Jinyi Night Walk

Zhu Yunxuan sent envoys to see the King of Yan, and proposed that as long as the King of Yan stopped fighting, he would pardon all the crimes of the King of Yan and the officers and men of the Yan army, and restore Zhu Di's kingship.Zhu Di immediately sneered when he heard this, it was just the emperor's nephew's plan to delay the attack, how could he not know.

Zhu Di sternly said: "I have issued an edict to the world since the day I raised my army, not against the emperor, but on the side of the Qing emperor. In the third year of Jingnan, the people have been displaced, the place has been corrupted, soldiers have been killed, and the country has weakened. Strike off the war and keep my family safe and wealthy, but how will Zhu Di explain to the people of the world? How to explain to those people who have been displaced and their families have been destroyed? How to explain to the soldiers who have lost countless lives in the Southern Army and the Northern Army in the past three years?"

The envoy changed color and said, "Your Highness...

Zhu Di flicked his sleeves and said: "Angels don't need to say any more. Your Majesty wants your ministers to stop fighting, that's fine, but you have to agree to one condition, as long as your Majesty will deceive the emperor's heart, separate the royal relatives, force the prince to death, and imprison the clan in the name of cutting the vassal. Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, the chief culprits who provoked this great war, were put to death in public, the minister immediately suspended his troops, and returned to His Majesty alone with his three sons, only His Majesty's orders are to be obeyed!"

The envoy had no choice but to return to the capital. Zhu Yunqi was just to slow down the troops and use this time to mobilize troops and horses and collect food and grass. The emperor really wanted to stop the war and seek peace.Besides, Zhu Di proposed such harsh conditions to kill Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others, even if he wanted to ask for peace, he would never agree.

Due to the sudden change of the weather, Zhu Yunwen was suffering from a cold and was ill. After receiving the report from the envoy, he reluctantly dragged his sick body to the front hall.

Zhu Yunxuan summoned Fang Xiaoru, Ru Chang, Li Jinglong and other father and military officials to Zhengxin Hall, and just mentioned that King Yan refused to negotiate a peace, Fang Xiaoru spoke first.Now that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai are not in the capital, Fang Xiaoru's influence is a little weak. He was afraid that Li Jinglong and Ru Chang would revisit the old talk and would propose some kind of peace, so he said first: "Your Majesty, we have already raised some money in the past two months or so. The grain and grass can make up for the loss of Pei County, and we have mobilized [-] soldiers from all parts of the south to supplement the former army. I think that Yan Ni's rejection of the Holy One's kindness is a proof of his wolf ambition, and my heavenly soldiers are even more famous. Your Majesty Sheng Yong, Wu Jie, and Ping'an can be sent to attack Beiping again, and generals can be recruited from Liaodong to Shanhaiguan..."

Li Jinglong rolled his eyes and said: "If the Tatars and Wala took advantage of my Liaodong army's internal transfer and seized the Liaodong capital, what can I do?"

Fang Xiaoru said: "Tatar and Wala are busy with the civil war, and they have no time to care about others. They may not have the heart to take Liaodong. Moreover, Yan's rebellion is getting bigger and bigger. This is a confidant's trouble. Even if Liaodong is abandoned, Yan must first To eradicate Ni, as long as Yan Ni is excluded, even if Liaodong is occupied by others, won’t my mighty army of the Celestial Dynasty not be able to take it back? As long as Liaodong soldiers and horses are transferred, Yan Ni will be eager to return to the army to defend the lair, and our army will chase after it , should be successful in one fell swoop."

Zhu Yunxuan hesitated for a moment, then looked at others, Xu Huizu came out of the class calmly and said: "Mr. Xizhi's words are old-fashioned views of the country! Your minister seconded it!"

When Wei Guogong made this statement, many generals in the army expressed their support. Jing Qing, Lian Zining and others are not familiar with military affairs, but they have seen too many people like Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng who do bad things with good intentions, and the more they help, the busier they are I didn't dare to express my opinion because of my ability, but now I see the support of many generals in the army, and I guess that even if this strategy is not a clever plan, it should not be a stupid idea, so they also express their support. This way, Li Jinglong and Ru Chang seem to be It's hard to talk about being weak.

Seeing this, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but secretly proud. Although Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai are no longer in the capital, but with the full support of the future dark family, he can still be the same and influence the general situation of the court.

In fact, this was the method he discussed with Xu Huizu. After Xu Huizu analyzed the situation outside the customs in detail, he concluded that the Tatars and Oirats who had just split were busy fighting for power, and it was impossible to take Liaodong's idea for the time being.The land outside the pass was vast, and these herdsmen chiefs cared about ready-made wealth, rather than seizing an open field. Sending Liaodong soldiers into the pass seemed risky, but it was unlikely that the Mongols would take advantage of it.

