On October 28, Emperor Chongzhen left Beijing and went to the Deling Tomb at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Changping to hold a big funeral for Emperor Xizong, who had been dead for more than a year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Finally, on the fourth day of November, Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage, under the escort of 2,000 cavalry infantry musketeers of the Shenji Battalion, met Li Guoyao, Xu Guangqi, Li Banghua, Gong Yonggu and others who came to greet them, and returned to the Forbidden City under the support of everyone.

Liu Wenbing took his Shenji Battalion soldiers and returned to the Shenji Battalion camp located in the interior of Xuanwumen.

After Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, he first asked Wang Chengen to arrange someone to send Concubine Hai Lanzhu back to her Chuxiu Palace, and then he simply freshened up in the Qianqing Palace, went to Kunning Palace to meet the queen, sat down slightly, ate some pastries and food prepared by the queen, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace and summoned the cabinet ministers in the study of the East Pavilion.

Emperor Chongzhen went to Juyong Pass to inspect the defense of western Beijing, Li Guowei was originally opposed, and the emperor's killing after arriving at Juyong Pass made him even more worried, and the subsequent development of events was even more unexpected to him.

In his opinion, now that the Ming Dynasty is stable and progressive, the people of Gyeonggi live and work in peace and contentment, and the situation in the nine-sided towns is gradually improving, as the emperor, as long as the current situation is maintained, it is good to sit in the Forbidden City and give orders, why take the risk of running around and doing everything yourself? Doesn't doing this as an emperor seem to be not trusting enough and incompetent?

However, fortunately, this trip did not cause too much chaos, after all, everything is still under control.

At the same time, because Li Guowei is different from the so-called Qingliu gentleman who is good at being the emperor's teacher and speaking out loudly in the Donglin Party, he originally did not have much prestige in the court, and the reason why he was able to sit firmly in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet was entirely due to the emperor's trust and support, so he was unwilling to say more about the so-called way of being a monarch that the emperor did not like to hear.

Seeing the emperor at the moment, Li Guoyao led the others to kneel on the ground to pay homage and salute as if they were ceremonies.

The East Pavilion Imperial Study of the Qianqing Palace is not small, but it seems to be a little crowded at this time. Because in addition to several cabinet ministers in Beijing, as well as the standard configuration when the emperor usually receives foreign ministers, the eunuch Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the eunuch Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch of Dongchang, and the eunuch Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, are among them at this time, as well as twelve imperial attendants and military attaches such as Huang Degong, as well as several Zhongshu people who are deeply trusted by the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that everyone in the room had finished paying respects, and then asked everyone to be flat, several ministers got up and sat down, and the rest stood solemnly.

Li Guowei first reported several government affairs during the emperor's absence from Beijing, and then returned to the legend of Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen was imprisoned by Jinyiwei and climbed into the state of Zhu Chunchen, the British prince Zhang Weixian. Now that the British Duke has petitioned for the crime to avoid suspicion at home, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, still does not know about being bitten, and privately criticizes the emperor for being reported by Dongchanggu, and he also needs to be dealt with.

After Li Guowei said this, Gong Yonggu presented the interrogation transcript of Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and the confession signed by him, and at the same time reported that the Xiangcheng Bofu had been seized by Jinyiwei, and that the whole family, young and old, and all their slaves and servants were locked up in the palace, and asked for instructions on how to deal with it next, and so on.

Next, Li Banghua reported on the situation of the first town of the New Army and the three battalions of the Beijing Division.

After Li Banghua, Wen Zhenmeng, and others returned to Beijing, they immediately explained the situation at Juyongguan to Li Guowei, the first assistant to the cabinet, Gong Yonggu, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Fang Zhenghua, the commander of Dongchang, and conveyed the emperor's relevant will.

After these people discussed, Wen Zhenmeng, as the imperial history of the Beijing camp supervisor, went to the 3,000 battalions to sit in the town, while Li Banghua sent people to Tongzhou to find Sun Yuanhua, and asked Sun Yuanhua to rush to Zhuozhou with the emperor's will, as well as the documents of the cabinet and the military aircraft department, to inform Ma Shilong that he would lead the first town of the new army, which had been initially formed into an army, to stay in the new army camp in Luhewan outside the north gate of Tongzhou as soon as possible.

