Chapter 499: Coup d'état (Medium)

Zhang Zhongxiong looked for prestige, but there were too many people to see it really, so he replied: "Exactly"

The person who spoke stood up, but it was the former privy envoy, and before Xu Han, the current pacification envoy of Guangdong, the privy envoy Zhi Yanzhi led the anti-Jin in Zhenjiang Mansion, and all the affairs of the privy government were handled by him, how could Zhang Zhongxiong not recognize it?

"The official family can't be governed, and the Geng thief is in trouble with the country, and now we have obtained the edict of the Emperor Taishang, and support the crown prince to ascend the throne to you, and quickly lead the army to accompany you and go to the palace" Xu Hanren was originally very square, and he did not regard himself as a pacification envoy in Guangdong, or a tone of the head of the Western Mansion. (Niu Wen ~ Net)

Zhang Zhongxiong is not confused, thinking that now that the Privy Council has no owner, Liu Yanqing, the Privy Council Minister, can't control me, you have stepped down, why should I listen to you? You said that there is an edict from the emperor, why didn't I see it?

He didn't dare to say these words clearly, so he was silent and thought hard about countermeasures. When Zhu Shengfei saw this situation, he raised the edict in his hand and spread it in all directions: "All the armies see the truth, who dares to stop the emperor's edict here?"

His status is not the same, and the serious minister Zhang Zhongxiong hesitated again and again, got off the horse, because he was in armor, he did not give full courtesy, only hugged his fists and said: "Chiefs, I came to do my duty on the orders of the king's palace marshal, and I dare not be the lord and dare not embarrass the chief, and I dare not let you go forward, please forgive me."

As soon as the ministers heard his words, their color suddenly changed, and Zhu Shengfei couldn't help asking, "Then what do you want?" ”

"Please stay for a while, and send someone to invite Wang Dianshuai," Zhang Zhongxiong said loudly. He really couldn't afford it, so he could only ask Wang Zongmao to come up with ideas.

Zhu Shengfei listened, and was anxious Wang Zongwei is the uncle of the official family, and he has always been very trusted, if he comes, everything will be closed

At this time, one person in the crowd shouted: "Does Zhang Er recognize this official?"

Zhang Zhongxiong fixed his eyes and bowed his head and said: "In the past, my father was the prefect of Jinan, and the public was the secretary, how can I not recognize it?" ”

"That's good, your ancestor Zhang Taishi, the Zhenzong Dynasty is the head of the Western Mansion, who in the world doesn't respect it? Your father Zhang Shaobao, suppressed the thieves in Shandong, fought in the Central Plains, guarded Xijing, and bravely went to the national disaster What a loyal and righteous Manchu dynasty, who does not praise? Today, Geng Nanzhong took advantage of the fact that the official family was sick and could not see things, playing with power tricks and corrupting the dynasty, so that after the heavens were angry and people complained that you were loyal, how could you dare to stop it? "Since this person has worked with Uncle Zhang at night, he naturally knows the details of the other party. Zhang Zhongxiong's ancestor Zhang Qi was a famous minister of Song Zhenzong, not to mention his father Zhang Shuye.

Zhang Zhongxiong was reprimanded by him and was speechless. Thinking about it, this great change has occurred in the court, I am a military minister, or don't stir up the good Geng Nanzhong's behavior is well known, if I help him, it is no different from helping. These chiefs, since they have won the emperor's edict and want to support the new king, if I stop them, won't I ruin the reputation of my father's loyalty?

When he was weighing, Zhu Shengfei seized the opportunity and shouted: "Measure a martial artist, dare to stop me from waiting for Zai to go", and strode forward and behind dozens of ministers, following closely

The most practical soldier, he must not go to the peak to order, and he will never let go, so he put the sharp spears flat, intending to prevent Zhang Zhongxiong from seeing it, and hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the way"

The soldiers retreated to the side and made way of the way, and Zhu Shengfei held up the edict and led thirty-two ministers to march towards the temporary palace two blocks away

The two streets are not far away, but in the eyes of the ministers, this short distance has not reached the dark street for most of the day, only a burst of broken footsteps was heard, and no one spoke. It is unknown whether it will be a victory or a defeat. If he wins, then on the side of the Qing monarch, Su Zheng Chaogang and my net worth of lives will also be preserved, if we are defeated, we will inevitably run away, and we will not be recorded for the rest of our lives, and the world will also be in a mess

After a while, when the Caijing Courtyard, where the Son of Heaven lived, was already looking at the situation and waiting to see the situation clearly, the officials couldn't help but gasp The temporary palace was surrounded by the three layers of the ironclad samurai, and the three layers were outside, and the lanterns and torches reflected the surroundings as if it were day

"Zhu Xiang, what should I do?" Someone asked in a whisper.

