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

Chapter 223 Entering the capital and returning to the palace!

Yu Shen looked miserable after the city fell.

His hands and legs were broken and twisted into a horrible shape, with white bones protruding from the skin and blood flowing all over the ground.

All of Yu Shen's teeth were knocked out, his nose was broken, and blood was flowing from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.

What's even more tragic is that he is not dead yet!

Yu Shen was still breathing heavily, his body twitching uncontrollably.

Seeing this, the factory guards on both sides immediately took him under control.

The Shenji Camp, which climbed onto the city wall, arrested Cao Li as soon as possible.

The changes in the capital gradually subsided.

The second defense of the capital has come to an end.

The Xianzhen Camp and the Wujun Camp stood on both sides of the road, waiting for Zhu Youtang to enter the city.

The factory guards were spread across every corner of the capital, eliminating all hidden dangers for Zhu Youtang.

The Shenji Battalion occupied the city wall, and the Sanqian Battalion had killed all the Liaodong border troops, and gathered behind Zhu Youtang covered in blood.

The surrendered local troops crowded in front of the city gate, clearing a road to the capital for Zhu Youtang.

They huddled together trembling with fear, feeling nervous and uneasy, wondering whether Zhu Youtang would target them again after entering the city.

Inside and outside the city, the originally intense and noisy scene gradually returned to calm.

The eyes of hundreds of thousands of people present were on Zhu Youtang, waiting for his next order.

Zhu Youtang looked calm and was not surprised by the result.

He just twitched the reins slightly and ordered calmly: "Enter the city."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hundreds of thousands of people took orders and followed Zhu Youtang into the city!
The emperor's guard of honor walked in front and cleared the way for Zhu Youtang.

Next came Zhu Youtang riding a BMW, followed closely by Wang Zhi, Mou Bin and Liu Jin.

When Zhu Youtang walked to the sides of the city gate and faced the surrendered local troops.

The local troops on both sides of the road knelt down in front of Zhu Youtang and shouted "Long live the emperor".

"Meet His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

"Your Majesty is welcome back to the capital!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The sound of kneeling in my ears was deafening.

Zhu Youtang walked straight into the city gate without looking around.

After several months, I stepped onto the bluestone streets of the capital again.

Behind Zhu Youtang, hundreds of civil and military officials also entered the capital.
When they saw that everything in the capital was the same as before, they felt as if they were in another world.

In just over a month, they seemed to have gone through a cycle.

Along the way, they have heard too much wailing and seen too much death.

Zhu Youtang killed people along the way.

Kill wherever you go.

In the entire Nine Borders, there is no pure land where Zhu Youtang would not hesitate to kill.

Too many deaths have made them numb, and they follow Zhu Youtang like zombies.

They didn't even know how they got back to the capital.

Only after returning to the capital and seeing familiar things did they feel that they still had feelings and were still alive.

In an instant, these officials burst into tears and cried loudly!

They were feeling lucky, lucky that they could return to the capital safely!

But after all, only a few people can be thankful.

Most of the officials looked pale and numb.

These officials were the criminal officials who were ordered by Zhu Youtang to be brought back to the capital in shackles and executed.

Led by the two Shangshu Xu Pu and Liu Daxia, there were officials who colluded with the border generals, worked together with them, and were corrupt and unjust.

When they arrived in the capital, they were not excited or happy. Instead, they felt extremely frightened.

Returning to the capital city means that they will soon face trial and execution!
And behind the officials in the capital were the three thousand bloody soldiers.

After this, there were the two thousand Oirat people who came to pay tribute to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang's newly appointed concubine Mona was also among them.

Finally, a huge and countless number of horse-drawn carriages, carrying more than 37 million taels of silver, entered the capital.

As for the more than 300,000 logistics troops, they did not enter the city.

Instead, he was stationed outside the capital, waiting to receive his reward.

Zhu Youtang has always been clear about rewards and punishments, and the rebels must be eliminated without mercy.

These logistics troops who have accompanied him for more than a month and traveled to all the important towns in the nine border areas should also be rewarded well.

"Your Majesty, we have captured the rebel commanders, Yu Shen and Cao Li!"

A Jinyiwei knelt in front of Zhu Youtang's horse and reported to him.

Zhu Youtang nodded: "Take them into custody and I will settle accounts with them together."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Zhu Youtang actually didn't know what exactly had happened in the capital.

All we know is that Yu Shen and Cao Li had been standing on the city wall, ordering the troops below the city to stop Zhu Youtang from returning to Beijing.

Now that he has entered the capital, the next step is to return to the palace to find out what these daring officials did in the capital when he led his army to inspect the nine borders!

Zhu Youtang raised his eyes and looked forward, which was the direction of the imperial palace.

"Go back to the palace!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The emperor's guard of honor continued on their journey, starting from the city gate of Beijing and heading towards Chengtian Gate of the Forbidden City.

