74 The world is in turmoil
I just thought that the big thing had been decided, why was Chang'an City suddenly occupied?
Isn't Chang'an City the most difficult of the four capitals to attack?
The royal herald said: "They are all people from the martial arts rivers and lakes!" They occupied a lot of military camps, grabbed a lot of knives and guns, and now even the palace is besieged. ”
Liu Xingchao, the head of the inner court, kicked the guy out of the way, turned to the stunned emperor Zhu Honghua and said, "A false alarm." These wastes are making a fuss, I thought the forbidden army had rebelled, and it turned out to be a little thief playing at home. ”
All the people looked at him.
Liu Xingchao looked around and said loudly: "It's not a big deal, everything is fine!" No one can occupy Chang'an! ”
So the rebel army returned.
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The forbidden army drove back first, followed by the emperor's chariot, and the rest of the people could only ride or run back.
Galloping all the way, I saw the outline of Chang'an in the distance.
Chang'an is not a walled city, and there are many roads leading to the outside.
There were dozens of people standing at the intersection of the main road in Chang'an, a few civilians, and dozens of Chang'an troops.
The civilians had long dirty hair, wore tight black-gray robes, and had long swords pinned to their waists, and they looked like people from the rivers and lakes.
The dozens of Chang'an soldiers in light yellow uniforms were armed with machetes and spears, and the pistols were pinned to the waists of the leaders.
The forbidden army convoy stopped, Li Feiyu got out of the car first, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The people were a little stunned and didn't speak.
Li Feiyu asked again, and his voice was very loud.
The epaulette of the man with the pistol pinned to his waist was two bars, representing the rank of sergeant, at best a platoon commander.
He looked at Li Feiyu's three-dragon epaulette, and said tremblingly: "Didn't you say that the emperor was killed by Zhao Zhengbao?" Are the Forbidden Army also dead? ”
Li Feiyu: "Fart!" It was Zhao Zhengbao who was beaten away, and the emperor was in the back! ”
Those dressed in civilian clothes said: "Nonsense! We have occupied Chang'an, and we have changed the dynasty! If you surrender, you will be rewarded, otherwise ......"
Li Feiyu snatched the submachine gun from the forbidden army next to him and opened fire on everyone.
The Forbidden Army then fired, and after 10 seconds, all the men at the sentry were dead.
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The convoy continued to move forward, and found that many of the guards had mutinied, and those who had not mutined were sleeping, probably because the traitors had forgotten to find them.
We fought all the way to the palace.
The gates of the palace compound were still closed, and the guards at the gate were scribbling behind sandbags, and there was a lot of blood on the ground in front of them.
The convoy of the forbidden army stopped, and Li Feiyu stepped forward.
The men were awakened by the roar of the convoy and hurried up to salute the army.
Li Feiyu asked them, "What's going on?" ”
The dozen or so guards armed with submachine guns widened their eyes, looked at each other and said, "It's nothing." ”
Li Feiyu: "Why is there blood in front of the door?" ”
The men said, "Oh, yesterday a couple of madmen were going to enter the palace and we killed them. ”
Li Feiyu: "Do you know what happened in Chang'an?" ”
The people said, "Did something happen? I don't know. ”
We all entered the palace, and everything was normal in the palace, in fact, those people knew that "Chang'an was occupied".
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The subsequent forbidden army, the emperor, and the hundred officials also entered the palace.
The ministers all came to the Qixia Palace, looked left and right, and exchanged heads and ears.
Emperor Zhu Honghua sat on the dragon chair and asked, "What's the situation now?" ”
Liu Xingchaozheng, the head of the inner court, and Li Feiyu, the director of the Secret Division, the director of the Intelligence Division, the head of the Criminal Department, the head of the Imperial Palace District, the head of the Military District, and the commanders of the various armies of the Forbidden Army...... Hearing the emperor's words, he stepped forward and smiled bitterly and said, "A group of thieves who don't know the height of the sky occupy a few streets. I didn't speak, and the forbidden army in Chang'an didn't beat them, and they thought they occupied Chang'an. ”
The emperor said, "Then hurry up." ”
Liu Xingchao said: "I understand. ”
He said to Li Feiyu: "Call and send telegrams to all the fortresses, barracks and watchtowers in Chang'an, and send orders to all districts, ministries, and prefectures to remove all the rebels on the streets." ”
His voice fell for a while, and there was a sound of ping-pong in Chang'an City.
