Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 165 The new monarch is forced to leave Beijing again in a minor coup

Contrary to Zhu Qiyu's expectation, Jiang Yuan has been seriously handling the matter he confessed.

Jiang Yuan replied: "Your Majesty, up to now, there are more than [-] strong men who have applied to the imperial court. The minister has gathered them individually and arranged them to practice night battles in Liu Degong's camp closest to Xizhimen.

Specifically, which army and guard should they be incorporated into, please ask the holy majesty to show you. "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu praised him again and again: This Jiang Yuan is really good, he speaks nicely, and knows how to call me the Holy One; he is also reliable in his work, not only distinguishes the importance, but also knows how to maintain the authority of the emperor.

So Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Jiang Aiqing has done a good job, I am very relieved. Let these more than [-] people be incorporated into the Wuxiang Right Guard. If someone else signs up in the future, they will be incorporated into the Fifth Army Battalion and handed over to Shi Heng. "

It's still Zhu Qiyu's old rule, those who respond to the new king first will have a good future, and those who come later will have to work hard on their own.

Jiang Yuan received the compliment, accepted the order gladly, stepped aside, and very actively gave up his position to Hu Wei.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Yuan retreated, Hu Wei stood up and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that you will pay 100 million taels to redeem the Supreme Emperor? Since you have agreed to peace talks, how can you start a war again?
Such capriciousness, where does the credibility of my Ming court lie?Then you must first find out that you are being tricked. If it is not good for the Supreme Emperor, who can afford the consequences? "

Hearing the words, Zhu Qiyu echoed him repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Uncle Da Zong is too right. It is the most shameful thing to be capricious. To be an emperor, you must keep your promises without joking; to be a minister, you must be loyal and consistent. Forget your original intention, don't become a second minister, betray your master repeatedly, so as to leave your name in the history books through the ages."

When Hu Wei heard this, his old face blushed, as long as he mentioned something related to loyalty, the emperor would immediately talk about his experience as a second minister.

Zhu Qiyu is also very helpless. Hu Wei, a veteran of the Six Dynasties, is no longer a second minister in the strict sense, but a third minister.The most important thing is that this old Minister Gu Ming is 75 years old, and his glory has passed, but he still refuses to retire in a dignified way.

Zhu Qiyu has been made a bit rebellious now, and before Hu Min could reply, he announced the imperial edict: "The cabinet will draw up an edict immediately, and canonize Jian Shuren as the King of Dongwu County, and Wu Shuren as the King of West Wu County. According to the etiquette Encounters are all handled according to the rules of the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion.

In order to express my importance, Uncle Da Zong, Marquis of Gongshun Wu Jin, and Uncle Xin Cheng Zhao Rong went to confer in person.Write the imperial decree today, and leave tomorrow.

After Da Zong Bo passed on the decree, he was also responsible for escorting the two county kings and their families to Beijing safely together with Gong Shunhou and Xin Chengbo.

Bring three thousand brocade guards, meet and see off according to the standards of a prince, if there is any mistake on the way, the three of you don't have to come back to see me. "

Since Zhu Qiyu had already greeted him in advance, everyone was not surprised by the new king's canonization.Although Jian Shuren and Wu Shuren were named county kings, Wu was a very beautiful title in Daming.

And different from the ordinary king of the county, Xinjun chose the precious one-character king of "Wu", adding "dong" and "west" in front of it as decorations, calling the king of the county like a prince.

As for the treatment, it would be even better, everything is the same as the first county king of Ming Dynasty: King Jingjiang.

Zhu Shouqian, the first king of Jingjiang, his grandfather was the eldest brother of Taizu, and his father was the famous Zhu Wenzheng.The treatment in the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion is only slightly worse than that of the prince, and far better than that of other county kings.

Among the ministers present, only Hu Wei was unhappy, and the others all had an attitude of watching the fun.As for the nobles, the emperor just finished the banquet last night, and today he immediately beat up the nobles who refused to attend.

But Zhu Qiyu didn't think it was enough, and then he said: "The war in Beijing is coming to an end. This time, we have transferred troops from Nanjing and moved the arsenal. It has made Nanjing a lot of trouble. We should send important officials to Nanjing to appease you." .

The cabinet drafted an edict, and promoted Hanlin Bachelor Shang Ren and Peng Shi to Nanjing Dongge University Bachelor, responsible for managing the Six Departments of Nanjing.Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi was promoted to the defense of Nanjing and was in charge of Nanjing's military affairs.

