Chapter 439: The Murderous Atmosphere of Beiping
Zhu Yunwen's will was transmitted very quickly, and in just one day, it had already reached the hands of Zhou Yi, the commander of the Beiping capital.
Originally, Zhou Yi had a great opinion on Zhu Di, but now that he has Zhu Yunwen's holy decree, he can make bold accusations at Beiping, arrange his henchmen in all the city gates of Beiping, and then use the holy decree to transfer Zhu Di's royal palace guards to the northern region to be armed, saying that it is to prevent the Mongols from going south.
And Zhou Yi was able to gain Zhu Yunwen's trust, naturally because Zhu Yuanzhang had mentioned something to Zhu Yunwen, and he had a conflict with Zhu Di for several years, would he still be in the same league with Zhu Di?
As a result, the new emperor of Nanjing had just registered, and Beiping was full of slaughter, and the front of the Yanwang Mansion was no longer the scenery of the past, and many officials in Beiping seemed to realize that Zhu Di was about to fall, and it seemed that the new emperor of Nanjing was determined to bring Zhu Di down.
Almost all the officials in Beiping began to lean towards Zhou Yi, and it was better to follow the imperial court at this time.
On weekdays, Zhu Di has nearly 20,000 palace guards, and this time Zhou Yi took Zhu Yunwen's holy decree, and almost all of them were transferred to the north to be defended, if he wants to rush back, it will take several hours at the earliest, and when his guards rush back, I am afraid that Zhou Yi's guard army will already level the Yan Wangfu.
"This trick is so vicious."
Liu Sheng hit the chair with a fist, I don't know if it was Zhu Yunwen or Zhou Yi.
"Your Highness, now there are less than a thousand guards in the palace, and my Yanshan Beiwei is only a few hundred, it seems that the new emperor is ready to attack you." Zhang Fu muttered, as Zhu Di's henchman, he was naturally within the scope of Zhou Yi's attack, and Zhou Yi held the holy decree, he didn't dare to resist, and watched his elite transfer to the north, so that now the entire Beiping City is Zhou Yi's team.
"When Geng Bingwen's army was transferred to the Yangtze River. I knew that there would be such a day, but I didn't expect him to be so breathless that he would attack me as soon as he ascended the throne. Zhu Di frowned, the palace guards were the foundation of his uprising, and now they have basically been transferred, and they don't even have the capital to start an incident.
"Your Highness, isn't that kid Hu Ye Nanjing? And what kind of Hanlin waiter did he say, why didn't it play a role at all? Qiu Fu was a little puzzled, wasn't Hu Ye an undercover agent sent by Zhu Di in the past? Why is there no movement at all now?
"I'm afraid he can't protect himself now, when his father is alive. I became suspicious of him, and now I am afraid that he is under close surveillance like my sons, and his Qingtian Academy has also been infiltrated by my nephew. Zhu Di shook his head, stood up and paced, and muttered, "We all underestimated my nephew before, but I didn't expect to use such a thunderous method as soon as I ascended the throne, and it seems that I have long been suspicious." Hu Ye's kid was right to me before, but we chose to ignore it. ”
"Your Highness, I don't think this matter is necessarily a bad thing."
Monk Daoyan suddenly spoke, and as soon as these words came out. Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, "What is Si Dao's opinion, come quickly." ”
"Your Highness, do you remember the excuse Hu Ye told you to start an army?"
"Excuses? You mean cutting the feudal domain? Zhu Di remembered it all of a sudden. Now Zhu Yunwen is as Hu Ye said, he will become the emperor within two years, if according to what Hu Ye said before. I'm afraid that what Zhu Yunwen is going to do next is to cut the domain.
"Yes, as long as the emperor starts to cut the domain, His Highness will have an excuse to raise troops. The first emperor once established the ancestral system, and the vassal kings of various places not only had the responsibility to resist the foreign land, but also had the responsibility to enter the capital when the imperial city was threatened. According to the news we have gotten, there are now three main advisors around the new emperor, Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, Huang Zicheng, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Fang Xiaoru, a waiter of Hanlin, Hu Ye's kid was also listed as a minister by Zhu Yunwen because of the emperor, but he was guarded against everywhere. ”
"Although there is no shadow of cutting the feudal domain now, once the new emperor has established a solid foundation, he will definitely start this matter, and the people who proposed it must be that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, if Hu Ye's kid can be put forward as soon as possible, it will not only get Zhu Yunwen's trust, but also allow His Royal Highness to raise troops as soon as possible." Monk Daoyan replied.
"What does Si Dao mean, let Hu Ye submit his name? Build a domain now? Zhu Di understood what Monk Daoyan meant, and it seemed to sound very good, not only allowing Hu Ye to win Zhu Yunwen's trust, but also speeding up his plan.
But the time has not yet come, first of all, his royal palace guards are not in addition to the problem, and secondly, his Shenji battalion has not yet been prepared, and there are only two hundred guns until now, and the old man's apprentice has not completely learned the skills of making gun chambers, and the manufacture of flintlock pistols is already in a muttering manner, and it is not the best time to start troops at this time.
