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Volume 1: The Past and the Present Chapter 747: Soldiers Remonstrate and Force the Palace (Part 2)

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    The rain became heavier and heavier, and the rainwater seemed to be connected in a line of pearls, dripping to the ground along the eaves and tiles, and soon gathered into a river, gurgling towards the low-lying areas.

    The captain opened the oil-paper umbrella, Qin Kan hugged Du Yan hard, and then let go of her. His eyes immediately turned around on the faces of Jin Liu, Tang Zihe, Qin Le, and Qin Kang behind Du Yan, and noticed that everyone's faces were  Smiling, but with deep worry in his eyes, Qin Kan couldn't help but smile and said: "Relax, I just went to the palace to sit for a while. The difference is that this time I am bringing a few more people in."

    The women held back their tears and nodded.

    Qin Kan started to walk away, but suddenly stopped and turned around again. This time his eyes fell on Tang Zihe.

    Tang Zihe seemed to know what he was thinking. He smiled sweetly and said: "Don't worry, I will never cause trouble to you again. I am here. Go and come back quickly."

    Qin Kan nodded, looked at her deeply and finally walked under the umbrella. The captains escorted him to the carriage at the door.

    The carriage braved the pouring rain and disappeared into the rain and mist without moving forward.

    The girls watched the carriage go away, long-suppressed tears finally flowing down their cheeks, and they began to cry without any scruples. Only Tang Zihe pressed his lips together tightly, his delicate body trembling slightly.

    Du Yan choked and said, "Whyare you shaking all over?"

    Tang Zihe's eyes flashed with excitement, and he said: "I can't help but feel happy when I think that starting from today, our husband will open up the world and create a great cause unprecedented in the history of the Holy Emperor."

    "What if, what if tonighthe loses?"

    Tang Zihe said nonchalantly: "Life and death don't matter, what are you afraid of? If my husband is defeated, we will go to hell with him. There are thousands of volumes of history, which one is not a book written with thousands of years of blood and bones? If it is not the enemy's, it is our own.  ,fair enough."

    Du Yan and the other girls glanced at her, feeling awe in their hearts.

    Where did your husband find such a crazy female gambler?  No, not just gamblers.  Simply a desperado.

    "Sister, after midnight, I want to enter the city and enter the palace."

    "what are you going to do?"

    "If my husband is defeated, I will die with him. If my husband wins, I will enter the palace to add glory to him and congratulate you."

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    Thunder rumbled.  There was an explosion in the air above Yang Tinghe's house. It had just fallen into the night, and it was the time when the Wan family was lighting the lamps. Today, Yang's house was particularly silent, like a pool of lifeless stagnant water.

    Yang Tinghe sat in the front hall with a gloomy face, his skinny hands tightly grasping the armrests of the chair.  His knuckles were slightly white from exerting too much force, showing that he was extremely uneasy at the moment.

    The housekeeper of the Yang Mansion stuck his head out at the door, looked at the master's face, and said cautiously: "Sir, Ning Guogong and Qin Gong are here to visit. After nightfall, Tengxiang's fourth camp searched for him everywhere. I am bold. Let him go into the concierge first.  Human ears and eyes¡­¡±

    Hearing the words "Mr. Qin", Yang Tinghe frowned even more tightly, snorted heavily in his nostrils, and said, "See you!"

    Soon, Qin Kan's slender figure appeared in the front yard of the Yang Mansion, but Yang Tinghe did not stand up to greet him today, and his eyes towards Qin Kan were even full of hostility.

    Qin Kan seemed unconscious and stepped into the front hall.  Shi Shiran sat down and said with a smile: "In the past, when I came to visit, Mr. Yang at least greeted me out of the front yard, but today he didn't even serve me a cup of tea. Why did you not treat your guests well today?"

    Yang Tinghe sneered: "I guess after tonight, I will have to kneel down to greet Mr. Qin when he comes to Yang Mansion again, right?"

    "That would be too polite. Qin is afraid of losing his life."

    "Qin Kan! What do you want?" Yang Tinghe stood up.

    "Just to save my life."

    "Fifty thousand elite riders from Liaodong entered the pass to defend the capital. But was it because of your plan?"

    Qin Kan said calmly: "Not bad."

