Seiwa

Compared with Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, who was once named by Emperor Hongwu and served as Minister of War as a literati, is quite reliable in his work most of the time.

But he was still confused when it came to issuing arrest warrants for King Yan and his officials.

Perhaps it is due to the consideration of "checks and balances", or it may be other reasons, things that can be done by one person have to be done by two people.Not to mention, even if the edict is changed, Zhang Bingxiegui is ordered to arrest the King of Yan, and Zhang Xin is ordered to arrest the officials of the King of Yan, the outcome of the matter will be very different.

However, Qi Shangshu suddenly had a hole in his head, and it was not a small hole.

It is impossible to change.

The imperial emissary arrived in Beiping with the arrest warrant. At this time, the nine city gates of Beiping had been occupied by Zhang Bing and Xie Gui's people. Those guards who refused to obey the order were imprisoned first. When the imperial emissary arrived, they were all killed.

Song Zhong himself did not enter the city, and ordered Yu Zhen to lead the army into the city, and surrounded the Yan Palace with Zhang Bing and Xie Gui.

From the imperial envoy's point of view, at this time, Beiping was surrounded like an iron barrel, and the soldiers under Song Zhong, Zhang Bing and others were also mighty and sturdy, and King Yan had nowhere to escape even if he had great talents.

Once the order arrives, all the people in the palace will be captured, and His Majesty's life will be safe.

The imperial envoy delivered the two orders to the chief envoy and the commanding envoy respectively.

Zhang Bing and Xie Gui immediately felt like a shot of stimulant. With the emperor's decree, why be afraid of King Yan!Immediately ordered the soldiers to further strengthen the siege of the palace, and at the same time mobilize a large number of weapons. There are no less than a thousand guards in the palace of Yanwang. If there is a desperate battle, they must be prepared.

Zhang Xin's performance was a little different. He was conflicted as to whether he should arrest Yan Wang's family as written in the edict.

Don't do it, I'm sorry for the court.

I did, sorry for King Yan's promotion and reuse of him.

Contradictory!

In front of Xie Gui and other people at the Commander's Yamen, Zhang Xin didn't dare to reveal his true emotions, returned home, sat in the wing room and sighed.

The servants reported the situation to Zhang Xin's mother, and the old lady was shocked when she learned that her son was going to arrest King Yan.

"Son, no!"

"Why did mother say that?"

"I've often heard that King Yan is bound to take over the world. He is the king. How can you capture him?"

Zhang Xin was silent, such remarks had been around for a long time in Beiping, most of them came from street fortune tellers and monks.

People at that time believed in ghosts and gods, even Zhang Xin himself would think about it for a while when he heard such words.

The emperor was so eager to win King Yan, could it be because of this?Because Yan Wang is the real dragon emperor?

Zhang Xin's mother continued: "For the sake of our family, you must not be foolish! Besides, without King Yan's promotion, how could you be where you are today? You can't be ungrateful!"

Zhang Xin nodded, "Mother taught me, and I wrote it down."

The next day, Zhang Xin went to the Commander's Yamen again. The imperial envoy had already been waiting here, and he didn't say hello when he saw Zhang Xin. He cut to the chase and said, "Why doesn't Commander Zhang do anything? Could it be that he must violate the order?"

Seeing the other party's attitude, Zhang Xin became angry immediately.

Not to mention that he is still hesitating, even if he intends to stand by the court, he can't stand such an attitude!

How could a mere emissary talk to him like this?In his eyes, is the second-rank official of the imperial court not good enough?

Or does this represent the emperor's attitude?

Could it be that the emperor knew that he had friendship with King Yan, and deliberately gave him the order to arrest King Yan. If he refused to do so, he would take him to the knife and kill his whole family?

The more Zhang Xin thought about it, the more his face became quite ugly.

Emperor Jianwen was dubbed a conspirator inexplicably. He was really wronged, and he was completely cheated by the emissary sent to Beiping.

In fact, Emperor Jianwen has been cheated all the time, from Huang Zicheng to Qitai, from the little-known emissary to Li Jinglong, Cao Guogong who first cheated his 50 troops, and then opened the city gate for King Yan. He was really cheated He pitted him again and again, pit him to the end.The only ones who didn't cheat him were all vomited blood by him.

Now that the misunderstanding has been caused, it is impossible to recover.

