If the rebel army is a mob, then the refugees are even more vulnerable. Although they were bewitched and hot-headed and looked very fierce due to the strength of their numbers, they gave up when the officers and soldiers went on a killing spree and cut down more than ten people.
, and then dispersed in a hurry!
When Wang Jiayan mobilized thousands of troops to blockade several streets outside the city and work together to put out the fire, the thugs just now turned into good, harmless babies, staring with a pair of innocent eyes filled with emotion.
Afraid to beg.
However, this is the imperial capital. How can you just surrender to the emperor and let things go? The mastermind behind the scenes must be found.
Several streets were blocked by officers and soldiers, trapping more than a thousand refugees who participated in the riots. Wang Jiayan personally took charge of the suppression.
In the courtyard of Dongchang Yamen, nearly thirty corpses are neatly placed. These are the thieves who just attacked the Yamen. Except for three alive, the rest are lying here. The outside world says that Dongchang is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. In fact, this is not the case. This is hell.
!
The kind that you don’t even think about leaving once you’re here.
There were tragic wails from the execution room, which could be heard faintly throughout the yamen. In the side room in the backyard, Chen Wangting was helping Wuzhong bandage his wounds. The battle just now caused his wounds to burst and left a lot of blood. Hearing the screams, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Chun
My father-in-law is angry."
How could Chunxiang not be angry? The thieves boldly attacked the Yamen, killing seven or eight people and injuring more than ten people. If it hadn't been a coincidence that Chen Wangting and General Fa had returned to the city yesterday, it's hard to say what the consequences would have been.
Dongchang couldn't afford to lose this face, nor could the royal family, so he had to dig something out.
There are many living hell kings in the East Factory, who are legendary torture experts. Anyone who falls into their hands will not hesitate to speak.
Maybe there are people in the world who are not afraid of death, but few people can bear it. It seems that a famous person once said that no one can withstand physical torture, so even the little eunuch once suspected that at a certain period,
Can those captured undercover agents really withstand the torture?
Maybe, but obviously these three people can't bear it.
In less than half an hour, Chunxiang walked out of the execution room and began to issue orders. He could directly command the Jin Yiwei and mobilize the personal guards when handling cases.
Several groups of soldiers and horses went to various places to capture people, and Chunxiang himself hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint.
Emperor Chongzhen was relieved to know that the riots in the outer city had been suppressed. The most unbearable thing was still the attack on Dongchang. Who was so bold and why did he come to assassinate Chang Yu? Chang Yu just returned to Beijing last night.
This group of people were eager to take action, so murderous! Unfortunately, the information was wrong, and he left early in the morning.
"It was done by Tatar spies!" Chunxiang's first words when he met the Holy Spirit made Emperor Chongzhen dumbfounded.
The thief did not go to assassinate Chang Yu. The reason why he attacked Dongchang Yamen was to save their British Prince Azig!!!
Azig was secretly escorted back to Beijing last night, and this morning he announced to the world that Tatar spies had robbed the prison before noon. This shows that the Tatars have been operating in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and have cultivated a rich power and a wide and deep intelligence network.
, shocking!
But that's not necessarily the case. To Emperor Chongzhen's surprise, they had known about the Tatar spy's confession a few hours after he was captured in Azigh, which meant that he knew it earlier than Emperor Chongzhen.
After Dorgon learned that Azig had been captured, he speculated that the Ming army would send him to the capital to ask for merit. He immediately summoned the spies in the city and asked them to pay close attention to the possibility of timely rescue. At that time, Azig had not yet been captured.
He was escorted back to Beijing, but the group was already plotting how to rescue him.
The imperial capital has just experienced a war, and there are still refugees in the city, and everything is in chaos. Why not seize the opportunity to incite the refugees to cause chaos, and take advantage of the mutiny in the city to come in and rescue Azig.
To put it bluntly, it’s just making an attack in the east and attacking in the west!
