On the first day of the second month, the Xinwang Mansion, the generals of the Tianwu Army and the officials of the East Palace gathered together.

In the imperial society, the smooth transfer of imperial power is particularly important, so all dynasties will equip the prince with a fairly complete bureaucratic system (except for the Qing Dynasty) after the establishment of the prince, educate and assist the prince to familiarize himself with the court work, and ensure that the prince takes over the government smoothly.

As a national reserve cadre, the subordinate officials of the East Palace are extremely well distributed, corresponding to almost all the departments of the imperial court, and are also known as the small imperial court.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, often recruited in person because of things, and considered that the bureaucratic system would be suspicious when the crown prince supervised the country, so he ordered the court to order the ministers to take care of the duties of the East Palace.

All of Zhu Cihong's auxiliaries were also personally selected by Chongzhen, and they controlled the subordinate officials of the East Palace in disguise, but Zhu Cihong has developed rapidly in recent years, made countless meritorious contributions, and has more and more power, and the subordinate officials of the East Palace have expressed their allegiance, and the current prefect of Fengyang Mansion, Yang Tinglin, is one of Zhu Cihong's subordinate officials of the East Palace.

Not only did the subordinate officials of the East Palace express their allegiance, but there were also many officials in the six ministries who secretly posted their allegiance, and even some imperial histories of the Imperial Procuratorate and the imperial histories of various parts of the Jiangnan Prefecture were posted.

Zhu Cihong sat on the main seat of the main hall, raised his eyes and swept everyone, and said: "Everyone, everyone should know about the things outside the noon gate, although the palace is not talented, but in the past few years, it has guarded Gyeonggi, went south to quell the rebellion, went north to level Liao, recovered southern Mongolia, and reversed the crisis of my Ming Dynasty. Do you promise? ”

"No!"

Everyone shouted in unison, and the generals of the Tianwu Army waved their fists and shouted: "Those who dare to abolish the prince, kill him!" ”

"These bullshit ministers don't have the ability to do anything, they will just drag their feet and kill them!"

"Yes, Qingjun's side, kill them all!"

The generals of the Tianwu Army were all impassioned and very excited, which caused some Wenchen belonging to the East Palace to be shocked again and again, and secretly said that these unwanted generals were too crazy.

Zhu Cihong pressed his hands in vain, waited for the soldiers to calm down, and then said: "If they are all loyal ministers for the country and the people, this palace has nothing to say. ”

Zhu Cihong paused for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "However, these people who are willing to make trouble at noon gate are all unright, some traitors collude with traitorous profiteers, bend the law for bribes, betray the interests of the country, jump off the beam to bewitch the king, and even Hou Boxungui secretly conspire to murder the prince with the intention of rebellion!" ”

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong threw the evidence listed on the ground, and said: "This is all evidence of the crime of traitors, and the evidence is conclusive. ”

"The last will go!"

"Wait and go!"

The Chinese military generals of the palace are all chanting, determined to clear the side of the monarch!

Zhu Cihong nodded and applauded, and shouted again: "Sun Yingyuan listens to the order!" This palace orders you to transfer the 5,000-day martial army in the inner teaching field, and cooperate with the Jinyi Guard to immediately arrest the rebel noble! ”

Sun Yingyuan took the list, and immediately saluted and shouted: "The last general is ordered!" ”

"Zhou Yuji listens to the order! This palace ordered you to transfer the Deshengmen Great Sect Tianwu Army into the city to take over the nine gates of the Jingshi! No one is allowed to enter or leave, and if someone wants to force them out of the city, they will be arrested together as complicit! If the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies obstructs it, take it down immediately! Rebels, kill! ”

"Xu Sheng listens to the order! Lead 3,000 brave guards to go to the noon gate with the palace to get people! ”

"The last general commands!"

After the assignment was completed, all the generals were excited, these noble ministers of the dog day almost missed the battle of Liaodong, and at this time, the mood that everyone had suppressed for many days could finally be released.

After the order to take the people was issued, the Tianwu army stationed in the various religious fields in the inner city was fully armed and dispatched to block all the streets where the nobles gathered, and raided into the palace to take the people.

Wuding Marquis Guo Peimin and several other nobles were discussing the sealing of Jinfenglou in the Hou Mansion at this time, and when they got the eyeliner report that the Tianwu Army was sealing the street, a team of Jinyi Guards and the Tianwu Army had already rushed into the Hou Mansion.

The housekeeper of the Marquis of Wuding Mansion wanted to stop the coming, but a sergeant of the Tianwu Army came up with two big mouths, and beat the person stupid on the spot.

