Wang Xueshan's father and son defected to the luxury family and sent his retainers to assassinate Liu Zhi, and it only took one day to cross the river by flying boat and return to Jiangning through the Yijiang fast horse.

From the 17th, Jiangning continued to snow for two days, the snow on the walls and roofs was as thick as a mattress, standing under the pavilion of Chen Yuan Beiyuan, looking from afar a white sheet, rows of houses, all covered by snow, leaving criss-crossed, dense streets and alleys.

Lin is bound to the pavilion of Chen Yuan Beiyuan, inviting people close to him to enjoy the snow. From Lin Xuwen down, Huang Jinnian, Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Sun Jingtang and others are all core figures in Huaidong, and Chen Huazhang was also invited to enjoy the snow to show his closeness.

"Before the emperor abandoned Jiangning and fled westward, Chen Xiang and the emperor had a fierce dispute over whether to abandon the capital in the Wenhua Palace, and before there was a formal resolution, the news spread all over the city. At that time, it was basically concluded that either there was a problem with the minister, or there was a problem with the eunuchs of the Inner Chamberlain, but I didn't expect that the problem was really Wang Xueshan's body in the end......" Gao Zongting sighed.

"That's fine," Song Fu said, "The defeat of Huizhou and the emperor's abandonment of the capital and his westward escape can be pushed to Wang Xueshan's head, and everyone has a good step down......

Lin Jian nodded and said: "The letter from Juchao is still signed by Yu, Zuo, Cheng, Wang and the King of Chu, and the emperor has also personally drafted an edict asking us to arrest the widows of the Wang Party, and it seems that the emperor has really put all the blame on Wang Xueshan." From this point of view, it can only be so, and it is not appropriate to delve further. Then wait for the emperor's sin to come down, and this work will be complete......"

The central officials have all run out, and there are only three or five people left in the three provinces, six ministries and nine temple supervisors, and there is no way to maintain the operation of the central government - if Emperor Yongxing does not come back, it does not matter much, so if the accompanying hundred officials do not come back, it will be difficult for the central government to resume operation immediately.

In order to restore the operation of the court as soon as possible, it is impossible for Lin Jian to carry out a bloody purge; As long as the accompanying officials return to Jiangning, they can slowly boil frogs in warm water in the future.

"The king of Chu will not have any good intentions when he goes to live in the nest at this time; Liu Zhi is in the nest and his life and death are unknown, and the emperor still has many things to discuss and compromise - or, I will go? Lin Xuwen said.

"Then let Zongting accompany you on a trip," Lin Jian said, this time I went to Juchao, I had to set all the things that could be determined, and I would welcome Emperor Yongxing back as much as possible around the end of the year, and many things in the coming year could be carried out in an orderly manner, and Gao Zongting would accompany Lin Xuwen over, and share some brainpower-consuming things, and said, "As long as they are willing to come back, they can agree to any conditions, and see what tricks they can play?" ”

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On the 20th, Lin Xuwen and Gao Zongting took the Empress Dowager Yizhi to the west, escorted by Zhao Bao and a battalion of cavalry, and crossed the river through the Yijiang River to enter the nest.

Most of the blame can be put on Wang Xueshan's head, Huaidong and the Queen Mother also acquiesced, Zuo Chengmu, Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, Wang Tian and others are much more at ease, and they have learned from the past, so they will no longer prevent Huaidong from sending troops to escort Lin Xuwen and Gao Zongting into the nest.

They are also worried that if there is another problem with the defense, and if there is another assassination incident, the whole scene will be difficult to control.

The black cauldron of the defeat of Huizhou and the fall of the imperial capital was carried by Wang Xueshan, and the biggest worry in the hearts of the officials who fled west was also solved. Emperor Yongxing blamed his faint government on treacherous and deceived people, blamed Wang Xueshan, and brought his father and son to be tortured several times, and his mood was much more relaxed.

