Chapter Twenty-Four: Monarchs and Ministers
Daming.
Shuncheonfu, inside the Goxiong Palace.
Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, stood under the dragon chair and looked down on the ministers: "Lone Ben doesn't want to ascend to the throne, and when the royal brother returns, you insist on being promoted, and now repeatedly, what is the reason?"
He has a tall posture, bright eyes, a majestic face, and when it comes to bearing, he is much stronger than Yingzong, who was replaced by Gu Cheng, and the vast aura exuded from his body shows the superb cultivation of the Ming God Martial Arts.
It was originally scheduled that he would ascend the throne in ten days and become the supreme of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but the urgent document of Juyongguan for 800 miles arrived in the capital.
The Son of Heaven is back!
Annihilate Mongolia!
Two thunderbolts on a sunny day directly slashed into the hearts of the ministers.
Headed by Wang Zhi, the minister of civil and military affairs, who had originally advocated welcoming back the Son of Heaven, immediately stood up and unswervingly defended the emperor.
And Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, was the head of the war, and the courtiers who supported King Yu's accession to the throne also kept their mouths shut.
The reason is very simple, the Son of Heaven is missing, although Zhang Fu and others said that he was to drag down the 100,000 army of Wara and serve the tiger with his body, but the courtiers who knew Yingzong as a person thought that the young Son of Heaven had buried nearly 200,000 troops, and then was taken away by the barbarians......
But even so, the emperor is not better than the minister, there is no example of the emperor being defeated and deposed in the past dynasties, and Yingzong was taken away by Wara in history, so the humiliating experience will not be abolished, but will be respected as the emperor.
But now, the peak loop turns.
The Son of Heaven not only returned safely, but also provoked the Warat-Tatar infighting, so as to kill the Golden Family and destroy Mongolia!
Is this a defeat or a victory?
There is no doubt that this is a big victory, the grassland is not as good as the Central Plains, the same loss of 200,000 troops, the Central Plains only needs ten years to recuperate, can be recovered, but once the grassland elite is lost, that is, the extinction of the race, within a hundred years, do not want to threaten the Central Plains again.
Therefore, the Son of Heaven exchanged 200,000 Ming troops for the destruction of Mongolia, which was a worthwhile thing, and it was recorded in the history books that it must be far-sighted.
It would have been even more perfect if there had been no invasion from Toei......
Of course, in any case, the farce of the accession to the throne should stop.
At this time, although the majestic gaze of the king of the servant made his heart slightly chilled, the caliber of the ministers began to unify, and Chen Xundao, a cabinet scholar: "Your Highness, everything is a dereliction of duty by the ministers, and the most important thing now is to welcome Your Majesty back to Beijing!"
"Okay! I am sincerely afraid these days, and I am also looking forward to the royal brother coming back to preside over the overall situation!"
King Yu was silent for a moment, and then bowed his head and said, "Which of you is willing to lead the army to escort the imperial brother back to Beijing safely?"
As soon as these words came out, the ministers looked at each other and hesitated.
At this moment, Yu Qian, who had a clear face and clear eyes, held the Chao Wat in his hand, took half a step outward, and said loudly: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that Your Majesty is safe and worry-free, and should not send troops to welcome the saints, defend the Beijing Division, and military and political border affairs are the major affairs of the country!"
The change of Tumubao, the 200,000 elites of the Ming Dynasty finally only left 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, the available troops of the Beijing division have been exhausted, and Dongying soon invaded Shanhaiguan.
Even then, it is precarious.
Not only are the 80,000 ghost forks of the Godless Absolute Palace, they are all good hands in a hundred, after extremely fierce self-harm training, and even self-destruct their faces, wearing ghost masks to prove absolute obedience, they are really not afraid of death, but also that once the martial arts people have the strength to rival the army head-on, the already vicious methods of the rivers and lakes become more unguardable.
The godless palace secretly sent ninjas, stole into the military camp, and used strange poisonous blood to absolutely pay the generals with strong internal strength, Jinyi Weidong Factory and royal masters, who were not hindered on weekdays, but once they drove the true qi, they would be poisoned.
With such an all-encompassing effort, the Ming army naturally couldn't resist it, and if it weren't for the Xiongguan to rely on, it would have been defeated long ago.
At this juncture, tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the capital are particularly important, once they are dispatched to welcome the Son of Heaven, it is difficult to guarantee that the enemy will not be given an opportunity, so Yu Qian has this to say.
