Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 375 Desperate

Recalling his elder brother's love for him and his sister-in-law's care for him before, Zhu Youjian inevitably felt extremely guilty for what he had done before, and also for what he decided to do now, and even once thought about reining in the precipice , disappear without a trace, or go to the bedside of his elder brother who has been staying all the time, plead guilty to his only elder brother, confess his crimes, and ask his elder brother and sister-in-law for forgiveness.The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao and Queen Zhang Yan have fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of an elder brother and sister-in-law to Zhu Youjian, but what about Zhu Youjian, the younger brother?
Ashamed is ashamed, guilt is guilt, Zhu Youjian still didn't do this.Because, for Zhu Youjian, he can die standing up, but not live on his knees!
This is Zhu Youjian's ambition, and it is also Zhu Youjian's natural character.

"You guys are all damned people!" Looking around at the cronies and confidantes standing there, Zhu Youjian's voice was extremely cold, as cold as the cold wind blowing from hell, "You are not Daming's rebellious You are Jiannu's lackeys. Your family members were implicated by you. Either your heads fell to the ground or you dared not show up in public. You can only hide like mice in places where the sun doesn't shine, lingering on! You yourself are the most wanted criminals of the imperial court. If you expose your identity, you will be led by Ling Chixiao's traitors, rebels, traitors, and slaves! Your previous masters are over, and your backers are also over. No one can save you, except this king! Without this king, none of you can think about it. Live! This king is your sky and your land, do you understand?!"

Yuan Chongyu, Ni Hao, Luo Daqian, and Zhang Juhai, the leader of Jiannu Xizuo, and others remained silent. After a long time, Yuan Chongyu stood out of the queue, bowed his hands to Zhu Youjian and replied: "My lord, we all understand, we understand better, If you can't help your lord to ascend the throne and inherit the great rule! Then even you, lord, can't protect us for a long time! So, lord, please treat us as your most loyal servants, and we will do whatever you want us to do. How to do it! Go through fire and water, be smashed to pieces, and the servants will wait for you!"

"I am willing to serve my master! Go through fire and water, be smashed to pieces, and do whatever you want!" Ni Hao, Luo Daqian, Zhang Juhai and other members of the Shanzong sect, Jiannu Xizuo knelt down on one knee, and clasped their fists in unison to answer. The voice was firm and the attitude was firm, which made Zhu Youjian is very satisfied.After a little nod, Zhu Youjian didn't let Yuan Chongyu and the others get up, but said in a hoarse voice: "It's good that you understand! Now what I want to tell you is that the crisis between you and me is coming, and you and me are in danger. Zhang Haogu, the common mortal enemy of the king, should have received the imperial decree to call his class teacher back to the pilgrimage, and he is rushing to the capital as fast as he can! It is conservatively estimated that he will be able to return the day after tomorrow at the earliest, which is the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Go to the capital to preside over the overall situation! You should know how terrifying this little dog is, I believe I don’t need to say more? I believe I don’t need to say more about what he will do when he returns to the capital, you will understand, right?”

Mentioning the name of Young Master Zhang, the mortal enemy of Shanzong and Jiannu, the faces of the remnants of Shanzong and Jiannu who were present at the scene darkened together, and there were vicious and hateful eyes in each pair of eyes. The relatives and masters died tragically at the hands of Young Master Zhang, and the remnants of the slaves even bit their lips until they bleed.Zhu Youjian paused, and said word by word: "It's already the evening of the twelfth lunar month, that is to say, we only have one day and two nights left! During this day and two nights, my king If you fail to ascend to the throne and inherit the throne, you and this king will all die without a place to die! Therefore, this king has decided to take such a gamble no matter what, if you don’t succeed, you will be benevolent!”

"Master, please give me instructions!" Jiannu and the remnants of Shanzong replied in unison: "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent! If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!"

