When the news that the crown prince had pacified King Zhao and led a large army into Tongzhou to rest and recuperate reached the capital, Zhu Zhanji knew that he could no longer prevent the crown prince from ascending the throne. otbnkotgt The details of the crown prince's fall to King Zhao also spread to the capital, which undoubtedly sounded the alarm for His Royal Highness the Taisun, his seemingly weak and honest father, who still has the blood of the old Zhu family in his bones, but the imperial grandfather was alive before and had to hide it, and now the imperial grandfather has died.
There is no one to protect himself, if he still can't see the situation clearly, and he has to work against the prince, I'm afraid that in the end he won't even be able to keep the position of the prince Therefore, for the sake of today's plan, we should go to Tongzhou as soon as possible to meet the prince, and the sooner the better Click, Taisun smashed a few Yuan Qinghua vases a lot of times, it is one thing to understand, but to accept it, it is another thing "Why, why" Zhu Zhanji roared: "The person who passed on the throne to the imperial grandfather is obviously me, but I have to give it up" "Because His Highness is not strong enough."
Hu Wei stood aside, looked at the grandson with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "Your Highness knows that you are not the opponent of the crown prince, or even Wang Xian, so Your Highness does not dare to take out the edict."
After a pause, Hu Qi said slowly: "The edict that can't be taken out is equivalent to no edict." ” "I know, I know, but I'm just unwilling" Zhu Zhanji pounded his chest heavily and said with a painful expression.
"Then Your Highness will turn this unwillingness into a driving force for self-improvement."
Hu Qi said in a deep voice: "The sooner you are strong, the sooner you will show your edict."
Zhu Zhanji still looked pained, but nodded slightly.
"Eliminating the unhappiness between you and the prince is the first step for Your Highness to improve yourself," Hu Hao looked at the grandson and said softly: "After all, you are not the prince yet" Zhu Zhanji seemed to have been struck by thunder, and then realized that he was only the grandson of the first emperor, and after his father became the emperor, would he make himself the crown prince Although Zhu Zhanji did not believe that the prince would risk the disapproval of the world, but before the day of canonization, things will always be variable, and the second brother Zhu Zhanjun has always been by his father's side, far more pleasing to his father than his eldest brother Zhu Zhanji can even imagine that even if he can become the crown prince, after his father ascends the throne, he will follow the methods of the first emperor and suppress himself by supporting Zhu Zhanjun If he wants not to be as aggrieved as his father, in addition to making himself strong as soon as possible, he must also reduce his father's bad feelings towards him Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji was irritable again, waved his hand and smashed the remaining blue and white porcelain vase to the ground, stood up suddenly, and said in a rough voice: "Prepare for driving, I want to go to Tongzhou."
Hu Hao's face still had no expression.
His Royal Highness the Taisun decided to go to Tongzhou to greet the prince, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief, lest there be any conflict between the father and son, who have never been harmonious, although the face of the old Zhu family has been lost, but everyone is really fed up with the days of fear and fear, and they can't hurry back to the peaceful world.
"His Royal Highness Taisun has already led all the ministers and cabinet scholars to set off," Wang Xian's mansion, Chen Wu lowered his head, as if he was very afraid, and respectfully reported to Wang Xian: "There must be important ministers in the capital, Your Highness said, please ask the marquis." ” Wang Xian was dressed in plain clothes, his expression was calm, and he nodded when he heard the words: "There is Lao Chen's father-in-law to reply for the minister, please let His Highness just go, and the capital will be handed over to the minister." ” "In this case, the minion hurried to reply."
Chen Wu nodded and stepped back.
"Hou Ye said goodbye."
"Send my father-in-law for me."
Wang Xian glanced at Dai Hua, and Dai Hua sent Chen Wu out in response.
After Chen Wu left, Wu Wei snorted coldly and said: "Taisun guards against thieves and generally guards against adults, my lord, this can be regarded as the bright moon shining on the ditch."
"Hehe," Wang Xian looked at Wu Wei with a smile, shook his head and said: "Whoever changes will guard against me, and it is already a great trust that Taisun can hand over the capital to me." ” "He knew that the adults had missed the opportunity to rebel."
Wu Wei said with a dark face: "That's why I can rest assured." ” "You're still so upright."
Wang Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "To tell you the truth, I have seriously considered it these days, but I can't see the odds at all.
Wang Xian stood up as he spoke, stood at the door with his hands behind his back, looked at the swaying lotus pond outside, and said in a low voice: "The hearts of the people are in the prince, not in Jianwen, and not in me." ” Hearing Wang Xian say this, Wu Wei's resentment diluted a lot, and he sighed for a long time and said, "Then what will we do in the future?"
"Let's go" Wang Xian touched his nose and said with a faint smile: "Don't worry in a few years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't do without us." ” "What about a few years later," Wu Wei asked.
"A few years later" Wang Xian's eyes gradually became hazy, and he said in a low voice: "Who is right" History has been completely disrupted by him, Zhu Di died early, and the prince's reign is destined to be extended, but he can't say how long it can be.
