There was not even a trace of wind in the East Palace Chunhe Hall, which was dark and cloudy. There was no sound around, but Prince Zhu Gaochi seemed to hear the faint thunder in the sky.
This morning, before dawn, Zhu Gaochi ran back and forth between Wenhua Hall, Donghua Gate and Fengxian Hall. Although he usually took a bus, he rarely had such troubles before.
Zhu Gaochi's fleshy face was covered with red colors.
Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing and others who followed Zhu Gaochi back to the East Palace almost didn't close their eyes last night and didn't even have time to wash their faces. At this time, their faces were as oily as if they were wearing a layer of lard.
Soon, the Crown Princess Zhang came to the main hall.Several people were paced back and forth in the main hall, and everyone talked very little.
Then Yuan Gong, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others also returned to Chunhe Palace one after another.
The deployment last night was indeed a bit hasty, but it was still very careful with so many people giving advice.
Now things have different deviations from expectations, the situation has become more complicated, and everything seems to be very complicated.
Everyone looked serious, and many people were thinking hard.
At this time, Yang Shiqi said: At this time, the prince should still ascend the throne as soon as possible, and the right way is to be justified.
After hearing this, everyone nodded, but where should we start?Things must be prioritized. The specific arrangements discussed last night are definitely not applicable because there was an accident today.
Tan Qing muttered coldly: Will the King of Han stay in the capital after he ran out of the palace and wait for the opportunity?
Zhu Gaochi glanced at Tan Qing and said: That would be fine.
Jin Zhong nodded seriously and said: The King of Han is now extremely powerful in Yunnan. His people are all in Yunnan, so he must try every means to run back to his nest first.
As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch ran to the gate of the main hall and said: There was a soldier outside Chunhe Hall, saying that he had been ordered by the prince to do his job and wanted to meet the prince and General Tan.
Tan Qing said: It’s them!
Zhu Gaochi looked at the eunuch who reported to him and nodded.
After a while, a soldier arrived outside the gate of the main hall.
He came closer, held his fists and said in a deep voice: Report to the Crown Prince, the secret passage exit is outside Chaoyang Gate.The young men interrogated the military and civilians all the way, and when they arrived at the Gaoqiao Gate of the outer city, the official army guarding the city also said that they saw a man and a woman leaving the city, among which the man was wearing a red dragon robe.The young men ran out of the city gate to take a look. There was a barracks stationed in soldiers outside the Gaoqiao Gate.The King of Han has gone to the military camp!
Ah!Hearing the report, the people in the main hall were suddenly in an uproar, and many people made surprised voices.The King of Han is such a wonderful person, and it is always surprising to do things.
Chaoyang Gate is the east gate of the inner city of the capital; Gaoqiao Gate is the city gate of the eastern part of the outer city.
It turned out that there was no outer city wall in the capital, only the inner city.
The outer city wall was built in the 23rd year of Hongwu. At that time, Taizu believed that the Mufu Mountain in the north and the Yuhuatai in the south were the commanding heights of the capital. Cannons could be placed in these two places, and exposed outside the city was not conducive to the defenders, so Taizu built the outer city again.
The secret passage was obviously built at the same time when the foundation of the imperial city was built, and it was earlier than the outer city wall.
Therefore, the secret passage only leads to outside Chaoyang Gate, which is in line with the situation in the early years of Hongwu... At this time, the discovery of the secret passage exposed a problem: Emperor Jianwen should have run away from the secret passage, and Emperor Jianwen could only run out of the inner city of the capital. How did he go out of the outer city?
At that time, the capital was surrounded by Jingnan Army, and the entire city had already been monitored.
However, no one can care about the old things at the moment, and the things that are in front of you are the most urgent!
Tan Qing glared and said: The military camp outside Gaoqiao Gate is now stationed by the men returning to Beijing from Annan Kingdom.The King of Han would not go to mobilize troops, so he wanted to attack the capital?!
Jin Zhong blushed and turned to Tan Qing and said: General Tan is just a commander in the guard who commands thousands of people. It is not a good thing to think too much at your level.
After hearing this, Tan Qing showed a happier look of expectation... He might have misunderstood Jin Zhong's words and thought that his current rank was too low and he needed to be promoted.
