"The guards obey the order, the work of quelling the rebellion is in front of you, and the cabinet department will be rewarded after the success of the official title guarantee!"

In the face of the swarming Tengxiang four guards, Shen Yichen also made a desperate announcement of a heavy reward, otherwise, with the blessing of the other party's status and morale, the palace wall that was only two people high would not be able to resist for long at all, not to mention the absolute gap in quantity.

"Kill!"

The shouts resounded in the Forbidden City, and no one expected that this palace, which had been quiet for decades, would raise swords in such a short period of time. What is even more ironic is that the two sides of the war, the forbidden army on duty under the same palace, are now fighting for the emperor to whom they are loyal.

Soon, this shouting and killing sound was transmitted to the Fengtian Hall not far away, and almost all the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting changed color. You must know that a simple coup d'état is difficult to affect the courtiers, after all, this is not a war of foreign invasion, at most the courtiers who betrayed Emperor Zhu Qizhen afterwards are liquidated.

But once you raise the sword and kill the red-eyed soldiers afterwards, you won't care about your identity as a court official, it is easy to expand the killing, and even the Forbidden City, which symbolizes the authority of the emperor, may inevitably be damaged by fire.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, old ministers such as Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came from the Jingnan era, and the mess after the attack on the imperial city of Yingtianfu is still fresh in his memory. It can only be said that this is a cycle, even if the Zhu family raises the vassal king as a pig, it still cannot avoid the repetition of the imperial power struggle.

Also farther away in the Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Sun had learned the news of Zhu Qizhen's army attacking the Forbidden City through Cao Jixiang's proclamation, but the expression on her face was very complicated, not only the joy of her son's imminent restoration.

"Queen Mother, now that the emperor has hit the left wing gate, the cabinet minister Shen Yichen is leading the guards to resist and break through the palace gate to enter the Fengtian Hall to take the throne, I'm afraid it's only a matter of time."

When Cao Jixiang said this, there was a touch of joy in his tone, he served as the supervisor of the Southern Expeditionary Army to conquer Luchuan from the early years of orthodoxy, and until now he has only served as a palm seal eunuch with a division and a supervisor.

You must know that the Si Jian is only responsible for the emperor's travel books, ceremonial guards and other instruments, not to mention that compared with the real power eunuchs such as Jin Ying, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Guo Jing, etc., even if it is similar to the official seal Chengjing of the Ministry of Rites, it is far from comparable.

This is completely unacceptable for Cao Jixiang, who has always been full of ambition.

The restoration of the Emperor Taishang made him see the hope of coming from behind, as long as he can complete the change of seizing the door, even if Guo Jing, the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, cannot move, at least the ceremonial supervisor and the internal official supervisor have to vacate two positions, so that he no longer has to be subservient.

Wang Zhen's scenery when he was in power and the opposition, Cao Jixiang has always been unforgettable in his mind, he firmly believes that he can become the second Wang Zhen, and even surpass Wang Zhen!

"Where is the king?"

"The court was held in the Fengtian Temple this morning, and Your Majesty should still be there."

"If the emperor is restored and ascends the throne, he will be imprisoned in Fengyang to guard the ancestral mausoleum."

After all, I have not experienced the fear of Emperor Jingtai who reigned for seven years after Emperor Jingtai sat on the throne in history, and the powerlessness of Prince Yi. Now Empress Dowager Sun has hatred for Zhu Qiyu in her heart, but not to the point where she has to take her life.

Husband Xuanzong left such two sons, Empress Dowager Sun didn't want to bear the notoriety of fratricide and mother-in-law killing her son, and Zhu Qiyu, who was imprisoned in Fengyang without the foundation of the legal system, couldn't afford to make any waves.

"Yes, the slave knows."

Cao Jixiang respectfully bent over and obeyed his fate, after the restoration of the Emperor Taishang and his accession to the throne, the Empress Dowager Sun will become the "genuine" Empress Dowager, of course, she must be flattered.

But at this time, a little eunuch who was set up as a supervisor hurriedly rushed to Cining Palace, and when he saw Cao Jixiang, he immediately knelt down and said: "Cao Zhangyin, things have changed!" ”

"Presumptuous, don't you see the Queen Mother here?"

Cao Jixiang immediately shouted angrily, and the eunuchs who set up the eunuchs were bowed down, but the palm print Cao Jixiang was the head of the horse. In a panic, he forgot that this was Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother was the supreme existence, and she should bow to the Queen Mother first.

"Slave and maid knock to see the Queen Mother!"

After the little eunuch reacted, he immediately bowed to the Empress Dowager Sun.

At this critical juncture, Empress Dowager Sun naturally didn't care about some inconsequential etiquette, so she waved her hand and asked with concern: "What did you just say has changed?" ”

"Shen Ge Lao announced that the Empress Dowager's edict of abolition of the emperor was a false edict, and Teng Xiang Siwei was blocked out of the left wing door, and after a long time, I am afraid that things will change when the Beijing camp reacts."

