It was the officers and soldiers who robbed the emperor who escorted him, to be precise, the soldiers under Sun Chongya, the commander-in-chief of the Right Association under the command of Pingyang Marquis Jin Tongwu. If you want to be more accurate, it is the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Ma Jixiang, who asked the chief soldier Sun Chongya to start the robbery, and the object of the robbery is the civil and military officials who follow the holy car to peace, and the emperor is just those robbing soldiers who do it easily. Of course, from the moment the escort soldiers changed from protectors to perpetrators, the situation was no longer under Ma Jixiang's control.

Robbing those driving officials, it sounds like Ma Jixiang is crazy, in fact, his brain is not bad, if he doesn't do it, it is likely that the soft-eared Yongli Emperor will change his mind again not to go to western Yunnan and go to Sichuanzhong, because more than ninety percent of the accompanying officials will go to cry after the Son of Heaven officially issued an edict to go to western Yunnan.

Speaking of which, Ma Jixiang also had nothing to look for, the King of Jin agreed to go to western Yunnan, and the escort of Pingyang Marquis Jin Tongwu received a warrant to send the holy driver to Yongchang in western Yunnan safely, so this matter is already a certainty, and there is no need to worry about it at all. However, Ma Jixiang was not at ease, afraid that Mu Tianbo and Fugang would still obstruct this matter, so at his strong request, the exhausted Emperor Yongli officially issued an order to inform the accompanying officials that the final destination of the holy driver's move this time was Yongchang City in western Yunnan.

As a result, most of the officials who were kept in the dark knew that they were not going to Sichuanzhong with the holy car, but to Yongchang City, the border of the barren land, and they naturally thought of the dispute between Lord Shoufu and the scholar Guo Zhiqi in Kunming a few days ago, and also thought of what the newly canonized envoy of the Yue State sent to the emperor - "Those who want the emperor to move to the west of Yunnan must be traitors, and the emperor should order the soldiers to kill this thief!" ”

"The saint listened to the horse thief Ji Xiang's words to go to western Yunnan to Burma, this is a strategy to lose the country!"

"Go to western Yunnan, the country will perish!"

Under the leadership of Liu Qing, the official of Hanlin and Hu Xian, hundreds of civil and military officials who accompanied the car broke through the Jinyi guard led by Ma Xiongfei, the brother of Ma Jixiang, and knelt in front of the car of Emperor Yongli, crying and begging the Son of Heaven to take back the edict of western Yunnan and go to Sichuan instead.

"Kunming can not be defended is already a great misfortune for the imperial court, the ministers from the Jin Dynasty agreed to the holy drive to move, but it is to hope that the holy car is fortunate to Shu instead of changing Yongchang into western Yunnan! Your Majesty is a great tomorrow, when this country is in danger, how can you easily cross the border, this move is a big disappointment at home and abroad. Although Myanmar is a vassal of a vassal country, it is really a foreign country, and rebellion is not frequent, so it is able to abide by the vassal duty and be loyal to welcome it, but my monarch and ministers are in trouble, and they are embarrassed to go to the border of other countries, so that how do other people see my monarchs and ministers? Your Majesty can't call on China and foreign countries in other countries, and if Burma claims to be in the way of our monarchs and ministers, who will protect Your Majesty's safety? ”

In the matter, Hu Xian also kowtowed and cried: "In the current situation in Yunnan, the word Zhongxing is just the words of the courtier's love for the monarch's father, but in fact, there is no idea. But outside Yunnan, there are Sichuan, Guangdong, and Jinxia, and there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty, and there are also thousands of loyal ministers and brave generals. The ministers drove here, and they had already put life and death aside, just for Your Majesty to cheer up, only for the Ming Dynasty to be able to prosper, so the ministers and others did not want Your Majesty to go to western Yunnan! The ministers thought that His Majesty should go to Sichuan, but if it didn't work, he would go to Annan to Guangdong, even if His Majesty didn't go to either, he should also insist, try his courage to lie down, and retreat and recuperate. The outside guards the pass, the inside persuades the agriculture and mulberry, and sticks to the rest of the year, waiting for the transfer of providence. Fortunately, there will be diligent kings in all directions. If the enemy is pressing, you should still take the road to Shu, and you can still be complete! ”

After speaking, Hu Xian and Liu Qing cried, and hundreds of exhortation officials also shed tears, and the howls resounded in the sky above the small Anning City.

