freenovelworld Chapter 180 Actions from all parties
Chapter 180 Actions from all parties
As the assassination in Yuzhou began, the storm in the entire Song Dynasty began to intensify.
In order to better stabilize the various parties in the capital, Emperor Renzong, who had not attended court for a month, summoned General Zheng and his two sons stationed in the northern border back to the capital.
Then there was another series of position changes. General Zheng was promoted to the Prince's Tutor, and he and Duke Yingguo Zhang Wenbi, the Prince's Protector, jointly commanded the Central Imperial Guards.
General Zheng's eldest son, Zheng Jun, was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards for his contributions in defending against the Liao in the northern border. His second son, Zheng Xiao, was promoted to left deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. The two brothers basically controlled the imperial army.
This move just made Prince Yan's rebellious intention even stronger. He originally just wanted to have a political showdown with Prince Yong, but now it seems that the government is on Prince Yong's side.
At this point, Prince Yan had no choice but to launch a military coup to force Emperor Renzong to abdicate and pass the throne to him.
In order to better implement the plan of capturing the imperial city, Prince Yan quietly contacted Emperor Renzong's favorite concubine, Concubine Rong, seeking a more advantageous action in the military coup.
However, due to Han Ming's influence, Princess Jiacheng, the daughter of Prince Yong, did not send people to abduct Rong Feiyan as in the original drama, thus ruining her innocence, which eventually led to Rong Feiyan being hanged in the Rong Mansion.
In this way, Concubine Rong no longer had the opportunity to oppose and break off relations with Prince Yong's faction and help Prince Yan carry out a coup.
To this end, Prince Yan chose to start with the wealth and power of Concubine Rong and the Rong family, and promised himself benefits after ascending the throne, commonly known as "painting a pie in the sky".
However, Rong Fei was able to survive in the harem, a place surrounded by dangers, and finally won the favor of Emperor Renzong. Her sense of smell was not bad at all.
In her eyes, Prince Yan is now just a trapped beast fighting. With all the arrangements and back-up plans made by Emperor Renzong, it is extremely difficult for Prince Yan to successfully stage a coup and seize the throne.
But this is just how the world is. If there are difficulties, you have to move forward. If there are no difficulties, you have to create difficulties and move forward.
Prince Yan was a man who never gave up. He knew that the first thing Prince Yong would do after ascending to the throne was to clean himself up. So whether he fought or not, he would die. Why not fight for the destiny and the hope of survival?
Prince Yan took advantage of the last snowy night and went to the Anyang Marquis' Mansion in person. This was a legitimate act that everyone could see.
Originally, Han Ming only needed to refuse to meet him, but after he pondered it, he didn't know what was wrong with his head, and he actually met with King Yan in such a tense situation.
No one knew what the two sides talked about. Even the Imperial City Division, known as the Jinyiwei of the Song Dynasty, did not get any information.
This made all those who didn't know the truth secretly sweat for Han Ming.
In mid-February, Emperor Renzong's health deteriorated and the suspension of court was extended from one month to two months, which made all the court officials nervous.
Prince Yong had basically become the regent in public and participated in most of the state affairs.
Beneath the seemingly peaceful mirror, a wave that has been suppressed for a long time is gathering momentum, preparing to erupt at the final moment.
In Yuzhou, after the first assassination, subsequent killers from Prince Yan's party continued to pour into the area and started a series of fights with Gao Zunyu, Gu Tingye and others.
The most serious incident was when the assassin injured Da Zou, who was protecting Shen Congying. This completely ignited the anger of everyone in Yuzhou.
Under the successive instigation of Zhao Ceying, Gu Tingye and others, Zhao Zongquan finally did not want to die in Yuzhou in such an unclear manner, and he had to fight for the hope of survival.
For this reason, Gao Zunyu chose to stay in Yuzhou with Lao Geng, Xiao Duan and others to continue protecting Shen Congying and his family.
Zhao Zongquan, along with Zhao Ceying, Gu Tingye, Shen Congxing and others, rushed to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor.
Driven by the world, the great trend is finally heading in the direction it should be.
In the capital, after Prince Yan, Prince Yong, General Zheng and his two sons, Duke of Yingguo Zhang Wenbi, and Zeng Mingzhong of the Council of State visited Han Ming one after another.
It seemed that the entire capital began to gather around Han Ming in an orderly manner, and a new chaos began.
Prince Yong still used the same old three-part approach of contact, winning over, and marriage. He even expressed that his daughter, Princess Jiacheng, was willing to marry Han Ming as his co-wife.
