Chapter 597: The army quells the chaos

A wolf smoke was ignited outside the noon gate, soaring upwards and rising into the sky, which was extremely eye-catching in the clear sky.

Immediately afterwards, from the south of Jingshi, wolf smoke began to be lit one after another, and soon two long lines composed of wolf smoke were formed, one east and one west, spreading away.

This is exactly the signal that Liu Juntao deployed before leading the army into Beijing, and the two long lines of wolf smoke were one to the east and the other to the west, and they were lit one after another by the Longxiang army, which had set off eight days ago and was in place, and the iron cavalry soldiers were responsible for it.

The wolf smoke in the east entered Shandong all the way, and was eventually discovered by the trapped army that had been assembled in the capital of Jinan, and Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, would lead 10,000 trapped troops north into the Beijing division;

The wolf smoke in the west will enter Shanxi, and will eventually be discovered by Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, and Yan Hu will lead 10,000 eagles to march east into Beijing.

These two lines of soldiers and horses are Liu Juntao's followers, Liu Juntao has sent a secret order to the two, once they see the wolf smoke, they must immediately lead the army into Beijing to help him stabilize the situation and deter the military towns.

In less than a day, Hu Dexing and Yan Hu discovered the wolf smoke rising into the sky almost at the same time, and the two immediately mobilized the soldiers and horses that had been assembled.

Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, left Zhang Xiaojun, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, to garrison the capital of Jinan, and he led 10,000 soldiers from the capital of Jinan to march rapidly towards the Beijing division.

The same is true of Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, who has already completed the deployment of soldiers and horses, and at this time he led 10,000 Yingyang soldiers to set off from Taiyuan Fucheng, all the way to the east, through Jingcheng Pass into Gyeonggi, and rushed all the way to Beijing.

Originally, such a major event happened in the capital division, which had kept the soldiers and horses and generals in Gyeonggi sleepless at night, and some of the generals who were cautious or persuaded by the new party of the Ministry of Shangshu were all ready to jump, or wanted to join forces to force the Beijing division, or were ready to take advantage of the chaos.

However, at this time, 10,000 trapped troops and 10,000 Yingyang soldiers entered Gyeonggi in two ways, and all the places they passed were solemn, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and soldiers of the Longxiang Army who had completely controlled the capital, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Tiance Army had been stationed in Gyeonggi.

This is not counting the general military officer Song Chonggui and the chief military officer Lu Changyi, who have already defected to Liu Juntao, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of these two.

In this way, Liu Juntao has 100,000 soldiers and horses controlled in Gyeonggi!

Dingxiang Hou has 100,000 strong troops, who in the world can stop him!

In an instant, the entire Gyeonggi fell into silence, and even the places in the Nine Sides were silent during this time, and no one dared to act rashly.

Four days later, Hu Dexing led his army to Chongwen Gate, and Liu Juntao ordered Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, to lead his army to garrison in the south of the city and wait for dispatch.

Five days later, Yan Hu led the army to Xizhimen, and Liu Juntao ordered Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, to lead the army to be stationed in the west of the city and wait for dispatch.

At this time, the situation in the capital had stabilized, and the crown prince Zhu Jianshen met with the civil and military ministers of the court in the Qianqing Palace, and with the support of Liu Juntao, he began to supervise the country.

With Liu Juntao's proposition, who would dare to disobey the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty? Even the Cabinet agreed on the spot.

Then, the crown prince Zhu Jianshen moved directly to Emperor Tianshun's bedroom, took care of Emperor Tianshun day and night, and handed over the affairs of the court and the burden of stabilizing the current situation to Liu Juntao.

In doing so, Zhu Jianshen trusts Liu Juntao and thinks that Liu Juntao has the ability and loyalty, but also has a trace of helplessness, who else can take on this important task except Liu Juntao at the moment?

After Hu Dexing and Yan Hu led their armies to the capital, Liu Juntao spent ten days sorting out the government and began to check the henchmen of the Ministry of Officials.

Although Liu Juntao had never dealt with the government affairs, with the assistance of the shogunate and the ministers of the court and the central government, he quickly had a comprehensive understanding and control of the government and politics.

At the same time, in the fear of the courtiers, with the cooperation of Menda, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, and Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department, more than 30 party members of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Zaixin were pulled out from the court.

Liu Juntao also naturally transferred twenty capable people from the shogunate, as well as schools in Shandong and Shanxi, to fill the vacancies after these courtiers were imprisoned.

Of course, such a move is not in line with the law of the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Juntao does not care about these, although Liu Juntao will not form a party for personal gain, nor will he deliberately become a powerful minister, but the establishment of his own power in the DPRK is also a protection for his own people, and it is also a guarantee for the implementation of new policies, industrialization and commercialization in the DPRK in the future!

When Liu Juntao submitted the list of prison ministers and the list of supplementary personnel drawn up by himself to the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen only asked about the situation of those prison ministers, and then with a stroke of his pen, he directly approved the two lists without asking anything at all.

