Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Luo Wang and others originally thought that even if Jianye and all the officials in the court fell into the control of Jingxiang, this was almost certain. If they had not believed that Jingxiang had already made arrangements in Jianye, what would happen?
Will they leave Beijing in a hurry? However, they successfully arrived in Runzhou City and met up with the elite vanguards sent by Luo Nanguang and Ge Yu. They thought that as long as the emperor's edict was issued to all directions, it goes without saying that Huaidong, Jingnan, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang,
Western Zhejiang will also surely take action after hearing the news.
When soldiers and horses from all over the world gathered together and the move of the capital to Hangzhou was completed, even if they could not immediately classify the people from Beijing and Xiangxiang as rebels, they could still fight against them.
However, they sent messengers carrying the emperor's edict to Hangzhou (now Zhejiang Luzhi), Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Luzhi), Chizhou (Jiangdong Luzhi), Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Luzhi), seven or eight times in a row
The sun is like a mud cow sinking into the sea, without any response.
The route to Hongzhou may be a little farther and more tortuous; Chizhou is located to the west of Jianye, so the channel may be blocked by soldiers and horses from Beijing and Xiangzhou, and there is no guarantee that the messenger will have any accidents on the way.
However, Hangzhou and Yuezhou are in the southeast of Runzhou, which is the area that Beijing and Xiangzhou cannot affect at present. In March, the post roads are also very smooth, and the messengers are working hard.
, you can reach Hangzhou day and night, and you can reach Yuezhou by crossing the Qianjiang River tomorrow.
In other words, the two Zhejiang provinces should have given a response within three or four days at the earliest. However, after seven or eight days, not to mention the officers and soldiers from the two supervisory departments rushed to escort the convoy, not even a single word of response was sent back.
Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Luo Wang and others, as well as the Runzhou officials headed by Luo Nanguang, who thought they could climb the ranks of the dragon and the phoenix and achieve great success from now on, were a little dumbfounded.
At this time, the news coming one after another from Jianye made people even more panicked and anxious.
After Jingxiang took control of Jianye and the civil and military officials who were stranded in Beijing, they ordered them to kidnap His Majesty and fled to Runzhou. They even sent letters to Runzhou several times to persuade him to surrender. These were not surprising, but the Fourth Road Supervisors did not send any
People came to Runzhou to see His Majesty, but they kept sending people to Jianye to contact him. What kind of thing is this?
On March 19, the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, together with Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Liangzhe East Road, and Liangzhe West Road Economic Affairs Bureau issued a revolt against the rebellion and put it into Runzhou.
The petition against rebellion claimed that Wang Boqian, Gaochunnian, Jinzhuangcheng, Luo Wang, Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin and others conspired to usurp power. However, when the conspiracy was exposed, they kidnapped Emperor Shaolong and fled to Runzhou out of fear of crime, and even used the imperial edict to deceive Runzhou.
The officials and people of Yangzhou, Yangzhou, committed a heinous crime, and they conscripted soldiers and horses from all over the world to fight against it.
At this moment, Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Luo Wang and others were completely panicked, as if they had been hit hard by someone.
When Emperor Shaolong received the proclamation, he couldn't believe it was true.
In a manor in Runzhou City, the pale-faced Emperor Shaolong stood behind a long sandalwood table. He couldn't help but tremble slightly while holding the text in his hand. He stared at the people kneeling under the hall and roared:
"This is what you call a sure win, and this is what you call the aspiration of the people? Can any of you explain to me what is going on?"
Emperor Shaolong tore the memorial in half and threw the scroll and Wang Boqian in the face.
"Your Majesty, calm down. It must be that all the four supervisors were hijacked by Xu Ni, so they followed suit. However, Xu Ni's hand cannot cover up the bright future. We are waiting for Duke Ge and Han Hou to raise troops in Huaidong and Jingnan to respond.
The Fourth Road Supervisor will definitely repent and be confused.
