Zhu Youzhen was so happy, his original situation was that he wanted no people, and he wanted money without money.

It can't be said that there are no people, there are many civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty, the key is that these people are not good, they are all mediocre.

Of course, this is Zhu Youzhen's original feelings.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's feelings were different, Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu, Fan Jingwen and others generously died and martyred the country, which moved him and let him know that there were still loyal courtiers in the court.

What's more, there are Shi Kefa and others in the south, and Wang Jinlong also recommended a few little-known young talents, and there are many talents!

The mood changed, Zhu Youzhen looked at everything pleasing to the eye, and suddenly felt that his waist was stiff all of a sudden.

"Hahahaha! Wang Aiqing, I have you like Han Gaozu has Zhang Zifang, with your talent, Mr. Liu Ji of this dynasty is not as good as you, let you take charge of the East Factory, that is too condescending, why don't you come to Shoufu, and go to the court for a while, I will avoid Wei Zaode's bastard who eats inside and out. ”

The dish was already hot, the little eunuch brought it in, and Wang Jinlong poured wine, "Don't! Your Majesty, the minister is a little talent, aren't you afraid of attracting criticism? ”

"What's the criticism? Ganluo is twelve years old and hangs the seal of the six countries! Whoever is not convinced, I will take whoever I want, I see who dares to be coerced. ”

Dig the groove! Zhu Youzhen actually had Zhu Di's courage.

"Don't! The emperor, the minister said a long time ago, the minister is here to help the emperor, I don't care how big an official is, besides, if you let the minister ascend to the sky in one step, will the minister still have motivation in the future? The minister thinks that he can give the emperor some ideas from time to time, and it is already good to be in charge of the intelligence bureau, by the way, there are still 600 people in the minister's cottage, and the minister is going to transfer them all, and it is easy to use. ”

Wang Jinlong really saw the stitches.

Zhu Youzhen was a suspicious person, but he was not resistant to Wang Jinlong at all, he felt that Wang Jinlong was really here to help him. In the past, he might have to arrest Wang Jinlong and examine it, and the six hundred people would be killed first.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen has already figured it out, this Wang Jinlong was originally a bandit who occupied the mountain, and it was said that it was more appropriate to go to Li Zicheng, but he had been staying in the mountain and waiting for the opportunity, that is, he had already prepared to work for him! For this reason, he is also planning how to help him, which shows that Wang Jinlong is definitely trustworthy, "Okay! Didn't I say that? Everything is up to you, you work hard, let's realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and I will promote you to an official in the future, come, I will respect you for a bowl, this bowl will be dry, it's not interesting to just say nothing. ”

"Good! Done,. Wang Jinlong picked up the wine bowl.

After two bowls of wine, Zhu Youzhen was even more excited, but he still remembered the matter of raiding the house, because he was too short of money, "Aiqing, can you really get a lot of silver?" ”

Wang Jinlong grinned, "Look at what the emperor said, didn't the minister promise to fill your inner treasury." ”

"Hahahaha! That's good! That's good! Zhu Youzhen felt so happy.

Zhang Yin knocked on the door and came in, "Your Majesty, the ministers outside are all standing in line, and Wei Shoufu called the servants to come and tell the emperor that it is time to go to court." ”

Zhu Youzhen was furious when he heard it, what is Wei Zaode? dared to urge him to go to the court, "If you can't go to the court, don't I know?" Didn't you see me and Wang Aiqing drinking? Tell Wei Zaode that I don't go to court today because I have something to do, tell them to do what they should do, you get out, don't come in the future. ”

Zhang Yin was almost scared to death, and ran out in a hurry, I'm bad! What's wrong with the emperor today? Why is it not the same as before?

This young man is so awesome, the emperor didn't even go to the early court in order to drink with him.

Wang Jinlong smiled, he knew that Zhu Youzhen had almost drunk, otherwise he wouldn't be able to talk like this.

Speaking of which, this Zhu Youzhen has received a good education since he was a child, and he is absolutely courteous.

Alas! This emperor's alcohol consumption is not good, and the degree of this wine is not high, converted into the wine of later generations, everyone only drank half a catty.

"Hey, Your Majesty, let's not drink this wine, drinking in the morning hurts the body, after drinking this bowl, let's sleep, okay? I haven't slept all day and night, aren't you sleepy? The minister was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. ”

"Good! Good! Let's not drink this bowl after we do it, sleep for a while, sleep for a while. After speaking, Zhu Youzhen picked up the wine.

