Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 156
Zhu Tianqi cast his eyes on the baby on the bed and said, "Let's call him Zhu Ciyi!"

Zhang Yan recited the name silently, and it seemed that it sounded smooth to her, so she asked again: "Your Majesty, which word is it?"

Zhu Tianqi immediately waved, and Wang Yuanbao hurriedly went to get the pen and ink. Zhu Tianqi immediately picked up the pen and wrote the three words "Zhu Ciyi" on the paper, and then smiled and said to Zhang Yan: "Since the name is named after the word "fire", why not simply Let the fire burn brighter!"

Zhang Yan was very satisfied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"

Zhu Tianqi is in a good mood, not only because he has become a father, but more importantly, because Zhang Yan gave him a son. The mouths of those civil servants and ministers themselves can have sufficient reasons to control the conscripts themselves.

Zhu Tianqi immediately ordered Wang Yuanbao to draw up an edict, "Confess Prince Zhu Ciyi as the Crown Prince of the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty, and announce it to the world!"

Early the next morning, Zhu Tianqi convened the cabinet to discuss matters in the Huangji Palace. Zhu Tianqi did not say any nonsense and said straight to the point: "During this period, hundreds of officials in the court have submitted a lot of memorials. Although I have sent one I haven’t seen it, but I think they must have advised me not to go on a personal expedition!
Regarding this, I have already said that I have made up my mind about the imperial conquest in person. How can you, with your short-sightedness and scholarly outlook, see that this is an eternal opportunity for our Ming Dynasty to wipe out the slaves?
Don't you always say that if the country has no prince, I shouldn't take risks alone?Now that we have a prince, even if I cannot come back from this expedition, you don’t have to worry about the Ming Dynasty having no successor! "

Having said this, Zhu Tianqi looked at Qian Qianyi and said, "Qian Qianyi, don't worry. If I really make the same mistake as Tumubao, then I will put my words here today. If I am attacked by the enemy, Prisoner, I will never live in this world and cause trouble for you!"

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he immediately trembled, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground: "I don't dare, I definitely didn't mean what I said yesterday!"

Qian Longxi and Liu Hongxun also stood up to smooth things over: "Master Qian is also worried about the safety of the emperor and the stability of the Ming Dynasty!"

When Zhu Tianqi's words reached this point, even Lai Zongdao and Zhou Daodeng couldn't stand it anymore. Lai Zongdao took a step forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, although I have a master in the East Palace of the Ming Dynasty now, the prince is still young. I think , It is indeed inappropriate for Your Majesty to want to personally conduct the expedition at this time!"

What Zongdao said touched Zhu Tianqi's heart. Now that Zhang Yan had just given birth and Prince Zhu Ciyi was still too young, although he had to leave their mother and son and go to exterminate the slaves, he must still be very worried and worried. Reluctant to give up.

He originally planned to arrange for Zhang Guoji and Zhu Youjian to protect the safety of Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciyi, mother and son. However, even though Zhu Youjian commanded the Jinyi Guards and Zhang Guoji held a certain amount of military power, their strength was still too small compared to the civil service group. Well, once the civil service group has malicious intentions and wants to harm Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciyi, they may not be able to protect the queen and the prince.

Furthermore, there is still a question mark over Zhu Youjian's loyalty to him. Zhu Youjian is different from Zhang Guoji. Zhang Guoji is Zhang Yan's biological father and the prince's grandfather. He will definitely protect their mother and son at all costs. It's safe, but where is Zhu Youjian?
I said at the beginning that he would be "brother and brother", and he would almost be able to succeed to the throne. Although he recovered from his illness later, this matter will be reversed, but Zhu Tianqi does not believe that after this incident, , Zhu Youjian had no idea about the throne at all.

Therefore, for Zhu Youjian, if he really has any ideas, the prince will become his obstacle instead. Only when he has no successors can he have the possibility of "brother and brother". It is not reliable, even if he is reliable now, there is a possibility that he will be instigated by the civil society.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi, who had no confidence in his heart, had to think deeply after hearing what Lai Zongdao said. It seems that if he wants to ensure the safety of Queen Zhang Yan and Prince Zhu Ciyi, mother and son, it is better to To start from the root, we have to "incite rebellion" against the civilian clique!
Zhu Tianqi thought for a moment and then said: "What you said is true. I have just thought about it again and again and decided to entrust the prince to you. The six of you are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty. I entrust the prince to you." You guys, even if I die, I can rest in peace!"

