Chapter 688: Wild Tide

(Thanks to drunkyong for the reward)

Knowing that Zhong Yanhu did not dare to attack Shangshu Province, Yang Zhitang and Zhang Chao were only afraid and cowardly after all, and they breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately sent people around with confidence to publicize that Lu Qingxia colluded with assassins to assassinate His Majesty and kidnap the Queen Mother, and spread the news that Guo Liang, Huang Xi, Zhang Han and others, who had not shown up for a long time, would quickly rush to Shangshu Province to obey orders.

Guo Liang, Huang Xi, Zhang Han and their Duyu Marquis, if they dared to come to Shangshu Province at this time, and they were not even in Chongwen Hall during the confrontation just now, and they did not mix with the Queen Mother, Lu Qingxia, Chen De, and Zhou Yuan, it would prove that they had no problem.

And Guo Liang, Huang Xi, Zhang Han and others hid before and did not come to Shangshu Province, believing that they just chose to be a wall grass at a critical time, and believed that they were unwilling to intervene in the chaos before the situation was clear.

This point can't be regarded as a stain, just now the vast majority of people in the Shangshu Provincial compound are not all thinking about making wall grass? I won't mention this point in the future, everyone is a sincere person of Dachu, whether there is a difference, it depends on what they think in their hearts.

Someone mentioned sending troops to pursue Zhong Yanhu's department, but more people played haha and ignored it.

In Shangshu Province, there is not a single general at the level of Marquis Duyu at present, and there are only a few middle-level military attaches at the battalion command level, who have been appointed as temporary commanders by Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang, and they know that they don't want to act rashly.

They protected Shangshu Province and many ministers from being broken by the chaotic army, that is, they had a merit in escorting and removing the chaos anyway.

Now the black lights are blinding, in the chaos, I don't even know how many people and horses among the guards and pro-army are secretly throwing themselves into Cishou Palace, and they are chasing them out with a small group of people, not looking for death?

Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and the others did not speak, and the other officials discussed for a while, and they all felt that they could not act recklessly at this time, first stabilize the situation, and screen the enemy and me is the most important, and they did not even advocate directly sending troops to attack the Chongwen Palace, and at present, they only need to order the departments to guard the gates of the palace city and the imperial city.

Even if they believed that the vast majority of the military officers and soldiers in the guards were still reliable and loyal to Dachu, otherwise, the situation would not be so easy to reverse, but they could also confirm that most people did not know what was happening, and it could even be said that in the night when they couldn't see their fingers, most of the soldiers had a weak ability to distinguish between right and wrong and the situation, and the edict of the Empress Dowager of the Political Affairs Hall and the Chongwen Hall was conveyed at the same time, which would inevitably cause chaos.

In fact, it boils down to one point, which general has the ability to take the lead in attacking Chongyang Gate and controlling the situation in the chaos at this time?

In the end, it is still hard to find!

Yang En glanced at Li Xiu, who asked the two generals to kneel in front of the porch and tied up all the flowers, and whispered to Shen Yang: "Maybe you can give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions......

Shen Yang was stunned, and looked at Han Daoming and Yang Zhitang.

Of course, Han Daoming also knew that Li Xiu was just a pawn between Lu Qingxia's hands, but he looked at Yang Zhitang, and he didn't want to express his position on this matter.

"Let's wait until Li Changfeng and the others are caught, otherwise the situation tonight will be too chaotic." Yang Zhitang said.

Li Changfeng was either forced by the situation and completely surrendered to Lu Qingxia, or he was hijacked by Lu Qingxia and could no longer get out, not to mention other trade-offs, just by virtue of this, he didn't want to let Li Xiu go out to take risks.

Yang En looked at Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao and the others, and the others avoided his eyes, unintentionally speaking for the Li family at this time.

No matter how Shen Yang is, he will not disagree with Yang Zhitang on such a trivial matter, and nodded and said in a deep voice: "What Lord Shou said is true. ”

Guo Liang and Zhang Han received the report and soon rushed to Shangshu Province.

Huang Xi usually looks unreliable, but it is real

He is not stupid, or he has a strategist around him to help; At this time, he directly escorted his sister Huang E and the third prince Yang Ye to Shangshu Province to meet with Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang.

