"Your Majesty must no longer hesitate. Jingxiang has secretly mobilized two thousand soldiers to enter the city. Your Majesty will not leave at this time. Once Jingxiang is asked to mobilize the Niushoushan rebel army to take over the defense of the city gates, Your Majesty will no longer be able to defend the city gates.
The opportunity has come to Jianye. I am old and it is not a pity to die, but how can I bear to see your majesty, who is ninety-five years old, manipulated by Shuzi?"
In the Chui Gong Hall in early February, there was no sign of harmony in the early spring. The walls were filled with dampness and coldness. Wang Boqian knelt in the hall and urged Emperor Shaolong to leave the capital in time for refuge.
While Wang Boqian was talking, he did not forget to kowtow "bang bang". His forehead was already covered in bruises and bloodstains, as if he was about to die defending Emperor Shao Long's dignity at this moment.
"Isn't Qian Shangduan also reliable?"
There were only a few people that Emperor Shaolong truly trusted, and the news he could know was all dictated by writing or dictation from these people. Unfortunately, Wang Boqian, Gao Chunnian and others did not bring him any good news.
The news was like a tight rope, suffocating him.
At this moment, he was like a rat in a bellows, pacing restlessly behind the desk.
Too many disturbing news came to his ears these days, and he could not sleep well. Occasionally, he would take a nap and be awakened by nightmares from time to time. Tortured by both anxiety and fear, Emperor Shaolong's eyes were bloodshot and his eye sockets were deep.
As it sinks deeper, its face becomes even more ferocious.
Even so, even if he believed that Xu Huai was an ambitious man, he was still unwilling to flee from Jianye in such embarrassment.
This is the imperial capital of Dai Viet. It should be the city where Zhao Guan covers the sky with one hand. It should be the starting point for King Zhao Guan to spread his orders to the world. How could it be so easy?
What about giving up?
"Qian Shangduan should be trustworthy, but I'm afraid Qian Shangduan can no longer control the defense of the four cities at this time, right?" Wang Boqian reluctantly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty must not forget that Zhu Hang has been in charge of Jianye Mansion for four years.
After a long time, the government army was expanded under his and Liu Yan's hands..."
At present, the defense of Jianye City is mainly divided into two parts:
The imperial soldiers guarding the palace were elite soldiers selected from the Huai army when Emperor Shaolong was granted the title of King of Huai. They followed him for many years and were trustworthy. After the Battle of Pikou, Emperor Shaolong again
Luo Wang and others were specifically transferred from the Jingnan Army to the Imperial City Division to strengthen control over the imperial palace.
It's just that the size of the imperial guards is too small, with only three thousand people, and it's a bit reluctant to be responsible for the palace garrison.
The defense of Jianye City, other than the imperial palace, is currently mainly controlled by the Jianye Prefecture Army.
After Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne, he appointed Qian Shangduan to replace Zhu Hang in charge of the Jianye Mansion Office, and also aimed to strengthen his control over the government army; especially after handing over the military power of the Suwei Forbidden Army last year, a group of mid-level and senior generals from the original Qiandi Clan
After being eliminated, the Jianye Prefecture Army was basically filled in as generals. At least in terms of the command structure, the Jianye Prefecture Army was still in the hands of the Qiandi faction.
However, the ordinary soldiers of the Jianye Prefecture Army and the middle and lower-level military officials were all in the form of corvee service. They were selected from the Jianye Township soldiers and were trained into the army in turns.
The composition of the Jian Ye Prefecture Army determines that the middle and lower-level military officials and soldiers cannot be replaced on a large scale. Basically, they are still rotated among the batch of fellow soldiers who Zhu Hang and Liu Yan expanded to build the Ye Prefecture Army at the order of the late emperor; I think
If we need to recruit troops from other places to replace them, even if the Beijing-Xiangxi clique does not obstruct it, the DPRK will not be able to come up with the money and food at this time.
Now even if the palace did not find any signs of instability in the Jianye Prefecture Army, and even if Wang Boqian did not add fuel to the fire, how could the anxious and suspicious Emperor Shao Long dare to believe that after the mutiny in Jingxiang launched, the Jianye Prefecture Army would desperately guard the gates of the four cities for them?
, to prevent the Beijing-Xiang army from entering?
Now all kinds of news indicate that Jingxiang has secretly deployed two thousand soldiers to hide in Jianye City in the past few days. Wang Boqian judged that Jingxiang will use these two thousand soldiers to control many strategic points in the city and cut off the communication between the palace and the four cities.
, and then quickly mobilized the Niushoushan Rebel Army to seize the defense of Jianye City from the government army. Who dares to say that this possibility is unlikely?
Emperor Shaolong even suspected that Jingxiang secretly mobilized more elite troops and hid them in a military camp outside the city. Once the Jianye Prefecture army was ineffective, the defense of the four cities was successfully taken over by the Niushoushan rebels, and the palace only had
With three thousand imperial guards, is it possible to escort him out of Jianye City?
"Your Majesty, you can no longer hesitate at this time," Luo Wang also advised at this time, "Wei Chujun may have been detained by Jingxiang again..."
