Chapter 228: The Storm of Kyoto (7)

Luo Guangcai was indeed very capable. After being blamed by Li Weizheng for his unfavorable surveillance, he immediately rectified it. After an hour, he sent the first surveillance report. Li Weizheng was interested in two things. One was that the King of Jin came to the Qin Palace again for a secret meeting today and had not come out yet. The second was that a mysterious carriage visited the Yan Palace at night on the side of the Yan Palace, and then went to the mansion of Ye Tianming, the Minister of Personnel. The carriage later drove into an unknown mansion. Judging from the other party had more than 300 military guards, it should be a prince.

Li Wei was particularly interested in the latter information. How could the King of Yan tolerate the King of Qin forcing the Palace to Resist? This must be his move. The true identity of this prince is very important, and it is very likely that it is the most critical pry stick that Li Wei was looking for. He immediately ordered his personal soldiers and said, "Go and tell Luo Guangcai that the identity of this prince is extremely important, and we must find out who he is."

Ye Tianming was shocked when he received the news from the King of Zhou. He went to the palace overnight to report Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen was extremely shocked. He never expected that his second uncle would use Qianqian's affairs to force him to abdicate, and more than half of the princes had supported him. The dream he had not long ago was really fulfilled. He was in a mess and asked Ye Tianming: "Ye Aiqing, do you think they might force me to abdicate?"

Ye Tianming sighed and said, "If it is impossible in the court, the court is a matter of official business. Forcing the emperor to abdicate requires the consent of the ministers, but the ancestral temple is different. The ancestral temple is the private place of the royal family. First of all, the ministers cannot intervene. Although the royal family still has older people, they are all in Fengyang. In the capital, the King of Qin is the head of the royal family, and the King of Qin is also the Minister of Zongzheng Temple. You are his nephew and descendant. He can impeach you in front of the late emperor. Of course, Your Majesty can argue and explain. If other royal families participating in the ancestral temple support Your Majesty, it doesn't matter. But the problem is that more than half of the princes support the King of Qin now. I am very worried that Your Majesty will not be able to withstand it at that time!"

Zhu Yunwen's face turned red and white, and after a while he asked worriedly, "Well, does Ye Aiqing have any good solutions to solve this problem?"

Ye Tianming didn't say anything, with a little hesitation in his eyes. Zhu Yunwen saw it and immediately said: "Ye Aiqing, don't have any worries. As long as it can solve the problem, I can consider it."

Ye Tianming sighed and said slowly: "The suggestion of letting the vassal kings enter the capital was proposed by me. In fact, I had another idea at that time, which was to use the vassal kings to enter the capital to capture them all, demote them all to common people, and even give them a glass of poisonous wine to tell the world that the vassal kings wanted to rebel, so the problem of reducing the vassal kings would be easily solved."

Zhu Yunwen was shocked. He stared at Ye Tianming blankly. He had never had such thoughts before. Ye Tianming suddenly proposed them, which made him stunned for a moment. Ye Tianming knew that his suggestions were too radical. Zhu Yunwen could not accept them for a moment. Even if he accepted them, he had to discuss with his master. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's already late at night. I dare not disturb Your Majesty's rest."

"You go!" Zhu Yunwen waved tiredly.

Ye Tianming left, and Zhu Yunwen sat there motionlessly. The dim light pulled his figure very long, looking lonely and lonely. He sighed softly, took out a pencil from his arms, and gently stroked the name engraved on it: "Yun Wen". The beautiful handwriting still vividly reappeared. The past is pouring into his heart like flowing water. It has been five years, I wonder if she still remembers herself now?

"Your Majesty, it's already late at night. Please rest!" An eunuch reported in a low voice.

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and put the pencil carefully in his arms. He ordered: "Send someone to invite Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng immediately, and I will summon them."

Dozens of guards rode horses and rushed out of the palace, disappearing into the dark night. Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had already fallen asleep. They were woken up by their families and said that the emperor had an urgent matter. They didn't know what had happened and immediately put on their clothes and went to the palace to meet the saint.

In the inner palace of the imperial city, the master and disciple sat with candles. Zhu Yunwen expressed his urgent report of Ye Tianming just now with a serious expression. Both of them showed shocked expressions on their faces. They didn't know about this at all, and it was the King of Zhou who reported the news. Zhu Yunwen sighed and continued: "The King of Zhou's reports were probably their internal strife. I won't care about it for now. The key is how to calm this matter. Ye Shangpiao's astronomy was all over, and even gave him a glass of poisonous wine."

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng looked at each other, and they said in unison: "This matter must not be done!"

Huang Zicheng even stood up and said angrily: "Ye Tianming is really devastated. He actually came up with such a vicious idea to put Your Majesty in unjustice. Your Majesty has issued an edict to ensure the safety of the vassal kings. Everyone in the world knows that if you go back on your word, where is Your Majesty's benevolence? The kings are also your Majesty's uncle, but he advised Your Majesty to give him poisonous wine, so that His Majesty can bear the name of killing His Majesty and hurt the ethical principles. I feel very humiliated when I am in the same court with these people."

Seeing that his master severely criticized Ye Tianming, Zhu Yunwen quickly explained to Ye Tianming: "Master calm down. Shangshu Ye may be a little inadequate in his consideration, but he is also doing his best. But the way is wrong. Master, don't blame him too much."

