"You repeat the whole process of talking to Qian Yong, and you are not allowed to leave a word."

Wei Hong, who noticed that the situation was wrong, asked again, with the expression on his face very solemn.

"Qian Yong first asked his subordinates about his attitude..."

He told the process again and finally said, "He also specifically ordered that no one would enter the palace without the will of He Yuansheng and the Emperor Ganchao."

As Wei An explained, the solemn expression on Wei Hong's face became stronger and stronger.

Because Qian Yong's approach was obviously to isolate the connection between the emperor and the court officials.

After thinking for a while, Wei Hong said in confusion: "Is He Yuansheng planning to first appease the emperor and the court officials, make every effort to fight the north, and then plan to join the throne."

"What the master means is that all this is the pretext of delaying time."

Wei Hong subconsciously responded: "Is this possible?"

After a pause, the conversation changed: "No matter what He Yuansheng's purpose is, we can use this to let the monarch and ministers of the government fight against He Yuansheng."

"What should I do?"

"After you stay at the palace, you must open a convenient door to all court officials and reveal my guesses to the officials and ministers of the court officials, so that they can fight intra-fight."

This is also Wei Hong, who knew little about the situation in Ganchao court, so he made this judgment.

If he knew that Li Shancai and others had almost no rights, they would never have been like this.

"Don't worry, my subordinates have met Li Shancai once, so it's not difficult to do this."

Wei Hong nodded, then narrowed his eyes and said with a little cold voice: "You can remind them at the right time to start from the Salt Administration Office and master one first, a huge source of wealth..."

Several parties with their own plans were conspiring, and the news that the little emperor was about to take power also spread throughout Nanjing City in a short period of time.

In just a few days, He Yuansheng's prestige has increased a little more. Even scholars are dissatisfied with him and sing praises to this matter.

After all, it is very difficult for powerful ministers to return to power. Anyone should praise him: He Yuansheng is a wise minister and a loyal minister.

Among them, there are naturally Zhejiang Party manipulating behind the scenes, and some neutral factions are secretly promoting the fire, in order to promote He Yuansheng so that he cannot regret it.

Even some people from He Yuansheng's party agreed to this matter.

The reason for this is that some people want to leave a way out.

After all, after the powerful ministers hand over power, few of them will end up well.

More importantly, the young emperor is young and knowledgeable, and is easier to fool. Once he takes power and takes power, he is likely to abolish the new policy under the deception of officials.

In this way, neutral officials and most scholars naturally tried their best to promote this matter, hoping that the emperor would take power as soon as possible and restore their privileges.

As time goes by, the news that the emperor is about to take power spread all over the country, and many people believe that changes are coming soon.

He Yuansheng ignored this and prepared for the Northern Expedition as usual.

However, several of He Yuansheng's confidants, Qi Jinggao, Sun Hengshun and others, wrote secret letters to persuade him to change his mind and not let the little emperor take charge of the rule.

Another person who surprised He Yuansheng was Wei Ji from the Shipping Yamen.

Moreover, Wei Ji's letter was very explicit, and publicly said that reputation was useless, only rights were real...

This made He Yuansheng extremely satisfied. He replied to everyone, asking them not to worry and made some hints.

In late February, Lao Zhou brought Zuo Yulin Guard back to Nanjing.

"Mr. Marquis, why did you agree to the emperor's rule?"

The first time he returned to Nanjing, Lao Zhou hurried to Changning Marquis' Mansion, wanting to know He Yuansheng's attitude.

"When the emperor becomes an adult, isn't it normal for him to take charge of the rule?"

He Yuansheng asked a retort, his expression was extremely calm.

"Since the beginning, most powerful ministers have only two consequences, either replaced them and ruled the world, or after giving up power, the whole family was killed.

Few people can end up well after handing over power.

The emperor of our dynasty is even more mean and merciless. The little baby in the palace is not a good thing. If you hold the power, your fate will be worrying.

Marquis, you must be more sober, so as not to regret it.”

Lao Zhou was extremely excited and blatantly persuaded He Yuansheng to usurp the throne.

"I am not confused!

Looking at his subordinate who was average but loyal, He Yuansheng showed a little real attitude.

This sentence made Lao Zhou much more relaxed and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since the Marquis had an idea, I will feel relieved!"

