Thousands of soldiers and horses from the Guard Battalion had been standing outside Yongding Gate for nearly half an hour. After reporting their identities, the defenders at the top of the city gave a polite reply, asking the Duke to wait for a while, because there was an order from above. The city gates were closed a few days ago and entry and exit were prohibited. Even if the Duke of Zhen returned to Beijing, he would need to report to the superior and obtain permission before he could be released. + Song Nan sat quietly on the horse, staring at the tall and closed city gate. Of course he knew that these were all excuses. The armor of the defenders at the top of the city was not the armor of the regiment at all, but the armor of the foreign army; Wang Yong beside him quietly Telling Song Nan that the soldiers and horses on the city gate were the Gyeonggi defenders of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, Song Nan understood the seriousness of the problem. ??Originally, guarding the city gates was the responsibility of the Beijing camp. Now that foreign troops have entered the capital to guard the city gates, could it be said that Zhang Lun has been completely deprived of his authority? Or maybe Zhang Lun just turned a blind eye and protected himself? Song Nan considered the dangerous situation after returning to the capital, but he did not expect that it would have reached this point. If the entire capital was controlled by foreign troops from the Chinese Army Governor's Office, what else could he do after entering the capital? ? In the cabinet room, two marquises, Zhang Wei and Tan You, who were promoted to marquises last year, were talking anxiously. In front of them, Yang Tinghe was sitting on a chair. On both sides of him were Liang Chu and Fei Hong. The three of them looked calm. Listen to the reports from the two leading princes. "Two princes, please sit down, come and serve tea. The two princes rarely come to the cabinet room as guests, but they are rare guests." After listening to their words, Yang Tinghe said with a smile. "Mr. Yang, why are you still so leisurely? Song Nan is right outside the south gate. What do you think we should do? He is a hero in suppressing the rebellion. We can't always prevent him from entering the city. It doesn't make sense based on emotion and reason. ." Tan You rubbed his hands. Yang Tinghe turned his head and said: "Is it necessary to be so nervous? How many soldiers and horses does Song Nan bring?" "There are only a thousand Jinyi guards as personal guards." "Then how many soldiers and horses did your Central Military Governor's Office transfer to Beijing?" "Shence Guards" , Yingtian Guard, Yingzhou Two Guards, and Yanqing Guard, there are five guards and horses in total. Don¡¯t you, Mr. Yang, know this?¡± Yang Tinghe sighed: ¡°The five guards have 30,000 troops, and you are still worried about Song Nan leading a mere thousand? Are the Jin Yiwei Tiqi entering the city? " Hui'an Hou Zhang Wei blinked and said, "Mr. Yang, don't make a mistake. Song Nan is the commander of the Jin Yiwei. There are nearly 20,000 Jin Yiwei Tiqi in the capital. Zhang Lun, the governor of Shangjing Camp, is his uncle. He will probably be difficult to deal with once he enters the city. Yang Tinghe caressed his beard and said, "You are too generous to him. Isn't it true that Song Nan has three heads and six arms?" Some abilities are within the permission of the imperial court. He can only do whatever the emperor allows him to do. Does he dare to resist the order? Didn't Zhang Lun share his anger with Song Nan? The emperor issued an imperial decree to let foreign troops enter the city to guard Jiu. He took over the defense of the city and asked all his troops to return to camp and not move rashly. Didn¡¯t he obediently obey the request? " Hui'an Hou Zhang Wei frowned and said: "What do you mean" Liang Chu stood up and said: "Mr. Yang's It means that it is time to issue the emperor's edict. The ministers in the cabinet have just requested the Queen Mother's decree. In view of the current condition of the emperor's body, it is time to announce the emperor's edict to the world in advance, so that people can feel at ease. " Tan You said in surprise: " Butthe emperor hasn't" Fei Hong scolded: "Master Tan, the Queen Mother has agreed to announce the will in advance, what do you have any doubts about? We are not disloyal to the emperor, we are doing this for the sake of the country. "The stability of the country is the top priority. If someone takes advantage of this gap to cause trouble and disrupt the smooth transfer of the country, that would be disloyal." Tan You said hurriedly: "I didn't say this was an act of disloyalty. But what the bachelors mean is to read out the imperial edict and make Song Nan unable to move?" "Exactly," Liang Chu said with a sneer. "What if he ignores me?" Zhang Wei suddenly asked. Yang Tinghe's eyes sparkled and he said softly: "If someone does not respect the emperor's edict, that is treason. I ask the two princes to take action immediately. In extraordinary times, the two princes must be resolute. This is what the Queen Mother means." If the two princes don't believe it, they can go to the palace