Following the advice of Yan Li and Zhou Yuanlang, Zhao Kai posted a notice announcing that he would not pursue anyone other than Tong Jian and Ma Cheng for their fault for welcoming the traitor Zhao Li.
After posting this notice, Zhao Kai went to watch the funeral of Emperor Daxing and never asked about the affairs of the court again.
During the few days when he was keeping vigil, Prime Minister Yan Li, together with the eunuch Liu Yi who had been imprisoned and suffered a lot of physical torture, and officials of the Hanlin Academy, successfully destroyed Emperor Daxing's body which had been destroyed by Zhao Li and others. The imperial edict was restored.
Three days later, all civil and military officials respectfully invited Prince Zhao Kai to ascend the throne outside Zhaoming Hall, the emperor's mourning hall.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wept endlessly and insisted that he would not accept the throne. No matter how many civil and military officials knelt down to beg him, he still insisted on not accepting the position. He even got angry and said that the officials wanted him to be emperor. forward.
Civil and military officials really have no choice but to give up temporarily.
The next day, hundreds of officials came to Zhaoming Palace again to invite the prince to ascend the throne.
The prince still refused resolutely.
On the third day, hundreds of officials came to invite him again. Zhao Kai burst into tears. As a last resort, he ascended the throne in front of the emperor of Daxing and became the new emperor of Daqi.
After the emperor ascended the throne, he first personally presided over the funeral ceremony and sent the old emperor to the imperial mausoleum, and then began to share the fruits of victory.
Prime Minister Yan Li was named the Crown Prince and Grand Master and took charge of the Assembly Hall. He became the first Han prime minister to take charge of the Assembly Hall since the founding of the Qi Dynasty.
You must know that before this, even if Zhu Li entered the council later, he would be ranked in front of the Han prime minister and become the leader of the council.
Lang Yan, the uncle of the new emperor, was named Yiyonghou and was in charge of the three major battalions, which were the Forbidden Army near Yandu.
During this mutiny, Zhou Yuanlang, who served as the "mastermind" of King Wei, entered Zhongshu and transformed from a member of the general family to a civil servant.
Although only a seventh-grade Zhongshu Sheren was given, after the Zhongshu Sheren, he added the words "walking in the meeting hall" and "often serving the emperor", which made him almost the official Prime Minister.
General Tuyuan and General Zhou Shizhong were rewarded and knighted for their merits in rescuing King Qin.
At this point, the turmoil over Da Qi's throne seems to have come to an end.
However, because the throne was not particularly upright, after Zhao Kai became emperor, he did not let the army brought back by Zhou Shizhong and Tu Yuan immediately go south to resist the Northern Expedition of the Southern Dynasties. Instead, he ordered the soldiers brought back by Zhou Shizhong and others to fight with the three major forces in Gyeonggi. Battalions, mixed together, disrupted and reorganized.
Furthermore, although King Qi and Zhao Li were executed, King Qi’s family members were still there. The new emperor specially extended the favor, and the crime did not reach the family members of Prince Qi. The eight-year-old son of Prince Qi was granted the title of Prince Chenliu, and the family lived happily ever after. In a few days, he will leave Yandu and go to Chenliu to join the feudal clan.
Although this kind of treatment is an extrajudicial favor, almost everyone in Yandu knows that once Prince Qi's family leaves Yandu this time, they may never have a chance to come back.
However, the new emperor's benevolence to King Qi's family does not mean his benevolence to the Tong family and the Ma family. The Tong and Ma families were burdened by two prime ministers.
In the following period, Zhou Yuanlang, a member of Zhongshushe, together with General Lang Yan, began a wave of ruthless purges of the court.
During the purge, in order to ensure the stability of the court, all the imperial troops stayed in Gyeonggi and did not go south to aid Xuzhou.
After all, at this time, nothing is more important than stabilizing power.
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Xuzhou City.
Du Yong, the commander of the inner guard, stood in front of Shen Yi, bowed his head slightly towards Mr. Shen, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the inner guard has reported that the enemies near Xuzhou have begun to withdraw northward."
After a pause, he said: "The Qi army in the east of Xuzhou and the Qi army in Haizhou are retreating towards Yanzhou Prefecture."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and thought about it for a while, then he said with a smile: "Brother Du, why do you still call me my official title? It sounds a bit wrong to call me a title."
Du Yong then smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Shilang Shen, you are humble. If the subordinate gets the title, his tail will be raised high by now."
Shen Yi shook his head and said: "The achievements are mostly due to the brothers in the Huai'an Army. Shen took advantage for nothing, so don't mention it."
This time, the imperial court's reward came too quickly.
In other words, it's a bit unreasonable.
Because there are so many people in the Huai'an army, only Shen Yi has received the reward so far.
Although the position of Minister of the Ministry of War has not been changed, the title of Right Deputy Censor of the City is also an official position of the third rank. The overall rank has not been raised. It is just that the title of Jiang Dubo was added to Shen Yi on the basis of the third rank.
But these, in the eyes of the Huai'an Army officers and generals, are high promotions.
Although Mr. Shen did not underpay the credit for his subordinates at all, it is inevitable that the people below will think too much about it.
But there was nothing Shen Yi could do about this kind of thing. He couldn't blame the court for giving him a wrong promotion, right?
Du Yong said with emotion: "If all the superior officials in the world were as reasonable as you, Mr. Shen, then there would be nothing to worry about."
