Chapter 580: The Whole City is Soldiers
"Lao Wang, Xiao Li returned to the capital at noon today, and was directly summoned by the Queen Mother as soon as he came back. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In my mind, the Queen Mother summoned him just to make him do a big thing. What I didn't expect was that the Queen Mother trusted Xiao Li so much. You and I, including Guo Xun, Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong, as well as Bi Yun, etc., have not been able to get this task from the Queen Mother.
I really don't know what the Queen Mother thinks.
However, her arrangement in this way also exempted Jiang Bin's suspicions, made Jiang Bin more unscrupulous, and stabilized Jiang Bin.
This time, it's up to Xiao Li. Lao Wang, although Xiaoli is my son-in-law, I still don't think about him in this matter, and I can't imagine that he can complete the most critical thing in this change in the capital. Yang Tinghe squinted his eyes slightly and said thoughtfully.
The reason why Wang Yuanzheng asked Yang Tinghe just now was to verify his thoughts. Now Yang Tinghe has given him the answer. The Queen Mother did hand over the responsibility of guarding the palace to Qin Li.
Jiang Bin's desire to rebel after the death of Emperor Zhengde has been revealed. It is said that no matter how Jiang Bin tosses, he must control the palace in the end. Therefore, the guards of the palace have become a top priority. If Jiang Bin captures the palace, according to the current situation, Jiang Bin is equivalent to taking the world. You must know that the Fourth Outer Army is outside the capital, and even if King Qin's soldiers and horses arrive at this time, they will not be able to enter the capital.
Empress Dowager Zhang, Yang Tinghe and others had actually discussed Jiang Bin many times, and they had also assigned various tasks and were ready to deal with Jiang Bin from all aspects. However, for the very important task of guarding the palace, the Queen Mother has never made up her mind.
handed it over to Guo Xun, he didn't seem to believe in Guo Xun's strength anymore.
Leave it to Zhang Yong, right? Zhang Yong is a master who can lead troops and generals, but at this time, there are no soldiers to bring in the palace?
Leave it to Gao Zhong, you can consider it, but the Queen Mother didn't do that in the end. Maybe in her mind, Gao Zhong's Jinyiwei and Dongchang may not be able to obey Gao Zhong's orders well. Maybe they won't be able to do this job well.
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"Huh! In my opinion, the Queen Mother's arrangement must be reasonable, I am optimistic about Xiao Li, in fact, this matter of guarding the palace is none other than Xiao Li! Wang Yuanzheng pondered for a long time, and finally smiled.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door. Guo Xun, Zhang Yong, Bi Yun, and Gu Dayong came at the same time.
Yang Tinghe had already instructed that these four people could come to the Yang Mansion without going through the ceremony, and they could come in directly.
So, in Yang Tinghe's study, six people, which can also be said to be the six pillars of the Ming court, began a secret meeting.
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Three days later, it was still in Yang Tinghe's study, and it was still the six of them. The time is also about the third watch.
Gu Dayong said with a look of annoyance, "Damn, I really don't know what to do, but in the past three days, there have been several big cases in the capital." First, the silk merchant Wang family in the north of the city had their heads cut off by all 75 people. The murderer was so cruel that he even gathered all his heads together and piled them up into a mountain of heads!
Followed by more than a dozen people in the south of the city who caught fire at the same time late at night, and the fire was fierce, and there was no way to save it. There were more than a dozen houses, and the area was not small, and all of them were reduced to ashes on the second day. It was only on the second day that it was discovered that all the perpetrators had poured fire oil. Adults, old people and children were burned to death.
The most unbelievable thing is that the murderer's courage is too great, and just last night, he stole all the treasury silver from the capital treasury.
Damn, that's going to cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. I wonder where they stole all that money?
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In short, the current situation in the capital is not optimistic, it is chaotic, and the people who are stirring up trouble about these things are panicking. Old Yang, how is this good, you have to think of a way. ”
Although Gu Dayong is a eunuch, he is not a sissy at all when he speaks, and he is sonorous and powerful. But at this time, he was more heartbroken and helpless.
In this action to deal with Jiang Bin and defend the Ming Dynasty, Gu Dayong was responsible for the security of the capital. But now that the capital has become such a mess in just a few days, how can he not be in a hurry?
"It's useful, the only thing we can do at the moment is to step up patrols and increase manpower. Isn't there still some errand service in the government? In addition, I heard that there are thousands of house slaves in your family, so send them out. When the time comes, they may be of great use. Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice.
Among the six of them, Yang Tinghe is the first assistant of the cabinet, although the official position is not the highest, his power and prestige are obviously the greatest. His words, everyone present is still very convinced, and will implement it to the letter.
Gu Dayong did have a lot of domestic slaves, but after all, it was his private property, and Gu Dayong was really a little reluctant at the beginning. But he also knew that it was a critical time, and there was no choice but to give up his small family to take care of everyone.
Yang Tinghe continued, "The same is true for the six of us, each of us thinks of everyone's way to protect our family members first. We can't do things for the court desperately, and in the end our home is gone.
Before the emperor's death, and even a few days after the emperor's death, it was impossible to come to the capital to be stable and peaceful.
I, now, I don't have anyone in my hands to give it to you, so it's up to you. Guo Xun, tell me how the guards in the capital have been doing in the past few days, and have you noticed any changes? ”
After being a military general and a famous family, Guo Xun's feelings for the Ming royal family are still very deep. Even his son Guo Fang, although he is a gentleman with little ability, also respects the Ming royal family. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of guarding the capital fell on him.
Since Guo Xun had this task, he seemed to be a different person, and there seemed to be no shadow of Wudinghou on his body. Wearing armor all day long, he looks like he is facing a great enemy. It's no wonder that thirty miles outside the capital are the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Army. The outer four armies are Jiang Bin's descendants, and once they come to attack the city, it will mean a desperate fight.
The soldiers and horses led by Guo Xun were the original guards of the capital. This part is the iron core of the old royal family, and Jiang Bin naturally can't take it away. However, there are very few of them, a total of about a thousand.
Coupled with the soldiers guarding the city gate under Guo Fang, the total number of people under Guo Xun was only 2,000.
Although the situation is so unoptimistic, Guo Xun has made up his mind, people are in the city, and people are dead in the city.
"The capital has been closed for the past few days, and although the people are a little unclear, there are still no troublemakers because of the closure of the city gates. Besides, if there is really any movement outside the capital, I plan to make the whole city a soldier. I wonder how Lord Yang feels? ”
"Huh! It's a whole city, so why not? That's how it should be. Okay, Guo Hou and Dayong go get busy with the two of you.
Lao Wang, Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Bi, follow me to the leopard room. The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and a few of us must stay by his side! Yang Tinghe still said calmly. (To be continued.) )