Chapter 173: Your Majesty is not dead, how can our family make a living!
Soon a rapid whistle sounded, and figures were seen rushing over from all over the Yamen.
This whistle is the whistle within Jinyiwei that represents something big happening. Anyone who can move must rush there as soon as possible after hearing the whistle.
Li Huan looked at the dark area in front of the yamen. There were almost hundreds of people. Many of them were even wearing the clothes of officials. It was obvious that many of them were civil servants within Jinyiwei.
It's not that there is no one in Jinyiwei, it's that Li Huan just sent some people out to arrest people not long ago. If it were a little earlier for a cup of tea, Li Huan could muster at least three to four hundred people. If he had waited a little longer, he might have been able to gather some more people, but Li Huan couldn't wait any longer.
His eyes fell on a small flag officer of the Jinyi Guards. Li Huan ordered the small flag officer: "Go to the British Duke immediately and tell the British Duke that Xinghou Feng Hai has rebelled, and he must lead his troops to rescue him."
Upon hearing this, the flag officer immediately disappeared into the night.
Li Huan got on his horse, holding the Xiuchundao in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Marquis of Changxing has rebelled and intends to lead his troops to invade. Rescue is coming today. Come with me to rescue him."
After Li Huan finished speaking, he jerked his horse away from his body, causing the horse to neigh. Behind him, a group of guards in uniform followed Li Huan with excitement in their eyes.
In the imperial city
In Jinglan Palace, it had been almost half a day since Zhu Houzhao woke up. After meeting Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others, Zhu Houzhao could be considered a little relieved now.
With Li Huan supervising the case of assassinating his emperor, Zhu Houzhao was naturally very relieved. With Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe presiding over the court, at least he didn't have to worry about anything big happening. In the army, there was also the British Duke Zhang Mao, the Dinghai Shenzhen, who was in charge. No need to worry.
After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao felt that there was nothing to worry about.
But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao was ready to deal with the people around him.
Gao Feng, Qiu Ju, and others were crowding around Zhu Houzhao, while Wei Bin and Luo Xiang went to arrange the emperor's move to the Leopard Room.
After all, no one dares to be careless at all, especially at this time. If something unexpected happens midway, no matter how many heads they have, they won't be able to chop off enough.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao had been using the Xuanwu Breathing Technique for a long time, and his energy and spirit had already recovered, and his originally pale face now had a rosy color.
If we didn't know that Zhu Houzhao had just woken up for only half a day, just looking at Zhu Houzhao's state, he was probably even healthier than a healthy person.
It's just that he didn't eat for such a long time and relied on medicinal soup to hang on. Zhu Houzhao had lost a lot of weight. He was drinking a bowl of lean meat soup at this time.
This was already the third bowl of lean meat soup that Zhu Houzhao drank. After three bowls of meat soup, his empty stomach finally felt less uncomfortable.
Zhang Yong carefully picked up the soup bowl from Zhu Houzhao's hand. Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao's hand slipped and the soup bowl fell to the ground and broke into pieces on the spot.
There was a pop, and Zhang Yong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said, "I accidentally broke the soup bowl. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao sat there, looking at Zhang Yong who was kneeling in front of him. He reached out and took a piece of silk from Qiu Ju on the side, wiped his mouth, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Yong, who had a look of fear on his face.
Zhu Houzhao just stared at Zhang Yong without saying a word, and Zhang Yong naturally felt the emperor's gaze on him.
Being stared at by the emperor, fine beads of sweat soon began to appear on Zhang Yong's forehead.
There were dense beads of sweat, but Zhang Yong didn't dare to move.
Seeing Zhang Yong's reaction, Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with a hint of pain, and he suddenly raised his foot and kicked Zhang Yong hard.
Zhu Houzhao did not retain any force in this kick, and was filled with disappointment and anger towards Zhang Yong. Zhu Houzhao practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu, so not everyone could bear a kick with all his strength.
If he were an ordinary person, no matter how strong he was, he would probably be kicked to death on the spot. However, Zhang Yong had also practiced internal strength. Although his strength was not very good, he would not be kicked to death.
Kicked to death.
Even so, Zhang Yong was kicked and fell to the ground, vomiting blood.
Enduring the severe pain in his body, Zhang Yong got up and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao again: "Your Majesty, forgive me. Your Majesty, forgive me."
Watching the scene where Zhu Houzhao angrily kicked Zhang Yong, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng, who were standing aside, showed a bit of joy in their eyes.
Previously, they were imprisoned in the side hall, where life and death were uncertain, but Zhang Yong was able to freely enter and exit Jinglan Hall. Compared with them, they were treated like two different people.
