Since the Ming Dynasty, a large number of the emperor's relatives and nobles have been imprisoned for treason. It was in the last years of Hongwu. Before his death, Lao Zhu stewed all the founding civil and military officials in a pot in order to secure his grandson's position. At that time, the guilty were given heavier punishment, and if not guilty, I will find a solution for you. Get one too, I'm so cruel. But think about it from another perspective, if those big guys were still alive at that time, would Zhu Laosi's rebellion be successful?
No one knows this anymore.
But this has not happened again for hundreds of years.
So now, the Erdong Factory has arrested so many people and imprisoned them for treason. The impact can be imagined. The arrested family members immediately started to contact each other and went around to find out what happened. To put it bluntly, they were using their own personal connections. Put pressure on the emperor.
In fact, someone started to put pressure on me without even having to do anything.
Some big shots in the cabinet!
The chief assistant Li Banghua jumped up when he heard this, and Wu Xuan even cursed and went straight to the palace.
Is such a big thing going to shake things up? And why don't you discuss it with us? Is this just a cabinet decoration?
Well, a group of big guys rushed into the palace, and they almost pointed at Emperor Chongzhen and cursed: Give me an explanation!
explain? Who the hell do I have to explain to myself? Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to retaliate, but he could only say it in his heart. The problem was... He didn't know why Dongchang wanted to arrest people. Who the hell can give me an explanation.
Chang Yu is out of Beijing, and Chunxiang is in charge of Dongchang, and he has full command of this operation.
As a result, Chunxiang was urgently summoned to the palace.
What's just dumbfounding is that Chunxiang doesn't know the reason for arresting these people. He is just following Chang Yu's order. As for the reason, he doesn't know the reason. Moreover, he thought Chang Yu had already informed Emperor Chongzhen secretly, but...
Emperor Chongzhen felt the seriousness of the situation. Chang Yu, who was thousands of miles away, suddenly ordered that Xun Qin be arrested and imprisoned for treason. It is possible that he had grasped something, but why didn't he inform himself of the news? This is not Conform to the norm.
After sending some of the big shots in the cabinet away first, Emperor Chongzhen interrogated Chunxiang carefully in the Palace of Qianqing. He learned that what Chang Yu sent was a message, and he said it in a simple and clear sentence without any extraneous words.
"Has he mastered something? Don't you know anything about it?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a frown.
Chunxiang thought for a moment: "Eunuch Chang has offended countless people. To be honest, all of the people he arrested have had issues with him, and Dongchang also has dirty information about these people, but with what we have on hand, we won't be sentenced to prison." It has nothing to do with rebellion..." He frowned and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, I had some gossip with the messenger yesterday. He said that Eunuch Chang was assassinated three or four times while patrolling the border, and hundreds of people rushed to the camp. , there are dozens of desperate people who take risks.”
Emperor Chongzhen frowned for a day, and his expression became extremely solemn: "They have been going on endlessly. They want to kill Chang Yu in order to end our Ming Dynasty... Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes is related to these people?"
Chunxiang shook his head: "I don't know, but I heard that in Datong a few days ago, there were thieves who planned to assassinate the people who were traveling with Eunuch Chang..."
"How dare you, thief!" Emperor Chongzhen stood up awkwardly. He naturally knew who Chunxiang was referring to as the "fellow companion": "Are you all okay?"
Chunxiang said quickly: "Besides the imperial city, the safest place in the world is next to Eunuch Chang."
"Ambition is nothing but treason!" Emperor Chongzhen shouted angrily. Chunxiang and Wang Chengen, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. They had never seen Chongzhen's look so terrifying!
"You can do whatever Chang Yu tells you to do, grab what needs to be taken, and take what needs to be taken. I'm here to support you. If you don't believe it, the sky will fall!"
Then Emperor Chongzhen ordered Gong Yonggu to enter the palace for discussion. After a while, he went to Wenyuan Pavilion to vent his anger to Li Banghua and other big shots: "This matter was not ordered by me, but was done by Chang Yu. As for why we have to wait until he returns to Beijing." To explain, I believe everyone knows that he will never be aimless, and please rest assured that he is not Wei Zhongxian, and he does not want to be Wei Zhongxian, and most importantly, I will not let him be Wei Zhongxian."
