From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 236

At the foot of Yanshan Mountain, inside the tent.

Zhou Yuan picked up the hot tea, took a sip, and then shook his head and said, "You guessed wrong. In fact, at the beginning, I didn't know who the opponent was, and I didn't know if anyone would rebel."

"I just know that if I want to save the world, it is absolutely not enough to rely on the identity of the commander of the North City Army."

Ye Qingying asked in confusion: "You don't know anything, and you still say that you have a complete plan? What have you been planning in the past few months since you came to Shenjing?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Doing things is like writing an article. The most important thing is the intention, followed by the details."

"And why did I come to Shenjing? To do big things, To help His Majesty rectify the country and bring peace to the world."

"With this core goal, we can plan around it. As mentioned above, the identity of the North City Military Department is not enough."

Ye Qingying thought for a while before saying, "So you want to make merit, and clear the hidden dangers inside Shenjing. On the one hand, it can eliminate your worries for doing big things in the future, and on the other hand, it can also allow you to climb up, killing two birds with one stone."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "The boy is teachable!"

Ye Qingying snorted, she hated his smug expression the most, but she didn't dare to say anything, because she was curious and wanted to continue listening.

She tilted her head, poured tea for Zhou Yuan, and asked, "So you are happy that Cao Ye provoked you?"

"Of course!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "As a normal official, he is only a fifth-rank official. Who would provoke a second-class earl? And he is a second-class earl with real power."

"Even if I don't have a conflict of interest, I will swallow my anger to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"But Cao Ye is different. If someone really rebels, no matter who it is, the Beijing Camp is the core of the core, because it is the largest and most powerful army in Shenjing and its surrounding areas."

"The rebels must control the Beijing Camp to be sure."

Ye Qingying's eyes lit up and she said anxiously, "So you used a trick to kill Cao Ye, aroused the anger of the five military camps, made the rebels feel that the time is ripe, and forced the rebels to speed up the process."

Zhou Yuan said: "Yes, Your Majesty did not come to power legitimately after all. There are many princes who want to rebel, but only a handful of them are capable of doing so."

"But no matter who it is, they will definitely target the Five Military Camps. I gave him a chance, and he naturally felt that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and must seize it."

"But I didn't expect that it was Prince Jing, not Prince Fu, who rebelled."

Ye Qingying said: "When did you start to doubt Prince Jing?"

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "During the poetry meeting, I began to doubt it. A refined prince should have contact with great scholars, but why did he always associate with the current Jinshi? At that time, I asked Xiong Kuohai to check."

"On the one hand, check Prince Jing's resume, and on the other hand, check the development of the Jinshi in recent years, especially the poor."

"Prince Jing's resume is obviously fine, but the Jinshi in recent years , the development of the poor is actually smoother than that of the rich, which is very abnormal. "

"It can almost be directly concluded that King Jing helped."

Ye Qingying said: "Then how did you guess that King Jing would take action on New Year's Eve?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "I didn't guess it at all. These things don't surface, and you can't guess them."

"I just thought about it a long time ago. What conditions are needed for a prince to rebel?"

"I came to the conclusion that it is necessary to have the will of the people, the will of the ministers, and the will of heaven. Only when all three are ready and equipped with soldiers can things be accomplished."

"As for the will of the people, King Jing happened to cultivate so many small officials, so he could naturally use them. Then he drove a group of refugees over to muddy the waters and make the people of the world think that the current emperor is really not good enough, and naturally there would be public opinion for him to take the throne."

"By threatening with the will of the people, you can naturally get the will of the ministers."

"And God's will... naturally chooses to do something during the time of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors."

"Combining all factors, New Year's Eve is the best time to start a rebellion."

Ye Qingying shook her head and said, "But I still don't understand how King Jing brought these refugees to Shenjing, and they are all young and strong. It seems that these refugees will obey him as soon as he gives an order."

Zhou Yuan said, "King Jing loves his people and has been sending disasters for many years. This is well known. Refugees often believe him. This is one reason."

"Second, as long as you set up porridge stalls along the road to Shenjing, everyone will look for food and will definitely go all the way north to Shenjing!"

"Third, as for why King Jing can accurately find young and strong people, it is actually very simple. There are millions of refugees, and the food King Jing gives is only enough for hundreds of thousands of people... So it must be those who can fight and resist, and finally survive."

"Those old, young, and female, all died on the way, and the rest are naturally young and strong."

YeQingying was so angry that she shouted loudly: "This despicable guy! He is really good at playing with human lives!"

He looked at Zhou Yuan and glared at him: "What should we do now? We have the will of the people, the will of the ministers, and the will of heaven. There are also 90,000 troops in the five military camps. And from what you said, Wei Wei, the governor of the Beijing camp, has also been bribed."

"Then King Jing will really succeed? Who can stop him!"

Zhou Yuan smiled faintly and said: "King Jing is very smart. He can play with human lives and the law of the jungle with a little porridge, drive refugees to Shenjing, and try to deal a heavy blow to Your Majesty, cooperate with the blood letter to win the hearts of the people of Shenjing, and at the same time "He was favored by all the civil and military officials in the court."

"What he didn't expect was that the law of the jungle...would breed monsters."

Ye Qingying glared and said, "What do you mean? Breed monsters?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "People who can really fight can grab more porridge. Then, are there many refugees around such people who regard him as the boss?"

Ye Qingying said, "So what does this have to do with you?"

Zhou Yuan drank the tea in one gulp and squinted and said, "Didn't you notice that a guard beside me has disappeared for several months?"

Ye Qingying was slightly stunned, and then her face changed drastically.

...

Your Majesty is willing to give everything for the Great Jin Dynasty!

Your Majesty wants to listen to the voices of the refugees.

At the foot of Wanshou Mountain and on the Heaven Sacrifice Square, tens of thousands of people in Shenjing witnessed this scene.

They lamented your majesty's wisdom, but they hoped that your majesty would abdicate so that everyone could live a better life. After all, King Jing was the one that everyone expected.

The idea of ​​civil and military officials is much simpler, that is, not to get involved in such things, no matter who sits in that position, they will not be implicated.

So, the commander of the imperial army let in all 20 refugee representatives.

Only then did everyone realize that these 20 refugee representatives were all strong and sturdy.

This is the result of the law of the jungle. Only those who can fight and grab things have prestige and can become refugee representatives.

Empress Zhao Jing still maintained the majesty of the emperor, with her eyes like torches, looking at the 20 strong men, and said coldly: "You are all refugees from Shandong. King Jing said that you can't make it anymore and ran to Shenjing to seek a way out. Is it true or false?"

King Jing smiled lightly and said: "Everyone, speak out your voice loudly. The people and civil and military officials of Shenjing are here and will make the decision for you."

In fact, he had already investigated it and secretly sent people to communicate to ensure that these people stood on the same side as him.

At this moment, the most prestigious among the strong men stood up.

In front of countless people, he said loudly: "I don't understand those, I don't know what the road is, I just know that His Royal Highness King Jing gave us silver and asked us to come to Shenjing to make trouble and help him rebel."

The smile on King Jing's face froze instantly.

The officials and ministers suddenly raised their heads, their faces full of disbelief!

They didn't expect that King Jing had planned everything, but there was a mess at this stage.

Give silver and help him rebel... This sentence is like a knife, directly cutting King Jing's carotid artery!