Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 874 The emperor begged to retire all officials to retain the straight road and built it, and the war resumed
Zhu Qiyu was very open-minded and knew that Zhu Wenfang had not given birth to many sons.

He had given birth to more than twenty children in succession. If Zhu Wenfang had given birth like this, the ministers would have been forced to rebel.

One step at a time is called the Tao, one step at a time, one step at a time, and then the next generation will work hard again.

Lin Xiangyu asked: "Husband, when will Mu Cong return to Yunnan?"

"This August?"

"That's okay, he has long wanted to go back and have a look."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "We also have to buy more property for Mu Cong, and then let him return to Yunnan with the two guards I prepared for him.

Originally, I wanted to make Mu Lin, who was in charge of Yunnan, a marquis and let him go to Burma to guard it. However, he died of illness last year and did not have a son.

There was no choice but to let Mu Cong return to Yunnan quickly.

With two guards protecting him, he should be able to successfully take over the Duke of Guizhou's mansion. "

Lin Xiangyu nodded: "Very good, very good. Then from now on, we will have nothing to worry about and can we play at home without any worries?"

It doesn't matter what you think in your heart, the important thing is to perform.

Zhu Qiyu reluctantly came to Qingyun Palace to listen to the government together with the prince.

The ministers tried to persuade him for a long time, but the emperor did not relent. However, Xu Youzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, knew the holy intention well and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the straight road from Xi'an to Hami is almost completed. Should the imperial court mobilize a large army to conquer Hami?

Zhu Qiyu was thinking hard when Lin Xiangyu asked again: "Husband, there are three guards for each prince. Our prince has to form dozens of guards in total. Aren't you afraid that these armies will get out of control?"

Zhu Qiyu was sitting on the dragon chair and wanted to laugh when he saw the reactions of the ministers below. There was a third general in later generations. When his people saw him, they were extremely excited and inexplicable. They were closer than meeting their eighteen generations of ancestors. .

Compared with ordinary guards, they just have one more responsibility to protect the prince.

When Zhu Qiyu was fine, he reviewed the map. After repeated replays, he came to a conclusion: If it were the end of the Ming Dynasty, the best choice for a prince would be to capture the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan first.

"Cao Guogong is still in charge of the army. Ma Ang is the military counselor. He mobilizes the Gansu and Shaanxi border troops, plus 20,000 people each from Xiaoqi Camp, Shenji Camp, Duoyan Guard, and 10,000 Shenshu Camp. In addition, King Su is notified to lead the guards to join the battle. .”

The most important thing is that I strictly control the production of armor in Beijing and Nanjing, and never allow it to be manufactured elsewhere. Firearms and cannons are only produced in Beijing.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Are you also afraid of another Jingnan battle? Don't worry, it won't happen. These guards belong to the prince in name, but the promotion of the soldiers is the same as that of other ordinary guards. And the military pay and supplies are all the same. Supplied by the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, does the King of Han want to lead his bodyguard to join the battle?"

Okay, we will mobilize the army this year and start the war next year. "

As long as they control armor and firearms, it is difficult for local armies to rebel.

Among the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan in the southwest, Yunnan is now the most worthy of intensive cultivation. In addition, Myanmar also needs to focus on management. Not only must princes be sent to establish a vassal to guard it, but in the future, several hereditary marquises and earls will also be granted the title.

Then he is not too far away from death. Even if the emperor doesn't kill him, the prince will kill him.

I don't believe that there will be a fool like Jianwen among future emperors.

We still have to talk about human relations. At this time, if the minister stands up and replies: "Okay, His Majesty the Emperor should have retired long ago. Being the Supreme Emperor is a good time to cultivate one's moral character."

Zhu Qiyu nodded after hearing this: "Hami is a vassal loyal to our Ming Dynasty. It has been invaded and occupied by the coalition forces of Eastern Chagatai and Timurid Empire for several years. It is time to send a large army to recover, otherwise my power towards the sky will be useless.

The performance in front of me seemed a bit like that.

Zhu Qiyu coughed twice, cleared his throat, and continued: "What I mean is that this year I will abdicate and become the crown prince. I have been the emperor for fifteen years, and I am completely fed up. From now on, you can assist the crown prince."

Besides, I also have a system of 'domestic avoidance', which disrupts the princes below the prince and assigns them to other princes.

Don't worry, I have already designed complicated restrictive measures. As long as future generations don't commit suicide, there won't be any problems. "

It is a pity that the princes of the late Ming Dynasty all gathered in the southeast, accompanying the civil servants and military generals to love and kill each other endlessly. Du Nan understands that the Donglin Party members are still in the mood to engage in internal fighting. No matter which prince goes to the southeast, he will definitely fall into the quagmire.

Another war is coming, the court must maintain stability, and the Zen throne must not be held in the near future. "

An ordinary prince would have stood up at this moment and moved a chair to sit downstairs, but Zhu Wenfang was still there, as steady as a mountain.

