Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 85: Assassinating the king and killing his emperor, the Jin army rebelled!

The "Contemplation of Emptiness" chapter in the first volume of the "Ninno Sutra" records that there are nine hundred "births and deaths" in one "moment".

The first volume of "Commentary on the Treatise on Rebirth" records that there are one hundred and one "births and deaths" in one "moment".

Buddhists use "moments" to divide a short moment.

Jingu, North Wharf.

At the first moment, everyone saw that the hull planking in the middle of the treasure ship's waterline began to bend outward. The entire ribs of the ship bulged as if blown up, and bent outward with a creaking sound, like a bowstring that was gradually being drawn.

In the second moment, the slats were seen bent to the limit, with countless tiny cracks appearing on them, quickly extending to the entire outer wall, like the patterns of porcelain cracks.

The rivets, shovel nails and leech nails used to fix the structure could not withstand this pressure and flew out one after another.

At the third moment, the unrestrained power surged out from the cabin, and a deep red force emerged.

Like the hard work of Suiren, the magic weapon of Zhurong, and the tremendous anger of Yanbo, they turned into a ball of incomparably hot flame and erupted from the oar mouth.

The forty pairs of oars on the starboard side suddenly lost their uniform rhythm. Some of the oars suddenly moved forward, some of the oars jumped high, and some of the oars still moved backwards according to inertia.

At the fourth moment, the ribs of the ship completely collapsed, but the violent fireworks showed no sign of subsiding. They rose from the bottom cabin and rushed up to the sky, shattering the keel axis, wing beams, and center side in turn, destroying the masts and oars.

The middle part of the treasure ship was arched to the limit, but the bow and stern sank at the same time. It looked like a pair of giant red hands were grasping the entire ship.

At the fifth moment, the giant hand exerted its supreme power and forcibly broke the treasure ship into two parts. The ship completely collapsed and was divided into two parts, front and back.

The four-story pavilion lost its platform foundation and was first pulled backward and overturned, but was then pulled back by the sinking front half of the ship. As it swayed, flames suddenly rose, turning the entire pavilion into a dazzling torch.

Countless burning people fell into the canal.

Five moments later.

The crowd on the North Pier came back to their senses from the enchanting and magnificent scene. The elegant music stopped. Cui Xian, the prefect of Jinguwei, and Zhang De, the eunuch garrisoning Jinguwei, who were standing in the front, showed expressions of horror and turned around to run.

but.

With so many peers standing behind me, how can I escape?
Besides, there was no time left. The North Pier was not far from the explosion, and the strong impact had already arrived.

How can a flesh and blood resist such a force as overwhelming as a mountain?

The dock was littered with corpses. The prefect Cui Xian and the garrison eunuch Zhang De died tragically on the spot, and countless Zhu and Zi people were killed or injured.

When the aftermath of the explosion slowly dissipated, the horrific scene of purgatory shocked the hearts of every survivor.

On the canal, the middle part of the treasure ship and the colorful pavilion had already sunk to the bottom of the water, leaving only half of the bow and stern of the treasure ship, with both ends raised high, so it did not sink completely.

But as time passed, the angle with the water surface became larger and larger, and sinking was only a matter of time.

A large amount of clothing, sails, splinters of wood and broken masts floated on the water, almost covering the entire surface of the river.

Those on the treasure ship who were lucky enough not to be killed directly by the explosion, with their life potential stimulated, struggled hard in the water, trying to grab something, floating up and down in the water.

I don’t know if His Royal Highness Prince Jing is among them.

The rise of the Imperial Guard.

This led to the rise of the Jinyiwei in the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

The Jingu Thousand Households of the Jinyiwei were not enthusiastic about welcoming the King Jing and did not participate in the welcoming at the dock, but only maintained appropriate vigilance at the periphery.

