Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 54

But it was said that Zhu Qiyu took Yu Qian back to the palace, and divided the guests and hosts into the main hall.

The maid brought tea, and Zhu Qiyu ordered the maid to invite the princess, and then chatted with Yu Qian about the southern military affairs: "Yu Shangshu, is there any military newspaper from the Southwest these days?"

Yu Qian replied: "I haven't received any military reports from the Southwest recently."

"How did I hear that there were many incidents of high-ranking officials making trouble in those state capitals around the capital? How many high-ranking officials are there in Beizhili?"

As soon as Yu Qian heard this, he knew that the meal at noon today was not good enough. His Royal Highness Qi Wang asked such a sensitive question when he came up, and he didn't know what pits he would jump into later.

But it is impossible not to answer, Yu Qian had to say: "His Royal Highness, some of the Mongolian descendants who belonged to my Ming Dynasty were placed in Gansu, Ningxia and other places. These people were called Hexi Daguan. The other part was placed in Gyeonggi Regions, especially Baoding Prefecture, are known as Baoding officials.

These high-ranking officials in Beizhili, together with their family members, must have a total of hundreds of thousands.The imperial court has been giving preferential treatment and rewards in order to achieve the effect of dividing Mongolia.

It's just that when there are too many people, there are still quite a few people who sway from side to side, surrender and rebel.Especially now that the country is in crisis, some people take advantage of the fire to loot and make trouble. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I mean, move some of these high-ranking officials to the south. This year, the Ministry of War first selects [-] high-ranking officials and assigns them to Uncle Jing Yuan to go to the southwest to suppress the rebellion.

In the future, land will be allocated to them in the southwest, and they will be asked to move their families there. This will not only strengthen the imperial court's control over the southwest, but also reduce the pressure on the capital's security. "

When Yu Qian heard the words, he quickly replied: "Your Highness is wise, and I also mean the same thing. It's just that the war in the north is tight now, should we start to transfer high-ranking officials to the south now?"

Zhu Qiyu gave a very positive attitude: "Of course it will start immediately, we can't patronize the north, and leave the south alone.

This year, 5 high-ranking officials from Baoding, [-] elite soldiers from Sichuan, and [-] native soldiers from Yunnan will be dispatched to Uncle Jingyuan. It is necessary to add [-] troops to Uncle Jingyuan to completely pacify the southwest.

Now there are civil upheavals and uprisings everywhere in the south. I don't understand what the former prime minister Yang Shiqi and others did to the south, so that the people in the south don't care about their lives. To confront the court. "

Zhu Qiyu suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, but he didn't say the words 'Yang Shiqi is a traitor'.

Yu Qian heard the strong dissatisfaction in Zhu Qiyu's words, but hesitated to answer the words. The muddy water in the south is bottomless, and no one dares to go there easily.

The chat became cold, and the atmosphere became awkward.Fortunately, not long after, the princess walked in just right.

Seeing the savior, Yu Qian quickly stood up and saluted, avoiding the embarrassment of having nothing to say.

Zhu Qiyu also stood up and ordered: "Princess, please send Yu Shangshu to eat. I'm tired. I want to go back and lie down for a while."

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Okay, then your Highness will go back. It happens that Qianxue and Suxi are still in the room. Let them serve His Highness to eat some snacks and drink some porridge, and then you can take a nap."

Zhu Qiyu patted his buttocks, went out of the main hall, called Liu Chang over before returning to the room, and said: "Tomorrow we have a distinguished guest in our house, you go and bring your personal guards, and go through everything carefully inside and out, and see See if there are any potential safety hazards, and rule them out in advance. Go do it now, be serious, and I will check it myself early tomorrow morning."

Liu Chang hurriedly agreed, and immediately assembled his personal guards to start the investigation from the main courtyard.

Lin Xiangyu, on the other hand, let Yu Qian into the side hall, and said with a smile: "Our Highness is a knocker. He got venison and set up a banquet with wine, but he didn't invite Yu Shangshu to eat. But it doesn't matter, I invite Yu Shangshu to eat. , let’s eat the good meat first, and let them eat the rest tomorrow.”

