A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 671 This Great Song Dynasty Is Not Going To Die!

Huangyou 11th October [-]th

At three quarters of the hour (7:45), in the Daqing Hall of the Great Song Dynasty Palace, Prince Zhao Zongquan stood beside the high platform in a white mourning dress, with a solemn expression on his face.

The heart is indeed extremely excited, today is the big day for him to ascend the throne.According to the practice of the Tang and Song dynasties, the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor was held on the second day after the death of the first emperor.

Looking at the time, there is still a quarter of an hour before he will become the leader of the Great Song Dynasty.Glancing at the civil and military classes, there is no one absent from the civil servants side, but there are a lot of vacant seats in the Xungui team, Cheng Guogong, Ling Guogong, Qi Guogong, Lian Guogong, and Fu Guogong. Marquis and Earl...

"Father, Duke Qi and Yuan Ruo didn't come." Sheng Changbai, who was standing under the eaves of the corridor outside the hall, blowing the natural wind, turned slightly sideways, and whispered to Sheng Hong who was beside him.

There were so many officials watching the ceremony today that there was no room for them to stand inside the Daqing Hall, so the green-robed officials could only stand outside the hall.Sheng Hong and his son, a seventh-rank county magistrate and an eighth-rank Hanlin, simply huddled together, chatting when they were bored, and the time passed faster.

The old god Sheng Hong said, "Maybe it was delayed by something."

It was too perfunctory, Sheng Changbai rolled his eyes and said, "It is not wise for the new emperor to ascend the throne."

Sheng Hong said lightly, "Jingde and Brother Heng have their own considerations."

Sheng Changbai thought to himself, although Duke Qi's family has the support of the Queen Mother, he would never do this if he were to change it. He can't block all the roads when doing things, otherwise he can only go one way to the dark.

Ying Guogong Zhao Ceying looked at the time and was a little annoyed that his uncle Shen Congxing was late on such an important day, so he must have gone somewhere else.Turning sideways to Gu Tingye behind him, he said, "Zhong Huai, did my uncle tell you where to go for a drink last night?"

Gu Tingye shook his head, "Marquis Weibei walked with General Duan in the evening. I was busy setting up checkpoints at that time, so I didn't bother to ask."

Ever since he was hailed as the God of War in the Song Dynasty by the tabloids, all the generals under the crown prince began to exclude him.Since we don't like him, we all go our separate ways, so we haven't gone out together for many days.

When these two guys were together, they just went to drink flower wine. Zhao Ceying went to the side hall, recruited the guards, and asked them to look for the brothel and cottage where my uncle often went, so don't drink too much and oversleep
At the same time, in the Ciyuan Hall of the harem, Empress Cao, who was about to be promoted to be the empress dowager, listened to her personal servant reporting the situation in the Daqing Hall. When she heard that a dozen nobles were not present, she was not angry but happy, and offended the prince so much , then he can only rely on her in the future.

Although the gentlemen are noble and the martial arts are cheap, there are so many nobles, and they are all shareholders of the cotton cloth trading company, but they are not a small force.The prince thought that with the support of the civil servants, he could control the Song Dynasty, and he suffered a lot in the future.

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At four quarters of the hour (8 o'clock sharp), after all the courtiers saluted the prince, Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang came out, held the time attendance board and bowed, "His Royal Highness, the late emperor passed away, and the ministers and others were all burned. It cannot be left empty for a long time, and the artifact cannot be left without an owner, I beg you to read the late emperor's last edict!"

Prince Zhao Zongshi's eyes were red, his back was in pain, and he choked up and said, "Sure."

After receiving a volume of imperial edict from the servant, Zeng Gongliang bowed towards the coffin with both hands, slowly unfolded the imperial edict, and said in a loud voice, "I have ruled the Netherlands for forty-two years, and I am afraid of Fei Liang, which is not enough to inherit my ancestors. Zhihong Lie. However, the soldiers have retired and the people have calmed down. I am afraid that I will not be able to see the ministers."