Outside the court, the officials have long stood in line and waited for the court.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were also regulations for the early dynasty, and officials above the sixth rank of the central government office and local officials who came to Beijing to do business had to participate.

First of all, the ministers should come on time, get up before dawn, pack their bags, prepare the materials for the court, and then ride on their horses and sit in a sedan chair to gather outside the noon gate.

Every day, the imperial history of the imperial history platform is on duty in turn, responsible for maintaining order, and the civil and military officials must line up according to the level of the rank in accordance with the regulations of the left and the right military.

If that official dares to disobey the order, or make small movements in the queue, the imperial historian on duty will unceremoniously and loudly scold, record it, and hand it over to the emperor for disposal, and if he is not careful, he will be demoted three levels in a row.

There are also those who have lost their black gauze hats.

After everyone stood in line, they had to wait patiently for the emperor.

When the emperor left the palace and went to court, the eunuch on duty came out and threw off the big whip and sounded it several times.

This whip is called the Jing Whip, and when the whip is flicked, it tells the ministers that the emperor has arrived.

Then, the civil and military officials who stood in two teams walked into the place of the court meeting under the command of the imperial historian on duty.

In the past, the location of the early dynasty was at the Taiji Gate, and everyone stood on the square. Zhu Youzhen is a diligent emperor, the early court arranged matters and matters to be discussed and discussed, unlike other emperors who do not hold a court meeting for a few days, the court is also something to play early, nothing to retreat from the court, he ascended the throne at the beginning of the appointment with the ministers never slackened, no matter the wind or rain has never rested the court meeting, only two illnesses did not go to the court, afterwards I felt embarrassed, quickly explained to the ministers.

In order to hold a good court meeting, Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne and changed the court meeting from the open air to the indoor, and has been holding the court meeting in the Jianji Palace.

Recently, the situation has been difficult, the ministers are trembling one by one, who is not afraid, although Li Zicheng took Ningwu Pass and withdrew his troops, but he did not go far, he still stayed in Taiyuan, maybe when his head is hot, he will start attacking again, everyone knows the situation of the Beijing Division, if Li Zicheng really comes, there is no way to resist at all.

It was still early, and many ministers came and talked about the recent situation in groups.

Of course, things gather people in groups, and look at who is with whom, and you will know who has a relationship with whom.

The cabinet auxiliary ministers are the original prime ministers, and the prime minister must have the appearance of the prime minister, Wei Zaode and Fan Jingwen stand alone, occasionally say hello to the ministers who are approaching, and do not participate in the nonsense of the hundred officials.

Before that, there were four cabinet ministers, namely Jiang Dejing, Wei Zaode, Fan Jingwen, and Li Jiantai.

Jiang Dejing is the first assistant, the situation is difficult, Jiang Dejing felt that it was difficult to make a difference, and he proposed to quit in discouragement, and he is currently staying in the Fujian Hall, after handing over the affairs of the court, and after packing up his things, he is ready to go back to his hometown in Fujian.

The cabinet can't do without the first assistant, so Zhu Youzhen promoted Wei Zaode to replace Jiang Dejing.

Many people say that Wei Zaode is lucky.

In fact, Jiang Dejing's first assistant did not serve for a few days, and he only took it over from Chen Yan more than a month ago, and he was forced to take it by Zhu Youzhen.

Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi, and Li Jiantai volunteered to lead troops to resist Li Zicheng, just a few days after leaving Beijing.

In fact, Li Jiantai didn't dare to go, the reason why the task was sent to him was said to be a set set up by Emperor Zhu Youzhen and the former Shoufu Chen, because everyone knew that Li Jiantai was a rich man in Shanxi, with a lot of money, thousands of lands alone, and more than 40 wives.

It is said that the procedure is like this, Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi, Zhu Youzhen called a cabinet meeting, and asked, who is willing to lead troops to fight Li Zicheng.

Chen Yan first stood up and said: The minister is willing to go.

Zhu Youzhen said: You can't do it, you are the first assistant, I can't do without you, besides, you are too old to do anything.

Wei Zaode stood up, will he go? Zhu Youzhen said: You have just entered the cabinet, and you have not been an official for a few years, and you are not qualified enough to suppress the battle.

Fan Jingwen said, then I'll forget it, Zhu Youzhen said, Lao Fan, you are not suitable.