"What can I do" Zhu Shengfei gritted his teeth and said, when the matter came to this point, there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and he had to go on the scalp

Soon, there was a commotion among the soldiers guarding the palace, and they noticed that the crowd was approaching, and they saw that these people were all wearing official uniforms, and they were all ministers of the court

An officer walked out of the human wall and looked at the scene in amazement. He received an order that someone in the city was in rebellion, and he was asked to lead an army to guard the palace of the Son of Heaven. But dozens of ministers in front of him, many of whom are in high positions, what do they want to break into the palace late at night? The one who is at the forefront is not Shangshu Zuo Cheng Zhu Shengfei, and Qin Hui in the imperial history?

"Feng Tai Emperor Ming edict, the side of the Qing monarch, support the crown prince, you don't want to dodge" Zhu Shengfei shouted loudly.

The officer was dumbfounded, and he couldn't react for a while, and the soldiers were also shocked and at a loss, at this time, a general rushed out of the palace, and shouted hysterically: "The rebels are in chaos, and the officials have a will, so they will take the brothers immediately."

But when he howled, not a single soldier dared to go forward, and the frightened officer stepped forward and said, "Sir, Zhu Xiang is holding the edict of the Emperor Taishang in his hand."

"Slap" was a resounding slap that made the officer dizzy

"What is the emperor's edict, this group of rebels didn't hear my order, take it" The general is the deputy commander of the palace

"Sun Zheng opened your dog's eyes and looked carefully" Zhu Shengfei shouted and took a few steps forward, unfolded the edict in his hand, held it high above his head, and showed the army

Anyone who knew how to read saw that the edict was clearly written and stamped with the seal of the Taishang Daojun. And in the hands of the ruling minister, how can it be faked?

Sun Zheng turned a blind eye, just blindly drank and ordered the soldiers to come forward to arrest Qin Hui and other ministers, and drank to make them fight back, and the officers and soldiers were blocked at both ends, and they didn't know how to deal with themselves

When they couldn't hold each other, only the sound of hooves was loud, everyone looked back, on the street behind them, the soldiers were swarming with torches in their hands, under the firelight, a person wearing a purple robe, a gold belt around his waist, and even his head ran away, who is not the palace marshal Wang Zongmao?

This night, the palace marshal was busy enough, running around in the city of Hangzhou, not for the side, just to keep his nephew's throne As soon as he heard that the "rebel ministers" broke into the palace, he hurriedly led the generals to come. Ran to the front, stopped the reins, and panted: "Sun Zheng's rebels have appeared, why don't you catch it?"

Zhu Shengfei raised the edict and said loudly: "The emperor is here."

Wang Zongwei was taken aback, he was the emperor's own uncle, and he was also the brother-in-law of the emperor, and he belonged to the emperor's relatives. This matter troubled the brother-in-law to issue an edict to pass on the throne of his nephew to the crown prince, how can this be good?

After thinking for a while, the emperor was already on the throne, and he made it clear that in addition to religion, how could he take care of this matter in advance? The Son of Heaven is my nephew, and with him, I will have my status, and if these people succeed, I will not be able to go far away from the poor mountains and rivers

"Guolai Changjun is alive today, and if you start an incident, you will seek rebellion and say more, and you will arrest the generals and give them to the commander," Wang Zongmao said sharply.

He is the commander of the palace and the former commander of the palace, and he has the respect of the uncle, and the weight of what he said is naturally different, and the soldiers listened to the military order, and they were about to move for a while, just at this time, Geng Nanzhong, who heard the news, hurriedly turned from the capital to the Yamen

When the enemy saw each other, the thirty-three ministers were very emotional, and they shouted and scolded the traitors

Geng Nanzhong's pockmarked face was twisted into a ball, and he said with a hideous face: "Take down a rebel minister and send it to Dali Temple."

