Chapter 832: Seeking Skin with the Tiger
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Zhou Zheng's assassination made the magnates in the capital panic, and even the Grand Governor of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor's Office, who was in charge of the defense of the capital, was worried about the assassins, let alone others.
To this end, the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, Suncheon Province, and the Fifty Soldiers and Horses Division stepped up patrols in the capital, and the streets were full of expressionless soldiers and soldiers, which made the atmosphere in the capital more and more depressing.
In view of the fact that Zhou Zheng was almost killed in the assassination, the nobles of the capital have strengthened their own security, and always carry dozens of guards in heavy armor with them when they travel, just in case.
Some people have heard that the reason why Zhou Zheng escaped with his life was that he used an extremely powerful firearm, which made the assassin lose his combat effectiveness in an instant, so many nobles wanted to ask Zhou Zheng for a few grenades for self-defense, which could be used to save his life at a critical moment.
Zhou Zheng was extremely helpless about this, his grenade was given by Li Yuntian, and without the orders of Li Yuntian and Emperor Xuande, the people in the martial arts hall would not provide grenades to the outside.
Now that Li Yuntian is buried in the fire of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, and Emperor Xuande has died, the only person who can mobilize grenades from Jiangwutang is the prince, but the prince is too young to issue an edict alone before he becomes a pro-government, and he must obtain the consent of the auxiliary ministers.
Obviously, Yang Shiqi, Hu Ying and others would not approve of the practice of sending grenades, which would only make the situation in the capital more chaotic and the people more panicked.
Taifu Temple, Warden Office.
In a stable, Li Yuntian and Hu Yitu are feeding the horses with forage, it is hard to imagine that Hu Yitu has been doing handyman work for twenty or thirty years as a temple master of Taifu Temple, and under his care, the horses are fat and strong, and their coats are shiny.
"Do you think they'll be able to find the Assassins?" After pouring the forage in the basket into a manger, Hu Yitu smiled and asked Li Yuntian, now the people of the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division searched for those assassins from house to house, stirring up chickens and dogs in the capital, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, no one would have thought that there would be such a thing of labor and mobilization during the New Year.
"If these people dare to blatantly assassinate the righteous prince on the street, then there must be a way out, and I am afraid it will be difficult to search them out." Li Yuntian poured hay into another manger, and said as he poured, "The searchers can only enter ordinary houses, and they can't enter the residences of high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the court, and those assassins are hiding inside. ”
"If it were you, where would you start?" Hu Yitu bowed slightly when he heard this, picked up the brush and asked while brushing the mane of the horse.
"Kerose!" After Li Yuntian finished pouring the forage, he also began to brush the mane of the horse, and replied methodically, "Fire oil is not an item circulating in the market, so as long as you dig down this clue, the other party's stronghold in the capital will be exposed." ”
"However, I think those assassins will be discovered by the government." Then, Li Yuntian pondered for a while, looked at Hu Yitu and said, "The reason why the other party assassinated Yiguo Gong is for the military power of the capital, and secondly, it is to create panic in the capital. ”
"You're saying they're going to use those assassins as bait to disrupt the government?" Hu Yitu understood the meaning of Li Yuntian's words, and his brows suddenly furrowed, he actually thought of this, but he didn't understand what the other party would do with those assassins for a while.
"If what Jin Ying told us is true, then it seems that Fang Liang is going to be unlucky, and he will become a stepping stone for King Yue to win the Empress Dowager's letter." Li Yuntian bowed slightly, and then said with some mockery, "I'm afraid that Fang Liang is now dreaming of being promoted to become rich, but I don't know that he has become an abandoned chess piece in the hands of others!" ”
Since Empress Dowager Zhang ordered a thorough investigation of Fang Liang's collusion with the DPRK, Jin Ying asked Dongchang to increase the monitoring of Fang Liang, who could only do it secretly in the past, but now they can do it openly.
The matter of Fang Liang's meeting with the country-faced man has been controlled by the fan of Dongchang, and the beggar who basks in the sun on the street outside the house where the two met is a person from Dongchang, and Zhang Hao was stabbed not long after this incident passed, Li Yuntian didn't think it was just a coincidence.
Obviously, Fang Liang has been involved in the case of Zhang Hao's assassination, which will be a fatal blow to him.
"Seeking skin with the tiger is this fate, but it's a pity that Fang Liang has been consumed by the desire for profit and blinded by the desire in his heart." Hu Yitu shook his head when he heard this, his eyes showed a look of regret, I have to say that Fang Liang's IQ and strategy are outstanding among the officials in the capital, if he makes good use of it, he will be a generation of famous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but it is a pity that he made a mistake and fell into today's situation.
If you want to blame it, you can only blame Fang Liang for meeting a "companion" who is also scheming like him, and the other party can see that he has a fanaticism for power, so he uses it to play with Fang Liang between applause.
Fang Liang originally thought that the other party would help him gain the power of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't know that he was just a chess piece in the other party's hand, and once he had no use value, he would be ruthlessly abandoned.
"He will drink the bitter wine he brews." Li Yuntian smiled a little helplessly, to be honest, he and Fang Liang had some sympathy, no matter what, Fang Liang could force him into such a worthy opponent in front of Emperor Xuande.
Sure enough, things were as Li Yuntian expected, and the assassin who carried out the assassination on the night of the incident was found and blocked in a warehouse in the backyard of a grocery store.
According to the grocery store's confession, there was once a batch of fire oil in the grocery store, but now its whereabouts are unknown, and the person in charge of investigating the case suspects that the missing batch of fire oil was used to assassinate Zhang Hao.
