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"Take charge of the government ahead of time."

Hearing this, Ji Lin felt his scalp go numb. He knelt down on the ground again, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty...this is too risky, Your Majesty think twice."

It is a very risky move to abolish a prime minister, and it must be done by an arbitrary emperor. An emperor who is not in charge of the government cannot do it, and he has no right to do so.

On the contrary, if all the assistant ministers think that the little emperor is not good enough, they can abolish the emperor and install another emperor.

The young emperor looked serious.

"I've thought about it many times."

Chapter 890 If Master Li Is Here

Emperor Yuanzhao looked resolute, and his face was serious.

"The three imperial guards are all in my hands, and the capital cannot be turbulent. No matter what, this battle cannot be won."

The inner guard has always been taken care of by Xiao. Xiao is the chief eunuch of the inner court and the emperor's right-hand man, so the inner guard is considered to be in the hands of Emperor Yuanzhao.

The remaining Qianniu Guards and Habayashi Guards are managed by the Xie family. These two imperial guards are one of the most important armed forces in the capital. The officials, the soldiers and horses of the various city gates, and the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion are not the opponents of the three imperial guards. What's more, there are also people who respect the emperor in these yamen. Unlikely to move.

But even so, this move still has to bear a certain degree of risk. After all, Emperor Taikang has more than one heir, as well as the prince from the concubine of the Ye family and the prince from the concubine of the Chong family. If someone with a heart takes this opportunity to make troubles without leaving the capital, the imperial power may really be unstable.

Originally, in the early days of the new emperor's accession to the throne, everything was required to be stable to ensure the smooth transfer of imperial power. This process usually took two to three years before the emperor could completely take over the government.

Even when Emperor Taikang first came to the throne, when facing Pei Jin and Prime Minister Zhang Qu, it was with the help of Li Xin that he took control of the imperial army in the shortest possible time, thus securing the throne.

Emperor Yuanzhao made up his mind to do so, on the one hand because he was still young and didn't know the dangers involved, and on the other hand because he was unwilling to conquer the Southwest at this time from the bottom of his heart.

Ji Lin lowered his head and sighed, and said in a deep voice, "I already understand what Your Majesty means. If there is a court discussion, I must fight for it."

"The Governor's Mansion will always stand by His Majesty's side."

After all, Emperor Yuanzhao was only 14 years old. What he said was well-founded, but he was a little scared in his heart. After taking a few deep breaths according to the method Li Xin taught him, he said, "It's good that the governor has this heart. If that's the case, The Metropolitan Governor will go back and prepare first, I still need to see someone."

Ji Lin got up to say goodbye.

"My minister retire."

Not long after the governor left Weiyang Palace, a tall and strong man entered Weiyang Palace under the leadership of the eunuch Xiao Huai. After he saw the emperor in the study of Weiyang Palace, he said nothing but plop Kneeling down, the sound was like thunder.

"Your Majesty Jingde, I greet Your Majesty!"

As one of the three heroes of Conglong in the Taikang Dynasty, Hou Jingde appeared to be indifferent on the surface, but in fact he had been quietly in charge of the Zuoying of the Forbidden Army for many years. In fact, he was not much different from Li Xin, and compared to Ye Lin, Ye Sishao, who had just been promoted to Shangshu in the Ministry of War, he was better.

Although Hou Jingde is a bit smart, he is not suitable to hang out in court, otherwise he will be eaten to pieces. As early as in the early years of Taikang, when Hou Jingde was just transferred to the imperial army, Li Xin told him, Let him concentrate on cultivating the imperial army, and don't think about meddling in the affairs of the imperial court. For the past ten years, he has been working conscientiously in the imperial army according to Li Xin's instructions. As long as the imperial court does not call him to Beijing, he has been living in the imperial army camp , Keep your duty.

The left camp of the imperial army is only thirty or forty miles away from the capital, but sometimes he will not return to the capital for several months.

Therefore, although this loyal and brave Marquis did not show up in the Jin court, his real power was already one of the top few people in the Jin army after Pei Jin stepped down, except for the governor Ji Lin and Li Xinzhi. Besides, that is him Hou Jingde.

Emperor Yuanzhao was extremely enthusiastic about Hou Jingde.

He helped Hou Jingde up himself, with a smile on his face.

"General Hou came all the way from outside the city, it's hard work."

