Chapter 849 Alliance of Interest

A thousand soldiers and horses of the guard battalion have been standing outside Yongding Gate for nearly half an hour. After announcing their identity, the reply given by the garrison at the head of the city was polite and asked the Duke of Zhen to wait for a moment. Because of the order, the gate was closed a few days ago to prohibit access. Even if the Duke of Zhenguo returned to Beijing, he still needs to report to the official. It can only be released after it is allowed.

Song Nan quietly sat on the horse and stared at the closed tall gate. Of course, he knew that these were all excuses. The armor of the defenders at the head of the city was not the armor of the regiment camp at all, but the armor of the foreign army. Wang Yong beside him quietly told Song Nan that the soldiers and horses on the gate were the capital defenders of the Chinese army governor's office. Song Nan understood the seriousness of the problem. .

Originally, it was the responsibility of the Beijing camp to guard the city gate, but now that foreign troops have entered Beijing to guard the city gate, can it be said that Zhang Lun has been completely deprived of his authority? Or does Zhang Lun listen to it and doesn't see Mingzhe to protect himself? Song Nan considered the dangerous situation after returning to Beijing, but he didn't expect that he had reached this point. If the whole capital was controlled by the foreign army of the Chinese military governor's office, what else could he do after entering the capital?

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In the cabinet public room, two marquises, Zhang Wei and Tan You, who were promoted to marquis last year, were talking anxiously. In front of them, Yang Tinghe sat on the chair, and Liang Chu and Fei Hong were on both sides. The three of them listened to the report of the two leading marquis calmly.

"Two marquis, please sit down and have tea. The two marquis rarely come to the cabinet house as guests, but they are rare guests. After listening to their words, Yang Ting and smiled.

"Yang Gong, why are you still so leisurely? Song Nan is outside the south gate. What do you think? He is the hero of the rebellion. We can't always prevent him from entering the city. It doesn't make sense. Tan You rubbed his hands.

Yang Tinhe turned his head and said, "Is it necessary to be so nervous? How many soldiers and horses does Song Nan bring?

"There are only a thousand brocade guards."

"So how many soldiers and horses have been transferred to Beijing by the Chinese military governor's office?"

"Doesn't Yang Gong know about Shen Cewei, Ying Tianwei, Yingzhou Liangwei and Yanqing Wei?"

Yang Tinghe sighed, "Wuwei 30,000 soldiers and horses, are you still worried that Song Nan will ride into the city with a thousand brocade guards?"

Hui'an Hou Zhang Wei blinked and said, "Mr. Yang, don't make a mistake. Song Nan is the commander of Jinyiwei. There are nearly 20,000 Jinyiwei's own soldiers in Beijing. In addition, Zhang Lun, the governor of Beijing, is also his brother-in-law. I'm afraid it's difficult to deal with him as soon as he enters the city."

Yang Ting and he caressed his beard and said, "You give him too much face. Can Song Nan have three heads and six arms? Even if he has some ability, it is within the permission of the court. What can the emperor allow him to do? Does he dare to resist the order? Didn't Zhang Lun vent his breath with Song Nan? The emperor issued an imperial edict to let foreign troops enter the city to guard the nine gates to take over the defense in the city, and asked his Beijing camp to return to the camp without rash action. Didn't he do it obediently?

Hui'an Hou Zhang Wei frowned and said, "You mean..."

Liang Chu stood up and said, "Mr. Yang means that it's time to issue the emperor's edict. The elders of the cabinet have issued the imperial edict. In view of the current situation of the emperor's body, it is time to inform the world in advance, so that people can feel at ease."

Tan You was shocked: "But... the emperor hasn't..."

Fei Hong scolded: "Margrave Tan, the Empress Dowager has agreed to announce the edict in advance. What else do you have? We are not unfaithful to the emperor. We are just for the sake of the sake of the society; the stability of the society is the first priority. If people take advantage of this gap to make trouble and destroy the stable handover of the society, it will be disloyal.

Tan You hurriedly said, "I didn't say that this was unfaithful, but what several university scholars mean was that this read the edict and made Song Nan unable to move?"

"Exact." Liang Chu said with a sneer.

"What if he ignores it?" Zhang Wei suddenly said.

Yang Tinghe's eyes were full of glory and said softly, "Some people do not respect the emperor's edict, which is great rebellion. He also asked the two marquis to deal with it immediately. In extraordinary times, the two marquises should be decisive and resolutely, which is also what the empress dowager meant. If the two marquises don't believe it, they can go to the palace to see the Empress Dowager and listen to the Empress Dowager's teachings.

