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Chapter 225: The Great Purge of the Capital! Yang Tinghe: We retreat to Goryeo and establish the Northern Ming!

"It's finally over, isn't it?"

Beijing.

Soldiers walking on the nine frontiers firmly guarded the main streets and watched as the soldiers of the nine frontiers, under the leadership of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, arrested officials one by one.

Yan Song and Cui Xian still felt like they were in a dream.

The expected large-scale looting by the soldiers from the nine frontiers after breaking into the city did not happen.

The scene of chaos and war after the city was captured and the capital becoming a living hell did not happen.

Instead, this war ended in a way that no one could have imagined.

Yan Song and Cui Xian felt it was unreal.

"Yeah, it seems to be over..."

"Who would have thought that once the Prime Minister... no, Yang Tinghe and Xie Qian, these traitors, left, our capital would return to normal."

"It's just... who the hell could have imagined that Yang Tinghe, who wanted to emulate Yu Shaobao, was actually a traitor comparable to Wang Mang!"

Thinking of the hard times he had endured for the past month, Cui Xian gnashed his teeth and said, "They deceived everyone and made us suffer so much! Traitors! They are truly traitors! The biggest traitors to the country! I took them as my role model!!"

Yan Song was also a little angry, and even felt betrayed, but he also felt that Cui Xian was right.

Now looking back at Yang Ting and their hypocritical actions, wasn't it the time when Wang Mang was humble before he usurped the throne?

The lesson Yang Tinghe taught them was also very profound!
Let them see how hypocritical people can be! They saw the Ming Dynasty version of Wang Mang!

“Haha, Brother Cui, don’t be angry. He even deceived Lord Han and Lord Wang!”

"What are we?"

"We don't even know some core secrets..."

"We are still at their mercy... Even if he is a traitor, what can we do?"

“Without power, we…”

Yan Song clenched his fists, feeling their humiliation in this major event, which made him even more eager for power.

He no longer wanted his fate to be in the hands of others.

"It's unfair! We are not members of the Yang Party! They forced us to do this..."

As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, he saw a senior official crying out that he was innocent and being taken away by the Jinyiwei and the Nine Frontier soldiers.

"Don't say that, Lao Yan. Fortunately, we are not in power. Otherwise, if this wave continues... we might also be forced to take sides!"

Cui Xian was undoubtedly shocked on the spot, and even felt that they were not in power and it was not their turn to take a stand.

Otherwise, this wave...

"Are you two Cui Xian and Yan Song?"

Just when they were rejoicing, two Jinyiwei walked up to them, looked them up and down, and made them numb.

"This...this captain, I, we are not the Yang Party!"

"We don't even have the qualifications to stand in line!"

Cui Xian was so confused that he hurried to explain.

"That's good. Come with us. I have something to ask you. Don't be nervous..."

The Jinyiwei took them away without saying a word.

When this situation emerged, Yan Song and Cui Xian saw people pointing at them and talking about them. They knew without even guessing that passers-by had already regarded them as members of the Yang Party.

They suddenly went from being bystanders to being insiders.

This time...

"Can you write down the details of your interactions with Yang Tinghe, Zhang Sheng, and Xie Qian?"

"Write down everything from a few days before the bombing of Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, or even... after Your Majesty left the capital. The more detailed the better."

"Recall it carefully!"

Soon, they arrived at the East Factory.

To their relief, they were not put into the cell.

Instead, someone wanted to ask them about their contact with Yang Ting and everything about them.

Here, they also saw many low-level officials like them.

This made them completely relieved.

"This is going to be a major case..."

Yan Song's heart tightened, and he dared not hide anything. He immediately recalled every pitiful detail of his interactions with Yang Tinghe, Zhang Sheng and others, for fear of having any connection with Yang Tinghe and them.

After all, they committed the heinous crime of exterminating nine generations of their clan.

Yang Ting and their escape seemed not to be the end, but the beginning of another storm.

……

"President, this is not a good idea!"

"The war in the capital has just been quelled, and yet they are conducting large-scale interrogations and investigations..."

