The rebels spontaneously shouted all the way that the emperor had been restored, and this was not because the rebels were stupid, on the contrary, they were very smart.

There are at least three benefits to doing so.

First, shout it out loud and make it known to everyone. In this way, all the rebels are firmly tied to the thief ship, and there is no way to retreat, everyone can only work together and move forward.

Second, it can strengthen momentum and boost morale.

Third, we can encourage the middleists to join in.

The rebels shouted so spontaneously, and Cao Qin quickly figured it out.

When the rebels marched to the south of the Ten Princes' Mansion, Cao Qin selected the 500 Jiading with the weakest fighting power and ordered them to wander around the capital in groups of five, loudly announcing that the Taishang Emperor had been restored.

In particular, it is necessary to take care of Xicheng. Dongcheng is good to say, it is the main force of the rebels, and it is also the main force of the emperor's personal guard.

In Xicheng, there were neither rebels nor the emperor's personal guards. However, there were many nobles living in Xicheng, and Cao Qin himself thought that he should shout out the news of Emperor Taishang's restoration, so that everyone would know about it, so as to encourage the nobles to come to 'King Qin'.

Then the main force of the rebels shouted all the way, and after passing through the Ten Princes' Mansion, they turned west and came to the outside of Dong'an Gate.

As soon as the morning dawned, it was time to open the palace gate, and Ha Ming opened the Dong'an Gate very happily, and the rebels poured into the imperial city.

Entered Dong'anmen, but only entered the imperial city.

If you want to enter the Forbidden City, you have to pass through another Donghua Gate.

What the rebels didn't expect was that Xing'an outside the Donghua Gate came out to say hello, and Wang Yao, who was in charge of guarding the palace gate, immediately opened the Donghua Gate, which was even happier than Ha Ming.

It really went smoothly beyond imagination.

This is a rebellion, once it fails, everyone will die in the whole family, so the emotions of Cao Qin, Ha Ming and others are nervous, apprehensive, and excited.

After the top, it is difficult for people to analyze the problem calmly. Especially in such a depressing atmosphere, it is not easy to remain rational.

Therefore, Cao Qin ordered the second brother Cao Xuan to lead 2,000 people to guard Dong'an Gate, and the third brother Cao Duo to lead 1,000 people to guard Donghua Gate. He led two thousand of the most elite family members to rush into the Forbidden City with Xing'an.

Ha Ming took his cronies Jin Yiwei back to defend Emperor Gongrang.

Cao Qin's 2,000 elites quickly occupied Fengtianmen, Wumen, and Chengtianmen, and controlled the cabinet and the Wenhuadian area.

The Jinyi Guard, led by Menda and Lu Zhong, controlled the official area between Chengtianmen and Daming Gate, and the Yamen such as the Six Ministries, the Hanlin Academy, the Jinyi Guard, the Honglu Temple, the Tongzheng Envoy Division, and the Tai Hospital were all controlled.

Cao Qin personally led his family to the Yinghua Palace to rescue the Queen Mother, thinking that he would encounter resistance, but he didn't want Ruan Xi to run away directly with the three hundred pure army.

Ordinary people enjoy joy and hardship together.

Ruan Xi's 1,000 pure army, hearing the rebels shouting for the emperor's restoration, and occupied the Forbidden City, even if 700 people defected.

Ruan Xi had to take 300 people and fled from Xuanwu Gate in disgrace.

The 700 rebellious Jing army even wanted to capture Ruan Xi in turn and ask for a reward, but fortunately, Ruan Xi was clever, went out of Xuanwu Gate, fled all the way to the east, escaped into the Imperial Horse Prison, and joined Hao Yi.

When Cao Qin heard the report from his subordinates, he suddenly realized, and patted his head in annoyance: "I said why do you always feel that something is wrong."

We're rushing forward, why doesn't anyone think about controlling the Imperial Horse Guard.

If the Imperial Horse Warden organizes a counterattack, we will be in trouble. ”

Cao Rui persuaded: "Brother, don't worry, we have taken control of the Forbidden City and rescued the Queen Mother, the emperor's side is gone, and the hearts of the Imperial Horse Eunuchs are scattered, how can we still have the ability to organize a counterattack."

The top priority is to quickly welcome the Empress Dowager and the Emperor Taishang to Fengtianmen to complete the restoration ceremony.

At that time, as soon as the edict of the orthodox emperor comes out, the Beijing master can be determined. ”

Cao Qin nodded: "That's right, the fourth brother led people to gather all the palace people in the imperial garden and locked them up, and then stuck to the Xuanwu Gate." If the Imperial Horse Supervisor attacks the Xuanwu Gate, you will block the palace people at the Xuanwu Gate and use them as meat shields to see if Hao Yi dares to kill.

Manager Xing went to invite the Empress Dowager, and I took people to Fengtianmen to protect the Emperor Taishang and the vassal kings. ”

Xing'an and Cao Rui immediately received the order and acted separately.

Cao Qin walked a few steps in the direction of Fengtianmen, suddenly stopped again, and ordered a henchman beside him: "You take fifty powerful people to ring the bell."

Knock me hard, eighty-one times. ”

The henchman was already a little confused, but after listening to this order, he didn't know why: "Dudu, are you crazy, only when the emperor dies, will he knock eighty-one times in a row." ”

Cao Qin shouted angrily: "If you knock, you will knock, where is so much nonsense." Only in this way can the morale of the emperor's side completely collapse.

