"Faint king, take your life to ......"

Just as Zhu Youxiao turned the reins and was about to leave, a hoarse shout came from the west, and before he could react, he was pulled off his horse and fell heavily on a human pad.

"Escort, escort."

Then, Zhu Youxiao found that he was pulled up again, not who Ji Yong was before.

It turned out that after Ji Yongfu Tianzi got on the horse, he saw the abnormal movement of the Tiqi who was on guard on the periphery, and pulled the Tianzi off the horse while shouting 'escort' to avoid the bow and arrows. After getting up, the chamberlain, who had undergone a short period of training, quickly surrounded the two of them in the center, forming a two-meter-diameter human wall and meat shield, and even the guards with knives, Zhu Yuanchen and others, were also blocked.

Zhu Youxiao found that he had been surrounded by more than a dozen inner guards, and only heard the sound of Jin Ge with the sword out of the sheath and Luo Sigong's angry shout outside, "Quick, stop his mouth and keep his mouth alive." ”

"Dog Emperor...... Woohoo......"

"What's going on?" Zhu Youxiao had already recovered from the unexpected change just now, and asked Ji Yong, who was protecting himself.

Ji Yongren was tall and big, and after peeking out with his feet, he bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, it was Tiqi who wanted to assassinate, and the person was already captured." ”

"Jin Yiwei?" Zhu Youxiao never expected that it would be a pro-army assassination, so wouldn't he be worried about his life at any time, and secretly scolded in his heart, 'I bought a watch last year', because being betrayed by a trusted person is the most disgusting.

"The situation outside is unknown, I don't know if it's a cavalry or a pretend, no matter which case, Luo Sigong can't escape the involvement, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, the slaves and ministers will protect the emperor to Yong'an, and then make plans after entering the city."

Yong'an City is the seat of Changping Prefecture Prefecture, in the southeast of the Red Gate of the Imperial Tomb, in the 39th year of Jiajing, Changping, which originally belonged to Jizhen Town, was set up as Changzhen alone, and a member of the general military officer of the town guard was set up, and it was controlled by the governor of Shuntian.

The area under the jurisdiction of Changzhen is east to Bohai, west to the town border city, Tianshou Mountain, Juyongguan and the garrison are all under the command, when the officers and soldiers of the nine towns were rewarded before, there were 24,049 officers and soldiers, and it was an important military town. The four towns of Changzhen, Jizhen, Yongping, and Miyun joined forces with the Beijing camp to defend the Beijing Division.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know anything about the situation outside, and was hesitating whether to retreat into Yong'an City to make another calculation, when Yang Lian's shout came from outside the human wall, "Your Majesty, is the emperor okay?" Get out of the way. ”

Zhu Youxiao wanted to break through the human wall, but was stopped by Ji Yong, "Your Majesty, beware of fraud." ”

Judging from Yang Lian's words and deeds before and after, he is a typical Wenchen: he compares himself to the wind music, and intends to realize his political ambitions by 'assisting the Ming Lord Yingjun'. Since Zhu Youxiao's reign, it can be seen from the administrative decree that he is neither a debaucher nor a tyrannical king, and Yang Lian has no reason to rebel.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said, "Yang Lian is a loyal minister. ”

Yang Lian was put into the human wall, and when he saw that the Son of Heaven was safe and sound, the stone in his heart fell to the ground, ignoring the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and said bluntly, "The emperor is frightened, and the crazy people outside have been arrested, but I don't know if there are any comrades in the forbidden army, so the ministers ask the emperor to retreat to Yong'an for the time being, and then make plans after finding out the situation of the Jingshi." ”

Zhu You felt that Ji Yong was making a big fuss, and seeing that Yang Lian was also so cautious, he had to agree, "Ji Yong also has the same meaning as Kechen, but Daqixun ......"

