Chapter 55: I Want to Be a General, I Don't Want to Be an Emperor
"Brother-in-law, how can I blame you? Hehe, do you know that I also want to go to war with you and avenge my father," Zhu Cijiong immediately came up and said very firmly: "When I think of the scene of my father's tragic death, I am very sad, I must personally avenge my father, brother-in-law, you must train more combat-effective troops and eliminate all the rogues and slaves!"
Zhu Cijiong's words startled Queen Zhou, she quickly looked serious, and shouted to Zhu Cijiong majestically: "Emperor, how can you talk nonsense? You are now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and you have only turned twelve years old after the age of twelve, how can you go to war? You can rest assured, the combat effectiveness of the army trained by Brother Yue is the strongest in the world, and he will definitely be able to defeat Liukou and Jiannu and avenge your father. ”
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister must capture the leaders of the Liukou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to Nanjing, let you fall, and will also eliminate all the Liukou and Jiannu, and return the world to peace. At that time, I will take my son with Jiao'er and find a place to recuperate and enjoy life!" Cao Yue said, and said very solemnly: "But please also ask the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to give the minister a lot of convenience now, and the minister hopes that there will be no restraint in these matters such as arming the army." In fact, my Ming Dynasty would not have been defeated to this extent, it was all because of such pedantic ministers in the court, and generals like ministers who had made several military exploits were sent to Nanjing to train troops, and I was not allowed to fight, otherwise the situation would definitely not be like this. If these people continue to dominate the government in the future, the situation will still be chaotic. The minister hopes that there will be no more such a situation in the court, in extraordinary times, we must act in an extraordinary way, and now the country is like a tired egg, if you are not careful, the next day will be overturned!"
"Brother Yue. This palace will support you, the emperor will also support you, our lives were saved by you, and you are the husband of Jiao'er, the only relative we can rely on now, we don't trust you. If you don't support you, who else do you support? Queen Zhou didn't wait for Zhu Cijiong to answer anything, so she preemptively said: "I believe you will be able to do things well and will not let us down!"
"Please rest assured that His Majesty the Emperor and Emperor will not let you down, and will definitely bring the situation under control as soon as possible, and then find an opportunity to go on a northern expedition to recover Beijing," Cao Yue looked at the emaciated Empress Zhou, stood up and said very firmly: "In the pacification of the Liukou." After the annihilation of Jiannu, we must escort the Empress Dowager and the Emperor back to Beijing!"
"I hope we can soon see Brother Yue lead the army to quell the rebellion and eliminate the foreign captives, as for returning to Beijing, this matter is still a long-term consideration," Empress Zhou still has a lingering look at the attack on Beijing, and now, Nanjing is much safer than Beijing. She is nostalgic for Nanjing, "What you said." The palace has remembered that now the emperor is still young and has no way to deal with the affairs of the court, so you and Sun Ge Lao will have to worry about the affairs of the court!"
"The minister must live up to expectations!" Cao Yue immediately got up, solemnly bowed and agreed.
Next, Zhu Yujiao accompanied Queen Zhou to talk about her thoughts. The children were amused, and Cao Yue accompanied Zhu Cijiong to have a conversation.
"Brother-in-law, just the two of us, don't talk about His Majesty the Emperor, it sounds very lively. In private, you can just call me Jiong'er!" Zhu Cijiong didn't seem to like Cao Yue calling him emperor or His Majesty, and when the two were alone, he immediately made a request: "You call me emperor in front of people, and we will be nicknamed by nicknames in private, okay?" ”
"Okay!" Cao Yue had no choice but to agree.
"Brother-in-law, I think you are the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, and the several battles you commanded have won big victories, and they won very easily, you are really powerful," Zhu Cijiong looked at Cao Yue with a look of admiration, and sighed slightly, "I really want to follow you to fight and eliminate Liukou and Jiannu." Brother-in-law, you don't know, in fact, I don't want to be an emperor, what I want to be most is a majestic general, just like you, brother-in-law, who sweeps the battlefield and sweeps the world. Or, let's change positions, you will be the emperor, and I will help you lead the army to fight? ”
Cao Yue was startled by these words, and he hurriedly stopped Zhu Cijiong: "I said Jiong'er, you can't talk nonsense, if someone hears it, there will be a lot of people who impeach and accuse me of wanting to rebel, and I will die immediately without a place to be buried." ”
"Brother-in-law, I really think so, I never thought about being an emperor," Zhu Cijiong didn't care, and said very seriously: "Seeing that my father is so busy, he can't sleep well, and he doesn't have a happy day, I'm afraid." Now that I see my father die so miserably, I don't even give myself a chance to escape, and I'm even more afraid. Brother-in-law, I really don't want to be the emperor, if it weren't for the queen mother and you saying so, I ......"
"Okay, I understand your thoughts," Cao Yue stretched out his hand to pat Zhu Cijiong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Anyway, now the emperor is the only concubine of you, who has been the queen mother, and no one can rob you, so you can be the emperor with peace of mind, and your brother-in-law will be responsible for the war, and your brother-in-law can promise you that he must sweep the world for you and help you become a Ming monarch." I believe that as long as the two of us work together, we will be able to govern Daming better than ever. ”
"Brother-in-law, I believe in you," Zhu Cijiong smiled innocently, "If you have time, you can come into the palace to see me, and now there is no one to talk to me, and I am suffocated." ”
"Your father has not been buried yet, the situation in the world is still a mess, I want to be busy with military training, you just stay in the palace, I have to find a way to control the situation in Nanjing, no matter what, there can be no more chaos," Cao Yue also told Zhu Cijiong about his solution to the four towns of Jiangbei and how to solve Zuo Liangyu's department, and then said after speaking: "In extraordinary times, you have to do extraordinary things, these generals with heavy troops are usually arrogant, and they are not willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, so they can only take tough measures against them." If Zuo Liangyu's problem is also solved, then no generals in the world will dare to disobey the will of the imperial court, and the imperial court's government and military orders can be unimpeded, and it will be much more convenient to do anything at that time! If you can't unite as one, you can't do anything, and you can't concentrate all your strength into one fist. ”
"It's still my brother-in-law who has the courage, and such a headache can be easily solved!" Zhu Cijiong didn't seem to care about what Cao Yue did, but recognized and appreciated it very much, "Brother-in-law, I fully support you in this matter, if Zuo Liangyu is unwilling to obey the call of the imperial court and refuses for various reasons, then it will be regarded as a rebellion, and you can send troops to destroy it." What you said is very reasonable, we must first settle the inside, and when the places that the Ming can control now are pacified, we can concentrate our forces and go all out to deal with the Liukou and Jiannu. When the time comes, I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can also go to the battlefield in person, and go to war with you, brother-in-law!"
Hearing that Zhu Cijiong still wanted to go to the battlefield to fight, Cao Yue couldn't help but have a big head! (To be continued.) )