With Zhang Yong being treated like this, why didn't they realize that Zhang Yong must have gotten along with the civil service group? Otherwise, why would the civil service group have captured all of them except Zhang Yong?
After the emperor woke up, when he asked Qiu Ju to tell what happened after he fell into coma, Qiu Ju emphasized that Zhang Yong could enter and leave Jinglan Palace freely. It can be said that he took Zhang Yong's eyes seriously in front of the emperor.
medicine.
At that time, the emperor's attention was naturally on Li Huan. Perhaps he remembered Zhang Yong's affairs, but did not care about Zhang Yong at that time.
But now that other things have been sorted out, Zhu Houzhao will naturally not forget the problem of Zhang Yong around him.
At this time, Zhang Yongyong kept kowtowing to Zhu Houzhao, regardless of the fact that the ground in front of him was littered with fragments of broken soup bowls.
It could be seen that Zhang Yong's forehead was covered with blood, but Zhang Yong kept kowtowing, but as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao did not show any emotion at all, but looked at Zhang Yong calmly.
After a while, Zhu Houzhao finally said: "Zhang Yong, do you know you are wrong?"
Zhang Yong said as if he was being pardoned: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Zhang Yong lightly and said, "Then tell me, where did you go wrong?"
Zhang Yong took a deep breath and said with a look of regret on his face: "I shouldn't have gotten closer to the elders in order to compete with Eunuch Liu for favor."
Zhang Yong said hurriedly: "But the old slave just wants to compete with Eunuch Liu, and has no other thoughts."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "You are just competing with Liu Jin. Why am I pushing Liu Jin out? Others don't know. How can you, Zhang Yong, not know?"
Zhang Yong said with a mournful face: "I know this, I know that your Majesty pushed Liu Jin out in order to check and balance the civil service group and to seize power from the civil service group."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yong with disappointment and said: "Yes, you are very smart and you can clearly see my purpose of pushing Liu Jin out. But since you are so smart, why are you so stupid when doing things? You know clearly that I pushed out Liu Jin for the sake of the same article.
The official group competes in the ring, but how do you do it?"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao angrily grabbed the inkstone on the side and smashed it towards Zhang Yong. With a bang, Zhang Yong did not dare to dodge. After suffering the blow, he almost knocked the wind out of him.
Pointing at Zhang Yong, Zhu Houzhao suddenly stood up and said angrily: "You actually colluded with the civil service group. In addition to your own interests, you also have me, the emperor!"
Zhang Yong was so frightened that he trembled all over and cried: "Your Majesty, spare my life, I know I was wrong!"
Zhu Houzhao kicked Zhang Yong and knocked him to the ground. He stared at Zhang Yong with wide eyes and said, "Tell me, did you participate in the plot to assassinate me?"
As soon as these words came out, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju, who were standing by the side, could not help but tremble, their faces full of horror, but at this moment they were trying hard to shrink their necks, not daring to look at the angry emperor.
How angry did Zhu Houzhao have to be to be so angry and question Zhang Yong, an old slave who had been with him for more than ten years?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong couldn't help but turn extremely pale. He crawled up to Zhu Houzhao, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, this old slave is indeed utilitarian, and he even has contacts with the civil service group, but this old slave
My daring loyalty to Your Majesty is true. I have never participated in the murder of Your Majesty. I have never thought of harming Your Majesty..."
Looking at Zhang Yong's miserable appearance, Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with a hint of unbearability, but it was quickly replaced by a look of perseverance.
He looked at Zhang Yong coldly and said: "Okay, since you didn't participate, do you dare to say that you didn't know about it? After I was assassinated, what happened to the Taiyuan Hospital?"
Zhu Houzhao said with a sneer: "Li Qing told me before that the strange poison I was infected with is indeed rare in the world, but although this strange poison is rare, it is not as big as a large imperial hospital with so many imperial doctors.
No one can see it, especially Chen Jiu, who is known as the number one national expert in Taiyuan Hospital. Others may not be able to see it because of his limited medical skills, but if Chen Jiu can't see it, then he has ulterior motives."
Zhang Yong was trembling all over, and his eyes were filled with fear.
Zhu Houzhao saw Zhang Yong's reaction in his eyes and sneered: "I want to know, did Chen Jiu tell you that I was in a coma due to poisoning?"
After Zhu Houzhao fell into coma, the decoction he took every day seemed to Li Huan to be problematic.
Zhu Houzhao's pulse was extremely weak, but the medicines prescribed by Chen Jiu of the hospital were all powerful tonics. Don't you know that in Zhu Houzhao's situation, using powerful tonics would not save his life, but would kill him.