There were bursts of weeping in the hall. Emperor Renzong had been in power for 42 years, and he was very respectful to the civil servants.

Glancing at the prince who likes to "copy the house", there is no harm if there is no comparison, and all the civil servants miss the big brother who takes the lead who can't fight back...

Alas, the comfortable days are gone forever, Late Emperor.
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Listening to the last edict of the late emperor, Liang Daguan, the head of the palace, burst into tears and choked up with tears. He followed the late emperor after he entered the palace at the age of 8, and served as master and servant for decades. Now he is like an old dog abandoned by his master, full of fear in his heart.
Some were sad, and some were happy. The princes and his party forced out their voices of crying, but their hearts were filled with joy.

Finally waited until the boss took over.

I can't wait to cheer and sprinkle flowers to celebrate!

The prince clenched his fists and suppressed his excitement, finally he was about to rule the world Hey, why didn't you read it?
Turning his head to look at the prime minister, Zeng Gongliang panicked at this moment, thinking that he was dazzled, he blinked vigorously, but found that there was still no change, he hurriedly raised his right hand to wipe his eyes, and then looked at the imperial edict, "Princess Zhao Huirou, Benevolence, filial piety, respect and thrift, known all over the world, should be bestowed with a divine weapon, to show the light of the predecessors, give the name Zhao Jin, and be the emperor in front of the coffin."

Spicy Chunk Mama Gelon Burrows!

Princess Li Fukang is the emperor of Song Dynasty? ?
Is the late emperor committing suicide? ! !
The edict must be fake!
Zeng Gongliang hastily checked the handwriting carefully. Yes, it was the late emperor's handwriting. He had read it for more than ten years, and he would not admit his mistake.Looking at the seal of Yuxi again, "The Treasure of Destiny", I studied it carefully for a long time close to my face, but I didn't find anything wrong
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Seeing Zeng Gongliang's strange behavior, several ministers knew that something had happened.Participating in politics, Liang Shi, Sima Guang, Su Zhe, and the privy envoy Ouyang Xiu went out to salute the prince, then walked quickly to the prime minister's side, and when they saw the content of the will, they couldn't help but lie down. '

Several people checked one after another and looked at each other.

That's right, it was the first emperor's own handwriting, and the jade seal is also real!
Late Emperor, this is...absurd!It's ridiculous!

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that the late emperor's edict had always been kept by the empress, and she should know whether the content of the edict had been modified.

"Looking for the queen?"

"Call the Queen!"

"I'll invite you in person." After Ouyang Xiu finished speaking, he cupped his hands and turned around to leave the hall.

"What if this edict is true?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Several chief executives quickly stirred their brains, looking back to see if there were similar cases in the past dynasties, but they couldn't find a single case.
The prince is in a hurry!
what's the situation!
Ying Guogong Zhao Ceying went out to salute after seeing this, and then came to the side of several chief executives. When he saw the content of the will, his mind exploded.

A look of horror said, "It must be fake! This is a false edict, a false edict!" Holding the edict and running to the father, the prince read the edict, his face turned pale, and then he said angrily, "This is a false edict! A false edict !"

"What about the real edict?"

"The imperial edict has been kept by the queen, and Uncle Yong has gone to invite the queen."

"Could it be that the queen forged it?"

Zeng Gongliang whispered a few words in the prince's ear, and the prince picked up the edict and read the second half of it carefully. He believed that the edict was not forged by the queen, after all, no one would make things difficult for him...

In the Hall of Ciyuan, the Queen was a little surprised when she saw Mr. Ouyang coming. After hearing why Ouyang Xiu was looking for her, she hurriedly got up, held up her skirt, and hurried to the Hall of Daqing, and took a closer look at the edict. The noble concubine is benevolent and obedient, and it is well known in the world that it is appropriate to respect noble concubine Miao as the empress dowager."

