Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 82 Jin Ying's Plan

The clouds in the evening smudged the entire sky, turning the sky into a fiery red. The maple leaves in front of the steps fell, swept up by the autumn wind, and flew outside the palace wall in a whirl.

The scenery is picturesque, but not everyone's mood is as beautiful as the clouds.

In the Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager Sun clenched the note in her hand tightly and threw it on the ground, sneering and hating.

"The action of the Ministry of Rites this time is very fast. I'm afraid that they have already discussed it in private, and they are waiting to join forces to persecute the Aijia, these idiots!"

The group of servants serving below you look at me, I look at you, all trembling and daring to speak.

This is the third time that the Empress Dowager has lost her temper since she came back.

The first time was when I first came back, and I was very angry for a while. Three or four palace maids who usually served were fined and grounded for a little mistake.

Afterwards, the Empress was summoned again. Across the door of the warm pavilion, people outside could faintly hear the voice of the Queen Mother's reprimand. I didn't know what she said. Not light.

This time, I don't know why...

Jin Ying sighed, stepped forward and picked up Nao Shu from the ground to smooth it out, and said in a low voice.

"My Virgin, let go of your anger. Even if the Ministry of Rites was prepared, it must have obeyed orders. Why should you be angry? You are so angry that you are happy."

This memorial was brought by Jin Ying, and he naturally knew the content. It was the new canonization of the Prince of Rites on the Ministry of Rites, but what was different from the previous one was that it added the content of the group of ministers asking for a new monarch.

It is for this reason that the Empress Dowager Sun will be furious.

But even though she said that, Jin Ying knew in her heart that what Empress Dowager Sun said was impossible at all.

He has read this memorial, and there are many places in it, all of which are copied, even if he is a minister who is not familiar with the etiquette system, he can see that there are many in it that need to be discussed, and they are temporarily driven out.

Of course, these words cannot be said. At the moment, Empress Dowager Sun is angry, so of course she has to follow her.

Sure enough, after listening to Jin Ying's words, Empress Dowager Sun's temper was a little smoother, and she wanted to call someone, but remembered that Li Yongchang had already been arrested and imprisoned.

After all, she had been employed by her for so many years. At this moment, the Empress Dowager Sun could not help but sigh, and the hatred for Zhu Qiyu deepened in her heart.

Breaking free from this low mood, Empress Dowager Sun looked up at Jin Ying, and after a while, Fang spoke.

"Eunuch Jin, in the palace, you are considered a young man of virtuous age, with profound qualifications. Whether it is the Ai family or the emperor, they have never treated you as an ordinary eunuch. I think that Wang Zhen is imposing and mighty, but in the end, he really holds the The person in charge of the ceremony is still you."

As I said before, although Wang Zhen is the eunuch in charge of India, most of his energy is on the East Factory.

Most of the government affairs of Sili Jian are handled by Jin Ying, the eunuch with a pen.

That's why the Queen Mother Sun said that it was Jin Ying who really held Supervisor of Li, which was not bad.

However, after hearing this, Jin Ying immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "The inner minister is deeply gracious and virtuous by the late emperor and the empress dowager, and he is trusted by the emperor. Naturally, he does his best and does not dare to be so praised by the empress dowager."

Looking at Jin Ying kneeling on the ground, Empress Dowager Sun's eyes turned cold and said.

"Ai's family still remembers in a trance that you persuaded Ai's family to let King Yen take charge of the affairs, and said that you would look at him for Ai's family, so Ai's family couldn't understand. Like this?"

A drop of cold sweat fell on Jin Ying's head.

He is a smart person, and he immediately understood that the empress dowager was suspicious of him.

What went wrong?

Jin Ying quickly recalled his words and deeds these days, and finally fixed it at the great meeting.

King Yu ruled the country, and it was inevitable that his power would increase. Even if he did not let himself go, but sent the reviewed memorials to the Cining Palace, it was just drinking poison to quench his thirst.

