On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, stood in the Qianqing Palace, listening to Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang's palm print, report on the situation in the capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

These days, the undercurrent in the capital is turbulent, and the Jinyi guard commanded Luo Yangxing to get close to the civil officials, but he delayed and did not report the situation in the capital, making Zhu Youzhen like a blind man. Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to let Dongchang do the Jinyiwei business. The personnel of the East Factory were relatively small compared to the Jinyi Guard, and they were originally to monitor the officials, but at this time they were sent by Chongzhen to the streets and alleys of the capital to understand the movements of the people in the capital.

Wang Dehua is a thin young man who looks younger than Zhu Youzhen. His two eyebrows were raised, a little heroic. However, in front of Zhu Youzhen, his figure was very soft.

"Emperor, the slave has found out. On 30 April, Li Zhi, the prince of Jinguo, smuggled 100,000 copies of the "Tianjin Daily" into Beijing and distributed them in the streets and alleys. That day's "Tianjin Daily" was dedicated to the matter of the Tibetan silver in the Taifu Temple, and the cause and effect of the hidden silver was transmitted to the whole city. All of a sudden, the people were blown up. ”

"Emperor, now every day people gather in front of Chengtian Gate and shout, asking the court to kill people. These people change every day, not a group of people, but the whole city of people shouting at each other. ”

"Nowadays, people gather at the entrance of various vegetable markets, and from time to time there are people who speak generously. These people who stood up and spoke, and the fans of Dongchang went up to check, and they were indeed ordinary people. These people shouted every day that they wanted to kill the traitors, and the onlookers just applauded. ”

"On 2 May, the Duke of Jin smuggled another batch of newspapers into Beijing, adding fuel to the fire!"

"Shoufu Zhou Yanru, several cabinet elders, officials and officials, the officials of these key departments were scolded by the people, saying that the traitorous ministers they promoted were plotting to harm the country, saying that what use do you want them? The people blocked the road every day to prevent these officials from going to court. ”

"The officials of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were in charge of the trial of criminal names, and they were scolded even more fiercely by the people for not handling the case of hiding silver in Taifu Temple. When the two members of Liu Zongzhou's family went out to buy groceries, they were beaten by the people with their heads covered, and they bled all over. ”

"Nowadays, everyone in the civil service is in danger, and they dare not wear civilian official robes in public on the street."

Wang Dehua said a lot, and finally said: "Emperor, if the case of the hidden silver in the Taifu Temple is not handled again, I am afraid that not only will the border army not agree, but the people of the capital will be in chaos." Now the civil officials have lost their square inches, and they no longer have the momentum of uniting to deal with the Duke of Jinguo as they did at the beginning. ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to Wang Dehua's report and took a breath.

"Wang Dehua, you did a good job. I am in this Forbidden City every day, and I don't even know the news of the outside market, if there is no Dongchang, I am really a blind man! ”

"The 160,000 border army Chen Bing has been on the outskirts of Beijing for seven days. This triumphant army in the bloody battle of Jinzhou was stationed under the city, but I have never seen it. Wang Chengen, you go to prepare the guard of honor, I want to go to the Chaoyang Gate, go to the city gate to see what this army of Chen Shi begging looks like. ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and said, "Holy Lord, on this city gate..."

"Hurry up and prepare!"

Wang Chengen was unwilling to disobey, so he hurried down to prepare.

Zhu Youzhen waited for a quarter of an hour, and the honor guard of the Son of Heaven was ready. Zhu Youzhen took the guards and left the Forbidden City in a mighty way and drove towards Chaoyang Gate.

When the people on the road saw that the honor guard of the Son of Heaven was coming, they quickly got out of the way and knelt on both sides of the road, prostrate on the ground and did not dare to look up. Zhu Youzhen's team drove all the way to the east. After a while, the news of the Son of Heaven's departure came out. Officials such as the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who had already entered Beijing, rode horses to chase after them from behind, and rushed to both sides of the Son of Heaven's guard of honor to escort them.

Hong Chengchou jumped down and knelt under the car of the Son of Heaven, and shouted loudly: "Holy Lord, Chaoyangmen must not be reached!" The 160,000 border troops had moved to five miles outside the city wall yesterday, and Li Zhi's flowering bomb could already shoot at the city gate at this distance! ”

When several Shangshu heard this, they fell to the ground one by one, loudly begging the Son of Heaven to stop.

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said, "Hong Chengchou, are you saying that the Duke of Jin Guogong is going to shoot the king?" He killed me, what good did it do him? ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, but he couldn't answer this sentence.

