When the soldiers of the Southern City Soldiers and Horses who were patrolling the streets rushed to the scene, the Assassins had already run away, and it was the first time that those soldiers had encountered this kind of thing, and they hurriedly called for the nearby people to put out the fire, and some of the buildings on both sides of the street were already affected by the fire and burned.

It was not until he was sure that he was safe on the street, and the iron-faced Zhang Hao left in a hurry under the escort of the guards, and instead of returning to the Yiguo Governor's Mansion, he went straight to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, preparing to sit in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion to hunt down the fleeing assassins.

Zhang Hao could clearly feel from the careful planning of the assassins that these assassins came for his life this time, if it weren't for Zhou Zheng's reminder and the "earth-shaking thunder" that Li Yuntian had given him before to scare away the remaining assassins, so that the assassins on the roof forgot to set fire to the house in panic, then he really wanted to leave his life here this time.

The so-called "earth-shattering thunder" is actually a grenade, and the firearms developed by Jiangwutang along with the mines can now be mass-produced, but they are still in a state of secrecy, and only a few troops in the Xiaowu army can use them.

Because the gates of the capital had not been opened when the assassination occurred, Zhang Hao ordered the nine gates of the capital to be closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave, which made the capital shrouded in a tense and oppressive atmosphere.

At the same time, Zhang Hao asked people to urgently report his assassination to the elders of the military pavilion, waiting for further instructions from the military pavilion.

After learning that Zhang Hao was attacked on the street and almost lost his life, Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng and other military cabinet members were taken aback, and hurriedly attacked to tell Empress Dowager Zhang that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one dared to assassinate the prince of the imperial court in the capital, and it was also the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that shouldered the defense of the capital.

Empress Dowager Zhang was shocked when she learned of this, Zhang Hao was the governor in charge of the defense of the capital, and the two or three hundred thousand troops in the capital were all dispatched by the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, and once Zhang Hao died, the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion would fall into turmoil.

"Investigate, we must investigate this matter strictly, and the mourning family wants to see who is behind the scenes!" After the shock, Empress Dowager Zhang reached out and patted the armrest of the chair heavily, and said to the military cabinet members who came to report the matter in a loud voice, her voice trembling slightly, showing her anger.

"The ministers obey." Zhang Fu, Zhou Zheng and the others bowed to the Empress Dowager Zhang and left quickly, going to arrange for the search of the fleeing assassins, who remained in the city because the nine gates of the capital had been blocked.

"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop!" After Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng and his party left, Empress Dowager Zhang pondered for a while, and muttered to herself, she didn't think that Zhang Hao had any enemies who wanted to kill him in the capital, it was obvious that the other party was coming for the situation in the capital.

It seems that what King Yue said is right, someone wants to secretly control the situation in the capital, first Li Yuntian was buried in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and then Zhou Zheng was assassinated, and the Ming Dynasty almost lost two generals in just ten days, which is no accident.

"Queen Mother, King Yue has arrived." At this time, a female official entered the door and said in a respectful voice.

"Xuan!" Empress Dowager Zhang came back to her senses and nodded quietly.

"Queen Mother, Yiguo Gong is the supporter of the crown prince, and now someone wants to get rid of him after Zhenguo Gong, and the queen mother must be guarded against." Seeing Empress Dowager Zhang, King Yue said with a concerned expression, looking a little worried.

"The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, and the mourning family wants to see who is so bold and making waves in the capital." Empress Dowager Zhang sneered, and said with a cold light in her eyes.

"Queen Mother, now the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the top priority is to ensure the military power of the capital in order to respond to all changes." King Yue knew that Empress Dowager Zhang was enraged, and said after a deep groan.

"Do you have any ideas?" Hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at King Yue, and King Yue's previous speculation had been confirmed to be correct, so now Empress Dowager Zhang has developed an inexplicable trust in King Yue.

"The queen mother, the sons feel that the troops of the Beijing army and Juyongguan should be transferred at this time, and now the situation in the capital is complicated, and the Beijing army is mainly controlled by the hands of the Zhongguo Gong, the Yiguo Gong, the Renguo Gong and Cheng Yonghou, once they have any different intentions, the consequences are unimaginable." King Yue groaned for a while, and said to Empress Dowager Zhang with a stern expression.

"Defensive?" Empress Dowager Zhang's eyebrows frowned slightly, she didn't expect King Yue to come up with such an idea, but after thinking about it, it does make some sense, the current situation in the capital is chaotic, and the more people in the hands of the military, the safer it is for the royal family, so as to avoid the phenomenon of one party controlling the Beijing army.

"The queen mother, the sons are worried that the vassal king has secretly entered Beijing." King Yue's eyes showed a worried look, and he whispered to Empress Dowager Zhang, "If someone supports the vassal king as the emperor, then he will become a hero of Conglong, and he will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future." ”

"How can it be!" Empress Dowager Zhang's face suddenly changed when she heard this, and she slapped the desktop beside her heavily, her expression was extremely cold, this was the most fearful thing in her heart, in case someone in the court coveted power and supported a foreign vassal king as the emperor, then she and the prince would fall into a place of no return.

Legally, those vassal kings are also the descendants of Taizu, so if there is not much obstacle to succession, after all, Emperor Yongle can take the throne from Emperor Jianwen, then as long as those vassal kings have enough strength, they can also take the throne from the crown prince.

As for why some courtiers in the court do this, then the reason is very simple, it is driven by interests, if they support the vassal king as the emperor, they will get more power from the vassal king, the so-called loyalty to the country is just a high-sounding disguise, and how many people in the world are not attached to power?

