The accidental death of King Yan made the next situation confusing, Yao Guangxiao quietly instructed Zhang Fu to take over the camp of the Chinese army, plus nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army, completely controlled the barracks, and no one was allowed to go out.

Zhu Neng was originally inclined to support Zhu Gaoxu, but at this time, in order to stabilize the overall situation, he actively cooperated with Yao Guangxiao and Zhang Yu father and son.

After an overnight interrogation, it was revealed why Qi Tai had firearms, and the twenty muskets were all from Fengyang General as a prisoner, which was the work of several craftsmen for a year.

Of course, this matter is also inseparable from Xu Hao, most of the craftsmen of the Beiping Arsenal are from Fengyang, recommended by Xu Hao, during the reign of the first emperor, the Yanwangfu through the official order to obtain talents, it is inevitable to leave a few craftsmen who have participated in the improvement of firearms.

But after all, this matter proves Xu Hao's innocence, it can only be said that the will of heaven makes people, the Yan army has a firearm with great lethality, Qi Tai learned that after many investigations, he finally found Fengyang, Xu Yi, a high-ranking official, got a batch of muskets, and brought them back to Beijing and finally killed King Yan as he wished, but failed to save the overall situation.

At this critical moment, Zhu Gaochi was dictatorial and dictatorial, and resolutely decided to let Xu Hao assist him, and ordered Zhang Fu's Shenji Battalion to obey Xu Hao's command.

Outside the tent in the early hours of the morning, the five thousand Liaodong troops suppressed their joy, and the innocence of the governor meant that the future of the big guy was bright.

Zhang Yu's father and son and Zhu Neng Muyi rushed to greet them, Xu Hao, who had not slept all night, looked a little haggard, strode out and nodded towards them, and walked to the handsome tent where Zhu Di's body was parked together.

Zhu Di's bizarre death has solved all Xu Hao's worries for many days, so is there anything related to Xu Hao. Maybe only God knows.

The Yongle Emperor, who is eloquent and strategic, is certainly a generation of heroes that future generations talk about, but such a strong emperor will undoubtedly become the biggest obstacle to the entire nation, just like the first emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, autocracy and hegemony do not allow anyone to persuade him, and all great achievements are just great achievements.

At this time, Xu Hao felt that the whole person was relaxed, although he did not have much hope for Zhu Gaochi, who was about to become emperor, and all his civil and military officials, but a relatively relaxed and centralized court was undoubtedly a very good start.

Xu Hao had four things firmly in his mind. One is the continued widespread use of weapons. elevate the status of the military; One is to put an end to the rise of the East Factory, the West Factory and the eunuchs; One is to open the sea ban; The last is to wait until a few years from now, when the time is right, to completely abolish the hereditary household registration system and allow people to move freely. In addition, those scholars and doctors can toss as much as they want to do with internal affairs. It is enough to keep a glimmer of hope for the nation to smile at Jiuquan.

The Zhu Gaochi brothers knelt in front of the spirit and wept. Xu Hao first glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, who was unwilling. solemnly kowtowed to Zhu Di lying on the board, and sighed in his heart that he couldn't help it.

Xu Hao slowly got up and gave the pale Zhu Gaochi a courtesy, and Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, Yao Guangxiao and others immediately knelt on their knees. From this moment on, it means that the core officials of the Yanwang Mansion choose to be loyal to the prince.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at this scene with a complicated expression, his eyes showed deep disappointment, but he was helpless, how to say that his brother was the eldest son, he knew very well that if he didn't do this, then the Yan army would be torn apart in an instant, and he might be counterattacked by the imperial court in one fell swoop, and everyone would have to die together.