The six people didn't expect the emperor to say such words after being silent for a long time, they were all stunned on the spot, and when they came back to their senses, they all hurriedly knelt down on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty! With God's favor, you will live forever, please don't say such inauspicious words!"

After Zhu Tianqi heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. Although he knew that the following people were just complimenting him, only he knew that he really had a long life!

On the surface, Zhu Tianqi remained calm, and said with a very serious expression: "My dear friends, please come to your senses. I will make a decree today. If I cannot return victorious from this personal expedition, I will designate several dear friends as the crown prince's eunuchs." , assist the prince in governing the country, and I will entrust the country of Ming Dynasty to you!"

As he spoke, Zhu Tianqi stood up and raised his hands to the six cabinet ministers below.

The six people below did not dare to accept the courtesy, so they all knelt down and knelt down to worship: "I don't dare. I am grateful for the emperor's trust and kindness. I will loyally assist the prince and die with exhaustion!"

Zhu Tianqi looked at the six people kneeling below. The three of them, Qian Qianyi, Qian Longxi and Liu Hongxun, shouted loudly. Xu Guangqi, Lai Zongdao and Zhou Daodeng seemed to be forced to follow the rules and knelt down, with faces on their faces. There was also some surprise and hesitation.

Zhu Tianqi naturally understood why Qian Qianyi, Qian Longxi, and Liu Hongxun agreed so happily all of a sudden, and it wasn't because his actions hit their hearts.

Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi are not fools. The emperor's entrustment to them shows his absolute trust in them, which is very helpful for their status improvement;
Secondly, if the emperor really does not come back from this personal expedition, they will all become ministers who care about life. Wouldn’t the power of the Ming Dynasty fall into their hands?The prince is young, so he must not be able to govern personally. They are called auxiliary ministers, but they are actually the real rulers!
As for why Qian Qianyi, Qian Longxi, and Liu Hongxun were more excited about this matter than Xu Guangqi, Lai Zongdao, and Zhou Daodeng, it was naturally because they knew that Xu Guangqi, Lai Zongdao, and Zhou Daodeng were all too old to do it. It's been a few years. As long as they get rid of them, the Ming Dynasty's political power will be completely in their hands, and the Donglin Party will once again usher in new glory!

And even if you don't talk about age, without the support of the emperor, Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of the cabinet, is nothing. Can he, a man who believes in foreign religions, be able to fight against the Donglin Party?As long as Lai Zongdao and Zhou Daodeng are both very Buddhist people, they may have resigned and returned to their hometown to retire when they saw that the momentum was not good. They are not opponents at all!
So Qian Qianyi and the others naturally supported this. Besides, the emperor said it so sincerely, and it was hard for them to offend the emperor's face.Zhu Tianqi knew that once he said "Tuogu", they would definitely not be able to refuse such a "temptation" and would definitely compromise on the imperial commander's personal expedition in the end. However, he did not expect that they would not even bother to act on the occasion and agree. It's such a pleasure.

Thinking of this, Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Why don't you try to persuade me now not to go on a personal expedition? It's too ruthless. Are you all now wishing I couldn't come back?"

In short, true or false, the matter was settled inexplicably, Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi, the two big bosses, no longer opposed the emperor's personal conquest, and all the officials in the court naturally stopped.

And in this way, Zhu Tianqi can rest assured about the safety of the queen and the prince. After all, if Qian Qianyi and others want to be the prince's assistant ministers, they must first ensure the prince's safety. If the prince is gone, how can they "hold the emperor hostage" To order the princes to go?

However, although Zhu Tianqi could ensure the safety of the prince by doing this, it would add a lot of security risks to himself, because the Donglin Party members might be disadvantageous to him in order to become the auxiliary minister, because he was the only one who died as the emperor. Only then can they help the prince ascend to the throne, become the assistant minister, and control the government!
But Zhu Tianqi was not too worried, because it is estimated that no one in the court thought that he could defeat Jiannu, so even if they wanted to murder him, they might not be so anxious to do it. After all, it was best to let him Die in the hands of Jiannu, die on the battlefield, otherwise if the matter is exposed, it will not be a joke.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi thought that at least he was safe now, and he still had a body armor and a pistol for self-defense. Ordinary assassins would not be able to hurt him, but once he left Beijing, he had to be more careful.

After sending away the six cabinet ministers, Zhu Tianqi found Taikang Hou Zhang Guoji and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, and ordered them to protect the imperial city and the safety of the queen and prince.

