"Hurry up and put out the fire and rescue the emperor" King Yan originally wanted to avoid the palace and not enter, but when he saw that the palace was on fire, he couldn't help but come.
As soon as he entered the palace, King Yan hurriedly ordered, and the people and horses he brought quickly joined the ranks of fighting the fire, in fact, there was no need to save it, the dormitory had been burned to the ground, and the rest were not easy to burn.
When the fire was extinguished, the warriors used hooks to pick up the fallen wood and bricks and tiles to clean up, and Zhu Di stood by and watched.
At this time, seeing the fire in the palace, many officials came to the palace one after another, and the people behind Zhu Di gathered more and more.
There are many people to do things, the ruins are still hot and scorching, the ruins are cleaned up, and a few corpses are dragged out from it, and the little servant Mu En stepped forward to identify, the pair of corpses hugged tightly should be the queen mother and the prince, but the other several charred corpses, judging from the figure and the position picked up, Mu En hesitated, and saw that King Yan was still standing outside the fire and waiting, and hurriedly rushed to kneel in front of him, and played: "Your Highness, the slave and maid have carefully identified it, and the mother and son who hugged each other are the queen mother and the little prince, As for the emperor's body" "Hmm" Zhu Di asked in a low voice, Mu En was a little timid, he often waited in the palace, and was used to looking at people's faces, so he subconsciously looked up and peeked, and Ji Gang, who was standing next to Zhu Di, had already shouted loudly: "The emperor is in the palace, and the body has been found."
He was not asking, it was clearly a sentence, and his voice was raised very highly, and the officials who were standing in the distance and did not dare to approach could hear it clearly.
Mu Enfu was blessed to his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Yes, the emperor has been mourned."
Zhu Di glanced at Ji Gang approvingly, and said to Mu En: "Are you the person next to Your Majesty?"
Ji Gang hurriedly approached Zhu Di and whispered a few words to him, Zhu Di was suddenly, and when he looked at Mu En, his expression softened a lot, and he said with a pleasant face: "Mu En, very good, you get up, quickly remove His Majesty's body for burial."
"Yes, yes" Mu En hurriedly got up, Ji Gang glanced at him, and walked to the charred corpses together, Mu En was young after all, take a look at this body, look at that body, and before deciding which one should be used as His Majesty's corpse, Ji Gang had already pointed to a corpse and said: "This is Your Majesty, bring it out quickly" At that moment, several warriors carried the corpse out and moved it to Zhu Di, Zhu Di saw the corpse, and couldn't help but let out a loud cry, hiding his face and crying: "Idiot, what an idiot, my uncle entered Beijing, just to save the emperor from the hands of the Qing monarch, why can't Your Majesty think about it so much, and even want it."
As the saying goes, "The daughter cries, sincerely, the son-in-law cries, the black donkey farts" The son-in-law cries that the father-in-law and the mother-in-law are really not sad, pretend to cry, the uncle cries the nephew, and how many are really grief-stricken, not to mention that this nephew almost wants to kill him, and he has long been the enemy of life and death, but the more and more officials gather, this scene still has to be done.
Li Jinglong also came at this time, he didn't know that the corpse was fake, in fact, all the officials present couldn't tell the truth or falsehood, one was because it was far away, and the other was because the emperor was high, even if they said they saw each other, they didn't stare at the emperor, so they were not very familiar with his figure and appearance, only the close attendants around the emperor knew the emperor very well, and now the corpse was burned like charcoal, where could they see the difference Li Jinglong was thinking about a very strange question: "King Tan, King Xiang, now that Emperor Jianwen is also, do the people of the old Zhu family have this kind of habit?"
He was thinking that Shang Shuru of the Ministry of War often glanced at a few colleagues and friends, and he had already stepped forward, bowed down in front of Zhu Di, and said loudly: "The emperor has controlled the guests, and His Royal Highness is mourning and changing."
Zhu Di wiped his tears and said hatefully: "The prince's clan, either dead or imprisoned, shaped like a pig and a dog, the emperor is now in the palace again, all these sins, the initiator, Fang, Huang, and Qi Tai will never spare that Fang Xiaoru has been caught?"
Ji Gang hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Fang Xiaoru has been captured alive and thrown into prison."
Zhu Di sneered and said: "That pig and dog refused to die, and immediately sent people to arrest Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, and he wanted to kill the three of them with thousands of knives, in order to sacrifice the emperor and the countless heroic souls who had died in vain in the past four years."
