The Imperial Clan of Ming Dynasty: Volume 4

By Gu JunDao

From the end of the Ming Dynasty until the end of the Ming Dynasty, he had become a slave of Jin Shang who starved to death. Where did he get such a good meal from in this apocalyptic era?

Plundering of countries... No, this is trade. It was more comfortable being the emperor himself … This sister-in-law Zhang Yan … He had to take good care of her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Jun 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649485724

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CHAPTER 301 - HOW COULD THIS BE!

The Palace of Celestial Purity. The army, the secret service of the Ming Dynasty, the inner Espionage Agency, and the Nocturnal Guard Prince Qi. They guarded each other vigilantly.

He had dared to attack the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats servants who had entered the palace to save the fire from the West Garden of the imperial city. Without any hesitation, he opened fire, and in two rounds, he killed more than three people and injured more than two hundred people.

Other than the officers of the Purified Army, Imperial Guards and the rest of the officials were only surprised by this. What they were afraid of was the organizational strength of Nocturnal Guard Prince Qi. They didn't have the confidence to make an enemy out of such an army!

Within the hall, generals of the imperial history, the affairs of the Six Sections, the Cabinet, and the six High Scholars, each with a head officer, a Count or more kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats, and outside the hall, all clad in their own armor, were waiting for the announcement of the Heaven's Initiation secret edict.

Ye Xianggao, the chief cabinet secretary, led Han, Cui Jing-rong, and He Zongyan, the president of the cabinet, to stand side by side. Zuo GuangDou, Zhong Yuzheng, the chief minister of the left and Zhong Yuzheng, the chief minister of the right, as well as six Lee Chang Geng petitions stood on either side.

Behind him were the five eunuchs who carried the Department of Rite and Punishment. Lao Wei was among them, his face pale as he sized up the civil officials standing below the hall with a sinister gaze.

He believed that his great backer, the man who had watched as he grew up being assassinated, was related to the people below. He might be the mastermind, but he could still stand by his side.

And the secret service of the Ming Dynasty led by Tian Ergeng had also escaped his control tonight. He had listened to Prince Qi and the empress's orders to seal the capital city, which made him feel extremely bad. Even though he wanted to seal off the capital, Tian Ergeng did not listen to him. He listened to Prince Qi and the Queen!

The most important thing was that all five of his godsons in Espionage Agency were under Tian Ergeng's house arrest. He had no choice but to make his final decision. How he planned to go about it depended on whether or not the Heavenly Revelation was able to make it through.

The hall was surrounded by the generals four weeks later, these people had already been replaced by Nocturnal Guard Prince Qi with Tian Ergeng's cooperation. There were two classes of ceremonial armors with the same specifications, but they were all genuine treasured protective artifacts and not made of paper.

Lee Hongji held his halberd in his left hand and his right hand was placed on his waist. His handsome and resolute slightly youthful face was covered by a slightly large 6 petal golden helmet which barely covered his vision.

Rolling his eyes left and right, he realized that the officials of these officials were nothing more than this. Now that everyone was crowded together, how could they display their might like in the past?

Zhu Hongzhao wore a gold helmet with a 6-petal top, and a red cloak with scales covering it. The imperial sword 9 was held in his left hand, with Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing as guards. He stood one rank ahead of the cabinet and Department of Rite and Punishment, his right hand holding the Heavenly Enlightenment Token, his red and swollen eyes slowly sweeping across the area.

A courtier looked down in his eyes. They were really scared.

The Queen and Consort Fannhui were about to be born, but Heaven's Enlightenment was assassinated. The storm caused by the incident was not acceptable to Prince Qi, especially since he couldn't handle it properly. It was possible that not many of the court officials would be able to leave the palace alive.

In accordance with the rules of royal succession, there was a direct line of descent, with no direct line of descent; no son would be the younger brother, and no younger brother would be the younger son. If the line of descent was equal, the younger son would be chosen from the imperial family, and if the line of descent was equal, the heir to the throne would be chosen, and the heir to the throne would be succeeded.

Emperor Zhengde and Jiajing Emperor were cousins, so it was not in accordance with the rules. Emperor Zhengde 3 years of age is not impossible to have children, the birth of a few children died in confusion, but the court officials repeatedly advised Emperor Zhengde from the clan to adopt a son.

How could Emperor Zhengde listen to these people? If he were to listen to the front foot, the back foot would probably die an unknown death. He had underestimated the patience of some people, and a man who lived in a military camp all year round was in his prime. He could fight against the young prince of Mongolia with a knife in his hand, and when the battle was urgent, he would personally kill the enemy emperor and die because he fell into the water.

Thus, his cousin Jiajing Emperor went up on stage and played the civil officials until they wanted to die. Young Yan Song was a man of integrity, trained by Jia Jing to become a mad dog, let the civil servants bite each other. However, the secret service of the Ming Dynasty of the Jia Jing era was extremely famous.

All the civil servants were afraid that Prince Qi would succeed the throne. The talent and influence displayed by Prince Qi was even stronger than the army controlled by Emperor Zhengde in the past. The regret of Prince Qi made Prince Qi more cautious and unable to deal with Prince Qi like how he dealt with Emperor Zhengde. Furthermore, Prince Qi's methods were not any weaker than Jiajing Emperor's. Jiajing Emperor was unwilling to take away the notary's notoriety, but Prince Qi did not have this concern. He said he will kill you.

Only now did Li San fall, Lee Weihan fell, Southwest Guizhou army and twenty thousand soldiers Prince Qi said they would kill nine people, the purging Shanxi merchants had already implicated over fifty thousand people, over 40 thousand of them had been killed, over twenty thousand of them had been exiled from the Gansu Town, the rest that had the ability to do business, and the families that had not been implicated, were divided up by the Imperial Family.

Fortunately, with the protection of his ancestors, and according to the royal family's inherited laws, Prince Qi was born with Vassal State of Lu, so he had no hope of reaching the top.

Tian Qi's younger brother, Prince Xin, as well as the empress and Consort Fannhui's two children, who were about to be born, all had the right to inherit the throne. Only Prince Qi did not.