In the Wenhua Hall, Han Wen, Wang Qiong, Jiao Fang and others came over and looked at Zheng Ji flipping through the information he was looking for, feeling very nervous.

They also didn't expect that when Zheng Ji came here, he did not first appease the civil and military officials, but instead wanted to investigate the case.

After investigating this case, the civil and military officials, who had just been feeling somewhat relaxed, became extremely nervous again.

"Haha, what's the matter? Lord Han, Lord Wang, you guys also want to be traitors?"

Zheng Ji sneered and put the hat on him.

"No, President, that's not what we meant... The capital has just been pacified and people are calm..."

They dared not accept this hat, Wang Qiong and others quickly and tactfully reminded them, besides, who can withstand the investigation of the case!
"Who dares to cause trouble? No problem, just jump out! His Majesty will be happy to see it happen!"

Zheng Ji once again buried his head in checking various records, and at the same time said seriously: "You'd better stop talking! The bombing of Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, whether it is His Majesty, the Empress Dowager, or the people of the Ming Dynasty, must give an explanation for this matter!"

"Or are you afraid that I will find out about something shameful?"

"That's even better! Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist. You can surrender to me, and I may be able to ask His Majesty for mercy and spare the lives of the other six of your clans."

Well, who dares to comfort her?

If you continue to persuade him, your entire clan might be exterminated.

"But, President, if we continue investigating like this, the people of Beijing will be in a state of panic..."

"No one is doing anything in the court. If something else happens..."

"Also, the soldiers from the Nine Frontiers are here now. There are no garrisons in Datong. Will the Mongols come in again?"

Han Wen tried to comfort the emperor from another perspective, which was also a test of the emperor by northern officials.

"Haha, don't worry about these!"

"This matter is under consideration by our Presidential Palace and His Majesty..."

"If we don't come, your capital city will be in chaos!"

These three sentences completely blocked what Han Wen and the others wanted to say.

At the same time, they also realized something even more terrifying: the trend of the Southern Cabinet and the Southern officialdom was set!

They just want to take advantage of the influence of this incident to take back all the power in one go.

Faced with this situation, they had no room for maneuver. Even the grand court meeting that was originally expected to judge Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and others would not take place!

Because the entire officialdom in the north is suspected of rebellion!

Whether it is Zheng Ji, Jinyiwei, or Zhu Houzhao, there is no need to report anything to them!

Liu Jian, Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe really killed them!
……

at this time.

What are Yang Ting and the others doing?
Of course, escape!
Escape to Shanhaiguan.

The capital city is a full 300 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan.

Originally they thought that everything would be fine after escaping from the capital.

But soon, just as they were taking a breath, a spy came to report!
"Master Prime Minister, the spies in the rear have reported!"

"Xu Pengju, General Xu is chasing us!"

"And you're still chasing us while asking us to wait!"

"Should we wait?"

Chen Zhong quickly reported the news to Yang Tinghe.

"How many are they?"

Yang Tinghe asked quickly.

"They probably have more than a thousand riders! They are very fast!" Chen Zhong said immediately.

"Let's go! Keep going... Chen Zhong, tell your trusted subordinates to stop here and see what they are like first. Let's keep going forward! You and I have no way back. We don't know whether Xu Pengju is a friend or an enemy anymore!"

"Let the Imperial Guards stay... and..."

Yang Tinghe made a quick decision.

"it is good!"

Chen Zhong immediately made a series of arrangements, leaving behind the imperial guards and their families without horses, and then mounted his horse again and continued to gallop northward with Yang Tinghe.

This mad rush lasted another two hours!
"Oh no!"

"Oh no! Prime Minister, Commander!"

"Xu Pengju and his men are the enemy! They have captured our people!"

After finally taking a short rest, the spies from the rear came to report again.

"Damn it! Is Xu Pengju a fool? Having Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng isn't enough, does he want to kill us all?" Chen Zhong was furious.

"Don't be impulsive! Chen Zhong, now is not the time to be impulsive!"

"It looks like we'll have to reach Shanhaiguan in one go!"

