Compared with the appearance of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, what really made Zhu Qizhen feel frightened was that he saw several familiar figures in the center of the crowd.

Zhu Yong, the former Duke of Chengguo, Hou Shiheng of Wuqing, Yang Hong, Hou of Changping and others, all came to Fengtian Square at this moment, which means that the Beijing division has at least more than eighty percent of the soldiers and horses, and they are on the side of Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants.

What made Zhu Qizhen feel even more unbelievable was that Zhu Yi, who had obviously left Beijing to go to Juyongguan to fight for the three guards of Wuliang Ha, also appeared here at this moment.

Juyong Pass is a hundred miles away from the Forbidden City of Beijing, and it is impossible for the soldiers and horses to rush back to King Qin so quickly, so there is only one answer, Zhu Yi did not lead his troops to leave at all, and he fell into a shocking trap!

That's right, Zhu Yi dispatched soldiers and horses from Beijing to recruit Wuliangha Sanwei, which was indeed a trap laid by Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu. This is why he will focus on emphasizing letting Shen Yichen resist for three hours, in order to wait for Zhu Yi to lead his troops to escort King Qin.

It's just that Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu underestimated Zhu Qizhen's determination, and he didn't expect the other party to raise troops so quickly, and he controlled the Chang'an Gate and Donghua Gate that entered the palace early, and also received the full allegiance of Tengxiang Siwei, which was almost self-defeating.

"Are you trying to rebel?"

Stabilizing his mind, Zhu Qizhen shouted angrily at the soldiers and horses of King Qin, after all, he has the identity of the emperor and the legal system, maybe he can intimidate the other party.

However, these rituals and laws can only play a role in icing on the cake for real high-ranking officials of the imperial court. Zhu Yong, the former Duke of Chengguo, looked at Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen expressionlessly and said: "The emperor, the ministers and others must follow the order of the Son of Heaven to eliminate the rebels, how can they say that they are plotting rebellion?" ”

"Please be cautious!"

Zhu Yong is equivalent to using weak words to say the hardest words. The word "cautious words" is used on the king, which is equivalent to a clear warning, they choose to be loyal to Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, and they are no longer a subordinate of Emperor Zhu Qizhen!

Listening to the words of Zhu Yong, the former Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong staggered, he didn't expect that a relative of the level of the Duke of the Ming Dynasty would stand on the side of King Yu and betray him, could it be that the defeat of the first battle of Tumubao really made him so unbearable to betray his relatives?

Zhu Qizhen's stumbling figure looked in the eyes of Empress Dowager Sun, but it hurt in her heart. She also couldn't bear that her son had come to this point, and she would suffer a failure, so she shouted: "The mourning family has the edict of Xuanzong, do you want to be a chaotic minister and thief because you don't even obey the holy decree of the first emperor?" ”

Xuanzong's edict is the last reliance between Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, but the direction of the situation is destined to disappoint the mother and son. Wu Qing Hou Shi Heng replied indifferently: "When the Empress Dowager ascended the throne, she said that her mother was bad for the ancestral law, and she refused to call the dynasty the system. ”

"The ministers respectfully ask the Holy Empress Dowager to abide by the ancestral system, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!"

Anyway, they have already met each other, Shi Heng is a high-flying and domineering character, and he is simply too lazy to cover up the deeds of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and presses the Empress Dowager Sun to take out the idea of Xuanzong's edict to interfere in politics.

You must know that in the edict of Xuanzong, the order and power of the Empress Dowager Zhang are in front of the Empress Dowager Sun. And more importantly, when Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong ascended the throne, he was only nine years old, and among the courtiers, he invited the Empress Dowager Zhang to listen to the government.

Although the Empress Dowager Zhang has actually controlled the government for nearly ten years, she has always adhered to the ancestral precept that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, refused to be in the court, and only used the "Sanyang" in the harem to control the court by remote.

Empress Dowager Sun probably never dreamed that some of the superficial operations of the "mother-in-law" back then have now become her own mantra!

During the confrontation, a team of soldiers pressed a Xun Qi wearing a unicorn suit and leaned over, he was none other than An Yuan Hou Liupu, who was in charge of the Jingshi Shenji Battalion!

Anyuan Marquis Liupu is the in-law of the Empress Dowager Sun, belonging to the absolute lineage, his arrest means that there is no longer any force loyal to the Emperor Zhu Qizhen in the current 200,000 troops in Beijing, and the real overall situation has been decided when the two emperors compete.

When the dust settled, Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor who was standing on the steps, sighed deeply, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, Brother Huang, for the sake of the sect and the people, I order the soldiers of Tengxiang Siwei to give up resistance." ”

"I promise that this matter will end here, and I will not continue to hold any officials and soldiers accountable, do you really want to see the scene of blood and fratricide in the Forbidden City?"

