Fengtian Hall was solemn.
The battle report states that on the 26th of the first lunar month, the soldiers and civilians of Xuanzhen severely damaged Wala and were delighted. Xing'an Bo Xu Heng took advantage of Wala's retreat to launch a surprise attack on Guaancheng and pursued them for dozens of miles, with great results.
General Yang Xin and Dingxi Marquis Jiang Wan led the entire army out of Guancheng to attack Wala hard, and won every victory.
The Wala people abandoned their helmets and armor. Yang Xin, Xu Heng, Jiang Wan and others pursued them into the dark night and reached the sand ridge. They were ambushed at the sand ridge and suffered heavy losses.
Yang Xin and others repelled the ambush and retreated slowly. On the way back, they encountered ambushes more than ten times.
The total number of casualties exceeded 40,000. Xing'an Bo Xu Heng died in the battle, and hundreds of generals died in the battle. The defeat was inexplicable.
"Tomorrow, Spring Dragon Day, Yang Xin gives me a big surprise!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious. How could an army of 170,000 men fall into Wala's trick of luring the enemy?
Forty thousand people died in battle, and morale was extremely low. Even if they defended with the bastard formation, whether they could hold on was a question.
"Your Majesty, please calm down."
Wang Wei came out of the squad and kowtowed: "I don't think this is General Yang's fault."
"Our military intelligence report states that the Oara army only has 50,000 people, but the latest battle report shows that there are more than 30,000 Oara troops ambushing in Shaling."
"There are more troops cleaning up our fortresses along the road. The real combat strength may exceed 40,000."
"That is to say, Wala will send 90,000 troops this time."
"I thought it was impossible."
"After Ye Xian's death, the major forces in Wala continued to attack, and their strength was greatly reduced. They will never be able to gather 90,000 soldiers."
"Unless it is the Tatar army that ambush our army in Shaling." Wang Wei made an impassioned speech.
Yu Gang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, retorted: "Absolutely impossible."
"Tatar and Oara are like fire and water."
"In recent years, the Tatars have repeatedly requested to annex the Ming Dynasty and are extremely respectful to the Ming Dynasty. How can they collude with Oara?"
"I thought these 90,000 people were the strength of the whole country of Oara, because the battle report showed that the two sides cooperated seamlessly. It was obviously a strategy set from the beginning."
"The 50,000 people pretending to attack Xuanzang are just bait."
"I believe that this is a non-war crime. The Wala people used 50,000 people as bait. I'm afraid I can't resist the temptation in exchange for an old minister."
Yu Gang excused Yang Xin.
Yu Gang came to prominence during the turmoil in the third year of Jingtai's reign, and fell in love with Emperor Jingtai. At the same time, he had flirtations with Chen Xun, Gao Gu, Wang Wen, and Yu Qian. Zhu Qiyu couldn't figure out who he belonged to. Human beings are just like grass.
"I also think that what Minister Yu said is true!" Zhan Shiyiming of the East Palace knelt down and said.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed. Yi Ming was born as the chief historian of the Prince's Palace, but he sat on Gaogu's side. He was from Gaogu, not Zhu Qiyu.
After Gao Gu's death, Zhu Qiyu did not clean up his gang members, and now Yi Ming is showing signs of seeking refuge with him.
"Can Wala raise 90,000 soldiers?"
Zhu Qiyu felt incredible: "Is Luo Qi here? He has been on a mission to Wala. Does he know the situation in Wala?"
In recent years, there has been no war between the Ming Dynasty and the north, so the military preparations have been weakened, and information on Mobei has rarely been collected. Therefore, there are very few courtiers in the court who know the situation in Oara.
"Your Majesty, Sir Luo is out to supervise the Yunnan and Sichuan military governors and is not in the court!" Yu Shiyue went out to report.
Because Luo Qi was the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yu Shiyue responded.
Only then did Zhu Qiyu remember that Luo Qi was from Zhu Qizhen and was sent away by the original owner.
"My veteran can confirm that the entire country of Wala has millions of soldiers, but it can produce 90,000 soldiers."
