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Chapter 1174 Keeping the Family Business

On the same night, in Kaiping City far to the north, several young Yuan officials were arguing fiercely in front of Shi Ji.

"Now the forces for the expedition are all in the hands of Manggela. Namuhan sits in Hara and Lin, and he also has a large army in his hands. If they don't ascend the throne as soon as possible, they will definitely fight. It's better to ask the prince to ascend the throne first, occupying the name, and they Instead, he dared not act rashly.”

"Isn't that being stopped by the princes? It is only natural for the crown prince to supervise the country. But the princes insist on sending people to inquire about each other."

"If someone refuses, can His Highness stop supervising the country?"

"That's to test the reactions of all parties. And if the prince repels Li Xia when he is in charge of the country, of course he can take advantage of the trend."

"They think so, but Manggela and Namuhan don't think so! The situation is imminent, why are you still hesitating?!"

"What is there to hesitate? The news of His Majesty's death came from Guanzhong, and we don't know if it's true or not."

"When Emperor Xianzong passed away, the news also came from Diaoyu City. If His Majesty hesitated a little at that time, I'm afraid the Khan position would have belonged to Brother Ali."

The image of this metaphor is that Zhenjin and Manggela are also brothers, very much like Kublai Khan and Ali Buge.

Shi Ji interrupted this sentence and said: "How many people say that? If the princes instruct them to do so, it is not difficult. And there are hundreds or thousands of times who can prove that His Majesty was captured."

Shi Ji took out a stack of information and threw it on the table, leaned back, and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hands.

"Well, I plan to arrange my family first, but I'm worried that I will be jealous because of it. What do you think, uncle?"

"Even if you don't look at the information from Guanzhong, I just say that based on my understanding of Li Xia, he is determined to unify the world, and he will definitely take advantage of the situation to make the Northern Expedition. What's more, with all these signs, it will take three months at the slowest, and within one month at the fastest. This battle cannot be avoided.”

After a long time, someone asked in a low voice: "What if His Majesty refuses to agree then?"

What is the foundation?People's hearts, military power, and prestige.

Everyone looked at each other again, and the originally complicated question seemed to become simpler with this answer.

"It is very likely that he will not attack Shanxi either, because he knows that Ahema has always been at odds with His Highness."

Liu Bingzhong, Xu Heng, Dou Mo, Yao Shu and others present here are all old men of the Jinlianchuan shogunate, and their judgment of the situation will only be more accurate than that of real gold.

His elder brother Shi Quan had died in the battle with Li Xia, and this time Shi Tianze had also died.Therefore, Shi Ji was never willing to surrender to Li Xia.

Mao Jujie said: "It's a pity that my brother-in-law is still building a city in Yanjing. If it is in Baozhou, everything will go much smoother when the Tang army arrives."

"In this way, as long as he attacks Yanjing and Kaiping, as long as he goes to Henan, the soldiers and horses of Mangge's assassination line will probably stand by and watch."

They all looked at Shi Ji again.

"Heh, he deliberately let Mangge back, just to provoke Da Yuan's struggle for the throne."

However, the fact before him was that if he did not win the throne, he would not be able to control all the troops, and he would not be able to face powerful enemies.

"We also need to consider the princes of Henan and Hebei. It is best to go to Henan, and we... have nothing to do about it."

"It's time to make a decision again."

"If you just want to compete with Manggela and Namuhan, it would be good to be the first to ascend the throne. But right now, what you are really afraid of is what will happen if His Majesty returns safely?"

In the past few years, after he became the deputy commander of the Eagle Guard, his position and authority gradually increased.

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At this time, Zhenjin, who was in this vortex, was not concerned about the throne.

"Eldest sister is even more unusual." Zhang Hongji said with a smile, "Ten years ago, he said that he was going to achieve great things."

Mao Jujie was about to answer, when he turned his eyes, he suddenly saw someone on the river bank waving his hand in this direction, looking very anxious.

He really didn't want to compete with his brothers, he just wanted to keep the inheritance passed down from his ancestors.

"How should I say? Shall I invite His Highness the Crown Prince to ascend the throne?"

As long as the momentum becomes louder, more and more officials will join the ranks of persuading them one after another, worrying that they will not be able to support them if they are too late.

"That's right, the fate of the Zhang family and the Shi family may be different because of this."

"I'll wait for this, and I'll put it on the table, and invite Your Highness to ascend the throne."

Shi Ji thought that he might be suspected by Kublai Khan because of this...if Kublai Khan could come back.

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Shuntian Mansion, Baozhou.

"That's right, that man's ambition is to conquer the world, and the Northern Expedition is inevitable, but the Great Yuan Dynasty is still busy fighting for the throne." Mao Jujie shook his head and said, "Since the death of Mengge Khan, this struggle has never stopped."

Shi Ji is Shi Tianni's son. Because he lost his father when he was young, he was brought up by Shi Tianze, and he is closer than his own son.

"A lot of people, including Xue Chang'antong, saw His Majesty being captured in full view. It doesn't look like the Tang army is cheating. See for yourself."

Zhen Jin was also discussing with his ministers all night, talking about the imminent war.

