Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 869
Like Wynn, Shu Liang at this moment also had a strong fanatical reverence in his eyes.

Even if Zhu Qiyu is unwilling to attribute these things to the theory of ghosts and gods, but in many cases, people's superstition cannot be restrained.

Especially for those who serve personally like Shu Liang and Wynn, they know more about the inside story, so they naturally think more.

Carefully dusting off the dust from his body, Shu Liang walked forward in small steps to the porch, and said in a respectful voice as always.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the empress dowagers of the two palaces, the empresses, princes, and princesses in the harem are all safe and sound. Except for a few uninhabited palaces that have collapsed and damaged in disrepair, the rest of the palaces are very safe. Some utensils."

"In addition, in Changchun Palace and other places, there were people with malicious intentions who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make noise. The servants have arrested them all. Several of them resisted fiercely and were shot dead by the servants on the spot."

"Right now, the Empress and the Imperial Concubine are presiding over the overall situation in the harem, and the Empress ordered the servants to greet His Majesty..."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu finally turned around, and a trace of indiscernible relief flashed in his eyes.

Of course he knew exactly when the earthquake happened.

Concerned that if the prediction is too accurate, it will cause unnecessary speculation from the outside world, so he can only order the capital to continue to maintain the highest standard of defense and patrol in the past few days.

As a matter of course, the palace is naturally more cautious.

However, compared to outside the palace, he had fewer scruples inside the palace, so, basically, the arrangements were made for the time when the earthquake occurred.

As early as the evening of this night, he ordered people to check all the places in the palace that were prone to falling rocks and collapsed, and strictly prohibited everyone from approaching.

The concubines, princes, and princesses of the various palaces have all moved to the most stable palaces, and they have also stored enough water and food to be prepared.

In addition, he deliberately transferred Shu Liang to the palace to guard against all possible accidents, and strengthened the mobilization and arrangement of the palace defenses, with the purpose of maintaining the stability of the palace city to the greatest extent.

When the palace city of the capital was built, the problem of earthquakes was considered. Zhu Qiyu knew this very well.

Maybe the palace city will be easily damaged by disasters like lightning strikes and fires, but at least for the earth dragon to turn around, many palaces, including the three halls, are no problem.

As it turns out, it does.

Although it seemed that the earth was shaken just now, in fact, the main parts of the many palaces and pavilions in the entire Miyagi were basically damaged very little. Most of them were bricks and rubble scattered and fell, and did not cause too much damage.

Compared with natural disasters, it is obvious that man-made disasters are the ones that need to be guarded against the most, which is why Shu Liang stays in the harem.

However, it's still the same sentence, the palace is so big, there will always be some mice, just catch them...

The white rainbow was still in the sky, and the startled birds were flying around, but Zhu Qiyu didn't care, turned around and entered the hall, and ordered lightly.

"That's good, you go."

"A lot of things are going to happen in the capital tonight. The Jin Yiwei alone may not be able to take care of them. There will be no aftershocks in the future. Just follow what I told you before."

"Yes……"

Shu Liang and Wynn looked at each other, took two steps back tacitly, and turned around to go down.

As the emperor said, tonight, many things are going to happen...

…………

The palace was very peaceful, and order was quickly restored during the patrol led by Shu Liang and Sun Yong, but it was different outside the palace.

In the history of major disasters, chaos is most likely to occur. Although sufficient preparations have been made, various chaos still occurred in the city.

The first is the loss caused by the earthquake itself. The imperial palace of the capital was built with the best materials and hired all kinds of skilled craftsmen. Naturally, it has a good earthquake resistance. There are cases of collapse, not to mention the many homes of the common people.

Earthquakes have rarely occurred in the capital for many years. Therefore, even under the pressure of the emperor, the various yamen of the imperial court have made preparations for this matter as the most urgent thing, but many people do not believe it.

Many of them felt that the imperial court was messing around, and even felt that those vicious servants in Shuntian Mansion forcefully asked them to move out of the dilapidated old house, just looking for trouble.

But now, once the earthquake really hits, those old houses that were already on the verge of collapse collapsed one after another. Some of them ran fast and escaped in the yard, but those who couldn't run in time could only be crushed underneath , life or death unknown.

Houses collapsed, livestock ran around, bumped into everywhere, and many people with evil intentions took advantage of this opportunity to steal, rob, rape, under the catastrophe, the ugliness of human nature was fully exposed under the cover of night.