Seeing the chaos outside, Guo Peimin, Marquis of Wuding, walked out in four directions, saw Li Tingbiao, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Li, I don't know what Lord Li came here today?" Could it be that he wanted to explain to the old man about the sealing of Jinfeng Tower? ”

Li Tingbiao said coldly: "Explanation? This official does not have this habit! ”

After speaking, he took out the decree and said loudly: "Guo Peimin, Marquis of Wuding, murdered the prince, committed the crime of rebellion, and copied his entire family according to the order of His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Marquis Wuding was stunned for a moment, then sneered, and said, "Ben Hou plotted to kill the prince? What a joke! Your Majesty didn't give an order to take me, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dared to raid my Wuding Marquis Mansion privately? ”

Li Tingbiao said impatiently: "The one who copied is your Wuding Marquis's house, come and tie it up and take it away!" Raid your home! ”

Wu Dinghou felt more and more bad, could it be that Su Yu's little slut sold himself? Without allowing him to think too much, two brocade guards had already tied him down, and stuffed a large rag in his mouth to prevent him from rapping.

Outside the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, was inspecting the Imperial City as usual, and in the holy decree of strictly guarding the Imperial City, he faintly felt that the Holy had the intention of dealing with the prince, and he did not dare to be careless, so he had to come to inspect in person.

At this moment, Xu Yunzhen suddenly saw a neat queue of people and horses in the distance walking here, and as the other party got closer and closer, there was a neat roar of iron boots stepping on the bluestone slab from time to time.

"It's not good, it's the prince's person!" Xu Yunzhen exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly ordered Yu Linwei to assemble at Dong'anmen.

A team of Yulin guards quickly assembled with firearms in their hands, guarded outside the Dong'an Gate, and confronted the Yongwei battalion.

The two sides have confronted each other more than once, at the end of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, they fought a few battles at the foot of Wansui Mountain, Yu Linwei was beaten by Yongwei's own mother, and when he met his old opponent at this time, his morale was instantly half shorter.

Zhu Cihong rode his horse, came to the gate of the imperial city, and shouted: "Open the door!" ”

Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, stepped forward and asked, "What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean by this?" ”

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Can someone gather in front of the noon gate to make trouble?" ”

Xu Yunzhen replied: "There are many ministers who petition in front of the noon gate, but they can't talk about making trouble. ”

"Can't talk about making trouble? So what are they doing? Do you have a concert? ”

Xu Yunzhen was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what the prince meant by the concert, he didn't dare to ask, after all, it was the prince who was asking himself, it seemed that those people were petitioning to abolish the prince in front of the noon gate, which made Xu Yunzhen not know how to answer for a while.

Zhu Cihong shouted: "The officials gathered at the noon gate to force the palace, and you Dingguo turned a deaf ear, how did you maintain the order of the imperial city?" Do you want to rebel with them? ”

A hat that forced the palace was buckled on the head of the petitioning minister, and he was charged with rebellion, Xu Yunzhen was stunned for a while, and after he came back to his senses, he asked tentatively: "What does Your Highness want to do?" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "What nonsense, open the door quickly, the problem you can't solve, this palace will solve it for you!" ”

Xu Yunzhen didn't care, and said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, Your Majesty issued an order a few days ago to order the ministers to strictly guard the imperial city, not a single soldier or soldier, if Your Highness wants to enter the imperial city, you can only enter it yourself, and your personal guard camp cannot enter." ”

Zhu Cihong rode forward a few steps, took out a handcuff and pointed it at him, and said sharply: "This palace used this thing to blow up the head of Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen on the spot a few years ago, you Dingguo Gong want to try, just come!" ”

Looking at the muzzle of the black hole, Xu Yunzhen's body shook, cold sweat broke out, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he opened his mouth to say something but didn't say a word.

Zhu Cihong looked at him coldly and ordered: "Take it!" ”

A team of guards was just about to take down Xu Yunzhen, only to see a burly general of Yu Linwei shouting: "Dingguo Gong is ordered to guard the imperial city, who dares to take people!" ”

"Smack!" With a gunshot, Zhu Cihong killed the general on the spot, and immediately shouted: "Whoever dares to resist, don't be killed!" ”

The three thousand Yongwei battalions raised their muskets in unison and aimed them at Yu Linwei, and the two guards set up the stunned Dingguo Duke Xu Yunzhen.

Xu Sheng shouted: "Put down your weapons to Lao Tzu and stand aside with your head in your hands!" ”

Dingguo Gong was arrested, the rebellious general was killed by the prince, and Yu Linwei, who faced the rows of black holes and guns, dared to resist, and put down the fire guns one after another, and stood in the corner of the wall and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

They know very well that the guys in the Yongwei Battalion are all very bold, and they will kill people when they say they will kill people, not to mention that the crown prince came to support them in person, and they still squatted honestly, and when the sky fell, there were still generals above, and it was not their turn to come out as a small soldier.

Seeing that these people knew each other, Zhu Cihong assigned some men and horses to collect Yulinwei's firearms, and he rushed to the noon gate with the Yongwei battalion to clear the field.