Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 3 The Evil Palace _ Chapter 3 Justice
Shi Heng’s IQ
There is a sentence that is perfect to describe Shi Heng - he has a simple mind and well-developed limbs. His IQ and force seem to be inversely proportional, just like Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms game setting, who has high force but low intelligence.
He was able to successfully seize the door because of Xu Youzhen, and he was able to defeat Xu Youzhen because of Cao Jixiang. Now that Yu Qian is gone and Xu Youzhen is gone, he finally reveals his stupid face that didn't understand anything.
One of the signs of stupidity:
Once, Shi Heng took two of his young officers to see Zhu Qizhen in a swaggering manner, speaking very casually. When Zhu Qizhen saw this, his face immediately darkened. After all, this is the emperor's place, not a vegetable market, what the hell.
How do all the cats and dogs come in?
He asked angrily: "Who are these two people? What are they doing here?"
Shi Heng said nonchalantly: "They are my closest subordinates. I hope the emperor will promote them."
Zhu Qizhen's patience was almost at its limit, but he still said patiently: "This matter is not urgent. Let's talk about it another day."
Shi Heng, however, refused to give up: "Please approve it today, Your Majesty."
Zhu Qizhen glanced at Shi Heng coldly and finally agreed to his request. But the seeds of anger had been deeply planted.
Stupid manifestation two:
Shi Heng's nephew Shi Biao, who was guarding Datong, once led his troops on an inspection tour and encountered a group of Wala people. They went up and cut them down, killing dozens of them. After returning, he had an idea and reported the result to his superiors.
Datong was a great victory, and Shi Heng used it as capital and repeatedly boasted about it.
In fact, the border troubles at that time were already very serious. Wala constantly made enemies of the Ming Dynasty and launched attacks. When Zhu Qizhen saw this side report, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to give some rewards as he wanted to seek luck, but he turned around and found
I asked Gongshun Hou Wu Jin about relevant countermeasures.
"Border customs are tight, what should we do?"
Wu Jin only said one sentence:
"If Yu Qian was still here, such a thing would not happen!"
Zhu Qizhen fell silent. Faced with such accusations, he could only remain silent.
It happened that Shi Biao's messenger was a 250-year-old. Seeing Shi Heng bragging, he also followed suit, saying that he had made countless gains and captured countless prisoners. Yue Zheng, a bachelor in the cabinet, was a person who liked to tease, so he asked him:
"You said there were countless prisoners, but where are they?"
"There were too many people to bring back, so they were all killed in the woods."
Normally, this sentence should be able to block the situation, but the envoy did not expect that this time Yue Zheng wanted to make the joke go to the end.
He took out a local map, smiled and said to the envoy:
"There is desert around here, where are the woods?"
Shi Heng's poor performance was far more than that, but this man's head seemed to be filled with water. He just didn't understand that he was just a part-time worker, and the emperor was the real boss. And something happened not long after that completely ruined his career.
A bright future.
In this year, Zhu Qizhen met a special guest in his palace. It was this meeting that solved a mystery that had been entangled in Zhu Qizhen and finally sent the returning group to a dead end.
This special guest is called Zhu Zhanzhen, who is Zhu Qizhen's uncle. He is exactly the person who was rumored to come to the capital to take over the throne. He is also the person who the returning group said Yu Qian was ready to support.
In order to dispel Zhu Qizhen's doubts and avoid being killed without explanation one day, he came to the capital to explain the situation. The host and guest held talks. The talks were held in a warm atmosphere. Both parties reviewed the traditional friendship over the years and
They exchanged views on issues of common interest. Zhu Zhanyang reiterated that the throne is Zhu Qizhen's indivisible property and expressed that he will unswervingly advocate this principle in the future. Zhu Qizhen spoke highly of what Zhu Zhanyang has done.
Contribution, hoping that both parties will have further cooperation in various aspects.
The meeting ended and Zhu Zhanzhen left with satisfaction, but Zhu Qizhen was angry.
Facts finally proved Yu Qian's innocence. Shi Heng and others were not only domineering and did not take him seriously, but also killed Yu Qian with his own hands. This person who was taken advantage of was truly a coward.
Zhu Qizhen immediately ran to question Shi Heng. Shi Heng was speechless and could only blame Xu Youzhen. However, these excuses made Zhu Qizhen even more dissatisfied. He said no more and walked away.
Li Xian, who was quietly observing from the side, was surprised to find that Shi Heng was actually the stupidest and worst person in the returning group. Compared with Xu Youzhen, his level was too low. To deal with such a person, there was no need to do anything on his own.
If he takes action, he will destroy himself sooner or later.
Having said that, Li Xian still did not dare to underestimate the enemy, because behind Shi Heng, there was Cao Jixiang.
The most cruel game in the world is the political game, because there is never a runner-up in this game. The runner-up is the loser. Only the champion can survive. Li Xian understands that he must endure before he can guarantee that he can completely defeat his opponent.
Accept countless tests and wait for the opportunity to come.