Zhang Xin has already made up his mind to seek refuge with the King of Yan. Since the court treats him like this, no wonder he is there!Anyway, with the support of his mother at home, he also followed King Yan to rebel!

It is not allowed to visit directly at home. The palace announced to the public that King Yan was ill and did not see any outsiders.

Taking out the edict and coming to the door, it is estimated that he will be knocked off by King Yan's guards when he enters the mansion, and he will not be given time to explain.On this point, Zhang Xin is obviously much smarter than Zhang Bing and Xie Gui.

There was no other way, Zhang Xin had no choice but to disguise himself, smear some dirt on his face, loosen his hair, hide in the woman's car and sneak into the palace.

The palace was under siege, and the people in the palace had to live. Every day, people came in and out of the corner gate to buy food and vegetables.

Emperor Jianwen only ordered his uncle to be arrested, but he didn't say that he would starve to death unless he lost his reputation.In this way, Zhang Bing and Xie Gui naturally couldn't stop the people in the mansion from going out.

The range of activities of these people was limited to the city of Beiping, and they were followed by soldiers. After a lot of effort, Zhang Xin managed to escape the eyeliners sent by Zhang Bing and Xie Gui and sneak into the palace.

After entering the mansion, Zhang Xin immediately revealed his identity, took out his seal badge, and begged to see King Yan.

"Commander all?" Meng Qinghe was ordered to guard the Hall of Cunxin. When he heard the notification, he frowned. "Are you sure it's Commander all? Did he explain his purpose?"

At this time, the palace was full of turmoil, and more than [-] guards patrolled day and night, not daring to relax at all.Meng Qinghe's eyes were bloodshot, but he was still in good spirits.

"Back to the hundred households, the seals and badges have been checked. Commander Zhang insisted on seeing the prince, saying that he has something important to report."

Meng Qinghe can only remember the history of the early Ming Dynasty, and he can name a few major events, such as Emperor Jianwen's downfall of the vassal and Yan Wang Jingnan.Only a few key figures are remembered.As for Zhang Xin, I have never heard of him, let alone the role he played in Jing Nan.But since people have come, it is impossible to just drive them out.

After thinking for a while, Meng Qing and Commander Gao ordered the guards here temporarily on his behalf, went to see Zhang Xin himself, and at the same time sent someone to report to Shen Xuan, asking Shen to command the prince, see or not.

Soon, Shen Xuan sent back a message and brought Zhang Xin to the place where the prince recuperated.

Meng Qinghe rolled his eyes and knew what to do.

"Commander Zhang, please follow me."

Meng Qinghe led Zhang Xin to the back hall, and the accompanying guards all put their hands on their waist knives, and if they found anything wrong, they would immediately draw their knives and chop people.

Anyway, they are going to raise their flags and rebel, so killing all the commanders is nothing!Everyone wants to try how the second-rank officials of the imperial court feel when they cut it.

The hairs all over Zhang Xin's body stood up, and his face turned pale.

It is really the master of tigers and wolves!It really was the right decision to follow King Yan to rebel.

Shen Xuan personally guarded the door, and when he saw Zhang Xin, he went ahead to salute.

When the person arrived, his identity was confirmed, so naturally there was nothing wrong with Meng Qinghe.

After Zhang Xin entered, Meng Qinghe turned to leave, but was stopped by Shen Xuan.

"Meng Baihu wait a moment."

"What is the commander's order?"

"Take it."

A palm-sized porcelain bottle was handed to Meng Qinghe's eyes, and a medicinal fragrance was faintly exuded from the mouth of the bottle, which was very familiar.

"Doctor Zhao has arrived in Beiping, remember to take this pill."

Shen Xuan spoke concisely, while Meng Qinghe clenched the medicine bottle tightly, feeling a little hot in his heart.

"Besides," Shen Xuan leaned down slightly, and lowered his voice, "There may be changes in the near future, once there is chaos, be smarter."

what?

Meng Qinghe raised his head subconsciously, Shen Xuan had already straightened up, and waved his hands nonchalantly, indicating that Meng Qinghe could leave.

Walking into the corridor, Meng Baihu was still thinking about what Shen Xuan said just now.

This is, care about him?

right?

Surely?

Not too!

Meng Qinghe clenched his fist, besides power and status, can he also look forward to beauties?

He's not greedy, just for a while?

