Faced with Shen Yichen's initiative to ask for help, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu looked at him with a strange light, and suddenly flashed a strange light, and then nodded and said: "Shen Qing has been in charge of the war several times, then I will entrust you with the counterinsurgency matter, remember to guard the Donghua Gate for at least three hours!" ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu set his eyes on the camp of the generals, and then shouted: "The guards go to the direct army to listen to the order, and you are all controlled by the cabinet minister Shen Yichen during the counterinsurgency, and those who violate the order will be punished for the crime of treason!" ”

The guards are the emperor and the palace guards, a total of twelve guards, including the Jinyi Guard, the Bannerman Guard, the Jinwu Guard, the Mansion Guard, the Yulin Guard and so on.

However, with the passage of time, such as Jinyiwei became independent and became a specialized intelligence agency, and other guards also continued to shrink and shortage, and many of them only remained an empty shell, and did not have the scale of the early Ming Dynasty at all.

The soldiers and horses in the imperial city who really have combat effectiveness are the Tengxiang four guards managed by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, which is why Guo Jing's authority is so important. In the early days of Emperor Jingtai's ascension to the throne, Zhu Qiyu made a very low-level mistake in order to win over the eunuchs, which laid a hidden danger for today's change of seizing the door.

"The ministers obey the orders and obey the instructions of the old Shen Pavilion!"

The generals of the guards knelt down one after another, and the leader of them was Han Liangan, the commander of Jingwei, who had already reached a cooperation with Shen Yichen through Zhu Yi, and if he could get the help of quelling the rebellion in the battle between the two emperors this time, then he would definitely have a place in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister will retire first!"

After Shen Yichen bowed his head and said goodbye, he strode out of Fengtian Hall under the complicated gaze of the ministers, but at this time, his mind was thinking about the three hours that Zhu Qiyu emphasized.

Obviously, at this juncture of crisis, it is impossible to casually pinch for an hour, so what does it mean to hold on for three hours?

Shen Yichen had no clue in his mind, and the situation didn't have time for him to think slowly, after leaving the threshold of the Fengtian Palace, he immediately asked Han Liangan, the commander of the Jingwei beside him, "Han Weisi, how many guards can be in the Forbidden City now?" ”

"Three to four thousand."

"Didn't you say that there were at least 10,000 guards in the army?"

Hearing Han Liangan's answer, Shen Yichen was a little surprised, he had specially investigated the number of forbidden troops that the Jingwei Commander could nominally control, even if the various vacancies were not less than 10,000 people.

"The forbidden army needs to be rotated, and there are only three to four thousand people on duty in each shift of the palace, except for Teng Xiang and the four guards."

Han Liangan said this sentence with a face full of embarrassment, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, the rotating guards Shangzhi Army should also be prepared for battle in the palace. But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty has been in charge of Chengping for nearly a hundred years, and the forbidden army has become an important way for military generals to install their juniors, and many people just live in their own mansions under a name.

This kind of behavior of high-ranking officials and nobles installing their juniors in the forbidden army cannot be prohibited in all dynasties, and even if the emperor knows about it, he will not oppose it. The reason is that what the palace guards need is not any ability, but more absolute loyalty to the emperor, and only by becoming a close interest group will they not betray.

On the contrary, a group of fresh faces were recruited from outside the palace and stationed in the palace with weapons, even if the ministers of the court and the central government were not interesting, I am afraid that the emperor himself would not be able to sleep at night.

"Where are the four guards on duty today?"

Shen Yichen's sudden question made Han Liangan subconsciously stunned for a moment, and then replied with a sudden expression: "It is the Chang'an Gate of the Imperial City and the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City!" ”

Han Liangan's answer can be regarded as explaining the doubts in Shen Yichen's heart. You must know that the Imperial City and the Forbidden City are the last barrier of the imperial capital, and the thickness and height of the city wall can be described as exaggerated, and it is impossible to capture it in a short period of time, unless an inner ghost opens the city gate from the inside.

Since Chang'an Gate has been easily broken through, it means that the loss of Donghua Gate has become a matter of time, so now in the past, it will inevitably encounter a large number of soldiers and horses who support the restoration of Emperor Taishang, which is simply throwing themselves into the net.

So Shen Yichen immediately replied: "Han Weisi, gather the guards currently on duty in the palace, and resist the rebels at the left wing gate and the middle left gate, and at the same time tell the soldiers that the reinforcements from the Beijing camp will arrive soon, and this Ming country will not change!" ”

"Yes, I understand!"

Han Liangan understood the disparity in strength between the enemy and us, and did not dare to delay in the slightest, so he immediately ordered the guards to garrison the left wing gate and the middle left gate next to the Fengtian Temple.

Just as Shen Yichen expected, the Tengxiang Four Guards Forbidden Army on duty at Donghua Gate saw Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, Zhang Xu, the right governor, and Zhu Qizhen, the emperor wearing imperial armor, appear in front of him, and they all stood in place stupidly.

