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Chapter 807 In the middle of May of the twelfth year of Wanli

"I'm afraid it's dark from now on"

After the dispersal of the dynasty, a cadre of courtiers went to Wenyuan Pavilion from Fengtianmen, because the army had been stationed outside the city, preparing to enter the city to offer a military parade, and all ministries had related affairs, which should be handled by the cabinet after the overall planning, and several Shangshu who were not in the cabinet also followed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The head of the household department sighed and said, and by the time the celebrant and eunuch Zhang Cheng said that, everyone knew that there was no room for change in this matter.

Cabinet assistant Shen Shixing and second assistant Wang Xijue are both cold bystanders, Zhang Xueyan, the secretary of the military department, is also immovable, and there is the support of the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant supervisor, and Wang Tong's own voice cannot be ignored.

"How can it be dark, less birds and dogs barking, and the ears can still be refreshing."

When Wang Xijue heard this, he sneered and said, he returned to the court in the eleventh year of Wanli, and Zhang Siwei and his party pushed him into the cabinet in order to compete with Shen Shixing.

But the speaker was not guilty, and the officials were not dealt with much, and since then they have not dealt with Wang Xijue, often impeached, opposed to Wang's actions, and have a very poor relationship with each other.

"Lord Wang, if Wang Tong is arrogant like this, and there are no righteous people such as Yanguan Qingliu to contend with, what will the situation be?"

Hearing Wang Xijue's sneer, Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't help but say a word, but Wang Xijue ignored it and said:

"It is precisely because of this Wang Tong's dominance that those stupid and stupid people like pigs cannot be sent to Wang Tong's hands, if it is really for the sake of righteousness and righteousness, what is the truth, don't you know? Doesn't Wang Tong know? ”

In May of the twelfth year of Wanli, the people were discussing what would happen to the soldiers and horses entering the city, and many people who came back from outside the city happily described what they had seen.

In the past few days, the army of the Northern Expedition has been exercising outside the city, and it is only a symbolic drive for the onlookers, and there are really many people who have watched the excitement in the past.

Compared with the excitement of the common people celebrating the festival, the atmosphere among the low-grade officials in Beijing is dull and abnormal, and more than 20 so-called speech officials Qingliu have been arrested, and their sin is very simple, they once spread rumors that the army of the Northern Expedition was defeated, and rumors that the military discipline of the returning army was corrupted.

Got rid of his fame and ordered to return to his hometown, and the most serious ones were banned from participating in the imperial examination for life, and there was news circulating in Beijing at that time, saying that traitors were in charge, and the words of upright people were also blocked, but after this word spread, it didn't take long for someone to come to warn, saying that you are no different from spreading rumors.

The person who said this didn't expect the Jinyi guard to come so quickly, and he was so frightened that he dared to say it again, and the rumors corresponded to the news released everywhere, or the more authoritative copy of the newspaper, which was leaked by the cabinet secretaries, saying that the Son of Heaven issued a decree to praise more than a dozen people who had things to say, the imperial history and the six departments of the chief, these people either gave advice on how to govern the city of naturalization, or the improvement of other affairs, among which some people also said that the war was too consuming to the country, There is no need to hold this military parade into the city again, which costs people's money.

Among these people, some of them are right, some are wrong, and some of them are not very happy with the court, but they have all been praised, which is undoubtedly very telling about the correspondence with the previous rumors and bluffs.

Yan Qing, the secretary of the ministry, had already thought about it behind closed doors at home, and Wang Tong became the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, and these two news also caused many people to speculate.

However, this is not the point, everyone is concerned about the upcoming military parade into the city, the rule of innocence of the speaker has been broken, the speaker is indignant, and some people have threatened to do something when the army leaves the city, so that the traitors in the court know that there is righteousness in this world.

In May of the twelfth year of Wanli, there were a few light rains in Beijing, but the day when the army entered the city to offer victory, the weather was very good, the elders said that this was a beautiful day, the ground was wet and not muddy after the light rain, and the team of people and horses did not have to worry about the dust on the road, which made people disappoint.

In the past, the palace and the imperial court held such a ceremony, as usual, to quiet the street martial law, but this time there is some meaning of fun with the people, the people are very flexible, since there is no messenger to explain, there is leisure time to go to the street to join in this excitement.

There are many people in Beijing, and everyone is afraid that there will be no free place if they come late, so they come early, some people come with breakfast, and some people simply don't have breakfast.

It is said that when you entered the city from Chongwen Gate, the sky was bright, and there were already many people waiting there, and some people joked that so many people passed through Chongwen Gate, and they didn't receive the silver tax over there, which was the first time in the world.

