take a look."
Jiang Duting was standing at the gate of the hall, and when he got the order, he immediately said loudly, "Drive in."
"Ta Ta Ta!!"
Following Jiang Duting's order, a large number of voices came quickly and uniformly, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains, as if shaking the sky and rolling thunder, rumbled from the sky, approaching the court hall.
"boom--"
The door of the hall was pushed open as wide as possible, and then two rows of soldiers came in from the outside, each holding a long halberd and wearing black armor on his shoulders, with stern faces and fierce eyes.
"Ta Tata..."
"Ta Tata..."
"Snapped!"
The soldiers came in in two rows and surrounded the entire Chaoyi Hall in an instant, and the halberds fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
All the ministers panicked when they saw it, and said, "Wei... Duke Wei, what do you mean?!"
"Wei Man, march your troops into the palace, are you... rebelling!?"
"Wei Gong, what are you doing?!"
Wei Man was very leisurely, and said: "Everyone, don't misunderstand, everyone suggested that Gu take over the military power of the Zhao Liang prefect, have you forgotten?"
He said loudly, "Come in."
Then he heard the footsteps of "Tap Tat Tat...", this time the footsteps were very light, there were only two people, and there were no thousands of troops.
Those two people stepped into the court hall, and everyone couldn't help but gasped with a "ho--" and looked at them fixedly.
"Yang..."
"Prefect Zhao Liang!?"
"And the prefect of Wu Han!?"
They are brothers Yang Jin and Yang Yue.
Er Yang walked in from the outside, and Yang Yue walked like a big horse with a golden knife, swaying every step, aggressive, wishing to raise his chin above his head.
"What the hell is going on?!"
Everyone was amazed, Yang Zhen was supposed to be outside Xuanyang City, but unexpectedly drove in.
The prefect of Zhao Liang, Yang Jin, squinted his eyes, stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "My humble general, Yang Zhen, pay my respects to my lord!"
As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Wei Man.
All of a sudden, it was like thunder, and the rumbling ministers were caught off guard.
"Yang Jin surrendered to Wei Man?!"
"How did Duke Wei become Duke Yang's lord?"
"What the hell is going on here!?"
Wei Man smiled, and said kindly, "Brother Yang, why are you so out of touch?"
Everyone just said harsh words to ask Wei Man to subdue Yang Zhen's troops, but now they have not seen for a moment, they really subdued, it was a slap in the face on the spot.
It turned out that a few days ago, the news that Yang Yue escaped and led his troops to join Yang Chun suddenly came out. It was deliberately released by Lin Rang, but it was just false news to confuse the public.
Lin Rang gave Yang Zhen a generous gift, which was Chen Ji's head.
Everyone knows that Yang Jin, Chen Ji, and Wei Man are sworn brothers. In the past, the three of them had a very good relationship. Now that Chen Ji is dead, his head was cut off and given to Yang Zhen. Yang Zhen was naturally shocked and frightened.
Coupled with Yang Yue's lobbying, Yang Zhen also knew that if he fought hard with Wei Man, he would not get any benefits in the end, but those warlords would watch the fun instead.
Yang Jin was ready to surrender to Wei Man a long time ago, and there happened to be a letter in the box, which was addressed to Yang Zhen.
Lin Rang asked Yang Chun to pretend to target Wei Man, and Yang Yue pretended to run away with his troops. In this way, there must be many forces in the court who were dissatisfied with Wei Man and would take the opportunity to surface. On the other hand, they can also cooperate to allow Wei Man to ascend to the throne.
Logically speaking, Yang Jin was determined not to be reconciled, but the facts were before him, Yang Zhen was short of Wei Man by more than one head, if he didn't cooperate, he might end up being annihilated.
But if cooperate...
Wei Man promised Yang Zhen that if Yang Zhen cooperated with him to ascend the throne as emperor, then he would let Yang Zhen be the general of hussars.
To hit a stone with an egg, or to catch a handful of oil and water?
Yang Chen's heart fluttered instantly.
Now that the general trend is the trend, Yang Zhen is naturally a flexible person, and immediately agreed to Lin Rang and Wei Man's request, and put on a good show together.
Yang Chun's sudden appearance caught all the ministers by surprise. Everyone stared blankly at Wei Man, as if they still wanted to make a final struggle.
At this moment, Lin Rang suddenly knelt down, clasped his fists in a salute and said, "The governor of Luzhou, the army of Luzhou, respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
When Yang Yue saw it, he also knelt down, cupped his hands and said, "Wu Han's prefect, Wu Han's army, I respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Yu Ziyuan sat in the banquet and glanced at Yang Yue.
When Lin Rang was planning, for the sake of truth, he didn't explain Yang Yue's matter to Yu Ziyuan. At this time, Yang Yue was terrified, and secretly gave Yu Ziyuan a look that didn't deserve to be beaten.
Yu Ziyuan smiled helplessly, stood up too, then knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "Daizhou governor, Daizhou army, I respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Xia Yuanyun also knelt down and cupped his hands and said: "The prefect of Pujun, the soldiers of Pujun, respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
Yang Jin cupped his hands and said: "The prefect of Zhao Liang, the army of Zhao Liang, respectfully invite Duke Wei to take the throne!"
There were also Wei Man's cronies, Jiang Duting, Lin Feng, Wei Zilian, Zhao Dian, Sima Bogui, Sima Yue, and Wu Yan, Lu Jinyu, etc. who rushed over, all knelt down.
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne—"
Above the court hall, it was uncontrollable for a moment, all the ministers looked at each other for a while, and Wei Man looked down at the courtiers sitting on the table.
The current situation is very tense, and the general trend is the general trend. If you don't kneel down and shout, you may be caught by Wei Man.
At this point, there seems to be no room for any conversion.
The timid ones quickly stood up, knelt down likewise, and shouted loudly: "My minister supports Wei Gong!"
"Wei Gong is both civil and military, humble and humble, benevolent and caring for the people. If he can ascend the throne, it will be a blessing for the common people!"
"I also respectfully invite Duke Wei to ascend the throne!"
"Duke Wei deserves it all, so stop being humble!"
"Yeah yeah!"
I don't know who shouted: "The Lord has been around forever! Meet the Lord!"
The rest of the ministers also knelt down, bowed their heads, kowtowed and said: "I pay my respects to the Lord, the Lord has been for thousands of years—"
Hearing these mountain shouts, Wei Man felt as if waves were rolling in his heart, and it was like a boiling oil pan, raging non-stop, his blood boiling.
Wei Man clenched his hands into fists, the palms were covered with sweat, whether it was cold sweat or hot sweat, he couldn't tell. Over the years, he had lost a lot and gained a lot, just for this moment.
Now this moment...
right in front of him.
Wei Man lowered his head and glanced at Lin Rang. Lin Rang fell on the ground, looking very respectful, raised his head slightly, looked at Wei Man, and then nodded slightly.
The corners of Wei Man's mouth turned up a little bit, showing a faint smile, and then he said loudly: "Everyone loves you, Wei dare not refuse, for fear of being disrespectful, here, only reluctantly agree to live up to your love, in the future I also ask everyone to work together to build our world together!"
He said that's all, turned around, stepped up to the platform of the main hall step by step, went up step by step, stepped on the seat of the leader, stretched out his sleeves, and sat down.
For a moment, the roar of the mountain shook the sky, and surrounded the entire parliament hall.
"Meet the Lord!"
"Master of the people for ten thousand years!"
"Meet the Lord—"
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