After seeing the emperor, Xiao Niangpi resigned and went to Kunning Palace to see Queen Zhou. She knew that the emperor had something to talk to Yang Fan.
"My lord Yang Fan, please see your majesty. Long live your majesty, long live your majesty."
"Hahaha, Yang Qianhu, please get up quickly. Although I just met Aiqing today, I have heard of your name for a long time. Others closed their eyes and pretended not to know about the battle on the rocky beach, but I know it clearly.
Remember your contribution." Chongzhen said warmly.
He knew very well that it would be aggrieved and frustrating for anyone to blame.
Yang Fan had previously been besieged by thousands of people at the Rock Beach Baihu Station. He, a small Baihu Station with forty or fifty people, was unable to resist, so he could only seek protection from his superiors. As a result, he had no way to appeal, and everyone above and below ignored him.
Yang Fan fought tooth and nail to find a way out and made great achievements, but everyone pretended not to see it. This matter was left in vain.
Yang Fan was moved when he saw that the emperor had spoken justice for him. He immediately said with excitement on his face: "Since I am a military attache of the Ming Dynasty, it is my duty to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and it is my duty to protect the people and the land. I am not wronged. I
Those with dull qualifications dare not take credit."
The little emperor was one year younger than Yang Fan, and his face was full of youth. Seeing Yang Fan's excited expression after hearing his words, he felt very satisfied.
Although Yang Fan's origin has not been fully investigated, he was used by Tu Shanyong when he came into the world. He has a very clean background and has no connection with any force. Tu Shanyong was an old minister who was secretly employed by him when he was hiding in his residence. Yang Fan undoubtedly belongs to his direct lineage.
It is very reasonable for him to be so excited because he promoted him to Wei Mo.
This man also has the talent of a general. At this time, I am even more satisfied with Tu Shanyong. He has worked hard to find good talents for me everywhere.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty was facing internal and external troubles, so it was the right time to employ people, and this person could be used with confidence.
"Yang Qing, there is no need to be self-effacing. I have recruited you to take care of the gates in the imperial city for me. You will be on duty at the Qianqing gate and stay in the three palaces for a period of time. After I have finished handling the affairs of the twenty-four yamen,
If you return to Zunhua and do this job well, I will definitely give you a reward."
"I obey the order." Yang Fan bowed and accepted the order.
Then Chongzhen drove back to Qianqing Palace, and Wang Chengen personally took Yang Fan to a house next to Qianqing Gate. He asked him to work here and direct the defense of the entire imperial city.
Yang Fan visited the Forbidden City in later generations. To the west of the Qianqing Gate was the South Study Room of the Qing Dynasty, and to the east was the Upper Study Room. At this time, there were no such arrangements, they were just ordinary houses.
Chongzhen wanted Yang Fan to place his headquarters here so that he could summon Yang Fan at any time.
"The three hundred most elite cavalry you brought with you will enter the palace immediately and set up defenses around the three back palaces. You must defend the three back palaces so that no needle can penetrate and no water can penetrate. Can you do this?" Wang Chengen asked.
"Yes, but everyone who comes in and out must be managed according to my requirements."
"Yes. In addition to summoning the ministers, the maids and eunuchs who come in and out are all former members of Prince Xin's palace. They all have exclusive waistbands. You can check them."
"How are the drinking water and food prepared in the Housan Palace?" Yang Fan asked.
"Drinking water generally does not come from the wells in the palace. It is brought back by water trucks from Xishan Yuquan. You can send cavalry to supervise this along the way to prevent problems. At present, food and vegetables are all bought by the people of the Prince's Palace. It is very troublesome. If you
It's best to be able to supply, after all, there's no guarantee that there won't be problems when you go shopping." Wang Chengen said seriously.
Yang Fan sighed inwardly, it seemed that Tu Shanyong was not generally recognized in Chongzhen's heart, and he actually left the food supply in the palace to himself.
Your own army needs to supply military supplies. It is very safe for the supplies in the palace to be mixed in. No one knows that these supplies will be supplied to the palace.
Yang Fan agreed. Since the safety of the palace has been entrusted to him at this time, he should take full responsibility.
Now that his army has garrisoned the Imperial City and Forbidden City, Chongzhen no longer has to worry about his safety. All that remains is to deal with Wei Zhongxian with peace of mind.
Immediately, three hundred cavalrymen immediately entered the Forbidden City. In addition to sending a small team each to the Meridian Gate, Donghua Gate, Xihua Gate and Xuanwu Gate to supervise the four gates together with the original guards supervised by Zhang Shize, the remaining 180 people All are stationed in the third palace.
After Zhang Geda's large army entered the imperial city, the 100 people who stayed at Donghua Gate were also mobilized and stationed at the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City as a general reserve force.