But according to the news sent back, his cousin Shi Gang has already surrendered.

At the end of the discussion, the young officials in the hall made up their minds.

Liu Bingzhong originally built the city in Yanjing, and rushed to Kaiping overnight after hearing the news that the real gold had returned.

There is a small lake in the backyard of the Zhang family. Zhang Hongji and Mao Jujie are boating on the small lake.

"These are the news obtained by the Eagle Guard."

So, after they got home that night, they all wrote down their persuasion forms.

"What else can I do, please Your Majesty to be the Supreme Emperor."

"Strategically speaking, Xingqing, Yan'an and other prefectural cities were destroyed by the war, and he has lost his strategic springboard."

Everyone then whispered to each other and started discussing in low voices.

"It's not that Emperor Dayuan couldn't quell the civil strife, but Li Xia's strategy is like this." Zhang Hongji said: "I have been watching him, from Diaoyu City to instigate Brother Ali after killing Mengge Khan, to going to the Western Regions to find allies , I heard that Manggela was released... It can be seen that he has been doing it on purpose all along."

He does this gesture, covering his eyes with his hand, so that people can't see his expression, and the gesture itself looks very sad.

"One more thing, with his military intelligence capabilities, sooner or later he will know that His Highness has returned."

But his statement said it all.

It wasn't because the two of them thought it was fun to go boating, but it was the safest way to talk, preventing the possibility of someone eavesdropping.

"The Great Mongol Kingdom is originally like the sun in the sky, so the sun is declining. If that person did it intentionally, it would be extraordinary."

Swiping his finger on the map, he pointed to a road that crossed the Yellow River to Shanxi, then took Taihang Road to Yanjing; the other road was to go out of Tongguan, go to Henan, and then go north.

As long as Li Xia can be defeated this time while supervising the country, no one will be able to shake the real gold reserve, even if Kublai Khan returns.

"However, some soldiers who escaped said that they saw Heli Huosun and His Majesty exchanging clothes..."

This is also the common hope of many Han officials in the Yuan Dynasty, but everyone has different ideas. For example, Liu Bingzhong, Xu Heng, Hao Jing and others want to draw it slowly; while some young and impulsive ones hope to cut the mess quickly.

His answers were all based on available intelligence data.

At this time Liu Bingzhong stood up and said slowly: "Why Li Xia didn't attack Hetao, this matter can be discussed properly."

"The situation in the world today is very clear."

"Erlang thinks that King Yan will attack the Zhang family in advance?"

At this moment, when he raised his eyes, everyone fell silent.

Zhen Jin listened to this, and then looked at the routes on the map, and was speechless for a while.

What he hopes more is that Zhenjin can ascend the throne smoothly.

Shi Ji didn't answer from beginning to end what to do if Kublai Khan didn't want to be the Supreme Emperor.

At that time, no one can stop Prince Zhenjin from ascending the throne of Emperor Dayuan...

A few people in the room who were still rational stood up to stop them.

It is said that the Song court had fierce party disputes, but in fact it was just the literati's knives stabbing each other.However, the internal strife in the Mongolian Kingdom is a battle of thousands of troops with real knives and guns...

He has gone through a catastrophe, and his whole temperament has changed a lot. He is calmer and more mature. When he sat there, his eyes showed vicissitudes and gloom.

"No!"

Shi Ji's thoughts were more complicated.

Therefore, many people in the hall were silent, and re-evaluating the situation, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it might be necessary to act first.

These people all understood, and someone immediately said: "There is another reason. Manggela and Tuohu are guarding the Hetao. They have just been defeated by Li Xia, and they are timid. If Li Xia attacks the Hetao, they can only defend, and they are still Stand firm, and if Li Xia attacks Henan, they will not save him."

"I'm also worried right now. King Yan has already returned to Kaiping, and I'm afraid that some measures will be taken against the Zhang family." Zhang Hongji said with worry in his eyes, "I have lost communication with my father for a few days."

This road is not too short, he crossed the Yanshan Mountains at the fastest speed, bumpy and toiled all the way, and after arriving, he worked hard for the real gold supervision of the country. He didn't close his eyes for several nights, so his old face looked particularly haggard .

Some also advised him not to suffer like this, but Liu Bingzhong insisted on doing his best for the real gold supervision of the country.What he worried about was that the older generation of Hanchens had passed away, and the situation of Zhenjin would be even more difficult, so he had to take advantage of this time to build a solid foundation.

Zhen Jin put down the information in his hand, stood up and walked to the side of the map, and said again: "This time he will not take the Hetao again, but will take these two roads."

The two people on the small boat looked at each other, and they both had a bad feeling.

They arrived at the shore by rowing a boat, and a family member stepped forward on the water and said: "Erlang is not good, Yanjing sent people to pick up the family, saying that the commander missed his family, and the King of Yan gave him a mansion." Courtyard, sent someone to pick it up...it was sent by soldiers."

Zhang Hongji's eyes sank, and before he could speak, another servant girl rushed over, crying loudly.

"It's not good! Erlang hurry up and save the second sister, they are going to take the second sister away..."

(End of this chapter)