"You will be like this in a while..." Seeing Liang Jun, Zhu Changwu started to give instructions.
As soon as he said these words, Ji Jinkai's eyes widened. He didn't expect that he could do this before the war?
Liang Jun, on the other hand, didn't think so much at all. He only knew what the young master ordered and what he did. All because the young master is smarter and more powerful than him.
"Yes, young master, I'll leave this matter to the younger one, please do your best." Liang Jun agreed.
After a while, Liang Jun followed Zhu Changwu's instructions and came to an unmanned corner on the Xuanwu City Tower. He shouted down, "Your general is here. I want to report something."
At this corner, Zhu Changwu had already cleared the place, ensuring that no one on his side could hear what Liang Jun said next.
Under the city tower, intruders soon saw Liang Jun, and then someone reported it to General Li Mou.
Li Mou was a native of Tangcun, named Mu, and was born in the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.
Li Mou was born into a family of civilized and martial arts. His father, Li Ziqi, was the founder of Xinyi Liuhe Qiang and Xinyi Liuhe Quan. There are two Li Mou brothers. His elder brother, Li Yan, is better at martial arts and is now the number one counselor under Li Zicheng.
The main battles Li Mou participated in in Li Zicheng's Peasant Rebel Army were the Battle of Tongguan in August of the 16th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.
Guanzhong is the hometown of Li Zicheng. The people and horses are strong and the best in the world. According to it, he can achieve hegemony. Li Zicheng attempted to advance westward into Guanzhong and reached Shaanzhou, but was repeatedly defeated.
After repeated victories by the army, Li Zicheng ordered Li Mou to pretend to surrender to Sun Chuanting, and lied to Sun Chuanting that Li Zicheng's army was afraid of Sun Ye like a tiger, so they only dared to flee and did not dare to fight.
Sun Chuanting believed Li Mou's words and attacked and was defeated. When he marched into Juyongguan, Li Mou "led an army of 400,000 people."
It was such a fierce general that this time Li Zicheng attacked the capital and appointed him as the vanguard general.
Li Mou was very happy when he took over Guangning Gate, but when he came to Xuanwu Gate, he was blocked.
Seeing that after a while, the city gate did not open automatically, some intruders and generals became anxious, thinking that since the door did not open by itself, they would attack. For this reason, Li Mou was also struggling, and at this time, a soldier reported that someone wanted to talk to him.
Riding a war horse, Li Mou came to the corner of the city tower under the protection of some soldiers, and saw Liang Jun who had already exposed his head on the battlements.
"But General Li Mou? I am the slave of Duke Cheng. My Duke went to the palace according to the order. Before he left, he said that the general should not be anxious. After he leaves the palace, he will open the Xuanwu Gate immediately. Let the rebels enter the city."
Liang Jun followed what Zhu Changwu taught and spoke word by word.
"Oh, that's it. Okay, please tell Duke Cheng that we will wait for him here." Li Mou heard these words that sounded like the sound of nature, and his high-spirited heart instantly relaxed.
I thought there was something wrong somewhere, but it turned out that the Ming Emperor had caused a demonic moth. No wonder the city gate didn't open for a long time. It was Duke Cheng Guo who was called to the palace, which delayed the time.
After knowing what was going on, Li Mou returned with peace of mind, and the intruders following the city became quiet. They were all waiting, waiting for the return of the so-called Duke Cheng, and waiting for the Xuanwu Gate to open by itself.
"Young Master, it's done." Liang Jun trotted back and came to Zhu Changwu, saying as if he was taking credit.
"Well done." Zhu Changwu chuckled, and then patted Liang Jun on the shoulder. This move made the other person's bones seem a little lighter.
Ji Jinkai on the side listened to this conversation and admired Zhu Changwu's strategy very much. But soon, his expression turned gloomy again and he said, "I can't imagine that even the Duke of Ming Dynasty actually became a bandit. It seems that the foundation of Ming Dynasty is rotten."
"It doesn't matter, just remove the rotten roots and replant the new trees, which will grow better and taller." Zhu Changwu said with an indifferent expression.
In his opinion, it is not a bad thing if the roots are rotten. He can arrest more people and kill more people. Only in this way can the system give him greater help.
On the contrary, if he lived in a peaceful era, his system would be as useless as it was, unless he wanted to rebel, but that would be too tiring.
Zhu Changwu knew his abilities very well and had no problem leading troops to fight. But when it came to managing the country or talking about political struggles, he was a complete rookie.
It's too cerebral and it's something he's not good at. Zhu Changwu doesn't want to think about it. But if someone really provokes him, he won't worry too much and spend any so-called thoughts on it. At worst, he will just kill him. The killing system can also feed him more. With this, he has nothing to fear.
Under the tower, Li Mou was still waiting for Duke Cheng to return, not knowing that the man he was waiting for had been killed.
