[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"Now the father is seriously ill, the court is chaotic, and people's hearts are different. How should I deal with myself?" King Qin sat at the head, without talking nonsense, and went straight to the topic.

Zhang Xu, Jia Amnesty's father-in-law, caressed his long beard and said in a deep voice, "I think that although the emperor's dragon body is not healthy, General He Qi still controls the military power of the Lantian camp and guards the various places in the capital. The prince should not move lightly, but wait and see what happens. Come on!" Mutiny is risky, so we need to be cautious in making decisions.

"I don't agree with Zhang Shangshu's statement. You need to know that if the emperor suddenly has an emergency, the crown prince, as the crown prince of a country, will naturally ascend to the throne directly. Even if the emperor continues to insist and is determined to abolish the crown prince, the position of crown prince will not It may not be able to reach the head of the prince. Therefore, I believe that it is better to strike first, and then to break!" Kang Hetai is obviously an aggressive faction.

There are also many supporters for both arguments.

Although there are only dozens of people in the hall, they are no worse than those in the court.The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right, and King Qin couldn't tell why.

Because of Feng Zizhi's relationship with Dongchang, when the prince and the other princes' disciples tried their best to avoid Dongchang's eyes and ears and enter the East Palace and the palace, the members of the King Qin Party only need to enter the palace through the back door in a low-key manner. .

King Qin rubbed his temples with a headache.

Turning around, he asked the first two men who were sitting leisurely at the side: "I don't know what Yannian and Jingya can teach me?"

This sound made everyone who was still arguing to look at Feng Zizhi and Jia Lian.

Feng Zizhi gently put down the teacup in his hand, and said in an unhurried manner: "Yu Shitai entered the East Palace last night, after that the prince sent someone to contact and mobilize the prince's left guard rate and the prince's left guard rate; Jingtai and King Jing both went Jin Wang's mansion, and sent people to the mansion of General Fu Yi; and Qi Wang's side concubine yesterday called Jian and his wife, who were in command of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, to enter the palace because she was pregnant and missed her family. King Kang entered and exited the Chu Palace and Ning Palace respectively, and then went to the Xiangkun Palace of Concubine Wen, and Concubine Wen rewarded Madam Changxing with a pot of chrysanthemums.”

The Crown Prince, Jin Wang, Qi Wang and others contacted the soldiers in a blatant manner, and everyone knew Sima Zhao's heart.Although the King of Chu Party was ordered by Emperor Wen of Zhou to contemplate behind closed doors because of the core King of Chu and the resourceful King Ning, it was not a problem at all with King Kang as the intermediary to contact and Concubine Wen to ask her natal family to prepare.

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar.

Among them, Kang Hetai was the most excited, and shouted: "My lord, we can't wait any longer! The crown prince, King Jin and King Qi are all ready to fight!"

madness.

Feng Zizhi lowered his eyes, revealing half of his white wrist, raised his hand to pick up the teapot, and wisely filled Jia Lian's cup to the bottom.

This tea is Yingliu tea that Jia Lian gave him in the past. It is brewed with mountain spring water. It is really a first-class tea soup. After drinking it, one feels refreshed.

Jia Lian took out a pack of things from his pocket as if offering a treasure, and spread it out on the table, but it turned out to be crystal clear candied haws from Uncle Dancha.

The two looked at each other and smiled, sipping tea and eating candied haws among a large group of civil servants who were blushing and discussing major issues as if there was no one else present, as if such a big matter of seizing the heirloom had nothing to do with them. friendship.This handful of dog food made Kang Hetai, who was over fifty, blind for a while.

Although Kang Hetai had a natural disdain for eunuchs as a literati, he had seen and admired the "wisdom" of the East Factory Superintendent.

Although he couldn't see the leisure of the two people in front of him, he still asked politely: "I don't know if Factory Supervisor Feng thinks my words are inappropriate?" Kang Hetai didn't know why.

Feng Zizhi didn't answer him immediately, but picked up a candied haws and put it in his mouth, swallowed it slowly, feeling the sweet and sour taste spreading in his mouth.

"How did Kang Shilang know that the King of Chu doesn't intend to do anything?" He took out a handkerchief slowly and wiped the syrup on Jia Lian and himself.

