Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 199: Deep is severe, shallow is revealing!
The members of the Yang family who were taken to the parade ground behaved exactly the same as those who were waiting to be executed on the parade ground.

They all had sad faces, looked deathly pale, and kept crying.

Looking at these members of the Yang family who were once high and mighty, now crying and despairing.

The people in Xuanfu who were watching the execution had their hearts pounding with excitement, and they felt a hidden excitement and joy in their hearts.

These members of the Yang family often act arrogantly and bully men and women in Xuanfu.

Seeing the Yang family members being liquidated at this moment, the people of Xuanfu were all relieved.

Along with the Yang clan members, also sent to the parade ground were the wealth that the Yang clan had plundered in the border town over the past few decades.

Boxes of silver were continuously transported to the parade ground and spread out on the ground.

The white silver reflected the sunlight so brightly that it was impossible to look directly at it.

There were piles of grain piled up one after another, and the training ground could hardly hold so much food.

As noon approached, the guards from the East and West Factories, as well as Xu Chang's men, could not help but speed up their actions.

At this moment, the number of people waiting to be punished on the parade ground had exceeded 100,000.

The Yang family alone has more than two thousand members.

The number of people watching the execution had exceeded 300,000.

The entire training ground was surrounded with water.

Fortunately, the Xuanfu parade ground is big enough, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

The Oirat people who lived in the post station were also invited to watch the execution.

Looking at the huge crowds of people on the parade ground, the Wala people were secretly shocked.

The Wala people had never experienced such a grand scene before.

I wonder what these Ming troops want to do by gathering so many people together?
Bolohan's heart was beating fast. He had a premonition that today he would probably see a scene that would be unforgettable for his whole life.

In addition to the Oirat people, the civil and military officials who followed Zhu Youtang in the expedition were also required to watch the execution, including those who had already been convicted and arrested.

These court officials will be taken back to the capital and executed there.

Today's situation for the rebellious soldiers in Xuanfu will be their tomorrow.

Xu Pu, Liu Daxia, Qi Wang, Cheng Siyun, Yu Jian... and others, wearing shackles and chains, knelt beside the parade ground, enjoying the best perspective to watch the execution.

Their mood was not much better than that of the soldiers waiting for their punishment on the parade ground.

His face was also filled with sorrow and looked as pale as death.

The parade ground in Xuanfu was very lively, but inside the Xuanfu government office, it was much quieter.

When Mona woke up from her bed after a good sleep, the sun was already high in the sky.

Mona looked at the unfamiliar environment and was in a daze for a moment before she realized what had happened last night.

"what!"

Mona sat up suddenly and looked around, but did not see Zhu Youtang.

Mona breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned again.

This contradictory behavior reflects her conflicted mood.

"Yijin, you are awake, please wash up."

The Oirat maid who was waiting nearby saw that Mona had finally woken up, and hurried over to help Mona dress and wash.

This time, Mona did not wear Hu clothing, but changed into Han clothing.

After finishing washing and dressing, the Wala maid reminded.

"Yijin, go and pay your respects to His Majesty first."

"understood."

Thinking of Zhu Youtang, Mona took a deep breath and tried to calm the complicated feelings in her heart.

Mona is now very conflicted about her feelings towards Zhu Youtang.

I feel helpless, yet hopeful.

Both irritable and a little scared.

But things have been decided, what else can she do except accept it?

Mona has been living on the grassland for a long time. She doesn't like delicate makeup or complicated headwear.

So Mona didn't put on any makeup, but simply tied her hair up and went to pay her respects to Zhu Youtang.

When Mona arrived at the side hall where Zhu Youtang was, Zhu Youtang had already changed into court robes and was discussing matters with Mou Bin.

"Still no news from the capital today?"

Mou Bin bent his waist slightly, lowered his head and replied, "Your Majesty, there is no news."

Zhu Youtang frowned and his eyes turned gloomy.

Ever since Zhu Youtang was attacked at Tumu Fortress, no scouts from the capital city had sent reports of court affairs to Zhu Youtang for his personal review.

At first, Zhu Youtang thought that there was nothing important happening in the capital these days.

But no one from the capital came for several days in a row, and Zhu Youtang felt something was wrong.

Moreover, Zhu Youtang didn't know whether there was a problem in the capital or the defenders of Juyongguan had also rebelled, which caused the news to be unable to be conveyed.

Juyongguan is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

After Juyong Pass defender Luo Xin rebelled and occupied Juyong Pass, relying on the geographical advantage, it was impossible for an army without 20,000 troops to pass through.

The problem Zhu Youtang was facing now was that, either after suppressing the Xuanfu mutiny, he would immediately lead his army to break through Juyongguan and return to the capital.

But this would seriously delay Zhu Youtang's plan to retake the entire border town.

Now Zhu Youtang has assembled 150,000 troops in the border town. It is a good time for Zhu Youtang to recapture the border town and regain control of the north. According to Zhu Youtang's idea, after he put down the Xuanfu mutiny.

