Among the heinous felonies in ancient times, the top three were rebellion, rebellion, and rebellion.

The meaning of the rebellion is concise and clear, to put it bluntly, it is to create the emperor's rebellion, and the crime is sentenced to be beheaded by the whole family, and the three clans will be razed.

The crime of plotting great rebellion is to destroy the temple, the mountain mausoleum and the palace, and the punishment is to kill the whole family in a slightly lighter way, and exile the three clans for 3,000 li.

The crime of treason is betrayal of the country, which is simply explained as betrayal of the country, defection to the enemy country or local separatist regime, and support for peasant uprisings and other acts of armed resistance.

Objectively speaking, Zhu Qizhen wanted to convict Shen Yichen of treason, which was really not a wrong, and the Taishi also casually placed the charge first, so it happened to be crooked......

It's just that the relationship between Shen Yichen and the Fujian rebels, Zhu Qizhen will never know, let alone that in his eyes, Shen Yichen is still the primary hero of the Fujian counterinsurgency.

Insist on a charge of treason on the head of a meritorious minister, even as an emperor, it is impossible to act so recklessly, not to mention that the current situation of Zhu Qizhen is no different from that of the "king of the dead country".

"Taishi, Shen Yichen is my Ming Dynasty Sanyuan and the first, the merits of the level of rebellion are known to the world, and self-conviction may cause turmoil in the court, and everyone in the hundred officials is in danger!"

Power is a bottom-up principle, and Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor, knows very well that the biggest reliance on his return to Beijing to regain power is the loyalty of civil and military officials. An act of unjustified conviction would destroy the balance between the monarch and the courtiers, and when the Manchu officials felt that the emperor was a threat to them, they would appoint a new monarch.

"Your Majesty, since you don't know that Shen Yichen led the army to appear outside the Saiwai, it means that he went to Beijing without a summons, isn't this enough to convict him of treason?"

"The foreign minister believes that it is not an exaggeration to convict him of treason."

After experiencing several successive encounters with Shen Yichen in Tumubao, the current Taishi has also listed Shen Yichen as one of his main opponents, instead of looking at the other party from the perspective of a weak scholar.

Threats, you have to find a way to eradicate them!

Taishi was not a grassland illiterate first, on the contrary, he was familiar with the books of the Central Plains, and the story of the Southern Song Dynasty Gaozong's twelve gold medals recalling Yue Fei was also extremely clear.

Now that Zhu Qizhen is in his own hands, even if Shen Yichen wants to be the "Yue Fei" of the Ming Dynasty, he has to face the golden medal arrow of the Great Tomorrow, and he can get rid of this powerful opponent without blood, why not?

As for why the crime of rebellion is not used, it is not that he is also kind-hearted and does not sit together, but that it will involve the Chengguo Gong lineage. With the current situation, the Ming court may give up a Shen Yichen, but it is absolutely impossible to raze the three clans of Chengguo and Gong just by relying on a holy decree of the captured emperor.

It's too much, Taishi is also very familiar with the power struggle of the Ming court, and it is not so simple for the relatives who are resting with the country to destroy the clan, and it is enough to take Shen Yichen's head to sacrifice the Mongolian warrior heroic soul to the immortal sky!

"Master, this matter is not trivial, I still need to think about it."

The matter of self-destruction of the Great Wall, Zhu Qizhen did it once with the British Gong Zhang Fu, and no matter how stupid he was, he knew that he couldn't do it a second time.

Hearing that Zhu Qizhen still didn't agree to his request, his face instantly became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Your Majesty, since you don't know how to decide, then the foreign minister will find someone to help you decide." ”

After that, he first looked at Xi Ning and continued: "Father-in-law Xi, I heard that the Ming State has the power of eunuchs to approve red, or you will come to write for Your Majesty." ”

The approval of the red book is the emperor's laziness and the power to give the eunuch the power to reply on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the source is still the imperial power after all.

Now let's bypass the authorization of the ticket to approve the red, and let the eunuch directly issue the holy decree, where is he, the emperor?

Zhu Qizhen felt a kind of humiliation that was set in the air, but he didn't dare to vent his anger on Ye Xian, so he could only turn around and look at Xi Ning with angry eyes, trying to pressure the other party to refuse Ye Xian's order.

This kind of coercion may be useful for loyal ministers, and Xining has long wanted to be bound to the broken ship of Zhu Qizhen. Coupled with his Mongolian background, it doesn't even seem to be applicable to the word "traitor", so he properly set things right......

