Everyone laughed when they saw Ping An leading the three thousand battalion towards the palace, killing and killing all the way, and the road they walked was already a river of blood. They were also killed here by the nobles in Nanjing City. Quite disgusting.
Those Hongwu nobles who were supposed to be monitoring Jiangnan have now become Ming Dynasty's biggest enemies in Jiangnan. They are either the backers of those merchants, or they directly ended up becoming wealthy merchants. Relying on the power of Ming Dynasty, they dug The people in the Ming Dynasty have completely forgotten the old saying that there are still intact eggs under the overturned nest.
Moreover, when An Jianqing broke through the mountains and fell into the stronghold, the people he encountered most were not bandits, but the servants of Hongwu Xungui.
When Cao Huachun investigated the Jiangnan Society, he also discovered that in those societies, members of the Hongwu clan were everywhere. They had completely become a huge group of intertwined interests, and they all affected the whole body. If they wanted to pacify the There is only one way for Jiangnan, and that is to kill all the upper-class people in Jiangnan and get rid of the entire interest group.
But if you calculate carefully, these people are worth no less than a million. Liao and the others are factory guards. They usually say that they kill without blinking an eye, but no one dares to say this in front of a population of millions.
And the army that came this time was really murderous when they came. Regardless of official rank, status, men, women, or children, anyone who dared to stand in front of them and block the way would be killed without mercy.
The bloody storm on this road shocked everyone in Nanjing.
"Dang, Dang, Dang"
Waves of bells came from the Nanjing Imperial Palace. The officials and nobles who were still in Nanjing City were all stunned for a moment, and they didn't realize what the bells were.
The former Wei Guogong Xu Hongji and the current Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue, who had gathered to discuss the recent move of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to the south, immediately realized that this was Jingyang Zhong, and then their housekeeper ran in crawling in cold sweat.
When he entered the door, he tripped over the threshold. With the crisp sound of bones breaking, the old housekeeper knelt all the way to the front of the two generations of princes.
"Your Majesty, the second... the second master is dead."
The old housekeeper knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, no longer caring about his knees.
The second master is Xu Hongji's legitimate second son Xu Qingjun, a famous libertine in Nanjing. He lives a life of drunkenness and dreams. This time he led a large group of libertines from noble families to intercept Ping An's army. The reason is He fell in love with the army's war horses and thought they were BMWs trying to stop people from stealing horses. Anyway, his family was the first family in Nanjing, and their power in the south of the Yangtze River was far above that of the Zhu Ming royal family, and they were favored by Xu Hongji. Like, there is nothing he dares not do.
However, this guy spent the first half of his life in a dream, and the second half of his life was worse than death. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Qingjun had no source of livelihood. In order to survive, he went to the government to take the blame for others.
At that time, the yamen often imposed penalties for minor violations of the law. The poor can only accept the punishment, while the rich can pay to find someone to take the beating instead. Xu Qingjun was obese and had a strong ability to withstand beatings, so he went outside the government office every day to get work. Once someone wanted to pay for someone to take the beating instead, Xu Qingjun would take the job, which was not considered an errand.
The job was not only undignified, but also physically painful. However, in order to survive, Xu Qingjun had no choice but to live in a life worse than death.
Compared with Jia Baoyu's ending in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Xu Qingjun is obviously more tragic. However, when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, the situation of "the prince, princes, and grandsons fall to death in the city gate, and the princess's wife falls into the fireworks courtyard" is not strange. Xu Qingjun's situation is just one of them.
But now, he doesn't have to live in such pain for the rest of his life. He even lost the first half of his life. This can be regarded as saving him from the sea of suffering early.
However, his family was not very grateful. As soon as the old prince Xu Hongji heard the housekeeper's words, his face changed and a mouthful of blood spurted out. This was too sad. Not everyone can accept the pain of losing a child in old age. In addition, this For a period of time, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang went south hand in hand, and all the copycat strongholds in the south of the Yangtze River were uprooted. Under this series of pressure, he became excited and spat out a mouthful of blood, and then he fainted on the spot.
"what is going on."
Xu Wenjue stretched out his hand and pulled the old housekeeper up by his collar, asking in a vicious voice.
The old butler was trembling at this time and told the whole story of what he knew.
"You mean there was a large army landing at Yanziji outside Nanjing City? Then why didn't anyone come to report it!"
Xu Wenjue was shocked and angry now. Yanziji is the first rocky rock in the Yangtze River. It is located on Zhidu Mountain on the outskirts of Nanjing. It is named because its stone peaks stand out from the river, facing the sky on three sides, like a swallow spreading its wings to fly. Zhidu Mountain is more than 40 meters high, connected to the river bank in the south, and surrounded by rivers on the other three sides. The terrain is very dangerous. Jixia is an important Yangtze River ferry crossing and a military important place. It has always been guarded by a large army. Why did someone land directly and quietly? !
As for his younger brother Xu Qingjun, he didn't care at all. On the contrary, he was very happy after learning that Xu Qingjun was dead. Who asked his father to treat Xu Qingjun better than himself.
Xu Hongji, who had already woken up after being given ginseng soup and pinched by someone on the side, heard the second ringing of the bell, and his expression changed. He quickly called Xu Wenjue to change the court clothes with him, and then rode on They got off their horses and galloped away towards the palace. When they arrived at the palace, their thighs were already worn out.
Although they can ride horses, they have never ridden so fast.
The two of them were pale at this time. Although they had not been to the military camp for many years, they were still quite skilled with bows and horses. They could also use soft bows, long arrows, fast horses, and light knives. Wearing a suit of armor and holding a nine-pound heavy gun in your hand, you can also play tricks, but that was all when they were young. Now they have all been drained of their bodies by wine and sex, not to mention the nine-pound heavy gun. Even the spears under their crotches couldn't be used without eating the seal's kidneys. Now that the flesh is resurrected, it's already good to be able to run all the way without falling off the horse.
On the way, their father and son also asked their servants to collect Xu Qingjun's body and brought it over together to ask the angel who came this time why he wanted to kill him.
But when Ping An saw the corpse, he just sneered: "This person doesn't know how to live or die to block the imperial edict, and he will be killed. How can you lead him, don't you want to join him?"
Just when Xu Hongji wanted to come forward, he was pulled back by Xu Wenjue. Then Xu Wenjue pointed at the knights around him, and Xu Hongji did not dare to say anything.