Others don't know this kind of common sense. Zhang Yong has served the emperor for so many years, so it's impossible that he doesn't know it.
Zhang Yong kowtowed and had nothing to say.
Seeing Zhang Yong speechless, Zhu Houzhao didn't know what was going on.
Taking a long breath, Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yong and sighed: "I think I treat you well, but I didn't expect that after my accident, you would have dissatisfaction so quickly."
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao's face turned cold, he stared at Zhang Yong and said: "I'm afraid the poison I was poisoned by was also caused by Zhang Yong."
Zhang Yong completely collapsed on the ground after hearing this.
Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he was almost deceived by Zhang Yong. Just now Zhang Yong said that he was not involved in anything that harmed him.
But in just a moment, Zhu Houzhao figured out one thing. The six palace maids he had invited to sleep with him before he was poisoned were not arranged by others, but by Zhang Yong.
Although Liu Jin sent the six maids into the palace, it was Zhang Yong who arranged for them to sleep with them that night. The most suspicious one was Liu Jin, one was Qiu Ju who was serving him, and the third one was Zhang Yong.
Forever.
After his accident, Liu Jin was thrown into prison, and even Qiu Ju was imprisoned. It was said that he was also suspected like Liu Jin.
But who asked Qiu Ju to inform Li Huan of the news immediately after he fell into coma, so that Li Huan could rush back in time to revive him. This on the other hand cleared Qiu Ju's suspicion and proved
Qiu Ju’s loyalty.
Therefore, Zhang Yong was actually the biggest suspect, but under the guidance of the civil servant group, no one seemed to have thought that Zhang Yong was an indispensable part of the people who harmed the emperor.
Just looking at the ashen-faced Zhang Yong, Zhu Houzhao suddenly understood why Li Huan sent a message to him when he left not long ago, asking him to pay attention to Zhang Yong's intention.
It turned out that Li Huan asked him to pay attention to Zhang Yong, not only because he suspected that Zhang Yong had collusion with the civil service group, but more importantly, he suspected that Zhang Yong was one of the people who poisoned him.
With a look of exhaustion on his face, as if he had been heartbroken by Zhang Yong, Zhu Houzhao sat there and said slowly: "Zhang Yong, tell me, I have led you well, why did you collude with outsiders to murder you?"
Where am I?"
Zhang Yong slowly raised his head at this time, with a faint look of madness, jealousy and even a hint of hatred on his face.
Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but change their expressions when they saw this situation, and almost instinctively stood in front of the emperor, blocking the distance between the emperor and Zhang Yong.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the two of them and said: "Get out of the way, Zhang Yong can't hurt me."
Zhu Houzhao didn't lie. With his current strength, he might not be able to kill Zhang Yong in a short while, but he still has the ability to protect himself.
Gao Feng and Qiu Ju leaned slightly to the sides, but still protected Zhu Houzhao, not giving Zhang Yong any chance to attack the emperor.
However, Zhang Yong obviously had no intention of attacking the emperor.
At this time, facing the emperor's question, a complicated look flashed across Zhang Yong's face, and Zhang Yongzhuangruo laughed crazily and said: "Your Majesty, you are so partial. You handed over the Chief of Ceremonies to Liu Jin, and he became aloof.
, the all-powerful Chief Superintendent of Ceremonies, the number one person in the palace. You also handed over the Royal Horse Supervisor to Gu Dayong, who was in charge of the inner treasury and the four guard camps in Tengxiang. Your majesty is not inferior to that of Liu Jin. You even handed over the East Factory.
Leave it to Ma Yongcheng."
Looking at Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yong seemed to want to vent all the dissatisfaction, anger and even hatred that had been hidden in his heart.
At this time, Zhang Yong looked up at Zhu Houzhao and shouted: "After serving His Majesty for so many years, I asked myself that I am loyal to Your Majesty and have done no less than them. Why does Your Majesty favor them and not treat me like them?"
The slave does not give authority. The old slave is no worse than anyone else, why should Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, and Gu Da use them to overwhelm him? The old slave refuses to accept it!"
It seemed that this was the first time in so many years that he vented his grievances and dissatisfaction in front of the emperor. Zhang Yong looked a little crazy.
As soon as these words came out, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju were stunned and looked at Zhang Yong with complicated expressions.
Obviously they didn't expect that the good guy who looked like a smiling person on weekdays actually had so many things hidden in his heart.
Just because the emperor gave Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, and Gu Da such great authority, Zhang Yong became dissatisfied with the emperor and even colluded with outsiders to murder the emperor.
What a dark heart this is.