The restoration forces of Zhu Qizhen of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, with the departure of the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji from Beijing, mainly relied on the four guards in the palace to occupy the advantage, and the Shenji battalion led by Liu Pu, Marquis of Anyuan, outside the palace, was at a disadvantage.

Once there is no progress in the palace, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp are ordered to protect King Qin, then the advantages obtained now will be in vain, and the emperor Zhu Qizhen will have no possibility of restoration.

"What power does Shen Yichen have to declare the edict of the deposed emperor of the mourning family as a false edict!"

Empress Dowager Sun instantly felt a surge of anger in her heart, you must know that even if Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu saw the edict of the abolished emperor, at most he would resist and disobey the decree, and his mother-in-law's identity and filial piety made him unable to refute it.

As a result, Shen Yichen's courtiers, where did they get the courage and qualifications to announce that the queen mother of the dynasty issued a false edict?

"Queen Mother, before you announced that the world would return to the government and retire to the harem to live in the future, and now the soldiers in front of you believe it is true. If you want to expose Shen Ge Lao's lies, I am afraid that only by visiting the left wing door in person will have an immediate effect. ”

As soon as the little eunuch's words fell, he was reprimanded by Cao Jixiang: "Bold, the sword in the battle ahead has no eyes, you dare to let the queen mother's body come in person, in case there is any accident in an important matter, can you afford it?" ”

Cao Jixiang was a little red and dissatisfied at the moment, a little eunuch who came out of nowhere actually stole the limelight in front of the Queen Mother and took the initiative to make suggestions, where did he put the palm print of the superintendent?

But when these words were heard in the ears of the Empress Dowager Sun, she felt that it made sense, so she asked rhetorically, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, the slave and maid are the supervisor of Wang Zhi."

"Zhen'er, give this Wang Zhi a reward of ten taels of silver, and the mourning family will immediately set up a rack and go to the left wing gate!"

"Yes, Queen Mother."

I saw a personal palace maid beside the Empress Dowager Sun walking forward slowly, helping Wang Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground, to help him up, and then gave a reward of ten taels of silver. No one may have expected that Wan Zhen'er, Wan Guifei, who is famous in history, and Wang Zhi, the commander of Xichang, have been in contact.

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On the other side, Empress Dowager Sun walked out of Cining Palace, and with the support of a group of palace maids and eunuchs, she rode a phoenix chariot to the left wing gate, without worrying about the risk of a sword without eyes.

The reason is that the word "legal unity" is the foundation of the feudal dynasty, even if the restoration of Zhu Qizhen of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty fails, and Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor, as a courtier, must abide by the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and it is impossible to make any substantive punishment for the two Ming canonical punishments of the Sun mother and son.

At most, Zhu Qizhen died of inexplicable illness afterwards, and Empress Dowager Sun was imprisoned in a certain palace for a lifetime.

As the saying goes, if you don't do it, you won't die, and on the other hand, since you won't die no matter what you do, what else is there to worry about?

Whether it is for the throne of the emperor's unification or for her own future honor, Empress Dowager Sun will inevitably go to the left wing gate to persuade the guards to surrender to the direct army.

As long as he is on the battlefield in person, then everything will be settled, and no matter how clever Shen Yichen is, he will not be able to change the outcome of failure. The courtiers tried in vain to challenge the royal legal system, and their fate was sealed from the beginning.

At the moment when Empress Dowager Sun set off for the imperial car, a large battalion in the suburbs of Beijing was frantically rushing towards the direction of the Forbidden City, but the commander of the army was unexpectedly not Shen Yichen's confidant general, but Wuqing Hou Shiheng!

When Bian He rushed to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing with Shen Yichen's tooth card, Han Bin happened to discuss military affairs with Wuqing Hou Shi Heng and Changping Hou Yang Hong and others, after all, most of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp sent by Zhu Yi to recruit Wuliang Ha Sanwei were under the command of the two of them.

The matter was urgent, Bian He had no way to talk to Han Bin in private, so he could only truthfully inform the palace that there was a coup d'état, and the Emperor Zhu Qizhen came out of the South Palace and led Teng Xiang Siwei to attack the Fengtian Palace.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the generals of the Beijing camp in the tent changed drastically, and at the same time, Wu Qinghou Shi Heng finally understood why he had told An Yuan Hou Liupu to discuss military affairs, and the other party said that he was unwell and could not come, if nothing else, he should have played the drama of the golden cicada coming out of his shell, and led the Shenji Battalion to the Forbidden City to participate in the change of seizing the door.

Wu Qing Hou Shi Heng took the initiative to denounce the Golden Dao, just thinking that he could gain the absolute trust of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, so as to complete the transcendence of Qian's dragon skills, and one day wash away or take revenge on Yu Qian's humiliation of himself in the court.