After the assassination, Huang Xi immediately sent his descendants to protect the Mingcheng Palace where Huang E and the third prince Yang Ye lived; And knowing that Li Xiufeng was ordered by the Empress Dowager to lead people to break into Shangshu Province to arrest people, he himself rushed directly to Mingcheng Palace to meet Huang E and the third prince Yang Ye.

Although it only took a while, he gathered thousands of elite military attaches and soldiers loyal to the Huang family from the guards and pro-army Zuo Wuxiang, and waited in the Ming Cheng Palace to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

At this time, he also directly led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to escort Huang E and the third prince Yang Ye to Shangshu Province.

Seeing this scene, Han Daoming and Qin Wen had to wake up laughing in their dreams, Huang Xi may not be stupid, but he or his strategists are still cowardly in the end.

Without Qin Wen or Han Daoming fanning the fire, Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Yang En and others unanimously decided that Huang Xi would station these more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the Privy Council on the opposite side to standby, and only allow him to bring more than a dozen people to escort Huang E and the three princes into the Shangshu Provincial Courtyard for deliberations.

In addition to Li Xiu being detained and Zhong Yanhu confirming that there was a problem, the ministers also unanimously decided to temporarily remove Zhang Feng, the son of Zhang Peng, and the other seven Duyu Hou and deputy Duyu Marquis who were in Chongyangmen and near Chongwen Hall during the confrontation in Shangshu Province, and put them under house arrest first.

The other eleven Du Yu Hou each led 300 soldiers to Shangshu Province to listen to the call, while the deputy Du Yu Hou continued to perform their duties, blocking many key points and city gates in the imperial city and palace forbidden.

The situation is too chaotic, it is difficult to say who can be trusted completely, everything is to stabilize the situation and control the situation first, almost in the second half of the night, it was decided to start to transfer troops into Chongyangmen to arrest Lu Qingxia and others.

At this time, a general rushed over to report:

"Zhong Yanhu led his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Jingjiang Gate on the north side of the palace, just captured the Jingjiang Gate, Lu Qingxia and the others hijacked the Queen Mother from the shade flower path and fled to the Jingjiang Gate, it should be to go to the Jinghai Gate and escape to the official ship wharf of the Weaving Bureau......"

Shen Yang and Yang En looked solemn, Yang Zhitang, Han Daoming, and Zhang Chao looked at each other, and Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Du Chongtao, and Zhou Bingwu all shook their heads slightly.

In the imperial city and the palace city, at this time, several government offices, okura and palaces were all lit by fire in the chaos, and the night dome was red.

They managed to gather more than 4,000 generals who were confirmed to be under control on the outskirts of Shangshu Province, and the other generals were in a hurry and could not distinguish between loyalty and traitor, so they could only strictly order all parts of the guards of the imperial city, many key points of the palace city, and the city gates not to act rashly.

And in order to prevent the uncontrollable unrest from spreading, they even decided to sit and watch several palaces fall into flames, rather than organize people to extinguish them.

After all, the night is the easiest cover for riots and howls, and they can't grasp the situation completely, so how dare they act rashly?

Among the 4,000 elite soldiers gathered near Shangshu Province, there were more than 1,000 elites gathered by Huang Xi first, and the situation was really even more delicate.

Let's not talk about the second prince, logically speaking, Yang Ye, the son of Huang E, is the most qualified to become the emperor, but looking at Huang Xi's performance today, is the Huang family really good?

Zhang Ping and Jiang Shu got a report to save Li Yao at a critical time, are they sure that it is not the ghost of the Huang family behind their backs?

There is no need for Qin Wen and Han Daoming to stand up and sow discord, everyone can't help but think in their hearts, if they send too many soldiers and horses to pursue the rebellion, Huang Xi co-opts some officials, and instigates the generals to support the third prince Yang Ye to ascend the throne that night, how will the situation develop in the future?

Everyone is alive and well, Li Zhihe is in Xiangbei, for the time being, everyone is beyond the reach of the whip, even if they are determined to send troops to fight, rectifying the soldiers and horses is not something that can be completed in ten days and half a month; And at this time let two or three thousand rebels flee,

Obviously, it doesn't hurt the overall situation.