This also led to the tragic death of the prefect of Jingu and the eunuchs who guarded the place. When the dock was filled with wailing, Wang Min, the captain of Jingu, could clearly hear his own surging heartbeat. Then, he took over the rescue mission after the group was leaderless. First, order the imperial guards to go into the water to save people!
Second, stabilize the situation and allow the uninjured but confused crowd to evacuate in an orderly manner!
Third, notify all clinics and doctors in Jingu to bring medicine boxes, wound medicines, and burn medicines to the dock to rescue people!

4. Notify the capital!

The strong and pungent smell of gunpowder made it clear without any need for judgment that it was a gunpowder explosion.

It’s a big deal.

It's far more than what can be solved here in Jingu.

The prince of the current dynasty was on a treasure ship that exploded and his whereabouts are unknown, with no one knowing whether he is alive or dead!

According to the estimation of the captain Wang Min, such a huge explosion would have required at least a thousand kilograms of gunpowder.

Where did the murderer of the bombing get the gunpowder onto the treasure ship, and how did he manage to hide such a huge weight from the prince's guards?

There are countless people involved in these mysteries. Wang Min knows that from De'an to Jinggu, Prince Jing's treasure ship would stop at every ferry and be welcomed by officials from the prefecture and county where the ferry was located.

Every time the crossing stopped, Prince Jing's treasure ship would receive countless gifts from officials along the way, and would also take on large quantities of supplies.

This route needs to be checked!
Wang Min was thinking about a lot of things when he heard a report from his captain: "Master, the Tiqi who entered the canal to search for survivors and then went ashore were deceived and attacked by many soldiers!"

"what?"

Wang Min cried out, "Soldier?"

Jinguwei.

The full name is the Three Guards of Jingu.

The reason why it is named "Wei".

It was in the second year of Jianwen that Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di sent troops to quell the rebellion.

At that time, Emperor Chengzu Wen led his troops from Jingu, which was not called Jingu at that time but Zhigu, and marched south to quell the rebellion.

Emperor Jianwen disappeared, and Emperor Chengzu Wen succeeded in his campaign of suppressing the rebellion. In order to commemorate the place where the troops were launched, he changed the name of Zhigu.

The place where the emperor crossed the river was given a new name, and Jingu Guard, Jingu Left Guard and Jingu Right Guard were set up. Hundreds of thousands of people were relocated to the three Jingu guards.

Later, Emperor Chengzu Wen decided to move the capital from Yingtian to Shuntian. As the closest Haihe River ferry to the capital, Tianjin's status rose sharply.

The Three Guards of Jingu were highly valued by successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that if a rebellion broke out in the capital, or if there was a need to resist foreign aggression, and the imperial decree was issued to order the garrison troops to come to the capital to defend the emperor, Jingu would certainly be the first and fastest to arrive.

Fortunately, except for the Tumu Incident caused by the war-god emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which triggered the Oirat Mongols' attack on Beijing, the Three Guards of Tianjin never mobilized troops to enter Beijing again.

The Three Guards of Jingu have always been regarded by many civil and military officials as the reserve troops of the capital.

However, when King Jing was about to be assassinated, the three soldiers of Jingu appeared. Moreover, they did not participate in the rescue, but intended to kill the Jinyiwei and the people rescued by the Jinyiwei.

Obviously, this was a necessary measure taken by the murderer behind the scenes to prevent King Jing from dying in the explosion and being rescued.

Wang Min did not consider why the murderer behind the scenes wanted to kill King Jing. Wang Min was only considering one question: whether the three guards of Jingu had rebelled?

Once the three guards of Jingu rebelled, the capital was within reach and the Ming Dynasty might be overthrown at any moment.

Wang Min looked at the three Jingu guards who were coming here after hearing the noise, narrowed his eyes, drew out the sharp embroidered spring knife from his waist, and issued an order: "Notify the commanders of the three Jingu guards, Jingu left guards, and Jingu right guards, not to approach the North Pier, wait for orders from the capital, otherwise they will be regarded as rebels by the Jinyiwei and killed without mercy!"

(End of this chapter)