However, when Fan Yuqing arrived at the You'anmen area of the outer city gate of the capital, he saw that the front was already full of Jinyiwei sentries, and notices were posted prohibiting leaving the city.
Fan Yuqing had to stop his horse.
Fan Yuqing felt quite annoyed about this and thought: "After all, I am still a step too late, and the court has obviously expected that someone will report the news to Wang Huazhen."
But Fan Yuqing knew that he had to bring the news of Liu Yishui's imprisonment as soon as possible, otherwise more people and things would be implicated.
Fan Yuqing therefore looked at the servants on his left and right, and ordered in a low voice: "Rush over and divert these royal guards away!"
"yes!"
These servants are no different from dead soldiers. They have been slaves of the Fan family since their parents' generation or even earlier, so they are very loyal to Fan Yuqing.
Therefore, these servants immediately took out their arrows and rushed towards You'anmen.
Although arrows and weapons were forbidden in the Ming Dynasty, it was not surprising for people like Fan Yuqing, who had a lot of power behind them, to obtain arrows and weapons.
Moreover, these servants are all highly skilled in martial arts and have strong combat capabilities due to their training since childhood, and they are not afraid of the Imperial Cavalry.
Upon seeing this, Wu Mengming, a member of Qianhu Jinyiwei who was guarding You'anmen, immediately shouted: "Stop them! They are trying to force their way out of the city!"
Phew!
However, before the Jin Yiwei could react, a servant of the Fan family shot an arrow first, piercing the throat of a Jin Yiwei tiqi.
Then, several more Jinyi guards fell to the ground after being struck by crossbow arrows.
But Jin Yiwei also started to fight back, shooting two of Fan's servants to the ground.
After all, Qianhu Wu Mengming's reaction was quite quick. From the moment he saw the other party rushing towards him on horseback, he had already expected that the other party was going to force his way out of the city.
For a time, the entire Youanmen area broke into a scuffle.
Seeing this, the nearby scholars and people had to flee and disperse.
But Fan's servants were obviously more powerful, knocking down or hacking a famous Jin Yiwei to the ground one after another.
After all, the imperial guards in the capital have gradually neglected their training because the world has been at peace for a long time.
Wu Mengming had no choice but to go into battle with a knife and fight with a servant of the Fan family.
Fortunately, Wu Mengming was quite skilled and killed the Fan family member immediately.
However, more and more Jin Yiwei gathered at this time, so even though the Fan family members were all brave and good at fighting, they gradually began to be outnumbered.
Seeing this, Fan Yuqing had already taken the initiative to retreat.
When the other members of the Fan family saw that they were surrounded by Jin Yiwei, they directly put the knife to their necks and chose to commit suicide.
Anyway, they all have rosters and files in the Fan family, so they don't have to worry about their families not being able to receive pensions after their death.
Fan Yuqing took the initiative to get off his horse, got into an alleyway, and changed into civilian clothes.
However, Fan Yuqing did not return to his residence. He could guess that there must be people from Dongchang where he lived.
Therefore, Fan Yuqing chose another inn.
…
"Reporting to your Majesty, Wu Mengming, a member of the Qianyi Guards, reported that someone did forcefully break into the city in the You'anmen area in the afternoon, but unfortunately no one was caught alive, so they all chose to wipe their necks and commit suicide."
Zhu Youxiao soon learned from Wei Zhongxian about the incident of someone breaking into You'anmen.
"The city gate cannot be sealed for a long time, otherwise it will affect the normal operation of the officials and the people. Therefore, you need to find out the person named Fan Yuqing overnight. In my opinion, it is probably this person who is forcing his way into You'anmen."
Zhu Youxiao spoke to Wei Zhongxian.
"My servant has asked them to investigate! Fan Yuqing must be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked: "How many casualties did Jinyiwei suffer?"
Wei Zhongxian did not expect that the emperor would ask such detailed questions.
But fortunately, Wei Zhongxian also wanted to be prepared. He secretly thought that although the emperor was very cruel, he also cared about the casualties of his subordinates, which showed that he had slaves like himself in his heart.
So, Wei Zhongxian replied: "Nine were injured, six died. Of the nine injured, only three will probably survive. The remaining six wounds are very deep."
Zhu Youxiao didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to be able to answer, so he looked at Wei Zhongxian more highly and said: "The six seriously injured people plus the dead ones will all be given the title of first-class imperial guard and be given a pension of one hundred taels of silver. One person in his family will be exempted from the corvee, and all of them will be given the title of national scholar. They will be buried together in a good place in the imperial village. The cabinet will be ordered to select an official from the Ministry of Rites to preside over the funeral. When the burial is held, you will go to pay homage in person for me. bye."
"Each injured person will receive fifty taels of cash!"
Zhu Youxiao then said something else.
Although for Zhu Youxiao, who is an emperor, the status of an ordinary Jin Yiwei is much lower than him, and he may not even be recognized by him in his life.
After all, Zhu Youxiao has more than ten thousand brocade guards.
But Zhu Youxiao knew that he could not ignore the life and death of every Jin Yiwei and the honor before and after him.
Because only by letting every Jin Yiwei feel the emperor's favor can his ruling position as the Ming Emperor be stabilized.
Otherwise, the people below will lose motivation to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.
In that way, no matter how well the emperor builds the upper echelon of his ruling circle, he cannot make the people below him absolutely loyal to him.
Why could Zhu Yuanzhang be okay with killing those who threatened his rule?
It is because of his guard system that the ordinary Jinyi guards and other Ming officers below him have protection and honor, so no matter how harsh Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment is, nothing will happen.
And Zhu Youxiao knew very well that if he wanted to use strict government to wipe out the bad governance of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he would also need to consolidate the loyalty of the most basic Jinyi Guards to him.
For Zhu Youxiao, a free gift is nothing more than the cost of tens of thousands of taels of silver. But for a Jin Yiwei, it is a guarantee to dare to die for the emperor.
"My slave obeys the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied immediately.
Then, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian: "Except those who committed suicide, how many of them were killed by the Jin Yiwei?"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Five people."
Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this: "The Jinyiwei's combat ability needs to be strengthened, but the fact that the Jinyiwei did not retreat shows that the Qianhu guarding the city has some skills. Report his name to Xu Guangqi and ask him to pay attention to this person."
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said: "I hope that after Guo Hu and Qin Liangyu enter the capital, my army will be invincible in the world in the future!"
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"Mr. Mu, all my servants have been compensated. Now it's difficult for me to leave the capital alone. I have to ask for your help!"
Fan Yuqing came to the residence of Donglin official Miao Changqi and started talking to Miao Changqi.
Miao Changqi glanced sideways at Fan Yuqing: "You are too reckless. You are in such a hurry to leave the city. Didn't you think in advance that they would definitely seal the city?"
"Wansheng also wanted to get out of the city before them, but who knew that these Jin Yiwei seemed to have changed people since the Dongchang changed people, and each of them became much more active. They sealed the city so quickly, but the Jin Yiwei guarding You'anmen The officer was quite vigilant! So he failed!"
As Fan Yuqing spoke, he held up his hands again and said: "Mr. Mu, you must help me, otherwise, if Liu Yishen is sentenced to prison, my master will definitely be in trouble! And when the time comes, our affair with the captives will be leaked. !”
