Sorrow (eight)

Will Zhu Yuanzhang stop here?

With many questions, Wu'anguo returned to the military camp. The army and horses from all walks of life were already in chaos. The officers and soldiers of the various garrisons came from here were not subordinate to each other, and the views of the chief generals were very different. Some gathered together to swear to be loyal to the emperor to the death, and everyone was punished by the rioters; some shouted that the army would not fight civil wars and had the ability to go outside the border; some were shouted that they would clear the emperor's side and scatter Fang Xiao's hatred. The veteran general Tang He did not expect this situation and inspected several degrees a day and night. The team was about to burn incense and worship Buddha without killing each other. He brought them into the city, and before they could reach the gate, the officers of various sects had already begun to join forces on their own.

Everyone gave some face to Wu Anguo, the marquis who had made great military achievements on the front line and created a new army with his own hands. Tang He recruited the battalion leader to read the imperial edict, and the generals personally checked the seal on the imperial edict, and gradually felt at ease. Since the emperor and the old generals have not broken up, there is no need for everyone to make any statement in advance. Wu Anguo took Tang He to reiterate the military discipline and declared that they should not go out at will, not disturb the people, and orders of fair transactions to stabilize the morale of the army. The people near the school were already scared and closed their doors. After hiding for a few days, they saw that the emperor sent Master Wu to pacify the army. He was active and pulled food to sell around the school. There was a peaceful atmosphere outside the city that was about to celebrate the festival.

The army was settled, but Wu Anguo did not dare to relax his vigilance. He sent out three groups of scouts and five groups to inquire about the news everywhere. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict did not stipulate whoever Tang He or him restrained him, and it was quite convenient to act. It seemed that all forces gave him face, and the news brought back by the scouts was more exciting than the other. First, Zhu Yuanzhang and everyone no longer got entangled with Chang Mao's death, and used to torture and forced confessions, and directly announced the death penalty of the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, and asked for the death of the Jinyiwei. Then, in order to show his sincerity, Zhu Yuanzhang specially wrote an edict to guilty, and said that the

He was accidentally deceived by the Jinyiwei and wrongly accused good people of the world, claiming that the royal family was not responsible for being unfairly wary of Chang Mao's death. At the morning court meeting, he accepted the suggestion of Zhou Wuyou, the Minister of Works, and divided the Jinyiwei into two departments: Justice and Enemy Information. The Department of Justice was specifically responsible for detecting whether all officials had committed corruption and bribery, but he was not allowed to take any action. He could only report the information to the Dali Department, and the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple jointly decided whether to arrest and punish the criminal officials. The Enemy Information Department was assigned to the General Secretary, responsible for the dispatch of reconnaissance of hostile acts in neighboring countries. He was only responsible for collecting information and had no right to speak lightly.

The emperor gave in the first step, and Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and other veterans could not help but express their opinions. At the suggestion of Li Wenzhong, the monarch and minister met at Xu Da's mansion, and talked about friendship with each other, eliminating some misunderstandings. Through Xu Da's mediation, he agreed not to continue to entangle the truth about Chang Mao's murder. Since a person cannot be resurrected, he won enough mourning and honor for him after he won him enough mourning and honor. Both sides basically agreed to the court that no longer insults and deal with ministers at will. However, no subjects cannot be punished without evidence, and the emperor was also under the constraints of the law. The new policy or decree must be approved by more than half of the ministers, and they will never give in.

Two days later, some navy troops stationed in Songjiang Prefecture returned to the court under the imperial edict of the prince, and the warships were anchored in Xiaguan. Cao Zhen, Fang Mingqian, Yang Zhenyu and other meritorious generals each brought their troops to protect the palace, the Prince's Mansion of the East Palace and the Minister's Mansion. Since all forces have security guarantees, they don't have to leave any room for speech and have to fight to the death. Wu Chen and other civil officials recovered from illness one after another, and the court gradually became lively. Zhu Yuanzhang generously acknowledged that the condition of the ministers was true, and he did not argue about the pursuit of Wu Sihan. The case of Zhengqing of Dali Temple leaving was in vain.

