Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 508 The Supreme Emperor, what do you think?

Looking at the empress with a stern expression in front of him, a sneer appeared in Shu Liang's heart, he stood firmly under his feet, did not move at all, cupped his hands again, and said.

"The Emperor Taishang, the ministers really didn't intend to offend. The reason why they brought so many people here is because the weather has been getting colder recently, and the Xuan Mansion is close to the border, so it's getting colder and colder. I'm afraid I won't take good care of the Emperor."

"That's why the minister specially ordered someone to bring these high-quality charcoal fires here for the Supreme Emperor to keep warm."

"You know, the charcoal fire was heavy, so the ministers had to bring in more manpower. Unexpectedly, the Supreme Emperor misunderstood it. It was really the ministers who didn't think carefully."

It was only then that Zhu Qizhen noticed that there were forty or fifty baskets of charcoal fires beside those Jinyi guards. At first glance, Shu Liang's reason seemed reasonable.

However, if you think about it again... are you fooling a ghost?
This time he returned to the south, the destination was the capital, and he would stay in the Xuan Mansion for at most two days. Even if the charcoal fires were burning day and night, he would not even be able to use one basket, let alone forty or fifty baskets here.

Besides, even if it's sending charcoal fire, it's fine to send it directly to the backyard, what are you doing here.

This is clearly an excuse for Shu Liang to bring someone in!

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen felt more and more uneasy, and shouted again.

"Since the charcoal fire has been delivered, what are you still doing, get out!"

Ever since he found out that Shu Liang had barged in, this was the third time Zhu Qizhen had spoken out to drive him away with others.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

This time when returning to the south, Zhu Qizhen's personal guards were handed over to the people brought back from Yibei, and now including those brought by Liu Yongcheng, there are about 40 to [-] people, all of whom are in the courtyard.

The guards outside the courtyard and other parts of the mansion were supposed to be the guards brought by the mission, but after so long, there was no movement outside. Obviously, these people were either controlled by Shu Liang, or they were directly controlled by Shu Liang. replaced.

After all, outside the city of Xuanfu, in front of everyone, the Supreme Emperor handed over the right to guard the "periphery" to Shu Liang.

So in fact, there are only these three or forty people around Zhu Qizhen in the courtyard now.

This is the biggest reason that makes him feel uneasy. Although he knows that Shu Liang dare not and cannot do anything to him after such a big commotion, but looking at the more than 100 people behind Shu Liang, he still I couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

However, Shu Liang still didn't move, he cupped his hands with a smile on his face, and said.

"The empress dowager, the minister is here, besides sending charcoal fire, there is indeed one more thing to do. When the matter is finished, the minister will naturally get out, so as not to disturb the emperor's purity."

As soon as Zhu Qizhen's heart sank, he knew that Shu Liang's purpose was not pure.

But this time, before he could speak, Shu Liang took a step ahead, stood upright with restrained face, took out a hand letter from his sleeve, held it high above his head, and said loudly.

"The imperial edict has arrived, and Liu Yongcheng, the eunuch in charge of Gansu Province, will accept it!"

Different from the slightly frivolous look before, Shu Liang at this moment has a serious face and an extremely respectful attitude.

However, when Zhu Qizhen heard these words, he couldn't help clenching his fists.

Sure enough!

He had thought for a long time that calling Liu Yongcheng over might cause him to be questioned, but he didn't expect that he would come so fast, and the imperial decree had already arrived before he arrived in the capital.

Obviously, Liu Yongcheng himself is also aware of the current situation, he bowed deeply to Zhu Qizhen silently, then strode forward, came to Shu Liang, knelt down on the ground, and said.

"Minister Liu Yongcheng, listen to the order."

At the same time, the dozen or so guards who followed Liu Yongcheng silently put away their swords and knelt down on the ground.

However, Shu Liang was not in a hurry to announce the decree.

He held up the imperial decree with one hand, but his eyes scanned the surroundings, and finally settled on the more than 20 Mongolian guards in front of Zhu Qizhen.

Immediately, Shu Liang spoke.