Prince Consort Jiao Jing, the governor of Nanjing Jingying; Guo Sheng, Marquis of Cheng'an, in charge of the affairs of the governor's office of the Chinese Army in Nanjing; Jianping Bo Gaoyuan, in charge of the affairs of the governor's office of the Nanjing Left Army.

Order today, leave tomorrow. "

As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Chen Xun and Wang Wen immediately agreed.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen agreed with the emperor's appointment with both hands. After these two edicts, only Chen Xun and Wang Wen were left in Beijing. The other four were Wang Zhi, Hu Wei, and Shang Ren. , Peng Shi was all sent away.

Wang Zhi and Hu Wei are the emperor's iron sticks, and Shang Ren and Peng Shi are the Empress Dowager Sun who worked hard behind the scenes and forced them in when the civil engineering change happened and the court was leaderless.Now all of them have been kicked out of the core decision-making level by Xinjun.

Shang Lu and Peng Shi were a little confused when faced with the new king's sudden attack.But to their surprise, none of the ministers present objected.

After all, there are only so many important positions in the imperial court, which can be described as one carrot and one pit.

Today, Xinjun suddenly became absurd again, and pulled three carrots in a row.This means that three pits have been vacated, and three lucky ones will soon become important officials of the court.As for the ministers present, they already have enough qualifications, and everyone has the opportunity to fill in the holes.

So why do you object? Is it because you have trouble getting promoted and getting rich?Who would be so stupid.

The most important thing is that although Xinjun looks a bit fierce, he is not forgiving.But since ascension to the throne, only a few civil servants, such as Wang Zhi and Hu Wei, have been really targeted by the new monarch.

For the other ministers, the new king did not treat them harshly. Instead, he promoted those who should be promoted, and tolerated those who should be tolerated.Even Xu Zhen, who openly provoked the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and blatantly demanded to move the capital to Nanjing, the new king gave the opportunity to be a new man.

Therefore, the ministers decided not to be too demanding on the new king.

Hu Mingjian was not only kicked out of the capital, but also his son-in-law Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi was also driven to Nanjing.Moreover, all the ministers present were silent, and no one supported him, so he knew that the defeat was doomed and there was no redemption.

Helpless, Hu Wei had no choice but to stand up and bow to the new king, expressing that he needed to go back early to pack his bags.

Zhu Qiyu didn't care about Hu Min's rudeness, and smiled and asked his personal guard to send Hu Min out.Shang Ren and Peng Shi also felt bored, so they asked to resign with the same excuse, and Zhu Qiyu also agreed with a smile.

After the three of them went out, Zhu Qiyu immediately gave instructions to Chen Xun, Wang Wen and Jiang Yuan: "I heard that there is a place called Jietianlou in Xicheng, and they are actively raising donations to redeem the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible. The owner said yes The auctioneer collected it and donated [-]% of the proceeds to the Queen Mother as a ransom.

And it is said to be quite effective, and more than 50 taels were auctioned in one night.In that case, 10,000+ taels will be donated to the Queen Mother, and I am very relieved to hear that.

The three of you coordinate, today and tomorrow, the whole city is under martial law.In order to cooperate with Jietianlou's good deeds and prevent people from making trouble, except for those who participated in the fundraising dinner, other people are not on official missions these two days, so please don't leave indiscriminately. "

When the three of them heard the words, they secretly laughed in their hearts, and respectfully received the imperial edict.

The three of them all understood that the new monarch didn't really care about the safety of the sky building, but just launched a small coup d'état, fearing that the suppressed civil servants and nobles would rebound and take the opportunity to make trouble, so they used the name , Martial law in the capital for two days.After Hu Wei, Shang Ren, Peng Shi and those nobles leave Beijing, the supervision will be relaxed.

Zhu Qiyu saw that everything had been done, stretched comfortably, and then smiled at everyone: "Tonight I will entertain the generals, and do a pre-war mobilization, so I have to catch up on sleep in advance during the day to nourish my spirits .

There will be a small court meeting tomorrow morning, you all come over, I have a series of new appointments to announce. "

When everyone heard the words, they left one after another.Zhu Qiyu sent everyone away, then pulled out a quilt, and fell asleep in the West Flower Hall on his own.

At the same time, Shi Heng, Sun Tong and others sent their own soldiers to send a letter to inform them first, saying that the Ming troops in each battalion would line up to practice formations, and the Oala army should not misjudge.Then several generals commanded an army of [-], and they drove out to line up directly facing the camp of Wala.

(End of this chapter)