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The Son of Heaven left Beijing on the afternoon of September 28 in a horse-drawn carriage and arrived at the Chengde Summer Resort on the first night of October. On the second day, gather the ministers and open the Mulan Shooting Garden.

Chengde Summer Resort began to be built in the previous dynasty, and after more than 30 years, it was in the hands of the Yongzhi Emperor and continued to be built. The whole palace is based on the mountains and waters, taking the true colors of the mountains and rivers, and taking in the scenery of the north and south of the Yangtze River. Beautiful scenery.

On the ninth night of the first month of October, the Son of Heaven rested in the dormitory located in the southern part of the villa, and was woken up by the chief eunuch Xu Yan in the second half of the night.

In the middle of the night, it was Mao Kun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who asked to see the Son of Heaven. Mao Kun, who was waiting in the Yanshuang Palace, saw the Son of Yongzhi coming out surrounded by eunuchs, and knelt on the ground and played: "Your Majesty, the capital will come to report quickly, and the prince is rebelling." ”

Yongzhi Tianzi nodded lightly, with a mocking sneer on his face, "Okay." Good. He is a good son of mine. Let Liu Feibai and Han Run come to see me. ”

Four scholars, Xie and He, stayed behind. Liu and Han were driving in Chengde.

Mao Kun stood aside, silent. The Son of Heaven ordered him to strictly monitor the dynamics of the capital. He had a premonition that something was going to happen. Really.

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On an early winter night, the moon is shining. The three watches gradually passed. The fighting and movement in the imperial city almost stopped. Everywhere in the palace, everyone was terrified.

In the Yongshou Palace in the imperial city, Yang Guifei, who had been pregnant for several months, leaned on the bed, stroking her lower abdomen with her hand, slightly drunk. Next to it, the palace maids and eunuchs were surrounded. The palace lights are bright. The atmosphere was not tense.

The palace gate is deep. When the fire bell in the East Palace sounded, Yang Guifei was alarmed. The eunuchs and palace maids were a little panicked. Eighty percent of them discussed that it was a coup d'état.

However, it didn't take long for the generals of the forbidden army guarding the palace to come and report outside the Yongshou Gate, "Don't worry, the concubine Niangniang, the saint has already made arrangements, and the palace gates have already been closed." A little bit of a mess, not enough to worry about. ”

Sure enough, the riots lasted for most of the night, but the turmoil did not approach Yongshou Palace. At this time, Yang Guifei's spirit gradually relaxed, tired, and fell asleep.

The same protection treatment is also enjoyed by Zhou Guifei's Xianfu Palace and Wu Guifei's Jingren Palace.

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The whole imperial city, on the central axis is the noon gate, the Huangji Gate (Fengtian Gate), and the Huangji Hall (Fengtian Palace). The Huangji Hall is commonly known as the Jinluan Palace. Chang Dynasty is at the Huangji Gate. Great dynasties and major political activities were held in the Imperial Palace. For example, the accession of the Son of Heaven to the throne.

At this time, the Emperor Taishang, the crown prince Ning Pu, the Marquis of Xiangyang and others were all waiting in the imperial palace, waiting for the next morning to meet the civil and military officials and sit in their real names.

Further north of the central axis, there are the bedrooms of the Son of Heaven and the Empress: Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace. The left and right east and west six palaces are respectively the residence of the concubines of the Son of Heaven. Yang Guifei's Yongshou Palace and Zhou Guifei's Xianfu Palace are located on the west side, and Wu Guifei's Jingren Palace and Jia Yuanchun's Fengzao Palace are located on the east side.

Throughout the coup d'état, King Liang, Marquis of Xiangyang, and Marquis of Ruyang entered the palace from Donghua Gate, first went to Ciqing Palace to find the prince, and then went north, to Ningshou Palace to see the emperor. When the crown prince and the emperor were "negotiating", the Marquis of Xiangyang led his troops to attack the imperial palace.

At this point, the battle in the entire palace was almost over. Then, the Marquis of Xiangyang sent troops from the Huangji Palace to the west to attack the Cining Palace to "welcome" the Queen Mother. This is an important political figure that must be in the hands of the hand.

As for the small number of people who want to fish in troubled waters, they go to capture the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace of the Son of Heaven and plunder property and women. But. After all, this is only a small group of people. Therefore, in the palace, there are some sporadic battles from time to time.

The Son of Heaven is not in the palace, and the core area of the entire imperial city is to control the Imperial Palace. You catch a bunch of concubines, apart from a few cool shots, how will it benefit the coup?

The rebels who did not carry siege equipment wanted to attack the palace gates such as the Qianqing Gate, which was heavily guarded by the guards in front of the palace, which was tantamount to a fool's dream. Therefore, after the third watch, the sergeants who could not reap the benefits all turned to each other. The fighting came to a sporadic halt.

