"The ports of Tianjin Wei and Dagu have been controlled by sailors and marines." Zhang Guodong reported to Liu Jun in front of his hospital bed. "We also controlled the Wei River and choked the canal to Jingshi. Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Tianjin Town, and the officers and soldiers under his command cooperated very well in handing over the control of the city defense. When he said this, his eyes flashed with excitement.

Liu Jun was lying on the bed, looking terrible, his chest wrapped in thick gauze and stained with dark red blood. And Liu Jun's face is also slightly yellow, his lips are pale, and his eyes are a little dull.

But in fact, Liu Jun is by no means as bad as it seems.

He was indeed shot by a crossbow arrow, but the person who shot him was neither the Dongchang killer sent by the emperor nor the dead soldier sent by the Manchus. That arrow was shot by the Chu army. To put it bluntly, this arrow is actually a bitter ploy directed and acted by Liu Jun. But very few people knew about the entire plan, and no more than 10 people knew about the entire plan.

Zhang Guodong was one of the people in the know, and the assassins were also the people he arranged, and they were very trustworthy subordinates.

However, the whole plan was still very risky, and Liu Jun didn't even dare to let too many people know, and he didn't even tell Fu Shan. Confucius also said that if the disaster is born, the words are the order, the king is not secret, the minister is not secret, the minister is not secret, and the few things are not secret. Vernacular consciousness is the origin of chaos because of words. If the king does not keep secrets, he loses his courtiers, if his courtiers do not keep secrets, he loses his life, and if he does not keep secrets, he will fail.

For what Liu Jun is doing now, he can only do but not say, and the fewer people who know, the better.

Although this is just a scene he directed and acted in, the arrow is indeed real. However, it is not as scary as it seems on the surface, he has already worn two layers of armor in his clothes in advance, but in order to make the effect more realistic, Liu Jun is also very hard.

The protection was not intended to completely block the arrow, the arrow was not shallow, but it deliberately avoided the vital point, and Liu Jun hid a bag there in advance. Therefore, after being hit by the arrow, blood sprayed directly, and the scene was quite realistic, and the effect was amazing.

At that time, Liu Jun fell directly to the ground, and then Zhang Guodong, who had been prepared, immediately led troops to surround Liu Jun, and he personally carried Liu Jun into the car. After entering the backyard of the governor's yamen, he also sent someone to take over the yamen as soon as possible, and the regiments guarded it.

After that, Liu Jun was treated as a military doctor of the Chu army arranged in advance, and the process of treatment was carried out under the personal guard of Zhang Guodong. It is not open to outsiders, and from beginning to end, few people know the truth of the matter. They only acted according to the orders given before Liu Jun passed out in a coma and led their troops to control the cities of Tianjin.

Zhang Guodong is Liu Jun's confidant protégé, and his loyalty is absolutely reliable.

"That's fine." Liu Jun smiled, he still didn't see outsiders, the backyard of the governor's yamen was guarded by Zhang Guodong himself, and anyone had to pass through him before they could see Liu Jun. "It's acting. Most of the blood shed at that time was fake blood, but that arrow did injure Liu Jun, but it avoided the vital point. "To restrain the emotions of the hydra, we need everyone's anger. But it has to be under control. ”

Zhang Guodong poured a glass of water for Liu Jun and handed it over. "Dashuai, the brothers are all emotional, and many people are saying that this is the imperial court crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Military Heart is available. We now have control of Tianjin, and with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Beiyang Naval Division, we can go straight to Tongzhou along the canal. Soldiers knock on the Beijing Division. In addition, there are 90,000 soldiers and horses in Dengzhou and Liaodong, which can be transferred in a few days. Marshal, why don't we take this opportunity to enter Beijing in one fell swoop? ”

"Winter dog, you have to follow the trend in everything, and you must not go against the trend. Don't be anxious, be anxious. We have now made an excellent move and have to wait for the outcome of the other move. We can't do anything until that move is inconclusive. ”

Director Liu Jun's assassination scene, in addition to mobilizing the anger of the nine-headed bird, the most important thing is to postpone his entry into Beijing. Once in Beijing, things are not so easy.

He had to wait until the results of the Jingshi side before he could enter the capital. Moreover, at that time, it was necessary to enter Beijing with a large army. Now that he had been assassinated in Tianjin, Liu Jun took advantage of the situation to transfer the Beiyang Naval Division, who happened to be in the port of Tianjin, and let them take control of Tianjin first in the name of finding the assassins.

Everything is ready, only the East is owed.

Regarding Zhang Guodong's proposal to directly lead his troops to kill the Beijing Division, Liu Jun did not approve. In that way, it is tantamount to a direct rebellion.

What Liu Jun has to do is to try to avoid the result of open rebellion, Liu Jun is not the real Zhu Ming clan, if he rebels, even if he wins the Beijing division for a while, the world will not accept it, and the Quartet will inevitably rebel, which is not the result he wants.