Before Emperor Yongle broke through Nanjing City, how many civil and military officials claimed to live and die with Nanjing City, but in a blink of an eye, they did not take refuge in Emperor Yongle.

Empress Dowager Zhang has experienced countless ups and downs, and naturally knows this truth, she will not think that those civil and military officials in the court are loyal to the prince, as long as the conditions allow, she believes that some people will take risks to win greater rights and interests.

"How to adjust the defense?" From the matter of Li Yuntian and Zhang Hao, Empress Dowager Zhang had already realized the severity of the situation in the capital, and there was a force that was secretly stirring up trouble, which made her have to guard against it, so she pondered for a while, and looked at King Yue with an expressionless face.

"The queen mother, the son thought that he could transfer 50,000 horses from the Beijing army to change the defense with the defenders of Juyong Pass, so that the defense of the capital would be more stable." Hearing this, King Yue's eyes flashed with a light that was not easy to detect, and he lowered his voice and said in an orderly manner.

"How are the 50,000 horses drawn?" Empress Dowager Zhang bowed slightly when she heard this, and expressed her approval of King Yue's idea.

The army under the command of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office included not only the Gyeongs, but also the troops near Gyeonggi, including the defenders of Juyongguan and Shanhaiguan.

In particular, Juyong Pass, because it is too close to the capital, the military households of the Juyong Pass garrison live near the capital, so there is no problem with the Beijing army guarding the capital.

It is worth mentioning that the guards of Juyong Pass and Shanhaiguan are all nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and the guards of Juyong Pass are Fan Yong, Marquis of Wuzhong, who is a descendant of the founding nobles, two years ago was Wu Zhongbo, and later because of the military exploits in the Northern Expedition of Emperor Xuande, and then was able to enter the marquis, guarding Juyong Pass.

Among the founding nobles of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Yong was the one who held the most military power, and the 70,000 horses and horses in Juyong Pass were all under his command.

If you want to transfer the Beijing army and the Juyong Pass garrison, then Fan Yong will definitely be transferred to the capital, because in order to balance the military strength of the capital, Empress Dowager Zhang and King Yue need Fan Yong to command the 50,000 Juyong Pass defenders.

If you pay close attention, you will find that the Beijing army in the capital and the Juyong Pass defenders who are a stone's throw away from the capital come from the three camps of the Ming Dynasty:

In the Beijing army, the generals of Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao controlled half of the troops, while Chen Tai and Hu Dahai, who controlled the other half of the troops, belonged to the Jingnan noble Zhang Fu line, and Fan Yong belonged to the founding noble line.

In this way, the three sides formed a strong momentum, so that the military power of the capital reached a balanced situation.

It is very simple to transfer Fan Yong into Beijing, the key is to transfer which defenders of the capital to Juyongguan, which involves a problem of factional balance within the defenders of the capital.

"Transfer 30,000 loyal Guogong's subordinates and 20,000 Renguogong's subordinates." Since the king of Yue had already proposed the construction of the defense, it was obvious that he had already considered the countermeasures and answered the Empress Dowager Zhang in an orderly manner.

"That's very good." Empress Dowager Zhang nodded when she heard this, in this case, neither Zhang Hao nor Chen Tai would be dissatisfied, after all, the imperial court transferred troops from both sides.

"Master Xuan has come to meet you." Subsequently, Empress Dowager Zhang said to the personal female officer standing on the side that she was not suitable to come forward in this matter, so she had to let the first assistant of the military pavilion and Zhang Fu, the imperial master of the court, do it.

When King Yue heard this, his face showed a relaxed look, and he secretly felt proud in his heart, although Zhang Hao and Chen Tai's troops were transferred out of the same quantity, but the quality was very different, he was ready to transfer Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao's strongest troops in the capital to Juyong Pass, while Chen Tai's was the weakest force in combat, which was equivalent to invisibly weakening Zhang Hao and Zhou Zheng's military strength in the capital, which was his real purpose.

In fact, King Yue felt very annoyed in his heart, he never expected that Zhang Hao would be able to escape from such a strict assassination, and then disrupt the plan that Ah Qiu had agreed with him before.

According to the original plan, Chen Tai will take his place after Zhang Hao's death, and Chen Tai will have the final say on the military defense of the entire capital, which will undoubtedly provide a lot of convenience for their next move.

Moreover, King Yue was now very interested in the kind of firearm that Zhang Hao's guards used during the assassination to knock down more than twenty assassins in an instant, if he could also have such a powerful firearm, then he would not be afraid of anyone in the capital.

It's a pity that the firearms that Zhang Hao has come from the Jiangwutang, and the Jiangwutang only obeys the orders of Da Mingzi and Li Yuntian, and outsiders can't intervene at all, so he can't get the firearms of the Jiangwutang at all now.

Even when Emperor Xuande ordered the search of the martial arts hall, those Jinyi guards did not do whatever they wanted, and they were accompanied by the personnel of the martial arts hall to clean up the information throughout the whole process, and those personnel would not stop the Jinyi guards from investigating the case, but they would definitely not be allowed to take those materials away.

As for the academy and workshop under the jurisdiction of Jiangwutang in the capital, Emperor Xuande forbade Jinyiwei to enter, and the original search in Jiangwutang was to hide people's eyes and ears, and Emperor Xuande knew very well the importance of the materials researched and produced by Jiangwutang, so he naturally would not let Jinyiwei do whatever he wanted, so as not to leak the secrets inside.

What King Yue has to do now is to weaken Zhang Hao and Zhou Zheng's military power in the capital, the loyalty of the two to the imperial power is needless to say, and they will definitely protect the crown prince at that time, so he must find a way to deal with Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao, and no one will be able to stop him from acting at that time.