Ming Dynasty Road

Chapter 29
Beijing City, Supervisor of Rituals

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Inside the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Wei Zhongxian slapped a pair of old palms heavily on the desk, and said with a cold expression: "This Zhao Yi is too courageous to report that our family has colluded with the Qing army. The emperor has already issued a note. It seems that the capital is going to be chaotic." After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, a fierce light flashed in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, and then he closed his eyes, and the fierce murderous aura disappeared immediately, and he returned to his usual lazy look, and then said slowly: " It seems that the emperor can't hold back anymore. Although he didn't cause any trouble for our family this time, he heard from the people around the emperor that the emperor has ordered that doll named Zhao Yi to enter Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei and Dongchang are in opposition, Zhicheng, let’s put everything aside recently, it is necessary to be cautious, the emperor is a smart man, at this time the emperor should know that it is not time to turn against our family, that is Zhao Yi Don’t act rashly, lest you lose your tongue and be caught by the emperor. I heard that the little doll named Zhao Yi organized some people to go to Shengjing. I heard that the emperor appreciated it when he knew about it. Longyan is very happy, Zhicheng , Find someone trustworthy to go to the Qing Dynasty to talk about it, let’s borrow a knife to kill people, destroy their plan, see the emperor still laughing, ha ha..."

"Zhicheng understands." Even though he said this, Zeng Zhicheng was still unwilling. His godson was shown by Zhao Yi, and now the emperor has recruited him into Jinyiwei, and the emperor is very satisfied with this Zhao Yi , Zeng Zhicheng gritted his teeth fiercely.

At this time, the little eunuch standing behind Wei Zhongxian had already brought a cup of hot tea to Wei Zhongxian's hand. Wei Zhongxian caught it slowly, lifted the cover and blew the tea foam on the tea, and said casually: "Now the six parts are basically in the hands of Wei Zhongxian. In our hands, the guys in the cabinet are all fools. The emperor can't find a chance to put his own people in the capital. If Zhao Yi's little baby Shengjing's plan succeeds this time, I'm afraid Jin Yiwei will overwhelm him. Now that the East Factory is in the limelight, the emperor has a reason to transfer him to work in Beijing."

"Nine thousand years old, we must stop him. If he enters the capital and gains a foothold in the middle of the capital, the emperor will have a bargaining chip. Our plan will not be easy." Seeing Wei Zhongxian like this Said, Zeng Zhicheng said anxiously.

Wei Zhongxian listened to Zeng Zhicheng's babbling without moving. After Zeng Zhicheng finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and said, "Well, this Zhao can't stay. If he is here, sooner or later it will be a disaster!"

Zeng Zhicheng looked at Wei Zhongxian suddenly, and said in surprise: "Nine thousand years old mean to ask someone to do it?"

Wei Zhongxian smiled slightly, took a sarcastic look at Zeng Zhicheng, and said, "The boy surnamed Zhao had an accident just when he said that our family was in collusion with the Qing army. Isn't this in response to our family's collusion with the Qing army? Stupid, press Let’s do what I said, it’s not Dongchang, it’s the emperor who wants to do it, destroy their plan, you think all the people they sent to Manchuria are dead, and Emperor Zhao still thinks that Zhao Yi has the right to oppose us ?"

Zeng Zhicheng said awkwardly: "Then the emperor will...?" Zeng Zhicheng made a gesture on his neck as he spoke, assuming a killing posture.

"You don't understand, the current emperor is not like his good-for-nothing brother. He has a great desire for power. Now all the civil and military powers in the court are our people. Suddenly there is a man who can fight, and he is not on our side. Of course, the emperor set it up to fight against us, but if that Zhao Yi even messed up the matter of infiltrating the Qing Dynasty, the emperor will definitely feel that he is unusable, so he will give up this chess piece and continue to bear it. It's not like crushing an ant to death, so the emperor is playing chess with us this time, if the emperor finds an opportunity to transfer Zhao Yi to the capital this time, I'm afraid our life will not be too easy."

Zeng Zhicheng suddenly realized, and quickly said: "Nine thousand years old, I understand!"

Wei Zhongxian sighed and said: "I didn't want to do this at first, so the emperor insisted on forcing me...Okay, you go down, I'm tired and need to rest."

Zeng Zhicheng backed out cautiously, Wei Zhongxian heaved a sigh of relief, fixed his eyes on the palace lantern of the chief of ceremonies, then closed his eyes, and said to himself naturally: "I didn't expect this day to come so soon. Since you made a move, it's a big deal." Let's kill the fish and break the net." After finishing speaking, Wei Zhongxian's figure fell into the darkness of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

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Civil Fortress, Garrison Camp
Zhao Yi's life is very ordinary. Apart from supervising the military training in the army every day, he enjoys springs with his beloved Zhao Yaoyao. His life is unrestrained and unrestrained.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yi was inspecting the grain and grass reserves in the army camp, when a soldier ran over panting, and called from afar, "Master Zhao, there is news!"

Zhao Yi was taken aback by the soldier's thoughtless words, and asked, "What news? You speak well."

