In the lobby of the Ministry of War, two groups of eunuchs looked at each other. They were just slaves and had no ability to control their own destiny. However, everyone wanted their master to win this power grab.
Li Hong, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not set up the incense table and solemnly receive the order as usual. Instead, he ordered people to take the two orders to the inner hall and directly sent two groups of eunuchs back to the palace.
Looking at the two yellow silk imperial edicts, Li Hong knew what they were written without opening them. Emperor Cheng Wu's edict must have been an edict to the six ministries, angrily reprimanding the Zhou family for a certain act of rebellion. And the empress dowager's edict was to angrily rebuke Emperor Cheng Wu for not doing so.
As a result, the six ministries were ordered to draft a letter of credence for Emperor Wu's abdication. He also informed the six ministries that the Queen Mother had ordered the old uncle Zhou Yantian to lead the northern camp back to Beijing to assist the new emperor in taking over the throne.
Li Hong threw the two imperial edicts on the table and led his soldiers directly back to the mansion. Once he understood these two imperial edicts, he, the Minister of War, was basically useless. The camp on the outskirts of Beijing and all the defenses in the capital were reduced to nothing.
, all belong to Prince Jing. His military department will only reopen when the situation becomes clear.
This is not a war with foreign enemies, but a struggle within the royal family. Unless they clearly support which side, these six officials basically wait and see.
In the Queen's Palace of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Chengwu and the Queen Mother and their son sat face to face. There were various delicacies on the table. However, neither mother and son moved their chopsticks, they were both staring at each other silently.
In the huge room, in addition to Emperor Chengwu and his son, there were two other people standing. One was Wei Zhan, the Qinglong envoy at Sticking Station, and the other was an old eunuch who had served the Queen Mother for decades.
"Mother, do you really want to go to this point?" Emperor Chengwu spoke first.
"Chengwu, do you still know that I am your queen mother?" The old queen mother glared at Emperor Chengwu.
Emperor Chengwu sighed, picked up the wine bottle on the table, and filled the two glasses himself.
"Mother, Chengwu didn't want to do this, but my uncle forced me to get rid of him. Chengwu didn't want the world to laugh at us, saying that our mother and son killed each other. So, I ask my mother to take back the imperial edict." Emperor Chengwu said.
Then he brought the wine cup to the old lady with his own hands.
"Hmph! If uncle Guo hadn't helped you back then, would the Dafeng country be stable so quickly? If it weren't for the Zhou family, would the rebellion of other princes be put down so quickly? Now that the country is stable, you have to exclude those who treat you
A kind hero. Chengwu my son, you are destroying your own country. Your mother is old and you already care very little about life and death. Your mother is sitting in this harem. If you have the courage and are not afraid of the ridicule of the world,
Then just raise the sword in your hand." The old Queen Mother looked at Emperor Cheng Wu, as if the man in front of her was not her son, but her enemy.
Emperor Chengwu put down the wine cup, his face looked extremely heavy, "Mother, I don't know how to do such a thing that defies heaven. However, if my relatives want to peek into my Li family, I will never allow it. The spirits of our ancestors are in heaven.
, and will not let Chengwu back down. Queen mother, Chengwu hopes that you can see clearly my uncle's ambition. What he wants is not a new emperor, but to become the regent himself."
"Humph! It's useless to say anything. If you don't kill me, then I will watch with my own eyes how you will perish!" The old queen mother was so determined that she didn't even call herself Queen Mother, but directly called herself me.
Emperor Chengwu sighed, "Queen Mother, please take care of yourself!" After saying that, Emperor Chengwu turned around and walked outside.
Emperor Chengwu and Wei Zhan walked out of Kun's harem. Wei Zhenghai, the eunuch in charge, was already waiting outside the palace gate. Seeing the emperor coming out, Eunuch Wei took a careful look. Emperor Chengwu nodded slightly and continued to walk to the front palace.
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Wei Zhenghai waved his hand, "Come here, from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave Kun's harem except for food and drinks in the imperial kitchen." Wei Zhenghai gave an order, and a group of guards surrounded Kun's harem.
In the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, King Jing was holding a whip and listening to General Chu Yun's deployment of defenses. According to the news from the scouts, the Beida camp had given up on border defense this time, and the old uncle personally led an army of 120,000 people and rushed over.