The advice of the hundred officials made Emperor Yongli bow his head and be speechless, and he also felt ashamed, but he didn't know if he really believed Ma Jixiang's slander, or was afraid of death and was unwilling to risk going to Sichuan, he didn't pay attention to the advice of the hundred officials, as long as Liu Qing drafted the "Guilty Edict" for him, and drafted the "Confession to God", with these two edicts to express his shame and self-reproach for the Ming army and people.

What the hundred officials want is the actual action of the Son of Heaven, and what they want is the opportunity to seek a comeback in Sichuan, not the abandonment of the country to run to the border!

The emperor's behavior finally chilled the hundred officials, and they also felt hopeless about the future, so Xu Yingyuan and his entourage, who were rushing to Anning, saw countless Yongli courtiers abandon their official positions, and then, under all kinds of actions, soft or hard, a small person, Xu Yingyuan, who was born as a human being, set up the court for the new imperial regime that was still in the womb and had not yet been produced, from Shangshu to the main affairs. If you can talk about how many scholars can go to Guangdong, the cabinet can be put up

Liu Qing drafted the edict for the Son of Heaven with tears in his eyes, and in these two edicts, he scolded Ma Jixiang for making power and bringing disaster to the country, and even faintly accused His Royal Highness the King of Jin of being a cronie and villain, and mistaking fame and fortune. Yongli was silent about the content of the edict, which made Ma Jixiang feel afraid, so he found his brother Ma Xiongfei and son-in-law Yang Zai, and said to them: "We have been planning for so long, in order to go to western Yunnan and Burma again, now it seems that although the saint has not changed his mind, but I am afraid that there may not be other thoughts in his heart Most of those court officials are not of the same mind as us, we can't persuade today, we will persuade tomorrow, and we will persuade the day after tomorrow, one day, the saint will change his mind, so we must take action, Otherwise, they will be controlled by men in the future. ”

"What do you mean, brother?"

Ma Xiongfei was punched hard by a director of the Ministry of Industry when he led people to stop the driving officials, so his face twitched when he spoke, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many people at that time, he really didn't dare to be angry, otherwise according to his temperament, he would definitely arrest the principal and beat him up, so that he could know how many eyes Ma Erye had!

Yang Zai frowned, with his familiarity with his father-in-law, he knew that his father-in-law was making another ruthless move, but he didn't know what his father-in-law was doing this time.

Ma Jixiang had a gloomy face and said: "This matter, in the final analysis, is that there are too many people who oppose us, so if we don't do it, we won't stop it, since these court officials don't have the same heart as us, then let them get out, so that the saints will listen to us all." ”

"Fuck them off?"

Ma Xiongfei was taken aback, his brother's method was good, but he really couldn't think of any way to let those accompanying officials get out.

Yang Zai is also a sudden, and now many officials who are driving with him have also abandoned their officials and left the city by themselves, Sun Shun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Cheng Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Zuochen, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and so on, and the three ministers ran away, although the people who stayed behind were desperate and angry about going to western Yunnan, but they were still able to insist on not leaving, indicating that they were also determined to have a beginning and an end with the Ming Dynasty and the Son of Heaven, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are ready to martyr. These people are not even afraid of death, what can the father-in-law do to tell them to get out of here?

Ma Jixiang had already premeditated, and he said to Yang Zai: "Sun Chongya, the general soldier of the Right Association of Pingyang Hou, is very concentric with me, you go and tell him, let him send someone to lie about the approach of the Qing army, and the holy driver must leave immediately, otherwise he may be caught up by the Qing army." Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on his face: "Our saint is good at everything, but he is too afraid of death, so the holy car will definitely leave immediately." ”

Yang Zai shook his head and said: "The king of Jin is still on top, and the Qing army will have to arrive in Kunming in a few days at the earliest. ”

"Rest assured, the Holy One will believe it."

Ma Jixiang signaled that Yang Zai didn't have to worry about this, and said to him: "You tell Sun Chongya that as soon as the holy driver leaves the city, let his soldiers take action to rob all the officials who still want to follow, so that I see who else dares to follow him!" From now on, we will have the final say in everything before the Holy One. ”

Ma Xiongfei listened to his brother's idea and stayed there in fright. Yang Zai was also stunned for a long time, his lips opened, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and sighed secretly to find Sun Chongya.

Everything was as Ma Jixiang expected, Sun Chongya already felt that the future of the imperial court retreating to western Yunnan was bleak, and he had already had a mind to go, so after listening to Yang Zai's encouragement, he thought that those officials who accompanied him had a lot of money, and immediately responded to the matter, preparing to make a fortune before leaving the Ming Dynasty ship that was about to be sunk.

