Volume 10 Chapter 17 The Secret Decree is Waiting for the Net
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Zhu Cijiong knew that after his fifth uncle Zhu Youzhen came back, he was afraid that the affairs in the northwest would not drag on for long, and sure enough, Zhu Youzhen came to him in a hurry early the next morning after he came back, if he hadn't arranged a blind date show, I was afraid that he would be arrested.
Of course, this matter can't be avoided, other officials look for him for this matter, he can just say a few perfunctory words and pass, after all, this is his old Zhu family's own business, I am not in a hurry, you are in a hurry, just let the meaning come, you will not force me to send troops. But Zhu Youzhen is different, he is also a member of the royal family, and he is still his own uncle, it is perfunctory and perfunctory, and he can only drag it out if he thinks about it, and it can be delayed for a few days.
After thinking of countermeasures, Zhu Cijiong came to his private study unhurriedly, asked Cao Huachun to make two cups of good ginseng tea, and then ordered someone to notify the regent Zhu Youzhen to come to the audience.
As soon as he entered the door, he hurriedly saluted, and then waited to persuade the emperor to send troops, but Zhu Cijiong went up and grabbed his arm and said with concern: "Fifth uncle, didn't you say that you should rest for a few days, why did you start to work on state affairs as soon as you came back, come and come, sit first, sit first." β
After that, he pulled him and pressed him to the chair, and Zhu Youzhen couldn't refuse, so he had to follow the emperor's wishes and sit at the head of the table.
As soon as he sat down and wanted to speak again, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly picked up the teacup on the table, stuffed it into his hand, and said kindly: "Come, Fifth Uncle, drink tea, this is a ginseng tea made with 500-year-old Korean ginseng, and Fifth Uncle has worked hard for several months to make up for it." β
Well, the emperor was so gracious that he had to pick up the cup and take a sip.
As soon as he picked up the cup and sipped the tea into it, Zhu Cijiong suddenly asked, "Fifth Uncle is in such a hurry to find me, is it for my marriage?" β
"Poof" these words choked Zhu Youzhen, and all the ginseng tea that he sipped in squirted out, but he still remembered that the emperor couldn't spray it in front of him, but it was sprayed on the ground on the side, he wiped his mouth, and asked curiously: "What kind of marriage, the emperor seems to be only fourteen, right?" β
Zhu Cijiong pretended to be shy and said: "It's the princess Anna brought back by the fifth uncle, I just saw her, and she really looks like a fairy, so, therefore, I agreed to accept her as a concubine." β
Only then did Zhu Youzhen react, the emperor was asking for his opinion, what opinion could he have, it was said that he was only in his twenties, but since the emperor said that he was not good at keeping quiet, he had to reluctantly put on the posture of an elder, nodded and said: "Well, that little girl is really good-looking, and she is a princess, and she is quite a match for the emperor." β
He thought that this was the end of the matter, and it was time to get down to business, but Zhu Cijiong continued to be embarrassed and said: "This, this, I don't know if the two queen mothers will agree to me marrying Princess Anna, Anna is a foreigner after all, and their old people are more conservative, I'm afraid they will not agree!" β
Zhu Youzhen was also a little blindsided when he heard this, those two sisters-in-law were also 'old people' to him, how could he be 'young' to understand the thoughts of adults, he thought about it, and had to say perfunctorily: "The emperor can rest assured, with the favor of the two queen mothers for the emperor, as long as the emperor insists, they will not object much." β
Of course, Zhu Cijiong knew that the two queen mothers favored him, as long as he pulled down his face, pretended to be tender, and was coquettish, this matter would definitely be fine, he actually wanted to talk nonsense and distract Zhu Youzhen's attention. Now that he was almost done, he seemed to suddenly remember, and suddenly said, "Fifth Uncle, why are you so anxious to find me?" β
Zhu Youzhen almost forgot what he was here for, and he was not as anxious as when he first came, but he still had to talk about it, he said with a worried face: "Your Majesty, King Xiang is the generation of the ancestor Shenzong, and King Fu is the uncle of the first emperor, and his status is extremely respected. β
