"Then you close your eyes and feed the tiger." Han Qing sneered in her heart, but she was thinking about the friendship between her grandfather and Liu Chenggui and did not say it directly.
He had already heard the answer given by the latter once from Wang Shu, so he didn't find it strange.
However, precisely because he did not find it unbelievable, the disappointment in his heart became more and more uncontrollable.
Just like someone deliberately set fire to a mansion somewhere, the firefighters heard the news and rushed to rescue them. After arriving at the fire scene, they found that the arsonist was the brother of the owner of the mansion, and he continued to add fuel to the fire. And the mansion's
The owners were all enjoying themselves watching the fun, and no one came forward to stop it!
"After the Red Lotus Rebellion, the officials have begun to reduce the power of King Yong and took the Control He Division out of his hands." Although he did not hear Han Qing's accusation, he could see from the expression on his face that
Seeing that meaning, Liu Chenggui sighed awkwardly and explained in a low voice, "But as long as the matter involves the royal family, it is not that simple. Not to mention that there is a large group of diehard loyalists around King Yong who will not hesitate to sacrifice themselves to take the blame for him. Even if they can
The capture of King Yong is the real evidence that he is the leader of the Red Lotus Sect, and it is impossible to arrest him directly and hold him accountable like ordinary people or officials below the sixth rank."
"Yes, even local wealthy families are above the law. Let alone relatives of the emperor!" Han Qing sneered again in her heart, but still did not make any sound.
This is the Song Dynasty!
The king and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. The law is basically just a decoration for officials of the sixth rank and above.
As long as the emperor's children and grandchildren did not directly rebel, no matter how serious the crime they committed, they could be discussed.
And ordinary people, even if they were bullied to death by scholar-bureaucrats and relatives of the emperor for no reason, they would not want to find a place to seek justice.
This is politics!
Morality, right and wrong, law, and facts can all be put aside.
There is only naked exchange of interests and meddling of power.
"My little ancestor, at this moment, it's useless even if you despise me and throw me into the sewer!" Han Qing's eyes made him feel ashamed. Liu Chenggui blushed and handed over his hand again, "If we can ensure that the palace is not lost,
, and later you point your nose at me and scold me and Kou Zhun for being stupid and confused, I will definitely not talk back to him. But if King Yong breaks into the palace, I, Kou Xiang and you will be the ones he will kill. Afterwards, history books
It will also be recorded in the book that the three of us went against the will of heaven, using a mantis' arm as a chariot!"
The first half of the sentence was mostly correct. After hearing this, Han Qing sighed with a wry smile.
The reason why King Yong failed to replace Zhao Heng as the crown prince when he was young was because Lü Mengzheng, Lü Duan and Kou Zhun joined forces to resist the "easy crown prince" plan of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Guangyi.
Now that both Lu Mengzheng and Lu Duan have passed away, if King Yong succeeds in usurping the throne, Kou Zhun will become his first target for settling scores in the future.
As for Liu Chenggui, as Zhao Heng's absolute confidant, King Yong would not allow him to continue living in the world.
As for Han himself, he first crippled the Red Lotus Sect, then destroyed the Chunyang Sect, and even burned down the "Hidden House". If King Yong became emperor, it would be strange if he did not destroy his three clans!
"So, my little ancestor, please stop looking down on me and think of a way to help me defend the imperial city." Seeing Han Qingguang sighing but not answering his words, Liu Chenggui simply showed his trump card.
, "I have two thousand palace guards in my hands, and there are more than 400 internal servants in the Imperial City. In addition, the clothes bureau, firewood bureau, carriage and horse supervisor, and the imperial kitchen can still make up another 2,500.
More than a hundred servants in the palace are at our disposal!" (Note: Chamberlains and servants in the palace are all eunuchs. Eunuchs don't like to be called eunuchs, so Liu Chenggui replaced them with servants and servants.)
The size of the imperial city of the Song Dynasty was much smaller than that of the Tang Dynasty. There were more than 2,000 palace guards and nearly 3,000 eunuchs. Just to guard the imperial city, the strength was not considered weak.
However, Han Qing frowned after hearing this, "How about firearms, how many can you bring out? Fire bombs, fire crossbows, and other firearms made by your Imperial City Department's Ordnance Bureau, as long as they are contaminated with black powder
All the above can be counted together.”
"There are about two thousand fire and thunder bombs, only a hundred fire and thunder crossbows, and four hundred muskets. In addition, there are more than 30,000 kilograms of black powder." Liu Chenggui lowered his head and responded with a very guilty conscience.
"Just that little bit?" Han Qing's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
Two thousand primitive grenades and 30,000 kilograms of black powder sound like a considerable number. If used, they will probably be used up within two hours.
As far as he knew, the Ordnance Bureau under the Imperial City Department had been making black powder, grenades, muskets and other items according to the formulas and drawings he submitted for two or three years. How come the firearms stored in the warehouse were still there?
Not enough for one battle?
"Fire, thunder, bombs and other items are too dangerous. It is a big and important place, so it is not suitable to store too many!" Liu Chenggui knew that Han Qing would ask this question, lowered his head and explained in a very small voice, "So, I only put these in case of emergency.
After most of the fire bombs and black powder were manufactured, they were sent directly to various roadside armies. At the beginning of the year, the officials felt that it was noisy and ordered the Ordnance Bureau to be moved to Jinmingchi. The weapons were manufactured there.
Black powder, fire bombs and other items, in addition to being transported away, are also stored in a nearby warehouse near the water..."
"What?" Han Qing heard this and immediately exclaimed, "If Jin Mingchi falls into the hands of King Yong..."
"That's why I want to invite you to the palace to take charge at any cost!" Liu Chenggui's face turned red and gray for a while, changing erratically, "You dedicated the thing to the official family, and you must be the best at cracking it.
There are not many guards at Jinmingchi, and the rebels will definitely capture it tonight. If King Yong sends dead soldiers to forcefully open the way with fire and thunder bombs, except for you, I can't think of anyone else who can deal with this move.
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"You really think highly of me!" Han Qing finally understood that Liu Chenggui left Yang Xu who came to his door unused, but instead looked for his own reasons at the expense of the near and distant. He gritted his teeth in anger, "Three thousand untrained eunuchs, two thousand palace officials
The total strength of the guards is less than 20% of the rebels, and they don’t have as many firearms as the rebels, so how can they possibly stop them?"
There was no need for Liu Chenggui to respond. He shook his head and made a decisive decision, "Let's go. Before King Yong launches a general attack on the imperial city, you take the queen mother, the noble concubine and the emperor's eldest son, and quickly dress up as common people and escape. I will take the others
I will defend you for half an hour, and then go to Kaifeng Mansion to join Wang Xiang and the others. King Yong doesn’t know why, so he will definitely send troops to chase me. After I join Wang Xiang, I will break out of the city. At that time, you can
Look for opportunities to sneak out of the city and go..."
"No, definitely not. The palace cannot be lost under any circumstances!" Before he could finish his words, Liu Chenggui had already grabbed his arm and interrupted in a very low voice, "Once we entered the imperial city, King Yong succeeded.
Half. At that time, if the Queen Mother comes forward to give him another decree, he can legitimately ask the officials to abdicate. By then, it is difficult to predict how many civil servants and military generals will be deceived by him!"