Plan first and then act. When the imperial court announced to the world that Azig was captured, they had already collected relevant detailed information. The young eunuch returned to Beijing last night, and his Black Wolf Battalion entered the city late at night and went straight to the Dongchang Yamen and left early in the morning, so they concluded that the Prince of England must be imprisoned.
Imprisoned in Dongchang!
Little did he know that the young eunuch had also made a secret, and actually imprisoned Azig in the Jinyiwei Prison. Only a few people knew this secret.
As expected, those ignorant refugees in the outer city had no brains. They fell into the trap after a little bit of confusion. The commotion of burning, looting, and miscellaneous activities was very loud. The men hiding in the Dongchang Yamen here planned to lead the mob into the inner city and cause chaos in the whole city.
Do it again.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Fanghui of the Nancheng Army and Horses Division was very experienced and immediately notified the gatekeepers and shut down all the inner city, so that the mob had no chance to rush into the inner city. He did not even know that the mob there was captured by the Beijing camp as soon as they showed up.
The officers and soldiers were so ruthless that they killed the coward!
I thought that the officers and soldiers were lax in their preparations and were lazy in their work, but unexpectedly, they were decisive and quick, and controlled the situation in the outer city in time!
Seeing that the mob over there failed to rush into the inner city as expected, the rescuers here did not dare to wait any longer, so they had to take risks, but Dongchang counterattacked and killed the three of them alive!
I originally thought that the refugees outside the city were just getting too excited and causing chaos. However, I did not expect that it was also a Tatar spy who was secretly planning it. Emperor Chongzhen, who knew the cause and consequences, was angry and shocked that the Tatars actually had such power in the capital.
In a short period of time, intelligence from all sources could be gathered, and the troops could be organized to make such a big noise. If the outer city had not controlled the situation in time and prevented the mob from flooding into the inner city, the consequences would have been disastrous.
"Check, even if you go through the city of Beijing, you have to find out how many Tatar spies are in the city." Emperor Chongzhen was so angry, angry and frightened that his whole body was shaking: "I used to think that only the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty could penetrate every hole. Although
I knew that the Tatars were cultivating power in the Ming Dynasty, but I didn’t expect it to reach this point. I’m really afraid that there are Tatar spies in this imperial city!”
Emperor Chongzhen's anger was naturally justified. There were tens of thousands of Qing cavalry outside the city. The little eunuch tried his best but could only bite off a few pieces of someone's skin. The imperial capital, which has always been heavily guarded, was almost captured by someone else's spies. It was embarrassing.
Ah, can you not be angry!
After Wang Jiayan calmed down the riot, he returned to the palace to face the saint, and found out that the riot was instigated by someone. Under severe torture and intimidation, the refugees randomly identified them, because it was difficult to trace the thousands of people involved in the case, and they might even have escaped long ago.
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen already knew from Chunxiang that the man behind the scenes was a Tatar spy, and he had already identified several places where he could stay and sent people to eliminate them.
"Can the fire be extinguished? How much will be lost?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a livid face, still angry.
"The open fire has been extinguished. It is roughly estimated that nearly 60 shops were robbed and smashed, more than 200 households were affected, more than 20 houses were burned, 13 innocent people were beaten to death, and more than 100 were injured! Wang Jiayan came one by one.
, these more than a thousand thugs are truly abominable.”
"Kill, kill them all!" Emperor Chongzhen was furious. Wang Jiayan and others looked at each other and did not dare to speak, but they also knew that what Emperor Chongzhen said was just angry words.
The law does not punish the public. Even if such riots occurred hundreds of years later, only a few leaders would be arrested, let alone at this time in the late Ming Dynasty.
It's just that Emperor Chongzhen was upset if he didn't punish these rebellious people. Killing him would be impossible. Not to mention that the cabinet would not agree, Wang Jiayan and Gong Yonggu in front of him would firmly oppose it. If only Chang Yu was here, he would definitely
For my sake, I took a look at Chunxiang after thinking about this.