If the empress dowager hadn't understood this, she wouldn't have agreed.

Over the past few days, Jin Ying has not deliberately concealed any important news from the Queen Mother Sun, and it is not because of the rise of King Yin that she is suspicious of him.

Then, this faint hostility can only come from the fact that at the great court meeting, he brought the troops from the East Factory to relieve the siege of King Yu.

After thinking about this section, Jin Ying immediately spoke.

"Our Lady, the matter of today's court meeting is really sudden, and the ministers did not know about it in advance, but before the court, His Royal Highness King Yu instructed the ministers to immediately go to Dongchang and Jinyiwei to dispatch [-] soldiers after the court push was over. Come to the Meridian Gate for use."

"At that time, when it was time to open the palace gate, it was too late to report to the Virgin, and the minister thought about the presence of the Virgin. First, if soldiers and horses arrive, they should listen to the order of the Virgin, and secondly, there is a real possibility that something will hurt the Virgin, so they will be executed first and then reported. , I implore Our Lady not to blame the ministers for making their own decisions."

Empress Dowager Sun didn't speak, just looked at Jin Ying, as if to see a flower in him.

After a while, Fang Dao.

"Get up!"

Jin Ying wiped his sweat, knowing that this level was barely passed.

As soon as I got up, I heard the Empress Dowager Sun sigh faintly and said: "If it is according to what you said, then the Aijia's expectations are not bad, that King Yu, who has long guessed what will happen at the court meeting, I can't be sure. The foreign court's remonstrance was secretly promoted by him, but I don't know what benefits he promised those people, and he dared to act so boldly and kill in public..."

Jin Ying thought about it for a while, and said boldly: "Our Lady forgives the ministers bluntly, this matter does not need any benefit. For the ministers of foreign dynasties, it is the greatest benefit in itself that King Yen condones their remonstrance without punishing them."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded, she had also heard some of the ethos of the Waichao.

Especially in recent years, several generations of emperors have been admonishing officials, making it a fortune for them to commit a straight remonstrance.

There is such a chance that the ministers can intervene without being punished, and naturally they will not miss it.

It's a pity that his control over the foreign court is still too low, and he loses the whole game with one wrong move, and even Li Yongchang loses it.

Empress Dowager Sun became more and more irritable, got up and paced back and forth in the warm pavilion, said.

"In your opinion, what should Aijia do now?"

Jin Yingdao: "Returning to Our Lady, the ministers dared to say that, in the current situation, King Yu has conquered the hearts of many ministers of the foreign court. Looking back on these days, what King Yu has done is nothing more than relying on the foreign court in the name of righteousness. The power of the ministers presses the Virgin, but whenever you make a move, in the hearts of the courtiers, you are disregarding the overall situation, and it is because of this that you are often restrained and controlled by others.”

Empress Dowager Sun nodded and motioned Jin Ying to continue.

"Therefore, under the current situation, the ministers thought that it is better to be quiet than to act, and that the succession of King Yu is a foregone conclusion, so it is not appropriate for the queen mother to make a fuss about this matter, otherwise it will be easy to be criticized by the ministers again."

Empress Dowager Sun's eyes narrowed, and she said displeasedly, "So your idea is to let the Aijia let King Yu ascend to the throne?"

Facing Empress Dowager Sun's unkind gaze, Jin Ying knelt on the ground again and said bravely: "Return to Our Lady, that's true, in the current situation, King Yu is what everyone expects. If there is any remonstrance at that time, it will be difficult to deal with it.”

Thinking of the scene outside Zuoshunmen today, Empress Dowager Sun felt a chill in her heart. She never felt that these courtiers were so terrifying.

After hesitating for a moment, Empress Dowager Sun reluctantly nodded and motioned Jin Ying to get up.

So Jin Ying stood up and continued: "Empress Dowager, since this matter is unstoppable, then what you should consider is what will happen after King Yu takes the throne..."