This is called making amends, so that the Imperial Horse Supervisor will not have to worry about it.

After the matter was completed, he blamed the palace people, saying that the palace people had made a mistake, and when the emperor was restored, no one would pursue it. ”

He was reprimanded and hurriedly took the order.

When the bell rang, it was also the time when Shi Heng led his army into the city from Chaoyang Gate.

Poor Chaoyangmen defenders, got up early and opened the city gate as usual.

I don't want to just open the city gate, and what I am waiting for is not the people who enter the city, but the soldiers of the Beijing camp who are stubborn and majestic.

The team couldn't see the end at a glance, and with Shi Heng shouting, all the soldiers shouted in unison: "Zhu Yuchen, Qingjun side, welcome the restoration of Emperor Taishang!" ”

The defenders of the city were so frightened by the deafening shouts that they sat on the ground.

Shi Heng took the lead, led the Jingying army into the city, and went straight to the old palace where the emperor was.

The old Qi Wangfu was at the end of Chaoyangmen Street, and Shi Heng ran all the way, and he arrived with seven or eight horsewhips.

The 15,000 Beijing army, in an instant, will be surrounded by the old Qi Palace.

After surrounding, Shi Heng did not rush to attack, but ordered Cao Jixiang, Liu Yongcheng, and Ren Li to lead a thousand people to report to Emperor Taishang and protect Emperor Taishang.

Then another 3,000 people, led by Sun Bo and Mao Zhong, went to surround the Ten Kings' Mansion and the Zhuwang Pavilion and the North Pavilion. First, it can 'guard' the vassal kings into the Forbidden City, and second, it can put the vassal kings who oppose the restoration of the Taishang Emperor under house arrest.

Thirdly, the guards of the vassal king can be requisitioned, organized, and commanded by the Beijing army. The total number of guards of the vassal king is more than 5,000, which is quite a considerable combat force.

As for why he didn't attack, Shi Heng's idea was that Emperor Taishang would be able to quickly complete the restoration process, and then write an edict, and the Jingshi would pass it on. The emperor's personal guards will naturally give up resistance and admit reality.

Shi Heng fought a big defeat in Shanxi, and another big defeat when Pingmiao was in turmoil. As a result, there are so many elites left under Shi Heng's subordinates, as long as Shi Heng's brain is not broken, he is absolutely unwilling to fight against his own elite and the emperor's elite.

These rebels are not puppets without emotion and at the mercy of others.

Zhu Qizhen didn't expect that every noble military general who participated in the mutiny had an account in his heart.

Once the mutiny began, a lot of things started to get out of control.

Shi Heng ordered Liu Yongcheng to protect Emperor Taishang, but left Liu Yongcheng's nephew Liu Ju by his side. Liu Yongcheng is a eunuch and has no son, so for him, his nephew is the closest person.

Shi Heng also kept a hand and took Liu Ju with him to prevent Liu Yongcheng from fooling himself.

If everything goes well, then naturally hello, hello, hello, everyone. If something happens and the situation is chaotic, the more people on your own side, the easier it is to fool your teammates.

Teammate, that's what you sell.

Shi Heng is very experienced, so he is very enthusiastic to bring Liu Ju with him.

After arranging everything properly, Shi Heng asked Liu Ju curiously: "How many times has the bell in the palace been ringing, why is it endless?" ”

Liu Ju replied helplessly: "As soon as the bell rang, I silently counted in my heart, and there were seventy-four times. ”

"Huh?"

Shi Heng and Liu Ju were stunned for a long time, until the bell rang, Liu Ju waved his hand and patted his face fiercely: "Oh my God, if I am not wrong, the bell struck ninety-nine eighty-one." ”

Shi Heng was also stunned: "The emperor's death knell will only strike eighty-one, are you sure you are right?" ”

An adjutant general next to him interjected: "Master Hou, the last general has also counted, and it is indeed eighty-one." ”

Shi Heng still didn't believe it: "The emperor died?" How is that possible? ”

At the same time, in the South Palace, Zhu Qizhen had already listened to the brief reports of Cao Jixiang, Liu Yongcheng, and Ren Li.

Zhu Qizhen asked Chen Xiang curiously: "How many times has this bell been struck?" ”

Chen Xiang replied confusedly: "Emperor, it's eighty-one." ”

Zhu Qizhen reprimanded angrily: "Who is so nonsense, how can the emperor's death knell be knocked blindly." openly cursing the emperor is to punish the nine clans. ”

Chen Xiang replied stubbornly: "Although it is nonsense, but in this way, the emperor's faction is in turmoil, and our morale is great.

Those vassal kings, nobles, civil servants, and military generals who sway from side to side will also stand on the side of the emperor because of this.

The opportunity must not be missed, the emperor should quickly go to Fengtianmen, summon the vassal king and the hundred officials, and officially complete the restoration. The rest of the matter, when the dust settles, it is not too late to slowly settle down. ”

Cao Jixiang, Liu Yongcheng and others also seconded the proposal.

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "What the Qing and others said is reasonable, and there is no informality in achieving big things, and after I am restored, the Qing and others will be rewarded." ”

Everyone cheered in unison, and then hugged each other, defending Zhu Qizhen to Fengtianmen.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Zhu Qizhen appeared on the pedestal of Fengtian Temple.

The Fengtian Temple was burned clean, but the base made of white marble was still there. Empress Dowager Sun had already arrived first, and when the mother and son met, they suddenly felt extremely bitter, and they couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

(End of chapter)