On the 28th, the cold wind blew all night, and it died down in the early morning. After early morning, a clear and sunny sky emerged with a warm wind.
Exit Chongyang Gate and go west via Tianshui Bridge to Shili Changting. Flags are placed all over the Chi Road. Two brigades of armored soldiers of the Forbidden Infantry Army leave Chongyang Gate first and set up warning lines on both sides of the Chi Road at intervals of three to five steps.
The battalion cavalry also controlled the nearby high ground and set up dozens of observation posts.
As the governor of Jiangning, Zhang Yubo did not rush to Chongwen Hall to support the emperor out of the city early in the morning. Instead, he came to Chongyang Gate. He was wearing a purple crane robe and stood on the Chongyang Gate tower, watching the people watching the ceremony with his sleeves.
People filed out of the doorway.
More people occupied both sides of the long street from Chongyang City to the Imperial City early, waiting for the troops to enter the city. Countless people from the surrounding villages and towns outside the city also flowed to Chongyang Chidao and into the city.
Although the New Year's Day is less than two days away, ordinary people still have uncontrollable enthusiasm for the fact that Duke Chongguo will be the master of victory and the emperor will welcome him in the suburbs. It was only two days ago that an official announcement was made to determine the emperor's welcome in the suburbs. Jiangning City
I suddenly fell into an uncontrollable boil. In the past two days, Jiangning city has been decorated with lights and colorful decorations, as if the New Year has arrived early.
Zhang Yubo is familiar with the legal system, "welcoming the emperor in the suburbs", "gifting nine tins", "establishing officials and setting up generals". To put it bluntly, it is to build momentum and pave the way for "concession". Lin Fu ascends the throne through "concession", and does not need to carry the burden of being a minister.
The eternal infamy of killing the lord and usurping the throne can also enable the new dynasty to gain the natural legal status of inheriting the old dynasty.
Compared with killing the lord and usurping the throne, by ascending the throne through "abdication", the bloodshed will be limited to the Lin and Yuan clans, and will not expand infinitely and involve all the officials of the old dynasty in the bloody storm for ruthless killing and purging - Zhang Yubo
My heart is also full of conflicting emotions.
At this time, Zhao Shuhan, who was wearing casual clothes, climbed up to the city tower. Even though Zhao Shuhan took out his silver medal, he still checked Xu Dengcheng before letting Xu Dengcheng go. Zhang Yubo looked at Zhao Shuhan walking over and said, "Brother Zhao is sick at home, isn't he?
Why are you here to join in the fun again? Are you not afraid of being seen by the Privy Council?"
"I can't sit still," Zhao Shuhan said with a wry smile, "Lin Fu wants to ascend to the throne. I will be the first to oppose him. I will do it openly, so what do I have to fear?"
"Nowadays, the official document issued by the General Affairs Department has openly discussed the difference between the imperial court and the country, saying that the imperial court is just a family with one surname for the whole world. If it dies, the surname will be changed. But if the country dies, benevolence and righteousness will be abolished. It will lead the beasts to eat people, and the people will
Eating each other is a matter of concern for all the people in the world. The country's demise is not a matter of the clan, the emperor and his ministers. It is the responsibility of everyone in the world. This is to put the differences between Han and Yi above the inheritance of the imperial tradition." Zhang Yubo said.
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"There are already scholars in the city openly discussing the abdication of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient times," said Zhao Shuhan. "At this time, the emperor is given a gift of Jiuxi in the suburbs. When Lin Fu returns from the northern expedition to recover the Central Plains, the abdication will be a matter of course.
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Zhang Yubo smiled helplessly and said: "Look at the soldiers and civilians all over the city, and then look at the civil and military generals of the dynasty gathered outside Chongwen Hall waiting to follow Emperor Yongxing out of the city to greet him. You will know that this situation cannot be changed by just three or five people.
