"Count me in!"

"Sacrifice this life and follow Your Majesty!"

Looking at the martial arts craftsmen who enthusiastically signed up, Zhu Di was very moved, and turned to the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Industry who were huddled together and said: "Look at them, they are ragged and have not received any payment, but they are willing to use their lives to defend the capital." ”

"You high-ranking officials of the court, what are you doing eating the money that the court gives you!"

"Don't kneel, get up, you'll kneel later." Zhu Di looked coldly at the Ministry of Industry Shangshu who was kneeling at his feet, turned around and said, "Wang Cheng, you send someone to watch here." ”

"Now they are all honest, but this is temporary, I'm afraid that as soon as I walk on the front foot, they will cause trouble for me on the back foot!"

Wang Cheng hurriedly turned around and gave a little eunuch a look.

"Didn't you listen to your grandfather's words, come out quickly."

The little eunuch didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly, so he hurriedly stood up, and because he was really in a hurry, he stepped on the stone and slipped and danced.

After getting up, the little eunuch didn't care about the dirty and wet environment on the ground at all, and he didn't have time to wipe his hands, so he lay on the ground and said in a loud voice: "Cao Jixiang, the slave and maid secretary has a prison brand, see Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Di glanced up and down and asked, "Is this person reliable?" ”

"Don't worry, the emperor is newly recruited by the slave maid, and he has been serving in the superintendent of the department, and he has his credit for the last time he returned to Renshou Palace, this kid is clever." Wang Cheng said with a smile.

"Well, then keep this Cao Jixiang staring here." Zhu Di turned his head and said as he walked: "You do a good job for me, Wang Cheng should have also said that I am a person, how high I can be, depends on how good your performance is." ”

Cao Jixiang originally served in the division of prisons, and there was almost no hope of promotion, and he was still the most despised yamen among the twelve inner prisons.

There are also chains of contempt among the eunuchs, the most awe-inspiring are undoubtedly the celebrant eunuchs and the internal official eunuchs, as for the eunuchs who specialize in sweeping and mopping the floor, they are at the bottom of the pyramid, and their situation is a little better than that of Nanhaizi's pure army.

If it weren't for Zhu Di to make trouble in the inner court, Cao Jixiang would not have had a chance to get close to the new emperor.

Hearing this, Cao Jixiang hurriedly showed his loyalty and said: "The slave and maid understand, the slave and the maid must be loyal to Your Majesty wholeheartedly, the three guards of martial arts are a big thing, and the slave and maid must be kept an eye if they don't sleep." ”

"I'm relieved if you say that, Wang Cheng, this person you recommend is good." Zhu Di praised it, patted Wang Cheng's shoulder and said:

"I don't know who the current palm seal is, and I don't want to know, but in my opinion, he is quite suitable to be the palm seal eunuch of the department and supervisor!"

Cao Jixiang was overjoyed when he heard this, he had worked in the position of the superintendent for many years, and this was almost the only chance to get promoted, and it seemed that it was just the beginning.

"The slave and maid have thanked Your Majesty for your great kindness, and Your Majesty is the living parents of the slave and maid!"

"Don't worry, thank you, if you don't get promoted, you don't have to ask the Queen Mother." Zhu Di sneered, his words full of irony, and then raised his feet and left.

As soon as I left the south of the city, the sky changed.

Zhu Di walked on the way back to the palace, feeling the increasingly violent wind, and said in a deep voice: "There should be strong wind and rain tonight, I don't know how Yu Qian and Shi Heng have arranged their battle strategies." ”

Wang Cheng said with relief: "Don't worry, the emperor can rest assured, Yu Butang and General Shi have never made mistakes in this matter. ”

"I hope so." Zhu Di nodded, although Shi Heng said that he didn't know much, he still trusted Qian, so he was relieved.

At this time, a little eunuch who was the celebrant came in the back with small steps.

The little eunuch was in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry, and when he was in a hurry, he didn't even look in front of him, just stared at the ground, and hit Wang Cheng's ass directly.

Wang Cheng's all his energy was on Zhu Di, and he was almost knocked down by surprise, and immediately turned around and scolded after stabilizing his body: "Where did the dog come from, he doesn't walk long?" ”

"The big crotch is angry, the big crotch is angry." The little eunuch saluted and apologized one after another, trembling, raising his eyes to peek at being found and immediately lowering his eyes, looking very weak.

Wang Cheng felt that something was wrong, our family didn't smoke when he saw someone, as for being so afraid?

He has been in the inner court for seven or eight years, and the eunuchs in the palace know all of them, but they have all seen them, although the one in front of him is also the celebrant eunuch, but he is not his disciple.