Seeing that most people agreed with Fang Xiaoru's proposition, Zhu Yunxuan couldn't help being happy, and quickly asked someone to draw up an order. According to Fang Xiaoru's intention, he ordered Sheng Yong, Pingan and others to march into Beiping, and at the same time ordered Liaodong soldiers to enter the pass to support them.

When everyone left, Fang Xiaoru stood still, and when everyone had left, he leaned in front of the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, I have another plan to help your Majesty deal with King Yan."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunwen was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Xi Zhi, tell me quickly."

Fang Xiaoru said something to Zhu Yunhui in a low voice, Zhu Yunzheng nodded frequently and said with joy, "Mr.

Just as he was talking, Mu En came in with the imperial doctor, seeing Fang Xiaoru striding out beamingly, Mu En couldn't help being a little surprised.Ever since Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were demoted and exiled, he hadn't seen Dr. Fang look so proud for a long time. It was just because he had just returned from the imperial hospital, but he didn't know what happy event Fang Xiaoru had.

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After Sheng Yong received Zhu Yunqi's imperial edict, he immediately deployed a counterattack. He first transferred Datong guard Fang Zhao to lead his army into Zijingguan to attack the counties in Baoding that had surrendered to King Yan; he ordered Wu Jie to help Fang Zhao with food and grass; Sent troops into the customs and attacked Yongping; personally led the army out of Dezhou and stationed in Xishuizhai, Yixian County. This place is located in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Finally, let Pingan lead the rangers to move outside, or attack Beiping, or attack Yanwang, and act cheaply.

For a while, the battle situation in the north was clouded with lead, and the tension became tense again.

Beiping City was once again attacked by the imperial army. The Liaodong soldiers who entered the pass and the Pingan army attacked Beiping in turn. The battle was fierce. Although it was not as terrifying as Li Jinglong's siege last time, they knew that the defenders would definitely not abandon Beiping City. , so there is no need to besiege the city on all sides, just gather heavy troops in one place to attack every day, which is as tragic as the last Beiping defense battle.

For three years, the King of Yan and his second son Zhu Gaoxu led the army outside, fighting with golden arms and iron horses, and fighting on the battlefield. As the eldest son, Zhu Xiaopang guarded Beiping. Although he had never been on the battlefield, it was actually more difficult than being on the battlefield. , To collect food and grass, recruit soldiers, accept surrendered and conquered prefectures and counties, manage local officials, collect taxes to pay for the army, receive and sort out the war weapons brought back from the front line, and so on, so that the king of Yan can lead his troops without any worries.

Over the past three years, so many things have been on his shoulders, and he has worked hard day and night, making Zhu Xiaopang mature. He has a calm temperament, is experienced in handling affairs, and is shrewd. He is very majestic, the only thing that has not changed is his honesty to his family and his obesity that cannot be reduced no matter how hard he works or diets.

Early this morning, the Southern Army launched another charge against Beiping. Zhu Gaochi personally guarded the city that was riddled with holes, encouraging and comforting the soldiers everywhere. He was able to catch his breath when the Southern Army retreated at noon.Zhu Gaochi returned to the city gate tower, wiped the sweat off his face, and was just about to drink a big teacup when someone came to report: "Report to Your Majesty, some people in the city are begging to see you with a flag!"

Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, and asked, "How many people are here?"

The soldier said: "There is only one person!"

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, and ordered: "Put down the hanging basket and pull him up, I want to see what kind of tricks Ping An wants to play."

After a while, a messenger from the Southern Army was pulled up to the top of the city and brought into the tower.Zhu Gaochi sat on the head, and said coldly: "What did Ping An send you here for?"

The man laughed, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, I'm not a subordinate of General Ping'an."

Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly, and asked doubtfully, "Are you from Liaodong?"

The man smiled mysteriously and said, "Not really. I'm from Jinling."

"Jinling?"

Zhu Gaochi asked in surprise, "Are you an envoy sent by the emperor?"

The man took out a secret letter sealed in yellow silk from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is written by His Majesty himself. Your Majesty knows that His Majesty sticks to Beiping and opposes the imperial court. However, since ancient times, when loyalty and filial piety could not be fulfilled, one should give up filial piety and be loyal. His Majesty said that as long as the son submits to the imperial court and sacrifices Beiping, the emperor will make the son the king of Yan and guard him from generation to generation. "Don't say it! "

Zhu Gaochi was furious, he stood up suddenly and said: "Come here, tie him up and put him in prison!"

A general standing by the side watched everything that happened in front of him, his eyes rolled, and a cunning brilliance flashed away.