.Together with the military depots collected along the way, the number has reached 160,000.
Prince Jing frowned. The defense in the capital only numbered more than 20,000 people. The camp on the outskirts of the capital only had 40,000 people. Who would have thought that the old uncle would dare to abandon the border and bring all the troops over.
If we talk about combat effectiveness, the large camp in the suburbs of Beijing is stationed outside the capital all year round and cannot be compared with the northern army. The current situation is critical, and they can only defend and wait for reinforcements from Guo Tianxin.
In the mountains not far from Zhongdu Mansion, Wen Ruhai ordered his men to plant the military flag, and the soldiers were gearing up and waiting for orders. Zhu Tianjiang and Guo Ying were very familiar with these mountains. The two of them once escaped from the brothel here by climbing over the mountains and ridges.
of pursuit.
"Tianjiang, you and the fourth prince are waiting here, I will lead the army to besiege the city." Wen Ruhai saw that it was getting late, and came over and said to Zhu Tianjiang. After the conversation last night, Wen Ruhai became very close to Zhu Tianjiang.
The names have changed. We call him by his first name and no longer address him as an adult.
"Uncle Wen, Tianxiang is the commander-in-chief of the army, how can he hide behind it? No matter what, Tianxiang will advance and retreat with the brothers." Zhu Tianjiang said loudly.
In this kind of battle, where more people are fighting against fewer people, and he has ambushed people in the city, Zhu Tianjiang will definitely take this opportunity to establish his authority. No matter what era he is in, people who have experienced life and death together will have a special feeling.
Zhu Tianjiang was not willing to let go of such a good opportunity.
"When the sky falls, swords and arrows have no eyes. No matter how small a battle is, there will be casualties. Listen to my uncle and stay here with the fourth prince to wait for news. As soon as the city is broken, I will send someone to inform you immediately." Wen Ruhai was worried.
said.
"General Wen doesn't need to persuade me. Since Tianjiang has decided, he will definitely go with the army." Zhu Tianjiang held his chest and head high, his momentum was not weak.
Wen Ruhai nodded approvingly, "Since my lord said so, I will obey the order."
Zhu Tianjiang turned around and said, "Guo Ying, you and my soldiers will be responsible for protecting the fourth prince and Yu Gege here."
"No, I want to follow you." Guo Ying pouted and said stubbornly.
"You girl, why are you causing trouble? You can't go and obey me." Zhu Tianjiang said angrily.
Yu Gege glanced at Zhu Tianjiang and walked to Guo Ying, "Sister Ying'er, forget it, let's listen to Brother Tianjiang. Let's wait here."
Guo Ying glared at Zhu Tianjiang with dissatisfaction, "Smelly pigs know how to lose their temper." Guo Ying muttered and nodded silently. Although it was safe here, Guo Ying felt more worried.
The fourth prince clasped his fists at Wen Ruhai and said, "General Wen, thank you for your hard work." After saying that, he looked at Zhu Tianjiang and said, "Be careful too."
Although Zhu Tianjiang talks nonsense all day long, the fourth prince feels that this guy is really good to his friends. No matter how dangerous it is in Shutian Mansion, Zhu Tianjiang never abandons them to escape alone. Based on this, the fourth prince feels that this guy is really good.
Available.
The fourth prince did not let Zhu Tianjiang's personal troops stay. Even though there were less than twenty people left from the capital, after the baptism of blood, these people's eyes became more fierce.
At the gate of Zhongdu City, a group of officers and soldiers were lazily leaning against the city gate tower. For them, being soldiers was just a matter of dawdling. The Zhennan Camp was guarding the south, and Dangyun State could not attack here.
A guy bit a straw stick in his mouth and looked ahead. Suddenly, the guy rubbed his eyes.
"Why~why is there a large group of people coming here?" the city guard asked the person next to him in confusion.
As the coach, Zhu Tiansheng should have been at the front of the team. But when Wen Ruhai saw the city gate wide open, he pointed his spear and said, "Charge~!"
