Chapter 278 The Siege ()
In the capital city, because the emperor's father was also in the palace, Li Yan outside the palace wall did not dare to attack by force, and Li Zhao outside the city looked at the good city wall and had no intention of bombarding it with cannons.
This world will belong to him and his father in the future, and if it is broken, they will have to pay for repairs, which is troublesome.
So the three parties were in such a stalemate, and no one made the first move.
In the palace, King Su took the medicine and fed it to the emperor's father himself.
This is the most filial time in his life.
"Father! Just say something! Tell that kid Li Yu to withdraw, huh? Hello, me, hello, everyone, everyone is happy!" King Su persuaded his father while feeding him medicine.
"Hmph!" The old emperor ignored him, but he was very obedient when he drank the medicine.
King Su sighed helplessly: "Father, why do you think I can't be the emperor? After thinking about it, I don't think I'm any worse than my elder brother. Why don't you like me? My mother and concubine...she is confused Not a little bit, but she has no evil intentions! Tell me, she has been in the palace for so many years, who has she harmed? She was punished by kneeling and slapping her face. Have that brain?"
When mentioning Concubine Meng Shu, the old emperor finally raised his Jingui eyelids and glanced at King Su: "Your concubine mother... hey." Then he sighed and said nothing.
King Su continued to chat with his father: "Father, no matter whether you agree or not, I will definitely be in this family in the future. But don't worry, my son will not embarrass the old Li family, and he will be a good emperor who will bring peace to all generations." .”
The old emperor, who had been the emperor for nearly 40 years, curled his lips and sneered mockingly.
King Su couldn't see his ridicule, and continued to talk to himself: "Father, you don't know, Zhao'er is a unicorn! The chosen one! My son! He was born in my family! Look at this, this gun !"
He asked someone to bring the sniper rifle and show it to the emperor.
"Look, this one can hit targets more than 270 steps away!"
The old emperor gave him a sideways glance, obviously feeling that he was bragging.
"Guess who made it? Zhaoer's wife... Zhaoer made it! I am his father, so naturally I am also chosen by heaven." King Su boasted triumphantly, "Father, don't believe it. With this Planting guns, my son, after I become emperor, I can drive the Tartars out of the grassland just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and let’s take back the wolf in Xushan! How about telling the Japanese not to dare to invade again? What do you think, my son? Ask someone to drive the boat to the westernmost and southernmost edge of the ocean, to the end of the world to find out, there is a kind of machine that can make the boat move without animals, manpower, and sails..."
He babbled a lot, and the old emperor stared at him suspiciously, wondering if there was something wrong with his brain, and he was crazy about wanting to be an emperor.
Seeing that his father didn't believe what he said at all, King Su shook his head helplessly, and said, "Anyway, after my son becomes the emperor, he will continue to use Song Jianming again. But if the eldest brother becomes the emperor, where can such capable ministers as Song's relatives go?" To display all his talents? Is there anyone in his East Palace who is as talented as Song's family? At the beginning, in the East Palace, there were all such shit-like subordinates. You didn't know what to do? Your Majesty, Dad! Eldest brother is the eldest son and the queen The empress was born, that's right. But this world, after all, belongs to the people of Great Zhou."
In fact, these few words touched the emperor.
But the old emperor didn't want to admit that King Su might be a good candidate.
There is no reason, it's just because he is old and can't turn his head around for a while, let alone admit that he was wrong.
The older a person is, the more stubborn he is.
That's it.
Seeing that the father's face was still indifferent, King Su was a little discouraged and resentful. He stood up and wanted to go out, but the old emperor said at this moment: "People have five relationships, father and son have relatives, seniors and children are orderly, monarchs and ministers There is righteousness, husband and wife are different, and friends have faith. You say that you...have not done half of it! You disregarded ethics and raped the eldest girl of the Ning family before marriage. Now you have killed your ninth younger brother and forced your elder brother away. Come to persecute your father! You are not even worthy of being a human being, you are just a beast in human skin! You still... have face, what are you talking about here... Chosen by God? If God had eyes, would he choose you like this?"
King Su snorted, turned around, stared at his father's dim eyes, and retorted loudly: "Yes, people have five ethics, but is the emperor a human being? From ancient times to the present, he killed his father and brother, his son and his wife. Are there few emperors? Father, you always mentioned benevolence and morality in the past, and you always outlined the rules, but which of the rules and human relations taught people how to be an emperor? You don’t want to be summoned, you don’t want to recognize your son, it doesn’t matter. An emperor who is worthy of the people of the world, people of later generations may not say a few words of justice for this king. You are old, rest!"
He flicked his sleeves and went out.