Historically, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, a few of the princes died and most of them surrendered. Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Guizhou, was more prominent. He accompanied Emperor Yongli to Myanmar and eventually died in the cursed water disaster.

When the ministers heard this, they all knelt down and tried their best to dissuade him.

Xu Youzhen asked again: "May I ask, Your Majesty, who should lead the army and what troops should be mobilized?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Go, get a rope and play with it."

The ministers saluted, and Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the past, when the prince was young, we sat on the same dragon chair, which was quite harmonious. Now that the prince is an adult, it is a bit cramped for us two adults to sit on the same dragon chair."

If you don’t have a steady supply of firearms and only have tens of thousands of troops, how can you succeed in the rebellion?

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a while, and then replied: "Inform him and let him decide for himself. He can go if he wants to go, or if he doesn't want to go. After all, he has just become a vassal, and his belongings may not be able to be properly arranged, and his buttocks are not even hot. , it’s a bit inappropriate to ask him to go more than a thousand miles away to fight.”

How could a prince and a bunch of foreign princes and princes, all of whom were not of the same mind, rebel?

"That's because they, the Duke of Guizhou, are loyal enough to the Ming Dynasty."

As he talked, the topic changed. Zhu Qiyu chatted with the ministers about military affairs for half an hour, and then gradually stopped.

Zhu Qiyu's conclusion is: if you want to survive, you must go west.

There was no talk for several days. On the second day, the ministers wrote a letter requesting a court meeting.

With Yun, Gui, and Sichuan as the bases, they would lie dormant and wait. Once there was a change in the world, they would send a general to attack Huguang and Henan. The monarch would personally lead the main force in the Northern Expedition to occupy Xi'an and capture Tongguan. If you're lucky, there may be a chance for a comeback.

Lin Xiangyu praised: "My husband has been really good to Mu Cong over the years. His own son only has three guards, and giving Mu Cong two guards is already a lot."

What we can do now for future generations is to run Southwest well.

At this time, He Wenyuan finally had a chance to speak: "Your Majesty, the old minister is frail and sick and can no longer cope with the complicated government affairs. Please, Your Majesty, allow me to serve as an official and return to my hometown for retirement."

Zhu Qiyu quickly tried to persuade him to stay, but He Wenyuan had already decided to leave and his body really couldn't support it anymore.

At the end, Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Since Ai Qing has made up his mind, let's promote him to the rank of bachelor and Taibao of Huagaidian, and serve as an official official."

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were almost not given alive to the Grand Master, but to be given to a Taibao was already very respected. Moreover, after He Wenyuan became an official, he could receive three salaries as a bachelor of Huagaidian, a Taibao, and a minister of the Ministry of Personnel, which was enough to provide him with dignity. He Wenyuan's wealth and dignity were obtained by these eight characters: "Father owns the world, and it should be passed on to his sons."

Zhu Qiyu treated the first few civil servants who were loyal to Jingtai's line with great preferential treatment, which was considered to be a beginning and an end, and the righteousness of monarch and ministers was fulfilled.

Since He Wenyuan had just proposed to become an official today, he definitely couldn't elect the next Minister of the Ministry of Personnel on the spot, otherwise it would appear that this person was too eager to leave.

Most people also knew that the next Minister of Civil Affairs must be Wang Wen.

Even the next person can guess that it is Xu Youzhen's turn.

After finally catching the emperor and going to court, the emperor and his ministers chatted for a long time before leaving the court.

Zhu Qiyu returned to Lingyu Palace, and Zhu Wenfang returned to Wanshou Palace.

The Wanshou Palace was built on the Wanshou Mountain. Zhu Wenfang knew that the inheritance of the Lingyu Palace was far away, so he had to build another palace.

Wanshou Palace and Liuyun Tower, Crown Princess Xu Qing is sitting on a bamboo chair on the second floor, admiring the beautiful view of Kunming Lake outside the window while rocking the cradle in front of her.

A pair of little babies lay quietly in the cradle, sleeping very sweetly.

Zhu Wenfang tiptoed in and sat on the bamboo chair side by side with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Why did you come back so late, husband? Where did you go to seduce the little girl?"

Zhu Wenfang looked helpless: "Forget it, my father only went to court half a year ago. When the ministers saw how friendly my father was, they kept him chatting for almost two hours before leaving the court. I sat on the dragon chair and listened. I'm bored, but I'm too embarrassed to say anything or leave.

According to my temper, I would have gone home early. Go home and see my baby brother and sister.

You said it would be nice to keep them both in Changle Palace, but you had to take them over and raise them yourself. "

Xu Qing said with a smile: "Didn't my father say that he would never have any more children? Then these two little ones are my father's youngest son and maiden. As the saying goes, the youngest son and the eldest grandson are the lifeblood of an old man.

