Chapter 519: Abnormal Changes in Beijing
After Zhu Hao did all the aftermath of Fu Wei, he officially set off for his return voyage in March of the fifth year of the fifth year, and after landing in Fuzhou, he returned to Beijing to resume his life.
On the way back to Beijing, Zhu Hao got a good news, that is, Cheng Biting Jin, in Guiyang, with Zhu Hao's strategy, Anbangyan's troops were completely annihilated, and An Bangyan died in the chaos, so the Tusi rebellion was pacified.
The continuous overseas campaigns made Zhu Hao miss him even more, his emperor's eldest brother and his wife Zi Yan, so he was like an arrow along the way, Zhu Hao not only knew that at this moment, a major event was happening in the capital.
The people of the eunuch group are gradually eliminating the Donglin party, and at the same time, the eunuch group is gradually becoming stronger.
Wenchen has Cui Chengxiu, Tian Ji (Bingbu Shangshu), Wu Chunfu (Gongbu Shangshu), Li Kuilong (Deputy Capital Yushi), Ni Wenhuan (Taichang Siqing) known as the "Five Tigers";
Wuchen Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe (Dongchang Criminal Officer), Yang Huan (Zhenfu Division Criminal Officer), Cui Yingyuan (Jinyi Wei Command) are known as the "Four Biao"
In fact, the historical record is Wubiao, but Tian Ergeng, who should be the commander of Jinyi Weidu, was killed by Zhu Hao in the Jinyi Wei's seizure of power, so now it has become "Sibiao".
At this moment, the world knows that the factory governor is 9,000 years old, but does not know the emperor, and the whole world is acting on the orders of Wei Zhongxian, the imperial power is falling, and the royal family is in crisis.
Zhu Hao arrived in the capital in early April, and as soon as he entered the city, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
In the entire capital, there is no longer a thriving scene as when he left, but everyone bows their heads and is silent, and they are in a hurry.
These pedestrians, looking at the hundreds of guards following Zhu Hao, were even more frightened and avoided one after another, as if Zhu Hao was something, a terrifying character.
Zhu Hao was very puzzled by this, looked at Wei Xiaobao beside him, and asked:
"Xiaobao, in this capital, but what happened, is it important?"
"Why are these pedestrians so afraid of this king?"
Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and immediately sent a sycophant:
"Your Royal Highness, you pacified Liaodong, recovered Taiwan, destroyed the Sichuangui Tusi, and expanded the land and Fuwei, all the people in the world, who does not know the prestige of His Highness, it is normal to be afraid of the world!"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's flattering words, and immediately shouted angrily:
"Bastard, this king asks you about business, not for you to sing praises!"
Wei Xiaobao looked at Zhu Hao's angry face, and immediately understood that this sycophant was afraid of the horse's legs, so he didn't dare to say anything else, and hurriedly said truthfully:
"Your Highness, for more than half a year, the servants have been fighting with you, and the affairs in the capital have been handed over to Qin Hui to deal with, originally Qin Hui would write to me every other paragraph to inform me of some of the situation in the capital!"
"But since His Royal Highness transferred Qin Hui to Fuwei, the minions have lost their sources, so the minions don't know about the affairs in the capital!"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's words, frowned slightly, and then asked:
"Since you handed over Qin Hui, how could it be that after Qin Hui left office, how could it not be handed over to someone else?"
"You are still worthy of the king's trust with such an excuse?"
Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's question, immediately hung his head, and secretly cried out in his heart:
"Qin Hui, this bastard, the master is going to carry the black pot for him today, damn it, he really didn't explain this matter to others!"
In fact, the reason why Qin Hui did not explain to others to send news to Wei Xiaobao after leaving office was that Qin Hui knew that Zhu Hao and others would return to Beijing in the near future, so he did not explain to others and sent news to Wei Xiaobao in the capital.
Besides, Qin Hui thought that this matter was very important, and there was no particularly suitable person in Jinyi Weizhong who could be entrusted, so when he left, he didn't explain anyone to deliver the news to Wei Xiaobao.
Zhu Hao saw that Wei Xiaobao stopped talking, and immediately snorted dissatisfiedly, but he didn't, and reprimanded Wei Xiaobao on the street, but went back to the house first to visit Ziyan.
In the palace, when I heard that Zhu Hao was back, I immediately got busy, and under the order of my mother Ziyan, the entire palace began to be cleaned and prepared to welcome Zhu Hao back to the house.
