Chapter 57 Major Events in the Capital
God didn't seem to understand Song Qing's anxious mood, and the day passed quickly.
Song Qing's invitation to invite the prince has been sent, but the people who came back said that the emperor didn't know what was going on and urgently called the prince to the palace to discuss matters, so I'm afraid that the prince can't separate today, and Song Qing has to wait another day.
In the past few days, Song Qing has been busy and has not stopped. It seems that he can find him for anything messy. It seems that he has no time to do anything else. In fact, he has been preparing secretly. After the medicine arrives, he will leave without stopping, but outside the residence are full of officers and soldiers, and all kinds of secret agents are closely monitoring him. He Is it so easy to leave?
So he must make a foolproof arrangement for the back road.
Seeing that the person who was assassinated yesterday was not him, Song Qing ordered people to prepare and go to the night market after dark, giving people the feeling that he was going to hang out. In fact, he still wanted to see someone.
Gao Jin left at dawn. Hammer and Yang Zhi secretly held their breath and couldn't wait for the assassin to come back tonight so that they could kill happily.
In the eyes of outsiders, Liang Shan are either crazy or their heads are in water. Is it fun to be assassinated?
Actually, I don't know who has water in his head!
Song Qing was just ready to go shopping with his murderous brothers, and the brothers guarding outside the door suddenly came in with a strange face.
"Son, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong on the street. The forbidden army on the other side of the barracks has dispatched a lot, and they don't know what to do in a hurry. Now there are only a dozen people left in the camp."
The forbidden army of this battalion can be said to be guarding its own jailers. There are so many forbidden troops in the capital, and it is impossible to use them without very special circumstances. Unless it happens nearby and the forbidden army in the distance has no time to come before they are sent out. But what can happen in this capital?
Song Qing's heart suddenly moved. Isn't it really this boy who started it?
Song Qing's conjecture was quickly confirmed that Chen Dong did not disappoint him. First, he gathered hundreds of students from Tai College to go to the Inspectorate to complain. As a result, after hearing the news, people in Beijing, agriculture, industry and industry and various industries who suffered from it also joined in. Before the Inspectorate, the number had reached the number. Wan, Gu said that there are still people who continue to join in it.
Chen Dong saw that the momentum was getting louder and louder, and his confidence also expanded rapidly. He simply did not go to the inspection house, but directly took people to the palace.
In addition, those low-level officers and soldiers also hate these corrupt officials who harm the country and the people, so they did not stop them when they began to gather, and even condoned the people to do so, which further boosted the confidence of Chen Dong and others. So they temporarily decided to change their way.
Although it is the people, tens of thousands of people flock to the imperial city at the same time. Who can guarantee that nothing will happen? When the commanders of all the guards heard the news, they were so scared that they almost lost their trousers. Can they still take care of Song Qing? People were mobilized from the nearest places to gather in the palace.
Hearing the news, Song Qing was also surprised. He just wanted to encourage Chen Dong to make some trouble for Liang Shicheng and others, but he didn't expect him to make such a loud momentum.
What surprised him even more was that Chen Dong wrote a letter with officials and people after Zhao Huan ascended the throne. Now because of his appearance, this matter has been advanced for several years.
I can't participate in this matter, but it's not a problem to add to the flames.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Shi Xiu, take a few brothers to attract the piles outside, and then go to see the bustle. If necessary, help Chen Dong and others make things bigger."
Shi Xiu has been wandering around the world before going to Liangshan. Good things are not necessarily good. There must be no mistake about mischievous things, making waves and so on.
Song Qing himself disguised himself and went to another place.
Song Qing can take the opportunity to stop doing his own business, but the palace is already in a mess.
"P"
A piece of good jade paperweight was thrown to the ground by Emperor Huizong and suddenly turned into a pile of fragments. Another pile of shredded paper on the ground was Chen Dong's petition. As for what was written on it, it was no longer important. Anyway, it was torn to pieces by the emperor.
"It's reversed, it's simply reversed. How dare you gather the crowd to force the palace? Do they still have me as the emperor in their eyes? That, that, who, immediately summon the imperial army to kill all these anti-thieves for me"
The old emperor's face changed with anger. He couldn't help trembling behind the dragon book case, and his words were also a little incoherent.
Prince Zhao Huan stood under the steps with a worried face. The people in the capital have always been honest, like sheep. What's wrong with this today? Do you smoke sheep's horns?
Furthward, there are Liang Shicheng and Li Yan with earthy faces. They can be said to be the protagonists who caused this turmoil. Can they not be afraid of making such a big noise?
When he heard that he was going to kill people, Prince Zhao Huan was very anxious. These troubles were all the people of the capital. It can be said that the soldiers of the imperial army who guarded the government and gates broke the bones and connected their tendons. If they killed them mercilessly, they would have to make a big mess. Fortunately, the order was not sent out.
He hurriedly took a step forward and bowed and said, "My father is angry. I think there must be something hidden here. We might as well listen to their real intention first, calm them down for the time being, and then grab their main brain. Don't use knives lightly."
Zhao Huan was worried about the country and the people on the surface, and even attacked Cai Jing and other treacherous parties in many public occasions. In fact, he created momentum for himself and showed it to others. He himself was not a good guy, otherwise he would not have hooked up with Liang Shicheng.
The old emperor is not stupid. Of course, he knows the consequences of random killing. Just now, he was just angry. Besides, isn't it for him that Liang Shicheng and Li Yan did this? However, as a wise and martial emperor, of course, mistakes are other people's.
