A palace coup d'état, which was supposed to be vigorous, was extinguished by the Empress Dowager Shen with thunder before it could be launched, and the Empress Dowager Shen executed all the more than 100 royal families involved in the rebellion, and ordered the rest of the royal family and their families to be gathered and prepared to expel them all from Tongguan.

Treating the royal family, Empress Dowager Shen doesn't want to do too much, although she wants to emulate Wu Zetian to ascend the throne, but she is not ready now, Luo Jing's threat is still serious, and her use of force against the royal family now will only benefit Luo Jing, which Empress Dowager Shen understands very well.

On the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, nearly 3,000 children of the imperial family encountered Shenji who led 30,000 cavalry back in Xinfeng County, and Shenji faced these defenseless and terrified royal families, he did not hesitate to raise his butcher knife and carried out a brutal massacre outside Xinfeng County, regardless of men, women and children, nearly 3,000 royal families and their families were slaughtered by Shenji, which was the most tragic Xinfeng massacre in the history of the Daning Dynasty.

This massacre has been planned for a long time for Shen Ji, but it is just an opportunity, he is bent on making the Shen family seize the world, and Empress Shen's delay in making a decision makes him impatient, he wants to use his own means to seize the world of Huangfu, didn't Huangfu Tieli also use this thunderbolt method to seize the Wu family? Kill all the descendants of the martial arts family, and not kill all the royal family, how can it be the world of the Shen family.

Shen Ji's bloody massacre of the imperial family reached the capital an hour later, and the officials and people of the city were horrified, which undoubtedly worsened the situation in the capital, which was already full of turmoil due to the palace coup.

In the evening, hundreds of officials of all sizes spontaneously gathered in front of Danfeng Gate, asking the Queen Mother to severely punish Shen Ji, among them are white-haired old ministers, there are also young officials who have newly entered the official career, and at this time the Yongjing court has also been in chaos, Shen Guo's uncle has left Yongjing yesterday, and took away more than 100 important backbone officials and their families, at this time it is the holiday period, the impact on the government has not yet appeared, but the officials are panicked, everyone is in danger.

The appalling Xinfeng massacre made the officials angry, anxious, worried, all kinds of complex emotions made them unable to spend the New Year calmly, just now dozens of people were willing in front of the Ping'an Palace, soon, more and more ministers rushed to hear the news, they asked the Empress Dowager Shen to punish Shen Ji, calm the situation, and give an explanation to the world, even the left minister Bai Mingkai also appeared in the petition team.

In the Ping'an Palace, Empress Dowager Shen also got the news of the Xinfeng Massacre, which also annoyed her, Shen Ji is simply a reckless man, a political idiot, killing more than 100 royal families can be said to be because they rebelled, but the royal family was wiped out, that is, the Shen family was going to usurp the throne.

The big basket has been poked out, how to deal with the aftermath now, Empress Dowager Shen is pacing back and forth in the room with her hands behind her back, she is now facing another embarrassing situation, she left a two-year-old royal child in the palace, is the young grandson of Emperor Fu Zihan of Ruyang County, and is ready to make him the young emperor, but the problem is that the royal family has been killed by Shen Ji, who will prove the royal identity of this young child, which makes Empress Dowager Shen angry and irritable.

"How many ministers are out there?" Empress Dowager Shen stopped and asked.

"Back to the Queen Mother, there are already four hundred people outside."

Empress Dowager Shen sighed, there are more than 700 people in the central court, and Shen Qin took more than 100 people, that is to say, more than eighty percent of the officials are here, and if they don't give them an explanation, I'm afraid that the people will be disheartened, and the court will be difficult to hold on.

"Please gather all the officials from the third rank and above to the Ping'an side hall and receive them from the mourning family."

．．．．．．．．． More than a dozen officials from the third grade or above led by Bai Mingkai were led into the side hall of the Peace Hall by the guards, which is a place to discuss military affairs, everyone sat down in turn, and Taichangqing Wen Zhiyuan asked Bai Mingkai in a low voice: "Bai Xiangguo, what kind of concessions do you think the Queen Mother will make?" ”

Bai Mingkai sighed, "I don't think it matters what kind of concessions the Queen Mother makes now, it's Shen Ji who is fatal now, he killed all the royal families in a frenzy, his ambition is already obvious, the key is how to deal with him, he is about to enter Beijing, how should we deal with it?" ”

'When! A crisp cloud board knocked, and the eunuch's shout came from the side door: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

Empress Dowager Shen wore a red and yellow phoenix robe and walked into the side hall surrounded by more than a dozen palace maids, she walked up to the right seat and sat down, and more than a dozen court officials bowed down together, "See the Queen Mother!" ”

"Everyone, please sit down!"

Waiting for the ministers to return to their positions, Empress Dowager Shen sighed and said: "The mourners of Xinfeng County have also heard about the tragedy, which is distressing, why are women and children innocent?" The mourning family, like the ministers, abhorred this kind of atrocity, please rest assured that the mourning family will never spare Shenji this time. ”

Empress Dowager Shen expressed her attitude first, and there was silence in the side hall, this statement obviously could not satisfy the ministers, what does it mean that she will not be spared, whether it is painful to say a few words, or to scold a few times verbally, and punish her for half a year? What is needed is clear punishment.