Yuan Gong, who was looking at the beauty, waved his hand first and signaled the sergeant to retreat.
After the soldiers who reported the matter walked out of the main hall, Yuan Gong stepped forward and closed the door of the hall, walked back and said, "Crown Prince, we have to move the emperor to the Ganqing Palace immediately."Then he summoned Ji Gang into the palace and immediately informed Master Daoyan of Xuanzang Temple about this matter.
Last night, things were urgent and Daoyan lived in a temple outside Taiping Gate.
Daoyan is old and rarely attends court now.
The city gate had already been closed at that time, so until now, I had not had time to tell Master Daoyan about it.
Yuan Gong said Ji Gang and Daoyan together, and the consideration was probably the spy and the eyes and ears.
After the Jingnan Campaign, Daoyan had handed over many of his former secret spies to the emperor and placed them in the Jinyiwei; but Yuan Gong might think that Daoyan still had someone in his hands.
At this moment, the Crown Princess Zhang whispered: I think the Crown Prince should seize the important things. The first thing you do should go to Kunning Palace.
After Zhang's words, Zhu Gaochi immediately turned his head to look at her, pondered for a moment: My beloved concubine makes sense.Yuan Gong goes to Xuanzang Temple, and I go to Kunning Palace immediately!
Zhang said: I will go with the prince, but you will come to the palace alone to see your mother.
……
Takahashimen Military Camp.The soldiers in the camp and in the barracks were all idle, and many people were packing their own things.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly walked into a barracks, and the group of military generals and civil servants who were greeting him came in without knowing why.
Zhu Gaoxu found two clothes, took another set of chain mail and a goose feather knife.
He turned his head and said, "Call the brothers to gather together in the camp."The traitor of the Eastern Palace killed the monarch and plotted against the royal family, and told everyone the news!
The barracks immediately seemed to be in full swing, and the noise was noisy.
At this time, a civil servant said: Don’t blame the King of Han. There is no order from the Ministry of War at this time, so we can’t act rashly.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and looked at the civil servant: I just called everyone in the camp, and I didn't ask you to leave the camp.
As soon as the two of them spoke, the room gradually became quiet. Most of them remained silent. Some looked elsewhere, and some looked down with their heads and thought about something.
The civil servant said: Military law is military law, and rules are rules!The King of Han has a noble status and should show his body to his subordinates.Now the people here are no longer under the command of the Han King. Don’t you know?
Zhu Gaoxu stared at the civil servant with big eyes and angrily glanced at the civil servant.
The civil servant was shocked, took a step back, pressed the corner of the table behind with his hand, and said tremblingly: King Han, please calm down!At this time, you should be more cautious. If you kill the imperial official, you will ignore it. At that time, people would misunderstand the King of Han...
But the civil servant said too much. Before he could finish his words, Zhu Gaoxu had already jumped out of the barracks.
He stood in the open space outside the door and immediately shouted with great energy: The traitor of the Eastern Palace is plotting against the enemy, and the emperor has been harmed by the traitor!When a traitor changed, he arbitrarily dispatched his trusted generals and led the imperial guards to illegally enter the palace. My King of Han was almost killed by the traitor!Fortunately, Emperor Taizu showed his power, so I got rid of Fengxian Hall...
Countless soldiers walked out of the surrounding barracks, standing around the camp, stretching their necks to watch, and listening to Zhu Gaoxu shouting there.No one moved, but no one stopped Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu shouted for a while and took the things. Seeing that there were several war horses tied beside the barracks, he stepped forward and led two horses.
He first helped Miaojin on the horse, and he also turned over and jumped onto the back of the horse and ran out of the military camp.
The soldiers at the gate of the camp were standing there in a daze. No one issued any military orders at this time. The soldiers ignored the prince wearing the dragon robe and let them go.
Zhu Gaoxu and Miaojin rode south along the official road and rushed to Fengtai Gate south of the outer city.
He observed the officers and soldiers standing outside the city gate for a while, and saw that the officers and soldiers looked expressionless, and seemed a little bored.
So Zhu Gaoxu sat down and waited.
He glanced at Miao Jin next to him, and saw Miao Jin looking at the city tower with a blood-colored face.
Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: Don’t be afraid, the East Palace is also in a hurry at this time.Look at the gate-guarding official troops, do you look like something happened?
Miao Jin nodded quickly.
Not long after, I heard the sound of horse hooves in the city gate corridor. The official army standing outside the door then picked up their weapons and looked into the corridor. A general shouted: Those who leave the city dismount! Who are you?
A moment later, a red oriole with helmets swayed, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the city gate. Veda's voice said: We are the guards of the King of Han, get out!
The military generals of the official army were very hesitant. The soldiers saw a large group of elite cavalry wearing strong and held sharp edges rushing out, and they did not dare to run to the middle of the road to stop them for a while.
It was still morning, and there were many officials and civilians entering and leaving the outer city gate, and the city gate was always open; Veda and others' cavalry were very fast and rushed out of the city gate.
Zhu Gaoxu slapped his horse and met him. He saw that the commander of the Han Palace was Weida, and the young eunuch Wang Yin, who was walking in front, was also riding a horse.
Prince!Veda shouted on the horse's back with his fist.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Just come out.
Veda rushed to the side of the road, gradually pinned the horse and turned back. He jumped off the war horse and held a waist card in his hands, and Zhu Gaoxu grabbed it in his hand.Instead, he slapped the horse and approached Fengtai Gate.
The incident in the palace made Zhu Gaoxu very angry, and his anger has not yet subsided.But what he did was not entirely because of impulse.
Zhu Gaoxu understood in Annan Kingdom that although the truth of righteousness is invisible and intangible, it is still useful; the party without righteousness is slightly unfavorable, at least people will give more excuses to surrender.
So he didn't have time to think carefully and then do it first.He shouted to the people in the city tower and the city gate: The traitor of the Eastern Palace plotted against the rebellion and harmed the royal family. The emperor has been killed by the traitor!The traitor has changed!
At this moment, the city gate actually started to move slowly, and the official army outside the gate ran into the corridor.
Soon the Fengtai Gate gate was closed, and the people on the road had already run away, but many people stopped in the distance, looked at this side, and heard what Zhu Gaoxu was shouting.
This morning, before dawn, Zhu Gaochi ran back and forth between Wenhua Hall, Donghua Gate and Fengxian Hall. Although he usually took a bus, he rarely had such troubles before.
Zhu Gaochi's fleshy face was covered with red colors.
Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, Tan Qing and others who followed Zhu Gaochi back to the East Palace almost didn't close their eyes last night and didn't even have time to wash their faces. At this time, their faces were as oily as if they were wearing a layer of lard.
Soon, the Crown Princess Zhang came to the main hall.Several people were paced back and forth in the main hall, and everyone talked very little.
Then Yuan Gong, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others also returned to Chunhe Palace one after another.
The deployment last night was indeed a bit hasty, but it was still very careful with so many people giving advice.
Now things have different deviations from expectations, the situation has become more complicated, and everything seems to be very complicated.
Everyone looked serious, and many people were thinking hard.
At this time, Yang Shiqi said: At this time, the prince should still ascend the throne as soon as possible, and the right way is to be justified.
After hearing this, everyone nodded, but where should we start?Things must be prioritized. The specific arrangements discussed last night are definitely not applicable because there was an accident today.
Tan Qing muttered coldly: Will the King of Han stay in the capital after he ran out of the palace and wait for the opportunity?
Zhu Gaochi glanced at Tan Qing and said: That would be fine.
Jin Zhong nodded seriously and said: The King of Han is now extremely powerful in Yunnan. His people are all in Yunnan, so he must try every means to run back to his nest first.
As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch ran to the gate of the main hall and said: There was a soldier outside Chunhe Hall, saying that he had been ordered by the prince to do his job and wanted to meet the prince and General Tan.
Tan Qing said: It’s them!
Zhu Gaochi looked at the eunuch who reported to him and nodded.
After a while, a soldier arrived outside the gate of the main hall.
