Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Fairness

There is a word to describe Shi Heng is perfect - simple minded, well-developed limbs.His IQ and force seem to be inversely proportional, just like Lu Bu set in the Three Kingdoms game, with high force and low intelligence. He was able to win the door successfully because of Xu Youzhen, and was able to defeat Xu Youzhen because of Cao Jixiang. Now that Yu Qian is gone and Xu Youzhen is gone, he finally revealed his stupid face that he didn't understand. One of the stupid ones: Once, Shi Heng took two small officers under him to see Zhu Qizhen swaggeringly, and his speech was extremely casual. Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen's face sank immediately. After all, this is the emperor's place, not a vegetable market, what? How decent is it for cats and dogs to come in!

He asked angrily, "Who are these two people? What are you doing here?" Shi Heng said indifferently: "They are my confidantes, I hope the emperor promotes them." Zhu Qizhen's patience was almost at its limit, but he still said patiently: "This matter is not urgent, let's talk about it another day." But Shi Heng refused to let go: "Please the emperor approve it today." Zhu Qizhen gave Shi Heng a cold look, and finally agreed to his request.But the seeds of anger have been planted deeply. The second act of stupidity: Shi Heng's nephew, Shi Biao, was guarding Datong. Once he led troops out for inspection, and when he encountered a group of Oirats, he attacked them regardless of the situation, killing dozens of them.After he came back, he had an idea and reported to Cheng Datong the victory, and Shi Heng also used this as capital, bragging repeatedly.

In fact, the border troubles at that time were already very serious. Wala continued to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty and launched attacks. Zhu Qizhen couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this border newspaper, so he had to give some rewards according to the intention as a way of asking for auspiciousness. Wu Jin, the Marquis of Gongshun, inquired about relevant countermeasures. "The border is tight, what should I do?" Wu Jin only said one sentence: "If Yu Qian was still there, such a thing would not happen!" Zhu Qizhen remained silent, and faced with such accusations, he could only remain silent.

However, Shi Biao's emissary for rewarding merit was a two hundred and five. Seeing Shi Heng brag, he also bragged, saying that he had won countless harvests and captured countless prisoners.Cabinet Bachelor Yue is a person who likes to tease, so he asked him: "You said there were countless prisoners, but where are the people?" "There are too many people to bring back. They were all killed in the woods." Ordinarily, this sentence should be able to prevaricate, but the emissary did not expect that this time Yue Zheng wanted to play the joke to the end. He took out the local map, smiled and said to the messenger:

"There are deserts around here, where are the woods?" Shi Heng's clumsy performance was far more than that, but this old man seemed to have a head in the water, he just didn't understand that he was just a part-time worker, and the emperor was the real boss.And an incident happened not long after that completely ruined his bright future. In this year, Zhu Qizhen met a special guest in his palace. It was this meeting that solved a mystery that had been entangled with Zhu Qizhen all this time, and finally sent the "Returning Home Mission" to a dead end. . This special guest is Zhu Zhanyan, who is Zhu Qizhen's uncle. He is the one who was rumored to come to the capital to take over the throne, that is, the person Yu Qian was going to support as the "Home Returning Group" said.

In order to dispel the doubts in Zhu Qizhen's heart, so as not to be killed for no reason one day, he came to the capital to explain the situation.The host and guest held talks, and the talks were held in a warm atmosphere. The two sides reviewed the traditional friendship over the years and exchanged views on issues of common interest. Zhu Zhanqian reiterated that the throne is the inalienable property of Zhu Qizhen, He expressed that he would unswervingly advocate this principle in the future.Zhu Qizhen spoke highly of Zhu Zhanqian's contribution and hoped that the two parties could have further cooperation in various aspects.

The meeting was over, Zhu Zhanqian left with satisfaction, but Zhu Qizhen was angry. Facts finally proved Yu Qian's innocence. Shi Heng and the others were not only domineering and did not take themselves seriously, but also killed Yu Qian with their own hands. Zhu Qizhen immediately ran to question Shi Heng, but Shi Heng was speechless and could only shift the responsibility to Xu Youzhen, but these excuses made Zhu Qizhen dissatisfied even more, he stopped talking and walked away. Li Xian, who was quietly observing from the sidelines, was surprised to find that Shi Heng was really the stupidest and worst member of the "Homecoming Mission". Compared with Xu Youzhen, his grade was too low. Without doing it himself, he will kill himself sooner or later.

Having said that, Li Xian still dare not underestimate the enemy, because behind Shi Heng, there is Cao Jixiang. The cruelest game in the world is a political game, because in this game there is never a runner-up, the runner-up is the loser, and only the champion can survive.Li Xian understands that before he can guarantee that he can completely knock down his opponent, he must endure, accept countless tests, and wait for the opportunity to come. But Zhu Qizhen did not have such patience. Once, he found Li Xian alone in private and asked him a question: "These people (this generation) meddle in political affairs, so that the people who come to report things don't come to me, but go to them first, what should I do?"

