The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was perfect. The only problem now was to judge his brother's condition.
So Zhu Qizhen ordered: "Call your colleagues in."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Lang hurriedly came out of the palace to help his colleagues in.
After Tong Yin finished the ceremony, Zhu Qizhen couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Tong, have Chen Xiang and Wu Qinghou told you what I want to ask?"
"Yes, yesterday was an auspicious day, and the old man had already made a prediction."
"Oh? How about the hexagram?"
"It's a good omen to return to Your Majesty. I already calculated three years ago that Your Majesty will return to the capital in the autumn, and will be restored to power in the autumn."
Zhu Qizhen asked doubtfully: "But July is still considered summer, right?"
The colleague smiled and said: "I inferred from the hexagrams yesterday that although I am seriously ill today, I can still manage. It will be after September that the condition will deteriorate to an irreversible level.
Therefore, there is no need to bear the name of killing the emperor. Even if we succeed in seizing the throne, we only need to properly place the emperor until the end of his life. When the autumn is clear, it will not be too late for His Majesty to restore the throne. "
Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Sir's words are very good. In this way, everything is right. As expected, I should return to Beijing in the autumn and restore the throne in the autumn.
Has Marquis Wu Qing prepared everything properly? "
Tongyin replied: "Your Majesty, everything is ready. On the day of the banquet for the vassal king, Wu Qinghou raised his troops and led the Beijing camp army to attack the capital from Chaoyang Gate.
Then the troops were divided into three groups, one to surround Lao Qi's palace, one to support the imperial city, and one to seize Xizhimen and Deshengmen to prevent the emperor's reinforcements from entering the city. "
Zhu Qizhen shook his head: "It doesn't have to be like this. Wu Qinghou can lead the Beijing army in two groups, attack the Lao Qi Palace on the Qingjun side, and seize Xizhimen, Deshengmen, and Fuchengmen to block the emperor's reinforcements.
In the imperial city, there were at least 10,000 servants led by Cao Qin, Wu Jin and others, plus the vassal king's guards. Together with most of the royal guards, it is enough to control the palace.
You tell Marquis Wu Qing not to disturb the people, not to kill officials, all for the purpose of capturing the emperor alive and controlling the capital.
In particular, you must not kill the king in public, otherwise it will be self-destruction, and even I can't help you. "
Colleagues quickly agreed.
Zhu Qizhen also promised: "When things come to pass, I will confer the title of Duke of Loyalty to the Marquis of Wu Qing. The other generals will be promoted to one level if they have no titles, and those who have titles will be promoted."
I will not hesitate to reward all the meritorious soldiers. "
When colleagues heard this, they quickly kowtowed to thank Shi Heng.
The two sides discussed many details before the colleagues bowed and resigned.
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But she said that Mrs. Wu's personal maid, Xiang, was given the title of Mrs. Rongshan by the Jin Dynasty today, and she was really overjoyed.
After lunch, Mrs. Xiang left the palace and came to the ceremonial room.
The etiquette room is located in the west of the palace, next to Dong'an Gate. It is a place set up by the inner court to teach the palace residents etiquette.
Now it is used to house the show girls who come to Beijing to be selected.
And Emperor Gongrang's nanny, Lady Zuosheng, was sent to manage these beautiful women.
Mrs. Xiang came to Mr. Li's room and gave a gentle salute with a smile.
Li asked curiously: "You little girl, you climbed up a high branch and your wings became hard. Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"
Xiang said with a smile: "My servant was granted the title of Mrs. Rongshan by the Emperor today. You are the first-grade Mrs. Gaoming, and I am the second-grade Mrs. Gaoming."
I respect you the most in my heart, but the court system is not good or bad. "
Mrs. Li smiled and said: "That is indeed a happy event. Now that even a little girl like you has become successful, she is really a formidable person."
Xiang came close to Li and explained the emperor's edict and the fact that Princess Qi was going to entertain the beautiful ladies at a banquet.
Mrs. Li nodded and ordered her maids to summon all the beautiful ladies to the courtyard.
These show girls, a total of 300 people, are all the best selected from each province.
Originally, these women were somewhat arrogant, but now that they are about to become the emperor's women, they are all big-eyed and empty-hearted.
If it weren't for Li's first-grade imperial edict, he really wouldn't be able to suppress them.
Even Li Shi could only barely suppress it.
Even Mrs. Xiang couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it. These things only have a good skin, and they are far worse than their own princesses.
Just listen to Li shouting loudly: "Your Majesty has spoken, and you will kneel down to accept it."
The show girls then knelt down and cheered.
Mrs. Li thought: "I am sick, and human life is difficult. If you enter the palace and become a concubine, you will only waste your years. Your loyalty to the emperor and the sincerity of the saint are appreciated by my heart.
You can receive a hundred taels of silver and ten pieces of brocade, and then go home. "
When the girls heard this, they immediately exploded. What do you call this? After careful management and screening, we finally broke out of the siege and came to the capital. We finally had the opportunity to be the emperor's woman. You want us to go back now?