"My lord, what should we do?" Yuan Chongyu asked hoarsely.Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice: "What to do specifically, I asked Feng Quan, the second assistant of the cabinet who supported us, Mr. Feng Ge, and Mr. Feng Ge told me that since ancient times, if a vassal king wants to become emperor, there are only three. Method! One is to learn from the ancestors to rise up directly and kill the emperor and the treacherous ministers around the emperor! The second is to learn from the ancestors of Sejong, and use the blood relationship to succeed the emperor when the emperor dies! The third is to learn from the ancestors of Yingzong and stand on their own! "

"Then what method does the prince plan to use?" Yuan Chongyu asked.Zhu Youjian said Yinyin: "The first method is the most direct and effective, but we only have 200 soldiers in our hands, and you and Yuan Chongyu and Zhang Juhai have more than [-] people. The strength is far from enough. This method cannot be used. Follow suit. The second method was a bit hopeful, but the case of the blood of the third prince has not been finalized for a long time, and it is hard to say whether it will be overturned, and my brother, the emperor, is not very hopeful that he will die suddenly in this day and two nights. Damn, this method is also unreliable. So the only way we can do now is to follow the example of the former Emperor Yingzong and seize the door to stand on our own!"

"Master, what is seizing the door?" the boss Ni Hao, Luo Daqian, Zhang Juhai and others all asked.Yuan Chongyu, who has been supplementing knowledge about coups during this period, replied for Zhu Youjian: "The coup of seizing the door was a restoration coup launched by Zhu Qizhen, the former emperor of Yingzong. At that time, Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned by his younger brother Daizong in the imperial palace Chengnan Palace, in order to help regain the throne, loyal officials such as Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng took advantage of Daizong's opportunity to lead a thousand troops into the imperial city overnight from Chang'an Gate, opened the South Palace to rescue Yingzong, and then entered the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate, boarded the Jinluan Hall to call Baiguan announced the restoration, and regained the throne usurped by Daizong in one fell swoop!"

"This is a good idea!" Luo Daqian said happily, "We have almost 1000 soldiers in our hands, and the deputy suzerain and Zhang Niulu have more than 200 people. The combat power is still very strong. One can be compared to ten. The overall combat power is definitely better than that of the barbarians. One thousand troops is more than enough to deal with fifteen hundred great Han generals in the palace. Moreover, the emperor is dying of illness, and no one dares to say anything when the prince and master are on the throne." Ni Hao, Zhang Juhai and others also nodded one after another. I think this method is the easiest and most convenient.

"This king is also inclined to this method. My sister-in-law is inclined to support my ascension to the throne. As long as I ascend the Golden Luan Hall, and then get the emperor's brother and emperor's wife... I believe my sister-in-law will also understand this current affairs." Zhu Youjian He said slowly: "But the problem is that we don't have the key to the Chang'an Gate of the imperial city in our hands like Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, let alone the key to the Donghua Gate. If the Chang'an Gate and Donghua Gate cannot be captured, then the garrison inside and outside the capital will come to reinforce us, and we will be in danger. Therefore, for us, the most important thing now is how to enter the palace as quickly as possible and grab the capital in the capital. Before the garrison reacts, board the Emperor Palace."

"My lord, if my servant remembers correctly, the emperor seems to have given you a badge to enter the palace for the convenience of you to report the investigation of the prince's case to him." Yuan Chongyu suggested: "Why don't you use an excuse to report the case to the palace?" , show the waist card to the palace guard, let him open the gate of the imperial city and let you enter the city?"

"Brother Huang did give me a waist card, and I can enter the palace late at night." Zhu Youjian took out the waist card that his brother gave him before, frowned and said: "But this waist card can only let me enter the palace." Entering the palace alone, can't you bring you in together?"

"It's easy." Yuan Chongyu said with a smirk: "My lord, you can ask a few good men to protect you. Go to the gate of Chang'an first, and the slaves will lie in ambush outside the gate of Chang'an. Make trouble, take down the guards and control the gate, and the servants will take the opportunity to rush into Chang'an Gate, won't they enter the imperial city?"

"That's a way." Zhu Youjian nodded, and then pondered: "But even if you enter Chang'an Gate, what should you do if there is Donghua Gate?"

