Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1099
King Lu forced all the main officials and generals in Zhejiang officialdom to submit to him outside the Yuewang Temple, and then offered sacrifices to Yue Fei and raised troops to calm down Nan, but his Jingnan was somewhat different from what many officials thought.

Everyone only thought that King Lu wanted to rebel against the court, kill Wang Yan, and seize power, but the slogans he put forward to punish rebellion and Fengtian Jingnan were completely different from what everyone thought.

Everyone thinks that this rebellion refers to the king of Chu, but King Lu refers to the king of Tang. He wants to put down the turmoil caused by the power struggle between the king of Tang and the king of Chu. He will appear in a very positive image, not a rebellion.

At this time, everyone knew that the matter was more complicated than they thought, and King Tang was also involved, but it seemed that King Lu had tricked him.

Now that the officialdom in Zhejiang had succumbed, King Lu had nothing to hide at this time. After the sacrifice, he gathered the main officials and informed him of his plan.

King Tang raised troops to compete with Wang Yan for the control of the imperial court, which brought chaos to the stable world. King Lu will use the excuse of quelling the civil strife in Tang and Chu to quell the troubles and drive them both out of power.

He attributed the cause of the civil strife to Wang Yan's drastic reforms, which made the world unstable, and the fact that the co-ruling emperor was young and the ruler was less suspicious.

The king of Tang rebelled and must be suppressed, and the Nanjing court under the banner of the co-governing emperor, since it cannot stabilize the world, it should also be smashed and rebuilt.

Mr. Lai, the young emperor is the source of the country's turmoil. Since the Chongzhen prince is here, for the stability of Ming Dynasty, the fifth prince Zhu Cihuan should inherit the great rule.

The Zhejiang officials, who were originally reluctant, suddenly changed their mentality after learning about King Lu's plan. Even King Lu asked them to sign their names on a blank piece of paper, and everyone did not have much resentment.

If this matter is lost, they will naturally be implicated, but if they win, it will be evidence of their success in the dragon.

The hearts of the people in Zhejiang are sure, and the secret letter from the King of Tang urging the King of Lu to raise troops came again. Since the beginning of July, the King of Tang has urged the King of Lu to raise troops one after another. This letter is already the third.

The letter states that Jin Shenghuan has already made a move. If King Lu’s soldiers and horses cannot come to Nanjing quickly, and let the Nanjing court know that Wang Yan was killed and understand their coup d’état, the Nanjing court will definitely mobilize troops from Jiangbei, Huguang and other places to serve Wang Ping. Rebel.

If the elite Ming troops from Jiangbei and Huguang rush to Nanjing, and the cabinet wants to support the little emperor to fight them, then the matter will not be resolved in a short while, and the Ming army guarding the border, once withdrawn from the border, will definitely benefit the north. .

Neither King Tang nor King Lu wanted to see this, so immediately after the sacrifice, King Lu went up to the altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens, issued a call for peace and difficulty, and led his army straight to Nanjing.

In the fourth year of the Ming dynasty, on July 1653, [-], Zhu Yihai, the Prince of Lu who ruled the Ming Dynasty, sneaked back to Zhejiang secretly, contacted the old ministry, and set up troops in Hangzhou, claiming to wipe out the rebellion and serve Tianjing.

On this day, the King of Lu built a high altar in the north of Hangzhou City to pay homage to the Taizu and Emperor Chongzhen, and recited the proclamation: "The descendants of the lonely Emperor Taizu, the closest relatives of the country, have encountered national disasters since they were granted the title. Fighting alone in the east of Zhejiang, and conquering the north of the Yangtze River , to turn the tide, to protect half of the Ming Dynasty, but now I am too young to be in charge, the country is controlled by powerful ministers, and finally the country is in civil strife. Today, the Tang Dynasty is fighting for power with the Chu Dynasty. Both are for their own selfishness, causing turmoil in the world , put the people in the midst of water and fire, and suffer from the upside-down. How can you bear to look at it if you are alone in the family of the Ming Dynasty? Today, the soldiers are raised alone, not for personal gain. It is a last resort to solve the people's upside-down. Heart, the sun and the moon can learn from each other!"

After reading the proclamation, the King of Lu immediately led [-] Zhejiang soldiers and rushed to Nanjing, while [-] navy sailed through the canal to avoid Chongming's Donghai Navy, went out of Zhenjiang, and rushed to Nanjing, cutting off Nanjing's connection with the local area, and quickly seized power.