Luo Wangnian
He was previously deployed as deputy commander of the army and horses at Jinghu South Road, and was transferred to central Beijing as the Imperial City Secretary to promote official affairs, so that the Qiandi Department could further control the imperial guards and ensure that Emperor Shaolong's personal safety would not fall under the direct control of Jingxiang.
Down.
However, Luo Wang spent half his life fighting and developed a more headstrong temperament.
How could he choose to sit back and wait for death in Jianye City when he had the opportunity to protect Emperor Shaolong from leaving the capital and heading to Runzhou to join Ge Yu's troops?
Although there are still many doubts that have not been further confirmed, he wants to seize the initiative in his own hands, so naturally "staying" is far worse than "going".
Only when they get out of Jianye City, which has become a prison at this time, can they have a brighter future.
In addition to Wang Boqian and Luo Wang, several other Qiandi generals standing in the Chuigong Hall were also anxious about the coming storm. They all advised Emperor Shaolong to make a decisive decision and leave the capital as soon as possible without further delay.
"Can you pass on the secret edict first, and let Ge Yu lead his troops to cross the river to Runzhou first?" Emperor Shaolong was like a beast trapped in a cage, with bloodshot eyes. He sat back slumped behind the imperial case, panicked and helpless.
asked.
"I'm afraid not," Wang Boqian said. "The only way is that when His Majesty leaves the capital for Runzhou, he can send someone to see Ge Yu with a secret edict. Otherwise, if there is the slightest sign of trouble, I am worried that Jingxiang will take action at any time!"
"Where is King Qi?" Emperor Shaolong asked.
Emperor Shaolong was worried that if he left Beijing, Jingxiang would appoint his nephew Zhao Yin, King of Qi, as emperor.
"When your Majesty decides to leave, you can send someone with a decree to summon the King of Qi to see you," Wang Boqian said, "but you must not leak any information. Of course, even if the King of Qi does not leave, it does not matter to the overall situation. As long as your Majesty can arrive in Runzhou safely.
, and by joining General Ge Yu, there is actually no need to worry that Jingxiang will take another desperate risk..."
Princess Yingyun and Qiao Jien are always in charge of Prince Qi's Mansion, and the five hundred palace guards are all veterans of the Harajuku Imperial Guard.
On the one hand, it is not clear whether Prince Qi's palace has been seriously infiltrated by Jingxiang. On the other hand, Princess Yingyun and Qiao Jien are both more inclined to speak for Jingxiang.
They didn't even know whether the Prince of Qi's Mansion had any plans to establish another King of Qi, so Wang Boqian thought that they could never reveal their intention to leave Beijing in front of the Prince of Qi's Mansion.
Of course, even if they could not summon King Qi to accompany them when they set out, Wang Boqian would not feel any hindrance.
Their plan was to rush to Runzhou to meet up with Ge Yu and Luo Nanguang's troops, and then spread the edict to the eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jingnan, Guangdong, Guangnan, Fujian and Sichuan that were not directly involved by the Jingxiang tentacles.
The Third Shu Road announced the move of the capital to Lin'an County, Hangzhou, in order to break away from the armed control of the Beijing-Hangzhou clique.
At this time, the main elite forces that Jingxiang and Xiang could control were mainly concentrated along the Ru River and Huai River. They were directly facing the threat of hundreds of thousands of elite main forces from Chihu and Hu. Wang Boqian believed that Jingxiang would have no choice but to accept the fact of moving the capital by then, and
You are not so arrogant as to think that by supporting the King of Qi, you can seize Huaixi, Jingbei, Jingxiang and defend yourself.
Speaking of which, the biggest mistake they made before was to hand over the military power of the Suwei Forbidden Army, so that the defense along the river outside Jianye City fell into the hands of Jingxiang, and many things had to be controlled by Jingxiang...
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Maybe the ordinary people didn't feel it, but the princes and nobles in Jianye City clearly felt the oppressive atmosphere of the coming storm.
Yingyun suppressed the anxiety in her heart and sat in the garden hall of the back garden of Prince Qi's Mansion, looking at the moonlit garden with shadows of trees. If there was any slight movement, she would worry about someone popping out of the shadows.
A soft sound of footsteps came over. Yingyun walked to the door of the flower hall and saw Qiao Jien and Qian Zerui walking from the side veranda. They went up to them and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty suddenly sent a decree to summon Yin'er to the palace. He said he was ill."
Missing her suddenly, Yingyun was at a loss and had no choice but to ask Mr. Qian to come over to discuss..."
The former emperor's former ministers, Qian Shangduan, and Zhang Xin had followed him since the time of Emperor Jianji and Prince Jing, and they all served in Prince Jing's palace at that time. They could have been the most trusted figures of the late emperor, but they all turned to Qiandi one after another.
Tie.
However, Qian Zerui stayed in Taiyuan with Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue in his early years, and even suffered so much hardship that they would rather die than surrender. Qian Zerui occupied a high position after returning to the south, and he was also honest and fair, with a noble character. He is currently the
The most important figures in the capital were the former emperor and his former ministers; after Wang Boqian, Qian Zerui temporarily served as his
The Academy is in charge of the Privy Council.