Saying that, Zhu Di stood up, Ru Chang couldn't wait to get up, as soon as he saw Zhu Di standing, he immediately kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, the country can't be said to be without a king, now the emperor has been driven, the four seas are turbulent, the universe is uneasy, and the world cannot be determined by the non-Ming lord, at this moment, only His Royal Highness can inherit the unification, in order to protect my Ming Haiyan River Qing, the peace of the rivers and mountains, ministers, etc., I respectfully ask Your Highness to succeed to the emperor's throne" The hundred officials behind Ru Chang said in unison: "I respectfully ask Your Highness to succeed to the emperor's throne" Li Jinglong gritted his teeth with hatred, and almost didn't give himself a big mouth: "What am I thinking about here, persuading and persuading grandma, this persuasion is the first merit, and it has become Ru Chang's old slippery head."
Li Jinglong hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down in his robe, persuading King Yan to succeed to the emperor's throne.
Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "The innocent of this domain was persecuted by the slanderous words of the ministers, and had no choice but to raise troops to Jingwei, I wanted to get rid of the ministers, to protect the sect society, to imitate the Duke of Zhou, and to support the young master, but the emperor could not understand the painstaking efforts of the ministers, but lightly donated his life, this king was grief-stricken at the moment, how could he have the heart to try for a big position, and asked the ministers of civil and military affairs to choose another virtuous king to inherit the unification." ” Li Jinglong was just about to speak, Ru Chang had already said: "The emperor has died, the prince has also returned with him, the grandson and the eldest son are no longer there, His Royal Highness is the heir of the Taizu, and the oldest among the kings. ” Zhu Di just waved his hand: "This matter should not be mentioned again, soldiers and horses cannot be stationed in the city, once the group of annihilators on the list is arrested, the king will return to the Longjiangyi military camp station, the emperor's future affairs, and please Lord Ru and the officials of the Ministry of Rites to cook well."
This king is so distraught that he doesn't want to talk about anything, so let's talk about it later."
"Yes, yes" Even if it is the heir designated by the first emperor of Zheng'er Bajing, he has to refuse three times according to the ancient rites when he ascends the throne, so he can be ordered, Ru Chang didn't expect this persuasion, Zhu Di immediately couldn't wait to agree, anyway, this initiative has already been done, Ru Chang and others kowtowed, got up, and respectfully stepped back.
Someone in the palace brought a white cloth and covered a few bodies first, and then the Ministry of Rites prepared the coffin to gather first.
Regarding the life and death of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Di was actually full of doubts, and even if the fire in the palace was poured into the emperor or someone else, he couldn't be sure.
When Xia Xun sneaked into the city secretly, he once said to him that he wanted to solve the embarrassing situation of "Wang Jianjun" for him, and this mystery in his heart could only call Xia Xun to ask the truth, so as soon as he got out of the palace and stepped on the war horse, Zhu Di instructed Ji Gang: "This king will go back to Longjiangyi first, you find Yang Xu, and let him come to see me quickly."
When Xia Xun left Jinyiwei, he learned that King Yan had returned to Longjiangyi, so he immediately hurried back to King Yan's station in Longjiangyi.
As soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, King Yan retreated left and right, leaving only Ji Gang, who knew about it, and asked eagerly: "Wenxuan, there is a fire in the palace, but what you did" Xia Xun glanced at Ji Gang and said: "As soon as the minister enters the city, he will let Ji Gang lead people to guard the palace around him, pay close attention to all the people entering and exiting, and prepare to act at the opportunity to clear the obstacles for His Royal Highness, but the fire in the palace is indeed not the work of Wei Chen and others." ” Zhu Di frowned, and said worriedly: "If it was Wen Xuan's doing, it would be fine, but now I am afraid that someone is suspicious." ” "How" Ji Gang said what he had asked Mu En privately before coming back, and said: "Mu En is very familiar with the emperor, he said that the bodies of the queen and the prince should be undoubtedly discussed, but the emperor is probably not among them, Mu En also said that in the past few days, the Jinyi guard has made Luo Kedi have been called into the palace several times."
Xia Xun has always been a little curious about this eternal mystery case, and he also wants to find out whether Zhu Yunwen died in the palace or absconded and stole his life.
Listening to Ji Gang's words at this moment, he suddenly remembered what Luo Kedi said to him before he died: "You, you won a game against me Today, I played another game, this time, can you win?"
He was dying, with a smile on his face, and there was a hint of pride and pride in his smile.
Luo Kedi is a very proud person, could it be that the mystery of Jianwen's life and death is the last game he set for himself Xia Xun thought about it, didn't say the speculation in his heart, but said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, rest assured, even if the emperor really escapes, seeing his posture of abandoning his wife and children and escaping alone, he has no courage and plan to make a comeback. ” Zhu Di nodded and said: "This confidential matter can only be handed over to you to handle, so I can rest assured, don't remember to publicize it."
"The minister understands" As soon as he said this, a guard came in and reported: "Your Highness, there are another group of officials in the city, who are kneeling outside the gate and begging Your Highness to succeed to the emperor's throne."
Zhu Di frowned, waved his hand disdainfully, and said: "Tell them to go back, this king is gone" "Yes," the guard replied.
