Chapter 261 Shangguan Sheng's Wrath
Shangguan Sheng had a hundred reasons to feel angry, but could not find anyone to let him vent his anger. Lin Kunshan and Xiao Sheng were delivered to him at this time.
The ministers who did not worship the Tongxuan Palace seemed too empty and gloomy. Shangguan Sheng didn't like it, so he chose the much smaller Qinzheng Palace as a place to meet.
King Ying was sitting on the throne and napping. Shangguan Sheng stood beside the wide table in the middle, holding the hilt of the sword with his left hand. This was a privilege he gave himself to carry weapons in the Hall of Qinzheng.
Lin Kunshan and Xiao Sheng entered the Qinzheng Hall under the leadership of Suwei soldiers. As soon as they saw Shangguan Sheng's posture, they knew that this was not an equal negotiation.
If you want to talk about the inclination and adhering to the power, Zuo Cha's Censor has more experience, but if you have no worries, those who look at the qi are better. Xiao Sheng was thinking about how to face King Ying and Shangguan Sheng along the way, but Lin Kunshan didn't even think about it. When he saw Shangguan Sheng's expression was not good, he immediately took two steps, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the throne in the distance, and shouted: "Caomin Lin Kunshan pays homage to Your Majesty."
King Ying was awakened by this sound and hurriedly straightened his body, "Hey, I seem to recognize you."
"Caomin Lin Kunshan once listened to the rules of throne with Donghai Wang."
"Oh, I'll just say it. Why didn't Donghai King come? He said he wanted to take me out for fun and didn't show up for several days."
"The King of Donghai has always been thinking about His Majesty. I heard that His Majesty is not safe in the dragon body, so it is difficult for the King of Donghai to come and disturb me, so I will send me here to visit him." Lin Kunshan could say anything, and he didn't think he was lying at all, and he even changed his mind when he was about the wind.
Xiao Sheng suddenly became embarrassed. He stood for a while and knelt down, and he was ummy, but he still couldn't say the word "Your Majesty".
The King of Ying didn't care, patted his thin chest, coughed twice, and said urgently: "Look, I'm already well, I'm still the emperor, let the King of Donghai enter the palace, I'll give him... General Shangguan, who is the greater official than the king?"
Shangguan Sheng was also embarrassed and said, "Have you forgotten about your Majesty? The King of Donghai is a bad guy, his Majesty's enemy, and he wants to seize His Majesty's throne."
King Ying pressed his hands on the throne, "Yes, you said, King Donghai and Cui Hong were in trouble and surrounded the palace, not letting me... not let me go out, quickly capture him. I want to ask clearly, why should I steal me... rob my throne!"
Shangguan Sheng winked, stood next to the throne and bowed in front of the eunuch, said a few words in the ear of King Ying. King Ying nodded, was held by the eunuch, and was sent to the pavilion to rest.
Lin Kunshan and Xiao Sheng got up and felt much more comfortable.
Shangguan Sheng's anger rose again, and he slapped heavily on the table and said sternly: "Among the four contestants, Jue Hou left the city, and the King of Donghai poisoned the champion Hou, only King Ying was innocent, and he inherited the throne, which was natural!"
Xiao Sheng was forced to enter the palace and was not responsible for negotiations, so he bowed his head and said nothing. Lin Kunshan sighed: "Oh, a good battle for the throne to be elected emperor, and after the ancient times, it would be a first for all generations. What a good thing it would be if it could succeed."
Shangguan Sheng snorted heavily. Although he looked down on the flattery of those who looked at him, he felt very helpful.
"But when it comes to who is most qualified to be emperor, I'm afraid there are many different opinions and no conclusions can be drawn for a while, why not..."
"Establishing orthodoxy is the top priority of the court. You cannot be careless at all, nor can you delay it. Who has any objection to the King of England as emperor? Xiao Jingshi, what do you think?"
Xiao Sheng had the most headache and feared the most. He lowered his head, frowned, and let out a long "uh", as if he was about to publish a long speech, and as if he was about to sneeze that had been brewing for a long time, he didn't spit out a word for it for a long time.
