Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

The Jinyiwei envoy said respectfully to the King of Zhenbei:

"Eunuch Wei specifically instructed me to remind the King of Zhenbei that His Majesty's decree ordered the King of Zhenbei not to bring troops into the capital."

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan smiled and said:

"Haha! I should remind you. I will obey my father's orders! Of course I will not bring the army into the capital!"

"Bringing troops into the capital will cause panic among the people of the capital, who will think that I am not returning to the capital to report, but to rebel!"

"The Jinyiwei envoy can rest assured. Report to my father! I will only station the army outside the city. After I have completed my mission, I will lead the army to the territory of Northern Yan!"

Jinyiwei's eyes flickered:

"May I ask, Prince Zhenbei, how many troops are you going to bring with you back to Kyoto this time? I need to report this to His Majesty."

King Zhenbei said:

"Not much! Not much! Most of my troops will stay in Yunzhou, Xiangzhou, and Ezhou. I've also left a troop in Southern Xinjiang. This time when I return to Beijing, I'll only bring 20,000 personal soldiers to Northern Yan!"

After hearing what King Zhenbei said, the Jinyiwei envoy felt relieved and responded respectfully:

"King Zhenbei! I will go back and report now!"

The Jinyiwei envoy left the hall and returned to Dafeng Kyoto to report.

The smile of Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan disappeared.

The mind turns:

"It seems that the entire capital is completely controlled by the princelings. Since they directly attacked Emperor Dingwen, Empress Zhu played a key role."

"Hey! Misfortunes committed by heaven can be forgiven, but sins committed by man cannot be forgiven! If you insist on forcing me to take action against you, well, now is the time to clean up the court!"

The King of Zhenbei can get the answer through logical reasoning without returning to the capital.

The prince's family and his mother, Queen Zhu, are going to take action against herself.

As for what means were used to control Emperor Dingwen Hongjing, there is no need to investigate in detail. All we need to know is that Crown Prince Hongze could not tolerate King Zhenbei.

The entire court of Dafeng State was corrupt.

Such a corrupt dynasty and such a bloated political power structure would be ruined if there were no major reforms to the imperial politics and official system.

The Dafeng Kingdom will fall sooner or later, there is no doubt about it.

Judging from the general trend of history, the imperial dynasty cannot exist forever, but at least under the leadership of King Hongxuan of Zhenbei, the long-sick Dafeng Dynasty can be completely recovered, and this is enough.

The next day.

The Jinyiwei envoy has already left, and as for the spies on the road, King Zhenbei doesn't care at all.

The Third Field Army was ready, and the army commander and deputy army commander He Zhili and Wen Jinglan were directing the troops to assemble.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei asked Qilin Guard to summon He Zhili and Wen Jinglan to the main hall to discuss matters. Miao village chief Miao Fuzhou was also there.

Zhenbei King Hongxuan sat high in the hall and looked at the two of them and said:

"The army will set off after noon today!"

The two responded respectfully:

"The general will obey the order!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan looked at the two and continued:

"The troops returning to Beijing this time will be divided into two groups! The troops led by He Zhili will go first."

Split the troops into two groups? After hearing what King Zhenbei said, He Zhili and Wen Jinglan were full of doubts.

King Zhenbei looked at the two and said:

"This return to the capital to report is the best opportunity for Crown Prince Hongze to kill me. He will definitely not miss this opportunity."

"Prince Hongze understands that if this king does not die, he will not be able to sit on the throne of emperor with peace of mind."

Army Commander He Zhili and Deputy Army Commander Wen Jinglan were shocked after hearing this.

He Zhili said with a hint of anger:

"Your Highness! How dare Crown Prince Hongze attack you? Has he gone mad?"

"If it weren't for you, Your Highness, who fought against the Northern Shang Kingdom and recovered the lost land of Yunzhou, the Dafeng Kingdom would have perished long ago!"

