After a lapse of more than half a year, the death knell of the temples in Beijing rang again.

The whole Jingshi is mourning, everyone is full of shock for the Son of Heaven mourning, and at the same time the heart can't help but panic, in just half a year, the thirty-year-old Son of Heaven who reigned for thirteen years suddenly died, and then the thirteen-year-old Son of Heaven succeeded to the throne for only half a year, and suddenly died.

Many people feel that this is a bad omen, and the Ming Dynasty, which has been around for more than 270 years, has come to an end.

It was really an eventful time, there were Liaoxi rebels and Qing captives outside the pass, and there were bandits in the Central Plains, and suddenly the emperor died again.

The content of Emperor Longwu's edict did not go away, and the people of Beijing heard that Emperor Longwu had ordered Zhu Ciye, the king of Liaodong, to be the king of Han before his death, and when he was destined to assist the government, they were not surprised, but took it for granted, and most of them felt that the depression on their bodies was lighter.

I don't know when the national surname seems to have become the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Ming Dynasty.

With him, there is no need to worry about the Tartars outside the gates, the bandits in the Central Plains, and even the famine, military service, and so on. There is a country surnamed Ye who continues to assist the new monarch, at least the current stable situation can continue.

What the people are afraid of is tossing, especially blind tossing, saying that once a son of heaven is a courtier. Different ruling ministers will always have their own governing philosophy, and if they don't do it, they will be tossing and turning.

It is not surprising that the new monarch is the king of Ding, Zhu Cijiong, after all, this is the son of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was raised by three sons before, and the eldest son succeeded to the throne after his death, but now he died again after only half a year. The remaining two sons, King Ding and King Yong, one is a concubine and one concubine, and Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, is only ten years old, and the Yongwang is only eight years old.

However, when he heard that Emperor Longwu only designated one person with the surname of the country as the new monarch and the auxiliary minister before his death, it still aroused countless surprises and doubts among the people in Beijing.

The surname of the country is the son of the former emperor and the second assistant of the Longwu Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen's deathbed appointed ministers, in addition to the deceased former first assistant Zhou Yanru and Ding Wei's former assistant Liu Zongzhou in the township, the current first assistant Wu Fu is ranked in front of the national surname.

Discourse. Emperor Longwu wants to appoint a minister of care, so there should be Wu Fu anyway, and Wu Fu should be in front. But now Wu Fu is nameless, which can't help but cause countless conjectures.

The fourth day of the fourth month of the first year of Longwu.

It was overcast, and there was no sun in sight all morning, only thick clouds. It's April, the peach blossoms in the courtyard have already fallen, Wu Fu has almost never slept all night, he has not returned home since entering the palace in the middle of the night, and he has been busy in the palace for most of the night. Later, he went to the prime minister's office in the imperial city and led the officials to prepare for the funeral of Emperor Longwu.

It was almost noon, Wu Fu's headache was dying, his eyes were sore and swollen, red and always tearful. He was tired and groggy, and he relied on drinking strong ginseng oolong tea to lift his spirits.

Standing under the silhouette with a teacup and blowing the wind, I watched as the teams of Miyagi guards in Qianqingmen Square changed into white cloaks, white military uniforms, and even their flags were changed to white. They stand straight. Guarding the Qianqing Gate.

These people are all guards and pro-army, belonging to the palace guards, these soldiers are Liu Jiye's old troops, and they are also Liu Jiye's henchmen.

He looked at the javelin-like soldiers. His brow furrowed.

When Liu Jiye came back, he didn't know if Wang Zhixin's Dongchang subordinates could complete the task. If they can't control the situation, I'm afraid they will all die without a place to bury.

It's an adventure.

Even if he can really win Liu Jiye in the palace, he can be inside and outside the palace. Even in the provinces of the Central Plains, nearly half of the territory of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in Liu Jiye's Chu army.

Once Liu Jiye is killed, how to ensure that his subordinates will not cause chaos?

