Daming Military Empire

Chapter 11
The right to guard the imperial city was taken away, and even his own nephew was arrested. Why didn't Wei Zhongxian show up?

But it turned out that he was summoning the core members of the Eunuch Party to discuss important matters in the secret room of the Dongchang Yamen in the Outer Palace of the Imperial City.He arranged ten big stalls dozens of steps away from the secret room, and asked them to guard there and supervise each other, and anyone who came close would be killed without mercy.

He thought it would take a few hours at most. In such a short period of time, no matter what happens outside, nothing can turn the world upside down, so he also specially confessed to the guards outside that they should not be disturbed by anything.

The only ones who can enter the secret room to discuss important matters are the core figures of the twenty eunuchs, the Five Tigers, the Five Biao, and the Ten Dogs. The Five Tigers are:

Minister of the Ministry of War and Cui Chengxiu, the Royal Envoy of the Zuodu (the title of Minister of the Ministry of War has just been removed);
Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Wu Chunfu, the censor of the right capital;

The left servant of the Ministry of War, the right deputy capital Yushi Tianji;
Ni Wenhuan, the official censor of Taipu Temple;
Li Kuilong, the deputy capital of the left, was the imperial envoy.

The five are:
Tian Ergeng, Commander Zuo Dudu and Jin Yiwei Commander of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion;
Sun Yunhe, the right governor of the Dudufu of the Five Armies;
Xu Xianchun is the commander of Jin Yiwei;
Cui Yingyuan, fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei;

Yang Huan, the guardian of Jinyi.

The Ten Dogs are a group of important court officials headed by Zhou Yingqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so I won't detail them one by one here.

After everyone was seated on the left and right, Wei Zhongxian, who was at the top of the seat, said: "This time, the emperor asked Sun Chengzong, an old dog, to take the position of Chengxiu, and also appointed him as the chief assistant of the cabinet. What does it mean? Everyone talk about your own. Opinion."

When everyone heard the words, they all sat there silently, thinking about it one after another, but no one opened their mouths.

Wei Zhongxian didn't have this patience, he directly said to Cui Chengxiu, the leader of the Five Tigers: "Chengxiu is retiring this time from your position, so please tell me first."

When Cui Chengxiu heard the words, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and guess: "I think the emperor is preparing for the crown prince's enthronement. After all, the prince is only five years old. If the military power is not in his hands, few people will listen to what he said."

Wei Zhongxian also thought so, but he always felt that the emperor meant more than that, so he said to Tian Ergeng, the leader of Wubiao: "Ergeng, what do you think?"

Tian Ergeng was straightforward, and replied directly: "I'm afraid the emperor wants to shake the mountain, I guess he wants us to be more honest in the future."

Wei Zhongxian nodded, this seems to be reasonable, and he said to Zhou Yingqiu, the head of the ten dogs: "Yingqiu, your head is the best. Do you think the emperor means that?"

Zhou Yingqiu hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, but still gritted his teeth and replied, "I think the emperor wants you to retreat bravely."

Wei Zhongxian was stunned when he heard the words, and asked with a frown, "Retire bravely in the rapids? How do you say it?"

Zhou Yingqiu explained: "The Ministry of War is our foundation. The emperor said that it will be reformed, and he also brought up our deadly enemy, Sun Chengzong. The meaning is obvious. Those who are sensible will retreat quickly. If they don't retreat, let Sun Chengzong clean us up. .”

Wei Zhongxian was a little unconvinced, he snorted and said, "Huh, Sun Chengzong took care of us? Is he acting as the Jinyiwei and Dongchang under the Sa family's command?"

Zhou Yingqiu shook his head and sighed: "Alas, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have a total of less than 2 troops under our control, and more than half of them have been transferred to various places for surveillance. Sun Chengzong randomly sent a few soldiers and horses from the guards, and we couldn't resist them. Can't live."

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's frightened face changed, and he said in a trembling voice, "Yes, what should we do?"

Zhou Yingqiu replied darkly: "In ancient times, there was a saying of 'holding the emperor to order the princes'. The current plan is to make a fuss about the prince."

Although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he had heard of the allusion of 'holding the emperor to order the princes'. He slapped his hands and praised: "Yes, as long as we hold the prince in our hands, we don't want to do whatever we want." How about it."

As expected of the eunuch's think tank, a dog-headed military adviser, everyone gave a thumbs up and praised Zhou Yingqiu's ingenious plan.

Zhou Yingqiu bowed his hand and reminded: "It's not too late. If Sun Chengzong is asked to transfer the Tunwei to the capital, we will have no chance at all."

Wei Zhongxian immediately stood up when he heard the words, and said seriously: "Ying Qiu is right, the Sa family will go to the palace to make arrangements, everyone should leave."

Everyone stood up one after another, and the two people who were close to the door hurriedly opened the door of the secret room. Everyone stood there respectfully waiting for Wei Zhongxian to go first.

Wei Zhongxian enjoyed the feeling of the stars holding the moon very much. He walked out of the door of the secret room with his hands behind his back and his head held high. After walking two steps, a Jinyi guard Qianhu ran up, knelt down in front of him and said in fear: "Lord Qiansui, No, Jin Yiwei’s colleague Luo Yangxing led people to drive away all the guards of our imperial city, saying that he was ordered to take over the guards of the imperial city. He also took the opportunity to arrest Wei Liangqing, Mr. Wei, saying that Mr. Wei disobeyed the imperial decree and contradicted him. Shangguan!"

Wei Zhongxian was furious when he heard the words, he slapped that Qianhu with his hands, and then pointed at his nose and cursed: "What are you doing, isn't there four thousand Jinyiwei and one thousand Dongchang fans all over the imperial city?" , you won't deal with him together, he Luo Yangxing has three heads and six arms?"

The thousand households received this slap, and continued to say in fear: "Master Qiantui, it can't be done, he brought 2000 to [-] brocade guards and rushed in from the left gate of Chang'an, where we only gathered more than [-] people."

Wei Zhongxian was so angry that he kicked over and shouted: "Do you think I'm an idiot? Where did the capital come from forty to fifty thousand Jinyiwei?"

The thousand households were afraid of hurting his feet, so they quickly fell to the ground, and said aggrievedly: "There is no [-] to [-], but there are always [-] to [-]. The line on Chang'an Street is several miles long."

Wei Zhongxian was still going forward to kick him a few times, but Zhou Yingqiu hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him: "Master Qiantui, calm down, calm down, now is not the time to deal with this slave, we have to think long-term."

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback when he heard the words, that's right, the guards of the imperial city have been replaced, if he blatantly tries to hold the crown prince hostage, he will not seek death!

He took a breath, pointed at the thousand households and cursed: "Get out of the house, and I'll deal with you after we finish discussing."

The thousand households hurriedly got up and retreated, and the core figures of the eunuch party returned to the secret room, closed the door, and continued to discuss.

When Wei Zhongxian heard that his nephew had been arrested, he was in such a hurry that he said to Zhou Yingqiu directly, "Yingqiu, what should we do? Then Luo Yangxing is our deadly enemy."

Zhou Yingqiu said darkly: "We still have to make a fuss about the prince."

Wei Zhongxian couldn't understand anymore, and asked: "The guards of the imperial city have been changed. If we go to hold the prince hostage again, wouldn't that be an excuse for Luo Yangxing to deal with us?"

Zhou Yingqiu patiently explained: "It's not allowed during the day, but it's okay at night. The Jin Yiwei must all leave the palace before the palace gates are closed. By then, there will only be eunuchs and maids left in the Forbidden City. If we do this, we can guarantee that nothing will go wrong."

(End of this chapter)