Li Xian panicked, he knew that His Majesty's dissatisfaction had reached its peak, and he wanted to vent out, so he asked this question, but he couldn't tell the truth, because the time was not yet ripe. He thought for a while, and came up with a wonderful answer: "Your Majesty, you can figure it out yourself." Some people may wonder, isn't this sentence a shirk? What's so wonderful about it? To analyze this sentence, it must be connected with the problem. This sentence is definitely not a pun. It sounds like letting the emperor figure it out. In fact, it means letting the emperor watch "do it yourself", Take power.

There are indeed too many detours in talking like this. Is this necessary? It is necessary, because Li Xian's brilliance is precisely reflected here. Li Xian is much smarter than Xu Youzhen, the reason why he speaks like this is because he knows that maybe not far away, there is a pair of ears listening to their conversation!He always remembers that his enemy is not only the brainless Shi Heng, but also Cao Jixiang who is in charge of the eunuch. Zhu Qizhen nodded thoughtfully, and stopped asking, he already understood what Li Xian meant.He hated these few members of the "Returning Homeland Mission" to the extreme.But what had happened was not enough for him to finally make up his mind to break with the "Returning Homeland Mission", until the brief conversation in Xiangfeng Building.

This winter, Zhu Qizhen took Gongshun Hou Wu Jin and several ministers and internal supervisors to the Xiangfeng Tower. It was very pleasant to climb up and look far away. Suddenly Zhu Qizhen pointed to a luxurious villa in the golden area in the center of the city and asked Wu Jin : "Do you know whose house that is?" Wu Jin not only knew whose house this was, but also why Zhu Qizhen asked this question.As Li Xian's fellow man and Yu Qian's sympathizer, he decided to take this opportunity to inject a strong dose of medicine to make those people die completely. "That must be the palace (this must be the palace)!" Wu Jin replied firmly. The moment he heard the answer, a trace of killing intent flashed across Zhu Qizhen's face, and he said with a sneer: "That's not the palace, you guessed wrong." Zhu Qizhen turned his head and looked coldly at the following ministers, left a word, and drifted away: "Shi Heng is so tyrannical that no one dares to expose his treachery!" Shi Heng, your end is here! Shi Heng was not indifferent to the emperor's dislike. Correspondingly, he also prepared his own response. Needless to say, the ministers lurking around the emperor, he also specially placed his nephew Shi Biao to guard Datong, and he himself was in command. The garrison in the capital, as long as there is any movement, can cooperate with the inside and outside. This is a very powerful arrangement. It can be advanced and attacked, and retreated or defended. It is indeed level. The formation is ready, Zhu Qizhen, come here, let's see if you dare to move my finger! Shi Heng was too naive, and it turned out that Zhu Qizhen did solve him—in a way he never thought of. In Shi Heng's view, Zhu Qizhen is just an honest man who is at his mercy, and it is for this reason that he dares to be so domineering. Now that he is full-fledged, naturally there is nothing to fear. The facts seem to be exactly as Shi Heng imagined. There is no movement at Zhu Qizhen. He entrusts his most trusted confidant Jin Yiwei to command Lu Gao to inquire about the news. The result is that there is nothing wrong in the palace and the world is peaceful. It seemed that it was over like this, but just when he was complacent, he got a shocking news. Shi Biao was arrested. In August of the third year of Tianshun (1459), Zhu Qizhen, who had been silent all the time, suddenly went crazy and arrested Shi Biao, who was guarding Datong, and put him in prison.This move greatly exceeded Shi Heng's expectations and left him dumbfounded. Shi Biao's arrest meant that all his foreign aid had been cut off. With these people alone, not to mention rebellion, there were not enough people to stage demonstrations. Only then did he realize that the emperor in front of him was no longer the one he used to be. The loyal and honest Zhu Qizhen is here. After so many years of experience, that ignorant young man has become a proven political veteran. But it was too late to regret, Shi Heng cheered up and prepared for Zhu Qizhen's next attack. But a strange thing happened again. Since Shi Biao was imprisoned, Zhu Qizhen had no movement. Shi Heng didn't know what the other party wanted to do, so he wrote a letter stating that he was responsible for his nephew's crimes and asked to be dismissed from office and resigned. home farming. Zhu Qizhen told him kindly, you don't have to worry, the matter of your nephew has nothing to do