Nightwatcher

Chapter 743 Rebellion (22000.1 million)

Royal study.

Emperor Yongxing unfolded the document and carefully reviewed the "agreement" between the two parties. The content of the agreement was complicated and involved a lot of detailed rules. The first condition remained unchanged:

Since the first year of Yongxing, Dafeng has paid 500,000 taels of silver and 600,000 bolts of silk to Yunzhou every year.

Extensions and changes in the rules:

In the first year, only 150,000 taels of tribute and 300,000 bolts of silk are required, and they must be paid off in the coming year. .

The second condition remains the same. After the peace talks are over, the Dafeng court will immediately send a report to the local yamen, acknowledging that the lineage of Yunzhou is the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and post a notice to announce it to the world.

The third condition is the longest wrangling.

Yunzhou asked the imperial court to cede Yongzhou, Yuzhou and Zhangzhou.

Further north of Yongzhou is the boundary of the capital, so it is impossible to cede Yongzhou. This is a matter of principle.

During the negotiation process, Ji Yuan once again put pressure on Yunzhou's superpowers, but this time it didn't work, and the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Honglusi refused to let go.

Yuzhou and Zhangzhou, the former is rich in iron ore resources, and the latter is one of the three major granaries in Dafeng. If these two continents are ceded to the Yunzhou rebels, one can imagine what will happen.

But if Yongzhou is saved, Yuzhou and Zhangzhou will have to give up. In terms of geographical location, these two states are still far away from the capital, not as deadly as Yongzhou.

The fourth condition is Jianzheng's refining handbook.

Emperor Yongxing had already sent someone to Sitianjian to collect it yesterday. Unexpectedly, Song Qing of Sitianjian gave it out very happily.

Happy as if this is not a relic of the deceased master.

"Your Majesty, although the peace talks were successfully concluded, the ambitions of the rebels in Yunzhou should not be trusted."

The aged Li Wang is also in the imperial study at this moment, he is the only person present who was given a seat.

"Uncle, don't worry!"

Emperor Yongxing finally had a smile on his face, and said in a relaxed tone:

"I have already discussed this matter with the gentlemen. After sending off the Yunzhou mission, I will personally find Xu Yinluo and ask him to go to the southern border to rescue soldiers. There are many superpowers in the Gu clan and Yao clan. Let Xu Yinluo invite them here.

"One more month will be the spring festival. After the spring festival, the earth will return to spring, and the cold disaster will be relieved. The situation will definitely get better."

King Li nodded slightly when he heard the words:

"I heard that your Majesty and Xu Yinluo had a bad fight a few days ago?"

Emperor Yongxing waved his hand:

"It's just a trivial matter. I respect him three-pointed on weekdays, but I have my own opinions on major national affairs. He is not allowed to show his bravery."

As for the matter of moving the rescuers, Emperor Yongxing never thought about how Xu Qi'an would change his recruitment, whether it was difficult or not, it seemed that everything was what Xu Qi'an should do.

It's like he developed the Gu and Yaozu into allies.

King Li let out a "hmm", his face was slightly relaxed, and he said slowly:

"It turns out that His Majesty has been concerned about it for a long time, so the king can rest assured."

What was Emperor Yongxing's plan? What he said just now was very clear. First negotiate a peace, stabilize the rebels, and then let Xu Yinluo go out and ask for help from his allies in southern Xinjiang. At the same time, wait for the beginning of spring to subside the cold disaster.

Li Wang also did not consider the difficulty of the task.

Outside the city gate, six riders came galloping on horseback. They wore cloaks and rode fast horses, roaring through the city gate.

Entering the city gate, the speed of the horses slowed down sharply. The first rider reined in his horse and looked back at the city wall.

His face was rigid and expressionless, as if carved from stone.

Yang Yan!

After the Chuzhou massacre case, Yang Yan stayed there, and the imperial court appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Chuzhou and the commander of the capital of Chuzhou.

Even after Wei Yuan died, he stayed in Chuzhou and never returned to Beijing.

"Call all the brothers lurking in the capital and wait for orders." Yang Yan turned his head and looked at his subordinates on the left.

"yes!"

The subordinate clasped his fists in both hands, then grabbed the rein of the horse, pulled lightly, separated from the team, and galloped towards another road.

The adoptive father failed to help the fourth prince to ascend the throne. Now, our faction should be in charge. Yang Yan moved his eyes, followed the spacious main road, and looked towards the direction of the palace.

Hit the yamen.

The four golden gongs gathered together, and the doors and windows were closed tightly.

