Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 284 Why Are You Yelling So Loudly?
The moment the angry voice entered their bodies, the guards almost fell into a state of confusion.

Most of them were from middle and lower-level officials, or even children of common people. They were all talented people with outstanding intelligence and good looks, and passed the military examinations through their own efforts.

Their every move not only affects their personal future, but also involves the fate of the entire family. If they are not careful, the entire family will be wiped out.

Legally speaking, they certainly cannot submit to the traitor who is plotting rebellion. Who knows whether the traitor can stay in power.

But the Prince Li Hao before them was not only the crown prince personally appointed by His Highness, but also a great hero who had returned from borrowing troops from the Celestial Empire and successfully expelled the Tartars. He was also magnanimous and gave them a chance to live...

The aura of prestige surrounding this prince seems to have surpassed that of the aging King.

The imperial guards looked at each other, and after comprehensive consideration, there was only one answer.

A sharp sword fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

With the first person taking the lead in surrendering, the second, the third... more imperial guards followed suit, and they no longer had any psychological burden.

More than a hundred imperial guards who were originally enemies instantly became supporters of the prince. Even some palace maids and eunuchs took the opportunity to kneel on the ground and beg the new ruler for mercy.

Now, the old king only had six supporters left, including concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs.

Seeing that he had become a real "lonely man", Li Zong was so angry that his face turned red. He raised his trembling hand and pointed it at "Li Hao", as if he wanted to use his dry fingers to shoot out a stream of true energy to shoot his rebellious son to death.

However, Li Zong was just a mortal, a weak old man who could be overthrown by a violent coup.

Of course, the palace coup did not end here.

People who often participate in coups know that after seizing power, they must justify their actions and it is impossible to just kill the old king.

The dangers of regicide can be seen from the Sima family. For decades, the Western Jin Dynasty could only share government with a group of profit-seeking villains. They had to rely on the power of the royal family to stabilize the country, which eventually led to the Rebellion of the Eight Princes...

However, Cao Cao's method of being a puppet monarch was deeply "loved" by people throughout Korea.

After all, North Korea has experienced many coups, and people are used to it.

Although the old king was able to save his life, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be honored with the title of "Grand King". However, the entire process of the coup had to be whitewashed.

Long before the coup began, the bigwigs familiar with the "coup" had written a successful script -

Although the remnants of the Tartars fled, the pro-Tatar faction in the royal capital was unwilling to see their future destroyed.

On the surface, they paid the fine to save their lives, but in fact they were secretly colluding with the rebels and using large sums of money to bribe the palace guards in order to paralyze the king's vigilance.

Finally, late at night when the victory was being celebrated, the rebels discovered that the palace's defenses were weak, and gathered thousands of rebels to attack the palace gates.

Fortunately, the prince's direct troops were smart and brave. They contacted brave warriors everywhere and rushed into the palace to rescue the prince. Finally, under the wise leadership of the prince, they defeated the rebels and restored order in the palace.

But what was worse was that the rebels broke into the king's bedroom and almost killed him.

Although the Crown Prince led the righteous soldiers to protect the king at the risk of his life, the king was frightened by the horrific formation of the rebels and lost his mind for a while. He only woke up for a short while in the early morning.

The old king knew that he was weak and could not govern the country normally, but the prince was loyal, brave and courageous. He first borrowed troops to return to the country to expel the Tartars, and then came to the rescue of the king to quell the rebellion. He was capable of taking on the heavy responsibility.

"The rebels have been eliminated. His Highness has ordered the writing of the 'Teaching Letter' and has entrusted the throne and state affairs to His Highness. I trust that His Highness can lead Joseon to a bright future."

A player shouted in Korean at the imperial guards, palace maids, and eunuchs.

Another player shouted, "Did you hear that?"

The hidden threat in the roar was about to burst out. If anyone dared to disobey the order of the "new king", I am afraid that the whole family would have to go to hell together.

"understood……"

How could these servants who depended on the king's power dare to say no? They kowtowed like crazy immediately.