Seeing Meng Qinghe wandering into the sky with his mouth grinning, almost bumping into a pillar, followed by his palace guards, watching the ground with all their attention, they didn't see anything.

In the wing room, Zhang Xin tried his best to take out the edict issued by the imperial court, and finally won the trust of King Yan.Transformed from a second-rank official of the imperial court to a member of the rebels.

King Yan thanked Zhang Xin for saving the lives of his family, and at the same time called Dao Yan from the inner room to discuss countermeasures together.

Zhang Xin silently wiped off his cold sweat. It would take a lot of effort to become a traitor. It is not easy to change jobs these days.

"My lord, the arrow is on the string now and has to be launched. If the lord can't take the initiative, he will be killed by a traitor!"

Monk Daoyan spoke quite well. In just a few words, King Yan was portrayed as a loyal person who was persecuted. He raised the flag to rebel not for himself, but for the country and the common people. It must be reversed!

What's more, now everything is ready and only owes the east wind.As long as the group of people surrounding the palace are cleared away, and King Yan ascends to the top, are you afraid that something will happen?

King Yan adopted Dao Yan's suggestion and asked Zhang Xin to help him get in touch with the army under his command and send someone out of the city to deliver the news.Zhang Xin was ordered to go down to make arrangements, and the King of Yan summoned his confidants and delivered an extremely wonderful speech.

The main content of the speech is "On the feasibility and inevitability of the rebellion", and the supplementary argument is "How many benefits can be gained after the rebellion succeeds".

The three sons of Yan Wang applauded their father loudly in the audience, especially Zhu Gaoxu's performance was the most wonderful, he slapped the table and stepped on the stool, his blood was absolutely boiling.

According to the words of later generations, these three are palm rests.

The corners of Yan Wang's eyes twitched, son, I know you are flattering me, but this is too much, isn't it?

Meng Qinghe had the honor to sit in the last seat and listen to King Yan's discourse with his own ears.He suspects that [-]% of Yan Wang's speech may find the shooter, and the most suspect is Dao Yan.

It's a pity that he guessed wrong. Dao Yan only put forward the main arguments and arguments, and it was Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan who really wrote the pen.

Therefore, people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured.

History has not changed in the big trend, but the subtleties are like a lever to pry a stubborn stone, and it has deviated from the original track little by little.

The king of Yan spoke heartily, and everyone was fascinated by it. They only waited for the king of Yan to wave his big hand at the end, calling on everyone, "Take the flag with me!"

The crowd raised their arms and shouted: "Rebellion!"

And the whole thing will come to an end.

Unexpectedly, a northerly wind suddenly blew up halfway, and the rain fell suddenly. A few tiles fell from the roof, just fell on King Yan's feet, and broke into several pieces.

Immediately, King Yan's face changed, and so did everyone's expressions.

The speech scene fell into endless silence.

To preach the theory of rebellion, it is natural to find a hidden place.The place is hidden, and the environment will naturally not be too good.

King Yan happened to choose such a place.

The repair funds for the palace are considerable every year, and no matter how careful the construction is, there will always be a few places that are missed.The roof is covered with grass. It is not uncommon for a few tiles to fall off when it is windy and rainy. No matter how heavy the rain is, there may be a big hole in the roof.

It was a very common thing, but now it is not so common.

Rao was Meng Qinghe, seeing the situation in front of him, his heart beat a few beats faster.

Who told everyone to prepare to be a traitor?

In the terrible silence, there was only the sound of wind, rain and thunder, and a flash of lightning. Monk Daoyan suddenly raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Auspicious sign!"

Lightning illuminated the distorted face of the great monk, and everyone, including King Yan, was taken aback.

This is the master?

Just like a demon monk!

Well, everyone is telling the truth.

Yan Wang is angry, X auspicious sign!

Dao Yan controlled his facial expression, and said seriously amidst the lightning and thunder: "Your Highness, don't you hear it? 'Flying dragons are in the sky, and there is always wind and rain'. The tiles fall, and the sky is easy to yellow!"

In layman's terms, God approves of your rebellion, so don't hesitate, hurry up and lead everyone to shout slogans and turn the flag against it!

Everyone still didn't come back to their senses, Meng Qinghe was the first to react, subconsciously grabbed the silver medal with plain pattern on his waist, and threw it at Commander Shen.

Shen Xuan turned around, expressionless.

Meng Twelve Lang mouthed: "Qianhu, rebel! Hurry up and shout! Take the lead!"

