Chapter 151 Idle people outside

The people who were still unrelated to this riot in Beijing were more comfortable. They ran out of the door in surprise when they heard the sound of cannons, and were driven home by the Jinyiwei who suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys like a cat and a dog. After waiting for most of the hour, there was no more movement, so they took off their clothes and went to bed with confidence.

But there was no fight tonight, and there was no more drumming to urge people to get up early and go to court. There were not many officials who could sleep.

Grand Secretary Liu Jian, with his crown and belt, his official robe neatly sat in the reception hall with a stern look. The two golden red candles behind him had burned out. The dying wick was like an old man in his twilight age, and it was light and dark, and could be destroyed in a copper cup full of tears at any time.

After a long time, the closed door sounded a few times. Liu Jian opened his eyes suddenly and shouted, "Didn't you say you are not allowed to disturb me? Didn't the Jinyiwei come to get people? Call them to call me!"

The old butler outside the door whispered timidly: "Master, all the Jinyiwei on the street have been removed. Now... it's time to go to court."

Liu Jian let out a long sigh and stood up blankly: "The Jinyiwei has withdrawn? No one takes me?"

Last night, when he heard the sound of Dong'anmen cannons, Liu Jian was startled and climbed up to the pavilion at home to look into the distance. It happened that Feng Tang's second round of cannons was fired, and the flowering bullets blew up the two houses.

Liu Jian saw that something happened in the Dongji Industry Factory and urgently ordered his family to go out for inspection, but was blocked by the Jinyiwei. Liu Jian knew something was wrong when he heard this. He immediately sat in the middle hall in a neat dress and waited for the emperor to take the people. Unexpectedly, the Jinyiwei retreated.

What's going on? Could it be that the emperor was angry with the advice of all officials and hunted down loyal and kind people on a large scale?

Liu Jian was confused for a while, and his confidence gradually returned to himself: "Although the emperor was young, he knew the importance of the country. How dare he be so reckless? Even if the artillery fire in the East Factory is a hunt for people, he must be a killing chicken to warn the monkeys and intimidating all officials.

As the chief minister of the dynasty and the important minister of the late emperor's orphan, how could I care about my personal fame, wealth and power and ignore the Ming Dynasty? The emperor can have no Dongchang, but we cannot have us. Otherwise, who will protect the country? His power can deal with Dongchang, and can he deal with the loyalty of all the civil and military officials in the court? I will immediately rush to the palace gate and gather all the officials to advise the elimination of traitors. Win, defeat, success, and official career will be here."

Liu Jian raised his chest and returned to his former majesty. He coughed and shouted decisively: "Take me your tablet and prepare a sedan chair to court!"

The jade steps of the elixir, yellow tiles and red eaves, and the two dragons are coiled with white marble stone pillars. The towering stone archway carved with dragon and phoenix patterns shows the majestic and solemn emperor palace. When the first ray of morning light is reflected on the magnificent Fengtian Hall, all officials went to court.

On the Jinshui Bridge, the first three of them had white hair, wide robe and big sleeves, holding jade scepters in their hands. They were raised up. The second row were the six ministers wearing square horns on their heads and red official robes, and the next were the officials wearing green robes. The blue robes went straight into the palace without looking sideways.

After a short period of communication outside the Meridian Gate, we met with the news from all parties and the officials already knew the general details of the incident in the palace and the East Factory. Everyone knew in their hearts that this young emperor, who had always only knew how to be naughty and playful, took the lead in taking action.

The emperor was furious, so what? The emperor took the slaves of the factory and guards, but he dared not touch the hair of civil and military officials? Scholars are the country's support, and all officials work together to make suggestions and fight hard this morning. They will not give up until they eliminate treacherous and slandered.

In the Golden Palace, facing an empty dragon throne, all officials stood solemnly, waiting for the little emperor to ascend to court...

At noon, the officials who had been suppressing their anger and waiting silently were exhausted, and the queue was no longer neat. Many people quietly changed their legs and relieved their painful heels. The momentum had quietly dissipated.