The prime minister spoke, and the soldiers did not hesitate, and swarmed up to the palace, and the former deputy commander of the palace, Sun Zheng, although he was a military minister, was a treacherous and slippery person, he knew that the edict of the emperor in Zhu Shengfei's hand was a big scourge, so he rushed over, saw Zhu Shengfei, and was about to grab the edict

Zhu Shengfei was squeezed and staggered, holding on to the edict, Sun Zheng punched his black yarn away, kicked him to the ground, pulled the edict and desperately snatched Zhu Shengfei scolded: "The traitor misunderstands the country, the traitor misunderstands the country" just doesn't let go

The other ministers were angry and faced with the soldiers who rushed over, but they were not afraid of death and were weak, and they formed a human wall with the strong weapons of the opposite side, desperately blocking it

Geng Nanzhong jumped like thunder outside the court, and kept shouting: "Take it all, take it all"

When he learned that the ministers headed by Zhu Shengfei and Qin Hui and others had obtained the edict of the Emperor Taishang and wanted to support the crown prince, he was furious and sent the inner servants to go out to inquire about the news, knowing that Geng Nanzhong and Wang Zongmao both rushed to the scene and were commanding the soldiers to arrest them, so he was a little relieved that he let the inner servants write a draft edict at that time, and prepared to issue an edict to Dali Temple Qing Wan Qiao, instructing how the case should be tried

Just when Zhu Shengfei and other ministers were confronting the officers and soldiers outside the palace, the first part of the right army of the former Tokyo Left-behind Division led by Xu Shao had arrived at the city of Hangzhou

Thousands of soldiers and horses appeared in open flames, so that the officers and soldiers of the palace at the head of the city quickly reported to the guards as if they were facing a great enemy

In a room, the lights were bright, and there was a warrior in front of the table, over forty years old, six feet long, full of armor, and his right hand never left the hilt of his sword. With a square face, a thick beard, a pair of eyes as bright as light, and his left hand propped up on the table, he could think of something.

Outside the door, Zhang Zhongxiong, who had just stopped Zhu Shengfei and the others, hurriedly came in and called: "Big brother has an accident"

That person is the eldest son of the late Shaobao Zhang Shuye, Zhang Bofen, and now the deputy commander of the Infantry Division of the Guard, the pro-army, and the commander of the Infantry Division. Hearing his brother's words, he turned his head and asked, "What?" ”

"The ministers headed by Shangshu Zuocheng Zhu Shengfei have won the edict of the Emperor Taishang and want to support the crown prince," Zhang Zhongxiong said quickly.

Zhang Bofen was shocked that this was going to launch a coup d'état, and he immediately asked, "In what name?" ”

"One is that Geng Nanzhong is in power and brings harm to the country, and the other is that the official family cannot see things, so they want to support a new monarch," Zhang Zhongxiong replied.

Zhang Bofen has been with his father for a long time, and Yu Chaozheng has quite an opinion, and when he heard this, he nodded and said: "It is true that the teacher is famous, how did you do it?" ”

"This, I'm just a martial artist, how dare I get involved in such a thing? He let Zhu Shengfei and his ministers go, and they neither stopped nor defected. Zhang Zhongxiong said helplessly.

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Bofen slapped his palm on the table: "Brother, you are confused"

Zhang Zhongxiong's face turned white with horror, and he lost his voice: "Brother, what's the matter, you're confused?" ”

"You think that if you don't block or obey, you are neutral? Have you forgotten what the military order you were given? If you don't arrest Zhu Shengfei and others, can the palace marshal of the festival let you go? Take a step back and say, Wang Dianshuai let you go, can Geng Xiang spare you? Don't say it's you, it's your brother, and you're going to be implicated," Zhang Bofen said sadly.

Zhang Zhongxiong was shocked, our brothers escorted the official family all the way to Fuzhou, who Geng Nanzhong is, he knows best, that is a ruthless gangster, killing people without seeing blood, it is over, why didn't I think of it, but the matter has been done, regret is useless

"Brother Geng Nanzhong is true to get power, and Zhu Shengfei and others have the edict of the emperor, and they want to support the crown prince, and when the name is right, the surname Geng is ......"

He didn't finish speaking, and was truncated by his brother: "You don't understand Zhu Xiang and others, but they are just scholars, can they beat Geng Nanzhong?" Can you fight the official family? More than 1,000 troops in front of the palace will be impassable inside and outside the palace, and they will collide head-on, and they will be undefeated to blame the scholarly business, the scholarly business."

Zhang Zhongxiong was speechless and asked: "How is that good?" ”

Zhang Bo couldn't answer in time, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside, and the general rushed into the door, and pointed out in a panic and said: "It's not good to have a large army coming to the city."

Zhang Bofen's face was cloudy, and the soldiers were coming to the city? Who brought the soldiers? Who are you rushing to? Suddenly, his heart moved, and he said loudly: "Go"

When his two brothers hurried up to the city, they saw a fire under the city, and a column of armor soldiers was already lined up in front of the city, and a row of horseback generals approached the moat, and there was a man in it, not wearing military uniforms, but wearing purple official robes, surrounded by the generals, obviously the leader.