But Zhu Qizhen did not have such patience. Once, he found Li Xian alone in private and asked him a question:
"These people (this generation) interfere in political affairs and make the people who report the matter go to them first instead of me. What should I do?"
Li Xian panicked. He knew that the emperor's dissatisfaction had reached its peak and he wanted to vent, so he asked this question. However, he could not tell the truth because the time was not yet ripe.
He thought for a moment and came up with an excellent answer:
"Your Majesty, you have to decide for yourself."
Some people may wonder, isn’t this sentence a shirk of responsibility? What’s so wonderful about it?
To analyze this sentence, we must connect it with the problem. This sentence is definitely a pun. It sounds like it is for the emperor to do it himself. In fact, it means to let the emperor "do it for himself".
Take over power.
It does take too many detours to talk like this. Is it necessary?
It is very necessary, because Li Xian’s brilliance is precisely reflected here.
Li Xian is much smarter than Xu Youzhen. The reason why he speaks like this is because he knows that maybe there is a pair of ears not far away listening to their conversation! He always remembers that his enemies are not just without them.
Shi Heng, the brain, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch.
Zhu Qizhen nodded thoughtfully and stopped asking questions. He already understood what Li Xian meant. He was extremely disgusted with these returning group members. But what had happened was not enough to make him
He finally made up his mind to break with the Homecoming Group until that brief conversation in Xiangfeng Tower.
In the winter of this year, Zhu Qizhen took the obedient Hou Wu Jin and several ministers and internal supervisors to the Xiangfeng Tower. It was very comfortable to climb up and look into the distance. Suddenly, Zhu Qizhen pointed to a luxurious villa in the golden area in the center of the city and asked Wu Jin
:
"Do you know whose house that is?"
Wu Jin not only knew whose house this was, but also knew why Zhu Qizhen asked this question. As a fellow member of Li Xian and a sympathizer of Yu Qian, he decided to take this opportunity to give a strong dose of medicine to completely finish those people.
.
"That must be the palace!" Wu Jin replied decisively.
The moment he heard the answer, a hint of murderous intent passed across Zhu Qizhen's face, and he sneered and said:
"That's not the palace, you guessed it wrong."
Zhu Qizhen turned back and looked coldly at the ministers who followed him, dropped a sentence and walked away:
"Shi Heng is so tyrannical that no one dares to expose his evil deeds!"
Shi Heng, your end has come!
The downfall of Shi Heng
Shi Heng was not indifferent to the emperor's resentment. Accordingly, he also prepared his own response. Not to mention the ministers who were ambushing the emperor, he also specially appointed his nephew Shi Biao to guard Datong, while he himself took the command.
The garrison in the capital can respond internally and externally whenever there is any movement. This is a very powerful arrangement. It can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. It is indeed very good.
The battle is set up, Zhu Qizhen, please let your horse come over and see if you dare to lay a finger on me!
Shi Heng was too naive, and facts proved that Zhu Qizhen did solve him - in a way that he would never have imagined.
In Shi Heng's view, Zhu Qizhen was just an honest man who was at his mercy. It was precisely for this reason that he dared to be so domineering. Now that he was full-fledged, there was nothing to fear.
The fact seems to be as Shi Heng imagined. There was no movement at all from Zhu Qizhen. He entrusted his most trusted confidant Jin Yiwei to command Lu Gao to inquire about the news. The result was that nothing happened in the palace and the world was peaceful. It seemed that things were going well.
It seemed that it had passed just like that, but just when he was feeling complacent, he learned a piece of news that shocked him.
Shi Biao was arrested.
In August of the third year of Tianshun, Zhu Qizhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly became angry and arrested Shi Biao, who was guarding Datong, and imprisoned him. This move greatly exceeded Shi Heng's expectations and left him dumbfounded.
Shi Biao's arrest meant that all his foreign aid had been cut off. With the number of people he had now, it was not enough to hold a demonstration, let alone a rebellion. Only then did he realize that the emperor in front of him was no longer the same man as before.
After so many years of experience, that ignorant young man has become a proven political veteran.
But it was too late to regret. Shi Heng braced himself and prepared for Zhu Qizhen's next attack.
But something strange happened again. After Shi Biao was imprisoned, there was no movement from Zhu Qizhen. Shi Heng couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to do, so he wrote a letter stating that he was responsible for his nephew's crime and asked to be dismissed from office and resign.
Family farming.
Zhu Qizhen told him pleasantly, don't worry, your nephew's affairs have nothing to do with you, just live your life with confidence and boldness.
Shi Heng believed his words and stopped insisting. He gave up his intention to resign and at the same time gave up his last hope of survival.
Real political veterans are different from ordinary people. When they cook, they never stir-fry over high heat, but only stew slowly over low heat. When fighting, they never break through from the center, but always make sidesteps.
From the day Zhu Qizhen decided to get rid of Shi Heng, he had been fully prepared. In order to obtain first-hand information about Shi Heng, he instigated a person around Shi Heng, who was the commander of Jinyiwei Lu.
Gao.
