The violent explosion of the armory made the chaos of the night set off a new climax!

The agents of the Military Intelligence Department and the Han Tong are fanning the flames everywhere and creating all kinds of chaos, and many people in the city dare not be lonely, and all kinds of green-skinned hooligans in the city see such chaos in the city, and they all have the mentality of fishing in troubled waters, petty theft is good, and even groups of people burn and loot.

The garrison in the city, in the face of such chaos, tried to suppress it at first, but soon it was too busy to take care of itself, because at this time, the Tang army outside the city began to fire artillery at this time.

Outside the city, more than 20 howitzers and more than 80 field guns opened fire one after another.

The Tang army outside the city carried out a large-scale intensive artillery bombardment at this time, and the more than 20,000 Ming troops defending the city were naturally frightened, and they still had the heart to manage the chaos in the city, and their own lives could not be saved.

Intensive artillery bombardment will bring intensive casualties, and more importantly, although so far, the Datang Army has never carried out a large-scale siege at night, but no one dares to guarantee that the Datang Army will not launch a night attack!

Although the night was enough to bring a major advantage to the Ming army defending the city, it was not impossible for people to attack directly with torches and turn night into day with countless torches.

So now the Ming army in the city is very cautious, for fear that if there is a negligence, the Tang army will directly enter the city.

Especially the generals who were in charge of commanding the more than 20,000 Ming troops, one by one, received handwritten letters from the cabinet bosses, asking them to stabilize the situation!

As for Emperor Shao Wu, he didn't send someone to pass on the holy decree or anything like that, because at this time, there was chaos in the city, and the entire Forbidden City had been completely blocked to prevent the riots in the city from spreading to the Forbidden City.

As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the benevolent monarch of the ministers, Emperor Shao Wu needs to stay in the Forbidden City safely and wait for the final decision, there is no need to participate in person, and the ministers who want to participate will not be allowed.

These ministers were bullied by Emperor Zhengde before, and it was not easy for Emperor Zhengde to die, ushering in the era of Wenchen in power, although it was only a short period of ten days, and it was even possible that the city would be broken tomorrow, leading to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but tonight, they were still unwilling to give up the power in their hands.

This feeling of putting the emperor in the palace and grasping the survival and fate of the whole world and the entire dynasty in their hands is really good, so good that they know that they can't last too long, and maybe tomorrow they will be broken by the Tang Dynasty, but they are still unwilling to give up!

More than 20,000 Ming troops were completely controlled by the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and those generals were all their lackeys and protégés, and the nobles who had maintained a certain amount of power in the Zhengde era were all taken away by the Zhengde Emperor, and then died in the Battle of Anping, and now Youzhou City is the world of their civil officials!

Although the Ming army controlled by the civilian officials knew that they would not be able to hold it, but if they were allowed to stabilize it, then they could only continue to stick to the city with their heads in the west!

It is also easy to understand the thoughts of the civilian officials, and there is no agreement in the cabinet on whether to surrender or to hold on, and even among the capitulation factions there is a lot of debate, and the capitulation faction among them wants to surrender, but they want conditional surrender, not unconditional surrender.

They are important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and they hope that their surrender is not surrender, but surrender!

Although there is only one word difference between these two words, the difference is huge!

They still want to be an official in the Tang Dynasty after surrendering, even if they can't continue to be a scholar and a squire in the Tang Dynasty, but it can't be too bad!

Of course, not everyone thinks that way!

After the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor Wan Chensong sent away the man in black who sneaked into the mansion, he stayed in the study, and after an interval of about a few hours, about one o'clock in the morning, he saw a stranger again!

This stranger is none other than Zhang Pingyang, the secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, who entered the city to preside over tonight's intelligence work!

When Wan Chensong saw Zhang Pingyang for the first time, his eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, he was really a little unbelievable, such an important matter, Tang Jun had only sent such a young man in his early twenties, and he was only a seventh-grade Hanlin.

This person's age is not even as old as his eldest grandson, and in the officialdom, he can be called milky and undry.

He had long heard that the generals and officials on the side of the puppet Tang Dynasty were very old, and it was rumored that several famous generals in the Tang army, such as Hao Bonian, Li Chunjing, Fang Xitong, and Wang Chaohong, except for Wang Chaohong, who was in his thirties, the remaining three were all in their early twenties.

