Chapter 129 The emperor returned to Beijing and was assassinated!
In August of the fifteenth year of Zhengtong, the Northern Expedition army made a triumphant return.
This war lasted for five months. Four armies of the imperial court attacked at the same time, sweeping across the desert and completely wiping out the Northern Yuan forces.
The Chinese army defeated Oara head-on, the East Route Army drove the remaining Tatar troops to the north of the Onan River, and the West Route Army recaptured Hami. At this point, the entire Hetao area, Monan and Mobei, and Nurgandusi were all included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. p>
This is a feat worthy of being recorded in history!
The capital city was already shocked. When they learned that the emperor had made a triumphant return, King Zhu Qiyu led hundreds of civil and military officials to go out of the city thirty miles to welcome him.
This is already my second time driving, and I’m pretty familiar with it.
Zhu Qizhen's royal chariot entered the city from Anding Gate, and amid the cheers of the people in the city...an accident happened!
Whoosh!
An arrow shot through the air and flew straight towards Zhu Qizhen, who was on a horse!
What happened was so sudden that no one expected that someone was secretly ambushing and preparing to assassinate the king!
Fan Zhong had no time to react and had to shout: "Your Majesty, be careful!"
Zhu Qizhen turned aside subconsciously, and the arrow flew past his face and nailed it to the door plaque of the street shop.
"Protect, protect!"
Fan Zhong led his personal guards and gathered closely around Zhu Qizhen.
Yuan Bin led the royal guards and rushed towards the place where the arrow flew.
It was a restaurant, and the arrow flew out of the third-floor window.
When Zhu Qizhen came to his senses, his back was covered in cold sweat.
Someone was assassinated in broad daylight!
What's going on?
The crowd was already panicking, and the scene was very chaotic. Li Zhen rode forward, raised her knife, and shouted: "All people, squat down!"
This voice was so easy to use that people on the roadside squatted down and buried their heads low.
In this way, if there are gangsters among them, they can only squat down and cannot continue to carry out the assassination.
The panic situation is temporarily under control.
On the other side, Yuan Bin has already led people out of the restaurant.
Behind him, he saw two royal guards holding a man in black. The man in black was lying limply and seemed to be an assassin.
"Your Majesty, the assassin has been caught!"
Yuan Bin was carrying a crossbow and a bloody dagger.
Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "What's going on?"
Yuan Bin replied: "The assassin saw that the assassination failed and committed suicide!"
At this time, Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt a familiar face in the crowd, looking at him.
He followed his gaze, and the two met each other's eyes. The other party shook his head gently, and then continued to lower his head.
Jueshengwei, Yang Zhicong!
Zhu Qizhen seemed to realize something and asked quickly: "Where is the assassin? Bring him here!"
Yuan Bin waved his hand, and the two men behind him came forward holding the assassin.
Zhu Qizhen took a quick look and was suddenly shocked.
This person is wearing black clothes, has a thin figure, and is obviously a woman.
When he looked at his face again, he turned out to be the spy No. 18 he had secretly trained, Song Guxi!
He hurriedly asked: "Is he dead?"
Yuan Bin replied: "The wound is on the abdomen, and there is still breath!"
"Quickly, return to the palace immediately and order the imperial doctor to treat her with all her strength. I want her alive!"
"Yes!"
Yuan Bin waved his hand, and the two men behind him picked up Song Guxi and ran towards the palace.
At this time, the Jinyi Guards, Shuntian Mansion, and 50% of the troops and horses were dispatched, and the entire capital was under martial law.
Zhu Qiyu, who was accompanying Zhu Qizhen, looked pale and didn't know what to do.
The last time the emperor came back from his personal expedition, he caught up with Cao Jixiang and those birdmen plotting a rebellion.
Today is even more outrageous. He directly committed an assassination in the street. As a prisoner of the country, it is really hard to explain!
Zhu Qizhen said with a cold face: "Go back to the palace!"
