11 The decision of a small group of people: the new emperor

The entire Qixia Hall is tense!

The palace is Zhang Qiangsheng's territory, and it is guarded by tens of thousands of imperial troops.

Outside the palace is the "forbidden army" of more than 10,000 Zhao Yuyang.

There are hundreds of thousands of Yangjiafu troops in West Chang'an and more than one million Liaodong Provincial troops.

There are two million Yangjiafu troops and five million Liaodong Provincial troops in the Greater Chang'an District.

There are still millions of imperial troops, tribal armies, clan armies, government armies, and armor protection armies in Gyeonggi who are still loyal to the Ming court.

The armies of the provinces also marched towards Chang'an, especially Lingnan!

The Lingnan Navy is sailing on the Yangtze River with a large number of Lingnan Army, and the vanguard has arrived in Xiangyang - and Liu Xingchao of Jinling doesn't care!

Oh yes, the Han Emperor Liu Xingchao still controls the eastern coast, and the cult gangs everywhere are also very arrogant.

The world seems to be really messing up.

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Yang Mingyang held Park Qinghong's hand and stopped her anger. He shouted at everyone, "Everyone be quiet! ”

People stopped talking and stared at Yang Mingyang.

Yang Mingyang: "Now that Zhu Zhaoding is dead, no matter what the reason, he is dead!" Crown Prince Zhu Hongding also died, and his men also died. Do you really want to avenge him? Fool whom? When he wanted to be the emperor, weren't you all against it? Why have they all become loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty now? ”

People still want to speak, Yang Mingyang said: "At the beginning, Qian Zhao decided to change his surname and become the emperor, I resolutely opposed it, but he still forcibly called the emperor." I touched my conscience and said, I didn't kill him; But if I can kill him, I'm going to kill him. ”

People stared at him deadly.

Yang Mingyang: "Don't look at me, I won't be the first scholar, and I won't be the emperor." ”

Everybody said, "So what are you going to do?" Now what? The world is in chaos! ”

Yang Mingyang said loudly: "I suggest that Li Hongsi become the emperor!" He is the third son of the first emperor Zhu Zhaotian and the third brother of Zhu Honghua. ”

There was a lot of talk.

Someone said: "If the royal family changes their surname, they will always be the scholar family, and it has nothing to do with the royal family!" Even if he is the third son, what is the use? ”

Someone said: "Li Hongsi is too, he wanders around all day long, it's not good!" ”

Someone said: "Li Hongsi is too cowardly, he doesn't even have a few soldiers, no!" ”

People still have to talk more, Yang Mingyang said: "Shut up! I'll call Li Hongsi out right now. You can say it if you like it, but if he becomes the emperor and he remembers what you said, hehe, you look at it. ”

Yang Mingyang clapped his hands towards the door, and Li Hongsi walked in!

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Li Hongsi walked over heroically in a crisp black suit, red tie, and shiny leather shoes.

He was surrounded by personal eunuchs Zheng Anmin and An Ningri, and behind them were a group of imperial and forbidden troops.

Li Hongsi walked to the round table.

He glanced at Zhu Zhaoding inside the transparent coffin.

The coffin had already been covered, but from time to time there was a hint of rancid smell. Zhu Zhaoding's stomach had exploded, and the pink intestines were bubbling with light green bubbles, and the flies inside were flying inside, and the flies outside were flying outside.

Li Hongsi looked at Zhu Zhaoding, frowned, his eyes were motionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yang Mingyang and Park Qinghong moved the chair under their buttocks, and Zheng Anmin picked up another chair and placed it between Yang Mingyang and Park Qinghong.

Li Hongsi glanced at everyone and sat in the middle. Now, he is the only one sitting in the position of "sitting north and facing south" among dozens of people.

Everyone stopped talking. Yang Mingyang is right, if everyone talks nonsense, when Li Hongsi really becomes the emperor, then he will form a bond with the emperor.

Zheng Anmin, who was behind Li Hongsi, said: "I have followed the tenth prince Zhu Hongsi since I was a child. He is the favorite son of the first emperor Zhu Zhaotian, who has been well aware of affairs since he was a child, and has always served the country and the people. ”

Someone at the round table burst out laughing, but stopped immediately. The tenth prince Zhu Hongsi has always had a reputation for being pedantic, lustful, and willful - but this is already good for a prince, and the reputation of Crown Prince Zhu Honghua and Crown Prince Zhu Hongfeng is really stinky!

An Ningri behind Zheng Anmin said: "At the beginning of the rebellion of Liu Xingchao, the Ming Dynasty only survived in a province of Shandong, and at this time Li Hongsi proclaimed himself emperor in Liaodong, established the Tang Dynasty, and raised the banner against the rebels. I saw with my own eyes that he governed the Tang Dynasty in an orderly manner, otherwise why would Liaodong be the first in the world now? At the beginning, he took 10 million Tang troops back to Chang'an and returned the world to his eldest brother Zhu Honghua. What kind of spirit is this? Who among you can do that? When Liu Xingchao was proclaimed emperor, what were you all doing? ”

When he said this, the people fell into deep thought, and some nodded.

Yang Mingyang said: "I elected Li Hongsi as the emperor, all for the sake of the world!" Everyone is calling around, for what? Can you really win? In the end, we didn't lose together! ”

People stopped talking, didn't say yes, didn't say no.

