When Feng Ziying's personal seal was delivered to the bewildered King Zhonghui, he thought as if he had just woken up from a dream that there was a helper in the palace who could be consulted.
Emperor Yonglong's assassination and fall from his horse caused the whole situation to develop rapidly in an unpredictable direction, leaving him panicked and not knowing what to do.
Emperor Yonglong had already had a deal with him before. After this autumn event, he would quickly establish the position of crown prince and then ask him to conduct a comprehensive reshuffle of the entire Beijing camp.
In fact, he had already started to do it in advance. First, he was to disrupt and weaken Qian Guozhong's control over the Shenji Battalion, and then a part of the Shenji Battalion that had just completed the integration was directly transferred to the Fifth Army Camp.
In this way, he can quickly establish his control over the most critical fifth military camp, and quickly cultivate him to become a confidant and pillar in the Beijing camp in the future.
But King Zhonghui never thought that his idea would encounter such a disaster just after it was started.
The security and defense of the entire Hunting Garden Palace is nominally the responsibility of him, the Jingying Jiedu Envoy.
Although the Shangsanqin Army has always been under the personal control of the emperor and he, the Jingying Jiedushi, cannot interfere, the Jingying Jiedushi is nominally the number one figure in the entire Gyeonggi defense, and Shenshu Ying is also responsible for peripheral defense.
How did the assassin get in through the tight perimeter defenses?
According to Lieutenant Long's investigation around the scene, it seems that there are more than one group of assassins.
In addition to the group that had already succeeded in the assassination, there was another group that was less than a hundred feet apart.
They had set up several extremely powerful heavy-duty fire cannons that could easily reach a hundred steps away, and were lying in wait on the edge of the river valley.
In a sense, it was fortunate that the first group of assassins took action first. Otherwise, if the emperor had been allowed to pass through the ambush circle of the second group of assassins, those heavy fire cannons would have killed even the gods.
It can't be saved.
Now the emperor is just unconscious, and according to the preliminary judgment of the imperial doctor, the crossbow arrow injuries to the emperor's waist and buttocks are not too serious. They only bleed a little more, which is not fatal. It is not due to coma, so it is considered unfortunate.
Of great luck.
The reason why the emperor is still unconscious is still uncertain.
Whether it was the emperor's head hitting the ground when he fell from the horse or whether it was caused by the fact that the emperor's Qi deficiency had reached a very serious stage when the imperial doctor checked his pulse, no one dares to judge now, because it involves the next step of medication.
Now that the palace and the entire hunting garden are under martial law, Kuai Ma has returned to the capital city and immediately summoned the cabinet ministers. However, in which direction the situation will develop, King Zhonghui is still unsure.
He, the nominal person in charge of the highest security at the Tiewen Mountain Hunting Palace, doesn’t know what to do now. Apart from sending someone to the capital city immediately to inform the cabinet ministers and letting people from the Imperial Hospital come immediately, he doesn’t even know what he is doing right now.
What should be done?
Longjing Lieutenant Lu Song had already given up on him and was investigating the whole incident alone.
Several commanders of the Shangsanqin Army decided on their own to impose martial law on the entire Hunting Garden Palace and delineated their own defense zones.
Qiu Shiben of the Shenshu Camp only reported the situation and ignored him. Instead, he asked the Shenshu Camp to control all the peripheral traffic arteries and passes around Tiewang Mountain.
All this made King Zhonghui feel angry, powerless and helpless. Only then did he realize that the result of his years of inactivity was that no one would trust him at the critical moment.
The seal sent by Feng Ziying made King Zhonghui suddenly grasp a life-saving straw like a drowning man, but the relationship between this life-saving straw and him was not particularly good, but at this time it seemed that he also
There is no choice.
He immediately ordered his own soldiers to take his seal and go to Nanyuan to escort Feng Ziying over.
At this time, he did not dare to see his brothers. At this sensitive time, the third brother, the eighth brother and even the ninth brother had been placed in solitary confinement, because they were the ones accompanying the emperor on his hunting trip, including several princes.
To a certain extent, interests and connections cannot be ruled out.
If he hadn't been the final envoy of the Beijing camp appointed by the emperor's brother, and in a sense entrusted his own defense and safety to him, I'm afraid he himself would also be imprisoned in a small courtyard somewhere.
Even if King Zhonghui's personal soldiers came with the seal, they could come. If they wanted to take Feng Ziying and his party into Beiyuan, it would not be the people under the Siwei Camp who could make the decision.
When Du Keli, the commander of the Fourth Guards Battalion, received the news, he was extremely embarrassed.
According to the emergency coordination between him, Warrior Battalion Liao Junxiong and Flag Bearer Wei Miao Zhuang after the accident, the three troops each implemented martial law according to the deployment this morning. No one can move for the time being, and it will not be lifted until the emperor wakes up. But what if the emperor cannot wake up?
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King Zhonghui has sent people back to Beijing to inform the cabinet ministers, but in theory, the cabinet ministers have no right to order the Third Guards Army.
The Shangsanqinjun has always been directly under the direct control of the emperor. However, when the emperor is absent, such as after the death of the new emperor and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, it is led by the prince or the supervisor. But when there is a coma and there are no princes and supervisors, who will be responsible?
Commanding the Third Family Army?
King Zhonghui? Although he is the envoy of the Jingying Festival, he can theoretically command the imperial army in the entire Gyeonggi region, but this is only in name and in theory. Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, there has never been a Jingying Festival.
The envoy will only serve the Third Guards Army, which means that he alone has the final say in the entire Gyeonggi Province, and there is no one to restrict him.
To put it bluntly, at this time, even if he wants to appoint any prince as the crown prince, it is not impossible for him to make a brother become a brother, or even to wear a yellow robe.
Of course, Du Keli also knew that King Zhonghui didn't have this ability yet. He couldn't even control the three major camps in Beijing.
The current situation is so chaotic and confusing that Du Keli is at a loss as to what to do.
On the surface, King Zhonghui should be the least likely person to be involved. The emperor trusted him so much that he finally promoted him to the position of Jiedu Envoy of the Beijing Camp. This was considered to be true to his heart. Even King Zhongshun, who had always followed the emperor, did not treat him so favorably.
But when it comes to the change of the throne, it is difficult to rely on any seemingly normal reasons. Because of this, Du Keli is particularly embarrassed.
The martial law in the palace was agreed upon by him, Liao Junxiong, and Miao Zhuang. If Feng Ziying was allowed to go out to join King Zhonghui, what would Liao Junxiong and Miao Zhuang think?
As long as there is no accident, that's it. If there is an accident, the two of them, especially Miao Zhuang, will definitely put the blame on himself. He may become the scapegoat for such a big thing. How can he bear it?
But it would be equally troublesome if you refuse.
Not to mention that King Zhonghui is now the nominal security director of the entire Tienwang Mountain Hunting Garden, even Feng Ziying's reputation is too great.
Feng Ziying was originally waiting for the emperor's second interview, and he was the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture. Logically, this was also the territory of Shuntian Prefecture. His father was also the governor of Jiliao, and this was also the territory of Jizhen.
When King Zhonghui wanted to pick up Feng Ziying at this time, he must have discussed how to deal with the current situation. If he delayed important matters, he would also be unable to deliver.
In desperation, Du Keli had no choice but to go to see Feng Ziying in person to see what the other party had to say.
"Master Feng, today's martial law is out of necessity. If I have neglected anything, please forgive me..."
Du Keli bowed his hands from afar, "This is where the Third Guards Army is responsible. Even if you go out from here, you will still be under the jurisdiction of the Banner Guards at the gate of Beiyuan. It will be difficult to pass..."
Feng Ziying saw Du Keli's ugly face and knew that the other party was too frightened now and didn't know what to do, so he wanted to avoid this disaster from affecting him as much as possible. He also understood.
He already knew what happened from the soldiers sent by King Zhonghui, but the soldiers didn't know much. They only knew that Emperor Yonglong fell from his horse and fell into coma. He didn't know anything else. The specific situation had to be discussed with Zhonghui.
King Hui only found out after meeting him.
"Master Du, long time no see." Feng Ziying also returned the greeting, "Does Master Du think that this martial law can absolve the Shangsanqin Army of its responsibility? To put it bluntly, if such a big thing happened, Shangsanqin
What the military should do is how to prevent the situation from deteriorating. This may even be more important than the emperor being unconscious. Once the situation becomes chaotic and is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, it will become uncontrollable later. Even if the emperor wakes up by then, it will be difficult to recover.
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Du Keli was taken aback and said subconsciously: "Sir, the Shangsanqinjun is only responsible for security. The assassins are coming from the west. The Shenshu Camp is responsible for security outside..."
"The outside is the Shenshu Camp, but what about the internal inspection?" Feng Ziying didn't know that Emperor Yonglong was assassinated and fell from his horse. She was shocked but remained calm, "Now King Zhonghui is the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp. Since he is taking command
, then everything that follows should be decided by King Zhonghui, that is, have you informed King Zhonghui about martial law? What is the basis for you, Mr. Liao and Mr. Miao to make this decision, and who authorized you?"
Du Keli was in a hurry.
The martial law was an act of desperation by the three of them, and they had no other intentions.
But Feng Ziying was right. The Shangsanqinjun was just a pure inner-guard force to protect the emperor. Martial law in the palace involved a series of follow-up issues. Theoretically, the decision should be made by those with the power to decide.
Once the martial law comes out, whoever will benefit from it will be harmed by it. If it turns up later, some people will probably say that the Third Guard Army has exceeded its authority or even has ulterior motives and will not let go.
"Master Feng, when such a big thing happened, we had no choice but to do it. It was not our intention..."
"Master Du, who should be responsible for the safety of the Emperor?" Feng Ziying said coldly: "Powers and responsibilities should be unified. Even if you make changes at the last moment, you should obtain the approval of the decision-maker afterwards. Otherwise, it will be an overstep of authority, and it may even...
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Du Keli was shocked and immediately woke up. He was very grateful and quickly clasped his fists and said, "General, I understand. Please give me some advice from adults!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Keli waved his hand to signal his soldiers to get out of the way.
