It is another year's New Year, looking for the old practice of taking annual leave for a few days, and for the people of Taiyuan City, this is the first New Year they have spent since the Jiashen year, wearing the clothes of the Han family, so for the people inside and outside Taiyuan City, it has a different meaning, they are all looking forward to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the world is hopeful, and they pay more attention to the New Year than in previous years.

On the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, thousands of households, temples, and nunnery temples in the city were plastered with Spring Alliance, and the Spring Festival Union was also written on the joy of the recovery of rivers and mountains and the northward movement of Wang Shi. For the people who have experienced the death of the country for more than ten years and have been alien slaves for more than ten years, they naturally cherish everything now.

And this New Year, for Li Ziyuan, who has just been promoted to the king of Chu, also makes him proud, and even in this Jin palace, when he wears the robe of the vassal king, he has a sense of floating, especially the sound of "king", which makes him feel that he has never wasted his life.

As soon as the fourth watch arrived on this day, firecrackers were lit in the former Jin Palace, and now the palace of the King of Chu. The sound of firecrackers mingled with the sound of firecrackers throughout the city. Li Ziyuan, who was wearing a royal robe, first worshiped the heavens in the courtyard, and then worshiped the ancestral tablet in the temporarily renovated Fengxian Palace, and even the ancestral tablet was ordered to be newly made, even if it was a little lost, in his opinion, this is not a big deal, after all, for Li Ziyuan, what he needs now is to make all the king's ceremonial guards.

In the past, he Li Ziyuan was only a general soldier and a general, but now he is the king of Chu! The very noble King of Chu, even if it is the King of Huai, is just a second-class king, for the first time, Li Ziyuan finally found a balance at this moment, and it seems that he finally got his wish.

Even, on the day when he was crowned the king of Chu, in order to show his loyalty to the emperor, he specially ordered someone to send 500,000 taels of silver to the imperial court, of course, along with the past, there are dozens of Huguang and Henan, Shanxi elders, these are Yao Qisheng and Xu Yuncheng in the middle of the planning, those old people will come back after they arrive in Wannian Mansion? Of course they won't come back, they will stay by the emperor's side as officials, and when the time comes, they will be his Li Ziyuan's eyes in front of the emperor, and they will also be his Li Ziyuan's reliance or assistance in the court.

Since he, Zhu Mingzhong, has opened a crack, then what others need is to achieve their own goals through this seam. However, at this time, Li Ziyuan naturally did not think about this, and now his whole person was immersed in the joy of being the king of Chu.

After he had done all these things, he hurriedly transferred to the harem, sat down with the princess in the main hall of the palace, and received the congratulations of the inner palace. In the sound of fine music, first of all, he entered several concubines in Wuchang, Luoyang, and Taiyuan, of course, they are no longer concubines now, but ladies, all of whom are the wives of his Chu kings, and finally the palace maids and servants who have newly entered the palace, and even dozens of eunuchs who have been on errands in the Jin palace found in Taiyuan City, saluting the king and queen in shifts.

It can be said that as a king, Li Ziyuan has adapted to all this in just a few days, and put his identity on the king, and tried his best to make his every move more in line with this identity.

When the sky was about to dawn, Li Ziyuan hurriedly turned to the front yard to accept the congratulations of the civil and military officials. , as the king, he has also opened a mansion now, and these people are all the officials of his king of Chu, and they are all the courtiers of his king of Chu.

However, when all this is over, Li Ziyuan, as the king, still has to deal with military and political affairs, after all, the Northern Expedition has not yet succeeded.

After a few days of joy, as soon as the freshness passed, Li Ziyuan threw aside the royal robe that he would only wear for the big gift, and changed into a strong outfit, which was more comfortable to wear. On this day, Qian Qianyi and Xu Yuncheng came to ask for a meeting, and Li Ziyuan was already sitting in the warm pavilion of the palace, reading the documents while meeting the two of them, and after the two of them saluted Li Ziyuan, they sat down to discuss the matter.

Most of the affairs in the army were handed over to Li Ziyuan's subordinate generals. There are many civil affairs matters that will be presented to him by other officials, and he is naturally very clear about those matters. So as soon as he saw the two of them, he asked Qian Qianyi:

"Teacher, I don't know if you have heard that the Huai King of Jiangbei seems to be mobilizing troops recently."

Jiangbei was dispatching troops, and as soon as he learned the news, Li Ziyuan immediately realized that he couldn't control what Zhu Mingzhong wanted to do, and wanted to go down the mountain to pick peaches.

Qian Qianyi replied immediately.