Yang Lian, as a military capital, naturally understands the general, and explained, "Daqixun is the second son of Dayun, loyal to his father, brave through the three armies, and has guarded the northwest frontier in recent years, with great achievements. In February this year, when the temple was in full swing, the left deputy general of the Shenshu battalion served as the chief military officer to guard the Yong and Changping land, which could be trusted. ”

The ancestor of Dayun was a native of Hami Wu'er (called Uighur in the Song Dynasty, and transliterated by Weiwu and Weiwu), who was born in Liangzhou during the Hongwu period, and was already the sixth generation in his generation. In Wanli, Dayun guarded the northwest frontier for decades without defeat, and was actually the crown of the border generals for a while, and later died of illness in the army (1609).

Daqixun inherited his father's shadow in May of the 24th year of Wanli and was hereditary under the command of Liangzhou Wei, and is now the chief soldier of Changping, under the command of Li Jin, the governor of Shuntian.

Zhu Youxiao had learned about Da Qixun's resume when he met with him before, and knew that he had been dismissed as 'greedy' in the 35th year of Wanli, so he was suspicious of Yang Lian's 'Yongguan Three Army', but after thinking about it, the temple could be entrusted with a heavy task when he was seriously ill, and it had to be said that it was an affirmation of his loyalty.

Just as Zhu Youxiao was about to make a decision, Luo Sigong had already come to the outside of the human wall, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the assassin is not a horseman, but a fool of the people, and he has been arrested, please ask the emperor to restrain the crime of laxity." ”

Zuo Guangdou, Sun Ruyou, and Fang Congzhe saw that the situation seemed to be under control, and they also stepped forward, ignoring Luo Sigong who was kneeling on the ground, and waited for a response from inside the human wall.

The human wall was made way of the way, and Ji Yong and Yang Lian blocked in front of Zhu Youxiao left and right, except for the whining sound in the distance, there was a deathly silence.

Zhu Youxiao stared at Luo Sigong tightly from the gap, "Treat the traitor first, and Zuo Guangdou can be there." ”

"The minister is here."

"I took the jade seal with me, returned to Beijing immediately, and ordered Lu Shou, Sun Chengzong and others to strictly investigate the imperial city Jinwu and other guards with the celebrant supervisor; ordered Liu Yixian, Han Yi, Zhang Weixian, and Huang Jiashan of the Military Department, Zhang Wenda of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other personnel of the Five Cities to clear the books of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Shenshu, and the Five Military Camps. Ordered the Yamen to lead the patrols, patrols and other officials to strictly punish thieves and spies. ”

Zuo Guangdou took the jade seal, felt that the movement was too big, and it was extremely inappropriate, so he advised, "Your Majesty, can you go back to Beijing and discuss it again?" ”

Yang Lian heard the intention from Zhu Youxiao's series of orders, and said, "The pro-army is related to the safety of the Son of Heaven, and now the traitors are mixed, it can be seen that the forbidden brigade is extremely empty, and the guards have accumulated disadvantages for a long time, if you don't take the opportunity to rectify it, you know that today's incident will not be repeated?" ”

Zhu Youxiao saw that there was nothing abnormal outside, and walked from behind Yang Lian to Zuo Guangdou, "Act according to the order, in addition, there is no mistake in passing on the Shuntian Governor Li Jin, the celebrant Wang Chengen, the Dongchang Zou Yi, the inner school Sun Chuanting, and Xu Guo going to Yong'an City at full speed." ”

"Commandment."

…

After Zuo Guangdou left quickly, Zhu Youxiao went to Yong'an City under the escort of more than 30 people, including Ji Yong, Yang Lian, and Fang Congzhe.

Luo Sigong knelt alone in place, at a loss for a moment, and hundreds of horsemen also stood in place, not knowing where to go.

……

After Zhu Youxiao arrived in Yong'an City, Da Qixun, who had heard the news, was welcomed into the General Military Mansion in the first lane of the east of Xincheng Street in the city.

Yong'an City was built at the beginning of Jingtai, it is a longitudinal rectangle, and there are strange ten miles around the city; Because the north is a mountain, there are only three city gates, all of which are heavy gates; The city wall is 2 zhang and 1 foot high, and there are arrow towers around it; The tower (lookout) is different from the city wall built elsewhere, the Yongan tower is built in the center of the city, divided into three floors, six zhang high, Tianshun three years (1459) was built.

