Chapter 515 The Emperor’s Plan

The so-called power comes from the gun. The stability of a regime has always been related to whether the ruling party firmly controls military power. For example, in Huazhou, although Zhang Liang, Yang Da, Yang Shitou and others are in charge of the army, the middle and senior officers under their subordinates all obey their command in formal procedures. These officers are all veterans who Jiang Feng came to the battlefield to fight, and they are loyal to Jiang Feng. Naturally, this army is extremely strong in Jiang Feng's hands.

In the capital, whether it was Emperor Jiajing or civil officials, they had only a slight understanding of this principle. Perhaps the world had been peaceful for a long time, or perhaps these people just wanted to take over power, not to usurp the world of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although civil officials used various methods to make the army obey their orders in military pay, they were all done.

In September of the 20th year of Jiajing, the occupied Zhangzhou City in Fujian was just a small problem for the big men in the capital. Moreover, the "Spanish Army" in Zhangzhou City did not expand externally. With the great power of the Ming Dynasty, it can be solved sooner or later, and there is no need to worry too much.

September 14th is Tang Mu Day, which is similar to the current weekend. The bureaucrats either return home to rest or have fun, and each has their own arrangements. As for the officials on duty, they are all subordinate officials, which is also the rule in the officialdom. It is pitiful to say that the officials in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, who are called "Western Party" and "pedantic people" in the court, are all these subordinate officials. The biggest one is that they have achieved the position of a minister and are not old. Because the Western Party, who have reached a high position, will be convinced by the Eastern Party, who have an absolute advantage in the court, and the emperor will retire and kick back to his hometown on the grounds that "he is old and works hard for the country for a lifetime, and should rest."

This is the system of the world at this time. Without the participation of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Ministers of the Six Ministers, all the decrees could not be decided and implemented. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the Ming Dynasty was semi-paralyzing at this time.

However, this day was a story that was false in the past. The Western Party, who did not care about official duties at all, were all staying at their posts. After some of the little eunuchs in the palace who were responsible for purchasing, walked out of the palace, they all transformed into eunuchs who were eunuchs carrying the imperial edicts.

After all, the world is still from the Zhu family. Emperor Jiajing's orders are still called imperial edicts. Zhou Lin, the governor of the Beijing Guard, has always been the ancestor of the Three Qingshu. On this day, Tang Muri, there was no need for people of his level to stay in the military camp. He gathered his six commanders at the mansion to entertain banquets.

Of course, the family banquet of the Imperial Army Admiral was full of delicacies. These martial artists were all wine lovers. After being in the capital for a long time, who would care about whether foreign enemies were attacking, and everyone was cheering and cheering. Zhou Lin also laughed and kept persuading the drink. However, Zhou Lin knew in his heart that the only one of the six commanders who were really his own people was Deng Hua brought by the Shaanxi Border Army, and the rest were children of noble families. Although they were not the confidants of the Beijing Merchants Group back then, they all rose inexplicably over the years. The people behind them didn't have to think about who they were.

Those officers were happy to drink, so naturally they would not pay attention to Zhou Lin often looking at the door with his eyes, as if he was waiting for someone.

Suddenly, a sharp voice came from outside, "The imperial edict, the Beijing Guard General Zhou Lin received the edict!"

As soon as the voice came, the lively banquet just now became quiet. Several commanders looked at each other with red faces, wondering what was going on. If the current imperial edict was not attached to the cabinet, it would not be able to be implemented at all, and the emperor would not be too lazy to make it boring.

It has been a few years since the imperial edict was released. Several commanders were still stunned. Zhou Lin and Deng Hua had already walked to the door quickly and worshiped respectfully. Soon, under the guidance of the Zhou family's servants, an old eunuch walked in hesitantly. In the past, these eunuchs who had sent the imperial edicts were all quite status in the palace. When they approached the minister's mansion, they had a sense of the Tian family's temperament, and it would be like this.

Several drunken commanders looked at each other and stood up hesitantly. After all, the admiral had already kneeled down, and it was not easy for him to stand like this. They were all kneeling behind Zhou Lin. The little eunuch watched these people kneel down. This stabilized his mind, unfolded the imperial edict in his hand, and read aloud:

"Fengtian's fortune..."

These people below, either the emperor's confidants or noble families, have heard the imperial edicts read out. Every time they were in literary words. To put it bluntly, these reckless men couldn't understand it. Except for the first sentence "Helping the will of heaven", the rest of the imperial edict was in plain language.

