Frankly speaking, this Taikang Tianzi is anxious.

Originally, he didn't have to be in such a hurry, because he was still young, as long as he didn't make any mistakes, he could smoothly take over the authority of the court in two or three years and become the real supreme.

But he ...... Misplaced!

Taikang Tianzi ascended the throne, and there was no problem from a procedural point of view, after all, the edict of the first emperor, civil and military officials, was seen, and Prime Minister Zhang Qu also confirmed it.

But a program is a program, and a human heart is a human heart.

The abolished prince was still the prince until the eve of the death of the first emperor, and there is no reason why the first emperor died and the prince was deposed.

What a coincidence.

Until today, more than half a year later, from the government and the opposition, from the capital to the localities, many people still feel that this Taikang Tianzi is a "usurper", but no one dares to say it.

In fact, the new emperor can indeed be regarded as a usurper, after all, he used the knife at the beginning.

At this point, Taikang Tianzi is also a little weak-hearted, although he sits on the dragon chair, he always feels not very steady.

He urgently needs to get the forbidden army in his hands completely.

But at the beginning, most of the people under the Wei Wangfu were civil officials of low grade, and there were only three generals: Ye Lan, Hou Jingde and Li Xin, and Taikang Tianzi had no suitable reason and suitable person to replace Pei Jin.

Of course, if he is willing to hand over the forbidden army to his old man Ye Sheng to take care of, Pei Jin will definitely hand over the forbidden army obediently.

The problem is that the new emperor would rather let Pei Jin continue to lead the forbidden army than let the Ye family get the forbidden army.

Li Xin frowned and thought about the cause and effect, then said, "Your Majesty, this matter ...... Don't be too anxious, Pei Jin has no foundation for rebellion, as long as in another year or two, His Majesty sits in a secure position, he can be easily removed. ”

Speaking of this, after Li Xin paused, he continued: "One thing Your Majesty should pay attention to is that before Your Majesty completely controls the court situation, neither Gonggong Chen nor Zhang Xiang can move. ”

These two people are the last witnesses of the edict of the first emperor, and only the two of them saw with their own eyes that the first emperor put the edict into that box, so to speak, only the two of them can prove the legitimacy of Emperor Taikang's status.

Therefore, before the new emperor could not make a decision, Zhang Qu and Chen Ju could not move, nor could they die.

This is the "legacy" left by the first emperor to the Taikang Emperor, and it is also the shackles left by the first emperor to the new emperor.

This shackle is that Zhang Qu's position will remain unchanged in the new dynasty, and if he cannot arbitrarily accept the prime minister, the power of the new emperor will be greatly restricted.

Taikang Tianzi poured tea for Li Xin again, and his face was calm.

"The problem is, big brother, he's gone."

The new emperor's face sank like water: "If the eldest brother is still there, of course I have the patience to wait for the court to be excessive, but the eldest brother is still there, if I can't get the forbidden army as soon as possible, the eldest brother will become my biggest hidden danger." ”

While pouring tea for himself, he said with a gloomy face: "Don't forget, Chang'an, when we had an incident last year, Pei Jin took the forbidden army and killed him in the palace. ”

"If it weren't for the Divine Emperor's Decree, he might have to attack me!"

The process of alternating the old and new powers, in fact, does not necessarily have to be replaced, take Pei Jin as an example, this General Pei is only in his early forties this year, and there is still a long way to go in the court, as long as he surrenders to the new emperor, he can become a veteran of the two dynasties, and even continue to lead the forbidden army in the new dynasty.

However, Pei Jin is a diehard loyalist of the first emperor.

When he went to the palace change, Pei Jin was very dissatisfied with this result, and he also asked the first emperor why he abolished the prince.

What's more, the abolished prince is gone.

Now, even if this Pei Saburo kneels in front of the Taikang Son of Heaven and surrenders, the Son of Heaven will not believe him, he will be worried about his hypocrisy and wrongdoing, and he will be worried that he will surrender to the abolished prince behind his back.