Ji Gang immediately said eagerly: "His Royal Highness's inheritance of the unification is already expected.
Your Highness should not shirk for too long, you must know that if you are not right, your words will not go well, and if you do not go well, it will be difficult to do, and now there will be a lot of waste to be revived, and the people will decide that only when Your Highness ascends the throne can he take charge of the center, give orders, and clean up everything that has been corrupted by the war. ” His subtext was not spoken, but Zhu Di understood it as soon as he heard it.
At present, the people's hearts need to be stabilized, and the foundation of stabilizing the people's hearts is to re-birth an emperor to take charge of the central power; The government and garrisons in various places are now waiting and seeing, including Mei Yin's 400,000 army, and the tens of thousands of troops in Fengyang, the central capital, as well as the army of King Qin that is being formed in various places If they do not quickly ascend the throne and announce the establishment of a new lord, these people are bound to fall into a dilemma, whether they will continue to be loyal to the emperor who has died, or take refuge in a vassal king If the death of Emperor Jianwen is announced and he officially ascends the throne as emperor, this problem in the hearts of civil and military officials in Beijing and various places will be solved.
Moreover, so many Wenchen generals who followed Zhu Di from birth to death, now is the time to give them a reward, and they can't chill the hearts of loyal ministers.
Look at how many civil servants and military generals of the imperial court surrendered as soon as King Yan's army crossed the Huai River, and then think about it, even when Zhu Di was in the most dangerous time, his people would never abandon and be loyal, which is especially valuable.
The most important thing is the sentence "if the name is not right, the word is not good".
This name is not only to succeed to the emperor's throne, but also to make a comment on his four years of Jingjing.
He raised troops in the name of Jingnan, but as a result, Jingnan appeased the emperor for four years, and a minister who wanted to be appeased has not been eliminated, how can he explain to the people of the world If he wants to ensure the righteousness of his position, he must give an explanation to the people of the world about the reason for his rebellion and the result of the emperor's death, and this explanation is that he must arrest a few people and let them take responsibility for the rebellion and the emperor's construction.
These people are naturally Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, and these people must die.
King Yan raised troops to clear them, if they didn't die, they wouldn't be annihilators, they weren't annihilators, then Zhu Di was annihilators This is politics, if Fang Huang and his ilk do not die as annihilation, Zhu Di will live as a usurper.
And these people are all ministers in the center, and Zhu Di can only govern them as the emperor in order to be justified and decided.
Zhu Di actually thought about these things more clearly than Ji Gang, he only thought about it for a while, and then figured out the stakes, so he bowed his head and said: "This king understands, then wait for two more days."
Ji Gang understood and immediately said excitedly: "Okay, then Weichen will go outside the gate and persuade those ministers to go back." ” The so-called persuasion to go back is naturally to hint that they will come back tomorrow, Zhu Di looked at Ji Gang's figure and disappeared into the tent, and smiled slightly: "Ji Gang, this person, is quite capable" He turned to Xia Xun again, his eyes softened: "How about taking over the matter of Jinyiwei?"
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Xia Xun lightly touched the scroll in his arms, bowed slightly, and said: "Luo Yi committed suicide, and the minister has taken over the Jinyi Guard Yamen." ” Zhu Di nodded and said: "The country is undecided, the people's hearts are undecided, Jinyiwei can make a big difference, the Flying Dragon Secret Spy will be merged into Jinyiwei in the future, but to be a secret force for the reading power of the Flying Dragon, when you form the Flying Dragon, you use the pseudonym Xia Xun, in the future, you will still use this name, Xia Xun, just be my shadow of Zhu Di" Xia Xun bowed and said, "Yes" He knew that King Yan had already begun to make some arrangements after becoming emperor.
Zhu Di groaned slightly, and said: "Ji Gang is very clever, and his work is also in line with the king's wishes, he is your close friend, according to your understanding, this Jinyi Wei commander, can he do it?"
Xia Xun's heart was shocked: "King Yan wants to hand over Jinyiwei to Ji Gang, although my flying dragon is directly subordinate to the emperor, but nominally it is subordinate to Jinyiwei, King Yan This is a balanced way to take precautions, or is he wary of me" He didn't dare to let King Yan see the haze in his eyes, so he hurriedly lowered his eyes and said: "Your Highness is discerning, and the minister also thinks that Ji Gang is very competent as the commander of this brocade guard." ” Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "Well, that's him."
There must be someone to preside over the affairs of the official, this king thinks about it, except for you Yang Xu, it is also suitable for Ji Gang, since you can't come forward, let him do it" Xia Xun said with some doubts: "Why can't the minister come forward?"
"Because of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the highest is only a third-grade official."
Zhu Di smiled and said to Xia Xun: "I, Zhu Di, will not treat my own people badly."
To be continued: