Chapter 43: One Night in Chang'an
"What's wrong?" Ye Zheng put down the books in his hand, looked at Jia Xu in front of him, and smiled.
"It's all under the control of the prince." Jia Xu put a list in front of Ye Zheng and said: "These are all the troops that Liu He and others can mobilize at present."
Ye Zheng picked up the list, looked through it for a moment and sneered: "Left General Huangfu Li, Yulin Military Captain Wu Feng, Jinwu Liu He... These people really... don't know how to live or die!"
Jia Xu didn't say anything, but stood quietly aside. Although he followed Ye Zheng now, after all, the new surrender was not long after, and Ye Zhao sent Ye Zheng back to Chang'an at this time Jia Xu had not figured out what it meant. Although he helped Ye Zheng do things, he had no opinion. Jia Xu chose to keep it.
Ye Zheng put down the book and looked at Jia Xu and said, "It seems that there are many people, but my father had already made it clear that those who raised more than fifty scholars would be punished for their rebellion. Even if these people were added to the generals in the mansion, there were only four or five thousand people. Now the commander of the chariot and the Yulin Army are under our control. The only people they can mobilize are only three or five thousand people."
Jia Xu nodded and said nothing.
Ye Zheng continued to ask: "My father has praised Mr. Wenhe for his wisdom many times, but he didn't know how Mr. Wenhe thought that if these people wanted to rebel, how would they act?"
There are not many ways to seize control of Chang'an, not to mention that the actions of these people are now exposed to Ye Zheng's eyes. Every move is secret, but there is no secret in Ye Zheng's eyes. At this time, the problem is no longer how to deal with these people. What Ye Zheng wants is to pull out the imperial party hidden behind them and use a thunderous blow.
Jia Xu was silent for a moment and said, "I think these people will take a gamble and attack the Prime Minister's Mansion."
In name, the imperial palace is the political center of Chang'an. However, in fact, the Prime Minister's Mansion is the center that truly controls the entire Chang'an and even radiates to the current six states. Jia Xu's answer is also quite normal, but this is not what Ye Zheng wants.
After thinking about it, Ye Zheng looked at Jia Xu and said, "Sir, why is my father sending me back to the court this time?"
It was originally understandable that Ye Zhao sent Ye Zheng back to stabilize the government, but Ye Zhao appointed Gao Shun and Cao Xing as the captain of the Yulin Army and the commander of the Fengche, and asked Jia Xu, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao and Wang Shuang to come back together. Not only did Ye Zheng have both civil and military affairs, but it was also equivalent to bringing all the troops in Chang'an to Ye Zheng's hands. The purpose was obviously not just to let Ye Zheng come back to stabilize the government.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "The Prime Minister is as smart as the sea, and his subordinates dare not speculate on their own."
Old fox!
Ye Zheng looked at Jia Xu and did not ask any further, nodded and smiled, "That's right, but now that the Central Plains is about to unify, these people want to drag their father back behind their backs. No matter what, they can't keep them! Since they dare to do it, they will chop off their hands!"
Jia Xu nodded silently, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know how Ye Zhao cultivated this heir. He was not old, but both the means and the nature were shocking. He really didn't look like a young man in his prime.
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At the third anniversary of the day, a shocking shout of killing suddenly sounded in Chang'an City. A group of people suddenly appeared outside the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and began to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion.
At the beginning of quietness, countless torches suddenly appeared above the Prime Minister's Mansion. At the same time, a large number of troops appeared above the surrounding buildings and on the aisles, which confused the soldiers who had not yet rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
On the corner tower of the prime minister's mansion, Guo Huai stood with his sword, looked at the panicked gang of chaotic soldiers, and indifferently waved the flag in his hand.
"Shoot the arrow!"
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and amid the screams, begging for mercy and howlings, a group of chaotic troops who were trying to attack the Prime Minister's Mansion fell to the ground in an instant.
"Guo Huai's rebels, how dare you help the evildoer!" Wu Feng held up a shield, and under the protection of more than a dozen rioters, looked at Guo Huai on the corner tower and roared angrily.
Helping the evildoer?
When Guo Huai heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, too lazy to pay attention to the other party. The soldiers around him surrounded him. Although Wu Feng was crazy about trying to make a bloody path, the surroundings were surrounded by well-trained elite soldiers. The group of mobs led by Wu Feng would not be opponents. In less than a cup of tea, the riots that came to attack were completely destroyed.
"Boji, the situation is wrong. Why are there only these people?" Wang Shuang walked up and frowned and looked at Guo Huai.
"Did you just find out?" Guo Huai shook his head and smiled, "Why don't the prince be here?"
"?" Wang Shuang looked at Guo Huai in a daze.
Regarding this comrade-in-arms who followed Ye Zheng all the way from the barracks to the present, Guo Huai shook his head helplessly and said, "Leave three thousand men to guard here, take the rest of the people, and follow me to meet the prince!"
He was too lazy to explain, so he ordered directly.
"Oh~" Although Wang Shuang was confused, Ye Zheng had given him strict orders before. No matter what he did tonight, he had to implement Guo Huai's orders unconditionally. He went to execute the military order without hesitation.
On the other side, the palace.
Just when the sound of fighting sounded from the Prime Minister's Mansion, a group of people quickly came to the palace, but were stopped by the soldiers guarding the palace.
"Stop, no one is allowed to trespass in the important place of the palace!" A general led his troops to appear on the palace tower, and cold arrows pointed at the army under the city.
In the crowd, a man came out of the horse and said loudly: "I am Huangfu Li, the left general of the Central Army. If you have important things to see Your Majesty, please open the city quickly!"
"Since you want to see Your Majesty, why do you lead your army?" The guard said coldly: "Retreat quickly, otherwise you won't blame the sword for being ruthless!"
"Oh? In this way, the general doesn't want to open the city?" Huangfu Li looked at the guard and said coldly.
"Where is the responsibility, General, please forgive me..." Before the guard general finished speaking, he saw a person suddenly jumping out from beside him. Without waiting for the guard general to react, he drew his sword and killed the guard general to the ground with one knife.
"I am Zhu Qi, the commander of the lord, and I am under the emperor's will to welcome the left general into the palace. You will not open the city yet!" This man cut over the guard with a knife, raised an imperial edict from his arms, and said loudly.
Originally, he thought that the soldiers around him would respond when they saw the Lord General die, but before he could finish his words, there were three spears and two steel knives to greet him.
"You want to rebel!" Zhu Qi was shocked and quickly rolled away, avoiding the attack, and looked at the soldiers angrily.
"Respect the Prime Minister's Order. Those who do not want to open the palace gate without the Prime Minister's Order are all rebellious!" Several military squadrons led the army and said loudly.
"This is the emperor's order. Do you respect the emperor or the Ye Zhao's traitor?" Zhu Qi raised the edict in his hand, and at the same time waved his sword with his right hand to storm the weapons. He did not expect that he could not suppress the soldiers and horses by killing the chief general.
"We only respect the Prime Minister's orders, and those who are disrespectful to the Prime Minister... kill!" These soldiers guarding the palace were all selected and arranged by Ye Zhao himself, and naturally they were all Ye Zhao's confidants. Moreover, the generals were only responsible for commanding the army's philosophy, but the army was only loyal to Ye Zhao. Although Zhu Qi killed the main general, he did not know that Ye Zhao's military methods were used to seize military power, but he made a mistake in making the plan.
Zhu Zhi: "..."
Looking at the army rushing up, although Zhu Qi had some martial arts skills, he was the opponent of a group of elite soldiers. He only barely blocked a few times and was pierced by several spears. He stared at the unwilling gaze and died of depression.
Chapter completed!