After Zhu Hao returned to the house, he saw that everything was as usual in the house, which diluted a lot, and when he entered the city, he felt that the atmosphere was abnormal, which brought him inner worries.
As the saying goes, Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, Zhu Hao has been gone for more than half a year, and after coming back, it is naturally indispensable to talk about his lovesickness with Ziyan.
However, what Zhu Hao didn't expect was that after Zi Yan greeted him, the first thing she asked him was:
"The prince has been running all the way, can you say hello to Your Majesty when you come back?"
Zhu Hao was stunned when he heard this, thinking that Zi Yan was testing him to see if he still remembered his promise, so he said with a smile:
"Princess, this king's promise, this king remembers!"
"This king, the first thing I did when I came back was to go back to the house to see you!"
"I haven't had time yet, I went into the palace to visit Your Majesty!"
"This king is here, acting on the strict orders of the princess!"
In fact, Zhu Hao didn't say anything, that is, he went back to the house to see Zi Yan first, and that was also acting on orders, because of this matter, his emperor's eldest brother had already given him a decree.
Zi Yan listened to Zhu Hao's somewhat ridiculous words, and her cheeks couldn't help but blush, but after a while, she returned to normal and said with a straight face:
"Lord Wang, the concubine didn't joke with you, let alone test you, do you remember the meaning of the original promise!"
"Lord, this time is different from the past, you should enter the palace immediately to see Your Majesty!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zi Yan's words, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and from Zi Yan's words, he obviously felt that something should have happened to his emperor eldest brother.
Therefore, Zhu Hao, after listening to Zi Yan's words, suddenly had a nervous expression on his face, and hurriedly asked:
"Princess, what's wrong with Your Majesty?"
"Tell the king the truth!"
Zi Yan looked at Zhu Hao's eager expression, and hurriedly said:
"Lord, the specific situation of the concubine is not clear, the concubine is a woman's family, and it is inconvenient to enter and exit, but the concubine heard that His Majesty seems to have a very serious illness!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zi Yan's words, and was secretly frightened, although Zi Yan's words were not very sure, but Zhu Hao basically decided that what Zi Yan said should be true.
Because there is one point, it can be proved that Zhu Hao's contribution to the Ming Dynasty's opening up of territory this time is much greater than that of Chake's case, according to normal speaking, such a great achievement, with the character of his emperor's eldest brother, after knowing that he returned to Beijing, he will inevitably greet him in person, and the scene will be very grand.
But at the moment, there are none of these, which means that his eldest brother emperor may have some problems and cannot come.
Originally, Zhu Hao didn't care about these, the appearance of vanity, so his eldest brother emperor didn't go out of the city to greet him this time, he didn't care, but at this moment, when he heard Zi Yan say this, he immediately reacted, the reason.
After Zhu Hao understood, he said something to Zi Yan, and walked out, at this time, Wei Xiaobao, who was guarding the door, saw Zhu Hao come out, and said with a wicked smile:
"Your Highness, why are you, so fast...... Ah, come out? ”
Wei Xiaobao looked at Zhu Hao's unkind expression, and when even after his words, three more words were added stiffly, Zhu Hao was not in the mood at all, and he didn't care about Wei Xiaobao's words, with ambiguous words, he immediately just snorted, and then instructed Wei Xiaobao:
"Go, let Xu Chu order the soldiers in the city of the king, and you can mobilize the Jinyi guard, and also transfer it to the king, and the king will enter the palace to rebel!"
The reason why Zhu Hao ordered this was because he was afraid of what Wei Zhongxian would do in it, Zhu Hao had already thought about it, if that old eunuch dared to stop him, he would definitely kill this scourge this time to prevent future troubles.
Hearing that his emperor's eldest brother was in a bad situation, Zhu Hao, who had always been sensible, was already on the verge of going berserk at this moment.
Wei Xiaobao, hearing that Zhu Hao was going to mobilize troops and horses and go to the palace, was immediately shocked, thinking that Zhu Hao was going to launch a coup d'état, and hurriedly persuaded:
"Your Highness, you have to think twice!"
"You and Your Majesty are brothers!"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's words, and knew that Wei Xiaobao was thinking crookedly, and immediately said angrily:
"Bastard, when did this king say that it was going to be unfavorable to His Majesty?"
"This king is going to enter the palace, visit His Majesty, and bring people over, but he is afraid that there will be villains who will interfere with him!"
Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao say this, and then he relaxed a little, and hurriedly went to prepare according to Zhu Hao's instructions.
In fact, Zhu Hao, it was really the first time I heard that Zhu Youxiao was itchy, and some of them lost their square inches, he led the troops to the palace like this, and anyone would think that he had bad intentions, and when the time came, even if he couldn't remember the conflict, it would be impossible.
But Zhu Hao obviously didn't think of this, he only has one thought now, then whoever dares to stop him and visit his emperor's eldest brother will have to die, he is now a god blocking and killing gods, and Buddha blocking **.
With the preparation of the soldiers and horses, Zhu Hao took the men and horses, and went to the palace in a mighty way, at this moment Wei Zhongxian in the palace, heard that Zhu Hao took the men and horses to the palace, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly stopped the Praetorian Guards from defending.
When Zhu Hao came to the outside of the palace with his people, the Praetorian Guards in the palace had already opened their positions and were ready to resist Zhu Hao's soldiers and horses.
Zhu Hao looked at the Praetorian Guards who were in formation, and immediately shouted:
"Today, this king wants to enter the palace to exempt His Majesty, and those who dare to stop this king will be killed!"
With Zhu Hao's loud shout, Wei Zhongxian appeared on the city gate tower and said to Zhu Hao:
"His Royal Highness King Xin, you want to enter the palace to visit Your Majesty, this is understandable, King Xin, you have brought so many soldiers and horses to see Your Majesty, forgive the old slave and can't let him go!"
"Old slave, you are in charge of the security of the palace, you have to be cautious, please forgive me!"
Zhu Hao watched Wei Zhongxian come out, and when his anger surged, he shouted:
"Wei Zhongxian, you old gelding, tell me quickly, what did you do to my imperial brother?"
"Today, if this king can't see His Majesty, he will definitely kill you!"
Wei Zhongxian listened to Zhu Hao's words, his face turned green, what is this called, now the emperor is not in good health, sick in bed, according to Zhu Hao's meaning, he can't carry the emperor to see Zhu Hao!
But looking at Zhu Hao's attitude, if he couldn't see the emperor, I was afraid that he would really attack desperately, and this time Wei Zhongxian was in a dilemma.
As Zhu Hao's words fell, Wei Zhongxian took a deep breath, tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart, and said:
"Your Royal Highness King Xin, Your Majesty, his dragon body occasionally feels a little itchy, and he can't come to see His Highness!"
"If Your Highness wants to enter the palace to visit Your Majesty, the old slave will never dare to stop it, but Your Highness's large team of soldiers and horses are surrounded under the imperial city, and I am afraid it is not the courtiers!"
"The old slave advises His Highness, act calmly, don't make a mistake and become a thousand years of hatred!"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, and the whole person instantly calmed down a lot, and at the same time, he also felt that he was doing this indeed, a bit too much, and when he opened his mouth, he said:
"Since Gonggong Wei said so, this king only brought a team of guards into the palace to visit His Majesty, and the rest of the people, this king will let them disperse on their own!"
Wei Zhongxian listened, Zhu Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, when even though he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was indeed afraid of Zhu Hao, and launched an attack desperately.
If that's the case, Wei Zhongxian really doesn't have much confidence in these garrisons in the palace, not that the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guards in the palace is too weak, but that Zhu Hao's reputation in the southern and northern wars over the years is too strong.
Moreover, in military conquest, Wei Zhongxian suffered Zhu Hao's big loss, and he came to besiege Zhu Hao several times Zhu Hao's troops, but Zhu Hao was not only fine, but almost killed him.
If it weren't for the Donglin Party's affairs, Zhu Hao would have let him go, and ten Wei Zhongxians would have died at this moment.
Since the failure of the siege of Zhu Hao, Wei Zhongxian has decided in his heart that Zhu Hao must not use force to fight, but can only use the means of political struggle, so he just now, so sincerely advise Zhu Hao.
Fortunately, Zhu Hao calmed down at the critical moment, otherwise this big battle would be inevitable.
After Zhu Hao agreed to Wei Zhongxian's conditions, Xu Chu beside him opened his mouth to persuade him:
"Your Highness, Wei Zhongxian has ill intentions, be careful of deception!"
Zhu Hao listened to Xu Chu's words and said with confidence:
"It's okay!"
"Some clowns jumping off the beam, they can't make any big waves!"
"This king is guarded by you and General Dian Wei, even if it is the tiger's den in Longtan, a small Forbidden City, and it can't trap this king!"
