Daming Military Empire

Chapter 12
At Xu time that night, in the Forbidden City, in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Zhu Cijiong was sitting anxiously in the study, thinking hard about countermeasures.When Sun Chengzong left, he told Cao Huachun that Wei Zhongxian would definitely do it tonight!How to do it?Although Cao Huachun said that more than half of the eunuchs in the palace are on his side, but if they don't show up at that time, they are not fake.

Zhu Cijiong was really worried, he said to Cao Huachun who was standing by his side: "Eunuch Cao, will Wei Zhongxian really come tonight?"

Cao Huachun quickly replied: "His Royal Highness, Wei Zhongxian has been staying in the Dongchang yamen today and did not enter the palace. It should be his subordinates who came."

Zhu Cijiong was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked: "Did Wei Zhongxian enter the palace today?"

Cao Huachun sneered and said, "Luo Yangxing is a deadly enemy with him, he probably feared that Luo Yangxing would ambush him at the palace gate."

Zhu Cijiong had an idea, and asked again: "How many eunuchs are in charge in the palace, and how many of them are Wei Zhongxian's subordinates?"

Cao Huachun replied like a few treasures: "There are twelve prisons, four divisions, and eight bureaus in the palace, a total of 24 yamen. Among them, each of the twelve supervisors has a hand-sealed eunuch, a left and right young supervisor, and a left and right eunuch; There is one eunuch in charge and two assistants in the eight bureaus, so there are about 120 eunuchs in charge in the palace, and there are about thirty or forty eunuchs who have taken refuge in Wei Zhongxian."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be curious and asked: "There are so many eunuchs in charge? What are they doing? Why don't you let them come to the main hall of Ciqing Palace together? Tell me about it."

Cao Huachun's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he was about to order someone to pass the decree, when a eunuch suddenly came to report outside: "His Royal Highness, Eunuch Cao, just now ten eunuchs forced their way into the Ciqing Palace, saying that Eunuch Wei arranged to serve you His Royal Highness."

Such clumsy means have been used, is His Royal Highness the crown prince made of mud?Cao Huachun snorted coldly when he heard the report, and asked, "Where's the person?"

The eunuch replied: "It's all tied up."

Cao Huachun inquired: "His Royal Highness, why don't you drag them to the gate of the palace and chop them up as a warning to others?"

Zhu Cijiong only felt creepy when he heard the words, dragged to the gate of the palace and chopped it up?I have to play there every day too!

He hastened to dissuade him: "Why don't you stick the stick, one hundred blows, you won't die?"

Cao Huachun replied: "It depends on the execution eunuch's ability. If you want to beat him to death, ten or twenty sticks are enough. If you don't want him to die, even two hundred sticks won't kill you."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and said fearfully: "It's better not to beat them to death, and leave them a sigh of relief."

Cao Huachun naturally had no objection, he immediately conveyed Zhu Cijiong's meaning, and arranged for someone to notify all the eunuchs in charge.

As a result, the Ciqing Palace began to be lively. In the main hall, more than 100 eunuchs in charge stood there neatly, introducing their work one by one.

It's only a hundred words, how can there be continuous screams?
There is no way, Cao Huachun's manpower is not enough, he can't carry out the execution together, he can only beat them one by one, slowly.

Of course, Zhu Cijiong was not really curious about the work of these eunuchs. He was sitting in the spacious main seat, leaning on the soft pillow, listening while dozing off.When you wake up, just ask a few questions. If you fall asleep, then you can continue.

It went on like this for an hour, and by the time of Haishi, the eunuchs in charge had only finished introducing them for a little while, and Wei Zhongxian outside the palace couldn't sit still.

In the palace, he arranged two sets of plans: first let ten Wu eunuchs go to Ciqing Palace to try to see if they can control the prince, if not, let the eunuchs in charge organize hundreds of people to seize Ciqing Palace.

This hour has passed, and there is no movement in the palace!

He has no choice but to implement the third plan, which is to let Jinyiwei's fellow acquaintance Cui Yingyuan lead a thousand Jinyiwei to sneak into the palace from Donghua Gate!

Cui Yingyuan originally refused, leading his troops to break into the palace at night, is no different from rebellion, it will kill the nine clans!But there is no way, everyone agrees that it is best for him to go, who calls him Jin Yiwei Tongzhi.

In Zhou Yingqiu's words, if Luo Yangxing finds out, it can be said that he was ordered to hand over the defense.So the position of the leader is very important. If the position is lower than him, he will use the excuse of contradicting the superior to directly arrest people. The only person with a higher position than him is Tian Ergeng. Tian Ergeng is the commander of Jinyiwei. It's the boss, who can he order?There is no one above him!

Therefore, Cui Yingyuan had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Fortunately, along the way, the wind and the sea were calm, and no one was encountered. Cui Yingyuan led a thousand Jinyi guards, and came to the gate of Donghua silently. Go up, subdue them, and when Nei Ying opened the city gate, countless torches suddenly lit up all around, and at least 5000 people stood there neatly, surrounding them tightly.

Luo Yangxing came out from a group of Jinyi guards, and taunted: "Oh, who is this, you don't go to bed at night, and you lead so many people outside the palace, don't you want to rebel?"

Alas, it was discovered, and Cui Yingyuan could only act according to the prior record.

He directly puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Cui Yingyuan, the acquaintance of Jinyiwei, was ordered to come here to hand over the defense."

Luo Yangxing continued to taunt: "Order? Whose order?"

Cui Yingyuan replied straightforwardly: "Of course it is under the command of Commander Tian Ergengtian."