Kang Hetai said as a matter of course: "Isn't it exactly what you said just now, Governor Feng, the concubine Wen Gui gave a pot of chrysanthemums to Mrs. Changxing Marquis? Chrysanthemum pickers, pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and see Nanshan leisurely. This is exactly what shows Chu Wang and the others plan to wait and see what happens!"

Although the chrysanthemum has become "the hermit of flowers" and a symbol of hermits since being favored by Tao Yuanming, but...

"Master Kang, have you forgotten Huang Chao who killed 800 million people?"

Kang Hetai, and even the officials who thought that the King of Chu planned to wait and see what happened like him, changed their faces.

Huang Chao, a native of Yuanju in Caozhou, was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, and was known as the "General Chongtian".Once captured Chang'an, he was the emperor in the Hanyuan Hall, the country was named "Daqi", and the Yuan and Jin were unified, and the world was amnesty.Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is that he wrote a poem back then.

He deserves to be headed by Baihua, so he is naturally bestowed with yellow clothes.

The chrysanthemum is used as a metaphor for the addition of a yellow robe from heaven.

Jia Lian knew about Huang Chao, but he didn't know that he had ever written such a poem. He only knew: "When autumn comes and September [-]th, I will kill all the flowers after they bloom. .”

"Since this is the case, it is better to have Lao Jingya strike first! Now that the crown prince has lost his morality, it is really difficult to be the crown prince. Before the crown prince and others have assembled their soldiers, preemptively strike and carry out military remonstrance!" Kang Hetai's eyes flashed thick Killing intent.

"No." Jia Lian refused cleanly.

Jia Lian resolutely said: "I have made a statement a long time ago, if there is anything that requires me to point my blade at the emperor, please forgive me for not being able to do so!"

"Papa!" Kang Hetai also expected that Jia Lian would never agree, so he clapped his hands.

Outside the hall, a group of personal guards from King Qin's Mansion came trotting in wearing heavy armor, drew their bows and arrows, and pointed at Jia Lian.

Zhang Xu was the first to shout angrily: "Kang Shilang! What do you mean!?" Jia Lian was his cousin.

"I don't have any other intentions, as long as Jing Ya is willing to hand over the military talisman and stay in the palace for a few days. After the matter is completed, the first contribution will definitely be Jing Ya's! At that time, Kang Hetai will also kowtow to Jing Ya to make amends!" Kang Kang Hetai said sincerely.

Jia Lian was reinstated by Emperor Wen of Zhou as the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, which was a great help to their Qin Royal Party, but since Jia Lian did not want to help them, he had to take advantage of the other [-] new troops in Jia Lian's hands.

King Qin was also taken aback when he saw the appearance of his own personal guards.

"Mr. Kang!" After reacting, he growled, and his eyes were fixed on Kang Hetai, asking him to give himself an explanation.

The King of Qin has always trusted Kang Hetai, and he also told the King of Qin and everyone in the mansion that Mr. Kang's orders are his orders, so that everyone in the mansion should respect and obey Kang Hetai.It's just that he never thought that Kang Hetai would mobilize the personal guards of the mansion to surround Jia Lian without telling him!

Kang Hetai was completely loyal, without any selfishness, "My lord, now that the crisis is at stake, the prince and others are gathering troops to fight for the position. The past events between Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Taizong of Tang are just around the corner! The situation is imminent. Don’t allow the prince to soften his heart!”

The battle for the heir apparent is extremely dangerous, and there can only be one winner.In many cases, the person who can have the last laugh is not based on how powerful he is, but how cruel he can be.

For the sake of the throne, what is it to kill brothers and sisters?It is worthwhile to kill the father and nephew, and even kill all the relatives who are eligible to inherit!

"Mr. Kang, there is no need to say too much! Since the king of Japan promised Jingya that day, he will naturally not go back on his promise!" King Qin pursed his lips tightly, turned his head and shouted at the guards: "What are you still standing here for?" ? Back off quickly!"

After all, King Qin was the real master of the guards. Upon hearing King Qin's order, they all put down their bows and arrows and withdrew from the hall in an orderly manner.

Kang Hetai shouted impatiently: "My lord!" I hope King Qin can change his mind.

Because of Jia Lian's formation of a new army, the military power in his hands was more than that of the prince and others combined.As long as you get Jia Lian's military talisman, and directly crush the prince and others with your troops, the overall situation will be settled. Even Emperor Zhou Wen will not be able to recover after waking up.