The crowd began to stir up. Xie Qian whispered to the eunuch at the station squad: "The morning court time has come long ago, please urge the emperor to ascend to the palace quickly!"

The eunuch Tian, ​​the eunuch at the imperial front station, seemed to have been waiting for the officials to urge them impatiently. He walked out of the back hall and slowly climbed up the Danbao. He raised his whisk and slowly glanced at the officials in the hall, saying loudly: "The emperor goes to the hall, and all officials take over the officials!"

"Long live! Long live! Long live!" The officials blew the tiles of the palace, as if they were sincerely trying to give the emperor a warning.

Overnight, Emperor Zhengde, who had collapsed the powerful forces that he had not known how to deal with, was confident and believed in Yang Ling's instructions and judgments before leaving. Such a mighty thunder did not shock him, but instead aroused his arrogance.

The man is pretty, and he is wearing soap. Today, all officials are so neat, but Emperor Zhengde wore a black ball dragon costume, which sets off his red lips and white teeth, and his face is as beautiful as jade.

He walked out gently and skillfully, calmly climbed up to the Danbao with his eyes as the officials secretly looked at him, and looked at the officials who were bowing their heads and kneeling in the hall. For the first time, he felt that he was really standing in front of them without fearing the sharp mouths that followed them.

Emperor Zhengde walked to Longshu's desk and sat down slowly. His bright eyes slowly glanced around. His perky nose raised towards Eunuch Tian, ​​and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Eunuch Tian took a step forward and sang: "All officials are calm, the three masters, including the Censorate, Dali Temple and Tongzheng Department, came forward to listen to the order!"

The ministers stood up, and the officials of the three officials of the Nine Ministers were stunned. Inexplicably, they walked up to lift their robe and knelt down again, saying, "I will accept the order!"

Eunuch Tian said: "The emperor's edict, Wang Yue, the chief eunuchs, and the leaders and eunuchs, were jealous of the virtuous and capable. In order to plan for the tax and commission, they spread rumors and slandered the ministers, and even slandered the ministers. After the incident in Fanting in the East Factory was leaked, the emperor has ordered the West Factory, the Neichang, and the Imperial Horse Supervision to quell the rebellion. Now the criminals are handed over to the Three Departments for interrogation, the West Factory, the Inichang, and the Inichang, Improve this!"

When the officials heard this, the officials made a noise. Eunuch Tian glanced coldly and shouted: "Silent! If there are noisy and rude people, they will be driven out of the palace by the warriors in front of the palace!"

The officials of the Censorate and other three departments looked at each other. The emperor was caught off guard and issued an order to ask them to ask the police to ask the case. The Jin Palace could not discuss with the officials, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "I will accept the order!"

Eunuch Tian also said: "The emperor's edict, Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others reported that they had made contributions to quell the rebellion. They immediately appointed Liu Jin as the chief supervisor of the ranks and the military officer of the admiral battalion, Gao Feng as the eunuch in charge of the seal, Luo Xiang as the eunuch in Bingbi. Qiu Ju, Wei Bin as the eunuch in charge of the eunuch in charge of the hall, Zhang Yong as the military officer of the Beijing camp, Gu Dayong as the military officer of the Dongji Office, and Ma Yongcheng as the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and hereby informed all officials."

When Li Dongyang heard this, his heart was sank. The emperor caught all the officials in the inner court, and added another charge of defeating and treasoning the ministers in the court. He forced them to isolate them from the execution of Yang Ling and Bahu. Even if someone wanted to exonerate them and plead for mercy, he had to consider the weight of this.

What is even more worrying is that the Sili Supervisor and the four leaders and eunuchs were replaced by the Eight Tigers, and the Beijing Camp and the Corps were also in their hands. The Sili Supervisor was in charge of all the etiquette, name of punishment, and access control in the imperial city.

It is still important that they are in charge of internal and external memorials and investigations of imperial examinations, and they plan to "approve the dividends" according to the cabinet votes. The actual power is greater than that of the chief assistant of the internal medicine department. Now it is impossible to impeach them again.