Did the emperor suddenly think about it? The progress of things went smoothly to the point where Wu Anguo could not believe it. Chang Mao's death made him completely awake, or in other words, he was completely desperate about the wisdom of royal politics in his heart. Thousands of years of imperial authority could not end so easily in his own hands. But the constant messages made him feel confused. Now the military power of the capital, the imperial guards are in the hands of Li Wenzhong, the soldiers of the guard have half of the control of him, and the navy is in the hands of the prince, and he really can't see what tricks Zhu Yuanzhang can do?

"Report, report to Master Wu, today the news came from the court. With the mediation of the old general Xu, the emperor and the old general Feng and others made an appointment for a second gathering in Lingyan Pavilion the day after tomorrow to share the friendship between the matters that year." A scout hurriedly came back to report.

Wu Anguo looked up at the calendar hanging on the wall. Today is August 13th, the day after tomorrow, that is, August 15th, the day when the Red Turban Army was launched. Zhu Yuanzhang was very good at choosing time. On such days, everyone would inevitably talk about the old ways of fighting side by side in the past. Naturally, he would not be very nervous and had a strong momentum.

"Where is Lingyan Pavilion, how many people are each brought?" Liu Ling asked alertly.

Wu Anguo took out a map from the cage and fixed it on the table with the help of his wife. The scout walked forward, picked up a quill and gently clicked on Xuanwu Lake. "It turns out that Xuanwu Lake is not that big, and this island is also connected to land. Last year, the navy defeated the Japanese. In order to facilitate the prince's return to Beijing to offer prisoners, Longsui sent people to broaden and deepen Xuanwu Lake, widening the waterways leading to the river. The lake surface doubled, and the island became an island in the lake. Small warships can go directly to the dock on the island side."

The scouts were very professional. They not only found out the information, but also found out the surrounding terrain clearly. "This island is about two and a half miles (Peking Li) from Xuanwu Gate. The Lingyan Pavilion on the island was built in a model of the Tang Dynasty. Many founding heroes were named. It is said that the scenery on the pavilion is very good, and the emperor often goes there to relax. During this meeting, it was agreed that the emperor would only bring four guards. General Feng and others did not bring guards, and they would go to the island after three o'clock in the morning."

It should be quite safe. The prince is a reliable person. He sent someone to pick everyone up to the island, and there would be no twists and turns on the road. Wu Anguo tried his best to think about possible accidents. Is Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement really that simple? Although he vaguely felt something was wrong, he couldn't think of anything wrong after thinking about it over and over again. Xuanwu Lake is in different times. In the era he lived in, the lake was much smaller, and this small island did not exist at all.

"I heard that General Xu and General Li will go there at that time. The emperor said in the morning that the old days should be the main thing, and invited everyone to eat mooncakes together." The scout saw Wu Anguo's brows furrowed and tried his best to complete the information he had found.

"You go and have a rest. The next group of people have been sent out. Let's try not to leave anything." Wu Anguo patted the scout's shoulder and signaled that he could leave. The negotiation location was not in the palace, and the number of people on both sides was similar. If the veterans started, they would not suffer any losses.

"On August 15th, we brought these brothers together to Cao Zhen's military camp and wait for news at any time. You can build me that sailboat and oar boat to follow. If there is any problem, we will be able to move." Liu Ling pulled Lawu Anguo's sleeve, and his eyes were worried.

"At this time, there is nothing scary. Let everyone prepare separately. Once something happens in the city, we will directly drive a boat with Ziyou to rescue people. No matter how cruel the brothers of the navy are, they will not fire at their commander." Wu Anguo gently touched his wife's hair, both physically and spiritually exhausted.

"Are everything ready?" In the darkness, under the red walls and yellow tiles, someone whispered.

