Chapter 25 The mutiny of the Fengtai battalion, the cabinet assistant wants to depose the emperor
In the middle of the night, Jingying Station.
Fengtai Daying.
Da!
Da!
Da!
Dozens of horsemen suddenly galloped in from a distance.
Afterwards.
As soon as the soldiers on patrol saw that it was Zhang Shize, they did not stop them, but all saluted and greeted.
"Meet the marshal."
Zhang Shize didn't have the time to greet them, and led the crowd into the camp, and after that, he ordered the main generals of the three armies to discuss the big tent.
"What!"
"The marshal is back, and we are summoned to discuss in the big tent."
"What's going on here?"
Some of the generals who followed Zhang Shize discussed with each other curiously.
After that, head to the Big Horde.
“......”
Some of the generals promoted by Li Guozhen have an ominous premonition, but now that Li Guozhen is not in the camp, they are weak and can only follow to discuss matters.
In the big tent, there should be 21 generals above the fourth grade in the Beijing camp, but there are 18 people, and 3 people are on duty today and are not in the camp.
As soon as he entered the big tent, he was depressed by swords, guns, swords, and halberds.
The generals stood there separately, listening to the instructions, and saw Zhang Shize sitting on the top quite Sanya, looking condescendingly at these former subordinates and some unfamiliar faces.
"Zhang Shuai, that chair is the seat of the Admiral of our Jingying. You don't have a job or authority now, isn't it suitable? ”
A four-grade general of Li Guozhen's faction, Mao Yizhi, came out to refute it.
"Mao Yizhi!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Dashuai will always be our Dashuai, what's more, Dashuai, is my Ming Dynasty's Guogong, there is no qualification?"
"You're going to have to buckle your hat."
Liang Wushan stood up and shouted very sternly.
He is one of Zhang Shize's hardcore cronies.
"Mao Yizhi, if any of you dare to question our Zhang Shuai, you can't get along with our 70,000 brothers in Beijing."
Another cronie jumped out, Xiao Yuping.
From the four-rank military rank.
"Xiao Yuping!"
"Liang Wushan!"
"Are you trying to rebel?"
"Now our Jingying Admiral is Li Guozhen and Li Dashuai, although the British Duke is honorable, how can he sit on this handsome chair?"
"Where do you put me in the law of the Ming Dynasty?"
Mao Yizhi said.
"Good!"
"General Mao has a point."
"It's just the national public overstepping the etiquette."
"However, my lord now has the edict of the king, so that I will take over the governor of Jingying on behalf of Li Guozhen, the governor of Xiangcheng."
Zhang Shize's eyes flashed with a touch of ruthless killing.
Mao Yizhi will be killed.
"What?"
"This?!"
"Impossible, I don't believe it, what's more, even if the king really has an edict, it will only be after the British duke and our marshal are handed over before they can officially take charge of the power of the governor of Beijing."
"That's the rule."
Mao Yizhi argues with reason.
"General Mao, you are so stubborn, you do not obey the edict of the king, and you are guilty of bullying the king."
"Who is the commander who killed this wingman?"
Zhang Shize squinted his eyes and said.
Whoever prevents him from taking over the military power shall be killed.
Mao Yizhi didn't know the current affairs, so naturally he couldn't be tolerated.
At the beginning, Wang Chengen's words are still in my ears, and they will change later.
If he can't take over the military power before dawn and completely control the Beijing camp, Li Guozhen may use the power of the civilian clique to attack Chongzhen above the court and make him withdraw this edict.
Zhang Shize did not allow such a thing to happen.
He must regain military power and tilt his power towards the government and the opposition.
"Dashuai, I'll come."
"These Li Guozhen's lackeys, I, Liang Wushan, have long wanted to kill them."
"It's just right today."
"Kill!"
Liang Wushan didn't hesitate at all, and slashed Mao Yizhi's head as he spoke.
Grunt!!
A large head then rolled to the ground.
In the slashing of Mao Yizhi.
"Sniff, kill."
