The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 580 Jiangnan (for Subscription)

Right now, swords were on the verge of breaking out in the hall, and just as the fight was about to begin, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall.

Then Niu Jizong broke into the main hall of Qianqing Palace with hundreds of soldiers.

It turned out that Niu Jizong was originally handling the deployment of troops in the capital outside, but he suddenly received a report from his own soldiers that there was a fight between the four kings and eight princes and other upstarts and members of the royal family in the Qianqing Palace.Even Liu Fang, the grandson of Duke Li, was beheaded on the spot by King Zhongshun.

After hearing this, Niu Jizong was a little annoyed. At what time, they were still fighting for power, so Niu Jizong hurriedly brought his troops to Qianqing Palace.

As soon as Niu Jizong entered the Qianqing Palace, he saw two groups of men and horses shouting with their weapons. On the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, there was a headless corpse that was bleeding continuously. It was Liu Fang.

Niu Jizong hurriedly ordered his personal soldiers to break into the hall and separate the two groups of people.

Seeing so many soldiers coming in, these two groups of people did not dare to continue, and they could retreat to the sides.

Niu Jizong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that these people were finally separated, and then came to the hall and looked at King Zhongshun and said, "My lord, what's going on? Why did you kill Liu Fang?"

King Zhongshun is still full of anger. He held the sword and said to Niu Jizong: "You four princes and eight princes now think that I am a rebel and want to take me down and ask Jia Ke for credit. What do you think? Do you want to come and get me too?"

After Niu Jizong heard this, he turned around in his heart, and asked Sun Xuan, the grandson of the king of Nan'an County, the leader of the four princes and eight princes, "What's going on, my lord?"

Sun Xuan gave King Zhongshun a gloomy look, and then said: "Liu Wan just came over and reminded us that Jia Ke set us up this time, just waiting for us to make trouble. We did this only for the sake of Just protect yourself."

After hearing this, Niu Jizong was also shocked. He turned around and found Liu Wan in the crowd, and asked, "Master Liu, please analyze the matter again, what is going on."

Niu Jizong's heart was also beating now. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid. After all, this time he cost the lives of hundreds of people in his family. If he failed, he might not be able to protect himself.

When these people clashed just now, Liu Wan had already hid far away. Now that Niu Jizong had controlled the situation, he asked himself a question again, so he moved to the center and handed Niu Jizong a hand, and then re-stated his judgment just now. over again.

Niu Jizong pondered silently after listening to it, and he felt that what Liu Wan said might be true.

According to his observations of Jia Ke over the years, Jia Ke has almost never made any major mistakes.

Before leaving this time, Jia Ke actually transferred all the soldiers and horses in the capital away. With such an obvious hint, he didn't realize that the increase in life this time might be really dangerous.

But King Zhongshun stood aside and watched Niu Jizong meditating there, and couldn't help but grasped the sword tightly.Because he knew that Niu Jizong actually controlled all the troops in the capital now, if he stood on the side of the four kings and eight princes again, then people like himself might not have a chance to stand up.

But Niu Jizong thought for a while and felt that the matter was very dangerous. The current loyalty to the emperor and patriotism should be thrown out of the sky. The crime is unforgivable, please pass the decree to bring King Zhongshun to justice, and wait until the Prime Minister returns to make a decision."

Niu Jizong was also scared now, he didn't expect that these actions of theirs could only be carried out under the connivance of Jia Ke, if he had known earlier that he would lend him ten courage, he would not have dared to get involved.

The emperor has also understood now that the form is dangerous, and this time he came out again, it was like a sea of ​​swords and flames.

At this time, the emperor looked at King Zhongshun with malicious intentions, and it seemed that it was time to sacrifice this younger brother.

King Zhongshun stood in the hall and looked at the expressions of the emperor above and the dignitaries below, and knew that he was about to be abandoned by them.

The emperor looked at King Zhongshun unbearably, and then gave an order to Niu Jizong: "King Zhongshun has plotted against the law, intends to seek rebellion, put King Zhongshun into the prison, and wait for the prime minister to return."

Niu Jizong nodded after listening. The emperor was not completely confused.

Niu Jizong turned around and said to the soldiers he brought into the hall, "Take down the rebel King Zhongshun."

After listening to Niu Jizong's order, these soldiers rushed forward to capture King Zhongshun.

At this time, the old prince of Yixiao suddenly came to King Zhongshun in three steps and two steps, and stretched out his arms to block these soldiers.

These people didn't dare to use the wall when they saw the old prince standing in front of them, so they all turned their heads and asked Niu Jizong for an idea.

Seeing this situation, Niu Jizong stepped forward and said coldly to Prince Yixiao: "Old Prince, do you want to protect King Zhongshun?"