The most well-established among these women was a distant relative of the Sun family.
The Sun daughter immediately stood up and asked: "May I ask, madam, does His Majesty's oral order force us to leave, or is it our voluntary choice?"
Li replied with great certainty: "It is a voluntary choice. In addition, the Princess of Qi wants to show her kindness to the landlord, so she ordered me to tell you that the Princess will hold a banquet at the Prince of Qi's Mansion the day after tomorrow to entertain everyone."
After hearing this, Mrs. Sun asked again: "As the saying goes, there is no good banquet. Is there any rule that Princess Qi must attend this banquet?"
Li Shi was respectful to the emperor, so naturally she would not speak for Princess Qi. Even if she provoked her with a cold face: "It's up to you whether you want to go or not. Princess Qi just wants to check for the emperor. If you go, if you can Being favored by Princess Qi will naturally bring countless benefits."
Mrs. Sun snorted coldly: "We were selected by the imperial court, and naturally the Ministry of Rites will preside over the re-selection. How can we give and receive privately?
Please forgive me for my inconvenience. I won't be able to go there the day after tomorrow. "
Normally speaking, among these three hundred people, fifty women should be selected to become emperors, one of whom would be the queen and two of them the concubines.
But this time the etiquette department worked very hard and had to choose the first queen, the second imperial concubine, the fourth imperial concubine, and the sixteenth imperial concubine.
The reason why the Ministry of Rites was so radical was because it was forced by the emperor.
The emperor forcibly snatched the title of twelve imperial concubines for his favorite concubines, and there were also three concubines of Qi.
If the Ministry of Rites is not more radical, except for the selected queen, the remaining women will not be enough to be seen in front of the emperor's favorite concubine, so how can they compete for favor.
But this leads to a serious problem. Therefore, the three hundred beautiful ladies are all very ambitious. After all, everyone has the possibility to become a queen.
Even if you can't become a queen, it would be great to become an imperial concubine. An imperial concubine is also a king. Although she can't be a mother in the world, she can still look down on other females.
Especially the Sun family in front of me has already been confirmed. Being a queen was definitely out of the question, but the position of imperial concubine was completely out of the question.
Therefore, in Sun's view, she is more noble than the so-called Princess Qi, so naturally she does not need to give face. Does the majestic concubine still need to rush to accept the power of a mere princess?
The other ladies had the same idea, and with Sun's encouragement, they all rejected Princess Qi's invitation.
Li and Xiang were secretly happy that the emperor and his beloved concubines were deflated, which was a beautiful thing that they loved to see. So the two dismissed the beautiful ladies, and Xiang happily went back to send someone to revive her.
But he said that his colleagues returned to the house and recounted the process of meeting the king in detail to Shi Heng and Shi Biao.
Shi Heng immediately ordered Shi Biao to write to the emperor, requesting the transfer of Beijing troops to Shanxi to suppress the civil uprising.
June 24th, early morning.
When Zhu Qiyu got Shi Biao's memorial, he immediately became happy: "This Shi Biao is so cooperative. I just transferred the Beijing army back from Datong, and he had to transfer back again in the blink of an eye.
Okay, I will comply with his wish and order the Beijing army in Tongzhou to perform martial arts outside Chaoyang Gate on the first day of July. After I have entertained the vassal kings, I will go to Chaoyang Gate for a military parade.
After the military parade, Shi Biao could take the Beijing army to Datong and take office. "
After Su Xi finished writing the edict, she immediately started to complain again: "Husband, look at it, those beautiful girls not only don't give us face, but they also bury us and make us worthless. All the talk about enchanting concubines is harmful to the country." Out."
"Okay, okay, what are you trying to do with these stupid women? They don't have a few days to live anyway, so let them go."
Su Xi nodded and replied: "The British Duke has already taken the King of Xiwu to Beijing, and King Su has also arrived. Now we are left with the King of Shu who has the furthest distance.
According to the report from Jin Yiwei, the King of Shu could only reach the capital in three days at most.
Also, when King Su came to Beijing, he brought 500 horses as a gift to his husband. The Nu family has already assigned the horses to Yingzhou Guards.
Please tell me how to return the gift. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Change Zhuang Langwei back to Ganzhou left guard, and re-split Ganzhou right guard from Ganzhou forward guard and Ganzhou defender.
Return all the Ganzhou left guard and Ganzhou right guard to King Su, plus the Ganzhou middle guard that he originally retained, a total of three guards, and give him a new set of guards. This gift must be generous enough. "
Su Xi replied: "My husband's structure is really big, with a bodyguard of 5,000 people, plus more than 10,000 troops.
The three guards combined can form a total of 50,000 elite troops. I'm embarrassed that my husband really dared to hand over so many troops to King Su. If it had been replaced by Emperor Xuanmiao or Emperor Gongrang, he would have been so scared that he couldn't sleep. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "King Su is just a special case. He has to do this in order to control the Hexi Corridor and the Hetao Plain.
Other vassal kings do not have such good treatment. I can't let each vassal king have an army of 50,000, so that we don't have to live. "
(End of chapter)
