Chapter 501: The Cup Emperor (Part II)
Zhu Qizhen's voice was not loud, but the Xuanhua city wall was seven or eight zhang high, and when it reached the city, it was obviously a little scattered. However, at this moment, the city was silent, and everyone was concentrating and staring nervously, so Yang Hong listened to all his words.
This made General Yang feel even more embarrassed, now that the Son of Heaven has appeared in the city in person, as a Ming courtier, it seems that he only has the choice of opening the city according to the order. And this time, even the general who had just spoken out to dissuade him could no longer muster up the courage to speak.
It may be difficult for people in later generations to understand this mentality, but at this time, people at this time accept it as a set of ethics for kings, ministers, fathers, fathers, and sons. As the saying goes, the monarch and the minister have to die, not to mention that the Son of Heaven just asked you to open the city and surrender.
The dilemma was placed in front of Yang Hong, which made him clench his fists several times, and then let go, his heart quickly turned his thoughts, but for a while, he couldn't find any reasonable excuse to disobey the holy decree. Do you want to use that sentence to reject the Son of Heaven?
Zhu Qizhen under the city saw that after he said this, the city was still silent, and he didn't feel a panic in his heart, so he spoke again: "Yang Qing, do you really want to do that big rebellious thing?" You see, it's not too early this day, so let's hurry up and open the city and let people into the city to rest......"
People are like this sometimes, and it may be very difficult to take the first step, but as long as you break through this bottom line, you will often do more things that you didn't dare to think of before. This is the reason why many people break the law and commit crimes. And Zhu Qizhen, after being forced to come to the city to persuade him to surrender, has left all his worries behind, and now all he thinks about in his heart is to save his life, as for how serious the consequences will be after opening the city, he no longer thinks about it.
Being urged by the Son of Heaven like this, Yang Hong felt even more nervous in his heart, sighed, and wanted to order the opening of the city. At this time, he already had an idea, as a courtier, he could not disobey the will, so the only way was to obey the order, and then commit suicide to thank the world. In that way, he fulfilled his name as a loyal servant and atoned for his sins.
But just as the words came to his lips and he was about to speak, a thought suddenly flashed in his heart: "It's not early...... Zhan looked up, and sure enough, the day had gradually darkened, and it must be night soon.
The words that were about to be exported were swallowed back by Yang Hong, but they were replaced by a slightly apologetic sentence: "I hope your Excellency will forgive me, you and I are too far apart, and now that it is dark, this general soldier really can't confirm that you are my Majesty the Ming Emperor, so I forgive my fate." β
"What?" Not only Zhu Qizhen was stunned, but a few of the Mongolian cavalry who came with him who knew Chinese were also stunned. Is this okay too? Isn't that a lie? It is really shameless to still come up with such a statement to refuse to accept the edict of the Son of Heaven!
"The surname is Yang, do you believe what you said?" A Mongol leader shouted: "Your emperor of the Ming Kingdom is standing here, if you can't see clearly, you can light a torch, or send someone down to distinguish clearly, who can be deceived by such a pretext?" β
"I won't fall for you, who knows if I light a fire and leave the city, will I be attacked by your ambushes." At this time, Yang Hong had already calmed down
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, plus it is to deal with the Mongolian people, it seems more comfortable: "I think that if this is not the case, since you insist that this person is my great tomorrow, it is better to bring him into my Xuanhua City, as long as I confirm that he is His Majesty the Emperor, I will naturally act according to the order!" β
"You...... What a good calculation! Although the Mongolian people are upright, the hidden intention in his words is still very clear, if he really brings people into the city, I am afraid he will not think of it. So in the end, I could only scold a few more words hatefully, and then I had to go back again. And our Emperor's Majesty, at this time, the whole person fell into inhibition, and he didn't know what to do at all.
Seeing that they had returned in vain, Yexian and the others were even more angry and scolded, and some impulsive Mengren had already come to Yexian to ask for battle: "Taishi, isn't it just a mere Xuanhua City?" We can easily defeat his hundreds of thousands of troops, can't we defeat a city? As long as you give an order, we will raze it to the ground. β
"And this emperor, it's just a useless waste, and keeping it will only waste our food. Taishi, let's kill him for the sacrificial flag, so that the Ming army in the city knows that it is powerful! β
Listening to their gossip, Ye Xian's brows wrinkled even tighter, although he was also angry because of Yang Hong's trickery, but he knew that this was definitely not the time to act rashly. This Xuanfu is one of the four major towns of the Ming Dynasty, its characteristics of easy defense and difficult attack are not under Datong, if it is really so easy to fight, the warriors on the grassland in the early years have already captured it and killed it into the hinterland of the Central Plains.
