Situ Yuan, who was seeing off Situ Tai's envoy, looked at the door with a complicated expression. Just as Wang Liao said, his eldest brother really had the nerve to look for him with shame. It seems that just as Wang Liao said, everything lies in interests. But let it go, since the other party can do this, why should I be too persistent on it
"Mr. Chen, it seems that I have become a hot commodity again. Things have changed, but this feeling is really the same." Situ Yuan stretched his arms with some sigh, and Situ Yuan put his hands behind his back, feeling quite satisfied. a feeling of.
"Your Highness, we can't be too happy yet. Why did His Royal Highness the King of Thailand and His Highness recommend you to this position? I'm afraid you also understand the intention. Whoever ascends the throne is more beneficial to them is the basis for their selection of candidates. , if His Highness King Xiang’s ascension to the throne is more in their interests, they will not hesitate to support His Highness King Xiang. The situation in the imperial capital is changing, and the reason why His Highness also supports you is of course that he believes that he can become the de facto leader in the imperial capital. The master of the country wants to use you as a puppet. As for His Royal Highness, no matter who ascends the throne, it will be detrimental to him. I am afraid that what he wants most is the current chaotic situation. Choose the lesser of two evils. Your Highness, your strength The weakest, supporting you can gain your favor, and you have to rely on him in many situations. In this way, he can also maximize his influence on you, and he will naturally support you." From the curtain The scribe who came out from behind was playing with a pair of milky-white stone balls in his hands. The smooth, jade-like balls looked so spiritual in the scribe's skinny hands, spinning rapidly in his palms. Makes a weird noise.
"That's natural and unprofitable. Who would be so enthusiastic? People will go through fire and water to get what they want. People will do whatever they want. That's how realistic people are." Although Situ Yuan is young and has been in this world for many years, he has no understanding of the key points in this. But he has a deep understanding of every bit of it, "Come on, Mr. Chen, how should we deal with it now?"
"Your Highness, didn't Wang Liao Lai make it very clear just now? This is the principle of our dealings with others. We can be conceited and conciliatory to His Highness, but we can also be conceited and conciliatory to His Royal Highness the King of Thailand and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang. Of course. If we want to To gain a foothold in the imperial capital, we must rely on them. Otherwise, if they make the slightest move before we can stabilize our position, we will be in danger, so we still need to make good friends with them for the time being, but of course we can focus on something in the meantime." The scribe surnamed Chen twirled a few strands of his beard with his fingers and said slowly, "His Highness, we can only deal with it. As Wang Liao said, he must be full of resentment for His Highness to be able to sit in this position, but he was forced to do so by the situation. Push Your Highness out. After Your Highness ascends the throne, he will definitely try to make His Highness comply with his wishes and let His Highness operate the government according to his wishes. This is also the most difficult thing for us to deal with, so we must rely on His Highness the King of Thailand and the King of Hunan. His Highness's opinions are used to contain and confront them. On the contrary. At certain times, we can also use His Highness's power to beat His Highness the King of Qin and His Highness the King of Xiang. The application is based on one intention and can only be based on the actual situation at that time. It’s done.”
The previous expression of ecstasy and excitement had long since disappeared. What appeared on Situ Yuan's face at this time was a trace of annoyance and unwillingness, "Can I, Situ Yuan, have to be controlled by them for the rest of my life? It's okay if I don't sit on such a throne!"
"Your Highness, there is a big difference here. There is no room for development in Quanzhou. Rather than guarding Quanzhou, it is far better to develop in the imperial capital. Moreover, the power of the imperial capital is complex and cannot be controlled by just one person, otherwise he would not be like this. Fear. Your Highness holds the orthodox righteousness, and you can find ways to use it flexibly in daily court affairs to cultivate your own power. Moreover, His Highness is now notorious, and many forces that originally supported and relied on him have to draw a clear line with him. In order to protect his own reputation, His Highness can take advantage of this opportunity to win over the power of He Luo as soon as he ascends the throne. I heard that His Highness the Thirteenth Princess is now quite influential in the imperial capital. His Highness also received her support in order to aspire to the throne. Now the Thirteenth Princess is probably completely disappointed with His Highness. As long as Your Highness can make good friends with the Thirteenth Princess and win her support, hey, who has the final say in this imperial capital is yet to be seen."
The scholar surnamed Chen obviously saw this matter further and more accurately than his lord. In particular, he had a thorough analysis of the relationships and conflicts between the various forces in the imperial capital. He also explained what his lord should do first after he ascends the throne. When things were revealed one by one, Situ Yuan's eyes lit up, wishing he could immediately ascend the throne and take revenge.
