Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 588

The title of the Duke's Mansion...

Zhu Yi's expression moved, looking at the gentle and jade-like young man in front of her, she didn't know what she was thinking.

But Yang Jie could tell that this sentence hit the other party's Achilles' heel.

So, he continued to speak.

"My lord, I think you know better than me the current situation facing Duke Cheng's mansion. Because of the matter of the draft, the emperor gradually distanced himself from Duke Cheng's mansion. Seeing that getting back the title is far away, there is no way to tell. After a few years, with excuses, even the door lintel could not be kept."

"If it weren't for this, the little prince would not be willing to reconcile with the British government that has been fighting for many years."

"However, the young master must also know in his heart that this is nothing more than treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. If you really want to make the Chengguo Mansion continue to stand, you must get the title back, right?
Before coming to Duke Cheng's Mansion, Yang Jie naturally made a lot of preparations in advance, and he also knew a lot about the years of open and secret struggles between the two mansions.

Therefore, one sentence highlights the key point.

In fact, in his opinion, everything Zhu Yi is doing now is just trying to restore the speed of the decline of Duke Cheng's mansion.

Following the civil engineering battle, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong was defeated. After a fierce dispute in the court, the court finally decided to put the matter on hold and deal with it coldly.

It has been more than a year since Cheng Guogong died in battle, but the title of Cheng Guogong's mansion is still pending, and it seems that the court has no intention of deciding.

Under such a situation, it will naturally arouse the covetousness of the younger generation.

In this world, there is never a shortage of people who make trouble!

Everywhere in the fields, shops, and outhouses, all kinds of conflicts have occurred repeatedly. The Chengguo Mansion, which used to be aloof, now can only smash its teeth and swallow it in its stomach.

Even if Zhu Yi came to her, but the other party only wanted to say, who are you?

The young master of Cheng Guogong's mansion?

Do you have a title?

Oh, no, let Cheng Guogong talk about it!

This is the predicament that Cheng Guogong's mansion is facing. Those who think of their original friendship will naturally treat each other with courtesy, but those who don't think of friendship or have no friendship at all may not even be able to enter the door.

However, during this period of time, with the rumors of the marriage between the two prefectures, even if it was just an engagement, many people came to the door again to apologize and return what should be returned with good words.

This is the power of titles!

Yang Jie has seen this kind of thing a lot in Beijing, and he has experienced it himself.

Therefore, he knows better, even if he "gained" the respect of others again.

However, this kind of "respect" gained by relying on others will never be comfortable.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Yi's desire to get back the title will only become stronger and will not be weakened by half. Yang Jie is very sure of this!
It's just that, under the current situation, the best Zhu Yi can do is to temporarily delay the decline of Duke Cheng's Mansion.

Sure enough, when the title of title was mentioned, Zhu Yi on the opposite side fell silent.

Until a moment later, his tone was quite irritated, and he said.

"What on earth are you trying to say? Don't you want to say that if Ningyuan Hou's mansion collapsed, Duke Cheng's mansion will be able to get back the title? Isn't this wishful thinking?"

"Why not?"

Unexpectedly, Yang Jie asked seriously.

Zhu Yi was speechless for a moment, and the flower hall fell silent again.

A moment later, Zhu Yi had a mocking smile on her face, as if laughing at Yang Jie's innocence.

However, Yang Jie took his time and said.

"Young master doesn't need to look at me like that. Since I say that, I'm sure of it."

"Ah……"

Zhu Yi tapped lightly on the table with her right hand, and said indifferently, "Then I'll listen carefully."

So, for the first time in the mansion, Yang Jie got up from his seat, cupped his hands towards Zhu Yi, and said with a long body.

"It seems difficult to get back the title of Cheng Guogong, but in fact, there are only two places to grasp."

"One..." Yang Jie raised his slender fingers: "We need someone to help!"

"In the civil engineering battle, although Cheng Guogong fought hard and died, he was suspected of advancing rashly. In fact, if Cheng Guogong had been able to fight steadily and do a good job of covering, then the army would not have evacuated so hastily."

"This is also the reason why many ministers in the court objected to letting the young prince take over the title. Although the civil engineering battle was not the fault of Duke Cheng, it was inevitable."

Faced with such "outspokenness", Zhu Yi's face darkened, but she still didn't open her mouth to refute, because what Yang Jie said was the truth.

There will always be excuses and reasons for being targeted. If Zhu Yong is not at fault, it is impossible for Zhu Yong to be pinned down until now.