The old prince didn't even look at Niu Jizong, turned around and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point and we can no longer be weak. Jia Ke's intention to usurp the throne is clearly revealed. Even if you sacrifice King Zhongshun, you won't be able to keep him for a while." Half a moment of peace is worse than a desperate fight, and you can leave behind eternal wisdom."

After the emperor heard this, the hand holding the handrail made of jade turned pale.

Seeing that the emperor hesitated, Prince Yixiao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we are doing our best to recruit troops now, and we will not fight Jia Ke in the capital. We will take these troops and the silver we have accumulated over the years to the south of the Yangtze River, and fight with Jia Ke in the capital." Jia Ke came across the river, but there is still a glimmer of hope."

The emperor's eyes lit up when he heard this. What Prince Yixiao said may not be unreasonable. As long as he retreats to Jinling, where the emperor Taizu started his family, the local gentry and common people still respect the court very much. Maybe they can rely on this Jiye contends with Jia Ke.

So the emperor looked at the four princes and eight princes in a blink of an eye, and wanted them to make a choice.

But at this time, as soon as Gongsun Xuan waited, his heart began to open up. If he really retreated to Jiangnan, it would be a world of flowers, and the annual taxes paid there accounted for 3/5 of the country's total, so he might not be able to make a comeback.

So Sun Xuan immediately winked at Niu Jizong, and then stood up and said to the emperor: "Long Live Lord, this plan is very clever, why don't we rectify our troops and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River."

People like the four kings and eight princes are now whispering, discussing what will happen if they go to Jiangnan, but the more they talk, the more excited they are, and it seems that they have found a panacea to break Jia Ke.

However, Chen Ruiwen, the grandson of Chen Yi, the grandson of Duke Qi, was the first to stand up against him.

"Your Majesty, this is a plan to subjugate the country, and it must not be done."

After the emperor heard it, he couldn't help but change his face, he was already a little bit like a snake.

"Whatever Aiqing has to say, just say it."

"Your Majesty, the people we recruited are untrained, and they lack weapons and food. How can they go all the way to the south of the Yangtze River?"

After Chen Ruiwen asked this sentence, all the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty hesitated.

Prince Yixiao doesn't look good, if this person is really allowed to continue talking, then King Zhongshun will be decapitated.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to this man's nonsense. Although we are recruiting new soldiers, there are also tens of thousands of servants and servants from various prefectures. These people went south all the way. When we were in the county, we avoided seeing big cities, attacked small towns, replenished food and grass, and recruited soldiers. In this way, we will grow bigger and bigger. When we reach the south of the Yangtze River, we may have hundreds of thousands of soldiers."

In fact, what Prince Yixiao said was just to lie to the emperor with his eyes open, and it was simply nonsense that he kept recruiting soldiers on the road.

They have no food and no money, those peasant children are not crazy, they really went to wander with you, risking their lives to protect you, the emperor.

Prince Yixiao's current purpose is to preserve King Zhongshun, because in Prince Yixiao's view, the Zhongshun Wang family is the only one with some blood in the royal family. If even him is finished, then their family's family will end here up.

After the emperor finished listening, he said to Chen Ruiwen next to him: "Ai Qing, you heard it too. According to the old emperor's uncle, we still have a glimmer of hope. It's better than sitting here and waiting to die."

Having said this, the emperor sighed again, and said to the civil and military ministers below: "When you protect me to go to Jiangnan to ascend the throne, I will not treat my lovers badly. When I arrive in Jiangnan, all the losses will be made up for."

The four kings and eight princes below still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, so they didn't refute the emperor's words.

King Zhongshun looked at them below, discussing livelyly, but showed a sneer.

In the heart of King Zhongshun, there is no place for safety now. Do you think that Jiangnan does not have Jia Ke's manpower now? The soldiers and horses in the world are all under Jia Ke's command. Wanting to break through the siege and reach the south of the Yangtze River is simply a fantasy.

It's better to defend the city desperately in the capital, and then negotiate terms with Jia Ke, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

But King Zhongshun couldn't explain it, because now his life was in the hands of these people to give them hope, maybe he could save it temporarily, if they were completely desperate, he would die immediately.

After thinking clearly on the throne, the emperor gave an order to his subordinates: "Niu Jizong immediately recruited soldiers and horses, issued weapons, and organized these people to train and prepare to leave Beijing."

Niu Jizong immediately knelt down on the ground and stood aside.

Then the emperor ordered the people present to go back and pack up their belongings immediately, and set off for Jinling three days later.

After these four kings and eight princes and princes and nobles all retired.

Now, besides the two royal families, King Zhongshun and Prince Yixiao, only Liu Wan remained in the hall.

Only then did the emperor look at Liu Wan who was standing beside him.

"Liu Aiqing, how much food is in the treasury now?"

(End of this chapter)