Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 488 Prophecy
The Ming court has now changed the situation of the early years of Hongguang, which was about to collapse at the first touch, and won several games in a row, which boosted the morale of the people and made some people who had lost confidence in the future of the Ming Dynasty begin to reconsider the issue of standing in line.

Nowadays, Guangjing Prefecture is booming. There are many masts on the Pearl River. Every day, ships come from Nanyang, Japan, and North Korea, bringing a large amount of money and supplies. Markets gather in the city and outside the city, and people exchange goods. The work was bustling and bustling, the storehouses of big merchants were full of goods, and tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed around the guard city pool. The Ming court had basically gained a firm foothold.

It is precisely because of this that at first, due to the impact of a series of events such as the loss of the two capitals, the rapid death of eastern Zhejiang, Zheng Zhilong’s sale of Fujian, and various reasons, either he had lost confidence in the imperial court and fled back to his hometown to become a survivor of the Ming Dynasty, or Officials who were separated from the court because of the war, now that the situation has improved, they have come to vote again.

Ding Shikui, Wu Decao, Liu Xiangke, Jin Bao, the former Fujian inspector Guo Zhiqi, and the old Jiangnan officials all came south one after another from the original Longwu imperial court. Take heavy responsibility.

But when there are too many people, something will happen. There is a tradition of internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty. Before the heel was not firm, it seems that some people are unwilling to be lonely and want to fight for power.

Before, there were people in the court who attacked Wang Yan for controlling the court's financial power and military power, and the overall situation was too heavy, but what he said was still the truth, Wang Yan could accept it, and he could argue with them. Compared with the Manchu Qing, where slaves deserve to die and slaves follow orders, what advantage does Ming have?
But now that the prophecy "Ziwei Dixing fell into the royal family's courtyard" is actually spread, it is crossing the line. This is not a normal political struggle method, it is already maliciously fabricated slander, saying that his royal family may intend to rebel in the future, is to Put him to death.

Hearing Wang Jiezhi's words, Wang Yan frowned. He thought about the ministers of the court, and there seemed to be no major conflicts. Could it be that the Manchu Qing wanted to harm him?

For a while, Wang Yan had just returned to Guangjing, and he really couldn't figure it out, but he had to find out the truth about this matter. Now that Xu Yanyan was just pregnant, such a rumor came out, it was too coincidental, and it was too ruthless up.

It would be fine if Xu Yanyan gave birth to a baby girl, but if she gave birth to a boy, then the rumors would spread even more viciously, and the ruler and ministers would definitely not be able to coexist. This shows the sinister intentions of those who spread the rumors.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that companionship with a king is like companionship with a tiger. Prophecy is not a trivial matter. The most famous one is "Peaches and plums win the world". Be the son of heaven." Emperor Wen was advised to "put to death all those with the surname Li in the country."

Sui Wendi, a man of great talent and general plan, is not too superstitious about prophecy, but it is related to his Yang family's Jiangshan Sheji, so he would rather believe what he has than what he has not. Jiangshan exists, but it is obviously impossible to punish all people with the surname Li in the world.

Before the Sui Dynasty, it was a family politics of the gentry, and after the Sinicization of the Hu people in the North, the military aristocracy formed. The emperor screened the nobles and ministers with the Li surname who were capable of rebelling many times in his brain, and finally listed a few people. They found excuses to eradicate them one by one, the most famous of which was Li Hun, a representative of the Guanlong nobles.

Wang Yan didn't want to become Li Hun, but now that the prophecy has leaked out, he doesn't know what the emperor will think, and in the current situation, he can't learn from Li Yuan's deliberate greed for money and lust to protect himself.

His goal is to protect the world and the integrity of the Han family. Now that the world is in turmoil, he is already a figure in the forefront, how can he give up halfway.

His status was humble before, so when he guarded Yangzhou, he could only pin his hopes on the imperial court, but the imperial court failed, and he was almost trapped to death in the lonely city.After that, he withdrew south to eastern Zhejiang, and he believed in Ma Shiying again. As a result, he failed to negotiate a peace, and the King Lu's supervisory state collapsed in an instant.

These things made him gradually understand a truth, relying on others, often relying on mountains and mountains, relying on everyone to run, if you want to protect the world, you have to rely on yourself. This is how he gradually grew up from an ordinary scholar-bureaucrat mental journey.

Of course, this is also after he has experienced many battles, he has achieved the current situation, coupled with his current status, he is no longer the little commander at the beginning, so the whole person is a little swollen, and I feel that the restoration of the Han Dynasty and my old border , who else but me!
He Tengjiao thinks that the only heroes in the world are his father-in-law and his son-in-law, but Wang Yan can see that there is basically no one in Nanming who is worth relying on. Du Yinxi may have enough strategic vision, but his prestige is not enough. Zuo Maodi and Su Guansheng are pure Zheng Chenggong still has some potential, but now his strength is too weak to become a force. He can only fight against the banner of Qing Dynasty.

Now that the great cause of recovery has just started, it is impossible for him to voluntarily relinquish part of his power because the prophecy incident will arouse the emperor's suspicion, so as to dispel the emperor's doubts, but will further step up his efforts to seize power in an attempt to protect himself.

Wang Yan still doesn't know where the rumors come from. If it is the forces within the Ming Dynasty who want to stir up conflicts between the monarch and his ministers so as to divide the power in Wang Yan's hands, then they may be disappointed. Wang Yan will not delegate power at all now.

If it was the Manchu Qing from outside, then their strategy would not be successful, because even if the emperor believed the prophecy, he would not have the strength to move Wang Yan.

Wang Yan thought for a while, and found that the biggest harm to him from this prophecy was to increase the estrangement and suspicion between the monarch and his ministers, push him to the road of power ministers, and push him desperately to fight for the internal struggle of the Ming court. hidden dangers.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan couldn't help being annoyed for a while. Daming just got better when someone came out to make trouble again. He would definitely find out the person who spread the rumors. "When did these rumors start, who spread them, is there any news?"

Wang Jiezhi turned his head away, "Probably after Xianggong went to war, it suddenly spread. By the time we found out, it was already known all over the city. When we went to find the source, we couldn't find out why."

"This kind of rumor is spreading in the city, and the Guangjing Yamen doesn't care?" Wang Yan frowned and thought about it. After a while of silence, he said: "I will let the Heaven and Earth Council secretly investigate this matter~"

Wang Yan was talking in the hall, but a guard suddenly reported at the door, "Duke, someone came from the palace, saying that His Majesty called the Duke to have an audience."

Seeing this, Wang Yan had no choice but to stand up, "It is the emperor calling, I will go to the palace to meet first, the two elder brothers and you are welcome to do your own thing. When I see the emperor, I will find a time to invite you to discuss."

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