"This slave accepts the order!"
Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua left and took a hundred households under Li Ruolian to the location of the 24th Bureau in the northeast corner of the palace.
The Supervisor of Ceremonies was in the middle of the twenty-fourth bureau, and half of the hundreds of Jinyi guards quickly surrounded the Supervisor of Ceremonies' hall.
"This is an important place for the Supervisor of Ceremonies. No one who belongs to the Supervisor of Ceremonies is allowed to enter!"
As soon as he arrived at the door of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he was stopped by two eunuchs.
Fang Zhenghua snorted coldly, rushed out like lightning, and with a flying kick, the two eunuchs flew out.
Before the two eunuchs could stand up, the Jinyi guards who were following them jumped out and put a long knife on their necks.
"Wang Cheng'en, what are you going to do? This is the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Breaking into the Supervisor of Ceremonies without permission is a serious crime against the nine tribes. Your Majesty can't protect you!"
"If you move again, I'll kill you!"
Wang Chengen glanced at it and walked towards the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
As soon as he crossed the threshold, Wang Tiqian led the people out after hearing the commotion. Looking at the scene in front of him, he immediately became angry.
"open!"
Wang Chengen sneered: "According to your majesty's oral instructions, the eunuch Wang Tigan, the chief eunuch, is in deep danger. He relied on the eunuchs, falsely accused Zhongliang, and was sent to the imperial prison. I admire this."
"Wang Cheng'en, how dare you pretend to pass on His Majesty's instructions, are you tired of living?"
"Is this a false message from His Majesty? When you meet His Majesty, you will naturally know the truth. Don't yell at our house. Someone comes and takes it down!"
Two Jinyi guards stepped forward and directly pushed Wang Tiqian to the ground.
"Li Yongzhen, the eunuch of the Department of Ceremony, is domineering and greedy. He took advantage of his power to embezzle more than 600,000 taels of silver and 500 hectares of fertile land... He was imprisoned in the imperial prison. I admire this."
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In a full quarter of an hour, a total of thirty-six people including the palm print eunuchs, Bingbi, accompanying eunuchs, admirals, clerks, and left and right young eunuchs under the Si Li Superintendent were captured.
Everyone was tied up and strung on a rope.
After taking down all the people on the list, Wang Chengen entered the ceremonial office, found seals and other items, and had several blank imperial edicts obtained.
"The rest of the people are not allowed to enter the ceremonial prison without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
The movement here naturally alerted the people from the supervision bureaus nearby. Wang Chengen glanced at the people from other supervision bureaus who were craning their heads at the door.
"The rest of the staff of the supervisory bureaus and departments will return to their respective supervisory bureaus immediately. They are not allowed to go out without permission, let alone spread the news!"
With one word, everyone dispersed like birds and beasts, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies instantly regained his composure.
"Master Fang, I'm going back first. You go to the Royal Horse Prison!"
Fang Zhenghua nodded, waved his right hand, and a group of royal guards followed him towards the Royal Horse Prison not far away.
After a while, Fang Zhenghua arrived at the Royal Horse Prison.
"According to His Majesty's command, Liu Yingkun, the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Prison, invaded the Royal Horse Prison's pasture, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, embezzled military merits... and sent him to the imperial prison. I admire this!"
"When the eunuchs Tao Wen and Ji Yong, as well as Sun Maolin, Wu Jun and Wang Li, went to Liaodong to supervise the army, they falsely claimed military merits, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates... and were thrown into imperial prison. I admire this!"
"Asshole!"
Liu Yingkun shouted angrily: "Fang Zhenghua, you are slandering Chi Guoguo."
"Come here, take down Fang Zhenghua!"
After saying that, he rushed up, and several more people rushed out from the Royal Horse Prison.
The Chief of Ceremonies was an important part of the palace. It was a place where the inner court centralized power and where the emperor occasionally worked. No one would go there to cause trouble, so there were few guards.
But the Royal Horse Supervisor is in charge of the four guards of Admiral Tengxiang, so there are naturally many guards.
Looking at the Royal Horse Guards who came out brandishing weapons, Fang Zhenghua sneered and drew out the long knife of a Jinyi guard with his backhand.