It all depended on how long the Heavenly Enlightenment could last. If he could hold on until his son was born, then the throne would be his son's. If he couldn't, then it would be Prince Xin's!

How many courtiers who were able to reach the center were confused?

The reason Prince Qi was able to reach this step was due to Heaven's Initiation's Trust. If it were an emperor, could Prince Qi still accept it?

He was afraid that Prince Qi would jump over the wall and transfer the northern and eastern front troops to the capital to seize the throne by force. At that time, it would be necessary for these courtiers to stand up against Prince Qi's act of usurpation.

When Prince Qi ascended the throne, if these people compromised, they would be scolded by intellectual circles to the bone! Prince Qi was completely at odds with their interests. Once Prince Qi was seated, would they be able to have a good ending?

In terms of ruthlessness, Prince Qi was close to catching up with First Emperor Gao and Emperor Yongle. Even more so, the people came up to know their roots. This one point was even more thorough than what Jiajing Emperor from the Royal Mansion knew.

So, Prince Qi reaching the top was a disaster for everyone.

They weren't happy for long with the annihilation of the Shanxi merchants, it was possible that once Prince Qi reached the top, it would be their turn …

Therefore, Prince Qi didn't have much choice tonight, and the court officials didn't have much choice either. If they tried to resist, they would have no choice but to resist. It was very possible that Prince Qi would beat them to a pulp.

Now, as long as Prince Qi was able to guard the inner palace, with a border army of 40 thousand, the capital would be completely under Prince Qi's control. In fact, the capital was now controlled by Prince Qi!

Ye Xianggao closed his eyes to rest. His hands were tightly clenched inside his sleeves. He really did not think that Zhang Yan would betray them and cooperate with Prince Qi.

Without Zhang Yan's imperial decree, Prince Qi could not control the secret service of the Ming Dynasty at all.

There were a total of more than two Beijing Guards under his jurisdiction. Although some of the personal guards did not follow Tian Ergeng, and some of them did not follow him, their strength was too weak to restrain him.

The strongest of the seven Shenji Camp divisions was still in Taiyuan Town, but the two remaining Capital Camp soldiers had put in all their effort into training, so they simply couldn't make it in time for this military equipment change! Ji Town of 40 thousand soldiers were just around the corner, they did not have the time to change their equipment, what use was it for these soldiers to not be able to fight their way into the capital!

Wang Gong Factory had been taken over by Prince Qi's men, without gunpowder how could they attack the city! All the craftsmen and officials of Wang Gong Factory were chased out, causing many of the buried nails to lose their effect.

Prince Qi controlled Wang Gong factory, and with the secret service of the Ming Dynasty sealing the city, everyone lost their confidence in fighting. So what if there were countless servant in the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats? They occupied two-thirds of the land of the North Zhili, so what if they could pull out countless tenants to serve them!

Ji Town and Capital Camp didn't have the confidence to make a move, let alone their mob!

All parties, including East Lin, only hope that Prince Qi will focus on the overall situation...

If they really were to take action now, then it would be completely unfavorable towards them. It would be of no benefit to anyone.

Liao Wei held the secret edict and looked down at all the court officials. He said hoarsely, Even though I am a wise lord, in the middle of my prosperity, there is a merchant who is greedy for profits and tramples on the laws and morals of the country for his own personal gain. After being punished for disrespect to the monarch, Meng Royal Elder Brother mercifully opened a net. The remnant did not think of repenting, but instead spread gold and silver to bribe local officials to infiltrate the palace in order to commit such an act of treason.

With Kong Meng's two palaces in trouble, one can see that the human heart is not ancient, and the winds of the world are blowing. Gu 9 did not understand, they were all people who grew up reading the teachings of saints, how 9 so many scum! All of them looked dignified, but their hearts were like that of beasts with a human face! Lonely often exhort Royal Elder Brother to enforce the law, to correct scattered hearts. Could it be that after the Ji Zhou period, the nine dynasties of my Divine Province were destined to perish over two hundred years ago?

Today, I will tell you this very clearly, 200 years ago, when the country was in its first year, all sides were unstable, the Myriad Gods Grandmaster was in the middle of a rise, the three great wars have lasted until now, and three major cases have been wrecked to this day. It is rare for a ruler like Royal Elder Brother to bring stability to the imperial government, and the army of Shandong, Southwest, and Xuanji have all been successful in reviving their military might. Now that Royal Elder Brother is in trouble and the country is unstable, this is the end of the Great Ming Kingdom! Could this be the grand trend of history? In short, he couldn't accept it! The 40 thousand Zheng Zheng brothers under the command of the Gu Master are not willing to accept this!

Royal Elder Brother's secret edict is in the hands of the nation, for the nation, for all generations of ancestors, for all the people of the world peace. It was agreed by Gu Zeng and Royal Elder Brother that they would complement each other as a matter of state. Today, Royal Elder Brother secret edict, let me Zhu Hongzhao 3 more dead, I Zhu Hongzhao will never covet the world to 5. Whoever disobeys the secret edict will receive a total of 40 thousand troops and horses!

Zhu Hongzhao looked around with a determined expression.

Most of the court officials were relieved, as they thought that Prince Qi had seen the secret mission before, which was why he said it so righteously.

This secret edict was taken out by Lord Tian and Eunuch Wei from the history of the Censor. The lords who were present at the scene can bear witness to this. Eunuch Wang, please enter."

Tian Ergeng and Lao Wei, as well as tonight on duty on the right of the Imperial Censor Yang Lian and on duty in the 6 cases of the successively, prove Zhu Hongzhao's innocence.

Zhu Hongzhao was betting on himself. He believed that Heaven's Enlightenment would not kill him in the secret edict, and the most likely possibility was that Heaven's Enlightenment would leave him in charge of the army. Now, since he had killed Hee Chong, a sixth grade civil servant, the military general and the court official were in a serious antagonistic mood. Without Hee Chong, he would be the mediator, and sooner or later, disaster would befall them.

