Chapter 51 The old slave is guilty
Zhu Houzhao opened the door and walked out, holding an umbrella in his hand. He stood in the night and only said: "Gao Feng, open the door!"
Gao Feng was still a little scared and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, but finally obeyed Zhu Houzhao's order and opened the palace door.
As soon as the palace door opened, Guo Rong, who was standing outside the palace door, became even more nervous, fearing that someone would rush directly into the palace door and assassinate His Majesty.
But Zhu Houzhao was already standing behind Guo Rong, looking at the eunuch and admiral of Dongchang Luhe: "Luhe! Who gave you the dog to dare to shout at me here!"
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Lu He smiled slightly and took three steps back. At this moment, Wang Yue, the eunuch and eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, who was wearing a big red cloak, stood up: "Your Majesty, please calm down! This is what I ordered. I brought a group of ministers to see you today." Your Majesty, I just ask you to kill Liu Jin and other eunuchs!”
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and looked up. Although he still couldn't see clearly the faces of Wang Yue and others under the rain curtain, he could see no less than a hundred eunuchs behind him, some of whom were still holding weapons.
The inner court of the Ming Dynasty was a huge collective. There were twenty-four yamen alone, and the number of eunuchs was no less than ten thousand. Now Zhu Houzhao could also see that Wang Yue was indeed powerful in the inner court. At this time, there was actually someone who was willing to follow him to force the palace. No less than a hundred people.
"You are worthy of being an ancestor! You are so majestic! You dare to force me!"
Zhu Houzhao laughed.
"I don't dare! This old slave is just asking for life for the people! As long as the emperor kills Liu Jin and other eunuchs, the emperor will still be the emperor!"
Wang Yue hurriedly bowed his hands to Zhu Houzhao and replied.
"Then what if I don't comply?" Zhu Houzhao stood in front of Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, with a cold tone.
"Did your Majesty hear the footsteps outside? This old slave dare not lie to His Majesty. If His Majesty does not kill Liu Jin and other thieves, the officers and soldiers led by Zhang Zhao will definitely kill Liu Jin and others for His Majesty when they enter the palace later. Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng and other eunuchs!
And Your Majesty, you will also die suddenly because of the riot between the officers and soldiers! ”
Wang Yue replied with a hint of threat.
Gu Dayong and Ma Yongcheng became a little panicked. They were really afraid that Zhu Houzhao would be forced to kill them.
Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily: "It is indeed our ancestors who are so mighty. Let me ask you if this is how you dealt with Emperor Xiaozong."
"The old slave dare not deceive the emperor. The old slave does not know. Three days before Emperor Xiaozong died, the old slave went to Wanshou Temple to fulfill his wish!"
Wang Yue replied.
Zhu Houzhao never directly took away the lives of Wang Yue and other senior eunuchs. He originally wanted to save them for interrogation and interrogation about the cause of Emperor Xiaozong's death. However, Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Wang Yue had killed him very cleanly, but he did not stop saying more. Just turned around and walked away: "Close the door!"
"Wait! Your Majesty, I advise you to judge the situation carefully. Liu Jin and other eunuchs are just dogs around you, so there is no harm in killing them!"
Lu He shouted at this time.
"You are all eunuchs, why do you look down on each other? Even if they are dogs, they are still my dogs. At least they are better than you dogs who betrayed their masters!"
Zhu Houzhao continued walking into the house as he spoke.
At this time, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, suddenly yelled, and even shouted out Zhu Houzhao's title: "Zhu Houzhao! Don't be stubborn anymore! I, Wang Yue, just want to live, and I don't want to commit regicide! You Did you hear the footsteps outside? Once the officers and soldiers come in, I will have to change my king!"
"I still don't believe that the men of my Ming Dynasty listen to you instead of me!"
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.
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At this time, under the cover of night, nearly one hundred thousand officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty trotted into the palace city from various palace gates like a tide.
For these officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they did not know that they played a vital role at this time. They were just following the orders from above.
They are now getting closer and closer to Cining Palace. Liu Jin, Minister of War Xu Jin, and British Duke Zhang Mao are running at the front with their troops, and now they have passed the Qianqing Gate. Due to the large number of troops, many officers and soldiers could only stand in the outer court, and many did not even enter the palace.
But Liu Jin, Xu Jin, Minister of War, British Duke Zhang Mao and other important figures still came to Cining Palace, along with Zhang Zhao who was being escorted.
These officers and soldiers all held torches and appeared outside the Cining Palace like a swarm. The entire Cining Palace was illuminated brightly with red blood. It also allowed Zhu Houzhao to see clearly their yellow-orange faces and the eunuchs with the palm prints of the Chief of Ceremonies. Wang Yue's face.
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, laughed at this time. He also saw the appearance of a large number of officers and soldiers, and a proud look appeared on his face.
"Zhu Houzhao! Now you have no chance. Our family can only help you kill Liu Jin and others, but it is a pity that you can no longer live."
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, laughed sinisterly.
However, Wang Yue, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, could naturally see the faces of the officers and soldiers clearly. When he turned around, he saw Liu Jin standing in front of the officers and soldiers! Not Zhang Zhao!
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, suddenly turned pale.
"How could it be, how could it be Liu Jin! Where is Zhang Zhao? Where is Zhang Zhao!"
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, murmured to himself, and then immediately shouted and asked.
At this time, Liu Jin ordered people to throw out Zhang Zhao, who had been tied up with five flowers. Zhang Zhao cried and said: "Old ancestor, things have changed. It turns out that the emperor has already given them Lumi!"
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, looked even more grim after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao, wondering when he had given out Lumi, and how he could have given out Lumi worth two hundred thousand taels! Didn’t the cabinet say that he had less than 50,000 taels of silver in his pocket? Is the cabinet lying to me, or has he already prepared for this step?
After thinking for a while, Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, did not want to say anything more. His knees suddenly softened and he knelt down towards Zhu Houzhao: "The old slave is guilty!"
The eunuch and admiral of Dongchang Luhe, the eunuch Bingbi, the chief ceremonial officer, also had a look of confusion and panic on his face at this time, and he took a few steps back.
This time, it was Zhu Houzhao's turn to smile.
Zhu Houzhao walked up to Wang Yue: "You won't forget that I have appointed Admiral Liu Jin to supervise the regiment camp, right?"
Wang Yue, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, did not answer. Naturally, he had not forgotten it, but he just did not expect Liu Jin to take control of the army so quickly.
"The chamberlain Liu Jin has met the emperor and has been ordered to lead the imperial guards to escort him!"
"The imperial minister Zhang Yong has met the emperor, and he was ordered to lead the regiment to escort him!"
Liu Jin and Zhang Yong both dismounted and prostrated in front of Zhu Houzhao, while other officials and generals came out to salute one after another.
"Xu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, has met Your Majesty!"
"My British Duke Zhang Mao has met your Majesty!"
"I, Taipinghou Zhang Jie, have met your Majesty!"
"Xia Ming, the commander of the Yongzi camp, has met Your Majesty!"
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Zhu Houzhao hurriedly ordered these people to stand up, and only looked at Zhang Zhao. He remembered that he had ordered the Jinyi Guards to take Zhang Zhao to the Jinyi Guards Prison. Now he saw that Zhang Zhao entered the palace with the officers and soldiers as Wang Yue said, and he understood , Sure enough, there is also a traitor in Jinyiwei! I thought it was a good thing that I asked Liu Jin to go to the imperial barracks as soon as he took over as the Royal Horse Supervisor.
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