Chapter 171 The Admiral of the Navy, Who Controls the Overall Situation

At this point, Su Wan'er, who had already handed over her and the young emperor's lives and property to the Imperial Guards, how could she have any other opinions?

She just nodded mechanically and said, "Quick, go and take the emperor and listen to General He's arrangements!"

The next moment, Su Wan'er thought about it and said anxiously, "General He, the imperial city of the capital is now full of rebel troops. Where can I and the emperor go after leaving the palace?"

He Changdong replied without hesitation, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, now we can only go to the Navy Admiral Fang Tianyao stationed at the Stone City Wharf to seek protection from the navy soldiers!"

Hearing this, Su Wan'er hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he bit his lips hard and said with a dead heart: "Okay!"

"Imperial Guards, protect the emperor!"

After persuading the emperor and the empress dowager to leave the palace for refuge, He Changdong immediately ordered the imperial guards who accompanied him: "Everyone, protect the emperor and the empress dowager and leave the city from the west gate!"

"I have received your order!"

As he spoke, the palace maids and eunuchs in Kunning Palace immediately surrounded the empress dowager Su Wan'er and the young emperor Zhao Lingwu in a panic. Under the protection of the commander of the imperial guards He Changdong, they fled all the way to the west gate of the imperial city.

At the hour of You.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the Liangjiang New Army led by Liangjiang Governor Su Chen finally broke through the east gate of the imperial city of the capital. Tens of thousands of rebels rushed in and quickly occupied the important roads in the imperial city.

Then, Liu Feng, the commander of the Red Guards who accompanied the Liangjiang rebels, personally led hundreds of Red Guards to attack the empress dowager's bedroom, Kunning Palace.

However, when Liu Feng led the Red Guards to Kunning Palace, it was already deserted and in a mess.

Liu Feng broke into the bedroom where Su Wan'er was staying and reached into the messy quilt of the dragon bed. The quilt was still warm.

He immediately said, "There is still warmth in the quilt. The Queen Mother and the Little Emperor must not have gone far!"

"Red Guards, search every corner inside and outside the Kunning Palace carefully for this commander. Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must dig out the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor for this commander!"

"Yes, sir!"

......

Outside Jinling City, at the Stone City Wharf, the Daxin Navy is stationed.

On the sparkling river, hundreds of navy warships of various types are neatly parked on the river, and the scarlet five-clawed navy dragon flags are fluttering in the wind.

At this time, the news that the Liangjiang New Army was besieging the imperial city had already reached the ears of the navy officers and soldiers.

As the admiral of the navy, Fang Tianyao immediately ordered the navy officers and soldiers to put on armor and carry swords to prepare for war. All the navy battlefields set sail and anchored, ready to leave Jinling City, a place of trouble.

Although the navy of the Daxin Dynasty was established less than ten years ago, its scale is not small at all.

The navy has more than 300 warships of various types and more than 100,000 navy officers and soldiers. Those stationed in Jinling Stone City are only a part of the Daxin navy.

Admiral Fang Tianyao of the navy is an old minister of the period of Zhao Mang, the emperor of Daxin.

Because of his former status as a "prince's party", he was able to sit firmly on the throne of the admiral of the navy when Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gan was purging the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty.

Moreover, Fang Tianyao was the main person in charge of the Daxin navy's going to Nanyang during Zhao Gan's reign.

Fang Tianyao and the prime minister of the current dynasty, Qin Ruhui, were both former prince's party, and they also had a long-standing friendship.

Before Qin Ruhui planned the "Lingwu coup", he had actively tried to win over Fang Tianyao and promised him that after the event, he would allocate funds in the name of the new emperor to support Fang Tianyao's voyage to the West again.

However, Fang Tianyao never responded to the price offered by Qin Ruhui.

What Fang Tianyao wanted was not the empty reputation of going to the West again.

What he wanted was the actual control of all the sea areas belonging to the Great New Dynasty!

"Report--"

"Your Excellency the Admiral, Prime Minister Qin Ruhui requests an audience!"

