King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 486 My Breast Tiger

Even without reading the letter, Yang Qingyin knew who the so-called "little beast" was, which made her face suddenly look ugly.

"This bastard, he actually took over the command. Liang Qian and Huang Qing didn't stop him. They deserve to die!"

"The life and death of tens of thousands of troops are in the hands of Huang Kou's kid. Are all the frontline generals dead?"

Seeing that Zhu Xianming's scoldings became more and more unpleasant, Yang Qingyin couldn't help but say: "What is the yellow-mouthed child? Who is the yellow-mouthed child?"

"At the age of thirteen, I have no other abilities, but I am not necessarily any worse than you in marching and fighting!"

"Let's not talk about Jinling's suppression of Japanese troops. He has been training every day for the past two years. Even if he doesn't understand, he should understand it!"

What Yang Qingyin hates the most is that her precious son is belittled. At this time, she naturally has to say a few words to the emperor.

Not to mention, her words had a miraculous effect, making Zhu Xianming calm down a little.

In fact, he was also influenced by his inertial thinking, which made him always feel that Zhu Jinghong was still ineffective, but he changed his view after thinking calmly.

Whether it is the various novel military training methods or Zhu Jinghong's views on the affairs of the court, they all prove that he is by no means just a brave and ruthless fool.

While Zhu Xianming was thinking, Yang Qingyin continued: "The relationship between the generals on the front line is complicated. I am afraid that only his status can control them. It may not be a bad thing for him to lead the troops!"

"I'm afraid this kid doesn't know how high the sky is. If he underestimates the enemy and rushes in, I'm afraid..."

Yang Qingyin interrupted: "The top priority is to draft a new governor as soon as possible. It doesn't hurt to discuss other matters later!"

Zhu Xianming nodded, and then ordered: "Immediately... summon the governor and governor of the capital to come to the palace to discuss matters!"

"Yes!"

The governors and governors in Beijing gathered in Qianqing Palace for about half an hour, and then they learned about the situation in the northwest.

These people analyze the war situation every day and know very well that after Ning Huanxiang's death, the northwest may even collapse, so it is definitely not a wise choice to serve as governor.

After deliberation for half an hour, Liu Fang, the left governor of the rear army governor's mansion, was finally elected as the governor.

Just waiting for the announcement from the court meeting the next day, Liu Fang will take office.

Early the next morning, in Prince Xiang's palace, Baochai was washing up with the maid waiting on him.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Ping'an is asking for an audience outside, saying it's about the prince!"

"Let him wait in Yin'an Hall!" Baochai ordered.

"Yes!"

Hearing the news from Zhu Jinghong, Baochai didn't dare to be negligent at all. After simply washing and changing clothes, Baochai left the bedroom.

A few breaths later, Baochai, surrounded by maids, came to the front hall of Yin'an Palace.

"I'm here to see you, your Majesty!"

Sitting on the guest seat on the left side of the front hall, Baochai said: "Tell me..."

Zhang Ping'an replied: "The news came from the palace today that Governor Ning, who was the governor of the northwest military affairs, has died. Now it is our prince who is in charge of the overall situation in the northwest!"

Upon hearing this, Baochai suddenly became alert, and then asked, "How did you learn about this news?"

"This matter can't be kept secret. It has already spread in the palace. The meeting in the morning is to decide on the new governor!"

It would take ten days for the news to be transmitted back to Beijing, and the fastest it would take for him to take office here was twenty days, which added up to almost thirty days... Baochai calculated carefully in his heart.

And these thirty days are enough for Zhu Jinghong to do a lot of things.

However, since he holds military power after all, will he be jealous of His Majesty?

Thinking of this, Baochai stood up from his chair and thought about what he could do.

Even if His Majesty is not suspicious, it is impossible to protect Prince Rui's Mansion and the East Palace from causing harm. I have to take action first...

Pacing back and forth, Baochai made a decision, so he immediately ordered: "Prepare the car... I want to enter the palace!"

"Yes!"

At the other end of the Jixian Hall, the bachelors were also discussing this matter.

