Qinzheng Hall suddenly became quiet. There was no sound of rebels killing outside, but the sound of rustling footsteps coming through.
A large number of dark shadows were also reflected outside the doors and windows.
These black figures are the vanguard of Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
Outside the Qinzheng Palace at this time.
These vanguards were all wearing fiery red armor, carrying crossbows on their backs, and holding flintlock guns in their hands. They appeared neatly outside the Qinzheng Hall like a red stream pouring from them.
In order to avoid embarrassing things happening to these pioneers in the palace, Zhu Youxiao's pioneers are all female soldiers.
The Ming Dynasty had many female generals and female servants.
The most famous one is naturally Qin Liangyu.
Not just her, her daughter-in-law is also a famous female family member, who has served as an officer to deputy commander-in-chief, namely Zhang Fengyi.
In addition, there are many female relatives in the clan who are also good at martial arts.
In order to strengthen the defense of the palace, especially the defense of women and children in the palace, Zhu Youxiao also allowed the female relatives of the clan's relatives and the female relatives of the trusted military officials to also play a role.
Therefore, after he carried out reforms to the vassal vassal and allowed the vassal vassal to enter the capital, he specially selected a group of relatives outside the clan and the female relatives of trusted military officials as the female palace guards. They were trained by Qin Liangyu, Zhou Yuji's wife Liu, and Qin Liangyu's daughter-in-law Zhang Fengyi. It has always been a powerful force in the palace, and it is claimed to be a pioneer.
However, Zhu Youxiao did not intend to let them hold positions in the outer court in the future, which would lead to suspicions of interfering in politics. He only intended to let them participate in the defense affairs of the inner court.
After all, it is not enough to have domestic slaves in the inner court.
In history, there were many domestic slaves who surrendered to Li Zicheng or became slaves. At least there were many who bullied the weak and destroyed the foundation of imperial rule.
Allowing relatives outside the clan to participate in inner court affairs can provide some checks and balances.
This is like a big family, with a few more relatives who care about the interests of the family to supervise the servants in charge of the emperor.
Then, the house slaves in charge supervise the house slaves under them and the employees of the foreign court, that is, the civil servants.
Civil servants and domestic slaves would also supervise relatives at home.
Anyway, no one can be idle like waste.
But no one can represent the emperor's power alone.
The harem interferes with politics, relatives interfere with politics, military dictatorship, civilian dictatorship, eunuch dictatorship, etc.
Undoubtedly, it was the result of one force monopolizing power, which was not conducive to the use of imperial power.
Excellent emperors have to make use of them.
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once decreed that "no prince-in-law may interfere in political affairs." However, this decree was broken by himself. In the 19th year of Hongwu, Mei Yin, the prince-in-law, was sent to Shandong to supervise the school and also manage the local area. affairs, and was later appointed by Zhu Yunwen as the chief military officer to guard Huai'an.
After reading history, Zhu Youxiao also discovered that the most powerful emperors in history seemed to set rules to restrict others, but they were not so strict about themselves.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not want to stick to dogma.
Princess Le'an, Zhu Youxiao's half-sister, became a leader in training as a driving pioneer and showed great talent in riding and archery.
Over the years, Zhu Youxiao has taken great care of his younger brothers and sisters, and on the grounds that he loves his younger brothers and sisters to avoid being influenced by others, he keeps them by his side, personally teaching and cultivating their feelings. .
Even Huang Bamei's martial nature was discovered when he raised her by his side.
Therefore, Princess Le'an, also known as Huang Bamei, and Zhu Youxiao also have a deep relationship.
Zhu Youxiao was therefore happy to let Princess Le'an become the leader of this forbidden brigade.
However, there are not many female relatives of the clan who are suitable for training, and those from distant clans like King Jin are naturally not suitable. They must be from close clans that are close to the royal family, and preferably, they must be relatives of the clan that are close to the emperor.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao has only trained about 700 driving pioneers so far.
Among the seven hundred or so pioneers, in addition to some of them being relatives of close relatives, the other part were the female relatives of the Qin Liangyu and Zhou Yuji clans.
Because Zhu Youxiao knew what happened in history.