So no matter what, Pei Jin must be taken down.

"Hou Jingde, I don't have enough qualifications."

Taikang Tianzi said in a deep voice: "Even if I have the heart to support him, he can't reach Pei Jin's position, I have been looking for a suitable candidate for most of the past half a year, but I have never found a satisfactory one." ”

Taikang Tianzi is already the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, and at this stall, as long as he finds a suitable person who is loyal enough and qualified to take over the forbidden army, the forbidden army will naturally be handed over to the new emperor.

But alas, he didn't find it.

People naturally have them, but he doesn't trust them very much.

Li Xin said in a low voice: "Has Your Majesty ever contacted Pei Jin's subordinates?" ”

It is a very good choice to remove the chief official with a deputy, and after the deputy is promoted, it is very likely that he will be loyal to the new emperor.

Taikang Tianzi shook his head: "Pei Jin has been running the forbidden army for many years, and the people under him can't trust it, especially at this time......"

If there is no existence of the abolished prince, the court will be stable, and the Taikang emperor can replace Pei Jin with Pei Jin's deputy at will, and take the forbidden army for his own use.

However, the abolished prince did not know where it was, and the Son of Heaven had to worry about the loyalty of the forbidden army.

"Then why don't you transfer Ye Shaobao back to the capital and let him take over the forbidden army?"

Ye Shaobao is Ye Sheng's eldest son, Ye Ming.

"The Ye family is even worse."

The Son of Heaven narrowed his eyes and said bluntly: "How can there be a family with one surname and be able to take charge of two armies?" ”

Speaking of this, the new emperor slowly shook his head and sighed: "Actually, Pei Jin's position, Ye Lan can barely do it, if he doesn't have the surname Ye, it would be fine......"

The conversation froze.

Li Xin asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Taikang Tianzi looked at Li Xin.

"Does Chang'an know why Pei Jin is so loyal to the first emperor?"

Li Xin was thoughtful.

"Because he came from a low background?"

"Not bad."

Pei Saburo was born in a military household, and was later favored by his father, taken by his side, and began to take charge of the forbidden army in his early thirties, because of this, he became a diehard loyalist of his father.

Speaking of this, Taikang Tianzi said with some indignation: "This guy still wonders if he killed his father!" ”

Belch......

Objectively speaking, the process of Taikang's ascension to the throne is indeed very similar to killing his father and seizing the throne.

So there is no problem with Pei Jin thinking so.

After Li Xin was silent for a while, he smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't want to let the minister take charge of the forbidden army, right?" ”

The Son of Heaven shook his head.

"Chang'an, you are not enough alone, plus Hou Jingde, you are barely strong."

"Plus Hou Jingde can't do it."

Li Xin also shook his head and said: "Not to mention whether the two of us have the ability to master the forbidden army, even if there is, Zhang Xiang will not be able to get by." ”

"Both the government and the opposition will say that Your Majesty is nepotistic."

The Son of Heaven smiled: "Directly asking you to replace Pei Jin is most likely unsuccessful, but if Pei Jin is gone, then it is not a big problem." ”

Li Xin blinked.

"At the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, he was good at killing generals, isn't it appropriate?"

"Who said I was going to kill him?"

Taikang Tianzi said helplessly: "I just want to replace him, and give him a knighthood when the time comes, so that he can retire, but Pei Jin has been cautious all his life, and he has never made a mistake for decades, and I have no good reason to attack him, so I asked Chang'an to come over to serve as a staff officer." ”

This general of the forbidden army still lives in Ningxi Fang next to Datong Fang, which is the house of Ningxi Fang, which was rewarded to him by the first emperor.

General Pei's two sons, one farmed at home and the other served as a soldier in the north.

This guy is a man in the iron mask.

In officialdom, it is easy to move a corrupt official, and you can find 10,000 reasons casually, but it is extremely difficult to move a clean official who has nothing wrong with it.

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