Zhu Youzhen said loudly: "I believe that Li Zhi is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty and will never do anything to rebel. ”

After Zhu Youzhen said this, he didn't stay any longer, and walked towards Chaoyang Gate with the guard of honor.

When they arrived at Chaoyang Gate, the guards of the East Factory first rushed up to check whether there were any spies at the city gate. Then the "Han General" in the palace came to the door and guarded all directions. Next, the tall golden banner of the Son of Heaven was raised to the city gate one by one and stood on the nearby city wall. Then the Son of Heaven's golden melon, golden umbrella and golden fan and other ceremonial guards were lifted up one by one.

The gorgeous guard of honor, even a few miles away, can be known at a glance that it is the team of the Son of Heaven.

In the end, the Son of Heaven stepped up the stairs.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen went up to the city wall, he saw the border army lined up five miles outside Chaoyang Gate. Seeing the mighty border army lined up for more than ten miles, Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said for a long time: "I am the master of the Ming Dynasty, and I am strong." No wonder the 230,000 army of Tartars can be broken in Jinzhou. ”

Hong Chengchou's face turned pale, and he walked to the Son of Heaven and said, "Holy Lord be careful, if you see the flowering bullet flying over, you must lie on the ground and dodge." ”

Zhu Youzhen held on to the city wall and looked at it for a long time before he said loudly: "They are all my Ming kings, and they are all loyal ministers, how can they rebel?" ”

After a while, the border army outside the Chaoyang Gate saw the honor guard of the Son of Heaven.

Those golden melons, golden umbrellas, golden fans, golden pillars, and golden flags are dazzling, and it is obvious that the Son of Heaven has ascended the city gate. The soldiers standing in line under the Chaoyang Gate faced the Son of Heaven, thinking of the bloody battle in Jinzhou, the robes who died in battle, and the traitors in the court, and they burst into tears one by one. The 160,000 border troops sacrificed their lives to kill slaves on the front line, which one wanted to be a rebel and rebel?

At this time, when I saw the Son of Heaven, I only hated to go up and state the difficulties and grievances of the 160,000 border troops.

Tens of thousands of people stood straight, looking at the honor guard of the Son of Heaven in a daze. No one shouted hooray, no one knelt, but they didn't know how to react.

Suddenly, someone sang the Red Turban Army anthem loudly, and the song was like a spark falling into the grassland, which instantly resonated with the surrounding soldiers and aroused everyone to sing loudly.

In Jinzhou, at the critical juncture when the grain and grass were scarce, it was this song that inspired the soldiers to fall into battle and kill slaves.

"The wind is from the dragon, the cloud is from the tiger, and the dust and earth are fame. Looking at Shenzhou, the people are bitter, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren. Look at the world, do all the nonsense, and make up for the defects of the Heavenly Dao..."

"Good boy, don't be parents, just for the common people, not for the lord. Holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, he will only stop after killing Hu'er..."

Tens of thousands of people sang loudly to the guard of honor of the Son of Heaven on the city gate, and the song resounded through the sky.

When the civilian officials heard the majesty of tens of thousands of border troops singing in unison, their faces turned pale one by one.

Zhu Youzhen stroked his beard and groaned, and said: "This is the military song of the Red Turban Army!" Hong Chengchou, why did the soldiers of the border army sing the military song of the Red Turban Army when they saw me? ”

Hong Chengchou's face turned white, and he said: "Shengshang Mingjian, during the Battle of Jinzhou that day, 170,000 soldiers sang this war song and went forward to fight bloodily, fought to the death, and defeated 230,000 Tartars. ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time before he sighed and said: "The soldiers of the border army are talking to me, talking about their hardships in the battle in Jinzhou, and saying that they are unwilling to be murdered by traitors!" ”

Zhu Youzhen listened to the battle song outside the city gate, and suddenly felt the same way, and burst into tears.

"Where is this rebel of the Duke of Jinguo? They are all loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty! Where are the anti-thieves? ”

Seeing the Son of Heaven weeping, the eunuchs and civil officials knelt down in a panic and prostrate on the ground. For a moment, a large number of people knelt on the city gate.

"Wang Chengen, pass on my will, I have understood the begging of 160,000 border troops. If it weren't for the army's loyalty to the charge, Jinzhou would have been defeated, and my Ming Dynasty would have been in danger. ”

"The 160,000 soldiers of Chen Bing begged for their lives, and they must not be disobeyed. Traitors who bring disaster to the country must not be killed! ”

"Then according to the performance of Jin Guogong, kill ****