The chaos on the Temple of Heaven Street only lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and was gradually calmed down with the support of a large number of imperial officers and soldiers who had been prepared in advance.
The specific situation was also compiled in the shortest possible time.
There are seven Japanese hiding spots, creating chaos among the crowd.
A total of twenty-five Japanese were killed.
However, the people on Tiantan Street did not relax their guard.
Especially around the imperial chariot where the emperor and the prince were riding, the dense crowd of officers and soldiers were like human walls, surrounding the imperial chariot.
And in a location that no one noticed.
It's in the Temple of Heaven at the east end of Temple of Heaven Street.
On a high platform on the northwest side.
The high platform is about three people high. There is a railing around the platform. It is probably because of today's abdication ceremony. It is wrapped in bright yellow silk. There is a roof on it, so people can't see the whole view of the high platform and under the roof from a distance.
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The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the Crown Prince Zhu Biao were standing behind the railings with the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, escorted by several Imperial Guardsmen, looking at everything that was happening on the Temple of Heaven Street in front of them.
Sun Gou'er, the general manager of the 24th Yamen of the Inner Court, had sweat on his forehead at the moment, and the panic and uneasiness caused by witnessing the turmoil on Temple of Heaven Street still remained in his eyes.
"Fortunately, His Majesty and His Highness left the city through Chaoyang Gate in advance and arrived at the Temple of Heaven first, concealing their whereabouts. Otherwise... otherwise, this old slave... wouldn't dare..."
Sun Gou'er really didn't dare to think about it.
If your Majesty and the Crown Prince were in the royal chariot today, they would be on Temple of Heaven Street, amid the chaos just now.
Even though the gang of thieves did not directly cause any harm to the imperial chariot, who can say for sure whether there will be any problems with the emperor and the prince in the imperial chariot.
Zhu Biao smiled and said nothing.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "A grand abdication ceremony in the imperial court costs so much. How can it be just a grand ceremony and not take the opportunity to uncover these little thieves hiding in the dark?"
After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.
He had already seen the royal guards rushing into the royal chariot on the Temple of Heaven Street and taking down several officials in red robes.
In fact, it was part of the original plan.
The abdication ceremony of Hongwu's 31st year would not have been as grand as it is today.
However, when members of the Song, Luo and Qi families in Beijing were murdered, the royal family immediately realized that there was something not simple behind this incident.
Among the people who opposed Hongwu's new policy, it was impossible that there were only three families of Song, Luo, and Qi, as well as the related families behind them.
If the three families of Song, Luo, and Qi and the people behind them can be regarded as one force, then the one who caused the murder in the important place of the capital is another force.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, who really needed to ride in the imperial chariot, quietly left the procession of the abdication ceremony while riding in the imperial chariot after worshiping the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty in the Imperial Ancestral Temple this morning.
Things about leaving the city at Chaoyang Gate.
And all of this is a situation that follows the trend.
Now, it's time to finish.
There was some confusion in Zhu Biao's eyes. After a while, he finally spoke in a low voice: "It's just that the people are innocent. The people who died tragically because of this incident on the street today are ultimately unreasonable disasters."
Or maybe it was because the planning was too hasty.
Otherwise, the imperial court could have secretly replaced the people on both sides of Tiantan Street with Beijing officers and soldiers disguised as ordinary people.
Following the prince's sigh.
Zhu Yuanzhang also snorted heavily: "This time, I will never forgive anyone involved in this matter!"
Zhu Biao nodded silently.
From the perspective of the father and son, this matter must be dealt with seriously.
And on Temple of Heaven Street.
The smoke and dust rising from the gunpowder explosion on the street have gradually dissipated.
But the air was still filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.
Many injured people within the explosion range screamed in pain and were carried on stretchers by officers and soldiers and rushed to the temporary treatment point set up by Tai Hospital on the west side of the street.
Other people also left the Temple of Heaven Street with the help of the imperial court.
Half an hour later.
On the Temple of Heaven Street, only the officials and soldiers of the imperial court were left.
Zhu Yunxi threw away the long knife in his hand that he had just killed a Japanese, raised his head and looked around.
In the distance, two martial arts students from the martial arts hall were carrying Chang Jizu from the east.
Sun Cheng and others followed him.
When Zhu Xi saw it, he was the first to speak: "It's the boss of the Chang family."
When he took another look, his face looked dazed.