Wu Fu has never thought of a good way to get the best of both worlds. But he couldn't do that much.

Before the cup of tea was finished, Chen Xinjia walked into the prime minister's yamen.

He was tall, and his crimson robe was replaced by a green band.

"Your Excellency," he said, "it's great that you've finally figured it out. ”

"For the sake of the Ming Dynasty." Wu Fu replied. He told Chen Xinjia that Liu Jiye would enter Beijing this afternoon, and they would get rid of Liu Jun in the palace at that time. If killing someone can be exchanged for social stability, he will not hesitate.

"Wang Zhixin is ready, just wait for Liu Jun to return to Beijing and enter the palace."

"Is the King's Heart reliable?" Chen Xinjia asked, "He is a eunuch after all." Although he recommended contacting Wang Zhixin to seek a career, he was still full of worries when the matter came.

Wu Fu put down the teacup and said slowly, "Wang Zhixin wants to be the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the seal of the seal, and I have promised him to hold this position after the matter is completed." ”

"Ni Yuanlu, the imperial history of the left capital, Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the ministry, Li Banghua, the secretary of the household department, Jin Guangchen, the secretary of the Xingbu, and Fan Jingwen, the privy envoy, have already tested their tone, and they are all willing to support us." Chen Xinjia said.

"That's good, with their support, after getting rid of Liu Jiye, we can quickly control the imperial court."

After a while, Ni Yuanlu and Zheng Sanjun and other ministers had already arrived, they made tacit eye contact, and then sat down in the yahall.

"Are we really going to do this?" After Zheng Sanjun arrived, he stood in front of Wu Fu and asked in a low voice.

"For the sake of the community!" Wu Fu replied.

After the arrival of the privy envoy Fan Jingwen, the first thing he asked was when Liu Jiye arrived?

"No later than evening."

It is only forty miles from Jingshi to Tongzhou, and the fast horse can be reached by a messenger in the hour. The envoy was to leave Beijing after dawn in Tongzhou, and Liu Jiye had to make some arrangements for the affairs of the Tongzhou camp after receiving the news, and he would definitely be able to come back before dark.

"Since you have come, you are all loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor. Now, let's discuss together how to stabilize the situation after getting rid of Liu Jiye. Wu Fu sat down and looked at the dozen or so important ministers who came.

Chen Xinjia said, "I thought that we should first control the guards of the palace and the imperial city, and once Liu Jiye was taken, we should control the officers of the guards and the army as soon as the iron was hot, and the martial arts of the Beijing division would take over the guards and the army, and when necessary, they could kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys."

The door suddenly opened, and Wang Xinxin took the lead and walked in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope to forgive my sins, our family is too late!"

Wu Fu saw the king's heart and endured the unhappiness in his heart. "Your Excellency has just arrived, and the prince is not late."

His list fell, and Liu Qiao, the tall and burly commander of the Jinyi Guard, suddenly walked in, and behind him was Liu Yunsheng, the commander of the Nine Gates, Si Luo Ping'an, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Liu Jian, the left deputy capital of the Five Cities Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Liu Yunzhen, the captain of the guard.

What made Wu Fu and the others uneasy for a while was that Liu Qiao and the others were all wearing armor, swords and swords at their waists, and even handcuffs.

And behind them, there were large groups of soldiers with muskets. These people are all people who guard the pro-army, but at this time, they suddenly broke into the prime minister's yamen with Liu Qiao and others. Gun at them, ministers.

Liu Yunzhen walked up to Liu Qiao and stood still, he pointed at Wu Fu, Chen Xinjia and the others, "My lord, it's them." He shouted, "It's them, they are the ones who conspired to make trouble, and bought the servants to poison Your Majesty." ”

Liu Qiao took a step forward, his gaze swept over the group of important ministers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the accusations against the Admiral. What do you have to say? ”

Wu Fu's face was swollen red, and his heart was trembling.