Empress Dowager Shen also understood what everyone meant, but how did she answer, she wanted to persuade everyone to go back, and after the matter calmed down, let Shen Ji publicly apologize and kill a few generals as scapegoats, this was her plan, but the minister did not appreciate it, and she must clarify the punishment measures.

"I can understand the feelings of all Aiqing, and the mourning family can't wait to cut him off with a knife, but the mourning family is a bogey! He has 200,000 Guanzhong troops in his hands, and the mourning family can't turn his face with him, once the army is in chaos, not only the entire Guanzhong and Yongjing will be in chaos, but also the net worth of Aiqing's life is difficult to protect, and the mourning family is considering the overall situation. ”

Bai Mingkai stood up, he gave a salute first, and said loudly: "Of course, there is a reason for the Queen Mother's worries, but the Queen Mother has not thought about it, this matter will make the world look at Yongjing, which will make Huangfu Wujin become orthodox and make the world return to the heart, Weichen heard that although Luo Jing took back the royal family to occupy more land, but did not kill a single person from the royal family, this made the peasants happy, let the scholars recognize, thinking that Huangfu Wujin is really dealing with land annexation, rather than trying to clean the royal family under the pretext, but we Yongjing has a terrifying Xinfeng tragedy, We have made a serious political mistake, if the Queen Mother does not deal with it harshly, I am afraid that everyone in the world will think that this is the joint action of the Queen Mother and Shen Ji! ”

"You're bold!"

Empress Dowager Shen was furious, she didn't expect her henchman Bai Mingkai to say such a thing, obviously suspecting that she and Shen Ji were joining forces, and she scolded angrily: "You dare to say such things to the mourning family!" ”

Bai Mingkai glanced back at everyone, and more than a dozen people stood up at the same time, "Queen Mother, Bai Xiangguo is telling the truth, this is also what the ministers are worried about!" ”

Empress Dowager Shen was stunned, no one could understand her, at this time, she deeply felt a kind of loneliness, she originally wanted to discuss the establishment of a new emperor with everyone, but she couldn't even pass the first level.

"Okay!"

Empress Dowager Shen finally had no choice but to accept the reality, the toughness of the ministers made her succumb, if she couldn't even do this appeal of the ministers, then don't talk about the establishment of a new emperor.

"The mourning family will cut off the lord of Shenji Qin, remove him from the post of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and order him to apologize to the people of the world!"

Empress Dowager Shen couldn't get the ministers to make concessions, she could only persuade Shen Ji to give in.

Empress Dowager Shen immediately issued a decree, in view of Shen Ji's brutal methods and committed a crime that both people and gods were angry about, he was specially stripped of his title as the king of Qin, removed from all his positions, and a comprehensive investigation was conducted by the Imperial Historical Observatory to convict him.

This decree finally alleviated the anger of the ministers, and finally the ministers began to leave Danfengmen one after another, and the Empress Dowager Shen breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and sent her henchmen and eunuchs to wait for Shen Ji outside the city to arrive.

．．．．．．． At night, Shenji's 30,000 troops arrived outside the east of Yongcheng, he did not order to garrison, but prepared to enter the city, at this time the gate of Mingde Gate was closed, the Nine Gate Army had all evacuated Yongjing, and the door was guarded by embroidered guards, and the city was a hunting fire, Shen Ji was murderous, and looked at the closed city gate coldly.

A lieutenant went to call the door, and in a moment, he brought back a chief eunuch in the palace.

"General, this eunuch said to wait for you for a long time."

Shen Ji knew this person, it was Lu Yingying, the deputy head of Ping'an Palace, and the old eunuch who had followed Empress Dowager Shen for more than ten years, "Grandpa Lu, is there anything wrong?" ”

The old eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "The queen mother has a handwritten letter, asking the old slave to hand it over to the general!" ”

"What about faith?"

The old eunuch hurriedly handed over a thick letter, Shen Ji opened the letter, a personal soldier hurriedly handed the torch forward, Shen Ji read the letter from beginning to end, and the monstrous anger rose from the bottom of his heart, and he dared to cut his prince, and let him apologize to the people of the world, dreaming! But he didn't have any expression on his face, just asked lightly, "Has the will been made?" ”

"Back to the general, the will has been issued, the queen mother hopes that the general will focus on the overall situation and return to Tongguan first, and the queen mother will definitely give the general an explanation."

Shen Ji said coldly: "It means that the situation in Yongjing has calmed down now, and I am no longer needed?" ”

"The situation in Yongjing has calmed down, I don't dare to bother the general anymore, the queen mother hopes that the general can strictly guard the Tong Pass, and don't let the Chu army take advantage of it."

"I know, please tell the Queen Mother, I'll go back, as for apologizing and admitting to the world, let me think about the wording!"

Shen Ji waved his hand, "The whole army withdraws to Tongguan!" ”

The 30,000 cavalry turned their horses and drove eastward, and the old eunuch Lu Yingying watched them go away, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief and went back to the city to report.

Shen Ji ran for more than ten miles, he gradually slowed down his horse, and his eyes flashed with a cold gaze.

"General, are we really going back?"

"Nope! Go to Xinfeng County. ”

He took out another gold medal and handed it to his confidants, "You hurry to Tongguan, except for the third and fourth armies staying in Tongguan, the rest of the 150,000 troops will immediately rush to the capital." ”

Shen Ji glanced back at the swarthy capital and said coldly: "Second sister, since you can't take this step, then let Brother Wei go!" ”

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(To be continued)