Princess Kunxing is very diligent, although she has little experience in governance, but she studies diligently, and whenever she doesn't understand something, she will summon the corresponding minister to inquire until she understands it.

And every great dynasty is never absent. Although she can only be an audience many times in the court, when the ministers debate, they are witty in their words, and there are all kinds of thoughts behind their backs, and many times she can't figure it out at all, and she doesn't dare to make decisions easily.

Regarding the reward of the generals of the Northern Expedition, the cabinet could not make up their minds, and Princess Kunxing could not make a decision.

It stands to reason that the Northern Expedition won a great victory, and it should be a meritorious soldier to be added to the knighthood, which Princess Kunxing naturally understands. The matter of being rewarded is too important, and it also involves specific names, corresponding titles, and most importantly, how Chen Yue, the king of Qi, should be rewarded.

There were many officials in the court, saying that the official position of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, had reached its peak, and there was no way to add officials to the knighthood, but they had to be rewarded, so they could only split the soil and divide the seal. Some officials suggested that Shandong or Liaodong should be given to Chen Yue, the king of Qi, as a feudal state, so that he could be a real vassal king.

But immediately another group of officials wrote against it, saying that the matter of splitting the land had not happened since the Han Dynasty. The imperial court has made an exception to crown Chen Yue as a king with a different surname, and if he splits the soil again, I am afraid that it will cause the empire to split in the future.

The two groups of officials quarreled non-stop, which made Princess Kunxing have a headache and couldn't decide.

Therefore, today's court is the time to discuss this matter for the last time and then make a decision.

Princess Kunxing sat on the throne, the beaded curtain hanging from the crown covered her delicate face, and listened attentively to the discussions of the ministers below.

"The position is awarded to reward the merits, and the merits of the King of Qi are heard all over the world and cannot be rewarded, otherwise the court will inevitably end up mean. However, the official position of the King of Qi has reached its peak, and it cannot be promoted again, and only by rewarding each other can he live up to the merits of King Qi.

Although the land of Liaodong is the inherent territory of the Ming Dynasty, it has long been occupied by Jiannu for more than 20 years, and the Han people in Liaodong have long been killed by Jiannu, which is no different from the land outside Huawai.

Giving Liaodong to the King of Qi and rewarding him for his great achievements, not to mention, can also encourage the King of Qi to continue to make new achievements and destroy the Jiannu outside the gate as soon as possible, which is really a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Li Qing, the secretary of Dali Temple, talked eloquently, describing the benefits of splitting the soil.

Shi Kefa smiled bitterly in his heart, as Chen Yue's power became more and more powerful, many officials turned to his disciples, and Li Qing, the secretary of Dali Temple, was one of them. His suggestion to split the earth and seal it was to curry favor with Chen Yue, the king of Qi.

Li Qing's words were approved by many officials, but even more were opposed.

"The minister asked the prison to give an order to kill Li Qing, a flatterer!" Yushi Yang Wencong walked out proudly and pleaded to the princess of the prison country.

"Liaodong and Liaoxi are separated by a water, and further west is the Guannei Jingshi, in fact, can the ministers have?

Li Qing's move was to trap the king of Qi in injustice, and his heart could be punished. The minister asked the princess of the prison country to immediately issue an order and kill Li Qing with a cane on the spot. ”

Princess Kunxing was stunned, and the discussion was so good, why did she suddenly shout to kill?

Yang Qing's suggestion was to reward Chen Yue for his great work, and Princess Kunxing was of course happy to hear it, but Yang Wencong's words were more related to the Ming Dynasty, which made Princess Kunxing at a loss.

And when the court fell into a fierce dispute, no one knew that a big change was about to come in the inner palace.

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Surrounded by a large group of eunuchs, Tian Cheng walked proudly on the palace road leading to the Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the murderous group of people, the women of the eunuch palace who passed by were silent and retreated to both sides of the road.

"Father-in-law Ma, father-in-law Tian is coming to Qianqing Palace with a large group of people!" A little eunuch walked like a fly, and reported to Ma Xiang, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch, who was shocked when he heard this.

"Are you talking about Father-in-law Tian Narita?" Ma Xiang asked incredulously.

"Exactly." The little eunuch affirmed.

"Tian Cheng, what does he want to do?" Ma Xiang roared angrily. The henchmen and eunuchs on his left and right looked at each other, what else could they do when they went to the Qianqing Palace, they must have gone to see Emperor Chongzhen, but Tian Cheng brought a large group of people, and his purpose was self-evident.

Of course, Ma Xiang understood Tian Cheng's intentions, he was just venting the anger and fear in his heart. After venting, you naturally have to face it.

"Someone is coming, quickly gather people, send someone to inform the commander of the Jinyi Guard guarding the palace, and order him to quickly lead his troops to the Qianqing Palace!" A series of orders came out of Ma Xiang's mouth, and the little eunuchs around him quickly ran out to find someone.

About 100 eunuchs followed Tian Cheng, all of them holding sticks and murderous spirits, and came straight to the Qianqing Palace.