On a magnificent warship on the river, Admiral Fang Tianyao was on the deck of the bow, enjoying the river breeze and tasting the fine West Lake Longjing tea, when he heard the announcement from the messenger.

Haha!

Fang Tianyao smiled to himself, and after taking another sip of the fragrant hot tea, he waved his hand and said, "Let Prime Minister Qin come on board to talk!"

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, the messenger hurriedly retreated.

After a while, the messenger hurriedly reported again: "Reporting to the admiral, Prime Minister Qin, Prime Minister Qin's followers are unwilling to lay down their weapons and board the ship, and have a dispute with the soldiers of my navy on the dock!"

Oh?

Fang Tianyao raised his eyebrows, finally put down the teacup in his hand, slowly stood up from the recliner, and said to himself: "Well, I will go and see it myself."

After that, he led a large number of followers to the dock.

On the Shitoucheng dock, the Hundred Red Guards brought by the prime minister Qin Ruhui had a dispute with the navy soldiers stationed at the dock, pushing each other together.

Fortunately, both sides were relatively restrained and did not escalate into a fight.

"Admiral Fang has arrived!"

At this moment, a deep and loud announcement sounded, and it was Admiral Fang Tianyao who arrived with his men.

"Prime Minister Qin, why did you come to my navy's base in person?"

Fang Tianyao stood on the warship and said condescendingly: "The shouting and killing in Jinling City is deafening, and my navy army does not want to wade into this muddy water!"

On the dock, Qin Ruhui lowered himself and humbly bowed to Fang Tianyao on the warship, saying: "Master Fang, I came to visit you in person, and I want your attitude;"

"Since Lord Fang and the navy officers and soldiers have no intention of getting involved in this mess, I am relieved!"

As he spoke, Qin Ruhui raised his hand, stretched out five fingers and waved at Fang Tianyao, and continued: "As long as Lord Fang and the navy officers and soldiers can stay at this Stone City dock before the situation in Jinling City calms down;"

"Then stay at ease. I hereby promise Lord Fang and the navy officers and soldiers that I will allocate 5 million taels of silver in the name of the Ministry of Revenue to the navy officers and soldiers to reward their hard work!"

"Lord Fang, thank you for your hard work!"

Haha!

Hearing this, Admiral Fang Tianyao laughed loudly and said, "It's rare that Prime Minister Qin is so considerate of our navy officers and soldiers. I would like to thank Prime Minister Qin on behalf of the navy officers and soldiers!"

"Master Fang, no need to thank you. I just hope that Master Fang can keep his promise!"

Qin Ruhui bowed to Fang Tianyao again and said, "Master Fang, goodbye!"

After saying this, Qin Ruhui turned around and got on the eight-lift sedan chair. Under the escort of a group of red-clothed guards, he hurried back to Jinling City.

Qin Ruhui had no intention of getting the support of Admiral Fang Tianyao for this naval trip.

All he wanted was to let Fang Tianyao and his navy remain neutral during this coup.

Humph!

As soon as Qin Ruhui left, Fang Tianyao on the warship snorted coldly and said, "You want to get rid of me with just five million taels of silver?"

"He Qin Ruhui is just getting rid of a beggar!"

The deputy general on the side said, "Sir, what should my navy do now?"

"Otherwise, I will take a large army off the ship and go into the city to make the waters of Jinling City more muddy?"

"Stupid!"

Fang Tianyao glared at his deputy general and said unhappily, "Why go into the city? Go and give yourself away!"

"We don't have to do anything now, just sit on the river in this stone city and wait for people who can offer a higher price in this palace coup to come to us!"

Hmm?

The deputy general's expression froze, and he said to himself: "The one who offered a higher price?"

The next moment, the deputy general slapped his head suddenly, and suddenly realized: "Sir, you mean the current dynasty-"

"Report-"

Before the deputy general finished speaking, he was interrupted by the messenger who came in a hurry.

The messenger said anxiously: "Report to the admiral, the commander of the imperial guards, He Changdong, wants to see you!"

Hahaha!

When he heard this, Fang Tianyao laughed again, looked at his deputy general with satisfaction, and then ordered the messenger: "Please come in quickly!"

"I got the order!"