Logically speaking, the news from the palace should not have reached here so quickly. If it happened, it would prove that someone did it deliberately.

That's right, it was Zhu Jingyuan who sent people to spread the news, asking the bachelors to discuss and then impeach him.

As the elder brother of the same mother, of course he cannot personally blame his younger brother, even if the other party has made a "big mistake".

Most of the bachelors in Jixian Hall are speculators. These people have more flexible thinking, and most of them can understand Zhu Jingyuan's difficulties.

Therefore, during the discussion, they did not say that they would ask Zhu Jingyuan to make the decision. After some discussion, the tone of the discussion was set. The next thing they had to do was to communicate in series.

Everyone in King Rui's party was busy, and the courtiers who supported the East Palace also took action spontaneously after receiving the news. The more people they had, the more powerful they were.

In the morning, the regular court proceedings began, but the scope of the proceedings was limited to the six ministries and nine ministers, as well as the senior military attachés of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

At this time, Baochai had already entered the palace. When she arrived at Kunning Palace, she discovered that Princess Rui Chen Zhi had arrived earlier than her.

"Mother..." Baochai cried and knelt down directly in front of the queen.

"What's wrong with you?" Yang Qingyin was slightly surprised.

"I beg my mother to issue an edict to call our prince back!"

"My wife heard that he is now in charge in the northwest. His arrogant and frivolous behavior will probably mess up the front line!"

Raising his head, Baochai said with tears streaming down his face: "If you miss a big event because of this, I'm afraid you will never be able to atone for your sin!"

Yang Qingyin sighed, and when she was about to speak, she saw Baochai crawl forward two steps and came directly to her feet.

Then I heard Baochai continue to cry: "Although the prince often says at home that he must wipe out the unruly ministers for his father, this is how he can be a good son for his father..."

"But the sword has no eyes after all. It's not that my wife doesn't want him to fulfill his filial piety for his father. It's just that she's afraid that something will happen to him. She cries to death day and night..."

Baochai kept talking, trying to lean Zhu Jinghong on the word "filial piety" as much as possible to avoid suspicion on him as much as possible.

Seeing that she was really sad and worried, Yang Qingyin could only comfort her and reassure her that Zhu Jinghong would be fine.

Seeing Baochai so emotional, Chen Zhi looked deeply in thought. She was wondering whether Baochai was acting.

Old Thirteen, do you want to seize military power?

This issue is logically undisputed. After all, Zhu Jinghong is already in power.

The reason for this is all because of the image he had set up by his predecessors. He is a fool and a reckless man. No matter how you look at it, he cannot have bad intentions.

Maybe we are overthinking... Chen Zhi thought this.

But this did not prevent her and Prince Rui from inciting officials to report for impeachment. After all, there is a saying that "I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go."

Therefore, the role of Zhu Jinghong's character is now more reflected in the two emperors and empresses, which can enable him to maintain his holy favour.

As long as the emperor trusted him, no matter how many bullets there were, it would not be a big problem for Zhu Jinghong.

"Baochai, I just hope that my thirteenth brother will not cause any big trouble. Today we will discuss the appointment of a new governor, and then we can replace him!"

Reaching out to help Baochai up, Chen Zhi continued: "Our royal family is so noble that there are many people who are willing to go to the battlefield to be loyal, so there is no need for the thirteenth brother to come to the battlefield in person!"

"Mother, I think Baochai is right. It's better to ask the thirteenth brother to come back quickly. The greatest filial piety is to be at the knees of your father, the emperor, and your mother!"

Baochai talked for a long time, emphasizing that Zhu Jinghong was fulfilling his filial piety on the front line and had no other thoughts.

The focus of Chen Zhi's words is to get Zhu Jinghong back. This is a way to draw out the firepower.

Yang Qingyin picked up the teacup and said calmly: "Okay, Your Majesty has already made plans on this matter. Once the new governor takes office, he will let this kid come back!"

Hearing this, Baochai's heart tightened. If he came back like this, his work would be in vain.

If you only have thirty days to lead the troops, how much more can you accomplish?

