Chapter 242: Temper the armies
After listening to the emperor's orders, Jia Ke quickly knelt on the ground to thank Lord Longen. After Jia Ke thanked him, he remembered one more thing, this matter must be said in advance, and he didn't want the emperor to blame him, and he couldn't eat and walk around.
That's the prince's business, the prince is determined this time, but how to deal with it in the future Whether to continue to enjoy glory and wealth, or to be imprisoned for the rest of his life, depends on the emperor's will.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how the crown prince should be sent back to the East Palace for the time being, or imprisoned in the imperial city." Jia Ke asked cautiously.
As soon as the emperor heard Jia Ke ask about the crown prince, his muscles were immediately exposed, and his face was hideous. If there was still a trace of father-son affection, then now he completely hates the prince to the core, and he thinks that his aggravation is completely due to the prince's aggravation. If it weren't for his sudden rebellion, which caused him to faint several times, he would not be lying on a hospital bed to deal with national affairs now.
So the emperor said angrily: "What else is there to say about this rebel? also wanted to return to the East Palace to enjoy happiness and imprisoned him in the palace corridor. Only two meals a day are allowed, and no one is allowed to visit. Finally, after thinking about it, Jia Ke was already imprisoned in the palace, and it was difficult for Jia Ke to deal with it, so he added: "This matter is even if Dai Quan does it." ”
Dai Quan hurriedly agreed on the side, he was now eager to eat the prince's flesh, and he almost died. He was shot with an arrow during the breakout a few days ago, and although he didn't hit the vital point, the danger at that time scared him to death. Although the injury has been bandaged and carefully treated by the imperial doctor, it still has a faint pain. Thinking in his heart, this time he must serve the prince well, this matter will be in his hands, just what he wants.
Although he sent this hot potato out, Jia Ke felt that the emperor did not kill the prince. There was also a trace of father-son affection, so he stepped forward and admonished: "Your Majesty, although the prince rebelled, causing turmoil in Beijing, but the prince is the emperor's eldest son after all, since he has been imprisoned and punished, he will give him some preferential treatment in life." ”
After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor immediately felt a wave of anger and wanted to send it out. It was suddenly that he thought about it, and the queen who died of his death had entrusted him on her deathbed, and he couldn't help but feel that a cold water directly extinguished all this anger.
The emperor and the deceased Empress Yuan can be said to be childhood sweethearts, and the relationship between them and the current queen is not the same. And the deceased Empress Yuan was still thinking about the prince before she died, asking him to take care of him from time to time, teach him everywhere, and ask him to be more considerate of any mistakes in the future.
Thinking of this, the emperor frowned and relaxed, and said to Dai Quan next to him: "Although the crown prince is confined, he has not yet abolished his position as the crown prince, that is, I have abolished his crown prince, and he is also my son." In the future, life must be treated leniently, and there can be no slackness. ”
Dai Quan listened to the emperor's words, and hurriedly smiled next to the emperor and said: "That's natural, no matter how you say it, the prince is also the master of the slave maid, and the slave and maid watched it grow up." How dare the slave treat the prince poorly? ”
The emperor closed his eyes after explaining Dai Quan, he was indeed a little tired today. It was he who thought in his heart that it was Jia Ke's words, no matter how he was his own son, although he would ban him, but as the emperor's nobles, the basic diet and clothes still had to be arranged for him.
At the same time, the emperor's favor for Jia Ke was even greater, and when the prince was at his most brilliant, he did not join the prince and was loyal to himself. But when the prince was already imprisoned, he spoke for the prince. In fact, it is just thinking about the father-son relationship between himself and the prince.
The emperor thought for a moment and said to Jia Ke, who was still standing aside, "You have time. Dai Zhen went to see the crown prince, and didn't let the minions below behave excessively towards him. ”
Jia Ke listened to the emperor's words, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Obey the emperor's orders, minister, if there is time, I will definitely visit the prince." ”
The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and said to Dai Quan next to him: "Give Jia Aiqing a token to enter and exit the palace." ”
After listening to the emperor's words, Dai Quan cautiously exited the dormitory, and walked in with a wooden box after a while. Then he opened the wooden box and contained a token made of brass, and sent it to Jia Ke's hand.
Jia Ke thanked the emperor before receiving the token. He knew that this was the emperor's greatest trust in him. To be honest, he is also a little grateful to the emperor now.
So Jia Ke took the holy decree covering the treasure of the six masters, as well as the token to enter and exit the palace, and left the palace, as for the prince's affairs, he didn't have to worry about it. If only he had time to go and take a look at him, and not let him be tossed by those minions, other things were not up to him as a courtier.
Jia Ke returned directly to the infantry commander Yamen with the holy decree, and Jia Ke decided to temporarily use this place as his office, after all, this place has always been the place where the soldiers and horses in the capital gave orders, and now Jia Ke works here It makes sense.
After Jia Ke arrived at the Yamen, the commander of the infantry, he immediately ordered his own soldiers to clear out everyone in the yamen, and then replaced them with the main booklet of the documents in his army.
The first thing to do next was to gather all the generals in the vicinity of the capital to meet him, announce to them the emperor's decree, and control all the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital.
When Jia Ke sent a herald to summon the generals, Jia Ke first called a few of his close confidants, these people have been following Jia Ke since Kaipingwei, it can be said that Jia Ke is dead hearted, these people are Zheng Kai, Luo Cen, Xiao Kun, Ma Zuo.
