No. 028 Forcing the Palace (I)

However, with Zhai Shi's entry into Wuzhou, the situation of the court seems to have begun to change, the original officials who did not dare to oppose him because of the fear of his prestige, now all seem to be bolder, and some of his requests have begun to be euphemistically refused, and his cronies installed in the court have also been consciously excluded by officials of various ministries and have been emptied. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Even some eunuch officials who had defected to him before are now in a state of resignation from him.

Zhai Shiyun's existence has really made him feel a huge threat, in fact, it seems that Wuzhou City is no longer up to him, and this feeling makes Chen Bangfu very unhappy.

So Chen Bangfu secretly consulted with his confidants and strategists, planning to get rid of Zhai Shiyun, even if he couldn't kill him, he wanted Zhai Shiyun to stay away from the court and Wuzhou.

In the early morning of the twentieth day of the first lunar month, hundreds of soldiers dressed as battalion soldiers, armed with knives, guns and sticks, broke into the door of Dongcheng, shouting for money along the way, and finally gathered in Zhai Shiyun's temporary mansion.

Zhai Shiyun was shocked, the army mutiny was a major event, he tried to calm himself down, and then found the household official in charge of the warehouse in the city, and asked him to immediately take out the treasury silver to pay the arrears of the sergeants on the spot.

The household official told Zhai Shiyun with a sad face that the government had only 30,000 taels of silver, which was not enough for the amount demanded by the sergeants.

Just when everyone had nothing to do, Zhai Shiyun's wife Shaw took the initiative to stand up, and Shaw took all his jewelry and handed it to the mutinous sergeants, and promised to meet the demands of the mutinous sergeants and try to make up for the shortage of money as soon as possible. Seeing this scene, some sergeants were deeply moved, and took the initiative to put away their swords and returned to the barracks the same way, but more than 100 sergeants continued to stay under the leadership of the battalion officers who knew the inside story, and their excuse was that the salary was still a little short, and if they did not make up their salary, they would be killed.

At this time, the officials in the Zhai Shiyun shogunate all felt a chill, and even the earrings and bracelets worn by Mrs. Shoufu were handed over, and it was not enough to count, could it be that God was destined to really let everyone be hacked to death by the rebels!

At the critical moment, after Zhu Youlang got the news that the army mutiny blocked the mansion of Shoufu Zhai Shiyun, he immediately sent Wu Jisi to lead two hundred brocade clothes to relieve the siege.

General Chen Bangfu, who took the lead in asking for wages, did not expect that the emperor, who only had a few hundred imperial guards, would dare to send his own soldiers to stop the army from mutiny, and in the face of the sudden arrival of the Son of Heaven's army, the mastermind of the mutiny was a little caught off guard for a while, and he didn't know what to do, so he could only gradually disperse and return to the camp after leaving a few cruel words.

Under the intervention of the emperor, there was a mistake in the plan to bring down Qu Shiyun, when the news reached Chen Bangfu's ears, Chen Bangfu felt a little surprised, the emperor dared to stop the mutiny of the battalion soldiers with a few hundred troops, this courage is not ordinary, is he not afraid of setting himself on fire? This is a problem that Chen Bangfu did not take into account. However, after some careful consideration, Chen Bangfu finally made one thing clear, if you want to get rid of Qu Shiyun, you have to get the emperor first, as long as the emperor is soft, Zhai Shiyun has to step down!

So Chen Bangfu did his best, and the next day, Ling led his cronies to lead 3,000 men and horses of his headquarters to suddenly surround the palace. Everyone, including Emperor Zhu Youlang, was shocked.

Seeing that the guards at the palace gate were about to be unable to resist, at a critical juncture, Zhu Youlang personally came to the gate of the palace to answer the camp officer. After several exchanges and temptations, Zhu Youlang finally learned the reason for the sergeant's siege of the palace: to discuss the law!

The leader of the battalion told Zhu Youlang that the household department had not paid them money for a long time, and yesterday he went to ask Lord Shoufu for money, but Lord Shoufu was willing to refuse to give it, so the brothers couldn't bear it for a while and couldn't get Chen Dashuai's approval, so they came to the palace to discuss the explanation. The leader of the battalion specially emphasized that Chen Dashuai never knew about this matter, and hoped that the imperial court would not blame Dashuai!

After listening to this, Zhu Youlang immediately understood the Tao inside, and he immediately said: "Since you are not rebelling and don't want to involve Chen Aiqing, you must no longer act rashly, and when Chen Aiqing comes, I will personally share it with him!" ”

The first time the battalion soldiers met the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme for such a close time, their hearts were already quite nervous, and when they saw that the Son of Heaven was so calm and majestic and fearless, they couldn't help but quiet down, and stopped the move of running the palace gate.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven came out and suppressed the scene, the little inner supervisor in the palace also immediately took action and went to the General Military Mansion to find Chen Bangfu and quickly entered the palace to solve the matter.

Before the inner eunuchs left the palace, Chen Bangfu himself arrived.

When the sergeants saw that the marshal was coming, they avoided both sides and took the initiative to make way for him.

Along that passage, Chen Bangfu strode up to the emperor, and after giving a deep salute, he said apologetically: "The minister is one step late, which frightened the emperor." ”

When Zhu Youlang heard this, he sneered in his heart, and pretended to be surprised and pointed at the soldiers beside him: "I don't know what Chen Aiqing means?" ”

Chen Bangfu said with an innocent face: "The emperor is wrong to blame Weichen, the minister has no idea about this matter, I think it is the spontaneous action of the battalion guards, and the plan is not a rebellion, but Weichen, as a Wuzhou guard, cannot restrain the battalion soldiers of the headquarters, and the ministers are guilty." ”

"Yes." After saying these words that must be clarified, Chen Bangfu changed his words and said: "Lord Zhai, the first assistant, as a slaughterer, a temperance household, and the second division of the army, really can't give enough food and salary to the sergeant, and the minister wants to impeach him!"

The so-called Son of Heaven is not a hungry soldier, if the emperor doesn't give them an explanation, these Qiu Ba are rude and rude, and they don't know how to be humble, and if they accidentally make any outrageous moves, the consequences are unpredictable! Although the ministers are officials, I am afraid that they will not be able to restrain them when the time comes, so I hope the emperor will think twice! ”

Although Chen Bangfu's tone was soft when he said this, anyone with a discerning eye could hear that the attitude was very tough. This is clearly a threat!

Under Zhu Youlang's wide sleeved robe, his fists clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched, trying to suppress the anger in his heart, but he also knew the seriousness of the situation, if it was really like Chen Bangfu said that the sergeants were not satisfied with the emperor's reply and launched another action to force the palace, everyone in the palace would be in danger of their lives.

But Zhai Shiyun is the only capable and loyal official in the current center, how can he easily abandon him and serve the country with his fist? Until this moment, Zhu Youlang finally tasted the sharpness of Chen Bangfu's double-edged knife.

The palace maids around the emperor were also angry, but more fearful, the only thing they could do now was pray, and almost everyone present held their breath, everyone was waiting for the emperor's response.

After a while, Zhu Youlang said unhurriedly: "I know about this matter, how about giving an answer to the soldiers tomorrow?" ”

Chen Bangfu knew that the emperor was willing to say this, indicating that he had compromised and his goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to push the emperor too quickly in front of the public for the time being, so he decided to give the emperor a thin face. So he shouted for his sergeants to evacuate, and a crisis was finally temporarily resolved.

After the sergeants gradually retreated, Chen Bangfu loudly promised that he would go back to strictly guard and hold the battalion officers accountable, but both sides should know very well in their hearts that these scenes were just talk.