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", or search on Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Stormy Fourth Section Early May, Hanoi.

The general He Jin led his troops from Yecheng, Jizhou, to Liangzhou in late April. When the army arrived in Hanoi, he received a decree from the Son of Heaven to summon him to Beijing.

He Jin knew that the Son of Heaven was going to do something to him, and at this time he had no way out but to fight to the death, and as for the result, he had no time to think too much.

For him, the worst outcome of the military admonition is the same as the ending of being tied up by himself. He ordered the army to speed up its march and strive to cross the river as soon as possible.

At the same time, Yuan Shao, who was stationed in Mengjin, He Miao and He Hao in Luoyang, and Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, who secretly sneaked back to Luoyang, sent people to report to He Jin, and everything was arranged, just waiting for the general to lead the army into Beijing.

At the beginning of May, the army reached Shanyang in Hanoi County, and Ho Jin received the shocking news that the Son of Heaven was seriously ill.

He Jin almost suspected that he was dreaming. Recently, he was so anxious and panicked about the mutiny in Beijing that he couldn't sleep at night, and his whole person almost collapsed.

He Jin looked at Wu Tang who came to report the news in a daze, and was stunned for a long time, and then asked in a trembling voice, "Really?" Wu Tang hesitated: "It should be true." The Queen Mother is sick, why did Your Majesty order the blockade of Yongle Palace? Why does Your Majesty not allow anyone to enter or leave Yongle Palace? Why does Your Majesty ignore the government? It all seemed sudden, strange, and unreasonable. Now that the northern army has gone out to fight, and the matter of the imperial unification has reached a critical time, at this time, His Majesty should personally manage the government and every opportunity, how could he not even want the state in order to serve the queen mother? He Jin trembled, feeling that the breath of death was getting closer and closer to him.

The dragon body of the Son of Heaven has always been healthy, how could he suddenly get sick? And still seriously ill? Is this the Son of Heaven deceiving, deliberately deceiving himself so that he can return to the capital boldly and with confidence?

Could it be that the fact that he secretly led the army back to Beijing to prepare for a mutiny leaked? The more He Jin thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he asked again, "What did Pan Yin say?" Wu Tang nodded.

This news was told by Jian Shuo's Changshi Pan Yin to the General's Mansion Peng Shi Xu forgiveness. Since it was rumored that the Queen Mother was ill and the Son of Heaven ignored the government, the officials and ministers in the palace were panicked and uneasy, and there were many speculations in private, and the only little Huangmen Jian Shuo, who served the Son of Heaven, had also stayed in Yongle Palace and never returned to the mansion.

One day, Jian Shuo went back to the house to wash and change clothes, and privately told Pan Yin to send all the property in the house back to his hometown.

Pan Yin was very strange and asked casually. Jian Shuo said with a sad expression, the time of the Son of Heaven is short, and I am afraid that there will be changes in Beijing.

Pan Yin was shocked and didn't dare to ask more. After He Jin listened to Wu Tang's narration, he sat and thought for a long time.

If the Son of Heaven is seriously ill, then the purpose of his sudden decree to summon himself to Beijing is very easy to explain, he can't wait to force himself to rebel, he wants to kill himself as quickly as possible, in order to establish the imperial system in the shortest possible time.

In other words, the Son of Heaven is very seriously ill and may die in heaven. If the Son of Heaven is seriously ill and dying, is it necessary for him to secretly enter Beijing with the army to launch a mutiny?

Is it necessary for me to rush into Beijing? As soon as the Son of Heaven died, when the emperor was not established and he held the military power, the Queen Mother, Dong Chong, and Jian Shuo, did they dare to support Xiao Dong Hou as the new emperor with the emperor's edict?

Without the support of the officials of the inner court and the ministers of the outer court, without the army, even if there is an edict from the Son of Heaven, what is the use?

As long as he led the army back to Beijing, told the people of the world to be overbearing, tampered with the last life of the Son of Heaven without permission, and dared to abolish the Emperor and trap the Son of Heaven in injustice, the little emperor would die.

The Queen Mother, Dong Chong, Jian Shuo, and a group of clan ministers who supported the Queen Mother could not survive. At that time, who dared to stand up and say that the edict of the Son of Heaven was to abolish the heirs?

Now he led the army back to Beijing to launch a mutiny, the risk was very great, and he was not sure of victory. If the Son of Heaven is seriously ill and dies, and he takes advantage of the chaos in Luoyang to lead the army back to Beijing to launch a mutiny, then he will have the certainty of absolute victory.

