MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 977 last ring

  Chapter 977 The Last Ring

  Li Yanqing took the brochure and looked at it, put it aside again, and said with a smile, "Just talk about it first!"

"I found out that the Taishanghuang was taking the two paths of literary attack and military strategy. The news of Xixia's destruction of the country reached Lin'an as the dividing line. Before that, the Taishanghuang wanted to take the literary attack route, that is, after receiving the support of most officials in the court, he directly abolished the current emperor. This road was going smoothly. Half of the Zhizhengtang supported him, and there were many important provincial and Taiwan officials. However, after the news of Xixia's destruction of the country, the situation immediately reversed. The ministers all supported the current emperor, and only less than 10% Officials also continue to support the Supreme Emperor."

   "Which other important officials support him?" Li Yanqing interjected.

   "After a long period of observation in the humble position, it is basically certain that Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and Du Chong are his confidantes. In addition, Qin Hui came last night, but the Supreme Emperor did not see him. The specific reason is unknown, and he left soon."

Li Yanqing paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, guessing that Qin Hui was at the two ends of the first rat, and both sides wanted to bet on him, but in the end both sides couldn't believe him, Zhao Ji refused to see Qin Hui, obviously Zhao Ji didn't want to make trouble at this time, that means it's already It's a critical moment.

  From this trivial matter, Li Yanqing was keenly aware that Zhao Jiji might do something during the period when the crown prince was registered. Of course, Li Yanqing had already been vigilant about this, otherwise he would not have led troops into Beijing.

   "Continue talking!" Li Yanqing asked Yang Qu to continue talking.

Yang Qu continued: "Now the Supreme Emperor has obviously turned to martial arts. According to my observation, the military generals who went to Yinlong Palace to meet the Supreme Emperor can already be compared with the civil servants before Mi Xia, and they are more and more frequent. Earlier, Miao Fu also came out from Yinlong Villa."

   "Miao Fu!"

  Li Yanqing was startled, "You mean that the nine sects control Miao Fu?"

   "It's him!"

  Li Yanqing began to realize that the problem was serious. It would be fine if Zhao Ji only controlled the troops on the outskirts, but now even the troops in the city are under control, so the palace coup is basically a sure thing.

  In this case, what is Zhao Ji waiting for?

  Li Yanqing walked a few steps, he suddenly realized that Zhao Ji was waiting for him to enter Beijing.

  After thinking for a moment, Li Yanqing picked up the report on the table and handed it to Zhang Shun, "Make a copy and hand it over to Xiangguo Gaoshen immediately, and ask him to pass it on to the emperor. This matter cannot be delayed, and it will be delivered to Gaoshen tonight."

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Near the Wuling Gate of Lin'an Mansion, there is a small house covering an area of ​​about two acres. This is the residence of Liu Zhengyan, the deputy commander of the front of the palace. Masahiko's income is absolutely unaffordable. So this small house was also rented by him, which consumed nearly half of his monthly salary, making his family's life very difficult, unable to hire servants, and even his wife had to wash clothes by herself.

Liu Zhengyan's father was Liu Fa, a famous general in the Northwest, who died in the Battle of Xixia. He was very prestigious in the Northwest Army. On the one hand, he was unable to leave any property to his children, which made his son's situation in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty very difficult.

In Liu Zhengyan's study was sitting a high-ranking official, Huang Qianshan, Shangshu Youcheng. He put a letter on the table and pushed it to Liu Zhengyan, "This is a letter written by the Supreme Emperor. You can read it yourself." Look!"

  Liu Zhengyan didn't open the letter, but he didn't return it either. He was in a state of extreme conflict right now. He knew very well why the Supreme Emperor wanted to find him because of his 3,000 palace guards.

  There are a total of 5,000 palace guards in the palace, commanded by two generals, one is Zhang Wei, the deputy commander of the capital, and the other is himself, and their boss is the same person, that is, Wang Yuan, the commander of the palace.

  Wang Yuan is the confidant of the emperor Zhao Gou, a person whom the Supreme Emperor will never poach, so if the Supreme Emperor poachs himself and Zhang Wei, it is a draw from the bottom of the pot. What is the point of a Wang Yuan who has no soldiers?

  Of course, Wang Yuan is the leader of the forbidden army, commanding more than 100,000 new forbidden troops in Lin'an Mansion and its surrounding areas.

  The reason why Liu Zhengyan didn't answer the letter on the table was because he cared more about things other than letters. For example, what is the attitude of his colleague Zhang Wei now? For example, how many people have been taken away by the Supreme Emperor? Also, what price did the Supreme Emperor offer himself?

  Liu Zhengyan puts the price last, which seems unimportant, but in fact it is the opposite. Now he is more eager for money than ever.