The soldier hurriedly took a breath and said: "It's from Shengjing. There's news from there. It's a letter sent by flying pigeons. I don't dare to read it because of my humble job. I'm afraid it's urgent, so I sent it to you as soon as possible." He took out a flying pigeon secret letter from his arms.

It was only then that Zhao Yi knew that Zhou Tong had news. He didn't care about the matter at hand, so he quickly removed the wax from the letter. After looking at it, he realized that it was Zhou Tong who had sent the report. It turned out that Zhou Tong and others had already established a They set up a complete intelligence network, and even sent people to sneak into the green battalion to lurk. However, for some reason these days, the Manchu side suddenly started searching the entire city of Shengjing for Ming army spies. Several brothers He has already been taken away by the Qing army. This letter is to ask for instructions to start a rescue operation in Shengjing. The letter is to ask Zhao Yi what he means.

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Shengkyo
In order to prevent the intelligence network that was finally established from being destroyed, Zhao Yi had to bid farewell to his newlywed wife and hurried to Shengjing. The purpose of coming this time was to teach Man Qing a lesson himself, and to rescue the arrested spies.

In a courtyard in Shengjing, sitting around this group of people, old and young, dressed in different ways, some look like businessmen, some like coachmen, and some wear the uniforms of the Green Battalion. Why did Shengjing hold this large-scale gathering at the risk of being discovered when Shengjing was strictly investigating the secret agents of the Ming Dynasty.

That's because someone came from Daming. Today is the time when Zhao Yi came to Shengjing. Since Zhao Yi received Zhou Tong's letter, he hastened to discuss with Zhou Zhongyi. In the end, the two agreed that someone must have betrayed him. The news of the martial arts team sneaking into Shengjing would only be released by the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Yi said loudly: "Zhou Tong, please tell me about the situation this time in detail."

Hearing Zhao Yi's words, Zhou Tong said quickly: "Master Zhao, according to your arrangement, I have arranged for people to sneak into the green camp, and I have dispersed the rest of the personnel, and the people in Jinyiwei are all We have already infiltrated into other cities in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we have not exposed our targets, but for some unknown reason recently, the Eight Banners soldiers began to search the whole city. Caretaker, we were planning to rob the camp, but we were afraid of problems, so we sent a letter to report to the adults."

After Zhou Tong finished speaking, he retreated and waited for Zhao Yi's instructions. Zhao Yi thought for a while and said, "Zhou Tong, take a few people and take me to see the situation of the Eight Banners camp. The rest of the people will stay here."

Zhao Yi dressed up a bit, put on a melon skin hat, and continued a fake braid, then walked out of the small courtyard under Zhou Tong's guidance, and walked on the streets of Shengjing, which is the west gate of Shengjing, on the city. After the archery tower and urn city were built, outside the city was the camp where the Eight Banners soldiers were stationed. Tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers were stationed here to defend Shengjing.

The camp in the west of the city is a huge walled city, with hope towers and watch poles. In order to prevent people from attacking the camp, ditches and horse refusals were also set up. Groups of patrolling cavalry outside the camp roared past, and people inside the camp shouted and neighed. , It can be heard that the soldiers are training. Zhao Yi glanced at the camp from a distance, and couldn't help admiring: "What a fortified military camp."

Hearing Zhao Yi's exclamation, Zhou Tong and others nodded and said yes: "The camp in the west of the city is indeed heavily guarded and impregnable. I came here to check last time to rescue the brothers who were arrested, and I asked your lord for instructions because I was not sure. "

Zhao Yi said with a smile: "The Manchus brought people here instead of putting them in prisons for guarding because they were afraid that we would rob the prisons. If they were caught in the camp in the west of the city, they were waiting for us to fall into a trap."

Seeing that Zhao Yi also said the same thing, Zhou Tong said anxiously, "My lord, don't we save the captured brothers?"

Seeing Zhou Tong's eagerness, Zhao Yi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "People must be saved, but they must not rush in. Well, let's leave a smarter brother and change the terrain and patrols of the camp. Write down the time, let's go back first."

When everyone returned to the small courtyard, Zhao Yi further assigned tasks. One group was responsible for reconnaissance of the Xicheng camp, and the other group was responsible for inquiring about the residences of the Hanchens who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Shengjing.

Zhao Yi is planning to carry out an anti-traitor operation this time, to let those who surrendered to the Manchu Qing know that this is the end of being a traitor. Zhao Yi decided to make a big fuss in Shengjing this time.

After listening to Zhao Yi's words, the people present didn't waste any extra nonsense, but quickly got up and took orders, and scattered around the yard. There was no chatter with each other, only the sound of getting up halfway, obviously they were all well-trained spies.

Within a few hours, Zhao Yi received information from various sources that the personnel in charge of the Eight Banners camp in the west of the city had returned, and they had already figured out the troops and garrison situation of the camp in the west of the city. The map has also been drawn and placed on the table.

And another person responsible for inquiring about the residence of the Hanchens who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty has also returned, and handed a detailed information to Zhao Yi. Zhao Yi looked at the names of the personnel on the information, thought for a while and said: "Let's start with him."

(End of this chapter)