"Master Daoyan, it seems that you have forgotten a little, now that His Highness's guards have all been transferred to the north, can you rely on the less than 1,000 people now to compete with Zhou Yi's hundreds of thousands of troops?"
Liu Sheng is not pouring cold water on Daoyan, what he said is the truth, since Zhu Yunwen has come to this point, he will not be afraid that Zhu Di will rebel, no one, even if it is useless to rebel.
"And now that the prince and the rest of the sons are in Nanjing, if they raise an army, I am afraid that they will be killed by Zhu Yunwen immediately, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?"
Zhu Di listened to Liu Sheng's words, and gradually fell into deep thought, yes, now his sons are still in Nanjing, once the army is raised, his nephew will definitely not let them go. At that time, even if the rebellion is successful, who will sit on the defeated country?
"Your Royal Highness, at least half of the gates of Beiping are in our hands, and I'm afraid Zhou Yi doesn't know about this, so if something happens, we hope to take Beiping City within one night, and when Zhou Yi comes to his senses, the royal palace guards in the north will be able to rush back, and Zhou Yi's army will not be enough to support at that time. So it is not a problem to take the city of Beiping. But the prince will not come, it is too risky to do so. ”
Zhang Yu is a general, he thinks about how to win the victory with knowledge, this year Zhu Di has implemented Hu Ye's measures, and has secretly pulled many city gate defenders to his side, as long as Zhu Di raises troops, even if those people do not help Zhu Di rebel, but they will definitely not follow Zhou Yi to encircle and suppress Zhu Di, which gives Zhu Di time.
But one more important thing is that the four brothers Zhu Gaochi are still in Nanjing, which is what Zhu Di is most worried about.
"Your Highness, why don't I take someone to secretly Nanjing and rescue the four princes?" Zhang Futi said.
"No, the four princes are now in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, not to mention whether your people can go in, even if they are rescued, I am afraid that the emperor will immediately realize that His Royal Highness is going to rebel, and it will be difficult for the army to overwhelm the realm at that time." Monk Daoyan retorted.
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, can you just let the emperor eat away at His Highness a little bit?" Zhang Fu slammed his fist viciously on the chair.
"Okay, this matter will be discussed later, and before they come back, they must not raise troops." Zhu Di gave an order, but he would not forget his plan, "Liu Sheng, step up the construction of the Shenji Battalion, now my nephew's troops must also be equipped with hot air balloons, and only the Shenji Battalion can deal with their hot air balloons." There is still as much as possible to get as many fire cloths as possible, and the current hot air balloons are simply not enough. ”
"Wechen obeys."
Liu Sheng respectfully retreated, he knew that the Shenji Battalion was Zhu Di's trump card, as long as the scale of the Shenji Battalion developed, it would be equivalent to doubling the royal guards.
"Wen Bi, you take someone to Daning to take a trip to explore King Ning's tone, I don't think of being stabbed in the back when I was a soldier."
"Wechen obeys." Zhang Fu also took the order and left.
"Your Highness, the matter of the prince ......" Monk Daoyan was also undecided, and he also knew that the most important thing now was to rescue the four brothers of Zhu Gaochi back to Beiping.
"Okay, don't worry about this matter, let's go back and prepare, don't let Zhou Yi find out anything." Zhu Di waved his hand and asked Qiu Fu, Zhang Yu and the others to leave.
As for him, he returned to the bedroom, and Xu Miaoyin was washing her face with tears, because she hadn't seen her son for nearly a month, especially her youngest son Zhu Gaoxi, who would lose a little weight if he didn't see him for a day.
"Miao Yin, you have to cheer up, that kid said, you have to relax your body and mind, if you continue like this, your body will become the same again."
Zhu Di helped Xu Miaoyin to the bed and said comfortingly.
"Shiro, our son is still in Nanjing."
Xu Miaoyin knows that Zhu Di is a person who wants to do big things, and she has always been very supportive, but now that their sons are all in Nanjing, this makes her very worried, worried that she will not see her son in this life.
"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue Chi'er and them, and I won't let them lose a single hair." Zhu Di took Xu Miaoyin into his arms and comforted her while touching her head.
Xu Miaoyin knew Zhu Di's difficulties, so she didn't cry loudly, but just sobbed in a low voice and wiped her tears on Zhu Di's clothes.
"Miaoyin, do you remember the note Hu Ye left for us before he left?" Zhu Di suddenly remembered that Hu Ye gave him a note when he left Beiping, and Hu Ye said that it could only be opened after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, and now Zhu Yunwen has registered and has begun to attack him, it is time to open it and take a look.
When Xu Miaoyin heard that it was Hu Ye's backhand, she didn't cry, because she had a sense of trust in Hu Ye, maybe what Hu Ye left behind was how to solve the current situation.
Zhu Di hurriedly came to the corner of the bedroom, pushed open a bookshelf, took out a key, opened a small lock on the wall, and then took out a beautiful small box from the hole in the wall.
When I opened the box, there were some confidential documents inside, and the note that Hu Ye gave him at the beginning was in it.
Zhu Di cautiously opened it in front of Xu Miaoyin, but there were only four simple words on it, "Pretend to be crazy and stupid!" (To be continued......)