"You're spewing blood."

Chen Xinjia didn't expect such an accident to happen at this time, and shouted angrily, "Liu Qiao." You led your troops into the palace with the intention of causing chaos? ”

Ni Yuanlu asked on the side, "Who allowed you to break in, and you are still talking nonsense here." Your Majesty was wounded by an artillery bombardment, what are you talking about poisoning? ”

Liu Qiao beckoned to the back, "Bring the murderer of the monarch up." Let him identify the messengers. ”

Two brocade guards pushed in a eunuch wearing a shackled anklet.

"Tell me, who commanded you to poison the tea of King Ding, and who commanded you to murder King Ding?"

It was a young eunuch, and his clothes were covered in congealed blood. Beneath his shaggy hair were terrified eyes.

He was pushed forward, staggering a few steps forward, his eyes looking ahead.

"It's him, and it's him."

His finger quickly pointed at two men.

When Wu Fu saw the eunuch pointing at him, he was extremely angry, but when he saw the eunuch pointing at Chen Xinjia again, he was terrified.

He thought of another plan that Chen Xinjia had mentioned before, to kill King Ding and set up another King Yong. But he didn't agree to that plan at all, could it be that Chen Xinjia made a private opinion?

Could it be that Chen Xinjia did it privately with Wang Zhixin?

Liu Qiao snorted coldly.

"Wu Fu and Chen Xinjia, one of you, as the first assistant of the cabinet, and the other as the secretary of the Ministry of War, actually colluded to rebel, bribed the servants around King Ding, poisoned His Highness's tea, and murdered His Highness, you are bold!"

"King Ding was poisoned?" Chen Xinjia was shocked.

After Ni Yuanlu and the others heard this, they were also shocked and inexplicable, their minds were in chaos, they couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and they couldn't help but secretly wonder if Wu Fu and Chen Xinjia really did it.

"Plotting against the king, no king and no father, come to someone, take down these traitors!"

A group of guards surrounded them, muskets in their hands.

"Liu Qiao, you thief shouting to catch a thief, this is a backbite." Wu Fu shouted, "I didn't expect that you murdered Emperor Longwu, and now you dare to murder King Ding, you are mad, Ben Fu now suspects that Emperor Weizong was also murdered by you in the first place!" After speaking, he shouted at Wang Zhixin, "Princess, please order the captains of Dongchang to take down Liu Qiao and the others for rebellion!" ”

Wang Zhixin pulled out a handcuff from his lap and shouted outside, "The children of Dongchang! ”

Outside, there was the sound of swords unsheathed, and the sound of footsteps approaching.

"Liu Qiao, there are still a lot of loyal people in the Ming Dynasty, and you can't afford to hold the sky with one hand! Put down your knives and guns, or else," Wu Fu shouted.

He wasn't done yet.

Wang Xinxin had neatly pulled the trigger of the handcuff, and there was a bang.

The fire boomed, but the lead bullet shot into Wu Fu's face.

The lead bullet directly hit Wu Fu's front door, and the terrible stopping force of the lead bullet directly exploded Wu Fu's left eye, and Wu Fu fell to the ground in response and was killed directly. The blood, brains, and eyeballs burst open, and it was extremely terrifying.

Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but vomit.

Chen Xinjia was stunned on the spot, he didn't figure out what was going on, Liu Qiao had already quickly pulled out the firearm and slammed a shot at him.

A burst of smoke rose, Chen Xinjia dodged to the side, but the distance was too close, the bullet still hit his chest, blood poured out, Chen Xinjia staggered back, he tried to dodge, but Luo Ping'an, the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, had already raised a handcuff to make up a shot at him, this time the bullet hit him directly in the forehead, and Chen Xinjia fell to the ground and died on the spot.

"Take down these plotters who rebel against the party and dare to resist, and there will be no forgiveness on the spot!"

Liu Qiao carried the steaming handcuff and said coldly. (To be continued.) )

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