And although Zhu Qizhen couldn't understand what they were saying, seeing them staring at the killing intent in their eyes and tone of voice, he still vaguely guessed the truth, which made him even more frightened, and he was swinging all over his body, and he almost collapsed and begged for mercy.
This reaction fell into Boyan's eyes, which made him also nervous, knowing that he couldn't stop talking. So he hurriedly stepped forward: "Taishi, Emperor Ming, we can't kill him casually." Otherwise, not only will we lose a hole card, but it will also arouse the hearts of the Ming soldiers to hate the enemy, and it will be even more difficult to break the city at that time. β
Receiving this reminder, he finally suppressed the killing intent in his heart, nodded and said: "Boyan is right, we really can't kill the emperor of the Ming Kingdom." As for the siege, there is no rush either. Let's wait for another day, wait for tomorrow to dawn, and then let him go to the city, I see what excuse the Ming country guard can come up with. He also didn't believe it, with such a trump card in his hand, he could still be blocked from this Xuanfu.
Since the Taishi has said so, everyone below can only follow the order and temporarily stay outside the city.
At the same time, a group of court officials in the city had fallen into a state of unease. Previously, only Yang Hong knew about this, but when it was dark that the enemy could no longer attack, he rushed back to the city and told the local officials about the scene that had happened at the head of the city, and wanted to consult with them how to solve this problem.
It's just that the result is obviously not very good, and there are no official generals, after listening to the words, they just look at each other, and then show a look of embarrassment, and say a difficult word, and there is no follow-up.
Although everyone knows that everything can be done if they say that they do not obey the holy decree, no one dares to say this. Because if the Son of Heaven is in the hands of the Mongols, something will happen to him
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None of them can afford to take this responsibility.
The only way that is not a way now may be a procrastination trick, but can this thing be delayed? Tomorrow morning, they can't deny it with the same excuse, can they?
In this way, everyone sat around for half the night, but the idea of coping with it still could not be come up. Seeing that it is almost four watches, and the sky will be bright in another hour or two, everyone feels even more desperate in their hearts, is this Xuanfu really going to fall because of this?
At this moment, a government official who had been guarding the side with them suddenly became bold: "Your Excellency...... In fact, if this matter is only about a procrastination, there is still a way. β
"How?" The officials were feeling embarrassed, and when they heard this, they didn't care about accusing the other party of not knowing how to be polite, so they hurriedly asked.
"Usually, there are people who refuse to spend money on dots but want to complain in front of the master's door, we all use this trick......" After a little hesitation, the messenger finally said the idea he had come up with.
As soon as the words were finished, the officials were in a daze for a while, and this reaction made the officer feel a little nervous, could it be that his idea was not successful? But then, Yang Hong and the others showed a relaxed smile: "Although this idea seems a bit child's play, it can really drag on for a while at this time." Then we will have time to report everything here to the court, and the adults there will make the decision. β
Looking at their appearance, you can see that they have felt relieved at this time, at least the problem in front of them is no longer difficult for them.
Soon, the sky was bright. Before Yang Hong could rush to the city, the more anxious Mongolian people had taken Zhu Qizhen to the city again, and bluntly said that they wanted Yang Hong to come out and speak.
The defenders of the city were feeling embarrassed, so Yang Hong had already quietly arrived, and then beckoned a subordinate general to come over and muttered a few words in his ear. The general glanced at his own general soldiers in some surprise, and then came to the battlement of the city wall with some uncertainty and shouted at the Mengren under the city: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you this time." Our commander-in-chief couldn't even get out of bed today because of the sudden wind chill last night, so we have to wait a little longer. β
"What?" The people in the city were dumbfounded again. This is clearly prevaricating with falsehoods, but it makes it difficult for them to find any rebuttals. After all, whether a person is sick or not is not something that their enemies outside the city can find out.
After holding his breath, there was still a humane: "Then let the people in your city who can still be the masters come out and speak." β
"I'm afraid it won't work...... Our military attachΓ©s do not have the authority to open the city, and besides, the prefect had gone elsewhere on business a few days ago, and now only the chief soldier has the right to open the city. β
Yes, these few words completely blocked the other party's back road. And this is the disgusting method used by the officials in the government to deal with the plaintiff, but this time it was disgusted, but it was replaced by the Mongolian people, and His Majesty the Emperor, who should have been high.
After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he really didn't know what to say or what to do. He only knew that he would be very sad next, and this time it would be really tragic.
He didn't know that the tragedy that belonged to him alone had just begun!
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