The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 135: The Deposed Crown Prince (9)

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Minister of State Affairs, First-Class Duke Tong Guowei, stepped forward!

Tong Guowei is not only Kangxi's uncle, but also Kangxi's father-in-law!
The fourth son’s adoptive mother, Empress Xiaoyi Tong Jia, is the daughter of Tong Guowei!

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking so frankly. The prestige of the deposed crown prince has been completely destroyed. He no longer has the bearing of a monarch. He must not be reinstated!"

Tong Guowei didn't look at Lao Ba, but his words were powerful!
"Your Majesty, what the father-in-law said is very true!"

With Tong Guowei openly taking the lead, Alinga, the Grand Minister of the Imperial Guard and the Tenth Prince's uncle, suddenly became bolder and he also stood up.

"Khan Father, how can a deposed prince be reinstated as crown prince in this world?" Prince Yu Baotai was young after all, and he stood up as his brain got hot-headed.

Under the leadership of one king and two important ministers, the members of the Eighth Prince's party stood up one after another and publicly opposed Kangxi!

Everyone knows a simple truth: if the old eighth prince they support today cannot become the crown prince, in the future, they will definitely be cleaned up one by one by the new king!
The danger of the merit of supporting someone to the throne lies in the fact that once the support fails, there will be backlash!

For example, Hou Junji supported Li Chengqian and planned to stage a play that Li Shimin was familiar with.

Kangxi had not expected that with the troops already on the march, those who supported the Eighth Brother would dare to jump out and oppose him aggressively.

Yinyou stood in front of the palace gate with his hands behind his back, but deliberately remained silent.

In fact, when Tong Guowei jumped out, with Yinyou's alertness and decisiveness, he could have immediately ordered Tong Guowei to be dragged out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

However, Yinyu was not a fool who did not understand politics. If he did so, it would be tantamount to sacrificing Yinyu himself and only benefiting Kangxi.

Yinyu never forgot the tragedy of Chao Cuo, who was tricked by Emperor Jing of Han and beheaded!

Some people have simple minds, and think that as long as they put loyalty first, they can rise to the top and maintain wealth forever!

Liao Yongzhong of the former Ming Dynasty was a typical example of someone who had too little education and was too loyal. He even dared to help drown the young Ming king!

The emperor's logic cannot be the same as that of a normal person: If you dare to drown the young Ming King today, will you dare to drown the great Ming Emperor tomorrow?
The order that Kangxi gave to Yinyou was merely to control all armed forces in the palace.

The more people from the Eighth Prince's party stand up, the better it will be for the Fourth Prince and Yinyou.

Capturing Ma Qi and starving him for three days was actually Yinyu's deliberate attempt to give Kangxi a way out!

The Qing Dynasty is not only the Qing Dynasty of Kangxi, but also the Qing Dynasty of Manchuria.

If Ma Qi is really killed, most of the princes and flag lords will be in danger and will start planning trouble in secret!

As the saying goes, the law does not hold everyone responsible!
Last time, Kangxi secretly killed Soetu, which caused quite a bit of controversy!

No one wanted to speak for Soetu, but they were all worried about whether it would be their turn next.
It was as easy for Qianlong to kill important officials as to step on an ant, and that was because Kangxi and Yongzheng continued to consolidate power!

To put it bluntly, Kangxi would not dare to do what Qianlong dared to do!
Tong Guowei took the initiative to speak for the Eighth Prince, which Kangxi could more or less understand.

However, Fuquan's good son and Kangxi's good nephew, Prince Yu Baotai, actually dared to jump out, which caught Kangxi off guard!
Kangxi hesitated for only a moment, and dozens of Manchu ministers were already kneeling in front of the Sumeru throne!

However, Kangxi, who holds the overall situation in his hands and has been making decisive decisions for decades, is definitely not a pushover!
"Tong Guowei is getting old and confused. Someone, drag him out!"

There is no way Kangxi didn't understand the principle of capturing the leader first!

However, what Kangxi did not expect was that the guards in the hall were all hesitant and did not dare to move.

Hey, Longkodo has been in the imperial court as a first-class sword-bearing guard for more than ten years. He is always there, so who dares to touch his biological father?

"Wu Shi?" Kangxi had no choice but to call out Wu Shi's name.

Wu Shi had no choice but to bite the bullet, walk up to Tong Guowei, take the initiative to stab him, and say politely: "Master, please don't embarrass me!"

Unexpectedly, Tong Guowei slapped Wu Shi hard in the face.

"You little slave, who do you think you are? How dare you meddle in our family affairs?" Tong Guowei didn't dare to scold Kangxi, but he dared to take advantage of the situation to curse Wu Shi. "Back then, you committed a serious crime. If I hadn't saved you, you would have lost your head long ago!"

Tong Guowei dares to take advantage of his seniority. He would not be able to do this if he had not done great favors to his subordinates!

There is a fundamental difference between taking advantage of one's seniority and throwing a tantrum!

Some leaders, when they are in office, do not promote their subordinates. When they step down, they want to ask their former subordinates for help. Haha, no way!

Wu Shi was scolded so hard that his face turned red. He didn't dare to use force, nor did he dare to leave. He was in a dilemma!

Tong Guowei is the only living uncle of the current emperor. If anything goes wrong with him, will Wu Shi’s entire family still have their lives to lose?

After Tong Guowei made such a fuss, the kings and nobles immediately became more energized!

Kangxi saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly looked for reinforcements: "Yinyu!"

To be honest, Yinyou had been waiting for it for a long time.

Although Kangxi's confidants all held real power, their fatal flaw was that their status was not noble enough!

Just a mere uncle of the emperor, Tong Guowei, left Wu Shi helpless!
"Longkodo, your father is tired and needs to go back and have a good rest!"

