golden scales

Looking at Cai Maode, who is not in the oil and salt, Zhu Cihong suddenly has an illusion. He always feels that he is very similar to the previous TV series, where the rich and handsome oppress the poor beautiful girl with his family status, and the beautiful girl would rather die than follow the poor boy... It seems that having a good memory is not necessarily a good thing.

After Cai Maode's blow, the second blow followed.Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to order the crown prince Zhu Cihong to return to Beijing, which is tantamount to announcing the lifting of the crown prince's right to conscript on behalf of the emperor.At the same time, with extremely high courtesy, he appointed Li Jiantai, a scholar who joined the cabinet last year, to go on an expedition in person, and personally paid a farewell party for Li Jiantai. When Yang Sichang went on an expedition, the emperor only said, "Let's drink and eat with him." When Zhu Cihong left Beijing, he also Just had a family dinner.

"The emperor ordered his son-in-law, Captain Wan Wei, to report to the Taimiao, and he wrote the four characters 'on behalf of my own person' in the hall. Tsk tsk, the emperor has not given words to his ministers for several years, and this time he will give them the iron coupon It looks like a treasure!" The Zhongguan who came from the palace to deliver the imperial edict was full of eloquence, and told Zhu Cihong about the situation that day in detail.

He is Liu Ruoyu's confidant, and he is not afraid of his proprietor. He said vividly: "Along with this manuscript, there is also a Dragon Festival and a Shangfang. At this time, the holy car will come to the tower of Zhengyangmen to preside over the farewell banquet in person. , those officials in Guanglu Temple looked stupid! That view, really, tsk tsk, the flags and streamers lined up from the Meridian Gate to the Zhengyang Gate! The civil servants sat at the nine tables on the east side, the military officers sat at the nine tables on the west side, and the imperial guards sat in the middle. There are nineteen seats together.

The emperor used the Jintaijue inlaid with big gems!That is a heavy weapon that is only occasionally used during the ceremony!Ministers also use gold cups.The emperor gave Li Jiantai three glasses of wine, including the gold cup.The maidservant remembered that at the time of praise at Honglu Temple, the emperor himself said to Li Jiantai: "Sir, I will go as if I were in person";After Li Jiantai finished drinking three cups, he will give this edict to him. "

Zhu Cihong only listened to the middle sentences intermittently, and his whole mind fell on this "Edict bestowed by the imperial court on the governor's hand".Li Jiantai's original imperial edict was written in Chongzhen's handwriting, and the one in his hand was just a pirated copy copied out by the eunuchs in the inner palace.The font is different, but the content is good.

After Zhu Cihong read it carefully, he already had a comparison in his mind.Like Yang Sichang and other supervisors and assistant ministers who went out in the past, they carried the Shangfang sword, but the scope of special decisions was limited to "civilian officials self-supervising the army, military preparations, and salary departments, prefectural and county officials, etc.; military officers from the deputy and below." Senior civil and military officials such as governors, governors, and soldiers from all walks of life can only participate in the performance, and let the emperor rule.There is no such restriction in the imperial edict to Li Jiantai. No matter who, as long as "the crime is true, he will act according to the Shang Fang", and it also clearly emphasizes that "all inter-bank arrangements for rewards and punishments are not controlled."

This authority has exceeded Zhu Cihong's previous edict, and it can also be seen from this that Emperor Chongzhen has gone around looking for straws.

"The emperor still stood in the Zhengyang gate tower and watched Li Jiantai leave the capital." The eunuch was still chattering.

Zhu Cihong passed the imperial edict to Wu Zhen.Wu Tong finished reading ten lines at a glance and gave it to Sun Chuanting.After reading it, Sun Chuanting interrupted the eunuch and asked, "Where did Li Jiantai go?"

The eunuch just paused for a moment, and then said: "It's going to Baoding in the south. The court ministers believe that Xuanfu and Datong are still guarded by heavy troops. Li Thief will definitely not go north. The Yellow River goes to Baoding. In this way, as long as Baoding is defended and the Xuan army rushes to help, it can also become a barrier for the capital."

The eunuch's broken mouth also has an advantage, that is, he asked ten questions and answered ten questions, and explained the matter clearly.

Zhu Cihong asked the eunuch, "Your name is Wu Qingchen?"

"It's the servant girl." Wu Qingchen flattered her.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and ordered him to back down: "I'll have a reply letter to take back to Liu Ruoyu, you can have some food first, don't drink."

"Your servant obeys, thank you Qiansui for your reward." Wu Qingchen hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

When there were only three people in the study, Zhu Cihong finally had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "This time, Cai Maode will not be able to be arrested."

"Oh, that's all for Cai Maode." Sun Chuanting also sighed, "I'm afraid Li Jiantai will disappoint the emperor's high expectations."

The East Palace has long deduced Li Zicheng's next marching route. As long as Li Zicheng maintains his usual sanity and vision, he will definitely divide his troops and advance together.In this way, the occupied area can be expanded, the pressure on the grain roads can be reduced, and the problem of inconvenient deployment and inability to change direction of the army can also be avoided.

