my days with tyrants

Chapter 282 Leading the knife into a fast, and finally living up to it

Fang Xiaoru looked at the short spear in Yao Guangxiao's hand with a very difficult expression...

He knew the latter was using him.

He is not stupid.

Even the whole plan itself was being used by the famous demon monk under King Yan.

In other words, the entire vassal king group is using their Guangze King Group to take advantage of Guangze King's ambition to seize the throne, to support Guangze King in doing things in exchange for the latter's accession to the throne, to give the vassals more power instead of Cut the feudal clan like Zhu Yunxi.But they are also using the vassal kings group, they need the force in the hands of the vassal kings, otherwise how can they push King Guangze to the throne with their group of Confucian scholars?
Rely on popular opinion?
If people's hearts really work, why use magic guns?
Besides, they have no popular support!

Even if King Guangze is good at acting, it can't change the fact that his younger brother is the heir chosen by his grandfather, so as long as he rebels and grabs the throne, the image maintained by acting will collapse.

Virtue?

Grab your younger brother's throne?
Renxiao?

Grandpa snatched his younger brother's throne before his bones were cold.

Running away is sympathetic, but grabbing the throne is disgusting.

In the end, he has no soldiers and no power, and he relies on a virtuous persona. Once the persona collapses, he really has nothing.

So just like Yao Guangxiao said, the only possibility is that his younger brother died, the way of death is not important, he fell into the water, was murdered by a rebel, or died of a sudden illness!In short, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he died, and then he can justifiably say that his nephew is too young, and he needs to take responsibility in this kind of national crisis. Anyway, there are great Confucianists to explain afterwards, and he has no shortage of great Confucianists.But the key is how to make his brother die suddenly. His brother is healthy, even healthier than him. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for the two of them to say who lives longer than the other, so it can only be abnormal.Sudden death from a sudden illness is impossible. Both Jin Yiwei and eunuchs and court ladies are under the firm control of his younger brother, and falling into the water is also impossible. His younger brother is very good at swimming, and even swam across the Yangtze River with Yang Feng...

Ambassador Yang often took him on the Yangtze River.

After all, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are easily soluble in water, so it is always good to exercise in advance.

Then the only possibility left is to be killed by the traitor!

and so……

A traitor is needed.

What is needed is a traitor who will be infamous for thousands of years even if Zhu Yunqi ascends the throne, a traitor who will kill the whole family even if Zhu Yunqi ascends the throne, a traitor who will be cast aside even according to Confucian moral standards.

"Mr. Zhengxue, you are a disciple of a sage, a well-known Confucian in China, you should be very clear that when this Confucian orthodoxy survives, someone must stand up and be a martyr.

Your Majesty does not want Confucian scholars.

He is Yang Feng's student, and Yang Feng and I have known each other for many years.

The future Ming Dynasty he designed for His Majesty will not have a place for you. In fact, he himself admires Legalism, but now he cannot completely abandon Confucianism. In other words, when new learning was everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, Confucianism could also be kicked out.It is estimated that it will not be more than ten years. Now there are nine new schools in the capital. The first batch of students have already completed their studies. They will take the next imperial examination, and then become Jinshi from those miscellaneous subjects.

His Majesty will arrange for them to go to various places to take charge of academic administration and build more new schools.

Train more new students.

These new students continue to take the imperial examination and continue to become Jinshi.

Ten years later, the court was full of new scholars.

At that time, if you want to kick Confucian scholars away, all you need is an imperial decree. "

Yao Guangxiao picked up the short gun with a smile, and stuffed it into Fang Xiaoru's hand...

"Mr. Zhengxue, pull the trigger, as long as you pull the trigger on him, you Confucianism will be saved, and you will regain a glorious and prosperous age of the sages and ministers.

Eight wild and salty songs flourished. "

Under Fang Xiaoru's numb gaze, he grabbed his hand and held the short gun, and pointed in the direction of the palace...

"boom!"

He said.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Then he let go of his hand, smiled triumphantly and walked to the back, leaving only Fang Xiaoru holding the short gun blankly.

"Master, what will he do?"

A man dressed as a business traveler asked Yao Guangxiao.

"If he doesn't do it, isn't he punishing the three clans? King Guangze may be grateful to him for taking the throne, and it is also to reassure his subordinates. When he arrests his three clans, he may deliberately let some of them go, and his clan is over the limelight." After all, he can still make a fortune. But if he doesn’t do it, when His Majesty punishes his three clans, there will be no one left behind. His descendants, his brothers, and none of them will escape at that time. He is either bragging or punishing the ten clans So what, then maybe His Majesty really did what he wished and punished his ten clans, so this person really can't brag, and if he brags too much, it will become a catastrophe."