Wang Zhi stood up and said: "After Ye Xian's death, Wala fell apart. According to the old minister's knowledge, Wala was divided into three major forces, Ye Xian's younger brother Khulpolo, Ye Xian's eldest son Boronahal and Ye Xian's second son. The three major forces of Ata Timur."
"Unless the three major forces unite, only 90,000 soldiers can be gathered."
According to the customs on the grassland, the three forces that split up the gangs and families should be stupid and should not unite together.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there are two possibilities."
Hu Xi walked out slowly: "One possibility is that there is a new owner in Wala, but I think this possibility is unlikely."
"The second is that the life in the grassland is too difficult. In addition, the three families are constantly attacking and suffering heavy losses. I am afraid that the herdsmen really can't survive anymore, so they have no choice but to go south to plunder the Xuan Mansion."
"Your Majesty, please wait for the Datong Military Report. If the three forces really unite, I am afraid that the first one to be robbed is not the Ming Dynasty, but the Kansai factions."
That's right. The population of Wala has surged in recent years, and the number of Dingkou may exceed 2 million. The barren grassland cannot support so many people. In addition, natural disasters have continued recently, the weather has become colder, and several forces have continued to attack. Without the ability to recuperate, life on the grassland will never be easy.
"Yang Xin's battle report did not state how much Wala lost?" Zhu Qiyu was very dissatisfied with the ambiguity of Yang Xin's battle report.
"I thought that our army suffered heavy losses and General Yang did not dare to send out detective horses to investigate."
Wang Wei explained: "Danchen estimates that the number of soldiers in Wala will be reduced by at least 10,000 to 20,000 people."
"I believe that the most urgent task is to recapture the fortress within the Great Wall and guard it with piers and platforms, waiting for Shaofu's reinforcements."
Wang Wei knows soldiers well.
Zhu Qiyu became even more angry when he mentioned the fortress: "It was not mentioned in the battle report. How did the fortress in the rear be lost? How did the Wala people bypass Zhangjiakou, bypass an army of hundreds of thousands, and sneak attack the fortress in the rear!"
"I only wrote about being ambushed a dozen times, and then it was gone!"
"How should I guess? How should the court guess?"
"This Yang Xin, if he loses, he will lose. Why can't he even write a battle report?"
Zhu Qiyu had the idea of changing his generals before the battle, but he suppressed it. Now that the morale of Xuanzhen is low, it is best for the central government not to interfere indiscriminately.
"Your Majesty, I don't know how General Yang was defeated. Once we find out, there will be new battle reports." Yu Gang said in a low voice.
Yes, the defeat was too weird.
During the retreat, we encountered more than a dozen ambushes. Even if the fortress was attacked by surprise, at least there would be some movement, right? There was no movement, no smoke was lit? The message didn't come out to one fort, or to a dozen or so?
So there is too much fishiness here!
Yang Xin did not dare to report casually, so he had to investigate thoroughly before he dared to write it.
"That's it!"
"Give Yang Xin an imperial edict!"
"This defeat is not a crime of war. The soldiers and people of Xuanzhen have made great contributions, and the rewards from the court will come soon!"
"I named Xing'an Bo Xu Heng the Marquis of Xing'an, and Xu Xian assumed the title."
"I also hope that Yang Xin will reorganize his army and defend Xuanfu without retreating even a step! I, the court, and the people of the Ming Dynasty all hope that they have failed on your shoulders. We hope to stick to Xuanfu and wait for reinforcements!"
Zhu Qiyu let out a long sigh.
Hu Hui also breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor finally restrained himself and did not issue an imperial edict to kill Xuanzhen.
If the imperial edict of rebuke is carried out, Xuanzang will no longer be able to defend it, its morale will be low, and it will inevitably be defeated.
At this time, we can only reward, and reward again.
Even if there is a moth, it must be swallowed. Xunzhen cannot be defeated again.
The garrison of 170,000 people is stretched thin, and now they have lost a large number of fortresses and piers, and the number of soldiers has been reduced by 40,000. The injured are not counted.
The power is extremely weak. At this moment, we can only encourage and reward, hoping that Yang Xin can defend Xuanzang to the death and wait for the Beijing army led by Yu Qian.