Yu Qian said with a smile: "Don't dare, Your Highness is about the same age as Cheng Guogong, so it is natural to say that we can go together. This minister is already old, and he is the rebellious son of this minister. He usually respects and keeps away from him. Although he is filial, he is not close. .

Weichen has already had good eyesight, and he usually doesn't dare to join young people. "

The two were chatting and laughing, and the maid came in to arrange the wine and dishes. Lin Xiangyu personally lifted the jug and poured a glass for Yu Qian: "Your Highness told me that this is a fine wine that has been in the cellar for a hundred years. I don't know much about wine, so please ask Yu Shangshu to help taste it." Tasting."

Unlike the confrontation with His Highness King Qi just now, the atmosphere in the hall is quite harmonious at this time.Yu Qian didn't realize that this was also a Hongmen banquet, so he relaxed his mind and prepared to drink after a modest resignation.

Unexpectedly, dense footsteps sounded in the courtyard at this time. Looking out through the window, I saw hundreds of royal guards in neat armor and armor, patrolling back and forth as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Seeing this, Yu Qian hurriedly got up and cupped his hands: "My concubine has a beautiful face, the world, the sun and the moon can learn from each other, and my minister is absolutely loyal to Ming Dynasty and the imperial court."

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Yu Shangshu is a loyal minister, but why are you telling me this to a mere little girl?"

Yu Qian looked back at the guard outside the window with a face of embarrassment, and Lin Xiangyu suddenly realized: "Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, Yu Shangshu misunderstood, Your Highness didn't intend to give you a grand banquet.

It was I who invited the Crown Prince and Princess Chongqing to play at the mansion. The guards should have been ordered by His Highness to investigate potential safety hazards in advance. "

After finishing speaking, Lin Xiangyu walked to the door, called Liu Chang and asked, "Who told you to come here?"

"Reporting to the princess, it was His Highness who ordered that there will be a distinguished guest coming tomorrow, so that the general will immediately investigate potential safety hazards."

"Okay, let's leave first, take a good rest after lunch, wait for His Highness to go out in the afternoon, and then continue to investigate."

Hearing this, Liu Chang quickly left with his personal guards.

Lin Xiangyu returned to the inner room and continued to apologize to Yu Qian: "I made Yu Shangshu laugh, in fact, although my Highness does things absurdly on weekdays, his public heart is far greater than selfishness.

Now we don’t even have eunuchs in our mansion, so we send personal guards for everything.

His Highness was afraid of increasing the burden on the imperial court, so he did not ask the imperial court to arrange any officials, eunuchs, or maids for Qi Wangfu.Even the [-] Shi Zonglu per year that the prince should have, His Highness refused, not even a grain of food from the court.

Our family is just empty now, except for the titles of prince and princess, we have nothing else.Just like me, I'm actually just a little girl with the status of a princess. In truth, I'm nothing.Therefore, if there is any negligence, please be considerate of Yu Shangshu. "

Yu Qian said in his heart: Come on, you can easily invite the prince to come to your house as a guest, and you can also give orders to the guards that are contrary to His Highness, and the guards don't even question it.You also said that you are just a little girl, you really treat me like a fool.

Yu Qian pondered for a while before replying: "The princess is too modest. Once Her Highness ascends the throne, the princess will at least be an imperial concubine even if she is not a queen."

Lin Xiangyu smiled and waved her hands: "I'm not telling you that I want to be a queen, I don't care for that hot potato.

What I want to say is that my family is very poor, and the maids and maidservants in my family cannot afford to support them.Yesterday, His Royal Highness ordered me to give Yu Shangshu Zhang Luo a house and concubine.

I thought, isn't it a good idea to send a few maids in the family to Yu Shangshu to be concubines, so that Yu Shangshu will also be taken care of, and our palace can also reduce some burdens.

I just don't know if Yu Shangshu is willing to give me this face and do me this big favor? "

Only then did Yu Qian understand: it turns out that after making such a big circle, they are waiting for me here.Isn't this still a Hongmen banquet? If I take your maidservant as a concubine, won't I be under your surveillance all the time in the future.

Yu Qian couldn't agree or refuse for a while, so he was cold again.

(End of this chapter)