Emperor Yongxing's persuasion in Zuoyu, Zhang Wang and others was able to accept the unbearable reality in front of him, and the biggest obstacle to negotiation was removed.

In addition to disbanding the Imperial Camp Division and setting up a new Privy Council to take charge of military affairs, Lin Jian also had no intention of having major surgery on the national system and officials before the overall situation was stable.

Wang Xueshan and his son were escorted back to Jiangning, and the three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were formally interrogated to convict him; The officials of the other ministries, prisons, and monasteries will be in their positions and will not make major changes.

Chen Xiyan donated his life for the imperial court, and the seal was to be returned to Jiangning for renegotiation, Cheng Yuqian had the most qualifications, and he was the second minister before, and was promoted to the first assistant, Zuo Chengmu twice advised and was meritorious, and was promoted to the second minister, Wang Tian resigned due to illness, and Xu returned to his hometown to tell the old man, and Yu Xinyuan was appointed as the deputy minister; Wang Xueshan's vacant household secretary was also led by Deputy Prime Minister Lin Xuwen.

Zhang Yan continued to be in charge of the Iron and Salt Division and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The original imperial camp army was disbanded, the imperial horse prison guard was disbanded, and the soldiers and horses were all received by Chizhou and Huaixi respectively; There was no Xie Dan who could calm down at the key head, and naturally he was abandoned by Yue Lengqiu, he only had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he did not dare to resist, so he could only accept the fate of leading his troops to Huaixi to accept Dong Yuan's reorganization.

After the disbandment of the Imperial Battalion Army, the Gyeonggi Defense Department will form a new Gyeongying Army to be responsible for it, which will be subordinate to the Privy Council, but the details will not be discussed until the Son of Heaven returns to the court.

After the general framework was agreed, on the 24th, Yue Lengqiu sent Deng Yu and Dong Yuan to send Gongsun Qi to come over to accept the disbanded imperial camp army, Yuan Guizheng also rushed to Juchao on the 25th, and Emperor Yongxing issued an edict on the 26th under Juchao.

The edict said that he was deceived by the traitor, and he was loyal and good, so that Huizhou was defeated and Jiangning fell, harming the country and the people.

Emperor Yongxing was afraid that after returning to Jiangning, he would kill Huaidong and the Empress Dowager, and before he prepared the edict, he appointed the emperor's eldest son Yuan Xiluo as the king of Shou, and was escorted to Shouzhou by Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu.

Lin Xuwen and Gao Zongting's representative Huaidong also had no intention of making extraneous branches, and then stimulated Emperor Yongxing and agreed to the matter of canonizing King Shou.

On the same day that the emperor issued the edict, Ge Cunxin, Zhang Gou and others led the Huaidong Shuibu army into the nest.

Ge Cunxin led a large number of warships and merchant ships to pick up people; Zhang Gou led his troops over to take over the defense of Luzhou Mansion.

In addition to the disbanded imperial camp army and the imperial horse prison guards, the harem concubines, chamberlains, palace maids, hundreds of officials, family children, servants, etc., who fled west with Emperor Yongxing, about 60,000 or 70,000 people, Lin Jian also had no intention of asking them to go back to Jiangning together, aggravating the food shortage in Jiangning.

The harem concubines and the inner servants and female officials who have a good character, the relatives of the officials, and the servants and families with the deed can return to Beijing with them, and the rest will be received and placed on the spot by the Luzhou Prefecture.

As a result, less than 30,000 people were able to return to Beijing in the end, especially the inner servants and palace maids, and there were less than 600 inner servants and female officials with good qualities, and 5,000 people were cut off at once.

Juchao is three or four hundred miles away from Jiangning waterway, and it is also along the river, day and night can be returned, but many things are complicated, but Chu King Yuan Hancheng escorted Shouwang to Shouzhou first, Huaixi and Chizhou respectively took away the Shuibu army that was disbanded by the imperial camp army, and the Yongxing Emperor returned to the dynasty with the officials, and it was delayed until the sixth day of the first month of the fourth year of Yongxing.

dragged on to the sixth day of the junior high school, Liu Zhi's injuries gradually healed, but he escaped.

