Chapter 906: All-round Strategy
The capital on July 16th was much deserted than before, but this was limited to the places where government offices and officials lived in concentrated areas, and the Nancheng was the same.
The one who was really blocked was the Wuqing Marquis Mansion. The front and back doors of the Wuqing Marquis were guarded by soldiers from the Jinyiwei Guard. Whatever you want to buy or buy in such a large mansion can only be carried out through the Jinyi Guard. What people outside want to send to the inside will be inspected before they can be sent in.
If the people in the mansion want to say something to the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei must have three people present at the same time, otherwise the Jinyiwei who went over to talk to him would be engaged in military law.
Empress Dowager Cisheng said that she missed Marquis Wuqing and wanted to come and stay for a few days, but how could these people in the capital not understand the meaning of this? This is that Empress Dowager Li was driven out of the Forbidden City.
At first, some people outside thought secretly that Emperor Wanli's move was a fool. Even if Empress Dowager Li had no power, his reputation was still there. It was clearer that if he wanted to depose the emperor and lift the Empress Dowager out of the gods, it would still be useful. Putting such a god outside would be a burial root?
However, seeing the soldiers of the Jinyi Guards' strict defense, everyone understood in their hearts. It turned out that there was such a countermeasure, and everyone was secretly talking about it. Don't this Master Long lively all talk about the most filial piety? How could he take such a trick and drive his mother out like this?
But the Marquis of Wuqing Li Wenyuan expressed his gratitude. According to the news from the Marquis of Wuqing, after Empress Dowager Li arrived at the Marquis of Wuqing, the brother and sister hugged each other and cried. The huge Marquis of Wuqing naturally had a place to settle the Marquis of Wuqing. However, during dinner, Empress Dowager Li couldn't eat it. Li Wenyuan personally went over to persuade him and said a few words with tears in his eyes.
"I'm not calling my old sister, Empress Dowager, how many days are we happy when we were young? Now we have added today's brocade and food. Everyone in the world is flattering. It's time to be content. Your son has become the emperor, and he has expanded his territory, set up a card to collect taxes, and he has done a good job. Why don't you worry about it? Why do you have to fight with your son? I, the uncle, are stuck in the middle and it's hard to be a human being. Old sister, you were driven out, and I'm a younger brother. I'm relieved. You don't know. This time, my younger brother's family can't sleep well at night. I burn incense to ask you for Buddha every day. Now that the matter is over, you will leave the palace and be peaceful and prosperous for a lifetime. It's better than the end of raiding the family and extermination of the clan?"
It is said that after saying this, Empress Dowager Li immediately turned against her and threw it over with the chopsticks in front of her. Although Li Wenyuan, the Marquis of Wuqing, had been good at raising her for so many years, was quick to move and actually avoided her.
After this fuss, Empress Dowager Li cried for half an hour and did not go to bed for a night. She fell asleep this morning. However, according to the palace maids around her, the Empress Dowager seemed to have let go of her worries and her complexion improved, which is one of the strange things.
On the afternoon of July 15, the second-ranked eunuch in the palace, Zhang Jing, said that he was weak and could no longer deal with the government affairs of the Silijian. He asked to go to Nanjing or Zhongdu Fengyang to guard the imperial tomb, and Emperor Wanli directly approved it.
The third-ranked eunuch Zhang Hong asked to see Wanli on the morning of July 16th. He said that Wanli should not have made the second son the crown prince and be the eldest son, so Emperor Wanli would naturally not see him. After Zhang Hong handed over his seal, he returned to his small courtyard and left a letter to Zhang Cheng.
The letter said that he could not see the court's morality being so corrupted. He was a hunger strike to persuade the emperor. After seeing this letter, Zhang Cheng sighed, but did not arrange for anyone to go over and persuade him, but said:
"What a pity, what a pity."
As soon as Zhang Jing left, his position as the governor and eunuch was directly handed over to Zhang Cheng as a part-time position. Speaking of which, Zhang Cheng was very similar to Feng Bao at that time, both of whom served as the chief of the Secretariat and the Admiral. However, it was similar. Xue Zhanye, the prisoner of the East Factory, was originally Zhang Cheng's confidant. Otherwise, the capital would not have been chasing so many things for the past few months. This time it was just a little legitimate.
The empty position of Zhang Hong was replaced by Tian Yi, the chief eunuch in the Silijian hall. The eunuch who looked the most like a scholar in the palace was Zhang Hong and the other was Tian Yi. Zhang Hong was extremely strong this time, but Tian Yi kept silent, so he gained the opportunity to be promoted.
But everyone was surprised by this result. They originally thought that there must be Zou Yi in the seats that Zhang Jing and Zhang Hong were freed. Unexpectedly, Zou Yi still did not move...",..."
There was a storm at the dynasty meeting, and the officials in the court were trembling from top to bottom. In the past few months, the people who did not submit memorials to participate were really phoenix horns. Yesterday, they were so fierce that the participants were all trembling and extremely fearful. Although only two people were beaten, these two people were imprisoned because of Junqian's disrespect, and the others went home safely, but the situation was reversed, and everyone was extremely nervous and waiting for the next treatment.
