Chapter 717 The new emperor ascends the throne
The car door opened, Tong Guan was taken down by two soldiers. His head hood had been taken off and the rag in his mouth was taken out. He saw his face as if dead, his legs were trembling, and he was a little unsteady.
Zhao Huan glanced at Tong Guan, then smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "It's a matter of trouble for the prefect, but I am still in the East Palace now, so I can't be arbitrarily. Please refer to the prefect as the East Palace!"
Li Yanqing nodded, "I obey the order!"
Li Yanqing immediately ordered: "Let him loose!"
Two soldiers stepped forward and loosened Tong Guan. Tong Guan moved his arms a little, stepped forward and knelt down, "I'm sorry to see the prince!"
Zhao Huan nodded, "Does Tong Taiwei know why Gu invited you to the East Palace?"
"I know my guilt, and I am willing to fully support Your Highness ascend to the throne to redeem my guilt for disrespecting you in the past!"
Tong Guan only expressed his willingness to support Zhao Huan ascend the throne, but refused to express his willingness to give up military power, which really made Li Gang feel dissatisfied. He was still so stubborn when he died. He looked at Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing gave him a wink. Only then did Li Gang realize that the prince Zhao Huan was meditating and he knew that Zhao Huan was a little moved.
Li Gang was very anxious. Li Yanqing tried his best to capture Tong Guan to the East Palace. If he was released, he would really be letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
Li Gang hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Zhao Huan, "This person cannot be trusted, so why not wait until Your Highness ascends the throne before dealing with it!"
After all, Zhao Huan was not a fool, and he knew that Tong Guan could not believe it. Especially when Tong Guan held military power, he had to deprive him of military power before considering it. He nodded and said to the guards: "Tao Taiwei Tong to another palace to rest first, take good care of him, and do not neglect!"
Several guards agreed and stepped forward to help Tong Guan up, "Please, please!"
Tong Guan was forced to get up by the soldiers and followed them unwillingly. He passed by Li Yanqing and slowly raised his head, staring at Li Yanqing with a pair of triangular eyes extremely viciously.
Li Yanqing snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Tong Yansi failed to break through and was shot and killed on the spot!"
Tong Guan's face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and he collapsed to the ground, burst into tears, and several guards forced him up and took him away.
At this time, Zhao Huan asked in confusion: "Prince Li, what happened?"
Li Yanqing handed the gold medal of the troops to Zhao Huan while he was dispatched. "After Weichen arrested Tong Guan, Tong Yansi rushed to the Northern Barracks with the gold medal of the troops to prepare to siege the Eastern Palace, but was stopped by Weichen's subordinates. There was a fierce battle between the two sides, and Tong Yansi was killed when breaking through."
Zhao Huan received the gold medal in the transfer of troops and couldn't speak for a long time. He really wanted to gather Tong Guan for his own use, but he didn't expect that Tong Guan was so despairing that he would be about to move troops when he heard the news of his father's abdication, which made Zhao Huan feel disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly.
At this time, Li Yanqing stepped forward and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Highness, I am still the magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture. Just the morning before yesterday, I learned that there was any abnormal movement of the Jin soldiers of Yanshan Prefecture, so I ordered the 30,000 Jingzhao troops stationed in Shan County to rush to the capital to fight the Jin soldiers. I was afraid that someone would attack in advance if he left the news, so I did not report it for the time being. Please forgive me!"
Although Li Yanqing's approach is absolutely a taboo in normal times, it is life-saving news at this time, which immediately surprised Zhao Huan's voice trembled, "Li Fuyin, is this true?"
"Weichen did not dare to hide his highness. The official should have this idea, so he retained the position of Tongzhi of Weichen Jingzhao Prefecture, so that Weichen could successfully transfer the Western army into the capital."
Zhao Huan was ecstatic at this time and did not care about some of the inappropriate details of Li Yanqing. Just before Li Yanqing arrived, he had just received news that Gao Qiu led 30,000 imperial guards to chase his father. In this way, the army in the capital was only 30,000 Xiangjun and 30,000 New Taipei troops. The Xiangjun was useless, and the number of New Taipei troops was too small, and the 10,000 imperial guards in the imperial palace were not enough. If Li Yanqing's 30,000 Western troops arrived in time, there would be hope for defending the capital. How could Zhao Huan not be surprised and intertwined?
"Your Highness, the most urgent task is to collect the military power of the wing army and prevent accidents from happening to the army."
Zhao Huan looked at the gold medal in his hand and handed it to Li Yanqing, "I'm leaving this matter to you."
"Your Highness, if Tong Guan is still there, I'm afraid it's not enough to just rely on the gold medal. They must stop their miss."
Of course, Zhao Huan understood what Li Yanqing meant. Li Yanqing wanted to kill Tong Guan himself! But Zhao Huan hesitated a little. After all, he was an important official. Li Yanqing looked at Zhao Huan's eyes and said slowly: "If your highness wants to sit firmly in this position, he will not be kind!"