"So, if you want to regain the title, you need someone to help you first..." Yang Jie turned to look at Zhu Yi, and said word by word: "It's not to push the boat along the way, to lend a hand to help, but to use all your strength, if you don't achieve your goal, swear Don't stop helping!"

Zhu Yi's face was still calm, she frowned and said, "You mean, if Marquis Ning Yuan is down, someone will try their best to help me?"

Yang Jie nodded solemnly, and said: "At this stage, Yang does not deny that the residences of the British government, Chengguo government, Ningyuanhou's residence, and Yangwuhou's residence are all connected with each other. , advancing and retreating together, there are various reasons in the middle, but there is no escape, what is it, I believe that the young master does not need me to explain."

Zhu Yi was silent.

Therefore, Yang Jie continued: "If a force is to be twisted, it needs a leader. Now, the leader of these mansions is Ning Yuanhou."

"But what if Marquis Ningyuan falls?"

Yang Jie said the last sentence in a very soft voice, but at the same time, it was quite meaningful.

What if... Ning Yuanhou fell?
Zhu Yi tasted these words carefully, and realized something in her heart.

Of course he knows better than Yang Jie the current situation of the Supreme Emperor's party.

Leaving aside the civil servants' side, in fact, the mansions that really support the Supreme Emperor's party are the few that Yang Jie mentioned just now.

The British Mansion, the Chengguo Mansion, the Yangwuhou Mansion, and the Ningyuanhou Mansion.

Of course, this is on the surface, but in the dark, there are Dingxi Hou Mansion, Anyuan Marquis Mansion, and Ningyang Uncle Mansion who was relegated to Earl's Mansion.

Again, Xungui is extremely particular about family status.

It is impossible to reach the core level without the lintel of the Marquis.

Some earl's mansions, although they also have this desire, or have a deep friendship with them, it is difficult to really enter the core, but they just wave the flag when necessary.

However, it has to be said that the current situation of these mansions, whether on the surface or secretly, is very embarrassing.

On the side of the British government, Zhang Fu, who was trained as a speaker, died. No matter Zhang Fu's ability or prestige, he was not enough to overwhelm other residences.

As for Cheng Guogong's mansion, not to mention, the lintel is still there, but Zhu Yi does not have a title after all.

Among the other marquis' mansions, Yangwuhou's mansion and Dingxihou's mansion are the same as the British duke's mansion. The person in charge who actually inherits the title is very young, and the close uncle is in charge of the power.

As for Uncle Ning Yang, his combat achievements, ability, and prestige are all enough, but, after all, he only has the title of earl now, and this alone is impossible to convince others.

Therefore, there is only one Hou Renli of Ningyuan, who is barely usable.

He also has military exploits, ability is not bad, and title... barely passable, and he can become a "leader" who speaks on their behalf.

If now, once Ren Li also fell, or even if he didn't, as long as he lost his position as Marquis like Ning Yang Bo Chen Mao.

So, who will come to represent their group and speak out in the court next?
Seeing Zhu Yi's silence, Yang Jie asked with a gentle smile on his face.

"Young master, the British government, life is not easy during this period of time, is it?"

Zhu Yi narrowed her eyes, looked at Yang Jie again, and felt more and more that the aristocratic family in front of her was really unfathomable.

How much does he know?

Of course, the British government has had a hard time recently. After working so hard in the court for so long, in the end they didn't get any benefits, and they even paid for Zhang Fu's life. In fact, he lost his wife and lost his army.

However, this is only scratching the surface.

The real situation is actually worse than what the outside world sees.

The most obvious thing is that with the death of Zhang Fu, the British government had to carry out a series of power transfers, allowing Ren Li to replace the British government and temporarily hold the real power of the Chinese military governor's office.

At the same time, within the Supreme Emperor's party, Zhang Xiang also began to be neglected and suppressed. Some time ago, Jiao Jingming's persecution of him secretly was a proof.

Where there are people, there is struggle, no matter what era it is, it is the same truth.

If not, based on the lukewarm relationship between the two prefectures, Zhang Xiang might not be willing to form this marriage with Zhu Yi.

With this in mind, Zhu Yi had to admit that Yang Jie was young, but his insight into the world was much deeper than many people.

Isn't this marriage between Cheng Guogong's government and the British government's government what he said in his mouth, if he wants to rely on the strength of others, he must bring benefits to others?

The Chengguo government hopes to use the hands of the British government to stabilize its precarious position among the nobles, while the British government hopes to strengthen its voice in the Supreme Emperor's party by wooing the Chengguo government.

The two have their own needs, and each takes what they need. The promotion of this marriage is beneficial to both parties.