Under the urgent dispatch, Ma Xiang also summoned more than 200 eunuchs to guard outside the Qianqing Palace.

"Father-in-law Ma, Han Li refused to send someone here, saying that the guards guarding the palace city could not be moved without an edict." The eunuch who gave the order returned and reported to Ma Xiang, which made Ma Xiang furious.

"The princess of the prison country is in the court, where can I write an edict to him?" A henchman eunuch said angrily.

"Grandpa Ma, Han Li didn't listen to your dispatch, he obviously didn't take you seriously!" Another eunuch said.

"Say no more!" Ma Xiang reprimanded with a cold face. At this moment, he was flustered, Han Li was placed in the palace by the Qi King and his family to be in charge of guarding, but now he refused to obey his orders, could it be that Han Li decided to betray the King of Qi and fall to Tian Cheng's side?

Fortunately, Han Li did not answer the call, but he did not send troops to help Tian Cheng, otherwise he would not have to fight, so he could only give Chongzhen to Tian Cheng.

"Don't panic, there are a lot of us, it's not a problem to block the rebellion! When Tian Cheng is destroyed, all the positions in his hands are yours, and the King of Qi and the princess of the prison country will definitely be greatly rewarded! Ma Xiang tried his best to boost morale.

Not long after, Tian Cheng came to the Qianqing Palace with people, and seeing that there were more people on his side than Tian Cheng, Ma Xiang's heart relaxed slightly.

"Father-in-law Tian, you came with so many people with guns and sticks, do you want to kill the king and rebel?" Ma Xiang came out of the crowd and scolded Tian Cheng coldly.

"Fart!" Tian Cheng scolded angrily: "Ma Xiang Xiao'er, when our family was the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, you were still washing clothes in the Shangyi Supervisor, and you saw that my father was so presumptuous!" ”

"Without further ado, why the hell are you here?" Ma Xiang said angrily.

"Of course, I came to escort him. Ma Xiang, you imprisoned Your Majesty and tried to cause chaos, and our family came to escort you by Your Majesty's holy decree. Tian Cheng smiled coldly and shouted at Ma Xiang's subordinates, "Everyone, Ma Xiang is really a great evil when he commits a rebellion, if you can catch him, our family will speak for him in front of Your Majesty and pardon the crime of coercion!" ”

"Nonsense! Our family is in charge of the Qianqing Palace under the will of the princess of the prison country to protect the safety of His Majesty, how can we imprison Your Majesty! Ma Xiang was furious, pointed at Tian Cheng and shouted angrily, "Tian Cheng led the crowd to attack the Qianqing Palace, to kill the monarch and rebel, give me a charge, and catch Tian Cheng and reward three thousand taels of silver!" ”

Such a big movement outside naturally spread to the Qianqing Palace, and a trace of excitement flashed on Chongzhen's face.

"What's going on outside, it's so noisy!" Chongzhen asked unhappily.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, it was Tian Chengtian's father-in-law who plotted rebellion, and suddenly brought someone to kill him, and Ma Gonggong led the troops to resist it."

The little eunuch who served by Chongzhen's side was Ma Xiang's person, but under the authority of Chongzhen's twenty-year emperor, he didn't dare to hide it.

"A bunch of bastards, they dare to shout and kill in front of the Qianqing Palace, do you take me in your eyes, do you want to kill the king and rebel?" Chongzhen was furious, and several eunuchs and maids in the palace were so frightened that they knelt down, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"I want to see what Tian Cheng and Ma Xiang want to do!" Chongzhen shouted angrily, raised his feet and was about to walk outside the hall, frightening the souls of several little eunuchs to fly out of the sky.

"Your Majesty, it's too dangerous outside, please stay in the palace, and Gonggong Ma will deal with this matter." A little eunuch hurriedly blocked in front of Chongzhen and persuaded bitterly.

"Get out of here, I want to see who dares to attack me." Chongzhen scolded angrily.

"Your Majesty, no." The other eunuchs also hurriedly stopped in front of Chongzhen and prayed together. If Chongzhen goes out and has an accident, none of them will want to live.

"Hehe, good minion," Chongzhen was angry, originally he suspected that there were many Chen Yue people in the palace, but now seeing that even a few little eunuchs dared to stop him, his suspicion was confirmed. However, Chongzhen's temperament is extremely strong, how can a few little eunuchs stop it?

Looking up, he saw the sword hanging on the wall at a glance, Chongzhen ran over and took it in his hand, the "bell long" sword was unsheathed, and he walked towards a few little eunuchs who were in the way with angry eyes.

"Ahh Seeing that the emperor was killing with a sword in his hand, several little eunuchs were so frightened that they didn't dare to stop it no matter how much Ma Xiang supported them, Chongzhen really dared to kill, and killing them was a waste of time. As for making a move with Chongzhen, they don't dare to give them ten dares.