Zhu Cijiong is not afraid of any earthquake in the government and the opposition, the death of King Fu and King Xiang is just a surprise to the court at most, what is the shock, they are not the pillars of the court, but the moths of the Ming Dynasty, it is good to die, of course, he can't say that, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Alas, I am also anxious, but there are really no soldiers, I hurriedly transferred the Tianxiong Army, the Dingliao Army and the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard to come to the capital to assemble, but now the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard has arrived, the Tianxiong Army and the Dingliao Army have not yet arrived, there is really no way to send troops!" β
Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but wonder: "Please forgive Weichen for talking too much, isn't the Tianxiong Army in Beidaying, why hasn't it arrived yet?" β
Zhu Cijiong patiently explained: "Beidaying is the key to resisting the Houjin invasion, if Beidaying is lost, there will be no more important towns north of the capital, and Houjin Iron Cavalry can threaten the capital for a day, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger!" You also know the combat power of the Houjin Iron Cavalry, if there are no more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the Beida Camp to deter, they may rush over at any time, the territory of Liaodong is more vast, and it is necessary to maintain more than 400,000 troops in order to make the Houjin dare not make any changes, so I have to transfer the army of the vassal country to change the defense, and now the Korean Army has taken over the defense of the Dingliao Army, the Dingliao Army is already on the way to the capital, and the First Army of Dongying is also about to arrive in the Beida Camp, and the Tianxiong Army can be transferred at that time, the fifth uncle does not need to worry, As soon as the Tianxiong Army and the Dingliao Army arrived in China, they sent troops to the northwest to relieve the siege of Luoyang and Xiangyang. β
When it came to this, what else could Zhu Youzhen say, he had to give his hand and say: "Please ask the emperor to urge more, Fengyang can't always let the thieves surround it, after all, it is the resting place of the ancestors, and it is not good to disturb the ancestors." β
Zhu Cijiong naturally promised again and again, so he sent Zhu Youzhen away, looking at Zhu Youzhen's back, he sighed, and then said loudly: "Cao Huachun, Ming map." β
Cao Huachun flew in, quickly took out a map of the Ming Dynasty and slowly unfolded it on the desktop in front of Zhu Cijiong.
Zhu Cijiong looked at the map carefully, and then said solemnly: "Spread my secret will." β
Cao Huachun immediately took out the scroll on which he wrote the secret decree and waited for the pen.
Zhu Cijiong sketched on the map with his finger and ordered:
"Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong army to Shanxi on the same day, and immediately waved his army south after converging with the 50,000 defenders of Pingyang Mansion, occupied Jiyuan, and then held all the mountain passages from Jiyuan to Tongguan, and must not let the thieves escape into the mountainous area on the border between Shanxi and Henan."
Cao Huachun wrote the secret decree after a few brushes, and was about to roll it up and arrange someone to pass the decree, but Zhu Cijiong continued to order: "Order Sun Chuanting to immediately lead the Qin army to Tongguan, guard all the passages into Shaanxi from Tongguan to Shangzhou, and never let the thieves escape into Shaanxi." β
After Cao Huachun finished writing, Zhu Cijiong continued to order: "Lingdu commanded Ma Xianglin to lead the Sichuan defenders into Kuizhou Mansion to guard the passage from Huguang to Sichuan, and must not let the thieves escape into Sichuan." He ordered Nan Juyi, the governor of the southeast, to lead 100,000 new naval divisions, 100 Fuchuan warships, and 1,000 small warships, to block the Yangtze River waterway from Wuchang to Yuezhou, and never let the thieves cross the Yangtze River. ordered the governor of Jiangxi, Hong Chengchou, to lead the Jiangxi garrison to garrison Jiujiang, and never let the thieves escape into Jiangxi. β
Zhu Cijiong looked at the map carefully, basically the routes that the thieves could escape had been blocked, and a huge net had been opened, just waiting for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to launch, they could close the net, and when the time came, see where these thieves fled.
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