He is about to lead his troops to Datong Prefecture to quell the mutiny there.

Because according to the investigation of the East Factory, Guo Pan, the lieutenant general of Datong Prefecture, also participated in the mutiny initiated by Yang Tong.

After pacifying Datong, they went to Sanguan Town, Yansui Town, Guyuan Town, Suzhou Town, Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town in turn.

After inspecting all nine borders, the entire north was under Zhu Youtang's control.

If we return to the capital only after pacifying Xuanfu, it would be a waste of the opportunity to inspect the border towns, and the threat in the border towns would not be completely eliminated.

But if we don’t return to Beijing and want to get in touch with the capital, we will face the problem of dividing our troops.

Should we send someone to lead the army back to the Inner Great Wall to open up Juyong Pass?
However, the method of dividing the troops only flashed through Zhu Youtang's mind before he rejected it.

Zhu Youtang had already suffered a loss once due to the issue of dividing his troops, so no matter what, Zhu Youtang would not divide his troops again this time.

According to Zhu Youtang's plan, after inspecting all the border towns, he would be able to recapture the three inner passes including Juyongguan when he led his troops back to the capital.

It neither wastes time nor affects the overall situation.

But if it really drags on until that time, he will completely lose all news from the capital during the time he is patrolling the border towns.

Moreover, if something really happened in the capital, it would be useless even if Juyongguan was captured. We would have to fight another battle to defend the capital and lead the army to capture the capital.

Zhu Youtang closed his eyes and thought for a long time, but he really couldn't think of any good way to have the best of both worlds.

As the saying goes, "The deeper the truth, the more severe it is; the shallower the truth, the more revealing it is." Since we have lost news from the capital, let's just ignore it for the time being!

First, we must take control of the military and political power of all the northern border towns!

By then, even if there was a problem in the capital, Zhu Youtang could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops from the border towns to march south at any time and flatten the capital in one fell swoop!
After his thoughts came into focus, Zhu Youtang opened his eyes and gave orders calmly.

"Since we can't contact the capital, let's put the capital's affairs aside for now and focus on patrolling the border."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youtang raised his eyes and saw Mona standing at the door, so he waved to Mou Bin.

Mou Bin bowed and respectfully said, "I'll take my leave."

Mou Bin walked back out of the side hall, and when he passed by Mona, he took the initiative to bow to her and said, "I am honored to meet the Choros Consort."

Mona was startled and nodded to Mou Bin quickly: "No, no need to be polite."

After Mou Bin left, Mona walked into the side hall and came to Zhu Youtang to pay her respects.

"Um... Concubine, I greet your majesty."

Zhu Youtang stretched out his hand: "Get up."

Mona held Zhu Youtang's hand, stood up, and sat next to Zhu Youtang.

"How is it? Does your body still hurt? You kept complaining about the pain yesterday, and I didn't dare to use too much force."

A faint blush suddenly appeared on Mona's wheat-colored skin.

She twisted her body uncomfortably and turned away from Zhu Youtang: "It doesn't hurt anymore. We women who grew up on the grassland are not that delicate!"

Zhu Youtang smiled and didn't dwell on the issue any more: "It's good that you're fine. Go back and rest first. I'll come back to see you after I finish my work."

It was almost noon, and Zhu Youtang was ready to set out to the parade ground to preside over the execution.

Mona turned around, grabbed Zhu Youtang's sleeve, raised her head, with some expectation and begging in her eyes: "You want to go out?"

"Can you take me out with you?!"

"It's so stuffy and boring in this yard. I don't want to stay here alone!"

Zhu Youtang looked at Mona's begging expression and felt like he was raising a pet.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Zhu Youtang patted her head and said, "Okay, let's go together."

"Great!"

Mona stood up excitedly and urged Zhu Youtang: "Then let's go now, let's go! Let's go!"

Zhu Youtang curled the corners of his mouth, walked out of the side hall with Mona, and sat on the dragon sedan chair.

Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan was very large, enough to seat four or five people.

Two people sitting in it don't feel crowded at all.

"Go to the Xuanfu training ground!"

"Get started!"

Following the young eunuch's chant of salute, the emperor's guard of honor set off first, with Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan in the middle.

On both sides and behind the dragon sedan, Mou Bin personally led a thousand Jinyiwei to serve and closely protect Zhu Youtang.

Soon, Zhu Youtang's imperial carriage arrived at the Xuanfu parade ground.

During this time, Mona lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked outside curiously.

But what puzzled him was that on the huge streets of Xuanfu, there were only armed and fierce Ming soldiers, and no civilians to be seen.

It was not until we arrived at the Xuanfu parade ground that we saw the sea of ​​Ming Dynasty people.

Just as Zhu Youtang's imperial guard of honor entered the Xuanfu parade ground, eunuchs sang the salute loudly.

"The emperor has arrived!"

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of people on the Xuanfu parade ground fell silent.

Afterwards, hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers knelt down in the direction of Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan, shouting "Long live the emperor!"

"I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

(End of this chapter)