Zhu Gaochi choked up and said: "Xiao Wang is young and knowledgeable, please leave everything to you." ”

"Yes." Xu Hao got up with a serious expression, and said to Yao Guangxiao: "The herald ordered the five armies to command to come over to meet the prince, the master is tired, these days to assist His Royal Highness in receiving ministers, I won't ask much about government affairs, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and other officials can arrive in the capital within seven days." ”

Yao Guangxiao said in a low voice: "I know the truth." ”

Xu Hao also ordered: "Zhang Bang has a curfew in the whole city, and strictly orders all forbidden troops to disarm and return home to standby, and those who do not obey will be executed by their families." General Zhang Yu's headquarters immediately entered the city to remove the soldiers and come out for repairs, and had full authority to maintain law and order in the imperial city, protect the imperial palace, and block all important facilities such as the official office of the temple. General Zhu Yong's headquarters guarded the nine gates to maintain law and order in the outer city, and it was necessary to guard against civil and military officials taking the opportunity to riot and dare to take the opportunity to make trouble and immediately kill without mercy. ”

"Obey the orders of the Governor." The two generals took orders in unison, turned around and strode out.

Because Xu Hao has always been in the official position above the generals, although he is young, he has made great achievements in the whole army and has a high prestige, and has always been known as the right-hand man of King Yan.

Xu Hao said to Zhang Fu again: "The Shenji Battalion is responsible for supervising the illegal activities of the soldiers, monitoring the royal family and the mansions of officials in the city, and has the exclusive power to arrest the criminals, and no one else has the right to arrest the criminals, and the violators will be executed on the spot, until His Royal Highness successfully ascends the throne for three months." You have to send people to patrol the streets day and night to assist the two generals in maintaining law and order. ”

After the last time, Xu Hao said apologetically to Zhu Gaoxu: "If you want to be wronged by Your Highness, you must not leave the spirit shed for half a step from now on, and you must not contact anyone. ”

So Xu Hao was ordered to implement a strict military management system, otherwise he could not support Zhu Gaochi to ascend the throne as the emperor, Mu Hui Li Qiu led 5,000 Liaodong Legions to guard the camp, and a large number of Yan Wang's personal guards who were close to Zhu Gaoxu's past, and transferred 5,000 Yan knights to Gaoyou to guard against Huai'an Meiyin.

For a whole day, Xu Hao accompanied Zhu Gaochi to successively summon Meng Shan, the commander of the right army, and his son Meng Ying, Wang Zhong, the governor of the Chinese army, Zhang Wu, the commander of the rear army, Chen Hou, the commander of the front army, and a large number of major generals such as Li Yuan, Guo Liang, Fang Kuan, Xu Xiang, and Tang Yun.

At this time when the dragons were leaderless, Zhu Gaochi had an indisputable inheritance status in the capital, and with the strong support of generals such as Xu Hao, Zhu Neng, and Zhang Yu, the above generals soon expressed their allegiance to the prince of Yan in person, and each returned to the barracks to stabilize the morale of the army.

Several palaces in the Forbidden City burned to the ground, and the eunuchs reported that the emperor and empress, concubines and their children were burned to death, and the other three princes of the crown prince Zhu Biao were found one after another, safe and sound.

As for whether there are Zhu Yunwen's bones in it. At this time, it doesn't matter at all, even if you escape from the secret passage alone, without bringing important ministers and state seals and other things to prove your identity, it is equivalent to giving up the position of emperor.

The truth of the matter is that Zhu Yunwen's family was betrayed by the eunuchs, and the dead soldiers of King Yan entered the palace as soon as possible to control the people, closed the palace gate and set fire to them, and externally claimed that the emperor had set himself on fire, deliberately revealing flaws, maybe it was not him. Why? Otherwise, how could Zhu Di succeed to the throne as emperor, and how could he avoid the infamy of killing his nephew? It is a deliberate mystery for the ages.

No matter what, Zhu Yunwen's wife and children have indeed died in the fire. The emperor died or fled and his whereabouts are unknown. Even if King Yan was unfortunately killed, the overall situation of the Yan army had been decided.

Chen Yingkai listed the list of traitorous ministers, a total of twenty-nine ministers, and Xu Hao did not stop him. That night, he moved to Longjiang, which borders the Yangtze River in the north, and set up camp. Sent generals and troops to control the major transportation arteries in Gyeonggi.

