Chapter 4: Dragon and Bear Battle Three Hundred and Twenty

The Nine Gate Admiral Cheng Tinghua was under the command of Tang Jinzhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Law, and was in charge of the 100,000 policemen under the Ministry of Law. There were 3,000 policemen in the capital alone.

There were distinguished guests at Cheng Tinghua's mansion today. Not only Cheng Tinghua's Supreme Minister of Justice Tang Jinzhao, Prince Kang Yihao, and a group of ministers in the court. There were no less than a dozen of these ministers, including He Shaoji, the left deputy censor, Lu Jiayuan, the Minister of the Interior Department, etc.

Cheng Tinghua easily saw the characteristics of these ministers. They were all ministers who had complaints about the Westernization Affairs Bureau, especially opposed a large number of foreigners coming to China. Cheng Tinghua himself also felt the same and was very close to these people on weekdays. He had already guessed something when he saw everyone's arrival.

Cheng Tinghua appropriately invited Prince Kang Yihao and a group of ministers indoors. The Minister of the Ministry of Law Tang Jinzhao said bluntly and told Cheng Tinghua that everyone wanted to invite Cheng Tinghua to visit the emperor in the Forbidden City. If some guys in the court who admired foreign countries stopped him, everyone would definitely fight to the death and would never let the emperor be controlled by these people.

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The majestic and tall city walls and corner towers of the Meridian Gate looked like huge divine beasts under the thick clouds. Many imperial guards were kneeling on the battlements that were undulating as canines. The dark barrels extended outside the battlements and facing the large group of policemen under the walls.

This scene surprised Cheng Tinghua and was also a little angry. He thought that Cheng Tinghua was the commander of the Imperial Guard, but now he was aimed at the barrel of the Imperial Guard. In addition to being angry, Cheng Tinghua was also worried. If the fight started, how could the group of policemen under him be the opponent of the Imperial Guard?

Cheng Tinghua asked Dong Xianzhou opposite with a calm face: "Master Dong, you have to figure it out. Your gun is aimed at Prince Kang and all the lords. Besides, the case trial is under the jurisdiction of our Ministry of Law, why don't you hand over the criminal to us?"

Dong Xianzhou stood in front of Zhuhong's tall city gate with his hands behind his back. When he heard Cheng Tinghua's yell, Dong Xianzhou clasped his fists and said to the north: "The best person is to serve the best, no one is allowed to enter. Those who violate the order will kill him. "

Tang Jinzhao asked, "Then tell me quickly, how is the emperor now?"

Dong Xianzhou said with an expressionless face: "Nothing can be told!"

Yihao cursed: "Bold slave. He is so arrogant. You are a small ruler and dare to stop me. If you have the affair, you can shoot me. "

After Yihao finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and walked forward.

Dong Xianzhou raised his hand and pulled out the revolver on his waist, raised his hand and shot the sky.

The "bang" shocked everyone.

Yihao didn't expect that Dong Xianzhou really dared to shoot. He was shocked and stopped, pointed at Dong Xianzhou and shouted: "What a slave, you are so brave." Although he cursed, Yihao stopped.

Dong Xianzhou seemed to have not heard it, and his eyes were avoiding Yihao and shouting to Tang Jinzhao and his group of people: "As soon as you dare, I, Dong Xianzhou, recognize you, but the gun in my hand doesn't recognize anyone."

Tang Jinzhao was afraid that Yihao would make a mistake, so he quickly stepped forward and dragged Yihao back.

Although Yihao cursed loudly, he was also timid and took advantage of the opportunity to retreat.

At this time, someone came out of the palace city.

This man was wearing a first-class official uniform, with eyes on his head, and a clear and energetic appearance. He was Wang Ding, the Minister of Personnel. He was followed by a man, tall and burly. He was three inches of strong beards under his jaw, and wearing a general uniform was Yu Qian, the Minister of the 6th Army.

Seeing these two people coming out, Tang Jinzhao stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Two sirs, how can we ministers, who are worried about the safety of the emperor, not let us ministers face the saints. How can you explain this to the people of the world clearly when you do this?"

Wang Ding clasped his fists and replied lightly: "Mr. Tang, the emperor's condition needs to be restored. Some people disturb him and are afraid of misleading the emperor's condition."

Cheng Tinghua stepped forward and asked, "I don't know if the case of assassinating the emperor is settled, why not leave it to our Ministry of Law to hear this matter."

"It's not enough for Cheng Junmen to worry about it. This matter is of great importance. Now the Intelligence Department is under trial. Cheng Junmen just needs to wait for news."

After saying that, Wang Ding asked again: "Cheng Junmen. You are the admiral of the Nine Gates. Now that something big has happened in the court, you don't strengthen the vigilance of the capital. But you come to the forbidden palace to demonstrate loudly. Don't you know the king's law?"

Since Du Shoutian passed away, Wang Ding, the Minister of Personnel, vaguely became the pillar of the inner court. Cheng Tinghua did not dare to act rashly and bowed his fists and claimed the crime: "I came here just to capture the assassin. Since my colleagues from the Intelligence Department are pursuing this matter, I will withdraw it now."

As soon as Cheng Tinghua withdrew, Tang Jinzhao and others were not able to stay, so they had to turn around and leave with Prince Kang Yihao and others.

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Wang Ding waited for Cheng Tinghua, Prince Kang and others left, and hurried back to the Palace of Yangxin.

In this solemn hall, Liu Jidi's body was parked in the hall.

The emperor who led China on the path of bourgeois reform has closed his eyes forever. He was lying peacefully on the marble in a dress, not like a dead man at all. What is strange is that in such a big weather, Liu Ji's body still had no strange smell after being parked for 19 hours. It was only the smell of the fragrance hidden under the coffin when he was carefully smelled.

Several inner court ministers sat cross-legged in front of the corpse. When they saw Wang Ding and Yu Qian turn around, they stopped their temporary quarrel.

Wang Ding is quite difficult to deal with in this situation. Among the three princes, which one should be appointed?

According to the principle, we should go to the Zhengda Guangming plaque in front of Taiji Hall of the Forbidden City to get the emperor's will, but once the wooden box was taken, there was nothing inside.

At this time, the ministers had to ask the Queen Borjigit. At this moment, the queen was crying in a mess and issued an imperial edict to let the inner court take a decision first and then report it to the Queen.

The reason why the inner court did not announce the bad news about the emperor was because it did not choose a crown prince. If it was announced, the world would be in chaos immediately.

The seven ministers in the inner court discussed the matter of establishing the king all night, but there was no result. The opinions of the seven people could not be unified at all. Wei Yuan, Qi Junzao, and Xu Jizu were a faction, preparing to support the eldest prince Yihan, while Tao Tingjie was preparing to support the second prince Prince Kang Yihao, Guan Tianpei, Wang Ding, and Yuqian were another faction, planning to support the 16-year-old third prince Zhuang Yixu.
Chapter completed!