Chapter 1177: The Price of Internal Strife (3)
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When Cao Huachun rushed to Nanzhili to announce the decree, his heart was bitter, he had been in the palace for so many years, he had been trying to compete with Wang Chengen for power, but unfortunately he always failed, and then he was forced to leave the palace, Admiral Jingying, this position in the eyes of outsiders is infinitely beautiful, only Cao Huachun understands the meaning, away from the emperor, away from the palace, without receiving the will, it is easy not to enter the palace, for the eunuchs who rely on the emperor to obtain power, this means the weakening of favor.
By the time Cao Huachun finally understood that he could not compete with Wang Chengen for power, Qin Sande and other eunuchs had already ascended the throne, and Cao Huachun, who was not willing to lag behind, began to deliberately curry favor with Wang Chengen, so that he could barely maintain his position in the palace.
This time accepted the holy decree and went to Nanzhili to supervise the army, which can be described as bittersweet, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande are all going to return to the capital, and they are returning to the capital in the form of prisoners, Zhu Youxiang was removed from the post of secretary of the military department, and Qian Qianyi, a cabinet scholar, concurrently served as the secretary of the military department, leading the defense and offensive matters of Nanzhili. With such an arrangement, Cao Huachun's burden is not so heavy, and the main responsibility is obviously on Qian Qianyi.
But there is also a problem, Qian Qianyi has never had much good impression of eunuchs, and he has never had any public or private contact with eunuchs, just saying that he was entrusted with important responsibilities this time, and he has not had any communication with him, the prison army.
Besides, being platooned to Nanzhili as a supervisor, anyone can see that this is a matter of jumping into the fire pit, and Nanzhili has become an out-and-out front line, even more dangerous than Liaodong, maybe when. Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion and took down the entire Nanzhili, and Cao Huachun, the supervising army, still had no good ending.
Because he was going to Nanzhili to announce the decree, Cao Huachun took the first step, and Qian Qianyi set off later.
The situation in Nanzhili is tense. With his responsibilities in his body, Cao Huachun did not dare to delay time, gritted his teeth and insisted, and rushed to Nanzhili as quickly as possible.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival, the people attach great importance to it, and the moon cakes in Nanjing are very famous, because of the advent of the festival, the officials of Nanzhili have temporarily forgotten the matter of the attack. Even Zhu Youxiang secretly gave a gift, after such a long period of operation, the number of troops stationed inside and outside Nanjing City has reached 110,000 people, relying on these troops, relying on the strict defense of Nanjing City, it will definitely be able to resist Su Tiancheng's attack.
The fold has been presented to the imperial court. I believe that the imperial court will soon have a holy decree down, in Zhu Youxiang's opinion. It is certain that he has encountered some reprimands, as for Qin Sande, it is estimated that he is leaving Nanjing.
The connection between Zhu Youxiang and Sun Tai became closer and closer, especially in the matter of how to defend Nanjing City and how to allocate troops, almost all of them discussed. Although Qin Sande is still in Nanjing, it is as if he has disappeared, he doesn't ask about anything, he just stays in the room every day and doesn't go anywhere.
Qin Sande's goal was basically achieved. Although he is not particularly satisfied, for example, Sun Tai, the secretary of the military department of Nanzhili, has not encountered many things, but Zhu Youxiang is completely finished, he knows the content of the holy decree and the turmoil in the capital, and Dongchang is also ready for everything, Zhu Youxiang don't think that he can return to the capital, he will lose his life halfway, and even the letter of apology after suicide has been written instead.
Looking at the busy Zhu Youxiang in the official post, Qin Sande was ruthless in his heart, and he would do whatever it took to achieve his goal, since Zhu Youxiang was so confident, let's taste the final bitter fruit by himself.
Cao Huachun did not go directly to the official post, but entered the imperial palace in Nanjing.
Zhu Youxiang, Qin Sande, Sun Tai and others had been waiting in the palace for a long time.
When Cao Huachun announced the decree, only Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande participated.
“…… I was deeply disappointed, so I immediately dismissed Zhu Youxiang from the title of secretary of the military department, escorted him to the capital to ask for the guilt, removed Qin Sande from the post of supervising the army, and went to the capital to ask for the guilt......"
Zhu Youxiang, who was stunned, even forgot about his gratitude, and was soon removed from his official hat and shackled by the Jinyi Wei and Dongchang's fanzi, who had already been prepared, as for Qin Sande, he went to the capital to ask for the crime, and he didn't need to be escorted, so naturally he didn't need to suffer such treatment, plus Qin Sande's Bingbi eunuch and Dongchang Gong's position was still there, who would dare to offend.
Zhu Youxiang, who came to his senses, his eyes instantly turned red, and he turned his head to look at Qin Sande, but unfortunately Zhu Youxiang woke up too late, the matter has come to this point, he is powerless to return to the sky, think about Sun Tai's original reminder, think about Qin Sande's poor health for so long, people are doing big things, for such a holy decree.
Zhu Youxiang thought about speaking, but unfortunately the Jinyi Wei and Dongchang Fanzi, who escorted him, had already been instructed where to give the opportunity, and someone immediately stuffed a wooden stopper into Zhu Youxiang's mouth, making Zhu Youxiang unable to speak.
