It was very easy for Hanlin to 'handle' it. The emperor followed Liu Dang's suggestion, wrote a personal edict, sentenced him to death, and escorted him to the capital for execution.
Wan Heshun felt as if he had been slapped, and his face was still burning. Although this is just the beginning, once the impeachment reaches the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing and the Metropolitan Procuratorate... the consequences will be quite dire.
He would never tolerate others dominating his own territory, and this little incident completely aroused the prince's anger. Liu Zhennian controls the emperor, and if he wants to overthrow him in one fell swoop, he must rely on Lu Fangxuan's tens of thousands of soldiers.
Wan Heshun hinted at him more than once, but Lu Fangxuan ignored him and seemed too passive, which greatly disgusted him. However, the recent removal of extremists like Qi Zi may be an opportunity.
He figured it out as soon as he patted his head. In order to avoid Liu Dang's eyes and ears, he called the servants around him and whispered: "I have some official documents that need to be approved by the palace. You take them out. If no one suspects them, I will Go straight to Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Then teach Hu Qi to send people to Yue Mansion to discuss the secret matter of clearing out the traitorous officials... You have been with me for many years, you should understand what this means."
The slave nodded without thinking.
"Go." Wan Heshun waved his hand, and the servant retreated out of the hall.
At this moment, Hu Qi was sitting in the official office doing business as usual, and unexpectedly saw the news that Wang Hanlin was escorting the capital. There was no one around him, so he sighed: "Wang Hanlin usually doesn't know how to be careful. He took the money and got people to catch him. This person is usually easy to get along with, but it's a pity that he is trapped in a party dispute!"
At this point, when he saw the scribe coming with the servants of Wanjia, he stood up quickly and asked, "Scribe, why don't you tell me that you know?"
The servant didn't wait for the scribe to reply. He walked up to Hu Qi with a smile and bowed: "We have something important to discuss, so I urged the scribe a few words. I hope I won't blame him."
"Okay," Hu Qi motioned for the scribe to go out and grab the slave, "What orders does King Wanjun have?"
The servant was afraid that he could not hear clearly, so he said word by word: "The prince wants to ask Lu Fangxuan to work together to clear the king's side and eradicate the traitors."
"What?" Hu Qi, who had always been calm, was taken aback.
"Qingjun's side." The slave repeated again.
Hu Qi originally wanted to discuss it further, but unfortunately Prince Wan was not around and could not explain to him. He walked around the room a few times, calmed down, and then patted the slave on the shoulder: "I don't think well of this matter. Ah, Why don't you take me to the prince, and I can remonstrate with him face to face."
The servant took two steps back, bent down and saluted: "It's really not possible, my lord! If you don't obey the order, it will be suspected of disobedience, so you'd better not go back."
Hu Qi turned around and said twice, "Okay, I'll do it."
The scribe was led by Zheng Shiyan to Lu Fangxuan's outer study. After meeting Lu Fangxuan, they exchanged a few words and then got back to the topic: "Have you heard that Wang Hanlin is going to solve the capital's problem?"
Lu Fangxuan immediately became serious: "I thought I would be dismissed from office, but how could it lead to such a mess?"
"No, it's still Liu..." The servant made a strange look on his face and didn't dare to continue.
"Did Prince Wanjun not respond? I remember that he was a little angry after everyone left."
The servant saw that he had answered the question and knew that he had succeeded, so he replied with a smile: "Of course. The prince is worried about the people and the country. Who is not angry with the people with lofty ideals in the country?"
"What does the prince want from me?" Lu Fangxuan asked.
The conversation became more and more interesting, and the servant did not shy away from it and spoke out boldly: "Qingjun is on your side."
Lu Fangxuan trembled slightly, then stroked his beard and shook his head frequently.
"Lord Lu, your lips are dead and your teeth are cold. This is a solid principle from ancient times to the present. If you kill an Hanlin now and a minister later, you will definitely behead the Yue Mansion in the future. You don't know it." The slave said.
Lu Fangxuan then showed a smile: "You are a smart slave. I will report back to your master, and I am willing to do this righteous deed."
At the critical moment, the two men's opinions were surprisingly consistent. They may have truly put aside their old grudges, making this alliance more solid.
But there's no rush, they still have to decide on a date. During the short leisure time after the court ended, the two had several secret conversations, but they never attracted Liu Dang's attention. Finally, the date was set at four days later, and a comprehensive plan was decided: in the morning, Lu Fangxuan went to inspect the camp outside the city; at the end of noon, troops from all the palaces were mobilized; at the beginning of the night, the guards in the palace were mobilized. Soldiers, officers and soldiers on the city; until the beginning of the Haishi period, they led troops into the mansion, pretending to be imperial edicts, and killed the national traitors; at the beginning of Zichu, they cleaned up the mess, calmed the morale of the army, and dealt with the Liu Party members.
Lu Fangxuan returned home, and Zheng Shiyan came out to greet him. The two of them walked into the house, and the servant turned on the lamp.
"Wan Heshun asked me to wait outside the city," Lu Fangxuan took off his brocade robe, "waiting for him to raise fire in the city."
Zheng Shiyan did not realize that he meant to complain, but instead agreed deeply: "Most of our troops are stationed outside the city. In the name of inspection, wouldn't it be good for you to mobilize and attack from both inside and outside at night?"
Lu Fangxuan plucked off a beard angrily: "Commander Zheng, you think of Wan Heshun too simply. Don't forget that there are still many people left in our city. If he betrays his trust, locks the door, and plots against me, It is probably as easy as snapping a finger to take away my soldiers for a serious crime. The emperor is in his palace, he can do whatever he wants, but not only have I failed, my life may be at stake at any time!"
"He said 'lips and teeth', but what he actually meant was 'life or death'. Don't blame me for being careless. People don't change easily. I can see through him, so I have been fighting with him for twenty or thirty years. At a disadvantage." Lu Fangxuan explained to Zheng Shiyan.
"Then you promise him..."
"I want to take a pre-emptive strike! What you do..." After the instructions, Zheng Shiyan was stunned, but Lu Fangxuan let out a ferocious laugh.
Wan Heshun was walking leisurely in the garden, and he felt very happy when he thought of Liu Zhennian kneeling in front of him, disheveled and crying. When such an old enemy fell, another one had to be buried in the pit.
He smiled widely until he saw someone standing under the corridor. The man shivered and shivered, looking straight at him.
The eyes were very familiar, and the dark eyes were full of expectation.
"Wei Chong?" Wan Heshun blurted out.
The man rubbed his face, jumped off the corridor, and bowed respectfully in front of Wan Heshun.
"Wan...Wan Junwang!" Wei Chong cried.
"Dang Liu has more than a dozen pairs of eyes here. Keep your voice down." Wan Heshun pointed to the left and right and said.
"Prince, why didn't you help me before?" Wei Chong wiped the tears on his cheeks, "Let Ye Yongjia seize power! Now I don't have enough food to eat, not enough money to spend, and I am still being ridiculed every day. I am as humble as a dog." ah!"
He didn't respond, but thought in his heart: 'In the past, this man had both sides, and was very hateful; now if you want to kill two birds with one stone, he might be of some use again...'
Wan Heshun smiled slightly, and that kind smile came to his face again.