As a result, I never expected that the opportunity for the Emperor Taishang to make a move was so fast, which was completely unexpected by everyone.

So Shi Heng made a quick decision and led his troops and horses from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to gallop towards the Forbidden City, and Han Bin also united with Fujian Wei Fengzheng and others, and mobilized his subordinates and cronies to rush to Shen Yichen's aid.

At the same time, on the way to the Forbidden City in the suburbs of Beijing, there was also the Shenji Battalion led by Hou Liupu of An Yuan in front. Whoever can arrive in the Forbidden City in advance to support the king of their allegiance will become the victor of the battle between the two emperors.

But what everyone doesn't know is that there is a huge army of soldiers and horses on the periphery of the Beijing Division, which is rushing back non-stop, and the change of seizing the door can be said to move the whole body!

On both sides of the palace wall of the left wing gate, there are already dense corpses of Janissary soldiers, both sides wearing the same battle armor, and even the robes that once fought side by side, but now they have to fight each other, fighting to the death.

After all, the low palace wall could not resist the continuous flow of Tengxiang four guards, and the two thin palace doors were already in a crumbling state under the continuous impact of the wood, even if Shen Yichen's face was covered with splashed blood at this moment, and his crimson three-grade civil official robe was damaged in several places.

"Shen Ge Lao, the left wing gate can't be guarded, why don't we retreat to the Fengtian Hall first?"

The commander of Jingwei made Han Liangan sweat profusely, and his heart was full of panic, he did not expect that the Emperor Taishang would attack the Forbidden City so resolutely and quickly, so that the expected counterinsurgency work was as unattainable as a flower in a mirror and a moon in the water.

"No, Your Majesty and the civil and military officials are in the Fengtian Hall at the moment, who can guarantee their safety when the rebels are there!"

Shen Yichen categorically rejected Han Liangan's suggestion, and now that the soldiers on both sides have killed the red eyes, bringing the flames of war to the Fengtian Hall will 100% increase the casualties. No matter what camp he is in, no matter whether Shen Yichen agrees with the political ideas of the hundred officials of the imperial court, there is one thing that cannot be denied.

That is, the officials who can stand in the center of the capital to participate in the imperial meeting are all elites who have been killed from the cruel imperial examination system, and their mass casualties will reproduce the death of the relatives of the Tumubao Incident, and the loss to the entire country is immeasurable!

In addition, there is another point that Shen Yichen can't say clearly, that is, retreat to Fengtian Hall to let the civil and military officials see the scene of "the general trend has gone", will they still maintain their allegiance to Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu?

In the event of a defection before the battle, it will deal a devastating blow to the morale of the guards who are already at a disadvantage.

"Shen Ge is old, but it's ......"

Han Liangan still wanted to fight for it, but when he looked at Shen Yichen's murderous eyes, he immediately swallowed the words that followed.

At the same time, Shen Yichen once again lifted the three-foot sword, climbed the stairs and rushed towards the most fiercely contested palace gate. The experience of several major battles has taught him a truth: in many cases, instead of writing all kinds of empty checks, it is better to live and die with his soldiers on the battlefield, advancing and retreating together.

It was precisely Shen Yichen's actions of the soldiers in advance, regardless of life and death, that made the guards hold on to the army until now, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago.

But at this time, a sharp voice of praise from a eunuch came from afar: "The Holy Empress Dowager has arrived!" ”

This sound made the guards who were still struggling to resist subconsciously look in the direction of Feng Yuan. You must know that there is the biggest doubt at present, that is, who is in control of the inheritance of the legal system in the second emperor, and the appearance of the Empress Dowager Sun will reveal this answer.

"The Emperor Taishang is the son of the first emperor, and the restoration and re-enthronement of the throne is in line with the principles of morality, and now the Queen Mother has not put down the sword when she comes to you, but she wants to rebel!"

Cao Jixiang is not a coward, he has the courage to take millet from the fire, and rushed directly to the guards on the direct army.

Shen Yichen is not afraid of the word "rebellion", but for ordinary soldiers of the forbidden army who are not psychologically prepared, it is like an iron law that they dare not overstep. Especially the queen mother's phoenix chariot was in front of her, and the sense of domination brought by the royal majesty, some of the guards were stunned and slowly leaned over to put down the swords in their hands.

"Today, Your Majesty saves the king of the time, obtains the edict of the Zen position, and gives three resignations and three great gifts, how can you allow the chicken to be in the morning?"

"The guards obeyed the order and retreated to the Fengtian Hall to protect the Son of Heaven!"

Shen Yichen understood that when the Empress Dowager Sun came in person, under the rules of the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, even if he had a lotus tongue, he would not be able to stabilize the morale of the army.

Then the only thing that can be done is to retreat to the Fengtian Hall and let Zhu Qiyu face the Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen. Whether or not he can show the heroic posture of the hero to convince the hundred officials and soldiers, and withstand the double impact of the queen mother's authority and law, it depends on Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu himself!