The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1267 Questioning

North Hall of Classics Hall

At this time, all the cabinet members gathered together, and even the officials who were supposed to take turns to rest stayed in the office.

"Master Prime Minister, the city gates guarded by the Patrol and the City Defense Battalion have suddenly changed their rules, insisting on being lenient in and strict in exiting, so that the messengers we sent out have not been able to leave the capital so far."

As soon as office hours were up, the cabinet ministers reported to Yan Yuan.

After hearing what he said, no matter whether everyone knew about this before or not, they were all shocked.

"The City Patrol Division and the City Defense Camp are both managed by the Nine Cities Military Division, whose chief officer Sheng Xiangya is the brother of Duke Cheng'en. It can be seen from this that the Sheng family's intentions are clear, and they are clearly going to go against the cabinet's decision!"

"Yes! Several cabinet ministers nominated Prince Sui'an as the candidate for the crown prince. Although this decision has not yet been reported to the emperor, if there is something wrong in the inner court, then this decision will be the consensus of the court! Although the Sheng family is a royal relative, they have no right to change the cabinet's orders! Their actions, on the one hand, spy on the cabinet's orders and steal the cabinet's secrets; on the other hand, they arbitrarily adjusted the warning level, making it impossible for the cabinet's orders to leave the capital. They should be punished for a serious crime!"

"In my humble opinion, it would be better to summon Duke Sheng to come and defend himself... Firstly, if there is any misunderstanding, a face-to-face communication can also help to resolve the differences and worries; secondly, if Duke Sheng does have improper intentions, he can be controlled and his subordinates can't act rashly."

"..."

The officials were talking to each other non-stop.

Gu Yuncheng, who was sitting nearby, looked at the lively scene and silently focused his attention on the five ministers.

Sure enough, not long after, the Minister of War spoke up: "My Lord, the Prime Minister, the Second and Third Ministers, and all my colleagues, what you said is very good, but the problem is that the cabinet can mobilize so few people? Although the Imperial Guards can negotiate, they only guard the imperial city, and they will not send them out even if they have abundant manpower.

My Ministry of War sounds like I am in charge of the army, but in fact, without the Tiger Tally, not only the border city garrison, but even the five armies in the capital will not obey my orders! In this situation, even if we don’t count the combat power of the Five Military Command, we don’t have the troops to fight against the Nine City Military Command led by Duke Sheng! "

Yan Yuan nodded and looked at the others: "Everyone, do you have any other opinions?"

"Master Prime Minister, actually... we don't necessarily have to confront Duke Sheng right away! In my humble opinion, we can temporarily avoid his edge. As the saying goes, if the name is not right, the words will not flow. As long as the title of the crown prince of Sui'an County is settled, then no matter whether it is the Five Military Command Office or the Nine City Military Command, as long as they don't want to rebel, they will not become the knife in the hands of the Sheng family. By then, whether it is to seize their military power or their position, it will not be difficult."

As soon as Prince's Guardian Yang Bensheng said this, he was immediately laughed at by his colleagues.

"Hehe! Yang Shaobao, what you said is really easy! But the key issue is how to welcome Prince Sui'an to the capital!"

"Mr. He, didn't you hear what Young Master Qin said just now? The patrol department and the city defense camp are strictly guarding the city gates. Not to mention the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the imperial edict-announcing team composed of Hanlin scholars, even birds can't get out easily! Therefore, we should not put all our energy into figuring out how to get out of the city! The most urgent task is to make a feint to the east and attack in the west!"

"Oh? According to Young Master Yang, what should we do?"

Yan Yuan stroked his beard and asked softly.

Yang Bensheng cupped his hands and said, "We should use carrier pigeons to pass on the order to Prince Sui'an, and have him change his appearance and come to the capital. We can make plans later!"

"Um……"

Yan Yuan hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to nod, he heard someone come to report: "Report!!! Prime Minister, I just learned that Duke Sheng took the Nine Cities Army Guard to the Yongxing Marquis' Mansion not long ago! He has not left yet!"