"Two ways." Yuan Chongyu held up two fingers and said in a deep voice: "The first way is to take down the Chang'an Gate, the slaves try not to let the guards of the Chang'an Gate raise the alarm, you can also use high-ranking officials, rich salary, gold, etc. Silver jewelry bought Changanmen guards for their own use, and then repeated the same tricks to open Donghuamen! The second method is that if we enter Changanmen and are spotted by barbarian guards and sound the alarm, we will attack Donghuamen directly , then use gunpowder to blow open the Donghua Gate, and then enter the Forbidden City."

"Use gunpowder to blow open the palace gate? Is it possible?" Zhu Youjian asked nervously.Yuan Chongyu replied with a smirk: "Don't worry, my lord. The barbarian guards must have been ill-prepared to block the palace gate with bricks and stones quickly. We only need to bring two or three hundred catties of gunpowder, and it is more than enough to blow open a palace gate! What I definitely don’t know is that Zhang Juhai and Brother Zhang used to be the deputy of Master Cao Zhenyan, the chief of the Dajin Pao Battalion, and he is used to playing with gunpowder. With him directing the placement of gunpowder, there is no problem in blowing open the palace gate.”

"Don't worry, my lord, this servant has been outside the imperial city many times to observe the situation at the gate of the imperial city." Zhang Juhai also stood up and said, "As long as there are two hundred catties of gunpowder, this servant can burn a stick of gunpowder within one stick of incense. The palace gate of the imperial city exploded!"

"Okay, let's do it like this!" Zhu Youjian nodded firmly and agreed, and then said: "Tonight is too late, we will act tomorrow night, and tomorrow during the day, you should prepare all the weapons and gunpowder that should be prepared. I Let’s go to the palace again tomorrow to see if I can meet the emperor and let him pass the throne to me, if it still doesn’t work, we will act overnight tomorrow night to seize the door! Ascend the throne!”

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If Young Master Zhang was present, he would definitely laugh at the super efficient coup plan of Zhu Youjian and Yuan Chongyu, but unfortunately, Zhu Youjian and Yuan Chongyu, who have been driven to a desperate situation, have neither Master Zhang He is a genius with a strategic mind, and he doesn't have enough time to formulate a perfect coup plan, so he can only gamble that a miracle will appear.On the second day, while Yuan Chongyu and others were actively preparing for the plan to seize the door, Zhu Youjian also came to the Forbidden City again, preparing to see if there would be a bigger miracle—that is, whether his brother who was dying of illness would be able to escape. Pass on the throne to yourself, and prepare to see your brother and sister-in-law as a younger brother for the last time, and enjoy the last brotherly affection.

Relying on the waist card given to him by his brother, Zhu Youjian entered the imperial city smoothly, and entered the Qianqing Palace through Chang'an Gate, Donghua Gate and Qianqing Gate-by the way, Zhu Youjian quickly got familiar with the path. He was received by Zhang Yan.After only two days of seeing each other, Zhu Youjian's sister-in-law, Zhang Yan, was visibly haggard. Her pretty and plump oval face was so thin that it turned into an oval face, and her chin was pointed. It adds a bit of mature young woman charm, but Zhu Youjian still understands that these days, the sister-in-law who has to take care of her brother and help him manage political affairs must be exhausted and exhausted.Recalling that his sister-in-law cared for him like a loving mother before, Zhu Youjian's nose ached, and he couldn't help kneeling in front of Zhang Yan and crying loudly.

"Brother Wang, why are you crying? What's the matter?" Even though he knew that his brother-in-law had already set his sights on her husband's throne, the kind-hearted Zhang Yan was still a little moved when she saw Zhu Youjian kneeling in front of him and crying loudly, so she helped him personally. Picking up Zhu Youjian, wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, and asked softly, "Brother Wang, have you been wronged? Tell sister-in-law, sister-in-law will decide for you."