You must know that the defenders of Donghuamen were still puzzled at first, why this morning the eunuch Guo Jing, who was in charge of the seal of the imperial horse supervisor, suddenly took the decree of the Emperor and the Holy Empress Dowager and announced that the four guards and horses of Tengxiang would be temporarily taken over by the descendants of Uncle Huichang.

However, the deterrence of royal power and the orders of the eunuchs who directly controlled the palm seal, even if they were full of doubts in their hearts, their military status was destined to make it their duty to obey orders. As a result, they now have to face the Emperor Taishang again, and for a moment they don't know whether to block it or let it go.

"The Emperor Taishang has arrived, and he still doesn't kneel and salute!"

At this time, Sun Jizong, the eldest son of Uncle Huichang, walked out from behind the door and shouted at the bewildered Tengxiang Siwei Forbidden Army.

This sentence seemed to wake up the soldiers guarding the door, and they knelt down on a mountain under the leadership of Sun Jizong and shouted long live, and Donghua Gate, the last line of defense of the Forbidden City, was taken down by the soldiers without blood.

At the same time, the Tengxiang Four Guards Forbidden Army, also under the orders of Guo Jing and Emperor Zhu Qizhen, turned around to join or was coerced into the "rebel" camp, and the mighty 10,000 soldiers and horses rushed straight to the Fengtian Hall where the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty held a court meeting with Emperor Zhu Qizhen of Jingtai!

Passing through the Donghua Gate Cave and seeing the long-lost Forbidden City, Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong couldn't help but have a smile on his face. He seemed to have seen himself step into the Fengtian Hall in advance, sit on the dragon chair that only the emperor can touch, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down towards him, bowed five times and bowed three times and shouted "Long live".

As for Zhu Qiyu, the servant king who stole the throne, he must be imprisoned in Nangong before he is executed, and let the taste he has tasted be repaid ten times and a hundred times, so as to eliminate the hatred in his heart!

It's just that what Zhu Qizhen didn't expect was that when the mighty soldiers and horses came to the left wing gate, they unexpectedly found that the palace gate was closed, and the archers were already lying on the wall, and the sharp arrows were aiming at the restoration army.

Is there still the power in the palace that dares to resist?

Not to mention that Zhu Qizhen was full of surprise, even the leading Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao was surprised at the moment. Donghua Gate is the last barrier of the Forbidden City, as for the left wing gate is just an ordinary palace gate, the palace walls on both sides are not a magnificent city wall, and the walls that support two people are just as high as they are.

In addition, in addition to the four guards in the palace, what are the remaining guards in the army, they are completely a group of empty salaries, where did they have the courage to resist the restoration army led by the emperor?

"When you see the Emperor Taishang coming in person, why don't you open the palace door to greet you quickly, do you want to be guilty of great disrespect!"

Without fear, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao stood in front of the door of the left wing with a sharp arrow, and shouted angrily at the defenders on the palace wall.

With his half-life exploits and prestige, the palace guards can easily recognize their identities, and there is the emperor behind them, they should know that the current emperor is gone, and they should follow the destiny of heaven!

As soon as these words came out, the guards on the palace wall looked at each other, even if they knew in their hearts that the restoration of Emperor Zhu Qizhen was tantamount to rebellion, but the majesty of the Son of Heaven brought by more than ten years of reign was not inferior to the imperial power of Emperor Jingtai who had only been on the throne for one year.

Especially if the opponent's army presses the formation, if the Emperor Taishang's restoration succeeds, then today's blocking move will become a great disrespect and even rebellion!

But at this time, a crimson figure climbed to the top of the palace gate, and replied to Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, below: "If there is no holy decree in the imperial city, if you transfer troops without permission, you should be punished for the crime of treason, Marquis Ningyang, are you rebelling!" ”

The sonorous and powerful voice resounded in the sky above the entire Forbidden City, and Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, as one of the three gods of war of the Orthodox Dynasty, had a great reputation in the army. However, Shen Yichen's identity as a Sanyuan and the first, coupled with the fact that he has created various feats in the military affairs as a civilian official, is comparable to it at all.

Whether it is the local guard army, or the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, or even the palace guard, Shen Yichen's prestige and image are known to everyone. This young but able to wear the scarlet robe of a third-grade civil official is unique in the Ming Dynasty!

Seeing Shen Yichen's figure appear, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's Tong Kong instantly shrank, and the ministers who had high hopes were blocked in front of him again and again, and this hatred was simply turbulent in his chest.

"Rebellion?"

Regarding Shen Yichen's accusation, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao has long been prepared, and only by being famous can he occupy the position of righteousness and reduce the consumption caused by the cost of public opinion at the minimum.

