Kunyuan three years.
King Fan, chieftain of the barbarians in Zezhou, started a rebellion, and the Dawu Dynasty sent Lin Feichong to lead the army to crusade.
When Lin Feichong first arrived in Zezhou, he immediately conscripted civilian husbands and recruited local soldiers, and fought many times, all of which were quite successful, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was greatly boosted.
In July, he fought with the Tusi coalition forces, killed thousands of troops, captured countless counties, and took advantage of the victory to recover several counties, and the soldiers attacked Xinfeng County.
When the news reached the court, everyone cheered for it.
Jingyang City, Prince's Mansion.
"His Royal Highness is overjoyed, General Lin won another city, I think the chaos will be quelled within this year!"
Several civil and military officials flattered him.
"Um… "
Wu Ding sat on the main seat, holding the battle report in his hand, but fell into deep thought: "Lin Feichong's ability, I naturally believe in it, but I'm afraid that he will be too aggressive under pressure..."
At his level, he naturally knows that his talents in normal times are completely different from the talents he can display in wartime.
Even though Lin Feichong boasted in the mansion, it is still unknown whether he can really fight and fight when he is released. Fortunately, this person has shown with his actions that he is still worthy of his trust and investment.
I just hope that he will not force himself to attack because of too much pressure on himself, then the overall situation should be fine-if no other forces continue to intervene!
When Wu Ding thought of this, a haze appeared on his face.
Zhang Hanlin is very capable. After he was ordered to investigate, he quickly turned up the details of Wu Yue, the Minister of Rites. He gave him the impression that he was an official with a little rote knowledge. There was nothing unusual, and he was even inclined towards the prince. is a potential ****.
The more this is the case, the more terrified Wu Ding is, because all of this shows that there is a terrifying force that is good at hiding, targeting him secretly.
"Hoo..."
Wu Ding let out a long breath: "I don't know what kind of murderer he is, who dares to do this. Are you really not afraid of being annihilated?"
He is very clear about some things in the world.
Due to gender restrictions, even though the gentry recognized Wu Zhi, His Majesty the Saint, under the persecution of swords and axes, they were still unwilling.
In their ideals, the king who governs the country must be a man, even if it is just for display! Otherwise, the man's face will be difficult.
Therefore, many forces hope to push Wu Ding to the top, and even claim to be a loyal minister.
However, such a loyal minister, in his opinion, is completely a disservice.
However, the forces that appeared this time were clearly not that simple, but were really intended to be detrimental to him!
Wu Ding stepped into the garden, looked at the somewhat dark sky, and suddenly his heart sank, with a feeling that a storm was about to come.
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!"
There was the sound of footsteps, with hurried shouts.
Wu Ding only felt that his chest was stuffy, and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Zhang Hanlin walking quickly: "Taoism sends a message, hurry up!"
He came to Wu Ding, saluted deeply, and spoke quickly: "General Lin Feichong, the Polu general, rushed forward underestimated the enemy, and was ambushed by the chieftain witch bone poison into the miasma forest, and died on the spot.
"What?"
Wu Ding was startled, and shook Yu Ruyi's hand slightly: "Is that so?"
He has always known Lin Feichong's talent, and he must not be greedy for success, and there must be hidden hands in it.
But in any case, it is a fact that the loss of soldiers and generals and the face of the court are great. Even if they can come back alive, the end will not be much better.
"Not only that!"
Zhang Hanlin took a deep breath: "There are still rumors that the sage wants to change the name of the country to 'Kun'! In the future, the yin will be the main virtue, and the contemporary generation will be passed down to the female, and the female will be in the dynasty!"
"What kind of weird talk is this, what kind of joke!"
Wu Ding snorted, but his face turned pale again.
"It's not without reason, not to mention that the sage is indeed planning to change the country's name in recent days. This is combined with the rumors, and it is easy to associate fools and fools. It will be ready to move!"
"this… "
At this time, even Wu Ding was a little lost: "What do you think should be?"
"In my opinion..."
Zhang Hanlin just wanted to talk about some old-fashioned strategies to seek the country with the same change, but his heart trembled again. After all, this is the prince! If you go one step further, you will be Renjun!
Who doesn't want the power of support? And at this time, the prince has the qualifications to attack the throne regardless of his intelligence and strategy, or his party's strength!
It's just that he has the foundation after all, he swallowed, forcefully suppressed these thoughts, and was about to speak, when suddenly a guard came rushing outside the door: "There is a purpose!"
"Preach the oracle of the saints!"
Before the guard could stand still, a group of eunuchs rushed in from outside, and a shrill voice sounded: "The crown prince doesn't know people, and he caused the imperial court to lose troops and defeat generals. He ordered him to close the door and reflect on his past mistakes. I respect you!"
"My son..."
Wu Ding was shocked, and Yu Ruyi in his right hand finally fell to the ground, snapping to pieces.
Even though he is talented and has great luck, he is still vulnerable in the face of imperial power and hegemony.
