Qiming 1158

Chapter 1140 When the coup is in progress

Not long after the messenger left, the senior officers of the city defense army came one by one.

Then one by one, they were frightened by the situation in the house and panicked.

They saw Yang Wanli lying in blood and a room of documents that were killed, and thought they had entered some terrifying murder scene.

Zhang Shi didn't care about this, and spoke to them and told them not to move.

He told them that Yang Wanli was a sinner, that the emperor had an edict to read, and he took out the edict, grabbed it in his hand, and showed it to the generals who came in.

The senior officers all recognized the edict, and they really thought that this was what Emperor Zhao Tan asked Zhang Shi to do. They secretly speculated that Yang Wanli had committed a capital crime, so that he needed to be secretly executed by the emperor's order.

This is obviously not something that can be publicized to the outside world. They can only look at Zhang Shi uneasy, and secretly look at Yang Wanli's body.

When dozens of high-ranking officers arrived, Zhang Zhi raised the edict and let the generals lead the order.

All the generals knelt down one after another, giving an uneasy command.

Then they were extremely shocked to learn that there was a coup d'etat in the palace. The original emperor Zhao Tan was abolished by the Empress Taishang, and the new emperor was Zhao Tan's third son, Zhao Dun.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, it was announced that Yang Wanli and other officials of the main war faction had committed a serious crime of treason, and all of them would be arrested and executed, and no one could be spared.

Yang Wanli, as an official of the main war faction in control of military power, committed a serious crime and had to be arrested, but he actually resisted arrest, so he was beheaded on the spot.

His family will also be convicted and sent to prison, awaiting execution, and no one will escape.

Moreover, all the officials of the main war faction have committed treason, and will be controlled and removed from their positions. Now Shen Gai is in charge of the military and political power, Zhang Shi is the deputy envoy of the privy, and Lu Yongyan is the deputy envoy of the city defense.

The new emperor ascended the throne, the officials changed, and the Southern Song court changed its strategic attitude.

The times have changed.

But in the eyes of the officers, it was another picture - a coup.

Silently... just a coup?
Did the emperor change?
The senior generals felt that the world was too crazy, they were a little restless, felt a little unacceptable, and felt that all this happened too suddenly.

Zhang Shi was keenly aware of their emotional changes, and immediately announced another brand-new order.

"Your Majesty's edict, stop the city defense preparations, accept Ming's ultimatum, and reach an agreement with Ming as soon as possible to end the war. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to fight this battle."

As soon as these words came out, the senior generals were stunned, the original restlessness disappeared, and the dissatisfaction in their hearts also disappeared, all of which were covered up by the matter of [no war].

no more wars?

End the war?

No need to die?
The generals looked at Zhang Shi with some doubts.

Zhang Shi put down the edict and smiled.

"I know that all of you are actually unwilling to fight this battle. The reason why you want to fight is because of the emperor's order, because Yu Yunwen and Yang Wanli were forced to do nothing, but now they are either dead or imprisoned, and they are no longer the emperor. .

They wanted to destroy the embankment of the Yellow River in the Ming Kingdom themselves. If things were not done well, they also aroused the anger of the Ming Kingdom. The Ming army went south, dragged us into the water, and also took us to death. How innocent are we, why should we die with them?Are you willing to die with them? "

Generals, look at me, I look at you, no one has come forward to express their stance, but the expressions on their faces have betrayed their hearts.

"Everyone knows the policy of the Ming Kingdom. Once the city is broken, we will surely die, and the last chance that the Ming Kingdom gave us was to surrender. Now, do you want to fight to the death and be sacked by the Ming Kingdom and exterminate the family, or live? down?"

This choice is actually quite simple, there is nothing to say.

Everyone is an officer of the Great Song Dynasty. The officers of the Great Song Dynasty have grown up under the education of Zhao Song's family law. Everyone understands that if you want to make money, you can't work hard, and knowing how to live is more comfortable than a civil servant.

This answer does not seem to be worth worrying about.

Everyone really didn't want to fight, and they really didn't want to fight with the Ming army, especially when the emperor himself did such an unpleasant thing, but in the end he wanted everyone to share the blame.

They also harbored serious dissatisfaction with the emperor in their hearts, but they dared not express it because they were military generals.

But Shen Kai was a civil official, and Zhang Shi was also a civil official, and the two of them led the coup d'etat.

Civilian-led coups have nothing to do with military generals, and will not directly affect the future of military generals.

But right now, when everyone chooses to die or live, this will directly affect everyone's situation in the future.

When the night was dark, the outstanding generals of the Song Dynasty, who had thrived under the education of Zhao Song's family law, made their own choices.

The entire Lin'an City Defense Army carried out an order in a very short period of time, stopped fighting, negotiated peace with the Ming army, accepted all the conditions, and then, everything was business as usual.

This is the order of the new emperor.

The army was peacefully taken over by the Lord Peace, without bloodshed and without sacrifice.

From this perspective, this coup can be called the Glorious Revolution of the Song Dynasty.

Because this command is very responsive.

The Lin'an City Defense Army was extremely frightened of the Ming Army, and did not dare to fight against the Ming Army at all. They did not want to fight this battle at all. ?
But this coup still killed some people, but they were not soldiers.

For example, Chen Junqing, the minister of the Ministry of War, this former disciple of Zhang Jun has very hard bones and a firm will, firmly resists the Ming Kingdom, and firmly maintains the dignity and dignity of the Song Dynasty.

When the coup d'état forces broke into his home and demanded that he be captured, Chen Junqing did not choose to capture, but decided to resist, and when the coup officer told him that the new emperor had ascended the throne and the deposed emperor Zhao Tan had been captured, Chen Junqing was furious.

"Rebel! An dare to insult the emperor of Song Dynasty! Die with me!!!"

Facing more than 100 heavily armed coup soldiers, Chen Junqing rushed up with a non-lethal literati sword and launched a charge.

In the face of such a death-defying attack, the coup d'etat soldiers of course suppressed him with no effort, no effort at all.

The sword in Chen Junqing's hand was knocked off, but he still tried to attack the soldiers with his hands and feet, biting them with his teeth, and he was going to die with them.

Can this be tolerated?
The coup officer stabbed him in the chest.

Chen Junqing's mouth was full of blood, and he vomited all at once, then knelt on the ground, holding the knife in the hands of the coup officer tightly in both hands.

And then died.

After Chen Junqing's death, his two sons wanted to avenge him and were killed one by one by the coup officer.

Chen Junqing's wife rushed up like a madman, and was killed by the coup officer with a knife to her throat.

The four most powerful members of the family died, and the rest of the family did not dare to move. They knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, enduring the brutality of the coup soldiers.

It was night, and the Chen Mansion was on fire.

Compared with Chen Junqing's fierce resistance, Wang Shipeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was much calmer. He learned that there was a coup in the palace, Zhao Tan had been abolished, and Zhao Dun had already ascended the throne.

So Wang Shipeng calmly asked the coup officer not to hurt his family. After obtaining permission, Wang Shipeng ordered his family to give up resistance, surrender, and not to do stupid things.

Then he drew his own sword and stabbed himself.

Wang Shipeng died alone, and none of the others died, but wept bitterly around Wang Shipeng's body.

(End of this chapter)