Zhu Houzhao himself never thought that Zhang Yong had betrayed him as the emperor for such a reason, colluded with some people, and embarked on the path of no return to murder him.
With a long sigh, Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yong with a complex expression and said: "I really didn't expect you to murder me because of this."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao's face turned cold and he said, "It's a good thing I didn't use you more. Otherwise, with your desire for power, no matter how much power I give you, you won't be satisfied."
Zhang Yong burst out laughing and said, "I only blame Your Majesty for your unfair treatment. It's pity that I, Zhang Yong, have so much talent and knowledge that I can't put it to use."
Qiu Ju looked at Zhang Yong with a complicated expression: "But you hate Liu Jin and even Gu Dayong, why do you want to betray His Majesty?"
Zhang Yong glanced at Qiu Ju with disdain and said: "If your Majesty is not dead, how can our family get ahead? Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and you Qiu Ju and Gao Feng, one by one, your Majesty will only reuse you.
How long will it take for me to be able to take charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies like Liu Jin, and become the number one person in the palace, with all the power in the world..."
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others looked at Zhang Yong who looked like a crazy man, and listened to the shocking words coming out of Zhang Yong's mouth, their faces full of disbelief.
"Crazy, Zhang Yong must be crazy!"
Looking at Zhang Yong in disbelief, Qiu Ju whispered softly.
After more than ten years of friendship, although there were occasional disputes on weekdays, there was still affection, but I didn't expect that Zhang Yong, who used to be like a brother, would actually hide such vicious thoughts, and even the emperor would dare to murder him.
Taking a deep breath, Qiu Ju bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yong's heart is so vicious. I beg your Majesty to punish him severely."
Zhu Houzhao lightly glanced at Zhang Yong, who was like a lunatic, and said slowly: "Give Zhang Yong to Li Qing, and ask Li Qing to conduct a thorough investigation to see who Zhang Yong has colluded with, and how he plotted against me.
of."
To be able to collude with an eunuch like Zhang Yong to murder him, the identity of the other party is definitely extraordinary.
Zhang Yong obviously heard Zhu Houzhao's instructions. At this time, he seemed to wake up all of a sudden. He knelt on the ground, straightened his clothes, kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, take care, I'm here!"
"Stop him quickly!"
Seeing Zhang Yong's behavior, Zhu Houzhao immediately realized that something was wrong and shouted immediately.
It's a pity that no matter how quick Zhu Houzhao reacted, he couldn't be faster than Zhang Yong. Zhang Yong, who was already determined to die, spurted out a mouthful of blood, reversed his inner breath, broke his heart and died.
Qiu Ju and Gao Feng stepped forward to inspect Zhang Yong's body, and finally shook their heads slightly at Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said angrily: "He refused to explain who the person behind him was until his death. I treated him badly!"
Qiu Ju consoled him: "It's not worth it for your majesty to feel sad for this kind of people. For his own selfish desires, he actually plotted to kill your majesty. Even if he is cut into pieces, it will be difficult to atone for his crime."
There was a sound of footsteps, and Luo Xiang and Wei Bin walked in.
As soon as the two entered the hall, they felt that something was not right in the atmosphere. Then they glanced around and naturally landed on Zhang Yong's body on the ground.
When they saw clearly that the corpse turned out to be Zhang Yong, the two of them couldn't help but be stunned and felt a chill in their hearts, feeling a bit nervous and surprised.
"this……"
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was still in a state of confusion, Qiu Ju quickly explained to Wei Bin and Luo Xiang in a low voice.
When they learned that Zhang Yong was actually one of the people who plotted to kill the emperor, the two of them had expressions of disbelief on their faces, obviously not expecting that Zhang Yong would harm the emperor.
"how so!"
Luo Xiang's low cry also woke Zhu Houzhao up. When Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses, he saw Luo Xiang and Wei Bin asked: "How are the arrangements for moving to the Leopard Room?"
Luo Xiang quickly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Back to Your Majesty, arrangements have been made. Your Majesty can move to the Leopard Room at any time."
Zhu Houzhao nodded when he heard this, stood up and said, "In that case, let's move to the Leopard Room."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Zhang Yong's body on the ground, with a hint of disgust in his eyes. He thought for a while and said, "Arrange for someone to expose the body to a mass grave."
Hearing this, Qiu Ju nodded quickly and said, "I have written it down."
A group of people gathered around Zhu Houzhao and left the Jinglan Palace. At this time, the sky was obviously getting dark.
After clearing out the Imperial City Guards who were obviously leaning towards Di Cheng, the remaining Imperial City Guards were obviously more trustworthy.