A group of Zhennan soldiers rushed in like wolves and tigers, and Zhu Tianjiang stood at the end with his butt stuck out. Zhu Yi led the soldiers and followed helplessly, thinking to himself, why are you following me? Isn't this embarrassing?
Zhongdu Mansion did not resist at all. When they saw it was their own army, the city gate officials were stupid and lined up to greet them. Wen Ruhai was also confused. It didn't look like a rebellion.
Wen Ruhai couldn't control it anymore and led his troops straight to the government office. As soon as Zhu Tianjiang entered the city gate, Zhu Er hurriedly greeted him.
"Sir, I just received a secret report from the capital and my uncle has taken action."
Zhu Tianjiang was overjoyed, it was so good, he was afraid not to do anything. The sticky rod conveyed information the fastest. Since they had just received the information, Zhongdu must not have known about it yet. No wonder it went so smoothly.
"Damn it, I wanted to show off in the city, but everyone ran away. Zhu San and Zhu Si, immediately take people to go to the government offices to search for money for me. Zhu Er, ask the secret agents in the city to list a list of officials
List, see if there is anything else available."
After Zhu Daguan finished his instructions, he sent people to the mountains to pick up the fourth prince and others. After being busy with these, he rushed to the government office.
In the government office, Zhao Mingchun, the governor, was angrily accusing Wen Ruhai, and all the city officials also complained about their injustice. Zhu Tianjiang didn't even bother to ask, and just put them all in jail. Zhongdu Mansion was a place where Zhu Daguan was sad, not only here
He had been in prison and had been a turtle slave, so he didn't have a good impression of these officials at all.
As soon as Guo Ying entered the city, she rushed to the brothel with her people. As it turned out, the brothel had already changed its owner, and Guo Ying ordered someone to beat her severely.
The whole city of Zhongdu Mansion was in chaos. Wen Ruhai was busy recruiting the city guards, while Zhu Tianjiang took Zhu Yi and began to interrogate the governor Zhao Mingchun. Under Zhu Yi's torture, Zhao Mingchun immediately confessed to Zhongdu.
All secret treasury.
Only then did Zhu Tianjiang realize that the Qianqing gang had set up a secret bank in the death row. No wonder the people at Sticky Rod couldn't find out.
Looking at the boxes of silver, Zhu Tianjiang went crazy with joy. He ordered Zhu Si to ask the local sticky rod department to find a place to hide the money temporarily. Now that the capital is in chaos, there is no need to send the money there.
The prison in Zhongdu was overcrowded, so Zhu Tianjiang ordered that all the old, weak, sick and disabled be released, and all young people should be incorporated into the military camp. No matter what crime they committed, they would all be exempted.
Zhu Tianjiang captured Zhongdu cleanly. Not only did he have money, but the Zhennan army was expanded from the original 20,000 to 30,000. Wen Ruhai had no choice but to break the original organization and combine the old and new
Mix them together. Only in this way can the original old people bring out all these Zhongdu city guards and prisoners.
Since Zhu Tianjiang is the coach, he must have the banner of coach. Before entering the city, Wen Ruhai used the name of Zhennan Camp and raised the banner with the word "文". It is different now, because Zhu Tianjiang is
It is very important to pass on the "Emperor's Oral Order" to take over the military power. It is equivalent to the establishment of a new army. Because it must be recorded in the annals of history, it cannot be sloppy at all. Whoever is the commander must play under whose banner. Zhu Tianjiang has no time either.
All these matters were left to Guo Ying to handle. Anyway, Guo Ying learned a lot from her father and knew all these things.
From the list provided by Zhu Er, Zhu Tianlai selected a dozen people to temporarily take over everything in Zhongdu Prefecture. Several of them were from the Sticky Office, so Zhu Tianlai felt relieved.
Everyone was almost busy. Zhu Tianjiang, Wen Ruhai and others sat in the lobby and started discussing.
"Sir, according to reports from the capital, Uncle Guo has led an army of 160,000 people south this time. I'm afraid it's dangerous over there in the capital." Zhu Er spoke first.
"160,000?" Zhu Tianjiang and Wen Ruhai were both surprised.
"Uncle Wen, how many troops can be sent back to the capital from Zhennan Camp?" Zhu Tianjiang couldn't help but be shocked by the 160,000.