with you, just live your life with confidence. Shi Heng believed his words, so he stopped insisting, gave up his plan to resign, and at the same time gave up his last hope of survival. Real political veterans are different from ordinary people. When they stir-fry, they never use high heat to stir-fry, but only use low heat to cook slowly. From the day when Zhu Qizhen decided to get rid of Shi Heng, he had already made sufficient preparations. In order to grasp Shi Heng's first-hand information, he instigated a person next to Shi Heng. This person was the commander of Jin Yiwei Lu. Gao. Speaking of this Lu Gao, he can be regarded as a strange person. He was born in Jinyiwei, and he was nicknamed "Falling with the Wind", but any disturbance could not escape his eyes, and his reaction was extremely fast. , Xu Youzhen has him, and now he is resolutely standing on the front line when dealing with Shi Heng.It's really admirable. So Shi Heng's criminal evidence was continuously sent to Zhu Qizhen through Lu Gao, but what Shi Heng got was the comfort of being safe every day. With the help of Lu Gao, Zhu Qizhen took care of Shi Biao and Shi Heng's other subordinates, and gradually completed the work of clearing the periphery. Now Shi Heng is alone and vulnerable.But unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Zhu Qizhen stopped attacking and did not attack Shi Heng for a long time. Lu Gao was very puzzled by this. He didn't understand, since he had reached this point, why didn't he just solve Shi Heng? But Li Xian understood that Zhu Qizhen's strange behavior had already been expected by him. Li Xian knows Zhu Qizhen very well. Although the emperor has gone through political turmoil, he is still a relatively honest and considerate person in the final analysis. He even couldn't bear to kill Yu Qian who supported his younger brother, let alone once seized the door. Shi Heng? Li Xian knew very well that there was only one way to decipher Zhu Qizhen's last mercy, and that was to uncover the truth about the incident of seizing the door!Only in this way can these "returning groups" be completely wiped out! Yu Qian, the justice that belongs to you, I will definitely get it back for you! The time has finally come, they have reached the edge of the cliff, and will soon fall into the abyss, never to be reborn. Now, all it takes is a little push. "Shi Heng is already like this, but he has made great achievements in seizing the door. It would be too much to get rid of them all!" When Li Xian was ordered to enter the palace to discuss matters and heard these words from Zhu Qizhen, he immediately realized that the moment to complete the final blow had come. He suddenly pretended to be mysterious and said: "To tell the truth, Your Majesty, I was once persuaded to participate in the seizure of the door, but I refused." "What!" Zhu Qizhen was suddenly surprised, and he asked sharply, "Then why didn't you participate?" Li Xian said calmly: "Because even if you don't seize the door, the throne still belongs to His Majesty (the throne is inherent to His Majesty the Heavenly Throne). If that's the case, why bother to seize it?" Zhu Qizhen is confused, what does this mean?How can I have the throne today if I don't seize the door? He looked at Li Xian suspiciously, waiting for his answer. In fact, Li Xian has seen through the truth of this so-called coup from the day when the coup took place. He knew very well that it was actually just a scam by speculators. Now is the time to give a definite answer. Because it was the meeting between Zhu Qizhen and King Xiang that solved the key problem. It was during this meeting that Zhu Qizhen knew that the so-called vassal king's succession in Beijing was a fiction. He was very angry, but he didn't realize that the disguise of the change of seizing the door had been completely removed because of this incident. Hyun solves the mystery for him. Li Xian said his answer with a sly smile: "Don't you understand, your majesty, if Jingtai (Zhu Qiyu) can't get sick, even if your majesty is in Nangong, the world will belong to your majesty!" Zhu Qizhen pondered for a long time, and then suddenly realized! He finally knew the mystery. If you still don't understand, then let me explain the beginning and end of this mystery, and the following investigation begins: The beginning is Xu Youzhen's sentence "If you don't kill Yu Qian, this move is unknown". If you analyze it carefully, you will find that this sentence is not simple. The reason why Xu Youzhen can draw such a conclusion is based on two premises. Premise 1: Zhu Qiyu is already ill and may die soon, and he has no son, so the throne will inevitably be vacant. (this is a fact) Premise 2: Yu Qian is going to support a foreign vassal king to come to Beijing to succeed him. (This is