Moreover, fundamentally speaking, there is no problem with the loyalty of these imperial city guards. After all, it involves the struggle between the upper echelons, and these lower-level guards may not know anything.
However, after some screening, the ones finally selected were absolutely credible, and there were almost hundreds of them.
The distance from the Imperial City to the Leopard House is only a few miles, and it is still in the Imperial City, protected by hundreds of Imperial City guards. If anything goes wrong, it can only be said that someone has rebelled.
There is even a Beijing camp guarding the palace outside the palace gate, apparently left by the British Duke Zhang Mao.
When Zhu Houzhao's chariot appeared at the palace gate, Qiu Ju and several imperial city guards who were leading the way clearly saw a figure at the palace gate.
This figure seemed to be blocked here by the closed palace door.
Almost instinctively, Qiu Ju made a defensive posture, and at the same time asked the figure: "Who are you and why are you here?"
This person was not the target, but Wang Yangming who had accompanied Li Huan into the imperial city.
Previously, Fei Hong tried to force him to express his position in front of him, but Wang Yangming left at his convenience. When he came back, he found that everyone in the palace had already dispersed, and he was the only one left.
Wang Yangming subconsciously wanted to leave the palace, but he never thought that without a warrant to leave the palace, he would be stuck in the imperial city.
Just as he was considering whether to sneak out of the palace quietly and leave, he noticed a group of people coming from a distance. When he got closer, Wang Yangming realized that it was the Emperor Luanjia who came.
Wang Yangming bowed his hands to Qiu Ju and said, "Wang Yangming, the subordinate censor, was once ordered to go to Fuzhou with Lord Li Huan. During the day, he also entered the imperial city with Lord Li Huan, but he was not able to join Lord Li Huan."
I left the palace, but when I wanted to leave, I was blocked by the palace gate."
Qiu Ju stepped forward and saw Wang Yangming clearly. He immediately showed a smile on his face and said, "Yes, is it you, brother Li Huan's deputy? Just wait, we will give a shout-out to His Majesty on your behalf."
, just come out of the palace with us."
Wang Yangming was Li Huan's deputy imperial envoy, which Qiu Ju knew. What's more, Wang Yangming and Li Huan entered the imperial city together. In Qiu Ju's eyes, this was a sign of loyalty to the emperor.
Just think about it, if you were not loyal to the emperor, how could you have the courage to follow Li Huan and do such a huge thing as storming into the imperial city and destroying your family at every turn?
On the Luanjia, Zhu Houzhao also noticed the movement in front of him, and he was quite surprised. What could go wrong in this imperial city?
However, if people see Zhu Houzhao's attire at this moment, they will definitely be very surprised. In fact, Zhu Houzhao is actually wearing armor at this moment. There are also swords, bows and arrows on the chariot. This posture is really like
He was frightened by the assassination.
Qiu Ju ran to Zhu Houzhao and whispered to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Wang Yangming, the deputy imperial envoy of brother Li Huan, is trapped in the imperial city. He also accompanied Li Huan into the imperial city."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard what Qiu Ju said.
Obviously Zhu Houzhao and Qiu Juna had the same idea. Anyone who could accompany Li Huan to carry out such a big thing as confiscating the family and exterminating the clan must be a loyal minister.
Moreover, Zhu Houzhao was also deeply impressed by Wang Yangming. His father was one of his former teachers, and in the official document Li Huan submitted from Fujian, he was full of praise for Wang Yangming's ability to manage politics. It can be said that in Zhu Houzhao's heart
Left a very deep impression.
At this time, when I heard that Wang Yangming was still in the palace, I was very happy. I immediately turned to Qiu Ju and said: "Qiu Daban, go and bring Wang Yangming quickly. I want to see this supervisor who can make Li Qing praise him endlessly."
history."
Qiu Judang trotted to see Wang Yangming and brought Wang Yangming to Luan Jia.
When Wang Yangming saw the emperor, he couldn't help being stunned by Zhu Houzhao's outfit, but soon Wang Yangming saluted Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "I love you, you don't need to be polite, please come to Luan Jia. I have something to say to you."
Wang Yangming was stunned for a moment, while Qiu Ju on the side smiled at Wang Yangming and said, "Master Wang, why don't you thank me quickly? It is a great honor to be able to ride in the same car with His Majesty."
Wang Yangming quickly thanked him and then slowly got into the car.
The space of the Emperor's Luanjia is quite large. Even if the Emperor placed various things such as swords, bows and arrows on top of the Luanjia, it would still be more than enough to accommodate a few people.