Everyone saw a flash of sword light, and Liu Yingkun's head was cut off.
Then he stopped in front of the rushing guards. Every time he handed out a knife, one guard fell to the ground. After a few breaths, seven or eight guards were all lying on the ground. For a while, blood filled the Royal Horse Prison.
"All troops obey orders, and anyone who dares to act differently will be shot without mercy!"
"yes!"
All the royal guards shouted in unison, and their momentum was high. The other people in the Royal Horse Prison looked at the human head on the ground and the long knife still dripping with blood, and immediately froze in place.
Fang Zheng Hua Leng shouted, entered the Royal Horse Prison, glanced around, and shouted: "Where is the Soldier Talisman Fire Card?"
An official pointed tremblingly at a cabinet. Fang Zhenghua waved his hand, and four guards in royal robes stepped forward, lifted it up and left.
At this point, there were a total of thirty-six people including the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse, the eunuch in charge, the eunuch in charge, the supervisor, the bookkeeper, and the clerk. Except for the eunuch in charge of the eunuch Liu Yingkun, who died, the others were all tied up and taken away.
After Fang Zhenghua returned to Dongnuan Pavilion, he reported the incident to Chongzhen.
"Just kill him. Sooner or later he will die, but it's just that he will die so happily, which is a bit advantageous to him."
"Then their families..."
"Now is not the time to deal with them. The city gates of Beijing are closed. You can't escape even if you want to. It will be too late to liquidate them when the overall situation is stable!"
Chongzhen waved his hand and continued: "Go to Li Banghua and ask him to cooperate with you to rectify the four Tengxiang guards. After the rectification is completed, the troops will be divided into two groups, one to surround the Nei Cao Army camp, and the other to surround the Jinyi Guard Ge Qianhu's residence. .”
"Big Companion, please prepare a decree, one for the Four Guards of Tengxiang and one for the Jinyi Guards. The general content is to ask them to surrender and kill without mercy if they dare to resist. No need to mince words, just speak plainly."
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Fang Zhenghua left with two imperial edicts.
In Dongnuan Pavilion, Chongzhen looked at the two cabinets in the house with emotion in his eyes. One contained jade seals and seals, and the other contained military talismans and fire tokens.
The former represents the centralization of power in the royal family, and it is not impossible for someone holding the jade seal to pass on the imperial edict without concealing it from the emperor.
Wei Zhongxian has done this many times. Even a concubine of Tianqi dared to issue a false imperial edict and put her in the cold palace. How audacious is that?
The latter is the power to mobilize and supervise the army, which represents military power, although it has many restrictions.
The system of twelve supervisors, eight bureaus, and four divisions in the Ming Dynasty formed a major feature of the Ming Dynasty, that is, people would take the initiative to self-defeat, because only by self-imposed can they enter the palace, which represented unlimited possibilities in the future.
For example, Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian, etc., who cut off their own lives for power, can be considered ruthless people.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the number of eunuchs was as high as 90,000, while the total population was only 10.8 million. What a terrifying ratio.
If someone like Wei Zhongxian didn't enter the palace, he would be a drunkard and gambler at best, and he might be beaten to death someday.
But after entering the palace, he became nine thousand years old, with all the power, and enjoyed everything he should eat, drink, and play.
Six years of power in exchange for the next thirty years of life. Only the person involved knows best whether this transaction is worth it.
"Power and greed can really kill people."
Chongzhen picked up the jade seal, felt the warmth on it, and was filled with emotions for a while.
After leaving, Fang Zhenghua led a team of royal guards outside the Meridian Gate. At this moment, there were hundreds of tall men outside the Meridian Gate, with long knives on their waists, long bows in their hands, and arrow pots on their backs.
"Eunuch Fang, Lord Li asked me to wait for you here and cooperate with all your actions."
"Master Li also asked me to tell you that martial law has been imposed in Beijing at this moment, and all the people from the Five City Inspection Department and Shuntian Mansion have been dispatched."
"Okay, follow my orders later, don't hesitate at all!"
Fang Zhenghua glanced at it and jumped on his horse: "Let's go with our family to Jintaifang to eliminate the rebellion."