When Baochai was worried, he suddenly remembered Zhu Jinghong's words, which relieved his frown.

If there are no conditions, create conditions... Baochai believes that if his man can think of being recalled, then he will definitely deal with it.

"Speaking of which, don't underestimate Lao Shisan. Although she is a mess at reading and practicing calligraphy, she may not be able to march and fight!"

Hearing the queen's words, Baochai was both happy and worried.

I was happy that Zhu Jinghong was recognized, but I was worried that if Chen Zhi heard this, it would inevitably make her more suspicious of Zhu Jinghong.

"Mother...he doesn't know anything about marching and fighting. It's all nonsense!" Baochai quickly made up his mind.

"Okay, let's not talk about this today. This is the new tribute tea that was served just two days ago. You should try some too!"

After saying this, the queen ordered people to serve new tea, leaving Baochai and Chen Zhi to say other words.

Let's say that at the court meeting, the discussion about the new governor has ended. Liu Fang has been approved by the court and can leave for the northwest to take office.

Just when Zhu Xianming was about to announce his resignation, by coincidence, another military report came.

Nowadays, military affairs in the northwest are the top priority of the imperial court, so military information will be sent to the imperial court as soon as possible.

The military report sent today is about the battle report on the eighth day of August, exactly one day apart from the one sent on the seventh day of August.

After Ning Huanxiang's death, Zhu Xianming knew very well how critical the situation in the northwest was, so he immediately opened it to take a look.

At the beginning of the battle report, it talked about the urgent situation of the Junggar army approaching the border, which made Zhu Xianming frown.

Then the Zhenwei central defender played against the Junggar vanguard, but the battle with the opponent entered a state of anxiety, which made Zhu Xianming's heart hang in his throat.

Zhenwei Zhongwei is the link between the two major officers. If he is defeated, the consequences will be serious.

If it is difficult for the left and right wings to close together, there is a great possibility of being divided and surrounded by others, and the situation is already extremely critical.

Quickly changing the page, Zhu Xianming continued reading. He was eager to know the result.

The courtiers below looked at the emperor with furrowed brows, and each of them became nervous, thinking that a great rout had occurred in the northwest.

Seeing that the emperor's face became more and more ugly, everyone stood more respectfully and respectfully, for fear that they would be angered by the emperor.

"Okay... okay... Old Thirteen is my young tiger!"

The emperor's sudden laughter confused the ministers present, but it also made them all relieved.

Putting aside his joy, Zhu Xianming put down the report and said calmly: "A great victory on the front line, which will invigorate the central defender as the vanguard to defeat the enemy... killed more than 3,500 enemy people!"

After hearing this, everyone instantly understood and understood why the emperor had "lost his composure".

The situation on the front line is tense. Such a big victory will definitely boost the morale of the military and will be of great benefit to stabilizing the situation.

But at this time, new doubts arose in everyone's mind. Why did they praise Zhu Jinghong for this great victory? Could this matter have anything to do with this man?

All the civil servants were confused and wanted to ask but were unable to do so. Fortunately, Liu Fang solved their trouble.

"Your Majesty, I have something unclear!"

Liu Fang is the new governor of the northwest. If he doesn't understand something, of course he has to answer it, so Zhu Xianming said: "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"I just heard His Majesty praise the Thirteenth Master. Could it be that this great victory was due to the command of His Majesty?"

Seeing that everyone was looking over, Zhu Xianming said with a smile: "Zhenwei Zhongwei's 3,000 troops faced off against 6,000 enemy troops. When the battle was fierce and stalemate, Lao Shisan personally led the guards to attack, beheaded the generals, captured the flag, and broke the enemy's position... …”

"This kid went on a rampage to reach eighty-seven levels in a row, and finally stabbed ten thousand enemy households to death with one shot. A tiger's father has no dog's son!"

This is not praising my son. This is obviously self-praising!

The courtiers present all saw the complacency of His Majesty the Emperor, and they reacted quickly and began to sing his praises.

