In the yard, Xiao Chen ordered Liu Rufeng: "Gather all the brothers together, something will happen soon."
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the hall.
"What's going on? What are you doing out today?" Zhu Gaochi sat opposite Xiao Chen, rubbing his legs and arms for a while, and asked casually.
"I went to the Baoding government office." Xiao Chen said.
After saying that, he picked up the kettle on the table, poured a bowl for Zhu Gaochi and handed it over, and poured another bowl for himself.
Picking up the tea bowl, Zhu Gaochi drank it all in one gulp: "There are people from Daning Dusi on duty here, so don't bother Baoding Prefecture, right?"
"I didn't bother them, but cleared up some hidden dangers for them." Xiao Chen said softly.
"Hidden danger?"
"The Baoding Guards colluded with the Auditing Academy to cover up your detention. I will kill all the military attachés from more than a hundred households in the Guards." Xiao Chen said calmly.
"Is there any evidence of collusion?" Zhu Gaochi asked hurriedly.
Any arbitrary treatment of the military attachés, even by the Ministry of War, must be reported to the emperor for decision. Although this matter involves the serious crime of imprisoning oneself, there will definitely be more than one or two military attachés guarding the army. If anyone is held accountable for this matter in the future
Get up, there will still be trouble in Dongchang.
"There is no direct evidence, but when they inquired about information for the academy, they did so in this courtyard." Xiao Chen said.
After a moment of silence, Zhu Gaochi raised his head: "I will report this matter to my father after I return to Beijing, so that no one will talk about it afterwards and it will be detrimental to Dongchang."
"This matter has passed, and there is no need for your Highness to report it. If you commit the crime of rebellion, Dongchang can kill him on the spot. This is the power given to Dongchang by the emperor. However, I suspect that there are many intentions among the soldiers below.
Those who conspired to rebel. Just now I asked Daning Dusi to help control the garrison and gathered the Dongchang captains, just to prepare to kill them all." Xiao Chen said.
"Kill them all?" Zhu Gaochi was startled, thinking he heard wrongly, "If you don't clean up, kill them all?"
"In order not to leave any fish slipping through the net, it would be more appropriate to kill them all."
"Isn't this a bit too arbitrary? This is more than a thousand lives?" Zhu Gaochi was shocked.
"The purpose of doing this is to show everyone the Ming Dynasty. If I dare to attack you like this, no matter who the other party is or how many people there are, as long as they are involved, they will die. It is important to convince people with virtue.
, but for some stubborn people, if you don’t let them be frightened, they won’t know what will happen if they go against the imperial court.”
Speaking of his own experience, Zhu Gaochi was secretly angry and seemed to have more support for Xiao Chen's plan to kill all the guards.
"If you do this, I'm just afraid that someone will use it as an excuse later." Zhu Gaochi said a little worriedly.
I have always shown myself to be an honest and honest person. Although I was kidnapped, the person who kidnapped me should be charged with treason. However, if I were to wipe out the Baoding City Guards all at once, I am afraid that my honest and honest image would no longer exist.
"Using the topic? If someone takes advantage of this matter, I think they are either mentally retarded or mentally retarded." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"how do I say this?"
"The emperor has never tolerated the crime of rebellion. In the eyes of the emperor, as long as there is a crime of rebellion, killing as many people as possible is not enough. The world of the Ming Dynasty cannot be coveted by the gangsters. Who dares to use this matter as an excuse?
Anyone who is in the court will be punished for treason. People in the court can reach the point where they can speak in the court, and they will weigh the importance of this kind of thing." Xiao Chen smiled lightly, picked up the tea bowl, and took a sip.
"Then kill, as long as there is even the slightest implication, kill them all, eradicate the roots." Zhu Gaochi's eyes had a qualitative change at this moment and before.
The gaze hidden in the corners of his eyes had a hint of ferocity.
Liu Rufeng walked in from outside the door and whispered in Xiao Chen's ear: "Everyone has gathered and is waiting for you."
"Your Highness has been training all morning, and he must be very tired. Just take a good rest in the room while we go and take care of this matter." Xiao Chen stood up and whispered to Zhu Gaochi.
"Yes." Zhu Gaochi nodded, "Make it clean and don't miss anything."
