The robbers were the officers and soldiers who protected the emperor, to be precise, the soldiers under Sun Chongya, the commander of the right-level general under Jin Tongwu, the commander of Pingyang Marquis Jin Tongwu. To be more precise, it was Ma Jixiang, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, who asked General Sun Chongya to rob, and the target of the robbery was the civil and military officials who followed the lord to An Ning. The emperor was just the soldiers who robbed the robbery. Of course, from the moment the guards changed from protectors to perpetrators, the situation was no longer under Ma Jixiang's control.

The robbery of those officials with the stewards sounded like Ma Jixiang was crazy, but in fact his mind was not bad. If he didn't do it, it was very likely that Emperor Yongli, who had a soft ear, would change his mind again and not go to western Yunnan and go to central Sichuan, because more than 90% of the officials with the stewards went to western Yunnan after the emperor officially issued an imperial edict to go to western Yunnan.

Speaking of which, Ma Jixiang was looking for trouble. The King of Jin agreed to the Shengjiao to go to western Yunnan. The man who protected the carriage Jin Tongwu received the order to safely send the Shengjiao to Yongchang, western Yunnan. Therefore, this matter was a foregone conclusion and there was no need to worry at all. However, Ma Jixiang was worried, afraid that Mu Tianbo and Fu Gang would obstruct the matter. So at his strong request, the exhausted Emperor Yongli formally issued an order to inform the officials of the carriage that the final destination of the Shengjiao's move was Yongchang City in western Yunnan.

As a result, most of the officials who were hidden in the dark knew that they did not go to Sichuan with the sage, but to Yongchang City, a barren land border. They naturally thought of the dispute between the Chief Minister and the Grand Secretary Guo Zhiqi in Kunming a few days ago, and also thought of the newly-cancelled envoy of the Duke of Guangdong who said to the emperor, "If you want the emperor to move to western Yunnan, you must be a traitor. The emperor will order the soldiers to be the court to kill this thief!"

"The emperor believed that the horse thief Ji Xiang said he wanted to go to western Yunnan to be my dear, and this is a strategy to lose his country!"

"When you go to western Yunnan, the country will be destroyed!"

The officials with grief and indignantness and the elderly in the peaceful local gentry, and the people cried together. They could not accept the fact that the emperor would even abandon the country and fled to the border. Under the leadership of the Hanlin lecturer Liu Qing and the officials of the Literary Department, hundreds of civil and military officials with the carriage broke through the Jinyiwei led by Ma Jixiang's brother Ma Xiongfei to stop him. They knelt in front of the Emperor Yongli in a black voice, begging the emperor to take back his order to go to western Yunnan and go to central Sichuan instead.

"It is a great misfortune for the court to not be guarded by Kunming. I have agreed to the transfer of the lord from the King of Jin to the emperor, but I hope that the lord will be lucky to Shu instead of Zhongchang and enter western Yunnan! Your Majesty is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. When this country is in danger, how can you easily go to the border? This move is greatly lost. It is said that the lord will be lucky to the emperor when he arrives in western Yunnan. Although Myanmar is a vassal, it is actually a foreign country. He is not always rebelling and subjugating. Even if my lord is loyal to him, my lord and his lord will be loyal to him. However, in the troubles of my lord and his lord, my lord and his lord will be in a hurry to see my lord and his lord. How can his lord and his lord be treated? Your Majesty cannot call on China and abroad in other countries. Besides, if Myanmar claims to be a vassal to block my lord and his lord, who will guarantee the safety of your lord and his lord?"

Hu Xian kowtowed and cried and said, "In the current situation in Yunnan, the word "Zhongxing" is just the words of a minister who loves his king and father. In fact, it is absolutely incorruptible. But outside Yunnan, there are Sichuan, Guangdong, and Jinxia. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty, and there are also thousands of loyal ministers and brave generals. How could Your Majesty easily leave western Yunnan and abandon these hundreds of thousands of loyal and brave men? When I arrived here, I would have abandoned my life and death, just for Your Majesty to cheer up.

The Ming Dynasty was able to revive, so I would never want Your Majesty to go to western Yunnan! I think that Your Majesty should go to Sichuan, but it is not enough to go to Annan to Guangdong. Even if Your Majesty does not go to either place, you should insist on it, try to lie in the firewood and go to seclusion. The outside is to guard the pass, and the inside is to encourage farmers and serenity to stay in the year, waiting for the will of heaven to change. Fortunately, if you are in full, there will be those who will be in the king in all directions. If the enemy's troops are in a hurry, you should still go to Sichuan, and you can still be complete!"