    "Tonight, Ye Jinquan's troops and horses in the northern suburbs camp were mobilized abnormally. Is it you who gave the order?"

    "right."

    "It must not have been Jiang Bin's idea to kill more than a hundred ministers in front of Chengtian Gate a few days ago, right? That idiot definitely didn't have the guts to make an edict."

    "That's right, I did it too."

    Yang Tinghe leaned back on the chair tiredly.  He looked up to the sky and took a long breath, and said slowly: "Qin Kan, what on earth do you want to do? In the Ming Dynasty, the monarchy was restrained and the ministers had great power. Outside there were hundreds of thousands of border troops from nine towns and countless guards in various places, and inside there were three people guarding the capital.  One hundred thousand regiments and only 50,000 Liaodong soldiers and horses, can you turn the world upside down? Even if you turn the world upside down tonight, can the civil and military ministers and nobles of the dynasty agree? The world of Ming Dynasty is the world of civil servants, you can kill the emperor,  Can you kill all the thousands of civil servants in the world?"

    Qin Kan smiled and said: "It's the same sentence, I want to save my life."?¡±

    Yang Tinghe opened his eyes and stared at him fiercely: "You are a madman!"

    ¡°I¡¯m just a husband and father who was pushed to the edge of a cliff with no other options.¡±

    Qin Kan's smile gradually faded, he stared at Yang Tinghe and said: "Mr. Yang, the chief minister of the cabinet, what is your ambition in this life?"

    "Of course it is a strong country."

    "Qin asked Mr. Yang again, what is your evaluation of all the things I have done in the court for more than ten years, including pacifying Liaodong, expelling Liu Jin, suppressing civil strife, and imposing a sea ban?"

    Yang Tinghe had calmed down and said in a slow tone: "It can be called a meritorious achievement and can be recorded in history."

    Qin Kan said calmly: "I have not done many things for the country in my life, only a few of them. However, after the new emperor came to the throne, he was not only eager to get rid of me as a powerful official, but also wanted to remove all the things I had done.  And obliterate it, I dare to ask Mr. Yang, if you were me, how would you choose?"

    "If you want me to die, I have no choice but to die. If I were you, I would just kill you."

    Qin Kan shook his head: "No, I am not willing to do so. If I were really the treacherous traitor that thousands of people accuse me of, and if I really did something that harmed the country and the people, I would be willing to die. But I have not. Sir, have you ever seen that the government has become clearer and smoother in recent years?  Have you ever seen that the number of envoys who wish to serve the Celestial Dynasty as the suzerain is increasing every year? Have you ever seen that the Mongolian Tatars have not taken the initiative to invade our borders for many years, burning, killing and looting, but instead, our border army has frequently conquered the grassland and desert?  Seeing that after the maritime ban, people everywhere became more and more prosperous, and some farmers even secretly wore silk under their clothes, and many civilian families have changed from two meals a day to three meals a day?"

    "Mr. Yang, I am not saying this to claim credit, but to tell you that our Ming Dynasty is reviving and is only a little bit away from the powerful Tang Dynasty. The changes in Ming Dynasty are still a little bit away from my ambition.  I still have a lot of things to do. The land of the Ming Dynasty is concentrated in the hands of too many powerful people. Peasants will rebel if they lose their land. This needs to be changed. There are too many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. The rebirth of vassal kings is only the expense of the royal family and the treasury.  I don¡¯t know how much silver is spent every year to fill this bottomless pit, and this needs to change. Although the Mongolian Tatars have turned to the defensive, they have not yet been exterminated. After all, they are a major disaster, not to mention the rise of the Jurchen tribe in the north.  If they are far away, if they are not dealt with, the Ming Dynasty may be in danger of subjugating the country. There are also Japanese pirates in the southeast, Duogan and Uzang in the west, Champa and Siam in the south In addition to these neighboring countries, there is a wider place in the world.  Waiting for us to discover and conquer. The Age of Discovery is about to begin, and our eyes cannot just stay on these neighboring countries. The world is far more than what we can see."