Although the government persuaded the Assassins to surrender, the Assassins were very stubborn and wanted to resist stubbornly, so Zhang Fu finally gave the order to attack, and the elite soldiers of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office swarmed into the warehouse, and after a fierce battle, all the Assassins in the warehouse were annihilated.
Although the Assassins were at a disadvantage, they put up a stubborn resistance, and only three of the nearly twenty Assassins survived after being wounded, while the rest were all killed.
Fortunately, among the three survivors was the Assassin leader, who was wounded in the arm and knocked down during the fight, while the remaining two Assassins were seriously injured and immediately interrogated by the Gyeonggi Governor's Office.
However, no matter what kind of torture he received, the assassin leader just gritted his teeth and did not speak, and later Dongchang sent someone to assist in the investigation of the case, and soon recognized the identity of the assassin leader, who was the man with the Chinese character face who had met Fang Liang two days earlier.
At this time, a major breakthrough was made in the case, and Zhang Fu entered the palace overnight to report the matter to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and asked the Empress Dowager Zhang to make a decision.
"Are you sure you read that right? Fang Jinshi has met with the Assassin Leader! Empress Dowager Zhang was taken aback when she received the gift, and looked at the few Dongchang fans kneeling in front of her with a strange face, the scene she didn't want to see still happened, Fang Liang attacked Li Yuntian and Zhang Hao one after another, obviously being instructed by others.
"Empress Dowager, the little ones really saw it, Fang Jinshi was waiting for someone in a private house that day, and it was the assassin leader who was arrested." An Oriental fanzi who was kneeling in front hurriedly raised his head and said affirmatively to Empress Dowager Zhang.
"Go, arrest all the people in that house and torture them, this matter will be carried out in private, and you must not alarm outsiders, so as not to startle the snake." Empress Dowager Zhang groaned for a while, and gave her husband a decree with a stern expression.
On the evening of two days ago, Empress Dowager Zhang received a report from Jin Ying, knowing that Fang Liang had met the big man with the national character face in private, she never thought that the big man with the national character face would assassinate Zhang Hao.
"Queen Mother, what should Fang Jinshi do?" Hearing this, Zhang Fu bowed down and asked, Fang Liang was undoubtedly an important figure in Zhang Hao's assassination case.
"Strict surveillance, and interrogation will be carried out after solid evidence is obtained." Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes flashed coldly, and she replied coldly, she wanted to defeat Fang Liang's psychological defense in one fell swoop, so that Fang Liang could not be left to chance.
"Obey." Zhang Fu bowed down when he heard this, and hurriedly arranged the next matters.
"Queen Mother, Erchen is worried that the person behind Fang Liang may jump off the wall in a hurry, and the Queen Mother has to guard against it." After Zhang Fu and the others left, King Yue dodged out from behind the screen and said solemnly to the Empress Dowager Zhang, who had been hiding behind the screen just now and listened to the latest progress of Zhang Hao's case.
"Someone, Cui An, the capital of the Xuanqin Army!" Empress Dowager Zhang nodded thoughtfully, and said in a deep voice to the female officer standing aside, ready to strengthen the defense of the imperial city.
"Queen Mother, Marquis Wuping has won the trust of Emperor Taizong, Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xian, and he will be in charge of the imperial city, and the imperial city will be worry-free." When King Yue heard this, his eyes flashed with a strange look that was not easy to detect, and he said to Empress Dowager Zhang in a deep voice.
Wuping Marquis Cui An is the Yongle Emperor appointed the pro-military capital of the Protectorate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, through the Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande dynasties, it can be seen that he is deeply trusted by the emperor, when Emperor Hongxi and Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, he was firmly on the side of Emperor Hongxi and Emperor Xuande.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Zhang has great trust in Cui An, and she is very relieved if Cui An is in the imperial city.
After Cui An, who was dressed in filial piety clothes, was announced to Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang told him to strengthen the defense of the imperial city, and in addition to the Jinyi Guard and the Long Xiang Guard and Hu Xiang Wei who returned to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the remaining 19 pro-army and 19 guards were all on guard, and the Beijing army was forbidden to enter the imperial city without her decree.
Cui An knew that the current situation in the capital was complicated, and he also knew that Empress Dowager Zhang's move was just in case, and it was the first time that the Ming Dynasty had met the prince was an eight-year-old child, so God knows what would happen at that time.
"Queen Mother, the minister wants to call the artillery battalion and musket battalion of the Xiaowu Army." Cui An knew that the matter was important, so he muttered for a while and said to Empress Dowager Zhang, "If there are artillery battalions and musket battalions to assist in the defense, then the imperial city will be impregnable." ”
The reason why Cui An is like this is not without reason, he is self-aware, and he knows very well that the combat effectiveness of the pro-army is not as good as that of the Beijing army, and if something unexpected happens, it will be difficult for the pro-army to resist the siege of the Beijing army.
However, if there is the artillery battalion and musket battalion of the Xiaowu Army to assist in the defense, it is another matter, not to mention that the firearms of the Xiaowu Army are famous all over the world, first of all, it gives the opponent a great deterrent, plus the firearms of the Xiaowu Army are extremely sharp, and if they are used to defend the city, they will rely on the city defense of the imperial city to cause a large number of long-range casualties to the enemy army besieging the city, making it difficult for the enemy to approach the city wall.
Moreover, if the artillery battalion and musket battalion of the Xiaowu Army fought the enemy, then the tens of thousands of tigers and wolves of the Xiaowu Army battalion outside the city would stand on the side of Empress Dowager Zhang and engage the enemy forces attacking the imperial city, so as to relieve the siege of the imperial city.