During the year he stayed in the imperial mausoleum, King Su had already thought it through very clearly.
Even if the old man refuses to pass on the throne to him in the end, even if he gets a reputation for usurping the throne in the end, as long as he is the emperor well, just like their ancestor Li Shimin, the history books will still say that he is good.
If the old man doesn't want to, then he doesn't want to.
He is capable, as long as he is alive, he will fight and be the emperor.
The eldest brother is mediocre, the second brother is an idiot, and the rest of the younger brothers, the fifth child is a bad guy, except for the fourth child who is upright, the rest are just like the ninth child, they are all rotten mud that cannot be supported.But for a pedantic guy like the fourth child, can he manage the country well and control the officials?
King Su didn't believe it!
After much deliberation, King Su felt that he was the most qualified to be the emperor.
The emperor's father doesn't want to recognize him, it's because his father is stupid and blind!
King Su didn't go to see the emperor's father for the next three days, but on the fourth day, the emperor seemed to have finally figured it out and asked Eunuch Yin to call King Su over.
The emperor already knew what was going on outside, and Li Zhao finally came back, bringing the 10 people raised in the south with him.
When he heard the number of one hundred thousand, the old emperor was first shocked, then angry, and finally could only smile helplessly.
Song Jianming, what a Song Jianming!
Without him, Lao San would never have the money to support 10 people!
What a loyal minister!
The Northern Zombie barbarians are oppressing the border. Before that, 7 people were transferred from the northeast to Chahar. There are still 13 frontier troops in the hands of the Ning and Mu families in the northeast.
Wei Guofu, who is in charge of the Northwest Army, has obviously already stood up for King Su, as well as the Fang family, Guo family, and Mu family. For some unknown reason, even the Liu family who is stationed in Liaodong may only be willing to wait and see, not willing to send troops to serve the king...
What the old emperor didn't know was that Liu Rong, Marquis of Guangning, was frightened by Li Zhao's rifled guns. They didn't know that Li Zhao only had 120 four of these guns in his hands. The appearance of being defeated within a few hours, almost peed his pants in fright, and went back to report to Liu Rong after rolling and crawling.
Liu Rong was originally at odds with Prince Jing's mansion because of his daughter's affairs, but now that Li Zhao has such a terrifying magic weapon, he doesn't want to get involved.They are all from the Li family, who is not the emperor?
The old emperor calculated and calculated, even if the fourth child returned from the south of the Yangtze River with troops, there was no chance of winning. His third child was really capable.
"Father, did you call me?"
King Su didn't hide his joy at all, and entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a smile.
The old emperor became angry when he saw him like this, as if deliberately angry, with a straight face, closed his eyes for a long time, and ignored him.
At this time, King Su was not in a hurry, he sat quietly by the bed and waited for the old man to speak.
The old emperor closed his eyes for a long time, but he didn't see King Su jumping in a hurry, so he slowly opened his eyes and asked with difficulty: "In the future...maybe...forgive...your elder brother's life?"
When Su Wang heard the words, his face was full of joy, and he immediately hung up.
The old emperor learned how to play tricks, gasped heavily, and smiled a little rascally: "If you spare your elder brother, I will decree to let Xi'er open the city gate, let Zhao'er enter the city, and make you the crown prince."
King Su gritted his back molars, and after a long while, he nodded slightly reluctantly.
"Send...a poisonous oath." The old emperor gasped for words.
hiss!
King Su took a deep breath and almost scolded his mother in front of his father.
In the end, under the gaze of the old man, he still raised his left hand and swore to the sky: "Huang Tian is above, I, Li Da, swear to the sky, I will never kill my elder brother in my lifetime, if I violate this vow, I will get sores on the top of my head and pus on the soles of my feet. The sky is struck by lightning, and death is as ugly as it is."
The old emperor snorted feebly, finally satisfied, took out a key from under the bed, put it in King Su's hand, raised his chin towards the bookcase opposite the bed, and said: "Guoxi, it's in the dark compartment there, take it."
He glanced at Eunuch Yin, and said weakly, "Go and write."
Eunuch Yin stood still and was unwilling to move his nest. The old emperor took a deep breath and had no choice but to say it again: "Go and write!"
"Yes, the old slave complies."
So far, what else can I do?
When Li Chi left before, the emperor didn't let him take away the imperial seal. In fact, the emperor already knew it in his heart at that time. It is very likely that this position cannot be handed over to the eldest son according to his wish.
The imperial edict given to Li Chi was just a fluke, hoping that the child Li Zhen would win.This little hope was completely wiped out when Li Zhao led 10 people to land in Tianjin.
"Prince Su's third son, Li Da, has a noble character and is deeply respectful to me. He will surely inherit the great order and succeed me to the throne, that is, the throne of emperor. From now on, he will be the heir apparent."
