Chapter 498: Coup d'état (I)

"Missing? What does it mean" Geng Nanzhong was furious, and his voice was like thunder

"The subordinate was ordered to arrest the three men, but the yamen and the private house were nowhere to be found, and none of his subordinates knew where they were," the official replied in a trembling voice. (Niu Wen ~ Net)

Huang Qianshan got up slowly, his face was not normal, this would not be a coincidence, Xu Shao, Qin Hui, and Xu Han were the three eighty percent who expected the danger, and if they hid, if they were to deal with them, it would be useless to hide, unless they were planning something, he said in a deep voice: "Xianggong, there is something strange about this matter"

Geng Nanzhong stared at him and protested: "Still use you to teach?" These three thieves must be plotting to make a mess and send an order to let the palace secretary block Hangzhou City, prohibit entry and exit, and search for Xu Shao and the other three."

Huang Qianshan was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Xianggong, is the movement too big?" In this way, it will be stormy all over the city, and I am afraid it will not be good."

Geng Nanzhong waved his hand: "I can't care about so many urgent situations, I must seize the opportunity to ask for a decree, remove all the officials sent by the three thieves, and announce the incident of their rebellion to the Manchu Dynasty" After finishing speaking, he did not hesitate and walked straight out. Huang Qian thought for a moment and quickly followed.

The sky was about to get dark, and there was a sudden commotion in the city of Hangzhou. In the market, the rushing army disturbed the people, and the city gates were closed before the time came, and those who wanted to enter the city were blocked outside, and those who wanted to leave the city were locked inside.

For a time, rumors spread in the city of Hangzhou, and people were panicked. But very few people think about the changes in the DPRK and China, and they all speculate whether there is going to be a war? Didn't you hear that the two countries had negotiated peace and had already ceased fighting? Regardless of whether there was anything going on, the people hurried home, closed their doors and windows, and waited for news with trepidation.

Shangshu Zuo Cheng Zhu Sheng is not a private residence

At this time, it was dinner time, and the deputy prime minister of the dynasty was sitting at the table with his family, facing the food on the table without any appetite, put down the dishes and chopsticks, left the dining room, and stepped out of the room to stand under the eaves, with a heavy heart. The more he thought about what happened today, the more he was afraid, and the official family convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss Inner Zen, but Geng Nanzhong and others strongly opposed it, and finally overwhelmed the voices in favor of Zen.

Or someone is still in the dark, but he sees it clearly. The officials deliberately set a trap to let the unknown Manchu civil and military forces use Geng Nanzhong to deal with political opponents, and it is believed that in just one or two days, a major purge will begin in the DPRK and China.

Although he did not express any opinions, but as a minister who is not openly attached to Geng Nanzhong, it is inevitable that he will not encounter disasters Xu Han, Qin Hui and others. I am afraid that it will be the primary target of this purge

After this incident, Geng Nanzhong will establish absolute authority in the court, no one can help him and the official family is sick, this government, I am afraid that only Geng Nanzhong dominates himself as the deputy minister, except for asking for release, it seems that there are not many choices.

A rush of footsteps pulled him back from his deep thoughts, and when he looked closely, it was Menzi who stepped over from the courtyard and reported: "Xianggong, there is an official surnamed Qin outside who asks to see him." ”

Zhu Shengfei didn't react for a while, surnamed Qin? My relatives and friends don't seem to have the surname Qin, right? After thinking about it for a while, when he was about to refuse, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Qin Hui must be his court today, he didn't say a word, and now he came to the door again, what do you want? To see or not to see?

After a short period of thought, Zhu Shengfei felt that there was no need to provoke such a commotion. Qin Hui has been stared at by Geng Nanzhong to death, it has been these two days since he had an accident, and now when he sees him, he will only get into trouble and say: "No." ”

Menzi took the order and left, but Zhu Shengfei didn't know why, still standing under the eaves, looking out. Sure enough, not long after, Menzi came back and reported: "That Qin official said that if the prime minister is gone, he will always wait in front of the door." ”

Zhu Shengfei's shoulders shook, and he sighed and said, "That's it, please let him in." ”

When Qin Hui's figure came into view, Zhu Shengfei immediately regretted it, he really shouldn't have seen him, he and Xu Han, now they are no different from the plague god

"Zhu Xiang, the lower officials are polite." Qin Hui went to the bottom of the steps, arched his hands back, and called loudly.