"This matter, but I have also heard other people say, Huai Wangyi sent troops to the north, for how much Ming, it is not a good thing, if he sends troops north, it will definitely attract the attention of the Qing army, when the time comes, our army will enter the Beijing division, naturally can get twice the result with half the effort."

As a civilian official, Qian Qianyi didn't need to say this, but he knew why Li Ziyuan wanted to discuss this matter with him, this was not a simple military matter, what was more important?

"Capture the ...... of the Kyoshi Division"

After pondering for a moment, Li Ziyuan expressed his concerns.

"The 26th of this month is the auspicious day of the zodiac, and the king has agreed with the generals in the army to set off from Taiyuan on the 26th of this month. The men and horses of the Eastern Expedition to Beijing are now concentrated in the Taiyuan area and are on standby. A small number of troops, has been divided into three ways to cross into Taihang, once the military order is issued, will immediately go out of Taihang, into Zhili, when the Qing army is attracted by it, the king will personally lead the army to take the Beijing division. ”

When mentioning the Beijing Division, Li Ziyuan's tone seemed a little anxious, everyone in this world knows that taking the Beijing Division is the first credit of the Northern Expedition, and this credit, no matter what, he Li Ziyuan will not give it to others.

"Your Majesty, this is the early departure of the expedition? Why wait? ”

As soon as Qian Qianyi's words fell, Xu Yuncheng, who had been waiting for this opportunity, smiled.

"Brother Mu Zhai, if you set out late, I'm afraid this Jingshi will be taken by others!"

After saying this, Xu Yuncheng looked at Li Ziyuan and said.

"Big brother, if the minister expects it to be true, I'm afraid that the reason why the king is so eager to send troops is because the sailors under the command of King Huai have already completed their rest, and they may leave the port at any time and take the Beijing division directly."

Xu Yuncheng's words made Li Ziyuan nod and said.

"What Xu Qing said is extremely true!"

Other people may not know, but Li Ziyuan doesn't know how Zheng Chenggong entered the Yangtze River and obtained Nanjing, isn't it just from the waterway all the way north, which is almost unstoppable, because the Qing army has no sailors at all. And how did the Loyal and Righteous Army help Li Dingguo to gain Guangzhou.

"The Loyal and Righteous Army Sailor is not inferior to the King of Min, if it is not for the help of the Loyal and Righteous Army Sailor, how can the King of Jin take Guangzhou lightly, if the Loyal and Righteous Army Sailor carries tens of thousands of elite soldiers, all the way north along the coastal road, into the Bohai Sea, take the Beijing Division, if we wait any longer, maybe we are not careful, this capital will be won by the King of Huai, and at that time, the first merit of the Northern Expedition will be all returned to the King of Huai!"

Li Ziyuan turned to Qian Qianyi and said:

"Teacher, it's not that the king wants to fight for this merit, but if you don't get this merit, you can't welcome back the emperor, and you can't welcome back the holy driver!"

Welcome back!

Hearing Li Ziyuan say this, Qian Qianyi said:

"The king wants to welcome back the holy car?"

"Exactly."

Li Ziyuan nodded lightly, looked at Qian Qianyi and said:

"Teacher, now the emperor said that he has no worries about the safety of ten thousand years, but the king of Huai, who will put His Majesty and the court in ten thousand years, is really selfish, if the Beijing division is taken by it again, I am afraid that the Ming court will fall into its hands in the future, and when the time comes, the emperor and the court will probably be controlled by it, this matter is not the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as he said this, Qian Qianyi immediately nodded in agreement.

"That's true......"

Since knowing that the emperor is in 10,000 years, Qian Qianyi's biggest worry is that one day, Zhu Mingzhong will become Cao Cao, and he will "coerce the Son of Heaven to order not to obey", when the time comes, I am afraid that it will only cause a big event, and it is precisely because of this that he will suggest that he take advantage of the time to send tribute to the imperial court, send the widow over, so that the emperor will not be unavailable, or Zhu Mingzhong's henchmen, his idea is also thought of with Yao Qisheng and Xu Yuncheng, but his starting point is for the Ming Dynasty, and Yao Qisheng, Xu Yuncheng and the two are for Li Ziyuan and for personal gain.

"If the Jingshi takes it again, I'm afraid it's really not the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!"

Isn't this the truth, after all, after seizing the Beijing Division, then Zhu Mingzhong naturally has the reason and excuse to garrison the Beijing Division, when the time comes, he wants to fight the imperial court, there are no soldiers in his hands, or people are under the sword soldiers, how can he not bow his head, he Zhu Mingzhong is not Cao Cao! He thought of Cao Cao, in case he became Cao Pi......

No way!

No matter what, Zhu Mingzhong's conspiracy can't be allowed to succeed!

