Chapter 49 Leading troops into the palace
At this time, Zhang Zhao, who had just come out of the imperial prison, took the horse from Lu Qi: "Go back and tell the ancestors! My son will definitely bring the forbidden soldiers into the palace! Although Zhu Houzhao has given up his post in our family, but now No one in the Imperial Guards knows that after taking them into the palace, they will be found guilty of treason, and they will have no choice but to follow our family! What’s more, our family will promise them benefits!”
Zhang Zhao said and rode towards the main camp of the forbidden soldiers.
Some officers and soldiers among the forbidden soldiers only saw the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao and his sergeants rushing out to assassinate the emperor in front of the Meridian Gate, but they did not know the specific details. Now they went back to their camps to rest. Therefore, this gave Zhang Zhaoke an opportunity to take advantage of the situation. opportunity.
Zhang Zhao was also quick, and rushed to the Imperial Guards before Liu Jin and Xu Jin, Minister of War, arrived. He also summoned the governors and commanders of the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp, as well as the eunuchs in the camp, and urgently ordered them to summon them immediately. All ministries gathered outside Daming Gate.
The officers and soldiers at all levels of the Imperial Guard did not know that Zhang Zhao had been dismissed, so they all obeyed the order and began to assemble.
Zhang Zhao didn't waste any time. He rode his horse around the Four Guards Camp and the Warrior Camp, shouting:
"Soldiers of all camps, our family is Zhang Zhao, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Many of you have met our family, and we are not polite. We know that your Lumi has been owed for several months, and some People can’t survive even a year. Let’s tell you now why your Lumi is not growing!
Because your Lumi has been corrupted by the eunuch Liu Jin and others around the emperor! Now they want to rebel! Now, according to the emperor's oral instructions, we will go to the palace with our family to kill the eunuch Liu Jin and others. After the incident is completed, the emperor promised to give Lumi! Follow our family into the palace! ”
Zhang Zhao yelled and was about to ride his horse and rush towards the Daming Gate with the imperial soldiers, but he found that the imperial soldiers did not respond, not even the military attachés who were close to him.
Zhang Zhao realized that something was wrong, but he still managed to calm down and turned around and asked: "What's going on?"
At this time, a commander of the Xianzi Battalion came to Zhang Zhao:
"Father, you have just come back. Before I could tell you, your Majesty had already sent Lumi to us a few days ago. He paid it back for three months and even gave us an extra month! It was even full of real money! So you What we just said is very confusing to us. Ah! What does it mean that there is no Fulumi? But why do you think someone wants to rebel? Now, the new emperor seems to be good, and he has made up for our Lumi soon after he came to the throne. Such a good emperor has people who want to make him. Anti?”
"That's right! What this gentleman said is right. Our emperor is so good, who would rebel against him? If you want to say the rebellion is the Eunuch Zhang in front of you! To be precise, he should not be called Eunuch Zhang now, but should be called Eunuch Zhang. I want to offend Zhang Zhao!”
At this time, Liu Jin also rushed over with the eunuchs from the Royal Horse Supervisor, with a smile on his face.
At this time, Liu Jin had changed into a three-mountain hat and the official uniform of a high-ranking eunuch, holding Zhu Houzhao's secret edict. At the same time, the eunuchs on both sides of the Royal Horse Prison also held the customs and order flags.
Therefore, when the officers and soldiers of each battalion of the Imperial Guards saw this battle, they knew that Liu Jin was the one who truly came with the emperor's orders.
Zhang Zhao was shocked at first. He did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would send Lumi in advance. During that time, he had been supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum. After all, he was the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor, responsible for all internal affairs, and he could also take advantage of the opportunity. After all, building imperial tombs has always been a fat job.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao instinctively wanted to scold the military attache directly for not sending someone to tell him earlier, but at the same time he was also surprised when Zhu Houzhao had the money to distribute Lumi, and he also paid three months plus one month, which is thirty Ten thousand taels of silver!
