readx; After the Qin soldiers entered the city, there was no suspense. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Although due to the eunuch party in advance of the whole city martial law, communication has been restricted, resulting in little coordination of internal and external actions, but there is finally no danger, while Zhu Youzhen is guarding the Forbidden City, Qin soldiers also from Yongding Gate from the south to the north into the outer city, and break through the Zhengyang Gate in one go, and kill into the inner city.

And the five military camps under the control of the eunuchs, plus some of the troops of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, as well as the thugs of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, although there are nearly 20,000 people in total, they are all infantry, and they have never experienced a real battlefield, plus they are scattered all over the city, how can they compare with the Qin soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles and are determined to escort? From Yongding Gate to the south gate of the imperial city, Chengtian Gate, is a wide and flat bluestone avenue, the light cavalry vanguard led by Hao Yongzhong is like a devastating force, a charge to kill outside the Chengtian Gate.

The commander-in-chief of this operation, Li Dingguo, saw that Hao Yongzhong had succeeded, on the one hand, he continued to wave his troops into the city, and on the other hand, he appointed Xie Sheng to command 3,000 partial divisions to divide into two routes, outflank them along the city wall outside the city, and block all the roads out of the city, so that none of the rebels could escape.

In terms of the rebels, among the two commanders, one Wang Chaofeng was seriously injured and arrested, and the other Cui Chengxiu committed suicide by jumping off the city. Some desperately drilled into the small alleys, some even stripped off their armor and wanted to pretend to be ordinary people, and some wanted to resist stubbornly, but as a result, the Qin soldiers didn't use firearms, they didn't even use knives and guns, and rushed directly through their horses, and these people were trampled into a mess of flesh and blood.

It didn't take long for Hao Yongzhong to break through the Chengtian Gate. In fact, when they were killed here, there was no decent battle left, and the rebels only cared about fleeing for their lives, and they were powerless to resist at all, but the tall city platform and the palace walls of the imperial city caused certain obstacles to the Qin soldiers. The Qin soldiers came in the starry night, of course, they would not carry heavy siege equipment, but this did not make it difficult for them, Hao Yongzhong ordered the cavalry to dismount and "ant-attached siege to the city", simply put, it was to build a "human ladder", and after a short time, they climbed the undefended city gate tower, and then opened the city gate from the inside. The Qin soldiers immediately rushed in, went north along the imperial road, and finally arrived outside the noon gate where Zhu Youzhen was!

At this time, Hao Yongzhong had already hung the spear on the bird's wing ring, held a big flag high with both hands, embroidered a big "Qin" character on it, and shouted to the head of the noon gate: "The Qin soldiers are ordered to escort the rebellion, and the guards will open the palace gate quickly!" ”

Zhu Youzhen heard that it was Hao Yongzhong's voice, and a hanging heart was finally put back in his stomach, and he was so excited that he burst into tears and said, "I'm here!" Soldiers have worked hard! ”

Only then did the Qin soldiers find that the former King of Qin and the current Emperor Zhu Youzhen was at the head of the city, so they hurriedly dismounted, knelt on the ground in unison, and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!! ”

The next night was time to clean up the mess. Since the Wenhua Hall had been burned down, Zhu Youzhen used the city tower on the noon gate as a temporary place to stay. However, he didn't have time to sleep, first of all, he ordered the Qin soldiers to continue to pursue and suppress the rebels in the city, and heavily guarded the imperial city and the gates of the inner and outer cities; secondly, extinguish the fire in the Wenhua Hall and appease the frightened concubines of the former emperor in the palace; Then he patrolled the main streets of Jingshi all night, and strictly supervised the government facilities such as the Sixth Division, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei. Of course, there will be no shortage of eunuchs such as Wei Zhongxian.

According to the advice of Zhang Weixian and others, Wei Zhongxian and others should be arrested overnight. However, Zhu Youzhen shook his head tiredly and said: "Wei Zhongxian did not directly command the rebellious soldiers, and he was always relied on by the first emperor, and now that the first emperor has just died, I have locked Wei Zhongxian up, which seems to be disrespectful to the first emperor." It's better to wait for tomorrow to make a reason. ”

Zhang Weixian was puzzled and wanted to speak, but Zhu Youzhen was busy with other work.