In the city of Nanjing, in the cabinet, Chen Bangyan summoned several elders of the cabinet together. The table was full of information found by Jin Yiwei.

"Mr. Su Ge, Mr. Zhang Ge!" Sitting down, Chen Bangyan said in a deep voice: "The situation is like this now. His Highness the King of Chu needs the authorization from the cabinet and the meeting hall. If you don't have the heart, you will see that the painstaking efforts of the past few years will be ruined by the government." If you don’t support the king of Chu to put down the rebellion, then the cabinet will have to split, and the three parties will have a big battle!”

After the Ming army regained Nanjing, according to the provisions of the Three Kings’ Compromise, the cabinet consisted of three parties. Su Guansheng, Wanji, and Gu Yuanjing belonged to the side of King Tang, Zhang Kentang belonged to the side of King Lu, and the remaining Chen Bangyan and Wang Fuzhi Yan Qiheng and Yan Qiheng are members of the Chu Party, and the three parties jointly formed a cabinet, which led to the current Nanjing court.

Now that the imperial court has operated for four years in accordance with the rules established by Wang Yan and the civil official group, Su Guansheng and others should have a break.

The three elders of the Chu sect obviously knew about it in advance. The three sat on one side and waited slowly. The other four looked at the things on the table, but their faces were tangled. It is indeed difficult to make a decision whether to follow the Central Committee or return to Tang Lu.

Tang and Lu were going to take action, Su Guansheng more or less had a premonition, he thought it would be the king of Tang who would tell him, but he didn't expect to find out from the cabinet.

"If we don't support King Chu, what will King Chu do?" Su Guansheng frowned and said after a while.

Chen Bangyan and Wang Fuzhi looked at each other, and the latter said in a deep voice: "Even if you don't support it, the King of Chu will mobilize people to suppress the rebellion, but the previous rules have been broken."

If the opinions of the cabinet and the meeting hall cannot be unified, and Wang Yan has already handed over to Chen Bangyan, then the Tang and Lu factions will be put aside, and the Chu party will approve the authorization alone.

With Wang Yan's influence, it is easy to break the current rules, but he doesn't want to do it, because once he breaks it, he will lose his credibility, and he can continue to break the rules next time he encounters something.

The reason why the rules are rules is that everyone needs to abide by them. If someone is not within the rules, then there is no way to play.

What Wang Fuzhi expressed was that even without the authorization of the cabinet, Wang Yan would dispatch troops to suppress the rebellion, but in this way, the rules would be broken.

Over the past few years, Wang Yan and the bureaucratic group have been making the same effort, which is to bring the monarchy that was not in the rules into the rules. Now that the road is only halfway, there are such problems, and such a failure, it really makes Su Guansheng It's a pity for others.

After hearing Wang Fuzhi's answer, Su Guansheng and Wanji were silent for a while, and after Gu Yuanjing's face was clouded, he suddenly said: "It took four years, everyone, to have the Ming Dynasty today. Today’s situation. No matter what you decide, I’m on the court’s side anyway. King Tang and King Lu mobilized troops and horses without the court’s permission to kill ministers. No matter what the banner is, it’s a rebellion!”

The king of Tang didn't inform Gu Yuanjing of these things, they were obviously excluded, and the current central court is doing well, and the ministers have the dignity of the ministers, why should they go back to the era when they were randomly censored by the court.

As soon as Gu Yuanjing made his statement, Zhang Kentang also said, "I also support the king of Chu in suppressing the rebellion!"

Wang Yan and the cabinet are in a cooperative relationship, not a subordinate relationship. Everyone governs the world together. When Tang Wang and Lu Wang come back, they will become monarchs and ministers again.

Two people in a row said they were standing on the side of the center. Su Guansheng and Wanji glanced at each other, but they could only nod.

The two of them were still very loyal to Emperor Gaozong and to the lineage of the Tang clan, so they hesitated, but the co-governing emperor was Gaozong's son, and Wang Yan did not conspire against him. After some weighing, they decided to stand in the middle side.

Seeing this, Chen Bangyan was overjoyed, and immediately took out a cabinet order and stood up, "In that case, let's draw up votes!"

Wen Yu's seven elders all stood up, and at this moment, someone outside the hall suddenly reported, "Several elders, His Royal Highness Tang Wang has arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion!"

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