Of course, Zhang Zhao has no time to think about how Zhu Houzhao did it now. He only knows that his plan to mobilize troops into the palace has failed. The morale of the Ming Dynasty's forbidden soldiers has become very calm because of the reissue of Lumi. No one wants to Follow him into the palace for adventure.
Zhang Zhao had already expected that he would fail. He instinctively wanted to find an excuse to escape, but before he could find a reason to say it, he saw Liu Jin coming. What he didn't expect was that Liu Jin was still holding the treasure of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Ban soldiers and guard against the enemy.
"According to the secret decree of the Emperor! All the battalions of the Imperial Guards will immediately listen to the orders of Liu Jin, the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor, enter the palace to escort them, and act according to my orders! If anyone disobeys, Liu Jin can kill them first and then report them!"
After Liu Jin finished speaking, he looked at the officers and soldiers of each battalion of the Imperial Guards. The officers and soldiers of each battalion of the Imperial Guards were busy kneeling down under the leadership of the chief officer: "I obey the order!"
Seeing this, Liu Jin was determined and immediately glared at Zhang Zhao coldly: "Capture Zhang Zhao! Take him to the palace! If he disobeys, he will be executed on the spot!"
Zhang Zhao knew he couldn't run away. He panicked and fell off his horse. Before he could recover, he was picked up by two Jingjun soldiers from the Royal Horse Guards.
Liu Jin naturally didn't want to kill Zhang Zhao at this time, he wanted to kill Zhang Zhao too late!
And this time.
Xu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, British Duke Zhang Mao, Taiping Marquis Zhang Jie, etc. also received the order from Zhang Yong at this time and immediately summoned the chief officers of each battalion of the 12th Regiment and Battalion to assemble.
Xu Jin, Minister of War, and Zhang Mao, the British Duke, all knew who Zhang Yong was, so they naturally believed in Zhang Yong's words.
It stands to reason that the 12th Regiment Battalion is a heavy force in the capital and has always been an elite force. Therefore, the Ministry of War must issue transfer orders before the commanders of each battalion can mobilize troops.
Zhu Houzhao had already replaced the Minister of War with Xu Jin, which enabled him to successfully mobilize the regiment and camp.
That night, Xu Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, decisively issued an order to mobilize troops, stamped the seal of the Ministry of War, and personally assembled the 12th regiment camp with Zhang Yong, British Duke Zhang Mao and others.
Xu Jin, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, had led troops, and the British Duke Zhang Mao and others had also led troops. The efficiency was very fast, and they came to the palace city soon.
All of a sudden, both the Imperial Guards and the 12th Regiment Battalion came towards the palace city.
The three cabinet elders also heard the footsteps of the army. Among them, the chief assistant of the cabinet Liu Jian just laughed: "It seems that Zhang Zhao has really started to take action. I hope he and Wang Yue will not disappoint us. Two cabinet elders, you want to hear Do you want to hear about His Majesty’s sudden death or about Liu Jin’s execution?”
Both Li Dongyang and Xie Qian laughed proudly. Among them, Li Dongyang looked at his favorite disciple Yang Tinghe: "Yang Tinghe has stayed in the East Palace for a long time, and now he is still a bachelor of Zuo Chunfang, and he can be regarded as your majesty's true disciple. Teacher, he must prefer Liu Jin to be executed!”
Yang Tinghe smiled slightly and said nothing.
Xie Qian also smiled and said: "You can hear the footsteps getting closer and closer. It can be seen that it must be not peaceful in the palace today. Tomorrow will be the time of the consolation ceremony in the morning. I hope you don't have to wear the auspicious clothes again." Put on some bad clothes.”
At this time, in the palace, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, also received news from Lu He.
"Ancestor, a large number of officers and soldiers have entered the imperial city," Lu He said.
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, had just washed his hands and was wiping them with a handkerchief. He immediately threw them into the basin and said, "Go and see Zhu Houzhao. He should be called the emperor, at least he is now!"
(End of chapter)