"Master, are you unable to sleep again?"
One night, the man of his family was tossing and turning on the bed like pancakes, and Mrs. Lin, who had been sleeping lightly after getting old, couldn't fall asleep.
"Madam, you say, have I misunderstood Mr. Jiang all these years?"
According to previous prejudices, Lin Xun should be complaining about Jiang Liu's vacant status at the moment, causing the royal family's descendants to fight endlessly, but since seeing Jiang Liu's injury with his own eyes, he can no longer look at him with the same eyes. .
"Actually, Mr. Jiang has done so much just to protect himself, eh, it's only his fault that he is so powerful."
Lin Xun sighed, if he was Jiang Liu, he might not be able to do better than him.
These days, he recalled over and over what had happened over the years. Although Jiang Liu was in control of the government, he was never selfish. He did not corrupt or accept bribes, nor was he nepotism.
However, during the days when they were forcing the abolition of the emperor to govern, the court was very chaotic for a while, and the people of Prince Rong's mansion relied on an emperor to bully men and women in Beijing, arrogant and domineering, and it was even more troublesome. The entire Yanjing city was smoky.
Thinking about it carefully, they kept scolding Jiang Liu for being a traitor and a traitor, but what did Jiang Liu do have anything to do with the traitor? If he was really unfaithful, he could have seized the Yang imperial family when the late emperor died. At that time, he was in his prime, with hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, who could oppose him.
The more Lin Xun thought about it, the more guilty she felt, the more annoyed she felt, and she felt that she had wronged a powerful minister who was loyal and loyal to the Yang imperial family.
"you say-"
Just when Lin Xun was about to say something else, she suddenly heard a commotion, which seemed to be coming from a long distance, and the momentum was not small.
"Big, lord, it's not good, fight, fight!"
At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the steward of Lin Mansion rushed to the bedroom door and shouted loudly.
"What's the fight?"
Lin Xun's eyelids jumped, and she couldn't sleep anymore. She got up quickly, put on a blouse under the service of the lady, and then opened the door and walked out.
"Why is there a fire?"
He looked at the sky-high red light in the southwest direction and asked in shock.
"The fire was set by the Imperial Guard. It is said that Prince Li, Prince An, Prince Hui and others joined forces to say that General Jiang colluded with the Yi and Qiang peoples, intending to treason, and wanted to arrest General Jiang and convict him. Now the two sides are fighting, and the entire Yanjing City is in chaos. "
The steward couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, what the hell was this all about
"Master, how should this be?"
Madam Lin couldn't hold her breath anymore, so why did she start fighting, "How could General Jiang betray the country?"
So many descendants of the Jiang family died in the hands of the Qiang people, and Jiang Liu had the blood of countless Qiang people in their hands. The three princes of the Qiang family died in the hands of Jiang Liu. How could such a grudge collude? In one piece, it's clearly framed.
"Absurd, so absurd."
In Lin Xun's mind, the scene of Jiang Liu biting the handkerchief that day and his arms dripping with blood appeared again.
The death of the cunning rabbit, the cooking of the running dog, and the behavior of the Yang royal family are still too chilling.
******
For three whole days, the entire Yanjing city was stained with blood, and the common people and Yanjing's dignitaries were all behind closed doors, worrying about who would win and who would lose.
It was not until the sound of the handover of soldiers stopped, and the orderly groups of soldiers began to clean the streets of Yanjing after the war, that no one dared to go out and inquire about the current situation.
Prince Li and others were defeated. They thought that more than ten years had passed, and the eagle who used to be should be getting old. Who knew that Jiang Liu's might was not less than that, and what they didn't expect was that Princess Chaoyang would stand by Jiang Liu with a clear stand. Over there, with her three thousand elites, Prince Li and others were caught off guard.
This battle broke many royal clansmen, and when they returned to the imperial court, Lin Xun and the others suddenly discovered that the number of emperors they could choose was suddenly reduced by half.
But they couldn't blame Jiang Liu. Prince Li and others wanted to kill the loyal ministers of the Yan Dynasty without evidence. In the case of an obvious dead end, Jiang Liu had no reason to capture them.
"What do you do now?"
After the bloody battle, the gate of the General's Mansion was closed again. As for the captured Prince Li and others, they were thrown into the clan's mansion. Jiang Liu had no intention of killing them. What was the other party thinking? Again, it's incomprehensible.
"How about - pick another clever and nimble child from the clan to teach you slowly?"
A minister suggested that Jiang Liu had not rebelled at the moment, obviously he had no idea about this position.
"You can pick another one, how can you be like a waste emperor?"
There were also people who objected that it would be too risky to pick a little emperor.
"With such a big thing happening in Yanjing, the wind will soon spread to the border. After these years of recuperation, the Qiang people are already ready to move. If they learn of the civil strife in Yanjing, I am afraid they will send troops to test it immediately. The new emperor must immediately It is established, and the candidate for the new emperor must choose the one that has deterrent effect on the small country tribes such as the Qiang people."