It's really a narrow road, isn't this the apprentice of Jin Yingjin's big crotch?

is so afraid of our family, there must be something greasy!

"Wait a minute!" Wang Cheng walked to the back, grabbed the little eunuch who was about to leave, squinted and asked with a smile: "So anxious, is there something urgent to return to the palace?" ”

The little eunuch was obviously frightened, and his face was full of desire to speak.

Seeing this, Wang Cheng's disciples and grandchildren were not happy.

One person stepped forward and slapped the little eunuch in the face.

"Smack!"

Then he asked: "What does the king of the Qianqing Palace ask you about, is he blind or deaf?" ”

"The slave doesn't dare, it's..."The little eunuch covered his flushed cheeks and said aggrievedly: "Yu Butang said that the Warat cavalry is making a big move, and he will personally lead the troops out of the city to resist the battle. ”

"The slave maid is watching the battle at Deshengmen according to the meaning of the golden crotch, and will return to the palace to report whenever there is any movement."

If Jin Ying knew about this, she would definitely tell the Queen Mother as soon as possible, and then the Queen Mother would take the courtiers to discuss the matter in the Fengtian Palace.

This kind of juncture is extremely unfavorable to the emperor.

Sure enough, there was no good thing, but I went back to report the news!

Wang Cheng thought for a while and said: "In this way, you can go back to report the news, and our family will not embarrass you, but there is one point, the Queen Mother and Jin Dacrotch will have to delay for a while." ”

"This silver is for you..."

The little eunuch looked at the one hundred taels of silver in his hand, his face didn't hurt in an instant, and he didn't feel aggrieved anymore, so he smiled and said, "The slaves and maids all listen to Wang Dacrot's orders, how long will it be delayed?" ”

Wang Cheng continued to smile and said: "It's up to you, you can delay it for as long as you can, and then report it if you can't hold it out." ”

"If Jin Dacrotch is to blame, you will go to the Qianqing Palace to do things, and our family will take care of it, if this matter is done well, the benefits will be more than this bit of silver."

The little eunuch said happily: "The slaves and maids listen to you!" ”

......

Xizhi Gate.

Liu Ju was wearing a full set of armor, pressing the city wall with one hand, and his face was hesitant.

The general Gao Li's face turned pale and said: "Governor, let's go out, if you disobey the order, you will be killed, Your Majesty has given the command of the city to Lord Yu." ”

"Lao Tzu is also a human being, why can Yu Qian sit firmly at the head of the city, but Lao Tzu wants to go out of the city to die?"

"Yu Qian wants to go out of the city to engage in a backwater battle, let him go by himself, Lao Tzu has this little man at hand, and it is not enough to defend the city, so he has to take the initiative to go out to find death?"

It turned out that the reason for Liu Ju's hesitation was that Yu Qian and Shi Heng felt that Wara would launch a surprise attack tonight when the storm was raging, and ordered Liu Ju, who was guarding Xizhi Gate, to go out of the city to fight.

Liu Ju's idea was that it would definitely not work to go out.

Although there were more than 200,000 defenders in the Beijing Division, less than 20,000 were assigned to Xizhimen, most of which were the former Henan Reserve Army.

This group of people basically didn't practice much, they went directly to the battlefield with knives and guns, and took them out of the city to fight against Warat, Liu Ju felt that this must be a brain in water.

Although he won the last raid with the emperor out of the city, Liu Ju felt very thrilled every time he thought about it, and even he didn't know why he rushed out with a hot brain at that time.

If he were to choose again, he would definitely not be able to do it again.

Having said that, this new emperor is really brave and invincible, chopping the Warat people is like chopping cabbage, this is really a former prince who has never been in battle?

As for the victory of Deshengmen, Liu Ju felt that it was only because Wara was ambushed, and the 10,000 cavalry who went to fight the Warat people head-on, without 50,000 people, it would not be possible at all.

And this time the order Yu Qian gave was not an ambush, let alone leave after a while, but to let him go out of the city and fight until the last moment!

At the last moment of the battle, Liu Ju hadn't read much, but he could still understand the most basic meaning of the words, that is, there were only two results, either he died outside, or the Warats ran away.

Reason told Liu Ju that he must not go out, he will not be able to come back if he goes out!

Knowing that the ending was certain death, Liu Ju naturally didn't want to say anything, so he planned to just ignore this order.

But soon, a herald from Deshengmen arrived, holding a gold medal and shouting loudly: "Yu Shangshu has gone out of Deshengmen to line up, and strictly ordered Liu Ju, the governor of Xizhimen, to immediately lead his troops out of the city, if not, the deputy general Gao Li can take the position of governor of the capital!" ”

"This order is urgent, and those who don't obey will be killed immediately!"

After listening, Liu Ju's heart was directly cold.