"It's ready," a hoarse voice replied. "The little one took the waterproof fuse that was only invented last year from the War War War. Once ignited, everything will be done within a few minutes."

"Actually, all the roots are in Lord Wu. If he hadn't introduced the barbarians from foreign countries, there wouldn't be the situation today." In the dark night, Li Ruisheng, the chief supervisor of the palace guard, whispered to his master.

"Without this person, the Ming Dynasty is not as strong as today. Success and failure are at peace. It is difficult now"!

"If we use the new policy to encourage industry and commerce and use Neo-Confucianism to stabilize the country, it should be a good way. The new policy may not be completely wrong. The mistake is that there is no seniority or inferiority, and no distinction between high and low. If the king and ministers and the people are in their own duties, and they are in their own positions, men and women are on their own, and they will do their own ways, and the world will be ruled with great rule." A sharp voice is full of yearning for the arrival of the saint's world.

"What if someone is uneasy?"

"Then cut the mess quickly and kill him to set an example for everyone"!

"But this is too cruel, it goes against the way of heaven." A person with wide shoulders next to him exudes some compassion.

"Those who do big things do not care about small matters, and do not give in to the small things. The situation in Beijing is full of things, and if the handling is one day late, the country will have more risks. I sacrificed my best for the sake of peace and prosperity. I think it is worth it no matter how you calculate it."

There were no candles in the room, and everyone's faces could not be distinguished. Under the cold moonlight outside the window, the owl's grim laughter came from time to time, "Gee, gee, hahaha."

On the morning of August 15th, the sun shone brightly on the ground. In the gentle autumn wind, the faint sweet fragrance of osmanthus is brought from time to time.

"Creately made rock sugar osmanthus, sugar osmanthus," the peddler raised his voice and shouted along the street to sell.

"Big mooncakes, 20% off, with big filling and crispy skin, melting in the mouth." The mooncake shopkeeper pushed the cart around the streets.

In thousands of years of culture, the only word "eat" is the most affordable. Dumplings, pig heads, red eggs. Qu Yuan jumped into the river, so that we remember a rice dumpling. The grief and anger of "Tianwen" drifted away with the wind; the warrior died in battle, so we remember mooncakes. The festival is coming, and even the poorest families will buy two people to meet the situation. The chaos at present is the business of the gods. People have to live. The rich can go to other places to avoid the wind, and where can those who have no money hide? Then again, there is no money.

If you have no power, only one life will be left, so you don’t have to hide. If you love whoever you love, you will do it. Just treat it as yourself. If you leave your soul out of your body and watch it, you will be able to make a wonderful call from others. If you see the opportunity and take the failure, you will step on the instant you step on the side, and you may be able to be a winner. You will become a hero who founded the country or quelled the rebellion. You may not be famous in history, at least you will not have to worry about food and drink from now on.

"Of course, who should be the emperor and who should die, it's not easy, which makes me even harder to have a good holiday." A man who lost money from gambling last night stretched his waist and walked towards the house with sleepy eyes.

"That's right, it's not easy to ignite, and it's not over." A businessman with a Shanxi accent asked a chat with him. It seemed that he had just come out of the brothel, and there were two unwashed rouge on his cheeks.

Wu Anguo stood on the ship of Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, and was anxious. Time passed by minute by minute, and news came like a series of beads. "The Old General Xu left the mansion, boarded the ship and went to the island, without taking the guards."

"I saw General Fu's carriage, and I had already arrived at the lakeside and was picked up by the emperor by the ship."

"I saw the emperor's convoy leaving the palace and heading to the island."

"Seeing the Old General Feng...";

"See Marshal Li Wenzhong...";

"See General Wang...";

"See Marquis Zhang...";

It seems that everyone has gone to the island, and I wonder what kind of verbal disputes between the monarch and his ministers should be. Once this minister refuses to kneel to the emperor, the bargaining between the two sides is similar to the shareholders on the tower! Thinking of the jokes about Zhu Yuanzhang, Fu Youde and others quarrel in Xu Da's mansion that came from hearing, Wu Anguo showed a smile on his face.

