Chapter 396: Letter from Kaifeng
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After smoking two cigarettes with Leng Thorn in Tongguan, Zhu Qing's confusion eased somewhat. After the www.biquge.info conversation was over, Zhu Qing returned to his military tent and slept with his head covered.
Leng Thorn didn't go back, he went to Huzi's military tent, and when it was time to change the dressing for Huzi, Leng Thorn nagged in Huzi's ear without saying a word while changing the dressing.
When it was about to dawn, Leng Thorn left Huzi's military tent and returned to his tent to rest.
I don't know what Leng Thorn said to Huzi. After Leng Thorn left, Huzi supported his injured body, put on a cloak and walked out of the tent, but walked towards Li Yufeng's tent.
"General?" One of Li Yufeng's guards quickly greeted Huzi when he saw it.
"Shhhh
"Lady asleep?" Huzi asked softly.
The guard nodded, "General Qinglong sent her back and left, and General Qinglong just left and the eldest lady lay down." So far, there has been no account room. ”
Huzi nodded, he didn't go in, and the next morning, when Li Zicheng got up early, Zhu Qing was already ready and exercising in the front yard. This made Li Zicheng a little surprised, he now seems to understand that it is not an accident that this young man can come to this day, he has the ability, but he still works hard, if there are a few more such people in Daming, I am afraid that there will be nothing wrong with him Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng thought about it and couldn't help but gasp.
After everyone was packed, the team immediately set off and galloped towards the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the leadership of Zhu Qing, the team arrived in Beijing before sunset, which was a must. Because they have to attend a dinner party, of course, the most important thing is that it is difficult to arrange accommodation for dozens of Li Zicheng's people when it is dark, and if they can't see it, it is easy to have an accident, and Zhu Qing doesn't want to have an accident.
When King Chuang entered Beijing, the people in the city were quite honest, in fact, they could not be honest, thinking that some of the people in the city supported King Chuang, and some hated him, no matter which faction, they were not allowed to make trouble today, this was arranged by the killing wind, and the Jinyi Guard had been scattered among the people before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and those who were disobedient would be killed. The intimidation is to cover up, because it is the intimidation of the Jinyi Guard, so it looks like it can be fake, the people in the imperial city are still living their own lives, shouting on the street, shutting up when they should shut up, it doesn't matter if they are disobedient, anyway, there are Jinyi Guards staring behind their backs.
So Beijing's impression of Li Zicheng is, but so. He was even a little disappointed that he did not get Kaifeng's treatment in Beijing, and the people of Beijing did not seem to buy his battles. He kind of felt that not everyone likes to rebel, and the price is a bit big. It seems that this time the peace negotiation is quite right.
"Congratulations to King Chuang to enter Beijing for deliberations, I have been waiting for a long time." It was Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren who came out to greet them, these two guys, judging from their positions, would pinch up sooner or later, but now, the two of them took Chongzhen's task to entertain this dead enemy from afar. So both of them had a smile on their faces, a hypocritical smile.
But Li Zicheng didn't care, seeing the two dressed up, although they had never met, they always guessed one or two, "There are two auxiliary ministers." ”
Zhu Qing saw that Li Zicheng still had a bit of the world, so he introduced forward, "This is Lord Wen, this is Lord Zhou." Zhu Qing deliberately put Wen in front of Zhou, which was intended to make the two of them feel more guilty.
Zhou Yanru was obviously a little unhappy, but because of the scene, he didn't get mad on the spot. Zhu Qing observed the words, and then added, "Lord Zhou and Lord Wen are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty. "This sycophant is well shot, which not only balances Zhou, but also makes Wen Piao for a while.
was praised a lot, and the two of them stiffened a lot, and the anger seemed to be smoother.
Zhu Qing smiled at the corner of his mouth, he didn't want to move these two people now, the noise outside hadn't calmed down yet, and he didn't have time to toss around at home, but let them tear themselves up, Zhu Qing was willing to add a fire.
"Two adults, this is Li Zicheng, the leader of the Yihe Army, this is his left and right deputy generals, General Liu Zongmin and General Hehuzi." Zhu Qing turned to introduce Li Zicheng's side. For the sake of both sides, Zhu Qing gave the Chuang Army a less reactionary name, the Peace Army, anyway, the two sides want to negotiate peace, so it is not too much to say. If you talk about breaking into the army, this is not the Ming army, if you talk about the righteous army, it is a slap in the face, if you say the rebels or thieves, it is even more unacceptable, Li Zicheng must not be anxious with you, think about it, it is more appropriate to discuss the peace army.
Li Zicheng was quite comfortable listening to it, after all, there is still a leader here, and he is known as the king, it seems that the court still gives some face.
"I've seen two adults, generals." Li Zicheng returned the salute with his subordinates. The greeting just now is the first time we met, and now the official introduction is the second meeting, and this is also a meeting!
"We are waiting for the emperor's order to entertain King Chuang and the generals, and the emperor will wait for King Chuang in the main hall tomorrow morning. Tonight, please eat and drink well, King Chuang, please inside. Wen Tiren said respectfully.
"Okay, this king is better to be respectful, and thank the emperor for his kindness." Li Zicheng is not crooked, he has fought anyway, and now he wants to discuss peace, and if he can't talk about it, he just continues to fight.
"King Chuang deserves to be a hero of the world......"
"The general is really brave, how can he ......"
Two groups of people patted each other's sycophants and walked into heaven and earth!
Heaven and earth, the first in the capital, specializing in royal banquets, is the most awesome folk restaurant in addition to the state banquet in the imperial dining room of the palace.
