Han ride

Chapter 335
"Duke of the Liao Kingdom?" Everyone is not calm now. To confer Li Xin as a Marquis of Zhengbei is an exceptional promotion, and now to confer the title of a Duke of Liao. What kind of treatment is this? Do you have to wait until Li Xin is exterminated? When he became a slave, he was made a prince again.How old is Li Xin? In his early twenties, he has such a high position, and he will be able to repay it in the future. The world is so big, who can check and balance this person?

It's just that although everyone was very dissatisfied in their hearts, they didn't say it out. The Chongzhen Dynasty was different from the previous Emperor Xiaozong's period. Woolen cloth?Emperor Chongzhen was determined to rejuvenate, and on the surface he could accept the advice of his officials, but he was a headstrong person. Since ancient times, the emperor and his officials have been a strange group. Every time the imperial power was strong, the officials were obedient and dared not resist But when the emperor had a good temper, the courtiers began to take the lead this time, and the power of the courtiers was greatly exaggerated.It is proud to oppose the emperor, but in the Chongzhen Dynasty, it was impossible. I didn't see that it was easier for the Chongzhen Emperor to change the cabinet than to change clothes!Although Zhou Yanru and the others were dissatisfied in their hearts, they couldn't object publicly, they just looked at Wen Tiren with a sneer.

Wen Tiren felt helpless when he saw this. This reward can be anything, but he rewarded a duke all at once. Wen Tiren himself was not calm, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Marquis Zhengbei is young and heroic, good at military affairs, and will help His Majesty calm down Rebellion, expansion of territory, such things often happen, according to the ability of Zhengbeihou, it is extremely easy to imagine, the emperor, at that time, how to award rewards? I think that the emperor's love for Zhengbeihou, Everyone in the world knows, but Marquis Zhengbei became the Duke of the country at a young age, which made him so self-sufficient in the future, how will the court face the Marquis Zhengbei who has repeatedly made military exploits in the future?"

"Your Majesty, I think what Wen Ge said is true." Zhou Yanru also said in a rare way, the two life-and-death rivals finally came to the same opinion on one matter.

"Why don't you reward me for making military exploits? Who can expand the territory for thousands of miles, who can maintain the stability of the frontier, and who can find the Jade Seal of the Kingdom for me, and I will also make him the Duke of the country." Chongzhen After all, the emperor is the master of fortitude, and what he has set cannot be changed.Even if he knew what the other party said made sense.

Of course, if this situation happened to Li Dongyang and others during Xiaozong's period, I'm afraid he didn't care about offending the emperor. At that time, the cabinet was the boss, and civil servants controlled the world. method, even resignation in court is possible.It is a pity that at this time, it was not the Hongzhi court, Chongzhen was not Xiaozong, and Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others were not comparable to Li Dongyang.These two people are people who have been in the officialdom for a long time, and they value official positions more than anything else, so naturally they would not take the risk of offending Emperor Chongzhen.Isn't that the position of a duke?Just give it to you, anyway, you will just stay in the frontier, and you won't come to the court to show off your might.Although I was a little jealous in my heart, it was better than offending Chongzhen and losing my official position!The two looked at each other, then stepped back again, expressing their submission.

"Since both of you agree, let the cabinet write a document! Announce to the world that I will also sacrifice to the Taimiao. The Jade Seal of Chuanguo has finally returned to my arms." Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, and he finally made one. A great event is something that neither Taizu nor Chengzu did.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty." Although Zhou Yanru and others were very appreciative, they still congratulated Emperor Chongzhen loudly at this time. It's different, it seems that they didn't get any benefits, but a military general got a huge benefit. In the Ming Dynasty, the new Duke appeared again.For many years in the Ming Dynasty, the title of Duke of the State did not appear.

It was very convenient to be a marquis in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the queen’s father and elder brother could be conferred marquises, but such a marquis is not a real meritorious family, and a meritorious family can be hereditary, and has been canonized by the Duke series, such as A group of people in the period of Taizu and Chengzu, most of them were canonized as dukes of the state. At that time, the dukes of the state had the highest gold content, and they were called the meritorious family. These people are also a special group of people whose interests are closely related to the court. These people are also very loyal to the court, but will Li Xin be loyal to the court?At least Zhou Yanru doesn't think so.

"Hehe, congratulations to Mr. Wen Ge, with Mr. Wen Ge's recommendation, I have another Duke of the Ming Dynasty." Zhou Yanru looked at Wen Tiren with a smile on his face.I feel extremely refreshed, this Li Xin's wolfish ambition will definitely not be loyal to the imperial court in the future, and if there is a rebellion, this Wen Tiren will bear the brunt of the bad luck.