"My lord, we won't really get to the end of the mountain," Wu Wei asked softly.
Wang Xian was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head and said, "No, definitely not."
The scorching sun of midsummer scorched the hot steaming of the land of North China, and on such days, people have always hidden in the shade, waiting until the sun sets in the west, and the heat dissipates before coming out to move.
Today, however, on the official road from Beijing to Tongzhou, which is 40 miles away, is crowded with people, and more than 100,000 forbidden troops from the upper guards are fully armed, and they are lined up in strict formations along the wide official road with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.
The soldiers were armed with knives and guns, and let their sweat soak their bodies, still not moving in the scorching sun The princes and nobles in the capital, large and small officials, even went out to follow His Royal Highness Taisun in the direction of Tongzhou.
Although the ground was padded with loess and sprinkled with water in the morning, the scorching sun baked, the water vapor had already steamed away, and the official road returned to its dusty old appearance, and the dust and sweat and the official uniforms of the king's ministers were dirty, drenched, and clinging to the body.
From time to time, an elderly person fainted from heat stroke and fell to the ground, but just like that, no one still said a word of annoyance, everyone gritted their teeth and moved their legs forward desperately, and no one dared to be absent from the ceremony to greet His Royal Highness the Prince.
Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been considerate of his subordinates, and when he heard that the prince led hundreds of officials in Beijing to meet him on foot, he couldn't bear the ministers to be too tired, so he hurriedly ordered them to take a sedan chair to go.
The ministers were naturally grateful, but none of them complied with the order to get into the car, and they all chose to walk.
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent, he must focus on performance at this time as a courtier, and the truth that many people are not to blame is universal.
In this way, after walking for more than 20 miles, it was almost noon, and there were already dozens of officials suffering from heat stroke, and the remaining civil officials also felt that they were about to be unable to support it, and suddenly listened to the cheers in front of them, and the officials raised their heads blankly, wiped the sweat on their eyelids, and saw that there was a large army rumbling in the distance.
At this time, a general galloped over and reported to His Royal Highness the Grand Sun: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sympathetic to His Royal Highness and the ministers, and orders the army to drive out His Royal Highness and all the lords in advance, and you can wait in this place."
"The retainers obeyed."
Although Zhu Zhanji was young and strong, he also felt that he was about to collapse, and he staggered to his feet when he heard the words.
The hundred officials behind him couldn't hold it anymore, although they no longer moved forward, but they stood there and staggered, many people sat on the ground, and then quickly got up again, gritting their teeth and waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince.
This kind of waiting, that is, for a whole hour, His Royal Highness the Prince's army is too much, after thousands of cavalry holding golden locks, sleeping melons, broadswords, and halberds, there are teams of infantry, these armies with different banners and military uniforms are also a little different, Zhu Zhanji and others are dazzled by Zhu Zhanji and others, and many people are even more frightened, although they have long known that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gathered more than 400,000 Qinwang troops under his command now, but only when you see it with your own eyes, you will truly understand how huge and invincible this is Looking at this army that flaunts its might and does not see the beginning and the end, Zhu Zhanji has mixed feelings in his heart, both a little fearful and a little lucky, fortunately he did not rashly show the edict but thought about it, if the edict is revealed, it is a pity that these armies will belong to him There is no way to verify it, so he can only secretly speculate It wasn't until after noon, when there were almost 100,000 troops, the crumbling princes and ministers, saw five hundred brocade-clothed guards escorting an eight-horse chariot rumbling from a distance.
The chariot was so wide that a single chariot almost filled the wide road.
At each of the four corners of the car stood a majestic general, all dressed in luxurious armor and holding the hilt of a sword, standing solemnly, just like the four King Kongs in the temple The officials with good eyesight identified two of the four generals, namely the British Gong Zhang Fu and An Yuan Hou Liusheng, and as for the other two, they were a little embarrassed.
Zhu Zhanji and the generals recognized that they were Mo Wen and Xu Huaiqing The generals are naturally full of jealousy, Mo Wen and Xu Huaiqing have only been in the army for ten years, and they are from martial arts, not behind the generals, but now they can stand side by side with the British Duke and the Marquis of An Yuan, which is really lucky However, they also know very well that Mo asked Xu Huaiqing to be the generals who fought in the bloody battle of Zhenjiang and desperately defended the prince, and now that the prince has won the final victory, he naturally has to vigorously promote his cronies His Royal Highness Taisun was bitter in his heart, Mo Wen and Xu Huaiqing were two of the four tiger generals in the former avant-garde of the government army, and they should have been his descendants, but they went to Shandong quietly, and now they are so promoted by the prince, and they are not all the way with themselves.
Thinking of Qin Ai, who died tragically, Zhu Zhanji felt more and more alone, and sorrow came from it, and he shed two lines of tears.
Fortunately, in this situation, it is normal for His Royal Highness Taisun to shed tears: