The wedding between the emperor and Zhu Huijiao attracted the attention of people all over the world, and even North Korea sent envoys to congratulate them.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Wanghua's mood is very complicated, the relationship between him and the emperor can be described as a blend of water, more than ten years by the emperor's side, he understands some aspects of the emperor even more than himself, from the wisdom, self-confidence and courage, Xu Wanghua has met people in his life, no one can compare with the emperor, but in terms of mentality, the emperor does not seem to be particularly good, as the saying goes, mercy is not in charge of the army, the same is true in the court, if the emperor does not have a full estimate of the complexity of the political situation, We will definitely suffer losses in the future.

The emperor's kindness is a good thing for the civil and military ministers below and even for the people, but it is not conducive to the advancement of the political situation and the realization of the goal of making the country rich and the people strong.

Zhu Cihong's case is a good example, the emperor thinks too simply, or too confidently.

Fortunately, the emperor changed his original intention and made corresponding arrangements, and Xu Wanghua also hinted to Zheng Jinhong several times that once the Zheng family army encountered any war, Zhu Cihong would definitely need to go on the expedition, as for how to operate, Zheng Jinhong should understand.

Gao Qiqian's suicide was actually the first step, precisely because Gao Qiqian took out the so-called emperor's edict and restrained the emperor's hands and feet, and in the end, the emperor was afraid that he also understood the truth.

The emperor and Zhu Huijiao are about to get married, the queen was originally going to do a big deal, but the emperor stopped it, the reason is very simple, the Ming Dynasty has not been completely stabilized, and the lives of the people in the north have not been fundamentally improved.

Xu Wanghua clearly does not support the big marriage between the emperor and Zhu Huijiao, so the children born to Zhu Huijiao in the future may also become a threat. After all, no one can say for sure what will happen in the future, but when things come to this point, it is impossible for Xu Wanghua to stop the emperor from marrying Zhu Huijiao.

When Hong Xinyu, the minister of the guard, was specifically responsible for handling the emperor's wedding, Xu Wanghua was trying to calculate Zhu Cihong, and he knew very well that once Zhu Huijiao was canonized as the imperial concubine. The emperor may change his attitude, and they all say that the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, who knows if Zhu Huijiao will say something in front of the emperor.

The opportunity came quickly, and no one expected it.

It is said that the large-scale expedition of the Zheng family army can only appear in Liaodong or southern Liaoning, and the biggest opponent of the Ming Dynasty now is the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin, as well as Huang Taiji, and the rest are not worth mentioning.

However, this time, there was Datong in Shanxi.

The Great Shun Army under Li Zicheng. After Beizhili was basically wiped out, most of the Dashun troops who remained in Henan and Shanxi chose to surrender, and a small number of them resisted stubbornly and were exterminated by Zheng's army.

A part of the rebel sergeants, who were known as the elite of the Dashun army, fled to Datong.

Datong is the border town of the Ming Dynasty, which has always been a military stronghold, and the sergeants of the Dashun army fled to Datong. It looks like it's looking for death, but it's not. The more dangerous the place, the safer it is, Yang He, who is responsible for exterminating the remnants of the Dashun army, did not expect that the remnants of the Dashun army would dare to go to Datong, so he did not pay attention to the remnants of this part of the Dashun army at all.

The remnants of this part of the Dashun army, after lurking for a period of time, began to rebel again. And caused a lot of turmoil in Shanxi and other places, Zheng Jinhong, the cabinet minister, the governor of the capital, and the chief soldier of the Zheng family's army, immediately dispatched 2,000 Zhengjiajun officers and soldiers to Datong to exterminate the remnants of the Dashun army, and the 5,000 Zhengjiajun soldiers stationed in Datong received an order not to act for the time being. After waiting for the arrival of the 2,000 soldiers sent by the capital, they will start the clean-up operation.

This order is strange, the officers and men of the Zheng family army who got up and were stationed in Datong can take the initiative to attack, and with their strong strength, completely exterminate the remnants of this Dashun army.

The task of this expedition was under the command of Hong Xingui, who was appointed as the chief soldier of the Second Military Region.

Following Hong Xingui on the expedition was Zhu Cihong.

Since Zhu Cihong has entered the Zheng family's army, he needs to sharpen himself in the battle and make meritorious contributions, otherwise his identity is always very embarrassing.

Zheng Xunrui knew about the plan, but the order was given by Zheng Jinhong.

On the tenth day of August, there are still five days before the wedding.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zheng Jinhong stayed here, and Hong Xinyu, the minister of the guard, personally guarded outside the Qianqing Palace, and no one was allowed to enter.

"Jinhong, there is no one else here, tell me about your arrangement."

Zheng Jinhong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, to say that he is not afraid of the young master who has become the emperor, he knows the young master's temper very well, and doing things under the young master, as long as you are loyal, honest, and don't have any crooked thoughts, there is generally no big problem, and the young master's heart is actually benevolent and does not like to kill.

This time, Zhu Cihong will definitely die, Zheng Jinhong has made arrangements in this regard, and the fifty Zheng family soldiers who carried out this task will not be able to come back alive.

