Compared with Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, who was once named by Emperor Hongwu and served as a literati as the secretary of the military department, was quite reliable most of the time.

But in the matter of issuing the arrest warrant for King Yan and his official subordinates, he was still confused.

Maybe it's out of "checks and balances", or maybe it's other reasons, what can be done by one person, but let two people do it. Not to mention, even if the edict is replaced, Zhang Yu Xie Gui is ordered to arrest King Yan, and Zhang Xin is ordered to arrest King Yan's official subordinates, the result of the matter will be very different.

But a pit suddenly appeared in Qi Shangshu's head, and it was still a big pit.

If you want to change it, it's impossible.

The envoy arrived in Beiping with an arrest warrant, at this time, the nine gates of Beiping had been occupied by Zhang Yu Xie Gui's faction, and those who did not obey the order were first imprisoned, and when the envoy arrived, they were all killed.

Song Zhong himself did not enter the city, and ordered Yu Yao to lead the army into the city and besiege the Yan Wangfu with Zhang Yu and Xie Gui.

In the eyes of the envoy, at this time, Beiping had been surrounded like an iron bucket, and the soldiers under Song Zhong, Zhang Yu and others were also fierce and fierce, and King Yan had no way to escape even if he was talented.

Once the order is reached, the officials of the palace will definitely be captured, and the country under His Majesty will be worry-free.

The envoy sent the two decrees to the political envoy and the commander of the envoy to the yamen respectively.

Zhang Yu and Xie Gui immediately took a shot-stimulant-agent, with the emperor's edict, why be afraid of King Yan! Immediately ordered the soldiers to further strengthen the siege of the palace, and at the same time mobilized a large number of weapons, there were no less than a thousand guards in the palace of the king of Yan, and they must be prepared if they fought to the death.

Zhang Xin's performance was a little different, he was very conflicted, whether he should arrest King Yan's family according to what was written in the edict.

If you don't do it, I'm sorry for the imperial court.

I did, I'm sorry for King Yan's promotion and reuse of him.

What a contradiction!

In front of Xie Gui and the others, Zhang Xin did not dare to reveal his true emotions, returned home, and sat in the wing room with a long sigh.

The subordinate reported the situation to Zhang Xin's mother, and the old lady was shocked when she learned that her son was going to be ordered to arrest King Yan.

"Oh, no!"

"Why did Mother say that?"

"I have often heard that King Yan will take the world, but he is the king, how can you capture him?"

Zhang Xin silently said that such remarks have appeared in Beiping for a long time, and most of them come from street fortune tellers and monks.

At that time, people believed in ghosts and gods, and even Zhang Xin himself would ponder for a while when he heard such words.

The emperor was so eager to take down King Yan, could it be because of this? Because King Yan is the true dragon emperor?

Zhang Xin's mother continued: "For the sake of our family, you must not be confused! Moreover, without the promotion of King Yan, how could you be where you are today? You can't be ungrateful! ”

Zhang Xin nodded, "Mother's teachings, my son has written them down." ”

The next day, Zhang Xin went to the Yamen of the Command Envoy Division, and the envoy was already waiting here, and when he saw Zhang Xin, he didn't greet him, and said straight to the point: "Why doesn't Commander Zhang do it yet?" Do you have to disobey the order? ”

Seeing the other party's attitude, Zhang Xin was immediately angry.

Not to mention that he is still hesitating, even if he plans to stand on the side of the imperial court, he can't stand such an attitude!

An envoy spoke to him like this? The second-class members of the imperial court are not furnished in his eyes?

Or does this represent the attitude of the emperor?

Could it be that the emperor knew that he had a friendship with King Yan, and deliberately gave him the order to arrest King Yan, and if he refused to do so, he would cut him and kill his whole family?

The more Zhang Xin thought about it, the more he became like this, and his face became quite ugly.

Emperor Jianwen was inexplicably labeled as a conspirator, and he was really a little wronged, and he was completely pitted by this envoy sent to Beiping.

In fact, Emperor Jianwen has always been pitted by his subordinates, from Huang Zicheng to Qi Tai, from the little-known envoy to Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, who first pit his 500,000 troops and opened the city gate for King Yan, he was really pitted and pitted, and he was pitted to the end. The only ones who didn't pit him were all angry and vomited blood by himself.

Now, the misunderstanding has been caused, and it is impossible to redeem it.