After saying that, Hu Xian and Liu Qing cried loudly, hundreds of officials who advised him also burst into tears, and howling sounded over the small Anning City.

The advice of all officials made Emperor Yongli bow his head and speechless, and he felt ashamed, but he didn't know that he really believed Ma Jixiang's slander, or was afraid of death and was unwilling to risk going to Sichuan. He ignored the advice of all officials. As long as Liu Qing drafted the "Edict of Sin" for him and drafted the "Repentance to God" for him, he used these two edicts to express his shame and self-blame to the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

What all officials want is the emperor's actual actions, and what they want is the opportunity to go to Sichuan to seek a new start, rather than the abandonment of the country to run to the border!

The emperor's behavior finally made all officials feel disappointed and despaired about the future. So, Xu Yingyuan, who was rushing to An Ning, saw countless Yongli court officials abandoning their official positions. Then, in various soft or hard actions, Xu Yingyuan, who was born in a juren, set up the airs of the court for the new emperor regime that had not yet been produced in his womb. From the Shangshu to the head of the chief, he could have set up the airs of the cabinet.

Liu Qing drafted the edict for the emperor with tears in his eyes. Among these two edicts, he scolded Ma Jixiang for making power and harming the country, and even vaguely accused His Highness of the King of Jin of his confidants of being a villain who was mistaken for fame and fortune. Yongli remained silent about the content of the edict, which made Ma Jixiang scared, so he found his brother Ma Xiongfei and his son-in-law Yang Zai and said to them: "We have planned for so long that the Holy Lord went to western Yunnan to travel to Myanmar. Now it seems that although the Holy Lord has not changed his mind, he may not have no other thoughts in his heart. Most of the officials in the court are not on the same mind as us. If they can't persuade them today, they will persuade them tomorrow, and they will also persuade them the next day. One day, the Holy Lord will change his mind, so we must take action, otherwise we will be controlled by others in the future."

"What does brother mean?"

Ma Xiongfei was punched by a head of the Ministry of Works when he led his men to stop the officer with the train. So his face was sore when he spoke. If there weren't too many people at that time, he wouldn't dare to offend the public. Otherwise, according to his temperament, he would definitely arrest the head and beat him up so that he could know how many eyes Ma Erye had!

Yang Zai frowned. With his familiarity with his father-in-law, he knew that his father-in-law was using another harsh move, but he didn't know what his father-in-law used this time.

Ma Jixiang said with a gloomy face: "After all, this matter is that there are too many people who oppose us, so they will not do it or stop. Since these officials are not on the same path as us, let them get out, so the emperor will listen to us."

"Let them get out?"

Ma Xiongfei was shocked. Brother was good at this method, but he really couldn't imagine any way to get all the officials with the train out.

Yang Zai also made a sudden surprise. Now many officials who have abandoned their posts and left the city by themselves. The Minister of War Sun Shun, Minister of Rites Cheng Yuan, and Minister of Personnel Zhang Zuochen ran away. Although the people who stayed behind were all desperate and angry about going to western Yunnan, they still insisted on not leaving, which means that they were also determined to follow the Ming Dynasty and have a beginning and an end with the emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were preparing to die for their country. These people are not afraid of death, so what can my father-in-law tell them to get out by themselves?

Ma Jixiang had already planned it, and he said to Yang Zai: "Sun Chongya, the subordinate of the Marquis of Pingyang, is very committed to me. Go and tell him and ask him to send someone to lie to the approaching Qing army. The sage of saint must leave immediately, otherwise he might be caught up by the Qing army." Speaking of this, a hint of sneer appeared on his face: "We are good at everything, but we are too afraid of death, so the saint will definitely leave immediately."

Yang Zai shook his head and said, "The King of Jin is still holding on. The Qing army will have to arrive in Kunming at the earliest. At this time, he lied that the Qing army is approaching. The emperor is afraid that he will not believe it."

"Don't worry, the emperor will believe it."

Ma Jixiang signaled Yang Zai not to worry about this, and said to him: "Tell Sun Chongya that as soon as the sage car left the city, his soldiers would let all the officials who were still to follow. In this way, I think who else dares to follow him! From now on, we have the final say in front of the sage."

Ma Xiongfei was so scared that he stayed there after hearing his brother's idea. Yang Zai was stunned for a long time, his lips opened, and he wanted to say nothing, but he finally said nothing, and sighed inwardly to find Sun Chongya.