    Qin Kan took a long breath and said with a wry smile: "These are my ambitions. I will try my best to complete them in my lifetime. If I can't complete them, I hope that our next generation and the next generation can complete them, so I  You cannot die, because with the death of the people and the end of the government, not only will the imminent crises and opportunities of the Ming Dynasty be missed, but the entire world will regress to the situation before Hongzhi. My husband and I, as well as many famous officials, have spent half our lives in vain. I dare to ask Mr. Yang, are you willing to watch it?  To a country where one person can destroy everything with just one word?¡±

    Yang Tinghe kept listening quietly, his face getting increasingly ugly.  His expression became increasingly struggling and full of contradictions.

    Qin Kan emphasized his tone and said: "Mr. Yang, the world is not the world of the emperor alone, nor is it the world of the civil servants. It is the world of millions of people."

    After saying this, Qin Kan stood up, gently brushed the hem of his clothes, and said: "I took a huge risk to come in alone. Now I have to say goodbye. Before I walk out of the Yang Mansion gate, you still have a chance to give orders.  The servants and guards tied me up and presented me to the new emperor. I have no regrets at all. When I walk out of this gate, the world of the Ming Dynasty will be in my hands from today on. I will do whatever the emperor cannot do!"

    Qin Kan saluted Yang Ting and Chang and walked out calmly.

    Yang Tinghe¡¯s old body was trembling slightly, his eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, and he just watched Qin Kan getting closer and closer to the door step by step

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    Fubin Tower in the East City of the Capital.

    The entire pavilion has been taken over, and there is no one in the empty hall. The small open space outside the hall is filled with warriors wandering around, and they look like they belong to the Imperial Guard. There are also two white-faced and beardless young men in casual clothes standing in front of the hall.  eunuch.

    As night fell, a fast horse galloped from the end of Jinshui Street. The knight reined in his horse and stopped at Fubin Tower. His expression was full of anxiety. As soon as the horse stopped, the knight jumped off the horse with one leg on one side and stood firmly.  Land.

    "Who is trespassing on the important land of the nobles? Take it down!" A member of the wealthy family stepped forward and drew a knife and asked.

    The knight took off the tooth plate on his waist, raised it high, and said loudly: "I am He Fu, the commander of the outpost army of the 12th regiment's Guoyong camp, and I have been ordered to see Mr. Zhu, the protector of the country!"

    "My lord is meeting with the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the State Council.The gentlemen are having a banquet, the nobles are drinking in great spirits, and there are no outsiders!  "

    The knight said angrily: "You dare to stop me from a small family. You don't know what's going on. Are you a subordinate of which family of Jinyiwei? The military situation is extremely urgent. Can you afford to suffer the consequences of delaying a major event?"

    A stern look flashed in Baihu's eyes, and he said in a cold tone: "If you have anything to do with me, I can tell you."

    "Bah! Who do you think you are? Do the gatekeepers think you are really a person? What I want to report is a major military matter. If you dare to stop me again, no matter what the royal guards are, I will lead my troops to kill you alive tomorrow!"

    Baihu's face changed for a moment, and the fierce light in his eyes became stronger, but a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He cupped his fists towards He Fu and said: "Since the general insists on seeing the old man, how dare I stop him? Xiaobaihu can't afford to delay the army.  For a big event, please invite the general inside. The old man and the princes are in the elegant room on the second floor"

    He Fu snorted heavily, raised his legs and ran inside.

    Just as one foot stepped across the threshold of the hall door, He Fu suddenly felt a chill in his vest. He lowered his head and saw that the tip of a steel knife had penetrated his chest. The snow-white tip was stained with a few drops of blood, which slowly dripped on the  He Fu opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but then a pair of rough hands covered his mouth in time.

    Behind him came the ferocious smile of a hundred men in gilded clothes: "General Guo Yong camp? Did you report to my husband that the troops and horses of the northern suburbs camp have been mobilized? The Liaodong frontier army has set up a formation towards the 12th regiment camp? Noble people can't drink.  Sorry to bother you, if you want to report military information, you should wait until next life"

    After saying that, He Fu's body fell heavily to the ground. The two eunuchs standing at the door glanced down at He Fu's body, then looked away indifferently, still looking straight ahead, as if nothing happened.  Didn't happen.

    Soon, He Fu¡¯s body was carried away by Jin Yiwei.  The blood on the ground was quickly wiped away, and the last traces left by a third-grade general in his life were wiped clean.

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    There was laughter and joy, singing and dancing in the elegant room on the second floor of Fubin Building.