"Fake! This edict is fake!" The queen was furious, threw the edict in her hand heavily on the ground, and yelled, "When the officials wrote the edict, I was by the side. The crown prince inherits the throne and respects me Empress Dowager!!!"

All the courtiers in the palace finally understood what had happened, and immediately caused an uproar.

"The edict turned out to be false."

"Fake? How could it be fake?"

"Is the queen telling lies?"

"Who is the fake edict passed on to?"

"I don't know, go and ask the Zaizhi."

Outside the hall, Sheng Hong stood on tiptoes, stretched his neck, and tried his best to inquire about the situation in the hall, but unfortunately it was too noisy to hear clearly, so he drilled in and saw an acquaintance, and hurriedly asked, "Master Cheng, what happened?" ?”

Chen Youji, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, whispered, "It seems that there is something wrong with the will."

Sheng Hong was puzzled, "What could be wrong with the edict?"

Chen Youji suddenly realized that Sheng Hong belonged to the prince's party, so he gave up his position and said, "I'm not good at hearing, I can't hear clearly, Mr. Sheng, you have good ears, stand here with me."

At this time, at the Wansheng Gate in the outer city of Tokyo, teams of musketeers were passing through the gate quickly.

"Quickly, keep up."

"Follow up, don't shoot indiscriminately!"

"Qingjun's side!"

"Destroy the fake prince!"

Seeing the flags held by musketeers, the people of Tokyo knew that there was another rebellion.

In the past few days, another traitor broke into Tokyo City.

This Da Song is not going to die!

The commoners fled in fright, but it was not long since the last rebellion, so they had some experience. Within a few minutes, the street was empty, without a single person.

Cousin Qi Xuan held a 98k rifle in his hand, smacked his lips and said, "This is going too smoothly. No one resisted."

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "This is our hometown. It has been in business for so many years, and it is not a foreign country. If you want to get addicted to guns, you will go to Annan after a while. The battle there should be much more intense than that of Japan. However, it is dangerous. Much taller too."

"How dangerous is it?" Qi Xuan kept looking around, "Then are you going?"

Wang Lidong said, "I have to stay in the capital this time. I won't go there."

Qi Xuan said, "Then I won't go either. I heard that the miasma is very severe over there. I don't dare to go there alone if you, a genius doctor, aren't here."

Cheng Guogong walked beside them, also holding a musket in his hand and a revolver pinned to his waist.He fell in love with firearms the first time he came into contact with them a few days ago.

In the past two days, I went to the shooting range to practice marksmanship when I had nothing to do. After a few days, the fixed target has been shot in a decent manner.

After marching for half an hour, he didn't even fire a single bullet. Duke Cheng's hands were itchy. Hearing the conversation between the two brothers, he said, "Annan? Yuan Ruo, are you going to hit Annan?"

Wang Lidong said, "Plan for next month."

Cheng Guogong asked curiously, "Why don't you take Xixia down first?"

Wang Lidong said with a smile, "I'll leave it to everyone to practice Xixia's words."

Cheng Guogong was overjoyed. With the musket, he was confident that he would be able to enter the capital of Xixia and capture Li Yuanhao alive in the small place of Xixia.

Thinking of the beauty, I couldn't help but giggled.
While speaking, the vanguard passed through the beam gate of the inner city, and when they were about to reach the imperial city, they finally met the imperial guards guarding the palace!

The prince has been used to being cautious since he was a child. This time he ascended the throne, he specially dispatched [-] imperial troops, entered Bianliang City, and set up checkpoints on all the main roads around the palace.

At the checkpoint on Wazi Street, Dutou Lin Youzhi saw a large number of people in camouflage clothing in front of him, so he knew something was wrong, and immediately shouted, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Gu Tingzong, the Commander of the Third Battalion of the First Guard Regiment of the Vanguard Army, saw that the sergeants at the checkpoint began to bend their bows and set arrows, and they were almost thirty feet away.

"Papa. Papa." A group of guards raised their guns to shoot, and the guards at the checkpoint fell down one after another like mowing grass...