Xiao Chen was startled, then gave Zhu Gaochi a thumbs up. He nodded, turned around and left the hall.
Watching Xiao Chen leave, Zhu Gaochi sat on the chair, feeling very conflicted.
The entire guard army was killed. Even if it was Dongchang's fault, all the officials would remember it on their own heads.
In the future, this honest and honest image may not be maintained.
Thinking back to the beginning, the King of Han and the King of Zhao had designed to frame him many times, but in order to protect his image, seeing his father preparing to demote them to common people, he had no choice but to go to his father to plead for mercy.
The emperor let them go.
Now this incident will completely ruin my image.
But that’s fine, which emperor doesn’t have some iron-blooded methods?
The reason why I chose a simple and honest image at the beginning was because I had no sharp swords around me, so I had to keep my edge and maneuver among officials to gain support from everyone.
Nowadays, I am no longer the Crown Prince who needed help when walking. What's more, with the support of Dongchang, a powerful organization, whether it is Xiao Chen's sharp and indestructible sword, or Lin Shangli's unparalleled sword.
Yes, I no longer need to hide my right to speak in front of my father.
What's more, the father is also willing to see a prince with his own opinions and iron-blooded methods take over Jiang from his hands. Only in this way can the father feel more confident about leaving the Ming Dynasty to him.
Standing up, Zhu Gaochi turned and walked into his room.
He spread out the paper on the desk, picked up the slender pen on the right hand side, dipped it into the inkstone a few times, and began to write down in detail what he had experienced during this period.
In the yard, in addition to the dozen or so famous captains who were left standing guard at their positions, more than forty Dongchang captains had already assembled.
The soap-colored Dongchang captain's uniform made everyone look uniform and in good spirits.
In addition to the Dongchang standard saber around his waist, each person also had a gunpowder filled with gunpowder pinned to his thigh.
"Take off all the guns and leave them in the yard." Xiao Chen shouted softly.
There was a "crash, clatter, clatter" sound, and in a short time, more than forty muskets were placed in the open space in the middle of the yard.
"Do you know what we are all going to do when we gather together today?" Xiao Chen asked loudly?
Everyone shook their heads.
"You, Li Er." Xiao Chen pointed to the captain at the front and said, "Do you still remember that when we entered the city, the guards forcibly took our Dongchang's army horses away from you? How did you feel at that time?
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"If I didn't need to conceal my identity, I would have chopped him with a knife. Are Dongchang's military horses something others can get their hands on if they want?" Li Er said angrily.
"Yes, we from Dongchang, and in the entire Ming Dynasty except the emperor, no one can show off in front of us and do whatever he wants. I want you to take off your blunderbuss, that is to say, I want you to pick up the saber on your waist and kill all those who don't like it.
The target is to behead, the Baoding City Guards Station. In a quarter of an hour, I don’t want to see a single living body or a complete corpse among the guards.” Xiao Chen shouted loudly.
At the Baoding Prefecture garrison, Wang Zheng, the commander of Daning Dusidu, personally led the troops and surrounded the garrison.
Inside the garrison, every guard soldier opened his eyes with fear, not knowing what to do.
Hundreds and thousands of his own households have disappeared. The entire residence has been surrounded by people. No one knows what will happen next.
Three feet away from the gate of the garrison, Wang Zheng stood under the shade of a tree with his hands behind his back, holding up the gate of the garrison not far away, with a solemn expression on his face.
Next to him, slightly behind him, was a commanding officer from Daning Dusi.
"Sir, why do I feel guilty for a while?" The commanding officer looked at Wang Zheng and said in a low voice.
"What are you guilty of?"
"These are more than a thousand troops in the establishment. We surround them and wait for Dongchang to come and massacre them. If word gets out in the future, how will everyone comment?" the commander knew.
"What massacre? Why have you become less and less able to speak recently? We, Daning Dusi, cooperated with Dongchang to rescue His Highness the Crown Prince, besieged the rebel Baoding City Guards, and waited for Dongchang to arrest him. This is our duty as the imperial army.
It's our duty. To brace ourselves and run away from a rebel soldier would be a dereliction of duty on our part."
Looking at the Dongchang troops walking in the distance, Wang Zheng loudly scolded the commanding officers around him.
