Chapter 66: The Emperor's Edict
Although King Fu is about to be forty years old, he lived an extremely delicate and even extravagant life before the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, and he never thought about any folk suffering.
She only knew that everything she saw and heard belonged to the Fuwang Mansion, even if there was anything that did not belong to the Fuwang Mansion, as long as she said a word, someone would naturally help him operate everything.
Anyway, there was nothing he couldn't do, at that time he really thought that the world belonged to him, until the fourteenth year of Chongzhen's thief Li Zicheng broke through Luoyang and cut off the head of Lao Fu Wang, he really knew how cruel this world was.
He first fled to the house of Taikang Hou Zhang Guoji, and then attached himself to King Lu, although Emperor Chongzhen deliberately let him succeed to the throne and rewarded the treasures in the palace, but these two years can be said to have tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and no one regarded him, the blessed king who lost his feudal state, as a thing.
Li Zicheng's power became stronger day by day, and finally the whole of Henan was captured by thieves, and he could only flee south to Huai'an with King Lu.
But Huai'an alone is the prince of Zhou, King Chong, King Lu and King Fu, the prince has more than this thing, naturally not even as good as cabbage, no one takes him seriously at all, he has suffered more during this period than in the past thirty-eight years combined.
But suddenly, when the time came, the Jingshi fell and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and according to the order, King Fu was naturally ranked first, so I don't know how many enthusiastic people rushed to take refuge.
Just when King Fu thought that he was about to become the Supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi of the Southern Capital, these Donglin Party members, together with Zhao Zhilong and Liu Zeqing, stabbed him fatally, which made King Fu furious.
He didn't want to taste the bitterness of the past few years, he roared loudly: "Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi are unreasonable, Lu Zhenfei and Ma Shiying always understand the reason!"
It's just that the following people all feel that King Fu's disposition seems to be a little inappropriate, but a minister calmly said in a tone unique to eunuchs: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, it's useless to reason with poor scholars like Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi, why don't I write a letter to Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and other generals, as long as they all stand up to support Your Majesty, even if there are a hundred Qian Qianyi, it is just a mantis arm blocking the car!"
His Royal Highness King Fu almost jumped up when he heard this, he quickly grabbed the hand of the minister and said: "Eunuch Lu, this matter can be entrusted to you, you are an old man who has followed the first emperor for many years, the first emperor has told me many times when he was there, among the ministers, it is the most loyal and reliable eunuch Lu, if this matter is done, I will definitely let you be the master of ceremonies and the pen, if you don't want to be the pen, it doesn't matter, the position of the prime minister is always you!"
The "first emperor" in his mouth is the old Fu King, although the Fu King has not yet been able to ascend the throne, but he has changed his name to the old Fu King "First Emperor", and Eunuch Lu immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the first emperor has the grace of knowing Wei Chen, how dare Wei Chen not work hard to serve His Royal Highness, but since you want to use a letter to persuade the generals, some ancestral family laws may be put aside!"
King Fu knew the meaning of Lu Jiude's words: "This is no problem, don't care about the ancestral family law and court law, now the top priority is to enter the succession as soon as possible, if the throne is returned to King Lu, then everything will be settled!" Tell them that whatever they want, I can say yes!"
Since orthodoxy, the Ming Dynasty has always been heavy on literature and light on martial arts, even to the point where the military attache sees a civilian official who wants to call himself a lackey to crawl and see a certain Wan Wan who is small under the door kowtows, even if Chongzhen once had to make an exception to use people, he still uses literature to control the military, killing a military general is no different from killing a chicken, but now King Fu has no care about the ancestral family law.
And Lu Jiude replied very confidently: "Huang Degong was born in Beijing and has been under my command for many years, as long as I explain the stakes, I will definitely fully support Your Majesty, Liu Liangzuo has the least soldiers and horses and has a good relationship with Weichen, it is not difficult to convince him, Liu Zeqing is both a wall grass and a rabble, but Gao Jie is not easy to deal with, it is estimated that I will personally run a trip!"
King Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Jiude say this: "If you want me to meet Gao Yingwu in person, I will definitely convince people with sincerity!"
Lu Jiude is the eunuch guarding Fengyang Town, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo are not only subordinate to him but also his old department, so naturally there is a way to win them over, Liu Zeqing is mostly a rabble in his hands, only Gao Jie has 30,000 soldiers and 9,000 fine cavalry, and his strength and combat power are the strongest in all armies, so King Fu mustered all his courage and prepared to come forward to encircle Gao Jie in person.
As soon as Lu Jiude wanted to answer, he heard a commotion outside, and then someone rushed in sweating: "Your Majesty, here you are......
Don't look at King Fu's rush when he encounters a major event, but this kind of scene is used to being powerful and blessed, and he slapped it: "What is coming?" Tell me clearly!"
The man who came to report the news finally took a breath, and he hurriedly reported to the blessed king: "Your Highness, there is a fleet from the north, it is said that the ship is carrying the queen mother, and now Lu Zhenfei is being called to meet him!"
King Fu slapped him again: "Nonsense, I died early one after another, and my step-concubine Li was martyred, where is the queen mother?" ”
It's just that as soon as King Fu said this, he felt very nervous and even couldn't sit still, and the man who reported the news found that he didn't say anything about it, so he quickly replied: "It's not these two mothers, and it's not ......."
Lu Jiude hurriedly interjected and said, "Is it Zhou Niangniang?" Or do you want to go to Zhang Niangniang first? ”
Although there are many mothers, there are only these two who are called "Queen Mother" in Lu Jiude's heart, and even Li Xuanzhi, the protagonist of the palace transfer case, does not have this qualification.
And the beaten man finally explained: "It should be Zhang Niangniang first!" They all said that Zhang Niangniang came to Huai'an with clothes and ribbons, and asked Lu Zhenfei to hurry over to pick up the car!"
When it came to Zhang Niangniang, whether it was King Fu or Lu Jiude, she was in good spirits, and King Fu blurted out: "Edict with clothes? ”
The man who has been beaten has not replied, and Lu Jiude has already interjected and said: "It is the edict of the first emperor, when the king was first inscribed in the succession to the throne, it was handled by Empress Yi'an Zhang, Your Majesty hurried to meet Empress Yi'an, as long as she is willing to support Your Majesty, she must agree to any conditions!"
If King Fu still has some doubts about the edict of the cloth belt, Lu Jiude, as a minister who has experienced countless court turmoil, realized the amazing value behind this matter for the first time, and he almost grabbed King Fu's collar: "Your Majesty, hurry up and go over to meet Empress Yi'an Zhang, she has the edict of the first emperor in her hand, and it is written on it to let His Majesty ascend the throne, as long as Empress Yi'an is willing to establish His Majesty as the successor, who dares to have doubts!"
King Fu had already reacted, and he asked the man who was beaten, "Are you sure that it is Empress Yi'an Zhang who came?" ”