"This is the best opportunity to catch everyone in one go. I always feel that Zhu Yuanzhang's actions are a bit abnormal," Liu Ling said worriedly. Growing up in a family of officials, she is more cautious about conspiracy than anyone else.

"No, I've already had a party last time, why bother to wait for this time? Besides, everyone is prepared. Haven't you seen more people doing business on the shore? There are still many small boats there." Cao Zhen handed the telescope in his hand to Liu Ling. Liu Ling raised his eyes and saw that there were more than three times more hawkers doing business on the shore of Xuanwu Lake than usual. Judging from the standing posture of these people, they are not businessmen, and their backs are all straight.

Seeing that everyone was so nervous, Fang Mingqian comforted her with a smile: "Mr. Wu can rest assured. The prince has made a guarantee. Our master brothers are also stationed not far from the lake. It should be no problem to rush over and separate the two sides. By the way, has Wu Hou seen Mr. Tang?"

Tang He? Where is he? Wu Anguo was slightly stunned. He didn't see Tang He when he came out of the military camp early in the morning. Tang He didn't go to the island in the information he sent? Could it be that he and the emperor colluded with him to make a mistake?

Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, was also a little alert. After thinking about it, hesitated and asked: "I ask my brothers to find out where General Tang has gone. According to the emperor, he should have a share of the generals on the celebration building."

"Qinggong Tower, what did you say? Say it again, how did this Lingyan Pavilion become a Qinggong Tower?" Wu Anguo jumped over like thunder and grabbed Cao Zhen's wrist.

"Qinggong Tower, what's wrong? We were there when we were in the training last year. Everyone thought Lingyan Pavilion was shouting around. The brothers of the Shui Master all called it Qinggong Tower. What's wrong? Is there anything strange?"

The fire of the Qinggong Tower, and these big words suddenly appeared in Wu'anguo's mind. The impossible story in official history was because his arrival led to all possible conditions. In unofficial history, Zhu Yuanzhang invited everyone to eat mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival, tricked Xu Da, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Hu Dahai and others into the building to burn it to death. Only Tang He had a good relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang, followed Zhu Yuanzhang to escape by urinary tract, knelt on the ground and asked to save his life, so he escaped.

"There is a fraud. The emperor who went to the island was fake, or he didn't go to the island at all." Wu Anguo shouted loudly, turned around and ran to his boat, untied the ropes while calling the scouts to come to the island to save people.

"What's going on? Brother Wu, what's wrong?" Cao Zhen and Fang Mingqian chased each other tightly, shouting while running.

"Hurry and drive the boat to the island to save people, let the navy block the lake, and don't let any army get close to you." Wu Anguo shouted and reached out to catch Liu Ling who jumped onto the boat.

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted on the shore, "Brother Wu, Brother Cao, hurry up, save people, Mingqian, lead the troops and follow me." The prince Zhu Biao and a few bodyguards ran on the horse's back and were out of order. It was obvious that he had just received some bad news.

"Don't panic, Cao Zhen is here." Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jinghai, soared into the air from the bow of the boat. The Wudang ladder was clouded and his body fell to the shore like a bird.

"Aren't there a boat around the island?" Fang Mingqian shouted anxiously.

"The boatman who sent everyone to the island was bribed by his father and the boat will be sank to the bottom of the lake. The father wants to Explode the island. Brother Wu quickly goes to save people. Ziyou, Mingqian, Zhenyu, and take people to the palace to persuade his father." Crown Prince Zhu Biao gasped and said, "At this time, the lakeside was already in chaos. The guards who were ambushing the shore and the palace guards sent by Zhu Yuanzhang met with the sound of muskets.

