Four days before the emperor's wedding, on the first day of the twelfth month, Shen Zheng's Qinwang order was sent to Datong, and the Datong governor Fang Shou knelt on the ground to receive the order.

After the messenger left, the Fang Shoushi called Sun Chengzong to his room, and then showed the holy decree to Sun Chengzong.

"King Qin? In other words, Xiao Jixin's army has already reached the Beijing Division? So fast? Shen has always asked for help? ”

Sun Chengzong was stunned.

"So to speak."

Fang Shoushi said slowly: "If it weren't for the fact that Shen Cheng had no soldiers in his hands, and Xiao Jixin was progressing smoothly, Shen Cheng would not have even called up Datong's soldiers and horses, he had recruited soldiers and horses from Gansu before, and he was not in a hurry at that time, and now he even has to recruit Datong's soldiers and horses, so you can imagine how anxious he is." ”

"Datong has just experienced war, and everything is in ruins, and the army is busy repairing the gaps in the Great Wall, and is busy repairing the ordnance of the cities in various places, where is the time to support him? He's already done such a rebellious thing, Dong Weng, why don't you go and crusade against him? Conform to Xiao Jixin's crusade against Shen Consistent! ”

Sun Chengzong put down the holy decree with a look of disdain.

"Childish, don't talk nonsense."

The Fang Shou frowned slightly.

"Nonsense? Dong Wong, this is not gibberish! It's the truth! ”

Sun Chengzong said very angrily: "Xiao Jixin was forced to rebel by him, and even His Majesty abdicated, abdicated!" Dong Weng, did the Ming Dynasty have an emperor who took the initiative to abdicate? Since Yao Shunyu, can there be emperors in the world who take the initiative to abdicate? I think he Shen has always been called Shoufu and is really a national thief! Forcing the monarch to abdicate is a big rebellion! ”

"Childish rope!"

Fang Shoushi accentuated his tone: "This matter is full of suspicions, and we still haven't known the reason, so you can't speculate!" Even if Shen has always been wrong, His Majesty is also the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the orthodox Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can we, as courtiers, resist the decree and disrespect it? ”

"Dong Weng, don't tell me that you still have to send troops to help Shen Yichang!"

Sun Chenzhong looked at Fang Shoushi in disbelief: "At that time, Xiao Jixin was triumphant, and you also told Xiao Jixin to be careful with Shen Zheng, but as a result, something like this happened, Xiao Jixin would actually plot to rebel, and Your Majesty would actually abdicate because of the wrong belief in Xiao Jixin!" Does he Shen always treat the people of the world as fools?

Dong Weng, you already knew that things would turn out like this, why are you saying such things now? If you don't help Xiao Jixin exonerate, it doesn't matter, why do you have to be in the same boat with Shen? ”

Fang Shoushi looked at the indignant Sun Chengzong and sighed helplessly.

"Childish, in this situation, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, the most important thing is that the world can't be chaotic, what I care about most is the stability of the world, not personal gains and losses, if you can't stabilize the Jingshi at this moment, once there is turmoil, the chaos in the world may not be impossible! Childish rope, you know about the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, you tell the old man, how did the late Han Dynasty get into chaos? ”

Sun Chengzong frowned and said: "Naturally, the Yellow Turban Rebellion greatly increased the local power, the military power was dispersed, and to the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, the general He Jin and the first of the Ten Standing Servants Zhang Rang Huo died together, and then Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to make trouble, and the officials from all over the country were not satisfied, and they raised troops to fight against Dong, which led to the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty. ”

"That's right, the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not make the world chaotic, and the battle between He Jin and the Ten Standing Servants after the death of Emperor Ling was the beginning of the chaos, He Jin is a relative, and the Ten Standing Servants are the inner servants, this internal and external power is the central force, if they coexist, the central force is strong, and they can still suppress the locality.

