Chapter 349: Careful

There is no war issue.

The previous rumors and the issue of establishing a crown prince were a bit too sensitive. The political community at the Imperial Academy, which was mainly composed of students and elders from Tokyo, still attached great importance to feudal moral traditions. They would inevitably be concerned about the dignity of the officials, and thus appear to be restrained in such occasions.

Therefore, as the last major event in the seventh year of Jianyan, the Imperial Academy's political affairs itself went on uneventfully... The only ups and downs occurred during the lunch break, when several common people from other places came to the outside of the Imperial Academy and knelt down to file a complaint with the emperor. Choosing this time to file a complaint seemed to be a long-planned move, but the court also had a very complete system for such matters, and there were people to take over and deal with them.

However, just because other people don't cause trouble for the emperor and the important officials at the central government doesn't mean that the emperor and the important officials at the central government won't cause trouble for other people.

That afternoon, as the fourth session of the Imperial Academy's Political Consultative Conference was about to come to a successful conclusion, Lu Haowen, Prime Minister Lu, slowly stood up, walked to the center of the venue, and with just two sentences, announced the secret system of establishing a succession on behalf of Emperor Zhao.

The so-called "after discussion between the emperor and the important ministers of the central government, the crown prince was appointed without making it public; two files of the imperial edict were made, one of which the emperor carried with him, and the other was tied under the beam of the Wende Hall. If anything unexpected happened, the important ministers of the court would open them together to support the establishment of the new emperor"... That was all.

After saying this, Emperor Zhao and his followers all dispersed, leaving behind countless middle and low-ranking officials, students from the Imperial College, and famous scholars from Tokyo all in a mess.

Many people didn't even hear clearly what was going on!

However, the emperor had already left the Imperial College and dispersed in front of the gate with his important ministers. Then they went back to their homes and looked after their wives.

So far, everything is really fine in the seventh year of Jianyan. Even if there is something, we have to wait until the eighth year of Jianyan.

Turning back to the present, after leaving the Imperial College, Emperor Zhao's procession was seen off. Not to mention others, only the seven or eight senior cavalry generals behind Qu Duan, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Cavalry, gathered together on the overly wide Imperial Street, looking a little dazed for a moment... Like everyone else, they were also a little confused by this secret system of appointing a crown prince.

But fortunately, as an officer, he naturally had to avoid such matters, and was too lazy to rush to the residences of superiors or important officials, or gather together for heated discussions like other officials.

"Why are you still following me?"

After looking north with his hands behind his back for a while, Qu Da suddenly turned around, frowned and spoke to his subordinates.

You didn't say break up?

Everyone was speechless, but brothers like Zhang Zhongfu and Zhang Zhongyan had followed this man for many years. Even Liu Qi and Li Shifu were now accustomed to his mouth, and no one spoke out to refute him.

"I was just about to ask the governor. It's already the New Year holiday. In the next few days, even the soldiers whose families live near Tokyo will have to go home to celebrate the New Year... Since you have nothing to do, do you want to go out and have some fun together?" After all, Liu Qi came from a military family, so he would be the most appropriate person.

"Where are we going to have fun?" Qu Duan's mind was moved, but he saw another group of military officers coming out from the corner of his eyes, so he immediately changed his tone and stood on the Imperial Street in front of the Imperial College. "Even if we are going to have fun, why do so many people have to gather together? It's the New Year. Those who know us know that we are colleagues, but those who don't know me will think that I am narrow-minded and want you to serve me during the holiday, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable. What's worse, there will inevitably be civil officials who will see us from afar and write a letter to report us, saying that I am forming a gang and trying to get you to participate in party struggles! Don't you know that the Song Dynasty was torn apart by party struggles? Without the struggle between the new and old parties, how could there be the Jingkang Incident?!"

After saying this, Qu Dazi walked away with a righteous look on his face.

However, Liu Qi, Li Shifu, the Zhang brothers and several other cavalry commanders just looked at each other and didn't bother to pay attention to their bosses who they had long been accustomed to. They gathered together and went to the Ma Xing Street area.

Since Qu Duan left alone, Wang Yan, another of the Tenth Jiedushi in Beijing who had just graduated from the Imperial College, could only stand at the door with a group of embarrassed senior military officers from the Eight Character Army, their faces turning pale with anger... It took him half a day to recover, but he simply waved his sleeves and went home alone.

Even many civil officials, after being awakened by Qu Da's shout, gave up the idea of ​​gathering together for fun and feasting and dispersed on the spot.

However, Qu Da held his head high and rode his Iron Elephant with great vigor all the way. When he reached Donghua Gate, he continued northward until he reached between the Genyue Ruins and the Yeonbokgung Palace. He was about to reach Jingyuan's house, but when he saw that there were fewer and fewer people around him, he felt a little bored... It was a rare holiday and it was still early. Why should he go home pretending to be dead if he didn't go to Maxing Street to find people to drink and eat fish soup?

But now that we have come this far, is there any point in turning back?

Just as he was thinking, Qu Da suddenly looked up and saw a man riding a mule in front of him. He was dressed in ordinary and simple clothes. He first came towards him, and then actually left the main road and went into the ruins of Genyue. Naturally, he was furious:

"Xia Hou! Where are you going dressed like this?"

It turned out that the one who wanted to avoid Qu Da was none other than Xiahou Yuan, a trusted officer of Qu Duan who came out in casual clothes.

I would like to add one more thing here. In those days, it was impossible for the imperial court to completely clean up the feudal elements in the army. Especially at the stage from generals to commanders, after Emperor Zhao focused his attention on the grassroots level of the army, this was almost the layer with the most obvious feudal elements in the army.

The commanders of various places commanded an army and held military power as generals, sharing financial and personnel power with the court. Both sides tried to keep it a secret and not cause trouble for the court. The commanders were second only to the commanders and the court, and they still had a great deal of say.

Even in the special case of Li Yanxian, who had not been inspected for many years, the court only provided him with military equipment, food and other military supplies according to the regulations of 20,000 imperial army and 30,000 imperial army.

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