Even ordinary people who haven't read a few sentences know that when this guest enters the door, why should they be invited to the hall to sit down and have a cup of tea. But Zhu Shengfei didn't do this, he didn't move in place, his hands were behind his back, and he didn't return the salute, and said in a stiff tone: "Qin Zhongcheng visited the cold house at night, what happened?" If there is something to say, it should be said under the blue sky and white sun. ”

Qin Hui didn't mind the other party's rudeness, and he didn't ask for the treatment he deserved as a guest, so he saluted again: "It's really rude to take the liberty of coming to disturb, but it's a matter of family and country, please don't blame the minister." ”

The more Zhu Shengfei thought about it, the more he regretted it, and said a little impatiently: "There is something to say." ”

"The lower official is here to ask the prime minister to go with the lower official." Qin Hui's words seemed a little clueless.

Zhu Shengfei frowned: "Why did the original appearance go with you?" You don't have a lot to say."

"Xia Guan wants to ask the prime minister to meet someone." Qin Hui is still very stable.

It was nightfall, and in view of the sudden changes in the city today, there were few pedestrians in the market. The carriage carrying Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei was moving unhurriedly. In the car, neither of them spoke, and they couldn't see each other. When Qin Hui said who that person was, Zhu Shengfei unexpectedly agreed to come with him, and even he himself was surprised.

"Stop" Suddenly, a loud shout sounded outside the car, which immediately made the two people in the car break out in a cold sweat.

"Whoever is in the car will come down, we will search" Listening to this tone, you know that you have met the officers and soldiers of the front division of the palace

"The section level is accommodating, and the car is sitting in the ......" The driver who drove the car laughed, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by those rough soldiers. Then there was an exclamation, accompanied by a muffled sound, thinking that the coachman was dragged down The hazy fire was getting closer and closer, Qin Hui whispered: "Xianggong." ”

Zhu Shengfei gritted his teeth and lifted the half corner of the curtain. I saw that their carriage had been surrounded by soldiers, and those soldiers who were holding torches still held bright weapons in their hands

"At the feet of the bold Son of Heaven, are you waiting for a soldier or a thief" Zhu Shengfei shouted, and immediately stopped the officer who wanted to come forward to search the car.

"Who are you?" The officer asked, staring straight at him.

"This is Shangshu Zuo Cheng Zhu Shengfei, what, do you want to search?" Zhu Shengfei snorted coldly.

Shang Shu Zuocheng? Vice-minister? God, how did you bump into him? Misfortune and misfortune, this can't provoke the officer to apologize again and again, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to get out of the way.

"You'd better not trick me," Zhu Shengfei said in a deep voice after sitting back.

"Whether it's true or not, you'll know as soon as you go." Qin Hui could still laugh at this time.

Zhu Shengfei still felt uneasy, lifted the curtain and looked out, what could he see clearly at night? It's just that Ishi feels that this path is somewhat familiar. After walking for a while, the carriage stopped, Qin Hui got out of the car first, and when Zhu Shengfei landed, he finally found out where this was. What shocked him was that this place, separated from the Cai Jing Courtyard where the official family lived, was only two streets away

"Xianggong, please." Qin Hui said, led the other party to knock on the door, and walked into a house surrounded by high walls.

As soon as he entered, Zhu Shengfei found that the doors and windows of the hall were completely hidden, but it was not difficult to see from the light from the windows that it must be brightly lit inside. From time to time, there are figures flashing in the courtyard, and they are very tightly guarded

When Qin Hui opened the door, Zhu Shengfei suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, just because above the hall, dozens of people gathered together to take a closer look, all of them were the important ministers of the court, and there was a person who was on top, when Zhu Shengfei saw him clearly, he panicked and stepped forward quickly, and bowed and said: "Minister Zhu Shengfei, knock to see the Taishang Daojun"

On the other hand, Zhao Huan couldn't sleep this night. He ordered the chamberlain to turn on the lamp, helped him up, and asked, "Is there any news from the government?" ”

"Back to the official's house, there is no news." The chamberlain replied cautiously.