The landlord found him at noon today and wanted to increase the rent by 20%, which means that the last servant in his family will be sent away, which means that there will be no more meat on the table at home. For a man, he cannot give his wife It is a failure of the most basic dignity of existence.

Huang Qianshan saw Liu Zhengyan's hesitation, he looked up at the house and said with a smile: "This house is still too small, it doesn't meet the status of General Liu! Why don't you sell this house and buy a big house in the north of the city with some money?" It’s a bit more spacious to live in.”

  Liu Zhengyan's face was flushed, and he said for a long time: "This is not my house, I am also temporarily renting it."

  Huang Qianshan's eyes widened, "The dignified deputy commander in front of the palace doesn't even have his own house?"

  Liu Zhengyan couldn't hold back his face, and quickly explained: "It's not that I can't afford it. The main reason is that I want to apply for an official residence, so I rent it for two years temporarily."

  Huang Qianshan chuckled, "It's very difficult to apply for an official residence! As far as I know, you can't even apply for a civil servant of the fourth rank, let alone a general. Even if it's the general's turn, it's the governor of other places who will give priority to it!"

  Liu Zhengyan was silent, saying that applying for an official residence was a self-deception, and this issue really cannot be discussed any further.

At this time, seeing that the time was ripe, Huang Qian took out another thick envelope, put it on the table and pushed it over, "This is a wish from the Supreme Emperor. Inside is a house covering an area of ​​20 acres by the West Lake. Fifty thousand taels of silver, and after the matter is completed, another ten thousand taels of gold will be rewarded, and you will be granted the title of Duke of Liang and envoy of Xihe Road, this is your father's official position, how about it, the sincerity of the Supreme Emperor should be enough!"

Liu Zhengyan was silent for a moment, and finally picked up the letter on the table with trembling hands. He couldn't refuse such a condition. Every condition hit his vitals, the house, money, status, and the glory of his ancestors. I didn't intend to give it to him.

  Huang Qianshan's eyes narrowed into a smile, and he finally took out the declaration of allegiance of the military general supporting the restoration of the Supreme Emperor. He opened the declaration and placed it in front of him. This is the condition, and he signed and marked it, so that Liu Zhengyan could no longer disembark.

  Liu Zhengyan looked at the names above silently. There were twenty-four people, including the generals around Lin'an Mansion. He found the name of Zhang Wei, the deputy commander of the capital, and he was actually ranked third.

Liu Zhengyan suddenly discovered that he was the last general in Lin'an Mansion who did not serve the Supreme Emperor with real power. He looked at Huang Qianshan in surprise. It's a foregone conclusion, but the Supreme Emperor hopes to be more perfect, let the officials take a look, what is betrayal?"

  Liu Zhengyan sighed, "The officials really ignored us military officers."

  He finally stopped hesitating, picked up a pen, signed his name on the declaration of allegiance, and pressed his fingerprints.

  Huang Qianshan was overjoyed. Liu Zhengyan's defection meant that the last link of the mutiny was closed. In any case, Zhao Gou couldn't turn around this time.

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  Gao Shen came to the palace again in the middle of the night, the guards had already been ordered, as long as Mr. Gao came to meet the emperor, he had to report no matter how late it was, and the guards rushed into the palace immediately.

   It was already the first watch time, the emperor Zhao Gou had just fallen asleep, and he was also busy with the appointment of the crown prince these days, exhausted.

  However, upon hearing Gao Shen’s urgent request for an interview, Zhao Gou got up immediately. He guessed that there should be the latest news about Li Yanqing.

  In the Nuan Pavilion, Zhao Gou yawned lightly, looking at a report that Gao Shen presented to him. This report was naturally a copy that Li Yanqing asked Zhang Shun to copy, and collected various information about the Supreme Emperor.

  However, Zhao Gou is not very interested in it anymore. A large part of these intelligence records before the demise of Xixia are outdated and meaningless.

  After the demise of Xixia, he and his father had reached an agreement that his father would no longer seek restoration, but he had to report to his father on major military affairs and government affairs, and at the same time, satisfy his father's daily expenses to the greatest extent.

Zhao Gou is quite satisfied with this agreement. He knows that the royal father cannot completely withdraw from the circle of power, which would be untrue. The royal father only reserves the right to know and make suggestions on major military and state affairs, which is also in line with the current physical condition of the royal father. .

  As for the father's desire to increase expenditure, that is even more out of the question, Zhao Gou immediately generously tripled the father's expenditure on the original basis, even surpassing himself.

   So far, he is still negotiating with his father the boundaries of major military and state affairs.

  Zhao Gou threw the report aside casually and asked, "Where is Li Yanqing now?"

   Compared with the report itself, Zhao Gou is more concerned about Li Yanqing's current situation.

  (end of this chapter)