Speaking of this Lu Gao, he can be regarded as a strange person. He was born in Jin Yiwei, and was nicknamed "Sui Feng Dao". He could not escape his eyes in any trouble, and his reaction was extremely fast. He was there for the defense of Beijing, and he was there for the victory.
, Xu Youzhen has been with him, and now he is resolutely standing on the front line against Shi Heng. It is really admirable.
As a result, evidence of Shi Heng's crime was continuously delivered to Zhu Qizhen's hands through Lugao, but all Shi Heng received was the comfort of being safe every day.
With the help of Lu Gao, Zhu Qizhen took care of Shi Biao and Shi Heng's other subordinates, and gradually completed the work of clearing the periphery. Now Shi Heng was alone and vulnerable. But unexpectedly,
At this critical moment, Zhu Qizhen stopped his attack and refused to attack Shi Heng.
Lu Gao was very puzzled by this. He didn't understand. Since it had reached this point, why not just deal with Shi Heng?
But Li Xian understood that Zhu Qizhen's strange behavior had been expected by him.
Li Xian knew Zhu Qizhen very well. Although the emperor had gone through political turmoil, he was still a relatively loyal person who cared about old friendships. He could not even bear to kill Yu Qian, who supported his younger brother, not to mention that he had once seduced the family.
Shi Heng’s contribution?
Li Xian knew very well that there was only one way to decipher Zhu Qizhen's last mercy, and that was to reveal the truth behind the incident! Only in this way could all these returning groups be wiped out!
Yu Qian, I will definitely get the justice that belongs to you for you!
The time has finally come. They have reached the edge of the cliff and will soon fall into the abyss and never be reincarnated.
Now, all it takes is a gentle push.
the final fatal blow
"Shi Heng is already like this, but he has made great contributions to seizing the family. It would be too much to banish them all!"
When Li Xian was ordered to enter the palace to discuss matters and heard these words from Zhu Qizhen, he immediately realized that the moment to complete the final blow had arrived.
He suddenly pretended to be mysterious and said: "To be honest with Your Majesty, someone once advised me to participate in seizing the door, but I refused."
"What!" Zhu Qizhen was immediately surprised. He immediately asked sternly, "Then why don't you participate?"
Li Xian said calmly: "Because even if you don't seize the throne, the throne still belongs to Your Majesty (the throne belongs to His Majesty). In this case, why bother to seize it?"
Zhu Qizhen was confused, what does this mean? How could I have the throne today if I didn't seize the throne?
He looked at Li Xian suspiciously, waiting for his answer.
In fact, from the day the coup took place, Li Xian had already seen through the truth of this so-called coup. He knew very well that it was actually just a scam by speculators. However, because a key issue had not been resolved at that time, he could not
The time has come to give the exact answer.
Because the key issue was solved by the meeting between Zhu Qizhen and King Xiang.
It was during this meeting that Zhu Qizhen knew that the so-called vassal king's coming to Beijing to take the throne was a fiction. He was very angry, but he did not realize that the disguise of seizing the throne had been completely removed because of this incident, until Li
Xian solved the mystery for him.
Li Xian revealed his answer to the riddle with a sly smile: "Your Majesty, don't you still know?
Why, if Jingtai (Zhu Qiyu) becomes ill, even if your Majesty is in Nangong, the world will belong to your Majesty!"
Zhu Qizhen thought for a long time and then suddenly realized it!
He finally knew the secret.
If you still don’t understand, let me explain the beginning and end of this mystery. Let’s start the investigation:
The beginning is Xu Youzhen's sentence "If you don't kill Yu Qian, the move will be nameless." If you analyze it carefully, you will find that this sentence is not simple. The reason why Xu Youzhen was able to draw such a conclusion is based on two premises.
Premise 1: Zhu Qiyu has fallen ill and may die soon. He has no son, and the throne will inevitably be vacant by then (this is a fact).
Premise 2: Yu Qian is preparing to support a foreign vassal king to come to Beijing to succeed him (this was made up by Xu Youzhen).
So Xu Youzhen came to a reasonable conclusion: seizing the door is meritorious, but treason is not guilty.
If we hadn't seized the throne and allowed you to inherit the throne, you wouldn't have known where to cool off?
Zhu Qizhen thought the same way back then, which is why Yu Qian was considered a negative example, and the Returning Home Corps was highly regarded.
However, two years later, Li Xian used facts to expose this seemingly reasonable logical trap.
Premise 1: Still exists: Zhu Qiyu has no sons, so the throne will inevitably be vacant after his death.
But things have changed here, because premise 2: has been refuted by facts, and then the most critical question has surfaced - who will the throne belong to?
And when you list all the possibilities, you will find that Li Xian's words are right, and Zhu Qizhen belongs to none other than Zhu Qizhen!