Fearing that Shen Xuan would not be able to see it, he repeated it three times in succession.

It's not that he doesn't want to stand out, but that the level is not enough.As for the others, Meng Twelve Lang swore that he did not intend to accumulate political capital for Commander Shen, well, absolutely not.

Shen Xuan turned his head and didn't make any expression.Meng Qinghe thought that the other party didn't understand what he meant, and when he was about to grab something and throw it over, Shen Xuan suddenly stood up and said loudly: "The young emperor is now in a daze, treacherous ministers are in charge, controlling the government, murdering the vassals, the hearts of the people are chilling, and the country is in danger The prince is the son of the late emperor, he should be the king who bears the weight of the tripod, to guide the government. For the sake of the world, for the people, I am willing to follow the prince in order to repay the family and the country!"

A few words, sonorous and powerful.

Meng Qinghe shouted at the right time, "Follow the prince to the death!"

It was only then that everyone realized that a young man had taken the lead. Didn't they see how satisfied the prince looked at Shen Xuan?It doesn't matter if you are a step late, if you have time to make up for it, let's shout at the top of our voice.

"Swear to follow the prince!"

"Die for the prince!"

"Shoot out of Peking!"

"Hit to Nanjing!"

"Catch the treacherous officials, Qing Jun side!"

When this sentence was uttered, King Yan and Dao Yan's eyes lit up at the same time. They were racking their brains for reasons for rebellion. They stayed up all night and couldn't come up with a good solution. As soon as these words came out, they immediately inspired them.

Tai-zu emperors have training: If there are no ministers in the court, and there are villains in the court, the prince will train the soldiers and stand by, and the emperor will secretly order the kings to lead the troops to fight for peace.

What a good excuse is in front of me, why didn't I think of it before!

Look carefully, who yelled this?

Finally, their eyes fell on Meng Qinghe at the same time.

Meng Twelve Lang rubbed his nose. In his previous life, he had watched a lot of XX dramas. Didn't he always say something like this when talking about rebellion?He almost called out to capture Emperor Jianwen alive, but fortunately he responded in time.

Although there was a small episode in the middle, the ending was quite satisfactory.

With the reasons for the rebellion that can be taken out, and the logistics preparations are basically in place, King Yan immediately made a decision, pulled the flag, and reversed!

When things come to an end, you have to fight back!

If not, are you waiting to be exiled to the Southwest for labor reform like your brothers?

However, before formally raising troops, a few people had to be settled first.

Sitting in the hall, King Yan smiled coldly after reading the memorial that Dao Yan was about to send to the capital.

"Come on!"

It rained heavily overnight, and the soldiers who besieged the palace had to retreat temporarily to find a place to hide from the rain.

In the middle of the night, the corner gate on the north side of the palace was opened silently, and a group of people led the horses, and under the cover of the commander Zhang Xin, they quietly came to the Heyi Gate.The soldiers guarding the gate here were all Zhang Xin's subordinates, and they were ordered to open the city gate and let a group of people out of the city.

The city gate was closed, and the defenders inside and outside the city were unaware.

The heavy rain and thunder covered the sound of horseshoes. Tonight is destined to change the fate of many people, and the fate of the great dynasty will also change accordingly.

In the early morning, after the rain stopped, Zhang Bing and Xie Gui appeared outside the palace.

The imperial court ordered two people to arrest the officials of King Yan. People cannot be arrested in the palace. When they come out, what year and month will they have to wait?

If they had an order to arrest King Yan, they could have entered the palace to arrest him, but unfortunately they did not. Zhang Xin, who received the order, was no longer in the same pot as them, and did not intend to receive the salary of Emperor Jianwen anymore.

Zhang Bing and Xie Gui began to worry.

Just at this time, someone in the palace spread the word that King Yan was sick in bed and could not manage affairs. The prince learned that the court ordered the arrest of the officials of the palace, and he dared not disobey the order. , you can hand it over.

Zhang Bing, Xie Gui and the two had already learned from the conductor Lu Zhen that King Yan pretended to be sick, so they naturally didn't believe in the director.But if you don't enter the palace, will you be so wasted?

"The palace has limited guards, and the nine gates are under our control. King Yan is already a bird in a cage, a turtle in an urn, so why be afraid?"

Xie Gui was very confident, Zhang Bing thought for a moment and agreed.

