In a short period of time, the three princes were all controlled, and their families were all arrested by Shen Gai.
Everyone, from the gray-haired to the young and the young, were caught and taken to the palace, and no one was spared.
All Zhao Min's immediate family members were controlled.
At the same time, all the remaining concubines, sons, and daughters of Zhao Hao and Zhao Gou in the entire palace were controlled by Shen Gai and controlled in the East Palace.
When all the people were present, Shen Gai announced in front of them the edict to abolish Zhao Xun's throne, read out the edict to abolish Zhao Xun's status as crown prince, and then read out the edict to appoint Zhao Dun, who was on the sickbed, as the new emperor. .
Zhao Su and Zhao Kai, who were tied up by Wuhua Da, were shocked, and Zhao Min, who was tied up and tightly controlled, was even more furious.
"Shen Gai! You traitor! Traitor! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!!!!"
Although Zhao Xin was tied up and unable to move, his mouth was not sealed. Zhang Shi shook his head, went up with a look of displeasure on his face, and simply blocked his mouth with a piece of cloth.
"The officials should stop saying anything else, otherwise it will not do any good to the officials!"
Seeing this, Zhao Su and Zhao Kai were furious and yelled at Zhang Shi regardless of their own danger.
Zhao Dun was ill and couldn't shout, so he just stared at Zhang Shi with his eyes.
Zhang Shi didn't care about this, and immediately stepped forward and blocked the mouths of Zhao Min and Zhao Kai with rags, and the world suddenly became quiet.
As a result, their family members started crying loudly again, and Zhang Shi was so angry that he had no choice but to pull out a knife and point it at Zhao Su and Zhao Kai, who were gagged.
"Whoever dares to cry again will poke a hole in their body if they make a sound! Keep your word!"
Seeing this, the royal family all stopped in horror and did not dare to say a word. The young children had their mouths covered.
It was only then that they discovered that their past honors were as meaningless as a mirror in the mirror. In front of the coup army, everything they had was in the hands of others. This feeling of identity exchange made them very uncomfortable and very uncomfortable. of discomfort.
In the past, they were all powerful people, but now, they have become prisoners, and they cannot even control their own lives.
This feeling is very unpleasant.
Shocking the royal family in the palace, Zhang Shi nodded towards Shen Gai.
Shen Gai also nodded.
A hastily carried out coup completed the first stage of the process under these circumstances and was a great success.
Most of the relatives of Zhao Gou and Zhao Xun were taken down, and the remaining collateral royal family living outside the palace were not important players. They could be dealt with later.
After that, Shen Gai ordered that Zhao Hao, Zhao Su and Zhao Kai, together with a large number of men, women, old and children, were imprisoned in the East Palace, and Shen Gai personally arranged for people to supervise them.
Close supervision.
The third prince, Zhao Dun, was forced to put on the imperial crown and sit on the throne of the emperor when he was still seriously ill and had no resistance. He was forced to accept the kneeling ceremony of Shen Gai and others, and was automatically made the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. The third emperor of the dynasty.
He tried to resist, but his weak body really could not allow him to resist even as ineffectively as Zhao Wei or Zhao Kai.
However, he was really dishonest and tried his best to resist this kind of insult and control. Shen Gai tried to persuade him for a long time but to no avail. He was tired of it.
So he immediately called the imperial doctors who had been controlled, and forced them to brew a medicine that could make people paralyzed, unable to move, and forced to be slaughtered, and drank it to Zhao Dun.
After drinking these medicines, Zhao Dun will become weak and temporarily become a disabled person with paralyzed hands and feet, and can only be at their mercy.
And all this was going on under the watchful eye of the tightly tied Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen was so angry that his eyes were split open, his face turned red, and he roared at the top of his lungs. Even if his mouth was gagged, his voice could not be completely blocked.
If looks could kill, Shen Gai and others would have been crushed by him.