Thinking of this, Qian Qianyi immediately stood up respectfully and said to Li Ziyuan.

"The king has worked so hard for the Ming Dynasty, which really makes Qian embarrassed."

Maybe Li Ziyuan can call him a teacher, but Qian Qianyi only calls himself "Qian", the reason why he calls himself so much is because he is not Li Ziyuan's courtier, so naturally it is impossible to call himself a "minister".

"Hey, in this world, there must always be people in the world to do it!"

After a sigh, Li Ziyuan asked Qian Qianyi.

"Now that we have decided to go east and take the Beijing division directly, if this king is not bad, we will definitely win this battle, you think about it again, once you capture the Beijing division, how to welcome back the holy car and welcome back the imperial court, if the time comes, the king of Huai refuses to send the emperor back to the court, what should I do? Teacher, you are a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and you are familiar with the national law and rules system, if the time comes, the student asks King Huai to return to the emperor, is there anything inappropriate? ”

When he said this, he deliberately glanced at Xu Yuncheng, after all, this is Xu Yuncheng's suggestion, according to Xu Yuncheng's statement, Qian Qianyi's prestige in Jiangnan Shilin is far better than others, this matter of welcoming back the emperor and the court, naturally Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, should come forward, if it is time, when King Huai does not allow it, Qian Qianyi can naturally launch Shilin and ruin his reputation.

Qian Qianyi stood up respectfully and said.

"Back to the king, in Qian's view, once Shenjing is restored, King Huai naturally has no reason to continue to run the court, when the time comes, if he wants to control the court, don't say that the people of the world are unwilling, I'm afraid that even the people of Jiangbei are unwilling, after all, he Huai Wang is also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty."

After finishing speaking, Qian Qianyi waited for Li Ziyuan to speak.

Xu Yuncheng, who had not spoken, stood up and continued:

"The minister thinks that what Brother Mu Zhai said is extremely true, the day of Shenjing's recovery, it must be the time when the court returns to the court, and everyone in the world can look at it, with the loyalty of King Huai, how dare King Huai not return to the ......court."

The emperor is very important!

Even if Xu Yuncheng has other ambitions in his heart, he also knows that Emperor Yongli is a big banner, as long as he can grasp this flag in his hands, when the time comes, this Ming Dynasty will be the Ming Dynasty of King Chu! But if it is in the hands of King Huai, he Xu Yuncheng is very likely to die without a place to be buried.

It is true that King Huai is a gentleman!

But a gentleman also kills!

In the past few years, there have been a lot of people who have died in the hands of King Huai!

Therefore, no matter what, he Xu Yuncheng will help King Chu take the emperor from King Huai's hands!

Xu Yuncheng's words made Li Ziyuan say with a smile.

"King Huai's loyalty and righteousness are known to the world, as long as Shenjing is restored, King Huai will definitely return to the emperor to the court!"

Even if he doesn't want to, there is a way to force him to commit it!

The three of them discussed other things for a while, and Qian Qianyi took the initiative to retreat, and at this time Xu Yuncheng did not leave, he had other things, but after Qian Qianyi left, Xu Yuncheng's tone also changed.

"King, the matter of the Eastern Expedition, it is better to be sooner rather than later, if it is late, not only will it change later, and even if there is a change in the north of the Yangtze River, it may also affect our plans for the Eastern Expedition, not to mention that the capital division was taken by the King of Huai, even if the army of the King of Huai landed in Tanggu, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to me."

Xu Yuncheng's directness made Li Ziyuan nod and say:

"The intention of this king is also to go east as soon as possible, after all, if this important place in Beijing falls into the hands of others, I don't know what trouble will happen, if you can't take the Beijing division, what is the use of this Northern Expedition?"

For Li Ziyuan, the reason why he waved the Northern Expedition was not because he was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but because he saw that he could gain many benefits after seizing the Beijing Division, and these benefits were by no means a small profit, and it could even be said that as long as he could capture the Beijing Division, he would almost be invincible.

Then Li Ziyuan continued.

"It's just that this king is really worried, worried, when the time comes, once this king captures the Jingshi, will he, Zhu Mingzhong, borrow the emperor's order to crusade against this king, and when the time comes, what should this king do?"

Xu Yuncheng nodded, first agreed, and then said:

"This does need to be considered, but, the king must know that although the emperor is in his hands, we have the righteousness of recovering Beijing, when the time comes, as long as we let him return the emperor first, just see what he says? When the time comes, if he crusades against the king with no subordinates, will the people of the world not know his wolf ambitions? ”

People of the world?

People in the world are considered farts again!

Sneering, Li Ziyuan sighed.

"Hey, that's all there is to ...... now"