For the time being, the news of King Yan's death was tightly sealed. The first to come to express his surrender was the military department Shangshu Ruyu. Jianwen Chao Ru Yu was squeezed out by Huang Zicheng and was already dissatisfied; Then came the officials of the Ministry of Officials, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the right attendant of the Ministry of Households, Xia Yuanji, and other officials, and more and more officials came later. They were all placed under house arrest in the barracks and were not allowed to return home.

Among them, Zheng Xi, Huang Fu, Wang Yu, Yin Changlong and others, who were included in the list of traitors, also came to ask for guilt in a worried mood, claiming to be burdened by traitors, and Ru Yu, Li Jinglong and others helped to ask for mercy.

For those who still resist and refuse to surrender, Chen Hui made a list of the second batch of traitors, Xu Hao secretly said that the wicked have their own wicked people, and temporarily allowed Chen Ying to show loyalty to Zhu Gaochi and go all out to clear the obstacles.

This batch of more than 50 people, after the news came out, Huang Zicheng and others were arrested by Zhang Fu and others, and more officials came to surrender, and most of the ministers who were unwilling to be loyal to the king of Yan were also imprisoned, and the Yan army was able to gradually firmly control the entire capital.

A large number of welcoming officials were stranded in the barracks, and gradually realized that the atmosphere was not quite right, not to mention that they did not see King Yan appear, why did the soldiers look solemn and faintly sad and angry? But Xu Hao strictly ordered that the news should not be leaked, and the quarantined officials were at a loss.

Soon the most shameless scene appeared, the ministers couldn't wait to hope that King Yan would be on the throne as soon as possible, and they wrote the chapter on the inkstone on the spot, racking their brains to write the persuasion article in a flowery way, lest they fall behind, and one by one completely forget the tragic death of Emperor Jianwen, so that the big guys will become a generation of founding fathers.

On June 14, the kings and civil and military officials wrote to ask Zhu Di to ascend the throne, and Yao Guangxiao said in public: "Chitose felt that the emperor's nephew had died, and he was grief-stricken, so it was inconvenient to come out. Ordered the subordinate to come and reply.

The prince himself said: "Yu Shi was forced to be in trouble, and he had to save the disaster with soldiers, and swore to eliminate the traitor to Anzong Society, which was the honor of Yi Zhou." I don't mean that my children are ignorant and will perish from the bottom. Now flattering Hongji, when choosing those who are talented and virtuous, taking care of Fei Fei, how can it be loaded. ”

Who in the audience didn't know that this was pretending to be modest? Then the ministers further persuaded in, and the kings and the civil and military ministers kowtowed bitterly to the big tent.

King Zhou took the article discussed by the ministers, and said loudly: "A saint is born a saint, for the society to give birth to democracy, today under the world of Taizu, the people of the people of Taizu, how can the heavenly position be empty in one day, how can the people be ownerless one day?" In addition, the country has a long monarch, the blessing of the community, His Royal Highness is the heir of Taizu, the crown of virtue, the merit of the universe, the prestige is the four seas, and the livable position of the heavens, so that the Hongji of the Taizu will always be trusted, and the people of the world will always rely on. It is not advisable to stubbornly give in to the heart of a lonely man? ”

This rhetoric is not so much to advise Zhu Di, but to show the subjects of the world, complimenting Zhu Di as a saint and the heir of Taizu, as the so-called "the country has a long monarch, and the blessing of the society", in short, the inheritance rights of the three young sons of the former prince have been excluded.

According to the hypocrisy of China's feudal dynasty, this persuasion can only be regarded as the first persuasion, and Yao Guangxiao, who naturally represents Zhu Di, pretends not to agree.

Due to the hot weather, it was impossible to delay for a long time, Xu Hao secretly instructed the big guy to continue to work harder, and the generals of the Yan Wangfu entered the table to persuade him that night.

Early the next morning, the kings and the civil and military ministers once again persuaded one after another, this time by the kings made a sprinkling article, 'Zhu Di finally nodded and agreed'.

That night, Zhu Gaochi, who was dressed in filial piety, announced sadly under the stunned gaze of everyone: "My father felt the death of Emperor Jianwen because of his pain, and even the old injuries recurred, and the dragon was buried in the sky. (To be continued......)