When entering the mansion, the guards of the two were stopped, and the gatekeepers of the palace raised their heads. The palace is very important, and these guards are not high enough to enter the mansion.

When Zhang Xie and Zhang Xie were hesitating, Yu Zhen, who Song Zhong sent into the city, spoke up, don't be afraid, if things change, the brothers will lead the troops to kill them, just right!

Zhang Bing Xie Gui saw that Yu Zhen spoke with confidence, so he was relieved and signaled the guards not to follow.But they didn't even think about it, if something really happened, even if Yu Zhen led his troops into the palace immediately, would he be able to save people in time?Even if you can fly, you can't keep up.

If Bao Zhao were here, he would definitely not agree with Yu Zhen's bad idea.It's a pity that he has just been recalled to Nanjing by Emperor Jianwen and is on his way back to Beijing, beyond his reach.

There is a definite number in everything, and Zhang Bing and Xie Gui are doomed to escape this catastrophe.

Sure enough, within half an hour after they entered the mansion, they were knocked off by King Yan.

Just like in history, King Yan still throws melons as a name, but what he throws is not watermelon, but the unique cantaloupe in the north. The whole thing is served, and only one drop is loud enough.

It was none other than Meng Qinghe who changed the melons.

Nowadays, not only the three brothers Zhu Gaochi look at him pleasing to the eye, but King Yan and Monk Daoyan also think that Meng Twelve Lang is a man who can be made.

Meng Baihu is not far away from being promoted again.

Zhang Bing and Xie Gui were killed by the King of Yan. The news cannot be concealed. It must be something wrong for people to go in and not come out for so long.

Yu Zhen made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to attack the palace.Unexpectedly, the guards of the palace came out first. Several people formed a group, carrying artillery that they had never seen before. They didn't use any wooden stakes on the frame. They just put them on the ground and nailed them. The army burst into chaos.

The size of the iron ball smashed into the crowd, splashing bright red.

The wooden fence was broken by the iron ball and soon caught fire.

In the flames, the four gates of the palace opened wide, and no less than [-] cavalry rushed out. The ones leading the charge were Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, the generals of King Yan.

As the cavalry passed by, the defenders outside the palace were in a mess. A few soldiers who were not afraid of death tried their best to kill and wound a guard of the palace, but was soon beheaded by the cavalry passing by.

The soldiers of the same Ming Dynasty, wearing the same battle jacket, once fought side by side, but at this moment, they are enemies.

Meng Qinghe led a hundred infantrymen under his command, followed by the cavalry, and stepped on the blood-stained road. The waist knife in his hand pierced the chest of a southern soldier, and the tip of the knife protruded from the back with blood. There was a cold light.

"kill!"

Amidst the sound of killing, the guards of the palace, who were at a disadvantage in numbers, became more and more brave and unstoppable under the leadership of Zhang Yuzhu Neng and other generals.

The battle jacket was stained with blood, and when a knife or gun was swung, it was a life.

Some of Yu Zhen's subordinates turned around and fled, and more and more southern troops turned around and flocked to the city gate, and the balance of victory finally began to tilt.

In the chaos, Yu Zhen was also dragged by the rebellious army and retreated to Xizhimen. Zhang Yuzhu Neng and others took advantage of the victory to pursue them. : "Seize the Nine Gates!"

If you want to win the world, you must first go to Beiping, and if you want to go to Beiping, you must first seize the city gate!

"The prince has an order to seize the nine gates!"

"Seize the door!"

The King of Yan went out to fight in person, and the Yan army, like the tigers on the mountain, rushed straight to the Nine Gates.

With Zhang Xin's advance notice, Heyimen surrendered directly, and the main force of the Yan army concentrated on attacking the remaining eight city gates.

The shouts of killing in the city came out of the city. Song Zhong saw the flames rising from the top of the city. He was about to order reinforcements into the city, but a thousand households came to report. The army suddenly bombed the camp. 3 people, more than half of them Fight each other.

Song Zhong was taken aback, and ran out of the tent. Without waiting for further questioning, someone came to report that a cavalry cavalry galloped from the north, numbering no less than two thousand, and unleashed the banner of King Yan.

"what?!"

In the distance, the smoke and dust raised by the horse's hooves could already be seen, and Song Zhong's hands and feet were suddenly cold.

Beiping is afraid that it will fall into the hands of King Yan.