Speaking of the end, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu even brought a hint of crying.

Regardless of whether his words were sincere or false, at least the psychological impact on the soldiers present was incomparable. Before Empress Dowager Sun and Emperor Zhu Qizhen gave an order, with the sound of weapons falling to the ground and the armor stomach crashing, tens of thousands of soldiers of the four guards fell to their knees.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Long live the three calls means that the final game is over, and Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor, won this battle between the two emperors and became the long-awaited king of the Ming Dynasty.

On the square in front of Fengtian Palace, only Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen were left standing there alone, looking so out of place.

But soon the Emperor Zhu Qizhen looked up to the sky and smiled, the laughter was full of despair and sadness, and then he looked at Zhu Qiyu with a mocking expression and said: "I lost, I lost nothing, you don't need to stage any brotherly drama, King Yu, take this life now!" ”

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In terms of the emperor's mental technique, Zhu Qiyu is far from being Zhu Qizhen's opponent, and he knows very well in his heart what kind of fate he will face when the struggle for imperial power fails. The current one will not be held accountable after the fact, and he does not want to kill each other, it is nothing more than to appease people's hearts and facilitate follow-up.

Now, Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to become a puppet for performance, he is destined to die anyway, it is better to expose the mask of King Yu's hypocrisy and take it as his last revenge!

Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's ridicule and words made Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's eyes flash with an imperceptible cold light. However, he soon showed a sad look and said: "The emperor has a deep misunderstanding of me, and it will lead to a big mistake, but the blood of sibling family is constantly separated, and there will be a day when the clouds will be broken." ”

"Changping Hou Ke?"

"The minister is here!"

When Yang Hong, Marquis of Changping, heard the call of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, he immediately stood up from the crowd and knelt down on one knee to receive his life.

"Escort the Emperor Taishang back to the South Palace, remember to take good care of it."

The change of seizing the door has been suppressed, no matter what the relationship between the two brothers is, after all, they can't have a farce of royal evil words in front of the civil and military officials and the soldiers of King Qin, and they have to "send" the emperor Zhu Qizhen back to Nangong as soon as possible.

"Minister, obey the holy command!"

After that, Yang Hong, the Marquis of Changping, came to Zhu Qizhen and arched his hand at him: "Emperor, please return to the South Palace." ”

Looking at Yang Hong, Zhu Qizhen's face was full of mockery, and he sneered and spit out the words "become a king and lose a villain", then turned around and strode towards the direction of Nangong, with an attitude that was extremely free and easy.

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu stepped down the steps of Dan Majesty Jade step by step, walked in front of the Empress Dowager Sun, bowed and said: "I have disturbed the queen mother, and I ask the queen mother to go back to Cining Palace to recuperate." ”

Compared with Zhu Qizhen's pretending to be free and easy, Empress Dowager Sun's expression when she looked at Zhu Qiyu was extremely complicated. In the context of filial piety to rule the world, Empress Dowager Sun is not worried about what Zhu Qiyu will do to herself, as for what imprisonment in the palace is not a punishment for women in the feudal era.

Compared with Cining Palace, the Forbidden City is nothing more than a bigger cage, and what she is really worried about is her imperial son Zhu Qizhen.

Since ancient times, there has been a precedent of killing one's father and brother in the struggle for imperial power, and the title of the emperor and his ministers is nothing in front of power, as long as the new monarch can control the power of the court, then no one dares to criticize!

Today's cabinet ministers Shen Yichen, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong, Wuqing Hou Shiheng, Changping Hou Yang Hong and others still choose to be loyal to Zhu Qiyu when the general trend has gone, which means that he has become a king who controls real power from the original temporary replacement.

Emperor Zhu Qizhen, I'm afraid his life will not be long!

"Emperor, this is the edict of the first emperor, since you have ruled the world, it is useless for the mourning family to hold it again, it is better to leave it to you for safekeeping now."

Without the capital to fight head-on, what Empress Dowager Sun can do is to give up everything in exchange for the life of the emperor's son Zhu Qizhen. I saw that the moment she handed over the edict to Zhu Qiyu, she added softly: "Emperor, you have already won, for the sake of the first emperor and his siblings, leave the emperor alive and let him die in Nangong!" ”

This sentence made Zhu Qiyu's body tremble, and there was an indescribable grief in his heart, but he did not give Empress Dowager Sun a definite answer, and after receiving the edict of Xuanzong, he replied with a normal expression: "Erchen Gong sends his mother back to the palace!" ”

A simple sentence made Empress Dowager Sun's expression extremely dark, she already knew the answer given by Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, but she didn't have any ability to stop it!