Yesterday, Young Master Zhang's family deliberately sang against Zhu Youjian, but Zhu Youjian was defeated. Of course, Zhang Yan knew about it, and she also expressed her dissatisfaction with her brother-in-law. There was such a big ugliness in front of her eyes, Zhang Yan still felt a little sympathetic, thinking that if Zhu Youjian forgives this grievance to herself, she will have to comfort her uncle no matter what.But what Zhang Yan didn't expect was that Zhu Youjian wiped his tears and choked up and said: "Sister-in-law, I haven't been wronged, but I haven't seen Brother Huang for too long, and I heard that Brother Huang's condition is getting worse and worse. It's serious, so my brother's heart was sad, so I lost my temper and cried bitterly. I hope that the emperor's wife will see the brother of the emperor for the sake of the brotherly relationship between the brother and the emperor, and let the brother meet the emperor and serve the soup for the brother himself. Even under the Nine Springs, you can rest in peace."

Zhu Youjian's words are somewhat sincere - he had decided to launch a coup tonight to snatch his brother's throne. After seeing his brother, no matter whether a miracle can happen or not, he can get his brother's succession, and he can serve his brother with a soup , fulfilling the obligation of being a younger brother once, Zhu Youjian's conscience will feel better.But it is a pity that upon hearing Zhu Youjian's request, Zhang Yan, who was already preconceived in her heart, suddenly became furious, and decided that the uncle with a dark heart wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to meet her husband, deliberately said something unfavorable to her husband's condition, Husband is furious!After reaching this conclusion, Zhang Yan couldn't help but put on a pretty face, and said angrily: "Wang brother, how many times have you told me? Your brother's current illness cannot be disturbed, let alone continue to worry about it." God, why can't you always remember?"

"The younger brother will never let the imperial brother be disturbed." Zhu Youjian quickly explained: "The younger brother just wants to take a look at the imperial brother and give him medicine once, and the younger brother will leave without saying a word."

"Feed the medicine?" Zhang Yan subconsciously thought of Zhang Weixian's warning not to let her husband take Zhu Youjian's decoction. After feeding the medicine, your imperial brother has already fallen asleep. So you should go back first, brother, and when your imperial brother's condition improves, sister-in-law will send someone to announce you to the palace."

"Sister-in-law, why have you been preventing my brother from kowtowing to the emperor these days?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking.Zhang Yan was furious, she got up and said angrily, "Why doesn't my sister-in-law let you see your brother? You know the reason in your own heart! My sister-in-law is tired and going to rest. You can go." After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan turned around and left, shouting: "Come here, send a letter to the prince to leave the palace."

"I know it myself?!" Zhu Youjian was taken aback, and when he came back to his senses and wanted to ask Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan had already left the side hall. Only two young eunuchs saluted Zhu Youjian and said, "Believe in the prince, Please, the empress and maidservants dare not disobey the order of the empress, please believe that the prince must not make things difficult for the servants."

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"Why did sister-in-law say such things to me? Isn't sister-in-law usually like this?" With endless doubts, Zhu Youjian was sent out of the inner city of the Forbidden City by the young eunuch of Qianqing Palace.After leaving the inner city from Donghua Gate, Zhu Youjian, who was disappointed, was about to leave the palace from Chang'an Gate in dejection. When he never thought of passing Wenyuan Pavilion, the cabinet office, Feng Quan trotted out of Wenyuan Pavilion. He came out, stopped Zhu Youjian and said in a low voice: "My lord, the old minister has been looking for you so hard, why are you here?"

"I'm coming into the palace to meet the emperor's brother and his wife." Zhu Youjian replied listlessly.Feng Quan asked nervously, "Did the prince see the emperor?"

"Not only did I not see it, but I was also repaired by the emperor's wife." Zhu Youjian dejectedly told the story of his request to see the emperor's brother and emperor's wife, and especially mentioned the inexplicable words of his sister-in-law.It’s okay if you don’t say anything about the result. After he said it, Feng Quan almost collapsed on the ground without fright. He quickly pulled Zhu Youjian to a secluded place away from other people, and screamed in a low voice: "My lord! The catastrophe is imminent Now, why can't you tell the difference?"

