The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 260: Shocking Changes
"When the Shangshutai was handling these matters, they never summoned me, so I had no knowledge of it."

"With General Wei outside, the ministers will certainly not dare to act recklessly."

"Don't be impatient. Please go back and tell His Majesty that there are ministers outside and we will definitely not let them do anything reckless."

"Let him wait in peace."

Zhong Yu's attitude was very perfunctory.

It was also at this moment that Zhang Hua understood his thoughts.

Zhang Hua was furious. "Does Lord Zhong not care about the Wei Kingdom at all?!"

"The ministers are plotting to murder His Majesty, and yet you, as the Chief Justice, are sitting here leisurely drinking tea. Don't you have any sense of shame?!"

These words were very harsh, but Zhong Yu didn't care at all.

He glanced at Zhang Hua and said, "Instead of doing useless work here, you might as well return to His Majesty and offer him advice."

Zhang Hua stood up angrily and left without looking back.

After seeing him leave, Zhong Yu calmly called his confidant and gave him instructions in a low voice.

After Zhang Hua left this place, the anger on his face disappeared immediately.

His anger just now was just to confuse Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu is worthy of being Zhong Hui's biological brother. Although his personality seems to be the opposite of his brother's, in fact, they are both the kind of people who will do anything to get what they want.

Zhang Hua suddenly had more ideas. Could he deal with Sima Zhao's men as well?

After leaving here, Zhang Hua did not rush back to the palace.

He knew that returning to the palace at this moment would not be of much help to His Majesty, so he had a new idea and hurriedly got into the car.

"Hahaha, everyone, then everything is settled!"

The meeting at the Secretariat finally ended.

The ministers discussed many things, from how to deal with the emperor, to how to subdue Sima Zhao, to many future policies. They even discussed the ranks of each major clan.

During these days, the ministers were divided and engaged in intrigue because they had no unified leader, making it impossible to reach an agreement on many things.

Today is finally different.

When Gao Rou, Sima Fu and Wang Xiang put aside their differences and decided to work together, many things went smoothly.

Zheng Chong still sat in the upper position, acting as a puppet.

And these three people planned many major events that followed.

The three of them unanimously agreed that Zheng Chong should hold the most important position of Shangshu Ling, while Wang Xiang and Sima Fu would serve as the left and right Pushe of the Shangshu Tai respectively.

In addition, Gao Rou will also serve as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, which will give Gao Rou real power to issue imperial edicts. Combined with his identity as the Prime Minister, he will be the number one minister.

In addition, Xun Yi also got a share of the Shizhong cake. In the minds of the ministers, the Shizhong would have the power to make decisions on behalf of the young emperor.

The ministers were preparing to divide up the power of execution, decision-making, and issuing imperial edicts in the court.

Many other ministers also gained certain benefits from it.

They will immediately implement the new Zhongzheng system and then improve the laws, which will need to be drafted by Zheng Chong.

This created a harmonious and harmonious situation in which the ministers checked and balanced each other, developed together, and lived in harmony.

Wang Xiang naturally would not continue to stay in his position as Taichang. He would be promoted to Sikong, while the former Sikong Zheng Chong would be promoted to Taiwei.

The position of Taichang will be handed over to Cui Zan, and Chen Qian and Zheng Mao will enter the Shangshutai.

Looking at the ministers laughing with their heads thrown back, Wang Jing couldn't laugh at all.

Wang Jing heard their plan from beginning to end. These people did not come up with this idea on the spur of the moment. They had had these ideas for a long time. When they joined forces, they behaved very radically.

Some people have even implicitly suggested that the emperor lacks virtue, which is obviously a preparation for the next step of dethroning and enthroning.

Just as Gao Rou was about to stand up and summarize with a smile, someone rushed into the Shangshu Terrace.

The man looked around, immediately walked to Gao Rou and whispered something.

At this moment, Gao Rou's face suddenly turned pale, her whole body trembled, and her eyes were full of shock.

When the ministers saw this sudden change, their faces became solemn.

Wang Xiang frowned and immediately realized that something was wrong. He looked at Sima Fu.

Sima Fu hurriedly said, "Gentlemen, please rest for a while. Lord Situ is unwell, so we can talk later."

Gao Rou also reacted and started coughing and breathing with difficulty, but the ministers did not believe it.

Even if it's perfunctory, you can't be so perfunctory, right?
We also need to know what happened in the court. Otherwise, if you guys make random remarks and send us to our deaths, wouldn’t we be wronged?

Xun Yi was the first to ask, "Master Situ? What happened?"

Obviously, it is impossible to fool these ministers in this way.

Gao Rou shook his head. "It's okay. It's just that the dismissal process isn't going smoothly. A few ministers don't agree. We'll resolve it. Don't panic."

"Let's take a break first and discuss a countermeasure."

"Why not discuss this with the ministers?"

"Lord Xun!" Gao Rou immediately stood up, his face turning displeased. "If something goes wrong with the eunuchs, all our plans will be in vain! Don't get entangled!"