The Housan Palace area is a closed courtyard, with the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, and Kunning Palace in the middle on the Danbi High Platform. There are twelve gates on all sides. It is difficult to defend so many entrances and exits. After Yang Fan immediately asked for instructions, Ten gates have been closed, leaving only the south gate Qianqing Gate and the back gate Kunning Gate.
Six teams moved into the buildings on all sides and controlled the back three palaces like iron barrels. Yang Fan's headquarters was set up in the south study room of the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, Zhang Geda led a large group of troops into the imperial city.
Zhang Geda sat at the Meridian Gate and was in the middle to provide support.
Mo Zuo led people straight to Xi'an Gate.
Huang San led the people straight to Di'anmen.
Donkey Dan led the people straight to Zhengyang Gate and Daming Gate to take over the gate defenses.
The main entrance of the North City is Zhengyangmen (front gate) including the arrow tower, urn city and city gate. As soon as you enter Zhengyangmen, you will see Qipan Street.
Outside Daming Gate, there is a neighborhood like a chessboard, called Qipan Street. Qipan Street was the most prosperous commercial center in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty.
On the Qipantian Street in front of the Ming Dynasty Gate, local migrant workers from all over the world gathered here, rubbing shoulders with each other, and making it noisy. At that time, Qipan Street was like a bustling market today, with merchants gathering, and it was a bustling and lively scene.
Qipan Street is also a camp for garrison troops. Whenever the emperor leaves the palace, the imperial guards guarding the palace will camp here in advance.
In front of the Ming Dynasty Gate in the Qipan Street Palace, during every dynasty ceremony, the Beijing camp would lead the troops to guard it and stop there, setting up banners in great splendor.
At this time, all the shops closed their stalls, and the usual noise on Qipan Street also stopped.
Since the Daming Gate to Chengtian Gate and Meridian Gate were forbidden areas of the imperial palace, at that time, ordinary people going from the East City to the West City or from the West City to the East City had to take a detour through Qipan Street. Therefore, Qipan Street was also the transportation link between the East and West cities. Passage to and fro.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Because the imperial city cuts off the east and west cities in the middle, transportation in the city is inconvenient. Many people who live in the east city have always been to the west city in their lives, and those who live in the west city have never been there in their lives. Dongcheng.
After passing Qipan Street, not far to the north is Daming Gate.
Entering Daming Gate is the scope of the Imperial City. Daming Gate to Chengtian Gate is actually the square of later generations.
The walls of the imperial city surrounded the square, forming a long and narrow area with corridor-like houses on the east and west sides, called the Thousand-Step Corridor.
This is where officials who went to court rested.
Outside the imperial city walls on both sides of the square, in accordance with the custom of left-wing civil and right-wing military, the east side is the area of the six bureaus. The west side is the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Jinyiwei Yamen.
The twenty-four inner court offices of the Ming Dynasty were all located in the northeast of the imperial city. The famous Supervisor of Ceremonies was located behind Jingshan.
At this time, in the Li Prison, Wei Zhongxian was convening his party members to secretly discuss the matter of the emperor dispatching a regiment to the capital for training and armed training.
Last night, Wei Zongxian's adopted daughter Lin Yueru, a stall owner of Dongchang stationed in Zunhua, came to Beijing overnight to secretly report the news that Xinghe Tuanlian was about to enter Beijing.
Originally, Wei Zhongxian did not take team training seriously, but Lin Yueru anxiously reported what Yang Fan had done to Wei Zhongxian, which immediately shocked Wei Zhongxian.
Good guy, I killed more than 5,000 bandits and ruthless slave builders, and also solved the 3,000 bandits who came to the capital to make trouble with me. I only used 300 regular soldiers. Including the civilian husbands and servants, the total is only 500.
There are many people. Is this all done by people?
This guy is too evil.
So he quickly ordered the city gates to be closed and the entire city under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Duke Wei and his cronies were discussing what the emperor meant and what he wanted to do, when they suddenly heard the sound of many people running outside. Although these people were running, they moved at the same pace, lifting their legs at the same time and landing on the ground at the same time.
The earth was shaking in shock.
The doors and windows vibrated slightly, and dust even fell from the ceiling.
Cui Chengxiu, the Minister of War, and others were shocked. This was clearly the sound of running troops. Who mobilized the troops? Why didn't he know about it if he was the Minister of War?
Wei Zhongxian directly opened the window on the second floor and saw groups of soldiers dressed in colorful clothes, carrying muskets with bayonets, four in a row, running rumble through the streets.
He looked back at Lin Yueru in shock.
Lin Yueru looked pale, nodded, and said: "Father, those people are the Xinghe Regiment trained by the emperor. They wear these colorful clothes, which are very easy to recognize. They have already entered the city."