Zhang Bo leaned on the city and looked, and after a while, he shouted down: "Who is in the city late at night attacking the heavy land, is it trying to rebel?"

"This official Xu Shao dares to ask the city, who is it?" There was a shout from the city.

"Xu Shao? Brother, it's Xu Shao," Zhang Zhongxiong exclaimed.

Zhang Bofen didn't pay attention to him, and shouted down: "Humble Zhang Bofen, he was ordered to guard the city, martial law, and forbidden to enter and leave the prime minister as an important minister of the country, how to bring troops to come late at night?" ”

Xu Shao under the city, when he heard that it was Zhang Bofen, the breath he was holding in his heart was half relieved. hurriedly shouted: "It turns out that Zhang Shaobao's son is a virtuous nephew, this official has a word, you and the army listen quietly"

"Listen," Zhang Bofen responded.

"Today, the Geng thief is in power, making waves in the court, excluding dissidents and making the court smoky, and the officials are separated from the German officials' families and suffer from wind diseases, unable to govern, and promote the arrogance of traitors, the country is in danger like a tired egg, and the people of insight in the court are invited, please get the emperor's edict, and want to clear the side of the monarch, support the prince Jin Shao was ordered by the edict to lead the army to come, not to make chaos, but to protect the virtuous nephew of the society, and to quickly open the city" Xu Shao's voice spread to all directions

Zhang Bofen was silent for a while, and replied after a while: "The prime minister's humble position is just a martial artist, and he does not dare to interfere in the government's affairs, but his order is to obey the existing military orders from above, and it is strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and he does not dare to let him go, please forgive me."

Xu Shao was in a hurry, Zhang Bofen did not open the city, and if Wang Gui's 4,000 soldiers attacked strongly, they would not be able to capture it, and even if they were captured, the city would already be a foregone conclusion, and I would have to be charged with rebellion

gritted his teeth and continued to shout: "Virtuous nephew, you and me, originally befriended me as an elder, and will never harm you Geng thief to disturb the court, and do not sympathize with the soldiers, you should empathize, how to help your father Jiuquan to know, how can you turn a blind eye"

When Uncle Zhang was alive, he had an old relationship with Xu Zhang, and he admired Xu Jiu very much, and helped him many times. Therefore, Xu Shao said that the Xu and Zhang families were originally good friends and had a relationship.

Zhang Bofen seemed unmoved, and only replied: "Please don't be embarrassed and humble."

Zhang Zhongxiong, who had been listening to the side, was so anxious that he couldn't help it, and persuaded: "Brother, the Xu family has an old relationship with our Zhang family, Xu Shao is Xu Jiu's own uncle, and when his father was alive, he often praised him, saying that the Xu family was all pillar ministers. He is bringing troops here today, and you and I should not be hindered by public or private affairs."

"You know a fart, I still have to wait for him to say a word," Zhang Bofen said.

Sure enough, that phrase came right away

"Virtuous nephew, don't worry, as a military minister, you act on orders, if you can understand the righteousness and turn the tide, you will have a great contribution to the society, and the virtuous nephew will open the city quickly, and it will change later" Xu Shao's voice was almost hoarse.

But there was no movement in the city and waited for a long time, and Wang Gui next to him heard the fire and said angrily: "Mother, if he doesn't open the city, he will order ......."

Xu Shao immediately stopped him: "You have 4,000 soldiers, and you have not brought large equipment, although this Hangzhou City is not a fortress, it is not easy to capture it."

"Xianggong, this Uncle Zhang has been driving with the saint for a long time, so he is naturally different from us. No matter how much Geng Nanzhong doesn't care about the soldiers, it is impossible not to take care of them, he is definitely a thief in his heart, and he will never open the city," Wang Gui said urgently.

Xu Shao raised his hand and motioned for him not to speak.

Four thousand soldiers, just waiting outside the city, Xu Shao's eyes never left the city for a moment, time passed quietly, and there was still no movement in the city

"Big brother, let's open the city, it's too late, ......," Zhang Zhongxiong persuaded again.

"Alas, you, tonight, if it weren't for your bad things......" Zhang Bofen pointed at his brother and shook his head. Since Zhongxiong did not prevent the arrest of Zhu Shengfei and other ministers, he could not tolerate Geng Nanzhong, he was his own brother, and he would inevitably be implicated Now, if our brothers want to protect themselves, there is only one way to go

Outside the city, just as Xu Shao was anxiously waiting, and the generals were about to lose patience, they suddenly heard a sound, and the suspension bridge hanging over the moat slowly fell

A thunderous cheer erupted in the military array outside the city, Xu Shao's eyes flashed, he was overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "Enter the city"