Chapter 3038 Entering Beijing 2
After his leg became lame, Prince Gong basically stopped interfering in state affairs, so he was quite surprised that the palace suddenly became so crowded.
Before he could find out the inside story, he was taken into the palace by Yin Li. After settling in the palace, he learned that the prince was planning a rebellion.
Prince Gong rolled his eyes at first. "Where did this rumor come from? Wasn't the Emperor good enough to him? Why would he rebel?"
When he learned that the court really had such suspicions, he rolled his eyes and became somewhat happy. "Then the prince is doomed, isn't he?"
After saying this, he frowned again, "If he is finished, who will take the throne in the future?"
He glanced down at his legs, feeling a bit unwilling. "I can't give it to those bastards, right? I might as well give it to him."
Although he disliked his elder brother very much, if he could not become the crown prince, it would naturally be better for him to be the crown prince. It was not because they were from the same mother, but because he looked down on illegitimate sons.
So, Prince Gong rarely spoke up for the Crown Prince in front of the Emperor, "Father, someone must have slandered you. Your Majesty is so kind, why would the Crown Prince rebel?"
The emperor felt better and nodded, saying, "You'll know when the prince arrives in the capital."
The emperor also did not believe that the prince would rebel. Although no news came back from the soldiers he sent out, this also indirectly showed that someone did not want him to have contact with the prince.
Humph, do you think they can stop all of his people?
Since they wanted him to be blind, he let them know what he wanted them to know.
The Emperor and Prince Gong said, "There has been a great deal of unrest outside recently. The Crown Prince and Mingda are not in the capital. Your mother is not in good health. You should stay in the palace to accompany her and comfort her."
Prince Gong responded obediently, "Yes."
In the afternoon, he took his son to see the Queen. The Crown Princess was also there with her child. She looked sad. When she saw Prince Gong, she stood up and stepped aside.
The queen smiled and waved to Xiang'er, who then shook off his father's hand and ran towards his grandmother.
The queen touched his hair and asked, "Why are you sweating all over?"
The elephant shrunk his belly and said, "It's not fat."
The Queen laughed, "Yes, yes, Xiang'er has indeed lost some weight this year, and seems to have grown taller..."
Prince Gong immediately said, "Yes, he has grown taller. Now he is as tall as my son's shoulder."
The Queen was very satisfied. Seeing that Prince Gong's face was rosy, he had lost some weight, and most importantly, he looked much more energetic, she said, "It seems Zhou Man is right. A more well-proportioned body is best."
The queen did not mention the dispute in the court. In front of the children, she pretended not to know about it.
The ministers in the court are now skeptical about the prince's coming to Beijing to force the emperor to abdicate.
Some people think that a crown prince is unnecessary, but more people believe that there is no father and son in the royal family. Aren’t there many such things throughout history?
So it's not impossible.
There is no conclusion yet, and most people can afford to wait, but some people want to set the tone early.
As night fell, Tang He continued to sit in the central tent in the prince's clothes. The prince sat beside him with two imperial censors. He frowned and asked, "Still no news from the capital?"
Tang He: "No."
Although the prince decided to choose the first method, he did not intend to defile himself, so after arriving in Yanzhou, he met with General Wen in the presence of Tang He and two censors, and then took out a military token.
Not to mention Tang He, even the emperor's confidant - the two censors were stunned.
They didn't know that the prince had military tokens. His hesitant heart suddenly became firm.
When General Wen saw the military order, he immediately selected two thousand soldiers from the army to escort the prince. In addition, they also sent troops back to the capital.
One is to ask for help; the other is to make it clear that he mobilized troops for safety reasons, which is legal and reasonable.
They were sending the letter at full speed, so the news should have come back by now, but it hasn't. That means what they imagined happened.
Sure enough, some people accused him of rebellion.
The prince snorted coldly, "It's just right. This time, I can lure them all out and kill them all at once."
This is impossible. The officials and aristocratic families in Jiangnan are not stupid.
Although the capital is far away from Jiangnan, making it difficult for them to control the situation there, now that the plan has been made, its success or failure depends on fate.
Success or failure depends on God's will, but they can prepare for failure in advance.
There are undercurrents in Yangzhou.
Yang Heshu was involved in this and naturally noticed it, but he said nothing and continued to handle official business in the mansion every day, as if he knew nothing. He just no longer left Yangzhou City for inspections, and sometimes he even did not leave his official residence.
Yang Balang, who was staying here temporarily, couldn't help but ask, "Why are you more bored than before? Your niece-in-law isn't here either. Aren't you bored staying in the mansion every day?"
Yang Heshu flipped through the documents in his hand and said nonchalantly, "If Uncle Eight is bored, you can go out for a walk."
"What's the point of me going out alone?" Yang Balang invited him, "Why don't you come with me? Or I can send someone to Fengchun Tower to call some people over, and invite some old friends, so we can drink and write poetry in the evening."
Seeing that Yang Heshu didn't respond, he said sternly, "Changbo, you've been in Yangzhou for over two months now, but how many of your family friends have you met? Last time they invited you to climb a mountain, you didn't go. After all, they are family friends, so it's not good to always offend them."
Yang Heshu finally looked up from his official documents and sighed, "Eighth Uncle, I'm an inspector. The last time I reminded you, I was being too nosy. If the emperor knew I was being partial and neglecting my duties, my career would be over."
"It's the end, isn't it? Do we, the Yang family, still rely on the Li family for food?" Yang Balang sneered. "Back when he was conquering the country, he said everything was fine. We persuaded the powerful families of Jiangnan to submit, and he showed mercy. But it's only been a short time, less than forty years, and he's already turned on us."
"Now that he can take action against Jiangnan, he will take action against the Central Plains nobles and the Guanlong nobles in the future. Who can escape?"
Yang Heshu lowered his eyes, and though he had words of rebuttal in his heart, he kept them to himself. Instead, he said coldly, "I don't ask about the past. I only know what's best for the Yang family. Eighth uncle, I'm the eldest son of the Yang family. If I'm disliked by the Duke and His Majesty, it will be difficult for the Yang family to make a name for themselves in the future."
"As long as we have relatives, why should we be afraid of him?"
Yang Heshu understood what he meant. Even if the royal family did not use people from the Yang family, there would definitely be people related to the Yang family among the talents they used.
With aristocratic families and countless marriages, it is impossible for the royal family to completely exclude an entire family unless they exterminate the entire clan.
but……
"But Uncle Eight, there are distinctions between close relatives and distant relatives. Just like how my father's connections favored me, then other talented uncles and brothers, then in-laws, even disciples within the clan would be ranked before in-laws," Yang Heshu said. "Does relying on connections with relatives to ensure family glory, like the Cui family does now?"
Yang Balang was speechless.
"The Cui family may not be unaware of their own problems. I heard that in the past two years, their disciples have been fond of traveling for study. Even those fourteen years old and above have begun to travel far and wide. This shows that they are not without thoughts of entering the officialdom.
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(End of this chapter)
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