Empress Han

Zhengjun received the news, but her judgment is that the rumors may not be related to the two, because her people have been watching the two for a day or two. Such a large-scale rumor will definitely not use just a few nails. Recently, I have been strict with them, and it was only because of Chen Shunchang's death. At that time, the rumors had not yet started. Besides, it was obviously impossible for a pregnant prince and concubine to let those people prefer to expose and kill them. That's why she suspected at that time, Chen Shunchang His death was related to Feng Shunchang and the others.

There are priorities, and the most important thing at the moment is naturally to calm the rumors. Although the crown prince is a legitimate son, his words are formidable... The purpose of the people behind the scenes is obviously this.

Either the crown prince will be criticized and his reputation will be bad. In this way, if the emperor goes and the crown prince ascends the throne, his uncle's objection will not be so unacceptable.If the emperor stood up to clarify for the prince, then the emperor's current physical condition would obviously be known to everyone, and it seemed that the latter would suffer the least loss. , no one would dare to mobilize a single soldier, but if the emperor's situation is getting worse and worse, then the day the emperor swore his oath would be the time for him to act.

Although the emperor's spirit was getting worse day by day, he still dealt with the matter decisively. The people he sent to investigate were both investigating and sending them to death.The emperor knew that he planned to wait for his death and take advantage of the crown prince's control of the situation, so it was best to force him to do it in advance. Bad reputation for killing uncles.

The emperor also ordered the Yingyang army to choose the route closest to Lianzhou in the name of changing defense with the Chengcang army. The army marched, feeling full of oppression. King Lian was naturally very nervous. In addition to needing a good-sounding reason for rebellion, it is more about taking it unawares.Who has ever seen a successful rebellion after the news leaked?

To be honest, if it wasn't for the emperor's poor health, King Lian would have been in a hurry and made a foolish move to drive a wedge between the crown prince and the emperor, and what's more, Sima Liangdi's place was exposed, which was terrible.Otherwise, when he has accumulated strength, the frontier troops are far away, and the troops around the capital are rarely engaged in actual combat. Every day is just training, and the crown prince is not yet stable. It is really hard to say whether he will succeed.

King Lian could not clearly accumulate troops, but in the past few years, the harvest was not good and natural disasters continued. Although the government repeatedly opened warehouses to release grain and exempted tax burdens, few officials could do it. Yes, but it is intercepted layer by layer, and only two or three out of ten reach the common people. Some can eat wild vegetables together, but they can only eat skin and bones if they meet a big eater. Not to mention children, and even if the food at home is available for the children, if the parents starve to death, will the children still be alive? Who can starve to death to help their neighbors?Therefore, a group of refugees and mobs were born.

The people are not very literate, and they don't know what to do. When they see that there is work and food to eat, how can they care about other things? Those who invite friends go to the good places that give food and money. Only when they go in do they know that they are soldiers. Ah, they all thought it was normal, and soldiers were paid for their lives, but now they can live every day, so what are they afraid of.So intermittently, King Lian actually saved a lot of troops.King Lian hid them in the mountains, away from human habitation. If they were found out when they went out, the people they met would naturally die at the hands of "bandits".

With such a large group of people, there are naturally a lot of people and horses to use. However, King Lian boasts that he will train elite soldiers and strong generals to fight ten against one, so although the number is small, the army is strong and horses are strong. The move of goods, traveling from south to north, the income is very rich. In addition to managing people, it can also develop manpower to spy on news and bribe officials.It has become a trend, and it is not so easy to completely remove it, so the emperor will do the opposite. It is like digging abscesses with a knife, digging out the carrion, and it hurts and bleeds a lot, but the carrion is gone, and new flesh is everywhere. It's better to have a difficult time than to be everywhere.

Lianwang Mansion in Lianzhou.

Lian Wang is different from the prince and the emperor. He is tall and has the demeanor of a military general.

On the left, Xie Changyong, the chief of the palace and military adviser, Zhang Cheng who was in charge of intelligence, Lian Ming who was in charge of the palace guards, and his brother-in-law Zhu He who was in charge of providing goods.On the right, Bian Yu, deputy general of the former frontier army Mingyang Army in charge of the entire army, deputy general Xie Ting, and secretary Xu Ran.These few people here, one counts as the other, are all his confidantes, and each has its own division of labor.It is also by relying on these people that King Lian can pull up this big skin.