Luo Yangxing picked his ears out of boredom, and pretended to be puzzled and asked Qianhu next to him, "Who is Tian Ergeng? Is he from Jinyiwei?"

Qianhu next to him cupped his hands and replied loudly: "Responding to the words of Master Tongzhi, that Tian Ergeng is the grandson of Tian Le, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and not a member of our Jinyiwei."

Luo Yangxing nodded, and said disdainfully: "So it's a grandson, I thought who it was."

The surrounding Jin Yiwei laughed cooperatively.

Cui Yingyuan trembled with anger, pointed at Luo Yangxing and shouted: "How dare you insult Shangguan!"

Luo Yangxing said indifferently: "What are you insulting Shangguan? Isn't he Tian Le's grandson? Go back and tell that grandson that I followed the emperor's will. If he wants to think he is bigger than the emperor, come and hand over the defense to me."

Who dares to say that he is older than the emperor, so he is not looking for death, Cui Yingyuan was speechless, so he had to lead a group of subordinates away in a desperate manner.

The job introduction meeting in the Ciqing Palace lasted until midnight, and all the eunuchs in charge had introduced their jobs, but Zhu Cijiong fell asleep.

The eunuchs stood there and waited for almost half an hour before Zhu Cijiong woke up again in a daze.

He rubbed his eyes, looked at the eunuchs in charge whose legs were trembling, and asked curiously, "Is Wei Zhongxian here yet?"

Cao Huachun replied darkly: "Back to His Royal Highness, Wei Zhongxian may not be able to come. Last night, some young eunuchs wanted to open the Donghua Gate to let him in, but we caught them all."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be naive and asked: "Oh, it seems that the gate of the palace is not allowed to open at night. What did you say in "Law of the Ming Dynasty"?"

Cao Huachun replied coldly: "Go back to His Royal Highness, the palace ban will be lifted privately, and they will be beheaded according to the law, or should they be dragged out and beheaded?"

Dizzy, I want to drag it to the door and cut it again. If you want me to go out, I will bump into a ghost, right?

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "Didn't this not open the palace gate? It's better to pay one hundred sticks."

Naturally, Cao Huachun would not disobey his will, and soon there were fleshy sounds and screams in Ciqing Palace.

When the screams sounded, Zhu Cijiong asked innocently again: "Are you all tired?"

The eunuchs below heard the words, showing joy, His Royal Highness finally remembered them, now they can go back to sleep.

Zhu Cijiong said innocently again: "Why don't you leave a few people with me to wait for Eunuch Wei, and everyone else should go back to sleep."

The eunuchs below were naturally what they wanted, so Zhu Cijiong looked at Cao Huachun who was standing beside him.

Cao Huachun slowly took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and read slowly: "Wang Tiqian, Li Chaoqing, Chaofu, Sun Jin, Wang Guotai"

He read more than 30 names, all of which were eunuchs in charge of Wei Zhongxian.

After Cao Huachun finished reading, Zhu Cijiong yawned, waved his hands and said, "Those who read their names stay with me to wait for Eunuch Wei, and everyone else goes back to rest."

Most of the eunuchs below bowed and saluted: "Observe the decree, this servant will leave." Then they bowed their waists and retreated respectfully.

Only more than 30 eunuchs in charge stood there sweating, not knowing what to do.

Zhu Cijiong ignored them, leaned back on the soft pillow, and continued to sleep.

He slept soundly, he must be safe tonight, Wei Zhongxian is not here, and all the eunuchs in charge have been pulled over by him and punished to stand, the underlings will not spontaneously organize to murder the prince!
Not to mention, his trick is right and wrong. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a characteristic, that is, he kills officials at every turn: rebellion, kill; bully the emperor, kill; oppress the people, kill;
The one who killed the most was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor. It is said that he killed more than [-] corrupt officials alone!

It can be said that being an official was the most dangerous occupation in the Ming Dynasty, with a death rate as high as 30%. These eunuchs, big and small, were also officials. What they were most afraid of was that the crown prince suddenly lost his mind. Already!"

This is not impossible, as long as the prince dares to speak, the people below really dare to kill him, not to mention that they really intend to hold the prince hostage, even if they have no such intention, they can still kill him, who told you to listen to Wei Zhongxian.What is killing these 1 people? Zhu Yuanzhang killed more than [-] officials and more than half of the civil and military officials in the most ruthless time. Many of them did not commit any crimes at all, but were implicated!
So these eunuchs stood there and didn't dare to move, for fear that if they moved, they would be accused of contempt for the prince, and they would be dragged out and chopped down!

Zhu Cijiong punished them to stand here, just to prevent them from organizing manpower to murder him. Unexpectedly, this station also had other effects.

These eunuchs stood there unable to move their bodies, but they could move their minds. They began to reflect on whether it was worthwhile for them to follow Wei Zhongxian to hold the prince hostage.

First of all, it depends on whether they are held hostage or not. If they are not successful, then they will die.

Even if it is successful, there is a prerequisite for coercing the emperor to command the princes. The prerequisite is that the royal family is decadent and has no power.

Now the royal family of Ming Dynasty is very powerful, not to mention the left-behind imperial court in Nanzhili, there are dozens of princes and county kings all over the country, is it useful for you to just hold a prince hostage?Fuck the princes of the royal family, and directly establish a new emperor, and they will still be dead by then.

Both left and right are dead, so what else is there to do?
Therefore, most of the eunuchs present decided not to mess around with Wei Zhongxian after thinking about it all night. What you Wei Zhongxian loves is your own business, so we won't follow you to seek death!
(End of this chapter)