Chapter 454 453 The army enters the city

Inside and outside Deshengmen, Beijing City, there are traffic and crowds.

Although it was already afternoon, it was still very lively, because those who went to the city to work in the morning had to go out of the city before the sun set.

Several soldiers guarding the gate leaned against the city gate with big guns in their arms, and only here was a little warmer.

"Dadadada"

A string of horse hooves sounded, and a messenger wearing a red robe and a flag on his back ran over on a horse. After entering the city gate, he shouted at the gatekeeper: "Close the city gate and the army enters the city."

After passing the order, the commander sent the horses to pass through the city and ran towards the city.

After receiving the order, the lazy gatekeeper changed his fatigue and got up and dragged his soldiers out, blocking both ends of the city gate and not allowing pedestrians to pass.

Soon, inside and outside Deshengmen, the streets were crowded with people and vehicles passing through the city gates, but they knew that at least they did not completely block the main road and left a middle passage.

"Dadadada"

As a dense sound of horse hooves sounded, the people blocked outside the city gate looked back and saw that the camp gate of the Beijing camp in the distance had been completely opened, and countless cavalry were rushing out of the camp and rushing down towards Desheng Gate.

After hundreds of cavalrymen, infantry teams appeared one by one, and the spears in their hands were raised forward and followed.

The army entered the city.

I didn't know why the people who suddenly closed the door also understood this time.

In Beijing, the people at the foot of the emperor were more knowledgeable than other people. When they saw this scene, they knew that something might happen in the city, otherwise how could the soldiers in the Beijing camp enter the city?

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, there are foreign enemies, but there were no rumors in the market that the Tartars in the north had entered the Great Wall, and the trends of the Beijing camp were very interesting.

When the Beijing camp was moving, the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guard had already been dispatched. The left governor Zhu Xixiao personally led the team outside the Xiyuan gate. However, the soldiers guarding the inner place stopped him. Even though he knew his identity, there were so many soldiers behind him. At this time, the generals guarding the Xiyuan were still terrified to gather the team to block the gate.

The eunuchs were so scared that they hid in the houses on both sides of the gate that they dared not come out. They could only look out through the windows and cracks in the door, and they kept talking about whether someone had rebelled.

"This officer, the left governor Zhu Xixiao, was ordered by the emperor to enter Xiyuan. You can return to the camp quickly."

Zhu Xixiao naturally would not let the team form a battle formation, but still looked like a marching formation. When facing the Xiyuan guardian, he took out the golden sword of Emperor Jiajing from his arms.

"Please wait, the commander-in-chief will not receive the order."

The on-duty official stepped forward, took the golden sword eye from Zhu Xixiao with both hands, and then confirmed the authenticity and returned it with both hands. He returned it and quickly summoned the team to move aside.

At this time, the eunuch in the West Garden ran out panting and found the guardian to speak.

This eunuch is the leader of this group of gatekeeper eunuchs. Just now, seeing that the situation was wrong, he asked his subordinates to stop someone here and ran in to report it himself.

These eunuchs had not received Huang Jin's orders before, of course it was not because he forgot.

The situation is urgent now, and Emperor Jiajing is already in a coma. Huang Jin is worried that the news would leak out, so he did not disclose anything to the outside world except to send someone to block Yuxi Palace and send letters.

What's more, with Emperor Jiajing Jin Jian in hand, if Zhu Xixiao and others still cannot execute the emperor's order, their abilities are worth considering.

After checking the golden sword in Zhu Xixiao's hand, the on-duty officer was about to execute his orders. Now that news has finally been heard in the palace, there is naturally no doubt. He led the team out of the Xiyuan gate and gave it aside first, allowing Zhu Xixiao's men to enter Xiyuan to set up defenses, and then he led the team back to the Imperial Horse Prison.

"Sir, what happened in the palace? Why did you suddenly change your defense?"

Just walking on the road, the deputy general said in confusion.

"Who knows that Governor Zhu has the Emperor's Sword in his hand, and Eunuch Zhang also said that we should act according to Governor Zhu's orders."

The guard said angrily. In fact, he was very curious, and this time the defense was very inexplicable.

The situation in the Forbidden City is similar to that in the Western Garden. Zhu Xizhong did not use much effort to take over the defense. He was immediately executed after taking out the Emperor's Golden Sword.

Such a big noise spread in the cabinet and the court's yamen in an instant.

Xu Jie was shocked when he heard that Xiyuan and the Forbidden City suddenly changed defenses, and the brothers Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Xixiao took over. Before he could call Yuan Wei, he hurried into Yan Song's duty room.

