The next three days were like the darkness before dawn, like the silence in the darkness, like a respite in the silence.

In the eyes of the people, the court seems to have disappeared, there is no celebration, no appearance, no quotations, no regulations, no news.

Gyeonggi is full of rumors that Emperor Zhu Zhaoding has been assassinated, otherwise why wouldn't he show his face. People at the bottom of the court have been refuting rumors, saying how could the emperor die? Whoever spreads rumors and believes rumors is a rebel!

But the more people are arrested, the more the law does not blame the public! The people at the bottom carefully ask the people at the top, ask what to do with these rumormongers - but the people at the top say nothing!

As a result, the people in Gyeonggi really panicked.

And in fact, the top brass of the imperial court was busy to death. The weaker ones are careful to show their loyalty, and the more powerful ones are desperately stationing their troops. Several Dashi clans in Gyeonggi were in tandem, and Dashi clans from other places hurriedly came over to inquire.

This time the Ming Restoration Ceremony strictly forbade the local government troops to come to Gyeonggi, but these days it is clearly out of control. The government armies in various places began to move to Gyeonggi, especially Yang Mingyang's government army and the Liaodong army were the most arrogant, and tens of thousands of troops were transferred to the direction of Chang'an, and the army stretched out from the front of the eyes to the sky.

The Eastern Ming Imperial Army in various places also moved to Chang'an. These imperial armies were all newly formed, and they used to be the "co-governance army" and "ministry army" of the co-ruling dynasty in various places, and now they are all integrated into the Ming Imperial Army and are under the command of newly appointed imperial officials in various places.

I ate well, dressed well, and played well in the settled Oriental Mansion – but in fact I was under house arrest. I volunteered to call back the remnants of the Mongolian army to help them. But the leaders didn't agree, so I had to give up.

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On January 6 of the first year of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, "Emperor Zhu Zhaoding issued a holy decree": all armies immediately returned to their headquarters.

But the Yang family army and the Liaodong army instead accelerated their march to Chang'an - this is equivalent to an open rebellion!

The Ming Forbidden Army and the Ming Imperial Army gathered in the Great Chang'an District and blocked the Yangjiafu Army and the Liaodong Army.

The imperial court issued an ultimatum and ordered the government army to retreat.

The government army will not withdraw.

Everyone understood: this was not only civil strife, but also civil war.

No one knows who fired the first shot, because as is customary, each side will say that the other person made the first move.

The "Royal King James History Book" is peaceful, and the folk forbidden history book says this:

On January 7 of the first year of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, four million Liaodong troops and two million Yang army attacked the Great Chang'an District from the north and east at the same time. The four million Ming Imperial Army, which was responsible for defending the Great Chang'an District, fell into infighting after a little resistance, and most of them were wiped out, and the rest were reversed. The rebels marched straight in and besieged East Chang'an. The Forbidden Army and the rebels fought for five days and five nights, and the Forbidden Army finally surrendered. The palace burned to the ground, and hundreds of royal families were all gone.

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Everyone in the Li family's mansion was very excited.

They didn't know the plot of the rebellion, nor did they know the details of it, but they all heard about the rebellion – and it was a successful one. A successful rebellion is not called rebellion, it is called providence, it is called justice, it is called progress, it is called the divine right of kings, it is called "history and the choice of subjects".

Although the leaders succeeded in blocking the news, everyone understood that this "rebellion" had a lot to do with Li Hongsi. There are often people in the palace who say mysteriously: "The lord is going to be the emperor!" Moreover, when the soldiers heard this, they did not punish them, but smiled mysteriously.

I followed the Li army outside Chang'an.

A large number of "rebels" escorted an even larger number of "imperial troops". The Dongming Imperial Army didn't look sad, it seemed to be quite happy, and looked around. The Dongming Forbidden Army suffered heavy casualties, and they all looked depressed.

The armored vehicles and tanks of the Dongming Forbidden Army are still blocking the Shuangcheng Avenue, and they are all decomposed corpses, and the corpses are stinking.

The imperial court's policy of strengthening the country and weakening the people has finally been brought into full play, you see, there are so many people in Chang'an, and none of them can drive armored vehicles and tanks! You see, tens of millions of good people in the Greater Chang'an District just shouted their loyalty to the emperor, but they all shrank at home during the war. For slaves, who is the master and not the slave? To a loyal minister, who is loyal is not loyal?

The city gates of East Chang'an all collapsed and became a low embankment, but it could not stop the surging flow of people. People walked directly up to the collapsed city walls and entered the imperial capital. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, and the people of Chang'an are standing or standing, with dull expressions.

Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles painted "Da Ming Hu Division" were patrolling back and forth - all of them were Zhao Yuyang's troops, and they were the main force attacking the palace.

The majestic palace was all burned to ashes, and only the black, white, and red outlines of the ground reminded that there was once a glorious palace here.

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Killing people is like smoking a big cigarette, it is addictive.

Although the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Hongsi, repeatedly asked them to kill less, although Pu Qinghong and Yang Mingyang also demanded so, and even sent an inspection team to execute many red-eyed sergeants, the massacre still inevitably happened.

A person may kill the first person just for self-defense, maybe just for robbery, or even for the justice in his heart, but once his hands are dipped in blood, he can no longer control himself. Killing one person is killing, killing a hundred people is also killing, why not kill more? Since you're a bad person, why don't you be a pure bad person?

All kinds of troops, government armies, clan armies, imperial armies, forbidden armies, armor protection armies, Chang'an armies, Gyeonggi armies, rivers and lakes, and cults all came out, and Gyeonggi was in a scuffle. However, it is the good people who are the worst. I watched these killings in broad daylight and thought, worse than the underworld!

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As the biggest murderer, the Liaodong Army and the Yang Jiajun joined forces to exterminate the other murderers, and the Great Chang'an District once again restored temporary calm.

This is a temporary calm, because Tongguan has never been repaired, and a large number of troops have come from the Central Plains!

The armies quickly rose from a small friction of a few people to a clash of several armies!

The next bigger full-scale civil war is about to break out.