Zhang Xin has already made up his mind to join King Yan, since the court treats him like this, it is no wonder that he is no wonder! Anyway, with the support of the old lady in the family, he also followed King Yan to make a rebellion!

It is impossible to visit directly, and the palace announced that King Yan is sick and does not see outsiders.

took out the edict and came to the door, and it was estimated that he would be clicked off by King Yan's guards when he entered the mansion, and he would not be given time to explain. At this point, Zhang Xin is obviously much smarter than Zhang Yu Xie Gui.

There was no way, Zhang Xin could only disguise himself, smear a few handfuls of dirt on his face, scatter his hair, and hide in the woman's car and blend into the palace.

The palace was besieged, and the people in the palace also had to live, and every day people came in and out of the corner gate to buy food and vegetables.

Emperor Jianwen only ordered the arrest of his uncle, and did not say that he would starve his uncle to death, unless he did not want to be famous. In this way, Zhang Yu and Xie Gui naturally couldn't stop the people in the mansion from going out.

The scope of these people's activities was limited to the city of Beiping, and all of them were followed by soldiers, and Zhang Xin wasted a lot of effort before he managed to avoid the eyes sent by Zhang Yu and Xie Gui and infiltrate the palace.

After entering the mansion, Zhang Xin immediately revealed his identity, took out the Yinxin waist card, and asked to see King Yan.

"Commander?" Meng was ordered to guard the Cunxin Palace, and when he heard the announcement, his brows furrowed, "Are you sure it's the commander of the capital?" Did he explain his intentions? ”

At this time, the palace was full of rumors, and more than 1,500 guards patrolled day and night, not daring to relax at all. Meng's eyes were bloodshot, but he was still in good spirits.

"Back to 100 households, the seal letter and waist card have been checked. Commander Zhang insisted on seeing the prince, saying that he had something important to report. ”

In the history of the early Ming Dynasty, Meng only remembered a few major events, such as Emperor Jianwen's cutting of the feudal domain and King Yan's Jingnan. Key figures are also remembered only a few. I have never heard of Zhang Xin, let alone the role he played in the martyrdom. But since the people came, it was impossible to drive them out of the city like this.

After thinking for a while, Meng Linggao Zongqi temporarily ordered the guards here on his behalf, and went to see Zhang Xin himself, and at the same time sent someone to report to Shen Xuan, and asked Commander Shen to ask the prince to see or not.

Soon, Shen Xuan sent back and took Zhang Xin to the place where the prince was recuperating.

Meng's eyes rolled, and he knew what to do.

"Commander Zhang, please come with your humble position."

Meng led Zhang Xin to the apse, and the accompanying guards all pressed their hands on the waist knife, and once they found anything wrong, they immediately pulled out the knife and cut people.

Anyway, it's going to pull the flag and rebel, and it's nothing to kill a commander! How does the second-grade member of the imperial court feel when he cuts it, everyone wants to try it.

Zhang Xin's hairs stood up all over his body, and his face was a little pale.

It's really a division of tigers and wolves! Following King Yan's rebellion was indeed a correct decision.

Shen Xuan personally guarded the door, saw Zhang Xin, and walked to salute first.

The person brought it, and the identity was confirmed, so naturally there was nothing wrong with Meng.

After Zhang Xin entered the door, Meng turned around to leave, but was stopped by Shen Xuan.

"Meng Baihu, wait a minute."

"What does the commander command?"

"Take it."

A palm-sized porcelain bottle was handed to Meng in front of his eyes, and a medicinal fragrance faintly emanated from the mouth of the bottle, and the taste was very familiar.

"Doctor Zhao has arrived in Beiping, remember to take this pill."

Shen Xuan's words were concise and to the point, Meng clenched the medicine bottle tightly, and his heart was a little hot.

"In addition," Shen Xuan leaned down slightly and lowered his voice, "There may be changes in the near future, once there is chaos, be smarter." ”

Yes?

Meng subconsciously raised his head, Shen Xuan had already straightened up, waved his hand casually, and signaled that Meng could leave.

Walking up to the corridor, Meng Baihu still kept recalling what Shen Xuan had just said in his head.

Is this concerned, care about him?

Right?

Definitely, right?

Not really!

Meng Yi clenched his fists, outside of the status of power, beauties or something, can he also look forward to it?

He's not greedy, just a bit?