The question is, what if the Son of Heaven does not die? Or is this a trick that the Son of Heaven came up with in order to trick himself into entering Beijing quickly?

He Jin decided not to return to Beijing for the time being. In any case, delaying the return to Beijing for a period of time will not affect the overall situation. Now that he has returned to Beijing, if he wins, he will also waste all his strength, and if he loses, his fate will be like Dou Wu, and all the nine clans will be destroyed.

So, it's better to wait. Once the Son of Heaven is really dead, the situation in Luoyang will be turned upside down, and it will be completely up to him.

At that time, he supported Xiao Shihou as the emperor, monopolized the power, and the world was under his control. He Jin wrote a letter and handed it to Wu Tang,

"You immediately go back to Beijing and hand over this letter to He Miao." He Jin said,

"Don't make a noise about this, don't make a noise."

"What about Ho Hao? Do you want to tell He Hao? Wu Tang asked,

"The affairs of Luoyang are all planned and presided over by him, if you don't tell him about such a major event, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"Don't tell him, let alone let him know that you're in the capital." He Jin said,

"If Your Majesty is indeed terminally ill, then the affairs of the imperial command will completely depend on the central officials in the palace, not He Hao and those scholars, who will not be able to help any now."

"If He Hao knows this news, he and those scholars will do everything possible to force me to enter Beijing to launch a mutiny in order to take the opportunity to eradicate the traitors, and then solve me by the way, and then this world will be their scholars. How could he let go of such a good opportunity? He Jin sneered,

"But how can I kill the lieutenant? Without the fight between the lieutenants and the soldiers, how could I be in power alone? How could I let go of such a great opportunity? Wu Tang looked at He Jin in a little surprise.

"With the help of the lieutenant officials, the matter of the emperor is easy to solve, and I don't need to lead the army into Beijing to launch a mutiny." He Jin said,

"It is too risky to establish the imperial system by mutiny, and the slightest carelessness will be a situation where the jade will be burned. Moreover, after His Majesty returns to heaven, Luoyang will definitely be in chaos, and if another mutiny is launched, it will be chaos on top of chaos, and Luoyang may collapse in an instant. If Luoyang is in chaos, the country will be in turmoil, which will directly affect the war in northern Xinjiang. You must know that if the Northern Xinjiang War is defeated miserably, the consequences will be very serious, we may lose the entire Northern Xinjiang, and the Great Han Kingdom may fall apart because of this. When He Jin said this, there was a look of fear in his eyes, he shook his head, and whispered: "At that time, I was the target of everyone, not to mention the ministers in the court, even the officials in the court would take the opportunity to kill me." Who killed the great general Liang Yi? Who killed Dou Wu? It was the lieutenants who killed it. ”

"In the case of His Majesty's return to heaven, the new emperor is undecided, and I can't control the government in time, only the queen mother and the lieutenant officials can control the situation and stabilize the political situation in Luoyang. Therefore, in that letter, I assured Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and other ten permanent servants that after His Majesty returned to heaven, as long as they could control the situation in the palace and persuade the Empress Dowager and Jian Shuo to appoint Xiao Shihou as the new emperor, I would take action to restrain the scholars and maintain the balance of power among all parties in Luoyang. He Jin smiled,

"As long as the officers and the soldiers are fighting fiercely, I am very safe. Before we hold great power, the country is in danger, and the war situation in northern Xinjiang is not decided, maintaining the balance of power in Luoyang is the only way to stabilize the situation in Luoyang. ”

"For the lieutenants, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, what matters is their lives and power, so of course it is better for them to shake hands with me than to be my enemy. Didn't they express their willingness to help the queen again and again to convey this to me? He Jin smiled,

"With my commitment, the lieutenants will certainly do their best to help me. Now this news does not matter even if it is His Majesty's trick to deceive me into returning to Beijing, and I will still return to Beijing to launch a mutiny after I am sure that His Majesty is fine. But because of the help of the lieutenants, I am no longer afraid that the soldiers will take the opportunity to attack me. Wu Tang asked, "When is the general going to return to Beijing?" ”

"I'm not going back to Beijing for a while." He Jin said,

"I immediately played to Your Majesty, saying that the ant thieves attacked Shanyang at the rate of poison, blocking the westward march of the army." Wu Tang hesitated for a moment, and then stopped.

"What do you want to say?" He Jin asked.