Everything was as Ma Jixiang expected. Sun Chongya felt that the future of the imperial court retreated to western Yunnan and had a long time to leave. So after hearing Yang Zai's instigation, he thought that the officials who followed the horse had a lot of money, and immediately responded to this matter and was ready to make a fortune in the national crisis before leaving the Ming Dynasty ship that was about to sink.

According to the script provided by Ma Jixiang, Sun Chongya sent someone to inform Emperor Yongli that the Qing army had arrived in Kunming. Emperor Yongli believed it without thinking. He was so scared that he was speechless. In panic, he asked the eunuch to drive his carriage out of the city and throw away the empress dowager, the queen, and the prince!

Seeing the Holy Vehicle, he was really scared to leave the city. Sun Chongya immediately led his troops to plunder, but the timing was not grasped. When his soldiers started to rob, the Holy Vehicle had not yet left the city!

Sun Chongya's soldiers were robbed crazy and their eyes were red. They didn't care whether the emperor was the emperor. If it weren't for the internal prison and a few guards fighting to protect him, Emperor Yongli would have died in the hands of the soldiers. Although the man was not dead, the carriage he was riding was robbed by the soldiers. When he got out of the carriage, he didn't even have shoes, so he ran forward barefoot and desperately. Finally, he was rescued by the Duke of Qian State Mu Tianbo who rushed to the news. Grand Secretary Funa, Lei Yuelong and others were also rescued by Mu Tianbo. Seeing that the several Grand Secretary were fine, Yongli felt relieved. Then he realized that he was just running, and his mother and wife and children were still not out of the city!

When he heard that the empress dowager, the queen and the prince were still in the city, Mu Tianbo was anxious and quickly sent troops to rescue people. Pingyang Hou Jin Tongwu was also shocked by the riots in the city and hurriedly brought troops to suppress them. However, the entire Anning City was in chaos. The robbed soldiers were originally one with his soldiers. If the soldiers were sent in, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not rob them together. As a last resort, Jin Tongwu could only gather more than 2,000 soldiers who did not enter the city and joined Mu Tianbo to join forces to ensure the safety of the sage. However, the soldiers in the city either made chaos together or scattered like birds and beasts.

It is pitiful to those civil and military officials in Anning City who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty even if they were desperate. No matter how they thought, they would never have thought that the chief minister of the court would arrange for soldiers to rob them. It was so miserable. Gong Yi, the Minister of Revenue, and Zheng Fengyuan, the Minister of Rites, even the official robes on their bodies were robbed by chaos soldiers. When they cried out of the city, Yongli could not recognize these two people.

What makes people laugh is that the initiator is also in trouble. The Chief Auxiliary did not expect that Sun Chongya's soldiers were attacking too quickly, and the situation was out of his control. The emperors of the rebel soldiers refused to recognize him, so they would not recognize him as the assistant. The more than a dozen carriages he had saved up were about to leave the city gate and asked the rebel soldiers to rob them all. With the help of his brother Ma Xiongfei and his son-in-law Yang Zai, he finally found Jin Tongwu's soldiers, which was considered to be a way to save his life.

Looking back at the chaos of Anning City, Ma Jixiang's beard was trembling. I don't know if he was proud of his "strange thoughts" or regretful.

When Xu Yingyuan and the others entered the city, there was no defender interrogation, and no one stopped them. Even the people saw that they were hiding from afar, and the robbers ignored them, looking like they were not invading the river.

The generals and schools of Guangping Bo Chen Jian and the Shu Palace were unable to speak when they saw the chaos in the city. After a while, Chen Jian smiled bitterly, and after setting the time for a meeting with Xu Yingyuan, he took people to gather the troops from the Shu Palace.

There was a chaos in the city, and the generals of the Shu Prince's Mansion must have participated. At this moment, I don't know how many soldiers were willing to listen to Chen Jian's orders. Chen Jian also had the idea of ​​gathering as much as he could. Xu Yingyuan had told him that they would take the officials to Annan and then return to Guangdong from Annan. The journey to Annan is not close, and he also brought so many court officials and their families. The guards must not be missing, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee any changes on the way.

After Chen Jian and others went to collect the soldiers and generals of the Shu Prince's Mansion, Xu Yingyuan and Liang Shuanghu did not dare to delay and immediately went to the city to find the eldest princess. The Taiping Army's more than 200 cavalrymen were running in the city. Compared with the number of riots in the chaos, they were defeated by the unity of the upper and lower levels and were cavalry. Therefore, in terms of strength alone, the strength of these soldiers from Guangdong who came to rob the princess was the most powerful. Along the way, no riots dared to come and stop them.