The rare lights in the capital are brightly lit, and there are even big fires ignited in several places. I don't know if it was an accident or someone set the fire. In short, it was a mess...

Ministry of War.

Yu Qian and Yu Shiyue, the first time they noticed the earthquake, had no time to think about it, they hurriedly changed into official uniforms, and immediately went to the Yamen to sit in charge.

"Meet Yu Shaobao!"

However, what Yu Qian didn't expect was that as soon as he stepped into the gate of the Ministry of War, he saw Lu Zhong, the Commander of Jin Yiwei in a flying fish robe, already waiting in the lobby of the Ministry of War.

"Yu Shaobao, now that the situation is urgent, I don't want to talk nonsense. Now that the earth dragon has turned over and the capital is in chaos, I have sent three thousand Jinyi guards to various yamen to maintain order."

"However, the area of ​​the capital city is complex, and it is difficult to take care of it with Jinyiwei alone. It is necessary to mobilize the five city soldiers, horses, and Beijing camp officers and troops to assist. This is His Majesty's imperial decree. Please check it with Shaobao and issue a copy of the troops. The imperial decree involves Eunuch Shu Liang has brought Dongchang Tiqi to pick up the leading generals and Yushi, and will arrive later..."

While talking, Lu Zhong took out a yellow silk imperial decree and handed it to Yu Qian.

Yu Qian unfolded it and saw that it was indeed written by the emperor himself, with a big seal on it, and it was signed by the military department, so there is no problem.

After hesitating for a while, he put away the imperial decree without saying much, and immediately summoned the Lang officials of the Ministry of War to prepare to issue the Kanhe.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yu Qian asked.

"Commander Lu came so fast, I don't know what's going on in the palace, how is Your Majesty doing?"

"Yu Shaobao, don't worry, Your Majesty, the empress dowagers of the two palaces, ladies and gentlemen, Your Highness are all safe and sound."

Yu Qian nodded, as if he wanted to ask something, but in the end, he still didn't ask, and within the time of these two sentences, there was already a commotion outside.

Countless censors in green robes, as well as generals of the Beijing camp, have come to the Ministry of War to receive their kanhe and go to dispatch troops after receiving their orders.

So, suppressing the vague doubts in his heart, Yu Qian immediately began to arrange specific affairs...

After going back to the harem and making sure that Wang and the others were fine, Zhu Qiyu was not idle and went directly to the Wenhua Palace.

Still the same sentence, no matter what kind of preparations you have made before, but under such power of heaven and earth, what people need most is confidence!
The Son of Heaven is faith!
As all the troops from Jinyiwei and Dongchang were scattered, order was quickly restored in each yamen.

Whether they just recovered from the panic, or the officials who have returned to the Yamen like Yu Qian, they all started to get busy in an orderly manner at the fastest speed amidst the orders issued by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.

Naturally, the same is true for the cabinet, because the Emperor Tun, the Donghua Gate is no longer locked, so all the cabinet ministers returned to the palace smoothly.

First, they had an audience with the Son of Heaven, and after confirming that the Son of Heaven was safe, they brought along a group of Zhongshu Scheeren, and also began to deal with various emergencies.

"Shuntian Mansion reported that the east city was on fire, and the arsonist has been arrested..."

"Soldiers and horses in the five cities are playing. There are 62 collapsed houses in the west city. There are [-] missing persons. Please transfer [-] officers and troops to assist..."

"Li Lei, the censor of the patrol city, said that 350 people have been homeless due to the earthquake. Please open a disaster relief shed to resettle the people..."

A series of memorials were delivered to the cabinet like flowing water, and then presented to the emperor's imperial case, and were distributed to the various yamen as quickly as possible.

Zhu Qiyu's hands didn't stop at all, and there were figures of important ministers coming to pay their respects, and before he knew it, the sky was getting brighter.

"My lord, Yu Shaobao of the Ministry of War, and Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of Households have been ordered to meet with the Marquis, and the other ministers are also waiting outside."

Seeing that the memorial was finally dealt with almost, Wynn dared to come forward and persuade him carefully.

"Why don't you rest for a while, in half an hour, it's time to go to court!"

However, Zhu Qiyu didn't answer, rubbed his eyes lightly, looked up at the sky, and said to Cheng Jing who had been with him all night.

"Cheng Jing, go and deliver the decree, and you will be exempted from court today."

what?
Cheng Jing blinked, but didn't react for a moment.

Although he knew very well that the emperor had already dealt with government affairs all night, so he should be very tired at this time.