At first glance, this man looked like a general, but upon closer inspection, he found that under the leather armor was an indigo eunuch's robe.

There are several eunuchs in charge of Yan Wang's mansion, Zheng He, Li Xing, Hou Xian, Gou'er, Wang An, probably because of the prosperity of martial arts in the north, they all have good martial arts, and Huang Yan is one of them. After defending the city, he naturally has to accompany him.

Two days ago, because the southern army was attacking the city fiercely, Huang Yan was afraid of the battle and did not dare to approach. Zhu Gaochi, who was in charge of the battle, found out and beat him up with military law. At night, Huang Yan quietly called a confidant eunuch, gave him such and such orders, and then quietly sent him to the city.

The southern army was also afraid that the Yan army in the city would attack the camp at night, so the camp was twenty miles away from Beiping city, and there was no enemy army under the city. The little eunuch ran away after leaving the city, and threw himself into the vast night.

Besides, Zhu Gaochi escorted the court envoy to see his mother.

Concubine Xu didn't take this matter to heart either, Zhu Yunwen's autograph letter was thrown aside without looking at it, and she discussed with her son about the issue of winter clothes, food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops this winter when King Yan is about to return to the army.

The next morning, Monk Daoyan raised a sum of gold and silver and gave it to the princess at Yanwangfu. Princess Xu recalled what happened yesterday and told it to Daoyan. If you want the son to betray His Highness, not to mention what happened to the son of the King of Zhou who was instigated by him to sue his father, just use the benevolence and filial piety of the son..."

Having said that, his face suddenly changed.

Concubine Xu is so alert, she immediately sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what's wrong?"

Dao Yan said slowly: "The poor monk is worried that the emperor's surrender is false, but the divorce is true."

Concubine Xu was startled, and said, "Divorce? Gao Chi and His Highness are father and son, and a letter can..."

Speaking of this, her complexion also became ugly. Isn't the second son of King Zhou not his own flesh and blood?And he is also a son.Since ancient times, there have been few incidents of fratricide for the sake of power. The king of Yan is now leading the army. If there is a loss in Beiping, he will lose his foundation immediately. When the news spreads, seven out of ten of his army will be dispersed in an instant. Eighth, there is no food and grass, no foundation, and the fall is only a moment. If King Yan heard the news, would he not be worried?

Concubine Xu stood up abruptly, her face paled and she said, "Oh, I was careless, master, what should I do now?"

Dao Yan asked: "Have you ever opened and read that letter from the Emperor?"

Concubine Xu said: "No, Gao Chi didn't care about it at all, and I never took it to heart."

She hurried over, rummaged through the table, found the unopened letter and handed it to Dao Yan, Dao Yan let go.Angrily, he said: "That's okay, immediately send someone to bring this letter, and then take the envoy of the imperial court to see His Highness, and leave everything to His Highness's disposal. Only in this way can His Highness's doubts be eliminated. Otherwise, His Highness will inevitably be suspicious even if he doesn't fall for it." The son once hesitated, and it will be very detrimental to the son in the future!"

Concubine Xu also knew the seriousness of the situation, so she hurriedly asked someone to bring up the envoy who was in the prison, and called a few trusted family generals to give her instructions.When Zhu Gaochi came back from the city, he heard his mother explain how powerful it was, and couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. At midnight that night, Zhu Gaochi opened the city gate and let these famous families out of the city, and quickly went to find King Yan.

As soon as the little eunuch sent by Huang Yan left the area of ​​Beiping, he bought a horse with money and rushed to the place where King Yan was camping day and night. King Yan couldn't help hesitating when he heard that the little eunuch reported that the emperor had sent a secret envoy to lure the prince down. I really don't want to believe that my son will betray me, it is my own flesh and blood, but the matter is very important, once it is true, it will be the end of eternal doom.

After thinking about it, he couldn't feel relieved, so King Yan called his second son Zhu Gaoxu and asked him if he had any contact with the emperor when he was in Beijing.Zhu Gaoxu was a little baffled at first, but he didn't understand what happened until his father took out Huang Yan's secret letter, and a trace of greed couldn't help but arise spontaneously.

He asked himself that he had contributed a lot to his father's life and death, but he is not the eldest son, no matter whether it is the throne of King Yan, or once his father sits on the throne of Jiangshan, he has no part in him. Zhu Gaoxu usually thinks about it, and he also feels very aggrieved.Eldest brother is fat and immature, so he may not live long, but he already has a son, and with his eldest son and grandson, the throne or the throne will still not belong to him, if he can... .

