Chapter 488: Who is the financial backer of Ming Dynasty?(1/2)
"The Left Behind Department has blocked the nine gates and eighteen water passes of Fengyang City. It is impossible to make such a decision without authorization."
"Especially when His Highness Taisun is in the city."
"So this matter must be His Highness's order."
"..."
"If this is the case, what is your highness doing? To kill? Who to kill?"
"Eunuch Zhang and Eunuch Wu were both killed in the Imperial City of Zhongdu. How many other people in the Imperial City were implicated and killed?"
In the palace of Duke Xinguo, which was full of silk clothes, in the side hall in front of the funeral, Mrs. Hu of Xinguo was sitting on the upper hand. Tang Xie, Tang Li and the male concubines of the palace were all present.
The news from Fengyang City was very scattered, and news from all places were sent back together. This made everyone in the Tang family unavoidably need to peel off the cocoons and sort out everything clearly.
Tang Li glanced at Xinguo's wife Hu above, and then at Tang Xie.
Finally, I looked outside the door and saw no one coming back to deliver the letter.
He said in a deep voice: "The imperial city of Zhongdu is surrounded by emotions, which will inevitably last for a long time. Your Highness must have discovered something when he entered the imperial city today, so he severely punished the eunuchs and servants.
In this case, they will naturally ask all the bureaus in the central capital to blockade Fengyang City and track down the Xiao Xiaoxiao who are hiding everywhere.
If the child's guess is correct, His Highness will send someone to tell us and others to calm down and not be nervous. Everything will be enforced by the imperial court impartially."
Tang Li has been in Yingtian for a long time, and now he is the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. He is deeply trusted by the royal family and is in charge of the Beijing army together with many meritorious officials above the court.
Although he is only a concubine of the Tang family and has no chance to ascend to the throne, he has already had a place in the Tang family.
Mrs. Xinguo, Mrs. Hu, looked over but said nothing.
Tang Xie sat on Tang Li's hands and immediately said, "In this case, Duke Xin's office doesn't need to do anything?"
Tang Li nodded, then shook his head.
Under the instruction of Tang Xie's puzzled and eager eyes.
He said: "According to Your Highness's character, we and others can just stay still. But ministers must be loyal. We are the heirs of martial arts. After hearing this, we can act according to our instincts."
"
Tang Li didn't say what to do, but looked at Tang Xie.
Ms. Hu looked outside the door.
I saw the steward from Tangfu outside rushing back.
Some of the stewards of the Tang family had followed Tang He into battle to kill the enemy in the early years, but when they got old, they stayed in the house and took up stewardship.
This manager thinks so too.
Rushing back from outside the mansion, he went straight into the side hall: "Old Madam."
Mrs. Xinguo, Mrs. Hu, nodded: "What is the situation outside."
The manager didn't delay in getting things done, and told what had happened before in order in a concise and concise manner.
Everyone in the hall couldn't help but be silent for a moment.
Tang Li was right.
Mrs. Xinguo, Mrs. Hu, looked at Tang Li with a smile on her face: "Lao Wu, tell me what our family should do now."
Tang Li declined and said: "I think the fourth brother has a plan, so why not ask the fourth brother to talk about it."
After pushing Tang Xie forward, Tang Li stopped talking.
Fengyang Tang and Yingtian Tang may still have to be distinguished in the future.
Mrs. Xinguo was a little hesitant, but still looked at Tang Xie obediently: "Fourth, what have you decided on what to do?"
Tang Xie was reminded by Tang Li's words before, so he immediately said: "My family can just use the word "loyalty" at this time. I think other families in the city think the same way at this time.
Since he wants to be loyal, my son and Lao Wu will gather the servants and servants at home and go outside the imperial city to protect His Highness the Grand Sun and the palace wall."
The so-called domestic servants in Tang Xie's mouth were all old soldiers who followed Tang He in the army and retired due to various reasons.
Most of these people were injured in the army and had nowhere to go, so they all ended up in the Xinguo Duke's Mansion.
This is how the generals who made great achievements in the Ming Dynasty came to be.
Tang Li nodded silently at Tang Xie's move. This was what he thought, and what the Tang family should do at this moment.
No matter what happens in Fengyang City today, every family in Huaiyou's meritorious service should stand up clearly and stand by the side of the emperor's grandson.
Even if this is a useless move.
Mrs. Xinguo's eyes were somewhat solemn, and she looked at the Tang family members present.