"Ridiculous!"
But the expression of the king changed immediately: "The imperial brother is the king of a country, and his safety is related to all the people in the world.
The last sentence is the key, if he doesn't go out to greet him, doesn't it mean that he, the king of servants, doesn't want the Son of Heaven to return, and has ill intentions?
At this moment, Wang Zhi, the secretary of the ministry, Chen Xun, a cabinet scholar, and others also looked at Yu Qian wildly.
This matter is indeed very important, even if the Son of Heaven has the ability to destroy Mongolia and does not need to be guarded, even if the Ming Dynasty has the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and the king dies in the ancestral system, but all the people take risks for the Son of Heaven, it is still natural, how can it really be reversed?
But Yu Qian only didn't see it, and didn't give in an inch: "The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light." Taizu still said that the people and kings regard the four seas as their home, so how can there be a difference between public and private? Now that the four regions are uneven, the frontiers are restless, and the traitorous people are ready to move, they must not be able to adjust the forbidden army, resulting in the emptiness of the Beijing division and the exploitation of foreign enemies!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone kept their mouths shut.
Yu Qian brought out all Zhu Yuanzhang's words, what else is there to say?
But looking at this sonorous and powerful colleague, the loyal ministers who are also for the country showed a worried look, and the courtiers who had long been disgusted with him had ruthlessness and expectation in their eyes.
The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, it sounds so good, you now put on a face that is more holy than a saint, wait for the lightest gentleman to come back, and see how he cleans you up!
......
When the court meeting dispersed, King Yu returned to the palace, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar mansion, and felt a sense of irritability.
In the past few days, he has looked at the palace all over the palace, and he has already imagined the newly built palace in his heart.
Now it's back to its original shape.
In all fairness, he originally didn't have any extravagant hopes for the supreme throne, after all, Yingzong was a concubine, his mother was a queen, he was a concubine, his mother was originally a maid, and later his mother became a virtuous concubine by virtue of her son.
So unless Yingzong died violently and there was no queen, it would be impossible for him to be the emperor.
But the world is so wonderful, Yingzong led the army to a crushing defeat, trapped outside the fortress, and his life and death are unknown.
King Yu's heart suddenly moved.
The son of Yingzong is young, and the four foreign troubles have arisen again, which is inevitably suspicious of the lord and the country, isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
Therefore, in the past few months, King Yu has done a good job, and has won over a group of courtiers who originally disagreed with Yingzong and hoped to get the merit of the dragon.
I thought it was nine out of ten, but who knows......
"Alas!
King Yu sighed, just about to accept the reality, but a guard announced: "Your Highness, the Hanlin Academy is revised, Xu Youzhen asks to see you!"
King Yu waved his hand: "I don't want to see a guest." ”
The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "He said that there is a big matter, and if His Highness misses it, he will regret it for the rest of his life!"
"Heh!
King Yu raised his eyebrows and showed a sneer, but after standing still for a moment, he finally beckoned: "Let him in!"
"Your Highness, don't be discouraged, the throne should still be yours!"
So after a while, Xu Youzhen, who was well-dressed and elegant, walked in, and made King Yu change color with a single word, retreated left and right, and reprimanded angrily: "The imperial brother is orthodox, and Hugh has to talk nonsense here!"
"Orthodox?"
Xu Youzhen was not in a hurry, and continued to speak without being shocked: "Then if the real Son of Heaven had died in the chaotic army a long time ago, what if the one who came back was pretended to be a person in the rivers and lakes?"
The king stood up abruptly and shouted, "This is impossible!"
Xu Youzhen took a good time: "If it weren't for this, why would the world suddenly become a dragon, that gang leader is ambitious, but he helped the Son of Heaven to destroy Meng and rebuild his prestige, His Highness thinks there is fraud in this?"
King Yu was shocked, and his eyes flashed: "This is a hypothesis, do you have any evidence?"
Xu Youzhen said with a smile: "Your Highness, have you forgotten the sun and moon seal left by Taizu?
King Yu pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "In case the imperial brother is real......"
"Even if it's true, I can't blame His Highness, the minister will naturally plan everything!"
The corners of Xu Youzhen's mouth raised a meaningful arc: "What's more, please rest assured, Your Highness, the returned Son of Heaven is by no means orthodox, and as soon as the Taizu seal comes out, it will be seen immediately!"