Shangguan Sheng was furious. What he hated the most was not King Donghai, Taifu Cui, or the one who looked down on his aura, but ministers. King Ying had been emperor for two or three days, but no minister had entered the palace to pay homage, and they were all ill at home. If it weren't for the busy fighting with the Southern Army, Shangguan Sheng would have sent soldiers to drag these "seriously ill" ministers into the palace one by one.
"Civil Secretary Xiao, you are an important official of the court and are responsible for supervision. Seeing the turmoil of the court and the demons are dancing, do you not care at all?"
"This... I just sent Mr. Lin to the palace, other things..." Xiao Sheng regretted that he had participated too deeply, otherwise he would be able to hide at home like other ministers at this moment and watch the incident.
Lin Kunshan took a few steps forward and smiled at Shangguan Sheng through the wide table, "That's right, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Whoever is the emperor is not only the top priority of the court, but also the top priority of the whole world. General Shangguan wants to discuss..."
"This is not a discussion." Shangguan Sheng corrected coldly, "This is a fact. Whether you accept it depends on whether you are a loyal minister of the Great Chu."
"I am a grass-rootsman and a loyal minister." Lin Kunshan's smile remained unchanged at all, "But it takes time to tell the facts. When Juenhou enters the capital, he will be the one who tells the facts."
Shangguan Sheng frowned, "Mr. Juehou? Why did he enter Beijing? He has already left the city, which means he withdraws from the throne."
Shangguan Sheng only recognized the result of the rank of the people, and regarded everything else as nothing.
"There is another fact in Juehou's eyes. He felt that he was the emperor in the past, and abdicated because he was forced to do so, so he wanted to restore the throne instead of fighting for the throne."
Shangguan Sheng slapped again on the table, "It is natural for the lord to abdicate, and it is common to all people in the world. How dare he say such a ruthless and shameless word as "restore the throne"?"
"Of course he dare not say it just by Juehou, but if he brings 100,000 Northern Army and 40,000 Southern Army into Beijing, he can do whatever he wants."
Shangguan Sheng was furious, but stopped staring at Xiao Sheng, turned to the north, and shouted loudly: "I don't believe in the way of heaven without eyes. If the lord dares to lead troops into the capital..."
Lin Kunshan said in anger: "Does General Shangguan want to invite him into the palace to tell the 'facts'?"
This was quite ridiculous, and Shangguan Sheng looked cold, "What did you say?"
"I mean, instead of letting Juanhou enter the city to talk about the 'facts', it is better to leave the city and give him a 'facts'."
Shangguan Sheng sneered, "Will you give me a place to Donghai King and Cui Hongteng?"
"Teacher Cui is willing to send 40,000 troops, only 10,000 people are left in the city, and General Shangguan also leaves 10,000 people in the city, so how much can the rest be sent." Lin Kunshan gave the numbers casually, as if these were arranged by Taifu Cui.
That's what Shangguan Sheng thought, "Cui Hongming brought 60,000 people, where did he go?"
"The injured and sick stayed outside the city and did not enter the city at all." Lin Kunshan replied.
"Only ten thousand people are left in the city... Did you ask me to send 90,000 people out of the city to fight?" Shangguan Sheng casually turned the Guards into 100,000 people.
Lin Kunshan did not expose it and said with a smile: "If you want to wipe out Jue Hou in one fell swoop, you will have to attack with thunder. No matter how many people you send, you don't think you're going to be too many."
"How did I know that Cui Hong was not lying to me to send troops, and then he took the opportunity to attack?"
"Send generals to supervise each other, and no one can exceed ten thousand soldiers in the city."
Shangguan Sheng thought for a long time, and suddenly sneered, "The King of Donghai and Cui Hong were worried that Juehou would have the help of the Northern Army because they were isolated and could not last long. What's so scary about me? The whole world supports the current emperor, and more and more rebels will come to rescue the chariots. Today, an army is coming and is stationed outside the East Gate."