It is very simple to immediately detain three Grand Secretary and six ministers. These people conspired to cause trouble and endanger the country. After hearing this, the five commanders who finally knelt down were stunned, but they reacted quickly. One person immediately stood up and pointed at the little eunuch who came to proclaim the imperial eunuch and cursed loudly:

"This must be a false edict. You are such a bastard who has no eggs. The ministers of the court are all pillars of the court. Long lively emperor has not had time to rely on them, so how could he issue an order to take people!"

Although the commander was not wearing armor, he was born as a military general after all, and he had a sense of evil spirit. It was obviously the first time that the little eunuch did such a thing. He was originally unsure of it. When he saw the person in front of him, he immediately took a few steps back.

The four commanders who were still kneeling there were all suspicious in their hearts. They all jumped up and cursed that there was a false alarm, and shouted that the people in the yard were arrested by the brave eunuch who was good at delivering edicts. Unexpectedly, after calling for a long time, none of the Zhou family's personal soldiers who were guarding around the yard moved, but instead looked at them coldly.

These commanders finally realized something was wrong and wanted to run away, but they were surrounded by clumps. The weapons on their waists were handed over when they entered the door. This is why they understood that today's banquet was a banquet for fun, which was clearly a Hongmen banquet.

Someone bent down and touched his boots. The key to caution was to say that one must be careful. Although these military officers from the capital were not doing their jobs every day, they had a self-defense dagger hidden in the boots, but they were still basic common sense. But at this time, they were a little confused. Before he could touch the dagger, the Zhou family soldiers who were prepared had already taken it and kicked him down.

The remaining four people were about to curse, but they saw the surrounding Zhou family's personal soldiers showing bad looks, and they surrounded them with sharp blades. These personal soldiers were all elite soldiers selected in the battle between the Shaanxi border army and the Mongolian Tatars. They were not comparable to those Taiping soldiers in the capital. Everyone had a murderous aura. When they were forced by these people, they had never seen the bloody battle on the battlefield. The five families were stunned and surrendered obediently.

Zhou Lin, the admiral of the Beijing Guard, just put these people in house arrest and did not want to take their lives, because although these people were minions of civil servants, their families were all nobles in the Beijing area. Since the founding of the country, they have served in high positions in the army. If they were killed, they would offend a large force, and house arrest would be enough to achieve their goal.

"Deng Hua, take the Kinpi arrow and transfer troops into the city and act according to the pre-discussion!"

Deng Hua took the command arrow with both hands and agreed respectfully. Then he turned around and went out to go on a horse and rushed towards the place where the barracks were outside the city. Zhou Lin also had five thousand soldiers in the capital in the capital. However, in the past few years, Zhou Lin also knew that he could control only two thousand people, and most of the rest were mixed with sand.

However, in this Pacific Land of the Capital, these two thousand people are enough to cause storms, not to mention the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp outside the city.

The tycoons of the capital who were drinking and having fun at home suddenly heard the servants talking about the movements outside. A few eager-minded people had already reacted quickly. This was the plan of Emperor Jiajing and the old tricks of the local case were reused. These tycoons beat their chests and stamped their feet and complained that they were careless, and were still trying their best to remedy them.

The places where the ministers of the capital lived were mostly in the north city, and they gathered together. By the time they learned the news, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp had blocked this area and were not allowed to go out. However, several people let their confidants run out. In this situation, the Beijing camp could no longer rely on. If the people who were installed in the past were of use, then these officers and soldiers would not be mobilized.

There is another force that is the army of the Imperial Horse Supervision. As long as this army is allowed to express its position, it can also be announced that the actions of the Beijing camp are mutinies. The thousands and hundreds of households of the Imperial Horse Supervision are also trusted by civil servants. Taking advantage of the current mobilization of this army, perhaps there may be some actions.

In this place where the ministers gathered and lived, there was a mansion that was very strange. It was deserted and there were soldiers and yamen on duty. Apart from the people who delivered food, people were not allowed to enter and exit. Today, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp directly drove away the people guarding the gate and brought out a person from it. The man's face was a little haggard, but he still had no distinctive blushing face. Lu Bing, who was banned, was also released.

When people lying on the wall peeking into the situation outside saw this, they all took a breath in their hearts, and the tiger was out of the cage...
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