Nothing was said all night.

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Zhu Qiyu easily gave up the four well-behaved and lovely little stunners, and happily came to the West Flower Hall.

The important ministers had been waiting for a long time, and Zhu Qiyu summoned everyone in, and first announced something unexpected:

"Early tomorrow morning, a small court meeting will be held in the West Flower Hall. It was attended by cabinet ministers, six ministers, governors of the five armies, some nobles, military generals, and eunuchs in Beijing. I have a list of people who will attend the court, and the Ministry of Rites will inform you accordingly.

Tomorrow at the court meeting, I will assign the specific defense tasks of the nine gates of the Beijing Division. This was the last adjustment before the war, and since then, hundreds of civil and military officials have performed their duties, and they have been rewarded and punished for meritorious service. ”

This is the first time that a court meeting has been held since the new monarch ascended the throne. Although the scale is still a bit small, only thirty or forty people are eligible to participate, but there is finally a meeting. So several important ministers chanted the emperor Shengming together.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "I also want to inform you in advance that I will add another battalion to the Beijing camp, called the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, which will be formed on the basis of the 5,000 border troops brought by the Marquis of Xing'an.

Since then, the Beijing camp has been composed of five military battalions, five military battalions, three thousand battalions, and a small cavalry battalion, and four battalions stand side by side. ”

When the minister heard this, he was even more surprised: change the third battalion to the fourth battalion? What was the emperor's intention? Can the emperor be so confident that he can control the Marquis of Xing'an? If you can't get the Marquis of Xing'an to be loyal, what's the use of just getting a cavalry battalion, even if you add a hundred new battalions, without the general's loyalty, it will be purely self-inflicted.

Seeing that none of the ministers came forward to object, Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "I'm done, you can do something." ”

Hu Hui played first: "Your Majesty, I also sent Naha out of Beijing first, blaming me for the Ming Dynasty's reward." threatened that if he did not give a generous reward, the first Taishi would personally lead an army of 100,000 to take his former capital. ”

Zhu Qiyu replied disappreciatively: "Let Naha come out, I will personally feast him at noon." ”

The ministers did some more trivialities, and then they all retired and went back to prepare for the court.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qiyu ordered Liu Yongcheng, the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Liu Ju, the governor of his nephew, to meet him.

Liu Yongcheng has experienced five dynasties, has been in charge of the imperial horse prison for many years, and is the only eunuch who can be as famous as Zheng He in the early Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Liu Yongcheng is loyal, good at riding and shooting, has led troops to expeditions many times, and has made many military exploits. If it was a military general, these military exploits would have been enough to be a marquis, but unfortunately Liu Yongcheng was a eunuch.

Zhu Qiyu gave Liu Yongcheng enough respect: "Duke Liu, I want to divide the capital into east, south, west, and north, and each side will send important ministers to be responsible."

Liu Gong has made a lot of achievements in the war and has a great reputation, I will send you to be in charge of the west of the capital, in charge of the war in Xizhimen and Fuchengmen, is Liu Gong willing? ”

How can you say that you are unwilling, Liu Yongcheng immediately stated that he would swear to defend the Jingshi.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Gong Liu, with your talent, you will always stay in the Imperial Horse Eunuch and be wronged. After this battle, I will make you an earl and send you to guard the frontier. After a few years, when the frontier is stabilized, I will give you the hereditary marquis, and you will appoint your nephew to inherit it, what about Liu Gongyi? ”

Liu Yongcheng entered the inner court as a eunuch at the age of twelve, and it has been more than 40 years now. In a place like the palace where people eat people, Liu Yongcheng not only was not eaten, but also achieved the high position of the palm print of the imperial horse supervisor, which can be described as the old fox among the old foxes.

Liu Yongcheng naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words: he handed over the imperial horse supervisor with dignity and cooperated with the emperor's cronies to take over. The emperor gave a hereditary marquis in return, and the two sides were peaceful and decent, and both were happy.

Liu Yongcheng thought for a while, then asked with a look of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the old minister is a eunuch, how can he get a hereditary reckless marquis, and the imperial court has no such precedent." Even the eunuchs of the three guarantees have never received a knighthood. ”

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Liu Gong only said that it is okay to agree or not, as for how I do it, it is not something you need to worry about." As long as you are willing to go out and lead the troops, I promise that within five years, you will give Liu Gong the title of marquis. ”

As soon as the emperor said this, Liu Yongcheng was speechless. After all, the emperor even gave a specific deadline, so there was no room for ambiguity. Jun has no jokes, he must be given to the marquis at that time, otherwise he will become a public courtier.

Liu Yongcheng did not hesitate any longer, and immediately agreed. After all, it was a hereditary marquis, and the palm seal of the Imperial Horse Supervisor was really nothing in comparison. Besides, even if he doesn't agree, the only consequence he gets is that the emperor forcibly takes the imperial horse supervisor. When the time comes, let alone the marquis, whether he can save his life is a big question.

The two sides reached an agreement, discussed the specific strategy of defending the capital, and Liu Yongcheng retired.