However, the most important thing at the moment is to maintain a balanced situation in the imperial capital. Although the elders and nobles in the imperial capital are small and the imperial ministers and officials represented by the thirteen princesses are also very powerful, they all have one fatal weakness, that is They do not have a strong armed force, and the only imperial guard in the imperial city that can influence the situation is now divided. It used to be Ma Yuanxiang who could cover the sky with one hand, but now it is obvious that His Highness and His Highness the King of Qin each control a division, and Ma Yuanxiang He doesn't know why he is controlled by others. He still controls two divisions and a wallflower. This huge and chaotic force is the real master of the imperial capital. Of course, it is precisely because of their mutual constraints. This makes the forces cancel each other out, and no one can use this force in a short period of time. However, this does not mean that they will never be able to use this force. Therefore, although His Highness must try to maintain a balance now, he needs to cultivate his own weapons. Strength, the two relatively weak forces of the Yulin Army and the Imperial Gendarmerie are His Highness's primary targets, and then there is Wu Pengfei's division. This guy has been vacillating. If His Highness can use means to subdue it, then we are in this imperial capital. The city no longer needs to rely entirely on the forces of all parties to protect itself. "
The scholar surnamed Chen was thinking very hard, and what he said was clear and logical. However, he also knew in his heart that things were as simple as he said. But no matter from any point of view, the operating room in this imperial capital city was better than that in Quanzhou. The land of the Mansion is much wider. Fortunately, these parties have formed a stalemate, and there is just room for their own master to exert his influence.
Situ Yushuang finally fell ill. After learning that Situ Tai's various scandals were exposed to a small scale, she could no longer control her emotions and angrily denounced Situ Tai as a sinner of the Situ family. It was precisely because of his misdeeds that he was awarded the throne. She changed people, and now the throne is in the hands of Situ Yuan, who has no strength at all. This throne has actually become a tool for manipulation by several major forces, and she represents the line of important ministers and officials and the line of imperial aristocrats who originally wanted to rely on Situ Tai The hope of gradually completing the interior of the empire with the backing of strong military strength has also come to nothing. At present, Situ Tai can only do his best to maintain his influence in the imperial capital from being greatly weakened, while the power of Li Wufeng and Situ Biao has been greatly improved.
Situ Yushuang knew that her last attempt to change the fate of the Situ Dynasty had failed. Situ Tai's defeat and Situ Yuan's ascension was not simply the replacement of two Situ princes. There were too many other factors involved. She Knowing what his eldest brother is like, he will definitely be willing to fail and will do everything possible to control the central power of the empire. In order to fight against Situ Tai, Situ Yuan, who has no strength, must rely on Li Wufeng and Situ Biao in many places. By countering Situ Tai's pressure, Li Wufeng easily established his foothold in the Imperial City openly and openly. With the Imperial Capital, the political, economic and cultural center of the empire, as a springboard, Li Wufeng could rely on the powerful strength of Xijiang behind him to perform more unscrupulously. With his influence, the Tanghe Empire has truly come to an end. Situ Yushuang even pessimistically imagined whether Situ Yuan's dream of being emperor could be realized by the end of the year. Maybe Li Wufeng would soon become the next winner of the Chenqiao mutiny.
Under these continuous blows, Her Royal Highness the Thirteenth Princess, who was already mentally and physically exhausted, finally fell ill when Situ Yuan ascended the throne as emperor. Situ Yushuang, who had a fever, lay in bed in a daze, while in the imperial capital But incense was burned everywhere and cannons were fired to celebrate the new emperor's enthronement. Everything was running on the track of human will. No one could stop this rolling historical trend.
Many officials and nobles have vaguely discovered that perhaps the Situ family has really reached the final stage. A prince who is most likely to ascend to the throne has actually attempted to assassinate his own father, and has already given away the sovereignty of the empire as a personal thing in exchange for it. Regarding the support from external forces for them, this kind of act that can only be called traitorous actually appeared on a prince who was just one step away from ascending to the throne. How could this make them feel disappointed and desperate? Compared with His Majesty the King of Thailand, in Western Xinjiang, he not only regained the empire's inherent territories of Yinfu, Tiannan County, and Jiayuguan, which were originally semi-independent step by step, but also greatly expanded the empire's territorial scope outwards, including the Western Region, Northern Luzon, and the Western Region. , the Eastern Tengger Grassland, and the Peninsula Alliance, these territories have gradually become the pleasures of the imperial merchants. Looking at the loss of Treasure Island, Kamchatka, and Ryukyu Islands, they even have to admit that the other party’s interest in these lands The sovereignty of the Situ Dynasty, how could this disparity make these officials and nobles think that maybe the Situ Dynasty has really run out of energy? Think about the history of the establishment of this dynasty. It was also established from the same place. After conquering the huge Tanghe Empire, is it now time for the Li Dynasty represented by His Highness King Qin to arrive