I saw him take out a bright yellow scroll from his arms, and then shouted loudly to the guards on the palace wall: "This is the edict of the current Holy Empress Dowager to abolish the emperor's title. ”

"It is really unfilial, not brotherly, unkind, and unrighteous people, the gods and men are angry, and the heavens are angry, and the Jingtai Emperor is still the king of the servants!"

Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen did not obtain the Empress Dowager Sun's edict to abolish the emperor, but in order to keep it secret, he chose the wrong time and did not openly announce it in front of the civil and military officials waiting for the court meeting, so as to play the greatest role and completely shake the legal foundation of Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu.

But even so, when this edict of abolition of the emperor was taken out, the extremely vicious content still made the guards stationed at the palace wall feel worried. After all, in ancient times, filial piety ruled the world, not to mention that the title of Emperor Jingtai was originally established by his mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Sun, and the other party controlled the legal power to abolish the emperor.

Even more exaggerated, Zhu Qiyu is not the crown prince and the legal system is not from the natural defects of Ming Xuanzong. Asking Empress Dowager Sun to abolish his throne, restore Zhu Qizhen or let the crown prince Zhu Jianshen ascend the throne in advance, in a sense, conforms to the category of "procedural justice", and the process is reasonable and legal.

This is why, in history, the "change of seizing the door" almost did not cause any turmoil in the court, and the civil and military officials and the people of the world seemed to default to the Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, who had ruled for seven years, and it was a matter of course that the emperor was abolished by the Empress Dowager Sun, and none of the courtiers who risked their lives could find one.

Thinking that Zhu Di was difficult to appease back then, and the overall situation of taking Ying Tianfu had been decided, there were still old ministers like Fang Xiaoru who would rather raze the whole clan and refuse to draft an edict for King Yan to ascend the throne.

In contrast, Emperor Jingtai has been an emperor for the past seven years.

"The queen mother once announced that the ministers would no longer care about political affairs and retire to the harem to recuperate, how could she issue an edict to abolish the emperor?"

"The cabinet department concluded that this is a false edict, and the Marquis of Ningyang deceived and coerced the emperor with the intention of plotting rebellion and restoration, and read that for the sake of the bloody battle in the position of the four guards of Tengxiang, he suddenly woke up and put down his weapons, and His Majesty will definitely forgive the crimes by the grace of heaven."

"Those who are still obsessed with unenlightenment will be punished for rebellion!"

The news of the Empress Dowager Sun's return to the court is almost known to the world, and she retreats to the harem and no longer interferes in the political affairs of the previous dynasty.

It's only been half a year in the past, and the guards in the palace can be said to remember it vividly, according to the logic to infer that since the queen mother has retired to the harem and is no longer regent, how could she suddenly issue an edict abolishing the emperor, what Shen Ge Lao said seems to have some truth.

Shen Yichen's words not only instantly redeemed the psychological disadvantage of the guards on the direct army, but even Teng Xiang Siwei, who was coerced by the order, was inevitably suspicious at this moment.

Is this a restoration according to the will, or a rebellion, which side is true?

Realizing that the soldiers beside him were in turmoil, Ningyang Hou's face turned green, Chen Maoxun's children were not born as civil officials and marquis like Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, and he had never seen such a trick in the border for a long time.

Obviously, the edict of the abolished emperor in his hand was genuine from the empress dowager, but it was bluntly said by Shen Yichen to be a forgery, and he couldn't prove the authenticity to the soldiers one by one, unless he went to Cining Palace to invite the empress dowager out.

But the problem is that if you can't pass the left wing gate, you can't enter the Cining Palace, on the contrary, if you can capture the left wing gate, it is necessary to go to the Cining Palace. Wouldn't it be better to kill Emperor Jingtai directly in Fengtian Hall and support Emperor Taishang to ascend the throne?

Just when Ningyang Hou Chen Mao didn't know how to fight, he saw Zhu Qizhen's extremely gloomy face stepped forward, looked at Shen Yichen and said, "My mother has written an edict, how can you be questioned by a chaotic minister and thief?" ”

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty remembers the brotherhood and brotherhood, and please return to Nangong This matter can be ignored."

Shen Yichen responded indifferently, now the soldiers on both sides actually have no bottom in their hearts, it is a moment to fight for the highest point of morality, and it is especially important to be justified.

"Huh, brotherhood?"

"If King Yu really thinks about the brotherhood, he will not imprison me in Nangong, this world belongs to me!"

"After the generals take the left wing gate and return the world to a bright future, I will reward the three armies!"

Zhu Qizhen no longer has the heart to argue with Shen Yichen about who occupies the law, his identity as the emperor is currently the biggest reliance, even if the current emperor Zhu Qiyu is in name, he can also claim to be a courtier.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, as soon as the words "reward the three armies" came out, many soldiers realized what the restoration would bring, and their hesitation was instantly dispelled, and they rushed towards the left wing door with a brush!