Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 500 Outside Datong City, the Emperor Returns South

In Datong City, late autumn has come, and the withered grass is in the sky.

As an important town on the border, except for wars, the gate of Datong facing the border is rarely opened.

But today, as the sun rose, amidst the rumbling sound, the heavy city gate was slowly pushed open.

The sun was high, and in front of the city gate, hundreds of civil servants and military generals in various robes stood respectfully.

There are three people at the front, one of them is wearing a military uniform, standing on the left side with a sword, although his face is old, but he is full of murderous aura.

Standing side by side with Guo Deng, in the middle is a gray-haired old man in scarlet robes. Although he is wearing a civil official robe, he is dignified and majestic, not inferior to Guo Deng at all. This person is naturally the Minister of the Ministry of War. Minister of Military Affairs Yu Qian.

In fact, if you observe carefully, you can see that although the two seem to be standing side by side, in fact, Guo Deng is half a step behind.

Standing on the right side, also wearing scarlet robes, but one step behind is Li Xian, the Minister of Rites newly dispatched by the imperial court.

He has the same name and surname as Duke Feng, the upstart of the imperial court, but this one was born as a pure civil servant.

The news of the emperor's return to the south was sent back to the capital, and the Ministry of Rites naturally started to prepare for various rituals immediately.

At the same time, the imperial court had to send officials to greet them and be responsible for the matters of the reception, which was what it should have been.

According to the route planned by the imperial court for the Supreme Emperor, from Datong to the capital, the Supreme Emperor will stay in Datong for one day, Xuanfu for two days, and Juyongguan for one day.

Therefore, these three halls need to be presided over by ministers.

Although Datong has Yu Qian, he is the governor of military affairs after all, and he is not specifically in charge of this matter, so the court sent another minister.

The only reason why it was Li Xian who came was that he was one of the few civil servants who survived the civil war.

Of course, he is also an old minister of the Supreme Emperor...

Behind the three of them are military uniforms and official robes, from scarlet to blue, in an orderly manner. All officials of high rank in Datong City come here.

Hundreds of officials lined up to block the entire city gate, but it was more than that.

On both sides of this queue, there are more officers and soldiers.

Countless armored officers and soldiers spread out in the shape of wild goose wings with the city gate as the center, spreading out mightily.

These two "goose wings" kept moving forward, stretching out nearly [-] steps away, forming a big pocket.

The middle is empty, the front is left open, and there are soldiers on three sides.

The bright sun is in the sky, and the autumn wind is lonely.

It is in this withered and yellow ground, on the distant horizon, a black spot grows from small to large.

It was a long line of two to three hundred people, at the front were also Ming officials in scarlet robes, followed by apparently well-trained guards.

In the middle of the whole team was a luxurious bright yellow carriage, surrounded tightly, and rushed all the way to Datong.

The officials at the gate of the city suddenly became agitated, and everyone was refreshed.

Only the three people at the front, including Yu Qian, looked at the approaching car with extremely complicated expressions.

After about a stick of incense, the whole team finally arrived at the front of Datong City.

Zhu Jian, Li Shi and Luo Qi, the leaders, did not dare to trust Yu Qian and Guo Deng when they saw that they were waiting for them.

Turning off his horse, he cupped his hands and said: "I have seen Yu Shaobao, Guo Zongbing, this behavior welcomes the return of the emperor, we are fortunate to not disgrace our life."

Although it is said that Zhu Jian has the title of Yushi of Youdu, he is not as good as Yu Qian in terms of rank, real power, prestige, and qualifications.

Therefore, as the well-deserved person in charge at the scene, Yu Qian accepted their ceremony generously and nodded.

"This trip is difficult. Fortunately, you will live up to the emperor's orders. After returning to Beijing, His Majesty will reward you. Can the Supreme Emperor be in the carriage?"

Zhu Jian and the others naturally knew what was a big deal, so they stepped aside without exchanging too many pleasantries, and said, "It's only natural."

Following their sidesteps, the entire mission team spread out to both sides, and the bright yellow carriage moved forward leisurely, and stopped at the front of the team.

Then, the curtain on the carriage was lifted, and a long-lost face appeared in front of everyone.

After a year, when he saw this face again, Yu Qian was filled with emotions, but his body movements did not stop at all. With Guo Deng and Li Xian, the three of them stepped forward two steps, prostrated themselves on the ground, and their voices were like Hong Zhong.

"Shangshu Yuqian of the Ministry of Ministers, Guo Deng, Chief Military Officer of Datong, and Li Xian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, pay homage to the Supreme Emperor."

At the same time, hundreds of officials behind them also knelt down and said in unison.

"Welcome the Supreme Emperor to return to the court."

Its sound shook the sky, mighty like smoke, and echoed in the vast wilderness, which was extremely shocking.

In the carriage, Zhu Qizhen was wearing a light blue robe with a dragon pattern off the shoulders, looking at the long-lost Datong City, looking at the Ming officials kneeling on the ground, his mood was not calm.

This kind of scene has been seen countless times in his past life.

Even, even more spectacular and shocking scenes than this one, he was used to it and felt that it should be so.

However, after a mere year, time passed, and seeing this scene again, he was not the Zhu Qizhen of yesterday.

After a long time, there was a voice trying to control from the carriage, said.

"Flat body."

As a result, the officials kneeling in front of the city gate got up, but most of them still stood with their heads bowed.

Only the three of Yu Qian looked up at the long-lost king.

However, their expressions are different.

Guo Deng was joyful with a hint of guilt, while Yu Qian was calm like a sigh of relief. As for Li Xian, he was already in tears.

Taking a few steps forward, she almost fell to her knees again: "Your Majesty, minister...

Of all the people present, he was the only minister who followed the Northern Expedition and survived the disaster.

At that time, although he was only a small doctor of Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Officials, he came to replace He Wenyuan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials who was sick. He had many affairs to face the emperor directly, and he could be regarded as one of the upstarts Zhu Qizhen relied on very much.

Although he survived the civil engineering battle by chance, his official career was almost cut off, and he was sent to Honglu Temple to be a small temple minister.

If it weren't for the return of the Supreme Emperor this time, an orthodox old minister needed to come forward, and he would not have been temporarily promoted.

Therefore, among so many people, he was the most excited to see the performance of the Supreme Emperor.

However, he had just taken two steps forward, and before he could kneel down, two guards appeared around the carriage, blocking the front of the carriage with a scimitar in their hands, with a bad expression on their faces.

One of them said in blunt Chinese.

"Speak from a distance, don't come near!"

Li Xian stopped abruptly, and his brows frowned.

Mongol?
Although he had been in the capital for a long time, he could tell at a glance that these two people were not Han Chinese.

Looking carefully, I saw that around the carriage, just like the two men, there were machetes pinned to their waists, and there were all kinds of vigilant Mongolians. There were more than twenty of them in total. soldiers.

So, Li Xian suddenly changed his face, and said in a deep voice.

"Who are you, dare to stop me from meeting the Supreme Emperor?"

The two people who stopped Li Xian were not afraid at all, but with a hint of arrogance, they were the same men who had just spoken, and spoke again.

"We are the army under the grand master's tent, and we are ordered by the grand master to escort His Majesty the Supreme Emperor back to the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty."

As he said that, the scimitar in his hand tightened, and he still faced Li Xian, repeating what he said just now.

"If you want to meet, you need to speak from a distance, and you must not come close!"

(End of this chapter)