After Eunuch Yin finished writing, he showed it to King Su, and after King Su finished it, he showed it to his father, with an unprecedented ease and joy in his tone: "Father, what's wrong? Change it?"
The old emperor snorted, turned his head and didn't want to look at it at all.
King Su was not annoyed, and appreciated the edict again before taking it for a seal.
After finishing the big seal, he watched it several times in succession, laughing until crow's feet appeared.
After more than 20 years, he finally got his wish.
On February rd, Yin Fushan, the chief eunuch of Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, personally took the imperial decree to see Prince Jing's son Li Wei who had come to rescue him, and ordered him to withdraw his troops and open the city gate to welcome Prince Su's son into the city.
The next step is to prepare for the Great Court Meeting to be held on the second day to read out the imperial edict in public.
But on the night when the palace gate was wide open, the old emperor fell into a coma.
King Su called all the imperial physicians from the Quantai Hospital, and after Su Yuan diagnosed the pulse, he sweated profusely and expressed that he was helpless.
At this time, someone suddenly said: "Maybe you can call Prince Jing's concubine to come over and have a try."
That girl from the Meng family!
Yup!
King Su's eyes lit up, and he immediately sent someone to King Jing's mansion to find her.
Meng Wanfeng, who had been anxious in the center of the mansion for many days, didn't want to come, but Li Zhen went to beg her.
"After all, it's my grandpa, Wan Feng, why don't you go?" He squatted on one knee in front of her, looked up at her and pleaded.
"Li Wei, do you know that when His Majesty wakes up, he will announce King Su as the crown prince! You...do you understand?"
Li Zhen gave a helpless smile, held Meng Wanfeng's hand and said, "Your Majesty is my grandfather, if he really wants to pass on to Uncle Three Emperors, then I have nothing to say."
Meng Wanfeng sighed heavily: "You and your father will compete with each other for stubbornness!"
Li Zhen looked at her and smiled slightly: "Whatever I want to do, even though I have lost my life, I have no regrets. Xiaofeng, no matter what, I will keep you safe."
Meng Wanfeng looked deeply at him, looked into his black eyes, tears welled up, blurring her vision, she held Li Wei's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Then you also have to go with me, let's go together, together Go, okay? You said you would protect me for the rest of your life and give me happiness for the rest of your life. What would I do without you?"
Li Zhen nodded: "Okay, it's time, let's go together."
In the end, Meng Wanfeng awakened the emperor with acupuncture. During the grand court meeting, King Su carried out the dying old emperor. Eunuch Yin announced in public that the third prince, King Su Li Da, was officially appointed as the heir. The imperial decree of the prince Su Wang.
The old emperor couldn't speak anymore, so he nodded his head, barely agreeing, but everyone could see that His Majesty was forced to do nothing.
A few top-notch old officials were about to come forward to express their doubts and objections, but then, Eunuch Yin announced two more orders, but they had not discussed it with Su Wang Li Da in advance.
Firstly, the eldest prince Li Chi was granted the title of Prince Shen by the Jin Dynasty, and the two important towns of Zhenjiang and Yangzhou were enfeoffed. He was also granted the title of Prince Shen as the envoy of Nanjing, with the power of the six ministries in Nanjing, and Li Sheng, the son of Prince Shen, was named Nanzhili Commander of the Anti-Japanese Capital, the commander-in-chief of the 34th Guards and Twelve Offices in Nanzhili, Feng Jingwang was appointed the captain of the Anti-Japanese Pirates, and commanded the Dongyang Navy.
As soon as this decree came out, there was an uproar in the hall. Since the previous dynasty vigorously cut down the vassals, those princes and princes only had symbolic food towns, and no real fiefdoms anymore.They don't need to go to Shiyi, and they don't have any actual control over the military and civil administration of Shiyi.
Now the emperor blatantly entrusted the eldest prince Shen Wang with land, or two economically important towns that are very close to Ying Tianfu, what is the meaning of this?
Su Wang's face was also extremely ugly, the old man is now a bastard who has eaten the weight - he is determined to save his eldest brother's life, and even does not hesitate to separate the whole Nanzhili!
In the 34 guards and twelve offices in South Zhili, there are 16 cavalry troops, garrison troops, and transport troops, for a total of troops!
In this way, the whole of Nanzhili is equivalent to a country of China.
Old man, old man is really confused!
There are quite a few civil servants of the Great Zhou Dynasty with hard bones.
Immediately, several people shouted in court: "Your Majesty! I have objections!"
"The minister also has objections!"
The whole court suddenly erupted like a pot boiling.