"Once Your Majesty returns to heaven, the general must immediately enter Beijing to preside over the overall situation, so as not to cause extraneous complications." Wu Tang persuaded,

"Shanyang is too far away from Luoyang, and the transmission of information is inconvenient, so I think it is better for the general to slowly approach the Yellow River for fifty miles a day." He Jin shook his head,

"If Your Majesty is indeed seriously ill, I will rush to Mengjin, and if there is no accurate news, I will stay here to delay the time to return to Beijing." In early May, Luoyang.

The Son of Heaven's condition worsened suddenly, and the severe pain tormented him day and night, making him feel so painful that he couldn't wait to end his life as soon as possible.

Looking at the lonely and helpless mother who washed her face with tears all day long, and looked at the young prince and princess who knelt in front of the bed and cried bitterly, the Son of Heaven couldn't help but burst into tears and looked up to the sky and sighed.

Fate, it's all fate. He is no longer able to protect his mother and child, and the only thing he can do now is to do everything he can to save the lives of his mother and child before he dies.

At this time, Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou, hurriedly played the Son of Heaven, saying that a large number of displaced people had poured into Youzhou, and Youzhou had been overwhelmed and unable to support it, so he implored His Majesty to immediately allocate money and food for relief.

At the same time, he asked the Son of Heaven to reduce the 60,000 county soldiers in Youzhou to 20,000, so as to reduce military expenditures and help the displaced people.

The Son of Heaven smiled bitterly, he knew Liu Yu's character, and in the current extremely difficult situation in Youzhou, even if Liu Yu received his holy decree, he would not leave the people of Youzhou to return to the dynasty in accordance with the decree.

I can't see Liu Yu anymore. At the same time, the general He Jin also hurriedly played the Son of Heaven, saying that the army was blocked by ant thieves in Hanoi and would not be able to return to Beijing in the short term.

The Son of Heaven slowly put down He Jin's recital, and sighed gloomily, I could no longer see He Jin. The Son of Heaven issued an edict to move Yuan Kui to the rear general, to participate in the affairs of Shangshu, temporarily manage the government, and ordered him to go to the Jiade Hall immediately after receiving the order.

Jian Shuo was taken aback, and asked in a panic: "Your Majesty let Lord Yuan come to see you, then Your Majesty's illness ......" The Son of Heaven said in pain: "Open the gate of Yongle Palace, tell the ministers, and say that my illness is important." ”

"Your Majesty......" Jian Shuo fell to his knees, weeping bitterly,

"Your Majesty......"

"Aiqing, don't cry, I still have a lot of things for you to do, you get up." The Son of Heaven smiled,

"I'm going to die eventually, and it's better to die early than late. You immediately issued an order to Guangluxun Liu Bo and the guard Liu He, ordering them to supervise the guards of the southern army, the tiger ben, and the feather forest, and strengthen the guards of the north and south palaces. In addition, an order was issued to Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the Central Military Academy, Cao Cao, the lieutenant of the Dianjun Academy, Xia Mou, the lieutenant of the left colonel, and Chun Yuqiong, the lieutenant of the right colonel, ordering them to bring their troops and horses back to Beijing to garrison in case of changes in Luoyang. ”

"Call Da Changqiu Zhao Zhong, and the regular servant Zhang Rang will come to the Jiade Hall immediately, I want to see them." Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang were very sad to see that the Son of Heaven was skinny and his eye sockets were deep.

The Son of Heaven has been serving them since he entered the palace, and the two have been watching him grow up, for more than 20 years, and the relationship between this monarch and minister is still very deep.

The two of them couldn't cry in front of the Son of Heaven, and they pretended to smile and whispered comfort. The Son of Heaven took the two of them by the hand, chatted a few gossips, and then asked, "I'm gone, what are you going to do?" Zhao Zhong's heart was sour when he heard this, and tears immediately flowed down.

Zhang Rang's eyes were red, and he bowed his head and said nothing. After a long time, he choked up and said,

"Your Majesty, the matter of this prince ......" The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and shook his head, endured the sharp pain in his heart, and said intermittently: "If I establish the prince, will you still have a way to live?" Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang suddenly realized, and fell to the ground together, tears raining down.

"Do the two Aiqing still remember the Beigong Mutiny back then?" The Son of Heaven asked. Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang nodded again and again.

