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Volume One: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 963: Three Years Later

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    Three years later.  ¡­¡­Wu Shigong sat alone in the imperial study, silent.  He has been sitting like this for more than an hour.  Ye Zhong, who was standing aside, kept looking at Wu Shigong's face and felt chilled all over.  It¡¯s been a long time since I became the king, and even longer since I became the leader of the Runing Army.  When Wu Shigong inadvertently revealed his murderous aura, most people really couldn't bear it.  In just a few days, it will be New Year¡¯s Day for Qiongyuan¡¯s fifth year.  Originally this was going to be a festive day, and the Daping Dynasty was planning to hold a grand celebration ceremony on the fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.  And the current Daping Dynasty can really be called a peaceful country and a peaceful people.  Externally, after conquering Shengjing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty surrendered to the Daping Dynasty, and the Daping Army also conquered various tribes in Eastern Mongolia, solving the most troublesome Manchu-Mongolian border invasion in decades.  The various Daping armies that went south basically wiped out all the resistance forces, and in the first half of the fourth year of Qiongyuan, they completely wiped out the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty entrenched in the southwest, thus forming a unified country.  Although the battle between the Daping Dynasty and the Mongolian tribe has started again, there are also wars with Western countries at sea.  But these were all overseas operations and had little impact on the stability of the Daping Dynasty.  Not to mention, the Daping Dynasty's advantages in these wars are getting bigger and bigger.  Internally, Wu Shigong has returned the power of prime minister to the court.  The imperial organization of the Daping Dynasty was straightened out, and the government affairs of the imperial court began to get on the right track.  Especially through internal and external plunder, coupled with currency and tax system reforms, the Daping Dynasty not only paid off huge debts, but also greatly increased its annual fiscal revenue.  And after years of war.  People in the world were at peace, and Wu Shigong's prestige continued to grow.  In addition, the official assessment of the Daping Dynasty was linked to the income of the people.  Various regions are also vigorously developing production, and people's lives are getting better and better.  But even under such a good situation, there is still a shadow, and that is the issue of Wu Shigong's successor.  Since the prince Xue Chenglin did not change his surname, a group of officials who had newly defected to the Daping Dynasty wanted to push Wu Chengying up out of speculation.  Behind them, the Supreme Emperor Wu Weizhong was supporting them.  And the prince Xue Chenglin is not alone.  A large number of Xue family generals from the original Runing army, as well as their subordinates and students, gathered around the Supreme Emperor Xue Lian and the head of the military attache Xue Yongli to protect the crown prince Xue Chenglin.  Although this undercurrent was surging, the original Wu Shigong didn't care.  He always believed that with his high prestige, the conflict would not develop to the point where it was out of control.  ¡°In the final analysis, Wu Shigong is a little indecisive.  His love for his family left this conflict unresolved.  On the contrary, it was because of Wu Shigong's ambiguous attitude that the groups supporting Wu Chengying became more and more bold.  What is even more ominous is that since the main supporters of Prince Xue Chenglin are forces in the military, they have been fighting everywhere and are not in the court.  However, important ministers such as Deng Qifan remained neutral on this matter, which made those in the court.  The civil servants who supported Wu Chengying became more arrogant, and the conflict between the two forces reached the verge of breaking out.  ¡°Wu Shigong didn¡¯t know all this before.  Or to be more precise, just turn a blind eye and pretend to be an ostrich.  But this National Day ceremony.  The imperial court summoned meritorious soldiers from all over the country to Beijing to hold a grand military parade.  So everything changed.  More than an hour ago, Li Zhu, director of the Shanchuan Bureau, secretly reported to Wu Shigong: Many officers who went to Beijing were fleeing, and they wanted to give the civilian officials who supported Wu Chengying a counterattack.  Of course, most of these officers were mid- to low-level and mostly young. They were mainly just venting their anger and did not form any strict plan.  However, some radicals among these officers proposed to hold military remonstrances, arrest Wu Chengying and officials close to Wu Chengying, and asked Wu Shigong to promise again that Xue Chenglin would never be replaced as crown prince.  This immediately made Wu Shigong¡¯s hair stand on end.  So now Wu Shigong is trembling in waves, which is both angry and a little scared.  You must know that the person responsible for monitoring the dynamics of the military should be Xue Cunyi of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it was Xue Cunyi who should have learned the news first.  Unexpectedly, it was Li Zhu from the Shanchuan Bureau who came to secretly report first.  But considering that Xue Cunyi was also a member of the Xue family, it becomes obvious why the information was concealed.  But that¡¯s not the most important thing.  The most important question now is - how should Wu Shigong deal with this problem?  If we only arrest these young officers who are running around, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.  But grab it further up?  Not to mention the turmoil in the DPRK due to excessive involvement, there may also be cases of father and son killing each other and husband and wife turning against each other.  How could this not make Wu Shigong so upset?  Seeing that it was already past lunch time, Wu Shigong was still sitting there, his expression changing.?, Ye Zhong on the side finally couldn't bear it any longer. He asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty! Should we pass on the meal?" Wu Shigong's sharp eyes immediately looked at Ye Zhong, so frightened that Ye Zhong stepped back.  A big step forward.  But before Ye Zhong could catch his breath, Wu Shigong suddenly stood up from his chair and ordered: "Wait a moment! Call Dashan here. I haven't seen him for a long time. Wait a moment."  Let¡¯s have dinner with him.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± When he saw Ye Zhong running to the door of the royal study and summoning a young eunuch, Wu Shigong murmured to himself, ¡°Let¡¯s get everything done today!¡±  Without much effort, Quan Dashan ran to the palace.  This time he also went to Beijing to report on his duties. He was attending a banquet with some military colleagues just now.  However, upon hearing Wu Shigong's summons, he hurriedly left the banquet and came to see Wu Shigong immediately.  But as soon as he entered the imperial study, Quan Dashan was shocked.  Wu Shigong was not alone in the imperial study. There were more than a dozen palace guards dressed as military officers in the study, and Wu Shigong was sitting on a chair wiping a sword.  Seeing Quan Dashan arriving, Wu Shigong inserted the sword into its scabbard.  Then he smiled slightly at Quan Dashan and asked, "Da Shan! Can I still believe you?" Upon hearing this, Quan Dashan was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground.  While he kowtowed repeatedly, he said: "Your Majesty! I will finally do my best for your Majesty!" "Okay! Get up!" Wu Shigong smiled and said to Quan Dashan.  Seeing Quan Dashan stand up, Wu Shigong suddenly threw the sword to Quan Dashan, who was still undecided, and then said: "This sword is the tribute Longquan sword, and I will give it to you. Dashan! I will ask Ye later  Zhong will accompany you, and let these children also accompany you. First, go to Wei Feng to take over the position of bodyguard commander, and you will take over!" "Ah!" Quan Dashan immediately exclaimed.  Voice.
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