Ordinarily, Fang Mingxia is holding the Chongzhen hand call, which is the emperor's envoy, that is, an imperial envoy.
Wuhu military and political officials should go out of the city to greet him.
Even if Chen Yue is too high-ranking to go out to welcome him, he will send representatives to welcome Fang Mingxia into the city. .
However, he was worried that Li Guoying would be killed if he entered the city too late.
Fang Mingxia Wuxin waited for the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to report, and broke into the city with his Tiqi.
But with the emperor's imperial edict in hand, the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop him, so they could only fly to the government office to know.
In the government office, the lobby of the Wuhu government office has been decorated in the style of a mourning hall overnight.
Black curtains are hung on the lintel, and elegiac couplets are written on both sides of the door lintel.
The upper couplet is "The soul supports the sun and the moon" and the second couplet is "The liver and gallbladder reflect the rivers and mountains." , is exactly the portrayal of Chen Jianghe’s life.
In the middle of the hall is a huge coffin.
In front of the coffin, the incense burner is filled with incense candles and green smoke fills the air.
All the civil and military officials of Wuhu City gathered in the government office to see off the loyal Marquis Chen Jianghe.
On the Pingnan Army side, the generals of each battalion were headed by Wang Yin, and the deputy generals of the Beijing camp were headed by Huaiyuan Marquis Chang Yanling, including the recently surrendered Green Camp commanders Zhang Yingxiang and Chang Deng, as well as local officials such as Tongzhi, the prefect of Wuhu. , entered the lobby one after another, knelt down and offered incense to see Chen Jianghe off.
Chen Yue, dressed in mourning clothes, responded as a family member.
Outside the lobby, Li Guoying, wearing a white singlet, was tied to the pillar with a look of despair on her face.
There were soldiers guarding the city running towards them, but they were stopped by the guards at the gate of the government office.
After questioning, the guards entered the government office to report the news.
After hearing this, He Lu, who was in charge of the entire government affairs, nodded and turned to Chen Yue.
"Master Hou, Fang Mingxia has entered the city with the imperial edict."
He Lu whispered in Chen Yue's ear.
At this time, he came with an imperial edict, definitely to prevent the killing of Li Guoying.
Chen Yue's eyes shot out with angry light.
"Let him in, I want to see how much trouble he can cause," Chen Yue snorted coldly.
He Lu nodded, turned around and went out to give instructions.
Fang Mingxia was very anxious and angry.
When he entered the city, the guards did not dare to stop the imperial envoy.
However, he was blocked outside the government office.
Even if the envoy's identity was revealed, it would not help.
The people guarding the government office are all the elites of the Pingnan Army.
Without them, even the imperial envoys would not be released.
Thousands of elite Pingnan troops were guarding the government office with swords and guns in hand.
They were heavily guarded.
On the street outside the government office, many soldiers gathered in twos and threes.
These were the generals who had entered the government office to pay homage.
Guards.
Fortunately, after not waiting long outside the government office, Fang Mingxia and his party were allowed to pass and entered the government office.
After stepping through the gate and past the screen wall, Fang Mingxia saw Li Guoying tied to the pillar at a glance, and then he felt relieved, as long as he was not killed.
Seeing Fang Mingxia suddenly appear, Li Guoying was ecstatic.
He made a "wuwu" sound in his mouth but could not speak, but something was stuffed in his mouth.
"The imperial envoy has arrived.
Pingnan Marquis Chen Yue has come out to receive the order."
Fang Mingxia's entourage shouted loudly, announcing Fang Mingxia's identity at this time.
However, all that was waiting for him were the sudden looks from the generals in the courtyard.
Looking at the black gauze on the lintel of the lobby, looking at the elegiac couplets on both sides of the door, feeling the solemn and sad atmosphere in the courtyard and the indifferent attitude of the generals, Fang Mingxia couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and stopped his followers from continuing to shout, "Honestly" Really waiting on the porch.