The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the guilty Qin Sande was unwilling to continue to stay in Nanjing, with long nights and dreams, and he still had things to handle on the way, so he left Nanjing after a simple handover with Cao Huachun.
When everyone set off, they didn't see each other all night, and when they saw Zhu Youxiang again, even Qin Sande was very surprised, Zhu Youxiang actually had half of his white hair, and he couldn't say anything, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's fans had a way, so that Zhu Youxiang couldn't speak, and he couldn't tell any grievances, as for how to see the emperor after returning to the capital, it didn't matter, in the eyes of everyone, Zhu Youxiang was already a dead man.
The route chosen by Qin Sande was to pass through Chuzhou and Luzhou and directly enter Henan.
Two days later, everyone left Yingtianfu and entered Chuzhou, and the impatient Qin Sande began to implement his plan.
Ironically, Qin Sande is still extremely noble in the escort along the way, and there is a special person to serve everything, but Zhu Youxiang does not have such luck, you must know that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, who went to Nanjing to perform the mission, were directly approved by Wang Chengen, and how to do it is very clear, in the eyes of these people, Qin Sande is still a high-ranking eunuch and the factory master of Dongchang.
Qin Sande looked at Zhu Youxiang, who was haggard, and spoke expressionlessly.
"Lord Zhu, the responsibility for the defeat of Nanzhili's army, the court must be held accountable, the holy decree has come down, Lord Zhu also understands the reason, our family has some words, I don't want to say it, but the matter is urgent, we have a letter here, after Lord Zhu read it, sign it or press the handprint, all the problems have been solved, our family will definitely treat Lord Zhu's family well, this Lord Zhu can rest assured, as long as our family speaks, no one in the capital dares to touch the family of the adult."
Zhu Youxiang's face was a little distorted, he thought of all the possibilities in the past few days, judging from the content of the holy decree, he took all the responsibilities, but when he arrived in the capital, he was always able to see the emperor, and Sun Tai, the secretary of the military department of Nanzhili, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, were always able to stand up and testify, but he was still negligent, since Qin Sande was ready for everything, how could he not think of these.
After being fed dumb medicine, Zhu Youxiang couldn't speak, and his anger could only be shown on his face.
A fan of Dongchang held up the letter and asked Zhu Youxiang to read the content on it.
Looking at it, Zhu Youxiang's body began to tremble violently, and his face was also red, but it was a pity that he couldn't speak, otherwise any kind of vicious words would be able to be said.
Perhaps in order to stimulate Zhu Youxiang even more, Qin Sande spoke again.
"Lord Zhu definitely doesn't want to sign on it, and our family can understand it, but our family's ugly words can be said in front, Lord Zhu just doesn't sign, and our family can also think of a way, in short, this responsibility is that Lord Zhu has taken it down alone, and the matter has come to this, our family also advises Lord Zhu, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, and the adult has no chance, if the adult insists on not wanting to sign, our family does not dare to protect the family of the important person, the system of the imperial court, the adult is clear."
These few words hit Zhu Youxiang's key point, of course he knows the system of the imperial court, and he also knows the power of Qin Sande, what is even more frightening is that behind Qin Sande is Wang Chengen, the great eunuch who can give advice to the emperor all the time, it is impossible to see the emperor, tonight is the day when he Zhu Youxiang is the most embarrassed in the world, things have come to this point, it is better to admit defeat, carry this black cauldron, and exchange for a peace for the family, as long as King Fu is not implicated.
The facts can't always be concealed, and they will eventually be exposed, I'm afraid that at that time, it will be time for him Zhu Youxiang to settle his grievances.
Zhu Youxiang did not hesitate too much, picked up the pen and signed his name on the letter.
Qin Sande carefully put away the letter, and when he was about to go out, he opened his mouth to Dongchang Fanzi.
"Lord Zhu's identity is not ordinary, so let's be clean."
The capital, the palace of nourishing the heart.
Looking at Qin Sande kneeling in front of him, looking at the letter of apology written by Zhu Youxiang, and learning that Zhu Youxiang committed suicide and apologized, Zhu Youzhen didn't have too many ideas, he and Wang Chengen, Zhou Yanru and others had already discussed, Zhu Youxiang still had to be treated, because of the fiasco of Nan Zhili, he was shameless to face the court, shameless to face the family, and chose to commit suicide.
Since Zhu Youxiang has assumed the responsibility alone, there is a clear letter of apology, and there is not much need to hold Qin Sande accountable, not to mention that Zhu Youxiang still has to rely on Dongchang to do things.
After saying a few words of reprimand without pain, Zhu Youzhen got up and left.
Qin Sande survived the difficulties in this way.
Zhu Youxiang would not have thought that the bad impact of this incident was far from over, although Zhu Youxiang was wronged, there are still many people who know the facts, and when Zhu Youxiang was in Nanjing, he also made some preparations, and wrote some family letters, all of which were kept by Sun Tai, and these family letters became a time bomb that completely shook the foundation of the imperial court. (To be continued......)