Yao Guangxiao sneered.

Indeed, someone like Fang Xiaoru who has been on the emperor's blacklist actually has no other choice.

Either fight desperately, or wait for the door to be wiped out.

"But he is a Confucian scholar, even if you give him a short gun, he might not be able to kill His Majesty. It's not like you don't know the skills of these guys. He can't even aim the gun."

said the man.

This is no joke Fang Daru, the short gun is not light at this time!

"Liu Baihu, do you think I'm stupid enough to rely on a rotten scholar to assassinate the emperor?"

Yao Guangxiao looked at him speechlessly.

"Uh, little stupid."

Liu Baihu said quickly.

This is Liu Rong, who guarded hundreds of households in Yanshan. In the past, Uncle Guangning defeated Yang Wen with a partial division, but the main reason was that Yang Wen's subordinates didn't want to fight.

"What I want is for him to assassinate His Majesty. With His Majesty's temperament, as long as he is not killed, he will start a war with the Confucian scholars all over the world."

Yao Guangxiao smiled with the joy of a schemer.

Just then, a monk hurried over.

"Master, Jin Yiwei is searching nearby. They say they are searching for Fang Xiaoru. Someone saw him enter the city and come to this area. It is estimated that the search will be here in another quarter of an hour."

He said.

"Senior Brother Lao."

Yao Guangxiao said.

Then he took out a gold ingot and handed it to the monk.

The latter put his palms together with a smile on his face, took the gold ingot and hurried away.

"You, take him away, but it's best to attract Jin Yiwei's attention, but after leaving the city, lead Jin Yiwei to Lishui to go to Qitai. Qi Nantang hides deep enough that I almost deceived him. If this is the case, let him stop thinking about it." Stay out of the matter, how to assassinate His Majesty, it is up to him to figure out a way, Fang Xiaoru is a corrupt Confucian, Qi Nantang is not..."

Yao Guangxiao sneered.

Liu Rong immediately nodded and prepared to leave.

"Liu Baihu, if Jin Yiwei catches you..."

Yao Guangxiao hesitated to speak.

"Master, there is only death, for the sake of the king, why not die?"

Liu Rong said.

Yao Guangxiao nodded.

Then he put on a benevolent gesture and went to chant sutras calmly.

And Liu Rong went directly to find Fang Xiaoru who was still struggling, and took Fang Daru out of the back door of the temple with a dozen of his dead soldiers. He was actually sent by Zhu Gaochi, and he was here as a pawn for Yao Guangxiao under the cover of a merchant. thugs.Most of the young generals in Zhu Di's guards were not interested in going to the Western Regions, and in fact they were hardly interested. They were more willing to push Zhu Di to ascend to the throne.

In the end, even if Zhu Di played with the fief system, it would be meaningless for them to go to the Western Regions to get a fief each.

No matter how good it is there, it can be compared to the capital city?

Can being a small lord be compared to being the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

Very good choice.

That is, Zhang Fu and the few others, because they knew that Yang Feng was there, they couldn’t resist after all, and because Yang Feng was bewitched, they supported Xiangxiyu, but it was only support. If Zhu Di turned to grab the throne, they would also support it .

But Liu Rong, who stayed behind, couldn't understand this choice at all.

They formed an alliance with brothers Zhu Gaochi and Yao Guangxiao to push Zhu Di to fight for the throne.

They were far away from the temple. At this time, Jinyiwei was everywhere outside. They quickly attracted the attention of a group of Jinyiwei. Liu Rong raised his hand crossbow without hesitation and shot down a Jinyiwei. Amidst the latter's shouts and gongs , took Fang Daru quickly to Taiping Gate.When they arrived at a city wall, with the help of the insiders of the defenders, they quickly climbed up the city wall with Fang Daru on their backs, and then turned over the city wall, but they deliberately attracted the attention of the patrol soldiers on the city wall from the outside. keep running away.Soon a large number of pursued soldiers came out of Taipingmen, and they rode spare horses outside the city, and then galloped towards Yaofangmen.

Royal Palace.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to talk to King Yan and the others, hold them back, and wait for Yang Feng to come back."

The little princess is still persuading her nephew.

"What is there to talk about with them? If you can't conquer them, they will still treat me like a boy in the future. Don't worry about anything. When the siege cannons are delivered and the city walls of Kaifeng are smashed, then they can only beg for mercy from me." .”

Zhu Yunxi said.

Of course he couldn't rely on Yang Feng.

He really knew very well that as long as Yang Feng came back and clearly declared his support, King Yan would have no choice but to withdraw, and King Yan would withdraw, and other kings such as King Liao would also have to withdraw.After all, with Yang Feng around, they would be fine as long as they admit defeat, and Zhu Yunxie is actually wrestling with these uncles now.He won, and these uncles or brothers accepted his reforms honestly. If the latter won, he had no choice but to stop the clan reforms and maintain the status quo.