"Save people" several scouts shouted in unison, and several pairs of thighs were pedaling hard, and Wu'anguo's boat popped out of the river like a pike. Liu Ling was not strong enough to step on the oars, so he got into the cabin and found a spatula. "Ping, Ping, Pong, Pong" and beat it hard. With the drum beat, the boat became more and more urgent, and drove along the artificial waterway into the lake entrance like a dragon, heading straight to the Qinggong Tower.

Prince Zhu Biao had never seen such a fast boat before. He was stunned for a moment, with a hint of relief in his eyes. He stomped his feet and rushed to the palace with Cao Zhen and others.

The veterans on the island heard the gunshots and stood up at the same time. The emperor came very late today, avoiding everyone from afar, sitting on the dragon throne without talking about the main topic except to raise glasses to everyone frequently. The four guards also said nothing like wood. At this time, the gunshots sounded, and the emperor on the dragon throne actually shrank under the table. Zhu Yuanzhang is a man of many battles, how could he be so bearish? No need to ask, this emperor is just a substitute, no wonder he dares to speak more.

Everyone hurried downstairs, and when they arrived at the shore, they complained without realizing it. There were still many big and small boats. Several whirlpools in the lake were still there, and the sinking ship bells could be seen through the water.

"What a cruel emperor!" Xu Da sighed and sat on the stone bench by the lake. In addition to Li Wenzhong, the youngest of them were nearly 60 years old. He wanted to travel back to the other side. He probably was frozen by the lake after drowning halfway. Besides, the other side was busy, and he could only replenish a bullet for everyone, so he could ask Zhu Yuanzhang for credit and reward.

"Boat, boat"! Zhang Yi, Hou of Heqing, pointed to the other shore and shouted. Everyone followed his voice and looked to the shore. Several small boats were sailing towards the lake. They took a few steps, stopped, walked a few steps, stopped, and stopped. It seemed that there were also people on the boat fighting, struggling to compete for the control of the ship.

"Everyone saves energy, I, Li Wenzhong, can't help everyone. I didn't expect the emperor to be so cruel. The emperor is prepared this time. We are on the shore. Is there any place to run?" Li Wenzhong, the commander of the imperial guard, said dejectedly. He came to accompany him to make everyone feel at ease. Originally, he thought Zhu Yuanzhang was his uncle, and he also took care of his safety. Now it seems obvious that the emperor who just designed to kill his adopted son would not frown more if he killed his nephew.

"Don't panic, we're here." Liu Ling's voice came from behind the island like a sound of nature. At this time, this little evil woman who once gave everyone a headache now looks more pleasing than Guanyin Bodhisattva. Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, the veterans who had been through the battlefield did not care about their dignity, lifted up the hem of their official uniforms, and jumped up before the ship could dock.

Following everyone except for the four guards and a fake emperor, Wu'anguo turned the bow of the ship and rushed forward. At this time, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The legendary conspiracy was also cracked. In his exhausted eyes, Xuanwu Lake was picturesque, official history, unofficial history, legends, rumors, and everything was separated from the Ming Dynasty in this time and space. After today, the Ming Dynasty in front of him will completely break up with the Ming Dynasty in history and open a new chapter.

The time was coming, and at Xuanwu Gate, the veteran Tang He looked at the hand clock, and his eyes were full of tears. The leads of the cannon were burning slowly. He could not see that the boat of Wu'anguo on the back of the island had already left the shore. Even if he saw it, he didn't want to care. His mission was to set off the island. The king's orders were to follow. As for what was on the island, everyone had nothing to do with him. Several shells flew over and hit the Lingyan Pavilion accurately. The fire buried around the building was ignited, and explosions were heard one after another, and the flames and smoke mixed with rubble rose from the lake.

All the people fighting by the lake were stunned by this scene. Some people were unable to stand firmly and sat on the ground shakingly. The knife in their hands fell off. The huge waves caused by the explosion roared towards the shore like a wall of water. People who did not rush to dodge in the future overturned the ground.

A small boat was floating up and down in the huge waves, sometimes pushed to the top of the waves, sometimes being dragged into the bottom of the waves.
Chapter completed!