When Cheng Guogong heard the gunshot, his eyes lit up, and he called his personal guards and rushed forward.

Qi Xuan said speechlessly, "Second Uncle Liu. His marksmanship is so poor, why did he join in the fun in the past..."

Wang Lidong said with a smile, "It's called more vegetables and more fun..."

Daqing Palace

After discussing with the princes, queens and several ministers, they reached a consensus that the current edict is a false edict.

The headache for them now is that without the last emperor's edict, the crown prince's ascension to the throne would lack legitimacy.If there is a queen dowager, it can be fulfilled, but now the queen dowager is still vacant.....
All the courtiers in the palace were not idle, everyone expressed their opinions, quoted scriptures, maybe their ideas were adopted. At that time, it will be the hero from the dragon.
"Report! Duke Qi, Duke Cheng, Duke Ling, Duke Lian, etc. rebelled! Report! Duke Qi. Rebelled!" The voice changed from far to near, and the faces of the courtiers changed drastically. So many princes rebelled...

Thinking of the recent incident of the crown prince's bribery... This is a forced dog jumping over the wall.

A military general in armor ran into the hall with a 'click, click', came to the high platform, knelt down on one knee and said, "Prince, before the cup of tea, the rebels have captured the Wansheng Gate in the outer city."

Prince Zhao Zongquan's face turned ashen. He didn't expect Qi Heng to do such a rebellious thing. He was really daring, "How many people are there in the rebel army? How did they capture Wansheng Gate so quickly? Wansheng gate guard What will it be?"

The armored general replied, "There are about tens of thousands of people. Li Weizhong, the gatekeeper of Wansheng, didn't close the gate at all when he saw the rebels attacking the city."

"Oops!" Zhao Ceying shuddered, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the other gate guards may also be spies."

Prince Zhao Zongquan was startled, and immediately ordered, "Remove all city gate guards immediately."

Before the words fell, another urgent call came from outside the hall, "Report! The rebels captured Liangmen! Report! The rebels captured Liangmen! Report! The rebels captured Liangmen!"

A messenger stumbled into the main hall, "Report! The rebels captured Liangmen!"

After passing the Liang Gate, it is the Xihua Gate of the imperial city, and the distance between the two gates is only more than 200 feet.

Ying Guogong Zhao Ceying was so anxious that his eyebrows were burning. Seeing that his father was still dawdling, thinking about who to take over as the gate guard, he didn't care about overstepping, and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I will guard the Donghua Gate, and Gu Tingye will guard the West Huamen."

Prince Zhao Zongquan swept the ranks of generals. It would be great if his brother-in-law was here, but now his son and Gu Tingye can be trusted. "Cer, Zhong Huai, the safety of the palace will be left to you two."

The two knelt on one knee, "Your Highness, don't worry. The city gate is still there, and the city gate is destroyed!"

The prince excitedly said, "Okay."

The two trotted out of the belt immediately, and Zhao Ceying said to Gu Tingye, "Zhong Huai, take care."

"Brother Zhao, take care too." After Gu Tingye finished speaking, he took Shitou and a group of guards straight to Xihua Gate.

The imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was only as big as a block of tofu, and the Daqing Hall was only more than 400 meters away from Xihuamen. After a dozen breaths, a group of people saw the gate of Xihuamen.

With sharp eyes, Shitou said loudly, "My lord, someone wants to open the Xihua Gate."

At this time, in front of the Xihua Gate, the guard Chen Meng said to the guards, "Open the city gate."

"Yes, General." After a dozen personal guards took orders, they began to move the two sets of rough wooden grid fences in front of the gate.
Gu Tingye estimated the distance between the two sides, which was about eighty or ninety feet, "Stone, give me a bow and arrow!" Then he shouted, "Anyone who opens the city gate will die!"

"Those who open the city gates will die!"

"Those who open the city gates will die!"

"call out!"

