Chapter Twenty-Three: There Are Tartars

This is the first time Zhu Youxiao walked out of the Forbidden City after coming to the Ming Dynasty, to be exact, he sat in the dragon chariot and walked out of the Forbidden City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhu Youxiao himself is a little sad when he thinks about it, as the master of this dynasty, he is like a prisoner, and he has only now had the opportunity to come out and let loose.

But he was unwilling to let go of the wind this time, because he was now like a puppet bound by all kinds of etiquette and had no freedom at all, the streets were covered with thick loess, the shops on both sides were forced to close, and the people were kneeling on both sides like wooden chickens, without the usual market atmosphere.

Zhu Youxiao himself couldn't go down, and he casually grabbed a common person and asked him if he was full of food and warm clothes.

Because, if he behaves indecently now, after the ceremony is over, there will be a large group of officials who have eaten enough and have nothing to do to impeach him as a king.

This is the difference between the Ming Emperor and the chieftain of the Daqing Kingdom, the imperial historians of the Ming Dynasty like to find the emperor's stubble, and the imperial historians of the Daqing Kingdom dare not find the emperor's stubble, unless he doesn't want his head.

Don't eat a grain of rice, don't eat a piece of meat, from the early hours of the morning to now, he has been hungry, for this sacrifice ceremony, Zhu Youxiao can understand why Emperor Zhengde hated this group of civil officials back then.

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, every feudal dynasty has a ritual of sacrificing to the sky, and the Ming Dynasty, which repeats the Chinese clothes, is even more persistent in this.

Zhu Youxiao, as the master of this country and the symbol of imperial power, did not dare to disobey, although his stomach was empty, he could only endure it.

Lu Xiangsheng, the left attendant of the military department, and Wang Chengen, the commander of Dongchang, were next to Zhu Youxiao's dragon chariot one after the other, and between them and Zhu Youxiao were 50 soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp each, but the 100 soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp were different from the soldiers and horses selected by Wang Jimo, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites yesterday.

Wang Jimo also saw this, and hurriedly walked to Lu Xiangsheng's side: "Brother Jiandou, what's going on, how can there be a hundred more soldiers and horses guarding His Majesty for no reason." ”

"Brother Roude, don't worry, this is all the trick of the prince's branch, he insisted last night that Your Majesty's safety is important, as long as one hundred households are not enough, you have to add another hundred households, the lower official has just performed his duties in the Beijing camp, and everything is not easy, so he can only listen to him, so he asked His Majesty to allow him to send an additional hundred households of soldiers and horses, so it is safer, don't you say?"

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

And Wang Jimo smiled embarrassedly, glanced at Wang Chengen behind him with bad intentions, and scolded secretly: "These damn eunuchs, none of them are good!" “

Scolding and scolding, this Wang Jimo is now difficult to ride a tiger, and it is not easy to run to Zhu Youxiao and say what he wants to do, and it is not good to transfer Houjin's eighteen Baturu to Zhu Youxiao's surroundings, so he can only walk silently.

And Zhang Yong, who followed Zhu Youxiao out of the city with hundreds of officials, didn't know that except for some small mistakes in the above arrangement, he saw that Azig and other Tartars were mixed in this long line, and he thought that there was no suspense about the success of this matter, so he couldn't help but laugh secretly, glanced at Zhu Youxiao in front of him unkindly, and scolded Zhu Youxiao in a low voice for being the dog emperor.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneeze, but in a blink of an eye, he happened to see Azig's pigtail copper coin braid that was accidentally blown by the wind.

Zhu Youxiao's heart couldn't help but tighten, he naturally knew who was wearing such ugly braids, and looking at the murderous aura on the faces of those people, he was even more sure that this ceremony of sacrificing to the sky really didn't seem to be so simple.

However, what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that even if there was a conspiracy in this heaven worship ceremony, there would be the participation of the Tartars, doesn't this mean that the Donglin Party has begun to collude with the Manchu nobles from this time, and this group of literati who have been spoiled by the Ming Dynasty really don't even have the slightest shame!

Since the streets are narrow now, Zhu Youxiao knows very well that he will expose these Tartars at this time, but he is afraid that once these Tartars get into trouble, the soldiers and horses in front and behind will not have time to protect him.

What's more, Zhu Youxiao now has no way to determine how many Tartars are mixed in these people in the Beijing camp, and when he thinks of this, he can't help but glare at Wang Jimo.

"I have to be calm now, and I have to pretend that nothing has happened", Zhu Youxiao muttered to himself secretly, and continued to walk forward from the line as if nothing happened.

Zhu Youxiao wasn't sure how many of these Tartars there were, and where they were doing it, and he didn't know how strong the combat effectiveness of his Beijing camp soldiers and horses and the Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyi Guards hidden around him was, but he had to take measures, preemptively, to catch these Tartars off guard.

Seeing that the team of the Tartar had already passed the Chengtian Gate, and his dragon chariot had just arrived at the Chengtian Gate, he pretended to be impatient and commanded to a small yellow gate:

"Go and call Lu Aiqing to me!"

Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng hurried in front of Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, what do you have to order?" ”

"There are Tartars!"

Zhu Youxiao whispered, and then pointed to the back of a tartar in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng immediately pulled out his knife and shouted: "Escort!" ”

In an instant, the Jinyi lieutenant who was carrying Zhu Youxiao's dragon chariot directly put Zhu Youxiao's dragon chariot on the ground, and then each pulled out their knives to protect them behind them, and their movements were really smooth.

"What is this?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, if even the Jinyi lieutenant who carried the dragon chariot for him reacted so quickly, it seemed that he didn't need to be so nervous.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng came over and explained: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, after the secret discussion between Weichen and the prince last night, the prince promised to let Weichen's family pretend to be a captain in brocade clothes to protect Your Majesty's safety!" ”

Only then did Zhu Youxiao see that his Jinyi lieutenant had indeed been dropped, but when he thought that these two people were loyal, he had no desire to blame.

And at this time, Azig, who was about to leave the Chengtian Gate, also shouted: "The dog emperor has discovered us, warriors, kill us directly and slaughter Zhu Youxiao!" ”

At the same time, with Lu Xiangsheng's loud shout, a hundred strong martial arts Dongchang fans dressed as soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp had already surrounded Zhu Youxiao.

In this way, it was Lu Xiangsheng and his family who protected the inner layer of Zhu Youxiao, the outer layer was Dongchang Fanzi, and the outer layer was the other Beijing camp people, and all of a sudden the entire defensive formation was like an iron bucket.

But Na Azig and his eighteen Baturu were also extremely brave, I saw that they suddenly drew their knives and slashed at the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp in front, these officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp could not react, and dozens of people were killed in an instant, and Na Azig also shot three feather arrows directly at Zhu Youxiao while slashing bravely.

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were quick, and he immediately swung his sword to cut off the three feather arrows, and personally beat the horse to command the soldiers and horses of his Beijing camp: "The archers suppress, the Shenji battalion retreats and presses the formation, don't get close to Your Majesty!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng shouted, these officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp barely restored some order, but they were soon dispersed by the Tartars, and even some officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp fled directly to the back.