Chapter Ninety-Three: About the Events of the Early Morning of April 12
There was a serious bloody conflict in the square in front of the Imperial Palace - I'm sorry gentlemen, I can only say that, the rest are the secrets of the Ming Empire, and I'm afraid that I will be dragged out to continue. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoRecently, there have been rumors among the people that the former emperor listened to the rumors of the demon road and used the boy in red to continue his life. The slanderous words of teaching, but recently they have become more and more popular, and have become a joke among the whole people, young and old. Of course, on the surface, everyone will still pretend to be very serious, and they will never make jokes about the Holy Family.
But I can't be happier now.
Although it was deliberately washed with water this morning, the faint smell of blood in the square became more and more lingering, and I didn't feel anything at first, but after staying for a long time, it became more and more unbearable. Unlike the overwhelming smell of gunpowder on the battlefield, the smell of pure blood is even more disgusting and disgusting.
I walked all the way and found at least a dozen blood stains left by the unwashed water.
I urged Xu Xing to hurry up and walk through this area - the rule of the Ming Dynasty is that except in a few special circumstances, you are not allowed to drive in front of the palace gate - just like in ancient times, you could not ride a horse in front of the palace gate.
Daming really broke a lot of rules. It's not that I'm complaining, but it has to be on Lai Yuejing's head. The dignified traversers, all of them should be characters who change their lives against the sky, why can't they change the country of Daming? Could it be that he still likes these red tapes?
Belch...... Really, maybe. If I had become a prince one day, I might have done the same - I had spoken with my conscience, and I could not guarantee that I would be able to withstand the temptation of power and not fall.
It is estimated that Xu Xing can't stand the smell of this place anymore, he nodded, and also quickened his pace with me.
But at this time, the atmosphere in the Forbidden City was even more unbearable.
After I took the initiative to step forward and report to the soldiers who were armed with live ammunition and were guarding a gate that it was better not to say anything, the majestic palace was ...... Well, the side door was opened - we were not qualified to be received through the main entrance, in fact only when the head of another country, a vassal king, or a great Confucian saint visited, and a certain marshal and general returned from a great victory.
When the door was opened, I was greeted by more soldiers with loaded guns, these were the most serious forbidden army, the elite of the elite, the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand.
"Two of you, please, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the imperial study." The young female officer on duty in the palace trembled and led the way for Xu Xing and me. I could tell that a fine layer of sweat was coming out of her body, and it seemed that she was unusually nervous.
I took advantage of the time when there was no one around me to whisper to her, "Miss, do you know what happened in front of the palace last night or this morning?" And because of what happened?"
Xu Xing frowned and glanced at me, wiped his nose again, but didn't say anything, which was regarded as acquiescing to my actions.
The female officer obviously didn't want to answer, but when she saw that there was no one around, and she really couldn't stand my inquiry and the red ticket I secretly stuffed into her, she whispered: "Yesterday morning, His Majesty the Emperor announced that he would exercise his wartime powers in accordance with the constitution and put the cabinet directly under his own leadership, but Chang Gong strongly opposed this matter, he thought that the current war with the Soviet Union was still only a border conflict, and it was very unwise to rashly withdraw everyone's power division factory that might cause political turmoil, and then the two of them talked about the matter, There was a quarrel in the court. At first, I thought it was nothing, but who would have thought that in the afternoon, a group of officials from the Standing Cabinet would lead a group of members of the League, even workers, students, and other groups that support and sympathize with the League, to the square for a sit-in. At the beginning, His Majesty was also kind to persuade him, who knew that the leading guy just didn't know anything, and he had to ask His Majesty to agree to their terms, and even to amend the constitution. He also threatened that if His Majesty insisted on going on like this, everyone would rebel and leave, and even the army would not support His Majesty, which would touch His Majesty's scales, and he didn't say much, he flicked his sleeves and went directly to the palace, and then in the early hours of this morning, a large number of troops under the banner of the Mu family and the Jinshan Department entered the city, they blocked the square in front of the palace, and dispatched five pairs of heavy-wheeled tanks to suppress the dissidents in the square in front of the gate. Just before you arrived, the official media issued an announcement characterizing the sit-in in the square as a riot, and Chang Gong was arrested on charges of treason......"
Speaking of which, she refused to say more, and she didn't know if it was because she was about to arrive at the imperial study, and there were a large number of guards around, so it was not appropriate to say more or if she thought that these were the only ones that could be revealed.
Alas, the border army is like this, I can't hear the slightest news about the change in the wind direction in the capital, what happens to the accident, I can only use knives for others and can't be people who use knives, it seems that I want to climb higher or do things faster in the center - in other words, I am obviously a civilian official, how can I have been messing with the Qiu Ba people in the army since I was admitted to the Jinshi? Ahh......h
In the blink of an eye, the study was there.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Don't say much, kneel three times and knock nine times. Although the Ming Dynasty is no longer willing to kneel and bow on the bright side, he is currently in front of the saint, and he came to Beijing under such a special situation, it is better to be interesting and respectful, so that he can appear to be a good person.
Xu Xing is also a person who knows everything at all, and immediately knelt down after seeing my movements, not even much slower than me, as if he had planned to do the same.
I didn't dare to raise my head, there was no way to see the emperor's appearance, but I still saw a little bit of the emperor's expression through the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the imperial study-when I just came in, the residual anger on his face still did not disappear, and after Xu Xing and I knelt down, he obviously showed a surprise that could not be concealed, it may be that no one has done such a solemn etiquette to him for a long time - the red tape of the Ming Dynasty is still simplified a lot after contact with the West, such as kneeling and bowing are simplified.
The status of kneeling in the Ming Dynasty today is somewhat special, this kind of etiquette is not regarded as an insult to personal dignity and a manifestation of hierarchy, and friends will also practice this kind of etiquette with each other on some very solemn occasions - of course, it is not husband and wife worship, it can only be said that husband and wife worship is a form of this etiquette. On the contrary, it disappears from daily life and official occasions simply because it is too cumbersome and greatly reduces the efficiency of work.
It seems that my current behavior has had some unexpected effects.