Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 458 The fish takes the bait

I don't know why, but the soldiers guarding the Qianqing Palace were very depressed.

Zhou Heng led more than a hundred eunuchs and defeated hundreds of soldiers.

In the end, they were stunned to break into the Qianqing Palace, and many of the imperial soldiers guarding the Qianqing Palace dispersed in a hurry.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Heng was very proud. Look, he still has some military commanding talents.

After the emperor returns to the throne, should he ask for a favor from the emperor and transfer himself to the army and become an admiral of the Nine Gates or an envoy of the Beijing Camp?

In this infinite narcissism, Zhou Heng met the emperor.

When the emperor saw Zhou Heng coming in with his people, he was overjoyed. Half of his work was done.

"Zhou Aiqing, how is the situation outside?"

Seeing the emperor, Zhou Heng quickly fell to his knees.

"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor."

The emperor quickly helped Zhou Heng up, and then said: "How long has it been? You are still talking about these trivial details. How about the situation outside?"

"Back to the Emperor, Wei Chen led more than a hundred warrior eunuchs to kill the imperial army and broke in. Please Your Majesty, please follow me to the Qianqing Gate Hall."

The emperor was overjoyed at first, but then he frowned, "The soldiers of the Forbidden Army are all brave men of our country. How can you kill them with those eunuchs?"

It's not that the emperor looked down on the people Zhou Heng brought, it was mainly that the emperor knew the character of these people too well.

Look at the people standing behind Zhou Heng. They are all fat and big-eared, and they look like they are not working hard. Isn't this a joke that people like this can kill the Forbidden Army?

Zhou Heng had already thought of this before entering the palace, but he also thought of a possible route for himself.

"Your Majesty, although the Forbidden Army is brave, it has no backbone and is nothing more than a mess. Facing loyal and brave men like us, they don't dare to resist."

The emperor rubbed his forehead after hearing this. He couldn't figure out why, so he could only temporarily believe Zhou Heng's words.

"Okay, don't talk about this, let's go to Qianqingmen Hall as soon as possible."

After saying that, the emperor took off a sword from the wall, held it tightly in his hand, and led the people out of the Qianqing Palace.

After arriving outside, the emperor saw that many of my soldiers had regrouped and walked towards this side.

When the emperor saw this scene, he immediately pulled out his sword, pointed at the imperial soldiers blocking the road in front and shouted loudly:

"I am the current emperor. Do you want to assassinate the king?"

The Forbidden Soldiers looked at each other when they heard the emperor's shout, and then they all fell to their knees without knowing who was leading.

"We don't dare. We came here to protect you, not to kill you."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction after hearing this

In fact, he did not believe the words of these Forbidden Army soldiers, but he also saw from these conversations that the Forbidden Army soldiers were already losing their hearts. It would be better to take this opportunity to win over the people, so that it would be easier to control the court.

"In that case, you will protect me from the outside."

After the emperor finished saying this, he took more than a hundred eunuchs and walked towards Qianqing Gate first.

The soldiers of the Forbidden Army were also very obedient, surrounding the emperor's periphery and not moving closer to the center.

In this way, by the time the emperor arrived behind the Qianqing Gate Hall, the number of Forbidden Soldiers under his command had reached two thousand.

These were all encountered along the way. After the emperor showed up and shouted, these Forbidden Soldiers obeyed obediently one by one.

By now, the emperor had completely believed that these Forbidden Soldiers had sincerely surrendered. Otherwise, so many of them would have chopped more than a hundred of them into pieces on the way.

Since he believed in these people, the emperor naturally wanted to make the best use of everything.

He summoned a Qianhu from the imperial army, "You lead the imperial army to block the Qianqing Gate. When the time comes, I will give you an order and you will take whoever I ask you to take, and you will kill whoever I ask you to kill."

"The minister obeys the order."

After saying that, the Imperial Guard Qianhu happily led his people to surround the Qianqing Gate with water.

Seeing that the Qianqing Gate was under his control, the emperor entered the Qianqing Gate main hall from the back door with great satisfaction.

After arriving at the main hall, I heard the ministers below whispering in groups. The entire Qianqingmen main hall was like a vegetable market.

The emperor was very angry. It had only been so long since he had not been in control of the court, and these people had already forgotten about it. It seemed that Jia Rui was really not suitable to be in power. A rough guy like this could only be his slave.

The emperor pretended to cough at the door, then led people into the hall and sat on the throne.

The ministers in the hall had already stood up again, and then cautiously peeked upward.

After they saw that there was only the emperor on the throne and no Jia Rui, they looked at each other, and then their eyes were tacit.

Now there is no personal eunuch beside the emperor.

Therefore, the emperor could only find a young eunuch who took refuge in him to act as a front, and let him lead him to deliver the message.

"Your Majesty has a decree. If you have a decree, you should report it early. If you don't have a decree, the court will be dismissed." As soon as these words were said, more than ten people knelt down.

"I have my own foundation."

