Prologue

On the sixth day of July in the first year of Jianwen (1399 AD), at the end of the afternoon, Beiping.

The streets have been cleared and there are no pedestrians in sight. The sun was blazing, it was a hot afternoon, the sky was blue, and there was not even a trace of clouds in sight.

The north wind blew through the empty streets and the whistling red flags. City guard soldiers wearing red cotton armor lined up on the street in front of the Yan Wangfu, and the soldiers surrounded the entire palace with murderous violence.

The vermilion gate was tightly closed, and some human heads could be seen on the wall. From the walls came the sonorous sound of human voices and iron tools—the closed gate and the back of the wall were also covered with soldiers and horses, and like the army surrounding outside, the guards of the Yan Palace's Mansion were also on guard.

The two armies confronted each other, bows and bows were tense, and a tense atmosphere enveloped the audience.

The commander-in-chief of the operation to surround the Yanwang Mansion, Zhang Hao, the political envoy of Xuanchengbu in Beiping, looked at the closed door of the Yanwang Mansion, and the official robe behind him was soaked with sweat. Three years ago, after the death of Emperor Hongwu, after the current Shengshang Jianwen ascended the throne, he immediately began to cut the feudal domain. In the past few years, the king of Zhou, the king of Dai, the king of Xiang, the king of Qi and other vassal kings have been deposed and deposed, everyone knows that the next target of the imperial court must be the king of Yan who guards Beiping.

However, unlike the king of Zhou and the king of Dai, who were cut down by the vassals, the king of Yan himself was a general of the Ming Dynasty, and he repeatedly attacked the outside of the fortress to defeat the Mongol nomadic soldiers and horses that threatened the frontier of the Ming Dynasty. After the terrible purge of the Hongwu Dynasty, the veterans have withered away, and now King Yan is the only remaining famous general of the Ming Dynasty, and has high prestige in the northern border army. On the battlefield, the prince has always been known for his determination and decisive action, and often makes some bold and courageous military actions.

Such a person will never be caught in front of the order of cutting the domain, and he will definitely rebel.

This fact is not only a well-known secret in Beiping City, but even Jianwen and the imperial court are also aware of it. The imperial court decided to cut the feudal domain, but fearing the prestige and power of King Yan in the army, had been very cautious - even slow - in its handling of him. It was not until today that he and Commander Xie received an edict to arrest Yan Wang's henchmen, but the edict did not mention the arrest of Yan Wang himself.

If King Yan does not respect the edict and closes the palace to fight against the official army, if he leads the army to enter without the edict, what will be the consequences?

If the officers and soldiers searching at that time get into a scuffle with the guards of the Yan Wang's Mansion, then the sword soldiers will be together, in case the Yan King is injured or even killed in the chaotic battle, what will the imperial court do with itself?

Zhang Yu knew that the imperial court's determination to cut down the feudal domain had been made, and no one could stop it. In the past two years, countless vassal kings have been deposed. The king of Zhou was abolished and assigned YN, the acting king was deposed and assigned to Shudi, the king of Xiang was deposed, and the king of the family was **, and the king of Qi, Zhu Rong and the acting king Zhu Gui, both of whom were deposed as concubines. Everyone can expect that the fate of King Yan in front of him will be no different from these deposed vassal kings. If he could kill him in the chaos, His Majesty Jianwen would only be happy about this, and the ministers of the court would also be relieved by this, rejoicing that the biggest enemy in the battle of cutting the feudal domain was gone.

But Zhang Yu also knows that if King Yan dies, this is the luck of the court, but it may not be his own luck. No matter how jealous His Majesty Jianwen is of King Yan, but King Yan is His Majesty's uncle after all, and His Majesty's filial piety and dignity still have to be taken into account. In order to prove that the death of King Yan was not His Majesty's intention, the imperial court is likely to severely punish itself for the crime of killing the vassal king—and it is not impossible for the whole family to be beheaded at that time.

Zhang Yu, a senior official who had served as a waiter of the Ming Ministry of Industry, a waiter of the Criminal Department, and a political envoy of Beiping, had a very stable psychological quality and superb administrative skills, and had dealt with countless thorny troubles during his more than 20 years of journey to the palace, but he knew that what he had to face today was the most difficult test in his life.

The vermilion palace gate opened, and a red-robed palace official walked out of the door. Looking at the officers and soldiers waiting in front of him, he looked calmly and walked straight towards the soldiers. An officer stepped forward to ask a few questions, and trotted back to report: "Zhang Fantai, he is the long history of the Yan Wangfu, and he came to pass the word on the dictation of the Yan King." ”

Zhang Yu and Beiping both commanded Xie Gui to look at each other, and Zhang Yu said slowly: "Let him come over." ”

Changshi was brought to Zhang Hao, and he saluted: "Zhang Fantai, Commander Xie, two adults Mingjian: His Royal Highness King Yan is a prince of the imperial court, and the uncle of the current emperor has a noble status. You have sent city guards and horses to surround the palace for no reason, offending the prince, and committing the following crimes of great rebellion, His Royal Highness the King of Yan has already turned to the court to impeach the two......"