When did the emperor get so experienced? Can you think of this idea based on the materials of Bahu? Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and Liu Jian looked at each other quietly. They thought of someone at the same time.

The Eight Tigers are no longer able to be eliminated. Now they can only avoid their sharp edge and attack their point. As long as they open a gap, things will still be possible. Liu Jian made a quick decision. He was not as good as discussing with Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang immediately went out to report: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial.

Yang Ling, an inner factory, was ordered to travel south and resell goods from the official ships to make profits. He also accepted bribes on a large scale. In order to cover up his sins, he made a fuss and was obscene and suspected of killing officials of the court. Since he had returned to Beijing, he asked the emperor to send Yang Ling to the three departments to punish him to eliminate the disaster."

Emperor Zhengde pursed his lips and said to himself, "These people are really not giving up." He calmed down and said slowly: "Sir Liu, Yang Ling just took the way to transport some royal purchases for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This matter has been reported to me long ago. How could I say that privately stored goods are resold for profit? As for accepting bribes, it was to confuse the criminals to investigate. These things have now been submitted to the Great Interior.

Yang Qing cleverly exposes the affairs of Mo Qinghe and Yuan Xiong, who corrupted the court and committed the great crimes. You won’t know? As the chief minister of the cabinet, he must have real evidence."

Liu Jian was shocked by hearing this. Yang Ling's three ships of cargo were really huge. He knew only one ship that was transported into Beijing. He knew who the mansion was sent to, but they were all royal relatives and heroes. Can they list them? As for Yang Ling's own things, if the emperor covers them up for him, then it is still clear?

Xie Qian immediately left the work and said, "Emperor, I heard that Wang Shangshu of Jinling's Ministry of Rites had a dispute with Yang Ling and was murdered that night. Yang Ling was suspected of being a major suspect. He should ask him immediately and find out the facts."

Emperor Zhengde looked smiling and sighed softly: "I heard that? It's the news again! I have real evidence here. In order to frame Yang Qing, a group of servants of the Silijian planned to kill Wang Shangshu and Yang Qing. The matter was a confession from Dai Yi, the Silijian, and the letters found in Fan Ting of the Dongchang. I was about to investigate the case together. Xie Aiqing might as well go to the trial if he was interested."

Another heavy blow, Xie Qian was stunned. He had already suspected that the East Factory had launched a terrifying plan to win over more officials, but due to the situation, he had to make mistakes.

With a preconceived view in his heart, he naturally believed Zhengde's words. For a moment, Xie Qian could not say whether to sacrifice Wang Qiong against his conscience to continue to trap Yang Ling for justice or to avenge his colleague who died in vain to do his personal friendship.

The officials in the palace were as if they were in a frightened state, and they didn't care about the loss of etiquette in front of you. Their former allies were the real murderer who designed to frame Wang Shangshu. Could it be that the series of rumors were indeed the traitor of the East Factory? Some officials began to shake, and the determination to swear to eliminate traitors and slander was gone.

Li Dongyang lowered his eyes, took a breath and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the East Factory is thousands of miles away. How can I know in advance that Wang Shangshu will host a banquet for Yang Ling? How can I know that both sides will commit evil at the table? This matter is too strange, and there are many details in it. Can Lord Xuan Yang go to the palace to inquire?"

Emperor Zhengde frowned, a hint of anger overflowed from his handsome face, and he whispered: "There are so many doubts? Why did Zhang Xiu, the Jinyiwei set up an ambush in Tianjinwei? Why did the East Factory send more than 20,000 fans to intercept them everywhere on the way to Beijing? They repeatedly prevented Yang Qing from returning to Beijing, which was obviously because they had a ghost in their hearts, for fear of their evil deeds being exposed!"

He slapped the table and said angrily: "Yang Qing is still on the way back to Beijing. I have just issued an edict to order Liu Jin to lead the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Camp to respond. If Yang Qing makes any mistakes, I will definitely ask that group of servants to pay their lives!"

