Chastity Layman

"Anyone who dares to trespass into the palace is a traitor and will be killed without mercy!"

General Wei Zhe of the Right Prison Gate led a team of imperial guards to the tower of Xuanwu Gate, shouted at the restless gate guards, and ordered the lieutenant general to throw the heads of the imperial guards who had been chopped off by the lieutenant general in front of everyone.

The torches were blazing fiercely, illuminating the top of the city like daylight.

The general on duty, Wei Zhe, appeared on the tower and killed several rebels in a row, which immediately changed the situation on the tower above the gate. The Forbidden Army, who were still in shock just now, mostly calmed down now.

"Keep your duties, don't walk around and make a commotion, don't make noise, keep the gate of the palace tightly, anyone who dares to make noise, run around and make a commotion, beheaded immediately!"

Wei Zhe is also a general with great military exploits, and he came from a general background. The ancestor of the seventh generation was the general who conquered the North in the former Qin Dynasty. His ancestors were the prime minister of Tianshui County and the captain of Danyang in the Sui Dynasty. His father was also a fifth-rank official of the Tang Dynasty. Wei Zhemen became an official, Zuo Yiwei went to the north gate, and followed the holy ancestor to conquer Goguryeo. After the war, he was promoted to a guerrilla general.

After more than ten years of foreign towns in Liaodong, Zhenmobei, and Zhenxiyu, he lived in the frontier for a long time. Although he surrendered to all sides in these years, small rebellions have not stopped. Wei Zhe has gathered many Tiele, Turkic, and Goguryeo people under his name. The head of the thief, accumulated meritorious service, returned to the court and was promoted to the right Xiaowei Zhonglang general.

Then he became General Youjianmen, a hero appreciated and trusted by the emperor.

Of course, Wei Zhe's official career can be so smooth, there is another more important point, he first married the daughter of Ma Zhou, the prime minister of the Holy Ancestor Dynasty, and later Ma died early, and married the daughter of Taiyuan Wang. His family has given him a lot of support.

"Hurry up and report to the saint in the palace!" Wei Zhe confessed.

Soon, Qiu Xinggong, Li Chongyi, Shi Renji and others gathered rebels to Xuanwu's sect.

"Why didn't the Xuanwu Gate be taken down?"

Seeing that the palace gates were tightly closed and the city was heavily guarded, everyone couldn't help but frown.

At this time, although there are not many soldiers on the Xuanwu Gate, the Xuanwu Gate has always been dangerous.

"The only way to break through the north gate is to break through."

Qiu Xinggong was a ruthless person who used to cut people's hearts and livers to pieces. Although the situation was unfavorable at this time, there was no way to turn back, so he could only attack by force.

He ate and drank loudly and led the troops to attack the gate.

Wei Zhe stood under the Guancheng, drew his bow and stretched his strings, and fired several arrows in a row, shooting at the last number of rebels.

At this time.

The emperor has arrived.

Along the way, the emperor finally dressed neatly, and even put on armor.

Standing on the Xuanwu Gate, the emperor with a big red lacquer bow shouted at the chaotic soldiers below, "Here is the Son of Heaven, who is rebelling?"

The emperor asked the left and right to hold up torches to illuminate the emperor's face.

Under the light of the fire, the emperor stood on the gate tower majestically.

Behind him, countless imperial guards shouted loudly, repeating the words of the emperor.

Ever since, it echoed for a long time.

"Qiu Xinggong, Shi Renji, you are all honorable ministers of the court, why are you rebelling? Li Chongyi, Li Chonghui, you are my clan, how dare you rebel?"

A few questions, the momentum is overwhelming.

The emperor shouted at all the soldiers under the city gate, "You are all my minions, why are you bewitched by these rebels? If you can surrender, kill Qiu Xinggong, Shi Renji and other rebels, forget the past, and be with me You are so rich!"

"Slaying Qiu Xinggong and other rebel leaders will be named marquises and rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold!"

There was a lot of trouble tonight, but there were only a few people who really knew the truth about the mutiny. These were Su Gui who contacted Li Chongyi, Qiu Xinggong and others, and then their respective in-laws, friends, children, confidants and others. They mainly relied on false imperial decrees to beat Wei. They are here to save King Qin's banner.

Some unsuspecting soldiers were temporarily deceived and coerced.