"The Supreme Emperor said that before the decree was announced, the inner minister had a word and dared to ask."

"In front of Datong City, the Supreme Emperor said that your personal bodyguards are given by Grand Master Wala. From now on, they will take off their Mongolian identity and become the people of Ming Dynasty to serve the Supreme Emperor. I don't know. Is this true?"

Zhu Qizhen was a little surprised, not knowing what Shu Liang's sudden question meant.

He still has the power to accept the surrender of more than two dozen Mongols and grant them the status of Ming people.

Otherwise, outside Datong City, Yu Qian would not let this matter go so easily.

He didn't believe that Shu Liang could do anything to him because of this incident.

However, this time he has learned a lot, and before he figured out what Shu Liang was going to do, he decided to keep silent and keep silent.

However, what Zhu Qizhen didn't expect was that this time, Shu Liang didn't need him to answer.

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor in front of him didn't speak, Shu Liang simply assumed that he had acquiesced.

So, Shu Liang's eyes turned cold, he looked at the twenty or so guards with knives, and shouted sharply.

"Since you are the people of Daming, why don't you kneel when you see the emperor's decree?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhu Qizhen vaguely realized something, but before he could figure it out, the leader of the Mongolian guard with a knife at the front spoke bluntly in his not-so-fluent Chinese.

"We are ordered by the Grand Master to be the Taishanghuang's guards. We only obey the Taishanghuang's orders, and we only kneel to the Taishanghuang!"

What you've been waiting for!

In Shu Liang's heart, he once again fell in love with the emperor's admiration, and couldn't help but think of the judgment the emperor made when he received Yu Shaobao's report.

"These Mongolian guards seem to be at the disposal of the Supreme Emperor, but in fact, they still recognize that they are Mongolians in their bones, especially since they were Ye Xian's personal guards before, they must be arrogant in their hearts. Li Xian, you can see clearly..."

The Supreme Emperor wanted to grant them the status of enlightened people, but forgot one thing.

Daming did have precedents of foreign generals, but those were one or two generations who dedicated themselves to Daming, fought to the death on the battlefield, and only those who proved themselves would receive this honor.

These people themselves are very eager to be Ming people, and they have a very high sense of identification with Daming.

The reason why Ming Dynasty never easily grants the status of Ming people to foreigners is because it is difficult for these people to regard themselves as citizens of Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts.

In particular, these Mongolian guards felt that they were here to protect the Supreme Emperor, and they would only feel that they were superior to others, but they didn't understand that in Daming, there was something called "li".

"presumptuous!"

With a sneer, Shu Liang stepped forward and shouted sharply.

"Since you are the Taishang Emperor's personal guards, you are naturally the people of the Ming Dynasty. As the people of the Ming Dynasty, if you see the imperial decree and don't kneel, it is because of your wrong intentions. Come and take down all these thieves who have no king and no father! "

Therefore, Jin Yiwei, who had been prepared long ago, immediately drew his knife out of its sheath, and was about to pounce on it.

"stop!"

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qizhen finally understood Shu Liang's intentions, but it had to be said that Shu Liang's logic was very complete, so for a while, he didn't know what to say, he hesitated.

"Shu Liang, these people..."

"Your Majesty the Emperor!"

However, Zhu Qizhen had only spoken half a sentence before being interrupted by Shu Liang.

This was the first time that Shu Liang interrupted him so blatantly since they met, and it was also the first time that Shu Liang called him "Your Majesty", although the strong tone made people uncomfortable.

After Shu Liang yelled, that formulaic smile hung on his face again, and said.

"When the minister served in the palace before, he was fortunate to be by the emperor's side and listened to the teachings. There was a sentence that impressed the minister deeply."

"The emperor said that in this world, no matter whether you are a noble emperor or a trafficker, you have your own rules to abide by."

"Is it the king's land under the whole world, and the king's ministers on the shore of the land, the holy decree is above, except for you and the empress dowagers of the two palaces, no matter who is in the Ming Dynasty, everyone who sees it must kneel down to greet it. This is a rule of thumb."

"If everyone is unscrupulous and regards the will as nothing, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)