General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 85
The people who were hesitant at first no longer hesitated, and nearly a million people rushed in from the seven outer gates.

Even the dignitaries in Beijing became a little rioted.

Lu Bing looked at the beacon in the distance in disbelief, and then suddenly came to his senses.

I'm afraid Xuanfu really hooked up with me!
Lu Bing glanced at Ning Jue meaningfully.

"Ning Kezhong, this is forcing the people to build a shrine for you."

After all, Lu Bing stopped talking to Ning Jue, but stood in front of everyone, and said loudly:

"Don't be chaotic, enter the city one by one, hold my seal, and go to Dongchang to call Tiqi Assistant. From now on, the factory guard will take over the five cities' army and horse department."

"Zhenqing, hurry back to the army and call the Beijing army to deploy defenses! Old General Zhou please follow me into the palace quickly."

"Xuan Mansion is still two hundred miles away from the capital, and the imperial court has elite troops stationed there. I'm sure you won't be able to reach the capital in a while, so don't mess yourself up!"

After a few simple deployments, Lu Bing turned his horse's head and headed straight for the Forbidden City.

The Ministry of War, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the Three Great Battalions took action almost simultaneously after hearing the gunfire, and the officials in Beijing also rushed to their government offices.

Only some idle ministers hid at home and brought their servants to pack their things.

The Tao family's situation is like this, although Tao Shixian has already made preparations, but Tao Shixian did not expect that I answered so quickly.

After all, Tatar was no better than Daming, Tao Shixian still decided to let his family go south for a while.

"Whispering, grandson is afraid."

Tao Shixian carried his granddaughter into the carriage casually, and forgot to comfort him: "Don't be afraid, my grandson, didn't my grandson want to eat Huanggong cakes for a long time? Let's go home and eat Huanggong cakes."

Hearing the word "Huang Gong Cake", the little doll immediately became quiet.

Only then did Tao Shixian raise his head to look at the servant and said, "Get out of the city as soon as it's dark, don't take the canal and don't go to Baoding, this will all go to Baoding by water, take more people directly to Wuding Mansion, wait After arriving in Wuding, wait for the news, if the situation is not right, take the boat and go, and you will be safe at sea."

Zhanhua originally means "Re-Zhan Wanghua". Since the Tang Dynasty, the local government has gone ashore to make salt, and then went to the sea to make a living. Now it has become a retreat reserved by Tao Shixian earlier.

"Here."

After settling his family down, Tao Shixian regained his composure.

After watching the carriage leave the city, the butler of the Tao family came over and said in a low voice, "Master, something is wrong."

"What's the matter?"

"Just before the beacon was raised, Ning Jue of the Metropolitan Procuratorate called the people to enter the city. Yesterday Zhou Shangwen brought all the soldiers to the capital to ask for payment. Now it seems that Zhou Shangwen and Ning Jue have long had a relationship. Ready."

"The old man wants to spoil my big business again?"

Tao Shixian took a deep breath, and his expression gradually became gloomy.

"Find two people and go to Dongchang to spread some news."

The housekeeper looked at Tao Shixian in a daze.

"Master, isn't it too late for us to send news now?"

My answer is almost to the capital, the court is employing people, no matter how stupid Jiajing is, it is impossible for Zhou Shangwen to be punished.

We have to count on Zhou Shangwen to retreat from the enemy.

"It's not too late, let's say that he colluded with Zhan Rong and plotted against the prince. Don't worry about anything else, just let him go to the East Factory."

"Here."

Tao Shixian smiled.

The other things may be all right, but at this juncture, if Zhou Shangwen has a different heart, Dongchang has to ask a few questions anyway, right?

Walking slowly back to the deserted courtyard of his home, Tao Shixian let out a long sigh, and said leisurely: "Isn't it arguing about wages, I will let you, an old bastard, make a fuss."

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In the palace of Wuyi.

The Jiuqing of the Cabinet has already entered the palace. When he heard the "news" outside the city, the Jiuqing of the Cabinet was relieved.

No matter how you look at it, this matter is much bigger than Soutao.

At this time, Jiajing had thrown the copper hammer in his hand for a long time, and he sat on the dragon chair with a solemn expression, staring at the group of important officials in front of him.