But at this moment, the emperor was just standing on top of the pass city. Who doesn't know the truth now?

The imperial guards were originally guarding the palace and guarding the emperor, and they could often see the emperor, so they recognized at a glance that the person on the Xuanwu gate was the Supreme Nine Kings, and their voice was absolutely unmistakable.

The imperial guards who knew what a terrible thing they had been deceived just now were extremely angry in their hearts, both angry and shocked.

Hearing the emperor's will at this time, he knew that this was the last chance.

So, almost instantly.

The thousands of people who had managed to put together with great difficulty turned their backs in an instant.

Qiu Xinggong and the other leaders were immediately surrounded by raging and angry Forbidden Army, and attacked in groups.

The emperor has been standing on the top of the city coldly, never letting Wei Zhe open the Xuanwu Gate, just watching those forbidden troops attack each other.

Soon, Qiu Xinggong, Li Chongyi and the others were cut into pieces. The excited and angry imperial guards chopped them into pieces, and then looted them. Those who got them were held like treasures, waiting to be exchanged for rewards.

The unrest slowly subsided.

But the emperor still did not give the order to open the door.

Wei Zhe hanged himself from the city and ordered everyone outside the north gate to put down their weapons.

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A restless night passed.

It was finally dawn.

The rebellion in front of Xuanwu Gate last night was quickly quelled, but Luoyang city and outside the city were still implicated, and some places even lasted until the middle of the night before subsiding.

The emperor stayed at Xuanwu Gate all the time.

It was not until dawn that the palace gate was opened.

But the imperial guards were strictly guarded, and the governors of the eastern and western prefectures had to go through many checks before they were allowed to enter the palace to see the saint.

Li Yin had already removed his armor and was sitting in the tower of Xuanwu Gate.

The north gate remains locked.

But there were no more rioting soldiers outside the door, but the smell of blood still remained.

Qiu Xinggong and other dozens of people who conspired against the leader hung their heads on the walls on both sides of the Xuanwu Gate.

"The minister waits for capital punishment!"

All the butchers appeared in front of the emperor in panic.

Li Yin was holding a cup of tea.

"I never thought that there would be someone who wanted to imitate the Holy Ancestor and launch the Xuanwumen Palace Change."

All the butchers were sweating on their foreheads.

It was cold, but the cold sweat was flowing.

"I never thought that my eldest son would rebel against me!"

"Where is Li Xiang now?"

The Zhongshu made Li Yifu reply in fear, "The common man Li Xiang is now under the control of the Zhongshu Province."

"Aren't you dead yet?" The emperor's words were shockingly cold.

"Call the generals of the Tenth Army of the North Yam, the Twelve Guards Generals of the South Yam, the generals, and the generals of the Twenty Houses."

The emperor said coldly.

There was a mutiny, and it was at the Xuanwu Gate. Although this was the second time in the Tang Dynasty, it had been thirty-six years since the last time.

The last time, the emperor was only eight years old, and he personally felt the cruelty of the mutiny in the Qin Palace, and the shadow left behind is still there.

Several ruling members of the Privy Council were called to step forward.

What happened last night, now the emperor has no trust in the soldiers and horses of the capital, especially the Forbidden Army at the North Gate, so a thorough cleansing is necessary.

"The Left and Right Jianmen Mansion was changed to Beiya, and changed to the Left and Right Jianmen Army."

The four mansions of the twelve guards in the Nanya, the former left and right Beishen mansions have been changed to the left and right Qianniu, and transferred to the Beiya, and now the left and right prison gates are also transferred to the Beiya.

Then a new pattern of the twelve guards of the Southern Yamen and the twelve armies of the Beiya will be formed.

The Twelfth Army of the Beiya was composed of the left and right Qianniu Army, the left and right Jianmen Army, the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Shenji Army, the left and right Jinwu Army and the left and right Shence Army in the original Sifu.

The twelve guards of Nanya are the left and right guards, the left and right Wu guards, the left and right Wuhou guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right guards, and the left guard leading the army.

A storm is brewing.

The mutiny of the Su family was too hasty. Although it took some time to plan and communicate, and they were even able to coerce and launch it, but even with a general like Qiu Xinggong, a clan like Li Chongyi, and meritorious children like Shi Renji, There are also princes such as King Teng and King Han.

