Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 174 One King's City Up One King's City Down Two Dragons Meet and Talk About Deals
No matter what to do first, Boyan Timur has decided to go home anyway.

It was cold, and other soldiers also wanted to go home.Regarding the resumption of war, except for Yexian, everyone else is against it.

After arguing for a while, Boyan Timur persuaded Xiang Yexian: "Brother, why don't you go back to Datong with me escorting the Supreme Emperor as agreed.

In this way, the safety of the Supreme Emperor can be guaranteed, and the escape route can be arranged in advance. "

He also heard the words first and nodded.After thinking about it in my heart, I also think it is feasible: let Boyan Timur return to Datong with 60 soldiers from the headquarters, and take the Supreme Emperor away, so that the [-] taels of ransom can be collected, and You don't need to return the Supreme Emperor's universal amulet.

60 taels of silver, together with the treasures of the eight large carriages given by the Queen Mother at the beginning, is enough for the entire tribe to live comfortably for a year.

Next year's days have come to an end, let's talk about the year after next.

So he made up his mind first, and turned his head to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen's mentality also changed, or he had given up the idea of ​​returning to Beijing in a short time.My younger brother was too resolute in doing the facts: Among the civil servants, Wang Zhi, Hu Wei, Shang Ren, and Peng Shi were completely driven away.

In Xunguili, the son-in-law Du Wei Jiao Jing, Duke Cheng Zhu Yi, Marquis Gongshun Wu Jin, Marquis Cheng An Guo Sheng, Uncle Fearful Zhao Rong, Uncle Jianping Gao Yuan, all of them were sent out of the capital.In addition, the Marquis of Ningyang Chen Mao, Marquis of Anyuan Liu Pu, and Bo Jingyuan Wang Ji who had been sent to the south by Zhu Qizhen himself.

Finally, counting the large group of nobles who were personally buried by Zhu Qizhen in Tumubao, the Beijing noble group supporting Zhu Qizhen has been completely disintegrated, almost non-existent.

Now, Zhu Qizhen finally figured out why his younger brother insisted on transferring even Yu Qian away.Because Yu Qian was promoted by the late emperor anyway, and he knew that he was thinking of the late emperor's feelings, so he would not kill himself on the battlefield.

And the rest of them, especially the Xiaoqi Battalion, Tiance Guards, and Yingzhou Guards in the big camp closest to the Oirat Army, don't care about this.It would be a big waste of money if he was hit by a shot, and his Supreme Emperor was 'accidentally injured' by the artillery fire and crossbow arrows, and died.

So Zhu Qizhen wisely chose to run away when he was doomed to be unable to enter the city.

Seeing that Boyan Timur and the Supreme Emperor had no objections, he began to appease the generals and said: "The rest of us can hold on for a few more days. We won't fight seriously these days, so we will learn from those in the city." A new king, come and show weakness again and again to confuse the enemy.

After the last seven or eight days, we pretended to retreat, and when the Ming army pursued us, we set up an ambush to catch them off guard.

This time we tried our best to capture the Ming army alive, and then used the captives to demand a ransom from the new king, asking him to give us the remaining 40 taels. "

When the generals heard the words, they applauded repeatedly.According to Yexian's deployment, the soldiers no longer have to fight head-on with the hedgehogs of the Ming army, so they are naturally very happy.

And retreat first, then set up an ambush, and then defeat the Ming army. This is exactly the same as the three battles in Shanxi. The soldiers are already familiar with the operation.

The most important thing is that the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty has set a precedent for redeeming captives from the Ara Zhiyuan with a large sum of money, which makes Yexian Taishi's plan very feasible.

Just when the discussion seemed to be coming to an end, Xining clung to Yexian's ear and whispered a few words.

Yexian actually changed his attitude because of this, and said to Zhu Qizhen: "The Supreme Emperor, when he was in Shanxi, there were the general soldiers of the Xuanfu and others who said you were a fake and refused to welcome you in Kaicheng.

Now that you have been in Beijing for so many days, you have never publicly shown your face in front of the soldiers and common people of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Ming court has reason to say that you are a fake.

We don't care, but if the Ming court keeps emphasizing that someone pretends to be the Supreme Emperor, wouldn't it be a great disadvantage to you. "

Zhu Qizhen quickly asked: "Then what does the Grand Master mean?"

He also replied first: "Please, Your Majesty, go to the city to show your face before you leave, so that the civil servants, generals, soldiers and common people of Ming Dynasty can see your true face, so that no one will be able to say that you are a fake, and you can be eliminated forever." future trouble."

Zhu Qizhen saw that Yexian's words were very firm and could not be rejected, so he couldn't humiliate himself, so he had to agree.

So everyone dispersed and acted separately.

Boyan Timur had already ordered his subordinates to pack their luggage, and now he also agreed to retreat, as long as he prepared five more days of rations and fodder, he could go on the road.

Boyan Timur was making final preparations, while Zhu Qizhen got into the chariot, set aside the emperor's guard of honor, and, surrounded by Yexian's [-] cavalry, swaggered to the city.

Whether it was the [-] Ming army already in formation or the soldiers in the camp, when they saw the emperor's guard of honor, they didn't dare to step forward to stop them, let alone launch an attack.

If in broad daylight, one is not good and bombards the Supreme Emperor, then whose fault is it.No one wants to bear the crime of killing the nine clans.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen's chariot drove unimpeded all the way to the outside of Xizhimen before stopping. When the Supreme Emperor got out of the chariot and looked up, he happened to be facing his younger brother, the new emperor Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu didn't expect to make such a move first, he couldn't help being very grateful, and quickly ordered his personal guards to beat drums and gongs, calling on the people to go to the city to watch the battle.He also asked the other guards to notify Lian Gang immediately, and rushed over with the painters in a hurry.

The opportunity is once in a thousand years, but it is fleeting. Zhu Qiyu keenly predicted that his good brother was going to call the door in Beijing.

In order to buy time, Zhu Qiyu stood at the top of the city and shouted to Zhu Qizhen at the bottom of the city: "Is the big brother under the city? Please come and talk."

Zhu Qizhen heard what he said, but he didn't dare to approach him. What if someone shot a cold arrow suddenly?

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was hesitating, Zhu Qiyu continued to shout: "Brother, please drive back the Oirat cavalry, and I will order the warriors to go down and pick up the elder brother into the city."

Zhu Qizhen shook his head, and replied loudly: "Brother's kindness, I appreciate it, but there are traitors in the court, if I go back, I'm afraid something will happen.

It's better to wait for the traitors in the court to retreat, and then I will discuss the matter of returning to Beijing. "

That's just right, Zhu Qiyu replied loudly: "Since the elder brother insists, then the minister has to obey the elder brother's order, defend the capital for the elder brother, and sweep away the traitors.

When the people are in the Ying Dynasty, the younger brothers will send Anyuan Marquis Liu Pu, Jingyuan Uncle Wang Ji, Da Zong Uncle Hu Wei, and Minister of War Yu Qian to pick up the elder brother and return to Beijing for resettlement. "

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he fell silent immediately, and secretly calculated in his heart: this precious brother of mine is really a peerless master in trading, and he has already reached the state of being able to do things at his fingertips and reaching perfection.Even when shouting hundreds of meters away, he never forgot to negotiate a deal with himself.

(End of this chapter)