Chapter 152

In the capital, nothing major has happened recently. However, the Jin Yiwei have been very active in the city recently, and some people have been taken away by the Jin Yiwei. There are even some officials from the DPRK and China. But as for why they were arrested, But I haven't heard any accurate news.

A few days after Zhu Youjian came back from Changping, he came to Qianqing Palace to meet the saint with a cloth bag in his hand.

This time, Zhu Tianqi did not retreat, but received him in front of the palace maids and eunuchs.

Zhu Youjian entered the palace to salute. After seeing Zhu Tianqi, he opened the cloth bag in his hand and took out a stack of letters, more than a dozen letters. Then he took out five or six small wooden tubes containing secret letters. There are traces of sealing with fire paint.

"Your Majesty, these are the secret letters sent to Liaodong by Jiannu's spies and spies in the capital, 23 letters in total!"

"So many?" Zhu Tianqi looked through it briefly and asked, "Are you sure you have found them all? There are no fish that have slipped through the net, right?"

"Absolutely not!" Zhu Youjian replied confidently, "My brother has intercepted all recent letters leaving Beijing and suspicious persons in accordance with His Majesty's instructions. 'I would rather arrest a thousand by mistake than let one go', and These people were all arrested and interrogated in the Imperial Prison, Your Majesty, you know the methods of Jin Yiwei Imperial Prison, and there is nothing that cannot be answered by asking!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded with satisfaction and praised Zhu Youjian: "Very good, you did a great job!"

Zhu Youjian hurriedly raised his fists and said, "Your Majesty is ridiculous. It was all due to your Majesty's ingenious plan. He deliberately mobilized all the generals to enter the pass. With one move, he 'led the snake out of the hole', which attracted these spies in the capital to inform Jiannu. Otherwise, I will Even if I’m very capable, I can’t kill them all in such a short time!”

Zhu Tianqi was not as "ingenious" as Zhu Youjian said. He was just worried that he would let Man Gui bring an army of [-] to the capital. If Jiannu heard about the garrison in Changping, he would change his mind and not attack the capital. Well, then my work would have been in vain, so I simply asked Zhu Youjian to catch the spy. Unexpectedly, the final harvest was not small!

Zhu Youjian immediately asked Zhu Tianqi for instructions: "Your Majesty, how should these people be dealt with?"

Zhu Tianqi thought for a while and then said: "Keep it for now, and then we will interrogate it. Maybe you can ask something else! Also, I still have to keep an eye on people and letters leaving the capital." !”

Zhu Youjian nodded and then left.

Zhu Tianqi stopped him, "Wait a minute. You need to prepare some people in advance. They must be good at catching spies. It doesn't need to be many. One hundred and eighty people are enough. Let them be ready to go to Beijing on errands at any time and wait for my orders." !”

"Yes, my brother has taken note of it!" Zhu Youjian bowed before retreating.

Zhu Tianqi watched Zhu Youjian leave, and then asked Wang Yuanbao to put away all the collaborating letters sent by Zhu Youjian, and sat back on the chair. While thinking about the next plan, he unscrewed the lid of the thermos cup , took a sip of wolfberry tea.

He looked around at the eunuchs and maids serving in the Qianqing Palace, and shrugged slightly. He knew that many of these eunuchs and maids were the eyes of the civil servants outside, and he might not be able to hide from them with his every move. His eyes, even for Wang Yuanbao and Zhu Tianqi, are not 100% trustworthy.

So before he ordered Zhu Youjian to catch the spies, he naturally had to retreat and ordered in secret. But now that the spies have been caught, there is no need to be as secretive as before. Instead, he should use this to shake the mountain and shake the tiger. Those who have disobedient intentions and have not been caught yet should be more honest. …

In the ninth year of Tianqi, on the third day of the tenth month, Zishi.

Zhu Tianqi was suddenly woken up by Wang Yuanbao. He heard Wang Yuanbao say in a daze: "Your Majesty, Master Qian Longxiqian, Minister of the Ministry of War, asked to see him. He said that he had received an urgent military report of six hundred miles from Liaodong. !”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Tianqi suddenly woke up, jumped like a carp... and sat up, but his face didn't seem to have the panic look it should have, instead there was a sense of "surprise"!
"Quickly, change clothes for me!" Zhu Tianqi ordered while getting out of bed and putting on his shoes: "Tell Qian Longxi not to wait for me at the door, and let him hurry up and summon all the ministers to discuss matters in Huangji Hall!"

Wang Yuanbao did not dare to waste a moment, and hurriedly called the maid outside the door to come in to help Zhu Tianqi change clothes, and then ran out to send a message to Qian Longxi.

As the Qianqing Palace turned on the lights, the entire Forbidden City became brightly lit in an instant. The main officials of the cabinet and the six ministries all gathered in the Huangji Hall, all of them looked flustered and talked a lot. Even Zhu Tianqi had already entered the hall. Sitting on the dragon chair, the discussion below still did not diminish at all!
Zhu Tianqi coughed slightly, and Wang Yuanbao immediately shouted: "The Emperor is here!"

Then all the officials became quiet and kowtowed to Zhu Tianqi.

Although Qian Longxi had just been standing at the front and did not participate in the discussion, nor did he say a word, and seemed quite calm, but at this time, he seemed to have finally lost his temper. He held a military newspaper in his hand and loudly reported: " Your Majesty, six hundred miles from Liaodong is urgent!
Our army has reported that the Jiannu army has now crossed the Tatar Chahar tribe and is still marching to the west. It is very likely that it wants to detour through the Tatars and attack the capital. Now that Governor Sun has sent troops back to defend, the court should also advance Deploy troops and generals to protect the capital! "

Zhu Tianqi was sitting on the dragon chair, calm and composed. Facing such a crisis, he showed a sense of city and psychological quality that far exceeded his age.

Of course, Zhu Tianqi would not have the slightest fear, because he asked Sun Chengzong to send this [-]-mile urgent military report back, and he had already made a full battle plan to wipe out the Jiannu.

There was a smile on Zhu Tianqi's face. He looked at the panic-looking ministers below and asked in a cold voice: "What, are you all scared out of your wits?"

All the officials were immediately silent, no one dared to say a word.

Zhu Tianqi didn't expect these cowards to say anything brave, so he looked at Qian Longxi and asked: "Qian Longxi, you are the Minister of War, please tell me your opinion on this matter first!"

Qian Longxi thought for a moment and then answered: "Back to the emperor, I believe that regardless of whether Jiannu will actually attack the capital, our army should take precautions in advance. Now it happens that Datong's general army has reached Guangxi and led an army of [-] Stationed in Changping, the emperor can order Mangui to lead his army to Jizhou to prevent Jiannu from coming from the north!"

As soon as Qian Longxi said these words, the ministers behind him nodded one after another and breathed a sigh of relief. They were really in a panic just now, and they had forgotten that Mangui was in Changping now, and he was leading With one hundred thousand elite soldiers, even if the slaves come, they will definitely be able to protect the capital.

(End of this chapter)

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