Zhang Yu interrupted the long history impatiently: "You don't need to be verbose, our intention has already been announced to the palace, we have been ordered by the imperial court to arrest illegal officials and generals in the palace, and we have already made it clear the edict of the imperial court and the list of criminals." Now this official only asks you, does the palace plan to hand over people, or not?!"

Shocked by Zhang Hao's fierce momentum, Na Changshi took a step back, and he softened his voice: "Fantai, the imperial court's edict has been read, and the palace will act in accordance with the edict." The 45 lawless officials and generals mentioned in the edict have been arrested by the royal government, and Zhang Fantai and General Xie are invited to enter for inspection. ”

Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, it was best to be able to complete the imperial court's edict without using swords. These dozens of officials and officers are all the backbone cronies of the Yan Wangfu, and when these people were arrested, the Yan King was cut off from the party, and even if he was against him, he couldn't make any tricks.

"His Royal Highness King Yan understands the righteousness and destroys his relatives with righteousness, and the official deeply admires it. Come, accompany me into the palace and check the ...... of the prisoners."

His Royal Highness King Yan only invited you and Xie Du to let the two adults in, and did not mention the others. ”

Zhang Hao stopped, and he said coldly: "This official is acting on the emperor's orders, and the Yan Wangfu dares to obstruct it?"

The steward said in a low voice: "Zhang Fantai is serious, you and Lord Xie are ministers of the imperial court, so you can naturally go in, but other idle people, etc., don't go in, this is also for the dignity of the palace...... Fantai, you have brought so many soldiers and horses in, and there is a lot of commotion, and there are many people, in case you damage the items in the mansion, offend the ladies in the mansion, and cause some trouble, won't it be your trouble? The Yanwang Mansion has already been ordered, and please ask the Lord of the Domain, right?"

Zhang Yu glanced at his companions beside him, Xie Gui, the commander of the Beiping Metropolitan Command, the general with a rough appearance, arched his hand and said: "The last general is only the head of the master and the horse, and he will act according to the order." ”

At this time, Zhang Yu hesitated, looking at the open gate of the palace, he had an ominous premonition.

According to the original trajectory of history, next, he will follow the advice of the palace governor Shi, and walk into the Yan Wangfu alone with Xie Gui, and then, they will be captured by the ambush soldiers arranged by the palace inside, and resolutely do not surrender, and finally both of them are killed, and because of the loss of the leader, the army surrounding the palace will also collapse. Then the king of Yan rebelled, after four years of hard and cruel Jingyan war, he defeated the southern army commanded by Emperor Jianwen, seized the Ming Empire and land, miraculously became the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and then created a generation of prosperity - history, that era is called Yongle Shengshi!

But at the moment when Zhang Hao was about to say yes, a huge rumbling sound came from the distant sky, and the officers and soldiers and generals surrounding the palace all raised their heads and looked towards the sky where the sound came, and they saw the trajectory of a cloud sweeping across the blue sky, and finally disappeared at the end of the sky.

Seeing the strange situation in the sky, there was a slight commotion in the group of soldiers: "What is that?"

"Like a man who can fly!"

Looking up at the gray cloud trail in the blue sky, Zhang Yu and Xie Gui were also shocked, and a thought flashed through Zhang Yu's mind: the sky is killing and the stars are changing. The ground is killed, and the dragon and snake rise to land. People kill people, and heaven and earth repeat. At this time, the heavens and the earth are abnormal, is this a warning from heaven to themselves?

At this moment, the ghost sent the god to the ground, Zhang Yu changed the sentence that was about to be spoken, and he said firmly: "This official wants to go in, and this official's subordinates must also go in!" I act on the orders of the emperor, and those who dare to obstruct will be guilty of the same crime as Qin, even if you are a prince, you will not be exempt!"

The commander Xie Gui glanced at his companion in surprise, but he received the order to resolutely cooperate with the actions of the political envoy Zhang Yu, so he did not hesitate to order: "Open the way for the lord of the domain!"

The soldiers of the city guard shouted in unison, and they formed a strict queue, and the sword and shield soldiers lined up, and rushed towards the open gate of the palace. Several guards of the Yanwang Mansion came out to obstruct it, but the sword and shield soldiers did not hesitate to cut them to the ground, and a few short screams set off the prelude to the melee, and at the main gate of the Yanwang Mansion, the attackers and defenders began a brutal fight......

"History of the Ming Dynasty

In July of the first year of Emperor Jianwen's present era, the emperor wanted to cut the Yan domain. King Yan secretly hid his armor in the palace and plotted against him. Defeated, King Yan died, or committed suicide. The emperor ordered the burial of King Yan, moved Yanfan to SX, and Zhang Yu and Xie Gui were fined for half a year. ”

No one thought that at the moment when Zhang Hao opened his mouth, his own fate, the fate of King Yan, and even the fate of the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia all changed, and history has since moved towards a completely different trajectory......

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