fabricated by Xu Youzhen) So Xu Youzhen came to a reasonable conclusion: Seizing the door is meritorious, but treason is not guilty. Back then, if we hadn't seized the door and let you inherit the throne, you wouldn't know where you would be cool! Zhu Qizhen also thought so back then, that's why Yu Qian was identified as a negative model, but the "Returning Homeland Mission" was greatly valued. However, two years later, Li Xian punctured this seemingly reasonable logical trap with facts. The first premise still exists: Zhu Qiyu has no son, and the throne will inevitably be vacant after death. But things have changed here, because the second premise has been refuted by the facts, and then the most critical question has surfaced—who will the throne belong to? And when you list all the possibilities, you will find that what Li Xian said is correct, Zhu Qizhen is the only one in the world! First of all, because Zhu Qiyu has no son, it is impossible for his branch to inherit the throne, and secondly, the succession of other members of the royal family (such as King Xiang) has also been proved to be a fiction, so there are only two possibilities left: 1. Zhu Qizhen reset.This is naturally the best ending for Zhu Qizhen. 2. Yi Wang Zhu Jianshen succeeded to the throne. He was the son of Zhu Qizhen. So the throne was passed to Zhu Jianshen, that is, to Zhu Qizhen. The mystery was finally solved, and Zhu Qizhen finally realized that the real beneficiary of this so-called seizing the door was not him, but those "returning home groups". Seeing that Zhu Qizhen had come to his senses, Li Xian took advantage of the situation and lit another fire: "The people in Shi Heng said that it is okay to welcome the driver. How can they say that they are seizing the door?! The world belongs to His Majesty, why should we seize it! Fortunately, the matter is successful. In case something goes wrong and the matter fails, those few It’s fine if you die, but what about Your Majesty (Zhu Qiyu is still alive)?” "If Jingtai dies right now and His Majesty successfully succeeds to the throne, Shi Heng and others will not have the slightest credit. They risk His Majesty only for their own glory and wealth!" It really doesn't make sense! Zhu Qizhen, who had been fooled for several years, suddenly became furious. He immediately summoned a group of ministers and issued an edict: from now on, the word "seize the door" is not allowed to appear in any memorials, and offenders will be severely punished!Those who pretend to be rewarded, come out and admit to receive the punishment as soon as possible, don't wait for me to do it myself! Shi Heng finally lived to the end. In the first month of the fourth year of Tianshun (1460), Shi Heng was gloriously imprisoned, and died miserably in prison a month later. But he hadn't lived in the underworld for a full month, and he met an acquaintance at the King of Hades—his nephew Shi Biao was also sent to the execution ground to be executed in the same month. The first brave general in the orthodox years ended his life. From a famous general to a treacherous minister, greed and selfish desires changed his life trajectory. Everyone has his own ambitions. Needless to say, I just don’t know what kind of face he had when he met back then. Yu Qian, a close comrade-in-arms. The so-called gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late.But Li Xian seems to be a person who loves life and cherishes time. It only took him four years to solve Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, and now his prey is the last one left: Cao Jixiang. Xu Youzhen is resourceful and resourceful, Shi Heng is in control of the army, these two brothers are not kind, compared with them, Cao Jixiang is really nothing, he needs education but no education, martial arts but no martial arts.Now the two main players of the "Returning Home Team" have been sent off, leaving only him.For Li Xian, getting rid of the last remaining clown should be the easiest step in his plan, but he didn't expect that this humble Cao Jixiang was not only the most difficult one to deal with, but also almost killed him. Shi Heng died, and Cao Jixiang panicked. It's no wonder that he didn't need to think about it. He could figure it out just by counting his fingers, and it was his turn to be next. At such a precarious moment, most people should think about being a low-key person, living a low-key life, and being thankful for a natural death, but this man's thinking is really different from ordinary people. Not only did he not back down, but he also actively demanded progress. There is also a higher spiritual pursuit - to be the emperor. Cao Jixiang has an adopted son named Cao Qin. Like Cao Jixiang, he has lofty ideals and is full of confidence in it, but he needs one more thing to really do it.For