Ask the queen mother, the second prince whose identity is true or false? Inexistent.

No matter what, we must give priority to stabilizing the situation, and everyone does not expect Huang Shu to lead his troops to Jinghaimen to kill the enemy.

"The current situation is turbulent, it is better to establish a new emperor as soon as possible and calm the hearts of the people." Yang Zhitang said slowly.

Huang Xi's face changed a little, no matter how stupid he was, he could guess what Yang Zhitang meant at this juncture, not in a hurry to send troops to pursue the rebel but discuss the new emperor.

"The Queen Mother was kidnapped by treachery, and the real second prince may still fall into the hands of thieves, do you want to save them first?" Someone in the hall couldn't hold it back, and stood up and said for Huang Wei.

However, the Huang family and the Jiangdong clan did not have enough people to sit in the political hall at this time, and the queen Huang E, Li Yao and the county lord of Qingyang were all invited to rest in the back of the yalou, and more than a dozen old eunuchs around Zhang Ping and Jiang Shu were waiting for them, and they did not come out to participate in the deliberations for the time being.

"Yes, Shen Xiang, we should have made a decision, the new emperor has been established, the subjects of Gyeonggi are stable, and everything can be calmly planned; The new emperor ascended the throne and pursued the rebellion, and he could also order Tangyi to assist. Zhang Chao even ignored that person's words and directly persuaded Shen Yangdao.

In the later stage of the war to cut the feudal domain, the brothers Zhang Chao and Zhang Han joined Yang Yuanpu as a subordinate force.

After Emperor Yanyou ascended the throne, the Zhang clan should have been the weakest among the Jinling factions, but in fact, there were too many arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the Great Chu, which made the Zhang clan more important.

Zhang Chao was in charge of the salt and iron transport envoys, Zhang Han was the commander of the Zuowu Yi army, both civil and military were important positions, and the children of the Shao Zhuzhou family in Yue Langtan also took his two brothers as their teachers and recommended them to enter the court as officials and generals.

If the third prince Yang Ye is established as the emperor, the power of the Zhang family in Beijing can be understood by breaking his toes, and he will inevitably be suppressed by the Huang family and the Jiangdong family afterwards.

Huang Xi's face turned green at this moment, but seeing Guo Liang and Zhang Han sitting aside, carefully observing the rules of guarding military generals and not discussing political affairs, the blue tendons on his forehead jumped a few times, and finally he couldn't help but say nothing.

"Lord Han, what do you mean?" Zheng Yu looked at Han Daoming and asked.

Zheng Hui led the troops to attack the Qingyuan Army, although it is said that most of the grain is transferred from Hunan Xingshangshu Province, but this is a regular and in line with the imperial court law system.

And really for the interests of the Zheng family, Zheng Chang and Zheng Yu all consider the Huang family as a relative, especially the third prince is only four or five years old, Queen Huang will inevitably rely on her father and brother to deal with military affairs, and the court is really likely to become a hall of words of the Huang family.

Of course, Huang Yu was still a little tender in Zheng Yu's eyes, but he had to consider Han Daoming's opinion.

And when others talk or whisper, they are also secretly observing Han Daoming's expression, whether this turmoil can finally pass smoothly, Tangyi's next reaction will be a crucial part.

"Lu Qingxia colluded with the Mugultures to assassinate His Majesty, kidnap the Queen Mother and the Second Prince, and ask you to stabilize the situation as soon as possible and avenge Your Majesty's blood hatred." Han Daoming sat aside and said unhurriedly.

In the eyes of outsiders, whether it is the eldest prince or the third prince, this matter has nothing to do with Han Fu and Tangyi, what he wants to insist on at this time is to crucify Lu Qingxia to the crime of colluding with the Mugultures to assassinate Emperor Yanyou.

Only by nailing Lu Qingxia to the charge of colluding with the Mugwu people to commit assassination, not only will Tangyi's dispatch of troops to Hehuai become more justified, but the imperial court will inevitably give clear support in terms of money, food, and recruiting soldiers.

Han Daoming's attitude can be understood by everyone, after all, Han Fu and Tangyi have always advocated sending troops to Hehuai during this time.