But neither side had any intention of killing the other.

He even asked Sapphire not to hurt his uncles.

These vassal kings are now nothing more than relying on Kaifeng City to stick to it, and then wait for changes in other places to use the situation to force him to submit, but at least there is nothing to worry about in other places.

The five northern feudal clans did indeed form a coalition.

But it didn't work.

Because of Zhou Dexing, Geng Bingwen has already gone to Shandong and started to integrate the various armies south of Beiping. These two veterans, especially Zhou Dexing, have high prestige in the army...

This is the real veteran.

In fact, Zhou Dexing is older than his grandfather, and a veteran of more than 70 years. It may not be enough for him to counterattack Beiping at present, but it is enough for him to stop the Zhu Gaochi brothers from going south, not to mention that the latter and the other four feudal clans have to guard against Yang in Liaodong. arts.The Liao Fan had already been watched by Yang Wen. Once Yang Wen attacked Daning, the alliance would not dare to go south. In addition, the army and civilians in Shanxi had already blocked the Yanmen Pass, and Zhang Yi, Xu Huizu's deputy, took strict precautions.

Although Xi'an has not been resolved yet, Xu Huizu personally sits in the town, and the guards of Qin Fan can only protect the palace.

As for Wuchang...

"Your Majesty, when Jingchuanhou's army left the Three Gorges, Qu Neng, the forward commander of the Sichuan capital, invaded Jingzhou. Most of the guards from the Xiangfu surrendered, and a small number fled to Wuchang."

At this time, an eunuch reported.

"Decree to the Marquis of Jingchuan to disarm the guards of Xiangfu and serve the people, and Qu Neng bestows the earl on it."

Zhu Yunxi said excitedly.

Clearly the worst of it is over for him.

In the final analysis, he has a solid foundation. The Beijing Camp, especially the Shenji Camp, Lanyu Department, Cao Zhen, and Yang Wen can all guarantee loyalty. The rest of Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu cannot be said to have two hearts. Uncle Wang, but the whole Xu family is in the capital, so they don't have the guts to betray him.As for the vassal king causing trouble, this is actually inevitable. The root cause is not who is the emperor, but his grandfather is dead. These guys think he can't suppress them.The system of enfeoffment that his grandfather instituted would inevitably lead to rebellion by the vassal kings, and this would happen in the end no matter whether he cut the vassals or not.

He cut down the vassal, and the vassal king wanted to cause chaos.

If he doesn't cut down the vassal, the vassal king will actually cause chaos.

This kind of system is only suitable for his grandfather's kind of emperor who can make everyone kneel and tremble, but without his grandfather's coercion, it is only a matter of time before something happens.

Now is the time to take the opportunity to solve it completely.

"Fourteenth Aunt, you don't have to worry about it. The emperor's grandfather's funeral is still two months away, and it will definitely be resolved within two months."

Zhu Yunxi said.

Those siege guns are already being transported to Kaifeng by land.

In fact, it's not too difficult. Get more horses or cattle, and then put wooden planks on the cannon wheel, and drag it along the road on the plain to Kaifeng, twenty or thirty miles a day. It takes less than half a month to drag it to Kaifeng. front.Then all that is left is to bombard the city wall of Kaifeng with 28 siege cannons. As long as the city wall collapses, it means that the vassal kings have lost.

His Majesty the Emperor is full of ambition, waiting for the era that truly belongs to him.

however……

"That's all, at most it's just a death, if you draw the knife quickly, you will finally live up to it!"

Not far from Yaofang Gate, Fang Daru, who was leaning over the city wall on the back of a dead man, suddenly sighed like a convulsion.

But it frightened the dead man who carried him.

"who?"

Suddenly, the team of patrol soldiers who had just passed by not far away turned their heads.

"Come on!"

Liu Rong shouted.

The patrol team immediately beat the gong, shouted and ran towards this side.

Liu Rong, who had already boarded the city wall, pulled out the short blunderbuss at his waist, and pulled the trigger on the patrol soldiers. Those dead soldiers also pulled the triggers one after another. Lie down.And at the same time, a large number of cavalry outside the city rushed out of the hiding place and rushed towards the city wall. They were also short guns, and quickly approached the city wall and opened fire on the patrol soldiers.And Liu Rong and others quickly slid down the city wall. The team of cavalry carried spare horses. Liu Rong immediately got on the horse. He looked at Fang Daru who was also on the horse...

"Let's go to Lishui!"

he shouted.

Immediately afterwards, they started running towards Lishui.

(End of this chapter)