Zhao Zhong wiped a handful of tears, leaned into the ear of the Son of Heaven and whispered, "The old minister understands what His Majesty means. If Your Majesty does not appoint a crown prince, the queen and the general will have to rely on our support to support the crown prince. And the old minister and others can avoid the bloody disaster in front of them, and the queen mother and the little prince can also be safe. When there is an opportunity in the future, we will kill the general, strike at the power of the sergeants of the court, and re-establish the little prince. A wry smile rose at the corner of the Son of Heaven's mouth,

"Aiqing, today's plan can only save your lives for the time being, but if you want to live forever, you must remember the Beigong Mutiny back then. As for the matter of Dong Hou, you can forget about it, Quan Dang I didn't say it. Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang looked at the Son of Heaven dumbfounded.

"The best policies written by the ministers are all here, you must keep them properly, and this will help you a little in the future." The Son of Heaven pointed to the side chamber and said,

"You must make good use of it, and don't let me down on my hard work." The two were moved and kowtowed.

"Invite the queen to come tomorrow, I want to meet her." Yuan Kui couldn't believe that the Son of Heaven was so sick.

When he walked into Yongle Palace just now, he was still muttering that the matter of the military advice had been leaked, and the Son of Heaven was going to trick himself into Yongle Palace and kill him.

The Son of Heaven beckoned to Yuan Kui, who was kneeling on the ground, and motioned for him to sit beside him.

"My days are numbered." The Son of Heaven said calmly,

"I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for Lord Taiwei to return to Beijing, so I will entrust the affairs of the court to Aiqing, and this Han Society will also entrust Aiqing." Yuan Kui just wanted to speak, but the Son of Heaven stopped him with a gentle wave of his hand.

"Now that there are many disasters in the country, and the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang are fighting bloody battles outside the country, what the Great Han Kingdom needs most is stability." The Son of Heaven continued,

"I am gone, Aiqing must remember that Luoyang must be stable, and the war in Northern Xinjiang must continue, which is the foundation to ensure the survival of my Han Society. In order to help you do all this, this imperial matter ......" Yuan Kui was shocked and looked at the Son of Heaven with an extremely nervous expression.

If the Son of Heaven sets up a crown prince before his death, this Luoyang is bound to be bloody and bloody, and there is absolutely no possibility of stability.

But he couldn't stop it, and at this point, what else could he say? The Son of Heaven slowly closed his eyes and said word by word, "I will entrust it to you." Yuan Kui trembled, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly fell to his knees, his upper body collapsed to the ground, his mind was in chaos, and he couldn't say a word.

"What Aiqing wants to do, I know that although this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it can't be done now, absolutely not." The Son of Heaven said,

"The Great War in Northern Xinjiang is related to the survival of the Great Han Kingdom, compared to it, what is the matter of Luoyang?" Yuan Kui calmed himself down, raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, what if the Great War in Northern Xinjiang drags on and on, and the battle is indecisive for a long time?" The Son of Heaven opened his eyes suddenly, and said excitedly: "Fight, you have to keep fighting, even if you finish beating my Wanjin Hall." As long as the northern Xinjiang is there, the Han Sheji is there, and the war in the northern Xinjiang must not be defeated. ”

"Your Majesty, if the Northern Xinjiang War is victorious, then the general of the expedition to the north will be powerful, which is a great threat to the Great Han Kingdom, how to control it in the future? Did he send him to the north of Yinshan? The Son of Heaven said: "After the victory of the Northern Xinjiang War, it doesn't matter whether the situation in Luoyang is stable or not, does Aiqing understand what I mean?" At that time, Aiqing needed to recruit the general of Peking University. Yuan Kui looked at the Son of Heaven suspiciously.

"It is very difficult for Aiqing to achieve her wish, but once Aiqing gets her wish, my wish will be realized, and Dahan's society will be more stable." The Son of Heaven took out a sealed edict and handed it to Yuan Kui,

"If Aiqing can't achieve her wish, she will use this purpose to implore the princess to go north to recruit the general of Peking University to go south to help." Yuan Kui respectfully took it and carefully hid it in his arms.

"When Aiqing's wish is fulfilled, my wish is also fulfilled, and if Wanjintang still has money at that time, it should be able to make an expedition to the north of Yinshan." After Yuan Kui left the palace, he went straight to the mansion and urgently made an appointment to see He Hao.

"The Son of Heaven is really seriously ill, and it is estimated that time is running out." Yuan Kui said with a heavy heart,

"You immediately inform the general that the military advice policy has been canceled, and ask him to lead the army into Mengjin." He Hao asked, "What did Your Majesty say?" Do you want to make a prince? Yuan Kui sighed: "Your Majesty is smarter than us, he will not make a prince." "Jump to!

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