"I got the news that the emperor has sent a minister to Tianjin with the imperial doctor, and also sent the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department, and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate this assassination case, and let Dongchang and Jinyiwei cooperate in the investigation."

"Don't worry, this arrow I received was not in vain, even if the imperial doctor came, he wouldn't be able to show his stuffing." Liu Jun was not flustered.

"What are we waiting for, Marshal?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Wait for the assassins."

"Waiting for the Assassins? What assassin? ”

Liu Jun replied solemnly, "I suspect that the person who assassinated me was sent by the Qing Dynasty, they may have sent more than one assassin, they may not intend to assassinate me alone, they may go to assassinate the emperor." ”

"The Tartar assassin wants to assassinate the emperor?" Zhang Guodong's mouth was already open and closed in shock. This was the first time he had heard the detailed plan of the marshal. He was shocked for a long time before lowering his voice and asking, "Dashuai thinks they can succeed?" ”

"Things are done by people, things are planned by people, and things are achieved by heaven, and you have to try to know the result."

Zhang Guodong didn't ask any more questions, and he wouldn't ask them carefully. He should have known that the marshal would naturally tell him, but he was still shocked. Assassinating the emperor, I'm afraid things are not so easy to do.

Liu Jun doesn't think so, Chongzhen lives in the Forbidden Palace, and it is really difficult to assassinate Chongzhen under normal circumstances. But Liu Jun's uncle is Liu Qiao, the commander of Jinyiwei, and the Jinyi family of the Liu family has been operating in Beijing for several generations, and has always been in the Jinyiwei system. For the defense of Miyagi, it was quite familiar.

If it was an assassin sent by the Manchus, they might have been less than 1 in 10,000 if they had infiltrated the palace and assassinated Chongzhen. But Liu Qiao, who was already familiar with Miyagi and had some defensive functions himself, had a lot of chances to succeed.

Liu Jun chose this path because Liu Qiao was available.

Now, Liu Jun directed an assassination drama and took the opportunity to let the Beiyang Navy Division take control of Tianjin, all he needs to do is wait for the good news of Liu Qiao, the Beijing Division.

Capital.

Jin Yiwei commanded Liu Qiao's mansion under the rockery in the back garden. There is an underground chamber.

In the middle of the night, Liu Qiao came to this secret room alone, he was alone, lifted the cover hidden under the rockery, and stepped on the wooden ladder step by step to go inside. He lit a candle and lit up the chamber.

The secret room is not large, and there are a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and some bottles and jars in it.

There was much less gold and silver in the secret room, and now Liu Qiao, like many officials and tycoons, deposited gold and silver in the Four Seas Bank for certificates of deposit or silver bills. Or simply exchange it for a silver dollar coupon. Some valuable antique calligraphy, painting and jewelry are also often stored in the safe deposit box of the bank, which is convenient and more secure.

However, there are still some left in the secret room in case of emergency. But today Liu Qiao came to the secret room in the middle of the night, not to get these gold, silver and jewelry, but to take something from those bottles and cans, a bottle of poison.

A small white porcelain bottle with wine, medicinal wine. After drinking it, it will make people excited. And then crazy a kind of medicinal wine. Drop a drop in the wine, after drinking it, it will be fierce and fierce, and you can control two women at night, drop two drops. I can do it seven times a night. But if you pour this small bottle into the wine and drink it, you will definitely die, and the gods will not be able to save it.

It's a terrible thing that makes people want to die. It can also make people really die in excitement and satisfaction.

In the early morning of the fifth day of August in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the city of Beijing was already cool with silky autumn.

It started raining last night and it didn't stop in the morning. The autumn wind and autumn rain are getting cooler and colder.

After the fifth watch drum of the Bell and Drum Tower, the cold streets suddenly became noisy and lively, as if the city of Beijing suddenly woke up.

On the streets, the sound of horses' hooves, wheels, and shouting was noisy, and on the streets leading to the imperial city, official sedans of all sizes passed by, and some more luxurious carriages passed by.

The high-ranking officials hugged each other, and the sedan chair men were in groups. Ordinary small Beijing officials also rode donkeys and mules to the court.

It's still early, but today is the day of the May and Ten Dynasties, and the officials dare not miss the time. Fortunately, although he is diligent today, Daming has long since had no rules for every morning, otherwise, everyone would not be able to endure this hardship if they go to court in the dark every day.

The palace carved the room to report the hour, and the civil and military officials who participated in the early dynasty stood in order outside the hall under the leadership of the officials of Honglu Temple.

"In the blink of an eye, summer has passed." Zhou Yanru stroked his beard and said in a Jiangnan accent.