So he completely ignored Zhu Qizhen's gaze, and prostrate on the ground and said to Yexian: "The slave has admired the master for a long time, and I am willing to serve before and after the saddle!" ”

Looking at Xining's flattering appearance of betraying the lord and seeking glory, he also showed a touch of mockery on his face, it was really a tree falling apart, even the emperor who was high above was no exception.

However, Xining has been out of the town for many years, and he is extremely familiar with the border defense deployment of the Ming Kingdom, and the role of putting him by his side is far greater than staying here to take care of Zhu Qizhen.

"Sure enough, the person who knows the times is Junjie, then you will follow this Taishi in the future, and Your Majesty, I will arrange for someone else to take care of you."

"Slave and maid thank Taishi for his grace!"

After Xining got Yexian's promise, she immediately kowtowed with a smile.

This scene can be said to be heartbreaking, he used to trust Xining so much, and even did not hesitate to humiliate the British Duke of the Ming Dynasty, and also created a precedent for all dynasties to give land to eunuchs.

It turned out to be such a naked betrayal!

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen had deep doubts about the word "loyalty", and he didn't dare to trust anyone anymore.

"Then the foreign minister will not disturb His Majesty's rest."

achieved the desired goal, and did not deliberately humiliate Zhu Qizhen first. After all, the Ming Dynasty is still standing in the Central Plains, as the saying goes, it is good to be a man and leave a line to see each other in the future.

However, at this time, eight wagons loaded with goods were pushed outside the tent in Zhu Qizhen, pressing out ruts on the dirt floor, highlighting the weight of the goods on the side.

"Big brother, the Ming court has delivered a ransom, and I heard that the queen mother paid it with the queen, and it is worth a lot of money!"

Boyan Timur showed an excited look on his face, the products of the Ming Kingdom were much more exquisite than those on the grassland, and the royal supplies were even more exquisite, which made a fortune.

"Open it and take a look."

For things like gold, silver and jewelry, he doesn't have much interest in it, he is a complete immortal, and his goal is always to chase the Central Plains.

As long as you can win the Central Plains Flower World, these things are not in the pocket of the Mongols?

With Yexian's order, several Mongolian soldiers opened the wooden box on the carriage, and the gold, silver and jewelry inside glowed charmingly in the sunlight, making the Mongolian soldiers who had never seen good things look stupid.

However, he quickly came back to his senses and set his eyes on one of the dragon robes. This is the Empress Dowager Sun's warm clothes prepared for him in advance because she was worried that Zhu Qizhen would be frozen on the grassland.

The line in the mother's hand, the wanderer's shirt, this kind of relationship between mother and son may be a rare family affection in the royal family.

In addition to the warm clothes, there were some jewelry among them that Zhu Qizhen stood in place in a daze after seeing them, and he recognized them as his queen's treasure ornaments!

The reason for Zhu Qizhen's shock was not the queen's jewelry itself, but his realization that the ransom paid by the imperial court to Mongolia did not come from the treasury, they came from the harem.

Furthermore, the imperial court did not agree to the conditions for the tile spur to pay the ransom, and he was on the verge of being abandoned by the ministers!

Emperor Zhu Qizhen was not very good, and the battle was not very good, but for the emperor's mental arts, he really reached the attainment of perfection. Otherwise, it would be impossible to rely on the Nangong Revolution to rob his son of the throne after being imprisoned for seven years in history.

If Zhu Qizhen was only cowardly after the defeat before, then now there is a deep panic in his heart!

Once he is abandoned by the courtiers and does not have the protection of the emperor, then he will lose any value in the hands of the tile spur, and the end can be imagined.

felt the fatal crisis, and the backbone, dignity, prestige and other things will be left behind by Zhu Qizhen.

"This dress looks good, how about Your Majesty reward the minister?"

The Taishi also picked up the dragon robe prepared by the Empress Dowager Sun first, and asked Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong.

What the dragon robe represents, everyone in the world knows, and he is also testing Zhu Qizhen's bottom line step by step, trying to make this Ming Emperor completely surrender to him.

"If you like it, just take it!"

What Rang Yexian never expected was that Zhu Qizhen didn't even hesitate at all, and agreed with a smile on his face.

"Okay, good, then the foreign minister will thank Your Majesty for the reward, haha!"

Holding this dragon robe in his hand, the Taishi also let out a heroic laugh and paced away, he had already realized Zhu Qizhen's transformation.

From this moment on, there will be no more great tomorrow!

Shen Yichen on the other side, carrying the grain and grass weapons snatched back from the four border fort arsenals such as Wanquan Zuoweicang, returned to Huailai City in a mighty way.