Because it is often responsible for receiving sacrificial officials, there are Hanlin Academy, Six Branches, Guanglu Temple, the Four Divisions of the Ministry of Officials and other mansions and household divisions, eunuch factories (the east of the Red Gate is the upper factory, and the west wall of Ruiguang Temple is the lower factory) and other institutions.

Changling, Xianling, Jingling Shouling three guards stationed in the city, the first year of Wanli, because of the increase in the garrison of the Lingwei in the city, and in the southeast of the state city to build a new city, Yuling, Maoling, Tailing, Ningling, Yongling five guards in the city, these eight Lingling guards are all in the city, each leader left and right in the front and back five thousand households (Changling Weiling seven, in the north of the tower).

At the time of Jiajing, like the Tianxia Guards, there were not enough sergeants in the Ling Army, and there was a saying that 'the army of the Eight Guards of the Protector Army was less than 10,000 in number'; and because of the fact that the camp was in name only, the officials did not know how to do military affairs, and the officials sold their official positions, this Ling army had no combat power.

In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Tatar invaded from Juyong Pass to the south, and some people and horses arrived at Dongshan Pass, but "the people of the tomb guards, none of them insisted on standing up to the emperor", so they had to allocate three groups of men and horses from Beijing to the Dahongmen and the East and West Mountain Pass to defend, and then because the Tatars did not go deep, the imperial tomb avoided a catastrophe.

Afterwards, the superintendent and the governor agreed according to the title of the court, and drew out the eight guards, and set up a general soldier to lead the Yongan battalion of 4,000, a garrison member of the Gonghua battalion of 3,000, and a guerrilla member to receive another 3,000.

At present, the Jiuling (Zengzhao Tomb) guards who have not been incorporated into the camp have a total of 6,204 people, and there are more than ten kinds of division of labor, such as the Zhuling Shrine Supervision Army, the Mountain Patrol Army, and the Concubine Tomb Army.

……

After Da Qixun and Fang Congzhe and others made arrangements, Yongan immediately entered a state of imminent battle, not only the city gate was closed, but the towers and street entrances were guarded by officers and soldiers of Changzhen. The outside of the general soldier's mansion is several layers inside and outside, and it is tightly surrounded; In the General Army's Mansion, the original subordinates and miscellaneous servants were all driven away, except for the previous Son of Heaven's subordinates, there were no idle miscellaneous people.

In the lobby of the General Soldier's Mansion, after Daqixun saw the salute, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting behind the handsome case, did not see the presence of the mausoleum supervisor and asked, "What about Zhang Jinzhi?" Dingling Baoding top fill is not seen as its supervisor, why is there no trace here. ”

After six generations of intermarriage with the Han people, when he arrived at Qixun, his appearance was no different from that of the Han people, he was wearing Mingguang armor fifty miles away, and his demeanor was not muddy, "Back to the emperor, Eunuch Zhang was surrounded by more than 500 people such as Guo Xiaosi in the lower factory, and he couldn't get out." ”

"Rebellion?"

"Reward."

Zhu Youxiao was confused, "Be more detailed." ”

"The emperor used gold to pay the border soldiers, and when he traveled to Changping, Guo Xiaosi pretended to be forced to go to the drill, and pointed out the number to recruit the Jiuling Protector to support the crowd to coerce them, and treated them equally with the camp road."

Fang Congzhe saw that Zhu Youxiao's face was not good, and said angrily, "Ridiculous, the mausoleum is heavy, the outer neighbors are in the nest, and they don't usually learn the golden drum, how can they know how to hit it?" What is the coercion? After the emperor inherited the unification, he rewarded the border army, and each member was two taels, how could it be different? As the chief military officer of Changzhen, why don't you send troops to suppress it? ”

"This ......," Daqixun didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Youxiao has experienced the 'Jinyi Wei Xing Assassination' just now, and he no longer has any illusions about the current army, and now there are waves of unevenness, knowing that if he is not properly handled, the mutiny is about to break out, so he has to be patient and said coldly, "Send someone to tie up Zhang Jinzhi and Guo Xiaosi, and I want to ask you personally." ”

"Yes."