He stared at the two angrily and said to himself that these two idiots would make trouble for me. If it hadn't been for your use, I would have to kill you two.
Thinking of this, Song Qing came out of his mind somehow.
It's better to be a bandit! It can be blatantly searched. If I can send all the collected gold and silver to the palace like Song Qing, will I still be so annoyed?
But it seems that the last military payment promised by Song Qing should also arrive, right? Uh-huh! After a while, I have to ask the prince to send someone to ask.
Zhao Huan and others are still worried about how to solve the mass incidents outside the palace, but they didn't expect that his mind had turned to gold and silver. Seeing that Dad was stunned, he thought he was worried about it!
footsteps sounded softly, and a general strode in from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, according to your majesty's will, the palace gate has been closed, and no officials have been put in without your majesty's will. Now the officials are urging the eunuchs and the people to leave, but it has no effect at all. People still gather outside the palace gate and refuse to leave. The imperial troops of the guards have blocked all the palace gate streets. Next How to deal with it, please give instructions"
It is Hou Ma Tiesheng, the Japanese guard on duty in today's inner palace. When he spoke, he couldn't help looking at Liang Shicheng and Li Yan.
The soldier's duty makes him obey his orders, but as a soldier who is absolutely loyal to the Song Dynasty, he is also well aware of the harm of eunuchs. If the emperor has a life, he will not hesitate to cut off the heads of Liang Shicheng and others. However, if someone endangers the emperor's safety, he will also suppress it mercilessly.
Being swept by Ma Tiesheng's fierce eyes, Liang Shicheng couldn't help but have fought a cold war. In the past, he would not even look at this martial arts man. Now he remembers that it was really these martial artsmen who could save his life.
It is the will of the old emperor not to let all officials enter the palace and get blindly with it. The old emperor seems to play immortal cultivation all day and doesn't care about anything. In fact, he knows it in his heart. Liang Shicheng is similar to a street rat in the court. If all officials are allowed in, the final result is likely to kill Liang Shicheng and others with civilian anger.
These two people can still draw money for him now, so they can't be killed for the time being.
As early as when Chen Dong and the others began to gather, there were secret agents reporting the situation to the palace. Therefore, the old emperor has known Chen Dong's true intentions. But at that time, I heard that the place where Chen Dong and others were going was the inspector's court. If he had known that they were coming to the palace, he would have sent troops to take the lock, would he have made such a big move?
But he is the emperor, how can he compromise with the people? But if there is no compromise, how will this matter end?
"What do you think the prince should do about this?"
I can't help it. I simply push it to the prince. After solving the problem, I usually teach well. If not, I can also have room for manoeuvre.
Zhao Huan's imperial mind has not yet begun to practice, of course, not as much as his father's. In fact, he has also been thinking about how to deal with this matter.
How can such a thing be allowed to happen in the capital of Song? Therefore, this matter must be decided quickly.
After thinking about it, there seems to be only one way to do it now, that is, to abandon the pawn and protect the army.
Liang Shicheng is still useful to him. No matter how big a mistake he makes, he must protect him, but others,
Zhao Huan looked at Liang Shicheng with gloomy eyes and glanced at Li Yan again. There is no need to say more. He believes that Liang Shicheng can understand what he means.
Dead Taoist friends, don't die poor Taoism. This is a truth that people on earth understand.
Liang Shicheng understood Zhao Huan's eyes and couldn't help but tighten his mind. Can he not know what he has done? Originally, no one dared to do anything to him by relying on the emperor's big tree, but now it has aroused public anger, but it seems that the emperor seems to have nothing to do.
Li Yan is his most loyal subordinate. Is there no shadow of Liang Shicheng behind what he has done? If Li Yan is thrown out as a scapegoat, it is no wonder that Li Yan will not turn the table. But if no one comes out to bear this matter, I'm afraid I'll have to put myself in the end.
Under the balance, he had a decision in an instant and nodded to Zhao Huan imperceptiblely, obviously agreeing to his decision.
The old emperor sat high behind the dragon book case, narrowed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep, and did not pay attention to the eyebrows between the prince and Liang Shicheng. In fact, what can be hidden from him?
Ma Tiesheng was confused by the strange atmosphere in the hall and thought about it. Why did he play deeply?
Suddenly, I heard Prince Zhao Huan shout: "General Ma, quickly take down Li Yan, the eunuch who harms the country and the people, with me"
Up to now, if Li Yan is not afraid of that it is false, but he also has a good idea, because many things he did were done under the instructions of the emperor and Liang Shicheng, so he believed that the emperor and Liang Shicheng would protect him when something happened, but he never expected that they would take him as a scapegoat.
After a while, he hurriedly shouted, "Your Majesty, I'm wronged. I'm doing this for..."
Before he finished speaking, he was covered by Ma Tiesheng, who was hinted by the prince.
Looking at Li Yan, who shouted but couldn't make a sound and was caught by Ma Tiesheng like a chicken, Liang Shicheng bowed out and hugged his fist and said righteously: "If you do these many evil things, you dare to bite randomly. It's really deserve to die. The official is bright, and the prince is wise."
The old emperor frowned as if he had just woken up and said, "This is the best ending. Prince, you go there in person and declare to Taixue and the people my determination to deal with corrupt officials and let them all go home separately. If there is another time, I will never forgive you."
paused and said, "Send someone to secretly take down the leading Chen Dong for me. I don't want to hear this person's name again."