Rifles and submachine guns stretched out from the windows and roofs of each building, from the watchtowers, pillboxes, hidden forts, and underground fortifications, and these guns fired at the same time, and it seemed that in a second, all the "people who occupied Chang'an" were wiped out.
The emperor waited for a while and said, "How is it?" ”
Liu Xingchao said: "It's all done." ”
The emperor asked, "What's going on, who are they?" Sent by Zhao Zhengbao? ”
Liu Xingchao scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
He took out a few letters from the forbidden army next to him and said to the emperor: "They are all thieves who have broken into the rivers and lakes, and they dare to come to Chang'an!" We've intercepted their communications, and I'm here to read them to you. ”
He took out a letter and read it: "Senior Brother Li Dacang, the Left Protector of the Salt Gang: We have won!" We occupied Chang'an! Da Ming was overthrown! The emperor is dead, the imperial army has been wiped out, and the forbidden army is so frightened that they hide underground and the palace and dare not come out. We are strong and strong, and we have occupied Chang'an City for a whole day, and no one dares to oppose us. The king of the general private gang will ascend the throne and become the emperor, and our country name will be called 'Dashang', and the brothers in the gang will all ascend to the court to worship the prime minister and enjoy all the glory and wealth. The chief helper said that in our Great Shang Dynasty, everyone is equal, but the merchants are the first equal, the scholars are the second equal, and the commoners are the third equal. After receiving this letter, please rush to Chang'an immediately to discuss important matters. I wish Dashang a thousand years to come! Chen Erxiao, the head of the Salt Gang Loyal and Righteous Hall. ”
There are many kinds of private gangs, but they all obey the orders of the general private gang.
The head of the private gang is called Wang Facai, don't look at this name so low-end, this person is one of the top ten wanted criminals in the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Xingchao read the letter exaggeratedly, and the ministers and the emperor laughed so much that tears fell.
Jin Yuguang, the head of the household department, stepped forward and said: "A little salt gang dares to attack Chang'an!" The tiger doesn't make a threat when I'm a sick cat! As soon as the chief manager spoke, he was destroyed in less than a second. ”
The rest of the officials all stepped forward and called the emperor the chosen one, and ridiculed the traitor for being too weak, and such a weak traitor dared to go against the sky.
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Recently, it has been rumored that the imperial army has been wiped out in Gyeonggi, and Zhao Zhengbao has proclaimed himself emperor and is about to attack Gyeonggi. Everyone said that God sent a son of God and a prophet to assist Zhao Zhengbao, and he was already invincible in the world. There are also people who say that when Zhao Zhengbao was born, it was Changhong to capture the sun, the sky to spin, etc., etc., anyway, it is the old trick played by every emperor of the Kai Dynasty.
The Tea Gang from Qianzhou Province, the Sugar Gang from Gyeonggi Province, the Salt Gang from Sichuan Province, the Oil Gang from Central Plains Province, the Pi Gang from Xiyu Province, the Cloth Gang from Gangnam, and other large and small private gangs decided to attack first.
Because the Ming Dynasty forbade buying and selling, so those outlaws who illegally sold illicit tea, illicit sugar, illicit salt, illicit oil, and illicit cloth formed all kinds of private gangs, and they were usually incompatible with the imperial court, and this time they heard that the emperor was dead and the imperial army was wiped out, so they quickly rose up to rebel. Anyway, if you don't rebel, you will die, and if you rebel, you will die, so it's better to die if you are addicted to the emperor.
Tens of thousands of hawkers with all kinds of weapons invaded Chang'an.
Those frightened Gyeonggi Army, Chang'an Army, Fu Army, and Ministry Army really thought that the emperor was dead and the imperial army was over, so they didn't resist.
As for the forbidden army, they don't know about it at all. They were stationed in the palace and the garrison of the forbidden army, and when the thieves attacked, the forbidden army thought that the two fools were drunk and passing by, so they didn't ask anything, and killed them directly as usual.