Jinluo Zhao Jin stared at Yinluo Song Tingfeng on the opposite side, squinted his eyes, and said:

"Xu Yinluo really said that?"

Xu Yinluo has become a title, not an official position.

In Dafeng, as long as the word "Xu Yinluo" is said, everyone knows who it is referring to.

Song Tingfeng smiled and said:

"Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil and the imperial court is in crisis, whether the Jin Luos can seize the opportunity in this torrent depends on today's choice.

"Ning Yan is Duke Wei's disciple. The four adults also have friendship with him and are no strangers to him. I'm afraid that he will cheat you. Besides, if you say a rebellious word, who is the most promising to be loyal to now?

"It's not the one sitting in the Golden Luan Hall, begging for pity from the Yunzhou rebels, but my brother."

Zhao Jin and the other three Jin Luo looked at each other, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Why didn't Xu Yinluo come by himself?"

Song Tingfeng did not answer, but took out a note:

"After reading it, you will naturally know."

Zhao Jin took it, unfolded the note and glanced at it, first heaved a sigh of relief, and commented:

"It's his handwriting."

Then, his eyes froze and he stared at the paper for a long time.

Zhao Jin took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement surging in his heart, and calmly handed the note to the other three Jin Gongs. After circulating it, he said:

"You reply to Xu Yinluo, as long as he doesn't lie to me, I, Zhao Jin, can give him this life, but we need to meet him."

station.

Ji Yuan held the sound transmission conch and said:

"No fun!

"The little emperor of Dafeng is boring, the princes in the court are also boring, and the students of Guozijian are even more boring.

"I heard that when the body of King Zhenbei was transported back to the capital, Yuan Jing closed the palace and saw no officials. There was a good man named Xu New Year who blocked the Meridian Gate and scolded him from morning to night. Yuan Jing compromised and opened the door.

"It's a pity that I didn't see this son in the court, nor did I see him during the negotiation. Xu is a humble man, so he is not qualified to debate with me."

Regarding Xu New Year's matter, he occasionally heard someone muttering in private from the negotiations in the past few days:

The kid from Yunzhou has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. If Mr. Xu from the Hanlin Academy could come, he would be scolded on the spot and weep bitterly, and go back to Yunzhou obediently.

Ge Wenxuan's laughter came from the sound transmission faluo:

"Then you probably won't have the chance to meet him, Xu Nian is Xu Qi'an's cousin, Yuan Shuang and Yuan Huai's cousin.

"He was not in the capital, but fought in Qingzhou with the Dafeng army. Well, after Qingzhou fell, he was hacked by Zhuo Haoran, and his life and death are unknown."

Ji Yuan tutted and shook his head:

"For a scholar, if he takes General Zhuo's sword forcibly, it may be more dangerous than good. Let's not mention him, General Ge. That person surnamed Xu has not shown up yet."

Ge Wenxuan pondered for a while, and said:

"It seems to be similar to what we guessed before. The Qian donkey surnamed Xu is at the end of his skills, so he acquiesced in the peace talks, thinking about buying time to survive the cold winter, and then asking for help from southern Xinjiang."

This is something that can be easily deduced. Da Fengchaofan's combat power is in short supply, and he is full of third-rank people. It is impossible to compete with first-rank and second-rank powerhouses.

But when it comes to the Transcendent Realm, starting from the third rank, it will be very difficult to advance.

Those with poor aptitude are like Kou Yangzhou of the Martial Arts League, who was barely promoted after five hundred years and became a second-rank martial artist.

Those with top-notch aptitude, such as Guoshi, Luo Yuheng and the like, were at the second rank at a young age, but they had been stuck in the second rank for twenty years.

Since he couldn't rely on his own promotion to equalize his combat power in the short term, asking for help was Xu Qi'an's only choice.

Ji Yuan sneered:

"The Southern Border Gu tribe is limited by the power of the Gu God, and it is difficult to produce a first-rank. Among the seven tribes, only the Heavenly Gu mother-in-law is a second-rank, but she is not good at fighting. The extraordinary powerhouses of the Southern Demon are even more rare and pitiful.

"It's impossible for that horrible corpse to leave the southern border, and the nine-tailed celestial fox may intervene in the Central Plains dispute, but if she comes to the Central Plains, the Western Regions will have no restraint, and a part of the force can be used to attack the Central Plains.

"Actually, the only variable is the Sorcerer Sect. After Nalan Tianlu got out of trouble, the Sorcerer Sect had a great wizard, a rain master.

"If they form an alliance with Dafeng, it will be a bit of a headache."

