high official

Chapter 1119 The Will
"There is the last emperor's edict to prove it!" Zhang Yushi's shocking sentence made the hall fall into a dead silence. After a while, the nobles recovered from the shock, and their eyes converged on Zhu Zhanji. , asked in a hurry: "Your Highness, is this true?" "Is there really a legacy?"

"..." Zhu Zhanji's throat trembled twice, and he finally nodded heavily.

"Great!" The nobles immediately burst into violent cheers: "Thank God, this is really a spirit of the ancestors, and God bless the Ming Dynasty!" Just now when Zhu Yong said to rebel, although the nobles were furious for a while, they responded one after another, and they were guaranteed to return. After you get home, calm down, someone will be a coward for sure.

Rebellion is not so easy, if it fails, it will be decapitated!These grand princes and uncles with great fortunes are destined not to be complete revolutionaries, but to be opportunists who sit on the fence...

Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji announced that he had a legacy and was the heir designated by the first emperor, the excitement of the nobles can be imagined!
Everyone knows that the same is forcing the emperor to abdicate. Without the last emperor's will, it is forcing the palace to usurp the throne, which is no different from rebellion!It is difficult to win the hearts of the army and the people, and the probability of success is very low. Once you fail, you will be ruined and your family will be ruined!
With the late emperor's edict, everything will be very different. They will become the executors of the late emperor's last wish, and they will confidently drive out the false emperor who stole the throne.And before such a will, the emperor's legitimacy of taking the throne will be gone, and he is not their opponent at all!
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if they didn't succeed, the emperor couldn't do anything to them, because they were carrying out the edict of the first emperor, which is justified!
Is there a better option for speculators?
Of course, the premise is that the will must exist and be true.

So the nobles surrounded Zhu Zhanji and asked around, and finally focused on one question without any suspense-can you show us the will?

"Yes!" Zhu Zhanji nodded and stood up.Zhang Fu walked to the door, closed the door, and personally guarded His Royal Highness the Grandson.Hu Yu also stood up with Zhu Zhanji to prevent someone from snatching and damaging the edict.

After some actions, the light in the room dimmed, but the atmosphere was extremely solemn.Everyone stared wide-eyed, staring at His Highness the Grandson without daring to breathe, watched him wash his hands, and then took out a long and narrow golden box from his arms.

Zhu Zhanji held the golden box in both hands, with a pious and solemn face, first bowed respectfully and three times in the direction of Changling, and then opened the golden box, and a roll of yellow silk appeared in front of the eyes of the nobles.

Zhu Zhanji stood in the shadows, picked up the yellow silk and showed it in front of everyone. The nobles stared wide-eyed, and saw that the words in Zhu on it were slightly scribbled, but it was undoubtedly written by the late emperor himself in his later years. Wrote——'I don't hesitate, and the funeral ceremony follows the emperor Taizu's system.The emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji is unparalleled in filial piety, civil and military, and he is the most respectful among all the descendants. I raised him in the palace since he was a child, and taught him carefully, knowing that he will be able to inherit the rule.After I ascended the throne, that is, the throne of emperor.This is it. '

The red seal on it is dazzling, and it is undoubtedly the seal of Emperor Daxing.

After the nobles had seen it, Zhu Zhanji immediately put away Huang Ling and looked at everyone with burning eyes.

Without hesitation, all the nobles knelt down in front of Zhu Zhanji, and said loudly: "I will obey the last order of Emperor Daxing, and I am willing to serve Your Highness as the Lord, and I will be smashed to pieces, and I will also regain the throne for Your Highness!"

"Okay! A lonely future will never fail!" Zhu Zhanji secretly heaved a sigh of relief and helped everyone up.

Zhang Fu also heaved a sigh of relief, and opened the door with a smile. Zhang Min came in with a wine jar and a big rooster in his hand.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji and Zhong Xungui swore blood into an alliance, and agreed to revolt at the court meeting half a month later!
"Although His Highness has a will, we are already invincible!" Zhang Fu's sharp eyes swept over the nobles, and said in a deep voice: "But if we want to be safe and win easily, we must use the army to speak!"

"Of course!" The nobles were full of ambition this time, and their minds were full of support, and they all shouted: "We have nothing in our hands, but an army! His Royal Highness ordered the children to go to Beijing immediately." , who dares to refuse to accept it, kill him without leaving behind!"

"Don't kill until it's absolutely necessary." Zhu Zhanji frowned, and said worriedly: "This is the capital built by the emperor's grandfather, we just get back what we deserve, and it's best not to shed blood. "

"Your Highness is merciful, I will know..." the nobles all agreed.

"The problem now is that the emperor is not on guard against us for a day or two. Since last year, through the adjustment of the generals, we have transferred you from the original army and replaced them with Wang Xian." Zhang Fu said with a worried expression: " Can you guys still mobilize your old troops? That's a big question."

"Don't worry, my lord!" How could all the nobles admit cowardice when they behaved in front of the master, and they all boasted: "How many years have we been operating in the army, and we have single-handedly picked up the brat. Xian's gang has only been here for a few days? Who will listen to them?"

