I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23 Emergencies
Kunning hall, east side hall.

Liu Gang was wearing a gold silk-trimmed flying fish suit, with a long knife on his waist, knelt on one knee, cupped his hands and looked at Li Tiandao respectfully:
"See Your Majesty for a humble position."

Looking at the majestic Liu Gang, Li Tian waved his hand to signal Liu Gang to get up, and said with a half-smile:

"Do you know why I am looking for you?"

Liu Gang got up and stood still, and took out the jade pendant engraved with the words "The Six Palaces of Yushi" from his bosom, and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty called me for this jade pendant?"

Li Tian narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the respectful Liu Gang, and said coldly:

"Zhang Qinghuan is wearing the queen's token, why did you take it away?"

Liu Gang bowed and worshiped, neither humble nor overbearing said:

"This female domestic slave attacked the palace city. As the commander of Jinyiwei, it is natural to arrest her and interrogate her. Besides, this woman is the daughter of Zhang Yiliang, the minister who conspired against him. I have been looking for her for a long time."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Tian got up slowly, walked around Liu Gang twice, and said in a deep voice:

"Liu Gang, are you still the commander of Jinyiwei?"

"The humble position has always been His Majesty's commander and has never changed."

Li Tian snorted noncommittally when he heard the words, held the queen's token in Liu Gang's hand, and said lightly:
"Well, I order you to send the 83 members of Zhang Yiliang's family to the palace immediately."

Liu Gang's face changed slightly when he heard the words, he gritted his teeth, clasped his fists and said:
"Zhang Yiliang conspired against the imperial court, Your Majesty forgives the humble position for making it difficult to obey."

"Liu Gang, are you disrespecting the order now?"

"I dare not to be humble."

"Then I'll say it again, I order you to send the 83 members of Zhang Yiliang's family into the palace immediately."

A look of struggle flashed across Liu Gang's face, and he prostrated himself in the tunnel again:

"Zhang Yiliang conspired against the imperial court and intended to rebel. Your Majesty forgives the humble position for making it difficult to obey."

Li Tian was furious when he heard the words. This was the first time since he became emperor that a courtier contradicted him twice.

"Liu Gang, I'll ask you again, whether you want to give it or not."

Seeing that the emperor was already furious, Liu Gang didn't dare to contradict him for the third time, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Humble post obeys the order."

After saying that, Liu Gang stood up, turned around and walked out of the hall.

Looking at the back of Liu Gang leaving, Li Tian fell into deep thought.

In his memory, Liu Gang had no children, and he would not have been coerced by others, and he let Liu Gang enter the palace with a sword. If Liu Gang had evil intentions, then he would have died tragically by his sword.

All the inferences were overturned, and Li Tian couldn't figure out why Liu Gang insisted on disobedience.

Half an hour passed, and no eunuch reported to Liu Gang to escort Zhang Yiliang's family into the palace city, Li Tian's heart beat wildly, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong, Liu Gang took Zhang Yiliang and ran away."

Panting, Huang Yan rushed directly into the Dongpian Hall, bowed his head to Li Tian and said quickly.

Ran?

How dare Liu Gang play with him the trick of building plank roads openly and keeping Chen Cang secretly?

Suppressing the soaring anger, Li Tian looked at Huang and sternly shouted:
"How did you run, tell me the truth."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Liu Gang said earlier that he was ordered by His Majesty to escort Zhang Yiliang into the palace, but the old slave didn't care, but who knew that Liu Gang took Zhang Yiliang directly out of the capital from Nancheng, if there were no old slaves in Nancheng, I'm afraid the old slave is still kept in the dark."

Oh shit!

This bastard dared to play with me.

Li Tiantian's face was livid, and he immediately said coldly:

"According to my decree, the commander of Jinyiwei made Liu Gang vainly attempt to assassinate me. The matter was revealed, and he fled in a hurry. He ordered the three divisions of the prefectures to arrest him with all their strength. Whoever catches Liu Gang will be promoted to three ranks and rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

Seeing the emperor's angry appearance, Huang Yan didn't dare to interrupt, he hurriedly responded and trotted out of the Dongpian Hall.