This series of tactics made Han Ming want to laugh but he didn't dare to.
The farce was not stopped until General Zheng, Duke of England Zhang Wenbi, and the Zheng brothers came to the Marquis' Mansion.
Prince Yong smiled awkwardly on his chubby face. He couldn't afford to offend any of these people and had to keep them as his servants.
After all, this was the regent minister left for him by the government. Of course, there was also the grandfather of the Marquis Han in front of him, who was also a great man specially conferred the title of Duke by Emperor Renzong.
In short, in front of these ministers who truly held power, Prince Yong could only smile awkwardly and quickly stood up to say goodbye and leave.
Duke of England Zhang Wenbi and General Zheng both looked at Han Ming with amusement, while the Zheng brothers were even more amused.
"Come on, laugh if you want to, it's not a big deal."
Han Ming called Yong Zeng, served some good tea, and then he started to "poop" like a cat, squinting his eyes.
"Don't be so rude, kid. Tell me, how did you get in touch with Prince Yan?!"
Duke of England Zhang Wenbi asked directly.
"If the teacher and the old general are here to question me, is there an official order?"
Han Ming remained calm, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
"What? Now I can't even ask?!"
Zhang Wenbi was a little indignant and slammed the table and shouted.
"Teacher, calm down. My Anyang Marquis Mansion is a big place that attracts a lot of attention. I can't just turn everyone away. That would isolate me."
Han Ming still looked half dead, as if Zhang Wenbi's anger had not affected him at all.
"You kid, do you know what that person is like now? You are so blatant, are you going to cut yourself off from the government?!"
Zhang Wenbi's words were very serious. Even the Zheng brothers, who had been laughing at the beginning, looked at Han Ming with serious expressions.
"Teacher, that's serious. Right now, the Yong and Yan factions are clashing fiercely. If I only meet with Prince Yong and not Prince Yan, wouldn't that be blatantly taking sides?"
Han Ming's explanation was perfect. He tried not to offend anyone and not to please anyone.
But Zhang Wenbi, Han Ming's military teacher, didn't believe this at all. After all, this kid was so scheming. Was there no other way? He had to do such an exciting thing.
"you--!"
Just as Zhang Wenbi was about to curse, General Zheng beside him stopped him.
"Jingyuan, although we don't have a master-disciple relationship, Old Zheng and your grandfather are also friends from the older generation. You also grew up in my presence. I don't know if I should say this."
General Zheng was directly exposing Han Zhang and his own old face. Han Ming couldn't help but open his slightly narrowed eyes and look at the other party steadily.
"Old General, what are you talking about? Although I have never learned any skills in the Zheng family, I have been taught by you for many years. This gratitude is not like that of a master and a disciple, but it is still a master and a disciple. If you have anything to say, please feel free to speak."
"The King of Yan is not destiny after all. The final outcome of this situation still depends on the emperor. No matter what you think, you must remember to protect yourself."
General Zheng's words were to advise Han Ming not to do anything bad.
When Han Ming heard this, he just smiled and said nothing.
After a long while, General Zheng Xiao took the initiative to change the subject and said with a smile: "Jingyuan, putting aside other things, your attempt to match the Zhang family girl with the Di family boy is not very decent."
Zheng Xiao also had feelings for Zhang Guifen. When he was a child, he often competed with Di Liang. Even for the sake of General Zheng, Di Wuxianggong gave him some face.
Therefore, Zheng Xiao always thought that he and the girl from the Zhang family would eventually get married. However, after he had been fighting the enemy in the northern border for a few years, he came back and they were already married.
"You can't blame me for this. I didn't even know when Di Liang and Sister Zhang got together. You should go talk to Di Dalang about this."
Han Ming was too lazy to talk about these bad things. Who made you, Zheng Xiao, unlucky?
In the original novel, the old man Shen Congxing snatched the marriage away, and this time Di Liang snatched the marriage away again.
It seems that this kid's future fate may still fall on Xiao Shen's head.
When he thought of this, Han Ming calculated the time and estimated that the Yuzhou group should be on their way this time. So the highlight would come next?
"How can you just ignore it? You have to find me one, right?!"
Looking at Zheng Xiao who was acting like a tough guy, Han Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"That's all right then. I'll see if there's any kind family out there who can introduce one to me in a few days."
I will introduce you to Xiao Shen, who is about to come to Beijing, and let that crazy girl temper your gentle nature.
Seeing Han Ming's expression, everyone suppressed their inner thoughts and laughed.
However, Duke of England Zhang Wenbi's brows never relaxed as he kept looking at Han Ming who was smiling.