But he couldn't. He could only watch helplessly as the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasty that he wanted to protect was wantonly manipulated by the rebellious thieves, and his dignity was trampled under his feet and crushed to pieces.
After Zhao Dun was automatically made emperor, he was immediately issued several edicts automatically.
First, Yu Yunwen was dismissed from all positions and deposed as a commoner. All his positions were succeeded by Shen Gai. Shen Gai became the Pingzhang Army State Affairs, Lin'an City Defense Envoy and Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty. The position of Deputy Privy Envoy was taken over by Zhang Shi , the position of deputy city defense envoy was taken over by Lu Yongyan, and the position of Shangshu Zuocheng was taken over by Zhou Linzhi.
Second, Yang Wanli, the former deputy city defense envoy, and Hu Quan, the former deputy privy envoy, both committed treason and should be arrested immediately. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy.
Third, Chen Junqing, the former minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Shipeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Dabao, the minister of rites, were also guilty of treason. They were immediately dismissed from their posts and arrested. If they resisted, they were shot without mercy.
Fourth, the Lin'an army immediately stopped resisting, agreed to all the peace terms of the Ming Dynasty, and strived to stop the war and restore the good-neighborly and friendly situation between the two countries. They must not start a war.
After the four edicts were promulgated, Zhao Dun watched helplessly as Shen Gai stamped the emperor's seals on them one by one, giving them legal effect. He felt extremely sad and angry in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.
After the edict was stamped with a jade seal, Shen Gai breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
He knew that everything was about to settle.
The next task is to catch them all in one fell swoop and seize military power before the main war faction currently in control of the military notices it.
There are certain risks in this process.
Especially since the current control of the city defense army is still in the hands of Yang Wanli, who remains behind, the current power comparison between the entire coup forces and the main battle forces is still disproportionate, and the main battle forces have an absolute advantage in military strength.
Zhang Shi and Lu Yongyan volunteered to do the most risky thing - to remove the deputy city defense envoy Yang Wanli from his position and military power, control the troops on the city wall, and control the city defense situation.
"This move is quite dangerous, and it is related to all subsequent arrangements. You must be careful. Your success or failure depends on this move."
"Here!"
Zhang Shi and Lu Yongyan nodded to express their understanding.
Then they wore official uniforms and led a group of Forbidden Army soldiers to the front line of the city defense, and asked about Yang Wanli's whereabouts, saying that the emperor had something to see Yang Wanli.
Yang Wanli was doing another inventory of materials on the city wall at the time, preparing for the upcoming decisive battle with the Ming army tomorrow. When he unexpectedly heard that the emperor was going to summon him, he felt a little strange.
Didn’t Yu Yunwen go there before? Problem not solved? Still need him?
Yang Wanli was not prepared for the visitor from the palace, so he met the palace envoy in the house.
Then when he saw Zhang Shi, he was surprised.
"Zhang Jingfu? Why are you here? When... did you change jobs?"
Yang Wanli clearly remembered that Zhang Shi's position was thousands of miles away from that of the palace envoy, and it was not his turn to convey the emperor's orders.
Zhang Shi laughed.
"Yang Tingxiu, don't blame me. We have different positions and each has his own master. There is no other way. Yongyan, take action!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Yang Wanli could react, Lu Yongyan suddenly drew his sword and sealed Yang Wanli's throat with one blow.
Yang Wanli looked at Zhang Shi in disbelief and quickly covered his neck, but he could not stop the blood spurting out, the bursts of pain, and the gradual loss of strength.
He knelt on the ground and fell forward. His body twitched a few times and stopped moving.
Yang Wanli died under Lu Yongyan's knife without making a sound.
Several clerks around were horrified, but before they could shout, they were all hacked to death by the Forbidden Army soldiers who followed them.
"Give me the order. Call all the senior generals in the city defense army to come over for a meeting."
Zhang Shi sat on Yang Wanli's original chair. Lu Yongyan wiped his knife, sheathed it, and stood next to Zhang Shi.
