North of the capital, Andingmen. I'll tell you that the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?

As usual, the streets inside the Andingmen Gate are bustling with people.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Suddenly, the calm of the street was broken by the sudden appearance of a large number of troops in the street, and the soldiers running in front waved their knives and guns in their hands, frightening the passers-by along the way.

"Close the gates and put away the drawbridge!" Under the surprised gaze of the people, a thousand households rode to the city gate and shouted at the sergeant on duty at the city gate with a blank face.

After receiving the order from the thousand households, the sergeant at the city gate hurriedly ran over, closed the two thick city gates, and the drawbridge of the moat outside the city slowly rose.

Seeing this, the people who were waiting outside the city gate to enter the city exploded with a bang, and talked about it one after another, not knowing what was happening.

Almost at the same time, the same thing happened at the other eight gates of the capital, the gates were closed, the suspension bridge of the moat was raised, and the nine gates of the capital were cut off from the outside world at once.

Not only were the nine gates of the capital closed, but also the gates of the imperial city and the gates of the palace city were also sealed, and the sergeants defending the city put on a posture as if they were facing a great enemy.

Under the command of Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao, all the Beijing guards stationed in the capital have been mobilized, lined up in a neat queue out of the barracks, and orderly marched to their respective jurisdictions, some on the city wall to guard, and some on the main roads in the city.

Today's great dynasty, all the military attaches stationed in Beijing Jingwei above the fifth rank came to participate, among which the commander of the Jingwei was the military attache of the third grade, and was able to enter the Taihe Palace.

Therefore, what happened in the Taihe Palace is clear to the commanders of the Jingwei, and everyone knows that the crown prince Zhu Gaochi has received the edict of Emperor Yongle, and then inherited the Ming Dynasty.

Because Lu Zhongqian and others were detained in the Taihe Palace, all the Jingwei stationed in the capital were now under the control of Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao, and the three of them had summoned all the Jingwei military attaches who participated in the court meeting, announced to them the news of Zhu Gaochi's succession, and strictly ordered them to strictly guard the nine gates of the capital, and then won the control of Jingwei in one fell swoop.

Although the imperial court did not explicitly declare martial law, the sudden movement of troops, coupled with the closure of the nine gates of the capital, still made the sky over the capital still shrouded in a dull and oppressive atmosphere.

The people crowded around the street, looking at the heavily armed soldiers marching on the street with a surprised expression, since Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, such an abnormal thing had never happened in the capital, many people had a vague premonition that something big was going to happen, and the panic gradually spread in the city.

Surrounded by all the military generals, Zhou Zheng, who had a stern expression, ascended to the Andingmen Tower, and behind them were not only crossbowmen with crossbows, but also firefighters from the Shenji Battalion with firebolts on their backs.

On the long approach road to the city on the side of the city gate tower, the soldiers were methodically pushing the artillery of the Shenji battalion up the city wall and placing them in a line.

The reason why the people of the Shenji Battalion appeared in Andingmen was because the King of Han would enter the city through Guò Andingmen, so Zhou Zheng transferred them to form a deterrent to the army under the King of Han.

Zhou Zheng knew very well that the King of Han had already lost the battle with the crown prince, and now his only hope was that the King of Han would be able to recognize the form and not insist on going his own way, otherwise there would be a river of blood in front of the Gate.

In the south of the capital, in a luxurious and spacious mansion.

Zhu Zhanqi comfortably teased the precious birds hanging in a few bird cages in the corridor, he was in a very good mood, as long as today passed, then he would be the prince of Taiming, the prince of the country.

"Shizi, I don't know what happened, the nine gates of the capital have been blocked by the Jingwei." A middle-aged man hurriedly walked over, came to Zhu Zhanqi's side, bowed down and said.

"Oh?" Zhu Zhanqi frowned slightly when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, "Didn't you send someone to investigate?" ”

"Yes, but our people didn't even see those people who were in charge of the Jingwei and were driven away by the soldiers on duty." The middle-aged man said helplessly.

"If you go back and find out, we'll have to figure out what's going on." Zhu Zhanqi's brows couldn't help frowning deeper, and he commanded in a deep voice, this sudden scene was very weird, which made him feel a little inexplicably flustered.

The middle-aged man didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, arched his hand at Zhu Zhanqi, and left quickly.

"Do you want to resist?" Looking at the back of the middle-aged man, the corners of Zhu Zhanqi's mouth showed a sneer of disdain, and he suspected that the closure of the nine gates of the capital was Zhu Gaochi's attempt to prevent Zhu Gaochu from entering the city.

In his opinion, this is just Zhu Gaochi's wishful thinking, not to mention that most of the Beijing guards guarding the city are Zhu Gaochu's supporters, just Zhu Gaochu took out the edict of Emperor Yongle, and those Beijing guards had to obediently open the city gate.

At noon, just as Zhu Zhanqi was having lunch in the living room, the middle-aged man ran in in a panic, and when he entered the door, he tripped over the threshold because he was too flustered, and he stumbled and almost fell.

"What's the panic? If you have something to say, speak slowly! Zhu Zhanqi put down the chopsticks in his hand and glared at the middle-aged man dissatisfied.

"Prince, no, the emperor's edict has been posted on the street, let the prince succeed to the throne!" The middle-aged man came to Zhu Zhanqi in three steps and two steps, and said anxiously.