You know your way back,"
Gao Chunnian knelt down and kowtowed and said,
"The top priority now is to stabilize the hearts and minds of the soldiers and civilians in Runzhou. We must not mess up our position."
The four supervisors have all joined forces with the Political Affairs Hall, and the Privy Council has issued a revolt, which is enough to show that the situation is all under the control of Jingxiang. Gao Chunnian is now in order to avoid the suspicion of Wang, Luo and others, and to save his own life.
In the end, they escaped smoothly. When Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Luo Wang and others were at a loss, they also began to help them come up with ideas and asked Emperor Shaolong to go out and appease the morale of the soldiers.
Of course, in the past, Gaochunnian mainly encouraged Wang Boqian, Wang Xiuhan and his son, Luo Wang and others to flee the capital, but he kept a low profile in front of Emperor Shaolong.
Emperor Shaolong's frustration, disappointment and anger at this time were mainly directed at Wang Boqian, Luo Wang and other people he trusted most and had always relied on his direct relatives.
Wang Boqian, Luo Wang, Qian Shangduan and others also did not doubt that he was involved. After all, in addition to Jin Zhuangcheng providing the main information about the changes in Jingxiang and Jianye, there were similar feedbacks from all aspects.
Although when they left the capital, the hidden soldiers and horses in Beijing and Xiang unexpectedly did not jump out to intercept them, but the situation in Jianye at this time was enough to make them believe that Jin
Zhuang Cheng's report was true, and they really could not stay in Jianye and wait for death.
From their point of view, everything was just an unexpected response from the Fourth Road Supervisor.
Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin and others also had no master at this time. They knelt down in the hall, kowtowed and apologized, saying:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The Fourth Road Supervisor is afraid of Xu's powerful traitors and will follow his will. This is really hateful, but we must not mess up our position! Xu Ni talks nonsense and confuses right and wrong. But as long as your Majesty walks out, Runzhou will
The army and the people will know the authenticity."
"They're all useless trash!"
Emperor Shaolong suppressed his panic and stopped his hands from shaking so much, and asked,
"The hearts of the soldiers in the city are easy to calm down, but let's talk about how to deal with the troops coming from Beijing and Xiang to kill them? You losers, don't expect me to go up to the city wall with swords and bows to fight, right?"
"As long as I don't mess up our position, Your Majesty will summon Han Shiliang and Ge Yu to lead his troops across the river to protect him," Gao Chunnian kowtowed. "Han Shiliang and Ge Yu guarded Shouchun twice, and they were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
If you can guard the imperial court for many years, as long as Han Shiliang and Ge Yu lead their troops across the river, your majesty will be safe!"
"Your Majesty quickly summons Han Shiliang and Ge Yu to cross the river!" Wang Boqian and others also echoed.
After they arrived in Runzhou, Ge Yu sent a vanguard of five thousand troops across the river to join them.
At that time, they also regarded Huaidong as the most important bargaining chip. They also believed that Beijing and Xiang had limited troops south of the Yangtze River. They had Ge Yu's 5,000 elite forwards, 3,000 imperial guards, and
The Jianye Prefecture Army and Runzhou Army had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they could get responses from the Four Supervisors at any time. This was sufficient, so there was no urgent call for Han Shiliang, and Ge Yu led his troops to cross the Yangtze River and go south.
Who would have thought that after more than ten days in Beijing, the four supervisors would eventually choose to collude with Jingxiang?
Now various rumors are spreading that the morale of the Jianye Prefecture Army in Runzhou City is unstable, and generals have fled out of the city in the past few days. Now Jianye has sent many letters into the city, ordering the Jianye Prefecture Army and the Runzhou soldiers and horses.
Military morale became even more dispirited.
Wang Boqian, Jin Zhuangcheng, Luo Wang, Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin
They didn't think that they could withstand the counterattack of the Jingxiang soldiers with only 3,000 imperial guards and 5,000 Yangzhou elite soldiers.
They are now bent on transferring Han Shiliang's troops and Ge Yu's troops who were left in Yangzhou to Runzhou while Beijing and Xiangzhou have not blocked the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At this time, they would not hesitate to abandon Huaidong.