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Counting from the war in eastern Fujian, it took three months in the early stage of this turmoil, and the entire Jianghuai land underwent earth-shaking changes - and because of the urgency of the occurrence time, there was no opportunity for Yanlu and bandits to take advantage of it.

On the eighth day of the first month, Emperor Yongxing brought hundreds of officials into Jiangning through the East Water Gate of Jinchuan, and Lin Tie led Jiangning to stay behind the officials, and at noon in the East Water Gate to greet him, escorting Emperor Yongxing into the imperial city to meet the Empress Dowager Liang.

In front of the Wenhua Palace, Yuan Jianwu stepped down from the car, looked at the majestic palace, his eyes were hazy with tears, his body trembled slightly, and he couldn't control his ability to look at the new privy envoy Lin Jian who was holding a knife on his side.

The guards inside and outside the palace, although they all changed into the scarlet clothes and armor of the palace, but they were all filled by Huaidong armor guards, and the cold blade made people worry about whether it would fall on their necks in the next moment - this cage is going to get in after all, Zhang Yan looked at the Lin Tie who was parallel to Cheng Yuqian, and then saw that the emperor's two manes had frost hair, and sighed in his heart.

The privy envoy is the same as the imperial envoy before the dismissal, and Lin Jian was given by the queen mother to "climb the palace with a sword and visit the name" special, so the court class is in the same column as the first assistant Cheng Yuqian, but according to Lin Xuwen and the head of the household department, after this court, maybe there will be six ministries and light political affairs in the future.

Before Emperor Yongxing entered the Wenhua Palace, he read the edict of his guilt in front of the hundred officials on the rhino platform, and then gave the Queen Mother Xuanjin Hall for questioning. Next, hundreds of officials entered the temple to worship. I saw that above the high hall, next to the dragon chair, and added a phoenix, the queen mother wore a phoenix crown court dress, sat on the phoenix, from this moment, officially began to supervise the government, even a curtain was too lazy to hang up, Emperor Yongxing's face was like ashes, sitting on the dragon chair, like dead wood, there was no movement for half a day.

"Tell Peng Chenggong to come forward and listen to the order...... "The Empress Dowager Liang looked down, her cloudy eyes looked at Lin Lian's side, and there was a lot of reluctance in her expression.

Zhou Yuanqiao followed Liu Zhixi to live in the nest, and was recommended by Liu Zhi to serve as the waiter of the Yellow Gate, the Queen Mother's voice was small, and he sang the decree according to the rules: "The Queen Mother has a decree, Pengcheng County Prince, Jin Ziguanglu Doctor, Huaidong, Xuzhou, and Zhedong set up Si Lin to listen to the decree!" ”

When Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, Zuo Chengmu and others heard this, they were still subconsciously shocked. Although Lin Xuwen and Gao Zongting discussed with Lin Lian when they went to the nest, there was still too much reluctance in their hearts.

Lin Jian looked at his nose with his eyes, walked to the hall, held his hand, and said, "The minister is in ......."

"After the autumn, the country was in trouble, the emperor was deceived by treachery, repeatedly lost the national government, caused the defeat of the Huizhou army, the collapse of the imperial camp, the fall of the imperial capital, Lin Qing led the army and horses to turn the tide alone, even the war rebelled, recovered the imperial capital, with Anzong Temple, the merit is comparable to reconstruction, the title of Chongguo, the fief Chongzhou, the special grant of the opening of the palace with the three divisions, Zuo Guanglu doctor, plus the servant, the young master, with the title of the left capital of the imperial history and the leader of the guard, the privy envoy, the governor of the Beijing camp, ......" The queen mother's hoarse voice spread in the hall, and a series of knightly reward official names made Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian and others tremble. Before entering Jiangning, they still had some confidence to compete with Huaidong, but at this moment they felt that their previous confidence was like the winter sun, so pale and weak.