It was Li Jiantai's turn to express his position, this guy said: The minister's hometown is in Shanxi, the minister is very familiar with the liukou, the minister's family is quite wealthy, and the minister is willing to raise funds to resist Li Zicheng, and he doesn't want a penny from the court.

Zhu Youzhen is overjoyed, it's you.

So, Zhu Youzhen planned to mobilize 3,500 people and horses for Li Jiantai, and also ordered Wan Xuan to go to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestral temple, personally set up a banquet at Zhengyangmen, toasted three cups, gave the prince a sword, and saw Li Jiantai off.

In fact, Li Jiantai also has his own plans, and his family fortune is in his hometown in Shanxi, if he is robbed by Li Zicheng, he will die.

It is very interesting that Li Jiantai has just left Beijing for ten miles before the sky blew a strong wind, dust covered the sky and the sun, first the flagpole was blown off, and then the sedan pole was broken for no reason, the sergeants were superstitious, thinking that this was God's early warning, indicating that the expedition was unlucky, and immediately someone took advantage of the strong wind to desert.

Li Jiantai also thought it was unlucky, but he didn't dare to come back, so he began to slowly grind, it is said that he marched thirty miles a day, and the soldiers loved to run or not, and they couldn't control it.

Five days later, most of Li Jiantai's men had fled, and only about 600 people remained.

These 600 or so people really wanted to go into battle to fight Li Zicheng, so they followed Li Jiantai all the time.

Li Jiantai led his troops to the ground in Dingxing, and the county officials were afraid that Li Jiantai's soldiers would enter the city and harass the people, so they did not let Li Jiantai and others enter the city.

Outrageous! The dignified prime minister is here with troops, and if you dare not let you in, you will be lawless.

Then, Li Jiantai slowly drove south with his soldiers, he did not go to Shanxi, but came to southern Hebei, to the ground of Wei County, the county that was not long-eyed did not let him enter the city, and there was a squire to assist the county to resist Li Jiantai, Lao Li was angry, the old way, fighting, after attacking the county seat, the county continued to beat up, and killed the bold squire.

After Li Zicheng occupied Ningwu Pass, he received a letter sent by Jiang Hao and Wang Chengyin, and a few brothers together, there is this good thing, God help me, send troops to the capital, and kill the emperor, so he divided the troops into two roads, and took the main force along Datong-Xuanfu-Juyong Pass, and sent the general Liu Fangliang to lead 100,000 troops out of Guguan to fight from the south of Hebei to the north, don't let the emperor run away.

Lao Li only has more than 600 people, how can he fight with Liu Fangliang's 100,000 horses, it is really dangerous to stay in the broken county town of Wei County, so he came to Baoding with his troops, because the city wall of Baoding City is high and strong.

Shao Zongyuan, who presided over Baoding, really didn't want Li Jiantai to enter Baoding, but Li Jiantai was an elder and still held the prince's sword in his hand.

However, after Baoding City was really surrounded by Liu Fangliang, Li Jiantai felt that he couldn't hold it, so he sent his Chinese army Guo Jie to quietly open the east gate of Baoding.

Li Zicheng is a very ruthless person, there are regulations, the soldiers pointed out, those who resist for one day will be killed after breaking the city, those who resist for two days will be killed after breaking the city, and those who resist for more than three days will be killed in the city.

The final outcome is; The prefect He Fu, the same governor Shao Zongyuan, and the Zhang brothers who defended the city all died, and of course, there was a group of people who followed the Zhang brothers who were not able to do their own thing, and Lao Li's life was saved anyway.

Li Zicheng is also a master who loves talents, I heard that Li Jiantai is a university scholar, and ordered preferential treatment, not only sealed Li Jiantai a very big official, but also returned all the things in Li Jiantai's hometown to Lao Li, and also gave a little more.

Li Zicheng is so generous? Of course not, what more? Didn't Lao Li have more than forty wives? All stayed in his hometown, he was an official in the capital, and bought a concubine to serve, Li Zicheng's brother is like a wolf and a tiger, and he must have taken care of Li Jiantai's wives, isn't that a little more, that is the most precious thing in the world, and human beings use this to keep fireworks.

It is estimated that Lao Li will have a bumper harvest next year, and many wives will definitely have children.

Today's situation is special, Zhu Youzhen uncharacteristically drank wine with Wang Jinlong, and the first assistant Wei Zaode asked the eunuch Zhang Yin to urge Zhu Youzhen, the time is not early, it is time to go to court.

I didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to lose his temper, hey! Lao Tzu is not going to court today, how can the officials be embarrassed?