It is said that the chief minister intended to transfer Shen Jianzhong to serve as the commander of the fourth rank of the Hujie Forbidden Army. However, because he failed to control his crotch, he hooked up with the concubine of a noble and unofficial official. After the incident, he was criticized by the unofficial official group. The impeachment almost cost him his life. In the end, the chief assistant thought that he was a talented person and spared his life. However, he also deprived him of his official position and transferred him to the newly established Zhaowu Camp as an instructor. , the original owner also had this master-disciple relationship with him.
Although Shen Jianzhong is very capable, he is also a drinker and a lustful person. After drinking some wine at the banquet, his attention was not so concentrated, and his mouth began to lose control. Ye Mingsheng took this opportunity to deliberately I accidentally got some information from him.
Collecting this information, Ye Mingsheng further confirmed his suspicion. Whether it was Wang Kangxin's plan or Liu Shilin's plan, it was really the Supervision Department who was behind the instructions. The root of all this was because of the people above the Great Zhou Dynasty. Party strife!
As the "Jinyiwei" of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Supervision Department is the emperor's eagle dog in name. It is responsible for supervising officials and foreign enemies, guarding the imperial power, and maintaining the rule of the court.
However, when the late Emperor Jingdi was seriously ill, Prince Jiang Song rebelled and was suppressed and executed by Shangguan Hongyuan, who was the commander of the Shenwu Forbidden Army at the time. With the guarantee of force, Hua Concubine was also the son of Shangguan Hongyuan's cousin Lin Yun. Jiang Rui, who was only two years old, was established as the prince.
After Emperor Jing died of illness, Jiang Rui ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He was Emperor Hui of Zhou, with the title of Anhe. Shangguan Hongyuan was appointed Minister of Gu Ming, Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army, and controlled the military power of the Forbidden Army. Lin Shize was the chief assistant of the cabinet. Later, due to Lin Shize's age, After growing up, he resigned from the position of chief auxiliary due to lack of energy. Shangguan Hongyuan took over the position of chief auxiliary as a military attache and became the head of the hundred officials.
Because the emperor was young, the power basically fell into the hands of the chief assistant, Shangguan Hongyuan. Therefore, the Supervision Department, which was supposed to be the emperor's eagle dog, also took refuge in Shangguan Hongyuan, specifically helping the chief assistant to do what he wanted to do, but couldn't. Do things on the surface!
And what does Lord Shangguan Hongyuan, who was born as a military general, holds military power and has been the chief minister for nearly ten years, want?
Although Shangguan Hongyuan has never publicly expressed his ambitions, everyone in the civil and military dynasties knows very well that what he wants is the throne!
If it weren't for the King of Qin who controlled Yongliang, Zhao Fuqu of Youyan, Song Wenhui of Liaoyang and other local vassal towns, and the constraints of Lin Shize, the former chief minister of the cabinet, etc., Shangguan Hongyuan would have long since seized the throne from his nephew and claimed the throne on his own. Emperor!
Although Shangguan Hongyuan never sat on the throne due to the obstruction of local vassals and court officials, he never gave up his ambition and kept overcoming obstacles and moving in this direction!
And if you want the throne, you not only need real hard power, but also some invisible, intangible, but real soft power, such as people's hearts!
If you want people to support you as the emperor, the most important thing is that you have prestige. As a military warrior, and still firmly controls the military power, what else can you do than open up and expand the territory of the country? Can it enhance prestige more?
Doesn’t Zhenyuan Marquis Xu Zhaojie know what his boss is thinking?
Doesn't he know that the tens of thousands of his brothers in the forbidden army want to destroy the palace capital and reward them for their merits, so as to gain glory and wealth?
The answer is naturally no. Xu Zhaojie is not a fool, how could he not know this!
Then why did he pretend to be ignorant and strictly ordered his soldiers not to clash with the palace army?
The reason is not that King Li Zaiyuan of Gongdu bribed him with so much gold and silver, beautiful women, as a noble of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how could Xu Zhaojie lack such money and these women.
The real reason is that although Xu Zhaojie is under the command of Shangguan Hongyuan, he is a member of the noble family. The family has been hereditary Zhenyuan for five generations. A weak emperor like now is the best for nobles like them. However, nobles like them hold almost unlimited power, and can almost be said to share the world equally with the emperor!
Although the current chief assistant, Shangguan Hongyuan, was also born in a noble family, and his family was hereditary as Duke An Guo, so he was a member of the noble family. However, he was a man of great talent and military prowess, and he was recognized by the world as a tycoon of his generation!
Let me ask, if such a tycoon becomes the emperor, will he tolerate the noble families under his rule and equal their power with him?
There is no doubt that once Shangguan Hongyuan becomes the emperor, the first thing he will do is to slash the knife at the noble family!
Therefore, in order to prevent Shangguan Hongyuan from becoming emperor as he wished, Xu Zhaojie did not want to destroy the Gongdu Kingdom and increase Shangguan Hongyuan's prestige.
Lord Shangguan Hongyuan, who was far away in the capital, must have understood this little thought in Xu Zhaojie's mind. However, due to his reputation, he could not directly give Xu Zhaojie an order to destroy the Gongdu Kingdom.
After all, the Gongdu Kingdom was only a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it had never lacked the rituals of pilgrimage to the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he did this, even if he really destroyed the Gongdu Kingdom and increased his prestige in the court by expanding his territory, It will also fall into the infamy of being a traitor and murdering the blood alliance. In fact, this is not a big deal in the first place. It is just a small country. If it is destroyed, it will be destroyed!
But the crux of the problem is that most of the noble families who stand on the opposite side of Shangguan Hongyuan control the world's public opinion. Once they are caught, they will definitely make a fuss and lead public opinion to attack Shangguan Hongyuan, and a man who wants to do The emperor's hero naturally paid great attention to his own reputation. Shangguan Hongyuan didn't want to catch the fox but make him look embarrassed...
So if you want prestige but don’t want to be infamy, what would Lord Shangguan Hongyuan do?
There was only one option left, which was to secretly order his Eagle Dog Supervision Department to take some action in the palace, forcing Xu Zhaojie to choose to destroy the palace.
As for why Shen Jianzhong appeared in the palace capital and made such a plan with Liu Shilin, the reason is very simple!
Jin Yingquan, the current governor of the Liaoyang Supervision Department, is almost 60 this year. If nothing else, he will retire this year. When he retires, the position of governor of the town will naturally become vacant. This position was originally occupied. As expected, his subordinate Qianhu Wang Zhongsen took over.
But what Wang Zhongsen never expected was that Cheng Yaojin came out halfway. Shen Jianzhong, who had been dormant in the Supervision Department for several years, was eyeing the "dinner on the plate" that he thought he was bound to win.