Gu Tingye bent his bow and set an arrow, aiming at the leader was an arrow.

"Boom", a headshot!

"call out!"

Gu Tingye was possessed by a god of killing, like a divine help, "swipe, swipe", one arrow at a time.

Seeing the general's bravery, the Wei Wei who followed also boosted their morale.

"bingo!"

"I hit again!"

"Those who open the city gates will die!"

When Gu Tingye rushed to the gate, none of the dozen or so defenders was alive. Looking at the corpse lying on the ground, he waved his hand and said, "Stone, you stay here. No one is allowed to come within three feet of the gate. Let anyone shoot or kill!"

Shito gave a military salute with a 'snap', "Yes!"

Gu Tingye then turned his head and said to a soldier beside him, "Go and tell Your Highness that the Xihua Gate has been controlled by me, and the traitor Nei Ying has been eliminated!"

"Yes, Commander!" The sergeant took the order and turned to leave.

Gu Tingye drew out the sword in his waist and rushed up to the city gate tower. After beheading two disobedient little bosses, he completely controlled the Xihuamen defenders. He pointed at a small captain and said, "Where's the city gate general?"

The squad leader replied tremblingly, "General Cheng has been shot to death by the general."

At this time, a personal guard came into the house and reported, "General, someone called outside the city gate, looking for General Cheng."

Gu Tingye's eyes lit up, it should be the arrival of the rebels.Holding a bow and arrow, he came to the gate tower outside the city gate, looked out, and saw two young men in scholar uniforms, "Are you looking for General Cheng?"

Gu Tingzong, the Commander of the Third Battalion of the First Guard Regiment, shrank his eyes when he saw Gu Tingye. They were of the same clan, but Gu Tingye probably didn't know him as a side branch. If you need anything, go to General Cheng."

Gu Tingye said, "General Cheng just went to the latrine, you wait."

Gu Tingzong cupped his hands and said, "Okay, please trouble this brother."

Seeing Gu Tingzong and the two slowly backing away, Gu Tingye knew that he had been seen through, and he didn't understand where he had let go, so he immediately bent his bow and set an arrow, "Whew."

Gu Tingzong and his deputy spread their legs and ran towards a corner ahead.

"Oh!"

"Save the Commander."

A blasting team carried alloy shields and rushed in front of Gu Tingzong and the two of them. When a few shields were put together, they immediately formed a protective wall.Gu Tingye shot a few more arrows, but unfortunately they were all blocked by the shield. His eyes lit up, and he murmured, "This shield is good. From now on, our brothers will each have one."

Cousin Qi Xuan saw that the team had stopped, and immediately sent someone to inquire, and returned to report after a while, that there was a change in Xihuamen, and the guard of the gate was replaced by Gu Tingye.

"It's really Gu Tingye?" Cousin Qi Xuan grabbed the guard's arm and confirmed.

Wei Chengying nodded and said, "It's Gu Tingye."

Qi Xuan and Wang Lidong said, "I'll go and have a look." As they spoke, they waved their hands and hurried towards Xihuamen with a few personal guards.

This guy!
Wang Lidong also quickened his pace, as the saying goes, rivals in love are extremely jealous when they meet each other, a good show is about to be staged, one must not miss it.

Before walking a few steps, there was a shocking "boom" in the direction of Xihuamen, and a piece of red light mixed with various stones scattered in all directions.

wipe!
When Wang Lidong walked to Xihua Gate, the banner of "Qing Jun's side" had already been planted on the gate tower.Looking up at the city gate tower bastard who was bombed with only half of his body left, the explosives don’t cost money!

Cousin Qi Xuan was dragging a group of commanders at this time and yelled fiercely, "The explosives don't cost money, you actually used ten explosives to blow up such a small number of city gates"

He also wanted to kill Gu Tingye in order to avenge his wife's hatred, but before he reached the gate of the city, the gate was blown up. With such a big explosion, Gu Tingye was made of iron and was also shattered.
(End of this chapter)