    The courtesans and courtesans invited from nowhere played the guqin and pipa vigorously, and their charming smiles made this dull and depressing autumn night seem to be a little more charming and spring-like.

    Today¡¯s host has an unusual identity, but he is the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, Zhang Yong, the internal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the guests Zhang Yong entertained are also powerful people in the court.  Zhu Hui, Duke Baoguo, and nearly thirty founding princes.

    The name of the banquet is also very reasonable. Today is Eunuch Zhang¡¯s fiftieth birthday.

    When attending the banquet, all the dignitaries felt strange. Today, it was Eunuch Zhang¡¯s fiftieth birthday. Why did he only invite dignitaries from the capital, but not a single minister from the court? It is said that Zhang Yong was quite popular, and he had quite close contacts with the cabinet and the six ministers.  Get along with each other.  They should be invited today. After attending the banquet, they were interrupted by Zhang Yong's few jokes and greetings, and everyone stopped thinking about it.

    At this time, everyone was already eighty-done in wine, but the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became "gao chao". There were many courtesans and courtesans pouring wine to add fragrance like butterflies in flowers, and the young beauties' eyes were as affectionate as lingering spring mud.  , the honorable nobles also put down their arrogance.  Gradually, he became more and more dissolute, not to mention that the host of the banquet was also a heroic person. After a few jokes, Zhang Yong simply rolled up his sleeves and started drinking with Mr. Zhu Hui amidst the cheers and cheers of the crowd.

    "However, Mr. Zhu is nearly eighty years old. He has the desire to kill the thieves, but he has no power to save his life.  The little girl's belly was red, Zhu Hui's face turned red and he let out a lengthy wine burp. He laughed twice with a confused and ethereal expression, and then he fell on the table and passed out drunk.

    Zhang Yong was also drunk. He pointed at Zhu Hui and laughed. He waved his hand behind the door curtain without saying anything. The maids who had been waiting for a long time came in carrying a jar of unopened wine.

    Zhang Yong¡¯s body shook.  His face turned red, his tongue curled up and he patted his chest vigorously: "The Zajia although they are eunuchs, they are not inferior, they are manly. In the past, His Majesty once called the Zajia 'Strong Man Zhang'. Now, although the Zajia is fifty years old, he still pays tribute every day."  You can eat five kilograms of meat, you can pull a two-stone strong bow, you can lift a hundred kilograms of cauldron without being out of breath, and as for drinking The Za family has never been afraid of anyone. Lords, do you have the guts to drink from this altar with the Za family?"

    The princes laughed and raised their wine jars one after another and said, "Let's drink together to celebrate the longevity of Eunuch Zhang!"

    A jar of wine poured down everyone's throats. After drinking, everyone put down the jar and laughed at each other for a moment. Suddenly someone swayed, then the second, the third almost at the same time,  Everyone at the banquet was drunk, and people were lying on the floor in the Accord.

    Zhang Yong, who was very drunk, suddenly straightened up at this time, his body stopped shaking, his eyes became clear, and he still looked like he was drunk.

    A captain in brocade clothes walked in and waved to the bewildered prostitutes and courtesans in the room. The girls hurriedly exited the Accord in silence.

     "Eunuch, the medicine in the wine was prepared by Mr. Qin's fourth wife. This medicine is colorless and odorless. It pours when the wind blows. It will never wake up day and night. It seems that it is true."

    Zhang Yong nodded: "Immediately send someone to transfer these princes and marquises away, hide them in a top-secret place, and do not leak any news. Send a letter to Mr. Qin, saying that the matter here has been settled, and the Za family will return to the palace immediately."  , waiting to intercept the emperor¡¯s imperial edict to mobilize troops and the tiger talisman.¡±

    "Yes." The captain said and burst into laughter: "Even if the imperial edict to mobilize troops and the tiger talisman left the palace, no one followed them. Duke Baoguo, who was in charge of the 12th regiment and the 12 founding princes, were all lying down  ¡­¡±

    Zhang Yong smiled and turned to look at the gloomy night sky: "The Za family has set up a stage for Mr. Qin. It's time for Mr. Qin to appear in the next play"

    As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a shrill scream, and a rocket soared upwards, exploding into a beautiful firework in the dark night.

    Zhang Yong¡¯s pupils shrank sharply, and the beautiful fireworks reflected in his eyes were as red as blood.
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