this reason, he privately found his retainer Feng Yi and asked him a meaningful question: "Since ancient times, have any children of eunuchs become emperors?" Feng Yi knew something was wrong, but after all he was living in someone else's house, so he answered casually: "Cao Cao." Regarding this answer, we need to explain two points. First, this answer cannot be considered correct, because Mr. Cao Cao was posthumously recognized as the emperor after his death. Secondly, Feng Yi probably did not expect that he would pay for this sentence own life. Cao Qin, who had found the theoretical basis, was overjoyed, and he immediately started working with great fanfare under the guidance of Cao Cao's glorious image. Scholars rebelled and failed in three years, but Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin proved by their actions that their culture was limited and they were not scholars. Fighting, and Cao Jixiang followed closely, planning for more than a month to start. After "careful" planning, Cao Jixiang and Cao Qin formulated a simple and easy plan (so simple that there is only one sentence): Cao Qin led troops into the palace, Cao Jixiang responded inside, killed Zhu Qizhen, and became emperor himself. Above, the plan is complete. Authors: Cao Jixiang, Cao Qin. Talent, really efficient talent! Although this is a plan full of loopholes and does not know the so-called, Cao Qin still has a certain amount of capital for daring to rebel. His capital is his Tatar officials. The so-called Tartar officials are the Mongolian soldiers who surrendered. Since the Duoyan Sanwei in Zhu Di’s era, Mongolian officers and soldiers have become the most elite troops in the Ming army. Cao Jixiang once guarded the border. He knew that these Mongolian soldiers were brave and fierce, so he recruited them privately. Win over Mongolian soldiers and work for yourself. To be honest, these Tatar officials under Cao Qin are indeed very powerful, and their combat effectiveness is higher than that of the Ming army, but it also depends on who is commanding them. In Cao Qin's hands, it can only be windy and cold. But one thing that is beneficial to Cao Qin is that there are not many troops stationed in the palace, and in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent generals from rebelling, the procedures for mobilizing troops were very complicated.When the army is assembled, the event has been decided.So, the real key to success is timing. As long as I can attack Miyagi and capture Zhu Qizhen before the garrison outside the city is mobilized, victory will definitely belong to me! After everything was ready, Cao Qin started the last preparation before his rebellion: choosing the date of rebellion. Choosing an auspicious day for rebellion is a necessary job for all conspirators throughout the ages, and Cao Qin is no exception, and he has also shown a certain scientific spirit on this issue. Cao Qin is not superstitious about the imperial calendar, but is seeking truth from facts For his attitude, he asked his fellow party—Tang Xu, an astronomer and professional in charge of Qin Tianjian. Tang Xu accepted this task. He looked up at the sky, observed carefully for a long time, and then told Cao Qin the auspicious day when he raised his army with a serious face. In the fifth year of Tianshun (1461), Gengzi Day in July was auspicious and auspicious. Cao Qin left gratefully. He believed that this day was the best time to raise troops, because he believed in science. If he knew how "good" the day Tang Xu had chosen for him was, the first thing he would have done when he rebelled would be to hack this man to death with a knife. Gengzi day and night. Cao Qin hosted a banquet in his home for the Tatar officials who were about to participate in the rebellion. At the banquet, he was very excited, and made a wish to all the officials, hoping that everyone present would work hard to set fires, kill people seriously, the rebellion would be successful, and the future would be bright! Before Cao Qin's rebellion, the treat was not just to treat these people to a meal, he had a deeper purpose.Because these so-called Tartar officials are all mercenaries who work for money, they can betray their own country to serve Ming Dynasty, who can guarantee that they will not sell themselves for more money? So although he was talking and laughing happily, at the same time he stared at the people present with vigilant eyes, and asked his cronies to watch the gate and beware of people coming in and out. Cao Qin was indeed very thoughtful, but as the banquet progressed and the atmosphere in the venue became active, he also became a little paralyzed. However, at this moment, a person who had been prepared for a long time took the opportunity to slip out. This man's name was Ma Liang, and he was