This straight long street from the capital city gate to Chengtian Gate is called Chang'an Avenue.

At this time, soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp and the Five Army Camp were stationed along Chang'an Avenue.

At the same time, a large number of factory guards are involved to ensure that this road is absolutely safe.

With the emperor's ceremonial guard leading the way, Zhu Youtang and his entourage continued to advance towards the imperial palace.

At the same time, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, who were hiding at home, also felt the changes in the situation in the capital.

After they were banished, they were no longer qualified to enter the palace to attend court and could only hide at home alone.

When they heard those thunderous shouts of "Open the city gates quickly and welcome His Majesty to the capital", they realized that Zhu Youtang was going back to the capital!
At no other time had they been as eager as they were now for Zhu Youtang to quickly take control of the situation in the capital.

When Zhu Youtang was in power, they were at least cabinet ministers.

After Yu Shen came to power, he even demoted them to minor officials.

They hated Shen to the core and wanted to grind him to ashes.

And now, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only Zhu Youtang has the power to crush Yu Shen to ashes.

Now, apart from praying that Zhu Youtang could thwart Yu Shen's conspiracy and enter the city smoothly, they no longer had any hope of turning the situation around.

Zhu Youtang did not disappoint them, and soon they heard shouts of welcome His Majesty to the capital.

After confirming that Zhu Youtang had successfully entered Beijing, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang could no longer contain their excitement.

They quickly put on their official uniforms, ran out of their homes and ran towards Zhu Youtang.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is finally back! We are saved!"

"Your Majesty! Please help us!"

"Your Majesty! Yu Shen is a traitor, Your Majesty must not let him go!"

"..."

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang cried with joy, calling him "Your Majesty" all the time. They looked more affectionate than if they had met their biological father.

But before Zhu Youtang entered the capital, he had already become wary of all the officials in the capital.

So when these two just appeared on Chang'an Street, they were immediately captured by the factory guards and escorted to Zhu Youtang in a panic.

After they saw Zhu Youtang, they couldn't stop crying and complained loudly.

"Your Majesty! Yu Shen is so daring that he disregards the moral code and the law. He is plotting treason, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! Yu Shen forcefully promoted Prince Xing to be the emperor, monopolized power, and relegated us to the bottom of society. He has no respect for the emperor or his father, and is a presumptuous subject, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! Please help us!"

"..."

When Zhu Youtang saw his two cabinet ministers crying to him with tears and snot, he immediately frowned.

"Speaking properly, what on earth happened in the capital during my absence?"

Zhu Youtang waved his hand, and the factory guards on both sides released their hands that were holding the two men.

The two people who were freed immediately knelt in front of Zhu Youtang and kowtowed repeatedly.

At the same time, he told all that happened in the capital after Zhu Youtang personally led the army to inspect the nine frontiers.

Of course, when they were telling the story, they also intentionally beautified their own behavior.

For example, they once tried to control the government by supporting Zhou and colluding with people inside and outside the harem.

But in their mouths, it turned out that southern officials launched a coup and attempted to move the capital to Nanjing.

And they had to ask Zhou to come out and use Zhou to stop the capital from moving.

But Yu Shen and those southern officials were too powerful, and they ultimately failed, allowing Yu Shen to seize power in the capital.

They cleared themselves of all blame and portrayed Yu Shen and those southern officials as heinous criminals.

Of course, from a factual point of view, they are right.

They did make a lot of efforts to prevent southern officials from moving the capital and to prevent Yu Shen from seizing power.

No matter what their real purpose was, they did help Zhu Youtang to a certain extent.

The more he listened, the gloomier Zhu Youtang's face became, and the rage in his heart grew.

Especially when Zhu Youtang heard that Yu Shen spread rumors that he was captured by the Oirat people in order to seize power.

As a Minister of War, he arbitrarily dispatched troops to the capital and seized power without the emperor's order.

He then beat to death Fu Dahai, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, in court, and forced Zhou to establish Zhu Youlang as emperor and remotely honor himself as the Supreme Emperor. He became even more furious.

Zhu Youtang actually didn't want to be angry, but what these civil servants did made it difficult for anyone not to be angry.

Could these officials who always talk about benevolence, morality, loyalty, integrity, loyalty to the emperor and the people, and the emperor as the leader of the ministers, do such things? !
In the eyes of these officials, there is no loyalty to the emperor, no respect for the emperor, and no loyalty to the emperor at all!

Yes, there is only the desire for power! The covetousness for power! The pursuit of power!
"presumptuous!"

Zhu Youtang roared angrily, and murderous aura shrouded his body.

"Return to the palace immediately and arrest all officials in the city and put them in jail!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The factory guards and soldiers present immediately received the order.

Wang Zhi, Liu Jin, Mou Bin and Gao Shun had faces as dark as ink and were filled with anger.

They immediately gave orders to mobilize a large number of factory guards and troops, and rushed to the palace quickly with Zhu Youtang!
(End of this chapter)