At this time, Hui'an waited for Zhang Wei and Xinning waited for Tan You to understand that although Song Nan's sudden early arrival disrupted everyone's plans. Originally, Song Nan had to lead a large army back to Beijing for at least seven or eight days. The emperor was in critically ill and did not eat or drink for a few days. He was dying, and he could not survive these two days at all. Before returning to Beijing, Song Nan had enough time to announce the edict and welcome the new emperor to Beijing. But now, the emperor has to announce the edict in advance before the funeral. This is a last resort. In fact, the emperor is still alive with the accession of the new emperor, which is a serious misconduct, but at this time, he can't take care of it, not to mention the Empress Dowager's decree.

"Well, my lords, I'll go to Yongding Gate to open the city gate. Song Nan also has a lot of face. Originally, he should have called Beijing, Chinese and martial arts to unify the decree, but it is always difficult to let our great meritorious officials wait outside the city for a long time. Let's greet him and promulgate this edict. Song Nan alone took the lead in promulgation, which is also him. Song Nan's glory, hehe. Yang Tingyu got up and stroked his sleeves and smiled.

Liang Chu smiled and said, "Mr. Yang has given him enough face. I hope Song Nan can be grateful. Yang Gong arranged it very well.

Fei Hong said, "Mr. Liang, I've heard a lot about your words recently, and I feel very comfortable."

Liang Chu's face turned red and coughed to hide his embarrassment.

Liang Chu knew his own affairs, why he could still sit in the cabinet safely, which was Yang Tin and let him go.

Originally, the cabinet was going to focus on tracing the detention of Jiangxi officials to report on King Ning's memorial. Liang Chu himself thought that he would completely fail this time. Unexpectedly, Yang Ting talked to him in person and told Liang Chu that all kinds of evidence showed that it was the negligence of a pen official under Liang Chu that caused this mistake, and the official also confessed.

Liang Chu was surprised, but he soon realized that it was Yang Tinghe protecting himself. He couldn't help but be grateful. Yang Tinghe's move not only saved his life, but also saved his everything. At this critical moment, it was comparable to sending help in the snow. Liang Chu naturally understood that Yang Tinghe did not do anything in return. The reward that Liang Chu could give was to follow Yang Tinghe wholeheartedly and never have a strange heart. While Yang Ting and shielding him, he actually took this matter as a braid in his hand.

For Yang Tinhe, he needs Liang Chu. First, when a big event is coming, he needs to unite all the forces that can be united. Second, Liang Chu is filled by the Empress Dowager, leaving Liang Chu to establish a stable alliance between Liang Chu and the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager recommended the son of King Ning as the emperor's heir. After King Ning brazenly launched a rebellion, she was also ashamed and blamed herself. She was worried that she would be questioned by the emperor and criticized by the ministers because of this matter all day long. She also needed to calm down the matter quickly, which needed someone to calm down the criticism for her in the foreign court.

Yang Ting formed an alliance with the Empress Dowager Zhang through Liang Chu's relationship. Empress Dowager Zhang readily agreed to Yang Ting and Zhu Houxuan's proposal to be the new emperor, which was also a move to repay the favor. In fact, the Empress Dowager Zhang did not have any strong insistence on the candidate of the emperor's heir. She only persisted once before, but the candidate she chose and respected turned out to be a person with bad intentions.

Empress Dowager Zhang finally understands that it is better not to command such a big matter with her own IQ. It is better for ministers to make decisions. Don't make your own decisions. If it's not good, I'm afraid that the comfortable life in old age will be ruined.

Although such an alliance is hasty, it is absolutely stable, and the interests of all parties have been well safeguarded. The only thing to worry about is the opposition of Song Nan's faction. Empress Dowager Zhang also knew that if Song Nan objected, the emperor would not agree, and Yang Tinhe held the same idea. However, an excellent time came soon. Song Nan left Beijing to suppress the rebellion and Zhengde was seriously ill. At this time, he did not mean to be the best opportunity to finalize the matter. So after several careful plans, everything Zhang Yong found happened unconsciously.

Now that Song Nan is back and the matter is imminent, Empress Dowager Zhang has to agree to Yang Tinghe's request and make this edict public in advance. Only in this way can the matter be completely nailed to the last coffin and make Song Nan unable to resist.