At the very least, soldier's full pay was the thing that killed him. His successors could not give him enough pay. The military mutiny was a plague that he could not stop. Only he had noticed the hidden danger.

If he were to die, no one in the court would care about this hidden danger. It was more likely that the courtiers would ignore it. The result was obvious. At the very least, the prestige of the imperial government in the heart of border army would drop drastically, and there would be no possibility of it being tidied up ever again.

As long as one had some brains, they would know that the secret edict couldn't kill Prince Qi. Killing Prince Qi and rebelling by the side was something unfathomable, but he was certain that his eastern and southern parts of Liaoning province would suffer a huge loss and his morale would be damaged.

The King's body was filled with grief as he received the secret edict. Other than the ministers and generals, who had gathered to observe the decree, some of the scholars who had been in the palace for two years couldn't help but kneel down and cry.

Heaven's Enlightenment really had nothing to say to these disciples. As long as they had the talent to bear the burden, they would be highly valued regardless of their background.

His hands began to tremble, his small eyes became round, and the officials beside him who were watching the imperial edict went into an uproar.

Cui Jingrong's personality was the most straightforward. He stared at the half of the imperial edict that was delivered on the table under the protection of a row of generals from the other side, and said softly, How could this be!

Zhu Hongzhao also opened his eyes wide as waves of guilt surged up his heart. He could not help but tear up as he trembled and took in a deep breath. His nose felt sore. He really regretted, regretted all his little schemes from before.

Ye Xianggao's face turned pale. His body trembled and he fell to the ground. He was supported by Han Kuang. Han Kuang was also like this and could not control his cold breath.

The Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censor-in-Chief Zuo Guangdou's body swayed a little on the spot. At the side, the Right Censor-in-Chief Zhong Yuzheng did not pay any attention to Zuo Guangdou as he fell and fainted on the ground. At this moment, Zhong Yuzheng's eyes lit up and he turned to look at Prince Qi. Then, he retracted his gaze and retracted his excited expression.

CHAPTER 302 - POSTHUMOUS TESTAMENTARY EDICT

In the front hall of Palace of Celestial Purity, with the body of a palm-print eunuch drenched in sweat, he opened his mouth wide and looked at Prince Qi, then turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian.

Did Lao Wei even know how to read? He was literate and didn't know much. He knew many words, but he didn't know how to write them. At the very least, he could recognize some of the words on the secret edict, and judging from the other words, his face had also turned pale.

Silence reigned in the front hall. There were only the low sobs of some of the novices. Everyone could hear their own heartbeats.

At the hall's door, Wu Yongchang's eyes that were closed slowly opened. The Wu Steel Nocturnal Guard who was lined up in three levels around the hall tightened his grip on the Fire Rod in his hand. The outer layer of Espionage Agency and Imperial Guards tightened around the weapons in their hands. All the officers looked around and used their gazes to transmit their attitudes to each other.

The succession of the throne was full of undercurrents, even for those who had lost their fathers and sons. Fortunately, after Emperor Yongle, the civil officials increased in power and maintained basic order. There was no civil war that broke out in the Ming Dynasty to succeed the throne.

The current situation was different from the past. With Prince Qi, a seignior with 60% of the country's elites still in the capital, and Heaven had no son, while Prince Xin was still in Shandong Tengchow. The only royal family in the palace was Prince Qi. In addition, there was also Prince Jin who took turns to enter the capital in advance. However, because of the collusion with Shanxi merchants, he was actually already under house arrest.

If the assassination of Prince Jin did not happen, dealing with Prince Jin would be a major issue for the imperial government. In short, Prince Jin was doomed. But the Jinfan Court cannot be left unmanaged, will select a new Prince Jin.

The secret edict was one thing. If Heaven's Initiation could not last until his own child was born or Prince Xin returned to the capital, then was Prince Qi the choice? Now, whether Prince Xin can return to the capital safely and in time will affect the ownership of the throne.

However, Shandong is Prince Qi's Shandong, Prince Xin can come back that easily?

Therefore, if the secret edict could not be solved, then Prince Qi would ascend to the top. If the court official objected because of the bottom line, they would definitely be cleansed.

But the secret edict from the Heavenly Enlightenment, as well as the ministers watching on the side, were ten lines in the eye. They were all dumbfounded after reading it.

Wang Body Gan took a deep breath, held the imperial edict and muttered to himself, Today, the Jin Di Merchant Group is in the wrong. Jin people regard the law of the land as nothing, and they would never wait for death without doing anything. Check the ground, there will be a last-ditch resistance to dying 1.

We are a scheme for the land and the rivers and mountains, for the safety of all the people in the world, so the secret edict is hidden in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility. Empress, if you can do so, please read my name as' The Great River '. You must make the secret edict see the light of day."

"If I am unlucky, it is a great fortune for the country, a great fortune for Emperor Wuzong, and a great fortune for Prince Qi. Only after obtaining Wuzong's testamentary edict today did he confirm that Prince Qi was the descendant of Emperor Wuzong. I, Xing Wang 1, have ascended to the throne due to the fall of Emperor Wuzong.

How …

Yang Lian stood far away and watched from a distance, unable to see the content of the secret edict. Upon hearing this, his jaw dropped. The court officials kneeling inside and outside the hall immediately stirred up a commotion.

Zhao Song and Taizong can still be located in the 1st line of the Song Dynasty. If we are unlucky, if we have a son, we will be young, but Prince Xin is paranoid and does not want to break it. That is why the imperial court wishes for the Queen to gather her courtiers to announce that we will also unite in Emperor Wuzong's legacy, Zhou Steel, and Imperial Brother, who will be established as Zhou Steel. We will be able to succeed to the imperial court after our great journey."

My royal brother believes in family love. Only then will he dare to seek him out. Today, I will return the river to you. I hope that my royal brother will treat my son like his disciple. In the imperial court, one still had to rely on Ye, Han, Shi, and Cui Palace Elders. For matters within the army, your little brother shall have the right to self-determination.

Wuzong's testamentary edict is in existence. If any of the Doyens believes my words, they will be burned in public. If they do not believe my words, they can be read together. This is a huge problem for us. We can't bear to open the Gate of Opening and allow all of us to have our own lives.

Prince Xin's character is like a child, so Royal Brother cannot entrust big matters to Prince Xin. In the future, when he opens his territory and expands it, he would bestow it on Prince Xin. Prince Xin will never be able to return to the capital under the same system as Royal Uncle.

There is also Faang Congzhe, Liu Yizhu and other officials who have the ability to support the nation. It is advisable for royal brother to be appointed.

Panting heavily, Wang Zhong forced out the last two words, Here it is.

Royal Elder Brother …

Zhu Hongzhao's nose twitched as tears started streaming down his face.

This secret letter, written on the tenth day of July, gave him everything he wanted. He felt guilty for his actions before and was glad that he hadn't made a move yet. But with that thought, compared to the Heavenly Enlightenment's secret edict, he felt that he had betrayed himself.

All of the officials were stunned, staring at each other as if they were paralyzed. They were all dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that the Emperor would be so ruthless and left Prince Qi to take revenge after anticipating a possible crisis. What was even more unexpected was that Prince Qi was of Emperor Zhengde's bloodline!

Even if Liu Steel was the external blood of Emperor Shenzong, or even the Light Sect bloodline as rumored in the rumors, a bastard should not be allowed to live in public. Who would have thought that Prince Qi was Emperor Zhengde's blood!

Even without Emperor Tianqi's secret edict, Prince Qi had the righteous testamentary edict, which allowed him to usurp the throne legitimately and forcefully. This act was even more righteous than Emperor Yongle's' hard work '! This was because they were the first division in the world.

Tian Qi was also the son of Emperor Wuzong, and he had history in public. The court officials had no reason to oppose him. The only breakthrough point was the authenticity of Prince Qi's bloodline. However, no one dared to check on the Righteous and Moral Testament.

A hundred years ago, the civil service had basically become a generation's official. The father, son, master, and disciple had clashed against each other and had a vague idea of what had happened that year. No one dared to verify the authenticity of the testamentary edict, because the Heaven's Initiation had already said that he did not have the heart to let the content of the testamentary edict appear in the world.

Zhang Weixian, the British official, was also watching from the sidelines. He closed his eyes. The news of what had happened was spread widely in the House of Duke Ying. He dared not let the testamentary edict appear in the world, otherwise, he would be killed by Prince Qi in the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats to avenge Emperor Zhengde.

As the leader of Qi Party, Zhong Yuzheng of Yidu City, Shandong was the first to react, raising his knees in front of him, kneeling down, and bemoaned: Long live the Emperor, long live and long live, and this official pays his respects to Imperial Brother, Your Highness has lived for thousands of years!

No one answered him. The court was in a daze, unable to accept this fact. Even his Qi Party was hesitating.

Now, they didn't even have the name of revolting against Prince Qi anymore. They went up to confront him in vain and were slaughtered by Prince Qi for nothing!

No one had expected Emperor Tianqi to be so determined that he would pamper Prince Qi so much, even giving it to the whole world. Some of the court officials were extremely regretful. If they knew about this secret edict, they wouldn't have teamed up against Emperor Tianqi even if they were beaten to death.

With Heaven's Initiation here, there would still be someone to suppress the fierce tiger, Prince Qi. It was good now. The tiger-shaped dragon could no longer be suppressed. All of the court officials were killed, and some of them simply played themselves to death.

Long live the Emperor, long live His Majesty, Minister of Revenue and Lee Changgeng. This subject pays his respects to Imperial Brother, Your Highness has lived for thousands of years."

"Long live the Emperor, long live and long live, thousand live His Highness!

Sun Hai, who was appointed as the general in the palace, reacted quickly. He followed Lee Changgeng and knelt down, causing the generals to kneel down in unison. The sound of the kowtowing was also created, waking up the dazed court officials.

Then, Zhejiang Party leaders Wen Tiren and Wu Liangsi kneeled and called out. One in three courtiers kneeled down, and the ranks of courtiers were immediately separated.

The people of Eastwood, the backbone of the eunuchs and some of the neutral ministers looked at each other, then the neutral ministers knelt down to accept the decree.

Ye Xianggao stared at the righteous testamentary edict that was chopped into two halves. He suspected that it was fake. It was something that the Heavenly Revelation used to scare them. If it was burned now, it would be the real deal.

But what if it was fake, then wouldn't everyone be tricked by Heaven's Enlightenment?

What if it was the real thing after it was read in public, then many people would be exterminated by Prince Qi. He wanted to gamble, but didn't dare to, and couldn't afford to gamble.

As for waiting for the heaven to awaken and recover? Impossible, right now the Heavenly Awakening is under the effects of the drugs to hang on.

Ye Xianggao really didn't want to admit defeat like this, losing to the hands of the little brat, Heaven's Enlightenment. His eyes searched around, and Han Kuang, who was supporting him as usual, turned his head, while Zuo Guangdou was still unconscious on the ground.

Ye Xianggao looked at Yang Lian for the last time. Yang Lian did not know some things about Wuzong's end, but he was not stupid, so he kept silent. Be honest for an official, but know when to advance and when to retreat.

An official from provincial graduate, Hai Rui cursed Jia Jing while holding a coffin during Jia Jing's period. In the end, he was still able to reach level 4. Before Jia Jing died, he even left a message for Hairy to apologize to him. Hairy didn't respond, but he was still alive and well. Look at how many civilian official were laid on the ground by Yan Song during the period of Jia Jing, and Hai Rui was fine.

It was not the Emperor who wanted to take care of him. It was Hyri who had offended all the courtiers. He had used himself as a yardstick to judge everyone. Naturally, everyone was wrong. It became official news that Hairy was clean, raised his own daughter, and bought a kilogram of meat for his mother's birthday.

How much was one catty of meat? A dozen or so articles, converted into 923 pieces of paper for future generations …

The officials were to be restrained by Herring's standards, and every one of them would starve his family to death and be unable to eat meat. Therefore, they had to suppress Hailey. And now, it was the same logic. Whoever dared to flip through the testamentary edict of righteousness and virtue, that person would become the enemy of the court officials, and that person would be the enemy of the court!

Wei Zhongxian burst into tears. He was afraid that Prince Qi would take care of him, so he specifically told him to treat him well. He, Lao Wei, really regretted that he was careless. He had been so busy with matters of armaments that he had neglected the safety of the Heaven's Enlightenment.

Your Majesty!

Lao Wei could not help but wail. He laid on the ground and choked with sobs, his hands were on the ground, and his knuckles were green. He bowed and said, Greetings, Imperial Brother. Your Highness, a thousand years... Sob, sob …

Cui Chengxiu and a group of eunuchs, who were both part of the imperial party and part of the imperial party, kneeled on the ground to kowtow. The Emperor's will was their will.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Xianggao finally lowered his head and bowed to the ground: Your subject Ye Xianggao obeys the decree, greetings to Imperial Brother, Your Highness is thousands and thousands of years old.

The people of Eastwoods let out sighs of relief. Everyone breathed in a sigh of relief.

Compared to Prince Qi's possible revenge, the turmoil caused by the Righteous and Moral posthumous edict was enough for Prince Qi to massacre Jiang Nan. The two evils would be taken lightly. At the very least, Prince Qi still talked about national law. Otherwise, once Prince Qi found out about what happened that year, Prince Qi would kill him regardless of the consequences.

While in the East Datong Road, Prince Qi was not a soldier at all, yet was able to command the warriors in the east to massacre the Ma Family and avenge his father. And now, Prince Qi wanted strength to have strength, a name to have a name, and a ruthless heart. Since Prince Qi knew that the suffering of his 1st Division originated from the coup in the past, then the disciples and descendants of the participants in the past would be completely wiped out by Prince Qi from this piece of land and history.

The courtiers and ministers within the palace bowed in submission, and the numerous warriors and sergeants outside the palace also fell to their knees.

Zhu Hongzhao's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he watched the testamentary edict fall into the brazier. He clenched his fists tightly.

He really wanted to know what was written in the testamentary edict. He did not believe that just because he held the military power, he would have the Heaven's Enlightenment give up the throne. There had to be something in the testamentary edict that caused Heaven to make up his mind. Otherwise, how could the throne be so easily revealed!

This secret carrier had turned into ashes. And even if Heaven's Initiation woke up, he probably wouldn't say.

This was a deal, using the righteous testamentary edict to exchange Prince Qi for the support he needed to succeed the throne. It was impossible for the Heaven's Enlightenment to say that it went against the tacit understanding of the monarch and official.

Now, I am in trouble. I hope that Your Highness can answer the questions of the nation with your supervise the state.

After the testamentary edict was burned to ashes, in order to gain Zhu Hongzhao's goodwill, Ye Xianggao led a group of officials to request for orders.

Standing in the middle of the crowd of courtiers, Xu Qingbo's facial expression changed slightly. He raised his head and looked at Sun Tie, shaking his head lightly. Cui Jingrong, Zhong Yuzheng, and the others also signaled Prince Qi with their eyes, telling him to refuse.

Zhu Hongzhao, who was wiping away his tears, did not see it at all. He shook his head and refused: Royal Elder Brother still has a chance. Royal Elder Brother used the Great Land as his priority to return the ancestral mountains to Gu, Royal Elder Brother was generous, and Gu Jun was not a small person."

Fortunately, my lords, all of you have spent the night here, and are on the verge of death. My imperial concubine isn't doing very well, so I'll be going alone to visit my imperial sister-in-law.

Zhu Hongzhao wiped away his tears and nodded to Tian Ergeng. He patted Lao Wei, who was in pain on the ground, then left with his head lowered. Liu Tie wiped away his tears and shakily followed.

Seeing that he was not in a hurry to take over the job of taking over the supervise the state, Xu Qingbo and the others heaved a sigh of relief.

Many neutral court officials saw Prince Qi's attitude and steadied their stance a lot. The righteous testamentary edict was destroyed, but Prince Qi's world was no longer a place for him to run away from. There was no need to be too anxious.

Moreover, in this world, it represented one's responsibilities. The two brothers moving aside was more in keeping with the Confucian propaganda.

If he went to comfort the future Queen, he could show Prince Qi's benevolence and kindness, which would have unspeakable benefits in the future when he succeeded the throne.

Outside the hall, Yang Zhaoji seemed to be the leader of the imperial court. He looked at the sparse night sky and revealed a smile on his face. When he turned his head to look, the officials all sighed in relief and smiled.

When Prince Qi ascended to the top, the day of Wu Chen's comeback was coming!

CHAPTER 303 - THE ONE WHO HAS WON THE MOUNTAINS AND SEAS SHALL RULE THE WORLD

He turned his head to the side and saw Lao Wei still wiping his nose, sighing lightly. Wu Tie said, Lao Wei, our goal is still the same thing, you are Royal Elder Brother's companion, even I am not willing to kill you. I'll give you two jobs, activate the Espionage Agency to solitarily chase down Shanxi merchants remnants and allow you to investigate who the mastermind behind it is! Second, prepare to hand in. Once the last thing is done, Espionage Agency will be handed over to Cao Shaoqin. Afterwards, you can go back to your village and be a gentleman. Teach your nephew well, give him two generations of Wei family warriors, cherish him well.

This old servant thanks Hong En, for My Majesty's matter, even if this old servant's body is smashed to pieces, I still have to find those bastards who killed thousands of people!

Wei Zhongxian thought he was following Zhu Hongzhaoson... When Imperial Brother came out, he was put under house arrest, but Zhu Hongzhao had given him two gifts, both of which Lao Wei wanted most of all.

In Lao Wei's eyes, things like the slot for the warriors were more important than what his two nephews, Uncle Feng, came for. Even if his nephew Wei Liangqing and others were to be conferred the title of Official, they would still be grasshoppers after autumn without the Heaven's Enlightenment. Only the advanced warriors would be the iron rice bowl. From then on, they would be able to change the reputation of the Wei family. Perhaps, they could even become a famous family.

He would not believe it when Heaven told him that he would give his children and grandchildren a place in the ranks of the Scholars. If Prince Qi were to give it to him, then he would definitely be able to get it. To deal with civil officials, Heaven's Enlightenment had to rely on him, Wei Zhongxian, and then Prince Qi.

As for Prince Qi, he had the strength to crush the civil officials. If he wanted to snatch a few spots from the officials, he could take a few!

At this time, Prince Qi had the strength in name. He had already grasped the situation. Even if Heaven's Initiation was fully recovered, it still wouldn't pose a threat to Prince Qi. The best ending was to become the Supreme Emperor, as in the past.

How about this, you should also gather more capable people and famous doctors from all over the world to quickly enter the capital to heal Royal Elder Brother. Gu Na's heart is not at ease with this ancestral kingdom. Even if Royal Elder Brother can't interfere, Gu Wei will let him watch my rise to prominence and show off his might."

Old servant … As you command!

Wei Zhongxian had completely dispelled the doubt in his heart towards Prince Qi by bowing to him.

He was also relieved, at least based on Prince Qi's attitude, Heaven's Awakening's children wouldn't have too many problems.

Turning his head to look at Lao Wei, Zhu Hongzhao walked towards Palace of Earthly Tranquility.

Apart from Consort Fannhui, all the other imperial concubines were present, all of them crying outside the hall. When Zhu Hongzhao arrived, all of them were quiet. Consort Cheng took two steps forward and glared as she asked, Long live Prince Qi. Is His Majesty alright?

Zhu Hongzhao shook his head slowly, The situation is not looking good. I have already sent Lao Wei to look for a famous doctor in the palace to participate in the treatment. Don't cry yet, but there is still a slim chance of survival, so I will definitely not give up.

Saying that, she was about to leave. Consort Cheng grabbed Zhu Hongzhao's sleeve, her eyes shining. Zhu Hongzhao gently shook his head.

Consort Cheng knew that Prince Qi said it wasn't him who did it, but the other concubines only thought that it was the revelation of Heaven's will. They couldn't help but start crying again.

Consort Cheng was a pitiful woman in history. Chong Zhen died of illness soon after he ascended to the throne, and was buried together with his other two concubines. Later on, the tomb was robbed, leaving only three skulls behind.

The women of Heaven's Enlightenment, because of their political attitude, did not end up well. Zhang Yan even hanged herself before the destruction of Beijing.

Inside the hall, Lee Yuvniang threw herself into Zhu Hongzhao's arms and asked while crying, Erlang, how is it?

Everything is fine, everything is under control. There won't be any problems.

Lee Yuvniang had a lazy personality, but she had also read about history. She naturally knew how dangerous it was when the throne was suspended in the air. In her opinion, with such a big capital, their family only had a thousand six hundred Nocturnal Guard, which was nothing.

She did not know that, while there were all kinds of people activating their teleportation channels within the city, there were also some who had been set up and some had even activated themselves. There were more than 50 thousand people in total. Inside the palace, there was also the five thousand troops that Heaven's Enlightenment had given Zhu Hongzhao to be in charge of training. Lao Wei's Espionage Agency was also more than six thousand strong, and the Espionage Agency's people were formed from the essence of the secret service of the Ming Dynasty, so they were naturally more elite.

With so many people gathered together, the five city envoys and the various family servant s under the control of the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats were unable to handle the situation. Among them, Tian Ergeng quickly changed his attitude to listen to Zhang Yanyi's orders, and cooperation with Prince Qi is a very important reason.

As for the capital city's army, three thousand battalions, they were led by one person each in the civil and military command, and there were also eunuchs and inspector in the army s. Amongst them, the majority were the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats s, but there were also quite a few martial artists. These people liked Emperor Zhengde's heir more. Since Lao Wei chose to listen to Prince Qi's arrangements, the inspector in the army within the Capital Camp would naturally lean towards Prince Qi.

As for the 40 thousand people and their Ji Town, without a Military Intelligence Service transfer order, who would dare to move? Who would dare to move? As long as they were unable to break through the capital, they would be eaten by the border army which had rushed over sooner or later.

Beijing, as long as the army had enough food, it would be like a flat fortress!

When the throne was replaced, the name and military strength would be the hard currency. Otherwise, those courtiers and officials would not give in so easily. At first, they had no reason to resist, but at second, they didn't dare to watch the Righteous Bestowal, so they could only accept it while pinching their noses.

Within the sleeping quarters, Zhang Yan lay quietly on her bed, holding a copy of the Song Dynasty in her hands. Li Xiuniang stood to the side, holding Zhang Yan's hand with a sorrowful expression.

In her opinion, the situation in the capital could not be any worse. Prince Xin was not in the capital, and all the courtiers had lost a banner. And her man wasn't best at killing, but rather at roping her in. She believed that one of the sisters would become the new queen after Emperor Tianqi's big trip, and she believed that she would become the mother of the world.

Zhang Yan's plight of being alone and helpless had made her afraid. Heaven's Initiation had been assassinated because of Shanxi merchants, and her man's methods were definitely even more intense than Heaven's Initiation. Who could guarantee that he wouldn't be assassinated in the future?

Hearing the unique sound of footsteps, Zhang Yan, who was pretending to be asleep, opened her eyes. She turned around and forced a smile as she asked, How is it with the court official?

It's already stable. Royal Elder Brother gave Chendi everything he could give him. The royal sister-in-law rest peacefully, in the future, I will take down a million miles of rivers and mountains. Son of Royal Elder Brother, bestow your authority upon the thousand miles of the country."

Slowly shaking her head, Zhang Yan said, I saw the secret edict half a month ago, but I didn't expect … Forget it, the world is the world of your Zhu Family. I just want you to slow down. In the past, Noble Consort Zheng and Prince Fu had lived for more than ten years. If Consort Fannhui has children, you will choose the earth and give them to her. As for the children in my womb, I hope that you will have mercy on them and not allow them to be separated from each other."

As long as my royal sister-in-law is safe, I will seal you with Tianjin.

Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Hongzhao who was sitting on the bed and shook her head, You still don't understand. I just want this child to grow up safe and sound. Besides, I'm not sure if it's a man or a woman. I hope it's a daughter.

He placed his hand on Li Xiuniang's and Zhang Yan's. Zhu Hongzhao clenched his fists tightly and said, Fine. We'll do as royal sister-in-law says. In the future, the affairs of the palace will be left to the royal concubine. I only wish for the royal family's heirs to prosper, and for you and me to be safe and well.

Zhang Yan nodded slightly and instructed, Lao Wei is not the best person in the palace. Pay more attention to your food. The Qionghua Palace was not impenetrable. If you are unfortunate, then the world will be thrown into chaos. "

Lili's analysis was reasonable. Zhu Hongzhao's cousin Zhu Hongchu was stationed at Shanhai Pass, as well as Zhu Honglin, who was a brother-in-law. Even Zhu Hongzhao's adopted son, Zhu Qingque, would be a symbol of war for Zhu Hongzhaoson.

Now that Zhu Hongzhao had the title of succession and the Heavenly Revelation's secret edict, once Zhu Hongzhao was killed, Sun Chuantinng would definitely go crazy. Shanhai Pass 1, along with the arranged defense of 40 thousand Shandong troops, will be heading straight for the capital.

Zhu Hongzhao nodded slightly. He looked at Zhang Yan and wanted to say something, but there were layers of protection for the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, more than ten female members of the kinsman of the emperor with immortal feats's family were by his side, and the number of guards outside the hall was not less than the number of men from the Palace of Celestial Purity. He could not let these people out.

At this time, the Shanhai Pass in Shandong Province had already begun to be mobilized. It wasn't to the Liao Town nor to the capital, but rather to set up a tight defense.

On the third floor of the Shanhai Pass Building, Sun Chuantinng had his arms behind his back and was staring into the darkness. In his hands, he was tightly holding his good friend Zhang Fengyi's secret letter. Zhang Fengyi was a Grand Scholar from ten thousand years ago and currently had one of the three official of rectifying armed force in Ming Dynasty s.

Zhang Fengyi was from Daizhou, and was Sun Chuantinng's good friend. He was also half a senior brother to Prince Qi Zhuang, Zhu Yisu. He had never been in contact with Sun Chuantinng and was deeply involved in the system. Even Zhu Hongzhao didn't know that he had such an uncle-master.

The sound of horse hooves gradually grew closer. On the Shanhai Pass s which were pitch-black and only had a few bright lights, a dense and dense collection of Tengchow and Lai Chau soldiers crouched behind the female wall.

Sun Chuantinng didn't know why the Liao Army would suddenly send 8,000 cavalry to walk the Shanhai Pass, but Zhang Fengyi's letter was vague, giving Sun Chuantinng a bad premonition.

No matter what, they couldn't let the Liaoning army pass.

The Shanhai Pass defense line was not just 1 Shanhai Pass, Sun Chuantinng was personally in charge of the Shanhai Pass, at the same time, he was also in charge of the cavalry to inform the various small defense lines, preparing for battle.

With this batch of Liao Town elites, You Shiwei, who was one of the four deputy commander-in-chief's disciples, passed through Zhang Hu's defense line under the night sky and arrived in front of the Shanhai Pass.

He was a member of the Yulin Yansui Town, and he had a brave name for all three brothers in the family of generals. His brother, You Shiquan, died in the battle of Shenyang. His brother, Yuv Shilu, was under the command of Sun Chengzong's military unit.

It turned out that he was Commander from the Shanhai Pass Defense Line Wall, Lu Jianchang's Battalion. After the Liaoning Army took over the Shanhai Pass defense line, he was transferred to the Liao Town Battalion as Commander. The Military Intelligence Service screening general Liao's archives, had military merits. For a person who was not from Liao Town, he mentioned his Liao Town for deputy commander-in-chief.

But he would not be grateful to Prince Qi, because the military ground that they had worked hard to occupy during the Yansui Town generation was chopped down with a single blade from their Military Intelligence Service. The inheritance property that their ancestors left behind was gone, causing him to not even be able to afford the five old servant s of the You Family.

In border army, according to the old custom, other than being a part of one's seniority, whoever had more servant, the number of nine meant the person's fist strength. You Shiwei, who could not afford to raise the servant, naturally did not have a good impression of Prince Qi. Furthermore, he lost his family's two hundred odd lands, how could he admire Prince Qi?

1 deputy commander-in-chief is very valuable? In You Shiwei's view, it was only a matter of time before he reached deputy commander-in-chief, so why would he need Prince Qi's appreciation?

Therefore, it was he, You Shiwei, who brought the troops here, and not Mann Gui, Ma Shiloong and other trusted subordinates of Sun Chengzong. However, he, You Shiwei, had no choice this time. If he entered, he would be sealed as an official in charge of the capital's Military Intelligence Service, and if he retreated, he would commit suicide to apologize.

Sun Chuantinng raised his binoculars and looked at the army coming from below the city. He could even see the liao army leader Deng Jianer moving stealthily with an iron hook wrapped around his body.

Beating drums, raising fire, scaring them away.

After a slight hesitation, Sun Chuantinng didn't want to fall out with the Liaoning army. Right now, the war between the two countries was more important, and it was not the right time to start a conflict.

BOOM! Dong, dong, dong!

Drum sounds resounded from the city gate tower as rows after rows of torches were lit. A fire dragon was lit above the Mountain Sea Guancheng, shining down upon the body and mind of the man who was climbing the city walls.

The Jianzhou Jurchens is stealing the city, under the command of the marshal, let's increase the defense of the troops!

Sun Chuantinng's bodyguard raised his small flag and sprinted from the Guancheng Tower to both sides as he shouted.

A mile away, You Shiwei saw the entire city lit up with Shanhai Pass. Four weeks later, the fort on the turret was set ablaze. After receiving an urgent report from the bodyguard, when he saw that the city did not open fire, You Shiwei sighed: Everyone says that Sun Chuantinng is despotic, but never thought that he was a good general who valued national affairs. Pass the order, retreat!