After Wang Yangming got on the carriage, Zhu Houzhao looked Wang Yangming over. Zhu Houzhao, who looked at Wang Yangming with the air of a great Confucian, was filled with admiration.
Wanting to kill Wang Yangming and accompany Li Huan into the imperial city, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said in surprise: "Hey, I heard that the Qing family entered the imperial city with Li Qing. Li Qing's strength is covered in blood.
Qing family, you..."
Apparently Zhu Houzhao noticed that there was not even a trace of blood on Wang Yangming's body, so he was naturally very curious and surprised.
Wang Yangming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he didn't expect that the emperor's focus would be on why there was no blood on his body.
Smiling, Wang Yangming said: "Your Majesty, maybe I only use the power of my palms to kill people, and I don't act as openly as Master Li."
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Li Qing strongly recommended the Qing family to me. Li Qing said that the Qing family has the talents to serve as generals and prime ministers. If they come out, they can be called generals and command the army, and they can conquer all directions. If they enter, they can be called the prime ministers and assistants of the country. They can govern the country and secure it, and they can learn Confucian classics."
Unparalleled, he is the only great sage in the Ming Dynasty who has set a precedent for a generation."
Wang Yangming couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Master Li really thinks too highly of me. I have little ability and is not even as good as Master Li. How can I deserve such praise from Master Li?"
Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "Anyway, this is the first time I have heard Li Qing praise someone so much. This time you have made a great contribution to saving the enemy. I haven't rewarded you yet. I wonder, Wang Aiqing, what do you want me to reward you?"
Wang Yangming quickly stood up and bowed down and said, "I don't dare."
Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand to help Wang Yangming up and said: "Since Li Qing praises your unparalleled knowledge of Confucian classics, I will make you a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
Not everyone can enjoy this honor of Grand Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. It can be said that those who can add the title of Grand Bachelor are almost always candidates for the cabinet minister. And the Ministry of Personnel is the most important department in the court.
, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel is the second-in-command besides Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel. It can be said that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
With Wang Yangming's ability and the emperor's attention, he can be promoted to the chief officer at any time. In the future, he is expected to become the prime minister and become famous all over the world.
It must be said that Zhu Houzhao's reward was extremely gracious to a civil servant. Even with Wang Yangming's determined mind, he couldn't help but pay homage to Zhu Houzhao.
On the Luanjia, Zhu Houzhao took Wang Yangming and asked him to tell him what happened when the two imperial envoys visited Fujian.
Although Wang Yangming said that he was an upright man, it did not mean that he would not fall into the favor of the emperor. According to Wang Yangming's story, how Li Huan was attacked in Fujian, how to counter Cai Wen's party, and how to suppress those who tried to
Although the scholars who besieged the government office did not have so many boastful words, hearing it in Zhu Houzhao's ears made Zhu Houzhao excited and applauded him repeatedly.
At this time, Emperor Luanjia had already left the imperial city and joined the hundreds of soldiers from the capital guarding the imperial city. Emperor Luanjia's team suddenly expanded to hundreds of people.
But before they had gone far, they faintly heard loud noises coming from the direction of the imperial city behind them.
The commotion was definitely not something that three to five hundred people could make, it would have to be thousands of people at least.
Many people in Luan Jia's team couldn't help but look puzzled when they heard the movement.
On the Luanjia, Zhu Houzhao, who was listening to Wang Yangming's story about Li Huan's display of his might to kill thieves, also noticed the movement in the distance when Wang Yangming stopped.
At this time, Wang Yangming's expression was solemn, and Wang Yangming was heard saying to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, if something happens, please send someone to check immediately."
Without Wang Yangming's reminder, Zhu Houzhao knew that he needed to send someone to check.
Soon several imperial city guards hurried away. The soldiers from the outer Beijing camp immediately defended themselves, while the imperial guards guarding the inner circle also protected Luan Jia in the center.
Not long after, the imperial city guards who went to investigate the situation all turned pale and hurried over.
Qiu Ju noticed that there was something wrong with the expressions of these Imperial City guards. His heart sank, and he felt a little bad. He shouted to them in a low voice: "Tell me, tell me what is going on."
One of the imperial city guards said with a hint of panic: "Father, something bad has happened. A troop of troops has arrived from the direction of the imperial city. It looks like they are going to attack the imperial city."
"What!"
Qiu Ju couldn't help but change his face, and exclaimed, which just happened to alarm the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao, who was on Luanjia, couldn't hear clearly the whispers of the imperial guards, but that didn't mean Wang Yangming couldn't hear them.
Wang Yangming heard the words of the imperial city guard clearly, and his expression couldn't help but change. At this moment, Qiu Ju also hurriedly walked up to Luan Jia and whispered to Zhu Houzhao about the news that the imperial city guard had inquired about.
Zhu Houzhao's expression instantly became gloomy.
The Beijing army is already stationed outside the city. It is impossible to enter the city without a transfer order, and no one will normally mobilize troops to enter the city at this time. Therefore, there must be something wrong with these troops.
At this time, Wang Yangming whispered: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that someone has learned the news that Your Majesty has woken up, and they are going to jump over the wall and take a risk!"
Zhu Houzhao looked ugly and said with murderous intent in his eyes: "Okay, okay, I really didn't expect that they would be so bold that they could even mobilize the army."
Wang Yangming sighed softly: "Actually, it's just a matter of mobilizing troops. It seems to be a lot of hurdles, but if you really want to, it's not impossible. As long as you have the troop deployment documents from the Ministry of War, the nod of the supervisor sitting in the army, and the army's
The general has a certain degree of appeal, and with these things, the soldiers and horses may not be immobilized."
It is said that the system is dead and people are alive. No matter how good the system is, there are many means of prevention, but if everyone on the same line has problems, all the means of checks and balances will disappear.
Therefore, no matter how good the system is, it is implemented by people. Fei Hong, Feng Hai and others seem to be absurd, but in fact, if you think about it, it is not so absurd.
Zhu Houzhao's expression changed, and he naturally understood the joints involved, so there would be surprises in everything he said, otherwise there would be no use of the word "inhumane".
Zhu Houzhao never expected that someone could actually mobilize troops into the city.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao calmed down. He was the emperor after all. Even though he was in a moment of panic, the good royal education allowed Zhu Houzhao to regain the composure that an emperor should have.
With his eyes focused, Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming and said: "Since Li Qing praises you for your talent as a general and a prime minister, now I ask you, what should I do in this situation?"
Wang Yangming just pondered for a moment and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, it is the best choice to return to the imperial city and rely on the imperial city to wait for reinforcements. However, it is too late to go back now."
Zhu Houzhao did not speak, but just looked at Wang Yangming.
Wang Yangming said calmly: "The second is to rush to the Leopard House as quickly as possible, and then use the buildings of the Leopard House to resist the rebels."
Zhu Houzhao asked again: "Is there any other way?"
Wang Yangming said lightly: "The third thing is that your Majesty will take advantage of the chaos with a very small number of people to go to the Beijing Camp to find the British Duke, or to the Fourth Guard Camp in Tengxiang. As long as your Majesty can enter the army, he will be safe."
After glancing at Wang Yangming, Zhu Houzhao said: "Are you so sure that we will be discovered?"
Wang Yangming sighed and said: "If my prediction is correct, the rebels may have discovered our whereabouts by now."
Zhu Houzhao was slightly startled and looked at the densely packed torches around him. In the darkness, it was an obvious sign.
If those rebels couldn't notice, then it can only be said that all rebels are blind.
In fact, just as Wang Yangming said, when Feng Hai led a group of soldiers and horses to the imperial city, he learned from the guards staying in the imperial city that the emperor Luan Jia had just left the palace and went to the direction of the Leopard Room.
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Feng Hai and Fei Hong were shocked when they heard about it, and immediately led their men to catch up in the direction of the Leopard Room.
Looking from a distance, the rebel team was holding densely packed torches, like a sea of fire, which looked extremely scary.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but break into a cold sweat as he looked from a distance. At this moment, Wang Yangming stood up and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I will lead the hundreds of soldiers from the Beijing camp to stay and cut off your Majesty's rear. Your Majesty will immediately go into battle lightly and bring the troops with you."
The imperial city guards go to find the British Duke or Tengxiang Fourth Guard Camp."
Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at Wang Yangming and said, "I'll leave everything to the Qing family."
Wang Yangming strode down from Luan Jia and shouted loudly. All the soldiers from the surrounding Beijing camp were quickly gathered by Wang Yangming. Then he bowed to Zhu Houzhao who had already mounted his horse and said, "Your Majesty, hurry up."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Wang Yangming and the soldiers from the Beijing camp who stayed behind, gritted his teeth, and rode away.
Li Huan galloped on his horse, and some of the officials behind him even fell behind. In the end, there were less than a hundred people left behind Li Huan.
But those who could follow him were obviously the elite of the Imperial Guards. Li Huan was very anxious at this time. While secretly cursing the British government for his unreliable work, he also secretly prayed that nothing would happen to the emperor.
He fought desperately into the palace to pull the emperor back from the gate of hell. In less than half a day, the emperor encountered such danger again, and Li Huan almost cursed his mother in anger.