"I want to mobilize the Datong Army to assist in the defense of Xuanzang Town. What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Hu Ming took the lead and said: "I suspect that the 40,000-strong Wala army came from the northwest. The tribes in the northwest were plundered severely. If Datong is empty, I am worried that they will also come to attack the autumn wind of the Ming Dynasty!"
"How dare the barbarians from the northwest bully me?" Zhu Qiyu was furious.
He murmured to himself: "Don't move even when you are here. We need more guards at Juyong Pass. If we mobilize more troops, they will have to be mobilized from Huguang."
"Your Majesty, good news came from Nanhe Bofangying a few days ago. The Miao chaos has been calmed down. I think we can transfer some people from Huguang to garrison at Juyong Pass. We will move the troops from Juyong Pass to Huai Lai. Please invite Zhao Fu, the commander-in-chief of Huai Lai. Rush to the aid of Xuanzang." Wang Wei admonished.
Yu Gang felt that something was wrong. Compared with the border areas, Huguang was the most serious concern. Moreover, the Ping Miao army was familiar with mountain warfare. If they fought in the plains, they would definitely suffer.
Zhu Qiyu's face was full of sadness.
Is it possible to send out only 50,000 Beijing troops?
"I thought the Beijing camp could be mobilized to go on an expedition!"
Hu Xi sighed: "What Wang Shilang said is reasonable."
"We can ask Zhao Fu to move to Xuan Town, and the troops from Juyongguan can garrison in Huaihe."
"Then use the heavy troops from the capital camp to garrison Juyongguan and defend the capital."
"You don't have to participate in the war if it's not necessary."
"The soldiers in Huguang should not move for the time being."
Wang Wei, Yu Gang, Yi Ming and other people who knew military affairs all agreed to this move.
And the only one who is qualified to lead the Beijing camp and can reassure the emperor is Fan Guang.
Zhu Qiyu weighed the two sides and concluded that now that the crisis in the capital was temporarily resolved, Liang Yue could guard the nine gates of the capital, and let Fan Guang guard the Juyong Pass and other passes. Firstly, he could increase his military merits, and secondly, he could better control the 50,000-strong capital camp.
"I think what the Heavenly Official said is true!" Li Xian stood up to support him.
The cabinet ministers all agreed to send the Beijing camp to garrison Juyongguan instead of doing nothing in the camp.
"I agreed. Juyong Pass, Zijing Pass, and Daoma Pass were stationed at the defense post. The soldiers and horses of the original three passes were moved to Huailai. After the reinforcements arrived in Huailai, Zhao Fu immediately moved to Xuanfu, still under the command of Yang Xin. , I believe in Yang Xin!”
"Another batch of military supplies was escorted from Beijing to Xuan Town. If the Ministry of Household Affairs didn't have any, they took out the internal funds."
"The Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau are working overtime to make equipment for the soldiers on the front line!"
"Promote Fan Guang to the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Three Passes, and be awarded General Zhaoyong to guard the three passes of Juyong Pass, Zijin Pass and Daoma Pass!"
Zhu Qiyu added water to the situation again, taking the opportunity to increase Fan Guang's authority.
Wala comes from the direction of Xuanzhen. What does it have to do with Zijingguan and Daomaguan?
Why not take the opportunity to transfer all the guards at Zijing Pass and Daoma Pass to Huai Lai to give Fan Guang a chance to win people's hearts?
Hu Xi and Wang Zhi both saw through it. It was no longer easy to get the emperor to send 50,000 troops to the capital. They might as well turn a blind eye. After all, Chen Xun was gone and the emperor could no longer be contained.
But Zhu Qiyu decided to push further.
"Forty thousand people are sent out from the capital camp!"
"Withdraw the capital's nine-door garrison and replace it with nine-door admirals. Set up a nine-door admiral's palace with 12,000 people under its jurisdiction. The admiral will be the second-rank official."
"The Admirals of the Nine Gates are not affiliated with the Fifth Military Governor's Office. They are under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department and are under my direct control."
"Liang Yue was appointed as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, and was awarded the title of General Zhaoyong Liang Yue, Marquis of Baoding."
When the capital camp goes out for an expedition, Zhu Qiyu must firmly hold the nine gates of the capital in his hands.
Wang Zhi and Li Xian's expressions changed.
The emperor is taking the opportunity to seize power!