The reinforcements would rather stay outside the city than enter the city. They have already shown their wait-and-see attitude. Lin Kunshan still did not expose the false appearance and said with a smile: "Why do you have to cause big trouble if you can easily solve small problems in advance? What's more, the capital is at the foot of the emperor. The sooner the clearance is, the more it will help enhance Your Majesty's reputation."
Shangguan Sheng said coldly: "Cui Hong really doesn't like his son-in-law. He kills one, and now he wants to kill another. If he is willing to bow to the current emperor, all problems will be solved."
Lin Kunshan smiled without saying a word, asking Shangguan Sheng to think about whether Cui Hong would surrender.
Shangguan Sheng took a deep breath, "You can consider it."
"If you don't decide when you are in the future, you will suffer. Juehou claims that the Northern Army will arrive in three days and may be ahead of schedule. If you cannot destroy it tomorrow, it will cause great trouble in the future."
Shangguan Sheng was urging and suspicion suddenly arose, "Whose big trouble will become?"
Lin Kunshan knew that he was suspicious, smiled twice, glanced at Xiao Sheng beside him, and said, "Mr. Xiao seems a little tired. Do you want to take a rest?"
"Ah? I... I'm really a little tired."
Shangguan Sheng called Xiao Sheng to scold him. After the look-aheaded person pointed his eyes at Juehou, his mood to curse the ministers became weak. "Censor Xiao can leave the palace. Please think carefully after returning. Do you deserve to be the position of Zuo Cha Censor?"
Xiao Sheng took his leave with a blushing face and found that he had no choice but to King Donghai.
In Qinzheng Hall, Lin Kunshan put away his smile and asked directly: "Have General Shangguan found the treasure seal?"
Shangguan Sheng's face changed drastically, "How do you know..."
"Of course I know that now that the three parties are competing for the emperor, whoever has the seal can issue an imperial edict. Regardless of whether the other two parties recognize it or not, the ministers will admit it."
"Hmph, what's the use of ministers? They all hide at home as spectators, and wait for me to free up my hands and have to clean up one by one."
"Minister is not very useful at the moment, but is the stalemate in the Battle of Emperor? Juehou was destroyed and the King of Donghai. I don't know much about war, but I have heard that when a large army fights, the strength of the soldiers within three days is the number of soldiers, and morale and strategy within five days is the only thing that determines the victory or defeat. There are many wealthy families in the capital, and they must have a lot of food and food to store. Even if they can last for ten days, they will have to transport food after ten days. Without the imperial edict and the cooperation of the minister, it is difficult to transfer grain and collect grain. Unless they go to grab it, this is not like what the emperor's army will do."
Shangguan Sheng was moved at once and said angrily: "The treasure seal should be in my hands, but the empress dowager... the empress dowager..." Shangguan Sheng did not dare to say that the empress dowager was wrong after all, "I guess the treasure seal was hidden by Yang Feng, and he refused to hand it over."
"Yang Feng is still in the palace?"
"Um."
"Give me half a day, and before midnight, I will ask him to hand over the seal."
Shangguan Sheng was alert again, "Why should I believe you?"
"Because the palace is under General Shangguan's control, I can't find the seal at most. Can I escape if I have a clue?"
"Aren't you here to negotiate?" Shangguan Sheng asked in confusion.
"I am here to negotiate. If Juehou is not destroyed, the throne will definitely belong to him within a few days. The seal will be useless at that time. General Shangguan should immediately send someone to contact Grand Tutor Cui to discuss the matter of attacking Juehou. The sooner the attack, the better. I will stay in the palace as hostage and find the seal for General Shangguan."
Shangguan Sheng should have consulted someone, but now he doesn't believe in the empress dowager, so he can only make a decision by himself. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then let's first destroy the lord, you can send troops tomorrow morning. Before midnight tonight, you can find the seal for me."
When talking about the treasure seal, Shangguan Sheng indeed reduced his suspicion of attacking the Duanhou. Lin Kunshan nodded with a smile, "Let me see Yang Feng. If he can persuade him, it will be a great honor for those who look up to the air." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!