At this time, although Emperor Jingtai had been seriously ill for a long time, even some government affairs in the court were not handled much, and all of them were handed over to the cabinet and the six books to discuss together, which shows the seriousness of Emperor Jingtai's illness.

But for the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor, who has been imprisoned in the South Palace, Emperor Jingtai is still strictly guarded, and even at this time, he does not forget to ask from time to time.

At this time, the orthodox emperor was imprisoned in the South Palace, although he was respected as the Emperor Taishang by Emperor Jingtai, but he was like a prisoner in general, the Jinyi Guard was already all over the inside and outside of the South Palace, and Emperor Jingtai not only put the orthodox Emperor under house arrest and strict control, but also locked the palace door, and filled the lead in the keyhole, and the food for the orthodox emperor could only be passed in from the small hole, and the care was extremely strict.

This situation was also passed on by the eunuch Cao Jixiang to Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, and others.

A few days later, just when Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen were sad, Emperor Jingtai, who was seriously ill, suddenly issued an edict and asked Shi Heng to enter the palace immediately to face the saint.

After receiving the holy decree, Shi Heng was suddenly terrified, thinking that the conspiracy between himself and Xu Youzhen and others had been revealed, and even wanted to escape from the capital immediately in an instant.

But he was persuaded by Xu Youzhen: "Governor! Although we have made some preparations, we have not done anything on the bright side, even if Your Majesty hears some rumors, it can't do anything to us! What's more, there is no news from Cao Jixiang's side now, and this time His Majesty summoned the governor, it should be fine! ”

Shi Heng calmed down and thought about it carefully, then nodded, stabilized his mind, and followed the eunuch who announced the decree into the palace.

When Shi Heng came to Emperor Jingtai's sickbed, he saw that Emperor Jingtai's spirit seemed to be better, and his complexion was also a lot ruddy, and he had a plan in his heart: Emperor Jingtai has returned to the light!

At this time, Shi Heng no longer had the heart to pay attention to some news from Emperor Jingtai, after all, those were just some things about the recent government affairs, so he dealt with them casually.

Shi Heng saw Emperor Jingtai's sickness with his own eyes, and he had already made up his mind in his heart, everyone's plan could no longer be delayed, and he had to start working immediately.

So, when Shi Heng withdrew from the palace, he immediately sent people to find Zhang Jixiang, the former governor of the right capital of the mansion, and Cao Jixiang, the eunuch of the eunuch of the division, together with Xu Youzhen, the imperial historian of the left capital who had been waiting in his palace, and the four of them began to sort out the plans that had been prepared for a long time.

Not long ago, there was a rumor among the Jingshi that the scholar Wang Wenzheng strongly persuaded Emperor Jingtai to establish the eldest son of Zhu Zhandong, the king of Xiang, as the crown prince.

Even if Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi, is re-established as the crown prince, it is a matter for Wenchen to conspire, and the credit will not be given to Shi Heng, Zhang Ji and other generals.

So Shi Heng said: "Now that Your Majesty is seriously ill, if there is an accident, and there is no prince, we should immediately take advantage of the situation to ask the emperor to restore the throne and make immortal achievements."

As a result, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang, and Zhang Ji decided to put their bets on the orthodox emperor of the Taishang Emperor and support the restoration of the orthodox emperor.

That night, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen and others did a division of labor, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang entered the palace to see the Empress Dowager Sun, secretly informing her about the restoration, and took the opportunity to obtain the support of the Empress Dowager Sun.

Shi Heng and Zhang Ji went to Taichang Temple to discuss with Xu Bin, the chief secretary of Taichang Temple, preparing to win the support of some civilian forces in the DPRK and China.

Xu Youzhen was very excited, and immediately watched the sky at night, saw that Ziwei had changed, and hurriedly said: "The emperor star has been displaced, we have to do this quickly." “

After speaking, Xu Youzhen volunteered to contact some imperial historians, preparing to make a big splash in the court.

After careful planning, several people decided to start the evening five days later.

Five days later, on the same day, Wang Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, discussed with the ministers and decided to play together to invite King Yi (Zhu Jianshen) to be the crown prince.

Everyone elected the merchant to play the grass, but after the sparse was completed, it was already sunset, and it was too late to play to the court. So the ministers decided to enter the palace in the early morning of the next day to meet Emperor Jingtai, and then hand over the song.

But no one expected that something would happen that night. This was followed by the killing of many people.