Zhao Huan's brows moved, and he said, "To urge Geng Nanzhong, I always feel uneasy. ”

The chamberlain led the order out of the room, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he bumped into Geng Xiang, who was panting, and said: "Xianggong, the official family just ordered the villain to go to the government to ask." ”

Geng Nanzhong estimated that he was running too fast, and he couldn't even speak, so he could only wave his hand vigorously. The chamberlain understood and hurried into the interior to report, and after a while, an edict was issued to let him enter to see the driver.

Geng Nanzhong had to hold on to the door and gasp for a while, then he reluctantly entered, looked at the official's house, beat his spirits over, plunged to the ground, and said breathlessly: "Official, it's not good."

This sentence was so shocking that Zhao Huan's soul flew out of the sky and said: "Why are you so panicked?"

"Ministers, ministers are ordered, gather hundreds of officials at night, announce, announce the three thieves...... However, there are thirty-one ministers who are missing, including the two government offices, the three ya, the Taiwan admonitions, the six departments, and the superintendents of the temples, and these thirty-one people are all ministers who are in charge of the Zen position in the day," Geng Nanzhong said weakly.

Zhao Huan was horrified, and the thirty-one important ministers were nowhere to be found, and coincidentally, all of them were ministers who advocated the Zen position, what did this mean? This means that the ministers are in tandem and want to force the palace to force Zen

"This, how is this good? Geng Qing, can you be under martial law in the whole city? Zhao Huan asked quickly.

"The minister has ordered the palace marshal Wang Zongwei to close the city gate, and martial law is imposed on the whole city, presumably these ministers are still in the city," Geng Nanzhong said.

Zhao Huan listened, he was speechless for a while, his teeth were gritted, and after a while, he said categorically: "To search for Wang Zongwei to search in person is to search every household in Hangzhou City, and to find out these rebels."

"Obey," Geng Nanzhong replied.

Zhao Huan suddenly remembered a person, and couldn't help but tremble, bad those rebel ministers wanted to do something, most of them went to look for him, and hurriedly said: "Let Huang Qianshan take someone to Geling to hug Pulu and welcome the Emperor Taishang back to the city."

Geng Nanzhong's eyes widened, which also meant the seriousness of the problem, the emperor and the rebels wanted to do something, only the emperor nodded to give them legal status, how to forget this section and stand up, and when he was about to go out, he said: "Official, if the emperor refuses to ......"

"Then tell Taishang, saying that there are people in the court who are in trouble, and I am afraid that it will endanger Daojun, and ask him to return to the city" Zhao Huan gritted his teeth and said What did I think, why did I allow him to live in Geling in the first place? He should have been kept under my nose

Geng Nanzhong limped and left in a panic.

Zhao Huan was anxious and frightened, trembling all over: "Rebels, rebels catch you, I, I want to ......"

In the middle of the night, the city of Hangzhou, which should have been quiet, suddenly became agitated, and the officers and soldiers of the front division of the palace were fighting with open fire, searching door to door, whether it was you a peddler or a pawn, or a dignitary, without exception, a huge Hangzhou city, and suddenly the chickens and dogs jumped

At the same time, on the post road more than ten miles away from Hangzhou City, a fiery red dragon was winding and circling

Xu Shao, who was dressed in a purple official robe, rode a high-headed horse, and behind him, there were countless moving heads under the firelight, and the armor on the soldiers and the weapons in their hands reflected a dazzling light

The closest general to Xu Shao, extremely powerful wearing an iron armor, holding a mixed iron gun, a helmet covering the sun on his head, straddle a yellow fat horse, thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of beard, is the right army of the Tokyo Left Behind Division under the same command, Wang Gui

"Xianggong, how far is it to go to Hangzhou?" Wang Gui asked. When Xu Shao appeared in front of him not long ago, showing the emperor's edict and asking him to send troops to the line, he agreed without much thought. First, Xu Shao was his old commander, and when he stayed in Tokyo, Xu Shao vigorously reorganized the army, enhanced his combat power, and had a high prestige in the army; Second, Geng Nanzhong ignored the soldiers, did not reward his merits, did not punish his mistakes, and racked his brains to install his cronies in the various armies in Jiangnan. This made the generals extremely angry, especially the Orihiko quality, and the army had no leader, and they were all panicked.