At the instigation of Ma Xiang, a group of eunuchs under him mustered up their morale and wanted to kill Tian Cheng and others. Seeing that the two groups of eunuchs were about to start a big battle in front of the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Tian Cheng and the others on the opposite side suddenly stopped their movements and looked blankly at the direction of the Qianqing Palace Gate.

Ma Xiang was shocked, Huo Ran looked back, and saw Emperor Chongzhen standing on the steps with a sword.

"Slave Tian Cheng greets Your Majesty," Tian Cheng threw away the sword in his hand and knelt down, shouting with tears in his eyes.

"Meet Your Majesty" The eunuchs under Tian Cheng also threw away the guns and sticks in their hands and knelt down.

"Meet Your Majesty!" Without waiting for Ma Xiang's command, the eunuchs under him also threw away their weapons and turned around and knelt down facing the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Ma Xiang panicked in his heart, and when he raised his eyes, Chongzhen's two sharp gazes shot straight into his face, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and he quickly knelt down.

Standing alone on the steps, looking at the hundreds of eunuchs kneeling below. Chongzhen's heart suddenly settled. It turns out that his imperial majesty is still there, and it turns out that he is still the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, not just an ornament.

At this moment, Chongzhen is full of confidence in taking back power!

His eyes roamed over the heads of the eunuchs below, and Chongzhen could feel the appearance of these dog minions trembling under his own forced gaze. A dog is a dog, and even if it barks fiercely, it has to pick up its tail in front of its owner.

"Didn't they just shout and kill one by one? Why didn't I speak when I came out! Chongzhen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, Tian Cheng led people to attack the Qianqing Palace with guns and sticks, he wanted to rebel and cause chaos, please give an order to deal with it!" Ma Xiang climbed to the bottom of the stairs and bravely replied.

"Who said that Tian Cheng was plotting to rebel against him, he came to escort him by the dictates of me." The cold words came out of Chongzhen's mouth, making Ma Xiang's heart seem to fall into an ice cellar. Tian Cheng is ordered to escort, so isn't he a traitor who holds the emperor hostage?

Sure enough, the cold words continued to come out of Chongzhen's mouth, causing Ma Xiang's heart to fall into the abyss.

"The eunuch Ma Xiang is disobedient, and he is qualified to go to the post of the celebrant and the pen, and he will be punished with forty rods!"

With Chongzhen's words, several strong eunuchs rushed over from behind Tian Cheng, grabbed Ma Xiang and dragged him outside.

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid have not been disobedient, the slave and maid are in charge of the Qianqing Palace at the bewill of the princess of the prison country, and they have been serving Your Majesty carefully." Knowing that the end was coming, Ma Xiang struggled and begged for mercy.

Seeing that Ma Xiang dared to mention his daughter Kunxing, Chongzhen's brows furrowed slightly.

"Shut his mouth!" Tian Cheng hurriedly ordered, and a eunuch found a rag out of nowhere and stuffed it into Ma Xiang's mouth, so Ma Xiang's shouting stopped abruptly, and he could only let out an unwilling whining.

Unable to speak any longer, Ma Xiang could only look around with his eyes, looking at his more than 200 subordinates. However, in front of Chongzhen, even his most confidant, the eunuch, did not dare to move at all, and no one dared to try to rescue him, so Ma Xiang finally despaired.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" sounded, because Ma Xiang couldn't scream because his mouth was blocked, and there was only a dull beating sound in everyone's ears, but it was like a morning bell and a dusk drum ringing in their ears, so the eunuchs understood that this day was probably going to change.

Under the four strong eunuchs taking turns, the cane punishment ended quickly, and the forty canes ended, Ma Xiang's body was already paralyzed on the ground like a puddle of mud, and an executing eunuch reached out to probe the end of Ma Xiang's nose and shook his head.

Killing a eunuch to show his thunderous might, Chongzhen naturally couldn't be satisfied, and looked at Tian Cheng, "Isn't the court meeting being held now, go to the main hall immediately with me." ”

"Slave and maid command." Tian Cheng replied respectfully, and then ordered his subordinates to go down.

Soon, the royal chariot came, and surrounded by a hundred and ten eunuchs, Chongzhen sat on the imperial chariot and headed towards the main hall where the court meeting was held.

When he was halfway there, the Jinyi guard guarding the palace commanded Tongzhi Han Li to bring people to come and kneel in front of the royal palace.

"Your Majesty, Commander Han is his own person." Tian Cheng leaned sideways and whispered in Chongzhen's ear.

Chongzhen nodded, and waved his hand to let Han Li lead someone to guard the front and back of the Imperial Palace. After more than 100 Jinyi lieutenants joined, the team became even larger, and they headed towards the main hall.

Above the main hall, the ministers were still arguing. A eunuch flew over, and after walking to the side of the imperial steps, the big eunuch who served Princess Kunxing walked down, listened to the words of the eunuch, his expression suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly walked up the steps and whispered in Kunxing's ear.

"Princess, Your Majesty ordered the rod to kill Ma Xiang, and is leading people to the main hall." Princess Kunxing's expression suddenly changed greatly.