The imperial army is one of the most powerful forces defending the capital, and it is also a sharp sword in the hands of the emperor. Otherwise, Emperor Taikang would not have handed over half of the imperial army to Li Xin, and asked him to help his prince to stabilize his position.

Now that Li Xin is not in the capital, and He Song is in charge of the Right Camp of the Forbidden Army, the only thing Emperor Yuan Zhao can rely on is the Left Camp of the Forbidden Army.

Because in the early years of Taikang, the Forbidden Army's right battalion conquered the southwest and won a great victory. Many generals in the right battalion were promoted and made a fortune. What a voice, but in fact, the Jin court respected the left, and the elite level of the Zuo camp was even better than that of the right camp.

Hou Jingde was tall, compared to the thinner Emperor Yuanzhao, he looked like a giant. With the support of the emperor, he stood up and respectfully said: "Your Majesty is calling, I will not work hard."

Emperor Taikang said with a smile: "General Hou should know about Taifu Li's return to his hometown to sacrifice his mother?"

Hou Jingde hesitated for a moment, bowed his head and said in a low voice: "Return to Your Majesty, I have heard about it."

It has been more than two months since Li Xin returned to his hometown. It would be unrealistic for Hou Jingde to say that he did not know at this time.

The Son of Heaven nodded, and said: "When I first ascended the throne, there might be villains in the capital. What I mean is that the imperial army sent a few Zhe Chongfu to lean on the capital."

"The Grand Tutor is not in the capital, and the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army will not move for the time being, so we can only use General Hou's Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army."

The distance of thirty or forty miles is not far, and it is not close. When the Renchen Palace was changed, the Wei Palace was moved at about midnight. Afterwards, the imperial army received the news and entered the Jingqin King, waiting for them to reach the imperial city. By then, it was already the morning of the next day, and the dust had settled in the capital.

It was for this reason that Emperor Yuanzhao thought of mobilizing the imperial army to move closer to the capital.

Hou Jingde's expression changed slightly, he raised his head and glanced at the little emperor in front of him, and asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty... has something happened in the capital?"

"Do you need the forbidden army to enter the city and take over the city defense?"

The Son of Heaven shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, just in case something happens. According to what I said, General Hou, just move [-] miles closer to the capital."

Hou Jingde bowed his head deeply.

"Your Majesty, without court documents, it is a capital crime for me to mobilize the imperial army without authorization. I need documents from the Governor's Mansion to do so..."

In fact, in addition to the documents of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, imperial decrees from the imperial court, and even the emperor's decree, can mobilize the imperial army, but the emperor is still young and has never been in charge, so he can't issue a decree that does not need to go through the Shangshutai.

"rest assured."

Emperor Yuanzhao said with a smile: "I have greeted you at the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. General Hou will not go out from the Yang Palace later, and go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to find the Metropolitan Governor."

Although the procedure was not correct, the emperor had already said such words, so Hou Jingde naturally didn't dare to say anything more, he bowed his head respectfully: "Chen, take orders!"

The emperor said a few words of encouragement to Hou Jingde before letting the big man leave Weiyang Palace. The emperor even saw him off personally and sent him to the door of the study.

Standing at the door of the study, Emperor Yuanzhao looked at Hou Jingde's leaving back, feeling regret for no reason.

"If Master Li is in the capital, he should be able to arrange everything properly, and there is no need for a young man like me to fight with them..."

Thinking of this, the emperor looked to the south and sighed faintly.

"But, teacher, you scare me more than them..."

Chapter 891

The court meeting is a rule that the Jin court has always had. The court meeting once every ten days is mainly to report some important events to the emperor, but when it comes to something that even the emperor is difficult to decide, the emperor will call the ministers in the Xuanzheng Hall , Start court discussion.

The so-called court meeting is a meeting that only important officials in the court can participate in. Unless the emperor specially approves someone to attend the meeting, only officials of the third rank or above are eligible to participate.

Now that the Son of Heaven is not yet in power, the court meeting is presided over by Shangshutai. On the third day after Shangshu Zuopushe Shen Kuan and Yushi doctor Yan Shouzhuo failed to sue Li Xin, Shangshutai really convened a court meeting in the Xuanzheng Palace.

This court meeting, the question to be discussed is also very simple, that is, whether the imperial court should launch troops against the southwest.

Early in the morning, the big bosses in the Xuanzheng Palace were almost all there. The nine ministers of the court, the servants of the six ministries, plus the governor's mansion and various yamen, there were about 20 officials above the third rank, and they all obeyed the imperial edict. Go to Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters.