"Why can't we enter the city despite your Majesty's order?"
Chen Ce, the commander-in-chief of the army aiding the Liao Dynasty, shouted at the city gate.
But an official in front of him said:
"Army transfer orders must be approved by the Ministry of War. You are not guarding Liaodong but you have come to the capital. You have left your post without permission. Do you want to rebel?"
This person is a censor, and he is here specifically to wait for the soldiers from Zhejiang and Sichuan.
Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came to him personally last night and asked him to stop them from entering the city today, and find ways to anger them, and then charge them with rebellion, and then guarantee his promotion.
Yan Guan seemed to be looking for trouble. Today he felt that his chance to become famous had come, so he said he would not let the Zhejiang and Sichuan soldiers enter the city.
Chen Ce did not dare to offend these civil servants. Since the Tumubao Incident, the situation in the Ming Dynasty had become more and more serious. Now it has been completely finalized. The idea of a noble man and a lowly military man has been engraved in the hearts of almost everyone.
At that time, Qi Jiguang had to call himself Zhang Juzheng's lackey, otherwise he would not even have the chance to lead the army. Even a dignified guard Qianhu had to pay homage to the lowest civil servant like a county magistrate and censor, otherwise he would definitely be punished.
Wear small shoes.
When Chen Ce came up with the imperial edict, he said that they had come to Beijing under the orders of His Majesty, but the official refused to admit it at all, saying that only the Ministry of War had the right to mobilize troops.
Now Chen Ce is in a dilemma. He is now old and does not want to offend these hypocrites, but he has to carry out His Majesty's orders.
He tried to talk bad things, but the censor didn't buy it and verbally abused him many times, but Chen Ce could only endure it.
Seeing this, Ma Xianglin on the side rushed forward and kicked the censor away, cursing:
"You are a bitch, don't you know how to read or understand His Majesty's orders?"
The censor quickly got up and saw the thick man in front of him staring at him angrily, and his heart froze at the sight.
He shouted to the guard guard beside him:
"You losers, why are you still standing there? Why haven't you taken down this rebel? Didn't you see that they are about to rebel?"
The guard sergeant quickly prepared to step forward and capture Ma Xianglin.
Ma Xianglin pulled out the long sword from his waist. When the white-poled soldiers behind him saw the major general pulling out his saber, they all stepped forward with their weapons ready to fight.
The few guarding sergeants were shocked by the momentum of the white-pole soldiers. They were at a loss and took two steps back without daring to step forward.
But the censor did not expect that these countrymen were so bold and dared to draw their swords at the gate of Beijing.
"You're rebelling, you're rebelling. How dare you act so boldly? Go and tell the princes that these guest troops are rebelling."
The censor shouted angrily to a colleague next to him.
"Hold on, sir. Please forgive me. This person didn't know the etiquette and bumped into you. I apologize to you on his behalf."
Chen Ce had no choice but to do it. This had already happened and he couldn't let it get worse, otherwise he would really be framed as a rebel by the censor, and everyone would die by then.
When the censor saw this, he couldn't help but feel emboldened again. He pointed at Chen Ce's nose and cursed:
"I want to first impeach you for not being strict with your subordinates. You, old man, dare to bring rebels to the capital. I want you to kill the nine tribes."
Chen Ce bowed again, stared at him and said:
"I hope your Majesty can calm down. I think it's time to make this a trivial matter. We have His Majesty's personal decree. I'm afraid you won't be able to destroy our nine tribes!"
The censor naturally knows where does he get such great energy? He is just a chess piece pushed out by those people. Now he has retreated, but he has lost so much face today. If he doesn't get it back, he will still be there in the future. Why do you want to be an official in the capital? I'm afraid you will be made a laughing stock by others.
"If you want me to calm down, there's nothing wrong with it. Let this man kneel down and give me three heads, and I won't care about it!"
The censor said confidently that in his opinion, if he could give this man a chance to apologize, he could go home and burn incense.
After hearing this, Ma Xianglin said:
"If you want me to kneel down for you, who do you think you are?"
The censor was furious after hearing this, and Chen Ce also criticized Ma Xianglin a few words, and they kept arguing at the gate of the city.
What they didn't notice was that a Jin Yiwei in the crowd behind him had already galloped away to Beizhen Fusi.
"But you saw it with your own eyes?"
Xu Xianchun asked nervously.
"Returning to the commander, my subordinates saw it all with their own eyes, and now they are still entangled in it."
"Okay, now follow me into the palace and report to His Majesty. Remember, you must miss every word."
Qianqing Palace
"Your Majesty, this is what happened!"
Zhu Youxiao was also very angry after hearing this. He didn't expect that he still didn't kill these people. A small censor dared to interfere with such a thing, and even had such a big conflict with the army and sent a cannon fodder. Come out and test my bottom line?
"Xu Xianchun, with my order, immediately go to the city gate to place the Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers, put all those censors who don't know how to die, into the imperial prison, find out who is instigating, and if there are still those who dare to come out to block the way, Yes, they were all beheaded on the spot.”
Xu Xianchun knew that the emperor was angry.
"I obey the decree!"
Zhu Youxiao reminded him again:
"Go in the name of Wei Zhongxian!"
Although Xu Xianchun didn't understand, he knew that he should act according to His Majesty's orders, so he bowed and quickly retreated.
Zhu Youxiao was really murderous this time. It seems that these civil servants will not be afraid unless he handles a real major case. He will use today's incident to let those civil servants know what the emperor's wrath is.
"His Majesty has issued an order to assist Liao's commander-in-chief Chen Ce, deputy general Qi Jin, and deputy general Qin Bang. They are leading their troops into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit at top speed!"
After Xu Xianchun finished speaking, he said to the two censors:
"The factory owner has issued an order to send these two men to prison, pending personal trial by the factory owner."
What? How dare Wei Zhongxian be so bold? The two censors cursed:
"Wei Eunuch, if you dare to pretend to convey the decree, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty will not let you go!"
Then his mouth was gagged.
But Xu Xianchun just looked at Chen Ce and the others and said calmly:
"Guys, follow me into the palace quickly, His Majesty is waiting for you!"
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"I will pay homage to my emperor!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the people kneeling below and helped them get up personally.
"Today's facts are due to my negligence. Dear friends, please don't blame me!"
"I don't dare!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at a man standing nearby and asked:
"Are you Ma Xianglin, Qin Liangyu's son?"
Ma Xianglin quickly knelt down and replied:
"Reply to Your Majesty, it is you!"
Ma Xianglin was so nervous now that His Majesty was the first to ask him if he wanted to deal with him because of what happened just now?
"Don't kneel down all the time, remember?"
Zhu Youxiao helped him up again. Now he was extremely happy. This was a fierce general who was no less powerful than Cao Bianjiao in the late Ming Dynasty.
Historically, he followed Qin Liangyu in the north and south, and resisted the Qing army. Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyong, Luo Rucai and other bandits were all defeated by him. When the mother and son were fighting, the bandits they fought did not dare to go west to Wangchuan. He loved fighting the most.
He rides alone into battle, kills the generals and captures the flag, so he is called "Little Ma Chao".
"From now on, you will follow me and be my personal bodyguard."
Ma Xianglin quickly thanked him after hearing this.
Zhu Youxiao then looked at the others, they were all loyal ministers and good generals in the Hunhe Battle.