Qi Tai successfully sowed the relationship between Ye Tianming and Li Weizheng and achieved his goal. He was not so mean to Ye Tianming. He interjected from the side: "Actually, Ye Tianming did not consider it carefully. If he poisoned the kings, what would their subordinates be? They would definitely rebel in groups, and countless blue jades were born in a while, and 50,000 or 60,000 personal soldiers in the capital. Once the trouble broke out, it would be difficult to deal with. Instead, it would increase the danger of Your Majesty. It is actually very simple to solve this matter. Your Majesty will not go to the ancestral temple the day after tomorrow. Let's see who they can impeach?"

"This..." Zhu Yunwen always felt inappropriate if he didn't go to the ancestral temple. He looked at Huang Zicheng again, but Huang Zicheng snorted and said high, "What are you afraid of? Your Majesty will go. Didn't they just use the thing that happened a few years ago? He said that Your Majesty is not a moral, but did Your Majesty do it? That woman was still around Li Weizheng in Liaodong. Your Majesty did nothing at all, so why should she be afraid of it? Just say that there is nothing to do. The only thing that wants to force the palace is the two kings of Qin and Jin. Your Majesty retorted with a legitimate rebuttal, so I don't believe it. They dare to force the palace with a fallacy in front of the spirit of the late emperor? Other kings may not support them. Instead, Your Majesty did not pay tribute to the late emperor and was caught by them. This is the best excuse for forced the palace. Maybe the King of Qin had this idea."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, Huang Zicheng's words reached his heart. He stood up resolutely and said, "The master's words are in line with my wishes. I decided to worship the former emperor in the ancestral temple with the kings the day after tomorrow."

Although Qi Tai next to him still felt that it was inappropriate, it was obvious that the emperor had made up his mind and he was anxious and had no choice.

The next morning, after attending the court meeting, everyone went back to the yamen. Qi Tai was worried. After he simply dealt with several urgent matters, he hurriedly left the imperial city and came to Li Weizheng's mansion in Liu Junshiqiao. The concierge informed him. After waiting for a while, the housekeeper came out and said that General Li had invited him and was waiting in the study. Although Li Weizheng did not come out to greet him in person, Qi Tai no longer cared about his inappropriate etiquette. He followed the housekeeper into the study. As soon as he entered the study, Li Weizheng greeted him in surprise, "Mr. Qi was full of worries. What happened?"

In fact, he certainly guessed why Qi Tai came. Even if Qi Tai didn't come, he would come to him. Like King Yan, he was of course worried that Zhu Yunwen would not be able to withstand in the end and really abdicated.

Qi Tai sighed and said, "What a big thing is coming soon, how can I not worry?"

"Don't be anxious, please sit down and talk slowly."

He asked Qi Tai to sit down and had someone give him another cup of tea. Qi Tai was unwilling to drink tea, so he anxiously told what happened last night, and finally said: "Huang Zicheng asked His Majesty to convince people with justice, argue with reason, and said that they would not go to worship, but instead let them catch the handle. I always felt that there was something wrong with it, but I couldn't say it. His Majesty accepted Huang Zicheng's advice and decided to go to the ancestral temple tomorrow. I was anxious, so I came to ask General Li for advice."

After hearing Huang Zicheng's reasons, Li Wei sneered: "It's really the words of corrupt scholars. During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin killed his brothers and forced his father to abdicate. But don't he have the Zhenguan rule, which is famous in history? The kings led troops to Beijing and tried to rebel. What's the harm in killing them by chance in the melee? Just modify the history books. It's really not possible. Then they will be granted one by one, and the posthumous titles such as their Crown Prince and Emperor XX. It's better to worry about the dead emperor than the living prince! And it shows the emperor's mind and demeanor. He doesn't care about the emperor's rebellion. As for the mobs they recruited, there were commanders from all over the place to watch, and were afraid that they would go to heaven?"

After hearing Li Weizheng's words, Qi Tai was stunned and thought that their father-in-law and son-in-law were really good. This man was even more cruel. He even thought of revising historical books. Although he did not agree, he dared not express his face. He could only laugh and continued: "It's too late to say these things now. The key is that the emperor will go to the ancestral temple to worship the former emperor tomorrow. Huang Zicheng insisted that the so-called unconventional matter was not true at all. As long as he was upright, he would not be afraid. Let the emperor argue with great justice. I don't know how to persuade the emperor."

Li Weizheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You are all gentlemen, full of strategies for governing the country and ensuring national stability, but they really don't understand conspiracies. Do you think the King of Qin will really attack that incident? You all know that the incident did not happen at all, don't he know? Even if the King of Qin is stupid, are the counselors around him stupid? He said this to put the emperor into the ancestral temple first, so that you think the matter is not big and can be dealt with. When the emperor enters the ancestral temple, that's not the case."

Qi Tai was stunned for a while, and then he stuttered: "But the emperor did not do anything that was ungrateful! Why did they impeach?"

"Why impeach?" Li Wei was staring at Qi Tai for a long time in disbelief. He couldn't help but laugh: "Master Qi actually said why I impeach you? Let me ask you, where are the various severe punishments and laws formulated by the late emperor? Which one has not been overturned by the iron case set by the late emperor? The late emperor imposed heavy taxes on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and said that it will never be changed. Has the emperor followed the orders of the late emperor? The emperor trampled on the late emperor's laws and orders and despised them again and again, and with so many support, isn't the King of Qin enough to force the palace?"

Qi Tai was already sweating profusely when he heard this. He slapped himself hard, turned around and left. Before he could walk out of the door, Li Weizheng smiled faintly and said, "But the Qin King's plan does not need to be a big fuss. Lord Qi just needs to use a little trick to make him unable to force the palace."

Qi Tai's foot was nailed to the door. He suddenly turned around, bowed deeply to Li Weizheng, and begged: "It's urgent, please give me advice."
Chapter completed!