Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 338 Letter from Cao Wenzhao

During this time, everyone in Beijing was busy with their own affairs.

Zhu Youxiao waited impatiently in the palace for the righteous to rescue him.

Senior officials from the northern provinces rushed to the capital from each state to attend the inauguration ceremony of the House of Representatives in the near future.

The offices under the House of Representatives are working hard to prepare for the inauguration ceremony of the House of Representatives.

Ye Xianggao and others are compiling the "Parliament Law" in order to be able to legitimately govern the country for the emperor in terms of legal system - at least in today's era when the theory of heaven and man is unimpeded, the politics of the Senate can be justified and accepted by scholars. Make the people understand.

However, Zhang Shenyan, Yang Changsi and others were secretly planning to enter the palace and kidnap the emperor.

As for the common people, they still dug in the soil and lived on the breath of the landlords and gentry. In fact, as long as the common people could eat one meal every day, they did not care who actually ruled the Ming Dynasty.

As for Wang Qi, he has to meet someone today, a woman.

Beijing City, Eastern Suburbs, Royal Garden.

Since the April 25 Palace Change, all royal nobles, except the emperor, queen and concubines, have been moved to the villa outside the palace and are under strict supervision. Of course, in addition to not being able to go out at will, eat or drink The offerings were not left behind either.

Wang Qi sat opposite Princess Ningde.

The Duke of Qi still looked as calm and gentle as when they first met.

But the situation of the two people is already as high as heaven and earth, and they cannot be compared.

"When this period of time passes, you can propose to break off the engagement. At that time, you can choose your husband. No one will interfere." Wang Qi took a sip of tea and put it down. He didn't like the osmanthus honey tea offered to the royal family. , too sweet.

Zhu Weiyan, who originally lowered her head and embroidered the mandarin duck and lotus face with a silver needle between her fingers, stopped her fingers when she heard that she proposed to break off the engagement. After a while, she slowly raised her head, with a trace of stubbornness on her beautiful and unparalleled face. : "What if I don't break off the engagement?"

After hearing Zhu Weiyan's words, Wang Qi tapped his fingers on the table. When he reached his current position, he could not make any promises.

"I came here today just to discuss with you. Just think about it, if you and I get married, it will only be a political marriage. Isn't it just this once in a woman's life?" Wang Qi looked at Zhu Weiyan's lovely face. His face was calm and his heart was calm.

"By marrying you, you can preserve the royal bloodline, maintain the royal dignity, and allow the royal family to be cared for by the new dynasty. The price is just that I am committed to the Duke of Qi. It is a good deal." Zhu Weiyan smiled, and the flowers turned pale for a moment: "And you can get the support of many neutral ministers, which is a good deal, isn't it?"

Wang Qi looked at Zhu Weiyan who was sitting not far away, as if he had just met this princess who had grown up in the inner palace.

"Your Highness, you are very smart," Wang Qi grinned: "Marrying you can indeed help me get the support of many nobles and neutral ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Even with your relationship, the relationship between me and His Majesty the Emperor can also be With a little buffer, many things will be much easier to handle.”

Princess Ningde, as the sister of Emperor Tianqi, if Wang Qi formally marries Her Highness the Princess and then takes over the country as a relative, it will indeed be easier for the entire nine states in the world to accept this situation.

After all, when a country is governed by a martial artist, the final outcome is usually the country's destruction and troubled times, and the royal family is often massacred; while when a country is governed by a relative, the relationship between the country and the royal family is usually cooperative, which is more conducive to the stability of the political situation.

"One month later, the Grand Council will be established. After that, I will arrange the wedding." Wang Qi stood up and glanced at Zhu Weiyan for the last time: "I hope you won't regret it."

"I would like to send you my husband!" Zhu Weiyan stood up and gave Wang Qi a slight blessing.

The title in his mouth has become husband. Ah!
  Wang Qi smiled, did not refuse the title, and turned to leave.

Looking at Wang Qi's disappearing figure, Zhu Weiyan gently closed her eyes. The stubbornness and strength on her face gradually turned into bitterness and helplessness.

It seems that the royal daughter cannot change her fate of becoming a political tool no matter what.

If Wang Qi had not planned this palace coup, then Zhu Weiyan was ready to follow the famous Duke of Qi to the cities of Shandong and live her life peacefully - at least, she would plead with the emperor's brother and let Wang Qi go. A way out.

But the fact is that Wang Qi was not even willing to say a soft word to the emperor. At the first court meeting after entering Beijing, he single-handedly carried out a palace coup that shocked all nine states, and with lightning speed, he took the entire city of Beijing into his hands.

In fact, most of the civil and military officials of the imperial court knew what happened, and had already received notices that the cabinet was abolished, the emperor bowed down, and the parliament took power.

The world was turned upside down, and it was so unexpected.

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Sitting on the sedan, Wang Qi closed his eyes slightly and took a rest.

Zhu Weiyan's words today actually surprised him. After all, Wang Qi had no intention of stabilizing the court by relying on his status as a royal relative.

But if he could take over the court smoothly and silence some people, Wang Qi wouldn't mind using this status - it's just a pity that Princess Ningde, such a delicate beauty, has been reduced to a political tool.

While Wang Qi was closing his eyes and thinking, a secret letter came in from outside the sedan: Sir, this is an urgent message from Li Shouxin from Nanjing.

After taking the letter and opening it slowly, Wang Qi only glanced at it a few times before closing the letter, putting it aside, and sneered: Scholars will rebel in three years, and this is true.

When Wang Qi returned to Beijing from Zhucheng, he had already sent Li Shouxin and more than ten cronies south to Nanjing, mainly to keep abreast of the movements of the political opponents from Nanjing after the palace coup.

In the letter, Li Shouxin described in detail the series of actions and plans of Zuo Guangdou and others after Shi Kefa returned to Nanjing City.

In one month, it is absolutely impossible for Nanjing City to gather enough troops to fight across the river.

If Han Xu, Liu Yijing and others were still alive, they might be able to rely on their personal prestige and as former ministers of the Ministry of War to intimidate the generals to consolidate their troops and march north to King Qin. But now, after several political struggles with Wang Qi, , Dong Lin's vitality has been severely damaged. Neither Gao Panlong nor Zuo Guangdou, nor the elderly Zhao Nanxing, are the figures who can shoulder the military and political power.

The governors, governors, and generals of the southern provinces formed a self-aligned alliance, which was far beyond what King Qin could command during the Northern Expedition.

Tapping the window lattice of the sedan with his fingers, Wang Qi did not intend to pay attention to the actions of those corrupt scholars. He would first cut off the chaos in Shanshan and completely consolidate the territory in the north, and then talk about the rest!

Suddenly, there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and they stopped in front of the escort.

Pu Bing turned over and fell off his horse, knelt on the roadside, held the letter in both hands, raised it above his head and said: "Cao Wen of Liaodong has issued an urgent message, please ask the Duke of Qi to make a decision!"

"Bring it here." Wang Qi's voice contained a rare hint of doubt.

(End of this chapter)