The emperor looked down and found that the dozen or so people kneeling down were all neutrals in the past. They neither spoke to the emperor nor caused any trouble for Jia Rui in the court hall.

"If you have a copy, please play it."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, an old man with a white beard immediately said without hesitation: "Kou Gang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, impeaches the traitor Jia Rui."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Wence, who was standing at the front, stopped and stood up suddenly, pointing at the old guy and saying:

"You are talking nonsense. The Prime Minister is a minister of the Supreme Emperor and has made great contributions to the court. Who are you? How dare you talk such nonsense."

Kou Gang was not afraid of the stage. He directly pointed at Shen Wence and scolded: "If you rely on treacherous ministers, control the government, and ignore the emperor, you will not be able to atone for your sins even if you die. How can you have the face to talk to me in the court?"

Shen Wence was speechless when Kou Gang criticized him.

Moreover, this Kou Gang also had some connections in the court. Although he was only a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, there were quite a lot of officials under him in the thatched cottage.

If the situation is adverse, these officials will naturally not stand on Kou Gang's side. If the situation is favorable, then there will be many people who support him.

So just after Kou Gang finished cursing, about ten people came out from below, pointing at Shen Wence and Jia Yucun and yelling.

Jia Yucun and Shen Wence were also unambiguous, and started to quarrel with these people in the court.

Of course, Shen Wence and Jia Yucun are not alone. After all, they have been in power for a while and have some people under their command, but they are weak compared to Kou Gang's group.

The emperor sitting on the throne smiled when he saw this scene.

It seems that the overall situation is under his control again. The two traitors, Shen Wence and Jia Yucun, can no longer control the court, so it will be up to him to perform next.

"Shut up, everyone. This is during the morning session, not the vegetable market. Why are you here when you are barking nonsense?"

Although the emperor seemed to be talking about all the ministers in the court, his finger was pointed at Shen Wence and Jia Yucun.

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty now understood what the emperor meant, so not only did these people not stop, but more people joined in the verbal and written criticism.

There was a smile on the emperor's lips, but he looked angry. He suppressed it several times before the court became quiet again.

After the hall became quiet, the emperor looked at Kou Gang who was still kneeling there, and then ordered the young eunuch to help Kou Gang up.

Then he said to the people below: "Jia Ruiming is the prime minister, but he is actually a treacherous minister. He imprisoned me in Qianqing Palace during this period, and then killed the imperial concubine indiscriminately and mutilated the prince. His crime cannot be forgiven."

Many ministers below heard the emperor's words and knelt down happily, praising the emperor for his wisdom.

Only people from Jia Yucun and Shen Wence's faction were like mourning their concubines.

With Jia Rui's downfall, they would be doomed, but now if they want to join the emperor, the emperor will not admit it. After all, they have caused trouble for the emperor in the court.

The emperor was very satisfied with the current situation, and then shouted outside the hall:

"Someone is coming."

Following his words, the Qianhu arranged by the emperor outside immediately led hundreds of people into the Qianqing Gate Hall.

After the Qianhu arrived at the main hall, he immediately knelt down and said, "I wonder what the emperor has ordered."

The emperor looked at the obedient Imperial Guards and was very satisfied, "I order you to immediately lead people to surround the Yangxin Hall, seize the traitor Jia Rui, and behead him on the spot without coming to see me."

In fact, the emperor wanted to capture the living Jia Rui, show it off, and then slowly torture Jia Rui.

But then I thought, this would lead to long nights and many dreams. Who knows whether the generals under Jia Rui will lead their troops to Beijing?

So he cut the mess quickly without even seeing him, Jia Rui killed him directly, and then slowly cleaned up the mess and stabilized the world.

The emperor felt refreshed now, and he finally turned over.

However, after waiting for a while, the emperor did not notice that the Qianhu below responded.

The emperor looked down in confusion and saw that Qianhu, who was kneeling there, had stood up and looked at the emperor with a teasing look.

The emperor was not a fool. When he saw this scene, his heart began to beat.

The ministers below also realized that something was wrong, and they all looked at the Qianhu standing in the main hall.

At this moment, the Qianhu stepped back to the side, then cupped his fists and handed over his hands: "The general welcomes the commander-in-chief."

Following his words, the door of the Qianqing Gate Hall was pushed open again, and then countless Forbidden Army soldiers poured in from the outside, surrounding the entire court.

After that, I only saw Zhang Tao, the admiral of the Nine Sects, Cheng Bin, the Jiedushi Envoy of the Beijing Camp, and Ma Tao, the Commander of the Forbidden Army. The three generals walked into the Qianqing Gate Hall surrounded by a familiar figure.

After seeing this figure, Kou Gang and others, who had been so aggressive just now, suddenly became weak.

And Shen Wence, Jia Yucun and their gang members, who were already despairing, now have ecstatic expressions on their faces?

It turned out that the person who walked in was none other than the Prime Minister of Wu Guogong, Jia Rui.

(End of this chapter)