King Xin Zhu Youjian is currently the commander of the Jinyi Guards, so he naturally holds military power. However, Zhang Guoji is just a deputy governor of the Central Military Command. His official position is not small, but he actually has no power, so he must be given certain military power. .

Because Zhu Tianqi had previously dismissed the British Duke Zhang Weixian from his post and asked him to go home and spend his old age in secret, he named Zhang Guoji to take over Zhang Weixian's position and serve as the left governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, succeeding Zhang Weixian and taking charge of the Beijing camp.

Now that the Beijing camp has been vigorously rectified, there are nearly [-] soldiers and horses, which is enough to ensure that Zhang Guoji can say the same in the capital, and those civil servants should not dare to be too presumptuous.

On the eighth day of October, Sun Yuanhua led the new army to arrive outside Juyong Pass. After Zhu Tianqi received the news, he immediately ordered Sun Yuanhua to lead his troops into the pass and stationed in Tongzhou.

The artillery, muskets, gunpowder shells and other ordnance that Sun Yuanhua had transported back from the northwest military base in advance were stored in Tongzhou. Zhu Tianqi specially sent Jinyi guards to look after them. What exactly are the military supplies that Si brought back.

After Sun Yuanhua led the new army to set up camp in Tongzhou, he went to the capital to meet the saint in person. Although it was already dark when Sun Yuanhua entered the palace, Zhu Tianqi still received him in Huangji Hall. After all, he had not seen Sun Yuanhua for a long time. , Zhu Tianqi really missed him.

In less than two years, Sun Yuanhua made great contributions to Zhu Tianqi. He not only built the northwest military industrial base, but also designed and manufactured many new artillery and artillery shells, and completed the training of the new army. Far exceeded Zhu Tianqi’s expectations!
Although Sun Yuanhua's achievements are inseparable from the information support provided by Zhu Tianqi, even with ready-made information, not everyone can achieve these achievements in just two years!
Zhu Tianqi looked at Sun Yuanhua, who had a tan complexion, and immediately had mixed feelings. However, he held back thousands of words in his heart, and in the end he just said: "Sun Aiqing, thank you for your hard work!"

Sun Yuanhua solemnly knelt down, kowtowed and saluted, and said: "I dare not mention the word hard work. Thanks to the cultivation of the emperor, I have learned many superb skills in the past two years. Now I only hope that I can use these skills to repay the favor in the future." The imperial court, strengthen our heavenly army and help Governor Sun and Governor Yuan recover Liaodong as soon as possible to repay the emperor!"

In fact, Sun Yuanhua didn't know the specific purpose of Zhu Tianqi's transfer back. He just guessed that the emperor asked him to make firearms and train new troops, which must be used to deal with the Jiannu. So now that the emperor transfers him back, it must be He was asked to go to Liaodong to support Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan.

However, now that things had happened, Zhu Tianqi no longer needed to hide it from Sun Yuanhua. He came forward to help Sun Yuanhua up and said with a smile: "Sun Aiqing, you have an opportunity to make achievements now, you don't have to wait until later!"

When Sun Yuanhua heard these words, he was naturally a little excited, but he still acted quite calmly, and he clasped his fists and saluted and said, "Please give orders, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Tianqi did not show off, and said directly: "At the beginning of the month, Liaodong sent a six hundred mile urgent message, saying that Jiannu would detour to Tatar and attack the capital. Therefore, I plan to use this opportunity to lure the enemy deep and mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress them. Annihilate Jiannu within the pass!"

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he was immediately surprised. He had fought against Jiannu in Liaodong. To be honest, Jiannu's Eight Banners Army was still very powerful and should not be underestimated. If he wanted to encircle and suppress Jiannu, I'm afraid It is possible to win by mobilizing an army several times larger than that of Jiannu. Moreover, the land of the capital is mostly plains, and the terrain is very favorable for Jiannu cavalry, which further increases the difficulty of the war.

But even so, Sun Yuanhua did not feel the slightest fear because of this. After all, although the number of new troops in his hand was not large, they were all equipped with new artillery and firecrackers. Sun Yuanhua was confident that his new army was enough to do To one enemy ten, and he also has the consciousness of dying on the battlefield and shrouded in horse leather.

Therefore, thinking that he was finally going to be the main attacker and confronting Jiannu head-on, Sun Yuanhua felt his blood boil and became a little excited.

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