First of all, since Zhu Qiyu has no son, it is impossible for his line to inherit the throne. Secondly, the succession of other members of the royal family (such as King Xiang) has also been proven to be fictitious, so there are only two possibilities left:
1. Zhu Qizhen was reset. This is naturally the best ending for Zhu Qizhen.
2. King Yi Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne. He was the son of Zhu Qizhen and was originally the legitimate crown prince. More importantly, he was only ten years old at the time (1457), and the Empress Dowager Sun who protected Zhu Qizhen was still alive.
Therefore, the throne was passed to Zhu Jianshen, that is, to Zhu Qizhen.
The mystery was finally solved, and Zhu Qizhen realized that the real beneficiary of this so-called door-stealing incident was not him, but the returning group.
Li Xian saw that Zhu Qizhen had woken up, so he took advantage of the situation and lit another fire:
"Shi Heng and those people said they were barely able to welcome him, but how can they say they were seizing the door? The world belongs to His Majesty, so why seize it! Fortunately, the matter succeeded. If there was a shortcoming and the matter failed, their few
It’s fine if you die, but what will your Majesty do (Zhu Qiyu is still alive)?”
"If Jingtai dies and His Majesty successfully succeeds to the throne, Shi Heng and others will have no merit at all. They risk His Majesty just for their own glory and wealth!"
This is really unreasonable!
Zhu Qizhen, who had been deceived for several years, suddenly became furious. He immediately summoned his ministers and issued an edict: From now on, the word "seize the door" is not allowed to appear in any memorials. Violators will be severely punished! Those who pretend to be rewarded will be punished.
Come out and admit to receiving the punishment as soon as possible, don't wait for me to do it myself!
Shi Heng finally lived to the end.
In the first month of the fourth year of Tianshun, which was the fourth anniversary of the incident, Shi Heng was imprisoned gloriously and died miserably in prison a month later.
But before he had lived in the underworld for a full month, he met an acquaintance at the King of Hell - his nephew Shi Biao, who was also taken to the execution ground and executed in the same month.
The most brave general in the Zhengtong era ended his life. From a famous general to a treacherous minister, greed and selfish desires changed the trajectory of his life. Everyone has his own ambitions. There is no need to say more. I just don’t know what he looked like when he was in hell.
Yu Qian, a close comrade-in-arms.
The so-called gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years. But Li Xian seems to be a person who loves life and cherishes time. It only took him four years to deal with Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, and now there is only one person left in his prey: Cao
auspicious.
Xu Youzhen is resourceful and Shi Heng has military power. These two brothers are not good people. Compared with them, Cao Jixiang is really nothing. He has academic qualifications but no academic qualifications, and martial arts but no martial arts. Now the two main members of the returning regiment have been punished.
After the game, he was the only one left. For Li Xian, dealing with this remaining clown should be the easiest step in his plan, but he did not expect that this inconspicuous Cao Jixiang was not only the most difficult one to deal with, but also almost
Killed him.
Cao Jixiang’s ambitions
Shi Heng died and Cao Jixiang panicked. It's no wonder. You don't need to think about it carefully. You can understand by just counting on your fingers that it will be his turn next.
At such a critical moment, what most people would think about is to keep a low profile and survive, and be thankful to God if they can die a natural death. However, this man's thinking is really different from ordinary people. Not only does he not give in, he also actively demands progress.
He has a higher spiritual pursuit - to be an emperor.
Cao Jixiang has an adopted son named Cao Qin. Like Cao Jixiang, he has lofty ideals and is full of confidence in it. But to really get started, he needs one more thing. For this reason, he privately found his disciple Feng Yi.
Asked him a meaningful question:
"Since ancient times, have any sons of eunuchs become emperors?"
Feng Yi knew something was wrong, but after all, he was living in someone else's house, so he replied casually:
"Cao Cao."
Regarding this answer, we need to explain two points. First, this answer cannot be considered correct, because Mr. Cao Cao was posthumously recognized as emperor after his death. Second, Feng Yi probably did not expect that he had to pay the price for this sentence.
One's own life.
Cao Qin was overjoyed to have found the theoretical basis. He immediately started working with great fanfare under the guidance of Cao Cao's glorious image.
The scholar rebellion failed in three years, but Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin proved with their actions that they were not educated and were not scholars. Without saying a word, they threw off their arms and prepared to rebel. The former eunuch Wang Zhen, who had been preparing for the ceremony for a few days, dared to go to war.
The war started, and Cao Jixiang followed closely behind, planning to start the war for more than a month.
After "careful" planning, Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin formulated a simple and easy-to-implement plan (as simple as one sentence):
Cao Qin led his troops into the palace, and Cao Jixiang responded inside, killed Zhu Qizhen, and became emperor himself.
Above, the plan is completed.
Developed by: Cao Jixiang, Cao Qin.
Talents are really efficient talents.
Although this was a plan full of loopholes and no one knew what it was called, Cao Qin still had some capital for daring to rebel.
His capital is his Tatar officials.
The so-called Tartar officers are the surrendered Mongolian soldiers. Starting from the Duoyan Three Guards in the Zhu Di era, Mongolian officers and soldiers have become the most elite troops in the Ming army. Cao Jixiang once guarded the border and knew that these Mongolian soldiers were brave and fierce, so he recruited them privately
Win over the Mongolian soldiers and serve them.