According to the script provided by Ma Jixiang, Sun Chongya sent someone to inform Emperor Yongli that the Qing army had arrived in Kunming, but Emperor Yongli didn't want to believe it, and he was so frightened that his face was colorless, and in a panic, he asked the chamberlain to drive his carriage out of the city quickly, and threw the queen mother, the queen, and the prince away!

Seeing that the holy driver was really frightened out of the city, Sun Chongya immediately plundered the army, but the timing was not mastered, and when his soldiers started to rob, the holy car had not yet left the city!

Sun Chongya's soldiers are crazy to rob, and their eyes are also red, who cares if the emperor is not the emperor, if it is not for the desperate protection of the inner supervisor and a few guards, Emperor Yongli is afraid that he will die in the hands of the rebels. Although the person was not dead, the carriage he was riding in was robbed by the rebels, and he didn't even have shoes when he got out of the car and fled, so he ran forward barefoot and desperate, and was finally rescued by Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, who rushed to hear the news. The university scholars Funa, Lei Yuelong and others were also rescued by Mu Tianbo, and seeing that a few scholars were fine, Yongli was a little calmer, and then realized that he was patronizing and running, and his mother, wife and children were still in the city and did not come out!

As soon as he heard that the Queen Mother, the Queen and the Prince were still in the city, Mu Tianbo was also anxious, and hurriedly sent troops into the city to save people. Pingyang Marquis Jin Tongwu was also shocked by the chaotic soldiers in the city, and hurriedly led the troops to suppress it, but the entire Anning City was already in chaos, and the soldiers who robbed and the soldiers under him were one. As a last resort, Jin Tongwu could only gather the more than 2,000 soldiers who had not entered the city and Mu Tianbo to join forces to ensure the safety of the holy car, but the soldiers in the city were either chaotic together in the chaos, or scattered like birds and beasts.

Pity those civil and military officials in Anning City who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty even if they are desperate, no matter what they think, it is impossible to think that the first assistant of the imperial court would arrange soldiers and horses to rob them. It's miserable, it's miserable. Gong Yi, the secretary of the household department, and Zheng Fengyuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, even robbed the official robes on their bodies, and when they ran out of the city crying, Yongli couldn't recognize these two people.

What makes people laugh is that the initiator is also unlucky, Lord Shoufu didn't expect Sun Chongya's soldiers to start too quickly, and the situation is out of his control again, those chaotic emperors don't recognize it, where will they recognize him as Shoufu. The dozen or so carriages and goods that he had worked so hard to save were robbed by the rebels when he was about to leave the city gate, and his old man finally found Jin Tongwu's soldiers with the support of his brother Ma Xiongfei and son-in-law Yang Zai, which could be regarded as saving his life.

When he looked back at the chaotic Anning City, Ma Jixiang's beard trembled, and he didn't know whether he felt proud or regretful for his "wonderful idea".

When Xu Yingyuan and the others entered the city, there were no defenders to interrogate them at all, and no one stopped them, and even the people were hiding from afar when they saw them, and the rebels who were robbing did not pay attention to them, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

Guangping Bo Chen Jian and the generals of the Shu Wangfu looked at the chaos in the city, and they were speechless. In the middle of the ring, Chen Jian smiled bitterly, and after setting a rendezvous time with Xu Yingyuan, he led people to collect the soldiers of the Shu Palace.

There was a great chaos in the city, and the soldiers and generals of the Shu Wangfu must have also participated in it, and at this moment, I don't know how many soldiers are still willing to listen to Chen Jian's orders. Chen Jian also had the idea of collecting as much as he could, and Xu Yingyuan had already told him that they would take those court officials to Annan, and then return to Guangdong from Annan. The distance to Annam is not close, and with so many courtiers and their families, there must be no shortage of guards, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that something will happen on the road.

After Chen Jian and others went to collect the soldiers of the Shu Palace, Xu Yingyuan and Liang Shuanghu did not dare to delay, and immediately entered the city to find the eldest princess. The two hundred cavalry of the Taiping Army galloped in the city, compared to the number of chaotic soldiers, but they were better than the top and bottom, and they were cavalry, so this will be in terms of strength alone, but the strength of these soldiers and horses in Guangdong who came to rob the princess is the strongest. Along the way, no rebel soldiers dared to come and stop them without long eyes.

Xu Yingyuan and they didn't know where the holy car was, nor did they know where the princess was, so they could only find people all the way to arrest and ask, and finally, from the mouths of the two robbers, they learned that the queen and the prince's car were trapped in Xicheng.