These people follow King Lian to rebel with their lives, and their intentions are naturally great. What they hope is that King Lian will sit on the throne, and they can also be extremely human ministers, enjoy the glory and wealth, and then seek wealth in danger. These people are more or less The halberd was broken at the court, because Bian Yu was too thorny and aggressive in everything, so the general Xu Yi at the time gave an evaluation that was not useful, but he found out, and he thought he would be reused. There is no more text, I feel that Xu Yi has ruined his future, and he went to the grass in a fit of anger, but was taken under the command of the so-called King Lian who is thirsty for talents. The enemy kicked.

These people seem to be quite organized. Whether it is military training or division of labor, they are all very similar to the division of labor in the court. This has indeed allowed King Lian to accumulate such a large amount of power in a few years, but it also has disadvantages. If you want to fight against the king of a country with your own strength, King Lian can't go around saying that I am going to rebel, you all come quickly and follow me, there is meat to eat.Therefore, the strength is still insufficient, so I want to find the most suitable time to strike. As long as you are quick, except for the emperor and the prince, you can plant it on a certain prince, saying that the prince rebelled and killed the emperor and the prince. , actually killed the prince, and then repeatedly pushed and asked, and ascended to the throne.

If you don't accept it, you can just kill them. At that time, there is always a way to subdue them one by one.

Therefore, this report said that some unknown people were found around, which aroused their vigilance. King Lian hurriedly called several people to discuss.

Although Xu Ran is in the army, he is indeed a scholar, so he is naturally dissatisfied that King Lian often listens to Shi Xie Changyong, the governor of the palace, and quickly responded, "Your Highness, these so-called unknown people are absolutely unknown. It has long been a nameless person, and it is not idle to spy on a vassal prince's mansion. In addition, after Sima Liangdi died in the palace, our eyeliner around the prince was broken. Although there are other people, it is better than But Sima Liangdi's means, we have received increasingly limited clues, just from the news a few days ago, we can see that the emperor's health is not good, and he must want to check to see if there is any abnormality in the prince before leaving, so I'm down I believe that these people must be people in the palace. The more we have to hide at this time, we must not be discovered at such a critical time, otherwise we will be flanked by Yingyang Jun and Cheng Cangjun. will also intervene."

Lian Wang nodded, but looked at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng coughed lightly, "There is no need to doubt that the person is from the palace. We are going to act so confidentially, so it must not be sent by other vassal kings, let alone others, not even Cheng Wang, who has the best relationship with the prince. I know, how can other vassal kings stretch their hands so long. Moreover, the more sensitive the period is, the more the emperor will pretend to be inscrutable. Only in this way can we drag the time to investigate for the prince. If we are defined as rebellion, then in the eyes of the common people, the prince's throne will be wrong anyway, and this kind of stain must not be borne by the prince. And there are only so few people, the emperor's manpower is not as many as we imagined, otherwise If the surrounding government troops are ordered to surround us, we really have nothing to do but rush out of the bloody road, so I think that in the current situation, we should hide our strength and bide our time, and wait for the emperor to pass away and the crown prince has not established a deep foothold before we start. Since Sima Liangdi is dead, it is useless to sigh, and more people should be sent to monitor the emperor and the prince, and an accident can happen when necessary."

Xie Changyu shook his head, "Don't activate the nails in the palace easily, and it's not easy to send them in. Besides, it seems that they are not the only ones interfering in the palace. If the emperor didn't notice it, but we moved, it would be equivalent to giving us a handle." The emperor, maybe we didn't wait for us to become powerful, and we went to the prison. Accidents are even more unacceptable. You are really a vegetarian in the palace? Where is the supervisor of ceremonies? Will the emperor have no secret power? Since there is no way Arrange according to the original plan, then give priority to those who can achieve results. These people, let people watch them first, tie them up if necessary, and use them to sacrifice flags when raising troops."

He didn't make a sound, he knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't have any ideas, so he just did what others said.

King Lian nodded after hearing this, "It is really thoughtful. I think the emperor's health was not very good in the early years. It is very likely that this time it is not a fake show but a real one. My cousin is probably sick. The prince is like this. I am not filial, and I still want to seize the power at this time, as an uncle, I can't watch some villains and sycophants making troubles, so naturally I want the Qing emperor to assist the emperor, and I ask you to help me."

Several people got up quickly and said they dare not.

King Lian decided to have these people arrested and tortured severely, as if he could come up with a few words. We were sent by the emperor. As long as they can say it, he can let all the meritorious dignitaries, princes and counties know. How did the emperor treat these quail-like vassal kings? In this way, there will always be a few who have had conflicts with the former emperor and will go along with them.