Seeing Meng grinning and wandering into the world, he almost hit the pillar, and the palace guards who followed him looked at the nose and nose, and studied the ground with all their hearts, but they didn't see anything.

In the wing, Zhang Xin tried his best to take out the edict issued by the imperial court, and finally won the trust of King Yan. changed from a second-class member of the imperial court to a member of the anti-thief.

While thanking Zhang Xin for saving his family's life, King Yan called Dao Yan from the inner room to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Xin wiped a cold sweat silently, it takes a lot of effort to be a thief, and it is not easy to change jobs these days.

"Lord Wang, now he has to send an arrow on the string. If the prince can't take the lead, he will be harmed by the traitor! ”

Monk Daoyan spoke quite levelly, in just a few words, King Yan was shaped into a persecuted loyal person, raising the flag to rebel not for himself, but for the sake of the country, for the sake of the world, I have to rebel, I must rebel!

What's more, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. As long as you clean up the group of people surrounding the palace, King Yan will climb high and shout, are you still afraid that something big will happen?

King Yan took Dao Yan's suggestion and asked Zhang Xin to help him get in touch with his army and send people out of the city to deliver the news. Zhang Xinde ordered to go down to make arrangements, and King Yan gathered his henchmen again and delivered an extremely wonderful speech.

The main content of the speech was "On the Feasibility and Inevitability of Rebellion," and the supplementary argument was that "there are some benefits to be gained from a successful rebellion."

King Yan's three sons applauded their father in the audience and applauded loudly, especially Zhu Gaoxu's performance was the most exciting, slapping the table and stepping on the stool, absolutely enthusiastic.

According to the words of later generations, these three are all supports, palms.

King Yan looked at the corners of his eyes, son, you are cheering, but in this way, is it too much?

Meng was fortunate to sit at the end and listen to King Yan's high arguments. He suspected that Yan Wang's speech might have found a gunman, and the most suspicious was Dao Yan.

It's a pity that he guessed wrong, Dao Yan only put forward the main arguments, and it was Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, who really started writing.

Therefore it is said that a man must not be a man, and the sea cannot be measured.

History has not changed in the general trend, but the subtleties are like levers that pry the stubborn stones, and they are detached from the original trajectory little by little.

King Yan spoke heartily, and everyone listened to it as if they were fascinated, just waiting for the most reluctant King Yan waved his hand and called on everyone, "Pull the flag with Lao Tzu!" ”

The crowd raised their arms and shouted: "Rebellion!" ”

The whole thing would be a happy one.

I didn't want to suddenly blow a north wind halfway, and the torrential rain fell suddenly, and a few tiles fell on the roof, which happened to fall at the feet of King Yan and shattered into several pieces.

Suddenly, King Yan's face changed, and everyone's expressions were different.

There was endless silence at the scene of the speech.

To preach the theory of rebellion, it is natural to find a hidden place. The place is hidden, and the environment is naturally not too good.

King Yan happened to choose such a place.

The annual renovation funds of the palace are counted, and no matter how careful the work is, there are always a few omissions. The roof is full of grass, it is windy and rainy, it is not uncommon to drop a few tiles, and no matter how heavy the rain is, maybe the roof will break a big hole.

What was originally an ordinary thing has become less common now.

Rao is Meng, seeing the situation in front of him, his heartbeat is a few beats faster.

Who made everyone ready to be a thief?

In the terrible silence, there was only the sound of wind, rain, thunder, and a flash of lightning, and Monk Daoyan suddenly raised his hands and shouted at the top of his throat: "Auspicious omen! ”

The lightning illuminated the great monk's excited and somewhat distorted face, and everyone, including King Yan, was startled.

This is the master?

Get rid of a demon monk alive!

Well, everybody's the truth.

King Yan is angry, X auspicious signs!

Dao Yan controlled his facial expression, and said in the midst of lightning and thunder: "Your Highness doesn't hear it? 'Flying dragon in the sky, from the wind and rain'. Tile pendant, Tianyi yellow house ear! ”

In layman's terms, God approves of your rebellion, so don't hesitate, hurry up and lead everyone to shout slogans and pull the flag against you!

Everyone still didn't come back to their senses, Meng was the first to react, subconsciously grabbed the plain silver medal on his waist, and threw it at Commander Shen.

Shen Xuan turned his head, expressionless.