Jia Ke, you first said to Zheng Kai, "You go to control the troops of the Liaodong Jiedu envoy now, some of them are the elite brought by Xie Hu from Liaodong, as long as you control them, the Liaodong Jiedu envoy will not be able to run out of our palms in the future." ”
"Don't worry, general, I'll go now, within three days, I will let the soldiers in Liaodong obey and wait for your lordship's dispatch." Zheng Kai immediately assured, and this matter is not very difficult, firstly, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong have surrendered and have no intention of resisting, and secondly, Jia Ke has the emperor's holy decree and can control all the soldiers and horses in the name of righteousness.
After Jia Ke paid Zheng Kai, he said to Luo Cen: "You go and control the 30,000 horses of the original infantry commander Yamen, if there are not enough manpower, there are people in the original infantry command Yamen who want to make up for their mistakes, and you use these people boldly, and they dare not do anything wrong." ”
Luo Cen was overjoyed when he heard that Jia Ke asked him to control 30,000 infantry to lead the Yamen's army. Now that he is also in charge of the party, he immediately moved Jia Ke to express his attitude: "Don't worry, my lord, I will take care of these people and horses for my lord, and I will be at your disposal at any time." ”
Next is the forbidden army, Jia Ke handed over this matter to Xiao Kun, this person is not as clever as others, nor does he have any special skills, and his ability to lead the troops is also mediocre, he has only one advantage, that is, he is loyal to Jia Ke's words and obeys, and he has no vices, and some things are handed over to him Jia Ke can rest assured.
So this time the errand of rectifying the forbidden army was handed over to him, unlike other rebels, the forbidden army was not a rebellion this time, but the king of Beijing, who commanded the forbidden army, was suddenly killed, and he was controlled by the military department Shangshu Huotu. But even so, it did not contribute to the subsequent wars. When it comes to other armies, it's easier to control, and it's the easiest of them all.
Next, Jia Ke asked Ma Zuo: "Are the Rongguo Mansion and the Ning Guofu peaceful now, and are there any rebels going to make trouble?" ”
Ma Zuo was sent by Jia Ke to protect the Rongning Second Mansion as soon as he entered the city, so Jia Ke asked such a question.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured, after I took the people and horses to the Rongning Second Mansion, it was relatively peaceful, there were no chaotic soldiers, and the prince did not take any measures against the Rongguo Mansion and the Ning Guofu, and now they have been protected by the soldiers. The lord of Rongguo Mansion also invited us sergeants to drink. Mazo replied respectfully.
As soon as Jia Ke heard that Rongguofu was fine, he relieved himself, in fact, he was mainly worried about Rongguofu, and as for Ning Guofu, it was just incidental.
"Okay, you did a good job in this matter, I'll give you an errand to show your face, which is a reward for you, you go to our camp and order 10,000 soldiers to protect the imperial city instead of the forbidden army, so that you can show your face in front of the emperor." Jia Ke gave him a little sweetness with satisfaction.
As soon as Ma Zuo heard that he was asked to protect the imperial city, he could show some face in front of the emperor, and he didn't show much joy, Ma Zuo was a little dead-eyed, he now thought he was Jia Ke's courtier. I didn't look forward to showing my face in front of the emperor. Now Mazo's state is like a European saying: a vassal of my vassals, not my vassals. It sounded awkward, but it was Mazo's inner thoughts, and he only saw it as a task now, and he didn't think it was a reward.
Jia Ke is very satisfied with his attitude, such a talent is worthy of his promotion, of course, these henchmen of him control their own people. Only then can he be as stable as Mount Tai in the court.
Jia Ke was so unconscious, and he controlled the 150,000 or 60,000 horses in the capital, plus the 50,000 elite soldiers in his headquarters, plus he had the emperor's holy order in his hands, he could completely suppress the other military horses, and if there was anyone who disrespected the order, he could also let it go.
However, Jia Ke didn't seem to need to be taken by them now, after all, Wang Ziteng was his ally. The other leading generals did not add up to more than one-third of the number of the two of them.
Not long after, all the leading generals arrived at the infantry commander's yamen, Jia Ke was not arrogant because he received the emperor's holy decree, he had already prepared seats for the generals in the lobby.
As soon as everyone came, they sat down, and Jia Ke first took out the holy decree and announced the emperor's order. After listening to the emperor's decree, the commanders and the general soldiers came to Jia Ke and knelt down to salute him.
"Generals, Jia Ke is not talented, the emperor has been awarded a heavy responsibility, and he has to do his best for the emperor, and now the number of people in Beijing has stabilized, and my 50,000 horses have controlled all parts of Beijing. The generals' soldiers and horses are inconvenient in Beijing, and if any noble person is alarmed, it will not be easy to explain it in the future, so I order all the troops to go out of the city and camp outside the city. Jia Ke sat in the middle and said solemnly.
When everyone heard this, they felt that there was no problem, after all, now that the capital was stable, there was no need for so many people, so they stood up together and bowed to Jia Ke, "The last general, wait for the general, and obey the general's military orders." ”
Jia Ke showed a smile on his face at this time, and said to the leading generals under the pond: "The emperor must see the credit of everyone this time. After a few days when everything is calmed down, the emperor will definitely have a heavy reward, and then everyone will be able to return to their stations with the emperor's reward. ”