"What?!"

Empress Zhou's eyes widened like a leader, flashing with disbelief.

"Your Majesty, you, what did you just say?"

Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and asked, Chongzhen's expression was blank at this time, but there was a hint of unbearability in his eyes: "I decided to still marry Li Chaosheng, the commander of Lantian County." ”

"No, no, not to die!

Queen Zhou was directly furious when she heard this, and said three times in a row to Chongzhen, this is the first time that Queen Zhou has been so out of shape, you must know that Queen Zhou is usually synonymous with gentleness and elegance, and she has never spoken to Chongzhen like this.

But this time Chongzhen touched the reverse scales of Queen Zhou, children are Queen Zhou's last bottom line, Queen Zhou has already compromised once last time, and let her daughter go to Lantian to be a child, but she was directly dismissed, which has made Queen Zhou lose face, and what makes Queen Zhou even more unacceptable is that the emperor has to marry twice!

The princess of a country was dismissed, not only the face of the country, not only the face of the queen mother, but also the shame of her mother, which is not a humiliation for Zhu Yujiao, the princess was dismissed, it is really the first time in the world, think about it, Queen Zhou feels that she can't live.

A princess, begging to be a small one, people don't want it, what a humble princess this is, do you want Zhu Yujiao's reputation in the future? Even so, in fact, Empress Zhou can only sigh that her daughter's life is not good, but what did the emperor say just now, he said that he still wants his daughter to marry Lantian County Zun again?

What does this do? Even if the most lowly prostitute is rejected once, she will not pull down her face in such a short time and then beg others to take her, her daughter is a princess, how can a princess stand such humiliation!

Thinking of this, Queen Zhou looked at Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, I will not allow my daughter to marry that bastard Li Chaosheng again, I will never allow my daughter to suffer this cruel humiliation again, no, I will never marry Li Chaosheng, I will never allow it!" ”

Empress Zhou stared at Chongzhen deadly, her face was full of rejection, Chongzhen sighed at this time and said: "Empress, do I want my daughter to be humiliated?" I don't want to, but what can I do, the war situation in Henan has collapsed, although Sun Chuanting served as the governor of Henan, but the group of soldiers in Henan, each of them is difficult, Sun Chuanting can only maintain the situation and can not advance an inch, and now if he wants to save this stormy Ming, he can only let Zuo Liangyu, who is guarding Tongguan, go to support, but Zuo Liangyu is gone, how can Lantian feel at ease in a corner of peace? ”

"I am also helpless, I can only marry Yu Jiao to Li Chaosheng, so as to stabilize him, and when I finish cleaning up Henan, I can free up my hands to clean up Lantian, so I am going to save Daming, and she will not go."

When Empress Zhou heard this, she looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, you are your own daughter, do you really want flesh and blood for the sake of the country?" ”

Chongzhen sighed when he heard this: "The Ming Dynasty cannot be lost in my hands, if I can save the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to pay anything, even if it is to save my life, I have no complaints." ”

Queen Zhou listened to Chongzhen's words, her face suddenly turned pale, she knew that Chongzhen was determined to marry her daughter to Lantian, thinking of this, Queen Zhou wiped her tears and looked at Chongzhen and said: "Okay, Your Majesty is the emperor, since you are a promise, the concubine knows that she can't persuade Your Majesty, but Your Majesty, the concubine asks you, we have already sent our daughter to Lantian once, if this time is sent, Lantian still returns her daughter, then the reputation of the concubine will be completely ruined, and then she will become the laughing stock of Quan Daming, No good man will take her in his eyes, and when the time comes, there will be no way for Yu Jiao to live, Your Majesty, do you really want to force Yu Jiao to a dead end? ”

Chongzhen clenched his fists when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Daban said that he has a way to make Li Chaosheng obedient. ”

"Hehehe...... Your Majesty, do you believe the words of a eunuch who knows what the affairs of children are? ”

Empress Zhou looked at Chongzhen and asked, Chongzhen was silent when she heard this, and said for a long time; "If he dares to deceive me, I will behead his dog!"

Queen Zhou cried: "If it really comes to that time, let alone beheading his dog, you will punish him for the nine clans, who will accompany my family's concubine!" ”

Chongzhen stopped talking when he heard this, he didn't know what to say, and at this moment, Zhu Yujiao, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly knelt on the ground.