"Master Ninth is smart." Ge Wenxuan said with a smile:

"I think so too, but the teacher said, don't pay attention to the Witch God Sect for the time being. As for the reason, I don't know."

After a pause, he continued:

"Since Xu Qi'an is willing to be a coward, let him go. A third-rank martial artist can't afford to make trouble. Leaving Beijing tomorrow?"

Ji Yuan said "hmm":

"Exchange documents tomorrow morning, and then we can leave Beijing and return to Yunzhou."

This is a necessary process. After the negotiation is over, the two parties exchange documents and then "say goodbye" in a public event such as the court meeting.

After the sound transmission was over, Ji Yuan returned the sound transmission snail to Xu Yuanshuang, and asked Xu Yuanhuai beside him with a smile:

"Yuan Huai, all the oirans in the Jiaofang Division of the capital are top-notch beauties. They are leaving Beijing today. While there is still time, brother Jiu will take you to enjoy yourself?"

Xu Yuanhuai ignored him.

Ji Yuan didn't care, played with the folding fan and went out, he just said casually, he didn't dare to really go to Jiaofang Division, what if he was assassinated.

The next day, the court meeting.

At Maoshi, it was dark, civil and military officials passed through the east and west side gates in an orderly manner, and crossed the Jinshui Bridge.

Today's morning ceremony was held exclusively for the Yunzhou Mission, and the protagonists were Ji Yuan and his entourage.

More than 20 "negotiating teams" wearing Yunzhou official robes stepped into the Golden Luan Hall, holding their toes high and proud, with the victor's strength and arrogance.

Emperor Yongxing sat high on the throne, and after a few casual chats, he asked people to exchange documents.

"Thanks to Your Majesty and all the adults for their hospitality, I am very happy to be here."

Ji Yuan bowed to Emperor Yongxing with a smile on his face, and bowed to the princes.

In the Jinluan Hall, the faces of the officials were ugly, as if they couldn't see the mockery and wanton arrogance on his face.

"By the way, the people in the capital are full of grievances recently, and they openly insulted the court and His Majesty. I suggest that you should be killed as soon as possible, so as to make an example of others." Ji Yuan laughed.

Xu Yuanshuang, who was beside him, remembered that Ninth Brother had been inquiring about folk news these days, listening to people in Beijing and Guozijian students scolding the Yunzhou Mission and the Qianlong City line every day. At that time, he waved a folding fan, seemingly innocent care.

It turned out to be secretly remembered.

Emperor Yongxing just wanted to send the Yunzhou mission away quickly, saying:

"Don't worry about envoy Ji, I will take care of it. Also, the silver and silk have been prepared and can be taken away by envoy Ji."

As for the cession of land, there is still a lot of follow-up work, such as notifying the local government, withdrawing the gentry, nobles and local troops, and so on.

Impossible to do it right away.

"So, thank you, Your Majesty."

Just as Ji Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "bang", the sound of artillery came from a distance, and immediately after that, dense drums also came from the direction of the palace gate.

Everyone in the hall turned pale with shock, including the Yunzhou mission represented by Ji Yuan.

It happened at this juncture.

The panic flashed in Emperor Yongxing's eyes, he forced himself to be calm, and looked at Zhao Xuanzhen:

"Go and see what's going on."

Zhao Xuanzhen took the order to retreat, he stepped out of the Golden Luan Hall, overlooking the square outside the hall, the officials below were in chaos, their faces panicked, some of the imperial guards in the palace rushed to the palace gate, and some rushed to the Golden Luan Hall to protect His Majesty and princes.

Inside the Golden Luan Hall, Ji Yuan frowned, gripped the silver bone door tightly, and fell silent.

Xu Yuanshuang and Xu Yuanhuai, the former frowned, while the latter looked out frequently.

The civil and military officials in the palace, the royal family members, looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what happened.

Until Zhao Xuanzhen ran wildly back, holding the hem of his robe, running like a stray dog, screaming:

"It's bad, it's bad

"Your Majesty, the rebels are coming in, coming in."

The faces of everyone in the hall changed drastically, and they subconsciously looked at Ji Yuan. Since the Yunzhou uprising, the word "rebel" has been associated with Yunzhou. After listening to it for more than two months, when they suddenly heard the word "rebel", their instinctive reaction was , Yunzhou rebels entered the capital.

Ji Yuan and the others were also taken aback for a moment.

Immediately after hearing Zhao Xuanzhen take a breath, he continued:

"Shouting Qing Jun side."