"Hey! I just want my soldier talisman, I'll give it to you. Then!" Jia Lian scratched his head, took out something from his sleeve, and threw it to Kang Hetai casually.

Kang Hetai frantically caught the thing from mid-air, and when he fixed his eyes on it, he was immediately dumbfounded.

This is a bronze medal with half a ferocious wolf head engraved on it, and the bronze medal with a wolf head on the other side is kept in the palace.

Kang Hetai was about to cry. He did so many things behind King Qin's back just for the sake of military talismans. If he had known that Jia Lian didn't care about it, why would he take the risk of offending King Qin, Zhang Xu, Feng Zizhi and others? Threatening Jia Lian directly!But that's okay, King Qin finally succeeded in winning the position, and his hard work was not in vain.

Just as tears welled up in his eyes, recalling all the hard work he had done for the King of Qin these years, and wanted to find a place where no one would cry, Jia Lian half leaned on Feng Zizhi and said lazily: "You If you want it, it doesn't matter if I give you the soldier talisman, it's just..."

"My soldiers only recognize people, not characters." A very confident sentence shattered all the illusions in Kang Hetai's mind cruelly.

Kang Hetai's face immediately stiffened.

Soldiers only recognize people and cannot be transferred if they don't recognize characters. So why did he do so many things?

Under great joy and sorrow, Kang Hetai's eyes turned black, and he was dizzy for a while, wishing to faint immediately.

Although King Qin was annoyed that Kang Hetai concealed his actions, he couldn't bear to see him being teased by Jia Lian like this, so he changed the subject and said, "I don't know what advice Jingya has?"

Jia Lian sat up straight, fixed his eyes on the King of Qin, and said slowly: "Why didn't the prince and the prince ever think of relying on military power to fight for the big position?"

Qin Wang took it for granted: "Because at that time the father was in good health and controlled the affairs of the court, but now..."

"Now he is dying, and his life is not long! So when everyone sees the real dragon lying on the bed, do you want to do something rebellious?" Jia Lian's eyes turned red quietly, and said mercilessly.

He is sad for his third master!

Everyone in the world knows that the Tian family is ruthless, so is it true that the royal family has no true feelings?

Under the cover of the table case, a cold hand of Bai Zhe quietly held Jia Lian's hand as if comforting.

Seeing Feng Zizhi's worried eyes, Jia Lian's heart warmed up, "Has the emperor ever let the prince eat and wear less? Has he ever made the prince poor and sick? Or has he ever been indifferent to the prince and turned a blind eye?"

"No." After asking three times in a row, King Qin felt that his throat was very dry, and said with difficulty.Because he was born with "incompleteness", among all the sons, apart from the crown prince, he is the one whom the father loves and tolerates the most.

"Dare to ask my lord, did your brothers ever have a life of brotherly love?"

"Yes." King Qin replied without hesitation.He remembered that when he was very young, King Jin... the eldest brother would take him to ride horses and climb trees, the second brother would teach him how to read and write, the fourth brother would peel oranges for him to eat, and the fifth brother would play the piano for him , Brother Six will teach him how to dance swords... Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu, and Xiao Ten also had a period of pestering him...

King Qin hid his forehead and laughed, if Jia Lian hadn't mentioned it today, he would have forgotten that there was an intimate time between their brothers.

"Since this is the case, how can the lord have the heart to see the emperor's own son killing each other, even killing the father and the king when the emperor is old and seriously ill! How can the lord have the heart to confront his own brothers with swords, even the You have to swing down the butcher knife and kill your brothers!" For example, he is just like Jia Zheng, even if he doesn't like Jia Zheng again, and there are treacherous ministers (Jia Amnesty) who keep provoking him, he divides Jia Zheng into five horses countless times in his heart, but After all, he didn't make a move!And they didn't even live a day of the most basic brotherhood!

Feng Zizhi didn't stop Jia Lian from speaking out of bounds. Anyway, he chose King Qin because he was magnanimous and broad-minded. Even Kang Hetai, an aggressive and brainless idiot, could bear it, so naturally he and Jia Lian could be tolerated. Is it "straightforward"?

"You're talking nonsense! My lord! If you don't take any action, it will be time for someone to kill you and me to be a fish!" Kang Hetai said anxiously after waking up.

