Ma Rufeng coughed after listening to Jiang Pengju, opened his mouth and said: "King Qin, please rest assured that the civil officials are here, you can ask your grandfather to go out of the mountain after the incident!" ”

Zhu Jiang's grandfather is Ma Rufeng's father-in-law, Jin Daoming's cheap father-in-law, and Jiang Pengju's life-saving benefactor.

But Zhu Jiang knows his grandfather too well, Mr. Ma Jiyuan has always supported the crown prince Zhu Hai, and Ma Jiyuan personally persuaded Zhu Jiang not to compete with the prince when he was in Yangzhou, so it is not certain whether Ma Jiyuan can speak for Zhu Jiang.

"Uncle, you also know what kind of personality your grandfather has, this king is afraid that my grandfather will not come to Beijing after the preparation is completed, what can I do?" Zhu Jiang was afraid that Ma Jiyuan would come up stubbornly, if he really didn't come to Beijing, or stood up against Zhu Jiang, it would be impossible to steal chickens and rice.

Ma Rufeng is Ma Jiyuan's son, and naturally he knows what kind of character his father has, and after listening to Zhu Jiang's question, he replied: "Father is a bit of a bull, but as long as we succeed here, I think my father can still go out to help us, after all, my father doesn't want this country to go down!" ”

It is not reliable to pin all hopes on Ma Jiyuan's change of heart, Zhu Jiang said: "But what if? What if my grandfather doesn't agree? We'll be passive then! ”

Jin Daoming is also a soldier, so he can't intervene in resourcefulness, but after listening to Zhu Jiang's question, he said: "Lord Wang, what about the eldest brother?" The father-in-law has always looked at the eldest brother, how about letting the eldest brother convince the father-in-law? ”

Jiang Pengju heard Jin Daoming say this, and quickly shook his head: "Shizi, at the beginning, I also wanted to find the eldest prince to participate, but I revealed a little bit of the meaning that the eldest prince objected, saying that if you want to have that position, you must fight for it openly, so that the whole world can return to your heart, and at the same time warned me not to have any crooked thoughts, do you dare to find him when you say so?" The eldest prince is also too careful, as the saying goes, Xiucai can't rebel for three years, the eldest prince is a lifter, it is estimated that if you want to rebel, you won't be able to rebel for eight or nine years! ”

What Ma Shaoguang said also makes sense, Jiang Pengju and these people are all soldiers and like to use violence to solve problems, but what about after violence? Will you kill all the people who read in the world? What Li Shimin didn't do, it is estimated that Zhu Jiang will not be able to do it. There is also Zhu Hongsan's extremely righteous position, this world was beaten down by Zhu Hongsan with a knife and a shot, if Zhu Jiang does not go through the normal legal channels to obtain the throne, the country is likely to split at that time, which is also what Ma Shaoguang is most worried about.

Ma Rufeng also understood his eldest brother, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "King Qin, the eldest brother needs you to persuade him, if he really can't do it, he will arrest the eldest brother, and then force him to write a letter to his father, the eldest brother is the father's favorite son, and the father must not watch the eldest brother being scolded to death by the literati, and he will go out of the mountain to help us when the time comes!" ”

Zhu Jiang thought about it for a while, and he could only do this: "Since this is the case, when will it be launched?" ”

Jiang Pengju said: "Today is a small year, there are a few days for the New Year, and after the New Year, it will be the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival. ”

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is not bad, there are still more than 20 days before now, and the time is enough. Zhu Jiang and these people are all soldiers, so naturally they don't have the kind of literati who look ahead and backward, and prepare for action immediately after making a decision.

"Okay, let's start preparing separately tomorrow, and the specific things will be in charge of the uncle!" Zhu Jiang was full of confidence, looked at the three people present and said: "Don't worry, as long as the matter is done, this king will definitely not treat you badly, and the three of you will be crowned kings!" Pick your own fiefdoms! ”

Ma Rufeng and the other three stood up and arched their hands and said, "Please rest assured, King Qin, the three of us will definitely be on the throne by King Qin!" ”

At this point, this small counterrevolutionary clique with Zhu Jiang as the core and Ma Rufeng, Jiang Pengju, and Jin Daoming as minions was completely formed, and they began to make separate preparations in order to achieve their ulterior goals.

Rebellion is naturally carried out in secret, but no matter how secret it is, there will be rumors leaking, and the first person to notice that something is wrong is Ding Changsheng, the general of Dongcheng.

The commander of the infantry army is Ma Rufeng, the chief officer of the yamen, and below is the deputy general Jiang Pengju, and below are the two general soldiers. However, these two general soldiers were not stationed in the city, and each of them brought 10,000 men to the barracks outside the city to be responsible for the response. The whole city of Beijing is divided into four parts according to the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and each area has a general leading 3,000 soldiers to be responsible for the security of the capital. Below the generals were the guerrillas guarding the sixteen city gates, and the most important of these sixteen people was the guerrillas at the nine gates of the inner city, who were the first line of defense to defend the palace.

Ding Changsheng went to join Ma Rufeng after being kicked out of the Praetorian Guard, after all, they were all from the Fourth Division, Ma Rufeng was not bad to him, and handed over the most important Dongcheng to him.

Ding Changsheng's jurisdiction is in charge of the three city gates of Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen, and Chongwenmen, as well as a large area east of the palace, where a large number of Huguang nobles live, so although Ding Changsheng is not majestic in the Praetorian Guard now, he has a lot of power in his hands.

