Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 401: The picture shows the dagger

The emperor was not a fool. When he saw this scene, he knew that Ma Tao had betrayed him, so he didn't say much and wanted to rush out with his people.

But how could Jia Rui let them out? Jia Rui waved his hand and hundreds of dragon guards rushed out from behind Ma Tao to block the emperor and others.

"What do you want to do?" the emperor asked solemnly.

Jia Rui walked up to the emperor, looked him up and down, and then said with a smile: "The emperor has worked hard during this time and has reduced his income a lot."

There was sarcasm in Jia Rui's tone, saying that the emperor's agencies were too clever in their calculations and ended up counting Qingqing's life instead.

The emperor looked up to the sky and laughed, "Although you may succeed for a while, don't forget that the emperor's elite are in the capital camp. These people are loyal to the royal family. In addition to the capital camp, there are hundreds of people in the border and inland courts. Ten thousand troops, even if you can succeed for a while, how long can you be happy?"

Jia Rui shook his head and said nothing more to the emperor. He turned to Ma Tao and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty Bin Tian, ​​your Majesty will stay in front of His Majesty's spirit for seven to seven forty-nine days. No one is allowed to disturb you."

"General, I understand." Ma Tao agreed simply.

Then he ordered one of his cronies, Baihu, to capture the emperor. As for the dozens of armored guards standing beside him, they did not dare to move.

Then, the emperor was pushed to the back hall of Longshou Palace and placed under strict guard.

Jia Rui frowned and stood in the courtyard thinking for a moment, then glanced around and found that Xia Shouzhong was not there.

"Why isn't Xia Shouzhong here?"

Upon hearing Jia Rui's question, a clever little eunuch suddenly crawled over and said quickly: "Xia Shouzhong is in the Yangxin Hall."

Jia Rui nodded, then waved his hand and led Ma Tao and the palace guards straight to the Yangxin Hall.

On the way to the Yangxin Hall, Jia Rui said a few more words to Ma Tao. Ma Tao nodded quickly, and then sent out manpower to deliver the message. After a while, the three thousand infantrymen transferred to the palace by the emperor commanded the Yamen. The soldiers exited the palace.

At this time, Xia Shouzhong, who was in the Yangxin Hall, was also anxiously waiting for news from the emperor's side.

Next to me, there was an old man with a white beard stroking his beard, pretending to be eating tea and reading a book, as if he was very leisurely.

"Oh, my old gentleman, what time has it been? Are you still in the mood to read?"

The old man touched his beard, put down the book in his hand, and replied with a smile: "Haha, we have already calculated everything on this matter. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will. What's the use of being anxious anymore?"

"Old sir, do you think the emperor can succeed this time?"

The old man picked up the tea bowl and took a sip and said: "The Emperor gave all the military talismans to the Emperor. As long as these military talismans are there, Jia Rui can't make any trouble."

"Then I'll feel more at ease."

While they were talking, there was a burst of noise outside.

"The emperor is back?" Xia Shouzhong said in surprise.

The old man with the white beard also stood up insistently, shaking his sleeves and getting ready to greet the emperor.

But what they didn't expect was that it was not the emperor who broke in, but Jia Rui.

I only saw that Jia Rui was now surrounded by countless soldiers. They had surrounded the Yangxin Hall, and he himself had broken into the inner hall with dozens of people.

When Xia Shouzhong and the old man saw Jia Rui, their faces turned white, because Jia Rui's appearance here meant that the emperor had failed.

Jia Rui looked at the two of them and nodded. He was not interested in Xia Shouzhong, but he was still somewhat interested in the old man.

This old man is the think tank hired by the emperor, and he has been helping the emperor with advice over the years. But Jia Rui just heard that he hasn’t seen it yet, and today he finally met him in person.

Unfortunately, even if he was interested again, Jia Rui was not prepared to say anything to him. He just looked the old man up and down and waved his hand coldly.

The soldiers behind immediately came over with knives and guns, and chopped Xia Shouzhong and the old man into pieces without thinking.

Then, Jia Rui said to Ma Tao beside him: "Everyone in Yangxin Hall will be executed."

After saying that, he left.

Without saying a word, Ma Tao immediately ordered people to start a massacre in the Yangxin Palace. From the emperor's trusted eunuchs and maids to the ordinary young eunuchs, no one was spared. The Yangxin Palace was filled with blood overnight.

The chaos in the palace naturally affected other places, such as the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace.

Yesterday, the Supreme Emperor's health was already failing. She originally wanted to serve the Supreme Emperor, but he was kicked out by the Supreme Emperor, leaving the Emperor alone.

Until now, she didn't know what happened to the Supreme Emperor. Just now she heard the loud shouts of killing in the palace, which made the Queen Mother feel uneasy.

So he quickly sent out a few clever eunuchs around him to go out and find out the news.

As a result, these young eunuchs were hacked to death at the gate of Cining Palace as soon as they left the palace.

Now the Empress Dowager knew that something had happened in the palace, so she quickly ordered people to close the palace door tightly and no one was allowed to open the door.