Now that the situation is reversed, Zhou Shangwen is the only one left in the entire court who understands.

Although I don't know how much ecstasy soup the Shijia in the southeast have poured into me, Zhou Shangwen is happy to watch the excitement.

"Which Aiqing can explain to me, why did I hit the capital? What about the imperial court's elite soldiers on the nine sides?!"

"Is Ding Qing here?"

Jiajing's eyes suddenly focused on Ding Rukui, the Ministry of War.

Ding Rukui fell to his knees with a "plop".

"Report, sir, I have been checking the military warehouses in various places for the past few days, and Xuan Da has not reported it, so I really don't know."

After what Ding Rukui said, Jiajing remembered that there was another Weng Wanda in Xuanfu.

"Where is my Governor Xuanda? What is the current situation in Xuanfu?"

"I have sent fast horses to the Xuan Mansion to investigate. The Xuan Mansion's post horses have all been destroyed by the thieves. We still need it. It will take time to investigate. Your father is relieved. The Xuan Da defense line is as solid as gold, and there will be no mistakes."

"Time and time, if it takes some time, I wonder if I'm going to stand in front of me?!"

Jiajing roared, scaring Ding Rukui to bow down and never dare to speak about him again.

"The crime of ten thousand deaths!"

"You deserve to die a long time ago! The rewards of Datong last year have not been recorded until now. What are you waiting for? Waiting for the world to drop money on the heads of my soldiers?!"

Jiajing said this on purpose, but Zhou Shangwen was very useful.

Having said all this, Zhou Shangwen naturally didn't dare to delay any longer, and got up directly and said, "I report to your father that I'm guilty."

Hearing Zhou Shangwen's voice, Jiajing's tone softened.

"Yanzhang has made great contributions to the country, why do you say that?"

Zhou Shangwen scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, old minister, the old minister has two thousand elite soldiers, and they have arrived in Beijing a few days ago, but they did not bring armored soldiers."

Jiajing looked at Zhou Shangwen suspiciously.

"What are you doing in Beijing?"

"It's not that old... Xianggong surnamed Yan, who has been suppressing Datong's merits and rewards. We have no face to go back, so we can only let the soldiers come to the capital to ask Mr. Yan Pavilion."

"Originally, I wanted them to go to Yan's house to eat rice for a few days..."

There was a little smile on everyone's face.

Jiajing couldn't help laughing and said, "Yan Ge is always rich, but you, Zhou Yanzhang, brought 500 people here directly, so you're going to make Yan Ge poor forever."

Hearing this, Yan Song broke out in cold sweat.

It is not a good thing for the emperor to boast that you are rich.

"Your Majesty, old minister, old minister, there are only some ancestral property in the family, this, this, is difficult."

Jiajing didn't bother to talk to Yan Song, but he was a little more at ease when he heard that Zhou Shangwen's soldiers were in the capital.

"Okay, Mr. Yan Ge, I didn't say that you got it by corrupting the law, are you so panic?"

As soon as these words came out, Yan Song fell to his knees directly on the ground.

"The minister is guilty."

Jiajing ignored Yan Song, but got up by himself.

"Yanzhang, tell the soldiers below that Yan Ge's hometown doesn't have a few catties of rice, but I have."

"The capital also has enough armor and weapons. As long as they can defend against the enemy outside the capital, the imperial court will never treat them badly."

"The meritorious ones will be rewarded first, and those who died in battle will be compensated first, and the money will be allocated from the inside."

Zhou Shangwen hurriedly bowed down: "The old minister thanked Jun father on behalf of the children."

At this point in the court meeting, the sound of letter cannons outside the city sounded again.

Jiajing's expression was serious again.

"My lords, let's go and resettle the people, don't cause riots, the capital has food, pay, and I, the sky will not fall."

"Here."

It's just that after everyone left, Zhang Zuo, who was originally standing behind Jiajing, hesitated for a long time, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

After all, Zhou Shangwen is now related to the survival of the capital, and it will not be too late to ask Zhou Shangwen to ask for clarification tomorrow before reporting to Junfu. Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Zuo also left Wuyi Hall.

(End of this chapter)