"Yang Ling hasn't returned to Beijing yet?" Li Dongyang was shocked when he heard this. He captured the important members of the inner court of the Silijian, secretly dispatched troops to annihilate the Dongchang, and suppressed the Beijing Camp in Jiucheng. Could this series of steady and ruthless actions be the idea of ​​the current emperor?

The plan that the Silijian and their tacitly agreed was that Yang Ling would return to Beijing and all officials advised him, and then he killed Yang Ling on charges of resisting arrest. The East Factory suddenly changed the plan and tried his best to prevent Yang Ling from returning to Beijing. Is there really a ghost in his heart?

Li Dongyang was the Grand Tutor of Emperor Zhengde. He knew very well about this little emperor. The little emperor was smart and brave. But he absolutely did not have this scheming and could not use such means.

If Yang Ling had not entered Beijing yet, yesterday's action must be due to the instruction of the Eight Tigers. Could it be that these eight eunuchs who only knew how to slander and charm the king were pretending to be pigs and eating tigers. They first deliberately aroused the anger of all officials, and then induced the East Factory to transfer Yang Ling to the sight of all officials, and at the same time forced Yang Ling onto their ship. Finally, when several parties ignored their role, they suddenly took action to seize power?

Li Dongyang was good at planning the country but was clumsy at planning himself. How could he see clearly such conspiracies and tricks? The more he thought about it, the more he felt reasonable.

The biggest benefit of this incident was the Eight Tigers. Yang Ling not only did not get any benefits. It is hard to say whether he could come back alive under the siege of 20,000 people. Could it be that Yang Ling and us have become chess pieces that can be merciless on the chessboard and have been used by others?

Zhengde said, as if he was still angry. He stood up angrily and said, "Yesterday, the Silijian was in chaos in the palace. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were also frightened. I want to visit the harem. If you have important things, please leave it to the court and leave the court!"

Emperor Zhengde didn't wait for the officials to bow to him, so he walked down the imperial platform and flashed into the screen and disappeared.

Liu Jian turned around in shock and saw hundreds of gazes betting on him, waiting for him to make a decision. He is the leader of all officials, and if the impeachment is aborted, his reputation will plummet and his reputation will be ruined in the officialdom.

The inner court was exterminated in the name of rebellion, which had nothing to do with their impeachment of Yang Ling and Bahu. This road of "eliminating traitors" had to continue.

But now the Eight Tigers are in power, and without the cooperation of the inner court, can they still be impeached?

From the eyes of many officials, he saw a strange smell, which was no longer the trust of his yelling. He followed him without hesitation and moved forward. Many people had shaken their views on Yang Ling.

It seems difficult to argue with Yang Ling anymore. The condemnation of Yang Ling is in power and has the merit of suppressing rebellion and serving the king. At this time, the Bahu, who is in the limelight, is another stupid political decision. What should he do?

Liu Jian showed a bitter smile on his lips: Power is a double-edged sword. If he cannot hurt others, he will hurt himself. He gained the trust of all officials by virtue of his character and virtue. To maintain this character and virtue, he cannot retreat and make clear and safe actions.

He was once given the power to call the wind and rain, but now he is pushing him onto a political cliff without hesitation...

The river of wine is dangerous and sad, with no way to advance and no way to retreat...

Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun, Gao Wenxin is on the way back to Beijing.

He left Beijing overnight, but he couldn't catch up with the spread of the news that the destruction of the Dongchang was reported early the next morning. When he heard the news, the Dongchang men were at a loss and were at a loss. They showed off their power when they left Beijing. They were arrogant and rushed back to Beijing in shame with their tails.

The people from the world who have always been recruited began to secretly disperse halfway and mixed into the three mountains and five mountains to make a living.

When Yang Ling found them, there were only twenty-six people left of forty guards, more than half of them were injured. The originally sturdy and luxurious carriage was also squeaking and shaking, and it was almost disbanded. The car sedan was shooting some carved feather arrows everywhere. You can imagine how many cruel battles they had experienced.