Needless to say, Qin Liangyu's family, Zhou Yuji's wife Liu Shi, when she was guarding Taiyuan in history, led her family and female relatives to fight in a bloody battle with Li Zicheng's tribe until they were all killed. She was a loyal person who did not give in to men.
Therefore, he can trust the female relatives of the Qin and Zhou clans.
At this time, Princess Le'an brought Liu and Zhang Fengyi to Zhu Youxiao: "Brother Emperor!"
After Zhu Youxiao saw Princess Le'an coming, he nodded and ordered: "Except Yuan Aiqing, Wei Zhongxian, and Wang Chengen, all the Dajun present were involved in treason. In addition, the cabinet minister Wei Guangwei colluded with the internal ministers and had evil intentions. , you first imprison them all in Fuqinxuan and keep them under strict guard."
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu and Zhang Fengyi: "You two will take the vanguard under your command and immediately assist in guarding the Daming Garden. They will all obey the orders of the Guards General Zhang Tongchang."
"yes!"
Princess Le'an replied.
Liu Ruoyu, Wei Guangwei and others were surprised.
Of course, when they heard His Majesty the Emperor ordered Wang Chengen to come forward to escort the troops, they quickly realized that His Majesty the Emperor had already been prepared to deal with the current situation.
Although Liu Ruoyu didn't understand military affairs, he also knew that well-trained vanguards and guards, only a few hundred people, plus the high walls of the Daming Garden, would be able to withstand his five thousand eunuchs who were like a mob. is more than enough.
Therefore, Liu Ruoyu began to feel uneasy for a while.
The whole person fell to the ground like a deflated balloon.
But he still didn't ask for mercy from Zhu Youxiao.
He was still hoping that the rebellious eunuchs he controlled might be able to perform miracles and defeat the elites of the empire. After all, he had many people, right? What if there is a miracle?
The same goes for Wei Guangwei, he doesn't know what to say.
Gao Qiqian and other eunuchs who interceded for Liu Ruoyu were also silent, as if they had lost their souls.
The pioneers dragged these people down like dead pigs.
At the same time, except for the vanguard who guarded Liu Ruoyu and others, most of them followed Liu and Zhang Fengyi to various gates of the Daming Garden, and guarded the Daming Garden together with Zhang Tongchang and other guards.
More than 5,000 rebellious eunuchs had begun to approach the Daming Garden, and they arrived at the Daming Garden not long after. Without making any arrangements, they swarmed into the Daming Garden, setting up ladders and bumping into the garden gates. Garden gate.
At that time, the vanguard and guards lined up in a row and relied on the battlements on the city wall as cover. They lined up and shot these people, and immediately defeated the eunuchs who rushed at the front.
Mrs. Liu even took this opportunity to rush out with her vanguard on horseback, and took the initiative to attack the eunuchs. After a meal of chopping melons and vegetables, these eunuchs suffered many casualties.
These eunuchs had no other tactics and were still rushing in like a swarm, like moths to a flame.
Although a few of them rushed forward, they were quickly killed by the vanguard and guards on the city wall.
At that time, the entire Daming Garden suddenly became a meat grinding ground.
These rebellious eunuchs paid thousands of casualties, and ultimately failed to conquer the gate of Daming Garden. Not long after, the main force of the Guards Battalion of the Guards arrived here. These eunuchs immediately collapsed at the touch of a button, and in Manhuang City Flee inside.
However, because the imperial city had been ordered to be closed by Zhang Tongchang in advance, the palace city was also under martial law in advance.
Therefore, these fleeing eunuchs could not escape and were either killed or captured alive.
Not long after, Zhang Tongchang came to report to Colonel Zhu You: "Your Majesty! All the rebellious eunuchs have been suppressed."
Zhu Youxiao was already staying at Fuqinxuan where Liu Ruoyu and Wei Guangwei were imprisoned.
After listening to Zhang Tongchang's report, Zhu Youxiao nodded and looked at Liu Ruoyu.
Liu Ruoyu was completely desperate now, and had to immediately crawl towards Zhu Youxiao like a dog, and kowtowed to the ground again: "Your Majesty, spare your life!"
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