With this decree, all the guards and eunuchs in the surrounding Prince's Mansion were trembling, and Zhang Hanlin was sweating coldly on his forehead, feeling as if the mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building.
…
"The prince was ordered to contemplate behind closed doors?"
In the prime minister's mansion, under a tree as green as jasper, Zeng Yu was playing chess with black in one hand and white in the other. Hearing this, he immediately paused in surprise.
"Yes, master, it has been widely circulated that the current sage intends to change the world, and in the future, he will use Kun as his name, and Yin De will rule over him!"
The old butler stuck out his tongue.
"Nonsense!"
Zeng Yu's originally warm and unchanging face finally became turbulent: "Even if the saint intends to change the country name, what does it have to do with the prince? It is so far-fetched! Also, why did the news of the prince's mansion spread so fast? You quickly Go down quickly, and tell the people in my house, if you keep chewing your tongue, watch out for your heads!"
When he said this, Zeng Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, with a murderous look.
The old butler was shocked, and immediately knew that the matter was serious, the master was really going to kill someone, and immediately turned into a nod: "Obey! Master, this old servant will go down now!"
"well… "
After the trembling old housekeeper left, Zeng Yu put down the chess pieces and sighed again.
As Wu Zhi's most important counselor later on, he has a very good understanding of the character of the lord, resolute and decisive, but since Mr. Wu left, he has become more and more unpredictable.
The attack on the prince this time showed too much deliberate traces, but the saint did it like this. It is really disturbing to let these thieves stir up wind and rain.
"Could it be that...the sage intends to set a long line to catch big fish?"
Zeng Yu suddenly became excited, looking in the direction of the imperial city, he immediately felt a chill that was extremely deep and went straight to the bone marrow.
"If so, I should not participate too much..."
In all dynasties, how many founding prime ministers were able to start well and end well
Thinking of this, Zeng Yu suddenly lost all ambition, and was ready to close the door to thank the guests immediately and wait and see the development of the situation.
"With the mind of a saint, what's the use of these jumping clowns, no matter how joyfully they dance?"
…
"Okay! Regarding the Southwest matter, I never imagined that the Qingling Sect could do it to such an extent!"
It was the same secret room as last time, and several Taoists gathered together, all with joy on their faces: "Now the empress has reprimanded the crown prince and ordered him to close the door and think about his mistakes. This means that the holy family has declined."
"wrong!"
A Taoist next to him shook his head, expressing his own opinion: "The Empress said one thing is one thing, rewards and punishments are clear, this time the crown prince made a mistake, but it was only a small mistake, and he will be fine if he is punished behind closed doors! On the contrary, he kept holding back and said nothing. It's the horror! And... this closed door to thank guests is not without the meaning of protection!"
These words also made sense, everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay: "Then according to Brother Dao, what should we do?"
"You are all talented, so what's the point of my superficial opinion?"
The Taoist made a few words of humility first, and then his face turned solemn again: "Separating the flesh and blood of the heavenly family, what we have done is the most dangerous thing in the world, if you don't pay attention, you will die, so you must think about it! "
"First of all, even though we don't understand what the empress is thinking, it does not prevent us from continuing to spread rumors that the prince will fall out of favor, and even be deposed! Make sure to make the crowd raging and arouse resistance."
"Secondly, there is another force that must be borrowed. That is the Wu family!"
"Samurai?"
The faces of several Taoists were startled, as if they had realized something.
"That's right, Wu Pheasant is a member of the Wu family, and today he won the world. What do you think those relatives would think? What's more, although the prince's surname is Wu, in fact, he is not a member of the Wu family after all. Even Wu Pheasant I, too, was the one who was splashed by my married daughter, turning the entire nineteen states into someone else's inheritance, how can you say that the people of the Wu family can bear it?"
"This... is a clever plan! At worst, it can cause civil strife in the court! It's just... the husband-in-law of the empress, isn't he the nameless immortal of the Taoist sect?"
A Taoist said hesitantly: "It's really hard to say how that immortal will react when I do this."
"Hey... At this point, do you still have these concerns?"
The Taoist who offered advice directly sneered: "Furthermore, although we all know that behind the Empress, there is an angel who relies on a fairy. It's obvious. It's just that Wu Mingxian hasn't appeared for many years, and even a few immortals can't be found. Maybe he has broken through the boundary or fallen... Otherwise, there is a fairy in the middle to coordinate, and we will cooperate with Xinchao The relationship may not be so stiff, to this point!"
Having said this, several Taoists were silent.
Even though they have done so many things, they still don't have much confidence in whether they can overthrow the Great Wu Dynasty.
However, after Wu Zhi came to power, he suppressed Taoism and other sects a lot, and this was a last resort.
If the Empress is willing to pay homage to the Daoist sect, it will open up Daoist schools and support Daoism, just like Da Zhou and Yu Qing Dao, then even if there was a big hatred before, it is not unnegotiable.
It's a pity that it's useless to say these things now.