Lin Xun remained silent until the audience was silent for a long time before she spoke with difficulty.
What he was going to say afterward went against the loyalty and patriotic education he had received over the decades, so that he didn't know whether his actions were right or wrong.
"Now that the royal family and General Jiang are in an endless end, no matter which emperor they support, they will definitely not tolerate General Jiang, and in order to protect themselves, General Jiang will not wait to die. In this case, why not directly support General Jiang? "
Lin Xun's words caused an uproar. What did he mean by making Jiang Liu the emperor? Isn't he supporting rebellion
"General Jiang's name intimidates the Qiang people. Once General Jiang ascends the throne, the Qiang people will not dare to act rashly."
As if to comfort herself, Lin Xun added this sentence, "Also, General Jiang's wife is Princess Chaoyang. As long as Princess Chaoyang's heir is established as the crown prince, half of the Yan Dynasty will still be orthodox."
"Ridiculous, Lin Xun, when did you become Jiang Liu's lackey!"
"Will General Jiang really be willing to become emperor?"
"I think it's better to choose the new emperor from another clan."
…
Various remarks filled the room, but it was undeniable that after a fierce psychological struggle, everyone understood that Lin Xun's suggestion was the best for the current Yan Dynasty.
******
Lin Xun knelt outside the general's mansion with the courtiers who supported him, and asked Jiang Liu to choose a day to ascend the throne.
On the first day, Jiang Liu did not see them, but sent someone to disperse them.
The next day, Lin Xun took the courtiers and knelt outside the general's mansion. This time, there were more clan members of the Yang family, but most of these clan members were marginal figures of the clan, and they knew that there was no hope of winning the heir. In the civil strife, the princes of the Yang royal family who had some ability were all folded in. Now these people just want to shake their heads and wag their tails, to please each other before Jiang Liu ascends the throne, and avoid future reckoning.
On this day, Jiang Liu did not see them again, and still sent someone to persuade the team that was kneeling outside the door to disperse.
The noise above the court is getting louder and louder, and even the folks have begun to change.
Ordinary old Baixin doesn't care who is the emperor, they only know that when Jiang Liu was regent, the weather was good, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, and the other party was a loyal and fierce minister who guarded the frontier of the Yan Dynasty. Jiang Liu's ascension to the throne is also justifiable.
So from the third day, ordinary people asked for their lives, begging Jiang Liu to ascend the throne.
This time, Jiang Liu was not chasing people, but invited Lin Xun in.
The two talked secretly for half an hour, and when Lin Xun came out of the General's Mansion, he looked relieved, but also a little moved and ashamed. The people guarding the door surrounded him and learned from him that Jiang Liu was willing to ascend the throne. .
"General Jiang's ambition is not here, and this time to proclaim the emperor is only for the sake of the people."
Lin Xun let out a long sigh, such a loyal person, why did he mistakenly think that the other party was ambitious and a traitor
This time, the other party is called emperor, although it is because of their pleas, but historical records will inevitably write that Jiangliu's Jiangshan was taken from the Yang imperial family. At that time, I don't know how future generations will evaluate it. The other party sacrificed for the sake of the people. own fame.
Lin Xun sighed again, he had to sit down at the historian's house later, so that future generations could not misunderstand General Jiang.
When the new emperor ascends the throne, there are many cumbersome etiquettes. Jiang Liu is not the heir to the orthodox royal family, so there are more chores to deal with. Lin Xun and others quickly get busy and deal with these troubles.
*****
"Queen Mother, General Jiang and General Jiang are about to become emperor!"
Chonghe Palace swept away the melancholy mood of the little emperor before, and the whole palace was immersed in joy.
Who is the queen mother, that is the person that General Jiang admires deeply. The other party is like a jade for the queen mother, and there is only one woman, Princess Chaoyang, by his side. Now that General Jiang is the emperor, what kind of favor will he give to the queen mother
Not only the palace servants of Chonghe Palace had this idea, but also Xiao Ruyi.
Perhaps it was because there were too many people around her who said similar things, or because she had been hypnotized for a long time, Xiao Ruyi had long forgotten her indifferent relationship with Jiang Liu before her divorce, and really regarded herself as the white moonlight that he would never forget.
"I knew this earlier, I knew this earlier, when I-"
Xiao Ruyi looked at the bright moon in the sky, biting her lower lip shyly and angrily.
Knowing that Jiang Liu can sit in this supreme position, why did she have to toss and enter the Prince's Mansion, but now Jiang Liu admires her, but after all, the identity of the two is limited, and I don't know what the other party will do. She stayed right beside him.
Her elder brother Changqing has no children yet. The dynasty of Nuoda can't have no heirs. Xiao Ruyi couldn't help rubbing her belly. She gave up her man for more than ten years, but she will no longer let Jiang Liu's future be a problem. Let it go to that arrogant woman in Chaoyang.
******
On the other side, Chaoyang and Xiao Ru intend to think about the same question.
Jiang Liu is about to ascend the throne, who will his queen be