Seeing Shen Yichen leading the army back triumphantly, the soldiers who stayed in Huailai City finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the appearance of fleeing for their lives after the defeat of the pro-conquest army is too embarrassing, except for Shen Yichen, who is afraid that the entire Ming Dynasty, no one dares to use such soldiers to counterattack the powerful Mongolian enemy army.

Facts have proved that Admiral Shen is far-sighted, and it proves that the Ming Dynasty is not a group of lost dogs!

"The Ming army is mighty!"

In the face of the victorious return of the robe, the soldiers of the Weisho Army who stayed in Huailai City shouted the battle call belonging to the Ming army to celebrate the victory of this counterattack.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

The same shouts came out of the mouths of the pro-conscription soldiers, who finally raised their heads and stood in front of Brother Paoze, defending their dignity with iron and blood!

The earth-shattering voice was transmitted to Cheng Guogong's tent, and he asked Xue Shou, the deputy general beside him, in a weak tone, "Is Yi'er returning with Xiangbei?" ”

"Yes, Admiral Shen and Zhu commanded the affairs, led the soldiers of the pro-conquest army to capture the four acropolises, and recaptured the grain, grass and equipment."

"Well, the blue is better than the blue!"

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, had an indescribable relief in his heart at this moment, the pro-conquest army was defeated by the Mongolian iron cavalry in his own hands, but he defeated a powerful enemy in the hands of his son.

Jiangmen Huzi, nothing more than this!

After the cheering ended, Shen Yichen immediately came to his camp to prepare for the next withdrawal of the whole army to Jingshi.

Seeing Shen Yichen come in, Bian He picked up a document and said, "The proprietor, this is a request to the imperial court to enter Beijing, can you see if there are any mistakes?" ”

"I don't have to worry about Mr. Bian's work."

Shen Yichen didn't take the chapter and read it carefully, but directly picked up the admiral's seal on the table and stamped it, and then instructed Canghuotou to say: "Hurry up and send this chapter to the Beijing Division, we must retreat in these days, otherwise the Mongolian army will be rested, and it will not be so easy to leave." ”

In the first battle of Tumubao, hundreds of thousands of equipment and materials of the Ming army fell into the hands of Taishi Yexian.

You must know that the premise of a Han Dynasty being a Wuhu is that the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong and the equipment is crushed, and in the Tang Dynasty, only one Han can fight three Turks. During the Song Dynasty, the alien races controlled the horse breeding land and metal smelting technology, and the heavy cavalry such as the Iron Harrier appeared in the Western Xia, and the Jin State also had heavy infantry such as the Iron Futu, and it became extremely difficult to gain a crushing advantage.

A great man once said that it is possible to despise the enemy strategically, but to attach importance to the enemy tactically.

The Mongolian iron cavalry of the Taishi Yexian era was definitely not a weakling, and with the blessing of the elite equipment of the Ming Dynasty, it would only make them stronger.

If you don't retreat quickly, you have to reproduce the scene after the end of the day, and the Taishi has also suffered a loss once, and he will definitely not let Shen Yichen "escape" a second time.

On August 21, the thirteenth year of Orthodoxy, the cloud of panic still hung over the Jingshi, and it was not even weaker than the day when the news of the defeat of Tumubao was transmitted.

The ministers who can become Beijing officials are all the best among the officials, and they have a basic judgment of the general trend. According to the time reckoning, the Mongol Tatars have now recovered from the great war and will soon launch an even more fierce attack.

In comparison, the defense of the Beijing Division is not much different from the previous days.

After all, with the efficiency of passage in ancient times, not to mention the requisition of soldiers from the Southern Guards, just calling on the soldiers and horses of Shandong, Henan and other places to Qinwang, the fastest speed is not ten days and half a month, I am afraid that it will not be able to reach the Beijing Division.

On the contrary, the straight-line distance between the Mongolian iron cavalry and the Beijing division is only 100 miles, and the forced march on horseback can be carried out in one day to the city, and what to defend at that time?

At the juncture when the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs were in a panic, a piece of music passed from Huailai City made them overjoyed.

The chapter written by Bian He gives a detailed account of the actions of Shen Yichen in leading the reinforcements over the past few days, including the capture of four border forts occupied by the Mongols for the pro-conquest of the palace and the counterattack.

The victory of the galloping reinforcements seemed to shine a ray of dawn into the hazy sky of the Beijing Division.

In the north of the Ming Dynasty, there is finally a soldier who can fight!

