"Tianjin Wei and Dagu Ports have been controlled by the Navy and Marine Corps. ∑. ∑” Zhang Guodong reported to him in front of Liu Jun's hospital bed. "We also controlled the Wei River and blocked the canal leading to the capital. Tianjin Town General Liu Zeqing and his officers and soldiers cooperated to hand over the city defense control rights." As he said this, his eyes flashed with excitement.

Liu Jun was lying on the bed, and the situation looked bad. His chest was covered with thick gauze and dark red blood stains were stained with blood. Liu Jun's face was also slightly yellow, his lips were pale, and his eyes were a little dull.

But in fact, Liu Jun is definitely not as bad as he looks.

He was indeed shot by a crossbow arrow, but the person who shot him was neither the Dongchang killer sent by the emperor nor the dead soldiers sent by the Qing Dynasty. That arrow was shot by the Chu army. To put it bluntly, this arrow was actually a bitter plan directed and acted by Liu Jun. However, very few people knew about it, and the entire plan did not know more than ten people.

Zhang Guodong is one of the insiders, and the assassin is also his arranged person, and he is a very trustworthy subordinate.

However, the whole plan was still very risky. Liu Jun didn't even dare to let too many people know about it, and even Fu Shan didn't tell it. Confucius also said that the disaster arises. If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers. If the ministers are not secret, he will lose his ministers. If the ministers are not secret, he will suffer. The vernacular consciousness is the origin of chaos, because of words. If the king does not keep it secret, he will lose his ministers. If the ministers are not confidential, he will lose his life. If the secret matter is not confidential, he will cause failure.

As for what Liu Jun is doing now, he can only do not say it. The fewer people know, the better.

Although this is just a scene directed and acted by him, the arrow is indeed true. But it is not as scary as it seems. He has worn two layers of armor in advance, but for the sake of the effect, Liu Jun is also very hard-working.

The protection he made was not intended to completely block the arrow. The arrow was quite fat, but he deliberately avoided the key points. In addition, Liu Jun hid a bag there in advance, so after he was shot, blood sprayed out. The scene was quite realistic and the effect was amazing.

At that time, Liu Jun fell directly to the ground, and Zhang Guodong, who was already prepared, immediately led troops to surround Liu Jun. He personally carried Liu Jun into the car. After entering the backyard of the governor's yamen, he also sent someone to take over the yamen and guarded them in groups.

After that, the treatment of Liu Jun was also arranged in advance by the Chu army military doctors. The treatment process was carried out under Zhang Guodong's personal guard and was not open to outsiders. From beginning to end, few people knew the truth. They just followed the orders before Liu Jun fell into a coma and led troops to control Zhucheng, Tianjin.

Zhang Guodong is the confidant disciple promoted by Liu Jun, and his loyalty is absolutely reliable.

"That's good." Liu Jun smiled. He still didn't see outsiders now. Zhang Guodong personally led his troops to guard the backyard of the governor's yamen. Anyone had to pass by him before he could see Liu Jun. "Although it was an act, most of the blood shed at that time was fake blood, the arrow did hurt Liu Jun. It was just avoiding the key points. "We need everyone's anger to restrain the emotions of the nine-headed birds, but we must be under control."

Zhang Guodong poured a glass of water for Liu Jun and handed it over. "Master, the brothers are all excited. Many people are saying that this is the court breaking bridges across the river and the morale of the army can be used. We have now controlled Tianjin, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beiyang Navy. We can go straight to Tongzhou and hit the capital through the canal. In addition, there are 90,000 soldiers and horses in Dengzhou and Liaodong. We will be transferred in a few days. Master, why don't we take this opportunity to enter the capital in one fell swoop?"

"Winter Dog, do everything with the flow. Don't go against the trend rashly. Don't be anxious or anxious. We have already taken a great step now and have to wait for the result of another move. We can't do anything until the move has not been achieved."

In addition to mobilizing the anger of the Nine-Headed Bird, the most important thing for director Liu Jun to stop entering Beijing. Once it enters Beijing, things will not be so easy to deal with.

He had to wait until the capital had a result before he could enter the capital. Moreover, at that time, he had to bring a large army into the capital. Now that he was assassinated in Tianjin, Liu Jun took the opportunity to transfer the Beiyang Navy, who happened to be in Tianjin Port, and asked them to control Tianjin first in the name of finding assassins.

Everything is ready, but I only need the East.

Liu Jun did not agree with Zhang Guodong's proposal to directly lead troops to kill the capital. Such an approach would be equivalent to a direct rebellion.

What Liu Jun needs to do is to avoid the result of public rebellion. Liu Jun is not a real Zhu Ming royal family. If he rebels, even if he captures the capital for a while, the world will not accept it. He will inevitably rebel from all directions. That is not the result he wants.