The plan sounds cruel, but there's no way around it.

Zheng Jinhong knelt down and said all the arrangements one by one, and he did not mention Xu Wanghua.

After Zheng Jinhong finished speaking, there was a long silence in the Qianqing Palace.

After a long time, the emperor's voice came.

"Xu Wanghua also knows about this."

"Lord Xu knows about this, but Lord Xu is also for the emperor."

A sigh came, and Zheng Jinhong ignored the increasing sweat droplets on his forehead and spoke in a low voice.

"The emperor can't be merciful, the stakes are very high, if Zhu Cihong stays in the world, I don't know how many people are ready to move, when the time comes, they will disturb the calm situation, and it will also make the civil and military ministers in the court at a loss, adding huge trouble to the emperor, the emperor issued a holy decree and began to change many matters in the court, which has caused some discussions, especially the impeachment of the abolition of the matter, which prohibits the impeachment of chasing after the wind and shadows, so that many people are a little at a loss, and many local departments are abolished. The officials who came out of the spare time had nowhere to go for a while, and they also had a lot of resentment in their hearts, and they all wanted to find an opportunity to vent their ......"

Reform will definitely touch the interests of many people, Zheng Xunrui clearly asked the Ming Dynasty to only allow the Zheng family army to exist, and the rest of the guards were all abolished, including the army owned by the local Tusi should also be abolished, Qin Liangyu, the largest Tusi of the Ming Dynasty, had already come to the capital to enjoy the blessings, and the white pole soldiers also entered the Zheng family army, as for Mu Tianbo, who has always been stationed in Fujian, he also came to the capital with interest, and after being named the prince and young master, he enjoyed happiness in the capital with peace of mind.

Qin Liangyu and Mu Tianbo and others can enjoy happiness, but many of them are commanders, Wei commanders, thousands of households and hundreds of households, etc., and they are not so lucky, including many officials of the original three divisions in the local government, and many of them have been dismissed.

These people are not so easy to appease, and the court has no intention of appeasing these people.

In case these people start to quietly approach Zhu Cihong, who can predict what will happen in the future.

Zheng Jinhong's tears came out, he was afraid that the emperor would ask Hong Xingui to guarantee Zhu Cihong's safety, so that all the arrangements would be in vain, and the emperor's will, Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xingui and others would never dare to disobey it, including Xu Wanghua.

"Jin Hong, I never do bad things, and I have always thought that they are all benevolent, I am not pedantic, I know that some things are not as beautiful as I imagined, but I still hope that everything is beautiful, many things that have appeared in recent times, including the grievances of the dismissed civil and military officials, I am aware of them, I don't force them, let them figure it out for themselves, in the past, they were vegetarian, greedy for the silver of the Mo court, and tried every means to exploit the people, but now there is no such opportunity, I don't punish them, Give them a chance to live safely, but unfortunately, some people don't necessarily understand my thoughts. ”

"What should I do, you and Xu Wanghua have made arrangements, I will not stop you, how to calm down in the future, I think you have also made arrangements, don't make too much trouble, I want everyone in the world not to know, this is also impossible, I can't always be amiable, and it is impossible for some people to think that I am a fool......"

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Zheng Jinhong knelt down again and choked up.

"Your Majesty, this matter is completely operated by the minister, and if there is any problem, the minister will fully bear it, and it has nothing to do with the emperor."

"Don't say this, Jinhong, we can't treat everyone in the world as a fool, if people don't say it now, history will also record this one, it should be my responsibility, and I will never shirk it."

On 14 August, news came from Datong that all the remnants of the Dashun army had been exterminated, and Zhu Cihong, who had accompanied the army on the expedition, led 50 soldiers to fight hard in the pursuit battle, being outnumbered and sacrificing his life bravely.

Hong Xingui, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, who was in charge of commanding the operation, had already led the army back to the capital to accept the punishment of the imperial court.

On August 15, the wedding between the emperor and Zhu Huijiao was carried out according to the original plan, but after the wedding ceremony, Zheng Xunrui immediately canonized Zhu Huijiao as the imperial concubine, second only to the queen in the palace.

Zhu Huijiao, who became the imperial concubine, also asked the emperor that her younger brothers and sisters would not ask for any canonization, and hoped to live a peaceful and peaceful life and not be an official for the rest of her life.

The emperor agreed to the request of the imperial concubine and ordered the household department to allocate a certain amount of silver taels every year to ensure the livelihood of the imperial concubine's relatives.

Just a few days after the wedding of the emperor and the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine once again demanded that all the titles and fiefs of the vassal kings be abolished, so that they could become ordinary people, who could participate in the imperial examinations and enter the court as officials, just like ordinary people.

Although the emperor has not yet agreed to the imperial concubine's request, the news quickly leaked out.

The feudal kings in various places began to give a beating to the imperial court, and begged for the revocation of the title and back cover of the feudal king.

At the end of September, the emperor's decree finally came down, agreeing to abolish all the titles and fiefs of vassal kings. (To be continued.) )