Marshal, you can't retreat now …

You Shiwei's spear trembled as he stabbed this inspector in the army to death. Immediately, the surrounding generals went into an uproar as he looked around with a stern expression, Supreme Commander once said that those who obtain Shanhai Pass will rule the world. The Qi army is already prepared and unwilling to fire their cannons, why should our army go to the trouble of sending our family members to their deaths? When we retreat, this marshal will naturally report this to Supreme Commander."

The generals looked at the twitching sixth stage inspector in the army and could not help but think of the matter with General Hee Chong.

Hee Chong was good at killing civil servants, and became the talk of the borderline general. With Hee Chong as an example, within the border army, the martial general became more and more domineering, and the bandit's aura became heavier and heavier.

The Qi soldiers did not fall out with each other. Naturally, the Liaoning army wanted to advance and retreat.

You Shiwei was also unwilling to give up, but as a former general of the Shanhai Pass defensive line, he naturally knew how difficult Shanhai Pass were.

CHAPTER 304 - DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES

On this night, Liao Town's military operation was just a small part of the great music.

At the suggestion of Yuan Kelee, a small mutiny took place in Tianjin, a town established in the spring of the year of Tianqi. deputy commander-in-chief was detained by the soldiers, while a Commander led five thousand ships through the canal and headed straight for the Tongzhou.

Tian Jin town's soldiers were all recruited soldier, just like Ji Town, they were not fully paid. Other than the troops that went on standby at Tengchow, the other battalions were still the same, the soldier was filled with grievances, and had instigated a mutiny in Tian Jin town.

Shandong, Xuan Da, Liao Town, Prince Qi's main forces were stationed in these three directions, surrounding the capital city in three corners. The court official was not blind in this kind of strategic situation, and Heaven's Initiation had long prepared to take precautions.

Prince Qi's troops were on the outskirts, and the inner circle was intentionally or unintentionally set up. With the efforts of the court officials, they also set up a small three-cornered defensive circle. Among them, Tianjin town was the buffer zone to guard against Shandong troops and horses, which was a barrier to increase the preparation time for Capital Camp.

And the purpose of Ji Town was to control Liao Town. Between Ji Liao and the others, who was in control of the Shanhai Pass, who was in charge? Heaven's Enlightenment and the court officials did not expect that the Ji Town would be able to stop the convoy of Liao Town. The purpose of the existence of the Ji Town was the same as Tianjin, to give the capital an additional buffer.

To the west were the two checkpoints of Zi Jing Pass and Juyongguan Pass. Their job was to firmly block the Army of Xuan. The imperial government's trump card was the 3rd Battalion of the imperial soldiers, but all of this was only a premonition. It was just a precaution, and no one wanted to take that step.

Therefore, Zhu Hongzhao had grasped Military Intelligence Service and did not interfere with the three horned army that formed the capital's barrier. This was the bottom line of the tacit understanding between the emperor and his subjects.

The various military departments had only started a war according to the plan. They did not even know about the changes that had occurred in the capital!

The Shenji Camp s stationed in Huai Lai Wei City were still on their way back to the capital according to the order for the transfer of Military Intelligence Service, and were still a hundred kilometers away from the Juyongguan Pass s located in the east.

Because they were stationed in the Acropolis City, their Shenji Camp s were not stripped off their armor and set up camp, but instead, they were given food.

He was holding a stack of letters in his hand. Based on the contents of these letters, Yang Yufann calculated that if the progress of the troops was as planned, Prince Qi would not be able to escape.

Those people paid him handsomely. Yang Zhaoji was a marquis, and his five brothers gave him two men, two to the head soldier, Commander. His Yang Family would become the number one family of generals in the military world.

He was also moved. Although he was very brave, he really didn't dare to bet with those lunatics. In his eyes, that group of people had already gone mad. He believed that if his progress was abnormal, the people in Army of Xuan would definitely be on their guard.

Ever since Zhao Qi had taken charge of the Xuan Mansion Town, Governor-general Xuan and Wang Shizhen had been completely taken over, and Zhao Lvjiao, Zhao Qi's sworn brother, had been even more loyal.

Yang Yufann suspected that if he led Shenji Camp s to head towards the capital city overnight, they might not even reach the Juyongguan Pass yet, and would be overtaken by Gao Jie's Flying Bear Cavalry s.

To investigate the Shanxi merchants Group, it would be more accurate to say that they were trying to pacify the Shanxi merchants rebellion. Shenji Camp were made from pure firearms, and were equipped with the best firearms in the capital. But Yang Yufann did not dare to fight against Gao Jie, or to be more accurate, he did not dare to fight against Flying Bear Cavalry.

In the past, everyone served under Prince Qi and fought shoulder to shoulder with Wen Xiang's rebel army. Second, if one's Shenji Camp were to fight with another's Flying Bear Cavalry, the interior would be in an uproar.

At the very least, who knows who will be hit by the two battalions of artillery led by Zhou Yuji. As for Lee Moxuan, he was the inspector in the army of Shenji Camp, the son-in-law set by Prince Qi. Since he dared to fight against Flying Bear Cavalry, it was possible that Lee Moxuan could tie him up before the battle even began.

Therefore, in order to cooperate with those people, the leadership of Lee Moxuan and Zhou Yuji must be disrupted. As the third in the secret service of the Ming Dynasty system, Lee Moxuan, who was ranked second, was not that easy to deal with.

He stopped in his tracks and suddenly thought of something terrible. Could Lee Moxuan have been targeting him?

Yan Zeng?

The central general, who had inherited the Yizhou and was selected to train in the discipline of the army due to his military achievements, cupped his fist and asked with a tense expression, Marshal?

At this time, the generals gathered around Yang Yufann were all generals who were close to the Yang Family.

Hand this letter over to inspector in the army Lord Lee as soon as possible. Also, deliver the other messengers.

Yan Zeng received the letter with both hands and heaved a sigh of relief when he turned around.

As he watched Yan Zeng leave, Yang Yufann heaved a sigh of relief. It wasn't because he had made a choice, but because he had discovered that there was