Outside, the storm was about to come, and suddenly a decree was sent to the palace to bring Qi Wang Yin into the palace. Yingyun could only ask Qiao Jien to find Qian Zerui and come to Qi Wang's Mansion to discuss countermeasures.
Qian Zerui returned the courtesy and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi is young and should go to bed early at this time. It is right for His Highness not to ask His Highness King Qi to enter the palace..."
Although Jingxiang did not publicly say what they were going to do, Qian Zerui, as a member of the Privy Council and Qian Academy, could not be ignorant of the tense atmosphere in the city, and he even felt it more deeply than the average person.
In addition to the fact that the Jianye Mansion Office has re-implemented the curfew that was suspended years ago in recent days and strengthened the inspection and control of merchants and people entering and leaving the city, the three thousand guards who originally entered the palace in three shifts were also ordered to enter the palace three days ago.
All food and accommodation are in the palace.
The Nanyang gentry were worried that the mutiny would affect Chiyu. In the past few days, they moved out of Jianye with their families and went to nearby Dangtu, Lishui and other cities to live temporarily. They were also the first to spread the news that the Qing Dynasty general in Beijing and Xiangyang was on the side of the Qing Dynasty. Jinzhuang Cheng, Wang Boqian and others were there.
Among the traitors who must be eliminated.
Qian Zerui once personally visited Wang Fan's house to question him. Of course, Wang Fan denied it flatly. However, Zhou He, Gu Fan, Wang Fan and others all reported illness in the past few days and all the houses were filled with people.
The guards were tight, which made Qian Zerui feel that the situation was serious.
However, except for the two to three hundred soldiers from the Privy Council, Qian Zerui had no manpower to further inquire about the information, so he could only sit back and watch the situation become more and more strange.
In this situation, when he heard that the palace suddenly issued a decree to summon King Qi to the palace, Qian Zerui's first reaction was of course to find an excuse to shirk it. He must not
Let King Qi enter the palace easily.
"If there is another edict in the palace tomorrow, how should we respond?" Yingyun asked.
"The edict will be sent to the palace tomorrow. It will be said that His Royal Highness Prince Qi feels cold and is still inconvenient to enter the palace!" At this juncture, Qian Zerui did not dare to let Prince Qi enter the palace. He looked at Princess Yingyun and Qiao Jien with firm eyes.
He asked, "Are the guards in the palace or Chen Fan, Geng Jingbiao and the others in charge?"
Qiao Jien nodded.
"We will also call Chen Fan, Geng Jingbiao and a few others over, so that they can take precautions and not be caught off guard when the time comes," Qian Zerui said.
Chen Fan, Geng Jingbiao and others were originally the armed imperial guards around Emperor Jianji. After the death of Emperor Jianji, they have been responsible for the safety of Princess Yingyun and King Qi. There is no need to doubt their loyalty to King Qi and Princess Yingyun, but not
Everyone has the courage to resist.
Especially when caught off guard, most generals may be frightened by the imperial edict and dare not act rashly.
Qian Zerui thought that if they made up their mind to resist the decree at this juncture, they would have to let the military attachés of Prince Qi's Mansion prepare themselves mentally for an armed confrontation in advance, instead of waiting until tomorrow morning when a new envoy would arrive with the imperial guards.
Go to the door and think of a way to deal with it.
"..." Qiao Jien was a little hesitant, worried that if the whole situation started to escalate in Prince Qi's palace first, it might be even more detrimental to Prince Qi and Princess Yingyun.
Yingyun ordered the personal maid: "Go and find General Chen and General Geng."
Qiao Jien did not dissuade him in the end, but he couldn't help but murmur in a low voice: "What on earth are Jingxiang going to do, and what kind of drama is this in the palace? Why did the noise suddenly start, and when will it stop?"
Qian Zerui smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't necessarily know more information than Prince Qi's palace, so how could he know the overall plans of Jingxiang and Emperor Shaolong?
"Before, the palace envoy went back without insisting on calling His Highness Prince Qi into the palace. Nothing might happen tonight," Qian Zerui said, "But as a precaution, Zerui could only rudely request to stay overnight in the palace's side courtyard.
It's late; no matter what happens tomorrow, I will go see Wang Fan again!"
Qian Zerui was afraid that Qiao Jien's will was not firm and that Princess Yingyun might not be able to shake up the situation, so he decided to stay in Prince Qi's Mansion to see the situation first.
Qiao Jien said: "Under this situation tonight, no one can sleep well. Mr. Qian might as well spend a few games with the old man here to endure this painful night."
After summoning Chen Fan, Geng Jingbiao and other generals to show that if the imperial edict came after dawn, they would still resolutely refuse King Qi to enter the palace to meet the saint, Yingyun was worried and turned around and ran to the bedroom to see that his brother was sleeping properly.
Ripe.
After all, she had no intention of resting, so she went back to the garden hall in the back garden to watch Qian Zerui and Qiao Jien playing chess. However, at dawn, news suddenly came that Emperor Shaolong was going to leave the capital and ordered hundreds of officials to accompany him...