At this time, Jia Rui was sitting in the court room rubbing his eyes.

"Qin Shun!"

"My slave is here." Qin Shun immediately stood up respectfully.

Qin Shun, this guy, has fallen out of favor during this period, and was sent to the corner of the corner by the Supreme Emperor, waiting to be settled after the Emperor takes power.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was defeated by Jia Rui, and Jia Rui needed someone to manage the harem, so he naturally brought Qin Shun back.

After all, Qin Shun and Jia Rui are relatively familiar with each other, so who should they use? Wouldn't it be better to use your own people?

"When the Supreme Emperor dies, should we ring the bell according to the rules and let the civil and military officials of the dynasty know about it?"

"Sir, this is the rule." Qin Shun said cautiously. "Then let's get started."

"Slave, let's do it now."

After saying this, Qin Shun respectfully withdrew.

At this time, Jia Rui was sitting leisurely in the court room drinking tea, thinking about what to do next.

First of all, in terms of military power, Jia Rui is still very relieved, because now most of the military power in the imperial court is in his own hands. Even if one or two are not under his control, it is not a big deal. In the face of the general trend, these people are just You can go with the trend, otherwise you will be drowned by the huge waves.

The second one is the yamen at all levels where we are relatively weak.

The time for his rise is still short, unlike others who have arranged it for decades and have disciples and officials all over the world.

Above the court, Jia Rui barely controlled the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War and half of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Outside the court, Jia Rui's control was even weaker.

If there is a change of dynasty now, the world will inevitably be in turmoil.

It seems that it is better to stabilize the situation first and be "Cao Cao" for a few days, Jia Rui thought with some regret.

The bells began to ring.

This time the bell did not ring just three times like before, but one after another and kept ringing.

When the bell rang, some officials who understood had already begun to count the numbers silently until they reached seventy-two, and their expressions changed.

This is the death knell of the death of the Supreme Being.

Well-informed officials immediately understood that the Emperor was gone.

The officials of the emperor's line are now rejoicing.

Once the Supreme Emperor dies, it will finally be the emperor's turn to take charge of the world, and they can let go.

And everyone in Jia Rui's family felt like they were mourning for their heirs.

Jia Rui was the Emperor's most trusted favorite. Once the Emperor passed away, the Emperor would definitely regard Jia Rui as a thorn in his side, and the results for those Jia Rui's followers would not be much better.

In this panic, these civil and military ministers waited until dawn.

After that, they each put on court clothes, then put on white clothes outside, and arrived at the entrance of the palace one after another.

The death of the Supreme Emperor is not a small matter. Today we should discuss how to arrange the funeral of the Supreme Emperor?

Soon the palace door will open as usual, and these ministers will enter from the side door in twos and threes and arrive at the court room.

First they came in and saw Jia Rui sitting there drinking tea.

Chen Guozi glanced at Jia Rui intently. He didn't expect Jia Rui to come to the palace early. There was something wrong with this.

When the other civil and military ministers saw Jia Rui, they stayed away as if they were seeing a snake or a scorpion.

Only Shen Wence and Jia Yucun walked over helplessly.

The two of them wanted to keep a distance from Jia Rui, but it was useless to keep the distance. No one in the whole court knew that the two of them were Jia Rui's true confidants.

"Sir, what should we do next?" Shen Wence asked at a loss.

Jia Yucun was even more direct, "Sir, why don't we resign? Maybe we can save our family."

Jia Rui glanced at these two people, his face full of disgust.

"Don't be afraid, the sky won't fall." Jia Rui said this firmly.

Shen Wence and Jia Yucun finally relaxed a little, but they were still on tenterhooks.

"It's almost time, let's go to the morning court." After saying this, Jia Rui stood up and walked out.

Seeing this scene, the other civil and military ministers could only follow Jia Rui to the Qianqing Gate Hall.

When they came to the main hall, they stood according to Wen Dong and Wu Xi. Jia Rui was still standing at the front.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, there was finally movement behind the Qianqing Gate Hall, and everyone thought that the emperor had finally arrived.

But unexpectedly, the person who came was not the emperor, but Zhao Jin, the emperor's personal eunuch.

Now Zhao Jin's face was full of frustration, and he was followed by four or five strong eunuchs.

He came to the front of the main hall, took out a volume of imperial edict from behind, opened it and read: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says: The emperor passed away. I am sad and unable to deal with the affairs of the government. I specially order Jia Rui, the chief assistant scholar of the cabinet. I am in charge of the country temporarily and admire this."

After finishing reading, Zhao Jin trotted down the imperial steps to Jia Rui's side, and respectfully handed over the imperial edict.

"Master Jia, this is the imperial edict. Please take it."

When Chen Guozi, who was standing next to Jia Rui, saw this scene, his eyelids jumped a few times, and then immediately lowered them.

Jia Rui did not accept the imperial edict, but said helplessly: "The emperor is in his prime, and he should be able to recover soon. There is no need for me to temporarily take charge of the state affairs, right?"

(End of this chapter)