Among the civil officials, except for a few important ministers such as Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu, who are relatively old, most of the others are also relatively old, even if they cannot be compared with the military in their early twenties, but most of them are only about thirty or forty years old.

According to Wan Chensong's estimate, the person who came to talk to him should be a mature and stable person who can live well, and he should be over thirty years old, and in terms of grade, even if he is not a scholar or a squire, but at least he should be an official above the fourth grade!

You must know that he is the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and his status is transcendent, even if it is for the sake of superficial respect, it is impossible to send such a low-level young official over.

Zhang Pingyang saw Wan Chensong's frowning, but he didn't care!

Today, he is not here on behalf of himself, but on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Holy Monarch of the Ages, so he has enough confidence to stand in front of Wan Chensong, and then consider himself a winner!

However, these two people are both in the officialdom, and they are the best of the best, so they may have all kinds of ideas in their hearts, but they can control themselves too well.

So after a simple greeting between the two, Wan Chensong was the first to speak: "Zhang Xiaoyou is serving as an editor in your Hanlin Academy?" If Wan remembers well, your position as an editor should be the main paperwork, how did you come to the dangerous Youzhou? ”

Zhang Pingyang smiled slightly at this time: "Editing is just a rank and title in our Tang Hanlin Academy, and it has nothing to do with the actual position. ”

"Secretariat? Second Secretary? No wonder I was able to come to this Youzhou, I didn't notice it for a while, but I didn't see it, since Zhang Xiaoyou is the second secretary, I am afraid that he is also always with the emperor of your country, what can he do today? ”

After Wan Chensong heard Zhang Pingyang say that he was the second secretary of the secretariat, he immediately changed his attitude, and he was also a lot more relieved!

The Ming Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are mortal enemies, they have been fighting each other for several years, and the Ming Dynasty has also collected various materials of the Tang Dynasty in detail, and some public information, basically they can obtain it.

The official system is naturally public, so most of the officials on the side of the Ming Dynasty have a little understanding of the official system of the Tang Dynasty, and if they are willing, they can even understand it in detail.

Wan Chensong knew that the official system on the Tang side was not the same, and the Hanlin Academy on their side was far more special than the Hanlin Academy on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

But once you come out, you will be an important minister of the court!

Because once they come out, they are often able to directly serve as squires, scholars, and even more so to ascend to the sky in one step and directly become cabinet ministers.

However, the Hanlin Academy of the Tang Dynasty existed as Li Xuan's private office, and the scale of the Hanlin Academy was quite large, with a total of more than 20 departments, and although some of the Hanlin Academy were selected from the winners of the imperial examination, in fact, more were drawn from all over the country.

At the same time, the functions and powers of the Tang Hanlin Yuan are also very heavy, basically as long as Li Xuan is willing, they can even bypass the imperial study, cabinet, and privy council to directly transmit orders to local officials and generals.

Among the more than 20 departments of the Hanlin Academy, the secretariat is the most special and the most important!

Those who can serve in the secretariat, even if they are the lowest third-class secretaries, are potential rookies in the officialdom, and as long as they do not make mistakes, their future prospects are limitless.

Since this Zhang Pingyang in front of him is the second-level secretary in the secretariat of their Hanlin Academy, although it is said that the grade is a little lower, it is possible that he was sent to Youzhou City.

After all, there is always a huge difference between the close ministers of the Son of Heaven and ordinary courtiers, and Zhang Pingyang belongs to the category of the close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and maybe this person can come up with a secret decree at any time.

After confirming that Zhang Pingyang could make it, Wan Chensong also said his real problem!

"Just now Wan Mou and your people have also talked about it, you want Wan Mou to lead a hundred officials to surrender, but do you know Wan's concerns?"

Zhang Pingyang said: "Are you worried that tomorrow, my Wang Shi will not be able to break through the city?" You're worried about accidents in the chaos, you're worried that we're going to pay our debts and won't recognize your credit! ”

Although the words were very straightforward and the tone was a little unpolite, Wan Chensong did not show any dissatisfaction, he just nodded slightly, and then looked at Zhang Pingyang: "Then what do you think!" ”

Zhang Pingyang said: "It's not that I, Zhang, boast about it, but your worries are all non-existent!" ”