At this time, Li Hongsi spoke, he said: "A long time ago, I hoped that the world would be peaceful and people would live and work in peace and contentment. I hope that everyone is independent and free, I want everyone to be happy, I want everyone to be morally noble, everyone is harmonious and fraternal, I hope that the world is just and equal, and there will never be another war. I don't know if I can do it, but if I become emperor, I will definitely work in this direction, no matter how much it costs! ”

Everyone looked at him with complicated expressions.

Everyone continued not to speak, not to say yes, not to say no.

Yang Mingyang said: "How? Talking? ”

Everyone still didn't speak.

Park Qinghong said: "Acquiescence? ”

People quarreled: "What does 'default' mean?" What is the default? ”

Park Qinghong: "By default, our family Hongsi will be the emperor!" ”

People say, "What are you talking about?" We say he is the emperor, he is the emperor? Where did the emperor do this! ”

Yang Mingyang: "Okay! I know what you mean! Let me know what you want! Don't hide it! ”

One person said: "Hebei's taxes are too high!" It doubled in the last year! The court said the year before last that it would never raise taxes, so what if you talk about it? ”

Li Hongsi said: "Then it will be the same as before, no tax increase." ”

One person said: "What does it mean that the imperial court has stationed a large number of imperial troops in my Shanxi?" ”

Li Hongsi said: "Transfer back." ”

Someone said: "The imperial court arrested the private gang in Jiangnan and made the whole province depressed!" ”

Li Hongsi said: "I won't arrest it in the future." ”

Someone said: "The imperial court arrested people everywhere in the Central Plains, which caused the martial arts people to complain." ”

Li Hongsi said: "The imperial court and the rivers and lakes reconciled, and they will no longer be ignored in the future." ”

Someone said: "Liaodong occupies two counties in my Shandong, and the imperial court actually agreed!" What does the imperial court eat? How can this be done? ”

Li Hongsi said, "Give it back to you." ”

Pu Qinghong shouted: "Why? That's all right...... If you want to take it, grab it yourself! ”

Li Hongsi frowned and looked at Pu Qinghong and said, "Why don't you return one first?" ”

Pu Qinghong raised her voice and said, "I'm just here to beat Liu Xingchao!" Will you pardon him too? ”

"If he surrenders, an amnesty can also be considered," Li said. ”

People were talking to each other.

Yang Mingyang said: "Liaodong is indeed excessive, and the co-ruling imperial court is also excessive, how can the Yellow River estuary in Shandong be given to Liaodong?" ”

Pu Qinghong said to Yang Mingyang: "What's the matter with you? ”

Li Hongsi said at this time: "I've thought about it for a long time, why don't you lease it from Shandong to Liaodong?" The two counties at the mouth of the Yellow River are still Shandong, and the maps of the imperial court are still drawn according to the previous maps. ”

Park Qinghong: "Why? Shandong wants to grab the ...... by himself"

Yang Mingyang held her hand and looked at her: "Don't say it!" ”

Park Qinghong hugged her arms to her chest and stopped talking.

Li Hongsi looked at her, looked at Yang Mingyang, and said: "The imperial court announced that the mouth of the Yellow River belongs to Shandong, as for how to rent between you, you can discuss it yourself, and everyone will give each other a face." What do you think? ”

The Shandong representative was still arguing, and the people next to him pulled him. The two discussed for a while, and finally he said, "Shandong agreed." ”

Park Qinghong said angrily: "Okay! ”

Next, every representative from each province made their request.

I don't know if Li Hongsi is really stupid, really bad or pretending to be stupid, why did he agree to everyone's wishes? A lot of them are obviously contradictory!

For example, if someone says that the price is too high, he says that the imperial court wants to control the price; Some people said that the imperial court controlled the price too strictly, and he said that the imperial court did not care about the price. When someone said that the homeless people were running around, he said that the homeless people should be strictly controlled; Some people say that the people are harsh, and he says that they move freely. Some people say that the people have no faith, and he says that they must be firm in their faith; Some people say that the court brainwashes the people, and he says that he wants to believe in freedom. Some people say that the commoners are suffering from the nobles, and he says that they should be free and happy; Some people said that the nobles were not respected by the common people, so he said that the common people should know how to respect and humble the order.

Something suddenly comes to mind. My father always said to me, "You have to save food, and if you have steamed buns, you must eat them all; You have to eat well, don't get too hungry, and don't go hungry. "Frankly, I can't do either of those! You either waste food and eat well, or you save food but die of hunger or starvation, how can you save food and eat well? When I first came to the palace, I was in charge of the entire royal warehouse, and I looked at the mountains and seas, and I had no idea at all. When I was a household, I always ate everything cleanly, and there was nothing leftβ€”maybe it was to save, maybe it was just human instinct, maybe it was to reserve energy in advance for future hunger, maybe it was because of habit, maybe it was to listen to my father,β€”β€” who knows why? When I had the whole royal storehouse of food, I either ate frugally and ate to death, or I fell into moral conviction for not frugating...... At the same time, my figure was thin and fat, and my mood was high and low...... It was many years later that I realized that all morality is nonsense, and people should do whatever they want. Morality is only a man-made justification in the service of the order of reality, like a pavilion built on quicksand......

I looked at Li Hongsi.

Li Hongsi looked at him, he was saying: "I want to reduce the price of steamed bread so that everyone can afford it; I want to raise the price of steamed bread and let the steamed bread households get rich. I want to make the commoners as noble as the nobles, and I want the nobles to be more noble than the commoners......"

The people applauded happily, and Yang Mingyang and Park Qinghong looked at him with satisfaction.

It seems that the people are ready to embrace the new emperor.