Many people have begun to call "Mashed Potato" "Your Highness", and some even cried out with tears in their eyes, "The king's grace is great", which made players think that they were grateful people shouting for the general's kindness.

Submitting to the new king in front of the old king was like an honest man breaking the ice of taboos. The eunuchs tried their best to be proactive and get the royal decree and imperial seal for "Mashed Potato".

The content of the "teaching" is almost the same as the conception of the "script". It is given to the player with the best calligraphy skills, who writes standard traditional Chinese characters from right to left and from top to bottom like a printer.

Finally, on the left side of the book, write the reign title of the Celestial Empire: December 12, the 12th year of the Chongzhen Emperor...

At this point, the undercover agent "Mashed Potatoes" or the fake person "Lee Hao" sent by the Beiwei Army to North Korea officially became the king of North Korea.

As for Li Zong, who was "promoted" to the Supreme King, he would be placed under house arrest in a side hall and would not be allowed to step out of the palace until his death.

The bodies of all our enemies and friends who died in the battle were carried out of Shenwu Gate, and their families were allowed to claim them early the next morning.

Some players continued to close the palace gates, while others supervised the eunuchs and palace maids who stayed up all night to clean up the bloodshed of the coup.

Since the players attacked the palace at the same time, no one inside the palace escaped to report the news, and it only caused a lot of noise.

Officials outside the palace knew what might have happened inside the palace last night, and they speculated whether the royal family had held a celebration dinner or some conflict had broken out...

Officials went to the palace gate one after another and lined up according to their rank, waiting for the palace gate to open before entering the government hall to discuss state affairs.

However, the imperial guards who opened the palace gates that day were almost all strangers. They were extremely strong and looked like Tibetan mastiffs and corgis compared to the previous "old people".

As soon as the officials entered the palace gate, they smelled a faint smell of blood that was difficult to wash away. There were obvious traces of knives and arrows on the palace gate and floor tiles, and there were even faint stains of blood in the corners of the threshold.

It was clear that a fierce fight had broken out!

An ominous premonition arose in the hearts of the officials. They stepped into the Qinzheng Hall cautiously and waited quietly for His Majesty the King to appear.

However, the officials waited patiently for a full half hour, but His Majesty did not arrive. It was winter, the doors of the government hall were open, and there were no braziers inside to keep warm. The officials inside were shivering in the cold wind, and their exposed hands seemed frozen, almost unable to feel.

Just as everyone's patience was exhausted, a young man in a prince's scarlet robe appeared.

The young man came over surrounded by dozens of armored soldiers with swords.

This familiar yet unfamiliar face instantly caught everyone's attention, just like the gentle little follower who had always followed the protagonists suddenly broke off relations and made a brilliant appearance as the final big boss.

Some people's eyes widened in shock, some couldn't close their open mouths for a long time, and some people's bodies seemed to be frozen in an instant.

The young man walked up to the throne as a matter of course, then turned to face the officials and sat down calmly.

Dozens of marching soldiers were divided into three groups.

The two groups of people walked behind the two groups of officials respectively. One group of people stood in a semi-encircled posture around the throne, protecting the young man behind them on the seat.

At this moment, all the officials had only one question in their minds.

Where is His Majesty the King?

Why would the Crown Prince, who was under house arrest by the King, sit on the throne wearing the King's robes?

Could it be that the Crown Prince staged a coup and killed the King?

Some people still couldn't believe the fact of the palace coup and were still trying to persuade the prince to come down.

This is the king's throne, and the prince can only sit on the cushion under the throne to listen to government affairs.

For the Crown Prince to don the royal robes was an act of usurpation, and for him to sit on the throne without permission was treason, not to mention that bringing so many soldiers into the palace was completely against etiquette. If the King was enraged, it would be legitimate to depose the Crown Prince.

Mashed Potatoes smiled slightly, saying that the rebels had caused chaos last night, and he had made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion by leading the troops. His ailing father had abdicated the throne last night, and then ordered someone to take out the teaching materials he had prepared in advance and hand them out.