However, Shen Yichen's request at the end of the chapter made Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qiyu, the servant king, feel an inexplicable alarm, since the galloping reinforcements could defeat the Mongols, why did they still invite the garrison of the Beijing Division?

You must know that Shen Yichen only led tens of thousands of people to land at the mouth of Dagu Haifeng, which was enough to make the imperial court feel threatened, and now he has gathered the defeated pro-conquest army, plus the Liaodong army that rushed to help, and there are as many as 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

This army is stationed in Beijing, if Shen Yichen is really opposed, then with the soldiers and horses currently controlled by the imperial court, I am afraid that there is no power to fight back!

In a sense, Shen Yichen's current threat to the imperial court is greater in the eyes of Empress Dowager Sun than the Mongols.

In the Huagai Palace, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, and the queen mother Sun, still sat on both sides of the dragon chair on the left and right. The beaded curtain that had been removed was also put back in place at this moment, and Empress Dowager Sun understood that if she wanted to save her son from coming back, she had to hang the curtain and listen to the government.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of Admiral Shen's request to garrison the Beijing Division?"

Many times it is really strength that determines everything, when Shen Yichen took control of the 100,000 army, Empress Dowager Sun's title for him was changed from the previous direct name to the official position of Admiral Shen.

"The minister does not recommend that Admiral Shen lead the army to garrison the Beijing Division!"

Almost at the moment when Empress Dowager Sun's voice fell, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who has always pursued the protection of his self, rarely stood up and firmly expressed his attitude.

He was a veteran of the Four Dynasties and one of the five ministers of Ming Xuanzong. After the death of the British Gong Zhang Fu Tumu Fort, Hu Hu became a complete lonely minister, if he did not stand up and become the mainstay at this moment, who could still support the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?

"Uncle Zong, Admiral Shen led his troops on an expedition, and fought several battles with the Tartars one after another, preventing them from going to Beijing to rest and defend, how should they resist the iron cavalry next?"

The cabinet minister Gao Gu also did not forget Yang Pu's entrustment back then, if Shen Yichen can help Sheji to become the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, then for the sake of the people in the world, why not send him to the government and the opposition?

Facts have proved that whether it is to govern the rebellion or to lead the army to King Qin in Beijing today, Shen Yichen has always been helping the crisis.

How can you ignore your family and country and the world because you are just afraid, and chill the hearts of loyal ministers?

"Since Admiral Shen can defeat the Tartars, then with the 100,000 soldiers and horses he commands, relying on the defense of the border fort acropolis, he will definitely be able to block the advance of the Mongol thorns, why do you need to come to Beijing to garrison?"

Hu Huiyi retorted rhetorically, in fact, the reason behind it is clear to all the ministers in their hearts, at the time of the national crisis, Shen Yichen's 100,000 army entered Beijing, and this Jiangshan will not be surnamed Zhu in the future, I am afraid it is not necessarily.

"In addition to the two lonely cities and a few earthen forts, Xuanda has no fortress and acropolis to rely on. Relying on the three-foot land of Huailai City, 100,000 troops are facing the Mongolian iron cavalry outside the fortress, how is it different from a field battle? ”

Gao Gu was also not to be outdone, and let the 100,000 army not enter the city without any fear, which was simply self-destroying the Great Wall. Once the soldiers and horses led by Shen Yichen collapse, the Beijing division will have no troops to defend, will they give up this Ming country to the Mongolian Tatars?

The cabinet ministers quarreled fiercely in the court, so that the other civil and military ministers looked at each other and did not dare to answer, and even the King and Empress Dowager Sun, who were sitting on the royal platform, were not able to say much at the moment.

The distrust of the leading commander can be said by the mouths of the courtiers, but by no means by the people in power themselves.

If it really comes to this point, it is equivalent to trying to see the dagger, and there is no room for turnaround.

Just like Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty, he was afraid of Yu Qian, who was in charge of the army, for eight years, and when he heard the bell ringing outside, his first reaction was that Yu Qian usurped the throne. But during the eight years of getting along with the monarchs and ministers, Zhu Qiyu was extremely respectful of humility, and in a sense, it can be called flattering.

This is the performance of a qualified political figure, with the suspicious nature of the emperor, jealous of the ministers but not revealed, slowly restricting his power from other aspects, and finally achieving "a glass of wine to release the military power".

Just when the two ministers were arguing with each other, the eunuch who gave the order outside the palace shouted out a word that shocked the ministers in the palace.

"The Divine Decree has arrived!"