The whole coup d'état went exceptionally smoothly. Like a tidal wave, it swept in, and by about 1 a.m., the situation was decided.

But, that's just how it looks. The traffic arteries and core halls are certainly occupied by the prince, the Marquis of Xiangyang and others. However, most of the rest of the troops stationed in the imperial city closed the palace gates, ignoring the rebels.

At any time, for the forbidden army in the palace, the first choice is to close the palace door and wait for the situation to become clear.

For the crown prince, the Marquis of Xiangyang and others, since the palace has been pacified, the focus is to master the elite forbidden army outside the city: the Beijing camp, and control the entire capital. As for the forbidden army in the palace (Jin Wuwei, Yulinwei) who guarded the twelve guards according to the danger, don't pay attention to it. At that time, as long as the name of righteousness is settled, and there are strong soldiers, it will soon be pacified.

Sergeants, generals and colonels are constantly entering and exiting the Imperial Palace. Prince Ning Pu, with the assistance of the Marquis of Xiangyang, dealt with the feedback from various places: Scholar Xie was closed. Scholar He scolded angrily at home and refused to cooperate.

A total of 15,000 people from the government army and Tongzhou Wei surrendered. This is the place where the prince focused on business that day, and at the same time, it is the most ruthless place that was investigated by the prince. The land commander of the Tiger Benwei refused. The rearguard of the government army sent people to meet him, but the soldiers and horses did not move at the station. The soldiers and horses of the left guard of the government army were mobilizing, and it seemed that they had the idea of attacking.

All kinds of information are constantly converging. Everyone makes their own choices in such an obscure situation. Some surrendered, some rebelled, and more wait-and-see.

Le Bai, the general of the Xianwu battalion, took Hu Guerrilla north out of Deshengmen and went to the Beijing camp stationed in the outer city. Prepare to regain military power.

There are 12 battalions in Beijing, each with 8,000 people, all of which are elite. An army of 100,000 guards the capital inside and oppresses the world outside. Each battalion has a staff general, and it is four products, and it is not under the control of each other. The nominal boss is the commander of the Beijing camp, the supervisor of the army, and the envoy of the Beijing camp. The capital camp has the heaviest command. In wartime, there is a general military officer who commands all battalions.

At present, the imperial court is marching west to the Western Regions, and Niu Jizong, the governor of the left capital, has taken 5 battalions of soldiers and horses to the expedition. The Son of Heaven was fortunate to be virtuous and took away the Guoyong camp of his cronies. There are also six battalions of soldiers and horses, a total of 48,000 people, in the barracks outside the Desheng Gate and Anding Gate.

As long as the 50,000 elites are held in their hands, the twelve guards in the capital, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, the officials of the government, the people, the nobles, and the personal soldiers of the general's mansion, these are all powder, weak chickens, and fish meat.

However, in such a system as the Beijing camp, the 12 battalion staff will check and balance each other, and civil officials, martial artists, and eunuchs will supervise each other. This is destined to make it doomed that except for the Holy Decree and the Tiger Talisman, no one should want to transfer troops and do what they want to do. In other words, the power of the army is in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

When the crown prince Ning Pu and the Marquis of Xiangyang were dealing with affairs in the Imperial Palace, they felt nostalgic for the former Emperor Taishang on the emperor's nine-dragon chair in the Imperial Palace.

At this time, a eunuch came in from the back door and reported, "The Emperor, the Queen Mother and her old man are unwilling to leave Cining Palace." ”

The wrinkles on the Emperor's face wrinkled, "Hmph." Let her go. Wei Qing, send someone to guard Cining Palace, don't let people disturb the Queen Mother. ”

Xiangyang Hou agreed to come down. At this time, all the important places in the palace have been controlled. He had no interest in attacking the harem of the Son of Heaven. In the same way, the soldiers and horses over there should not try to attack it. He arranged for people to guard the main places.

At this time, a general manager ran in quickly and knelt down on one knee, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Hou." Someone in Jingren Palace had a message. As he spoke, he passed the note to Xiangyang Hou. In the palace, there is Wu Guifei, and they want to contact Wu Guifei to understand the situation. Due to the barrier of the palace gate, it was only contacted at this time.

In the palace, taking the right road, it is natural that there are palace gates everywhere. However, eunuchs and palace maids live in the palace all year round, and there are some unknown paths, cave entrances, low walls and other terrains that can transmit news.

At this time, candles are lit in the Imperial Palace. The lights are as bright as day. Xiangyang Hou only glanced at it, and his face changed greatly. Hand the note to the prince.

Prince Ning Pu only glanced at it, and his face changed greatly, and the note read: The Son of Heaven is prepared, and the palaces in the east and west are heavily guarded. I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will set the overall situation as soon as possible.