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Chapter 239 Decisive Battle in the Forbidden City

"Well, fourth brother, I think it's okay. In this way, my younger brother will go to Tianjin Guard in person, and you will sit in charge at home. Third brother will go to the Imperial City and Jinyiwei Yamen for a walk. If there is any situation, please contact us as soon as possible."

The two brothers looked at each other, and it was Li Rumei who spoke first.Even though he is the fifth oldest child, he is very decisive in his words and deeds. In turn, he makes clear arrangements for his two elder brothers.

"That's very good..." Li Ruzhang nodded in agreement.

"Hey, it finally made sense. Just wait, you will thank Third Brother soon!" Li Ruzhen felt as if he was carrying a heavy burden. He reached out and picked up the black gauze hat on the table and strode out of the house.

"Oh, thank you for your majesty's advice, otherwise the Li family would have been doomed!" When Li Ruzhen walked away, Li Rumei, who was about to leave, stopped, sat down, wiped the sweat from her temples, and let out a long sigh. .

"I'm afraid there will be a lot of killings this autumn... My second brother is far away in Shaanxi right now, and it depends on tonight whether the Li family can be saved. Hurry up to Tianjin Wei and report this to Xu Guangqi and Admiral Yuan.

The Liaodong Cavalry...a group of guys who are talking about war on paper are really ridiculous. How could His Majesty keep such a strong force by his side if he was not completely sure about it.Lao Wu, do you think His Majesty did it intentionally, just to lure these people out and annihilate them? "

Li Ruzhang was no longer as serious and worried as before, but he didn't look happy at all.The feeling of betraying your brother is very unpleasant, but you have to do it in order to save hundreds of people in the Li family.

As for the fellow courtiers who were betrayed together, they deserved it!These guys always like to point fingers at the generals, report them to the police and impeach them if they disobey them, and are very good at fabricating accusations, but when it comes to leading troops to fight and strategizing, they are all rubbish.

It's just such a group of people who have little success but more than failure, and they actually want to plot against the emperor, both inside and outside. I really don't know how to write the word "death".

Not to mention that after the Liaodong Iron Cavalry entered the pass, they had already put their swords and guns into Kuma and released them to Nanshan, and basically lost their combat effectiveness.Even if the war horses, weapons, and armor were all there, they would still be easy targets when encountering those muskets seen in the Haihe Machinery Factory.Two to three hundred infantry are enough for a head-on confrontation, and the cavalry will definitely lose in the end.

"Who knows, it's difficult to figure out whether the holy dragon has its head or tail. Fourth brother, what if...I mean what if third brother and the others really succeed?" Li Rumei raised her head and thought for a moment. When the emperor was in the machine The scene of the factory secretly summoning his brothers is still vivid in his mind.

Beneath the ordinary appearance is an extraordinary heart. The things he talks about often come to mind, making people unable to sleep for a long time.But then again, after all, the emperor is a human being, not a god. As long as he is a human being, he may make mistakes. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.

After Li Ruzhen went out, he did not go to the Jinyiwei Yamen, but went all the way west to Shen Li's house.In the past, a military attache with his status would not even be able to get in, let alone the chief minister of the cabinet.

But today is no different than in the past. Not only did Shen Li meet him, but he also treated him politely in the main hall, addressing Commander Li as if the matter had been accomplished and he had really been promoted to Commander of the Jinyiwei.

"But the third son of the Li family is here?" After sending Li Ruzhen off and returning to the back hall, Li Tingji, who had been here for a long time, asked first. Next to him were Wen Chun, the censor of Zuodu, Sun Wei, the minister of the Ministry of War, and Li Ke, who was in charge of Shizhong. Qi Shijiao, Gu Xiancheng and Ye Maocai. "Yes, brothers Li Ruzhang and Li Rumei have gone to Tianjin Guard to recruit old troops. Although there are only a few thousand, they are all battle-hardened defenders. With their help, the Han generals and eunuchs guarding the palace are definitely no match.

Brother Chunyu, we will need to allocate some horses and armor from the Ministry of War.Yuan Yingtai and Du Song did their duty very well. All the border troops who entered the customs had their weapons, armor and horses confiscated.The dignified Liaodong cavalry were not kept outside the customs to resist foreign invaders, but they were kept in the suburbs of Beijing. How ridiculous! "

Shen Li is in a very high mood today, or rather excited, and his personality has also changed a lot. He is always striving to be the first and do everything first. From his words to his actions, he is full of the momentum of a leader.When it comes to the emperor, he lacks the usual etiquette. He is nothing but contempt and ridicule.

"Mr. Ge, please rest assured. Although the Shenji Battalion cannot be mobilized into the city, the firearms used for training must be kept by the Ministry of War. The mere supervision of guns is not important. Isn't it just that there are less than a thousand men and horses? If we really start a fight with Jin Yiwei, I’m afraid it will be difficult to break through the palace gate, right?”

Sun Wei, the Minister of War, agreed readily, but his expression was not as excited as Shen Li.He originally didn't want to participate in such a crazy move where he was risking his life for the future, but he couldn't help himself in his position. Now that he had been informed, he had no choice.

In addition, Emperor Jingyang's every move after he ascended the throne did threaten his own interests. If the momentum was not curbed, the Ministry of War would be the first to bear the brunt.Instead of waiting to be forced to step down like Shen Li, it is better to take a risk.

"Hey... Sun Shangshu is overly worried. The Liaodong soldiers are not used to seize the palace, but to intimidate. As long as the faint king is eliminated, the palace will inevitably be leaderless. Then the Queen Mother of the West Palace was born as a palace maid, and the queen has no heirs, how can there be an East Palace? The Empress Dowager’s insights.

Youdao is that the mother is as valuable as her son. The only person who can succeed the great treasure is His Royal Highness Prince Fu. The Empress Dowager of the East Palace must understand the power here. If she wants Prince Fu to ascend the throne smoothly, we are the only ones she can rely on.As long as King Fu is allowed to enter the palace safely and is not blocked by the eunuchs, the overall situation will be settled. "

Hearing that Sun Wei was still worried about the lack of troops and horses in his hands, Li Tingji waved his sleeves and talked endlessly about the details of the rebellion that forced the palace to be forced.According to him, there is no need to fight with each other at all. It is a stupid method that only vulgar warriors with a single mind would use. Cultural people naturally have their own routines.

The principle is very simple. Once Emperor Jingyang died, or lost consciousness and was unable to issue orders, the first people to learn of the situation were not the officials outside the palace, but the empress and the two empress dowagers.

Even if the empress and the empress dowager of the west palace were not poisoned together, they would not be able to cause trouble in the palace. The only person who could make the big decision, besides the empress dowager of the Renshou Palace, was the empress dowager of the east palace, and the latter was the most likely.

But Prince Fu is not the biological son of the Empress Dowager of the East Palace. If she does not want to lose her title of Empress Dowager, she can only compete with the Imperial Concubine Zheng by relying on the civil service group.Without any soldiers taking action, she had to take the initiative to invite the cabinet bachelors to enter the palace to discuss countermeasures. At this time, Shen Li could naturally come forward to give advice.

But in order to prevent Chen Ju, Wang An and others from jumping over the wall in a hurry, there must be an effective armed force in hand.The Beijing camp and the border troops definitely couldn't be mobilized, and the Jin Yiwei were disobedient now, so they thought of the Li family's private soldiers.

(End of this chapter)