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Chapter 227 The Successor Emperor

The cavalry of the Selected Front Army replaced the guards of the Political Affairs Hall (Ministry of the Central Secretariat). When Xu Huai entered the reading of the will, Zhao Guan also rushed to the Privy Council to listen to the orders surrounded by the guards of the Huai Palace.

The Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council are the center of the Great Yue Dynasty. Not only are the Hongdae building standing on both sides of the Imperial Road, but it is also separated from the front hall of the palace by a palace wall.

Zhao Guan, the King of Huai, who had already made the worst plan in his heart, sat in the yamen hall of the Privy Council. Although the autumn was not strong and the weather was just a little cool, Zhao Guan couldn't help but tremble all over and asked someone to light a brazier in front of the hall, which was a little better.

"Your Highness, great joy!"

Wang Boqian and Gu Fan rushed to the Privy Council together. Before they could leave, they could not help but scream in excitement in the yard.

King Zhao Guan of Huai was in a daze at this time and did not hear what Wang Boqian and Gu Fan said clearly. Seeing them dancing and shouting with great exaggerated hands and feet, they thought Zheng Huaizhong and Xu Huai were sending troops to attack, so they hurriedly pulled out their waist knife, slammed them on the table, and shouted to the left and right: "The generals guard the Privy Council and kill the rebels, and they all have a heavy reward..."

"Your Highness, you're wrong, you're wrong," Wang Boqian and Gu Fan stumbled into the Yatang, and quickly told Huai King Zhao Guan about what happened in the Political Affairs Hall just now, "There is no rebels, no rebels, it was Zheng Huaizhong. Zheng Cong secretly planned to depose and establish a decree, but the Marquis of Jingsheng Xu Huai learned it. At this time, Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son had already captured and imprisoned them in the Political Affairs Hall. Please ask Your Highness to come and take charge of the overall situation!"

"Is there a trap waiting for me to get into the trap?" King Huai Zhao Guan finally figured out what was going on, but he still didn't believe it. He looked at Wang Boqian and Gu Fan suspiciously, suspecting that they had been bribed.

"Your Highness did not discuss with Marquis Jingsheng in advance?" Wang Boqian and Gu Fan were also confused at this time, with too many reversals overlapping together, and he asked when he thought of this.

"..." King Zhao Guan of Huai shook his head and denied that he had a deal with Xu Huai. He stared at Wang Boqian vigilantly, Gu Fan's eyes and asked, "Where is the secret edict? It is true that he was alert to Zheng Huaizhong before the death of the emperor, Zheng Cong and his son?"

"The secret edict was in Zhou Xiang's hands. Princess Yingyun had read it and compared the emperor's seal. It was indeed written by His Majesty when he was sick," said Wang Boqian. "At this time, except for a small team of elite troops in Chushan to take charge of Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son, the Marquis of Jingsheng had led the army out of the Political Affairs Hall and went to the military camp outside Daliang Gate for a while. Zhou Xiang, Hu Xiang, Zhu Han Gong and the Prince of Wuwei all asked His Highness to lead the guards to the Political Affairs Hall to take charge of the overall situation!"

"I won't go to the Political Affairs Hall, let them all come to the Privy Council!" King Zhao Guan of Huai said decisively.

He had seen the Privy Council inside and outside several times, and the soldiers of the Huai Prince's Mansion also took over the guards of the Privy Council, at least ensuring that there was no assassin hidden in every corner of the Privy Council, but can the Political Affairs Hall ensure this?

Wang Boqian and Gu Fan thought about it, the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall were called the East and West Government. What major matters can only be determined by the Political Affairs Hall, and cannot be moved to the Privy Council?

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"The secret edict was sent to Mount Chu. Mr. Xu saw from the secret edict that His Majesty was worried about the Zheng family, but even if Zhao Fan rushed to Wuyang to meet, Mr. Xu didn't think much about it. He thought that the situation was turbulent and unstable in people's hearts were ordinary. Mr. Xu was also worried about His Majesty's illness and rushed to Jianye to meet him day and night, but he didn't expect that His Majesty would pass away when he met. Mr. Xu was so sad that he could not control himself yesterday. Mr. Xu returned to the Longzangpu Hekou Manor to watch the night of His Majesty. Unexpectedly, Zheng Huaizhong hid in the gust of Hekou late at night, and was bold and arrogant to deceive Mr. Xu was not good for His Majesty. Only then did Mr. Xu fully understand the intention of His Majesty's secret edict, so he used the trick to make a fool of himself,"

Han Gui, who had been searched four or five times, and had not even been let go of shame, was standing in the Privy Council's yamen hall, and described the causes and consequences of designing the design of luring Zheng's father and son into the sect.

"The incident happened suddenly, and Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son were suspicious. Xu Hou was worried that the news would leak, so he did not dare to inform His Highness and the Prime Minister in advance. He insisted on leading troops into the city to calm the Zheng father and son, and asked His Highness and the Prime Minister to investigate..."

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, what Han Gui said at this time was the remark that Chu Shan would grit his teeth and persevere. Anyway, he would never admit that Xu Huai had decided to lure Zheng Huaizhong when he set out from Chu Shan, and Zheng Cong and his son came into the trap.

"Xu Hou is a loyal and kind person from Dayue, Dayue Gancheng, the emperor's brother did not believe him wrong!" King Huai Zhao Guan praised the stock.

No matter how credible Han Gui's words were, no matter how much he hated Xu Huai in the past two days, it is a certain fact that the Chushan Selection Army had retreated to the military camp near Daliangmen after handing over Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son to the guards of the Huai Palace to guard the Huai Palace.

