Chapter 1681 Ren Zijuan is surging (2)
When Feng Ziying's personal seal was delivered to the bewildered King Zhonghui, he thought as if he had just woken up from a dream that there was a helper in the palace who could be consulted.
The assassination and fall of Emperor Yonglong made the whole situation develop rapidly in an unpredictable direction, leaving him panicked and not knowing what to do.
Emperor Yonglong had already had a deal with him before. After the Autumn Festival, he would quickly establish the position of crown prince, and then ask him to conduct a comprehensive reshuffle of the entire Beijing camp.
In fact, he has already started to do it in advance. First, he is to disrupt and weaken Qian Guozhong's control over the Shenji Battalion, and then a part of the Shenji Battalion that has just been integrated is directly transferred to the Fifth Army Camp.
In this way, he can quickly establish his control over the most critical fifth military camp, and quickly train him to become a confidant and pillar in the Beijing camp in the future.
But King Zhonghui never thought that his idea would encounter such a disaster just after it was started.
The security and defense of the entire Hunting Palace is nominally the responsibility of him, the Jingying Jiedu Envoy.
Although the Shangsanqin Army has always been under the personal control of the emperor, and he, the Jingying Jiedushi, cannot intervene, the Jingying Jiedushi is nominally the number one figure in the defense of the entire capital, and Shenshu Ying is also specifically responsible for peripheral defense.
How did the assassin get in through the tight perimeter defenses?
Based on Lieutenant Long’s investigation around the scene, it seems that there are more than one group of assassins.
In addition to the group that has succeeded in assassinating, there is another group that is less than a hundred feet apart.
They set up several extremely powerful heavy-duty fire cannons that could easily reach a hundred steps away and lurked beside the river valley.
In a sense, it was fortunate that the first group of assassins took action first. Otherwise, if the emperor was allowed to pass through the ambush circle of the second group of assassins, those heavy fire cannons would kill even the gods. Can't be saved.
Now the emperor is just unconscious, and according to the initial judgment of the imperial doctor, the crossbow arrow injuries to the emperor's waist and buttocks are not too serious. They only bleed a little more, which is not fatal. It is not due to coma, so it is considered unfortunate. Fortunately.
The reason why the emperor is still unconscious is still uncertain.
Whether it was caused by the emperor's head hitting the ground when he fell from the horse or the fact that the emperor's qi deficiency had reached a very serious stage when the imperial doctor checked his pulse, no one dares to judge now, because it involves the next step of medication.
Now that the palace and the entire hunting garden are under martial law, Kuai Ma has returned to the capital city and immediately summoned the cabinet ministers. However, King Zhonghui was still unsure about the direction in which the situation would develop.
He, the nominal person in charge of the highest security of the Tienwang Mountain Hunting Palace, didn’t know what to do now. Apart from sending someone to the capital city immediately to inform the cabinet ministers and letting people from the Imperial Hospital come immediately, he didn’t even know that he was now What should be done.
Long Jinwei Lu Song had not abandoned him long ago, but was investigating the whole incident alone.
Several commanders of the Third Guards Army decided on their own to impose martial law on the entire Hunting Garden and delimited their own defense zones.
Qiu Shiben of the Shenshu Camp only made a report and ignored him. Instead, he asked the Shenshu Camp to control all the peripheral traffic arteries and passes around Tiewang Mountain.
All this made King Zhonghui feel angry, powerless and helpless. Only then did he realize that the result of his years of inactivity was that no one would trust him at a critical moment.
The seal sent by Feng Ziying made King Zhonghui suddenly grab a life-saving straw like a drowning man. However, the relationship between this life-saving straw and him was not particularly good, but at this time it seemed that he also There is no choice.
He immediately ordered his own soldiers to take his seal and go to Nanyuan to **** Feng Ziying over.
At this time, he did not dare to see his brothers. At this sensitive time, the third brother, eighth brother and even ninth brother had been placed in solitary confinement, because they were the ones who accompanied the emperor on his hunting trip, including several princes. To a certain extent, interests and connections cannot be ruled out.
If he hadn't been the final envoy to the Beijing camp appointed by the emperor's brother, and in a sense had entrusted his own defense and safety to him, I'm afraid he himself would have been imprisoned in a small courtyard somewhere.
Even if King Zhonghui's personal soldiers came with the seal, they could take Feng Ziying and his entourage into Beiyuan. It was not the people under the Siwei camp who could make the decision.
When Du Keli, the commander of the Fourth Guards Battalion, received the news, he was also extremely embarrassed.
According to the emergency coordination between him and the Warrior Battalion Liao Junxiong and the flag bearer Wei Miao Zhuang after the accident, the three troops each implemented martial law according to the deployment this morning. No one can move for the time being, and it will not be lifted until the emperor wakes up. But what if the emperor cannot wake up? ?
The Shangsanqinjun has always been directly under the direct control of the emperor. However, when the emperor is absent, such as after the death of the new emperor and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, it is led by the crown prince or the governor. But when he is unconscious and there is no crown prince or governor, who will be responsible? Commanding the Third Family Army?