Liu Xingchao, the head of the inner court, continued to order his subordinates: "Send a telegram to the information offices, intelligence offices, provincial governments, and overseers of all provinces in the world, telling them that the emperor is very good and the world of the Ming Dynasty is very safe." Whoever dares to act rashly will be killed! ”
Hey, the court has no credibility at all, who believes you now?
The more you deny it, the more people believe it!
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All the people in the hall were laughing at them, and a few of them dared to come and "occupy" the imperial capital.
Some people imitated the tone of the peddler and said: "Little plum, bring two fritters to the queen mother on my kang, eat one, and throw one." ”
People are smiling even more.
Suddenly, another royal herald came running in a panic and said, "A large number of people have committed suicide in various counties of Gyeonggi. ”
The emperor was puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”
He said: "The Demon Sect says that the world is in chaos, the apocalypse is coming, the Son of God wants to destroy the world, he wants to send down plagues, fires, frost ......."
The emperor waved his hand: "Kill yourself, kill yourself, let them die!" ”
Prime Minister Li Guozhong said: "No, we have to collect taxes, how can we collect them when we die?" ”
The Emperor nodded and said, "Yes." Summons the order, no suicide, violators are put to death! ”
Jin Yuguang, Minister of Households: "Your Majesty really cares about your subjects, and this is an example in the world!" ”
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There was a commotion outside the door, and a third royal herald entered.
As soon as this person came, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is not good, the counties of Gyeonggi are in danger!" ”
Prime Minister Li Guozhong said: "Didn't you send a message to the emperor to be well, how can there be a rebellion?" Where did all the county troops go? ”
Liu Xingchao, the head of the inner court, said disdainfully: "What kind of 'firewood, rice, oil and salt' gang is it?" ”
The man said, "No, it's river bandits, road bandits, and human bandits." ”
River bandits are robbers in the river, road bandits are roadblocks and robbers, and human bandits are slave traders. These people are not gangs in the rivers and lakes, but independent criminal organizations. They are pure criminals who will kill anyone, unlike those "firewood, rice, oil and salt" gangs under the banner of "doing the right thing for heaven". The combat effectiveness of these criminals is stronger than that of the imperial army, and the county army is naturally not a problem.
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Liu Xingchao was about to speak, when a fourth royal herald stepped forward outside and shouted, "The Kunlun faction and the Qingcheng faction are also reversed." ”
The ministers continued to exchange ears left and right.
The Kunlun faction is a gang in the Western Regions, and the Qingcheng faction is a gang in Sichuan, both of which claim to be the right way of martial arts.
Liu Xingchao: "It's not Shaolin Wudang, these second-rate gangs in the rivers and lakes also dare to rebel." I will send the Forbidden Army to destroy them in every minute. ”
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Outside, another royal herald stepped forward, and he said, "Your Majesty...... There are also several sects that have rebelled......"
I thought to myself, could it be the Martial Arts Double Supreme - Shaolin Wudang is also the opposite, right?
The man said: "Shaolin Wudang is also reversed, and the monks and Taoists have picked up their knives to kill." ”
Liu Xingchao, the head of the inner court, was furious: "Look for death!" Send planes to blow up Songshan and Wudang Mountain for me! ”
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I really don't know what the emperor did in his last life, but when people heard that he was dead, they all rebelled. Isn't everyone being taught every day that "kings, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons"?
Prime Minister Li Guozhong: "The world is unstable, and the Royal Army must be rebuilt." With a knife in their hands, these traitors will understand what loyalty is! I propose to double the tax rate and double the forced labor. ”
Most ministers agreed, and some opposed.