"Send some more people to stay behind to cover our retreat. Meanwhile, we don't want these baggage!"

"Let's go! We'll make plans after we meet up with Prime Minister Liu Jian!"

"Damn Xu Pengju! I'll remember this grudge!"

Yang Tinghe cut off his tail again and continued on his way without resting. He really didn't dare to stop at all.

He runs away, he chases.

But Xu Pengju was really stubborn. He chased them for a whole day and night, running nearly two hundred miles all night long. It was not until their original team of four or five thousand was reduced to a team of more than a thousand that they heard no news about Xu Pengju.

"Jiefu! Is that you?"

At the same time, we were traveling day and night and were about to reach the Kaiping area.

Yang Tinghe and his friends finally met Liu Jian, whom they had been waiting for for a long time.

"Mr. Liu, it's me! Anyway... the situation is not optimistic. We have to leave Shanhaiguan."

He quickly whispered something to Liu Jian and looked at the people accompanying Liu Jian.

Liu Jian quickly introduced: "This is Zu Zhen, the commander of Ningyuan Guard. He was sent by the general of Shanhaiguan to meet us at any time."

"I pay my respects to the Prime Minister!"

"Commander Zu, the situation in the capital is not optimistic now!"

"The soldiers from the nine frontiers have rebelled. They have joined forces with a Mongolian army of 10,000 people and cooperated with the traitors in the capital to break into the capital! We didn't even have time to take away the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother. We only had time to take away the palace maid favored by His Majesty who was already pregnant with the dragon seed..."

"Da Ming...Ah..."

Yang Tinghe quickly pulled out a palace maid and continued to deceive people by taking advantage of the information gap.

"This...this, has the Ming Dynasty really reached this crisis?"

"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty!"

Zu Zhen, Zu Dashou's great-grandfather, was immediately shocked and hurried to see the palace maid.

Liu Jian then noticed that this palace maid...wasn't she the one Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling had sex with? She was actually pregnant. What was Yang Tinghe trying to do?

The time doesn't match!
Liu Jian neither exposed nor asked, just waiting for Yang Tinghe to perform.

"me……"

The little palace maid's face turned pale and she had no idea how to respond.

"Commander Zu, now is not the time to talk about this! We can only rely on the strength of Shanhaiguan now... Let's see if we can resist the army! Let's go back to Shanhaiguan first, and..."

"There are pursuers behind us, please stop them..."

"Yes! I will definitely stop them!"

In short, Zuzhen was completely fooled.

But that's enough.

After some discussion and pause, Yang Tinghe, Liu Jian and Chen Zhong took the palace maid and continued to march towards Shanhaiguan.

As expected, Xu Pengju was stopped by Zu Zhen himself.

After chasing here, his team couldn't take it anymore.

But he did not leave, but sent someone back to Beijing to report.

"So... Mr. Liu, the specific situation here is..."

On the way to Shanhaiguan, Yang Tinghe had time to ask Liu Jian about the follow-up arrangements.

"I have contacted Goryeo, and they have sent some troops to support us... But, Jiefu, has it really come to this? There is no place for us in the Ming Dynasty anymore, right?"

At this moment, Liu Jian still couldn't believe that they would be finished so soon, and he even had some attachment to the land of Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Liu, it's completely gone!"

"Your Majesty has completely declared us traitors!"

"Even the Changling Guards..."

"If we want to survive now, or even continue to enjoy wealth and glory, we can only take the Shanhaiguan general and some people from Liaodong with us, retreat to the Goryeo region, and occupy the magpie's nest..."

Yang Tinghe had no choice but to tell Liu Jian about the imperial edict brought by Zheng Ji, which completely stopped Liu Jian's idea.

They have naturally thought of the worst-case scenario.

Unable to enjoy wealth and glory in the Ming Dynasty, they could only settle for the next best thing and go to the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty to hold the emperor hostage and establish the Northern Ming Dynasty.

　ps: In order to prevent censorship, the name of North Korea is changed to Goryeo, as long as you understand!

　　
　
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