Chapter 385 The window paper that cannot be broken
The cicadas of the last summer are gone, and the wild geese of the new autumn are coming.
The winds in early autumn are exceptionally refreshing. They blow down from the spreading clouds, dispersing the scorching summer heat, blowing off the yellowing leaves on the trees, and quieting the hustle and bustle of Shuzhou City during the day.
Ning Yuke moved into the "Royal Palace" as the "King of Shu" and hosted a banquet for all officials in the palace that night.
During the meal, she still did not mention Ning Yongnian, but when the banquet was about to end, she suddenly stood up, faced northeast with red eyes, and drank three glasses of wine in a row.
Northeast, this is the direction of the capital.
It is also the place where her parents and two sisters are buried. Just like that, no matter what the people of Shuzhou think, the ceremony of crowning the king has been settled under the "attention of all people" and ended on the last day of this calm August.
The series of shocks and changes it has brought to the entire Daning have just begun.
The first day of September, the fifteenth year of Tianji.
Daning Palace, Shiqu Pavilion.
"Mr. Wei, now the 400,000-man army is about to reach Fengyuan, but this incident happened in Shuzhou again."
Shaking his head, Ning Yongnian looked up at Wei Xianzhi in front of him.
"Tell me, which one should I take care of first?"
“.”
He was wearing a black robe embroidered with golden flying fish, and there was no unnecessary expression on his face.
Wei Xianzhi looked up at the memorials piled up on the desk, and quickly replied calmly, "Your Majesty, I don't know."
"However, my son is still trapped in Shuzhou City. I naturally hope that the emperor can send troops to quell the rebellion in Shuzhou first."
"Trapped in Shuzhou City, yes, Changtian is still in Shuzhou"
Ning Yongnian nodded meaningfully and casually threw over a long memorial.
"Mr. Wei, this is a memorial submitted jointly by several imperial censors from the Censorate today, saying that Ning Yuke's rebellion was instigated by Changtian. I don't know whether it is true or not. Why don't you take a look at it?"
“.”
He did not receive the memorial, nor did he even look at it.
Wei Xianzhi simply lowered his head, then squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there is no need to look at it. This matter has nothing to do with my son."
"My son is usually a bit reckless and sometimes acts in an unwise way, but he would never do anything to rebel."
"Let's take a step back. How could he, a spendthrift who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, have the ability to instigate others to rebel?"
"I hope the emperor will understand!"
“.”
The few words he said were full of righteous indignation, but they were all just nonsense for the sake of appearance.
Apart from the common people who were kept in the dark, everyone with a bit of ability in Daning knew why Ning Yuke was able to gain the support of both the black and white worlds in Shuzhou, and why he was able to successfully proclaim himself king.
This has always been an open secret, but because there are so many implications behind it, no one is willing to easily break this window paper.
Including Ning Yongnian at this time.
"Hahaha, don't be impatient, Lord Wei. I naturally don't believe these rumors."
"It's just that these imperial censors who gave me advice have always been loyal to me, so I can't help but have some doubts."
"Now that you've said that, let's just leave it at that. I won't mention it again."
After laughing twice, Ning Yongnian reached out to take the memorial back.
However, at this moment, a hand suddenly pressed the other end of the long fold tightly.
"Your Majesty, I think this matter should not be let go."
“.”
The white robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon trembled slightly, and Ning Yongnian's pupils suddenly contracted.
He was silent for a long while, and then asked in a somewhat cold tone.
"Wei Qing, what do you want?"
“It’s very simple.”
Wei Xianzhi's expression remained unchanged.
"Your Majesty, as the commander of the Xuanjing Division, I should get to the bottom of the matter in Shuzhou."
"If this matter is really directed by my son, then I am willing to lead people to Shuzhou and personally capture this evil son and bring him back to the capital to be punished."
"But if these censors are lying and intend to frame me, then they are guilty of deceiving the emperor."
"Your Majesty, according to Daning Law, this is a capital crime."
“.”
Frame-up, deceiving the emperor, and death penalty.
As soon as these three words came out, the atmosphere in the entire Shiqu Pavilion Hall immediately reached freezing point.
Xuan Jingsi came to investigate Wei Changtian?
This is like an outrageous mother opening the door to outrageousness - it's outrageous to the extreme.
It goes without saying what the results will be, and it is also obvious what the fate of the imperial censors who submitted the memorials will be.
Yes, the lives of a few censors are not important.
But the meaning of Wei Xianzhi's action made Ning Yongnian's expression become extremely gloomy in an instant.
A hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and then disappeared.
He looked at Wei Xianzhi, who had no trace of panic in his eyes, and after a moment, the hand holding the memorial finally loosened little by little.
"Wei Qing, what you said makes sense, so go ahead and do it."
“.”
"Yes, I obey your command."
Putting the memorial into his arms, Wei Xianzhi bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
"good."
Nodding, Ning Yongnian stood up and watched Wei Xianzhi turn around and walk out of the hall at a leisurely pace.
A gust of cold wind blew in, and the palace door opened and then closed tightly.
However, Ning Yongnian did not sit down until the footsteps outside the house could no longer be heard.
He was wondering what to do next.
Now that the Xu family has fled, the Liu family is dead, and the war in Dafeng is under control, at first glance, the situation seems extremely favorable for the Emperor Daning.
But you must know that in this process, the power of the Wei family has also been fully expanded.
Unlike the Xu family who had no swords in their hands, the Wei family not only had an ancestor of the second rank, but also firmly controlled the Xuan Jing Division which had just undergone an "expansion".
If this force is detonated, the whole of Daning will be plunged into turmoil that is several times more severe than the "Xu family strike".
Ning Yongnian would never allow this to happen.
So even though he had the ability to defeat or even kill Wei Xianzhi, he had to do his best to suppress the anger in his heart.
Even have to make concessions on some things.
“.”
The candlelight flickered, illuminating the hall like daylight, but was then swallowed by a long shadow.
In fact, from the moment Ning Yongnian accepted those "secret letters" and agreed to Wei Xianzhi's action against the Liu family, he had already anticipated the arrival of this day.
But he didn't expect it to come so soon.
It took only one month from the time the news of Prince Shun's case was released to the time Ning Yuke was crowned as the emperor.
Within a month, a new king was established.
Ning Yongnian didn't know why Wei Changtian was so anxious, but he had a new understanding of the latter's power.
It turns out that the only son of the Wei family not only has the ability to kill second-grade monsters.
He had actually taken control of everything in Shuzhou without realizing it.
No, maybe it's not just Shuzhou. At this moment, Ning Yongnian suddenly had a feeling.
He suddenly felt that the threat posed to him by Wei Changtian alone was greater than that of the entire Dafeng, and he should completely put out the rebellion in Shuzhou as soon as possible.
But With 400,000 troops about to arrive at Fengyuan, do I really want to give up this hard-won opportunity? If Dafeng is given another month, or even just half a month, the outcome of this national war may not be as clear as it is now.
no!
We must not lose the big picture for the sake of small things! But we must not let Shuzhou do whatever it wants!
After thinking for a long time, Ning Yongnian finally made a compromise decision.
There are still 300,000 troops in Yuanzhou that have not been deployed, which is enough to deal with Shuzhou.
"Someone come!"
"Send General Han Zhao to see me!"
(End of this chapter)
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