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"I just hope it can be less bloody," Zhao Shuhan sighed, then shook his head and said, "But since ancient times, it has been rare for dynasties to change without blood...Brother Yu Bo, how will you deal with it?"
"Jiangning has generally settled down, and there is no need for me to rely on Jiangning's appointment. I think with Lin Fu's heart, he will eventually allow me to resign and go back to the world," Zhang Yubo asked Zhao Shuhan again.
, "Brother Zhao, can you go with me, put your heart on a small boat, and stop caring about right and wrong?"
"I don't know where to go..." Zhao Shuhan looked at the clear sky at Chongyang Gate in confusion. He still vividly remembered the scene when Lin Fu first entered Jiangning and the three of them met. Who could have imagined what happened in ten years?
So many earth-shaking changes?
"When I came out of the mansion, the whole city was full of soldiers killing me," Zhao Shuhan said. "Huaidong is also afraid that someone from the imperial party will take risks!"
Zhang Yubo smiled bitterly and said: "The situation in Huaidong has been achieved. Even if Lin Fu wants to give up his ambition of Daiyuan, the people in Huaidong will not agree. What's the use of the imperial party taking risks in desperation? If things change, Lin Xuwen, Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu
, Cao Ziang and others will immediately and decisively purge the imperial family members and imperial ministers..."
Zhao Shuhan nodded and said: "I am also worried that some people in the Imperial Party are irrational! Regardless of whether they can succeed or not, it will be a big harm."
If there is really going to be an assassination today, if it doesn't happen, it will only give Lin Fu an excellent excuse to purge the members of the Jiangning Imperial Party; even if it does happen, maybe Huaidong will fall into division and chaos because of Lin Fu's sudden death, but they are splitting.
Before the chaos, they were fully capable of bloody cleansing the forces that threatened them. The Imperial Party must be the first target of the bloody cleansing; in fact, Lin Xuwen, Lin Mengde and others were more likely to choose from among Lin Fu's disciples.
One person was established as a young emperor and started a new dynasty.
Zhao Shuhan was even worried that Huaidong would direct and stage an assassination play to arouse the people's hearts and directly abolish the establishment of the country, so he couldn't sit still in the mansion and came to watch.
"Master Zhao is here too," Chen Enze, who was wearing armor, walked over and saw that Zhao Shuhan was also present. He pretended that he didn't know about Zhao Shuhan's illness. He looked at the sun and said, "It's getting late now.
Why hasn’t there been any movement in the palace?”
Zhang Yubo also looked nervously to the east toward the palace city. No matter what, he hoped that today's suburban welcome ceremony could be completed smoothly and that no uncontrollable evil would occur - it is really great that the world can have peace today.
It's not easy. Zhang Yubo doesn't want the world to be in chaos again, but when he thinks about it, the world's peace has nothing to do with the Yuan family of the imperial family. He thinks that it's no wonder that the minds of the people in the world have changed...
Although the wind and sunshine are beautiful, before the Chinese New Year, Jiangning still turns to ice.
More than a hundred officials in scarves were waiting outside the Chongwen Hall. They were shrinking from the freezing weather. They hid their hands in their sleeves and looked anxiously and uneasily into the hall from time to time. The door of the Chongwen Hall was open.
But in the outer hall, except for a dozen ministers in crimson clothes who were waiting anxiously like them, no trace of Emperor Yongxing could be seen.
The officials inside and outside the palace looked at each other in shock, thinking in their hearts: There is no one around at this time. What if the emperor loses his temper and insists on not leaving the city to go to the suburbs to welcome Duke Chong back to the capital? How will this end?
Is it necessary to turn the suburban welcoming ceremony into a bloody massacre?
On the steps, the armored soldiers in the palace city stood like sculptures in the cold wind, but under the shining of the winter sun, the armor blades emitted a cold light, piercing people's hearts - this made everyone's hearts tighten even more.