Finally, Mr. Hu turned his attention to Tang Xie and Tang Li.
"Go ahead."
"Don't lose the face of Duke Xin's government."
Regardless of whether we agree or not, with the passing of Tang He, the Xinguo Duke's family has now reached the second generation, and the people who speak should be the sons of the second generation.
Tang Xie and Tang Li immediately stood up and looked at their adult brothers in the hall.
Tang Xie's eyes signaled Tang Li to speak.
Tang Li didn't refuse at this time. He looked at the brothers present and said in a deep voice: "Those who are above fourteen will follow me and my fourth brother out of the house. The rest will stay at home."
After Tang Li finished speaking, Tang Xie said: "Let's go!"
In a short time, nearly a hundred servants armed with swords and guns had gathered outside Duke Xinguo's mansion.
The imperial court banned weapons, but swords and guns were never included in this list.
When the sword and gun were in hand, the expressions of all the servants in Duke Xinguo's mansion who used to be kind to everyone changed drastically, showing a coldness and desolation that would keep strangers away.
Tang Xie and Tang Li, along with their brothers who were over fourteen years old, bowed their hands to these old soldiers who had followed Tang He all their lives, and then led the entire team to rush outside the Imperial City of Zhongdu.
And at the same time.
The meritorious families of Huaiyou who were still standing in Fengyang City also sent out their troops one after another.
Dozens of people, hundreds of people.
Almost every family mobilized in full force and headed for the imperial city under the leadership of the male leader.
In the city, the raids and killings led by the Jinyi Guards and Secret Guards were still continuing.
Thanks to the training of Zhang Hui, a member of Jinyiwei's prison camp, Jinyiwei now has a team that has mastered the most mature torture techniques.
Whenever a hidden pile is knocked up in Fengyang City, these people can pull out the people involved in the shortest possible time, and spread out like vines, causing the hidden people in Fengyang City to rise.
The rats have no way to escape.
Everyone in the various government offices in the city marveled at the efficiency of the Jin Yiwei, and they were even more frightened by the fact that there were so many Shuoshu gangsters lurking in Zhongdu City.
Fortunately today, it was His Highness Taisun who discovered this matter, so that such a thunderous sweep of Zhongdu was carried out. If it had not been picked up in the long run, no one knows what kind of turmoil would occur in Fengyang City, Zhongdu in the future.
The inspections and killings in the imperial city have gradually stopped.
In the square in front of the palace behind the Youshun Gate, even though the autumn air was brisk at this time, Qiu Fengzhen, the prefect of Fengyang, was already sweating profusely.
The group of royal guards did not say anything about their crimes. After checking the identities of the captured Imperial City servants, they stabbed them in the neck and spilled their blood on the spot.
There are more and more corpses in the square, and fewer and fewer people are alive.
Qiu Fengzhen was covered in cold sweat and trembling with fear.
finally.
Someone brought tables and chairs and put up a cover for the grandson.
Zhu Yunxi sat down, turned the white jade finger on his thumb, and looked at Fengyang Magistrate kneeling on the ground with a faint look.
"Prefect Qiu, do you know what these people did wrong?"
Qiu Fengzhen shook her head, moved her hands on the ground and turned her head towards the grandson: "Wei Chen... Wei Chen..."
Zhu Yunxi sneered: "Prefect Qiu has been in Fengyang for many years. As a local official, he can let the imperial city of Zhongdu be encroached on by thieves. Do we still have to wait for those people to evacuate the ancestral home of my Zhu family?"
"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"
Qiu Fengzhen fell to the ground, no one dared to excuse herself.
In the distance, an officer and soldier waved the embroidered spring knife in his hand and sent away the last identified imperial servant.
Zhu Yunxi sighed, leaned back on the chair, and looked down at Qiu Fengzhen with his eyes downcast: "There is something I just got today, and I haven't opened it yet to look at it. I wonder if Magistrate Qiu can do it for me and take a look at those things.
What?"
After he finished speaking, Sun Cheng had already asked someone to carry the wooden box that he had brought from Can Can Man's house, and it landed in front of Qiu Fengzhen.
The box dropped with a clang.
Qiu Fengzhen's shoulders shook again.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the red-painted wooden box in front of him, as if he were looking at an abyss that could swallow a person, his eyes filled with fear.
Qiu Fengzhen raised her head and looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was sitting on the chair, and then at Mr. Gao Ge and the young Chief Bai beside him.
To be continued...