He came closer, held his fists and said in a deep voice: Report to the Crown Prince, the secret passage exit is outside Chaoyang Gate.The young men interrogated the military and civilians all the way, and when they arrived at the Gaoqiao Gate of the outer city, the official army guarding the city also said that they saw a man and a woman leaving the city, among which the man was wearing a red dragon robe.The young men ran out of the city gate to take a look. There was a barracks stationed in soldiers outside the Gaoqiao Gate.The King of Han has gone to the military camp!
Ah!Hearing the report, the people in the main hall were suddenly in an uproar, and many people made surprised voices.The King of Han is such a wonderful person, and it is always surprising to do things.
Chaoyang Gate is the east gate of the inner city of the capital; Gaoqiao Gate is the city gate of the eastern part of the outer city.
It turned out that there was no outer city wall in the capital, only the inner city.
The outer city wall was built in the 23rd year of Hongwu. At that time, Taizu believed that the Mufu Mountain in the north and the Yuhuatai in the south were the commanding heights of the capital. Cannons could be placed in these two places, and exposed outside the city was not conducive to the defenders, so Taizu built the outer city again.
The secret passage was obviously built at the same time when the foundation of the imperial city was built, and it was earlier than the outer city wall.
Therefore, the secret passage only leads to outside Chaoyang Gate, which is in line with the situation in the early years of Hongwu... At this time, the discovery of the secret passage exposed a problem: Emperor Jianwen should have run away from the secret passage, and Emperor Jianwen could only run out of the inner city of the capital. How did he go out of the outer city?
At that time, the capital was surrounded by Jingnan Army, and the entire city had already been monitored.
However, no one can care about the old things at the moment, and the things that are in front of you are the most urgent!
Tan Qing glared and said: The military camp outside Gaoqiao Gate is now stationed by the men returning to Beijing from Annan Kingdom.The King of Han would not go to mobilize troops, so he wanted to attack the capital?!
Jin Zhong blushed and turned to Tan Qing and said: General Tan is just a commander in the guard who commands thousands of people. It is not a good thing to think too much at your level.
After hearing this, Tan Qing showed a happier look of expectation... He might have misunderstood Jin Zhong's words and thought that his current rank was too low and he needed to be promoted.
Yuan Gong, who was looking at the beauty, waved his hand first and signaled the sergeant to retreat.
After the soldiers who reported the matter walked out of the main hall, Yuan Gong stepped forward and closed the door of the hall, walked back and said, "Crown Prince, we have to move the emperor to the Ganqing Palace immediately."Then he summoned Ji Gang into the palace and immediately informed Master Daoyan of Xuanzang Temple about this matter.
Last night, things were urgent and Daoyan lived in a temple outside Taiping Gate.
Daoyan is old and rarely attends court now.
The city gate had already been closed at that time, so until now, I had not had time to tell Master Daoyan about it.
Yuan Gong said Ji Gang and Daoyan together, and the consideration was probably the spy and the eyes and ears.
After the Jingnan Campaign, Daoyan had handed over many of his former secret spies to the emperor and placed them in the Jinyiwei; but Yuan Gong might think that Daoyan still had someone in his hands.
At this moment, the Crown Princess Zhang whispered: I think the Crown Prince should seize the important things. The first thing you do should go to Kunning Palace.
After Zhang's words, Zhu Gaochi immediately turned his head to look at her, pondered for a moment: My beloved concubine makes sense.Yuan Gong goes to Xuanzang Temple, and I go to Kunning Palace immediately!
Zhang said: I will go with the prince, but you will come to the palace alone to see your mother.
……
Takahashimen Military Camp.The soldiers in the camp and in the barracks were all idle, and many people were packing their own things.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly walked into a barracks, and the group of military generals and civil servants who were greeting him came in without knowing why.
Zhu Gaoxu found two clothes, took another set of chain mail and a goose feather knife.
He turned his head and said, "Call the brothers to gather together in the camp."The traitor of the Eastern Palace killed the monarch and plotted against the royal family, and told everyone the news!
The barracks immediately seemed to be in full swing, and the noise was noisy.
At this time, a civil servant said: Don’t blame the King of Han. There is no order from the Ministry of War at this time, so we can’t act rashly.
Zhu Gaoxu turned around and looked at the civil servant: I just called everyone in the camp, and I didn't ask you to leave the camp.