It is not uncommon for the court to develop from verbal battles to hand-to-hand combat. Soon, shoes and socks were flying in the Fengtian Hall, and the courtiers underneath were in a mess. Song Jianming was a thief, and he was protecting several elderly bosses in the cabinet The man fled to the side to take refuge, and said with a smile: "My lords, the imperial decree has been issued, and there is absolutely no reason to take it back. You should think about it and share your worries for Your Majesty!"
As for King Su, he was really angry this time. He went back and kicked several small stools, and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
Eunuch Wang suddenly came in through the door with a happy face, and said, "My lord, the prince is here!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Su Wang's mouth immediately, and he said eagerly: "Call him in!"
Li Zhao came into the house covered in dust, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "Father, my son is late!"
King Su pulled him up and looked him up and down. The father and son hadn't seen each other for a year and a half. Li Zhao didn't change much except that he became darker and stronger.
"No, aren't you injured?" Seeing the precious son he brought up with his own hands, His Royal Highness Su suddenly became emotional, his nose felt sour, and he almost shed tears.
"Father, my son is fine! He's alive and kicking!" Li Zhao laughed, showing his big white teeth, and bounced back and forth twice.
"Good, good! Well done!" King Su patted him on the shoulder vigorously, his eyes full of relief.
Li Zhao led the army to surround the capital for half a month, and it was not until today that the imperial edict was issued publicly that General Li Yu and Tian had no choice but to order someone to open the city gate and let Li Zhao lead the troops into the city.
It is simply that the two armies did not start fighting, and the matter was resolved without any casualties on both sides.
The matter was resolved satisfactorily, and Li Zhao was very happy.
From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to point his gun at his own people, like Chen Yuliang's Chen Jiajun, after Li Zhao beat them to pieces, he stopped and didn't order to hunt them down.
They are all the people of Great Zhou, and they will all be his own people in the future. He will be the master of the world in the future, and he believes so in his heart.
Li Zhao originally wanted to explain why he only besieged the city but did not attack the city these days, but King Su didn't seem to care at all, or he had already understood his son's concerns and considerations, so he just asked: "Your grandpa's imperial decree, Do you know?"
"Uncle's?" Li Zhao asked.
King Su nodded: "What do you think?"
Li Zhao immediately replied: "Then detain Prince Jing and the family members of the deposed prince in the capital. Let's eat and drink as offerings. At any rate, they will be afraid. Didn't they have time to take them away? Don't tell my father the truth." , as soon as my son entered the city, he surrounded all fourteen palaces, and they couldn't escape."
Running away by yourself without bringing your family?King Su raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said to himself that his elder brother looked at benevolence, how could he be so cold when he was running for his life?
Hmph, there is kindness there, but it's just incompetence, but the old man just misses him and keeps him, which is really annoying. He shook his head helplessly and said: "Your grandfather was a hero when he was young, and he was a hero when he was middle-aged. But he became timid, and forced him to swear a poisonous oath on behalf of his father, that he would never kill your uncle in his lifetime."
Li Zhaodao: "Father, don't worry, there is no supply from the imperial court. Then we will find a way to rectify the big families in the south of the Yangtze River. My son would like to see what they will use to support so many troops!"
He watched his father smile slightly, King Su was taken aback for a moment, then laughed himself, shook his head, and said, "Your father is really old."
"Father has too many things to worry about, and the son just wants to share his worries." Li Zhao bowed his head.
King Su sighed lightly, didn't say anything, and patted Li Zhao's shoulder heavily.
Others say that after a person becomes an emperor, he will be afraid and guard against his older and capable son.
King Su didn't want that.
His feelings for Li Zhao are still pure.
King Su has no brothers and sisters from the same mother, and the only princess Pingyang who has a good relationship is actually not very close.
His father hated him, his mother and concubine couldn't understand him, his mother's Meng family was a bunch of idiots, and the only woman he ever loved died early.
As for friends, Song Jianming could barely be regarded as a bad friend in the past, but now that he has become a monarch and minister, this friendship can no longer be maintained.
Without Li Zhao, he would really be alone in this world.
Su Wang devoted half of his life to this child.Li Zhao is his eldest son, his right-hand man, and the sustenance of all his emotions.
Grandpa Huang has a cruel side, but he also has a very humane side. Generally speaking, he is a good emperor, and he is inevitably confused when he is old.The entire royal family is relatively down-to-earth, and King Su will be more down-to-earth after he ascends the throne ~ hahaha, I am looking forward to what the new dynasty will look like when I write this.King Su, I really write that I like him more and more. He is a very deviant and far-sighted person, so he seems a bit out of tune with the whole era. ~(⌒▽⌒)~
(End of this chapter)
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