The fiercest opponent was Lin Jiaxiang, the leader of the Jiangnan Party. He said: "At present, the tax rate is already very high, so there are people who rebel, if it is doubled, it will add fuel to the fire!" It's better to give a light tax, so that the people's grievances can be calmed! ”
Prime Minister Li Guozhong: "Which side are you from, the same party of the rebels?" ”
Minister of Household Affairs Jin Yuguang: "Are you also going to rebel?" ”
Lin Jiaxiang: "What are you talking about! I'm dedicated to my country! ”
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While they were arguing, the sixth royal herald came to report: "The governor and overseers of Liaoxi Province have come to report that Liaodong Province is attacking Liaoxi Province in a big way." ”
Liu Xingchao: "Be detailed! ”
The man said: "The Hebei army has recovered the Shanhaiguan occupied by Liaodong, and Liaodong Province will go to fight Liaoxi Province, and it is to raise the strength of the whole province. ”
The emperor asked, "Why fight?" ”
The man said, "This ...... I don't know, I'm the messenger. ”
Liu Xingchao: "Quickly send a telegram to the governor of Liaodong and the overseers, ordering that they are not allowed to fight." ”
The man said, "But...... But the other party had already turned off the telegraph. ”
Liu Xingchao looked for someone among the hundred officials, and finally found that person - Pu Zhiqiang, the head of the Pu family in Liaodong, and also the former tenth prince Zhu Hongsi - the old father-in-law of the current scholar Li Hongsi. Liu Xingchao asked him, "What's going on with your territory?" ”
Park Zhiqiang is in his fifties, with single eyelids, a shoehorn face, and a pockmarked face.
He spread his hands: "The governor of Liaodong and the overseer are one person, named An Zedong. He was appointed by the imperial court, and I wanted to exclude him last time, but you didn't agree, and you still said......"
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At this time, there were also royal heralds (the seventh, I wonder, how many royal heralds did the emperor have?). He stepped forward and stammered, "Report ...... reported that Lingnan rebelled and killed both the governor and the overseers. ”
The ministers were shocked, especially Lin Jiaxiang, the leader of the Jiangnan Party and the head of the Lingnan Lin family, whose face turned white with fright.
The Emperor asked, "Be more detailed!" ”
The man said, "The communication has been cut off. The other party's telegraph was shut down or broken, and no signal could be found. The last telegram said that Lin Jiaxi had killed the governor of Lingnan and the overseers. Then the telegraph was never contacted. ”
Lin Jiaxi is Lin Jiaxiang's younger brother.
Everyone looked at him.
His face was bloodlessly white.
Prime Minister Li Guozhong asked him: "What the hell is going on?" ”
Lin Jiaxiang said to the prime minister: "Maybe the governor and the overseer are too deceitful, they have had festivals before. It could also be provoked by bad people. ”
Lin Jiaxiang kept kowtowing to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, there must be something hidden here, please ask me to go back and see what happened." ”
Jin Yuguang, the head of the household department, also said to the emperor: "It must be that Lingnan does not want to pay taxes, so he rebelled." It's really a national disaster. This person must have returned to the mountain with the tiger when he returned, and I suggest killing him first. ”
A group of people next to him also stepped forward to play.
I thought they were going to push the wall down like before, but I didn't expect them to beg for mercy.
If you look closely, it turns out that they are all members of the Jiangnan Party, including Lu Yuanzhou, the head of the Lu family in Jiangdong, Cui Weifu, the brother of the head of the Cui family in Jiangnan, and many high-ranking officials from foreign dynasties and localities.
There are three members of the Tianzi No. 12 clan who support the Jiangnan Party, and it seems that Lin Jiaxiang, the leader of the Jiangnan Party and the head of the Lingnan Lin family, is not small, I thought he was a verbose old man.
Prime Minister Li Guozhong and Minister of Household Affairs Jin Yuguang had ugly faces and continued to complain to the emperor.
Many Gyeonggi factions, foreign dynasty factions, and foreign relatives factions also demanded that Lin Jiaxiang be thrown into prison first.
There are also quite a few people in the Jiangnan Party, and they have come out to oppose them, and there are also many people from other factions who have also come forward to support them.
Another person said: "The head of the Liaodong family and the head of the Lingnan family are both the people of the current emperor's brother Li Hongsi, is it because he didn't become the prince to rebel?" ”
The emperor's face was heavy, and his eyes were fixed on the ground and he was silent.
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At this time, it was already dark, and there were no stars or moons in the sky.
Probably the emperor thinks so, Liaodong is far away in the sky, and Lingnan is also far away in the cape, so don't care about them for now.
Emperor Zhu Honghua said: "Think about it in the long run, retreat from the dynasty!" ”
The long day is over.