usually inconspicuous. Cao Qin only knew that he was a Mongolian, but he didn't know that he had a friend named Wu Jin. After Ma Liang slipped out, he ran all the way to the court room where Wu Jin lived. It was already the second watch of the night, and Wu Jin was woken up by Ma Liang who was out of breath. Hearing this, he was shocked Pale. But after Wu Jin panicked, he realized that he was also helpless, because he was alone at the moment and had no soldiers at hand.In desperation, he suddenly remembered that there was another person living in the court room, so he immediately got up to look for this person. This person is Sun Tong, who was "out of strength and wanted to enter the city" in the defense of Beijing twelve years ago. He's about to be the star of the night. Wu Jin should really be thankful, because it turns out that in this chaotic night, it was this Sun Tong who played the most crucial role. The strange thing is that Sun Tong doesn't usually live in the court house, but why on this night, Where will he stay? It was such a coincidence that it turned out that Zhu Qizhen summoned Sun Tong one day ago and ordered him to lead the western expedition the next day. Sun Tong packed up and should have rested at home tonight, but he was not feeling well. In order to facilitate the next day On the expedition, he slept in the court room. It is estimated that this kind of situation is rarely encountered once in a few years, but the great astronomer Tang Xu chose this day after careful study, and found such a crappy guy as an accomplice. People are ashamed. Sun Tong learned what was happening from Wu Jin, and immediately made a decision: report to Zhu Qizhen immediately. But it was already late at night, and the emperor had already gone home from get off work to sleep, and the doors of the imperial palace could not be opened until the daytime, so when the two arrived at the closed Chang'an Gate, they had only one option left—to change suddenly. . The so-called sudden change is the contact method used by the court in the Ming Dynasty in the most urgent situation. Once something urgent happens and the emperor must be alarmed at night, the superior should immediately write down the emergency situation in a document and insert it through the crack of the Chang'an Gate. .And the gatekeeper should send the emperor to read the document as soon as he receives it, without any delay, otherwise he will be killed! But this time there was an accident. Sun Tong and Wu Jin were running around outside Chang'an Gate in a hurry, but they never put in the paperwork. Because these two dear friends came to the fore, only to find that they were facing a very difficult problem. Wu Jin spread out the pen and paper to write the top note, but she didn't do it. She just looked at Sun Boring helplessly. The reason was simple - he didn't know many words and couldn't write. Sun Ting was stared at by him so uncomfortable that he couldn't help shouting: "What do you think I am doing? If I can write it, I still need to be a general?" So, these two professional illiterates scratched their heads around the white paper, jumped up and down, but couldn't write.Seeing the time passing by, they were in a hurry, and they didn't care about the format of the document. They greeted etiquette, and with a swipe of a pen, they wrote the shortest memorial in Chinese history, with only six characters: Cao Qin rebelled!Cao Qin rebelled! These two are really helpless. From this point of view, popularizing compulsory education is really a good thing with immeasurable merit. The letter was immediately sent to Zhu Qizhen. In the crisis, the emperor acted calmly. He made a decisive decision and ordered the gates of the city to be closed to guard against death. Cao Jixiang, who was still in the palace, was arrested immediately. This important work has been completed, but Wu Jin and Sun Tong understand that the real battle has just begun. In this thrilling night, both of them will face the test of life and death. You must know that although Cao Qin has not many troops, he is still more than enough to deal with the palace defenders. If the conspirators break through the palace before the reinforcements arrive at dawn, then everything will be over.Facing the dark night with an uncertain future, Wu Jin and Sun Tong did not choose to shrink back. Although they were alone, they resolutely decided to take on the heavy responsibility of countering the rebellion. The two decided to find reinforcements separately, quell the rebellion, and stabilize the situation. After the discussion, they parted ways and agreed to meet again in the future. But no one expected that they would never see each other again after the farewell in front of Chang'an Gate. When Wu Jin and Sun Tong were running around outside the