Meng Shishilang lip synced: "Qianhu, rebellion!" Hurry up and shout! Shout at the lead! ”

Afraid that Shen Xuan wouldn't be able to see it, he repeated it three times in succession.

It's not that he doesn't want to come out, it's that the level is not enough. As for the rest, Meng Shishilang swore that he didn't want to accumulate - political - capital for Commander Shen, well, absolutely not.

Shen Xuan turned his head and didn't say anything. Meng thought that the other party didn't understand what he meant, and was about to grab something more and throw it over, Shen Xuan suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Today, the young emperor is deaf, the traitorous ministers are in charge, they control the government, and they plot to kill the clan, the people are cold, and the society is in danger!" The prince is the son of the first emperor, and he should be the king of the negative ding, in order to revitalize the dynasty. For the world, for the people, I am willing to follow the prince to serve the country and society! ”

The words are sonorous and powerful.

Meng shouted at the right time, "Swear to follow the prince to the death!" ”

Only then did everyone realize that they had been pulled out by a young man, and they didn't see how satisfied the prince was with Shen Xuan's expression? It doesn't matter if you're one step slower, you have time to make up for it, and shout at the top of your voice.

"Swear to follow the prince to the death!"

"Die for the king!"

"Hit Beiping!"

"Hit Nanjing!"

"Arrest the traitorous ministers, Qingjun's side!"

When this sentence was shouted, King Yan and Dao Yan's eyes lit up at the same time, the two of them were racking their brains for the reason of rebellion, and they didn't come up with a good way to stay up all night, as soon as this statement came out, they immediately gave them inspiration.

Emperor Tai-Zu has a training: there is no minister in the court, and there is evil in it, so the prince trains the troops and stands by, and the Son of Heaven secretly orders the kings to lead the town soldiers to seek peace.

What a good excuse in front of you, why didn't you think of it before!

Look carefully, who shouted this?

At the end, the eyes of the two fell on Meng at the same time.

Meng Shishilang touched his nose, he watched a lot of XX dramas in his previous life, and when it comes to rebellion or something, don't you have to shout such a sentence or two? He almost shouted out to capture Emperor Jianwen alive, but fortunately he reacted in time.

Although there was a small episode in the middle, the ending was quite satisfying.

With a reason to rebel and the logistics preparations are basically in place, King Yan immediately made a decision, pulled the flag, and reversed!

When it comes to the end, I have to turn it back!

No more anti, waiting to be exiled to the southwest for labor - reform like brothers?

However, before the official start of the army, there are still a few people to deal with.

King Yan sat in the hall and smiled coldly when he saw Dao Yan preparing to send him to the capital.

"Someone!"

After a night of heavy rain, the soldiers besieging the palace had to temporarily retreat and find a place to hide from the rain.

In the middle of the night, the corner gate on the north side of the palace opened silently, and a group of people led the horses, under the cover of the commander Zhang Xin, and quietly came to the Heyi Gate. The soldiers guarding the gate here were all Zhang Xin's subordinates, who were ordered to open the city gate and let the group out of the city.

The gates were closed, and the defenders inside and outside the city were unaware.

The sound of horses' hooves is muffled by torrential rain and thunder, and tonight is destined to change the fate of many people, as well as the fortunes of the great dynasty.

In the early morning, when the rain stopped, Zhang Yu and Xie Gui appeared outside the palace.

The court ordered the two to arrest the officials and subordinates of King Yan, and people could not be arrested in the palace, and when they came out, what year and month would they have to wait?

If they had an edict to arrest King Yan, they could have entered the palace to get people, but unfortunately they didn't, Zhang Xin, who received this edict, was no longer eating in the same pot with them, and he didn't plan to receive Emperor Jianwen's salary anymore.

Zhang Yu and Xie Gui began to worry.

At this time, someone in the palace spread the word that King Yan was sick in bed and could not be a director, and the prince learned that the court ordered the arrest of the officials and subordinates of the palace, and did not dare to disobey the order, so he had arrested and imprisoned all of them.

Zhang Yu and Xie Gui had already learned from the commander Lu Zhen that King Yan was pretending to be sick, and they naturally didn't believe in the prince director. But if you don't enter the palace, you will be consumed like this?

"The palace guards are limited, the nine gates are controlled by us, and King Yan is already a turtle in a caged bird urn, why be afraid?"

Xie Gui was very confident, Zhang Yu thought for a moment and agreed.

