Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

I don't know who gave this guy the name Li Yilian. Li Yilian means shameless.

As soon as Chen Erhe heard the military order, his expression changed immediately.

After more than two months of training, regardless of the effectiveness of the training, the first rule that the new recruits in the Beijing Camp learned was to obey orders.

Many people paid the price for this.

Since it was a military order, he had no scruples. Chen Erhe drew out his sword and walked towards Li Yilian coldly.

Li Yilian only knew that an important person had arrived. With trembling lips, he was about to bring up his uncle, but he didn't expect that Chen Erhe didn't give him any chance at all. He went up and stabbed him in the stomach without any hesitation.

Li Yilian fell to the ground in pain, wanting to shout but no sound came out.

"Well done. You have the potential to become a powerful general. I am very optimistic about you." Zhang Shikang patted Chen Erhe on the shoulder as a reward.

No matter how a rookie is trained, he is still a rookie. If he wants to become a veteran, it is very simple - the moment he kills the first enemy.

However, Chen Erhe does not seem to have this psychological barrier.

After being praised by Zhang Shikang, Chen Erhe's chest heaved and he seemed very excited. He didn't even know how to say thank you.

Zhang Shikang didn't care much about this soldier and immediately walked into Wangyue Restaurant.

Led by a group of personal guards, the waiters at Wangyue Restaurant did not dare to stop him, and Zhang Shikang went all the way up to the third floor.

As soon as he reached the third floor, Zhang Shikang heard obscene music coming from a private room.

It was such a mess outside, but I never thought that this place was not affected at all. Li Yilian really cared about his customers when doing business.

Zhang Shikang kicked open the door of a private room from which creaking sounds were heard.

But I saw a guy who looked like a businessman making love with a woman. The woman had a graceful figure, fair skin, and a beautiful face that was no less beautiful than the most popular courtesans in the brothel.

"Oh sorry to bother you, please continue."

Seeing that he kicked the wrong door, Zhang Shikang said casually.

When the merchant saw that Zhang Shikang was followed by a group of soldiers with swords, he was almost frightened to death and dared not get angry.

Zhang Shikang walked to another box with more luxurious decoration. After hearing the noise inside, he kicked the door open again.

This time he did not kick the wrong thing. On the luxuriously decorated big bed, the former Minister of Revenue was wearing his inner clothes and was hugging a foreign girl, laughing and flirting with her.

"Oh, Lord Fang, the war hasn't started yet?" Zhang Shikang said with a smile.

When Fang Fengnian saw Zhang Shikang, he was half scared out of his wits. When he saw the Jinyiwei behind Zhang Shikang, the other half of his wits also ran away.

"Why...why...why did the Champion Marquis suddenly come to visit? What...what do you want from me?"

Fang Fengnian probably knew that something big must have happened, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly.

"I do have something small to discuss with you. What's the matter? Are you learning the foreign language?" Zhang Shikang said to Fang Fengnian with great interest.

Although visiting prostitutes was not illegal at that time, nor was it something shameful, he was a high-ranking official in the imperial court after all, and it was embarrassing to visit prostitutes in front of so many people.

Fang Fengnian laughed awkwardly and said:

"Yes, yes, yes, I am learning the foreign language. It is good to learn the foreign language."

"I didn't expect that you are such a studious person, Old Fang. Then go to the Imperial Prison to study. I'll take you away."

Zhang Shikang shook his head and gave orders to his subordinates.

"No, Lord Marquis, what do you mean? Why should I go to the Imperial Prison?" Fang Fengnian frowned immediately when he heard that.

"Zheng Sanjun, Xiong Mingyu and others have already gone in. Do you still want to ask why?" Zhang Shikang replied.

After saying that, the Jinyiwei came forward and took Fang Fengnian into custody.

After arresting all five leaders of the Donglin Party in the capital, Zhang Shikang felt bored and immediately returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen with a large group of personal guards.

This night, all the powerful officials in the capital were destined to have sleepless nights.

The arrest of the five giants of the Donglin Party was just a microcosm of the entire operation. Hundreds of Jinyiwei and Tiqi teams consisting of ten people were attacking everywhere.

In their hands, they held specific lists of officials to be arrested and evidence of their crimes. After finding their targets, they would read out their crimes in public and then order their subordinates to arrest them, all in one go.

Since it was the Lantern Festival, most officials were not at home, so the operation to arrest them went smoothly.

But at the same time, the scene on the other battlefield was completely different, which was the action against the mansions of many Donglin Party officials.

Although arresting officials was important in the entire plan, Zhang Shikang repeatedly emphasized before the action that house searches were the top priority of this operation.

The residences of officials must be raided with lightning speed to prevent their property from being transferred away.

Zhang Shikang knew very well that any official who was seriously corrupt would have a large number of servants and retainers in his house.

If we fail to surround the mansions of corrupt officials in time and give them the opportunity to transfer their assets, we will suffer a huge loss.

Therefore, apart from the Jinyiwei, most of the soldiers in the Beijing camp were located in the several alleys where the officials in Beijing were located.

Unlike the new recruits from the Beijing Camp who guarded the streets, the soldiers from the Beijing Camp who were in charge of the officials' residences had all participated in the war against the Jiannu and were elite soldiers who dared to fight and kill.

Because of the early plan, the Jinyiwei and the Beijing camp soldiers worked in perfect harmony, and it was often the Jinyiwei who were responsible for reading out the evidence and then arresting the family members of the criminal officials.

Once they encountered resistance from officials' servants, the soldiers from the Beijing camp would rush in and kill anyone who dared to resist on the spot.

Most officials in Beijing keep servants, and many important officials secretly raise a number of death warriors. Most of these death warriors have been trained by martial arts masters since childhood. Although they do not wear armor, their combat effectiveness is quite high.

This caused considerable trouble to the capture operation, especially in Zheng Sanjun's mansion, where there were more than thirty assassins alone and nearly a hundred servants.

After a fierce battle, although all the death squads were hacked to death, the Jinyiwei also lost a small flag officer, the Beijing camp lost six soldiers, and dozens were injured.

The city was under martial law and the entire city of Beijing was shrouded in blood, with conflicts intensifying and casualties increasing.

Ordinary people hid in simple houses and could not sleep at night. They often heard bursts of wailing in their ears. Even those who could not read would know what was going on.

Things are about to change in the capital.

The imperial guards went in and out, reporting to Zhang Shikang on the situation in various places, where they encountered resistance and where support was needed.

At first, Zhang Shikang could still hold on, but when it was almost dawn, he finally couldn't hold on any longer. After temporarily handing over the command to the Liu Wenbing brothers, he fell into a deep sleep in the brothers' bedroom.

Since the situation Zhang Shikang described did not occur, Liu Wenbing and his brothers did not wake Zhang Shikang up hastily.

He slept until the 9:00 p.m. of the next day. When Zhang Shikang woke up again, the sun was already high in the sky.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he found Brother Chongzhen, dressed in purple clothes, sitting beside him, staring at him with a half-smile as if he were a treasure.

Zhang Shikang felt that all the hairs on his body stood up.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

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