"Your Majesty, how about leaving it to Dongchang to deal with at this time?" Chunxiang understood and asked. Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Jiayan and saw that he was looking at his nose and heart. This kind of thing was thankless, and Wang Jiayan naturally didn't want to accept it.
.
"Gong Qing, please help Dongchang investigate this matter." Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly towards Gong Yonggu. Gong Yonggu handed over his hand and accepted the decree, knowing its meaning. Emperor Chongzhen asked him to control Dongchang's bottom line, which would allow him to vent his anger.
Don't be too harsh. Chunxiang is not as thorough as Chang Yu. If he really cleans up the troubled people without knowing the importance, the government and the public will definitely be scolded, and he will bear the blame.
The imperial capital is really bustling today. In order to inspire the people and regain the face that was tarnished by the Tatar siege a few days ago, the imperial court loudly publicized the achievements of the war outside the city.
This kind of propaganda war necessary for political intelligence has been around since ancient times, and it has become even more so in later generations. It has always been about reporting good things but not bad things. Even if you kill one hundred enemies and lose one thousand, you still have to shout, "Great victory!"
The common people were really excited to accept this trick. A few days ago, they were scolding the incompetent officers and soldiers of the imperial court for allowing the Tatars to enter the border without anyone noticing. At this time, it was uncharacteristic of the war. The imperial court responded with timely measures and took the opportunity to repair the entrance of the Tatars.
They have long memories.
But...the sudden riots in the outer city and the attack on the Dongchang Yamen caused an explosion in the whole city, and all kinds of rumors and gossip were flying all over the sky.
Martial law!
Although Chang Yu took away most of the troops, there were still more than 10,000 personal guards and camps in the capital. These people could not go to the battlefield but were more than capable of maintaining public order.
With one order, all the troops were ordered to put all the streets around the imperial city under control, especially from the south of the imperial city to Daming Gate. This is the Qianbu Corridor, which is where the six yamen of the Ming Dynasty are located, and the Jinyi Guards are also among them.
When the people were talking about it, the Zhengyang Gate was opened wide. Chunxiang led more than a hundred fans and Jinyiwei directly out of the outer city and rode towards the riot area. Gong Yonggu stood side by side and asked in a low voice: "How are Eunuch Chun going to deal with it?"
?”.
Chunxiang sneered: "To be honest, I want to kill them all like the emperor did."
Gong Yonggu was ridiculous: "This is impossible, the emperor is just talking out of anger."
"Although they are angry words, they are also true. The Emperor also thinks so in his heart." Chunxiang smiled playfully: "It's just that many things cannot be done even after thinking about it, right Prince Consort."
Gong Yonggu's face straightened: "The emperor's heart is unpredictable."
This means that he and Chang Yu have a good relationship and love each other. If others had spoken out, they would have reprimanded him.
Chunxiang quickly raised his hand and said, "Let's get down to business, does the Prince Consort have any good ideas?"
Gong Yonggu was silent for a while: "It not only wants them to feel pain, but also wants the emperor to relieve his anger, and also makes the government and the public have nothing to say. This matter is difficult. Didn't you see that Wang Jiayan didn't say a word? You people in Dongchang are not afraid.
Hot to the touch".
Now it was Chunxiang's turn to smile bitterly: "It's not that Dongchang is not afraid of burning his hands, it's just that the emperor threw it directly, so he has to pick it up."
Gong Yonggu laughed loudly: "Who told your Eunuch Chang to be so capable that he made the emperor think that Dongchang is omnipotent?"
Chunxiang chuckled: "Although Dongchang is not omnipotent, he can handle this matter well."
"Oh, Eunuch Chun, have you thought of a way?" Gong Yonggu raised his eyebrows, wondering if all the young people in Dongchang are so capable now.
"The Prince Consort has decided that he will let the emperor relieve his anger and let the troubled people know how painful it is. It will also make the government and the public unable to say anything."
Chunxiang smiled slightly and rode off in a hurry. Gong Yonggu followed closely behind him doubtfully.