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At this time, a column of people came from outside the palace. The leaders were Lin Xuwen, the deputy prime minister and leader of the household department, and Qin Chengzu, the deputy privy envoy and military adviser. They called more than a hundred soldiers to walk towards Chongwen Hall.
Today, only the important ministers of the Huaidong line can call armor soldiers to escort in and out of the palace. Qin Chengzu is also wearing brown armor, with a sword on his waist. It is simple and unpretentious, but it makes the current atmosphere more and more solemn, as if there are already killing generals floating in the air.
The smell of blood.
The officials who thought they could talk to Lin Xuwen and Qin Chengzu came up to him and greeted him all the time. Other officials stood on the periphery, smiling out of their restless moods, for fear of Huai
The people in the East had forgotten that they had already expressed their closeness to the Duke of Chongguo. They were afraid that if they were not careful today, the city would be filled with blood and they would be involved together...
"Your Majesty, you feel dizzy in the morning, and you haven't bathed in clothes yet." Cheng Yuqian, who was in the Chongwen Palace, saw Lin Xuwen and Qin Chengzu coming together, bringing with them more than a hundred armored soldiers with murderous intent. He felt nervous and walked out of the palace.
, a little explanation.
Lin Xuwen looked up at the sun, looked at Qin Chengzu, and said, "Don't worry, there's still time."
Cheng Yuqian didn't understand for a moment whether Lin Xuwen was saying that Emperor Yongxing still had time to bathe and change clothes, or whether he was saying that they would have to wait for a while before taking action.
Although the jailers in the palace are also under the control of the Privy Council, the execution of the emperor's family obviously cannot be done by the soldiers guarding the palace to avoid setting a bad example for future generations to follow.
As long as the generals of the Forbidden Camp are ordered to stay still, the more than a hundred soldiers behind Qin Chengzu can kill the Forbidden Palace until it is bloody, leaving no one alive - and the important people of the Huaidong group, except Lin Xuwen, Qin Chengzu came to the palace
Outside the city, Lin Tingli first went to the Shili Changting Pavilion west of Tianshui Bridge to wait for the generals. Lin Mengde was still sitting in the Privy Council. Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhicheng, Qian Xiaowu and others were in the Chongguo Palace, and the commander of the forbidden cavalry army Zhou Pu
He also returned from quarrying early and sat down with Chen Enze at Chongyang Gate. There was a strong tendency to kill Yuan Yue if he could not welcome him in the suburbs.
The atmosphere in the Longevity Palace was also solemn. There were nearly twice as many forbidden guards in the palace than usual, and they were all fresh faces that they had never seen before. Yuan Yan stood in front of the steps and looked at the people on both sides.
The raw-faced jailer was filled with unspeakable emotions and unspeakable depression. At this time, Miao Shuo rushed over from outside the palace. Liang, who was just inside the palace door, listened to the footsteps and asked: "
Is Miao Shuo back?"
"It's an old slave." Miao Shuo didn't care that the guards around him were actually Huaidong's eyes and ears. When he opened the door and saw the Queen Mother, he asked someone to help him and stood at the door. He said anxiously and uneasily, "The Emperor has not yet
Ken Muyi..."
Hailing Wang Yuan Jianhai said bitterly: "I knew he was a useless guy, but he got angry at this time. The matter of Jiao Ying has been announced to the world a long time ago. I am canceling the ceremony now because I feel that Huaidong has not caught enough.
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"What should we do now?" Shen Rong was also anxious, and at this time he was at his wits' end.
If Emperor Yongxing dared not go out to greet him, even if he was forced to leave the city, it would not work.
"The only way to save the worry is to keep the Ai family alive and dead!" Mrs. Liang coughed violently and said intermittently, "Help the Ai family to Chongwen Hall!" Yuan Yan hurriedly walked in, supported the Queen Mother, and went to Chongwen Hall.