Chongzhen arranged a banquet for Li Zicheng here, and gradually the specifications were high. Presumably, the meal after tomorrow's meeting will be the state banquet.
No matter so much, anyway, Li Zicheng and his subordinates have never entered such a high-end restaurant, and they have never seen such a high-end banquet. It's a bit restrained to think about, after all, many famous dishes don't know how to start.
Those adults don't understand the situation and want to see other people's jokes, but Zhu Qing can't let Li Zicheng and others make a fool of themselves in public, and they can't eat well, so it's strange if they don't go against you! Dinner reception is very important, Zhu Qing still understands this, the rules in officialdom, Zhu Qing just doesn't want to play.
So as soon as the dish came up, as long as Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren persuaded the dish, Zhu Qing would be the first to eat it, this was to demonstrate to Li Zicheng and others, this product is eaten like this!
Li Zicheng and his gang are not stupid, they still know how to draw scoops according to the gourd, so this table manners are not lost.
Occasionally, when someone grabbed in front of Zhu Qing and ate the dish they liked but didn't know if it was like this, the adults at the same table wanted to laugh, so Zhu Qing ate according to the person's eating method, and repeatedly exaggerated that the person could eat and knew how to eat. Seeing that the people around were surprised, what happened to this Qinglong today?!
After eating this belly-padding dish for a round, I began to fight for wine, take the wine! Who can do this gang of people who rebelled with a flat wine vat? It doesn't matter what kind of royal gift he has, what kind of national cellar, as soon as he takes it, he will finish it all in a circle. The adults who wanted to see people's jokes just now staggered, and some Shunzhi directly grabbed the dishes on the table and sent them to his mouth, no matter how he eats! The emperor has an order, greet me to death, and ask you for dereliction of duty if you don't entertain you well!
Fortunately, Zhu Qing has already made arrangements, the heavens and the earth have been strictly watched by the Jinyi Guard, and not a single fly can fly out (it is estimated that there is none), let alone worry about the ugliness of these imperial ministers being seen, anyway, they all drank about the same, half a catty and eight taels, in this private room, who laughs at whom?!
After three rounds of drinking, almost everyone poured, and at this time, Liu Zongmin muttered something in Li Zicheng's ear, only to see Li Zicheng nodding and waving his hand. Liu Zongmin got up and went out.
Every time he arrived at the door, he was stopped by Zhu Qing, "Where is Vice General Liu?" We haven't had enough yet, come on, keep coming! Zhu Qing pretended to be drunk and picked up the wine bottle and said to Liu Zongmin. In fact, no one here has ever drunk Zhu Qing, and the history of thirty bowls of sorghum wine is not blown! He knew that Liu Zongmin was going to do something bad.
Liu Zongmin saw that he was stopped by Zhu Qing, but it was not easy to leave, so he also pretended to be drunk and said with a smile, "Wait for me to relieve myself and come back to get drunk with General Qinglong!" "As he spoke, he was going out again.
"Untie your hands? Then you don't have to go out, over there, the compartment over there is a special place to relieve your hands. Zhu Qing pointed to the compartment.
Hey, boy, this is a high-end club, and you still want to engage in field warfare? Lao Tzu suffocates you!
Liu Zongmin was helpless, he never expected that there would be a pit in this place to eat, and he couldn't help but turn over the river and the sea for a while, but fortunately it was not as he imagined. But this door can't get out for the time being. What to do?
"Bang dang!" Someone fell, it was a tiger, this tiger-headed tiger, others persuaded those who came to drink, I really thought that I was the god of wine, at least half of Zhu Qing, but when Zhu Qing was still staring at Liu Zongmin soberly, he had already fallen.
"Huh? Toilet? Li Zicheng held Huzi with his hand.
"Sleep...... Slept. "Maybe it's because of the strength of the wine that has been going for days, Huzi's eyes narrowed.
"Qinglong, it's almost done, everyone has poured it, I'm afraid that if you drink it again, you will miss tomorrow's big event, you can't make a difference." Li Zicheng wanted to withdraw, because he saw that Liu Zongmin couldn't go out for a long time, and it seemed that there was something more important waiting for him.
Zhu Qing knew that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were definitely not drunk, but as for Huzi, whether he was really drunk or pretending, he was not sure. But since that's the case, it's better to follow Li Zicheng's wish, stop here, and see what they want to do?! After all, he was not the slightest drunk, and of course his subordinates knew that the task was important, so except for those ministers, Jin Yiwei was almost no stranger.
"Okay, since King Chuang is happy, let's stop here tonight. Let's talk about it tomorrow, let's get back to drinking! Zhu Qing snapped his fingers as he spoke, and two brocade guards came in outside the door.
"Come here." Zhu Qing beckoned, motioned for the two of them to come over, and said a few words in his ear. The two brocade guards nodded, and then went out, and after a while, Suzaku came in with a few brocade guards.
"My lord, let my subordinates send a few adults home." Suzaku glanced at Zhu Qing. With a wave of his hand at the Jinyi Wei under him, several Jinyi Wei dragged Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren and other ministers downstairs, the dignified minister can't see people like this, Suzaku has already arranged for a sedan chair to wait in the hall on the first floor, and he doesn't need to go out to get on the car directly and carry it away!
Zhu Qing didn't care how those ministers had lost their national body in front of Li Zicheng, because their own bodies had already been completely lost, and he didn't want this degraded Donglin Party to play any bigger role anymore, and it was only a matter of time before he dealt with these deceitful rebellious ministers and thieves. But now we have to keep them safe.