The next thing is to summon Hao Yi, the commander of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, who is the current second-in-command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the person used by the new monarch to replace Liu Yongcheng. Zhu Qiyu chatted with Hao Yi for a few words, and then dragged him to Jiangyunxuan in the backyard for a private chat.

is different from facing Liu Yongcheng's seriousness, Zhu Qiyu is very comfortable and casual in front of Hao Yi.

Hao Yi also asked with a smile: "The young master is now in the chest, I think I have arranged all aspects?" ”

"Oh, barely. The Marquis of Xing'an agreed to be loyal to me, and Liu Yongcheng was also willing to hand over the Imperial Horse Guard, and when the time came, I asked Hao Gong to take charge of the Imperial Horse Prison for me, and the Imperial City Guards would be stable.

Coupled with my 30,000 personal guards, and the righteous status I have as an emperor, I can now make do with the capital.

The next thing is piecemeal, and I'll go back and hook up with Tiance Wei to see if they are willing to be loyal. Anyway, I'm just picking up the leftovers, I've been like a rag picker lately. ”

Hao Yi said with a smile: "The master is too modest, the fifteen favorite concubines you picked back are not rags, you can be regarded as a big treasure." ”

Zhu Qiyu laughed when he heard this: "It's all just luck." Have you seen the princesses? ”

"I bumped into it once in the palace a few days ago, and the three princesses of our family are so beautiful. The concubines of the Emperor Taishang don't know where to go, and they are beautiful, gentle and reasonable, which really gives the young master a long face. ”

"Hahahaha, I'm just lucky."

The two chatted again, and Zhu Qiyu took out a secret edict from his pocket and handed it to Hao Yi: "Hao Gong, I will personally lead the army to make contributions outside the Desheng Gate." And Shi Heng led the main force of 50,000 Beijing battalions and stationed them on my left flank, that is, outside Xizhimen.

Shi Heng is not my cronies, and I am afraid that he will be a demon on the side when I am facing the enemy. I don't want to be the emperor, and once I am not careful, I will be killed by friendly forces.

Therefore, I asked Hao Gong to bring 500 elites of the four guards of the Imperial Horse Prison to the Shiheng camp to supervise the army. This is the secret edict I have written, if Shi Heng makes any changes, you can directly kill him, and then take over his army. ”

Hao Yi hurriedly and solemnly accepted the secret edict.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "My right flank is outside the Anding Gate, Tao Jin's 20,000 divine machine battalion, I will send Wang Cheng and Zhang Yong to take two hundred guards to supervise the army.

In this way, the left and right flanks are firmly watched, and I can kill the enemy outside the Desheng Gate with confidence. When the time comes, I will supervise the battle on the tower of the city, and the Marquis of Xing'an will be in charge of the army in the north.

Fan Guang took 3,000 elite members of the Shenji Battalion, plus 5,000 border troops of Xing'an Hou, and my 8,000 personal guards. In total, more than 10,000 people were responsible for killing the enemy.

Shi Heng's army of 50,000 is responsible for maneuvering, if he passively fights and deliberately sees that our army is in danger, you will directly cut him down and take over the army yourself. ”

Hao Yi nodded: "Weichen understands, this battle must let the master play with momentum and establish prestige." In this way, you can firmly control the court in the future. ”

The two chatted until noon, and then they came out of the front yard together, and invited Naha, the messenger of Warat, to a banquet in the east side room.

Naha came out this time to write a war letter, so he was quite arrogant. Of course, the so-called 'war book' of Warat is not written in form. Nahachu just told the Ming Emperor very simply and directly, your reward for us is too little, if you refuse to bleed heavily, then our 100,000 troops of Warat will soon be under the city.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Nahachu, made a very cowardly expression, and weakly retorted: "What your envoy said is wrong, as soon as my Emperor Taishang of the Ming Dynasty was captured, the Empress Dowager and the Empress asked for the harem, loaded the treasures and treasures of the royal family into eight carts, and sent an envoy directly to the Taishi of Yexian.

Those things, all of them are priceless treasures, how can the noble envoy still think that the treasures given by my Ming are not valuable enough.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is lax in garrison and the morale of the army is weak, how can it withstand the ravages of the 100,000 iron cavalry of the Taishi, so please also ask your envoy to report back to the Taishi, what are the conditions, we can talk about it again. ”

Nahachu smiled contemptuously: "It's easy to say, just give money." ”

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Then I have to ask the Taishi to give a total number." How much money does the Taishi plan to ask for before he is willing to let the Emperor Taishang come back, he has to give an accurate number. ”

Naha was also stunned when he heard this, because he didn't expect Daming to really be willing to give money before he came, but just to say, if Daming didn't give it, he would have an excuse to attack Jingshi.

Now the emperor wants to ask for an accurate number, how can Naha say it. If you really want to shout a price of 500,000 taels, what if Emperor Daming agrees, won't it be embarrassing.

In the end, Naha could only say that he would go back and ask the opinion of the Taishi first, and then reply to the emperor.