There was no news about disposal and liquidation in the Pansheng Palace. The officials who returned home were willing to send news about their close family members, but there was martial law on the street. Several of the families who went on the street were arrested directly, and the others didn't even have the courage to do so.
When they returned home, they realized that when all the officials came to court, the various departments of the Jinyiwei rushed into the city and controlled the main traffic roads and various city gates.
The Wuqing Marquis Mansion and the Ministry of War were surrounded by soldiers from the Jinyi Guards, and they could not enter and exit. In fact, the people and yamen in the city had the power to mobilize troops and possible, and were strictly guarded by the Jinyi Guards.
The eunuch who sent the order went to the imperial guards' garrison and the Jing camp's garrison before the court meeting. The decree was very clear, which was to prevent the army and horse from acting rashly. Without the emperor's will, those who act rashly could rebel and anyone could kill and make meritorious.
After the troops and horses everywhere were stabilized, the eunuchs who went to the Beijing camp also issued an order to transfer three more people to assist the capital in defense. These three more people were troops led by Emperor Wanli, and their generals were all young men from the powerful martial arts hall.
The Jinyiwei battalions and the three soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp can already control most of the key areas of the capital. Jingjie was martial law. On the side of the imperial guards, the person who announced the imperial guards was Zou Yi, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Not to mention that Zou Yi was the chief manager of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, there was no way to refute this intention. The emperor issued an order to prevent the Imperial Guards from moving, and whoever wanted to move was still indiscriminate, what was his intention?
Whether it was going to the Beijing camp or the imperial guards, the eunuchs sent the orders differently from the usual type of military generals who were only led by a few. They asked the military generals to summon the soldiers and read them loudly.
Everyone in the military camp knew the content of the decree and knew that the emperor asked them to keep their troops in motion. It was better to have less than more things. Everyone was happy to make trouble. If there were still people who wanted to make fish in muddy water, the soldiers would not follow them. If the trouble broke out, the leading person would be killed.
At noon, the gates of the capital were closed, and everything in the city was completely under control.
In fact, Yang Wei and other big bosses have a big business and many smart people at home. They all know about the storm over the past few months. When they saw the sudden martial law on Jingyiwei Street and blocked everywhere, they also found that something was wrong and wanted to notify the relevant people as soon as possible. Their master was in the imperial city, but there were still some close friends inside and outside the city. However, although their plans were good, Wang Tong thought more well. The yamen runners of Shuntian Mansion and the local snakes of Jinyiwei were blocked everywhere, and they had no way out. Some of the servants from outside the house wanted to report the news, but they were blocked and arrested. You must know that even the big bosses' own families may not be aware of these big bosses' own families.
At the court meeting, the people who were frightened by swords and soldiers, all took a breath when they heard these arrangements. Didn’t Emperor Wanli and Wang Tong set up a trap for everyone to get in? Think about what kind of thing he was happy about in the past few months. This is because he thought he had a long life. The emperor’s mother was driven out, and he still cared about you ministers.
Except for Yang Wei and his fellow, everyone else was deeply hated. If you hadn't been troubled, how could they have pulled everyone into it? Besides, even if that matter was done, would everyone have any great advantages? Think about the curse of the Minister of Rites at the court meeting. Most officials started to write memorials at the one hand, denounced Yang Wei and others evil and ill-behaved, and on the other hand, they were cleared of their relationship with themselves. The most important thing is to say that the second son of the emperor Zhu Changxun was wise and powerful, born intelligent, and should inherit the throne. Even children under the age of one year could not see so many advantages.
At the beginning, the matter of establishing a crown prince had to show the position of the team, and now the matter also had to show its own position, and everyone dared not neglect it.
It took so long for July 15th, and everyone was worried on July 16th, but the palace did not give any clear words. Those who should go to court should go to court, and those who should go to the yamen still have to go to the yamen. Otherwise, if there is no problem, someone else will be caught off guard. But the news soon came back. Today, Emperor Wanli did not attend court. Is this a plan to deal with everyone in the palace? Everyone was thinking, but their steps kept going. It is important to send the memorial to the Tongzhengsi.
In the afternoon, news came again that the Huwei Army had been five miles away from the capital. It was strange. The news that everyone received was that the Huwei Army was still in the Tianjin Guards, so why did it come here? There was also an explanation in the news that the Huwei Army had all come on a boat and disguised as a business trip. After arriving at the Tianjin Guards, they would get off the boat and change their clothes.
Not to mention the distance between Beijing and Tianjin, the ships are transported in large quantities, and military city firearms and other things are transported together. Tongzhou is twenty miles away from the capital. After the Huwei Army arrived, it was equivalent to being stationed beside the capital. After receiving this news, the last trace of luck in the hearts of some people also disappeared. The Huwei Army is the strongest army in Beijing and Tianjin. The general situation is completely determined.
Chapter completed!