"Gaochunnian, come and prepare the decree for me!" Emperor Shaolong suppressed the anger and panic in his heart and said to Gaochunnian.
"Old minister, I obey the order!" Gao Chunnian said, but he stood up and walked to the table nearby. His pen-holding hand was shaking, and the ink splashed on the rice paper. He smiled bitterly, "I am old, and I can't write this word."
It’s all done, maybe I’ll trouble Duke Jin…”
Gao Chunnian thought that although it could be deduced afterwards that he was coerced by Wang Luo and others to write this false edict, it would be best if there was no evidence of incrimination; he had to be on guard against Jing and Xiang going back on their word.
Emperor Shaolong and Wang Boqian did not doubt his presence, so they asked Jin Zhuangcheng to come forward and draft an imperial edict.
After Wang Boqian surrounded Emperor Shaolong and fled east to Runzhou, in addition to the Niushoushan rebels who were called up by the Privy Council and stationed in Jianye, Han Gui, on behalf of Xu Huai, led hundreds of cavalry south to negotiate...
Apart from the incident, there were no other major transfers between Beijing and Xiangzhou. They even transferred the navy originally stationed in Zhenzhou back to the upstream Lujiang River. They had no intention of blocking the Yangtze River waterway east of Runzhou. At this point, Wang Boqian and others
Even if you want to say that Jingxiang is plotting rebellion, no one will believe it.
The channel between Runzhou and Yangzhou has always remained open. In the past ten days, Ge Yu had to stay in Yangzhou to guard against Liu Yan's changes in Luzhou and Chuzhou. He did not dare to leave Yangzhou easily, but he also sent people across the river many times to
Runzhou went to see Emperor Shaolong.
Besides, Ge Mansion and Han Shiliang's family also followed Emperor Shaolong out of the capital this time, and were now in Runzhou City.
Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian and others certainly did not think there would be any problems with Han Shiliang and Ge Yu, but they did not want to send envoys to cross the river with imperial edicts. They had not received any reply in the past three or four days. When they wanted to send envoys across the river again to urge them,
Liu Yuetao, the former Wuludu envoy, arrived in Runzhou with a new letter of persuasion to surrender.
This time, the letter of persuasion to surrender was signed by the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, and the newly-appointed pacifier and recruiter Ge Boyi who urgently went to Beijing to make the eastern Zhejiang system.
Wei Chujun finally agreed to the conditions offered by Jingxiang. When Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian and others were panicking in Runzhou, Wei Chujun sent his eldest son Wei Minglun to Jingnan to report the news. He also rushed to Yangzhou and Chuzhou in person to meet urgently.
When they arrived in Han Shiliang, Ge Yu had a secret conversation, and finally, on the condition that the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall first signed an edict pardoning Ge Yu and others, and entrusting Ge Boyi to serve as the pacification envoy for the establishment of eastern Zhejiang, Ge Boyi went to Runzhou to persuade him to surrender; at the same time, he also
Luo Wang and other generals were allowed to lead 3,000 imperial guards to accept the surrender, pardoned their crimes, and were incorporated into the Deployment Department of the East Zhejiang Road Military and Horse Command.
Of course, Ge Boyi was nearly seventy years old and could not ride a fast horse. At the same time, he was accompanied by more than a thousand personal guards and cavalry, so he could not go fast. It would take some time to reach Jianye. Liu Yuetao went to Runzhou first to deliver the surrender letter. The main thing was
It is still necessary to give secret instructions to Luo Wang and other generals to stabilize the situation in Runzhou to prevent the imperial guards from going berserk and destroying the key bargaining chip in the peace talks between the two parties.
Of course, there are some secrets that cannot be leaked to the chips.
In front of Emperor Shaolong, Liu Yuetao just said: "Gongge Ge is already on his way to Runzhou, and it may take another three to five days to arrive. I think Duke Ge has already figured out a way to calm down this disturbance.
