Chapter 208: The Gunshots That Cut Through the Night of the Times!
At Chengtian Gate, Wang Yue, the commander of the young army, stood in the doorway holding his sword. Liu Yongcheng, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, had a worried look on his face. He looked like he wanted to say something but was embarrassed to say it. He was feeling uncomfortable.
Chengtianmen was completely taken over by 3,600 people from the East Palace Young Army.
The four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang under the control of the Royal Horse Supervisor withdrew into the Forbidden City to assist the 1,000 young troops at Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate respectively to prevent Tang's relatives from going to extremes to rebel.
Wang Yue was in charge of all affairs, and the four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang were at his disposal.
This is the prince's will.
In Liu Yongcheng's view, the Crown Prince's will is His Majesty's will.
No difference.
Although the estrangement between His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed irreconcilable from the 16th year of Jingtai to today, the Royal Horse Prison was on par with the Si Lijian in the 24th Yamen of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Liu Yongcheng was a confidant of the emperor and knew the truth.
Just the father and son...
One moment the two fathers and sons were yelling at each other and even punching and kicking each other, saying "father is kind and son is filial", and the next moment they were sitting together bragging and spanking.
Never judge this pair by the way the emperor and prince got along in the past.
Otherwise, I don’t know how he died.
On the contrary, it was the historian Wei Nanfeng who thoroughly understood the father and son.
It is worth learning from officials in both the government and the public.
When Liu Yongcheng thought of this, he couldn't help it anymore. His Royal Highness the Prince had absolute confidence in the East Palace Young Army. However, the camp where the East Palace Young Army had been stationed in the past few years was a restricted military area. Outsiders had no idea what the Young Army would develop into.
Liu Yongcheng couldn't feel at ease when His Majesty entrusted such an important task to Youjun.
Asked: "The king commands the envoy, only 3,600 people?"
In the event of military remonstrance, with the cooperation of the Tang family's relatives and the civil service group, the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Ministry of War can mobilize troops. The regiment camp and the Fifth Army Governor's Office are at the Beijing Guard Station. I am afraid that tens of thousands of people can come, just the young army.
…
The equipment is really not bad.
All the cavalry were wearing armor, and even the horses were lightly armored.
But the weapon configuration of the young soldiers is a bit strange.
A sword hangs on the left waist.
A crossbow is hung on the right waist.
Carrying a crossbow box.
Holding firecrackers in both hands, they lined up in a line. It was not a square formation at all, nor was it a long snake formation. With this formation, the enemy's cavalry could cross them with a single charge.
The fire gun doesn't look like a traditional fire gun either.
Like the new-style firecrackers used by His Royal Highness the Prince to kill Wang Ji with one shot at Zhengyang Gate.
But in the end there were only 3,600 people.
Moreover, Wang Yue only arranged for 2,000 and 600 men to guard outside Chengtian Gate, while the remaining 1,000 men were placed inside Chengtian Gate and could be divided into troops to support Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate at any time.
The army is too weak!
Wang Yue smiled and said, "Superintendent Liu also thinks that the young army is weak?"
Liu Yongcheng sighed: "I'm afraid it's not just the servants who think that with this small number of troops, no one who understands military affairs thinks that we can defend the army. Even if we use three-stage shooting, it will be of no avail."
Wang Yue nodded, "When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me about the development direction of the Young Army, I had the same doubt. The Young Army of 5,600 people had almost no experience in fighting on the battlefield, and its generals were the same as those of the Young Army.
The three hundred people when the army was formed, but as the young army was equipped with Dongfeng rifles and after several exercises, I changed my view."
After a pause, "Do you know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince deliberately arranged it so that Tang's relatives could have the possibility of military remonstrance?"
Liu Yongcheng shook his head, "I don't know."
In fact, His Majesty is blindly trusting His Highness the Crown Prince.
Liu Yongcheng was under great pressure.
Apart from imperial power, what kind of power does the Tang family's relatives and the civil service group have without any power?
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry are all in their hands.
