After Jiajing died and the crown prince was not established, a period of power vacuum appeared in the Ming Dynasty. Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet, became the actual controller of the entire Ming Dynasty. He could even control whoever succeeded the emperor.

This kind of thing is quite rare in other dynasties, but it happened many times in the Ming Dynasty. The most recent one was after Zhengde's death and before Jiajing succeeded to the throne.

At that time, there was also a period of power vacuum in the Ming Dynasty, and the cabinet chief Yang Tinghe became the actual controller of the entire Ming Dynasty. However, the reason was that Zhengde had not established a crown prince, but that Zhengde had no descendants at all. At that time, Yang Tinghe quickly selected Zhengde's cousin according to the ancestral system, that is, the young King Xingxian Zhu Houcong inherited the throne.

Yang Tinghe was not attached to power. On the day when Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty passed away, he and the Sili Supervisor invited the Empress Dowager's imperial edict to officially announce that King Xingxian Zhu Houcong was the heir to the throne. The next day, he sent an envoy to Anlu Yingxingxian Zhu Houcong to succeed the throne, and did a neat job.

When Yan Song arrived, this matter was delayed and was not at all good. Jiajing had passed away for many days and had his funeral done. He had not yet requested the Empress Dowager to announce the successor.

Why did he do this?

At the beginning, he just wanted to overwhelm Yang Cong and Yangming's lineage, help the fourth son of the emperor, King Jing Zhu Zaizhen, to succeed the throne, so as to continue fooling the emperor and continue to be his powerful minister.

However, after enjoying the joy of controlling the power of the court for several days, his ideas have quietly changed.

If King Jing Zhu Zaithen can be held in his hands and continue to control the power of the court, wouldn’t he be able to do whatever he wants?

He just wanted to live in power, but Yan Shifan had long had the idea of ​​usurping the throne. How could he be the prime minister of the cabinet be a good match?

So, the father and son conspired again.

On that day, in the secret room of Yan's mansion, Yan Song and Yan Shifan and his son sat opposite each other and looked at each other for a long time.

Yan Song thought for a while and finally spoke first: "Donglou, Yang Shun will quickly lead his army to the capital. Do you think, what should we do then?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he said without hesitation: "Yang Cong must die. It is best to give him a crime of corruption, confiscate his family, kill his nine clans, and the Hui'an Yang family. That is famous for being rich, and his family's money is even more than our Yan family."

It seems a bit too much to kill the nine clans.

However, the battle for imperial power is so cruel. The winner must kill all the losers, otherwise, it is to raise a tiger to be a disaster and people may counterattack at any time.

Yan Song thought about it for a while before nodding slowly and said, "Well, the Yang family must be uprooted, so what about the others?"

Yan Shifan said sinisterly: "The others are also fellow parties and accomplices. Even if they do not kill the nine clans, they will have to behead them."

OK, if you are a gentleman, you are not a virgin, you are not a husband, just kill him!

Yan Song sighed and said, "There are many officials from the Yangming lineage. At that time, I'm afraid there will be blood flowing like a river!"

Yan Shifan still said sinisterly: "What's this? This is not the case for the imperial power struggle. When Chengzu seized the throne and Yingzong restored it, it was all bloody. Dad, we can't just stare at the Yangming lineage. We must also kill some people!"

Yan Song thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Are you talking about Lu Bing and those Dukes and Housing Guild who are biased towards Yang Cong? It's probably not that easy to kill them? They all have people under their command."

Yan Shifan said contemptuously: "The little men under their command are nothing in front of the elite border troops. Of course, these people must be killed. However, the child is not talking about them, but Yang Shun and his confidant generals."

ah!

You kid, are you crazy and you kill your own people!

Yan Song said in confusion: "Why do you even want to kill them?"

Yan Shifan then explained: "Dad, do you think, Yang Shun holds military power and will he obediently listen to our orders when he controls the entire capital? Wouldn't he have any unfair intentions?"

This is really hard to say. Once a person has no constraints, he is likely to be unscrupulous and lawless.

Yan Song heard this and nodded slowly and said, "You are right. Yang Shun cannot be kept. His trusted generals have to find an excuse to clean up. Question, who will we send to control the elite troops of Jizhou Town?"

Yan Shifan said confidently: "It's better not to use other people's hands. At that time, the child will personally control the elite border troops in Jizhou Town. It just so happens that the child also has a few Mubins who are proficient in military tactics, so they can be the leader of the army."

This matter seems to be almost done after talking about it. Yan Song nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, that's it. After Yang Shun led his army to Beijing, we will find an excuse to invite Yang Shun and his generals to the banquet and take the opportunity to take them down. You can prepare quickly, there will be no trouble at that time."

Is this over?

Yan Shifan was still unsatisfied and said: "Dad, have you ever thought about what happened after we helped King Jing to power?"

Yan Song said inexplicably: "When you help King Jing take over, you can hold him in your hands? At that time, will we do whatever we want?"

You have this little chance, what good ending can a powerful minister have? Even if you have great power, what if you become an emperor, there are ways to deal with you.

Yan Shifan reminded sinisterly: "Dad, the powerful ministers of all dynasties have no good ending. Just like Huo Guang in the Western Han Dynasty, he had great power and even the emperor could be deposed. So what happened? As soon as Huo Guang died, the Huo family was killed and there was no one left. Dad, don't you want your children and your grandson to die?"

this!

When Yan Song heard this, his face changed drastically. Of course, he didn't want his children and grandchildren to be killed by everyone.

The problem is that even if he is in power now and has only one hand covering the sky, he may not be able to hand over the power to his son Yan Shifan.

You know, Yan Shifan is a supervisor who has never participated in the imperial examination. If he can become the Minister of the Six Ministers, it is basically impossible to enter the cabinet. Being the chief minister of the cabinet is even more unthinkable, and no one will agree.

In other words, once he dies when he is old, the position of chief minister of the cabinet will definitely fall into the hands of others. At that time, will King Jing take the opportunity to take revenge and drive them all out of Yan clan!

This is very likely. It would be strange if you hold people in your hands as puppets and they don’t want to take revenge.

What to do?

Yan Song felt dizzy, and for a moment, he couldn't think of any countermeasures.

He couldn't help but say anxiously: "So what should I do?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, a cruel look appeared in his single eyes and said viciously: "It's very simple. My father can learn from the King of Wei Cao Cao. Please add Jiuxi. The child will learn from the Prince of Wei Cao Pi and ask King Jing to abdicate!"

Damn, isn't this planning to usurp the throne?

To be honest, Yan Song really didn't have this idea. He just wanted to be a powerful minister who was in power and had his hands covered the sky. He never thought about being an emperor.

However, thinking that King Jing may incur revenge on the Yan clan in the future, the throne seems to have to be taken over!
Chapter completed!