Yang Ling felt relieved when he saw this. He hurriedly jumped off his horse and rushed towards the car sedan. He rode a horse for a whole night and had no strength when he walked. When he saw Gao Wenxin breaking out of the car, he felt safe and he was almost exhausted and kneeled on the ground.

Gao Wen rushed two steps and no longer cared about so many people surrounding him. He jumped into Yang Ling's arms and couldn't help but tear her cheeks. She was not afraid of dying for Yang Ling. But she was so happy that she could see him alive.

Cheng Qiyun also rushed forward a few steps in love, then stopped with a smile, pursed her lips, and a faint, gentle smile appeared on her face. She felt like she was so touching.

Their plan was very detailed, but they only forgot one thing, that car.

Neither Dai Louer nor Gao Wenxin can ride a horse, and it is safer to sit in a solid car sedan. However, a originally sturdy carriage, pulled by eight horses, rushing all day long in the wilderness without roads. How long can it live?

Because of this small negligence, they almost lost their lives. The wheels were swaying slowly. However, when they galloped, the wheels had no time to turn. The car was dragged hard by eight horses in the soil. If it took only two miles to go on, the whole car would be disintegrated.

Dai Louer had already ordered to retreat and retreated into the Shijiazhuang officers and soldiers guards, but had to stop halfway. The men who gathered together caught up with each other and started a hand-to-hand fight.

They fought and retreated and finally escaped here. They were still five miles away from the garrison. Suddenly, they heard another sudden sound of horse hooves from the distance. They thought that there were a large group of Dongchang men chasing each other. When they saw that it was Yang Ling's troops, they couldn't help but be ecstatic.

Yang Ling was also exhausted. He had to get into the carriage that twisted left and right like a yangko dancer, and prepared to change it when he arrived in the town ahead.

The twenty-six guards were exhausted and had some injuries on their bodies to some extent. However, this situation was suitable for people to show them after returning to Beijing. Yang Ling had to take them to the road with him and wait until he returned to Beijing before he could recover.

In the past few days and nights, Cheng Qiyun and Gao Wenxin did not rest well even when they temporarily escaped from the enemy and avoided in the wilderness. Their eyes were red. Yang Ling couldn't bear it. He held Gao Wenxin's shoulder and said softly: "Wenxin. Lean on my shoulder and rest. When the town ahead changes to the big cart, you can rest."

Gao Wenxin was so close to him and was so gentle and considerate by him. He couldn't help but feel that all the hard work was worth it. At first, he was just resting next to Yang Ling's shoulder. He was gradually shaken by the car, and his sleepiness arose, slowly falling into his arms and fell asleep sweetly.

Cheng Qiyun sat on the other side of Yangling's ground. Seeing that he carefully held Gao Wenxin in his arms and took care of her, she couldn't help but show a hint of envy in her eyes. When Yangling turned her head, her expression returned to peace.

Yang Ling smiled at her and said, "Stop the second gear, let's take a rest. There is a town three miles ahead. Let's talk about it in detail when you get there."

It was such a pleasant thing to be called an official position, but Cheng Qiyun now felt a little harsh and felt a little disappointed. She forced a smile, remembering that since Yang Ling came, the overall situation in Beijing must have been decided, and utilitarianism has gained the upper hand again.

She cheered up and said, "Sir, is the overall situation in Beijing determined?"

Yang Ling nodded and said, "Well, all those who can do it have their hands cut off. As for those who can do it, it is not worth worrying. You can enjoy it slowly after returning to Beijing."

Cheng Qiyun couldn't help but smile when she heard Yang Ling's playful words. She raised her fingers like jade bamboo shoots to take off her official hat, tied up her hair scattered while running and shaking, and then stuffed it back into the official hat.

Years of habit made her behave very elegantly when she had just experienced a bloody battle in life and death and was exhausted, and her tall and white jade neck was still tilted, and her ten fingers were moving like orchids.
To be continued...