Wen Tiren's face was full of anger. He also found that he had taken a measure. Yes, he wanted to support Li Xin and make a sign, but he just wanted to follow Li Xin's hand and hit his opponent. He also wanted to impress Li Xin. His feelings are in his own hands, but now, Li Xin has actually become the Duke of the State, even if Wen Tiren sees him, he has to be careful, but in the eyes of outsiders, Li Xin can become the Duke of the State because of himself. If one day Li Xin really launched a rebellion, Wen Tiren would be the first unlucky ghost.

However, he would not be weak in front of Zhou Yanru, and smiled immediately: "I just don't know how Zhou Ge will deal with himself in the future? Duke Liao is not an open-minded person. Look at Donglu, you If you don’t let him walk, he will simply steal your lair, and he didn’t even keep his own woman and Lao Tzu. It’s better to be careful to be an enemy of such a person.”

"You." Zhou Yanru's complexion changed, as ugly as a dead father.The hostility with Li Xin was the biggest mistake Zhou Yanru made in his life, but no one knew that Li Xin, a little guy under 20 years old, could jump so fast, hold a heavy soldier in his hand, and become the prince of the state. exist.If he had known this earlier, he should have killed Li Xin earlier, otherwise, there would be no disaster like today.

"Hmph, Li Xin is a man with evil intentions, the old man will rebel against him in the future, when the time comes, how will you Mr. Wen deal with yourself? I'm afraid it will be worse than the old man's end!" Zhou Yanru retorted.He is now counting on Li Xin's rebellion.

"Duke Liao even presented the jade seal to His Majesty. Does Elder Ge think he will rebel?" Wen Tiren seemed to have thought of something, shook his head and said, "Even if it is, it will not be now. Elder Zhou Ge, take your leave." Wen Tiren Haha laughed, from the expression of Emperor Chongzhen today, he felt that the opportunity to drive Zhou Yanru out of the court had come, and the rest was only a matter of means and time.Like these ministers, they were kicked out of the imperial court, they didn't care about the means, they didn't care about their reputation, the key was to rely on the holy family, and the holy family was in their hands, no matter how powerful the enemy was.Now that Zhou Yanru has lost his holy family, Wen Tiren decided to make a move.

Watching Wen Tiren's sedan chair slowly leave, Zhou Yanru also faintly felt something was wrong.He felt depressed for a while.All of this today was brought by Li Xin, if it wasn't for Li Xin, how could he lose points in front of the emperor.

"If this person is not a fool, then he is an ambitious person, and he doesn't even pay attention to the jade seal." Zhou Yanru suddenly thought of Li Xin who had obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and suddenly sighed in his heart.

What he didn't know was that Huang Taiji and others in Shengjing also had the same thoughts as him.When Huang Taiji received Dorgon's memorial and prepared to spread rumors about Beijing, Huang Taiji appreciated it very much. Although he did not get the jade seal, it would be a very good choice if he could let the Ming Dynasty attack Li Xin.Without the support of the Central Plains, Li Xin could not exhaust himself on the grassland.

But soon, Huang Taiji received Li Xin's order to send the jade seal to Beijing in person, and when he dedicated it to Chongzhen, Huang Taiji suddenly became confused.

"What does this Li Xin want to do? Could it be that he is really loyal to the children of Chongzhen?" Huang Taiji looked around, looked at the crowd and said, "He has 10,000+ soldiers. After defeating Lin Danhan, he has millions of tribes under his command. , no one is his opponent, holding the jade seal in his hand, as long as anyone with a little bit of ambition will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, become a hero, and rule the country for hundreds of years. What is he trying to do, to dedicate the jade seal to Chongzhen Son?" Huang Taiji was very annoyed. When he knew the existence of the Chuanguo Jade Seal, he wanted to use the Chuanguo Jade Seal to formally ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and change the country's name again. The national jade seal was actually taken away by Li Xin, so let's take it away!If the relationship between Li Xin and Chongzhen can be separated again, it will be forced to oppose Li Xin, and the Ming Dynasty will send a large army to attack Li Xin, so that Li Xin can not calmly subdue the large and small tribes on the grassland. As for who will lose in the end Winning has nothing to do with him, Huang Taiji, but he waited for this news, how could he not be annoyed, and even resent Dorgon for being incompetent, not even able to snatch back a jade seal.

"Your Majesty, what is the jade seal? Simply donating the jade seal, he can show the world that he is loyal to the imperial court and bring him a reputation. Most importantly, he can avoid the threat of the Ming Dynasty to him and concentrate on running the grassland. As for Yuxi, hehe, when he becomes stronger and marches into the Central Plains, isn’t this jade seal in his hands? Right now it’s only in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen for him to keep. Li Xin is ambitious, definitely not A person who is willing to be inferior to others."

(End of this chapter)