Seeing this, Chongzhen thought that his daughter was also begging for mercy from him, but he didn't expect Chongzhen to hear Zhu Yujiao say: "Queen Mother, don't cry, I think my father is right, since he was born in the emperor's family, he has to pay for this empire, and his daughter is willing to go to Lantian." ”

Empress Chongzhen of Zhou was stupid by Zhu Yujiao's words, and then Empress Zhou sighed and said: "My stupid daughter, do you know what you are talking about, Lantian is your best place, and that Li Chaosheng insulted you so much, how can you go again and ask for his own humiliation." ”

Zhu Yujiao heard this and said: "Queen Mother, I know what I'm talking about, I also know what I'm doing, I am the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, I want to shoulder my own responsibility, if I sacrifice one person, I can save the Ming Dynasty, I can do anything, no matter how Li Chaosheng humiliates me and humiliates me, as long as I can help my father and emperor to keep this Ming Dynasty, I am willing, even if I am allowed to die, I have no regrets!" ”

Queen Zhou was dumbfounded when she heard it, and Chongzhen also looked at her eldest daughter in astonishment, and then said with a lot of emotion: "If you give birth to a daughter like this, what more can you ask for!" ”

"You are the pride of your father."

Chongzhen looked at Zhu Yujiao with some emotion, Queen Zhou recovered from a short period of stunned, looked at Zhu Yujiao and said, "You, do you know what you mean by doing this?" It means throwing your daughter's name on the ground and letting people trample on it, if, if Li Chaosheng returns you to the capital again, at that time, how should you deal with yourself? ”

Zhu Yujiao heard this, her eyes were firm, and she said: "Queen Mother, my daughter has already figured it out, if Li Chaosheng is willing to marry me, I will persuade him to serve his father, if he is unwilling, then I will kill him and get rid of this big trouble for my father!" ”

"What, you want to kill Li Chaosheng?"

Hearing this, both Queen Zhou and Chongzhen were all stupid, they didn't expect their daughter to be so decisive, Zhu Yujiao said with a firm face at this time: "That's right, I am the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, he dares to insult me like this, shouldn't he be killed?" There are only two ways in front of him, either marry me and drive for my father, or go to hell with me, if he dares to insult me, I will kill him, what's wrong! ”

Zhu Yujiao said with a firm gaze at this time, in fact, when she learned that Li Chaosheng refused to marry, she thought of trying to find Li Chaosheng desperately, Li Chaosheng dared to ruin her reputation, she couldn't let go of Li Chaosheng, how could the daughter of the heavenly family be so humiliated, really when he Zhu Yujiao was muddy, she could do whatever she wanted?

As for how to kill Li Chaosheng, Zhu Yujiao has thought about it, she went to Lantian, Li Chaosheng can't see her, when the time comes, she will force Li Chaosheng to make a choice, either marry herself and serve her father from now on, or not marry herself, and she will take advantage of his distraction to drug him in the teacup, or use the sharp blade hidden in his body to solve him.

When the time comes, kill Li Chaosheng, the dragons in Lantian have no leader, and it is naturally convenient for the father to clean up, as for herself, she should be executed by the angry Lantian people, but she decided not to give the Lantian people this opportunity, as long as she kills Li Chaosheng, she will commit suicide, and by the way, she can also eliminate some of the anger of the Lantian people, and lay the foundation for her father to subdue Lantian.

This is Zhu Yujiao's overall plan, and Zhu Yuanjiao doesn't feel that there is any problem.

Looking at Zhu Yujiao's firm and even somewhat stubborn eyes, Queen Zhou could only cry silently, this child wants to sacrifice himself to save this empire.

And Chongzhen looked at Zhu Yujiao, and only spoke for a long time: "Daughter, you are good, but you have suffered so much." ”

Zhu Yujiao said with a firm gaze at this time: "The daughter is not bitter, as long as she can help her father, the daughter is willing to do anything, especially when the daughter sees her father worrying about the Ming Dynasty and worrying all night long, the daughter really hates to share the worries for the boy and the father, but the daughter is not a man, she can only do this for her father." ”

Chongzhen hugged his daughter when he heard this, and there were tears in his eyes: "Daughter, my good daughter." ”

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Saying that, Chongzhen's eyes looked at Zhu Cijiong who was standing aside, Zhu Cijiong, the son who used to look quite pleasing to the eye, why does he look so angry today.