The secret edict Xu Huai brought out did not involve any change of legitimate law, and it was a sure fact - this also means that the only choice that complies with the rules is the king of Huai Zhao Guan ascended the throne as the crown prince.

The secret edict that was confirmed by internal and external has also been transferred to King Zhao Guan of Huai, which is also a conclusive fact.

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In addition, Liu Shiwang resigned from the position of the Imperial City Secretariat according to the rules, and asked King Zhao Guan of Huai to serve as his direct relatives. The Imperial City Secretariat controls the entry and exit of the Imperial City, and the guards and the subjects of the Imperial City are nominally affiliated with the Privy Council, but the Imperial City Secretariat and other positions are directly appointed by the emperor.

The death of the late emperor, and the successor emperor appointed new candidates before and after the ascension of the throne, was also a practice since the founding of the Great Yue Dynasty.

Although King Zhao Guan of Huai couldn't guess why Xu Huai made such a choice, and he couldn't calm down and think carefully, in the face of so many conclusive facts, what else could he say besides praising Xu Huai desperately?

Could it be that he questioned Xu Huai's ulterior motives and other intentions in front of so many princes and ministers?

As for whether Xu Huai had long intended to lure the Zheng family and his son into the throne, or if Zheng Huaizhong came to the door after Emperor Jianji passed away, was this important?

Could it be that after he ascended the throne, he didn't want to cut off the Zheng father and son?

Xu Huai has helped him do this in advance, what else is he unhappy about?

After praise of Xu Huai and the people of Chushan, Zhou He, Gu Fan and others also took the opportunity to ask King Zhao Guan of Huai to immediately preside over the edict, so that the subjects of the world could mourn for Emperor Jianji as soon as possible.

They also wanted to decide the title of the emperor first, so as to save them from having too many dreams.

At this time, King Zhao Guan of Huai no longer refused to refuse and persuaded him to advance. After half an hour, he had prepared the edicts of the great funerals issued by the supervisors of the various routes and the letters were prepared, and he sent a post cavalry messenger to go out to Beijing to report the letters, and at the same time posted edicts in various places in Jianye.

After the matter of title was settled, King Zhao Guan of Huai did not want to act too impatient. At the same time, he was also determined to refuse Liu Shiwang's intention to hand over the imperial city department to the emperor. Finally, after repeated persuasion by Zhou He, Hu Kai, Zhu Han and others, he forced Su Zhi, commander of the left and right guards of the Huai Palace, and Ge Dan, to take charge of the Imperial City Department, and jointly take charge of the imperial city palace ban with Liu Shiwang.

More than a thousand cavalry of the selection army were also at Wang Ju, Guo Junzong, Wu Chihai and others left Daliang Gate before sunset and returned to the mouth of Longzangpu River. Xu Huai, accompanied by Han Gui, went to the Huai Palace to meet the successor Emperor Zhao Guan.

Zhao Guan was unwilling to move into the palace at this time and insisted on living in the Huai Palace to discuss the funeral and military affairs with his ministers. The Huai Palace temporarily became the central location of Dayue New - the Huai Palace also vacated the courtyard of the front house for Zhou He and Hu Kai to lead the ministers to settle in and take office.

Although Xu Huai had the title of imperial equipment, and the King of Huai also specifically ordered Xu Huai to come in with a sword, Xu Huai not only learned about the sword in front of the house, but also insisted on the inspection of the palace servants of the Huai Palace. Then he walked to the Mingde Hall where King of Huai Zhaoguan was in charge of official duties with Hu Kai and others who were ordered to welcome him.

"It is possible to slowly support the King of Huai to ascend the throne. Why do you want to design a temptation to lure him into the trap? You should know that this matter will not be hidden for long, and your highness and the ministers will figure it out." Walking into the corridor, Hu Kai looked back and saw that except for his eldest son Hu Zhiyuan, the other accompanying personnel were behind, and he could no longer help but ask.

Of course, Hu Kai would not believe that all this was just a plan when Xu Huai saw Zheng Huaizhong early this morning. He also believed that Zhao Guan, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan and other ministers would calm down and would definitely be able to figure out the meaning in the future.

He couldn't understand why Xu Huai had acted so urgently and rashly, and this matter would only end up injustice Chu Shan himself.

Xu Huai looked up at the full moon hanging high above the high wall and said lightly: "It's meaningless to say anything else. Mr. Hu would better think about the strategy of leaving the court early!"

"..." Hu Kai looked at Xu Huai in a daze, but saw that Xu Huai seemed to have never spoken to him at all, and walked straight to the other end of the corridor.

Hu Kai then accelerated his pace and followed.

Hu Zhiyuan was completely confused and didn't understand what Xu Huai meant: King Huai was not worth looking forward to, so he advised his father not to stay in the center? The question is, King Huai was not worth looking forward to, why did Xu Huai design to lead the Zheng family into the throne to help King Huai ascend the throne?

Han Gui saw Hu Kai and Hu Zhiyuan's reactions, sighed slightly in his heart, thinking of what Xu Huai said to him:

Both are pig teams, but the Huainan defense line, which is the most important thing to resist the Huhu, controls the two pig teams respectively. Emperor Jianji made such arrangements at the beginning, just to make the Zheng family and the Huai Prince's Mansion check and balance each other so that he can better control it. However, he did not expect that his health would collapse just one year after the Huainan victory.

After all, it’s still the same as the New Year.

In order to prevent the two pig teams from killing themselves on the Huainan defense line, Xu Huai had to abandon his reputation and eliminate one of them first.
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