"The princess must be with the queen, quick, let's hurry over!"

Liang Shuanghu shouted, and led his men to beat their horses and rushed towards Xicheng.

When I arrived at Xicheng, I saw that more than a dozen carriages were blocked on the road, and there were panicked people and officials everywhere in front and back, and about hundreds of rebels approached those officials and people from all directions, and then robbed them one after another, so that the officials and people wanted to cry without tears. Fortunately, those rebellious soldiers only seek money, but they do not harm people's lives, but if they encounter those who refuse to hand over their goods, it is inevitable to see blood.

Trapped on the street was the car of the Queen Mother, the Queen, and the Prince, and the Queen Mother knew that the Son of Heaven had run away by herself, and she was so angry that she scolded the Son of Heaven for being unfilial, and she didn't even want her mother!

Before the queen could figure out what was going on, she was busy comforting the queen mother while telling the inner eunuchs and guards to hurry out of the city. Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Changle, had been following the queen and them, but when they arrived here, they were blocked by the fleeing crowd. Looking at the rebellious soldiers who were robbing around, the timid palace maids and the inner eunuchs were all crying in fright, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also so frightened that he shrank in the carriage and trembled. Although the Queen Mother is old, she has been through several dangers, and the old man can calm down. Although the queen was also frightened by her husband's sudden departure, she thought that her husband would definitely not abandon them, so she reluctantly calmed down and commanded the few guards to drive away the crowd, trying to hurry out of the city to meet her husband. However, there were too many people around, and there were too many soldiers, and the convoy was blocked there and couldn't get out.

When they were in turmoil, they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the east, and then a lot of cavalry rushed over, and the queen Wang was overjoyed, thinking that it was the soldiers of the Marquis of Pingyang who came to save them. I don't want those cavalry to come over, but they are shouting: "Where is the eldest princess, we are the soldiers of the Duke of Yue!" Where is the eldest princess, we are the soldiers of the Duke of Yue! ”

The soldiers of the Duke of Yue? Which Yue Guogong?!

Queen Wang was stunned, and only remembered for a moment that her husband had canonized that Xiucai in Guangdong a few days ago as the Duke of Guangdong.

"The queen is here, come and escort!"

An inner supervisor saw that the cavalry of the Duke of Yue was looking for Her Royal Highness the Princess, and subconsciously shouted. As soon as he shouted, the rest of the inner eunuchs and palace maids also shouted, and the queen mother and the crown prince also poked their heads out of the car window and looked at the cavalry with expectant expressions.

The rebels who were robbing were stunned, stopped robbing for the time being, and looked at the cavalry vigilantly one by one. The robbed officials and civilians cried out one after another as if they had seen a savior, begging the soldiers of the Duke of Yue to save them.

The cavalry ignored the rebels, nor the officials and civilians who were calling for help, but rushed out of the crowd and rushed straight to the carriages, led by a general who shouted anxiously: "Where is the eldest princess!" Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”

"Your Highness is here!"

A frightened female voice came from a carriage.

Hearing this, Liang Shuanghu's heart fell to the ground, and Xu Yingyuan was also overjoyed, leading his troops to disperse the officials and people around the carriage. More than 200 cavalrymen surrounded the carriage, and the Taiping soldiers on the horses stared at the rebels with swords and guns. Looking at these fierce cavalry, the rebels did not dare to move.

Xu Yingyuan and Liang Shuanghu had never seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, so the two turned over and dismounted and came to the carriage.

Xu Yingyuan saw that there seemed to be several women in the carriage, so he saluted the carriage, and then said respectfully: "Is it Her Royal Highness Princess Changle in the carriage?" ”

"I'm Changle."

A crisp female voice came from the car, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the young face of Princess Changle met the eyes of Xu Yingyuan and Liang Shuanghu.

Seeing the appearance of Her Royal Highness the princess, Liang Shuanghu breathed a sigh of relief again, and secretly said that it was okay, this princess was not ugly.

Xu Yingyuan nodded slightly, and said respectfully: "Please also ask Your Highness to go to Guangdong with me." ”

In the car, Princess Changle was like a dream, looking at Xu Yingyuan in disbelief, and her thin lips opened lightly: "Did Xiucai ask you to save me?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xu Yingyuan didn't know how to answer this, so he responded first. After Changle heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, as if the chaos outside was not important at this moment, the important thing was that the Xiucai who gave her mutton soup back then was still thinking about her. (To be continued.) )