When Feng Hai caught up, Wang Yangming had simply organized a line of defense on the street. Although there were only a few hundred people, Wang Yangming used it to the limit, almost blocking the long street.
Before Feng Hai and others could speak, Wang Yangming shot out an arrow, which came through the air and hit Feng Hai.
Feng Hai's heart rang with warning signs, and he ducked out of the way almost as a conditioned reflex. Even so, his helmet was shot off by an arrow, and his hair was immediately disheveled.
Feng Hai, who was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat, was furious and immediately ordered his troops to charge into battle.
Thousands of troops charged together, how could the hundreds of soldiers from the capital camp led by Wang Yangming resist for how long? No matter how hard they resisted, less than a hundred people around Wang Yangming were killed in less than a cup of tea.
Although some rebels were still allowed to bypass them and pursue the emperor and his party, after all, they were only a very small number of rebels, and most of them were still delayed by Wang Yangming for a cup of tea.
When Li Huan heard the sound of fighting in the distance, his heart sank. Could it be that the emperor had been overtaken by the rebels and the two sides were still fighting together?
Others don't know how many people there are around the emperor, but Li Huan knows it all too well. The full count is only a few hundred people. Facing thousands of rebels, they may not be able to withstand a wave of attacks.
As they got closer and closer, the shouts of killing became weaker and weaker, which showed that the number of people resisting was getting smaller and smaller.
Li Huan suddenly let out a loud roar, and danced the embroidered spring knife in his hand, and immediately thrust it in from behind the rebels. However, all the soldiers who were in front of Li Huan were hacked away by Li Huan, and they were killed forcefully.
A way out, the Jin Yiwei who were following Li Huan also followed closely.
Facing Li Huan, a terrifying murderer like a bulldozer, how could ordinary soldiers be able to stop Li Huan's charge into the formation?
At this time, Li Huan's hand was replaced by a long iron rod at some point. Under Li Huan's magical power, the killing power was almost ten times higher than that of Xiuchun Dao.
That is to say, in the night, otherwise, just the horrific scene of Li Huan's body being beaten to pieces would probably make most people's minds collapse.
Suddenly his eyes lit up, and Li Huan saw dozens of figures looking at him miserably. One of the figures was so familiar that Li Huan recognized Wang Yangming almost at a glance.
When he saw Wang Yangming, Li Huan couldn't help but be startled. Although he was surprised why Wang Yangming was here, he still drove away more than a dozen rebel soldiers and shouted at Wang Yangming: "Mr. Yangming, where is your majesty?"
Wang Yangming said to Li Huan: "Master Li, go and rescue him quickly. Your Majesty is running towards the direction of the Tengxiang Fourth Guards Camp."
When Li Huan heard this, he roared angrily and led his men to kill all the rebels who surrounded Wang Yangming and others. He shouted: "Mr. Yangming, follow Li to rescue him."
Feng Hai, who was directly killed by Li Huan, was looking at Li Huan who was killing everyone in a panic. Just now, he only took one move from Li Huan, and his whole body was blown away by Li Huan.
If Li Huan hadn't been focused on charging into the battle and ignored him, he would have been beaten to death by Li Huan.
Feng Hai, with blood remaining at the corner of his mouth, couldn't help shouting at his soldiers and horses: "Strong crossbow, bed crossbow, shoot them to death!"
Li Huan, Wang Yangming and others in the distance couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard the roar. They didn't expect that the rebels actually brought big killer weapons such as bed crossbows.
Even if they were stronger than them, they would not dare to be shot by a powerful crossbow.
Listening to the buzzing of the bow strings behind him, arrows shot from crossbows and powerful crossbows shot through the air. In an instant, as many as a dozen of the Jin Yiwei who followed Li Huan were shot dead.
"Walk!"
Li Huan was worried about the emperor's safety, so naturally he had no intention of staying to destroy the bed crossbows. In the blink of an eye, he took the surviving troops and horses with Wang Yangming to chase the emperor.
In the distance, Li Huan led his men in pursuit. Not long after, they heard shouts of killing, and saw a group of imperial city guards leading the emperor to escape from the rebels. From time to time, more than a dozen imperial city guards took the initiative to stop behind to buy time.
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But if this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long.
Zhu Houzhao ran wildly, feeling a bit bitter in his heart. He didn't expect that he had just escaped from danger and suffered another disaster. Is it possible that he was destined to die?
"Li Qing, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for you to come to my rescue this time!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly.
Suddenly there was a burst of confusion behind him, and then a loud shout was heard: "Your Majesty, don't panic, your minister Li Huan is here!"
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