The commotion broke out again in the hall, and Emperor Yongxing looked sharply at the place where the royal family members were, and then he was taken aback because he saw Prince Yan.

Logically speaking, Prince Yan should not be here at this moment, could it be him?

All the princes and county kings also looked at Prince Yan with strange eyes. Among the nobles, there are a few cultivation bases who approach Prince Yan calmly.

If there is anyone in the imperial court who can rebel and dare to rebel, it is probably only the prince born by the queen mother.

No one understands the principle of capturing the thief first and capturing the king first.

Prince Yan was dumbfounded.

"What does it mean to break in? Did you break through the palace gate?"

In Xunguili, a Duke stepped forward, glaring at Zhao Xuanzhen viciously:

"Speak clearly."

The pale-faced Zhao Xuanzhen was about to speak, when suddenly there were shouts of killing, the sound of weapons clashing, and screams from outside the hall.

Needless to say now.

The rebel army has internal support, and the scale is not small. Everyone in the hall immediately made a judgment.

Guarding the gates of the palace were the imperial guards, and guarding the imperial city were the twelve guards. No army could take down the imperial city and the palace in such a short period of time, unless the rebels were the twelve guards and the imperial guards.

Who could instigate rebellion against the Imperial Army and the Twelve Guards of the capital?

As everyone's thoughts flickered, the shouts of killing got closer and closer, until a guard from Ouchi screamed and fell into the Golden Luan Hall.

Outside the gate of the hall, figures flickered, and the first to rush in were the two golden gongs wearing the uniforms of the guards, and Yang Yan, who was wearing light armor and carrying a spear, followed by silver gongs, Tonggongs, Habayashi guards, Sword guard and so on.

The members are very complicated, but they all have a red silk wrapped around their arms.

Holding bloody knives, they surrounded the princes, clans, and nobles in the hall.

"Yang Yan?

A county king recognized him, surprised and angry:

"Rebellious officials and thieves, if you dare to do treasonous things, aren't you afraid of killing your nine clans!"

Emperor Yongxing suppressed all emotions, maintained the emperor's composure, stood up against the case, glanced at Prince Yan, then turned to look at Yang Yan and several golden gongs, pretending to be calm, and said:

"Who is your master?"

At the same time, the two nobles, one on the left and the other on the right, restrained Prince Yan.

Seeing Yang Yan and several Jin Gongs appear, anyone with a discerning eye will know who is behind the scenes.

These Wei Yuan's henchmen supported the fourth prince back then.

If Wei Yuan hadn't died early, after Xu Qi'an killed Joan of Arc, the crown prince would definitely not be the crown prince, but the original fourth prince.

Ji Yuan knows how to keep a low profile at critical moments, watching with a folding fan in his hand.

"Ninth Young Master, there is civil strife in the Dafeng court."

A scarlet-robed official said with half joy and half worry.

This is consistent with their goal. If the peace talks can cause chaos within the imperial court, then it doesn't matter whether they succeed or not, and it is even better than negotiations.

Once the center is in chaos, the Dafeng court will collapse and disintegrate at a surprising speed.

Of course, the lives of the missions are not guaranteed, and everything is half happy and half worrying.

"Wait and see." Another scarlet robe official whispered:

"No matter who wins or loses, if you don't want your country to be destroyed, you must be polite to us."

According to the current situation in Dafeng, it would be a dead end to tear the face off with Yunzhou. The rebels cannot fail to see this fact.

"This, this has nothing to do with me."

Prince Yan only cultivated the Qi Realm, and was restrained by two nobles with high cultivation levels, so he had no ability to resist.

At this time, the sound of fighting outside the hall stopped, as if the winner had been decided.

Of course, there was still the sound of artillery and drums in the distance, and the fighting continued elsewhere.

"Don't embarrass Brother Four, this matter has nothing to do with him."

A cool and pleasant voice came, and everyone in the hall turned their heads or looked sideways, and saw outside the Jinluan Hall, a figure in a plain white dress stepped over the high threshold, with the hem of the skirt dragging on the ground, and walked in.

Princess?

People who didn't know the truth looked stunned.

Emperor Yongxing was stunned, he didn't expect that the person who appeared in front of him would be her.

"Huaiqing?"

Emperor Yongxing pointed at her and said angrily:

"What do you want to do, answer me, what do you want to do?!"

He slapped the big case hard, and his momentum rose a little bit.

Huaiqing walked under the throne step by step, looked at Emperor Yongxing, his tone was flat, but his voice was not low:

"Brother, please abdicate!"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the hall, and a needle could be heard falling.