to see the Queen Mother and listen to the Queen Mother's teachings. "At this time, Hui'an Hou Zhang Wei and Xinning Hou Tan You still didn't understand. Song Nan's sudden early arrival disrupted everyone's mood. plan. I thought it would take at least seven or eight days for Song Nan to lead his army back to Beijing. The emperor was critically ill and had not eaten or drank for several days. He was already on his deathbed and could not survive these two days. Song Nan had enough time to make an announcement before returning to Beijing. A posthumous edict to welcome the new emperor to Beijing. But now, the emperor had no choice but to announce his will in advance before the funeral. This was a last resort. In fact, if the emperor was still alive to promote the new emperor's accession to the throne, it would be a serious violation of the rules and regulations, but at this time, he couldn't care less, let alone the Queen Mother's request. "Then, gentlemen, let's go to Yongding Gate to open the city gate. Song Nan can also be consideredNow that I'm older, we should have summoned the civil and military forces in Beijing to announce the edict, but we can't keep our great hero waiting outside the city for a long time. We went to greet him and promulgate the edict at the same time. It was only Song Nan who took the lead in announcing the edict. This is also Song Nan's glory, haha. "Yang Tinghe stood up and stroked his sleeves gently, smiling. Liang Chu smiled and said: "Mr. Yang has given him enough face. I hope Song Nan can shed tears of gratitude. Mr. Yang's arrangement was very appropriate. Fei Hong said: "Mr. Liang, I have listened to a lot of what I have said recently. It makes people feel very comfortable." Liang Chu's face turned red and he coughed to cover up his embarrassment. Liang Chu knew his own family affairs, so why he could still sit in the cabinet unharmed was because Yang Tinghe let him go. Originally, the cabinet was going to focus on investigating and detaining Jiangxi officials Shang Zuoning Liang Chu himself thought that he would be completely screwed up about the king's memorial. Unexpectedly, Yang Tinghe came to talk to him personally and told Liang Chu that various evidences showed that the negligence of one of Liang Chu's pen clerks led to this mistake. Then The pen clerk also confessed. Liang Chu was greatly surprised, but he soon understood that Yang Tinghe was protecting himself. He was so surprised that he couldn't help but burst into tears. Yang Tinghe's move not only saved his life, but also preserved everything about him. Liang Chu naturally understood that Yang Tinghe did this without any reward. The reward Liang Chuneng gave him was to follow Yang Tinghe wholeheartedly from now on and not have any other thoughts. While Yang Tinghe protected him, In fact, he grasped this matter as a pigtail. For Yang Tinghe, he needed Liang Chu. Firstly, a big event was coming, and he needed to unite all the forces that could be united. Secondly, Liang Chu was the Queen Mother. Cheng Cheng, leaving Liang Chu to establish a solid alliance between Liang Chu and the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother recommended Prince Ning to be his heir. After Prince Ning launched a brazen rebellion, he was ashamed and blamed himself. She was always worried that she would be questioned by the emperor and criticized by ministers because of this matter. She also needed to quell the matter quickly, so she needed someone to calm the criticism in the outer court for her. Yang Tinghe got his wish and formed a relationship with Empress Dowager Zhang through Liang Chu. After entering into the alliance, Empress Dowager Zhang readily agreed to Yang Tinghe's recommendation of Zhu Houcong as the new emperor. This was also an act of reciprocation. In fact, Empress Dowager Zhang did not have any strong insistence on the choice of emperor's heir. She had only insisted once before, but she ended up with it. The candidate she liked and admired turned out to be someone with evil intentions. Empress Dowager Zhang finally realized that with her own intelligence, it was better not to give blind orders on such a major matter. It was better to let the ministers make decisions on these matters. Don't make your own decisions, otherwise, your comfortable life in your later years may be ruined. Although such an alliance is hasty, it is absolutely stable. The interests of all parties are well protected, and the only thing you need to worry about is convenience. It was Song Nan's group who opposed it. Empress Dowager Zhang also understood that if Song Nan objected, the emperor would not agree, and Yang Tinghe also had the same idea. However, an excellent opportunity came soon. Song Nan left the capital to put down the rebellion, and Zhengde became seriously ill. Gou Yan, this time was the best opportunity to finalize the matter. So after several careful plans, everything Zhang Yong discovered happened without him noticing. Now that Song Nan is back, things are imminent. , Empress Dowager Zhang had to agree to Yang Tinghe's request and make the edict public in advance. Only in this way can this matter be nailed to the final coffin lid, leaving Song Nan unable to resist.