Mr. Shen joked: "Is it possible that Lu Weishuai always makes things difficult for Brother Du?"
"I also know Lu Weishuai. After returning to Jiankang, I will comment with him on Brother Du's behalf."
Du Yong was startled by Shen Yi's words and waved his hands repeatedly: "Master Shen, don't make fun of your subordinates. Commander Wei is very kind to me and other subordinates, and there is nothing difficult about him at all."
Shen Yi laughed, and then said: "Okay, no more joking with Brother Du."
He coughed and said seriously: "Since the main force of the Qi people has retreated, which means that they will basically not rescue Suqian, Brother Du sent someone to run for me to inform Ling Su and Xue Wei of the Huai'an Army. Two generals.”
Du Yong bowed slightly and said, "Go and inform the two generals to prepare for a full-scale attack on Suqian?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "If the main force of the Qi people does not save them, then the Qi army in Suqian will definitely try their best to break through, at least once."
"At this time, there is no need to attack again."
Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Go and inform them two. Tell them that the encirclement will be made tighter in the next two days, and they will be strictly guarded. No one can break through."
Du Yong was startled, then lowered his head and said with emotion: "Shilang Shen can think things that others cannot think of, no wonder he can achieve this feat."
Mr. Shen said helplessly: "Brother Du keeps telling lies like this. If he returns to Jiankang in the future, I will have to file a complaint with Lu Weishuai."
Du Yong laughed, clasped his fists at Shen Yi, then turned around and went down to do his work.
The internal guards are very efficient.
In less than a day, Shen Yi's order was passed to Xue Wei and Ling Su.
At this time, Ling Su led more than 20,000 Huai'an Army West Route Army. He had brought them out little by little, and they were as natural as his arm. However, under Xue Wei, except for the 5,000 direct descendants, there were 40,000 others. They are all adapted from the Huaihe Navy. They are still in the process of being adjusted and cannot be used easily.
Fortunately, the tasks assigned by Shen Yi did not require too sophisticated tactical coordination or communication. They only needed to block the retreat of the Qi army who had moved in.
In this way, the Huai'an army besieged Suqian for four or five days, repelling the Suqian Qi army's seven or eight breakthroughs.
On the sixth day, Ling Su sent a letter to Xue Wei. After some communication, the two sent troops almost at the same time to shrink the encirclement and move closer to Suqian County.
At this time, the Qi army in Suqian suffered successive setbacks and had already lost its energy. By evening, it was forced into the city by two armies and could not move.
Ling Su rode a horse and rushed to Xue Wei. He pointed his riding whip at Suqian City not far away and said with a smile: "Brother, you and I have spent almost half a month in Suqian, and it's time to end today."
Xue Wei nodded and said: "Shen Gong's troops are too stable, otherwise he could have surrounded and annihilated this Qi army."
Ling Su smiled and said: "This has always been the case when Duke Shen uses troops. What he wants is for our side to suffer the least damage and the enemy's damage to be the biggest. When we suppressed the Japanese in the southeast, our brothers killed and injured more than ten people, and we were able to kill hundreds of Japanese pirates." Even nearly a thousand people.”
Hearing what he said, Xue Wei also remembered the days when he fought against the Japanese army, and said with emotion: "Back then, I only knew how to follow Mr. Shen to kill a few more Japanese pirates. How could I have imagined that we would be here today."
He looked at Ling Su and said with a smile: "Isn't it true that General Ling didn't expect this day?"
Ling Su solemnly said: "This is natural. In the battle in Linhai County, our Linhai Guards were defeated. At that time, Brother Yu was even prepared to go to prison."
The two chatted for a while. Xue Wei looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late. I will lead the people to attack the first round. General Ling will lead the people to support me."
Ling Su thought for a moment and said, "Most of the people under my brother's command are Huaihe navy masters. I'm afraid it won't be easy to use them. Why don't we take a break first?"
Xue Wei grinned: "It is precisely because they are not easy to use that they have to be put into practice on the battlefield. These soldiers from the Huaihe Navy will also be our Huai'an Army in the future. They must be trained and trained well."
Ling Su then nodded and said, "Brother, just leave as you are. I will bring someone to support you."
Xue Wei nodded, then laughed heartily, rode on his horse, took the lead, and led his men towards Suqian City.
Before they reached Suqian City, thousands of Huai'an troops started shouting.
"Surrender without killing!"
"Surrender without killing!"
Thousands of people shouted this voice together, almost shaking the sky and the earth, like thunder. Along with the deafening shouts, some Han soldiers on the Suqian Tower couldn't help but swallow their saliva and feel timid.
General Zhu Lizhen, who was standing behind them, became angry after hearing these voices urging surrender, and shouted angrily: "Archers! Archers!"
"Get ready to shoot these Nanman! Shoot these Nanman!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of artillery pieces under the city exploded almost simultaneously. The shells immediately hit the low city wall of Suqian, making craters and injuring many people at the same time.
Xue Wei, who was under the city, waited for the second round of artillery and raised his arms.
"Brothers, for our Huai'an Army, every head is worth a military merit. We are genuine and fair-minded!"
He roared to the sky and gave a loud shout.
"Charge with me!"
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Traveled to the Ming Dynasty and became the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
Obsessed with the military, building a military-industrial Ming Dynasty is my pursuit!
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(End of chapter)
