My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 420 Seize

"General Hu!"

As Xie Qian said, he opened the book of Zhu Xi's Annotations on the table.

But this time he was not interested in the words above.

Instead, he pulled out a list of Bailian rebels in Kaicheng that had been compiled by the various forces deployed by the Ministry of Rites in North Korea.

The people on the list are mixed among North Korea's three religions and nine streams.

If it weren't for the Ministry of Rites conducting a large number of detailed investigations along the escape routes of those domestic White Lotus demons.

I'm afraid no one would have thought that there were so many Bailian traitors hidden in Xiaokaicheng.

But tonight, the Ming court will kill all the White Lotus sect members in this city.

"Thank you, sir——"

Behind Xie Qian, a tall figure appeared at some point.

He has long eyebrows and cold eyes. He wears light iron-lined leather armor and has a knife at his waist.

Hu Zongxian's footsteps were so light that the faint cold wind blowing from the slightly opened window behind him was enough to hide all the sounds of his footsteps.

"What are your orders?"

Xie Qian looked at the young man in front of him who was praised as "handsome" by the emperor.

There are rumors that in order to strengthen the customs, the emperor intends to set up six naval commanders in the south, who have the same official position as North Korea and are second-rank officials.

He trained the navy for the imperial court, assisted the Ministry of Rites in conquering pirates, and held the power of life and death.

It can be said to be a high-ranking position.

And half of the positions must be generated from the Forbidden Army.

The young man in front of him is one of the most powerful competitors.

By the time this trip to North Korea is over, it is almost certain that Hu Zongxian will be appointed commander of the Zhejiang Navy.

What a terrible future!

Looking at the young man in front of him who is several years younger than his grandson.

Xie Qian was secretly speechless in his heart.

He reached out and handed the list to the young general in front of him.

Although the general in front of him was too young, Xie Qian did not feel any jealousy in his heart.

He knew very well what heavy and dangerous obligations and responsibilities the Forbidden Army would have to bear under the leadership of the Emperor in the past few years.

During peacetime, the Imperial Guards would be dispatched to various parts of the empire in turn to fight against various demons and evil spirits.

When the war comes, he will march with the army as the emperor's personal soldiers, and serve as an example for all the troops to rush to the battlefield and die.

The high casualties were still the reason why the imperial imperial army had to fill the gap in the ice sheet through means such as military examinations, promoting powerful nobles and elite frontier troops in the Beijing army, and forcing nobles from various families to serve in the army.

Xie Qian looked at the young man in front of him carefully.

He has a majestic appearance and firm eyes.

He is indeed a great talent who can be entrusted with important tasks.

The emperor's vision is not bad.

While thinking about it, Xie Qian stood up, put on the official robe representing the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and replied.

"The people above are all suspects in the city who are involved with Bai Lian's rebel party. General Youlao will capture them all tonight to destroy the nest of thieves here and thank the Holy Grace."

"You will definitely live up to your destiny."

Hu Zongxian nodded.

The young general in front of him answered so simply that Xie Qian thought highly of him.

"Commander Qiu will be able to enter the city in about half an hour. At that time, you can merge into one place and carefully count the rebels in the city... If the thieves resist, general, don't worry. Now all the ministries in the city are in our hands, general. Just keep your hands and feet free and make sure not to let anyone escape.”

After the two talked, Xie Qian dressed up and went out. Xie Qian had a good reputation when he was young.

The world calls him "Junwei in appearance and straight in integrity."

When he was young, he even attracted the admiration and advances of many girls.

But Xie Qian's devotion to Confucian ethics was not only incomprehensible now, but even at the time.

It can only be attributed to the fact that Xie Qian did have the "honest and ancient style" and was calm and relaxed.

And now even though he is over seventy.

But after being carefully dressed up, people still feel upright and do not dare to infringe at will.

The Ming army outside was already ready to go according to Hu Zongxian's arrangements.

"These are Liaodong knights and Jurchen warriors. Each of them is a warrior who has fought hundreds of battles. The thieves are cunning. Please accept the protection of the soldiers tonight."

Hu Zongxian said, and assigned three people to ride horses to follow Xie Qian.

The surrounding Korean soldiers brought wooden barrels to deliver fresh fodder to the horses under the knights one by one before going into battle.

These North Korean soldiers looked at the Ming Dynasty soldiers with bright armor in the State Guest House, which was as bright as day.

I vaguely knew in my heart that something big was going to happen in this city tonight.

But what does this have to do with them.

Under the orders of their superiors, they obeyed the orders without much resistance and prepared feed for the horses of these Ming army knights overnight.

"You and your group go to the north gate and ask the guard to open the city gate and let thousands of soldiers and horses enter the capital."

"You guys will leave the city from the south gate and send out a signal to alert the fleet on the river."

"Take half of the people to go to Shouchang Palace with Mr. Xie and control the palace gates around the royal city to prevent the White Lotus Sect's thieves from taking the opportunity to attack the palace and disturb the Li family."

"The rest of you will follow me and arrest the White Lotus traitor according to the list."

After everything was arranged, there were only less than thirty people left in the team.

Hu Zongxian felt a little lucky. Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites had secretly instructed the Korean gentry to take the royal family of Lee hostage and return to their old capital, Kaicheng, instead of staying in Hanyang where the relatives and royal family were powerful.

Otherwise, he would not even be able to control the Five Guards Mansion in charge of the troops and horses in the city.

Not to mention Bai Lian, who had been searching for the traitor all the time while sealing off the palace.

And as the sound of horse hooves sounded all over the city, it broke the calm on the surface of the capital that had just moved and implemented a curfew, which made it seem particularly quiet.

People huddled in the dark night. After a series of huge political changes, the frightened residents of Kaesong did not have the courage to explore what happened in the city.

But the faint shouts of killing and the smell of blood floating in the air still made many people change their expressions.

He hurriedly closed the doors and windows, huddled under the quilt, listened to the faint screams and the sound of weapons clashing in the corners of the city, and waited hard for the arrival of dawn.

"What do you want to do! Do you want to rebel?"

"Don't touch me, you Jurchen barbarians!"

When Xie Qian rode his horse into the palace, he saw such a chaotic scene.

The guards responsible for protecting the Joseon royal family were disarmed in confusion.

Dozens of Jurchen knights captured the city gates without encountering any decent resistance.

A young man who looked like a North Korean aristocrat and was dressed in fine clothes looked at the North Korean soldiers in front of him who obediently threw away their weapons and allowed foreign troops to enter the palace, with an expression of anger and fear on his face.

The two Jurchen soldiers not far away who were counting their trophies obviously thought this man was a bit noisy.

So he turned around, took out the rope from his horse, and rode his horse past him.

After going back and forth, without waiting for anyone to react, he had already clamped him under his arm, and his hands and feet were roughly trapped like a prisoner. He was placed on a horse, feeling the cold wind rushing around, and was too scared to move. move.

All that was left was that he was still showing off his instincts.

(End of this chapter)