A trace of evil thoughts lingered in his mind, and suddenly he remembered that his eldest brother had always been kind and was very close to him and the third child. Since the two of them made troubles since childhood, the eldest brother tried his best to tolerate and protect them. Now he can decide with a single word. Big Brother's life and death, I can't help but feel a little bit unbearable.

Seeing his gloomy expression, Zhu Di couldn't help shouting: "I asked you something for my father, why didn't you answer?"

"what!"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback, the heart of power finally defeated the kinship of flesh and blood, he made up his mind, knelt down and said: "Father, I...hesitate, because I don't want to talk about the right and wrong of the elder brother, after all, he is the elder brother of the child, But..., but it is about the safety of the father and tens of thousands of troops, and the son dare not hide it, so..."

Zhu Di's eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice: "Just talk about it, being a father has his own measure!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaoxu made a reluctance in every possible way, and reluctantly said: "When the three sons and ministers came to the capital, the emperor hosted a feast to entertain the eldest brother, and treated the eldest brother with great grace. From now on..., from now on, I will often call the eldest brother into the palace to talk. The eldest brother is knowledgeable. Talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not a martial artist like a child, so he is loved by the emperor. The emperor's close ministers, such as Huaiqing's son-in-law and other relatives of the emperor, often have banquets with the elder brother. ..., indeed ..., indeed very close ...."

When Zhu Di heard this, his face suddenly sank.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said again: "However, I believe that the elder brother will never be deceived by the emperor. Didn't the message sent by Huang Yan only say that the emperor sent someone to surrender, and was detained by the elder brother with the letter? But it didn't Said that the elder brother agreed to surrender."

Zhu Di was in doubt, thinking in his mind: "If my son is really bewitched by the emperor, he will join the imperial court..."

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, although Beiping has his beloved concubine Xu and Master Daoyan, but Gao Chi is a legitimate son and has always been in charge of the military and political power in Beiping.In the past few years, I have been leading the army. Everything in the Beiping Military, Political and Judicial Department is in the hands of the eldest son. If he wants to rebel, Wang Hao and Master Daoyan will not be able to stop him. Don't say that he sacrificed the entire city of Beiping, as long as he Open a city gate and let the southern army enter the city, and the situation will be gone.

After much deliberation, Zhu Di didn't dare to put the lives of his whole family and the future of more than [-] troops on his trust in his eldest son, so he said to Zhu Gaoxu with a calm face: "Gaoxu, you should immediately charge me in the name of urging money and food." Qingqi returned to Beijing, but he didn't know about the imperial court's surrender. After seeing your elder brother, he immediately arrested him, and then took my warrant to control the whole city. When I go back, I will make sense. If your elder brother dares to resist, then ... Zhu Di gritted his teeth, his eyes flickered fiercely, he slashed hard with his right palm, and squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Kill! "

"My son obeys!"

Zhu Gaoxu quickly agreed, and his heart jumped up involuntarily. Although his father ordered that the eldest brother can only be killed if he refuses to obey the order, but what will happen at that time is not up to him.Even if his father finds out about it afterwards, can he still kill himself to avenge his elder brother?What's more, among the three brothers, my father likes me the most! Zhu Gaoxu turned his thoughts anxiously, while standing up and walking outside. The dejected guy came into the tent.

It turned out that although Huang Yan sent someone to deliver the letter one day in advance, he didn't dare to disturb Zhu Gaochi. He secretly sent his trusted eunuch down to the city in a basket. The little eunuch walked dozens of miles to a village. I just bought a horse for transportation, and it is still a bad horse.

The generals sent by Princess Xu were released by Zhu Gaochi when he opened the city gate in a grand manner, riding the first-class horses in the army, and they arrived at the barracks only a moment later than the little eunuch.

Zhu Di listened to the general explaining the reason, and took a look at the emperor's imperial pen letter, and saw that the wax seal was intact and had never been opened at all. Tears welled up in his excited eyes, and he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Did you kill me?" Son, risk killing my son!"

This estrangement plan was taught by Fang Xiaoru secretly to Zhu Yunqi. Fang Xiaoru, who prides himself on being the prime minister of the country and Guan Zhongleyi, has the only remarkable deeds since he came to Beijing to assist the government.

If Concubine Xu hadn't accidentally told Dao Yan that he had really succeeded in killing Zhu Di and his son this time, with this plan, he could have slightly washed away his incompetence. From this point of view, it was very prescient for Fang Xiaoru to severely suppress Buddhism as soon as he took control of the government.

The divorce scheme failed, and when Fang Xiaoru was feeling very depressed, Xia Xun gave him eye drops again, because Fang Xiaoru's father's marriage date with the Zhongshan Palace had arrived... ! ~!