palace, Cao Qin, who was dizzy from drinking, finally found a serious problem: "Where did Ma Liang go?" In the middle of the night, on the eve of the rebellion, where could he go?A clear conclusion immediately came to his mind: the plan had been leaked. When things got to this point, it would be impossible to live otherwise. In an instant, Cao Qin made a decision: Inverted!Either the fish dies or the net breaks! Cao Qin set off with his mercenaries, and the Cao Rebellion officially kicked off. However, it was also from this moment that Cao Qin started his incomprehensible and incredible performance. According to the original plan, their destination should be the imperial palace, but Cao Qin changed the direction without authorization, and he wanted to kill someone first. This person is Lu Gao, the commander of Jin Yiwei, and he is also the person Cao Qin hates the most. Lu Gao was originally a friend of Cao Qin, but later because of the loss of power of the "Home Returning Group", Lu Gao turned his face and refused to recognize anyone, and became an enemy of the Cao family. .So Cao Qin was the first to kill him. At this moment, the well-informed Lu Gao had heard the news and was about to go out to run away, but happened to bump into the rebels who were rushing over. Cao Qin cut off Lu Gao's head without saying a word. At the same time, Cao Qin also sent another rebel army to attack Dongchaofang, because there was another important person-Li Xian there. Li Xian was sleeping in the court room, when he suddenly heard voices outside, knowing something was wrong, he was about to get up and run away, but was blocked by the rebels who swarmed in. The rebels didn't show politeness to him, they swung their knives and slashed. Li Xian couldn't dodge and was slashed on the back, while the other rebels also drew their swords one after another, ready to chop Li Xian into mincemeat. If there is no unexpected situation, Comrade Li Xian's title of dying for the country should be determined, but at this critical moment, a loud shout saved his life: "stop!" What Li Xian didn't expect was that the person who yelled this was Cao Qin. Cao Qin just came back from Lu Gao's house, he stopped everyone, holding a blood knife in one hand and Lu Gao's head in the other, walked up to Li Xian, said with a smile: "Bachelor Li (Li Xian is a cabinet bachelor), please do me a favor." This is a creepy scene. Cao Qin, who is holding a human head and covered in blood, smiles at the prey in front of him. Judging from his later behavior, due to the leak of the original plan, Cao Qin seems to be at a loss at this time , misbehaving. Li Xian finally ushered in the most dangerous moment in his life. Over the past few years, he has gone through wind and rain, overcame obstacles, and eliminated one opponent after another, but he never thought that this last enemy would jump over the wall and fight desperately.Now he has been wounded by a knife and has become a doll in the opponent's hands.What's worse, what he faced was an abnormal person. It is useless to panic, calm down, there must be a solution! Li Xian regained his calm expression, he suppressed the pain of the wound, sighed, and said: "How did things get to this point?" Cao Qin answered his question in a very vivid way. He brought Lu Gao's bloody head in front of Li Xian's eyes and said word by word: "It was this man who forced me!" (Gao provoked me too) Li Xian suppressed the fear in his heart and took a deep breath. "Is there anything I need to do?" Cao Qin smiled, he suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Li Xian's hand: "The matter has come to this point, it is not my original intention, please help me write a memorial of explanation and submit it to the emperor." Li Xianwan did not expect that this man made such a request, but this man is so vicious, maybe what will be waiting for him after finishing writing is a ghost knife. To buy time, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I can write, but there is no pen and paper here." A strange smile appeared on Cao Qin's face again, and he pointed to a person outside the door who was trembling with fright: "It doesn't matter, he has." The second hostage captured by the rebels was Li Xian's best friend, Wang Ao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. At the same time, Wu Jin and Sun Tong, who were acting separately, were looking for support in the dark night, but the situation disappointed them. There are many civil and military officials living outside Chang'an Gate. Shooting is sometimes just the code of conduct for Liangshan bandits. Wu Jin had no choice but to go home and find his cousin Wu Cong and a few servants, and ran towards Dong'anmen. He was well versed in the art of war and knew that Cao Qin would definitely rebel tonight, and if the