This is not because Li Mou is arrogant. In fact, he simply doesn’t dare to think about it. Someone will just say something to a prince. The Ming Dynasty has laws no matter what. Who dares to do this? Don’t you need to think about it? Consequences?
The front of Xuanwu Gate became strangely quiet.
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royal palace.
Wang Chengen came to Jianji Hall with an anxious look on his face.
"Long live my lord, something bad has happened, something bad has happened." As soon as Wang Chengen appeared, he looked anxious. For those of you who don't know, you thought something big had happened?
"What happened? But the city gate was breached and the intruders entered the palace?" Chongzhen asked, looking for his sword. If this is the case, he must seize the time to deal with his female relatives, and must not let them If it falls into the hands of thieves, it will ruin the reputation of the royal family.
"No, long live my lord, there hasn't been any movement outside Xuanwu Gate. It's just..." Wang Chengen looked like he was hesitating to speak.
Hearing that Xuanwumen was still safe and sound, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the city was still there. "Then what else is there that deserves to be so panicked?"
"This... Long live my lord, the general and commander of the Imperial Guard, Zhu Changwu, killed someone on the tower." After thinking about it, Wang Chengen finally spoke out.
"Killing people, what's so strange about him killing people?" Chongzhen looked confused.
Aren't the generals who lead troops supposed to kill people? This doesn't seem to be anything.
Seeing that Chongzhen still didn't understand what he meant, Wang Chengen had no choice but to continue speaking: "Long live my lord, the general will kill... Duke Cheng Guo!"
"Oh, kill Cheng Guo...wait...wait, what did you say, what did you say?" Finally, Chongzhen came to his senses at this moment, his eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief. Did he really think that he heard wrong at this moment?
In the morning, Chongzhen returned the imperial edict to Duke Cheng Guo, which was equivalent to handing the future of the Ming Dynasty into his hands. After just a little more time, he was actually killed?
If this is the case, what does Zhu Changwu want to do?
Wu Ling was good at killing loyal ministers and meritorious ministers, and he was also a loyal minister like Cheng Guogong. In Chongzhen's view, this Zhu Changwu was the biggest bandit troubler.
"Come here, pass the order, arrest Zhu Changwu, arrest him." Chongzhen, who looked furious, was really angry at this moment, and he was still furious.
It seemed that he had known that Chongzhen would have such a reaction. Wang Chengen raised his head and said quickly: "Your Majesty, no, absolutely no."
"Why not?" The angry Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen with a somewhat cold gaze. He was already wondering if there was any connection or relationship between his elder companion and the so-called future person.
Wang Chengen did not expect so much. He only knew that the current capital was full of dangers, and thieves might enter the capital at any time. The only hope was Zhu Changwu.
Although he didn't agree much with this person and didn't have much confidence in him, there was always hope. If Zhu Changwu is convicted now, then Ming Dynasty will really not even have the last chance.
"Long live my Lord, you have given an order to Zhu Changwu to command all the defenders. If you want to arrest him now, the army will inevitably be in chaos. In this case, who will defend the city, won't it be easier for the intruders? Long live Lord, think again, maybe General Zhu has discovered something that we haven't discovered? After all, people's hearts are separated from each other, long live Lord."
At this moment, for the only hope, Wang Chengen could only find a way to say good things for Zhu Changwu.
Seriously speaking, helping Zhu Changwu now is equivalent to helping himself, Long Live Lord, and the entire Ming Dynasty.
The words that touched people's hearts made Chongzhen, who was still angry at first, slowly calm down.
Yes, today's tomorrow morning is already in danger. Under such circumstances, no one knows how many of the courtiers below are loyal and what they think.
Zhu Changwu killed Duke Cheng Guo as soon as he took the military post. Maybe there was a reason?
"That's all, Daban, go and convey my will immediately, tell Zhu Changwu, and come to the palace right away. I want to ask him for an explanation regarding Duke Cheng's death." After calming down, Chongzhen decided to give the other party and also give him an explanation. Given a chance, he wanted to hear the explanation himself.
"I obey the order." Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that His Majesty would arrest people without asking the reason. If this was the case, the Ming Dynasty would really have no hope at all. If it is just accountability, then there is no problem. Presumably since Zhu Changwu did this, there will always be his reasons. As long as he can tell the reason when the time comes.
After agreeing, Wang Chengen turned around and left, instructing the young eunuch to go to the tower to deliver the order to Zhu Changwu.
On the tower of Xuancheng Gate, groups of Ming troops were mobilized from other cities, and a thousand households stood in front of Zhu Changwu.
They already knew from the words of General Wu Linzheng that this man, who was much younger than themselves, was their new superior officer and someone whom the emperor trusted very much. Otherwise, the imperial edict would not have written the words "I am here in person".
