Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 458
In front of Shi Heng, it was a very difficult problem: if the emperor didn't chase after him, and the emperor saw the right time and escaped from the city, then it was possible to turn things around.

If he chases after him, all his subordinates will know that the palace is in vain, and the army might be thrown into chaos.

Originally, most of the [-] capital camps were coerced.

Fortunately, most of the generals have their hearts towards the Supreme Emperor. Based on the mentality that the law does not blame the public, since the voice of restoration has gained the upper hand, everyone will follow suit and make mistakes.

But if the momentum is reversed and the emperor gains the upper hand, then these people will immediately disperse.

Rebellion is like this, the most important thing is that soldiers are expensive and fast, and the opponent is caught off guard.

But if you fail to win in one go, then this hammer deal will be considered a success.

If these soldiers of the Beijing camp could not get it right, they would in turn arrest the emperor and act as a treacherous sycophant.

Seeing that Shi Heng made such a stupid mistake, Suian Bo Chen Shao didn't care about other things, and immediately led his servants along the way they came, and ran home desperately.

Chen Shao felt that he was a mere earl, so he couldn't make fun of the whole family's life. Even if the Supreme Emperor was successfully restored, he would not be promoted to marquis. The wind was so bad, so he should go home quickly to save his life.

Shi Heng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, and ordered to Liu Ju: "Quick, then Amber is going to inform the emperor and bring someone to hack him to death."

Liu Ju was stunned when he heard the words: "Huh? Hack Suianbo to death?"

Shi Heng threatened: "Hurry up, once Sui Amber goes to inform, all of us will be wiped out."

To rebel is to bear enormous psychological pressure. People in this depressive atmosphere have long been dumbfounded.

Things that can be understood under normal circumstances, can't be understood at this time.

Liu Ju was frightened by Shi Heng, and rushed forward with thousands of soldiers in a daze.

Therefore, the first battle after the mutiny started was actually between Liu Ju and Chen Shao.

On one side is the Jingying Army led by Shi Heng, and on the other side is Suianbo Chen Shao who has a heart for Zhu Qizhen.

Suianbo Chen Shao's servants are no match for the elite of the Beijing camp who wear heavy armor and hold strong crossbows.

It was less than a cup of tea, and everyone in Suianbo Mansion, including Chen Shao, was shot like a hedgehog.

Chen Shao is innocent, and Shi Heng, Liu Juye and Chen Shao have no personal grievances.But there is no way, the situation is like this.

Chen Shao happened by chance, and only by getting blood on the hands of the Jingying Army, everyone can't give up halfway.

Seeing this, Shi Heng breathed a sigh of relief: Now that everyone has been killed, the soldiers under his command have to do whatever they want, so they can only continue to follow me.

Just when Shi Heng was about to command the army to pursue the emperor, Sun Tong suddenly looked towards the direction of the imperial palace to the west: "Look, Marquis Wuqing, there are fireworks set off from the imperial palace."

Shi Heng turned his head and looked, good guy, it really is.What the hell is going on? Is it so unfessional to rebel? Early in the morning, the death knell is sounded and fireworks are set off again.

"Forget it, don't worry about it, divide the army into four teams, each with 5000 people, pass through the alley, and besiege Wudinghou's Mansion and Fengtian Dusi from all sides.

Sun Tong, go find the cannons. Now that the matter is over, don't worry about it so much, just bombard it with cannons. "

But Zhu Qizhen and Queen Mother Sun also noticed the fireworks in the imperial city.

After all, Zhu Qizhen has been on the battlefield, and it can be seen that this is some kind of signal.

Chen Xiang also exclaimed from the side: "My lord, empress dowager, this is the direction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, I'm afraid Tian Cewei is going to make trouble."

Zhu Qizhen immediately ordered: "Hurry up, ask the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites to quickly prepare a letter of invitation and spread it everywhere. Order all unrelated soldiers in the capital to return to the barracks and wait for orders."

Yu Shiyue, Zou Gan, Shang Ren, Peng Shi, and Shi Pu were stunned for a while. When they heard Zhu Qizhen's order, they all took up pens and wrote the edict, and then stamped the jade seal. Jin Yiwei protected the little eunuchs to go to various places Pass the decree everywhere.

After the little eunuchs had left, Yu Shiyue and the others realized that once the Supreme Emperor was defeated, the edicts written by these people for the Supreme Emperor would be evidence of their rebellion.The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and you can't rely on it even if you want to.

Now Yu Shiyue and others can only pray to the ancestors and ancestors. The restoration of the Supreme Emperor is successful, and everyone will have a way to survive.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen also realized that something was wrong: among the ministers present, except for a few such as Shi Pu and Kou Shen, the remaining important ministers were basically from the Ministry of Rites.

Other court officials, especially the emperor's cronies, were all absent.

There are quite a few middle- and lower-level officials, but they are just making up the number, which is of no great use.

Even Chen Xun, who ranks the highest in the cabinet, did not come.

So Zhu Qizhen asked Cao Jixiang and Liu Yongcheng: "Should we transfer the guards of the vassal kings into the Forbidden City to strengthen the defense of each sect?"

Cao Jixiang immediately persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, you can't. If the situation is not right and these vassal guards turn against each other, it will be over."

"Then what are we going to do now? Things are getting worse now, why are we just sitting here and waiting?"

Cao Jixiang replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the king is captured first before the thief is captured, and those who achieve great things don't care about small things."

Zhu Qizhen froze for a moment, then nodded fiercely: "Go, send someone to announce my edict to the emperor's personal guards. If they refuse to surrender, order Shi Heng to launch a strong attack.

There are cannons in the military battle bureau and other places in the outer city, which can be sent by Shi Heng. "

Cao Jixiang hurriedly sent his confidants to preach the decree.

Not long after, Zhu Yi, the Duke of Cheng, Li Xian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, Guo Sheng, the Marquis of Cheng'an, Zheng Hong, the Marquis of Wu'an, Chen Jing, the Marquis of Taining, Wu Jin, the Marquis of Gongshun, and Wu Cong, Bo of Guangyi, arrived one after another with their families.

Seeing the nobles arriving with thousands of family members, Zhu Qizhen felt a little relieved.Immediately, the nobles were ordered to lead these servants to guard the Meridian Gate and the Xihua Gate.

In this way, Cao Qin's 5000 people, plus about [-] honorable family members who joined later, plus [-] to [-] Jinyiwei, have more than [-] people guarding the Forbidden City. I dare not say that I can rest easy, at least for a while. there is a problem.

In order to relieve the tension, Zhu Qizhen strolled on the platform of the three main halls.

The broken walls and ruins left by the three burned halls have been cleared away, leaving only this huge white marble platform.

Zhu Qizhen sighed while strolling: "My brother, it's no wonder that this white marble is used to build the palace. The wood can be burned, but the white marble cannot be burned."

Chen Xiang said flatteringly: "The stone house is still petty after all, and it is far inferior to the majesty and magnificence of the Forbidden City."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, walked to the north side of the platform, looked at the half of the harem that had been burned to the ground, and was so heartbroken that he couldn't speak.The Forbidden City, which I loved from the dead, was burned and demolished by my younger brother, and most of it was destroyed.

To rebuild these palaces, it will cost countless wealth just for the wood needed.

These golden nanmu need to be mined in the depths of the mountains in Huguang and Guizhou, and then transported out with great effort. I don't know how much labor and lives will be lost.

Suddenly, the sound of artillery came from the east of the city.Hearing the sound of the guns, Zhu Qizhen finally felt better.

Zhu Qizhen paced and sighed for a long while before the little eunuch came back to report: "My lord, the old mansion is empty. The personal guards of Prince Tan have retreated to Marquis Wuding's mansion, and they are waiting in the surrounding alleys. Adjusted the bed crossbow and artillery.

Wu Qinghou launched an attack, but suffered heavy losses.Now the two sides have fallen into a stalemate. "

Since in the restoration edict just now, Zhu Qizhen had abolished his younger brother as King Tan, so this clever little eunuch changed his words very actively.

He thought he would be favored by the emperor because of this, but Zhu Qizhen shouted angrily: "Where did the bed crossbow and artillery come from?"

Everyone looked at each other, Chen Xiang stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the yamen of the Fengtian Metropolitan Division was converted from Zhihua Temple, the family temple of Wang Zhen.

Back then, Princess Qi bought all the houses and land on the north side of the Si Yamen in Fengtian Capital by the way, converted them into barracks and school grounds, and built a small arsenal at the same time.

So it's not surprising that there are bed crossbows and artillery there. "

Zhu Qizhen was even more annoyed when he heard the words: "What princess Qi, where is there any princess Qi, they have all been abolished as rough envoys and lowly maidservants of the Clothes Bureau."

Chen Xiang backed away, lowered his head and dared not speak any more.

Empress Dowager Sun, Xing'an and the others didn't know anything about military affairs, so they didn't feel much when they heard the news.

Cao Jixiang panicked in his heart: "It's broken, I underestimated the emperor too much."It's all my fault that I went to the south to supervise the army and came back late, so that I didn't know the emperor well.

I thought that a dude who was born as a vassal king must be weak and bully.

But after thousands of calculations, the emperor was not so shrewd.He even built a small arsenal at the capital of Fengtian. Could it be that the emperor had already calculated that there would be a mutiny in the capital at that time?

If this is the case, it can be called exhaustive strategy, which is too scary! '

Cao Jixiang started to retreat, but there was no way to retreat.

Zhu Qizhen was also confused at this time, not knowing what to do next.Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a feeling: this Nuo Da Forbidden City is a prison, there are obviously 1 people guarding the four palace gates for him, but it seems more like he is trapped in it.

You won't be besieged on all sides and Farewell My Concubine today, will you?

Just as Zhu Qizhen was thinking, another young eunuch ran over and whispered something to Cao Jixiang.

Cao Jixiang's face changed drastically immediately, and he reported to Zhu Qizhen: "My lord, it's not good, the eunuch Hao Yi, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, led Tian Ce to attack the Xuanwu Gate with thousands of guards."

(End of this chapter)