This incident also made Liu Juntao deeply surprised, and at the same time, his understanding of the prince Zhu Jianshen became more profound, this is really a good use of people, or rather, this Zhu Jianshen knows his situation very well, and he also knows Liu Juntao's personality, and he knows how to be a superior!

When Liu Juntao sent the list of supplementary personnel to the Ministry of Officials and the Central Department of the Shogunate immediately, schools in Shandong and Shanxi were all boiling, and all the students and teachers believed that with Liu Juntao, the Marquis of Dingxiang, taking charge of the government and assisting the crown prince to supervise the country, a new road to enter the official career that could go hand in hand with the imperial examination had been produced!

Even many people shouted: Dingxiang Hou restored the inspection system of the Han Dynasty, and for a time countless scholars poured into schools in Shandong and Shanxi, which made Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, both surprised and delighted.

In July of the eighth year of Tianshun, Jingshi.

After this period of combing, the government and the opposition have calmed down, and the ten main criminals such as Wang Zaixin, the former secretary of the ministry, more than 30 accomplices, and all the family members of these prisoners, were all imprisoned in the Fusizhao Prison in Beizhen, and were personally "cared for" by the commander Menda, and it is said that in just over a month, more than 20 of these prisoners have died!

However, no one cares about these situations.

In the name of a military parade, Liu Juntao transferred the garrison generals from all over Gyeonggi to the Beijing Division, and then imprisoned 17 of them who were in collusion with Wang Zaixin, the former minister, and made public the letters exchanged between these people and Wang Zaixin.

After that, Liu Juntao ordered Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, and Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, to lead troops to inspect all parts of Gyeonggi, especially to send troops to monitor the headquarters of these 17 generals, and began to train these soldiers and horses for three months.

These soldiers and horses were either scattered and reorganized, or directly merged into other units, or the main generals in the army were all replaced.

As for the rest of the Gyeonggi garrison, Liu Juntao did not slacken, and ordered in the name of the Ministry of War: The garrison generals in all military towns and cities in the Gyeonggi area, all those above the guerrilla generals, should all hand over the military power, and temporarily hand over the soldiers and horses to the generals of the Tiance Army sent by the Ministry of War, and then rush south to Shandong, enter the Wulietang in Yushan Town and Jinan Fucheng for further study, and then return to the army after graduation.

These generals are naturally unwilling, in the eyes of these people, Liu Juntao's move is to seize his military power!

But no one dared to resist, more than 30,000 Tiance soldiers and horses, tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion were in Gyeonggi, and whoever dared not obey the order would be wiped out in an instant!

As a result, these Gyeonggi garrison generals could only hand over their soldiers and horses in a foolish manner, and then under the escort of the soldiers of the Tiance Army, they went to Yushan Town and Jinan Fucheng respectively.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also believed that after his own reorganization, the entire Gyeonggi soldiers and horses would be under his own control, which laid a very good foundation for Liu Juntao to prepare for the implementation of the new policy in the future.

However, during this period of time, Emperor Tianshun's situation has deteriorated day by day, and now there is no water and rice, and even the decoction can only be poured into it by the palace maid.

Seeing this, the hatred in the heart of the crown prince Zhu Jianshen increased day by day, and when Liu Juntao asked the former minister Shangshu Wang Zaixin and others to behead, the prince Zhu Jianshen immediately ordered everyone to change from immediate questioning to beheading! And punish the nine clans!

In this regard, Liu Juntao did not sympathize with Wang Zaixin and others at all, they were completely self-inflicted. But for the family members of Wang Zaixin and others, Liu Juntao was a little unbearable, after all, he was from the afterlife, and he still couldn't accept such a punishment from the Zhulian Nine Clans.

But looking at the extremely angry Zhu Jianshen, Liu Juntao opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.

Liu Juntao knew that if he opened his mouth to intercede for the families of Wang Zaixin and others, even if Zhu Jianshen was angry, he would give himself this face, but at the same time, it would also cause a rift between himself and Zhu Jianshen, which would be very unfavorable to the implementation of the new policy in the future.

risking the resistance of the new deal to save these people, Liu Juntao felt that it was very unworthwhile, so he did not take action.

Three days later, more than 30 members of the new party of the former Ministry of Shangshu Wang, together with thousands of people of the nine clans, were executed by Ling Chi at the entrance of the vegetable market outside the noon gate.

On that day, the entrance of the vegetable market was crowded with people, and the capital, which had just lifted martial law, was boiling in an instant, and countless ordinary people went to watch and shout and curse at these criminals, and the scene was very chaotic.

After Wang Zaixin waited for the party to subdue the law, Liu Juntao met with the commander of the Beizhen Fusi Envoy Menda, and the two talked alone for a whole night, and no one knew what the two said.

However, when Menda left Liu Juntao's residence the next morning, the whole person was trembling, and his eyes were full of fear.

From this day on, Menda ordered Beizhen Fusi to recruit a large number of people, and almost all of these manpower were recruited from Shandong and Shanxi, and Menda also specially recruited two personal guards for himself.