As soon as the two of them spoke, the room gradually became quiet. Most of them remained silent. Some looked elsewhere, and some looked down with their heads and thought about something.
The civil servant said: Military law is military law, and rules are rules!The King of Han has a noble status and should show his body to his subordinates.Now the people here are no longer under the command of the Han King. Don’t you know?
Zhu Gaoxu stared at the civil servant with big eyes and angrily glanced at the civil servant.
The civil servant was shocked, took a step back, pressed the corner of the table behind with his hand, and said tremblingly: King Han, please calm down!At this time, you should be more cautious. If you kill the imperial official, you will ignore it. At that time, people would misunderstand the King of Han...
But the civil servant said too much. Before he could finish his words, Zhu Gaoxu had already jumped out of the barracks.
He stood in the open space outside the door and immediately shouted with great energy: The traitor of the Eastern Palace is plotting against the enemy, and the emperor has been harmed by the traitor!When a traitor changed, he arbitrarily dispatched his trusted generals and led the imperial guards to illegally enter the palace. My King of Han was almost killed by the traitor!Fortunately, Emperor Taizu showed his power, so I got rid of Fengxian Hall...
Countless soldiers walked out of the surrounding barracks, standing around the camp, stretching their necks to watch, and listening to Zhu Gaoxu shouting there.No one moved, but no one stopped Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu shouted for a while and took the things. Seeing that there were several war horses tied beside the barracks, he stepped forward and led two horses.
He first helped Miaojin on the horse, and he also turned over and jumped onto the back of the horse and ran out of the military camp.
The soldiers at the gate of the camp were standing there in a daze. No one issued any military orders at this time. The soldiers ignored the prince wearing the dragon robe and let them go.
Zhu Gaoxu and Miaojin rode south along the official road and rushed to Fengtai Gate south of the outer city.
He observed the officers and soldiers standing outside the city gate for a while, and saw that the officers and soldiers looked expressionless, and seemed a little bored.
So Zhu Gaoxu sat down and waited.
He glanced at Miao Jin next to him, and saw Miao Jin looking at the city tower with a blood-colored face.
Zhu Gaoxu said kindly: Don’t be afraid, the East Palace is also in a hurry at this time.Look at the gate-guarding official troops, do you look like something happened?
Miao Jin nodded quickly.
Not long after, I heard the sound of horse hooves in the city gate corridor. The official army standing outside the door then picked up their weapons and looked into the corridor. A general shouted: Those who leave the city dismount! Who are you?
A moment later, a red oriole with helmets swayed, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the city gate. Veda's voice said: We are the guards of the King of Han, get out!
The military generals of the official army were very hesitant. The soldiers saw a large group of elite cavalry wearing strong and held sharp edges rushing out, and they did not dare to run to the middle of the road to stop them for a while.
It was still morning, and there were many officials and civilians entering and leaving the outer city gate, and the city gate was always open; Veda and others' cavalry were very fast and rushed out of the city gate.
Zhu Gaoxu slapped his horse and met him. He saw that the commander of the Han Palace was Weida, and the young eunuch Wang Yin, who was walking in front, was also riding a horse.
Prince!Veda shouted on the horse's back with his fist.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Just come out.
Veda rushed to the side of the road, gradually pinned the horse and turned back. He jumped off the war horse and held a waist card in his hands, and Zhu Gaoxu grabbed it in his hand.Instead, he slapped the horse and approached Fengtai Gate.
The incident in the palace made Zhu Gaoxu very angry, and his anger has not yet subsided.But what he did was not entirely because of impulse.
Zhu Gaoxu understood in Annan Kingdom that although the truth of righteousness is invisible and intangible, it is still useful; the party without righteousness is slightly unfavorable, at least people will give more excuses to surrender.
So he didn't have time to think carefully and then do it first.He shouted to the people in the city tower and the city gate: The traitor of the Eastern Palace plotted against the rebellion and harmed the royal family. The emperor has been killed by the traitor!The traitor has changed!
At this moment, the city gate actually started to move slowly, and the official army outside the gate ran into the corridor.
Soon the Fengtai Gate gate was closed, and the people on the road had already run away, but many people stopped in the distance, looked at this side, and heard what Zhu Gaoxu was shouting.
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