To be honest, these Tatar officers under Cao Qin are indeed quite powerful, and their combat effectiveness is higher than that of the Ming army, but that also depends on who is commanding them. If they are placed in Cao Qin's hands, they will only be like the wind and the water.
But what is advantageous to Cao Qin is that there are not many troops stationed in the palace. In the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent the generals from rebelling, the procedures for mobilizing troops were very complicated. As a general, it would be difficult to mobilize one soldier at a time without military symbols. When the army is gathered, big things will happen.
Set. So, the real key to success is time.
As long as I can invade the palace city and capture Zhu Qi Town before the troops stationed outside the city are mobilized, victory will definitely belong to me!
After everything was ready, Cao Qin began the last preparation before his rebellion: choosing a date for the rebellion.
Choosing an auspicious day to plot rebellion has been a necessary task for all conspirators throughout the ages, and Cao Qin was no exception. He also showed a certain scientific spirit on this issue. Cao Qin was not superstitious about the almanac, but sought truth from facts.
He asked his comrade Tang Xu, the astronomer and professional in charge of Qintianjian, about his attitude.
Tang Xu accepted the task. He looked up at the sky and observed carefully for a long time. Then with a serious face, he told Cao Qin the auspicious day for raising troops.
In the fifth month of Tianshun's fifth year (1461), Gengzi's day was auspicious, which brought great success to the army.
Cao Qin left with great gratitude. He believed that this day was the best time to raise troops because he believed in science.
If he knew how "good" the day Tang Xu chose for him was, I'm afraid the first thing he would do during the rebellion would be to hack this man to death with a knife.
Chaotic night Gengzi day and night
Cao Qin held a banquet at his home to entertain the Tartar officials who were about to participate in the rebellion. At the banquet, he was very excited and made a wish to all the people. He hoped that everyone here would work hard to set fires and kill people seriously, so that the rebellion would be successful and the future would be bright!
Cao Qin's treat before the rebellion was not just to treat these people to a meal, he also had a deeper purpose. Because these so-called Tartar officials are mercenaries who work for money. They can betray their country and serve the Ming Dynasty. Who can
To ensure that they will not sell themselves out for more money?
Therefore, although he was chatting and laughing happily, at the same time he was staring at the people present with vigilant eyes, and asked his close associates to watch the door and be careful of people coming in and out.
Cao Qin was indeed very thoughtful, but as the banquet progressed and the atmosphere in the venue became lively, he began to feel a little numb. However, at this moment, a person who had been prepared took the opportunity to slip out.
This man's name was Ma Liang, and he was usually unremarkable. Cao Qin only knew that he was a Mongolian, but he didn't know that he had a friend named Wu Jin.
After Ma Liang slipped out, he ran straight to the court room where Wu Jin lived. It was already the second watch of the night. Wu Jin was woken up by Ma Liang who was out of breath. Hearing this, he was shocked.
Eclipsed.
But after Wu Jin panicked, he realized that there was nothing he could do, because he was alone at the moment and had no soldiers at hand. In desperation, he suddenly remembered that there was another person living in the court room, and immediately got up to find this person.
This person was Sun Boring who "was exhausted and wanted to enter the city" during the defense of Beijing twelve years ago.
He is about to become the protagonist of the night.
Wu Jin should really feel lucky, because it turned out that in this chaotic night, it was Sun Bor who played the most critical role. The strange thing is that Sun Bor did not live in the court room on weekdays, but why did he do it on this night?
Will he stay here?
What happened was such a coincidence. It turned out that just one day ago, Zhu Qizhen summoned Sun Bor and ordered him to lead the western expedition the next day. Sun Bor had packed up and was supposed to rest at home tonight, but he was unwell. In order to facilitate the next day
After setting off for the expedition, he slept in the court room.
It is estimated that this kind of situation will only happen once every few years, but after careful study, the great astronomer Tang Xu chose this day and found such a crappy guy as his ally. Cao Qin's level was really impressive.
People are ashamed.
Sun Boring learned from Wu Jin what was happening and immediately made a decision: report to Zhu Qizhen immediately.
But it was already late at night, and the emperor had gone home from get off work to sleep, and the door of the palace could not be opened until the day of the court. So when the two rushed to the closed Chang'an Gate, they had only one option left - sudden change. .
The so-called emergency was a method of communication used by the Ming Dynasty court in the most urgent situations. Once something urgent happened and the emperor had to be alerted at night, the person who presented the report should immediately write down the emergency situation in a document and stuff it through the crack of Chang'an Gate.
.And the gatekeeper should send the document to the emperor for personal review as soon as he receives it, without any delay, otherwise he will be killed without mercy!
But something unexpected happened this time. Sun Boring and Wu Jin were anxious outside Chang'an Gate, but they never put in the documents.
Because when things came to a head, these two brothers discovered that they were facing a very difficult problem.
Wu Jin spread out his pen and paper and prepared to write the memorial, but he hesitated to start writing. He just looked at Sun Boring helplessly. The reason was very simple - he couldn't read well and couldn't write.
Sun Boring was so uncomfortable with his stare that he couldn't help shouting: "What do you think I am doing? If I can write, why do I need to be a military general?"
So, these two professional illiterate people scratched their heads and scratched their heads around the white paper, jumping up and down, but they couldn't write. Seeing the time passing by, they were so anxious that they didn't care about the format of the document or the etiquette of greetings, so they wrote in large strokes.
With a wave of his hand, he wrote the shortest memorial in Chinese history, with only six characters:
Cao Qin rebels! Cao Qin rebels!
These two people really have no choice. From this point of view, universalizing compulsory education is really a good thing with countless merits.
This memorial was immediately presented to Zhu Qizhen. During the crisis, the emperor behaved very calmly. He made a prompt decision and ordered the major city gates to be closed, guarding them to the death, and immediately arrested Cao Jixiang, who was still in the palace.
This important work was completed, but Wu Jin and Sun Boring understood that the real battle had just begun. In this thrilling night, both of them would face the test of life and death.
You must know that although Cao Qin has few troops, he is still more than enough to deal with the palace defenders. If the rebels have breached the palace before the reinforcements arrive at dawn, everything will be over. Facing the uncertain night, Wu Jinhe
Sun Boring did not choose to retreat. Although they were all alone, they resolutely decided to take on the important task of suppressing the rebellion.
The two decided to go separately to find reinforcements to put down the rebellion and stabilize the situation. After the discussion, they parted and agreed to meet again one day.
But no one expected that they would never see each other again after saying goodbye in front of Chang'an Gate.
When Wu Jin and Sun Boring were running around outside the palace, Cao Qin, who was dizzy after drinking, finally discovered a serious problem:
"Where did Ma Liang go?
inside?"
In the middle of the night, on the eve of the rebellion, where could he go? A clear conclusion immediately emerged in his mind: the plan had been leaked.
When things got to this point, it was impossible to live without the other side. In an instant, Cao Qin made a decision:
It’s the other way around! Either the fish dies or the net breaks!
Cao Qin set off with his mercenaries, and Cao's Rebellion officially kicked off.
However, it was from this moment that Cao Qin began his incomprehensible and incredible performance.
According to the original plan, their destination should be the palace, but Cao Qin changed the direction without authorization. He wanted to kill someone first.
This person is Lu Gao, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, and he is also the person Cao Qin hates the most. Lu Gao used to be Cao Qin's friend, but later because the returning regiment lost power, Lu Gao turned his back and became an enemy of the Cao family. So.
Cao Qin was the first to kill him.
At this moment, Lu Gao, who was well-informed, had received the news and was about to run away, but he happened to bump into the rebels coming towards him. Without saying a word, Cao Qin cut off Lu Gao's head with a knife.
At the same time, Cao Qin also sent another group of rebels to attack Dongchaofang, because there was another important figure there-Li Xian.
Li Xian was sleeping in the morning room when he suddenly heard the noise of people outside. He knew something was wrong and was about to get up and run away, but was blocked by the rebels swarming in.
The rebels did not show courtesy to him and slashed with their swords. Li Xian was unable to dodge and was slashed in the back. The other rebels also drew their swords and prepared to chop Li Xian into pieces.
Barring any unexpected circumstances, Comrade Li Xian should have been determined to sacrifice his life for the country, but at this critical moment, a loud shout saved his life:
"stop!"
What Li Xian didn't expect was that the person who shouted this was Cao Qin.
Cao Qin had just returned from Lu Gao's house. He stopped everyone, holding a blood knife in one hand and Lu Gao's head in the other. He walked up to Li Xian and said with a smile:
"Bachelor Li (Li Xian is the cabinet bachelor), please do me a favor."
This is a horrifying scene. Cao Qin, holding a human head and covered in blood, smiled at the prey in front of him. Judging from his subsequent behavior, Cao Qin seemed to be at a loss at this time due to the leakage of the original plan.
, behave abnormally.
Li Xian finally ushered in the most dangerous moment in his life. Over the past few years, he had gone through ups and downs, overcome obstacles, and eliminated one opponent after another. However, he did not expect that this last enemy would jump over the wall and fight to the death. Now he
He had been wounded by a knife and had become a doll in the opponent's hands. What was even worse was that he was facing an abnormal person.
There is no use panicking, calm down and there will be a solution!
Li Xian regained his calm expression. He suppressed the pain of the wound, sighed and said:
"How did things come to this point?"
Cao Qin answered his question in a very vivid way. He raised Lu Gao's bloody head in front of Li Xian's eyes and said word by word:
"It was this person who forced me (and excited me)!"
Li Xian suppressed the fear in his heart and took a deep breath.
"What do you need from me?"
Cao Qin smiled. He suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Li Xian's hand:
"It is not my original intention that things have reached this point. Please help me write a memorial explaining the situation and submit it to the Emperor."