Speaking of this, everyone here understood the superficial explanation and the connotation, and it was difficult to say anything. Although there were still many doubts in their hearts, they could only wait for the little eunuch to come back and unravel the mystery.
If the sky falls, the one in the palace will hold it up, but what about Xiaoxiao under the sky?
Dongchang needs to take care of this himself.
Dongchang encountered certain resistance when arresting these bosses, but what Chunxiang didn't expect was that the real pressure began after these bosses were imprisoned.
There are only two semicolons in the country for imperial edicts, Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
Those who can spend money here are not ordinary people, they are either rich or expensive.
It's expensive, but as long as you come in, you'll get full service 24 hours a day, which will make you want to die, so much so that many people actually die.
The imperial prison of Dongchang is located on the east side of the second courtyard of the Yamen, and is divided into two floors: above ground and underground. Zhou Kui and other relatives were locked in the basement. The cold wind outside was biting, but the inside was as warm as spring, and there were good wine and food to serve. With.
Chunxiang did not torture them or even shackle them.
The brothers and sisters can drink and chat inside, but they are not allowed to take a step out of the cell, and they are not allowed to see anyone outside. The iron fence is locked tightly with a large iron chain, and the iron cell door outside is tightly closed and mosquitoes cannot fly in. Everywhere in the yamen In the yard, dozens of people patrolled back and forth, and hidden sentries were set up on the roofs of the attics.
But even so, Chunxiang was still worried.
When it got dark, his subordinates reported that there were many suspicious people visiting near the Yamen, which felt unusual.
This made Chunxiang's heart sink.
Among those arrested, except Zhou Kui, who did not have a military position, other nobles had hereditary military positions. These people either served in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion or in the Beijing Camp, Jin Yiwei, and Guards. They were influential in the army and had their own What's more, none of these wealthy families have private soldiers. Although they call themselves servants to the outside world, they are actually private soldiers and may even be dead soldiers.
Even a three-year-old child knows that once you enter the imperial prison, you are reporting to the Palace of Hell.
Will these people really sit back and wait to be killed?
Some people may not have done anything wrong and still have some illusions, and those who have done something may still have some luck. Some people have to make a desperate move and use some connections and power to save their lives, such as escaping from prison!
Chunxiang immediately recalled Jiang Fa, Chen Wangting, and Qiao Sanxiu to the Yamen to take charge, including of course the newly married Wuzhong couple.
But even this is insufficient.
If the other party really wants to rob the prison, it will definitely not be an ordinary force, and it is unimaginable based on their background.
The Yamen is seriously short of manpower!
There are not many fans in Dongchang and most of them are active outside Beijing. They usually borrow Jinyiwei's manpower to do things. At this time, it seems to be stretched. People from the Escort Bureau can also be seconded, but most of the escorts are from Jianghu. It's too easy to be bribed at this time, so I don't dare to use it.
Jiang Fa proposed to mobilize Jin Yiwei or other emperor's personal guards to assist in defense, but Chunxiang rejected it!
As mentioned earlier, most of these nobles serve in the Guards, the Beijing Camp, and the Imperial Guard. If you accidentally recruit these people, you may become their informants and may even turn against them, which would be very bad.
"That's not true. The emperor's twenty-seven personal guards have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. If you don't believe that they are all their people, just pick one of them who was not captured and transferred from the personal guards." Wu Zhong felt that Chunxiang was too much. Be careful, everyone agreed.
Chunxiang had a firm look on his face: "Be careful when sailing a ten-thousand-year-old ship. You can't be careless in this matter. It's better to rely on our own people."
Of the four yamen camps, three of them are out of the capital, and one is far away to supervise the army. So who else is there?
Yes, of course.
Although Dongchang only had four battalions under his command, Dongchang Wei had six battalions instead of four.
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