Liang Wushan did not rest, backhand, and raised the knife.
Another general was killed.
A knife cut off the head of Liang Wushan.
Whoa!!
For a time, in the big tent, blood flowed like a river, and all the eight generals of Li Guozhen's department were beheaded.
"Come on, drag these people out."
"Liang Wushan!"
"This commander ordered you to lead people, find out all Li Guozhen's henchmen, and kill anyone who is responsible for leading the troops."
"None of them will be left."
Zhang Shize said coldly.
"No!"
Liang Wushan arched his hand and said.
Afterwards.
He led the people to clean the big tent.
"Meet the Commander!"
The rest of the generals, seeing this, were also shocked by Zhang Shize's killing methods, and they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
"Everyone!"
"Now the thief Li Zicheng is rampant, the momentum of the Eastern Crusade is very large, the king, I want to rectify the military camp, strengthen the prestige of my Ming army, fight a decisive battle against Li Zicheng, and defend the Ming Dynasty."
"This marshal is in danger, I hope you can join me to kill the enemy and protect the country for the king and the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Shize said.
"No!"
The generals said.
After that, Zhang Shize asked the edict to be circulated again, and the generals who still had doubts immediately put their minds at ease.
Originally, they were still worried that Zhang Shize was falsely passing on the edict.
Now seeing Chongzhen's edict, a hanging heart has landed.
Seventy-eight people.
He was beheaded again.
Zhang Shize refilled the vacant positions with the soldiers who were loyal to him, and changed the guard overnight, with his men and horses taking over [Shuntian City], and even the nine gates being taken over by the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp.
There is no such thing as an impermeable wall.
Five watches.
Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, Chen Yan, the second assistant, and the six scholars all received the news that Zhang Shize had taken over the Beijing camp and changed the guard, and they immediately became irritable.
When Li Guozhen was woken up from his concubine's bed, everything had already settled, and no one could undo it.
Cabinet Hall.
Li Guozhen changed into court clothes, his face was full of anger, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you have to make decisions for me. This Zhang Broad & Bright did not go through my handover, took over the Beijing camp, and changed the guard overnight, he was going to rebel. ”
(Complaint)
"Uncle Xiangcheng, you can't talk nonsense about things without evidence."
"It is said that the British are acting on the edict."
"Everything comes from the one in the palace."
Zhang Denian, the secretary of the military department, said.
Over 50 years old.
An old man, he is Hong Rongwen's brother-in-law.
At the beginning, it was also he who impeached Zhang Shize for rebellion.
The first assistant Wei Zaode and the second assistant Chen Yan did not speak easily, they remained silent.
Of the six books, the remaining five did not speak.
"Shousuke-sama, what do you think?"
Li Guozhen asked.
The only thing he can rely on now is these civil official groups, and they may be able to make Chongzhen change his mind and reappoint him as the governor of Beijing.
"Report!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a report from the Beijing camp, last night Mao Yizhi and others in the army intended to rebel, fortunately, the British Duke received the secret report in advance, asked the king for instructions, and was ordered by the king to supervise the Beijing camp and be responsible for the affairs of the thief."
"Now, all these rebellions have been suppressed by the British government, and the heads of these thieves have been hung outside the camp gate of Fengtai for public display."
"The British public recommends that the families of these thieves be punished according to the law of the Ming Dynasty."
A cabinet official came in with a fold in his hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what does this edict mean that it was sent to Zhang Shize without our cabinet? This shows that the king is now dissatisfied with our cabinet, and he is ready to use the nobles to deal with our cabinet. ”
"It's a dangerous signal."
"We have to do something, and if we let you get ahead of the curve, we'll be fish on the chopping block for everyone to slaughter. Now, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the forbidden army in the palace are still in the hands of our cabinet, which is our capital. ”
"We must let your lord know the importance of the cabinet."
"The monarch is stupid and incompetent, I think the crown prince succeeds to the throne and can lead my Ming people to resist Li Zicheng."
Second assistant Chen Yan said very sternly.
He advocated the abolition of the emperor.