This is Wuhu, and this is the world of Pingnan Army.
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Among thousands of troops, even if Fang Mingxia has the status of imperial envoy, he does not dare to act arrogantly.
After a while, He Lu walked out of the lobby and stood in front of the corridor, "Marquis Pingnan has invited an envoy from the imperial court."
He didn't even come out to greet him, but had to go in by himself.
After being stunned for a moment, Fang Mingxia had no choice but to enter honestly.
When the dozen or so followers he brought wanted to follow him in, He Lu waved his hand, and Chen Yan led some personal guards to stop them at the foot of the steps.
"What does this mean?"
Fang Mingxia looked at He Lu coldly.
"The Marquis will only let you in."
He Lu said expressionlessly.
Fang Mingxia snorted coldly and could only enter the lobby alone.
As soon as you enter the lobby, you see the huge word "Dian" in the middle of the lobby and the black coffin in the lobby.
Two personal guards came over and tied a black cloth strip around Fang Mingxia's waist without any explanation.
"I am here on a mission from the emperor.
I represent the emperor.
Can you wait until I deliver the imperial edict before paying tribute to Marquis Zhongyi?"
Fang Mingxia looked at Chen Yue who was kneeling beside the coffin and discussed with He Lu beside him.
"The Marquis said, if you don't want to, go back.
There is no need to pass on any imperial edict."
He Lu said coldly.
Fang Mingxia had no choice but to kneel down in the hall and pay homage to Chen Jianghe.
After kowtowing incense, Fang Mingxia stood up and faced Chen Yue, "Marquis Pingnan, can you deliver the order now?"
Chen Yue stood up, walked to Fang Mingxia, nodded, "Let's get started."
There was no setting up the incense table, no bathing or changing clothes, and no kneeling with all the men to pick him up.
Chen Yue knelt down on the ground alone.
Looking at the coffin in the hall, Fang Mingxia did not dare to make any further requests, so he took out the imperial edict and began to read it out.
Chongzhen's order was very simple, which was to let Chen Yue release Li Guoying and escort him to Nanjing for trial by Fang Mingxia.
"The official is very sad after the death of Marquis Zhongyi.
Marquis Pingnan, please express your condolences and obey me.
Can you please take Li Guoying to me now?"
Fang Mingxia handed the imperial edict into Chen Yue's hands and said.
Chen Yue shook his head, "No."
Fang Mingxia's face darkened, "Marquis Pingnan, you can't resist the decree."
Chen Yue looked at the edict in his hand, then reached out and handed it back, "I am not resisting the edict, but I am refusing to accept it."
Oh, refusing to accept the call was not an act of defiance.
Fang Mingxia was almost speechless.
"Marquis Pingnan, I know you are very sad, but you must also think clearly.
This imperial edict was written by His Majesty himself.
Think about the consequences of refusing to accept the edict."
Fang Mingxia advised, with a threat implicit in his words.
"I don't want to disobey the imperial edict, but because this edict is illegal."
Chen Yue looked at Fang Mingxia calmly and said calmly: "According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, all imperial edicts need to be drafted by the cabinet, signed by the bachelor, and then It is handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for sealing.
This imperial edict only has the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but it does not have the signatures of several great bachelors.
It is an official decree and I have the right to refuse it."
Ah Fang Mingxia was so shocked that he was speechless.
He never expected that Chen Yue would use this reason to refuse the imperial edict.
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In order to quickly return to Wuhu to rescue Li Guoying, the imperial edict was requested in a hurry.
This imperial edict was only written by Chongzhen himself and did not go through the cabinet process, which is the so-called central edict.
But refusing to accept orders has always been the responsibility of civil servants.
You, Chen Yue, are a distinguished military general.
Why should you learn from civil servants?
Wang Yin on the side had a smile on his face.
He had always been afraid that Chen Yue would do irrational things in grief.
Now it seemed that Chen Yue had become much more awake after a night
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