Deputy Army Commander Wen Jinglan frowned and said sternly:

"Crown Prince Hongze is not only immoral, but also unwise. He is tough at home but weak abroad. Even if he becomes emperor, he will be a king who will destroy his country!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan looked at the two and said:

"The Crown Prince and his ilk are nothing to be afraid of. They want to deal with me and think now is the best time. I couldn't ask for more!"

"However! I want to seize the 100,000 troops of the East Camp Army outside the capital at the lowest cost! Only by controlling the military power of the East Camp Army, the lives of the dignitaries in the court will be in my hands."

The Dongying Army of Dafeng State is the most important military force guarding the imperial city, with a number of 100,000.

It was deployed on the outskirts of Kyoto.

He Zhili responded respectfully:

"Your Majesty! What if the East Camp Army attacks us first?"

King Zhenbei said in a cold tone:

"If the 100,000 Dongying troops stationed outside Kyoto dare to attack my army first, I will destroy them directly. After destroying this Dongying army, I will form a force to protect the imperial city!"

After hearing what King Zhenbei said, the two of them agreed.

"Of course! I naturally don't want to point my butcher knife at the soldiers of Dafeng! After all, the 100,000 Dongying troops are also following orders."

"I am ordered by the emperor! There is nothing wrong in defending the imperial city. The sword should not fall unless it is absolutely necessary."

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei certainly did not want to go to war directly with the 100,000 Dongying troops outside the capital of Dafeng Kingdom, as they were all people from Dafeng Kingdom.

Going to war with the 100,000-strong Dongying Army would be what we call rebellion.

But the situation has developed to this point.

What is the difference between rebelling and not rebelling?

Just like King Hongxuan of Zhenbei, in order to gain military power over the northern border, he had to kill General Jianwei Cao Zhu and General Dingguo Cao Wenxiu.

If General Jianwei Cao Zhu and General Dingguo Cao Wenxiu had not been killed, it would have been impossible for King Zhenbei Hongxuan to gain military power over the northern border.

Therefore, killing is inevitable in the process of gaining power.

Facing the Dongying Army stationed by the Dafeng Kingdom, the Second Command and the Third Field Army, with 30,000 soldiers, have prepared sufficient crossbows and arrows.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei knew that he had seized the military power of the 100,000 Dongying troops in the suburbs of the capital of Dafeng State.

The best way is to control the supreme commander, or kill several disobedient supreme commanders.

The best troops attack the enemy's plans.

He was able to obtain the highest military power of the Dongying Army outside the Dafeng capital at the lowest cost and with the least casualties.

This is the purpose of Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

The so-called political struggle for imperial power was just an appearance, and he stupidly went straight into the imperial city.

What's the difference between Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan and committing suicide?

Zhenbei King Hongxuan is not a blockhead, on the contrary, he understands history.

Hongxuan knew that reincarnation in history was always very similar! The Crown Prince and Queen Zhu were determined to kill the King of Zhenbei as soon as possible. In all likelihood, a net had already been laid in the palace, waiting for the King of Zhenbei, Hongxuan, to return to the capital to report.

Entering the Imperial City,

Why did the King of Zhenbei know for sure that entering the Dafeng Imperial Capital directly would be a dead end?

An unsolvable dead end.

This is because Hongxuan is well aware of the cruelty of the struggle for imperial power.

Just like the history books he had read before,

Empress Lü of the Han Dynasty asked Xiao He to invite Han Xin into the imperial palace. As a result, Han Xin sighed before his death that Xiao He was both his success and his failure! Han Xin's mistake was not that he entered the imperial city, but that he entered the imperial city empty-handed without military power.

The Xuanwu Gate Incident of the Tang Dynasty, in which Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, also took place within the imperial palace.

In the struggle for imperial power in history, there were so many bloody battles and fights within the imperial palace that it is impossible to count them.

It is impossible for Zhenbei Prince Hongxuan to bring the eldest prince Hongli directly into the palace.

That's no different from seeking death.

Therefore, when the Jinyiwei envoy came to King Zhenbei with the imperial edict of Emperor Dingwen and behaved strangely, King Zhenbei concluded that great changes had taken place in the palace.