"I got the news that the emperor had sent ministers to Tianjin with imperial physicians, and also sent the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate the assassination case, and asked the Dongchang and Jinyiwei to jointly investigate and investigate."

"Don't worry, the arrow I've been hit is not in vain. Even if the imperial doctor comes, it won't be exposed." Liu Jun was not panicked at all.

"What are we waiting for, Grandmaster?" Zhang Guodong asked.

"Waiting for the assassin."

"Waiting for the assassin? What assassin?"

Liu Jun replied seriously, "I suspect that the person who assassinated me was sent by the Qing emperor. They may have sent more than one assassin, and they may not intend to assassinate me alone. They may assassinate the emperor."

"The Tartar Assassin is going to assassinate the Emperor?" Zhang Guodong was so shocked that his mouth was wide open and he couldn't close. This was the first time he heard the Marshal's detailed plan. He was shocked for a long time before he lowered his voice and asked, "Mr. Marshal thinks they can succeed?"

"Things are done by people, planning is done by people, and success is done by heaven. You have to try it out to know the result."

Zhang Guodong didn't ask any more, nor would he ask. He should have known that the general would naturally tell him, but he was still extremely shocked. Assassination of the emperor, things would not be so easy to succeed.

Liu Jun did not think so. Chongzhen lived in the Forbidden City. It was indeed difficult to assassinate Chongzhen in normal circumstances. However, Liu Jun's uncle was Liu Qiao, the commander of the Jinyiwei Guard. The Liu family of Jinyiwei, who has been in the capital for several generations, has always been in the Jinyiwei system. He is quite familiar with the defense of the palace city.

If it were assassins sent by the Qing Dynasty, their success in sneaking into the palace and assassinating Chongzhen might be less than one in ten thousand. But Liu Qiao, who was already familiar with the palace city and had some defensive functions, had more chances to succeed.

Liu Jun chose this path because Liu Qiao was available.

Now, Liu Jun directed a big assassination drama and took the opportunity to let the Beiyang Navy control Tianjin. All he needed to do was wait for the good news from Liu Qiao, the capital.

Capital.

At the rockery at the back garden of the Jinyiwei commander Liu Qiao’s mansion, there is an underground secret room.

At midnight, Liu Qiao came to this secret room alone. He lifted the hidden lid under the rockery and stepped down step by step on the wooden ladder to the inside. He lit a candle to illuminate the secret room.

The secret room is not big. It contains a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as some bottles and jars.

There is much less gold and silver in the secret room. Now, like many officials and wealthy officials, Liu Qiao deposited gold and silver into Sihai Bank for certificates of deposit or silver notes, or simply exchanged them for silver dollar coupons. Some valuable antique calligraphy, paintings and jewelry are often deposited in the bank's safe, which is convenient and safer.

However, some were left in the secret room for emergency use. But today Liu Qiao came to the secret room in the middle of the night, not to get these gold, silver and jewelry. He came to get one thing from the bottles and jars, a bottle of poison.

A small white porcelain bottle contains wine and medicinal wine. After drinking it, it will make people extremely excited, and then it will be crazy. After drinking it, it will be fierce. It can control two women at night, and it can be two drops, and it can be seven times a night. But if you pour all this small bottle into the wine, you will definitely die, and it will be hard for the gods to save you.

This is a terrible thing that can make people die in ecstasy and can also make people die in excitement and satisfaction.

On the morning of the fifth day of the eighth month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Beijing was already filled with the coolness of silk autumn.

It started raining last night, but it had not stopped in the morning. The autumn wind was getting colder and colder.

After the fifth update of the bell and drum tower, the cold streets suddenly became noisy and lively, as if Beijing had suddenly woken up.

On the streets, there were noises such as horse hooves, wheels, and shouts. On the streets leading to the imperial city, there were even more luxurious carriages passing by.

The senior officials were surrounded by the sedan chair and the servants were crowded with their families. Some of the ordinary small officials also rode their donkeys and mules to court.

It was still early, but today was the day when the five and ten dynasties meet. All officials dared not waste the time. Fortunately, although they are diligent today, there were no rules for the Ming Dynasty every day. Otherwise, if you go to court in the dark every day, everyone would not suffer this hardship.

The palace carved a leaked room to report the time. Under the leadership of the officials of the Honglu Temple, all the civil and military officials who participated in the morning stood in order outside the hall.

"In a blink of an eye, summer has passed again." Zhou Yanru stroked his beard and said in a Jiangnan accent.

"The fire flows in July, the August Weiyang, and the September 2018 " Wu Yu, the second servant with a beautiful beard replied, "At this time last year, the court had just launched a counterattack in western Liaoning, and the surname Ci was ordered to go north to attack Liao in Liaodong."

