In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, on August 25th, early morning in Beijing.
Both inside and outside the imperial city were completely under the control of Zhu Youjian's three thousand Royal Horse Guards and hundreds of Qianqing Palace guards. Wei Zhongxian's party did not even have the thought of resisting, but they were crushed by the thunderous blow of Zhu Youjian, the young emperor. Although each of the more than a thousand soldiers guarding Wei Zhongxian looked bright, when it came time for him to sacrifice his life, they really couldn't do anything except beg for mercy and disperse.
While Wei Zhongxian and Hakka were still weeping each other, these pure troops began to flee towards Xihua Gate and Xi'an Gate. When they rushed out of Xihua Gate, Huang Degong's people had not arrived yet, but they failed to get out of Xi'an Gate. So they were all blocked in the Xiyuan of the Imperial Palace. Instead of gathering together, they were hiding everywhere in the entire Xiyuan. Because Xiyuan is a royal garden, there is also a large pool with several small islands in the pool, as well as many palaces and warehouses. There are dense trees everywhere, so it is a good place to hide people. Huang Degong only had 500 men at hand and could not conduct a thorough search, so he had to seal Xihua Gate and Xi'an Gate. At the same time, he also sent people to patrol along the walls of the imperial city and the roads in Xiyuan... These pure troops There might be some "fat sheep" among them, but we can't let them escape!
Once the gang under his command was dispersed, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka couldn't even run away! Their heads are worth a lot of money now. Without loyal men to protect them, how could they dare to go out for a walk? I had no choice but to find a small dark room to hide in Xian'an Palace...I guess I could hide for a while!
But how good are they at hiding and hiding? Soon they were found by Li Chengyun, the original leader of Wei Chengyun.
The two trembling people were dragged to the main hall of Xian'an Palace. When they were still in shock, they saw Zhu Youjian wearing a helmet. The young emperor was sitting on a chair with a golden sword, holding a sword with both hands, his face was calm, and there was no trace of joy or anger.
He had just accomplished such a big thing, and basically controlled the entire imperial city... He was actually able to keep his emotions and anger intangible. This scheming in the city was clearly like that of a generation. Lord!
Don’t underestimate the importance of mastering the imperial city! It is no longer the year of Hongwu or Yongle... The water in the imperial city is deep! Not whoever becomes the emperor can fully control it.
Otherwise Emperor Longqing would not have died 29 days after ascending the throne!
Emperor Tianqi may not necessarily die so mysteriously at the age of 23, and Emperor Tianqi's sons may not all die young!
If the emperor's life and that of his heirs are in the hands of others, what great things can he accomplish?
If Zhu Youjian wants to be the master of the Ming Dynasty's resurgence in this life, of course he must first control his own destiny!
The imperial city must be under the firm control of Zhu Youjian himself!
In addition, the "inner court" based in the imperial city also controls a large amount of property and troops!
In the last life, Zhu Youjian never thought about how much wealth he had in his name until he was kicked out by his traitor - his eyes were only focused on real money and silver, and he ignored the imperial village, imperial store, and royal gardens... ...especially the royal gardens!
Not to mention other places, around the city of Beijing alone, there are four royal gardens including Nanyuan (Nanhaizi), Dongyuan, Beiyuan and Diaoyutai.
Among them, Nanyuan, the largest one, covers an area of 300,000 acres! Even excluding the land occupied by lakes, streams, and palaces, there are at least 200,000 acres of land available for distribution.
This is not a decimal!
Moreover, Nanyuan was a royal hunting ground as early as the Yuan Dynasty. It has not been cultivated for three to four hundred years. How fertile the land must be!
There is a large population around Beijing and the price of food is high, so there is no need to worry about not being able to rent it out.
Such good land, 500 acres is enough to support a family of heavy cavalry!
Just these 200,000 acres, if carefully allocated, can raise 4,000 heavy cavalry.
If Beiyuan and Dongyuan are also divided, 6,000 heavy cavalry can be raised!
With 6,000 heavy cavalry in hand, even if the Donglu can take a detour and enter the pass, they should be able to fight when they approach the city.