The queen mother's phoenix disappeared from everyone's sight, and at this time, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu showed a victor's smile on his face, and said to the ministers present: "How can I be loyal and good when you wait for King Qin to escort you, solve the danger of the king, and the difficulties of your family and country?" ”

"Wu Qing Hou Shi Heng is loyal and persevering, turning things around, and I am promoted to the Duke of Zhongguo, and I hope to be able to fulfill my duties!"

Feng Guogong?

Hearing the reward of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, hundreds of civil and military officials, including Shi Heng, almost had shock written on their faces. Everyone knows that this kind of work of protecting the king of diligence is inevitably rewarded, but I didn't expect to be able to enlong this and directly seal the country!

You must know that even if Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's founding auxiliary movement, as well as Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's Fengtian Jingjing, there are only a handful of generals who are qualified to be crowned princes in the end, which is too exaggerated.

But after thinking about it, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu seems to be habitually generous in the matter of knighthood. Shi Hengjing's division guarded a criminal minister before the war, and directly skipped the title of earl, and was promoted to Wuqing Hou.

Now that he has been promoted to the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that it has become somewhat reasonable.

"The minister bows to His Majesty for the reward, this kind of kindness should be loyal to the death, and do not forget the emperor's grace!"

Shi Heng immediately prostrated on the ground, excited tears to show loyalty to Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, indeed from the perspective of a courtier, to meet such an appreciative king, isn't it a kind of luck and encouragement?

"I believe that I will get along with the princes and ministers of the loyal country."

Zhu Qiyu helped Shi Heng up from the ground with a smile of relief on his face, although he was far inferior to his brother Zhu Qizhen in terms of imperial mental skills, but there was one thing that Emperor Jingtai saw very thoroughly, that is, he reused the military generals in charge of the army and rewarded them and held them firmly in his hands.

Yu Qian, Shi Heng, Yang Hong, and even insisted on giving Shen Yichen the title of squire of the military department, and all kinds of appointments were related to military power. In a sense, Zhu Qiyu can become the winner of today's battle between the two emperors, and it is difficult to say that it has nothing to do with the early layout of the army.

Feng Jin Shiheng as the Duke of Zhongguo was just the beginning, and then Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu added the title of "Fengtian Yiwei Xuanli Wuchen" to Yang Hong, Marquis of Changping.

The title was a part of the rank of officials in ancient dynasties, and it formed a complete official system with ranks, ranks, and knights. Among them, the grade is the most common, and the division of nine grades and eighteen levels is concise and clear, and the identity of the other party can be known from the size of the number alone.

The rank is the title that marks the identity level of officials in the Sui and Tang dynasties, such as the titles of Guanglu Doctor, Ronglu Doctor, Zishan Doctor, etc., which correspond to several rank officials, so "grade" and "rank" are often combined together, and they are habitually called "grade".

Xun is another set of honorary titles, which are basically not equal to specific official positions, and the common titles of "Pillar Country" are a kind of honors. However, in addition to the medals handed down from the previous dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also added a special merit title to commend the merits of the ministers.

For example, the merit of "Founding Auxiliary Movement", as the name suggests, is enjoyed by the founding heroes of Zhu Yuanzhang's era, and it is a first-class merit number. The second-class "Fengtian Jingjing" is only available to the meritorious heroes who were rewarded during the Zhu Di Jingjing period, the third-class meritorious heroes are titled "Fengtian Yiyun", and the last is "Fengtian Yiwei".

Don't underestimate the last rank of Changping Marquis Yang Hong's "Fengtian Yiwei Xuanli Wuchen", its last winner was the famous British Gong Zhang Fu.

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu gave Yang Hong such a title, and the meaning he wanted to express was self-evident. As long as the other party does his best to be loyal and work hard, there is a great possibility that he will be crowned a prince in the future, and he will be posthumously named the Duke of the Ming Dynasty after his death!

In addition to rewarding Shi Heng and Yang Hong, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu also promoted Zhu Yi to one level on the spot, from the position of the governor of the first product of the military governor's mansion to the position of the right governor of the first product, and then he was also knighted.

However, Zhu Yi estimated that he would not have a chance to be knighted by himself, because in addition to the official promotion given to him, Zhu Qiyu finally temporarily put down the weakening and suppression of the old lords, and restored Zhu Yong's title of Duke of Chengguo.

No one expected that Zhu Yong, who had disappeared from everyone's eyes for a long time, would lead the troops to appear in the Forbidden City in this form, and complete the restoration by relying on the merit of escorting King Qin.

If nothing else, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, will soon return to the situation of the day, surpassing the late British Duke Zhang Fu and Xu Chengzong, the Duke of Wei stationed in Nanjing, to become the first Duke of the Ming Dynasty!