Yifangting is on the first floor of Xuanfu in the north of the city.
The building is five stories high and covers an area of more than ten acres. It does not have the elegance of the south of the Yangtze River, but the majesty of the north.
Merchants who had made a lot of money from the Zhangjiakou mutual trade and merchants who were going north to slaughter the Mongolian tribes all loved to stay here.
Not only is it a place where you can eat, drink and have fun, it’s also safe here.
Rumor has it that the boss behind this restaurant is a big shot in the Xuanfu. It is not clear whether he is the governor or the commander-in-chief.
But since it opened, there has never been a disturbance or goods lost.
But today, hundreds of murderous sergeants came.
When these sergeants arrived, they shouted directly behind the gate.
"Effective immediately, the Yifang Courtyard will be under martial law. No entry or exit is allowed. Anyone who disrupts the order will be punished with fifty sticks!"
When the shopkeeper heard the news, he came out with a gloomy face: "Master Jun, what are you doing? Our inn..."
"Don't be polite to me, just cooperate honestly!"
"Master Jun, please let me go out and I will go look for you..."
"Drag him out, fifty sticks!"
The two sergeants immediately dragged the shopkeeper aside and started fighting in the street.
The leading Baihu looked solemn, gave a low drink, and then said: "All the troops entered Yifangting and asked all the merchants to go back to their rooms. Those who do not listen to the advice will be arrested!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a clang, and all the sergeants behind him drew out their long knives and entered Yifang Court one by one.
There were some people in the building who wanted to come out and argue a few words based on their status, but when they saw such a strong situation, they were instantly discouraged.
Similar situations were happening everywhere in Xuanfu City. Some of them were forced to talk because of their status, but they became honest after being whipped by the sergeant.
Xuanfu City is under martial law!
Groups of sergeants were running quickly in the city, and there were sergeants coming to every inn, the residence of officials, gentry, and wealthy merchants.
There is only one command, be patient.
At noon, Xuanfu City was eerily quiet except for the sound of banners hanging on the city walls and in front of street merchants.
This fear lasted until the end of the morning and the beginning of the next day, when it was broken by loud shouts.
Groups of merchants, officials, merchants and gentry were escorted by sergeants and slowly headed towards Dianjiangtai in the north of Xuanfu City.
Youdao is the mother-in-law of Datong, the city wall of Yuzhou, and the school grounds of Xuanfu, which describe the number of soldiers in Xuanfu.
On the Xuanfu campus at this moment, on the left are 15,000 Tiger Guards and 2,000 White Guards led by Qin Liangyu.
On the right are the sergeants stationed in Xuanfu City, numbering in the tens of thousands.
Comparing the two, no matter in terms of momentum, lineup, weapons, etc., the Xuanfu sergeants lagged behind the Huben guards and the Baigan soldiers.
Directly opposite the Dianjiang Platform are thousands of merchants, officials and gentry from Xuanfu City, and directly in front are Xuanfu generals above the garrison level.
These people's faces were full of confusion, and they couldn't figure out what such a large battle was about.
What made them even more confused was that there was a three-meter-high wooden platform and nearly a hundred large wooden boxes built in front of the twelve-meter-high general ordering platform.
Boom, boom, boom...
When everyone was confused, eighteen war drums with a diameter of two to three meters sounded on the school grounds, resounding throughout the entire school grounds.
"Your Majesty is here!"
After three drum beats, a loud shout rang out, and then Chongzhen's Luan Jia appeared. He only looked slightly shabby, but under the protection of Teng Xiang's right guard, he still looked solemn.
Chongzhen, wearing a bright yellow four-piece dragon robe and a winged crown on his head, went up to the general stage under the protection of his guards.
The moment they saw the emperor, the entire school, except for some people who knew about it, was extremely shocked.
Even the Baigan soldiers and Huben guards were stunned, not to mention the garrison and merchants of Xuanfu.
The merchants and gentry who were very arrogant yesterday were now covered in cold sweat, and their eyes were full of fear and horror.
After the shock, under the leadership of Hou Gongji, they began to pay homage. The voice of "long live my emperor" resounded through the sky and spread several miles away.
Chongzhen stepped forward, glanced around the school grounds, and finally stopped at the Xuanfu generals directly in front.
"Are you surprised to see me?"
"Actually, I didn't want to come at this time, but several shocking things happened here, so I had to come!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he glanced behind him, Tan Yao understood, and with a wave of his right hand, dozens of men in military uniforms were escorted onto the wooden platform under the general stage.
"These people look familiar!"
"More than anything, it looks familiar. The one on the left in the middle is Wang Yanbaihu, the captain of General Wang's personal army!"
"Yes, yes, we drank together two days ago...ah, I don't know him!"
"What happened? Why are General Wang's soldiers and captain tied up here? Where is General Wang?"
"Then who is the one in the middle? Hiss...it can't be Commander Wang. Why was he beaten like this?"
"If not him, who else would allow His Majesty to visit the Xuan Mansion in person?"
…
Everyone really couldn't connect the man in the middle, who was kneeling on the ground with his head drooped and covered in blood, with Wang Chengyin, the usually arrogant and aloof commander of the Xuanfu.
At this moment, all the people who were usually close to Wang Chengyin were trembling all over, with fear deepening in their eyes.
After all the bans imposed on the whole city yesterday, I'm afraid the emperor will have to settle accounts with them.
"The Emperor is entrusted with the destiny of Heaven, and he is ordered to say: Wang Chengyin, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, has nine crimes. First, he deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates. He colluded with Xuanfu city officials, merchants and gentry to secretly increase business taxes... Ninth, he killed the people and took credit..."
Every time Han Huang read out a piece of evidence, everyone trembled.
All the evidence combined could bring the nine clans to justice several times.
Among the nine crimes, smuggling was not the only one.
The generals thought that the generals were attacking the Mongolian tribes, and there was a war. As military generals, they could make great achievements, be granted the title of marquis and worship the generals.
The merchants thought that the imperial court was going to fight the autumn wind and use it to raise some military expenditures, and they were also prepared for heavy bleeding.
But I never thought it would be this kind of trial meeting!
Han Huang looked at the reactions of the people below, smiled coldly, and continued: "I will tell you another guess that is basically certain.
In order to protect himself, Wang Chengyin had already sent his confidants to various places in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as he heard the news of Wang Chengyin's capture or death, he would spread the word that the caravan was robbed by the imperial court.
The intention was to provoke a war between the tribes of Mongolia and Mongolia against the Ming Dynasty. The caravans who came to trade with each other had no trust in the imperial court, and the people were afraid and angry towards the Ming Dynasty. "
Most of the Xuanfu generals directly in front had eyes full of astonishment. When they heard the last words, they were filled with disbelief, and then anger.
As soldiers, they protect their families and the country, but their general soldiers loot caravans and kill people for credit. It is really unimaginable.
What's even more hateful is that they actually started a war for their own selfish purposes.
So what does the death of these soldiers count?
Soldiers use force to stop war and achieve peace.
But what they worked hard to protect was destroyed by their commander-in-chief, and their deaths were meaningless.
Those generals who had been persuaded by Man Gui and Hou Gongji were full of fear of rebirth after the disaster, and the rest had gloomy faces.