However, after they were defeated, the central force was greatly damaged, the border princes Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to disrupt the government, and the rest of the local princes saw that the central government had actually weakened into such a state, and the local suppression was greatly weakened, and the local fear was greatly reduced, so there were eighteen princes to discuss Dong, and the world opened the prelude to the chaos! ”

After Fang Shoushi finished speaking, Sun Chengzong asked, "But what does this have to do with today?" ”

"First Shen has always rebelled and deposed the emperor, and then Xiao Jixin's northern expedition to Beijing, once it succeeds, he wants to abolish the emperor, and then set up the emperor, if the emperor is alive, it's okay, but don't forget, now the emperor can be in the hands of Shen Zhengyi, Xiao Jixin made it clear that it is impossible to let Shen Zhengyi live, if Shen Zhengyi is mad before he dies and harms the emperor, once the emperor is in any danger, what will happen?"

Sun Chengzong was stunned.

"Shen has always united with Wuxun Jingying to abolish the inner court, and now Xiao Ruxun is going to abolish the power in Shen Yiyi's hands, these are all the forces of the central court! In just over half a year, the nobles of the inner court have been mourned, the strength of the imperial court has declined, and two emperors have been replaced in a row, and the authority of the central government of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be greatly damaged.

There is nothing in the local area at the moment, but in the border areas, the southwest, southeast, northeast, and the surrounding regions, there are villains with ill intentions, and when they see the decline of the central government and the chaos in the world, won't they have any wrong thoughts?

It's okay that the Emperor is alive, but if something happens to the Emperor, Xiao Jixin will set up a new monarch, what is the difference between him and Dong Zhuo? Will there be a three-kingdom war in the next day? When the time comes, the people will not be able to live for thousands of miles, is that what you want to see? ”

Fang Shoushi said his worries with a worried face, which surprised Sun Chengzong.

In this way, it seems that this is indeed the case, Xiao Ruxun's power has increased greatly, and the power belonging to the imperial court has been basically eliminated, so after that, the central authority has declined, and Xiao Ruxun has entered the imperial court, so what is the difference between the result and Dong Zhuo back then?

The stability of the world is because the central government is strong, the central power of the Ming Dynasty is strong, close to the northern theater can directly control the border army of many military regions, hold the grain and straw of the nine sides, grasp the life and death line of the nine sides, the power of the nine sides is in the hands, and the most powerful corps are in the hands, so the local security is stable and stable, and they dare not make mistakes.

Once the central power weakens, the nine sides are no longer controlled, and the majesty of the Ming Emperor becomes worthless in the hearts of the people of the world, ambitious people will inevitably appear, and there will be turmoil in the world.

Even if Emperor Taichang is a puppet, even if Shen has always been a powerful minister who launched a mutiny, he can finally stabilize the central government, the central power is still there, and the world is still stable.

But what would happen if the power of the inner court and the nobles was completely destroyed, the central authority was gone, and the suppression of the world was no longer possible?

"The reason why I decided to send troops is not for anything else, but to protect the Emperor Taishang at a critical moment, Shen has always been rebellious, I will not be in the same boat with him, but I must at least ensure that the Emperor Taishang is alive and that the Ming Dynasty has the possibility of Zhongxing.

Emperor Taishang has been the emperor for twenty-six years, he is the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the presence of Emperor Taishang, he can turn Xiao Jixin's power into the power of the central court, and re-dominate the world, and there is still hope for peace in the world, if there is no Emperor Taishang, it will be really bad! ”

The room guard sat down at the table and began to write military orders.

"No matter what, we can't let the world be in chaos, otherwise you and I will become sinners for thousands of years, protecting the Emperor is the top priority, for this reason, we must enter the Beijing Division, and try our best to get close to the Emperor, at this moment, if we lead the troops forward, Shen will always let us into the city."

Sun Chengzong watched Fang Shoushi's actions, and his heart was full of surprise and shock.

It turned out to be for this.

It turns out that there is still such a way of thinking?

Sun Chengzong felt that a new door had opened in front of him.