"More than ten miles." Xu Shao replied casually. At this time, he was so anxious that the official family and Geng Nanzhong must have noticed that something was wrong, they would definitely try their best to prevent the Emperor Taishang and many colleagues from being in the city, in case they were preempted by the other party, the consequences would be unimaginable

As soon as I thought of this, I couldn't help but order: "If you are too late, you will change"

In the city, in the middle of the night, Hangzhou had already turned over the internal security troops of the front division of the Heavenly Temple to search door to door, and soon gathered dozens of ministers from all directions to the center of the city, the target was very obvious, and it was not very difficult at all.

At this time, in the deep house that was only two streets away from Cai Jing's courtyard, the emperor Zhao Ji had already finished discussing with the ministers, and officially decided to support the crown prince Zhao Chen to ascend the throne and replace the government

This is a long night, after the matter is discussed, what they have to do, is to wait, in the torment of waiting this is a big thing to stab the sky, the slightest carelessness, the disaster of the people present, the vast majority of them are not for personal gain, they agree with the emperor Zen in the prince, but from the overall situation. But things have evolved to the present, this emperor and thirty-four ministers have become grasshoppers on a rope, which is all due to the official family and Geng Nanzhong, therefore, the success or failure of this deed is not only related to the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, but also related to the future and life of the ministers

"Why haven't you come yet? Did something happen to Xu Shao? "Those who are anxious have begun to think crankily.

"Don't worry, Xu Shao has always been serious, he once stayed in Tokyo, and Wang Gui in Yuhang is his old department, and he is also the emperor's edict, so it shouldn't be." Someone persuaded.

As he was talking, the door opened, and a person hurriedly entered, reporting loudly: "It's not good, the officers and soldiers are searching the city, and they want to come here immediately if the incident is leaked."

One stone startled a thousand waves, and the pot exploded at that time, and all the ministers talked about it, and they all looked extremely excited, and the face of Zhao Ji, the high-ranking Taoist, changed, he knew that this was his son who was going to take the lead

Zhu Shengfei said at this time: "The Emperor Taishang's affairs are in danger."

The ministers asked one after another, and when Zhao Ji had no idea for a while and was hesitating, there was a knock on the door outside, and the shouts were loud, and there was a sudden chaos in the hall, and all the ministers asked Taishang Daojun to make a decision quickly

"The matter has come to this, and I have to send you to the palace immediately to support the crown prince and replace the government," Zhao Ji gritted his teeth. "Zhu Shengfei"

"The Minister"

"Receiving the edict" Zhao Ji picked up the edict drafted by himself from the case in front of him.

Zhu Shengfei strode forward, bowed his head to take over the edict of the Emperor Taishang, and said to a group of colleagues: "You go to the palace with your own minister"

"Go to the palace," the ministers shouted.

Outside the door, it has long been surrounded by the officers and soldiers in front of the palace. Dozens of torches lit up the street, and several officers were calling for the door in front of them, but the door was about to be smashed and no one came to open it. This made the leading general very suspicious, pulled out his saber, and said sharply: "Collision"

As the words fell, the door suddenly opened

The general fixed his eyes and saw only one person, wearing an official robe, with a head on his head, one hand on the hem of his clothes, and the other hand holding an object, leading a large group of people in official uniforms to rush out of the door.

This sentence is not trivial, but it can make the soldiers around the gate stunned, and who else dares to take a step forward? The soldiers blocking the door involuntarily retreated, and they all turned their eyes to the leading general to see how he showed it

The general was also at a loss, and the order he got was to search for the rebel ministers who intended to commit rebellion in the court, but now, people claim that there is an edict from the Emperor Taishang to support the new monarch, and this situation is not something that he can judge as a military minister, and when it is difficult to ride a tiger, he only heard a voice in the crowd saying: "Dare to be Zhang Zhongxiong, the Marquis of Yu, the former secretary of the palace?" ”

Zhang Zhongxiong is the second son of the late Shaobao Zhang Shuye. In that year, Uncle Zhang stayed in Xijing at night, and after Zhao Huan decided to tour the south, he brought his second son and led the troops of the Xijing Left-behind Division to escort him. As for Xing, this army, which did not have any Shantou faction, was regarded as a guard by Zhao Huan, and the Chang Jie army under the command of He Ji jointly guarded the safety of Xing.

A few days ago, after He Ji was transferred, he and his brother led the army into Hangzhou and became the pro-army of the Son of Heaven