Chapter Forty-Six: Back to Beijing?

Yang Tinghe didn't come alone. but he came with a million taels of silver.

As soon as Yang Tinghe arrived, although Zhengde didn't want to see him, he had to see him. After all, the one million taels of silver he used to reward his soldiers were still in Yang Tinghe's hands?

In the palace of the acting king, Zhengde met with Yang Tinghe.

Zhengde lived in the palace of the king during this time.

The acting king can be said to be indispensable in Datong, and half of Datong is the acting king. Zhengde lives in the palace of the acting king, and the acting king is not desperately stammering with Zhengde, when Zhengde is in Beijing, under the nose of the official, the people below are not good at bringing anything fun to Zhengde. But the acting king is different, people are not afraid, they are already hereditary vassal kings, what else is there to be afraid of.

It can be said that the vassal kings of the past dynasties are all able to play, as a vassal king, the political power is almost exploited, and he is given a lot of economic power, so they don't play hard, and how to beat the time? For a while, even the well-informed Zhengde was dumbfounded, only to realize that he could still play like this, and he had long forgotten about recovering the Hetao. He gave the trivial things in his hands to everyone, and went to have fun with the king on his own behalf.

Zhengde still wanted to pull Zhu Houhuang to go. However, Zhu Houhuang focused on his three hundred soldiers, and after two perfunctory times, he didn't go. These gameplay methods similar to the Uncovered Conference, even Zhu Houhuang felt that it was too heavy.

So Yang Tinghe came to the palace of the king of Dai and saw Zhengde like this. His two eye circles sank deeply. His face was much paler than before, and he couldn't stop yawning, as if he hadn't woken up yet. When Yang Tinghe saw it, his face became much more ugly, and he said loudly: "Minister Yang Tinghe greets Your Majesty, and may Your Majesty take care of the dragon's body." ”

Zhengde agreed hesitantly, and immediately said, "But don't you know that this million taels of reward was brought over?" ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The minister brought it over, but there is a difficult matter. ”

"What?" Zhengde said.

"The rewards and punishments for military merits in this dynasty are issued by the Ministry of War, and now there is no document of the Ministry of War, how to reward and punish?" Yang Tinghe Zhengsheng said.

Zhengde smiled indifferently and said: "Send it down first, and go back to Beijing to make up the paperwork." ”

"By no means, the ancestors legislated, for the future generations to standardize, how can it be easily changed, and also ask Your Majesty to return to Beijing, after consulting with the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War will naturally issue a document with Your Majesty's will, isn't it justified."

Zhengde instantly grabbed the center of gravity, is it back to Beijing?

In fact, now that the battle is over, things are almost done, and he can go back a long time ago, but Zhengde doesn't want to, because he can't think about it, in Beijing, if there is a slight mistake or omission between his behaviors, there will be countless officials on the book, and he can't wait to eat Zhengde, even if he can't eat it, these pieces are enough to want Zhengde to be buried. And in Datong, where are so many people chewing their tongues, Zhengde can play as much as he wants, and he doesn't need to pay attention to the buzz of those civil officials.

At this time, Zhengde was like a mouse falling into a honey pot and wanted him to go back, but he was quite reluctant. For a while, Zhengde couldn't think of any way to prevaricate, and said: "It's not too late to discuss this matter later." ”

After Zhengde prevaricated this matter, Yang Tinghe did not let go of Zhengde, and presented a thick stack of folds, which were all urgent matters that Zhengde needed to deal with during this period of time. Zhengde had to return to the process of correcting the recitals again, and this time it was even more difficult for Zhengde to accept than before, because Yang Tinghe and Jingshi had an urgent contact of eight hundred miles, and after all the recitals were reviewed, Yang Tinghe sent them back to Jingshi.

Among the Jingshi, several cabinet scholars are there, so they can naturally give their opinions, and Zhengde only needs to write three words. But there is only one person in Datong, Yang Tinghe did not dare to review all the folds alone in order to clear himself, so he came to ask for instructions on everything, which made Zhengde extremely troubled. However, Zhengde also thinks that Yang Tinghe wants to use this method to let him return to Beijing?

When Zhu Houhuang saw Zhengde again, Zhengde was in such troubles.