"Friend Lu, Ci was assassinated in Tianjin, and is still unconscious. Life and death are unpredictable. Although Your Majesty sent the best imperial physician, even if he was able to recover, Ci's surname would probably have to recuperate for a long time. The Governor of Zhili commanded the troops of the nine towns of the capital and was responsible for the important defense of the capital and the outside world. It is very important. You should not leave for a moment. Friend Lu, do you think you should ask Your Majesty to request a minister to temporarily serve as the Governor of Zhili?" Zhou Yanru said to Wu Yan, "These Tartars are really bold. They have just signed a peace agreement and sent people to assassinate this matter. This matter must not be spared easily."

Wu Yan nodded and said, "This move by the Tartars is indeed too much, but the court should not fight against the Tartars anymore, especially when the surname is assassinated and unconscious."

"Although Ci's surname is still unconscious, the Chu army can fight." Zhou Yanru stroked his beard and said, "But since the Tartars dared to send someone to assassinate Ci's surname, they were afraid that there would be other actions. For the sake of safety, an elite force should be drawn from Liaodong to cooperate with the Beiyang Navy to move to Guangning and Dalinghe City to prevent the Tartars from invading western Liaoning again!"

"Last time, the surname was given to preside over the peace talks with the Tartars, but in the end, he failed to bring back Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's generals. Now, western Liaoning is entirely dependent on Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou. I think Yang Shengwu can be appointed as the governor of Liaoxi and Ningjin." Wu said.

Yang Shengwu was born as a Shuji scholar. He served as the censor of Guizhou Dao and the inspector of Henan. He once led troops to wipe out the Bailianjiao rebellion. Later, he served as the governor of Shuntian. He is now the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Yang Shengwu has a close relationship with Wu Yan and is considered a party member of Jiangbei in the court. There is also a position of governor in western Liaoning. Although the current governor in western Liaoning is not as powerful as the original governor of Ji and Liaoning, if he can capture the troops in western Liaoning, this will naturally be of great help to Wu Yan in the court.

When Zhou Yanru heard this, he said coldly, "Yang Shengwu, a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen, has too little qualifications and is difficult to take on this position. I mean, let Tianjin Governor Ma Shiying serve as the position of Liaoxi and Ningjin Governor."

Wu Yan knew very well that Tianjin Governor Ma Shiying was a member of Zhou Yanru, so he naturally opposed this. He shook his head and opposed the use of Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying was reborn as the governor of Tianjin due to corruption and relied on Zhou Yanru to become the governor of Tianjin. The governor of Tianjin has not been a year and is promoted to the governor of Liaoxi, so how could he do this? Moreover, Ma Shiying is entangled with the eunuch party Ruan Dayue, and he is considered half a eunuch party. Ma Shiying is even worse than Zhou Yanru's disciple Fan Zhiwan. Fan Zhiwan was promoted to the governor of Liaodong by Zhou Tingru. As a result, when Liu Jun surrounded Shenyang City, he forced a Jurchen woman to be bullied and died by someone biting her life. It was a huge scandal.

Seeing that Wu Yan refused to agree, Zhou Yanru took a step back.

"Little Lu, why not do this. Let Yang Shengwu be the governor of western Liaoning, and then let Ruan Dayue be the governor of Zhenjiang, Liaodong. What do you think?"

Zhou Yanru exchanged interests, and Ruan Dayue returned to serve as the governor of Zhenjiang in exchange for supporting Yang Shengwu as the governor of western Liaoning.

Wu Qian thought for a while and said, "You are the chief minister, so let's do this as you wish."

While speaking, a noise suddenly came from the front. Zhou Yanru said dissatisfiedly, "Who dares to make such noise?"

Wang Chengen suddenly appeared.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Wu, come with our family to see you." Wang Chengen looked anxious.

"Eunuch Wang, what's going on?"

Wang Chengen had already recruited several envoys to carry two sedan chairs over, "Two gentlemen, get on the sedan chair, let's talk about it later."

The little eunuch ran away with three sedan chairs, and in a short while, he sent Wang Chengen and the other two to the emperor's bedroom.

Zhou Yanru got out of the sedan chair, looking confused, "Eunuch Wang, what's going on?"

Wang Chengen said to the two of them in a deep mood, "Your Majesty is going to do a great job."

When Zhou Yanru and Wu Yan heard this, their minds exploded. What does it mean to be a big move? The word big move can be used randomly? Big move means to describe the death of the emperor.

"Let's go, you will understand after you go in."

As soon as he entered the hall, he heard a burst of crying sounds inside. Empress Zhou and Yuan Tian, ​​two noble concubines, as well as the crown prince, the two princesses, were all in the hall.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was lying on the dragon bed and was unconscious, and he was unaware of the human affairs.
Chapter completed!