rebels wanted to capture the emperor, To control the situation, the target of the attack must be the gate of the inner city, so he was going to go in that direction to find out what happened. But he never came back. On the other side, Sun Tong was also at a loss. He searched everywhere but found no results. In desperation, he even found the home of Zhang Jin, Marquis of Taiping, and asked him to lead his servants to help fight. Zhang Jin is a general and has a lot of servants in his family. If he can stand up, it would be a good idea, but when Sun Tong went to find this man at this time, he could only say that he was dizzy. Because this Zhang Jin is the son of Zhang Fu, a member of the "Returning Home Mission"! Although Zhang Fu died shortly after seizing the door, his son hadn't yet defeated his father's consciousness, so he ignored Sun Boring who came running to the door, and Sun Boring had no choice but to leave. Some people may notice such a strange thing: Isn't Sun Ting going to lead troops to go out, why not transfer those soldiers? Of course, Sun Tong is not an idiot. The real reason why he has to run around even though he has soldiers is that those soldiers can only be mobilized after he gets the soldier talisman the next day and is ordered to go out! But now there was no other way, no helpers could be found, and the garrison outside the city couldn't count on it. Seeing that he was about to fall into a desperate situation, Sun Tong suddenly had an idea and came up with a solution. At this moment, Li Xian and Wang Ao had already written the confession memorial under the coercion of Cao Qin, and stuffed it into the palace gate. They thought that Cao Qin was going to stop here, but they never expected that Cao Qin had completely lost out of control. Seeing the document being stuffed into the door, Cao Qin heaved a sigh of relief, as if the matter was over, but in an instant, he changed his mind, and suddenly shouted: "Assemble all the troops and attack Chang'an Gate immediately!" This is an order that will confuse future generations. Cao Qin's rebellion plan has been exposed. I believe he knows that this pleading document can't fool Zhu Qizhen, and can't deceive the city gate, and you all plead guilty, bro. Why are you still fighting? In any case, he made a move, but although the Tatar officials under him were brave, they were still unable to defeat the defenders of Chang'an Gate. In order to break the deadlock, Cao Qin set fire to the city gate, but the defenders were also prepared. Blocking the city gate also has the function of fire prevention.Cao Qin circled around in a hurry in front of the door, and repeatedly mobilized troops to attack, but couldn't get in. 曹钦彻底失去了控制，他突然丢下了鞑官，自己一个人跑回来找李贤和王翱。 这两位仁兄奉命写完了文书，心里正七上八下，突然看见曹钦风风火火地提着刀跑了进来。 李贤心知不妙，当即站了起来，大声对曹钦喊道： "What do you want to do?!" 曹钦也不说话，用他的行动回答了这个问题——他举起了带血的钢刀。 到了这个份儿上，也没办法了。 可是李贤等了很久，才发现这一刀始终没有砍下来。 曹钦先生似乎突然改变了主意，他恶狠狠地告诉李贤小心点，然后又急匆匆地走了。 被吓出一身汗的李贤和王翱这才松了一口气，落到这个么精神不正常的家伙手里，他们也只有认命了。 就在几乎同一时刻，孙镗带着自己的两个儿子来到了军营驻地，面对巡哨，他没有亮出兵符，却运足中气，气沉丹田，大呼一声： “刑部大牢有人逃跑了！大家快去抓啊，抓住了有重赏！（最后这句话很重要）。” 正在睡觉的士兵被他喊醒，许多人都不予理会，但有些士兵却闻声而起，抄起家伙就跟着孙镗走了（赚钱的机会怎能放过），后经统计，孙镗这一嗓子喊来了两千人，正是这两千人最终稳定了局势，平定叛乱。 孙镗带着两千位想发财的志愿者来到长安门附近，这才说出了他的真正目的： “你们看见长安门的火光了吗，那是曹钦在造反！大家要奋力杀敌，必有重赏！” 原本想来砍囚犯的士兵们这才知道自己上了当，但既然来了也不能空着手回去，叛军也是人，打谁不是打啊，反正有钱拿就行。于是大家纷纷卷起袖子憋足力气，向长安门冲去。 然而当孙镗到达长安门时，才发现曹钦等人已经撤走，他立刻列队，随着叛军的踪迹追击而去。 原来曹钦眼看长安门无法攻下，天却已经快亮了，于是他决定立刻改变方向，进攻东安门。 然而在行军的路上，他遇见了另一个往东安门赶的人——吴瑾。 大家都携带武器，杀气腾腾，不用自我介绍也知道是来干什么的，于是二话不说，开始对打。此时吴瑾身边只有五六个人，根本不是叛军的对手，但他毫无惧意，与叛军拼死相搏，力尽而亡。 这位于谦的昔日战友最终死在了“还乡团”覆灭的前夕，他没有能够看到最后的胜利。 曹钦杀掉了吴瑾，带领着叛军到达了东安门，开始了新一轮攻击行动，和长安门一样，他这次又用上了火攻，烧毁了东安城门。 曹钦原本以为东安门易攻，这才绕了个大圈跑过来，可他实在没有想到，实际情况恰恰相反。 东安门的守将没有用砖头塞门，却想了一个更绝的方法。曹钦在外面放火，他也没闲着，自己竟然找来木头，在里面又放一把火！这样一来火势越来越大，形成了一片火海，别说叛军了，兔子也钻不进来。 曹钦又一次陷入困境，正在此时，尾随而来的孙镗赶到了，看见这群深更半夜还在开篝火晚会的仁兄们，他立刻趁势发动了进攻。 按说到了这个地步，这场叛乱应该很快就能够结束，可曹钦手下的鞑官的战斗力实在让孙镗大吃了一惊，这些蒙古人在山穷水尽之际仍然十分勇猛，虽然人少却能以一当十，孙镗仗着人多，曹钦仗着人猛，战斗从东安门一直打到长安门，从凌晨打到了中午，打打停停，停停打打，一直没止息。 这是奇怪的一天，大臣们早就得到了消息，躲在了家里不去上朝，老百姓也不上街溜达，都待在家里打开窗户看街上的这场热闹。 最苦的是曹钦，他已经没有出路了，为了突出重围，他集中了一百多骑兵，向着包围圈发动了最后的冲锋。 可是曹钦的这点把戏在久经战阵的孙镗面前实在太小儿科了，他立刻安排了大批弓箭手站在队伍前列，对纵马冲锋者一律射杀，双方又一次陷入僵局。 这场让人哭笑不得的造反行动已经持续了十二个小时了，搞成现在这个样子，是曹钦万万没有想到的，而随着时间的推移，曹钦发现鞑官们的战斗力越来越弱，这也难怪，毕竟造反也算是体力活，鞑官们为造反已误了中午的正餐，这么闹下去谁能受得了？ 万般无奈之下，曹钦逃回了自己的家，跟随而来的孙镗随即领兵包围了曹家，发动了总攻击，眼见大势已去，曹钦投井自尽，结束了他的一生。可攻进曹家的官兵们似乎还没过瘾，顺带着把曹家上下不论大小杀了个一干二净（估计是因为带走了不少东西，顺便灭个口）。 这就是权倾一时的曹家最终的下场。 最后补充几个人的处理结果：当夜，朱祁镇在午门召开大会，宣布判处曹吉祥死刑（注：凌迟处死），与他一同被处决的还有在曹家混饭吃的冯益（多说了一句话），业务不精的天文学家汤序（其实我认为他应该算是有功之臣）。 至此，经过历时五年，惊心动魄的激烈斗争，“还乡团”的成员们全军覆没，正义最终得到了伸张。 “于谦，公道还是存在于世上的啊！” 在那个星光灿烂的夜晚，李贤露出了笑容。 李贤，立朝三十余年，虽历经坎坷，却能百折不挠不改其志，终成大业。官至少保、吏部尚书、华盖殿大学士，成化二年（1466）病逝，名留青史。 史赞： 伟哉！宰相才也！ 李贤的故事已告一段落，但其身后事却更为精彩。话说这位学士大人招了一个叫程敏政的女婿，而在他去世三十四年后，他的女婿主持了一次科考，别出心裁出了一道考题，难倒了几乎全天下所有的应试举人，在那一年，只有两个人答出了这道题。 可是具有讽刺意味的是，这两个答出了考题的人不但没有飞黄腾达，反而彻底改变了自己的命运，在历史上留下了截然不同的痕迹。而在那两个人中，有一个叫做唐寅，我们通常称其为唐伯虎。