The people got up early in the morning, and the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard Patrol Division all got up early in the morning, and they were distributed at various intersections and on the streets where the army passed to maintain order.

If the people are too crowded, I am afraid that the army will have no way out, the soldiers of the Patrol Division are far from enough, and the recruits of the Rectification and Training Department outside the city have also been pulled out, and the cadres of the Public Security Division and some of the officers of the Shuntian Mansion are in other areas of the capital, preventing people from taking advantage of the situation and doing what they do.

The people looked on the street, on both sides of the road before Chongwenmen to the imperial city, the high places on the second floor of those restaurants and teahouses were booked out early, and the rich people had set their locations, ready to watch the excitement comfortably at that time.

The road that this army passed through was in the south of the city, and the occasion of the two-story building was few after all, and there were those first-class rich and noble families, who still wanted to see this liveliness, and were not willing to get together with others, so they simply spent money to buy the houseside on the roadside, and built a high platform with bamboo and wood in it.

However, whether it is on the upper floor or on the high platform, there are two brocade guards stationed as usual, and there are many people who are curious, saying why be so cautious, the army marches, is it afraid of the people on both sides of the attack.

Came early, close to Chongwen Gate, rushed over before dawn, but saw that the city gate had been opened, everyone wondered in their hearts, according to the old rules, how to open so early, could it be for the convenience of the army to enter the city, but there is no need for this.

The sun is gradually rising, there are more and more people on the street, it is no exaggeration to describe it with the sound of people, and there are also vendors who buy and sell snacks to see the excitement and come to peddle, adding a bit of excitement.

There was also a scene in the crowd, where there was a sudden commotion somewhere, and in a moment someone was grabbed and tied up by several men in civilian clothes, and someone inside exclaimed that it was a pickpocket mixed in the crowd.

On the side of the street more than 100 steps north from Chongwenmen, there are more than a dozen people in long robes in the crowd, and at a glance they know that they are scholars with good family backgrounds.

Looking at the scene of catching the thief over there, someone said with a smile:

"In the past, the Jingshi gathered like this, and the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were too busy, and there must be chaos everywhere.

"Wang Tong's children don't learn and don't know how to do it, it's obviously a grand ceremony to present a military parade, but it looks like a temple fair, it's really ridiculous."

An older man coughed with a serious face and spoke:

"I'm not here for fun, but to teach that traitor a lesson before these people, to make him lose face, and let him know that the right way is not to be disgraced."

After this man finished speaking, the rest of the people also showed awe-inspiring expressions and nodded one after another.

The time was almost up, and "Tongtong" sounded three loud noises at the head of the city, and the crowd suddenly quieted down, although I don't know what these three loud noises were for, but I could guess that it was the signal for the army to enter the city.

The people standing on both sides of the street, even those closest to the gate, could not see the other side of the gate clearly, but they did not wait for the army to appear.

After the initial silence, the noise reappeared, and then the noise returned to its previous state, and the hawkers' elongated shouting was even more flavorful.

From time to time, everyone looked over to see nothing, and then continued to chat, and after a while, the sound of chatting became quieter, because someone could hear some drums that seemed to be outside the city, and everyone's attention was attracted to it.

It's indeed a drum, but the drum beat doesn't seem to be that festive taste, nor is it the kind of playing style when the forbidden army is in the Beijing camp, it's very monotonous, as if it's just beating up and down there.

Everyone listened strangely, the noisy streets gradually quieted down, everyone wanted to hear more clearly, and the drums became louder and louder, as if hundreds of drums were beating.

A flag bearer walked into the city gate, out of the city gate cave everyone to see the big flag in his hand, very simple ornamental color, black flag, on the blood red two big characters "tiger might", the black flag faintly tiger stripes, the flag bearer is wearing plate armor, plate armor shining in the sun.

"I don't know which general this is, otherwise how could there be such good armor"

Someone whispered, the drum beat louder and louder, but it was still a monotonous rhythm, in addition to the drum, the people on both sides of the street near the city gate heard other sounds, "puffy" muffled, as if something was hitting the ground, everyone wondered.

"Backwards, backwards, don't stand in the way of the march of the army, that's a great sin"

Everyone wanted to see what was going on, and walked towards the middle of the street, the brocade-clothed guards who maintained order were shouting to stop, and the standard-bearer holding the big flag walked a hundred steps, and the queue of the army appeared in front of everyone.

The street was quiet, and everyone saw the army appearing in the street, and the spearmen dressed in Huwei plate armor lined up in a neat line, their spears raised diagonally, striding forward.

Every spearman was wearing armor, and many people on the street subconsciously squinted their eyes, and the cold light of the armor and blades was too dazzling.