In other words, Wang Wen and Chen Xun's Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Husbandry still stood on the side of the imperial power.
With only the four guards of Tengxiang and Wuxiang, plus a young Donggong army, there were only five guards, which was a huge disadvantage. However, at this point, Liu Yongcheng could only choose to believe it.
Wang Yue said: "Because His Highness wants the East Palace Young Army to have a shining debut, a stage that will attract the attention of the world. Only by appearing under such circumstances can the civil servants know that the military power in their hands is nothing in front of the East Palace Young Army."
.Furthermore, after this incident, the Ministry of War will be reshuffled, and the civil service group will be vigorously purged. By then, the Ministry of War will be firmly under the control of His Highness the Crown Prince."
Added: "His Highness's target has never been just Tang's relatives!"
Including the entire civil service group.
It’s military power!
Even with the Donggong Young Army, military power is still very important. To expand the Young Army, it needs soldiers, military pay, and supplies. These things have to go to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry.
Therefore, His Highness's real purpose is to completely grasp the Six Parts.
Liu Yongcheng was a little confused, "What if Tang's relatives and the civil service group give in this time and don't plan to fight?"
Wang Yue is a scholar after all.
Hearing this, he was happy, "Bai Gui was impeached, Hu Guangcheng announced that all the political envoys were annihilated, and in the civil servant group in Beijing, some of the Qi Qing could not escape; the one-armed stone man in the Yellow River in Shanxi and the disaster victims rebelled, and someone from the Qi Qing was involved
Among them, the Tang family's relatives are closely related to both incidents. If they give in today, someone will still have to go to jail. When the Jinyi Guards investigate, how many people will you involve and will they lose their heads? So admit it.
To be cowardly is to wait for death. Instead of waiting to die, the Tang family's relatives might as well remonstrate with soldiers - this should be clearly understood by the Tang family's relatives."
He sighed: "There have been too many rebellious ministers in our Ming Dynasty in the past few years!"
Liu Yongcheng understood.
Asked: "But how did the Tang family's relatives know that they needed military remonstrance today, and how did His Highness know the news?"
Wang Yue thought for a while, "Because there is no better opportunity. If the turmoil in Shanxi continues, the focus of the court will be on countering the rebellion, and there are too many variables in the process. If the counterinsurgency fails, the mountains and rivers will be turbulent, and the civil servants will be in trouble."
The group will put the responsibility on Tang's relatives. Without the support of the civil service group, why would Tang's relatives exchange savings?"
Liu Yongcheng nodded, "There is a saying. The current situation is only due to Yu Shaobao being too strong after fourteen years of orthodoxy. He returned the military power to the Ministry of War, which allowed the civilian clique to become stronger. This is the root cause."
Wang Yue said: "This..."
Hard to say.
Don't say yes.
In fact, we can't blame Yu Qian, it can only be said that things are like this.
After the battle to defend Beijing, Yu Qian, as the first official of the Ming Dynasty, had no selfish motives for taking power at all. The reason why he returned military power to the Ministry of War was because he was afraid of the emergence of a second Baozong.
In the final analysis, Baozong's Northern Expedition is the real source.
If the Emperor of Heaven had always been a wise and heroic emperor like Taizong and Xuanzong, no matter how strong Yu Qian was, he would not have transferred the military power to the Ministry of War. There was no other way. The past of Emperor Jingtai showed that he was not Taizong or Xuanzong.
Wang Yue said: "I'm going too far. I'll tell Supervisor Liu something secretly. Yesterday, when His Highness was arranging today's affairs, he said something, saying that if there were military remonstrances today, the gunfire at Chengtian Gate would cut through the night of the era and end an era.
The sound of the death knell!”
Then he laughed and said, "We'll see."
At the end of the long street, there was a riot among the people. Tang Min, who should be a secondary figure among the Tang family's relatives, led an army to the Forbidden City and came to give advice on the matter of changing the crown prince!
The army is pressing down on the city, and the city is about to be destroyed?
Wang Yue was calm and calm, without any pressure, and said loudly: "Send the order, prepare to meet the enemy!"