In the early morning of the second day, all the officials above the seventh rank in the Beijing Division received a notice and immediately rushed to the Qianqing Palace to participate in the court meeting! This time, no one dared to pretend to be sick or lazy, because everyone knew that a big change had happened in the Jingshi last night, and Chongzhen's secret edict Qin Wang's army invaded the city and wiped out the five military camps controlled by the eunuchs in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, this young emperor who was less than seventeen years old seemed to be as ridiculous as his brother, but he had such a thunderous method, who would dare to have half a bit of disrespect!

The eunuchs felt that the end was coming, but they did not dare not go, so they had to simply explain a few words to their families about the aftermath, and rushed to the "execution ground" with a dead face; The ministers, who are usually self-conscious and more estranged from the eunuchs, are proud, thinking that this time the emperor overthrew Wei Zhongxian, as the so-called "once a son of heaven and a courtier", he will have a bright future. As long as he plays Wei Zhongxian heavily and pleases the emperor, he may be in the present dynasty.

When I came out of my house to the street, I saw that all the main roads were guarded by heavily armed Qin soldiers, especially after entering the imperial city, they were even more heavily guarded, and the weather was very different from the past. After the officials gathered outside the Donghua Gate, hundreds of people lined up in a long line to enter the palace in turn, passing by the Wenhua Hall that was burned to the ground, and couldn't help but feel worried in their hearts, secretly thinking that Chongzhen was also nine deaths, as the so-called Son of Heaven was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, but I was afraid that the blood would flow into a river in the capital.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, the officials were about to enter the palace according to the previous rules, and the officials above the fourth rank entered the palace to meet them, but they saw that Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by two young generals who were dressed all over his body, stood straight outside the palace gate, first looked around the audience and was silent for a moment, and then said slowly but firmly: "Rank ministers, you must already know that there were rebellious soldiers in the Beijing division last night who tried to rebel, and they have been suppressed by me. Now I have several wills, Li Laiheng, Xuan! ”

A young general beside him immediately stepped forward and read aloud a stack of holy decrees in turn. The main contents include: 1. Cui Chengxiu and Wang Chaofeng rebelled, and the crime was unforgivable. Cui Chengxiu is dead and doesn't ask, and the three law divisions will try Wang Chaofeng and strictly judge him; Second, on the basis of a large amount of ironclad evidence of corruption and persecution of innocent officials and people, immediately arrest the "Five Tigers" such as Tian Ji, Wu Chunfu, Li Kuilong, and Ni Wenhuan, as well as the "Five Biao" such as Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Sun Yunhe, Yang Huan, and Cui Yingyuan, and also hand them over to the Three Law Divisions for interrogation; 3. Since there were all those who participated in the rebellion in the four guards of the palace, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the three major battalions, all the generals of the above-mentioned departments were temporarily relieved of their posts. As for the officers and troops of the department, the weapons were temporarily confiscated and confined in the battalions, the defense of the inner and outer cities of the Beijing Division was temporarily under the command of Xiaoyao Bo Zhou Kui, and in the imperial city, Yan Ling, who had just been promoted to the commander of the left guard of Wu Xiang, was in charge of the personal guards of Emperor Chongzhen when he was the vassal king, and the three battalions were temporarily managed by Li Dingguo, Xie Sheng, and Hao Yongzhong, the staff generals in the army of King Qin.

While Li Laiheng was reading out the holy decree, Qin Bing had already started to arrest people, pulled Tian Ji and other officials out of the squad directly, stripped off their court clothes, and escorted them to the prison of the Criminal Department.

After listening to the proclamations silently, all the officials felt a little surprised, because these edicts only made arrangements for some specific matters, but did not mention anything about how to deal with Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party. Someone's brain turned so fast, and he immediately came out and played: "The ministers impeached Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Dongchang, as the mastermind of the rebellion!" ”

As soon as he took the lead, dozens of ministers also rushed to impeach Wei Zhongxian, desperately putting all kinds of charges on Wei Zhongxian's head. Looking at their indignant posture, if Wei Zhongxian was present, they would be eager to rush up and bite him to death.

Zhu Youzhen watched their performance coldly, and when everyone felt embarrassed and stopped, Zhu Youzhen pretended to be surprised and said: "Since Wei Zhongxian has so many big crimes, what did you all do when Qian Jiazheng participated in his impeachment the day before yesterday?" ”