Lao Zhou knew He Yuansheng very well. He knew his superiors' attitude, so he was prepared and would never hand over power.

"You don't have to worry about these things. Have a good rest for a few days and prepare for the Northern Expedition!"

He paused and said meaningfully: "When the Northern Expedition is successful, the situation will be different. You must make more contributions and get a good title."

The meaning of these words was too obvious. Old Zhou was immediately excited and promised: "Don't worry, the marquis, my subordinates will do their best to make contributions in this battle."

The next period of time was very calm, but there were a few undercurrents that kept surging.

It was soon the first day of March, and it was also the day when the young emperor held a ceremony for power.

On this day, the little emperor wore a bright yellow dragon robe and sat firmly in the hall. From Li Shancai, he took over the jade seal symbolizing the emperor's authority.

Immediately afterwards, all officials knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, and the etiquette of the emperor taking charge of the rule was gradually carried out.

On the other hand, outside Nanjing City, He Yuansheng was also vowing to go on the battle.

"The Yuan people were tyrannical, invaded our country's territory, and killed our people. Now the Japanese Marquis led his army to fight north to recover the old capital and reorganize the rivers and mountains..."

After saying some high-sounding words, the army set out under the cheers of the three armies.

This Northern Expedition was still a sea route, and the entire army boarded the ship at the wharf, and then went down the river.

However, the Zuo Yulin Guard, plus the left and right Dragon Martial Guards, did not all dispatch, and left 30,000 troops to guard Nanjing.

Even so, 150,000 people acted together and it was a huge momentum, and the army did not board the ship until the afternoon.

The day after He Yuansheng led 150,000 troops to leave Nanjing, the young emperor who had just taken power could not wait to issue an order and appointed Wei An as the Tongzhi of the Jinyiwei. While staying in the palace of the Wei, he had the right to deal with all the things of the Jinyiwei.

“This is the beginning.”

Looking at the freshly released imperial edict, Qian Yong said to himself, with a bit of solemnity in his tone.

However, before He Yuansheng left, he had an order, so Qian Yong would naturally act according to the order.

As a result, some people who were unsuccessful in the Jinyiwei surrendered to Wei An.

Li Shancai and others also began to conspire on how to deal with Qi Jinggao and seize the salt administration.

"You can ask the emperor to issue an order to directly dismiss Qi Jinggao and use our people instead!"

Li Shancai was still so direct. He believed that since He Yuansheng left, the government would naturally be decided by the little emperor.

"Zhao Wenyu and Zhang Huai won't agree. They must find an excuse to make them speechless!"

Zhou Guangxin is more skilled than Li Shan and can't do it recklessly.

"What excuses do you find?"

"I don't believe that the salt and silver monthly amount exceeds one million taels, and Qi Jinggao is not moved.

Even if he is not moved, the people below will do it."

Speaking of this, Zhou Guangxin's tone became colder: "The court can send people to inspect salt affairs. As long as you find a little mistake, you can use this as an excuse to dismiss Qi Jinggao."

In Li Shancai's opinion, this method is a bit troublesome.

But Zhou Guangxin's voice is stronger than his short-seller, so he can only nod and agree.

This is also the last coup. In order to protect himself, Li Shancai stood by and watched Chen Shijun's death and lost the hearts of the people.

Otherwise, with his status and qualifications in the Zhejiang Party, it would definitely be the same.

Three days later, Li Shancai made a public memorial, asking the court to send people to inspect the salt affairs.

The little emperor naturally would not refuse, so he immediately chose a Zhejiang Party official and went to Hangzhou to inspect salt affairs.

After the dynasty, Zhao Wenyu and Zhang Huai sat together and talked about this matter.

"Justice Marquis just led his troops to fight, and our young emperor who had just taken power became active and wanted to take action against the Salt Administration."

Zhao Wenyu spoke disdainfully, with a little sarcastic expression in his tone.

"The chief minister thinks, how to deal with it."

Zhang Huai attached great importance to this matter. After all, he knew the darkness of the officialdom well and knew that more than one million taels of salt and silver per month would not have any problems.

After all, human greed has no end. As long as you look closely, you will definitely find some problems.

“It’s very simple.”

Zhao Wenyu smiled and said, "If we only move some small people over there and plan to make some money, we will endure it."

If you are nitpicking and want to control the salt administration, then as the marquis said, return the imperial edict."
To be continued...