"What?" Zhu Zhanqi was taken aback when he heard this, his face changed, and he stood up suddenly, "How is this possible, the edict is in the hands of the father, how can there be an edict from the prince?" ”

"Now the streets are plastered with the emperor's edict, and the whole city knows that the crown prince is going to ascend the throne." The middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and nervously asked, "Shizi, what should we do?" ”

"Edict! It must be the crown prince's edict! Zhu Zhanqi's face was cloudy for a while, and he slammed his fist on the dining table, shaking the dishes on the table into the air, and then falling down with a bang, and the soup splashed.

"You go to the mansion of the Duke of Weiguo and the palace of Wuning Hou and other princes, tell them that the Duke of Weiguo and Wu Ninghou and others are under house arrest by the prince, and let them gather the personal soldiers of the palace to take down Andingmen with the prince of the world, and welcome the king of Han into the city." Then, Zhu Zhanqi paced back and forth in the living room a few times, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he commanded the middle-aged man in a deep voice.

There are personal soldiers of the guards of the homes of all the nobles in the capital, and they are also the private soldiers of those nobles, ranging from dozens to hundreds, all of whom are brave people, and if they are gathered, they will be a powerful soldier.

For Zhu Zhanqi, now that it has reached the critical moment of life and death, he can only let go of Yibo and welcome the King of Han into the city, so as to expose the evil deeds of the prince's edict, otherwise it will be too late to say anything.

However, Zhu Zhanqi forgot one thing, that is, Lu Zhongqian and the others were now in the palace, how could their family dare to act rashly, compared to the grand plan of the Han King, the family members valued the safety of Lu Zhongqian and the others more.

Therefore, the people sent by Zhu Zhanqi to the Xungui Mansion were perfunctory back, and even the Weiguo Mansion did not mean to send personal soldiers, which made Zhu Zhanqi feel desperate, and smashed the things in the room in order to vent his anger.

Zhu Gaochi's enthronement ceremony was scheduled for the afternoon, and although it was simple, the etiquette and procedures necessary for the enthronement of the Son of Heaven were still essential.

In the morning, after learning the news of the death of Emperor Yongle, the crying in the square of the Taihe Palace shook the sky, and the civil and military officials cried to death.

According to Zhu Gaochi's edict, Guanglu Temple prepared lunch for the ministers of the previous court, and the courtiers stayed in place after eating and waited, and attended Zhu Gaochi's enthronement ceremony in the afternoon.

Originally, because Li Yuntian had not yet reported on his work at the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy, he was now a miscellaneous official without a position, and it stands to reason that he could not participate in Zhu Gaochi's enthronement ceremony.

But he has the identity of the minister of the edict, so he has a place in the Taihe Palace, and is arranged to stand in front of the civil official on the left, and the position is very eye-catching.

Thanks to Li Yuntian's blessing, Lei Ting was also regarded as the envoy of the edict, and was fortunate to participate in Zhu Gaochi's enthronement ceremony, standing beside Li Yuntian with an excited face.

When Zhu Gaochi, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe and wore a nine-crown crown, walked into the Taihe Hall surrounded by many chamberlains, palace maids and guards, Lei Ting's mind only felt blank, and she looked at Zhu Gaochi stupidly, she never thought that she could be so close to the emperor.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" When Zhu Gaochi took his seat on the dragon chair on the high platform, the civil and military officials, chamberlains, and palace maids in the hall all knelt down.

Lei Ting, who was in a daze, was startled, and quickly knelt down.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Without waiting for Lei Ting to breathe a sigh of relief, there was a tsunami-like shout from outside the hall, and the civil and military officials in the square knelt down.

Immediately, the bells and drums on the noon gate rang in unison, announcing the birth of a new generation of emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, on the road outside Anding Gate, a large army slowly marched towards the city gate, and the people along the way avoided it.

In a carriage at the front of the queue, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, sat there leisurely and closed his eyes and took a nap, he had heard the news of the closure of the nine gates of the capital, but he didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that it was Zhu Gaochi's cowardly expression.

He believed that as long as the edict of Emperor Yongle was revealed, then those soldiers who defended the city would definitely defect and join him.

Suddenly, a melodious bell came, Zhu Gaoxu's brows furrowed slightly, and the only thing that had such a thick bell in the capital was the bell tower on the noon gate.

Knock Knock......

Faintly, Zhu Gaoxu heard as if there was a drum sounding, but he didn't hear it very clearly.

Then, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly opened his eyes, if he didn't guess wrong, the bell and drum sound came from the bell tower and drum tower on the noon gate, and only the bells and drums rang out in unison during the grand celebration, today doesn't seem to be a special day, why do you ring the bell and beat the drum at the same time?

Just when Zhu Gaoxu was surprised, there was a muffled bang in front of him, and then, an explosion sounded from the front of the team, and a neighing of horses followed, and the team stopped.

"What's going on?" Zhu Gaoxu's brows furrowed slightly, and he lifted the curtain and asked.

"Lord Wang, someone on the city tower is firing at us." Without waiting for the guards outside the car to answer, a Qianhu rode a horse and galloped from the front of the queue, turned over and dismounted, and bowed his hand to Zhu Gaoxu, and said in a deep voice.

"What?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, and when he reacted, he couldn't help but be furious, "What a boldness, they dare to fire at the emperor's edict, it's just a rebellion!" ”

"Go, tell the people upstairs in the city, the emperor's edict is here, let them open the door quickly." Then, he angrily yelled at the Qianhu, "Otherwise, you will be punished for rebellion!" ”

Hearing this, the Qianhu hurriedly got on his horse and left, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the city gate tower of Andingmen in the distance with a cold expression, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he never thought that Zhu Gaochi would do such a crazy thing in an attempt to prevent the edict from entering the city. One