"My lord! Jing Ya is right! You can't do things like fighting in the same room, fighting against each other, forcing fathers to kill brothers and brothers! Didn't you see that after the Xuanwu Gate of Tang Taizong in the past, there were more than two or three cases of his sons rebelling against each other! Let the prince succeed, but the prince has set a precedent in this dynasty, and the tragedy of fratricide and fratricide will continue in the future!! Please think twice, the prince!!!" Zhang Xu took the lead in bowing to the ground and speaking out to remonstrate.He was born in an orthodox literati family, and he has a certain family demeanor. His focus is not on one day and one night. At worst, he resigns from office and returns to his hometown to farm and study. After two generations, he will come back again.

"Please think twice, my lord!" The civil servants behind him, no matter whether they had a chest in their chests or were purely timid, also bowed to the ground.

Kang Hetai could see that the King of Qin was shaken, and he was unwilling to bow down to the ground, "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit! Your lord, please think twice!"

"My lord, please think twice!" People who also belonged to the radical faction or planned to fight for the power of the dragon also came out and shouted.

"Enough! This king has his own decision!" King Qin said unbearably disturbed.He stood up restlessly and paced with his hands behind his back, and everyone's nervous eyes followed his figure closely.

One step, two steps...

After a long time, King Qin stood still.

He said slowly: "If the destiny is with this king, there is no need for this king to do anything, and the great position should belong to this king; if the destiny is not with this king, then no matter how much this king does, it will be a waste of effort." , he also seemed to let go of a big stone in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

If the father dies, he, the prince who has no military power, no mother's support, but is qualified to fight for the throne, will have no choice but to die.Whether it is the crown prince, King Jin, King Qi or King Chu, they would rather keep other unqualified princes than let him go.

"My lord!!!" Kang Hetai was about to spit out the blood in his throat, and the blood spattered the Prince of Qin's mansion!

On the contrary, "Your Majesty is wise!" Zhang Xu expressed joy.

"Mr. Kang, you don't need to say too much, this king has made up his mind. I will live in the palace for the next few days, and my family will leave Jingya alone!" King Qin bowed deeply to Jia Lian.He entrusted Jia Lian with the wealth and lives of the 340 people in King Qin's mansion.

Feng Zizhi gently pulled Jia Lian away to prevent him from being fully saluted by the King of Qin, a look of admiration flashed in his eyes.

He didn't care whether King Qin really couldn't bear it or faked it, at least he had shown his posture.If it is true that he can't bear it, he and Jia Lian will have more places to be presumptuous by relying on King Qin's soft heart in the future; if it is false, it also proves that King Qin is a smart person, and dealing with smart people is better than foolish people Easy come.

That idiot Kang Hetai didn't even think about it, even if the king of Qin wanted to preemptively strike, the oriole was behind, does he have the ability?Jia Lian was unwilling to cooperate with their plan, they wanted to wipe out tens of thousands of princes and others just by relying on the dozens of guards in King Qin's mansion?joke!

Now that King Qin's mansion is guarded by Jia Lian, it is as stable as Mount Tai, and King Qin will no longer have any worries.And he entered the palace to serve the sick, and stayed by Emperor Zhou Wen's side all day, and he could play by ear when he encountered anything.Maybe when Emperor Wen of Zhou woke up and saw this filial son, he was so moved that he was so happy that he would abolish the crown prince and give him the position of crown prince. It is not impossible!

Moreover, Feng Zizhi always felt that something was wrong.

"Please rest assured, my lord, Lian will enter the palace with my lord later. With Lian here, I will definitely not hurt my lord in the slightest! Lian will mobilize the most elite [-] soldiers to garrison the Qin Palace, and other soldiers will also gather in the north of the city. If Xiao Xiao dares to harm the palace, they can kill Xiao Xiao at any time!" Jia Lian directly clasped his fists and said seriously.

At the coronation ceremony that day, the emperor gave him the Zhanlu Sword, and he certainly could not live up to the emperor's expectations.

Zhanlu sword is the sword of benevolence. This not only means that Emperor Wen of Zhou hoped that Jia Lian would be invincible but he would not let murderous aura control him. He also hoped that his general would be able to persuade the emperor in the future to practice benevolence and righteousness.

Maybe Jia Lian doesn't know what is benevolence and what is righteousness, but no matter from which angle you look at it, killing brothers, killing fathers and nephews is definitely not an act of benevolence and righteousness.

With Jia Lian's words, the King of Qin finally let go of the last big stone in his heart, and said openly: "Okay! Good! With Jingya's words, I am relieved."