On December 28, there were still two days to go before the Chinese New Year, Ding Changsheng originally thought that there was nothing to do with the Yamen, but he didn't expect that in the afternoon, the commander of the infantry army, the Yamen, came with news that Admiral Ma asked Ding Changsheng to go.

Ding Changsheng didn't know what was going on, but Shangguan had an order to naturally obey it, and Ding Changsheng came to the infantry commander Yamen of Baihu Street in the Thousand Steps Corridor. It's going to be the Chinese New Year now, and there is no one else here in the yamen except the people on duty.

Ding Changsheng talked to the guards guarding the door, and immediately saw Ma Rufeng. To tell the truth, Ding Changsheng is still very grateful to Ma Rufeng, Ma Rufeng was the deputy commander of the Fourth Division, and Ding Changsheng was the battalion commander under him, and the two formed a friendship at that time. In addition, Ma Rufeng has a gentle temperament, which is definitely different from the short-tempered Ma Kun, so Ma Rufeng's popularity in the fourth division is very good.

Ding Changsheng walked into the lobby and knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Lord Admiral, the end is coming!" ”

Ma Rufeng laughed and said: "Lao Ding, hurry up, why are you and my brother still doing this?" Come on, bring a chair to General Ding and serve good tea! ”

Ding Changsheng didn't know why Ma Rufeng was like this, although the relationship between the two was good, but after all, it was a superior-subordinate relationship, and although Ma Rufeng had a gentle temperament, it was relative to Ma Kun, Ma Rufeng had brought recruits back then, and he was also the master of disobedience.

Although Ding Changsheng had doubts in his heart, he didn't ask anything, sat on the chair brought by his own soldiers, and then asked, "My lord, I don't know if there is anything going on in the future at this time?" ”

Ma Rufeng smiled: "Haha, it's nothing, let Lao Ding come to arrange a few subordinates for you!" ”

After Ma Rufeng finished speaking, he beckoned outside, and four big men came in outside, these four people were all tall and big, with a face full of meat, and they looked like they were born as soldiers.

"Lao Ding, these four people were the old brothers of our fourth division back then, they have nothing to do if they don't change jobs, find me here, I want to find them an errand under you, brother, what do you think?"

Ma Rufeng is a superior, and he arranged for his subordinates to not need to ask Ding Changsheng what he meant. But at this time, Ding Changsheng didn't suspect anything, he smiled after hearing that it was the old brother of the fourth division: "Don't worry, my lord, this is no problem at all, they are all their own brothers, and they will be arranged to Chaoyangmen when they go back, and they will not be treated badly to their brothers!" ”

Chaoyangmen is Beijing's traffic artery, Caoyun Wharf is just outside Chaoyangmen, there are countless grain ships passing through Chaoyangmen every day to enter Beijing, and there are dozens of large granaries here in Chaoyangmen, it is really fart to be a petty official in this place.

How do you know that Ma Rufeng said with a smile: "That's not necessary, the four of them don't need to arrange such a good place, just let them go to Dong'anmen Street and Dengshikou to be on duty!" ”

Because of the different regions where officials are located, there are naturally good places and bad places, and Chaoyangmen Qian is the best official position in Ding Changsheng's hands. Of course, Ding Changsheng also has that unlucky place in his hands, which is the area from Dong'anmen Street to Dengshikou Street. It is close to the imperial city, and all the people who live in it are crowns, and the emperor's prince's palace is here, that is, the Wangfujing of later generations, and the homes of several princes are also here.

As the saying goes, the prime minister has seven officials in front of the door, and a person who shows the door to the prime minister is equivalent to the seven-grade county, so how many products are there to show the prince and the prince? So no one in this area wanted to come before.

Ding Changsheng heard Ma Rufeng say this, and it was not easy to object, you are the chief, you can decide whatever you want, Ding Changsheng agreed and led the four people out of the yamen.

On the way, Ding Changsheng asked: "A few elder brothers, my brother is also from the fourth division, which regiment are you?" ”

The big black man at the head clenched his fists and said, "Lord Ding, we were all ordinary soldiers back then, and your lord has never seen us!" ”

Ding Changsheng was very strange to hear them say this, it stands to reason that as a subordinate, he would like to have a relationship with his superior. Ding Changsheng has already identified himself, and these four guys should be stammered immediately, but now these four people look like this, and Ding Changsheng is so bored.

Since there was nothing to say, Ding Changsheng stopped talking, led the four people to the Dengshikou Inspection Division, handed the four of them over to President Qian of the Inspection Division, and then patted his ass and went home to prepare for the New Year.

Ding Changsheng had a bad premonition about this matter, but he couldn't say what was wrong. Ding Changsheng slept until midnight before he reacted, although Dong'anmen is not a good place, the geographical location is really important. Dong'an Gate is one of the four gates of the Imperial City, and it is not far from the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City. And what is the place in Miyagi next to Donghua Gate? Isn't it the prince's East Palace?

Thinking of this, Ding Changsheng's cold sweat broke out, the natural identity of the person personally arranged by Ma Rufeng was very important, but why didn't he go to a good place like Chaoyangmen, and he had to come to Dong'anmen? And those four guys are soldiers at first glance, but as the old man of the fourth division, Ding Changsheng has never seen them, why is this? In addition, Ding Changsheng knew that Ma Rufeng and King Qin were on good terms, the emperor was not in the palace now, and the number of guards in the palace was seriously insufficient.