Thinking about it, Chongzhen looked at his two sons and shouted: "You are still standing here and doing something, why don't you go back and concentrate on studying, if you have a chance, your royal sister, why should you marry and be humiliated in Lantian." ”

The two little princes are stupid, it's really a cauldron from heaven, the imperial sister is going to be married to Lantian and his relatives, the cause of this incident is not that the father and the emperor can't govern the world, there is a mess, the imperial sister was married out, and the father cleaned up the mess, why is it on our heads now, we are only eight or nine years old now, and we are not yet adults, okay?

The two little princes were about to cry, and finally looked at their father, who obviously didn't realize their mistakes, and said aggrievedly: "Yes, father." ”

After saying that, the two little princes could only turn around and leave the house and go to study, what time is it, in order to save the expenses in the palace, the father and the emperor have strict control over the wax in the palace, except for his imperial study, the lights will be turned off before the time in other places, and this point in time will be scolded to read, where to read?

The next day, the court, Chongzhen announced two things, the first thing is that the original Fujian general soldier Zheng Zhilong was assassinated, and now the land of Fujian is in chaos, so Chongzhen issued an order to appoint Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen as the new Fujian general soldier, in charge of all the forces of Eighteen Zhizhi, suppress the southeast, and protect the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as this order came out, the entire court was stunned, they didn't expect Chongzhen to play so much, the Zheng family in the land of Fujian chose the leader of the pirates, when did they need to be appointed by the imperial court, didn't everyone choose it internally, and then tell the emperor and let the emperor make a will, isn't it just right?

But now that Eighteen Zhi is obviously preparing to elect Zheng Zhibao as the new pirate leader, isn't this a contradiction created by you suddenly canonizing Zheng Sen? What would Zheng Zhibao think of the imperial court?

The princes of the imperial court looked at each other, but there were still a few smart ones, such as Zhou Yanru, who looked at Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and saw that Chen Xinjia also looked at him, and the two of them tacitly understood each other's thoughts.

The emperor's trick is ruthless, Eighteen Zhi is a strange and uncontrolled organization to the imperial court, although nominally he belongs to the imperial court, but the imperial court's control over it is minimal, and it is difficult for the imperial court to intervene in the eighteen Zhi, which makes the eighteen Zhi an almost independent kingdom.

Now there is a division within Eighteen Zhi, Zheng Zhibao and Zheng Sen have a conflict, and there is also the shadow of Lantian inside, which shows that Lantian is also ready to intervene in Eighteen Zhi, but the imperial court has no way to send troops to have any substantial impact on Eighteen Zhi.

But it was impossible for Chongzhen to watch Lantian expand his influence in Eighteen Zhi so easily, so he didn't make the next holy decree to disgust Zheng Zhibao and Lantian from the general righteousness.

At the same time, he can also befriend Zheng Sen and expand the influence of the imperial court in Eighteen Zhi, I have to say that Chongzhen's hand is very beautiful, not only disgusting Lantian, but also makes the imperial court have influence in Eighteen Zhi, if Zheng Sen can win in this struggle, then the court will have one more iron core, if Zheng Sen fails, it will not have much impact on the imperial court, after all, the imperial court has no control over Eighteen Zhi.

Therefore, Chongzhen's step is very beautiful, if Chongzhen has always maintained this level of wisdom, then Ming Zhongxing is not an empty word, but Zhou Yanru knows that his majesty, only occasionally can show such a light of wisdom, the rest of the time, it is a faint move, of course, Chongzhen's faint move is partly the reason for their ministers, is that they deliberately gave Chongzhen some wrong information to mislead Chongzhen, after all, they also want to live and get rich.

If they all tell Chongzhen the real situation, such as the news that Zhou Ge Lao has 200,000 mu of land in the south of the Yangtze River, then Chongzhen will definitely kill himself as soon as possible.

So I can only unite with my colleagues and tell Chongzhen that they are very poor, and the merchants in the southeast are also very poor, so don't collect taxes from the merchants, and compete with the people for profit, it is not the saint's doing, the saint should only tax the people, if it doesn't work again, let's abolish the bloated institutions of the imperial court, such as the post station, this thing, if it is not good for them at all, it can be revoked.

So, Emperor Chongzhen made two small decisions, one was not to collect commercial taxes, and the result was that the treasury was empty.

The other is to dismantle the post station, send the post guard home, and then send a post guard named Li Zicheng home, and now he has become the biggest scourge in Henan, the gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, his majesty is rare to be smart once, and at this time, Wang Chengen has already begun to solicit the opinions of the ministers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think Your Majesty's will is good?"

Zhou Yanru was the first to come out when he heard this: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Immediately followed by the rest of the ministers, they also shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”