Li Xian never expected that this man would make such a request. However, this man was so vicious that he might have a ghost-headed sword waiting for him after he finished writing. In order to buy time, he said in a pretentious manner:
"I can write, but there is no pen and paper here."
A strange smile appeared on Cao Qin's face again, and he pointed at a person outside the door who was trembling with fear:
"It doesn't matter, he has."
The second hostage captured by the rebels was Li Xian's best friend - Wang Ao, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
At the same time, Wu Jin and Sun Yi, who were acting separately, were seeking support in the dark night, but the situation disappointed them. There were many civil and military officials living outside Chang'an Gate. When they heard the noise, no one came forward. It seemed that they should take action when they should
Taking action is sometimes just the code of conduct for Liangshan bandits.
Wu Jin had no choice but to go home, find his cousin Wu Cong and several servants, and run towards Dong'anmen. He was well versed in the art of war and knew that Cao Qin would definitely rebel tonight, and if the rebels wanted to capture the emperor,
To control the situation, the target of the attack must be the gate of the inner city, so he prepared to go in that direction to inquire about the movement.
But once he left, he could not come back.
Sun Boring on the other side was also confused. He searched everywhere with no results. In desperation, he went to the home of Taiping Marquis Zhang Jin and asked him to lead his servants to help in the battle.
Zhang Jin is a military general and has many servants at home. It would be a good idea if he could stand up. But if Sun Boring went to find this dear friend at this time, it can only be said that he was dizzy.
Because this Zhang Jin is the son of Zhang Fu, a member of the Homecoming Corps!
Although Zhang Fu died shortly after seizing the door, his son had not yet had the consciousness to defeat his father, so he ignored Sun Bor who came to the door, and Sun Bor had no choice but to leave.
Some people may notice such a strange thing: Isn't Sun Bor preparing to lead troops to go on an expedition? Why didn't he mobilize those troops?
Of course, Sun Boring was not an idiot. He still had soldiers running around. The real reason was that those soldiers could not be mobilized until he got the military talisman the next day and was ordered to go on an expedition!
But now there was no other way, no help could be found, and the garrison outside the city could not be counted on. Seeing that he was about to fall into a desperate situation, Sun Bor suddenly had an idea and came up with a way.
At this moment, Li Xian and Wang Ao had already written a confession and stuffed it into the palace gate under the coercion of Cao Qin. They thought that Cao Qin was going to give up, but they never expected that Cao Qin had completely lost his temper at this time.
Got control.
Seeing that the document was stuffed into the door, Cao Qin let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that the matter was settled, but in an instant, he changed his mind and suddenly shouted:
"All the troops are gathering and attacking Chang'an Gate immediately!"
This is an order that will puzzle future generations. Cao Qin's rebellion plan has been exposed. I believe he himself knows that this apology document cannot fool Zhu Qizhen or deceive the city gate. And brother, you are asking for apology.
Yes, why bother fighting?
In any case, he took action, but although his Tatar officers were brave, they were unable to defeat the defenders of Chang'an Gate. In order to break the deadlock, Cao Qin set fire to the city gate, but the defenders were also prepared. They used bricks to
Blocking the city gate also had the function of preventing fire. Cao Qin anxiously circled in front of the gate several times and repeatedly mobilized his troops to attack, but he couldn't get in.
Cao Qin completely lost control. He suddenly abandoned Tartar and ran back to find Li Xian and Wang Ao alone.
The two brothers were ordered to finish writing the documents. They were in a state of panic when they suddenly saw Cao Qin running in with a knife in hand.
Li Xian knew something was wrong, so he stood up immediately and shouted to Cao Qin:
"What do you want to do?"
Cao Qin didn't say anything and answered the question with his actions - he raised the bloody steel knife.
At this point, there is nothing we can do.
But Li Xian waited for a long time and found that the knife was never cut down.
Mr. Cao Qin seemed to have suddenly changed his mind. He viciously told Li Xian to be careful, and then hurried away.
Li Xian and Wang Ao, who were so scared that they were sweating, breathed a sigh of relief. They fell into the hands of this mentally unstable guy, and they had no choice but to accept their fate.
At almost the same moment, Sun Bor brought his two sons to the military camp. Facing the patrol, he did not show his military symbols, but he used enough energy to sink his energy into his Dantian and shouted:
"Someone has escaped from the prison of the Criminal Department! Everyone, hurry up and catch him. If you catch him, there will be a heavy reward (the last sentence is very important)!"
The sleeping soldiers were woken up by him. Many people ignored him, but some soldiers got up after hearing the sound, picked up the guy and followed Sun Boring away (how could you miss the opportunity to make money). Afterwards, according to statistics, Sun Boring
This voice called out two thousand people, and it was these two thousand people who finally stabilized the situation and put down the rebellion.
Sun Boring brought two thousand volunteers who wanted to get rich to the vicinity of Chang'an Gate, and then revealed his true purpose:
"Did you see the fire at Chang'an Gate? That's Cao Qin's rebellion! If you all fight hard to kill the enemy, you will be rewarded heavily!"