"Flowing fire in July, Weiyang in August, and clothing in September." Wu Fu, the second assistant with a beautiful beard, replied, "At this time last year, the imperial court had just launched a counteroffensive in western Liaoning, and the surname was also ordered to go north to attack Liao. ”

"Lu You, the surname was assassinated in Tianjin, and now he is still unconscious, and his life and death are unpredictable. Although His Majesty sent the best imperial doctor, even if he rejuvenated his hand, he was afraid that he would have to recuperate for a long time. The Governor of Zhili commanded the soldiers and horses of the nine towns of Gyeonggi and was responsible for the internal and external defense of Gyeonggi. Lu You, do you think it is time to ask Your Majesty to temporarily appoint a minister to temporarily take the position of governor of Zhili? Zhou Yanru said to Wu Fu, "These Tartars are really bold, just after the peace treaty was signed over there, they will send someone to assassinate here, and this matter must not be spared." ”

Wu Fu nodded and said, "The Tartars' move is indeed excessive, but it is not appropriate for the imperial court to fight with the Tartars at the moment, especially when the surname is still assassinated and unconscious." ”

"Although the surname is still unconscious, the Chu army can fight." Zhou Yanru stroked his beard and said, "But since the Tartars dare to send someone to assassinate and give the surname, I am afraid that there will be other actions, for the sake of safety, we should immediately dispatch an elite from Liaodong to cooperate with the Beiyang Naval Division to move to Guangning and Dalinghe City, in case the Tartars invade Liaoxi again!" ”

"Last time, the surname was given to preside over the peace with the Tartars, but in the end he failed to bring back Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's governors and ministers, and now Liaoxi is all dependent on Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, I think Yang Shenwu can be appointed as the governor of Liaoxi and Ningjin." Wu Fu said.

Yang Shenwu was born in Shujishi, served as the governor of Guizhou Province, Henan Patrol, once led troops to suppress the Bailian rebellion, and later served as the governor of Shuntian, and now he is a squire of the military department. Yang Shenwu has a close relationship with Wu Fu, and can be regarded as a member of the Jiangbei Party in the DPRK. Liaoxi also has a vacant governorship, although the current governor of Liaoxi is not as powerful as the original Jiliao governor, but if he can catch the soldiers and horses of Liaoxi, this will naturally be of great help to Wu Fu in the court.

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he said coldly, "Yang Shenwu Chongzhen's four-year jinshi is too shallow to take on this position. I mean, let Tianjin Governor Ma Shiying serve as the governor of Liaoxi and Ningjin. ”

Wu Fu knew very well that Ma Shiying, the governor of Tianjin, was Zhou Yanru's person, and he naturally opposed this. He shook his head and was very opposed to the use of Ma Shiying, who was seized for corruption and relied on Zhou Yanru to reinstate as the governor of Tianjin. This Tianjin governor has not been in office for a year, and he is about to be promoted to the governor of western Liaoning, how can he do such a thing. Moreover, this Ma Shiying is entangled with the eunuch Ruan Dayue, and he can be regarded as half a eunuch. Ma Shiying is not even as good as Zhou Yanru's protégé Fan Zhiwan, that Fan Zhiwan was promoted by Zhou Tingru as the governor of Liaodong, but as a result, when Liu Jun besieged Shenyang City, he forced a bow to a female female overlord, and was bitten off and died, which is really a big scandal.

Zhou Yanru saw that Wu Fu refused to agree, so he took a step back.

"Luyou, it's better to let Yang Shenwu serve as the governor of Liaoxi, and then let Ruan Dayue serve as the governor of Zhenjiang in Liaodong, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru exchanged interests, and Ruan Dayue made a comeback as the governor of Zhenjiang in exchange for supporting Yang Shenwu as the governor of western Liaoning.

Wu Fu thought for a moment and said, "You are the first assistant, so this matter will be done according to your wishes." ”

As he spoke, there was a sudden commotion in front of him. Zhou Yanru said dissatisfiedly, "Who dares to be so noisy? ”

Wang Chengen suddenly appeared.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Wu, come with our family to meet the driver." Wang Chengen's face was anxious.

"Princess, what's going on?"

Wang Chengen has already recruited several internal envoys to carry two small sedan chairs over, "The two gentlemen get on the sedan chair quickly, and the matter will be said later." ”

The little eunuch carried three small sedan chairs and galloped away, and in a while Wang Chengen and the three of them were sent to the emperor's bedroom.

Zhou Yanru got out of the sedan chair with a puzzled expression, "Princess, what's going on?" ”

Wang Chengen said sadly to the two, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is going to have a big trip." ”

When Zhou Yanru and Wu Fu heard this, their brains exploded. What does it mean to be a big line, and the word big line can be used indiscriminately? Daxing, that is the meaning of describing the death of the emperor.

"Let's go, you'll understand when you get inside."

As soon as he entered the temple, he heard the sound of weeping inside. Empress Zhou and Yuan Tian, the two concubines, as well as the crown prince, the two kings of Yong and Ding, and their royal highnesses the two princesses, were all in the palace.

And Emperor Chongzhen was lying unconscious on the dragon bed, and he didn't know what to do.

(To be continued.) )