Ji Yuan was dumbfounded, looking at Huai Qing's back, with an unconcealable surprise in his eyes.

"You? Huaiqing."

Emperor Yongxing seemed to have heard the big joke. He put his hands on the table, looked down at the rebellious imperial sister from a high position, and suddenly roared:

"Do you know what you are doing!!"

Emperor Yongxing struck out with a heavy fist.

If it were any brother, he would be careful and vigilant, but now the one who asks him to abdicate and rebel is a woman of the generation.

joke!

He didn't go to see Huaiqing again, but looked at Yang Yan, Jin Luo, and the rebels who surrounded the officials in the hall, and angrily said:

"Aren't you crazy enough to rebel with a woman? How many heads do you have to cut off.

"She can make things happen? Ask all the princes in the palace, who will support her. Ask the people in the world, who will support her, a female generation."

At this time, Liu Hong came out silently, bowed, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"

Then came Qian Shoufu, who stood side by side with Liu Hong, bowed to each other, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"

Then, Zhang Xingying, the censor of the right capital, Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, and Shangshu of the Ministry of war came out together and said in unison:

"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"

As if it had triggered a group effect, suddenly, a large group of officials bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"

The number of people accounted for nearly half of the people in the hall.

It was the first time that Wang's party and Wei's party were so united.

Emperor Yongxing's face froze suddenly, and then gradually turned pale. He stared blankly at the bowing officials in the hall, and for a long time, his lips trembled and murmured:

"Crazy, you are all crazy."

On the royal family's side, the princes and county kings were at a loss, but Prince Yan was ecstatic and trembling with excitement.

The Minister of Dali Temple couldn't believe it, and went to help the officials who were bowing one by one, and reprimanded:

"Are you all crazy? Going crazy with a girl, who gave you the courage, don't try to be quick for a while, nothing will happen."

Now it's just a surprise attack, what about the follow-up?

There are a huge number of royal family members, and the rebellion can be quelled with a single call from the top.

Because no one will support a female streamer.

Rebelling with a princess, what is not a madman?

Huaiqing folded his hands on his lower abdomen, and said lightly:

"Take it down and let him write the abdication edict."

Yang Yan led several silver gongs forward and walked towards Emperor Yongxing who was sitting on the throne.

"Don't be presumptuous!"

The palm print eunuch Zhao Xuanzhen opened his arms and stood in front of Yang Yan and the others. His face turned slightly pale, and he said sharply:

"His Highness Lin'an has a marriage contract with Xu Yinluo, if you rebel, Xu Yinluo will not let you go!"

These words, like the evening drum and the morning bell, awakened the hesitant royal family members, nobles, and officials of the royal party and the Wei party.

Emperor Yongxing's ashen eyes suddenly burst into light, like a desperate person seeing a ray of dawn.

That's right, he still has Xu Qi'an.

As long as Xu Qi'an supports him, no matter how arrogant Huaiqing and Prince Yan are, it will not be a big deal.

Those who linger and hesitate are also aware of this problem.

Emperor Yongxing settled down, looked around at Yang Yan and the others, and said loudly:

"I will give you one more chance to rein in the precipice, and I will let the past go. I will reward you for taking down the traitor Huaiqing.

"Otherwise, you should know what will happen to conspiracy."

Zhao Xuan strengthened his courage and shouted towards him: "Don't back down!"

"Rebellious officials and thieves, you still haven't repented."

"Is it too late to rebel with a female class?"

"Hurry up and take down Huaiqing, otherwise, when the imperial guards come to kill you, when Xu Yinluo comes to kill you, you will all die."

Those officials and nobles who supported Emperor Yongxing scolded loudly.

"well!"

A huge sigh echoed in the hall, and in the shadow behind Huaiqing, a figure swelled and stretched, it was Xu Qi'an who had just suppressed the Fifth Battalion of the Imperial Army.

Just now he was talking about Xu Qi'an, but the rightful lord will be here in the next moment, the joy in Emperor Yongxing's eyes just flickered, when he saw the number one martial artist in Dafeng, looking at him coldly, and said:

"Yongxing, abdicate, I can protect you from death."

"Otherwise, Yuan Jing is your role model."

Emperor Yongxing's face was as white as snow, and his body swayed, as if he had lost his strength to claim himself, and fell down on the dragon chair.

The faces of those officials and nobles who supported Emperor Yongxing were all stiff.

The silver bone fan in Ji Yuan's hand fell to the ground with a "slap", and his pupils contracted violently as if encountering a strong light.

It is Xu Qi'an who wants to rebel

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