Of course, if you want to turn hundreds of thousands of acres of royal gardens into 6,000 households of heavy cavalry, you must have an inner court that Zhu Youjian can completely control!
Compared with the land owned by the eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty, the hundreds of thousands of acres of royal gardens are probably a small amount! If we could confiscate half of the land from these bastards and distribute it to brave warriors who dare to fight well... Haha, tens of thousands of new troops could be formed!
Then they will send people to Haoao to hire some foreign generals and soldiers who are good at using firearms, and they will also organize some Spanish formations to help with training.
Ping Liao didn't dare to think about it for five years, but at least the Donglu could not get in... If they couldn't get in, they wouldn't be able to grab anything. If you can't grab anything, you will be poor and weak sooner or later!
When he was feeling proud, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka had already been escorted into the lobby amidst Li Chengyun's shouts.
"Long live Lord, please spare my life. For the sake of the late emperor, please spare my life..."
When Wei Zhongxian saw Zhu Youjian, who had turned into a heroic figure, he cried and begged. The guest who came with him probably knew that he was going to die, so he didn't beg for mercy and just knelt there and shed tears.
Zhu Youjian ignored them and just sat quietly.
He's waiting...for someone!
He mobilized the three battalions of Yumajian to attack Wei Zhongxian, killing three birds with one stone.
Wei Zhongxian and Hakka are of course the same bird!
If they are not eradicated, Zhu Youjian's emperor will be short-term... There is no possibility of cooperation and coexistence between the two parties!
The officials in the inner court who were attached to Wei Zhongxian and the officials in the court who were attached to Wei Zhongxian were the second best! Of course Zhu Youjian will not eradicate them all... If they are all eradicated, who will be the lackey and the eagle dog? Donglin Party? Come to the court again? forget it!
However, Zhu Youjian cannot easily let go of these traitorous officials who are attached to Wei Zhongxian. He must let them know how powerful they are and fine them! Penalize the land!
And the third bird...should be on its way to Xian'an Palace now!
Zhu Youjian also has to let them know how powerful he is... He is super cruel!
"Queen Yi'an has arrived!"
The roll call rang out, and the beauty queen Zhang Yan came, bringing her two confidants Wang Yongzuo and Wang Benzheng, as well as a group of young eunuchs armed with swords and sticks.
Last night when the third battalion of the Royal Horse Guards was launched, Wang Yongzuo and Wang Benzheng were both in the palace. They responded very quickly and immediately took their men to Kunning Palace to escort him. At the same time, people were also sent to Wenhua Palace and Xian'an Palace to inquire. I got the reward this morning and found out that it was Zhu Youjian who suddenly launched an attack and personally went to incite the Third Battalion of the Royal Horse Guards to attack Xian'an Palace!
Such a ruckus, to be honest, was far beyond Empress Zhang's expectations... Why did Zhu Youjian directly use force when things could obviously be solved with power and tactics?
is this necessary?
"Sister-in-law, please sit down!" Zhu Youjian stood up, raised his hands to Queen Zhang, and was about to give her the throne under his butt.
"No, no," how could Queen Zhang dare to sit on Zhu Youjian's throne? She glanced at Hakka who was lying limply on the ground and snorted: "Witch, you too will have this day!"
Zhu Youjian pointed at the Hakka family and said with a smile: "I'll leave this evil woman to my sister-in-law!"
When she heard that she was going to be handed over to Queen Zhang, Hakka shivered!
"What about Wei Zhongxian?" Empress Zhang pointed at Wei Zhongxian, "This traitor deserves death!"
Zhu Youjian smiled: "People only die once! The Hakka family will be dealt with by my sister-in-law, and the others... I will deal with them myself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone else came to report: "Long live my lord, Duke Yingying, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Luo Sigong, the former commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guards, and all the bachelors of the cabinet have arrived outside the Huangji Gate."
Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "Invite them to Xian'an Palace!" He turned to Queen Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to kill someone! Sister-in-law, please stay away!"
"No need!" Zhang Yan gritted his teeth, "I want to see Wei Zhongxian die!"
Zhu Youjian nodded, and then said to Wei Zhongxian calmly: "Zhongxian, I can lend you my head!"