"What catastrophe is imminent?" Zhu Youjian asked inexplicably.Feng Quan could not wait to strangle Zhu Youjian, an idiot, to death. He grabbed Zhu Youjian's sleeve and shouted in a low voice: "My lord, are you not too old-fashioned? You still can't hear what the empress said? The empress said she didn't Let you see the emperor, the reason is clear to you - this is clearly a warning to you, the queen empress is also clear about what you have done! So the empress empress is afraid that you will be harmful to the emperor, so she will not let you face me See the emperor! You still can't hear the angry words of my lord, the empress, do you really want to kill yourself and the old minister?!"

"Sister-in-law knows what I did?" Zhu Youjian's face also began to turn pale, and when he carefully recalled the change in his sister-in-law's face at that time, Zhu Youjian was even more frightened--kind and kind sister-in-law, when did you use it? Treat yourself with such a face?Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian hurriedly asked: "Mr. Feng Ge, since my sister-in-law knows, why didn't she tell me face to face to punish me? And promised me that she was going to persuade the emperor to pass on the throne to me?"

"Of course it's a way to slow down the army!" Feng Quan was so angry that he almost wanted to tear Zhu Youjian, an idiot, and said angrily in a low voice: "The empress should just start to doubt you, my lord, but there is no evidence. Now there is another chaos in the court. People are in a state of panic, how dare the empress dare to attack you casually? So the empress can only stabilize you temporarily, wait for the court to stabilize, wait for the emperor's condition to improve slightly, or wait for Zhang Haogu to be loyal to the court and the emperor The little mad dog brought the army back to the capital, and let them deal with you! Don't you understand this?"

"I understand." Zhu Youjian nodded in despair, and his teeth began to tremble a little.After trembling for a long time, Zhu Youjian quickly grabbed Feng Quan's sleeve and asked nervously, "Old Feng Ge, what should I do now?"

"My lord, the old minister has already told you this answer, why do you ask more?" Feng Quan answered very cleverly, and then Feng Quan said to Zhu Youjian dejectedly: "Also, my lord, the old minister is looking for you today. I have two pieces of news to report to you—both are bad news, you have to be mentally prepared, my lord, and hold on."

"What bad news?" Zhu Youjian asked quickly.Feng Quan sighed, and replied: "The first bad news, Zhang Ruitu's old dog finally broke his face with the old minister today, and directly ordered his disciples to impeach the old minister. You know, my lord, although that old thing doesn't show up at ordinary times. The mountain is not dewy, but he is very well-known, and he has served as the chief examiner of the national and provincial examinations many times. His disciples and disciples are all over the world, such as Zhang Haogu. It is estimated that within a few days, there will be hundreds of memorials to impeach the old official. Even if the old official puts on this old face, don't continue to stand up. It is estimated that within a day or two, the empress and the empress, who did not appreciate the old official very much, will The old minister will be dismissed directly."

"That is to say." Feng Quan's tone was extremely bitter, and he said in a heavy tone: "In a day or two, if you get what you want, my lord, then the old minister can only sue his old man and return to his hometown or go to prison for questioning. Your lord, you are in the court. It will also not be able to get the support of veterans."

"What about the second bad news?" Zhu Youjian asked word by word.Feng Quan sighed again, raised his head to look at the gray sky, and said slowly: "The old minister arranged for Zhang Haogu to pass the letter to the eyeliner Feige on the way home. Zhang Haogu handed over the main force to the deputy Man Gui to lead the army." , slowly returned to Beijing, and he personally led three thousand slave-slaughter troops to gallop on Qingqi, and returned to the capital day and night. At the second watch last night, Zhang Haogu’s Qingqi arrived in Yutian, rested there for the night, and continued to the capital at dawn today. Let's go. This means that Zhang Haogu will be able to return to the capital at the earliest tomorrow evening, and the latest morning the day after tomorrow, and inherit Wei Zhongxian's power to preside over the overall situation."

"Little dog, it really came so fast!" Zhu Youjian punched heavily on the white marble railing next to him, then turned his head and glanced fiercely at the Donghua Gate in the distance, and finally made up his mind to gamble at all costs determination.At the end, Zhu Youjian turned to Feng Quan and said in a low voice: "Old Feng Ge, don't worry, we haven't lost completely yet. Let's go out of the palace with this king, and go to my house to discuss big plans!"

(End of this chapter)