Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 39 Bloody Night in the Imperial Capital ([-])
With the order of Chongzhen, the Beijing soldiers who had been waiting outside the Huangji Gate for a long time filed in, and soon surrounded the ministers inside and outside the Huangji Gate.

Wang Chengen stood beside the throne, took the imperial decree from Wang Erxi behind him, and began to read it out.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Wei Zaode, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, has not thought about sharing the country's worries since he took office. He has been corrupt and accepted bribes. In March of the 14th year of Chongzhen, he accepted bribes of 8 taels of silver. In May, he accepted a total of 8000 taels of silver from local officials. In August, in the name of disaster relief, a hundred thousand shi of grain and fodder were greedy and sold to profiteers."

"In January of the 15th year of Chongzhen, 3000 taels of bribes were received, and in October, 4000 taels of local tributes were received..."

"The 16th year of Chongzhen..."

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"Remove Wei Zaode's official clothes, dismiss him for investigation, and detain him!"

During this period, Wei Zaode didn't say a word. He couldn't count how many corrupt and law-breaking things he had done in the past few years. unstable.

Three or five soldiers around him had already taken off Wei Zaode's official cap, removed his official clothes, held Wei Zaode's arms from left to right, and pushed him down.

"Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not think about the difficulties of the country. He privately sold imperial firearms and armor to profiteers, and even lost the country's most important weapons to thieves and prisoners. He committed a heinous crime. He was dismissed and investigated, waiting to be punished!"

Zhang Jinyan, the minister of the Ministry of War who heard his name, couldn't stand any longer, and fell to his knees with a plop, screaming for injustice.

But the soldiers of the Beijing camp behind him would not listen to his excuses. The peasant army besieged the capital twice. The firearms in the hands of the peasant army had killed many of their brothers. Only now did they know that the firearms that killed their robes came from their most respected military department. The hand of Shangshu.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp who were spitting fire in their eyes slapped Zhang Jinyan's black gauze cap roughly, took off his official clothes, ignored the crying and paralyzed Zhang Jinyan, and dragged him down like a dead body.

"Li Jiantai, the right servant of the Ministry of Investigation and Officials..."

The imperial case behind the eunuch was covered with imperial edicts like hills. Wang Chengen read out one, and Wang Erxi took it, and then handed over another one, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp immediately took one away.

Although the Huangji Hall was packed tightly, the atmosphere was extremely strange. Only Wang Chengen's sharp voice resounded through the hall, while Chongzhen watched everything below with cold eyes from the throne.

Surrounded by soldiers of the Beijing camp with sabers in hand, the ministers who were named were known to be doomed, and most of them were limp on the ground. There were also a few tough generals who tried to break away from the guards, but were immediately hacked to death by soldiers with knives.

Blood splattered on the stone pillars of Huangji Hall, and then dripped all over the ground. This hall, which has stood in Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, is bloody and rainy tonight.

In the Beijing city outside the imperial city, the night is filled with darkness. The entire capital city is under martial law. All the city gates are closed. All the soldiers of the Beijing camp are standing by. Looking at the brightly lit imperial city, his face was solemn.

In Jinyiwei's yamen, the lights were brightly lit.

Due to the importance of the matter, Liu Hongjian did not inform Jin Yiwei Liang Yang and others of this action until he had discussed the specific matters with Emperor Chongzhen.

Liang Yang was shocked, but his face was full of excitement. Corrupt officials, corrupt officials, and people's persecution once made him feel disheartened. Now he understands how calm the young man in front of him is. .

I also understand why Liu Hongjian has been asking the Jinyiwei to step up their drills recently, and even divide them into units of [-] households.

Liang Yang knew the danger of this operation, but he didn't have the slightest fear on his face. The Liang family had inherited Jinyiwei for three generations. He had seen the cruel Shangguan before, and he had also seen the greedy and lustful Shangguan.

He has been dormant, waiting for the opportunity to eliminate thieves for the country and show his talents. It has been 30 years, until his beard and hair are grey. Now, the opportunity has come. He glanced at the somewhat reckless young man in front of him. Let me walk with you!

At [-]:[-] p.m., when the appointed time was up, Liu Hongjian, Liang Yang, Zhang Shun, Chang Yu and others walked out from the Commander's Yamen. Chang Yu dragged a stack of documents in his hand, which was the list of all the officials who had been accused of crimes.

Outside the commanding yamen of the Jinyiwei, there were densely packed Jinyiwei's cavalry, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a time, although the Jinyiwei who had already been reborn did not know what was the arrangement for the sudden summoning of them at night.

But the different atmosphere in the capital tonight has already made them feel excited, something big is about to happen, Jin Yiwei is finally going to regain his glory!
The torches illuminated the resolute but excited faces of the Tiqi in front of them. Liu Hongjian stood outside the Jinyiwei yamen, surrounded by silence, and the breeze blew up, blowing Liu Hongjian's gorgeous python robe.

Everyone is waiting for him to call the shots.

"Warriors, you once eradicated thieves for the country and enjoyed the supreme glory! However, the way of heaven collapsed and corrupt officials caused chaos. Tonight, join me to eradicate traitors and be loyal to the country!"

"Eliminate the traitor! Be loyal to the country!"

"Eliminate the traitor! Be loyal to the country!"

Everyone shouted out with all their might, and then Chang Yu dispatched tasks to all the cavalry to distribute the cavalry forces according to the size of the corrupt official's position and the number of servants in his family after investigation.

The Tiqi who received the task quickly disappeared into the night, either under the general banner or under the leadership of the hundred household officials.

Arriving at the designated mansion, a few skilled riders took a ladder into the wall, and then the door opened.

"According to the holy decree, to arrest the traitor, everyone will be arrested on their knees, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!" A high-voiced Tiqi took the lead and rushed into the mansion, shouting.

The house suddenly became chaotic, disheveled servants, maidservants, wives and concubines rushed out of the house screaming, and saw that the courtyard was surrounded by Jinyi guards holding embroidered spring knives, and then fell to their knees with a cry...

"According to the holy decree, to arrest the traitor, everyone will be captured on their knees, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!" Such scenes were being staged everywhere in the capital, and the Jinyi guards were all proud, rushing into the mansion to control the scene.

Not all servants of officials are captured without a fight. Zhang Jinyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, has more than 50 strictly trained servants in his home. Most of these servants are generals who have retired from the frontier army, and all of them have experienced many battles.

The Jinyiwei, who hadn't fought for a long time, took control of the situation with the superiority of their numbers until more than a dozen brothers fell down.Blood is being shed everywhere in the capital, from family members of corrupt officials trying to escape punishment, and from young Jin Yiwei.

Liu Hongjian and Liang Yang, who were in command of Jinyiwei's yamen, watched the situation in the capital with serious expressions. Tiqi came to report the situation from time to time. Wherever there was resistance, Liu Hongjian immediately sent more people.

From Huangji Hall to Huangji Gate, from East Chang'an Avenue to West Chang'an Avenue, against the backdrop of dots of fire, the capital city was shrouded in a chilling atmosphere.

No sleep tonight.

(End of this chapter)