Xu Yingyuan and the others didn't know where the sage was or where the princess was, so they could only find people to catch people all the way. In the end, they learned from the two robbers that the queen and prince's carriage were trapped in the West City.

"The princess must be with the queen and the others. Hurry up, let's go there quickly!"

Liang Shuanghu shouted and led his men to the west city.

When we arrived in the west city, we saw more than a dozen carriages stuck on the road, with panicked people and officials everywhere. About hundreds of chaotic soldiers approaching the officials and people from all directions, and then robbing them one by one, making the officials and people cry without tears. Fortunately, the chaotic soldiers only seek wealth and do not harm human lives, but if they encounter someone who refuses to hand over their wealth, it is inevitable to see blood.

The empress dowager, the queen, and the prince's carriage were trapped on the street. When the empress dowager knew that the emperor had run away, she was so angry that she scolded the emperor for being unfilial, and she even wanted her mother!

Before the queen could figure out what happened, she was busy comforting the queen mother, and asked the inner magistrate and the guards to hurry out of the city. Princess Changle and the others had been following Queen Wang and the others, but when she arrived here, she was blocked by the fleeing crowd. Looking at the robbers around, the timid palace maids and the inner magistrate were so scared that they cried. The prince was so scared that he was shivering in the carriage and was trembling all over. Although the queen mother was old, after several dangerous situations, the old man could calm down. Although Queen Wang was also afraid of her husband's sudden departure, she thought her husband would definitely not abandon them, so she barely calmed down and drove out the crowd with her guards, trying to get out of the city to meet her husband quickly. However, there were too many people around and there were too many chaotic soldiers. The convoy was blocked and could not get out of there.

When the chaos was in trouble, I heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the east, and then many cavalrymen rushed over. Queen Wang was happy and thought that it was the soldiers of the Marquis of Pingyang who came to save them. Unexpectedly, the cavalrymen were shouting: "Where is the Great Princess? We are the soldiers of the Duke of Guangdong! Where is the Great Princess? We are the soldiers of the Duke of Guangdong!"

The Duke of Guangdong? Which Duke of Guangdong?!

Queen Wang was stunned and only remembered that her husband had enthroned the scholar in Guangdong a few days ago as Duke of Guangdong.

"The Empress is here, come and protect you!"

An internal magistrate saw the cavalry of the Duke of Guangdong looking for His Royal Highness the Princess, and subconsciously shouted. When he shouted, the other internal magistrates and palace maids also shouted. The Queen Mother and the Prince also poked their heads out of the car window and looked at the cavalry with a look of hope.

The robbers were all stunned and temporarily stopped robbing, looking at the cavalry one by one. The robbed officials and the people cried like they saw a savior and asked the Duke of Guangdong to rescue them.

The cavalry ignored the riots, nor did they pay attention to the officials and people who were calling for help. Instead, they rushed out of the crowd and rushed straight towards the carriages. A general led by the leader shouted anxiously: "Where is the eldest princess! Where is the princess? Where is the princess?"

"Your Highness is here!"

A female voice full of horror came from a carriage.

Hearing this, Liang Shuanghu's heart fell to the ground with a big rock. Xu Yingyuan was also happy and led his troops forward to disperse the officials and people around the carriage. More than 200 cavalrymen surrounded the carriage, and the Taiping soldiers on the horse were staring at the chasing soldiers with swords and guns. Looking at these fierce cavalry, the chasing soldiers did not dare to move.

Neither Xu Yingyuan nor Liang Shuanghu had seen His Highness the Great Princess, so they turned over and got off the horse and came to the carriage.

Seeing that there seemed to be a few women in the carriage, Xu Yingyuan bowed to the carriage, and then said respectfully: "Is Princess Changle in the carriage?"

"I am Changle."

A crisp female voice came from the carriage, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted up, and Princess Changle's young face reflected in the eyes of Xu Yingyuan and Liang Shuanghu.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Princess, Liang Shuanghu breathed a sigh of relief again and thought to himself that it was okay, but this princess was not ugly.

Xu Yingyuan nodded slightly and said respectfully: "Your Highness, please follow us to Guangdong."

In the car, Princess Changle looked at Xu Yingyuan in disbelief and opened her thin lips: "Did it be the scholar who asked you to save me?"

"Yes, Your Highness."
Chapter completed!