Looking at Chang Jizu lying on the stretcher, Zhu Xi couldn't help but be surprised.
"He was injured so badly. This kid is really destined to die."
The stretcher carrying Chang Jizu finally arrived nearby.
Zhu Yunxi frowned and looked at Chang Jizu who was lying on the stretcher, his whole back stained red with blood, and his heart was greatly shocked.
The martial arts student who was carrying the stretcher in front had a tense face and whispered: "The captain was the first to notice the strange movement in the crowd on the street, and then discovered the Japanese lurking in the crowd, as well as the wood with gunpowder hidden under the street wall.
He took out the box and rushed forward with his sword drawn, regardless of his own safety.
Because he was worried that the gunpowder would be detonated, he just blocked the Japanese man's head with a knife, then crossed the opponent's body and was stabbed in the back. However, the captain still held on, swung his knife to cut off the fuse that the Japanese ignited, and then stopped the wooden box from being ignited.
The gunpowder was detonated.”
Chang Jizu, lying on the stretcher, kept making low moans from his mouth.
At this time, when I heard the people in the team talking, I immediately shut up.
Then he turned his head with a pale face and looked at Zhu Yunxi, who had a frown on his face, and Zhu Ping, who had an admiring face beside him.
Chang Jizu bared his teeth and cracked his mouth: "The ministers were incompetent and failed to detect all the Japanese, which led to the attack on the grand ceremony today."
Zhu Yunxi glared at this cousin: "I can't even stand up, but I'm still showing off here! Go get treatment quickly, and you'll have to suffer later!"
Chang Jizu's hand on the stretcher moved softly.
"It's just a little pain, so what's the harm."
Zhu Xi laughed twice at the side: "Good boy, when the injury is healed, I will go to you to have a drink."
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Chang Jizu lay on the stretcher, raised his head, and looked at Zhu Xi with wide eyes.
"My lord, don't forget it afterwards!"
Zhu Xi burst out laughing: "I will never forget it."
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes helplessly.
Chang Jizu doesn't know yet what kind of suffering he will face later, and let's wait until he regrets it.
there.
Zhu Gaochi had already looked for him from behind the chariot.
When he got closer, Zhu Yunxi saw Xiaopang's face tense and his eyes gloomy.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but asked curiously: "What's wrong? What happened next?"
Zhu Gaochi spat and suppressed the anger in his heart: "You'd better go and see for yourself."
Zhu Yunxi became more and more curious. Looking at the strange-looking little fat man, he had no choice but to walk behind the chariot.
"I am not guilty!"
“The New Deal is wrong!”
"I'm just thinking about the Ming Dynasty, the common people in the world, and your majesty's posthumous name. What crime do I have?"
"Before today, I had already had the idea of success or failure, but it's just my bad luck!"
"..."
Before Zhu Yunxi could reach the back of the chariot, he heard a seemingly familiar shout coming from behind.
When he and his men finally stood behind the chariot.
Only then did he see the person calling clearly.
The former Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Mian is currently the chief envoy of one of the four Yingzhou provinces.
Former Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jun is currently one of the four governors of Yingzhou.
As well as several officials who accompanied Zhao Mian and Wang Jun to Yingzhou as officials.
Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but shrink his eyes when he saw clearly the person captured by Jin Yiwei.
But, at this moment, everything made sense again.
Zhao Mian and Wang Jun also saw Zhu Yunxi walking over.
The faces of the two people who had left Beijing for Yingzhou and experienced more vicissitudes of life immediately showed expressions of hatred.
"Pooh!"
Wang Jun spat directly at Zhu Yunxi.
Fortunately, because the distance was not enough, it just landed at Zhu Yunxi's feet.
Snapped!
Zhu Shangbing, who was standing aside with a knife, would not indulge this man's behavior. He immediately stepped forward, raised his arm, and slapped Wang Jun hard on the face with his palm.
In response, half of Wang Jun's face instantly turned red and swollen.
Wang Jun's face was full of anger, his mouth was split open by the slap, and blood seeped out from the corners of his mouth. However, he stubbornly raised his head and glared at Zhu Shangbing and Zhu Yunxi.
"Stealing the country!"
"Little thief of the country!"
Wang Jun suddenly let out a piercing scream.
Beside him, Zhao Mian was kneeling on the ground while being suppressed by the Jin Yiwei. Although he did not speak a word, his face was full of anger and his eyes were full of resentment.
