These cabinet ministers dealt with Emperor Chongzhen every day, and they knew the young emperor's impatient and mean personality all the better.

Therefore, they were unwilling to pour cold water on the emperor when Emperor Chongzhen was in high spirits, so they could only temporarily put aside a little opposition in their hearts, and discussed with each other about the title given to Ji Qingwen.

The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty has developed for more than 200 years, and it has become rigid to the point of solidification.

Reflected in the titles given to Ji Qingwen, they are all clichés such as loyalty, respect, and Taikang. Although these clichés are pedantic and outdated, they will never be seriously wrong, and they just echo the atmosphere of the Ming court's "not seeking merit, but seeking no fault".

However, such a title, but can not pass in front of Emperor Chongzhen, he Chrysostom opened, only use the words "twilight" and "boring", then overthrow all these titles, he had an idea, with his own plump and mellow font to write "Fulu" two big characters.

This is equivalent to Emperor Chongzhen giving Ji Qingwen the title of Fulu Marquis.

As soon as the cabinet saw the word "Fulu", they frowned, these two words are also tasteless, and it is disgusting to write Spring Festival couplets, as the title of the marquis who was canonized in the Ming Dynasty, isn't it too child's play?

But as soon as they thought that the word "Fulu" was the emperor's golden mouth, and this title would not be crowned in front of their own names, the three adults were relieved, and then arranged a bunch of sycophants such as "saintly wise" and "knowledgeable" to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to their flattery so attentively, and immediately asked Zhou Yanru, the head of the cabinet, to prepare the holy decree on the spot, and after the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect was completely pacified, he would make the world clear.

Zhou Yanru is the first assistant minister of the cabinet, and the things he prepares are handed over to some junior ministers such as Hanlin scholars and Shu Jishi who are walking in the cabinet. Now the emperor wants to draft a decree for Ji Qingwen himself, which makes him a little dissatisfied in his heart, but if he refuses to accept the emperor's will in person, it will be boring for himself.

So Zhou Yanru could only be served by the eunuch and began to draft his will.

At this time, Wen Tiren, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, had a different idea - he had already seen that Ji Qingwen was in front of the emperor, and now he followed the emperor's wishes and stammered Ji Qingwen, which was a good deal with all profits and no risks.

So Wen Tiren smiled and took a half step forward, arched his hand and said to Chongzhen: "Shengshang, the old minister has not started writing for a long time recently, and when he is itching, it is better to let the old minister also draw up a concert, how about comparing with Lord Zhou Shoufu?" ”

Chongzhen was so happy that he agreed without thinking about it.

Zhou Yanru, who was unhurriedly waving his pen on the side, trembled when he heard this, and thought: What a warm man, isn't this singing my duet in front of the emperor?

This cultural battle is related to the dignity of the first and auxiliary ministers of the imperial court, but it must not be lost.

Zhou Yanru had such an idea in his heart, but it was a little too late - it turned out that he was quite contemptuous when he drafted the will, and he did not take out his peerless writing of Lianzhong Huiyuan and champion, and his pen was extremely perfunctory. And most of this perfunctory decree has been written, and Zhou Yanru can only try to shake the pen and make the article as round as possible.

But such inconsistent penmanship obviously caused the overall style of the article to be separated, making this article from the solemn and strict at the beginning, showing the prestige of the imperial court, to the later flattery and flattery. The whole article looks like a nun who has the Buddha in her heart, but in the end she can't resist the temptation of the red dust and escapes into the green building, which seems a bit nondescript.

Such a will is naturally impossible to pass in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

On the contrary, it is the will of Wen Tiren, although the writing is not outstanding, but the style of writing is unified, the rhetoric is smooth, and it also took out the "Lu" of Ji Qingwen Shijun is the "blessing" of heaven, and everyone who eats Junlu in the world should be grateful for this blessing and serve the saint loyally.

In this way, the idea of the article was raised a lot, and it immediately won the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, and praised: "The will proposed by Changqing (Wen Tiren) is very good, and it is in line with my intentions." Okay, I'll use Changqing's manuscript this time. ”

As he spoke, Chongzhen handed the ink-drenched manuscript to the eunuch on the side, stamped the seal, pressed it on the bookcase, and waited for the White Lotus Sect rebellion to be completely calmed down.

Just when Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, the second assistant, and Ji Qingwen were jealous, Xu Guangqi, who ranked third, was silent with a smile and sat firmly in Diaoyutai.

It turned out that Xu Guangqi had a very close relationship with Ji Qingwen, and he didn't need to spend more time on such trivial things, so he just went home and wrote a private letter to Ji Qingwen after the dispersal of the dynasty, explaining the emperor's attitude to his little friend.

Xu Guangqi's letter was not sent by the Ministry of War to the six-hundred-mile expedited express, nor did it take the route of Jinyiwei, but was slowly delivered to Ji Qingwen by boat, and it had been seven or eight days since he set off from the capital.

In the past seven or eight days, Liu Kongzhao, a sincere uncle, kept urging Ji Qingwen to step up his march and strive to break through Wenzhou City as soon as possible, but Ji Qingwen always prevaricated one by one on the grounds that his soldiers were tired and needed to be replenished, and he refused to send a single soldier.

Later, after receiving Xu Guangqi's letter, Ji Qingwen didn't even bother to find a reason, so he simply replied with only two words - no!

After all, according to Emperor Chongzhen's intentions, Ji Qingwen will soon be the marquis, and he is of the same grade as Liu Kongzhao, so there is no need to sell Lord Liu's face. What's more, the marquis on Ji Qingwen's head was bought back with a knife and a gun, a gold and a silver, which is much tougher than what Liu Kongzhao inherited with the prestige of his ancestors!

The officials and soldiers of the imperial court outside the city recuperated in peace, but the White Lotus Sect inside the city was very busy.

It stands to reason that the White Lotus Sect has tens of thousands of horses trapped in a lonely city, and there should be nothing to do. But the more times like this, the more necessary it is to keep everyone busy, otherwise it is easy to think about the wrong, it is easy to cause trouble, and it is easy to cause extraneous branches......

Therefore, while recuperating from the gunshot wound, Xu Hongru ordered the more than 30,000 surviving White Lotus disciples under his command to do several major things.

The first is to dig three feet into the ground in Wenzhou City, and search and rummage several times. After digging through all the gold, silver, grain, and wine buried by the residents of the city, he actually collected a lot of materials.

The second is to reward believers and disciples on a large scale. It's just that now Xu Hongru has no real materials in his hands, so he can only give some false names. Under Xu Daoqing's "senior brother", he continued to appoint the "second senior brother", "third senior brother", "fourth senior brother", and "fifth senior brother" according to seniority...... It has been sealed until "10086 Senior Brother"......

The third is to organize a big meeting of all the disciples and disciples, and bring out the gongs, drums, suona and other musical instruments found in the city, and blow them all day long, making the chickens and dogs in Wenzhou uneasy.

Seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, Xu Hongru was still playing these formalistic things, and many old believers were worried when they saw this, but Xu Hongru had other plans.

It turned out that he tried to lead the disciples in the city to break through several times, but he was blocked back by the officers and soldiers who were waiting for him, which made Xu Hongru realize that there was absolutely no way to succeed in breaking through head-on.

So he found his own way, gathered the White Lotus cultists who were originally engaged in building buildings, digging trenches, dredging rivers, etc., under the cover of the noise of the city's major affairs, chose a courtyard near the north wall in Wenzhou City, and dug a tunnel in it.

It's a pity that although Xu Hongru's actions were hidden, they were still recognized by Ji Qingwen outside the city.