It's finally dawn.
However, the capital city gate did not open.
This caused many people who were preparing to enter the city to be blocked outside the city.
If the city gate doesn't open at the right time, it means that something happened in the capital, and it should be quite serious.
As a result, the people who were blocked outside started talking about it.
Among them were not only ordinary people and businessmen, but also officials who had returned to Beijing.
No, one of them was a fifth-rank official who arrived later. He looked like he was in his forties. After seeing the waiting officials in front, he went over to greet the other one and said, "Changsha Magistrate Du Yinxi, I have met this gentleman." , I don’t know what to call it?”
The official who arrived first, who was also in his forties, turned his head and took a look, then he returned the salute with clasped fists and introduced himself, "Hubu Ji Shizhong Zuo Maodi!"
After he finished speaking, he saw Du Yinxi's dusty appearance and asked curiously, "Prefect of Changsha? It's quite far from the capital. It shouldn't be time to go to the capital yet, right? Is there something else I need to serve?" Beijing?"
Local officials have to go to Beijing to report on their duties when their term of office expires. He means that this time should not have come yet.
After hearing this, Du Yinxi showed respect and bowed solemnly.
It was not because of their official position, but because they were the same age, but Du Yinxi was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Chongzhen, but Zuo Maodi was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen.
Later, Du Yinxi replied with some confusion, "His Majesty issued an urgent summons, but the decree did not explain anything. Many cases have not been resolved, so they can only rush to the capital."
He became the prefect of Changsha in the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign. After taking office, he dealt with more than 300 backlog cases and compiled "Changsha Prefectural Chronicles". But now, affected by the butterfly effect, none of these things have been completed.
Hearing his words, Zuo Maodi could feel that this colleague was a practical official, so he responded to his temper and was willing to talk, so he said, "I am supervising the water transportation, and I also received an urgent call from the emperor. I had to put down what I was doing and rush back."
Hearing this, Du Yinxi couldn't help but be a little surprised. Unexpectedly, he was not the only one who received the urgent call. Could it be that something really happened to the capital?
While he was still thinking, suddenly, a tall and powerful man standing next to them came over, clasped his fists and saluted them, "Two adults, the lower official Jiangyin Dianshi Yan Yingyuan has also received an urgent summons from the emperor. Beijing."
Originally, he was just a low-ranking official and would not interfere in the conversation between the two civil servants. However, when he happened to be standing nearby and heard that both of them were urgently summoned to the capital by the emperor, he became a little curious and followed suit.
Whether it was Zuo Maodi or Du Yinxi, they were all surprised when they heard his words.
The two of them, after all, were born as Jinshi, and they were somewhat related to the affairs in the court. However, it is really unimaginable that a mere local official from Jiangyin who did not flow into the officialdom had to be urgently summoned to the capital by the emperor!
Therefore, after the two of them looked at each other, they both looked at Yan Yingyuan. Zuo Maodi asked, "Is there any reason in the decree?"
After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said, "No, I just requested to enter Beijing immediately after receiving the order."
This means that the content of the edict given to them is actually the same, they all go to Beijing immediately after receiving the edict.
Zuo Maodi was even more curious, so he asked about the time when he received the order. After calculating, he found that he seemed to be the latest to receive the order.
So what happened in the court that led to the urgent summoning of a local historian, then the local magistrate, and finally to the capital, who was responsible for supervising water transportation?
I really can’t understand it! With this thought in his mind, Zuo Maodi turned to look at the tall capital city gate, frowned slightly and said, "What happened to the capital city and why the city gate is closed?"
"I arrived early, so I overheard some of the things people around me were talking about." After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan took up the topic and said.
"Oh?" When Du Yinxi and Zuo Mao heard this for the first time, they couldn't help but be a little concerned and turned to look at him.
When Yan Yingyuan saw it, he quickly explained, "About the beginning of the month, Zhang Qingtian came out of the capital. Not only did he resettle the refugees outside the city, but he also served as the commander of the Jinyi Guards and granted the title of Duke Xingguo. But just when Duke Xingguo came out of the capital to suppress the thieves, At that time, there were rumors in the capital about the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva, saying that Duke Xingguo was a traitor who had harmed the country and would bring trouble to his concubine if the emperor did not punish him! It seems like just yesterday, Duke Xingguo hurriedly returned to the capital and hanged the body of an assassin to claim it. The sealing of the city gate is probably related to these things!"
Hearing this, Du Yinxi and Zuo Maodi couldn't help being surprised. I didn’t expect so many things to happen in the capital!
The case of Jiulian Bodhisattva in the eleventh year of Chongzhen not only shocked the capital, but even the entire Ming Dynasty. After all, the matter involved royal matters such as the Queen Mother and the Fifth Prince.
At that time, even if they were not in the capital, they still knew about it. To be honest, they didn't really believe it. However, if you don't believe it, the death of the fifth emperor cannot be said to be a murder, then this is a shocking case!