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When I walked to Chongwen Hall, I realized that there was almost the smell of blood before the killing. I saw that the soldiers on both sides of the rhinoceros platform in front of the hall had been replaced with armor and uniforms that were different from those of the soldiers in the forbidden camp. I guess they were transferred from Huaidong.
As a soldier preparing to attack the imperial family, Yuan Yan couldn't help but think: Will he let me die by such a blade?
Liang turned a blind eye to the soldiers on both sides of the rhinoceros platform. He also turned a blind eye to Cheng Yuqian, Lin Xuwen and other Liao Liao ministers who came to greet him. He asked Yuan Yan to help him and walked straight to the inner hall of Chongwen Hall.
Just outside the screen of the inner hall, Yuan Yan heard the hysterical roar of Emperor Yongxing: "I have been given Jiuxi and the right to open the mansion. Today I am asked to go out to the outskirts of the city to welcome him. What else does he want in the future?"
Reward, what reward can I give him? In addition to giving up the world, what else can I give him! You all say that you are my loyal ministers. Today you force me to go out of the city to the suburbs to meet a rebellious minister who wants to usurp the throne.
Not forcing me to surrender the world to him..."
At this time, another sympathetic response came from the inner hall: "The emperor thinks so, and that's all right!"
Yuan Yan's heart skipped a beat, she was about to force Gong Chan to give in!
"Insolent!" Mrs. Liang shouted angrily, pushed down the screen, raised her crutch and threw it at Liu Zhi who said "nothing is wrong".
Liu Zhi was hit on the head with a crutch and his head was bleeding. Seeing that it was the Empress Dowager Liang who was holding up the crutch and wanted to hit him, he covered his forehead and raised his head to block it, but was frightened by Liang's remaining power and did not dare to fight back. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Liang
She was weak and dying. She used all her strength to bend over like a boiled shrimp and coughed desperately. The snow handkerchief was covered with black blood.
Lin Xuwen, who was standing behind, gave Liu Zhi a look and asked him to go down and bandage the wound first.
The Liang family calmed down after a while, and ignored Lin Xuwen. Qin Chengzu was present and questioned Emperor Yongxing, who was like a wild dog about to be killed: "The greeting ceremony in the suburbs has been announced to the world, and now the emperor is making such a fuss,
How can I give an explanation to the world?"
"The emperor's words must be polite, and his actions must be polite. I am not feeling well, so it is still polite not to go out to greet him. Even if I ask any traitor to risk the emperor's honor and kill him, I will have him bear the eternal name of killing his master and usurping the throne!"
"Emperor Yongxing roared excitedly, assuming a desperate posture: even if he died, Lin Fu would have to bear the infamy of killing his master and usurping the throne. He was no longer willing to be manipulated by Huaidong and was forced to "abdicate" the throne.
"The emperor abolishes etiquette and insults the ministers of the country. If there are one or two strong men who are not angry with the abolition of etiquette and the humiliation of the ministers, but remonstrate with their swords and blood, and worship the Duke of the country and establish a young emperor, how will the emperor treat them?" asked Empress Liang. She had been a lifelong emperor.
Jiān Mou was immersed in growing up and aging, knowing that Lin Fu did not want to bear the reputation of killing his master and usurping the throne. Some of them were methods, and some were methods. However, the Yuanjian warrior in front of him had the name of the emperor, but did not have the skills to control the world. How sad?
The last trump card in Emperor Yongxing's hand was ruthlessly exposed by Liang, and he slumped on the dragon chair, deflated. Zhang Yan, who had been kneeling on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, don't waste the gift..." Jiang Ningcheng
The Huaidong Army has been completely controlled. If the emperor abandons the etiquette and humiliates Lin Fu, he will definitely end up with blood splattered five steps away. There is absolutely no second possibility - as for how Lin Fu will clean up his affairs, and even cause a bloody storm in Jiangning.
That is also Huaidong's matter, but it will never allow the imperial family to take advantage of it.g!