"Do you mean?"

"Naturally it is the power of the harem and the emperor to welcome back."

"After so many days, looking at what King Yu has done, he has seized power from the Mother of God. This time King Yu took the opportunity to imprison Li Gonggong, which shows that he has turned his attention to the harem."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded and said, "Yes, even if King Yu couldn't think of this, Wu's scheming will never let it go."

Jin Ying continued: "That's why the minister guessed that after King Yu ascended the throne, he would use the pretext of disposing of Wang Zhen's party to clear out dissidents in the palace and support his cronies. Wang Zhen is not deeply implicated, and he is a credible person, so as to avoid Wang Zhen implicated innocent people, and then make plans later."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Sun glanced at Jin Ying.

She is very clear about the power in the palace. Among the ministers, three are the most prominent.

Headed by Wang Zhen, the eunuch of the Si Lijian and the head of Yin, followed by two eunuchs, Jin Ying and Fan Hong, most of the eunuchs in the palace, their roots can be traced to the three of them.

But in this civil engineering battle, Wang Zhen and Fan Hong both drove away and died outside, so only Jin Ying was left.

What he meant by these words was to let himself protect the people of his lineage. Perhaps, he would also take this opportunity to take Fan Hong's lineage as his own.

In the final analysis, among the ministers, it is also necessary to fight for power and profit.

But Empress Dowager Sun is not angry, no matter who it is, it is human to plan for herself. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. She does not force Jin Ying to be a saint. Some of her own careful thoughts reassure her.

Nodding her head, Empress Dowager Sun said: "What you said is reasonable, and Aijia knows this, it just so happens that Li Yongchang was imprisoned. In the past few days, you have chosen some capable and innocent people, and Aijia will see them and put them in various places. It's on duty."

Jin Ying bowed his head to lead the order, and Empress Dowager Sun said again: "This matter is not difficult, after all, even if King Ying succeeds to the throne, it will not cross the Ai family, and it is still possible to stop him from being involved, but you just said, what is the purpose of welcoming the emperor back? Meaning? Is it possible that he dares to play tricks on this matter?"

With that said, Empress Dowager Sun's eyes turned cold. She could give in on everything else, but this alone was the bottom line, and she would never give in.

Jin Yingdao: "Our Lady, don't worry, in the final analysis, the emperor is the son of tomorrow. No matter how arrogant the king is, he would not dare to openly block the welcome back to the emperor. Those ministers will not agree."

"What the minister is worried about is what to do after welcoming the emperor back?"

Empress Dowager Sun understood.

The so-called power moves people's hearts, what is the reason for letting it go?

Zhu Qiyu will inherit the throne. If the emperor returns, will he be willing to return the throne?Certainly not.

Not only is he unwilling to return to the throne, but he is afraid that the ministers of the foreign court will not let Zhu Qiyu hand over the throne for the so-called stability of the court.

Her brows twitched involuntarily, and Empress Dowager Sun dismissed the last doubts about Jin Ying in her heart and asked.

"You just said that King Yu's succession to the throne is unstoppable. If you want to stop it, Ai's family can't stop it, but besides that, what else can Ai's family do?"

Jin Ying pondered for a moment, then said: "Holy Virgin, the so-called righteous name, what King Yu holds is nothing more than righteousness. In this situation, it is true that he can't stop him, but he might as well do some tricks secretly and make some articles on the name... …”

Saying that, Jin Ying lowered his voice.

After the Empress Dowager Sun listened, her brows loosened slightly, and she hesitated: "This way, can it be done?"

Jin Ying cupped his hands and said, "There is nothing in the world that is perfect. This method that the minister thought of was also unpredictable, so that in case one day... it would be a good teacher to become famous."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded and sighed.

"That's the only way. In this case, after tomorrow, you will summon Chen Xun, and Aijia will tell him in person."

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