After that, when Liu Juntao learned the specific story through the Ministry of Intelligence, he couldn't help but sigh, if the music of the reinstatement of King Yi had been handed over a day earlier, maybe Yu Qian and the others would not have been killed. In just a few hours, it not only changed the history of the Ming Dynasty, but also changed the lives of many people.

Of course, that's all for later.

That night, Xu Youzhen changed into court clothes, left home with nervousness and apprehension, and confessed to his wife and daughter before leaving: "I want to do a big thing, and it is the blessing of the country to do it, and if I can't do it, my Xu family will be destroyed." Be mentally prepared yourselves. "It's completely a righteous look.

After going out, Xu Youzhen joined Yang Shan and Wang Ji as fellow party members. Both Yang Shan and Wang Ji said that they would repay the emperor with death.

Wang Ji was over seventy years old at this time, and since he was urgently recruited back from Jiubian by Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he closed his door at home until Xu Youzhen found his home.

At this time, Wang Ji not only put on his armor and mounted the horse himself, but also took his son and grandson with him. After the tripartite people and horses met Qi Shiheng's uncle and nephew, Cao Jixiang's uncle and nephew, they waited for the Beijing battalion led by Zhang Ji to arrive, and everyone marched to the imperial city together.

Zhang Yan transferred troops into the city under the pretext that the Tatar troops were harassing the border and wanted to protect the safety of the capital. And Shi Heng is in charge of the key to the imperial city, so he can pass unimpeded.

At the time of the four drums, the brigade entered the imperial city directly from the Chang'an Gate.

After entering the Forbidden City, Xu Youzhen hurriedly reminded Shi Heng to re-lock the gate of the Forbidden City to prevent reinforcements from coming in, and threw the key into the sinus. The defenders in the imperial city were very strange when they saw this group of people, and they didn't know why, but they didn't dare to come and ask when they saw that there were ministers such as Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital.

At this moment, the weather changed suddenly, the vast night sky was full of dark clouds, and the palace suddenly became invisible.

Everyone was afraid that they would be punished against heaven, and they were very afraid.

At this time, Xu Youzhen, who was proficient in celestial phenomena, stood up and persuaded everyone not to retreat, and began to use the astrological theory to persuade everyone, saying that great things would help.

So everyone continued to move forward, and arrived at the Nangong where the Orthodox Emperor Taishang was imprisoned unusually smoothly.

However, the gate of Nangong Palace was unusually strong and could not be opened.

Shi Heng frowned and groaned for a moment, then sent someone to hang a giant log on the rope, and dozens of people slammed the door with the log.

After a few moments, the door did not open open, but the wall to the right of the door was first shattered with a large hole. And they led their army into the wall through the hole.

At this time, the Emperor Taishang Orthodox Emperor didn't know what's wrong, he had been in turmoil, and at this time he hadn't slept yet, and was reading by candle, when he suddenly saw a large number of people breaking in, and thought that Emperor Jingtai had sent someone to kill him, and he couldn't help but panic.

Unexpectedly, everyone prostrated themselves in the courtyard and said long live, and Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang, Zhang Yan, Yang Shan, and Wang Ji stepped forward and draped a dragon robe that had been prepared on the body of the orthodox emperor.

Seeing this, the orthodox emperor asked, "Could it be that you asked me to restore the throne?" This is a matter of prudence. “

Coincidentally, as soon as the orthodox emperor's words fell, the dark clouds in the night sky suddenly dispersed, and at this time, the moon stars were scarce, and the courtyard was illuminated by the moonlight as if it were day.

Seeing this, the morale of the brigade was unprecedentedly high, and at this time, under the orders of Shi Heng and others, regardless of whether the orthodox emperor was willing or not, they directly surrounded the orthodox emperor and went straight to the inner city.

Along the way, the orthodox emperor saw that the matter had come to this point, so he hardened his heart and asked the names of everyone one by one, saying that he would never forget the meaning of the heroes.

Soon, the group came to Donghua Gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate saw that the large group of soldiers and horses were coming at night, so they drew their swords and bent their bows to stop them.

"Who! Disarm now! ”

Shi Heng and the others were shocked when they saw this, and the soldiers and horses behind everyone also drew their swords in their hands.

At this time, everyone had already received the orthodox emperor, and there was no turning back when they opened the bow, and the soldiers of the brigade only waited for Shi Heng and others to give an order, and they were ready to rush up and seize the Donghua Gate, and surrounded the orthodox emperor to enter the inner hall!