"We can dispatch up to 50,000 elite troops. Otherwise, once the Yun Kingdom invades, we will not be able to resist it." Wen Ruhai said with a frown. Although Zhu Tianjiang told him about the Zhou family last night, Wen Ruhai
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yantian, the uncle of the state, would abandon the defense of the border and advance with soldiers.
"Grandma! It seems that our people have to return to Beijing quickly for rescue. Uncle Wen, taking advantage of Shutian Mansion's lack of response, will lead his troops to besiege Shutian Mansion tomorrow morning."
"What about the officials here?"
"We'll lock them down first and wait until the siege is lifted in the capital." Zhu Tianjiang said in his heart that he had no time to take care of them.
"Okay, I'll go make arrangements right away and prepare more siege equipment. When Zhou Yantian acted, his son must have got the news. Zhongdu didn't expect that we would have a large army coming, so it was easy to get it. However, I believe that
Zhou Dazhong will get the news soon, and he can't hide it. It seems that there will be a tough battle tomorrow." Wen Ruhai said and began to arrange the leaders of each team.
Now that the team has just been mixed, it seems to be noisy, and many people are still training those who have been recruited before the battle. Therefore, there are some things that Wen Ruhai must personally deal with.
Guo Ying and Yu Gege were not idle either. They found a group of flag-making soldiers and started to make a new flag. The Dafeng Dynasty military attachés were very particular about flags. Not only did they have a commander's flag, but they also had to have a number flag. This was difficult to break.
After choosing the two women, Zhu Tianjiang did not have a military title and could not wear the tiger totem. In the end, it was Guo Ying who made the decision and used a special flag.
The veterans of the Zhennan camp taught the newcomers step by step. There might be a war tomorrow, and they had to learn various action slogans, otherwise chaos would break out. It was not until midnight that the newcomers returned to the camp master to rest.
Early the next morning, Wen Ruhai lined up his army outside the city, waiting for the arrival of coach Zhu Tianjiang.
After so many days, Tianzhu officials finally had a good night's sleep. When they got up in the morning, they put on a brand new uniform and walked out of the government office in high spirits. Zhu Tianjiang was about to mount his horse, but was stopped by Guo Ying.
"Tianxiang, the car is ready for you." Guo Ying said and pointed.
When Zhu Tianjiang took a look, he actually prepared a special car for him. There was no roof on the car, and there were two flags on the left and right. Since there was no wind in the Yamen courtyard, the big flags were hanging down on the flagpoles.
"Ying'er is still careful, I don't like riding horses, my stomach hurts from riding." Zhu Tianjiang happily got into the carriage.
Behind him was a jade carriage, but the fourth prince insisted on riding a horse. Zhu Tianjiang was too lazy to ignore him, and with a wave of his golden pen, he led his troops and rushed out of the city.
More than 30,000 people lined up outside the city gate, and the momentum was really impressive. Especially the prisoners, who not only had enough to eat, but also received military pay, so they all looked more energetic.
"General Wen, pass my order, the army is marching towards Shutian Mansion." With the strong wind, the flag on the car crackled loudly. Zhu Tianjiang was in high spirits, standing on the car enjoying the feeling of commanding thousands of troops.
Wen Ruhai looked at Zhu Tianjiang awkwardly. In the Dafeng Dynasty, it was the first time he saw the 'commander' leading the troops in an official car. Looking at the flags on the car, Wen Ruhai almost
Didn't fall off the horse.
"Heaven comes, you use such a flag?" Wen Ruhai pointed at the flag, he was too embarrassed to say it.
"Uncle Wen, it doesn't matter, anything is fine." Zhu Tianjiang didn't even look at him, his attention was focused on the army.
The large army was divided into two teams and began to march towards Shutian Mansion, with the cavalry in front and the infantry battalion following. Zhongdu Mansion did not have so many war horses, so Wen Ruhai could only set up an infantry battalion.
Zhu Tianjiang put his hands on the edge of the car, and he was so proud that he really wanted to compose a poem. On the big flags on both sides of the car, one was the handsome flag with the word "Zhu". The other side was the flag of the new army. However, it was painted on it.
It's not a tiger symbol or an auspicious beast, but a fat pig with big ears!