Everyone opened their eyes wide, waiting to see Yinyu's good show!

However, unexpectedly, Yinyou was extremely clever and pushed Longkodo to the forefront!
In the Tong family, it’s not like there hasn’t been a case of the son beating his father before, right?
After Longkodo was named by Yinyou, his scalp went numb!
Others may not know, but Longkodo knows too well how powerful Yinyu is! To be frank, Yinyu must have some unexpected tricks waiting for Longkodo.

Crisis is crisis, there is opportunity in crisis!

The boss has fallen from power, lost his power, and is confined to his home.

Lao Ba did not like Longkodo who came to him halfway, he only loved Longkodo's cousin Orondei.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant Longkodo was, he had to run to Tong Guowei, insert one hand under Tong Guowei's ribs, drag the old man away.

When a son drags his father down, that is a family matter and outsiders have no right to interfere!
In fact, this is Tong Guowei’s last fight!

Being pulled by his own son, Tong Guowei just left!

How could Tong Guowei, who has been playing politics for decades, not see that the situation was hopeless?

Tong Guowei and Orondei both stood on the wrong side and will be liquidated sooner or later!
The only solution now is for Tong Guowei to make use of his remaining energy and rack his brains to help his own son Longkodo and gain enough political capital!

Tong Guowei was certain that Longkodo, who had taken his father away in front of everyone, would be appreciated by Kangxi!
Yinyou dealt with Tong Guowei without bloodshed, which made Kangxi extremely satisfied.

No matter how much they quarrel or make a fuss, everyone calms down afterwards and we are still a family after all!
"Brother Prince Zhuang is tired too!" Kangxi learned Yinyou's words and began to issue expulsion orders one by one.

Yinyou walked up to Prince Zhuang Boguduo and greeted him very politely.

"My nephew Yinyu, please be well with you, Prince Zhuang!"

The best way is to use courtesy before force!
Our people are all about courtesy!
"Little Fifteen, do you want to use violence?" Prince Zhuang was the head of the royal family. He had the pride of a royal family and could not be easily frightened by Yinyou.

Yinyu said calmly: "How dare I be disrespectful to you, Uncle Wang. However, as soon as I saw your beautiful grandson, I liked him sincerely!"

Prince Zhuang, Bogoduo, was destined to be childless and was about to die without an heir.

However, the third princess, whom Bogoduo loved the most, gave birth to a smart and clever grandson for him, who was raised by his side and was closer to him than his own grandson.

This is just like the former Prince An Yue Le, who was particularly fond of the Eighth Lady.

Seeing that Bogoduo was still hesitating, Yinyu was not in a position to force him in person, so he slowly stood up, walked to the entrance of the hall, and shouted sternly, "Someone come here!"

"Whoo!"

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there were many people who were Kangxi's trusted aides. The scene of thousands of people camping together and waiting for orders was particularly shocking.

Yinyou didn't have the courage to use violence against Prince Zhuang, but he apparently had no psychological burden at all in killing Prince Zhuang's grandson!

Prince Zhuang had just clearly seen that Yinwei had a fierce look in his eyes and a very unfriendly expression.

"Alas!" Prince Zhuang glanced at the eighth brother who had been keeping his head down and saying nothing, stomped his feet hard, and walked away angrily.

After leaving the hall, Prince Zhuang was immediately controlled by the Upper Three Banners Guard Camp.

Because Yinyou had issued a death order in advance that no one was allowed to enter but not leave!

Catch anyone who comes out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony!
In the hall, Yinyou recognized him as Prince Zhuang.

Outside the palace, the captains of the three upper banner guards received the emperor's food and salary. Who cares whether you are a prince or not?

Yuan Shikai was able to control the Beiyang Army because he ate Yuan Shikai's food, received Yuan Shikai's salary, and was promoted to an official by Yuan Shikai.

In full view of the public, Yinyou easily dealt with the two main pillars of the Eighth Prince's party without any bloodshed or violence.

Zhang Yushu took a deep look at Yinyou who was standing at the entrance of the hall, and thought to himself, with him protecting the current emperor, the Eighth Master is bound to lose!
The atmosphere that the Eighth Master was doomed to fail quickly spread throughout the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony like an infectious disease!

"Baotai, you should go back and have a rest too!" Kangxi was reluctant to attack his own nephew, so he wanted to clear the area in advance.

However, Prince Yu Baotai had such a deep affection for the Eighth Brother that he was unwilling to give up on him.

"Khan Amar, I won't leave!"

Because of their special relationship, since Fuquan passed away, Baotai also called Kangxi "Khan Ama"!
You are so good, Baotai, how dare you become so arrogant because of your favor?

I give you face, but you are shameless?

"Yinyou!" Kangxi was very angry and decisively called for help.

Baotai and Yinyu are of the same generation, so it is natural that Yinyu cannot be too polite.

"Baotai, do you want to go away by yourself obediently, or do you want me to ask the guards to drag you out in an undignified manner?" Yinyou walked quickly to Baotai and threatened him.

At this moment, Lao Ba could no longer bear it. He knelt down in front of the throne and said in a trembling voice: "Khan Ama, no matter how wrong it is, it is all my fault. It has nothing to do with them!"

Zhang Yushu secretly shook his head and sighed. Lao Ba’s temper was too soft and it was too late for him to stand up!

If, when Tong Guowei was taken away by Longkodo, Lao Ba had risked his life and stood up to speak decisively, the situation would have definitely changed greatly!
The morale of the Eighth Master's party has been completely destroyed. What's the point of Old Eight, who is a whole step slow, standing up again?
The light boat has passed ten thousand mountains!
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