Xun Yi narrowed his eyes and did not ask any further questions.

Gao Rou, Sima Fu and Wang Xiang left here.

After they left, the ministers suddenly spoke up and began to speculate.

"Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"

After walking out of the inner room, Gao Rou returned to his true appearance, and he looked extremely frightened.

"The gates of the Imperial City are all closed! There is no news! Wang Guan has lost contact! Not long ago, many eunuchs entered the Imperial City!"

Gao Rou's voice was trembling, and he already had a very terrible guess in his mind.

"what?!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiang and Sima Fu were equally stunned.

"What's going on?! Could it be the emperor?"

At this moment, they finally understood Gao Rou's loss of composure just now, and they were not in a much better situation at the moment.

Wang Xiang was the first to react.

"Oh no! The Emperor is going to occupy the Imperial City and defend it!"

"We can't do this, we can't do this!"

Wang Xiang was very excited at this moment. They were just talking about a bright future, and a new era had just taken shape. But before they could even start, reality gave them a blow.

If the emperor occupied the imperial city and declared his ministers in rebellion, Sima Zhao and the foreign generals would be overjoyed.

Is this to drag all the officials down with him?
Why? !
How did we provoke you? Sima Shi was riding on your head back then, but you didn't get so angry. We didn't even think about actually deposing him!
Sima Fu also felt a little confused at this moment.

All three of them realized their dangerous situation.

The emperor and his ministers have directly torn their faces apart, so will they start fighting with real weapons?
What should the ministers do? Attack the emperor?
Gao Rou shouted angrily, "This must be Sima Zhao's plan! Yang Hu is his relative! Yang Hu must be the one who is trying to sabotage us and deceive the emperor into going to war with us, giving Sima Zhao an advantage."

"Otherwise, how could there be any problem with the prince?"

Wang Xiang quickly said, "Now is not the time to discuss this. Let's think about how to solve this problem."

"We must appease the Emperor now. We must not start a real war. A conflict between the Emperor and his subjects will lead to the downfall of the Wei Dynasty."

Sima Fu felt a headache, "What should the ministers do here?"

According to the three people's original idea, the first step was to dismiss the eunuchs, the second step was to replace Yang Hu, and the third step was to let the emperor move out of the city. During the whole process, they speculated that the emperor's move should be to contact the Sima family.

They felt that the eunuchs were not close to the emperor at all and were not in the palace, so they could be dismissed directly. Once the emperor knew about it, he would contact the Sima family.

At this time, they took the second step and forcibly replaced Yang Hu by forcing him through the people who had been arranged before and Yang Hu's relatives and clansmen outside.

When the emperor lost his eunuchs and Yang Hu, he lost all resistance. The ministers directly started the third step and moved him to Xuanwu Pavilion and placed him under house arrest.

Therefore, they sent Wang Guan to the central army to take over the central army and protect the ministers.

At the same time, Sima Fu was asked to come forward to appease the rest of the Sima family.

It is to respond to the emperor's move.

However, things are now completely out of control and have failed at the first step.

It can only be said that they really overestimated the ability of their subordinates to act. The edict of the Secretariat was leaked before it was issued, allowing Huabiao to find Cao Mao in advance. Cao Mao responded immediately, catching the ministers off guard.

But Gao Rou and Sima Fu still believed that this was Sima Zhao's arrangement and that Sima Zhao was controlling everything behind the scenes.

They didn't think the emperor had any intention of dying with his ministers, as he was not crazy.

But only Wang Xiang felt that it was wrong. He believed that this was the emperor's doing.

But now it’s meaningless to think about who did this.

Wang Xiang took a deep breath. "Before things get serious, let's keep this a secret from the ministers and have them leave. We'll summon Xin Chang and have him appease the soldiers in the imperial city. Then we'll send someone to contact His Majesty and calm him down. Don't let him do anything more extreme!"

Sima Fu asked worriedly, "Is it not good to conceal this from the ministers?"

"The Secretariat has finally calmed down. If the ministers knew about the current situation, chaos would surely break out again. If that happens, the Secretariat will fall apart again, and the situation will become even more critical!"

Wang Xiang said this, feeling very unwilling.

If I could give myself a little more time to unite all the ministers, why would it be so difficult?
The three of them discussed the next matters and hurried back to their previous positions.

"The eunuchs in the Imperial City are unwilling to accept the imperial edict from the Secretariat! Send someone to contact the Imperial Guards. We must resolve this matter!"

"Don't worry, gentlemen. We have made preparations. There will be results before tomorrow."

Wang Xiang said to his ministers with confidence.

The ministers were skeptical about their words, especially Xun Yi, who felt that it was inappropriate at the moment.

This is different from what they just said.

"Lord Taichang, which minister in the Imperial City is disobeying you? Is it the General of the Guards, or the Imperial Guards who serve His Majesty?"

At this moment, Wang Jing suddenly stood up and asked loudly.

(End of this chapter)