"Your Majesty Fu Wei is wise and powerful. He teaches and cultivates you carefully every day, so that the Thirteenth Master can defeat the enemy and conquer the enemy. Long live my emperor..."

The person who spoke was Su Wenjian, the Minister of Household Affairs. Although this guy made a big mistake, Zhao Yushan still protected him out of factional interests.

Su Wenjian knew that his position was unstable, so he was the first to flatter him. After all, the Holy Family was the greatest guarantee.

With Su Wenjian as the licking dog taking the lead, no matter what they think in their hearts, the others can only follow the mountain and shout long live the mountain.

This is the result of the high concentration of imperial power. No matter how entangled the interests of various factions are, they can only bow their heads in front of the emperor.

At this time, Zhu Xianming was very helpful. However, he had not finished reading the report in his hand. After signaling everyone to get up, he continued to read.

What follows is Zhu Jinghong's latest arrangement. He has divided the army into two parts, and alternately cover the retreat.

This made Zhu Xianming very dissatisfied, but he did not explode in public because he also knew that retreating was the safest way, at least to preserve his strength.

After reading the battle report, there was a letter from Zhu Jinghong attached, which talked about Zhu Jinghong's strategy.

Completely withdraw the cavalry, and then use the cavalry to support long-range defense and assist the infantry to penetrate directly into Hami City.

Regarding this strategy, Zhu Jinghong had mentioned it before, but was rejected by Ning Huanxiang. However, Zhu Xianming knew its contents and thought about it carefully.

Now that Zhu Jinghong's old story has been brought up again, it also makes Zhu Xianming think more.

"Okay... the people from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion will stay, and everyone else should retreat!"

Seeing that the emperor's expression became solemn after reading the report, all the courtiers knew that something was going on again, and letting the general stay must be something related to the war situation to discuss.

So the civil servants saw the interest and withdrew, while the generals stayed to continue the discussion.

After everyone left the palace, some people left in twos and threes, but most people divided into two teams, led by Zhao Yushan and Chen Jinyun respectively.

Everyone was talking to each other and walked away together, discussing things with each other.

"I've met Mr. Pavilion, I've met all of you sirs!" The visitor was one of the bachelors of Jixian Pavilion.

Zhao Yushan nodded in agreement and left with everyone.

Unexpectedly, the man called out in a low voice: "Master Su..."

Su Wenjian was the only one here with the surname Su. When he heard this, he stopped and turned around, and saw that this man was really staring at him.

"Master Su, please lend me a moment to speak!"

Su Wenjian knew that this person was from Zhu Jingyuan, and he must have something to do with him this time, so he said goodbye to Zhao Yushan.

Watching Su Wenjian leave, Zhao Yushan was calm on the surface, but extremely angry in his heart.

The students who were promoted by the family got together with Prince Rui and participated in such messy things as seizing the heir, which was undoubtedly asking for trouble.

I can't keep this person, otherwise he will ruin my big things... Zhao Yushan secretly made plans.

On the other side, Su Wenjian followed the bachelor to the corner, and then asked him what he was doing.

"Master Su, King Xiang has always acted recklessly. Now he is in charge of the power in the northwest. This is the most ridiculous thing in the world..."

After criticizing Zhu Jinghong for a while, he heard the bachelor continue to say: "So I came here this time to ask you to join me and ask your majesty to put the safety of the northwest as the top priority..."

Su Wenjian understood the purpose of this person's visit. Simply put, he wanted to impeach Zhu Jinghong.

"This matter needs long-term consideration. Everything in the northwest is unclear at the moment. If I make a mistake in hurriedly submitting a memorial, it will be a joke..."

Su Wenjian made excuses. He had seen with his own eyes how happy the emperor was, and naturally he would not be unhappy at this moment, even if this was probably what Prince Rui meant.

"Master Su..."

"I'm telling you, Bachelor Zhang, there are still some matters in my yamen. The elder has personally ordered it. I don't dare to delay... I'll leave first!"

"In a few days, when things are clear, I will go to Jixian Hall to discuss it with you!"

"Master Su..."

"Farewell, farewell!"

(End of this chapter)