Is it King Zhonghui? Although he is the Jingying Jiedu Envoy, he can theoretically command the imperial army in the entire Gyeonggi region, but this is only in name in theory. Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, there has never been a Jingying Jiedushi Envoy who can only go to the Imperial Guard. Being from the Third Family Army means that he alone has the final say in the entire Gyeonggi Province and there is no one to restrict him.
To be completely rebellious, at this time, even if he wants to appoint any prince as the crown prince, it is not impossible for him to create a brother-in-law relationship or even a yellow robe.
Of course, Du Keli also knew that King Zhonghui did not have this ability yet. He could not even control the three major camps in Beijing.
The current situation is so chaotic and confusing that Du Keli is at a loss as to what to do.
On the surface, King Zhonghui should be the least likely person to be involved. The emperor trusted him so much that he finally promoted him to the position of Jiedu Envoy in Beijing. This was considered to be true to his heart. Even King Zhongshun, who had always followed the emperor, did not treat him so favorably.
It may involve the change of the throne, and any seemingly normal reasons are difficult to rely on. Because of this, Du Keli is particularly difficult.
The martial law in the palace was jointly agreed upon by him, Liao Junxiong and Miao Zhuang. If Feng Ziying was allowed to go out to join King Zhonghui, what would Liao Junxiong and Miao Zhuang think?
As long as there is no accident, that's all. If there is an accident, the two of them, especially Miao Zhuang, will definitely put the blame on himself. He may become the scapegoat for such a big thing. How can he bear it?
It will be equally troublesome if you refuse.
Not to mention that King Zhonghui is now the nominal security director of the entire Tiewang Mountain Hunting Garden, even Feng Ziying’s reputation is too great.
Feng Ziying was originally waiting for the emperor's second interview, and he was the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture. Logically, this was also the territory of Shuntian Prefecture. His father was also the governor of Jiliao, and this was also the territory of Jizhen.
When King Zhonghui wanted to pick up Feng Ziying at this time, he must have discussed how to face the current situation. If he delayed a major event, he would also be unable to make a good deal.
In desperation, Du Keli had to go to see Feng Ziying in person to see what the other party said.
“Master Feng, today’s martial law is out of necessity. If there is any negligence, please forgive me...”
Du Keli bowed his hands from afar and said, "This is where the Third Guards Army is responsible. Even if you go out from here, you will still be under the jurisdiction of the Banner Guards at the gate of Beiyuan. It will be difficult to pass by..."
Feng Ziying saw Du Keli's ugly face and knew that the other party was too frightened now and didn't know what to do, so he wanted to avoid this disaster from affecting him as much as possible, which he could understand.
He already knew what happened from the soldiers sent by King Zhonghui, but the soldiers didn't know much. They only knew that Emperor Yonglong fell from his horse and was unconscious. He didn't know anything else. The specific situation had to be discussed with Zhonghui. King Hui didn't know until he met.
"Master Du, long time no see." Feng Ziying also returned the greeting, "Does Master Du think that this martial law can absolve the Shangsanqin Army of its responsibility? To put it bluntly, if such a big thing happened, Shangsanqin What the military should do is how to prevent the situation from deteriorating. This may even be more important than the emperor being unconscious. Once the situation becomes chaotic and is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, it will become uncontrollable later. Even if the emperor wakes up by then, it will be difficult to recover. "
Du Keli was taken aback and said subconsciously: "Sir, the Third Guard Army is only responsible for security. The assassins are coming from the west. The Shenshu Camp is responsible for security outside..."
"The outside is the Shenshu Camp, but what about the internal inspection?" Feng Ziying didn't know that Emperor Yonglong was assassinated and fell from his horse. She was shocked but remained calm, "Now King Zhonghui is the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp. Since he is in command , then everything that follows should be decided by King Zhonghui, that is, did you inform King Zhonghui about the martial law? What is the basis for you, Mr. Liao and Mr. Miao to make this decision, and who authorized you?"
Du Keli was in a great hurry.
Martial law was an act of desperation by the three of them, and they had no other intentions.
But Feng Ziying was right. The Shangsanqinjun was just a pure internal guard force to protect the emperor. Martial law in the palace involves a series of follow-up issues. The theory is that people with decision-making power should make the decision.
Once the martial law comes out, whoever will benefit from it will be harmed by it. If it turns up later, some people will probably say that the Third Guards Army has exceeded its authority or even has ulterior motives and insists on insisting on it.
“Master Feng, when such a big thing happened, we had no choice but to do it. It was not our intention...”
“Mr. Du, who should be responsible for the safety of the emperor?” Feng Ziying said coldly: “Powers and responsibilities should be unified. Even if you make a last-minute change, you should obtain ratification from the decision-maker afterwards. Otherwise, it will be an overstep of power, and it may even...”
Du Keli was shocked and immediately woke up. He was very grateful and quickly clasped his fists and said, "General, I understand. Please give me some advice from adults!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Keli waved his hand to signal his soldiers to get out of the way.
(End of this chapter)