Anyway, no matter what, the emperor believed it. They also have too little energy to question the matter. I just didn't expect that the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva would appear again in the past few years?
As people in the officialdom, they immediately knew that the appearance of the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva was definitely aimed at the newly emerged Duke Xingguo.
Sure enough, when they just thought of this, they heard Yan Yingyuan continue to say, "Just a few days ago, Wang Dehua, the former eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Wang Zhixin, the former eunuch in charge of the imperial horse, and Luo Yangxing, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, including the Jiading Bofu Young Master Zhou Bian, the Queen's biological brother, was killed at the Meridian Gate with a stick..."
Hearing this, Zuo Maodi and Du Yinxi couldn't help but were shocked again.
If one of these people is killed with a rod, that is a big deal. I didn't expect so many people to be killed by a stick at once, it's really unimaginable!
Thinking like this, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other again. I feel like it’s really hard to understand what’s going on in the court today!
"The Emperor has said that if a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people!" When Yan Yingyuan said this, he seemed to feel proud, at least for the two listeners. "No matter who it is, whoever violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty will be punished." Severe punishment will not be tolerated."
At this point, Yan Yingyuan came back to his senses and seemed to realize that he had talked a little too much in front of the two civil servants, so he regained his composure and just introduced, "The Nine Lotus Bodhisattva incident also happened after this incident. Yes. Both the government and the public, whether they believe it or not!"
After Zuo Maodi finished listening, he glanced at Du Yinxi and suddenly asked, "What do you think about this?"
"You are so powerful!" Du Yinxi heard this and replied after pondering for a moment, "If you ask me, there must be something fishy in this!"
As a person in the court, you can tell at a glance that this kind of thing involves a power struggle.
If it is just an ordinary matter about ghosts and gods, then as a Confucian disciple, what matters is that if you do not make decisions with righteous thoughts and worship ghosts and gods, then you will be controlled by ghosts and gods, so you can just stay away from them.
But if things really come to pass, you won’t be afraid of ghosts and gods!
After Du Yinxi said that, he suddenly thought of something and asked in a daze, "Could it be that the emperor urgently summoned us to Beijing to investigate the matter thoroughly?"
Look, he is solving the case himself. No matter how good he is in solving cases, he believes that his level of solving cases is definitely good. No, we urgently summoned a Dianshi who was in charge of punishment and a censor. Is this really possible?
As soon as he said these words, Zuo Maodi shook his head and said, "The timing doesn't match up! The matter with Nine Lotus Bodhisattvas has not happened yet when we were summoned urgently!"
Upon hearing this, Du Yinxi couldn't help but feel dumb. Someone who didn't pay attention actually ignored this point. It seems that he was concerned but he was confused!
Thinking about it, the emperor urgently summoned him to come from Changsha. What was the reason?
Yan Yingyuan looked at the two civil servants. Although his expressions did not change, he felt better after listening to their conversation. Because when these two civil servants heard about this, they did not immediately denounce Duke Xingguo! If it were a corrupt official, he would definitely be condemned immediately.
Thinking like this, he couldn't help but be a little curious about what kind of person that Duke Xingguo was. Suddenly appeared and turned the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty upside down?
They were really silent. Suddenly, they heard the heavy sound of the door opening. They turned around and saw that the city gate was opening.
Immediately, the crowd rushed to the city gate. Many people even asked the soldiers who opened the door, why did they open the city gate so late?
"Gong Xingguo raided Duke Chengguo's mansion, and Yongwei camp took over the capital camp!"
As soon as they heard this, everyone immediately exploded. This news broke out!
"What, one prince raided another prince? What's going on?"
"The Jin Yiwei is so powerful. Could it be that the Jin Yiwei from back then is back?"
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Unlike these ordinary people who cared about this, Du Yinxi and Zuo Maodi had serious expressions on their faces. They don't care about the government or not, but something happened to the army in the capital, the Yongwei Camp and the Beijing Camp, this is a big deal!
I don’t know the specific situation, but if Duke Xingguo, the newly appointed commander of the Jinyi Guards, went to inspect the general of the Beijing camp, this would be a big deal. If not, big trouble will happen. I guess there must be chaos in the court now!
With this in mind, the two of them immediately rushed to the Forbidden City.
Behind them, Yan Yingyuan was naturally following, all going to report.
The power struggle in the capital has obviously reached its most intense moment. What this will bring to the Ming Dynasty is really unpredictable! Both Zuo Maodi and Du Yinxi were too worried to speak.
Yan Yingyuan, on the other hand, didn't have any special expression and seemed a bit indifferent.
But what none of them expected was that when they arrived at the entrance of the Forbidden City Palace and were waiting to see them, they saw a team coming.
The leading man was wearing a python suit and riding a tall horse. He was surrounded by a group of black flying fish suits. At a glance, he knew that this was the Jin Yiwei coming. The leading man must be Duke Xingguo, the new commander of the Jin Yiwei, who was at the center of the public opinion!
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