Chapter 52 The Eight Tigers are promoted
Zhu Houzhao looked at the officers and soldiers behind him and smiled slightly: "Very good, you are worthy of being my loyal and brave men! However, just tonight, Wang Yue, the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, and others actually planned to rebel! In order to let you surrender together I died suddenly tonight, Liu Jin, tell them why I invited them into the palace to protect me tonight!”
Therefore, Liu Jin loudly told the officers and soldiers present why Zhang Zhao had been dismissed and why he suddenly falsely conveyed an edict in an attempt to provoke them to cause trouble.
The officers and soldiers present were all horrified, and even a little scared. After all, rebellion was something they couldn't even think of, especially now that they had received Lumi, they didn't want to accompany Daxuan in the palace to do something possible. A life worth losing.
Therefore, these officers and soldiers now looked at Wang Yue and others with more hatred.
Seeing these officers and soldiers acting like this, Zhu Houzhao felt satisfied and felt a lot more relaxed, because this showed that he, the Ming Emperor and the Ming Dynasty, still had the support of the people and the army, at least most people did not want or dare to rebel.
Zhu Houzhao decided to take this opportunity to make these officers and soldiers further realize whose soldiers they were, and asked loudly: "Tell me, are you my soldiers! Are you my army of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
All the officers and soldiers shouted.
Zhu Houzhao pressed his hand, and the well-trained officers and soldiers stopped shouting. At this time, Zhang Zhao started crying instead: "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Zhu Houzhao didn't say much. Seeing that the commander of the capital Xia Ming was the one closest to him, he ordered: "Take your officers and soldiers to capture all these traitors and temporarily detain them in your barracks. If anyone escapes, you will Kill yourself!”
"I obey the decree!"
The capital commander named Xia Ming hurriedly led his men to take Wang Yue, Lu He and others into custody.
Naturally, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait for the Jinyi Guards to come and take custody, and he had to reorganize the Jinyiwei. Seeing that Taiping Marquis Zhang Jie was also at his nearest position, he ordered: "Zhang Jie, take your officers and soldiers and immediately surround Jinyiwei North Town Fusi and Zhao Prison." , and at the same time, there is the residence of Mou Bin, the commander of Jinyi Guards!”
"I obey the decree!"
Taiping Hou Zhang Jie also left the Forbidden City immediately with a group of officers and soldiers.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao walked to Xu Jin, the Minister of War, and Zhang Mao, the British Duke: "From now on, the capital will be under full martial law! Within three days, it will be strictly forbidden to leave and enter, and no ordinary people will be allowed to leave the city! The regiments and camps will be mobilized by you. , anyone who disobeys will be killed immediately!”
Xu Jin, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Mao, the British Duke, also hurriedly followed the order and left.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yong at this time: "All the forbidden soldiers are on duty and are deployed in the palace forbidden area. They are dispatched by you!"
"The ministers obey the order!"
Zhang Yong hurriedly accepted the order and immediately mobilized the forbidden troops and began to add troops and horses from Qianqing Palace to Duanmen.
After finishing speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Guo Rong again: "Come here!"
Guo Rong hurriedly ran over: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"From now on, you will be promoted to the position of commander of the Jinyi Guards and the governor of the town. Go summon the officers and soldiers you used to have when you were a hundred households, and then wait outside the Meridian Gate. I will ask someone to give you an edict later. You can take it. Go and take over Jinyiwei's prison with the edict. At the same time, you will do it alone at Yinshi tomorrow! The Qing Palace has come to see me!" Guo Rong also hurriedly accepted the order and left. At the same time, he was very surprised and pleasantly surprised. He thought that by following His Majesty, he would be promoted quickly. He had not only been an official of Qianhu for a long time, but he had become a royal guard in the blink of an eye. He is an official with great power, commanding the officials and controlling the governors!
Then, Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, and Wei Bin: "Now you, Zhang Yong, and Qiu Ju are all fine. You should know what caused today's incident. Who saved your lives?”
"The ministers understand! It was the traitor Wang Yue and others who wanted our lives. It was the emperor who saved our lives. Without the emperor, we are nothing! We have even met the Lord of Hell! The lives of the ministers belong to the emperor. ! ”
Liu Jin and others knew that the reason why things developed to this point was because Zhu Houzhao wanted to protect them. Otherwise, Zhu Houzhao could have chosen to kill them to keep them safe. Now they were naturally grateful to Zhu Houzhao and breathed a sigh of relief.
"As long as you understand, follow me to the Supervisor of Ceremonies!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he took Liu Jin and others to the Li Jian.
When Liu Jin and others heard what Zhu Houzhao said, they all knew that Zhu Houzhao was going to promote them, and their faces were full of excitement.
At this time, the Chief of Ceremonies was already empty. There was only one eunuch who was still copying the cabinet votes. As soon as Zhu Houzhao came in, the eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said, "The eunuch, Chu Ke, pays his respects to the emperor!"< br>
Zhu Houzhao saw that he was the only one among the ceremonial supervisors who did not follow Wang Yue to force him to the palace, and he could still sit here and do his own thing calmly when the inner court was changing. Even if he was not really indifferent, he could be considered a relatively honest and reliable person.
So Zhu Houzhao directly ordered: "From now on, you are the eunuch of the eunuch who is the eunuch of the eunuch. Now it is up to you to draw up the decree, and Liu Jin will be the eunuch of the eunuch. Ma Yong will become the eunuch of the eunuch Bingbi to supervise the East Factory. Used as The eunuch Bingbi, the chief eunuch, supervises the west factory, Gao Feng is the eunuch eunuch who supervises the forbidden soldiers, Wei Bin is the eunuch eunuch Yuma and supervises the imperial village, and Qiu Ju is the eunuch eunuch of Shangbaodu! "< br>
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Liu Jin and others quickly received the order and thanked him.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao yawned: "Everyone, get up and go your own way. Ma Yongcheng will control the East Factory first, and then go and confiscate Wang Yue's home outside the palace for me. Gu Dayong will take your people with him." Directly set up the West Factory, and first go and seize Lu He’s home outside the palace for me. Gao Feng, you can also go to the Fourth Guard Camp and mobilize a group of troops to seize Zhang Zhao’s home outside the palace!”
After saying that, Zhu Houzhao said again: "Liu Jin will accompany me back first. Later, you will also lead a group of soldiers and horses with my will to clean up the remnants of Wang Yue's rebels in the inner court! From now on, I will hand over the inner court to you. If you If you dare to be disloyal to me, I will not treat you lightly!”
Liu Jin and others hurriedly said that they did not dare to look at Zhu Houzhao anymore. I don’t know when they started to become more and more afraid of Zhu Houzhao.
It was approaching midnight, and the cold night was so quiet that no sound could be heard.
Zhu Houzhao also returned to Cining Palace and stretched out his hand: "I want to take a bath!"
Immediately, the female official who was serving Empress Dowager Zhang called Ruyi Zhe and came over to take off Zhu Houzhao's outer robe and began to pass on: "Hurry up and boil the water! The emperor wants to take a bath!"
Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help asking: "Has the queen fallen asleep?"
"If you want to get back to your Majesty, the Queen Mother has been asleep for a long time," Ruyi replied.
Zhu Houzhao said nothing after hearing this. He only heard the sound of footsteps again outside, and Liu Jin and others had already begun to clean the inner court. He couldn't help but laugh: "Remember to call me later. From dawn on, I will be the true master of the Ming Dynasty." ”
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