The violent explosion in the armory brought the chaos of the night to a new climax!
The agents of the Military Intelligence Department and Hantong stirred up troubles and created all kinds of chaos everywhere, and many people in the city did not dare to be lonely. Seeing the chaos in the city, the various green-skinned gangsters in the city all had the mentality of fishing in troubled waters, and thieves and petty thieves It's okay to touch them, and even worse, groups of people burn, kill and loot.
Faced with such a chaotic situation, the garrison in the city tried to suppress it at first, but soon they were overwhelmed because at this time, the Tang army outside the city began to fire.
Numerous artillery pieces were lined up outside the city. More than 20 howitzers and more than 80 field guns opened fire one after another. When the artillery fired, there were clouds of flames, and the shells flew up to the top of the city with loud noises, or Fall into the city.
At this time, the Tang army outside the city carried out a large-scale and intensive artillery bombardment. The more than 20,000 Ming troops defending the city were naturally frightened. They had no time to manage the chaos in the city. Their own lives were in danger.
Intensive shelling will bring intensive casualties, and more importantly, although the Datang Army has never carried out a large-scale siege at night so far, no one can guarantee that the Datang Army will not be able to attack the city at night. Will launch a night attack!
Although the darkness of night was enough to bring a major advantage to the Ming army defending the city, it was not impossible for them to launch an attack directly with torches and use countless torches to turn night into day.
Therefore, the Ming army in the city is now very cautious, fearing that if they are negligent, the Tang army will directly enter the city.
In particular, the generals responsible for commanding more than 20,000 Ming troops each received personal letters from the cabinet bosses, asking them to stabilize the situation!
As for Emperor Shaowu, he did not send anyone to pass on the imperial edict. Because there was chaos in the city at this time, the entire Forbidden City had been completely sealed off to prevent the riots in the city from spreading to the Forbidden City. In addition, the cabinet bosses in the city who really supported the overall situation obviously I also don’t want Emperor Shaowu to come out and cause trouble at this critical moment.
As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the benevolent king of the ministers, Emperor Shao Wu needs to stay safely in the Forbidden City and wait for the final decision. There is no need to participate in person, and the ministers will not let him participate if they want to.
These ministers were bullied miserably by Emperor Zhengde before, and it was not easy for Emperor Zhengde to die, ushering in the era of civil servants taking power. Although it was only for a short period of ten days, the city might even be broken tomorrow. , leading to the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, but tonight, they are still unwilling to give up the power in their hands.
This feeling of imprisoning the emperor in the palace and holding the entire world and the fate of the entire dynasty in his hands is really good. So good that they know clearly that it cannot last for long, and maybe tomorrow they will be killed by the king of Tang Dynasty. It has been broken, but they are still unwilling to give up!
The more than 20,000 Ming troops were now completely controlled by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. Those generals were all their lackeys and disciples. The nobles who had maintained a certain degree of power in the Zhengde era were all They were all taken away by Emperor Zhengde and died in the Battle of Anping. Now Youzhou City is ruled by their civil servants!
Although the Ming army under the control of civilian officials knew that they would not be able to defend it, but their superiors asked them to hold on, they could only bite the bullet and continue to hold on to the city!
These ideas of the civil servants are easy to understand. The cabinet has not yet reached an agreement on whether to surrender or to hold on. Even among the capitulation faction, there are many debates. The capitulation faction among them wants to surrender, but they want to have conditions.
The surrender is not an unconditional surrender.
They are important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they hope that their surrender is not surrender, but surrender!
Although there is only one word difference between these two words, the difference is huge!
They are still thinking about becoming officials in the Tang Dynasty after surrendering. Even if they cannot continue to be ministers or ministers in the Tang Dynasty, it can't be too bad!
Of course, not everyone thinks so!
After Wan Chensong, the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's master, sent away the man in black who sneaked into the mansion, he stayed in the study room. After an interval of about a few hours, at about one o'clock in the morning, he saw a man again
stranger!
This stranger is none other than Zhang Pingyang, the seventh-grade editor of the Hanlin Academy Secretariat who came to the city to take charge of tonight's intelligence work!
When Wan Chensong saw Zhang Pingyang for the first time, he couldn't help but frown slightly. He was really unbelievable. For such an important matter, Tang Jun only sent such a young man in his early twenties, and he was a
There are only those who are in the seventh grade of Hanlin.
This person is not even as old as his eldest grandson, and in the officialdom, he can be said to be still young.