The rebels are causing chaos, the prince is suppressing the rebellion, and the old king abdicates?
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's minds seemed to explode, and they turned around to discuss with their colleagues.

That extremely authentic "teaching document" was circulated among the officials one by one. Some of them suddenly understood, some were skeptical, and some frowned.

Many people realized that the so-called rebellion by the rebels was false, and the coup d'état led by the prince was true.

Unfortunately, they had no substantial evidence, and the Crown Prince was indeed under house arrest in the Eastern Palace, so he had no chance to contact his troops to rebel.

Unless everyone in the palace has already become the prince's people.

But this is not right. The prince has been a hostage in Shenyang for three years. How could he have the ability to plan for Hanyang?

It's impossible that he had already laid a tight net when he was sixteen or seventeen years old.

Judging from the old king's past preference for Prince Li Hao, it is very likely that he deliberately allowed the prince to build up his power.

In this case, Prince Lee Ho should have control of the royal court, and it might even be that the old king gave it up voluntarily.

This instruction letter was written clearly, and the Crown Prince, holding this "letter", was already the legitimate king of Korea.

Or the prince got help from sorcerers and Taoist priests, and learned a method to confuse people's minds in a short period of time. He took advantage of the "magic power doubled" on the night of the full moon, and bewitched the imperial guards around him during the period of house arrest, and then bewitched more imperial guards, and thus killed his way to Lao Wang.

Although this conjecture is absurd, it is not impossible.

You must know that after the decisive battle between the Crown Prince and Dorgon, rumors of gods, ghosts, demons and monsters began to spread.

Rumor has it that Dorgon had a huge advantage that day and it was almost impossible for the prince's side to win.

Seeing that Korea was about to fall and the people were suffering, several masters used forbidden techniques at the cost of their own lives to summon thousands of ghost soldiers and demons who were not afraid of swords and weapons. They also used a series of unique killing moves such as "yin fire technique", "puppet technique" and "light technique" to easily defeat the powerful Dorgon.

Whether it is the theory of voluntary abdication or the theory of witchcraft, the situation points to a common fact.

The former Prince Lee Ho is now the new king of Joseon.

However, the succession of the throne was so sudden that these old ministers had no time to prepare the relationship between the next generation and the new king.

You must know that the status of the yangban comes from the power of their family and also depends on the likes and dislikes of the king.

If there is no one in the family who can become the prince's team, won't others who come later take over?
It is said that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents, and seizing their power is like wiping out their entire family. Which high-ranking official can tolerate this, not to mention that the process of the prince's ascension to the throne is full of mysteries.

How could a young king who came to power through a coup gain their loyalty? Unless the new king could offer them sufficient benefits to appease them...

However, the first thing "Li Hao" said was the reward for meritorious officials and the pursuit of traitors, without mentioning the issue of appeasement of rights and interests.

Now the officials are in a difficult position. Why should people recognize your throne without giving you benefits?
The king who is not recognized by anyone is ultimately just a prince who is in charge of government affairs.

If the prince really kills the king and usurps the throne, then they will have to establish a new king to punish the rebellious son!

An old-school minister shouted, "What was the cause of the commotion in the palace last night? Why was Your Highness, at the peak of his youth, absent from court? I believe we should go to the palace and discuss this with the king face to face. Otherwise, we will refuse to recognize the Crown Prince's unauthorized claim to the throne!"

The old minister's voice was as loud as a bell, making everyone in the hall frown.

The old minister then completely disregarded the new king's dignity as he continued to address his colleagues in a voice that was almost a roar. "The Joseon Dynasty has nurtured scholars for two hundred years! Everyone, please follow me to the palace, and ask the king to determine the truth!"

At this time, a soldier stepped forward and stood in front of the old minister. The other soldiers who stepped forward were slightly stunned, and then retreated to their original positions helplessly, sighing with loss as if the delicacies of the buffet had been snatched away.

The soldier gripped the hilt of the knife tightly with his right hand and pulled it out, while also yelling and spitting out a mouthful of saliva that covered the other person's face.

"Why are you shouting so loudly!"

(End of this chapter)