The reason why Zhu Hao is so confident is because of his trust in Xu Chudianwei's combat power, and secondly, through the short conversation with Wei Zhongxian just now, he knows that the other party has no heart to use force against him.
Otherwise, Wei Zhongxian could not have to advise him at all, directly send troops to attack, force him into battle, and then order people to recruit troops everywhere, relying on the high walls of the Forbidden City, and guarding until reinforcements arrive, it is not a problem at all.
In that case, he would be convicted of rebellion.
But when Zhu Hao saw Wei Zhongxian, he even let go of such a good opportunity, which shows that he has no heart to use force against him, or rather, Wei Zhongxian does not dare to use force with him, so he is so confident.
In fact, Zhu Hao, Chen Bing's city, is actually really the army of Wei Zhongxian, if Zhu Hao is not so fanfare, Wei Zhongxian really doesn't plan to let Zhu Hao enter the palace to face the saint.
But now that the matter has come to this, Wei Zhongxian can't stop Zhu Hao, and Zhu Hao's angry move this time can be regarded as a crooked attack.
As the two agreed, Zhu Hao led a team of dozens of guards to follow Wei Zhongxian to the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and the people and horses brought by the Praetorian Guards and Zhu Hao also retreated under the orders of both sides.
After Zhu Hao arrived at Xinuan Pavilion, he left the guards outside, and only took Xu Chu Dianwei and the two of them to face the saint, both of whom had military ranks, and it was naturally reasonable to meet the emperor.
After Zhu Hao entered the Xinuan Pavilion, he saw Zhu Youxiao lying on the bed with a pale face, Zhu Hao hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed down in front of the bed and said:
"Your Majesty, my brother has come to see you!"
"This farewell is only half a year, Your Majesty, your dragon body, how can it be like this!"
Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, opened his eyes, and saw Zhu Hao coming, obviously he was very happy, and his face was also ruddy, and after a while, Zhu Youxiao sighed and said:
"I, this body, it's really useless, the last time I took a boat, I caught up with a gust of wind, and I was swept into the water, and I couldn't afford to get sick if I didn't want to!"
"Hey, my body, I'm afraid time is running out!"
"I'm afraid I'm going to see you soon, father and mother!"
"I have no children under my knees, and this Ming dynasty is about to be entrusted to the emperor's younger brother!"
"Brother Huang, your talents in all aspects are far better than mine, and I believe that the foundation of your ancestors will definitely be carried forward in your hands!"
Zhu Hao didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao's opening turned out to be a word entrusted to future generations, and he hurriedly kowtowed:
"Your Majesty said this, my brother will die!"
"Brother Chen, I am only willing to fight and die for Your Majesty, I have no other thoughts, and I ask Your Majesty not to say this again!"
"Brother Yichen has seen it, Your Majesty, you just feel a little itchy occasionally, and it must not take long to recover!"
"The foundation of this ancestor will depend on His Majesty in the future!"
Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words and didn't answer him, so he simply stopped talking about the succession, but changed the topic:
"By the way, I haven't celebrated you yet!"
"I heard Wei Aiqing say, Imperial Brother, you have captured Wa Island, and you have included Wa Island in my Ming Dynasty!"
"Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has never had such a meritorious achievement in expanding its territory!"
"Brother Huang's merits, I don't even know how to reward you!"
Zhu Hao listened to Zhu Youxiao's words, and hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, the younger brother was able to capture the island this time, relying on the blessing of His Majesty's heavenly might, and the second relying on the desperate efforts of the soldiers, it is not the work of the younger brother alone!"
"Your Majesty, the reward given to the younger brother in the past is very long, and this time you must not give the younger brother another reward!"
"Otherwise, I am afraid that the courtiers will criticize and the government and the opposition will be in turmoil!"
Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, shook his head and said:
"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, those old antiques in the court, if you have opinions, then go and open up the land for me, otherwise you will keep your mouth shut!"
"Well, I know what to reward the royal brother!"
"I'll leave this matter to me!"
"You're just waiting to receive your reward!"
"Ahem......"
Zhu Youxiao has been talking to people for a long time, if it weren't for Zhu Hao, with his body, I am afraid he would have been unable to support it for a long time, and when he was talking at this moment, he coughed violently.
Zhu Hao was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty is in poor health and needs to recuperate, so the younger brother will not disturb Your Majesty, and the younger brother will retire!"