Zhao Huan was shocked and murderous intent was high. He said coldly: "I know what to do!"
He explained a few words to a confidant guard next to him, and the guard went immediately. Zhao Huan decided to get rid of Tong Guan, which was the problem of a glass of wine.
At this moment, the guard sentry above his head shouted: "Your Highness, many ministers are coming outside!"
Zhao Huan glanced at Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing nodded, "Tong Guan is in our hands, and there will be no movement in the 30,000-fang army for the time being!"
"Open the palace gate!"
As the palace gate slowly opened, hundreds of court officials walked into the East Palace under the leadership of Cai Jing. Cai Jing took the lead and knelt down first, and everyone also knelt down together. Cai Jing said loudly: "The late emperor has issued a resignation edict, and I will welcome Your Majesty to ascend the throne!"
"Welcome Your Majesty to the throne!"
Zhao Huan nodded, raised the abdication edict in his hand and said loudly: "My father is ill and cannot bear the state affairs anymore, so he entrusted the country to Gu. Gu is talented and has little virtue and really cannot bear this burden. However, now the enemy is in front of him, Gu can only put the overall situation first and temporarily ascend the throne to stabilize the overall situation. After the situation is pacified, Gu will definitely report to his father and ask him to establish another wise ruler!"
Logically, Zhao Huan had to push it three times before he could barely accept the ascension of the throne, but Zhao Huan is not in control of the situation now, and there are too many changes outside. He was afraid that the night would be long and dream, so he was a little humble and agreed to ascend the throne. As long as the name was settled, many young people would not dare to act rashly.
The ministers were overjoyed, and Cai Jing shouted loudly: "I beg your Majesty to enter the palace and ascend the throne!"
Zhao Huan nodded slightly, "Just follow all my dear friends!"
In the middle of December of the sixth year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji abdicated in a hurry when the Jin soldiers marched south. The crown prince Zhao Huan finally ascended the long-awaited throne. He respected his father Zhao Ji, who had already gone south, as the emperor, as the emperor, as the emperor, as the emperor, as the emperor, as the emperor's emperor, as the mother Empress Huigong Wang and now as the empress Zheng, as the empress, and at the same time, the crown prince's concubine Zhu was the empress.
In order to stabilize the situation, Zhao Ji did not make large-scale adjustments to all officials. He only removed Wang Fu and Cai You from the position of prime minister, and changed his title to the Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion. At the same time, Li Gang and Sun Fu were appointed as the left and right servants, and were appointed as the prime minister of the Zhizheng Hall. He also appointed Li Yanqing as the special promotion, signed the Privy Council, and served as the Grand Marshal of the Tokyo Army.
At night, by a small river about fifty miles north of the capital, more than 100 soldiers were nervously salvaging the items in the river. The ice on the river surface was smashed into pieces, and the bottom of the river was filled with soft mud, which made the river water not freezing. In fact, this is normal. The ice in the Central Plains will not be too thick. The water of the Yellow River comes from the high-altitude area and has a deep cold air. Once it freezes, it will freeze very thickly.
Yan Qing squatted on a big rock, staring at the objects gradually coming out of water. The snow reflected the moonlight, and it was particularly clear at night. It was a large box, five feet square and weighed three or four hundred kilograms.
"It's out! It's out!" the soldiers exclaimed.
Yan Qing spitted out the grass roots in his mouth, walked over quickly, and took a big wooden box from the water. Yan Qing waved his hand, "Let the first team stay, others go around to watch!"
The soldiers dispersed one after another. Yan Qing ordered several soldiers to pry open the large wooden box with iron rods. There was a large iron box inside, with a copper lock on it. Yan Qing knocked off the copper lock and opened the lid of the iron box. The items inside were tightly wrapped by several layers of oil cloth. At this time, Yan Qing didn't have the patience to peel off the oil cloth. He pulled out his sword casually, cut a big hole in the oil cloth, and tore it open with force. A dazzling golden light suddenly made everyone unable to open their eyes.
"It's gold!" Everyone exclaimed.
Yan Qing held up a piece of golden gold, weighing at least ten kilograms. Yan Qing quickly estimated that this box was about 30 yuan, which was 300 kilograms and 5,000 taels of gold.
Yan Qing asked several more water ghosts and said, "How many such big boxes are there underneath?"
"Report to the general, there are about thirteen shipwrecks below, each of which contains four boxes. In this way, there are about fifty boxes."
Of course, it is impossible that all of them are gold, but there are at least forty boxes, which is 200,000 taels of gold! Is this Tong Guan’s treasure? Yan Qing was really excited.
At this time, a soldier rushed over quickly, "Report to General, the spy from Daming Mansion has returned and said that there is urgent information to report."
Yan Qing nodded, "Take him up!"
Chapter completed!