"Don't talk big too early," Zhang Fu frowned and said, "Go back and find your old subordinates, have a heart-to-heart talk with them, and get to know their bottoms before we talk about it!"

"Yes, I got it..." Zhong Xungui responded unhappily.

"Let's all go, half a month is very tight, after finding out the bottom line, I will report it quickly!" After Zhang Fu finished speaking, he waved his hand.

After all the nobles saluted Zhu Zhanji, they retreated one by one.

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Only Zhu Zhanji, Zhang Fu, and Hu Yu were left in the room, and all three of them had expressions of relief on their faces, and they finally got away with it.

There is no doubt that the edict is true, but after the ingenious processing by Ouchi craftsmen, a line of characters in the middle was folded. If you observe carefully under bright light, you can still see the long crease, so Zhang Fu and Hu What Qi just did was not for keeping secrets at all, but for deliberately dimming the light in the room, which made all the nobles feel nervous.

Zhu Zhanji deliberately stood in the dark again, lit up the edict and put it away. As expected, all the nobles did not notice anything unusual, and completely dispelled their doubts.

"However, after half a month, I won't be able to play this little trick anymore." Zhu Zhanji took out the will and gently pulled it, and the folded line of words was "but I worry about **** Wang Xian very seriously, if the emperor's wife Sun Neng grabbed it and cut it, then' appeared on the yellow silk again.

"It's okay, once they jump out, they won't be able to shrink back." Hu Yun said coldly.In order to successfully ascend to the throne, the will must be flawless, so the words about Wang Xian cannot be hidden after all.

However, they didn't intend to keep it a secret for long, they just didn't want to let the people below know before launching it.After all, the name Wang Xian carries too much weight, and it will be difficult to scare those speculators to the ground.

It's useless for those guys to know the truth when the raw rice is cooked.What's more, once Zhu Zhanji is on the throne, are you afraid that his surname will fail? !

"Yes, there is no need to worry about this matter. There are two things to worry about now. One is that our army must at least control the imperial city. If we can control the palace city, everything will be fine." Zhang Fu said in a deep voice.

"It's not easy." Hu Yu sighed. Although he was just a display, he knew very well that after Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, he learned the lesson of the late Emperor Zhao's rebellion and transferred a large part of the army out of the capital and the imperial city. Among them, only the three major battalions and Jinyiwei were left, collectively known as the Four Guards Battalion, stationed at the four corners of the palace to protect the safety of the palace.

According to the plan, the rest of the army will all withdraw from the capital and station outside the city to prevent the generals from making trouble.However, due to insufficient construction of barracks, most of the troops have not yet moved out. This is what Zhang Fu and others rely on.But as I said just now, these troops have not yet left the capital, but the officers have been replaced by Wang Xian's people.

Most of the nobles have been dispatched outside the city to lead troops.If you want to transfer troops from outside the city into the capital, the procedures are very complicated.According to regulations, without a soldier talisman, the army defending the city will never let go.Of course, it would be a different matter if the officers and soldiers guarding the city also took refuge here.

"It depends on man's effort. If you bite your teeth, it can still be done." Zhang Fu reassured the two of them, and then changed the subject: "However, the premise is that Wang Xian will not return to Beijing."

The two nodded approvingly.Wang Xian was already a colossus in the Yongle Dynasty. When Emperor Hongxi came to Beijing, the main force he relied on was his troops in Shandong.After ascending the throne, some of the troops returned to Shandong, and the other part joined the Three Great Battalions and Jinyiwei under the leadership of Mo Wen and Liu Sheng.Moreover, Emperor Hongxi didn't think it was enough, so he wantonly appointed officers from Wang Xian's family. It can be said that as soon as he returns to the capital, he can control the defense of the entire capital in a blink of an eye. How can others play?
"Speaking of which, Yang Pu should have gone to Jinan..." Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhang Fu.

"I arrived a few days ago, and it's almost time for news to come back..." Zhang Fu said slowly: "If Wang Xian returns to Beijing, I suggest killing him on the way at all costs."

"Oh, that's the only way..." Zhu Zhanji also knew that at this juncture, Wang Xian must not be allowed to come back!He glanced at Hu Yun and said, "If necessary, please ask Master Hu to help."

"Naturally!" Hu Xuan nodded, taking the job without hesitation.

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In Qianqing Palace, as the weather got warmer, Zhu Gaochi's body recovered a lot, and he took a walk in the imperial garden with Yang Shiqi.

"Shiqi, the ice on this lake has finally melted, the willows have turned yellow, and spring has really come." The action to deprive the dignitaries of their right to participate in politics went extremely smoothly, making His Majesty the Emperor's rare bright mood.

"Your Majesty, be careful that there is still early spring cold." Yang Shiqi also imitated the emperor, saying with puns.

"Yes, they accepted it calmly, which makes people really disturbed." Zhu Gaochi sighed, and turned his gaze to the south: "But as long as the swallows return to the north, no one can stop the footsteps of spring."

"That's true, I hope brother Hongji can succeed immediately." Yang Shiqi lowered his head and said softly.Well concealed the jealousy in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)