At this point, Zhu Yi finally began to turn her energy from Yang Jie to what he said.

In fact, until just now, the reason why Zhu Yi didn't really drive people away was because he was curious about Yang Jie and wanted to know how far this family member could go.

The result, of course, was beyond his expectations. Yang Jie's performance refreshed Zhu Yi's cognition time and time again, but this was only because he was interested in this person. Zhu Yi has never considered the matter of Hou Fu'.

But now, he has to say, Yang Jie, indeed has some skills!
This idea was something Zhu Yi had never thought of before.

In fact, Zhu Yi knew a long time ago that the British government looked down on Ren Li for no other reason than the pride of the old family.

However, as the situation changed, Zhang Fu went out of Beijing and was killed. The position of the British government was at risk of being shaken, and Zhang Fu had to support Ren Li to take the position.

But in fact, it is really not necessarily true how deep the friendship between them is.

Under such circumstances, if there is a chance to regain power, the British government will definitely abandon Ren Li without hesitation.

This is actually what Yang Jie said, a chance to get back the title!

The reason why Zhang Fu couldn't master Zhang Fu's legacy like Zhang Fu was because he didn't have any combat achievements, so his ability was not recognized.

This is his flaw!

However, if Ren Li falls down, then, in desperation, there is a workaround for this kind of bruise.

For example, the union of two governments!

If Chengguo's mansion can regain the title and firmly support Zhang Yu, then, with the contacts and status of the two mansions, Zhang Yu has the hope to make up for this shortcoming.

After all, in the circle of honorable generals, titles often symbolize status and strength.

Even though Zhang Min's ability is not enough, if he is the person who speaks out on behalf of the two governments, no one would dare to ignore him.

For the British government, this is tantamount to regaining the power left by Zhang Fu.

Relying on this control over the Chinese Army's Governor's Mansion, Zhang Fen was also able to regain the initiative in the Supreme Emperor's party at the same time.

Therefore, once Ren Li falls, these mansions must do their best to help Cheng Guogong's mansion to be restored under the circumstances that no one is available.

Then use the union of the two princes to suppress the panicked hearts.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yi felt a little moved.

Zhang Fu is not as thoughtful as Zhang Fu. If someone can touch him and let him see the hope in it, Zhu Yi believes that this uncle of the Zhang family will not be lenient in the slightest if he stabs a knife. .

It is true that the loss of Ren Li, on the whole, is a great loss to the forces loyal to the Supreme Emperor.

But what does that have to do with the British government?

So, for the first time since the conversation, Zhu Yi said with a hint of heartbeat on his face.

"I can give it a try at the British government, but how can you guarantee that this matter can be accomplished based on this vague letter you produced?"

Now that we have started to think about it, the first thing we need to think about is feasibility.

Still the same sentence, Ningyuan Houfu, it's not a sick cat, it's a tiger!

Even if Zhu Yi wanted to do something to him and could persuade the British government, but after all, it was impossible to break with Ren Li on the surface.

After all, the British government didn't care whether Ren Li was alive or not, but the two from Nangong and Compassionate Ninggong certainly did.

In this way, there are many obstacles in action, and there are only a handful of forces that can be used.

Ren Li is now in charge of the Bauhinia Pass, and he holds the power of the Central Military Commander's Mansion. He can be regarded as a high-ranking and powerful man among the nobles. Such a prominent Marquis Mansion is by no means so easy to overthrow.

What can be done on him is nothing more than the assassination of important court officials and the occupation of military settlements.

However, as Zhu Yi said, the former has no evidence at all, and even if there is, the credibility of the evidence is difficult to guarantee, not to mention that this matter did not succeed after all.

As for the occupation of the military colony, it was not a matter of his family's Marquis Mansion. Ren Li was different from Yang Hong.

Since Yang Hong came to Beijing, he had been relying on the emperor, and he was not very friendly with Jing Nan's nobles, so naturally, when the emperor made up his mind to attack the Yang family, he was in a dilemma.

But Ren Li was not a member of the Tianzi Party from the very beginning.

He is backed by the old relatives headed by the British government. This group of people is precisely the beneficiary of the occupation of the military settlement. As long as they are not stupid, they will understand that once Ren Li falls on the military settlement, then the next They are the ones to fall.

Therefore, it is not easy to make a fuss about any of these two things.

Whether you are willing to do it is one thing, but whether you can do it or not is another.

but……

Looking at Yang Jie's smiling eyes, Zhu Yi had an inexplicable feeling in her heart, perhaps, he can really do it?
(End of this chapter)