At this time, there were only King Pingxi, Ling Juan, Jin Lao, Zhengchuan, Chai Rong and another general in King Pingxi's tent.
After Nie Chen came in, he led everyone to sit down and asked with a smile,
"What's so urgent?"
King Pingxi did not speak, but nodded slightly. The guards outside the door immediately lowered the thick curtain of the tent.
"Send the order, no one is allowed to come close within a hundred steps of the big tent!"
"As you command!"
Seeing King Pingxi being so serious and treating him seriously, everyone on Nie Chen's side also became serious.
It seems that this matter is really not a small matter.
King Pingxi ordered people to light candle lamps. In winter, it gets dark early. After the curtains are lowered, there is not much light in the room.
Nie Chen frowned and said,
"What's going on? What happened in the capital?"
King Pingxi remained silent, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Nie Chen, saying,
"Let's take a look. The news just came from the capital. I guess you will receive it soon. I will receive it earlier."
Hearing this, Nie Chen took the note and looked at it in the candlelight.
Suddenly, Nie Chen's expression changed drastically, his pupils trembled, he stood up suddenly and said,
"How dare King Zhennan?!"
…
five days ago.
Beijing.
Zhennan King's army camp.
"Reporting to your lord, King Anton has left the capital last night, and King Pingxi and King Jingshan have also left."
A spy entered the tent, knelt on one knee and reported.
"I know, please go down."
"As you command!"
The lady beside King Zhennan asked,
"Your Majesty, the other three have left. When are we leaving?"
"Leave? Who said we were leaving?"
Zhennan Wang Mingxuan said with a wicked smile on his lips.
"Huh? Why are we staying here if we don't leave?"
The lady was surprised.
King Zhennan smiled slightly, looked at a counselor not far away, and asked,
"Mr. Fang, what do you think about this matter?"
The counselor known as Mr. Fang was the one who went to the banquet with King Zhennan last night.
Mr. Fang said leisurely,
"Your Majesty, your Majesty went too far this time to deceive others. This move can be described as a conspiracy.
In the name of the emperor, the kings were ordered to hand over to him an army of two hundred thousand troops each.
If the kings surrender, the emperor will have more troops than any of the four kings.
He only needs to replace a large number of generals in the army and install cronies. Within half a year, he will be able to fully control these armies, and then defeat the kings one by one and take control of the world again.
If the kings do not interact with each other, they will inevitably be accused of disobeying the holy will, supporting the soldiers to respect themselves, and intending to rebel. At that time, not only will they lose the support of the people, but the soldiers under their command will also become alienated and complain.
This is a conspiracy, an unsolvable conspiracy. "
"Oh? Is there really no solution? I don't think so, right?"
King Zhennan smiled.
Mr. Fang understood deeply. He knew that King Zhennan did not want to say these words himself, but wanted him to say them.
If the King of Zhennan had not thought about and prepared, might he have brought 80,000 troops to Beijing when other kings only brought 20,000 troops?
Mr. Fang smiled and said,
"My lord, there is only one way to break this plan."
"If there is any way, Mr. Fang, please come quickly."
"proclaim oneself emperor!"
Mr. Fang said directly.
King Zhennan shook his head and said,
"This king is Dafeng Zhongliang, how can I claim the title of emperor? This is a crime of disobedience and rebellion."
"My lord, there are no outsiders here. If you have anything to say, my subordinates will just say it.
For the current plan, if the kings do nothing, they can only watch themselves being disintegrated bit by bit. Rebellion will be a matter of time, they just need a leader.
If you proclaim yourself emperor, you will have legitimacy, and the soldiers under your command will no longer be the armies of the vassal king, but the royal divisions of the empire.
In this way, there is no need to worry about the soldiers being disloyal.
And you don’t need to worry about the opinions of the other three kings. Think about it, the emperor has no power, and the kings have their own troops. Who doesn’t want to be the emperor?
Are they just willing to have an emperor pressing down on their heads, leaving them with an empty throne? To be an uncrowned king with no real name?
None of them claimed to be emperor, they just didn't want to be the one who stood out.
If they don't want to be the king, then you must dare to be the first to become emperor.
As a result, the other three kings will definitely respond and proclaim themselves emperors. When the time comes, who will be willing to stand up for the Feng Kingdom royal family? "
Zhennan Wang Youyou said,
"What Mr. Fang said is reasonable, but if I take the lead in proclaiming myself emperor, I'm afraid I won't be able to wash away my reputation as a rebel."
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Who said we are going to rebel?"
"Oh? If you don't rebel, the emperor will not die. If I proclaim myself emperor, then I will be able to prove my reputation as a rebel. The emperor ascends to the top and orders the whole country to be diligent. I can't stop other companies from joining forces."
"No, no, no, the prince and the emperor must die, and the capital must be captured. Only by winning the capital can we be justified in proclaiming ourselves emperor.
Of course, we cannot directly say that we killed the emperor. Imperial power is supreme. How could the emperor be at fault? How could the emperor just kill him at his word?
Don't forget, you will be the emperor in the future, so of course you cannot do anything that undermines the imperial power.
First of all, we need to release the news, saying that there are treacherous ministers in the court, the right prime minister Tong Yuan and the general Sima Luan, who are deceiving Your Majesty, sowing discord between the emperor and the kings, and trying to gather military power with the intention of rebellion.
After the news spread, we, under the guise of the Qing emperor slaying the sycophant, rushed into the capital, killed the right minister and the general as quickly as possible, entered the palace, and killed all the royal family members.
Then, we announced to the outside world that Tong Yuan and Sima Luan were bent on rebellion and killed the emperor and everyone in the royal family before our army could rescue the emperor.
In this way, the crime of killing the emperor will be placed on their heads, and we are the righteous soldiers who avenge His Majesty.
Then, we pretend to look for the surviving royal family for a while. If we can't find it, we will have no choice but to proclaim ourselves emperor.
After all, a country cannot live without a king for a day. If we occupy the capital, we also occupy the great righteousness.
In this way, it can be justified.
At that time, all the kings will definitely respond one after another and proclaim themselves emperors. After that, they will fight on their own. Da Feng will perish and all the kings will proclaim themselves emperor. How many of the Lao Feng people are willing to avenge the royal family?
As long as the kings respond, it is enough. Your Majesty, you have done something they wanted to do but did not dare to do, but they still want to thank you. "
Hearing this, King Zhennan laughed loudly and said,
"What a clever idea, let's do it like this. However, I heard that Nie Chen of Weihu County has a sixth prince in his hands. It is not difficult for us to kill the royal family.
But what should Nie Chen do if he takes the opportunity to make the Sixth Prince emperor and oppose us? "