However, exempt from court?
Although it is said that many ministers have been summoned this night, but after all, they are only a few, and the earthquake has just happened, how can I say that the emperor should show his face in front of the ministers, so as to reassure the court ministers.

Seeing that Cheng Jing hesitated, Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said.

"You're going to pass the decree. These people outside must have held back a lot of things to say at this time, but I don't want to hear it, so let them go."

As for the character of these ministers, Zhu Qiyu is still clear.

Perhaps many of them put more emphasis on practice than theory, but there are also many who put more emphasis on lies than practice. Right now is the time after the earthquake, and what is needed is for everyone to devote their energies to disaster relief. He has no time Listen to these people talk about the relationship between heaven and man, and talk about the principles of cultivating morality and prudence.

Showing his face or something, he met enough ministers this night, the chief officials of all ministries, courts, and cabinets, which was enough to calm people's hearts.

Therefore, Cheng Jing didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly went outside to announce the decree.

Not to mention the situation where all the ministers were discussing after receiving the decree of exempting the court, at this time, Yu Qian and Shen Yi were led to the Wenhua Palace.

They have also been busy all night, but at this moment, having been summoned by the emperor, they still dare not neglect in the slightest.

"See Your Majesty!"

The two entered the hall, first looked at the throne, but saw no one on it, then glanced to the side, and saw that the emperor was wearing a blue-colored dark dragon and cloud pattern narrow-sleeved regular clothes, a plain winged crown on his head, and a Simply hanging a jade pendant, standing with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this situation, Yu Qian hadn't reacted yet, but Shen Yi was careful, and immediately noticed that the emperor's attire seemed to be...

"The two gentlemen are here, so there is no need to be polite."

Sure enough, the emperor turned around, waved his hand, and said.

"The capital city has just been hit by a disaster. I have received a lot of reports this night. However, no matter how many reports I receive, I can't compare them to seeing them with my own eyes. If you two are free, you might as well accompany me out of the palace and go to the capital in person. How about looking around?"

What the hell?
out of the palace?

Yu Shaobao and Shen Shangshu were shocked.

Your Majesty, there are a lot of officials waiting for you to go to court. It's fine if you say no to court, why are you running outside the palace?

Now, you think it's a trivial matter for the emperor to go out of the palace, right?
Ignoring the astonishment in the eyes of the two, Zhu Qiyu turned his head and glanced at the servant next to him. Only then did Yu Qian and Shen Yi realize that the two seemingly ordinary eunuchs standing beside the emperor at the moment were Huai En and Shu Liang. A big pen.

Sensing the emperor's gaze, Shu Liang who was standing aside immediately bowed and said.

"My lord, the car is ready, it's just outside the Xihua Gate, ready to go at any time."

"Your Majesty, it is very important for the emperor to go out of the palace. Now the earth dragon has just turned over in the capital, and it is very chaotic everywhere. Your majesty is rich in gold and jade. If there is a slight discrepancy, I will wait for death. I implore your majesty..."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was about to walk out, Shen Yi gave a wry smile, and hurriedly stepped forward, persuading his scalp.

While talking, he gave Yu Qian a wink and asked him to help persuade him.

Shen Yi also just came in after a busy night outside, so he naturally knew how chaotic the capital is now, even in ordinary times, the emperor needs to be more cautious when going out of the palace, let alone this time.

The emperor also gave face, stopped and turned to ask.

"What do you think, Mr. Yu?"

Shen Shangshu looked at Yu Shaobao expectantly, and then...

"I would like to obey His Majesty's will!"

I*!

Yu Qian, you have changed!
You weren't like this before...

How could he become like that old guy Wang Wen now, without principles!

This is the emperor's departure from the palace, and under such circumstances, such a hasty decision?

Sensing the emperor's gaze turning back, Shen Yi looked embarrassed, looked at Yu Qian who was beside him in disbelief, looked him up and down, and couldn't help but feel a little doubt in his heart.

This product, can't it be fake?
On the contrary, the emperor didn't show anything special, and smiled as he expected.

"In that case, let's go..."

So, Shen Yi kept a bunch of words of remonstrance in his heart, and glared at Yu Qian gloomily, but Yu Qian's expression didn't fluctuate at all, and he followed the emperor out of the palace gate.

In desperation, Shen Shangshu sighed heavily and said.

"Hey, wait for me..."

As he spoke, he also took steps to follow, and left the Wenhua Palace...

(End of this chapter)