At this time, there was another scholar in Yan Song's room, and he obviously found that the situation was wrong and came to report the news.

The two got together to discuss.

They are all old foxes who have been an official for many years, but this is the first time they have seen this situation.

Zhu Xizhong and Zhu Xixiao could easily control the ban. It would be impossible to do without Emperor Jiajing's orders, but how long did they have left Yuxi Palace?

Half an hour ago.

"Today I saw Your Majesty, I felt that his face was a little pale than usual, you said."

Xu Jie carefully guessed at this time.

"I also discovered from this, but you and I were there at that time. Where did your Majesty feel any discomfort?"

Yan Song also frowned, "At that time, I thought it was because I was frightened that day, so I could just wait for a few days."

"Then, do I want to go to Xiyuan again?"

Xu Jie said again.

At this moment, Yuan Wei also heard the news and ran to Yan Song's room to find out the news.

He had just entered the cabinet and it was normal not to know the news. He thought Yan Song and Xu Jie had just returned from the West Garden and should have known more or less. When he entered the door, he asked: "Sir, Xu Cifu, what's going on today?"

And in Prince Yu's mansion, the news was naturally spread in the first time.

"What, you said Zhu Xixiao led his troops to surround Xiyuan?"

When Wei Guangde heard the news, he stood up suddenly, which was not a good sign.

The soldiers are surrounded and banned, is this going to rebel?

"Duke Cheng Guoguo Zhu Xizhong has also controlled the imperial city and cannot contact it now. I wonder what happened in the palace?"

The eunuch who passed the message said terrified at this time.

The news I brought back today was so scary. Even he was shocked when he saw the scene.

"Eunuch Li, is there anyone coming from the palace?"

At this time, Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked.

"No."

When Zhang Juzheng asked, all the people in the room looked at Li Fang, and Li Fang hurriedly stepped forward and answered halfway.

"No?"

Zhang Juzheng also frowned tightly at this moment, and the situation was really unusual.

"Sir, what do you think of this? What should I do?"

King Yu was a little anxious and said.

"Let me contact Suqing first, see if there is any news there?"

Yin Shidan spoke.

Gao Gong is the highest official position among the people who went out of Prince Yu's mansion. If you want to figure out what happened today, you can naturally ask him to find out clearly.

"I'm afraid there is no news from Lord Gao, otherwise he would not have told us in advance if such a big deal."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said.

Although I don’t know if the Ming Dynasty had a coup during the Jiajing period, he felt that he still had Duke Cheng during Chongzhen, so it shouldn’t be a rebellion, otherwise the Zhu family would never be able to leave his title.

"Then what should we do?"

King Yu looked at Wei Guangde anxiously. He knew that Wei Guangde could come quickly. In the past, Wei Guangde had a way to resolve the difficult things he encountered. Moreover, when Gao Gong was still in the palace, he wanted to pull him into the palace for the Yu palace to be a lecturer, just to value the fact that he could come up with ideas.

Wei Guangde stood up and first said to King Yu: "What happened in the palace is better to try to figure out the situation."

When King Yu nodded, Wei Guangde said to Li Fang beside him: "I'll ask Eunuch Li for everything about the backyard of the royal palace. From now on, all the eunuchs and eunuchs in the royal palace gather to guard the backyard and patrol everywhere to prevent any villain from sneaking into the royal palace."

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde looked around the people in the house and continued: "As for the escorts of the royal palace, they are all gathered in the front yard. Except for the side door, other doors are strictly prohibited from opening."

"Well, that's all."

Yin Shidan nodded and agreed.

Zhang Juzheng nodded slightly, and then said, "Before the situation is clear, it is best for us to live in this small yard temporarily, so don't go home first, and say something to our families."

These officials from the royal palace still play the role of King Yu’s mind tank.

The situation is special now. If you still check in as long as you go to and from get off work as you are in the yamen, you will be afraid that you will not have time to ask for information when you have an urgent matter.

“That’s right.”

Tang Ruji nodded and said at this time.

No matter whether he was welcomed or not in the royal palace, at least he was a lecturer in the royal palace and a member of the Prince Yu's mansion. At this time, Tang Ruji could only follow Yin Shidan, Wei Guangde and others to advance and retreat.

Moreover, after entering Prince Yu's mansion, Prince Yu still respected him very much. Although the others occasionally showed their guard against each other, they did a good job on the surface, and everyone still had a good chat on weekdays.

"Your Highness sits for a moment, I'll go for a while and arrange my family."

Wei Guangde did not sit back at this time, but clasped his fists at King Yu.

"good."

King Yu nodded and smiled.

After saying this, Yin Shidan and others also stood up and walked out.
To be continued...