The youngest son and youngest daughter must be loved very much by the father. The Queen Mother is old and she is raised in Changle Palace and has no energy to take care of her.

Moreover, the people coming and going in Changle Palace made Father and Shiniang particularly worried.

I said that was just right. I like children and it would be perfect to raise them in the Wanshou Palace. "

Zhu Wenfang stretched out her hand to pinch the little King Chu's face: "Don't tell me, these two little ones are really cute, with beautiful pink and jade, and amazing aura. However, the father and Shiniang really love their sons, This is a long-term plan.

If you have raised the two of them by your side since childhood, the relationship will naturally be deep. If the father and mother are gone in the future, then we will be like our elder sister-in-law like our mother and our elder brother like our father. They will have someone to rely on and will not be bullied by others. "

Xu Qing nodded: "That's what I mean. It shows that my father truly loves Shiniang."

"Then you were deceived by your father and mother and concubine?"

"You are not fooling me. Shi Niang has been so good to me and taught me so many things. I have shown her what happened to the child in a few years. Besides, I also happened to be learning how to raise children. When I give birth to myself, won't I?" You have experience.

To borrow the words of my father, it was just right to use the little King Chu and the little Princess Mingji as guinea pigs for an experiment. "

Hearing this, Zhu Wenfang covered her head helplessly: "You and Shi Niang have been scheming and scheming. Enough. Let Sister Bai He watch. Let's go back to the room to eat and take a nap."

The two of them returned to the dormitory hand in hand. Zhu Wenfang sat on a chair, casually picking up a book and flipping through it. Xu Qing walked over with a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, smiling, then knelt at Zhu Wenfang's feet, held up the bowl and said with a smile:
"This is eight-treasure porridge cooked by my own hands. Husband, please drink a bowl of rice porridge first. In two quarters of an hour, we can start dinner."

Zhu Wenfang was taken aback: "Oh, I can't afford it. You are a daughter of a noble prince. You have to kneel down to me even if you drink porridge. If Duke An Guo finds out, he won't be able to skin me and cramp me."

"How do they know about the love in the boudoir? Besides, there is no daughter of the Duke of the country here, only the master's slave girl Qing'er."

Zhu Wenfang covered her face again: "Who did you learn this from?"

Xu Qing looked innocent: "This is what Shi Niang taught me. Is there any problem? Shi Niang said that this is called raising eyebrows. This is how young women serve their husbands, and men also like this tone. If the husband doesn't like it, then the slave It won’t be like this anymore.”

Zhu Wenfang smiled and said: "Don't, don't, don't, that's good. I like it."

After saying that, Zhu Wenfang took the porridge and drank it slowly.

After drinking half of the drink, Zhu Wenfang suddenly asked: "Are Shi Niang and the others like this in Lingyu Palace?"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "It is not suitable for ladies to talk too much about the daily details in Lingyu Palace to the slave family, but I heard that Shiniang and the others are much more excessive than the slave family is now.

Husband, you will know when you think about it. Lingyu Palace has not had any newcomers in more than ten years, and there will never be any newcomers in the future. You know how obedient the ladies are to control your father. "

Zhu Wenfang snorted coldly: "I understand, those mothers and concubines worked together to control the father and the emperor, but they still felt that it was not enough, so they taught you the way of being a charioteer, so that I can also be controlled. "

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Husband, do you want to resist?"

Zhu Wenfang shook his head: "Forget it, we are a married couple and childhood sweethearts. I won't resist. You can do whatever you want."

……

The lives of the emperor and the prince were peaceful and warm.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is February of the 16th year of Jingtai.

Outside Ganzhou City, troops gathered.

In the Chinese army's tent, the most powerful people in the northwest were present.

Cao Guogong, as the coach, sat at the top. On the left are Ma Ang and other civil officials; on the right are King Su, King of Han and other generals and nobles.

King Su and King Han were very humble and refused the proposal to sit at the top.

The coach is at the top, and he is civilized and military at the right. During the war, he does not pay attention to the dignity of the prince, and everything is based on convenience.

Cao Guogong asked: "Your Majesty has given us the decision-making power. It is entirely up to us to decide how far we will fight. We have enough food, grass and baggage management, and the court can support the fight for several years. Today we will discuss whether to fight until Hami or continue." Attack Turpan.

After reaching Turpan, should we attack the Timurid Empire to the west, or turn south to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate? "

Everyone looked at King Su and King Han, and they were humble. However, according to the rules of Taizu's time, once the war started, the vassal king who was ordered to go out had a great say.

The King of Han also repeatedly declined, asking King Su to speak first.

King Su couldn't resist, so he said: "I heard that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is also having internal strife now, and the entire Khanate is about to be divided into two. I also think that we should take the opportunity to destroy the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and eliminate future troubles forever. .”

(End of this chapter)