He had long heard that the generals and officials in the Puppet Tang Dynasty were very old. It was said that several famous generals in the Tang army, such as Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing, Fang Xitong, and Wang Chaohong, except for Wang Chaohong, were in their thirties.
The remaining three are all in their early twenties.
Among the civil servants, except for a few important ministers such as Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu who are relatively old, most of the others are relatively old. Even though they cannot be compared with those in the military who are in their early twenties, most of them are older.
He is only about thirty or forty years old.
According to Wan Chensong's estimate, the person who comes to have a deep talk with him should be a mature and stable person who can live a good life. He should be over thirty years old. In terms of rank, even if he is not a minister or a minister, he should be a minister.
It should be at least an official of fourth grade or above!
You must know that I am the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, with a transcendent status. Even for superficial respect, it is impossible for the other side to send such a low-level young official here.
Zhang Pingyang saw Wan Chensong's frown, but he didn't care!
Today, he does not come on behalf of himself, but on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Eternal Saint King, so he has enough confidence to stand in front of Wan Chensong and consider himself the winner!
However, these two people are both in the officialdom, the best among people, so they may have various thoughts in their hearts, but they are able to control too much of themselves very well.
So after the two exchanged simple greetings, Wan Chensong was the first to speak: "Zhang Xiaoyou works as an editor at your Hanlin Academy? If Wan remembers it correctly, your editor position should be mainly for writing documents.
Let’s work, why did we come to the dangerous Youzhou?”
Zhang Pingyang smiled slightly at this time: "Editing is just a false title in our Datang Imperial Academy, and it has nothing to do with the actual position. Zhang works in the Secretariat of our Datang Imperial Academy.
Second Secretary."
"Secretariat? Second Secretary? No wonder I came to Youzhou. I just didn't notice it for a moment, but I didn't notice it. Since Zhang Xiaoyou is the second secretary, I'm afraid he will always be with the emperor of your country. What he can do today
Lord?"
After Wan Chensong heard Zhang Pingyang say that he was the second secretary of the Secretariat, he immediately changed his attitude and felt much relieved!
The Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were sworn enemies and had been at war with each other for several years. The Ming Dynasty also collected various information about the Tang Dynasty in detail, and they could basically obtain some public information.
The official system is naturally open to the public, so most officials in the Ming Dynasty have a little understanding of the official system of the Tang Dynasty, and if they are interested, they can even understand it in detail.
Wan Chensong knew that the official system in the Tang Dynasty was different. The Hanlin Academy there was far more special than the Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty. The Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty was mainly used as a place to raise hopes. The Hanlin Academy
Suffer step by step until the day comes.
But once you get through it, you will become an important official in the court!
Because once they survive, they can often directly serve as ministers or ministers. What's more, they can rise to the top in one step and directly become cabinet ministers.
However, the Hanlin Academy of the Tang Dynasty existed as Li Xuan's private office. The Hanlin Academy was quite large, with a total of more than twenty departments. Although the Hanlin Academy was partly selected from the winners of the imperial examinations,
But in fact, most of them are drawn from various places.
At the same time, the Imperial Academy of the Tang Dynasty also had very heavy powers. Basically, as long as Li Xuan was willing, they could even bypass the Imperial Study Room, Cabinet, and Privy Council to directly deliver orders to local officials and generals.
Among the more than twenty departments in the Hanlin Academy, the Secretariat is the most special and important!
Anyone who can serve in the secretariat, even the lowest third-class secretary, is also a potential rookie in the officialdom. As long as he makes no mistakes, his future prospects are unlimited.
Since the Zhang Pingyang in front of him is the second secretary in the Hanlin Academy Secretariat, although his rank is a bit low, it is possible that he will be sent to Youzhou City.
After all, there is always a huge difference between the emperor's ministers and ordinary ministers, and Zhang Pingyang falls into this category of the emperor's ministers. There is no guarantee that this person will be able to produce a secret edict at any time.
After confirming that Zhang Pingyang could do it, Wan Chensong also revealed his real problem!
"Wan Mou has just talked with your people. You want Wan Mou to lead hundreds of officials to surrender. However, do you know Wan Mou's concerns?"
Zhang Pingyang said: "Are you worried that my king's division will not be able to break into the city tomorrow? You are worried about accidents in the chaos, and you are worried that we will default on our debts and deny your credit!"
Although his words were very straightforward and his tone was a bit rude, Wan Chensong did not show any dissatisfaction. He just nodded slightly and then looked at Zhang Pingyang: "Then what do you think?"
Zhang Pingyang said: "I, Zhang, am not boasting, but Senior Wan, all your worries are non-existent!"