The imperial guards opened the way, and the royal chariot entered the palace gate. Fan Zhong said to the civil and military officials behind him: "The emperor has an order. King Yin, the prince of Jing'an County, the cabinet bachelor, and the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture come to Fengtian Hall to discuss matters!" p>
All the civil and military officials remained silent, and those who were called out went to Fengtian Hall in disgrace.
Zhu Qizhen was sitting on the dragon throne, his face extremely ugly.
Such a great victory and triumphant army were treated like this!
Zhu Qiyu took the lead and knelt down and said: "My brother is dead, please punish me!"
Others also knelt behind Zhu Qiyu, not daring to express their anger.
Zhu Qizhen said slowly: "Let's not talk about the dead and alive first. What is going on?"
"It's my brother...my brother...I missed it..."
Zhu Qiyu was sweating profusely, but he didn’t know what to say.
Zhang Fu followed up and said: "The veteran assisted King Tan to supervise the country. He did not notice that there was an assassination in advance. The veteran neglected his duty. Please punish him!"
Cao Nai and others also expressed their willingness to accept punishment.
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said: "No more nonsense, Yuan Bin!"
"I'm here!"
"Leave this matter to the Jinyi Guards for thorough investigation, and the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and Shuntian Mansion will fully cooperate!"
"Obey!"
Zhu Qizhen sighed heavily and said: "At first, hundreds of thousands of troops couldn't do anything to me, but I didn't expect that an assassin almost killed me with a crossbow arrow!"
Zhu Qiyu and others had sad faces and were speechless.
"Okay, I have Jin Yiwei to investigate this matter!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said with an irritated look: "King Xi, tell me about the affairs in the capital!"
"Yes!"
Zhu Qiyu swallowed his saliva, and then said: "During the period of the emperor's personal campaign, the affairs of the capital, large and small, will be resolved through consultation by my younger brother, the prince of Jing'an County and the cabinet. First, the Yellow River in Huai'an Prefecture burst its banks, and the Ministry of Industry
Wang Yonghe, the left minister, went to control the flood. Regardless of his personal safety, Wang Shilang worked with the servants and led the people to block the mouth, build embankments, and repair embankments, successfully avoiding the expansion of the disaster. Secondly, a large-scale drought occurred in Kaifeng, Henan..."<
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Zhu Qi Town listened to each one one by one. Floods, droughts, locust plagues... all kinds of disasters are constant. Fortunately, the treasury is abundant this year, and if there are places affected by disasters, the court directly allocates funds, and most of the disasters can be solved.
"Sixth, the Japanese invasion is serious along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian. King Jing'an proposed to install Japanese guards in Ningbo and Fuzhou to resist Japanese invasion..."
"Wait a minute!"
Zhu Qizhen suddenly interrupted him and asked: "The Japanese invasion is serious. What is the reason for the seriousness? Please tell me in detail!"
Zhu Qiyu replied: "On June 12, the Japanese pirates landed in Fuzhou, looted and left. On July 30, the Japanese pirates landed in Ningbo, robbed the people along the coast, and guarded Nanjing. Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong learned the news and immediately sent troops
When the pirates were defeated, the thieves knew they were outmatched and fled back to the sea. During this period, there were also reports of small-scale plunder by Japanese pirates in Taizhou, Quanzhou and other places."
Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "Let the Japanese guards add equipment first. I have my own plan. You continue to talk!"
"Yes!"
Zhu Qiyu continued to report, but Zhu Qizhen could no longer listen and was thinking about the Japanese pirates.
With Mobei pacified, the Ming Dynasty no longer had any worries, and the next step was the great voyage.
At this time, Columbus had not yet been born, and he still had Zheng He's old crew on his voyages to the West. Whether it was navigation technology or the configuration of treasure ships, they were just as good as the Western fleets.
It is imminent to pacify Japan and open up the sea!