The soldiers who originally wanted to kill the prisoners realized that they had been fooled, but since they had come, they could not go back empty-handed. The rebels were also human beings, and they could not beat anyone, as long as they had the money to get it. So everyone rolled up their sleeves and held back.
With all his strength, he rushed towards Chang'an Gate.
However, when Sun Bor arrived at Chang'an Gate, he discovered that Cao Qin and others had already withdrawn. He immediately lined up and followed the rebels' tracks.
It turned out that Cao Qin saw that Chang'an Gate could not be captured, but it was almost dawn, so he decided to change direction immediately and attack Dong'an Gate.
However, on the way to the march, he met another man rushing to Dong'anmen - Wu Jin.
Everyone was armed and full of murderous intent. They knew what they were doing without introducing themselves, so they started fighting without saying a word. At this time, there were only five or six people around Wu Jin, who was no match for the rebels, but he had no fear.
, fought desperately with the rebels, and died of exhaustion.
This former comrade-in-arms of Yu Qian finally died on the eve of the destruction of the Returning Regiment, and he was unable to see the final victory.
Cao Qin killed Wu Jin, led the rebels to Dong'an Gate, and began a new round of attacks. Like Chang'an Gate, he used fire attack this time to burn down Dong'an City Gate.
Cao Qin originally thought that Dong'an Gate was easy to attack, so he ran in a big circle, but he really didn't expect that the actual situation was exactly the opposite.
The guard of Dong'an Gate did not block the door with bricks, but thought of a more ingenious method. Cao Qin set a fire outside, and he was not idle. He actually found wood and set another fire inside! In this way, the fire was strong
It grew bigger and bigger, forming a sea of fire. Not to mention the rebels, even rabbits could not get in.
Cao Qin was once again in trouble. At this moment, Sun Bori, who was following him, arrived. Seeing this group of brothers having a bonfire party in the middle of the night, he immediately took advantage of the situation and launched an attack.
Ordinarily, at this point, the rebellion should be over soon, but the combat effectiveness of Cao Qin's Tatar officials really surprised Sun Bor. These Mongols were still very brave even when they were at the end of their rope. Although they were small in number, they could
With one against ten, Sun Bor relied on the strength of the people, and Cao Qin relied on the fierceness of the people. The battle started from Dong'an Gate to Chang'an Gate, from early morning to noon, and the fighting stopped, and the fighting never stopped.
It was a strange day. The ministers had already received the news and hid at home instead of going to court. The common people did not go out for a walk on the streets. They all stayed at home and opened their windows to watch the excitement on the street.
Cao Qin suffered the most. He had no way out. In order to break out of the encirclement, he gathered more than a hundred cavalry and launched a final charge towards the encirclement.
However, Cao Qin's trick was too childish in front of the battle-hardened Sun Bor. He immediately arranged for a large number of archers to stand at the front of the team and shoot all those who charged on horseback. The two sides once again reached a deadlock.
This ridiculous rebellion has lasted for twelve hours. Cao Qin never expected that it would end up like this. As time went by, Cao Qin found that the Tartar officials were becoming more and more effective in fighting.
It's no wonder that they are weak. After all, rebellion can be considered physical work. The Tartar officials have missed their midday meal because of the rebellion. Who can bear it if this riot continues?
In desperation, Cao Qin fled back to his home. Sun Bor, who followed, immediately led his troops to surround Cao's family and launched a general attack. Seeing that the situation was over, Cao Qin threw himself into a well and ended his life.
The officers and soldiers who entered Cao's house didn't seem to have had enough of it, and they killed everyone in the Cao family, big or small (probably because they took away a lot of things, and they killed them by the way).
This was the final fate of the powerful Cao family.
Finally, I will add the results of a few people: That night, Zhu Qizhen held a meeting at the Meridian Gate and announced that Cao Jixiang was sentenced to death (note: execution at Lingchi). Also executed with him was Feng Yi (Mr.
Said a sentence), Tang Xu, an astronomer who is not good at business (in fact, I think he should be regarded as a meritorious official).
At this point, after five years of thrilling and fierce struggle, all members of the Returning Corps were wiped out, and justice was finally served.
"Yu Qian, justice still exists in the world!"
On that starry night, Li Xian smiled.
Li Xian had been in power for more than thirty years. Although he had gone through ups and downs, he was able to persevere and never change his ambitions, and eventually achieved great success. He was an official at least Bao, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and a bachelor of Huagaidian. He died of illness in the second year of Chenghua (1466), and his name remained.
Qing history.
Shi Zan:
How great! What a talented prime minister!
The story of Li Xian has come to an end, but what happened after his death is even more exciting. It is said that this bachelor hired a son-in-law named Cheng Minzheng. Thirty-four years after his death, his son-in-law presided over a scientific examination with unique ideas.
There was an exam question that stumped almost all the candidates in the world. In that year, only two people could answer the question.
But the irony is that the two people who answered the exam questions not only did not achieve great success, but completely changed their destiny and left completely different traces in history. Among those two people, one was named Tang Yin