But in the final analysis, this is a mob.

Li Shimin's rebellion back then, his Prince Qin's Mansion was a shogunate that had fought in the world for many years, and all the civil and military men under him were brothers who lived and died together, prospered, prospered, and lost.

Moreover, they have actually planned for several years, formulated various plans, and made various preparations. Although it was said that the final launch was different from the plan, and it was a bit hasty, they were all of one mind.

At least the eight hundred guards in Prince Qin's Mansion knew exactly what they were going to do.

But Qiu Xinggong and his group can only be said to be a group of bold people.

They didn't even control the Xuanwu Gate, so they dared to attack, especially when they reached the Xuanwu Gate, they had already made such a big commotion, which made their rebellion impossible to succeed in the first place.

Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianwu stood at the corner, and they didn't expect that such a big thing would happen just a few days after he was appointed as a privy secretary.

The privy envoy Li Ji was also disgraced. For such a thing to happen at the feet of the emperor, Qiu Xinggong and others were the first to rebel.

Now I can only think of a way to make amends and make up for it as much as possible.

Li Ji proposed to the emperor to send the prime minister and the ruling party in groups of two, plus an eunuch to go to the camps to deliver orders to appease the troops.

After the morale of the army is stabilized, the barracks will be reorganized and the battalions will exchange defense areas.

The Suwei system in Luoyang City is divided into three parts. One is the Beiya Imperial Guard. The Beiya Imperial Guard is a standing army. It is known as the Emperor Yuan Cong. It has been expanding over the years. It also defended Chang'an in Xijing, as well as Tongguan, Puyin, Heyang, Wulao and other important towns on the outskirts of Gyeonggi.

They will even rotate the defense of border towns and participate in combat missions.

The Imperial Army of the Beiya was also transferred to Luoyang by rotation to serve as guards and other tasks, but among them, the left and right prison gates, the left and right Qianniu, and the left and right Jinwu were also called the internal forbidden army, because they each had their own special tasks, such as guarding the palace at the left and right prison gates. The head of the sect has these identities, Zuo Qianniu is in charge of guards and followers, Zui Jinwu is in charge of street security in the outer city of Chang'an and the gate defense of the outer nine gates.

As for the Nanya, there are also internal government soldiers and external government soldiers. The inner guards are three guards and five mansions, and the three inner guards of Qin Xunyi. Among them, the left and right guards each govern one of the Qinwei mansions, two of the Xunwei mansions and Yiwei mansions, and the other ten guards each only govern one Yiwei mansion, so In fact, there are a total of 20 Nanya Neiwei Mansions, all of which are under the command of General Zhonglang.

The foreign soldiers commanded by the guards are naturally the Zhechong mansions outside Beijing. There are now more than 800 Zhechong mansions across the country, with a total of about 800,000 Zhechong mansions.

These foreign government soldiers took turns to go to the capital to guard, go to the frontier to guard, and go to the military mansion to be on duty.

According to the system since Zhenguan, the foreign government soldiers of the twelve guards have maintained a number of 3,000 guards per guard in Beijing, so the actual number of soldiers in Beijing is 36,000.

These 36,000 people went to the Beijing Fan, and they were rotated regularly, and the number was always maintained. They were led by the Zhonglang General of the various guards, and they were stationed in various places in the suburbs of Beijing.

Therefore, the standing guard force in Gyeonggi is actually the 36th Battalion of the Outer House Guards stationed in the suburbs of Beijing, the 20th House of the Inner House stationed outside the four cities, and some of them serve as guards for the palace guards.

As for the armies of the Beiya, the Outer Forbidden Army is responsible for guarding the important areas of the capital, and the Internal Forbidden Army is responsible for the palace ban, city defense and residential guards.

Among them, the Outer Forbidden Army is also responsible for permanent stationing at the North Gate, that is, outside the Xuanwu Gate. There are mainly Baiqi Battalion, Qianqi Battalion, Flying Cavalry Battalion, Shenji Battalion, Habayashi Lang Battalion, etc.

In general, this system has been in existence for nearly 30 years, and the effect is still good after operation. The northern and southern yamen are balanced with each other, and the internal guards check and monitor each other.

That's why Gyeonggi has been stable for more than 30 years.