When entering the mansion, the guards of the two were stopped, and the guards of the palace raised their heads, and the palace was heavy, and these guards were not enough to enter the mansion.

When Zhang Xie and the two were hesitating, Yu Yao, who was sent into the city by Song Zhong, spoke, don't be afraid, if things change, the brothers will lead the troops to kill them, just one pot!

Zhang Yu Xie Gui saw that Yu Yao was very confident, relieved, and signaled that the guards did not have to follow. But they didn't want to think about it, if something really happened, even if Yu Yao led the troops into the palace as soon as possible, would they have time to save people? If you get up and down, you can't catch up if you can fly.

If Storm Zhao was here, he would definitely not agree with Yu Yao's bad idea. It's a pity that he has just been recalled to Nanjing by Emperor Jianwen, and he is on his way back to Beijing.

Everything has a certainty, and Zhang Yu and Xie Gui are destined not to escape this catastrophe.

Sure enough, less than half an hour after the two entered the mansion, they were clicked off by King Yan.

As in history, King Yan still throws melons as the number, but it is not watermelons that fall, but melons unique to the north.

It was not someone else who changed the melon, it was Meng.

Now, not only the three brothers Zhu Gaochi look at him well, but King Yan and Monk Daoyan also think that Meng Shishilang is a material that can be made.

Meng Baihu is not far from the day when he will be promoted again.

Zhang Yu Xie Gui was killed by King Yan, the news can't be hidden, people have been in for so long and haven't come out, something must be wrong.

Yu Yao immediately made a decision and ordered the soldiers to attack the palace. I didn't want the palace guards to take the first step, a few people in a group, carrying artillery that they had never seen before, and they didn't need the frame stakes, so they put them on the ground directly, nailed them, lined up in a row, and bombarded the army under Yu Yao.

The size of the iron ball smashed into the crowd, splashing a bright red.

The wooden fence was smashed by an iron ball and soon caught fire.

In the firelight, the four gates of the palace were wide open, and no less than 500 cavalry rushed out, and it was Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, the generals under King Yan, who took the lead in the charge.

The cavalry passed by, and the defenders outside the palace were in a mess, and a few soldiers who were not afraid of death desperately killed and injured a palace guard, and were soon beheaded by the speeding cavalry.

The same soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, wearing the same battle jackets, used to fight side by side, but at this moment, they were enemies.

Meng led a hundred foot soldiers under his command, followed the cavalry to kill, stepped on the blood-stained road, the waist knife in his hand pierced the chest of a Southern soldier, and the tip of the knife came out from behind, with blood and shining with cold light.

"Kill!"

In the sound of killing, the palace guards, who were inferior in numbers, became more and more brave and unstoppable under the leadership of Zhang Yuzhu Neng and other generals.

The battle jacket is stained with blood, and the sword and gun are wielded, and it is a human life.

Some of Yu Yao's men turned around and fled, and more and more southern troops turned around and flocked to the city gates, and the balance of victory finally began to tilt.

In the chaos, Yu Yao was also coerced by the chaotic army to retreat to Xizhimen, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng and others took advantage of the victory to pursue, King Yan personally put on armor and executed, rode on a war horse, and rushed out of the palace with the second son Zhu Gaoxu and the third son Zhu Gaosui, raising his sword and shouting: "Seize the nine gates!" ”

If you want to win the world, you must first go down to Beiping, and if you want to go down to Beiping, you must first seize the city gate!

"The prince has an order, take nine doors!"

"Win the door!"

King Yan personally went to battle, and the Yan army went down to the fierce tigers on the mountain and swooped down on the nine gates.

With Zhang Xin's advance notice, Heyimen was directly surrendered, and the main force of the Yan army concentrated on attacking the remaining eight city gates.

The shouts of killing in the city came out of the city, Song Zhong saw the fire rising at the head of the city, and was about to order reinforcements in the city, but a thousand households came to report, and the army suddenly exploded, 30,000 people, more than half of them were fighting each other.

Song Zhong was taken aback, ran out of the tent, and without waiting for detailed questioning, someone came to report that a cavalry galloped from the north, with no less than two thousand, and also played the banner of King Yan.

"What?!"

In the distance, he could already see the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves, and Song Zhong's hands and feet were suddenly cold.

Beiping, I'm afraid it's going to fall into the hands of King Yan.