It was noon, and the sky over the city of Nanjing was still filled with a tense atmosphere, and everything in the city was so tense under the bright sun. In the early morning of 18 February, as soon as the city gate of Nanjing was opened, nearly 3,000 soldiers stationed in Xiaolingwei poured into Nanjing with guns and knives, each of them receiving a reward of three taels of silver, and poured into Nanjing under the leadership of Xu Bangrui, the garrison of Nanjing, and the eunuchs of the garrison.

Although Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but because it is located in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the thousands of soldiers of Xiaolingwei, the surrounding guards have either long been separated from the military households, or they are far away, and there is no garrison in Nanjing City for many years, and this "army" can be said to be the most "powerful" force in Nanjing.

These groups of officers and soldiers who entered the city in groups of filial piety guards held the order flag and arrows and shouted loudly as they marched forward: "We will lead the army to eliminate the rebellion by the order of heaven, and the good people will live in their homes in peace, so do not be frightened, and if you go out, you will be punished as a chaotic people......

After the shouts of the security team, the people who had just woken up closed their doors one after another, lest they would be killed as rioters when they went out. The streets and alleys of Nanjing City suddenly fell silent. Only the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of swords and armor crashing, and the sound of people filling the streets of Nanjing.

What's wrong?

Everyone has such a problem in their hearts, especially for the officials of the Sixth Department of Liudu, after the initial riots, they all flocked to the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and in the past few months, Lu Tiaoyang and others have been trying the "assassination of Qincha case" in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and the thousands of people involved in it have been imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department without exception.

And now, when they came to the yamen of the criminal department, they saw that the yamen was already crowded with officers and soldiers, and the brocade guards of the brigade rode out, and they could vaguely hear someone shouting that they were wronged, and it was obvious that they had already begun to take people over there. Everyone watched this scene in amazement.

What's going on?

At this moment, the door of the yamen of the criminal department opened, and Lu Tiaoyang, who was wearing a magenta official robe, walked to the front of the yatang with a gloomy face, looked at the officials who rushed over, and did not speak immediately.

"Ge Lao, what's wrong with this?"

"It's Ge Lao, this transfer of troops into the city and the closure of the city gate, but, it's all ......"

"It's all done by order!"

At this moment, I saw Guo Zhi, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, walking out of the yamen, and he waved his hand and said.

"You may not know yet, just this morning, there was a traitor in the capital, Shen Xingshi and others colluded with King Heng to do a chaotic act of usurping the throne, thanks to the Holy Lord's discernment, after learning of this, he ordered the first assistant to pacify the rebellion, and now the rebellion has been pacified...... Nanjing is my Ming Dynasty to stay in the capital, just in case, but also to catch the rebel thief with the party, the Holy Majesty ordered the Sprinkle family to obey the dispatch of Lu Ge Lao and arrest the rebel thief......"

"What!"

"Shen Ge is always in trouble?"

"Collusion with the ...... of King Heng"

Almost as soon as Guo Zhi's words fell, there was a swarm of bees in front of the yamen, and they were all surprised.

"W-what's going on?"

"How is the Emperor now?"

Although they were surprised, they could also guess the reason, I am afraid it has a lot to do with what happened in the Criminal Department, in the past few months, Lu Tiaoyang has almost wiped out Nan Zhili and other Jiangnan officials in Nanjing, and the reason why they will make trouble during the Shen Xing is probably also very related to the changes in Nanjing.

……

Looking at the hustle and bustle, Lu Tiaoyang, who had been gloomy, said coldly.

"Colleagues, Your Majesty is all right, as an official of the imperial court, we must not panic and lose our dignity, okay, you just go back to the yamen to run an errand, and after a day or two, the imperial court will report to you."

When Lu Tiaoyang turned around and returned to the yamen, Guo Zhi said politely.

"Big guy, please go back, this rebel is making trouble, I don't know how many thieves are involved, the rebels and thieves in this court have been taken down, and the loyal ministers will definitely be reused, everyone just have to calm down and make a ......"

As a eunuch, Guo Zhi used the "official position" to calm the hearts of the people in a few words, and he reminded him that the officials of the six departments of Nanjing, who were still panicked, were all happy, not to mention the capital, but Nanjing has also vacated a lot of positions in this time, and even when Shen Xing fell, the official position of the capital opened the door to them!

Just when everyone was eager to try, in stark contrast to the noisy and excited officials in front of the lobby, there was a deathly silence in the prison of the Criminal Department. Since they learned that there were rebellious ministers and thieves in the capital, led by Shen Xingshi, they were quickly pacified by Shousuke. Although the crowd did not shout to the heavens and the earth, beat their chests and make a loud noise. But the dashing of the last glimmer of hope continues to hit everyone's nerves. It seems that he can no longer bear the pressure of struggling and waiting for death, and in the crowded prison, I don't know who broke the silence and said:

"Zhang Juzheng is a wolf, under the pretext of Shen Ge's old trouble, he killed loyal ministers, your majesty, why are you so confused!"

"Your Majesty, today Zhang Juzheng killed Shen Ge Lao, and tomorrow he is going to usurp the throne!"

"Everyone, everyone, the Ming Dynasty is dying. As ministers, we have no shame to live in the world. Let's die for our country and save our honor. ”

"Yes, martyrdom to the death, we must not let the traitor tarnish our name......"

At the moment of the commotion in the prison, Lu Tiaoyang walked in and entered this prison of the Ministry of Punishment that would be expanded to three or four thousand people in Emperor Gao's prison, he looked at the farce in front of him coldly, and then sneered.

"Martyrdom! You are martyred in that sect of the country, when you were in charge of the rebellion, you led troops into the capital, and tried to kill the king and usurp the throne, which can be described as ironclad evidence, and you actually avenged for him, so many years of sage books, let you read there. ”

"Lu Tiaoyang, you don't want to slander Shen Ge Lao, Shen Ge Lao is a dignified gentleman, how can it be a rebellion against the king?"

"That is, even if there is something to do, it is because of the traitors in the DPRK and China!"

"That's right, you Lu Tiaoyang is the sinner of my Ming Dynasty!"

In the face of Qianfu's accusations, Lu Tiaoyang's face changed from time to time, in fact, the drastic changes in the capital were beyond his expectations, he never thought that Shen Xingshi and others would be so bold and reckless, even if they were so reckless.

Kill the king and make a rebellion!

This simply subverted his imagination, but now, what he cares about is not why Shen Xingshi and others are so bold at all, he is more worried about the future and the future.

What's next?

Could there be another possibility? There are many of those possibilities, and he can't help but feel a little chill in his heart.

At this moment, he heard someone come in a hurry to report.

"Ge Lao, someone outside the city is holding the name sticker of the General Taxation Department and wants to enter the city!"

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