Especially in the battle on the river, Li Zicheng would not put more than [-] troops in one direction.What's more, the "Xuan Da Power" that the imperial court thought only existed on paper, and the actual number of troops would only be one-third of the number on the list or even less.And only this one-third, most of them are miscellaneous auxiliary soldiers, and the rest are the servants of the main general, who can protect their lives on the battlefield and fight for power and profit in the officialdom.

"Mr. Wu," Zhu Cihong shook his head again and again, "Father ordered me to go back, what do you think?"

"That depends on how courageous Your Highness is." Wu Xuan always put on a calm look when he was nervous.

"It's huge." Zhu Cihong said decisively.

"Then I won't go back." Wu Tong said bluntly: "Shanxi can't be defended, Xuanda can't be relied on, and Yanjing City is broken. Now the court and the middle are arguing about the southward move. Regardless of whether to move or not, return to Yanjing Kyoto is unnecessary."

"Based on my understanding of my father, moving south is impossible." Zhu Cihong originally wanted to say "the king will die in the country", but he was afraid of frightening Wu Zhen and Sun Chuanting, so he said mildly: "My father's stamina and courage, in 3000 He is also ranked first in the year, and he absolutely refuses to be humiliated by his subordinates."

So the emperor can only die in Yanjing!

Wu Xuan could naturally hear the implication, and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, it is imminent to seize Shandong as a foothold. But Yanjing..."

"Your Highness," Sun Chuanting led the army for a long time, more bluntly, "There is a saying in ancient times that 'the king dies in the country', but the emperor is an example for all people after all, and should not be dismissed lightly. Now the towns are really divided, but they still have to be ruled by others." Taken by the Son of Heaven. If His Majesty dies in the country, the world will surely fall apart and the hearts of the people will be scattered."

Zhu Cihong nodded in agreement.In the original historical script, Chongzhen did hang himself on the southeast branch, setting off a frenzy of "revenge" for him throughout the country.Even for a long time, Wu Sangui's introduction of Qing soldiers into the pass was regarded by the people as a clever strategy of "borrowing captives to suppress the bandits".Grandmaster Hongguang of the Nanming Dynasty was even willing to thank the Qing soldiers for entering the customs. Shi Kefa also wrote to Dorgon, expressing his willingness to provide food, grass, cattle and sheep to reward the Qing soldiers.

If you only read history books, Zhu Cihong thinks this is the ignorance of seeking skin from a tiger.However, after living in this era for more than ten years, and standing at the height of the crown prince, Zhu Cihong did not believe in such words as "revenge for the emperor".

The death of Chongzhen may have won sympathy for a century, but at present, neither the small court in the south of the Yangtze River nor Wu Sangui has ever sincerely mourned the young emperor.Fu Wang just wanted to secure half of the country and win people's hearts.Wu Sangui also used this to cover up his shameful act of shaving his head and serving as a captive, and at the same time attempted to turn the land outside the pass into private property.If Li Zicheng could generously grant Wu Sangui all the outside of Shanhaiguan, even if Chongzhen was killed alive, Wu Sangui would not lead the Qing soldiers into the customs for revenge.

And because the throne was vacated, Zhu Ming's clan suddenly saw the hope of becoming a great treasure.The warlord with evil intentions also breeds ambition from this. No matter what, he will grab a clan first, and if he has the opportunity, he will come to the throne and succeed him, and he will become a powerful minister like Yiyin Huoguang.Zheng Zhilong is one of the models, and it doesn't prevent him from surrendering to the Qing Dynasty after he finishes his work.

If Chongzhen did not die, all the internal conflicts caused by the throne would naturally disappear.From this point of view, the chances of restoring the country are naturally much greater.Thinking that after several internal frictions, the Kui Dong Shisan Family could still gather 20 people to fight against the whole country with one corner, and persisted until the third year of Kangxi, which is a full 21 years since Jiashen.If there is no internal friction, what kind of earth-shattering event will these people do again?

In past and present lives, Zhu Cihong was not a sentimental person, and it can even be said that he was indifferent to his family.However, even if it is a cold-blooded animal, it is impossible to watch the relatives who have been with each other day and night in this life suffer a terrible death. "If the emperor insists on not leaving, I don't mind admonishing him." Zhu Cihong uttered the plan he had prepared in his heart: use the disguise of a royal guard to kidnap the emperor, and coerce his mother, younger siblings and other relatives to go with him.

Wu Xuan and Sun Chuanting had already guessed it.The crown prince likes to be strong, but lacks tact. He will not patiently and meticulously persuade the emperor as a courtier, but will definitely use the bargaining chip at hand to solve the problem in the most direct way.

"Your Highness, what then?" Wu Sheng asked.

Then let the emperor abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, and the crown prince ascend to the throne?

Or is he coercing the emperor to make the princes, and he is still a "virtuous and filial" crown prince? (To be continued.)