Zhengde saw Zhu Houhuang and said, "The emperor's brother came just in time. Come on, come on, review these notes for me. ”

If it weren't for Zhu Houhuang, who already knew what kind of person Zhengde was, he would have been scared by him just by this sentence. Zhu Houhuang said: "How dare my brother. Zhu Houhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "Why doesn't Your Majesty go back to Beijing?" ”

Zhengde said with a sad face: "What's so fun in the capital, I've had enough fun for so many years, where can I compare to the scenery here?" ”

Zhu Houhuang made a gesture of wanting to say something, and said, "Your Majesty, when will the rewards of the soldiers come down?" ”

Zhengde frowned and said, "Isn't this stuck?" The bounty is now in Mr. Yang's hands. It is necessary to have the documents of the Ministry of War, because the power to reward and punish the soldiers is in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is not in Datong and is dragging it. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "But, but? ”

Zhengde stopped his pen and said, "But what? Say. ”

Zhu Houhuang lowered his head and said, "What are the soldiers waiting for?" ”

Zhengde frowned and looked at Zhu Houhuang deeply.

Zhu Houhuang plucked up the courage and said: "The art of war says that rewards and punishments should be speedy, and Song Taizong was defeated by delaying the reward of the forbidden army. Your Majesty will use troops in the future, and delaying the reward at this moment will not hurt the morale of the army. ”

Zhengde continued to review the fold, and said nonchalantly: "Got it." "I don't say what to do.

The words that made Zhu Houhuang muster up the courage to say it for a long time suddenly became empty, and he didn't know what to do.

Zhu Houhuang's words of persuading Zhengde were something he had hesitated for a long time. He has mixed feelings for Zhengde.

Zhengde is a rebel, and he is not willing to be a puppet emperor at the mercy of his ministers. I don't want to be bound by etiquette, there are many opinions that are valuable, such as the royal driving and personal expedition, how much hardship Zhengde suffered along the way, Zhu Houhuang almost couldn't eat it. You must know that Zhu Houhuang was not a rich family in his previous life. Not to mention that Zhengde was born as the eldest son and the heir of the entire Ming Dynasty. was born at the top of the entire Ming Dynasty, and he did not suffer at all, which shows the resolute side of Zhengde's heart, but he also has to admit the absurd side of Zhengde. For example, the games he played with the king during this period of time made Zhu Houhuang stunned, and he found that what kind of Tokyo fever was simply what the ancients played.

It's just an emperor, and it's really not dignified enough to play like this. And for this matter, I don't want to go back to Beijing, because after returning to Beijing, I can't play like this, it's really not like a human king. Therefore, Zhu Houhuang still hopes that Zhengde can be a little more restrained and be a good emperor.

After Zhu Houhuang left. Zhengde stopped the pen in his hand, ignoring the mountains of twists and turns. He secretly said in his heart: "Why did Brother Huang tell me this and this?" ”

I have to say that Zhu Houhuang seems that Zhengde has done a really good job on this expedition, and he sincerely wants to persuade Zhengde and let Zhengde be a Ming Jun, but in Zhengde's eyes, his younger brother is really not simple. Especially in the first battle of Wuli Zhaidong, the power exerted by his three hundred musketeers is still being replayed in front of Zhengde's eyes, and in the next battle on Baishan Mountain, the bluff directly changed the situation of the battle.

It is precisely because of Zhu Houhuang's ability that Zhengde is not as casual as Zhu Houhuang used to be. Every word Zhu Houhuang said, Zhengde has to recall, for example, this time, Zhu Houhuang said the same thing as Yang Tinghe, it is difficult to believe that Zhu Houhuang has a connection with Yang Tinghe. Zhengde remembered Yang Shen again, and it seemed to be Zhu Houhuang's long history.

Zhengde thought of the consequences of Yang Tinghe and Zhu Houhuang uniting together, and his heart was tight, he obviously felt that this was unlikely, but he still felt unsteady.

"It's time to go back to Beijing," Zhengde thought to himself. But I don't know if it's because I'm not at ease with Jingshi, or if I'm not at ease with Zhu Houhuang's younger brother.

In the twelfth year of Zhengde, in August, out of Yongguan, in October, Dayan Khan, in the north of Datong, returned to Beijing in November, when he was about to arrive in the capital, the wind and snow slowly became bigger, and the entire Beijing city was shrouded in a plain white, to meet the upcoming thirteenth year of Zhengde. Zhu Houhuang never thought that the thirteenth year of Zhengde was a turning point for him.