From beginning to end, Zhu Yunxi only glanced at these people lightly.
Then he turned around.
"Take it away and bring it to His Majesty and the Crown Prince."
take away?
Zhao Mian and Wang Jun's eyes flickered, confusion appeared on their faces, and they looked hesitantly at the chariot in front of them.
At this time, following Zhu Yunxi's order.
The numerous officers and soldiers who had previously surrounded the royal chariot began to retreat like a tide.
The windows around the imperial chariot were opened one by one, revealing the two eunuchs inside.
He turned out to be a good ventriloquist, hiding in the royal chariot!
Wang Jun, who was still yelling and venting his feelings, suddenly turned red all over his face.
That is unwillingness and endless resentment.
"You little thief bullied me!"
Wang Jun looked up to the sky angrily and roared.
Zhao Mian's lips moved and his face turned pale.
Snapped!
Another crisp sound came from Wang Jun's face.
Zhu Shangbing's face was full of contempt, he stared at Wang Jun with disgust, and spat in the other man's face: "You old man, can't you remember to fight?"
For this slap, Zhu Shangbing deliberately changed his hand and used more force.
As a result, Wang Jun's entire face became red and swollen.
His eyes also became only a gap because the sides of his face were swollen.
However, even so, he still couldn't stop his eyes full of resentment.
Zhu Shangbing suddenly felt bored and shouted to the surrounding guards: "Tie them up and bring them to His Majesty!"
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Temple of Heaven.
Probably because of the previous turmoil on the Temple of Heaven Street, the number of onlookers around the Temple of Heaven was obviously much smaller at this time.
Under the spotlight of everyone, the originally planned abdication ceremony was temporarily interrupted.
On the high stone platform on the north side of the Temple of Heaven, countless flags flutter in the wind.
All the officers and soldiers were wearing armor and covering the entire interior of the Temple of Heaven.
On the high platform, there are two thrones.
The thrones are not arranged in order of high and low as in the past, but are set up side by side.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang is sitting on the throne on the left, and Zhu Biao is standing next to the throne on the right.
Surrounded by the princes and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
It's just a day that should be lively and lively. At this moment, everyone's faces are tense and their eyes are constantly wandering.
In the middle of the crowd on both sides, in front of the throne, a group of Yingzhou Dao officials, led by Zhao Mian and Wang Jun, were tied up by the Jin Yiwei and knelt on the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the throne, looked indifferent, but his eyes were constantly changing.
The emperor thought about many possibilities, but never thought that it was people like Zhao Mian and Wang Jun who caused such a big disturbance today.
However, this also made everyone present, including Zhu Yuanzhang, understand the recent events in Yingtian City.
Because the emperor was about to hold a renunciation ceremony, and Zhao Mian, Wang Jun and others got the news at the right time, they secretly took the remnants of the Japanese they had secretly raised in Yingzhou on the pretext of returning to Beijing to report on their duties.
And the reason why they did this can be traced back several years.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just begun to promote the Hongwu New Deal, and the battles in the court were far more intense and obvious than now.
There were countless officials who opposed Hongwu's New Deal and believed that the imperial court should not be so aggressive in reforming the system.
Among them were a group of officials headed by Zhao Mian and Wang Jun.
But later, the emperor and the court finally considered the dignity between the monarch and his ministers, and arranged for Zhao Mian, Wang Jun and others to serve as officials in Yingzhou.
And in terms of official status, their official status has not been reduced, but they have changed from noble officials in the capital to local officials far away from the central government.
However, you must know that once the newly conquered land is managed well, these first batch of officials will be the real credit.
for example.
The youngest cabinet minister in the Ming Dynasty, Gao Yangzhi!
But ah.
Zhao Mian, Wang Jun and others did not seem to understand this, or in their opinion, the reason why the emperor arranged for them to go to Yingzhou Fourth Road was actually to simply send them away.
But they never imagined that this might also be an opportunity given by the emperor to correct their mistakes.
But no matter what, now they have indeed secretly cultivated Japanese people and secretly brought Japanese people back to the capital in an attempt to instigate internal fighting in the royal family and trigger fights in the court.
The officials present, no matter how familiar they were with Zhao Mian and Wang Jun in the past, maintained absolute silence at this moment.
No one will speak for the two of them at this time.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly.
There has been bloodshed in Yingtian City today.
But it won't stop there.
Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy and puzzled.
"You and I have been kings and ministers for many years, why do you do this?"