Seeing Huang Yan coming in a hurry and then walking away, Queen Zhang knew that something big must have happened, so she hurried into the Dongpian Hall. Seeing that Li Tian was unscathed, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked:
"Your Majesty, what happened?"

Li Tian took a deep breath, handed the jade pendant back to Queen Zhang, and said coldly:
"Liu Gang took Zhang Yiliang and ran away."

Hearing that the commander of Jinyiwei, the third rank, led the prisoner away, Empress Zhang dropped her eyes, but Li Tian was furious now, and Empress Zhang didn't dare to ask more questions, but said softly:

"The whole world belongs to His Majesty, so where can he go, Liu Gang?"

Li Tian nodded slightly when he heard the words, and his emotions calmed down a lot from the anger just now. After explaining a few words to Empress Zhang, Li Tian quickly walked out of the Kunning Palace, got on the dragon chariot and went straight to the cabinet.

Miyagi is now closed. Unless it is an emergency on the frontier, no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace at night. Of course, Jinyiwei and Dongchang are not included.

As soon as he arrived at the cabinet, Li Tian went straight to the back cabinet and shouted loudly:
"Who is on duty tonight?"

The scholar guarding the cabinet tonight is none other than Huang Zhun, a scholar of the Martial Arts Hall who stayed up all night writing the law on household reform. Hearing the voice of the emperor, Huang Zhun hurriedly put down his pen and pushed the door open.

"My humble minister joins His Majesty."

After waving his hands, Li Tian quickly stepped into the cabinet, and when Huang Zhun sat down, he said in a deep voice:
"Zhongchang, Liu Gang, the commander of Jinyiwei, took Zhang Yiliang and ran away."

Huang Zhun has been an official for more than [-] years, and this is the first time that the commander of the Jin Yiwei took the prisoner to escape, and he cupped his hands and said:

"May I ask Your Majesty why Liu Gang took Zhang Yiliang and fled in such a hurry?"

Li Tian shook his head to express his ignorance, and then said:

"I came to the cabinet because I want you to help me plan an express delivery for eight hundred miles."

Babaili Express is the fastest transmission of the imperial decree in the Ming Dynasty, which is similar to the Twelve Golden Orders in the Song Dynasty. However, unlike the Song Dynasty, only the Ministry of War and the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty had the edict of the Eight Hundred Li Express. that power.

Hearing that the emperor wanted to make an urgent delivery of [-] miles, Huang Zhun's face immediately turned serious, and he laid out a pen and said:
"Your Majesty please speak."

"It is planned to command Li Min in Fujian, and let him rush to Beijing without taking a short rest in the state capital along the way."

It was just a sentence, Huang Zhun finished writing it easily, and handed it over to the Hanlin scholar who was waiting all the way, Huang Zhun turned around and asked:

"Your Majesty asked Li Min to go to Beijing quickly, but he was worried that the journey would be long and something might happen on the way?"

Li Tian nodded, his brows and eyes were full of worry and said:

"I don't know why Liu Gang disobeyed orders for no reason, but Zhang Yiliang, I can be sure that he must know something serious."

Reminiscent of the rebellion of the mountain people in Yanping Prefecture, Fujian, Huang Zhun said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, Zhang Yiliang is likely to be framed for the scapegoat. The key lies in Fujian Commander Li Min. If he doesn't report the truth, who is he covering up for?"

Huang Zhun's words were right, Li Tian couldn't stop nodding and said:

"This is also what I am most confused about. Li Min is a dignified commander of Fujian, who else is worthy of his concealment?"

Li Min?Li Min!
Huang Zhun's heart skipped a beat, and a long-rumored event suddenly came to mind.

Looking at Huang Zhun who hesitated to speak, Li Tian said in a deep voice:
"Zhongchang, what do you want to say?"

Huang Zhun took a deep breath and said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, Fujian Commander Li Min seems to be a second-class Jinshi of Gengchen Division in the second year of Jianwen."

(End of this chapter)