After these things were dealt with, Li Banghua, Gong Yonggu and their Jinyi guards went directly to Xiangcheng Bofu, read the emperor's decree after seeing Li Guozhen, and took the stunned Li Guozhen away on the spot, and imprisoned him in the edict of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town.

Xiangcheng Bofu was in chaos immediately, and Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who had already prepared, immediately ordered the Jinyi Wei Lian to block the front and rear doors and side doors of the mansion, and did not allow people to enter and exit.

On the night of Li Banghua's return to Beijing, he conspired with Li Guohao, Gong Yonggu and others, and at noon the next day, he entered the Xiangcheng Bofu to arrest Li Guozhen and put him in prison.

However, the news that Li Guoyan, the commander of Xiangcheng, was dismissed from his post in the former military capital governor's office and the 3,000 battalion of the commander and was arrested by Jinyiwei was not completely closed, and the British Duke Zhang Weixian, the Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Chunchen, and other leading figures in the circle of Jingshi, nobles, and military ministers learned the news in the afternoon of the same day.

originally thought that the 3,000 battalion might fluctuate, but Wen Zhenmeng, who was facing the enemy and had made sufficient preparations, found that the soldiers in the 3,000 battalion were all as usual.

First, when Li Banghua, Gong Yonggu and others came to Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, with the holy decree, he was neither in the Governor's Mansion nor in the 3,000 camps, but at home.

Second, the 3,000 battalion is a heavy cavalry unit established by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, mainly from outside the Saiwai, until now, most of the soldiers in the battalion are still hereditary Mongols from military households, although these people have been naturalized for a long time, but they are still not pure Han people, how can they risk killing their heads, and a hereditary gentleman really come together?

Furthermore, since Li Chengzuo, the Marquis of Fengcheng, was dismissed from his post and beheaded because he was characterized as a eunuch, Li Guozhen, the Bo of Xiangcheng, was ordered to supervise the 3,000 battalions for less than a year, so how could he subdue the hearts of the 3,000 battalion soldiers?

Therefore, the worries of Wen Zhenmeng and others were completely superfluous, whether it was on the day Xiangchengbo was arrested, or the day after the news spread, everything was as usual in the 3,000 battalions.

Even if Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, arranged some henchmen in the 3,000 battalions, these people did not dare to act rashly now.

Soon after taking Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen, the British Duke Zhang Weixian went to the military aircraft office, but Li Banghua and others only said that Jinyiwei arrested Li Guozhen, the Bo of Xiangcheng, and sent him to prison at the behest of the emperor, and said that this matter had nothing to do with the British government, and they did not say more.

Zhang Weixian, as the Minister of Military Aircraft, knew some of Emperor Chongzhen's plans, and after returning to the Guogong Mansion, he discussed with his staff Qingke, and the next day handed a letter to the Cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department asking for guilt, accusing him of negligence and connivance at the occupation of the Tuntian of the Gyeonggi Guard Station by his relatives and family servants, and expressed his willingness to return all the land occupied.

Because the British Duke Zhang Weixian had previously donated a number of Granges in the North Zhili to supply the Tuntian of the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, at this time, the land occupied by his relatives and servants was not much, and the emperor's importance to the British Duke Zhang Weixian was also something that Li Guowei, Li Banghua and others could not ignore it, so they simply reported Zhang Weixian's petition to the emperor in Juyong Pass together with the arrest of Li Guozhen.

After reporting these circumstances, Li Banghua said: "Your Majesty, the first town of the new army has now been selected and organized in Zhuozhou. If nothing else, Sun Yuanhua, Ma Shilong and others will set off from the Zhuozhou camp at midnight today, and they will be able to arrive at the Tongzhou camp this evening at the latest. From now on, Jingshi should be as stable as Mount Tai, foolproof! ”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded at Li Banghua and said, "Very well done!" During my departure from Beijing, Shoufu did a good job with you and Zhuqing in Beijing, and the Qing and others worked hard! ”

Seeing that the emperor said this, everyone in the cabinet in Beijing bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has won the award!" The ministers are just doing their duty as courtiers, and they deserve such praise from Your Majesty! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and smiled, and said, "Yes! I have done my duty as a king, you have done your duty as a minister, as long as everyone has done their duty, what else in this world cannot be done? I'm afraid that some people will forget their duty as courtiers! ”