He secretly gave Fan Guang weight, and everyone turned a blind eye and let it go.
Now there are nine admirals and the authority of the Military Aircraft Department is added.
The emperor is trying to seize the military power as if he is risking his life. Isn’t it interesting?
Wang Zhi gritted his teeth and admonished: "Your Majesty, the matter of the nine admirals still needs to be discussed..."
"Negotiation? The military situation in Xuanzhen is raging. Do you want me to discuss it again?"
"Is it the enemy army in Wala that can give you time? Or is it Xuanzhen who is waiting for help and can give you time?"
"A dignified minister, you don't even have any military knowledge! What kind of minister are you? Wang Zhi!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became angry: "From now on, all military appointments, dismissals, and transfers in the world must be stamped with the golden seal of the Military Aircraft Department. Those without the seal will be invalid!"
Just take over the power!
Take power in a grand manner!
If you don't agree, the Beijing camp will not go out to fight!
"This..." Wang Zhi was dumbfounded. The emperor was so murderous that he might kill someone again.
He was really scared.
He could only look at Hu Hui.
Hu Hui smiled bitterly. The emperor invited him to the palace yesterday for discussion. He was too busy at the time, but he didn't want the emperor to come directly to the court today.
In what name could he stop it?
As long as he dared to say no, the emperor could scold him for wasting the safety of Guxuan Town. Yang Xin's defeat turned out to be the emperor's trump card. The emperor was too hasty to use politics to seize military power.
"Cabinet, issue an imperial edict!" Zhu Qiyu changed his attitude and became extremely tough.
"I obey the order!" Lin Cong accepted the order.
Only Wang Zhi and Li Xian looked at each other. They winked at Xiao Tan, Yue Zheng, and Xue Xuan, but the three of them were like clay and wood sculptures. Not only did they pretend not to notice, they knelt down to receive the order.
They immediately understood that yesterday the emperor Xuan Xiaoyi and Yue Zhengqin had an audience with each other in the palace, and apparently settled these two.
"I received a memorial from the Metropolitan Procuratorate yesterday, saying that public security in Beijing is getting worse and worse."
"I plan to remove a hundred people from the Beijing camp, recruit another 200 people from the civilian population, and transform the original patrol army into a patrol camp."
"The patrol camp is also under the Military Aircraft Department, I will take charge of it!"
"The bodyguard army has also become independent and is no longer affiliated with the Jin Yiwei. It has established a separate army and is also affiliated with the Military Aircraft Department."
"I plan to appoint a military minister to be in charge of my army. Who among you is willing to volunteer?"
Zhu Qiyu must hold all the troops in Beijing firmly in his hands.
Just having four guards is not enough. He wants to expand his sphere of influence from the inner palace to the entire capital.
This was all the condition for him to allow the Beijing camp to go on an expedition!
If you want the Beijing camp to leave the capital and garrison Juyongguan, you must hand over the military power in the capital to me, otherwise I will feel uneasy!
Zhu Qiyu was not worried about King Li's party, and Yu Qian was also settled by him. He looked at Hu Hui with burning eyes.
Li Xian and Wang Zhi also kept winking at Hu Hui.
I hope Hu Hui will stand up and stop the emperor.
Although the emperor is robbing the nobles of their power, if you think about the consequences, what will the emperor do if he takes control of the military power in the capital?
When the emperor had no military power, he dared to kill Gao Gu, Wang Ao, etc.; when he had a little military power, he dared to kill Chen Xun. What if he controlled the military power of the capital? what happens?
It’s difficult for Hu Hui too.
The emperor's momentum has been achieved and he has taken the right opportunity. What can he do to stop it?
"His Majesty."
Hu Xi knelt on the ground: "I believe that the military situation is urgent, and the court should focus on stability."
"I have no objection to His Majesty's use of military aircraft to override the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion."
"It's just that His Majesty built nine more governor's mansions, patrol camps, and guards."
"I'm worried that the Ministry of Household Affairs will not be able to make ends meet."
To put it simply, there is no money.
Hu Hui knew how to use money to block me. I built a patrol camp just for money.
"The bodyguards are nothing more than the former Han generals, red helmet generals, and Mingjia generals. They are recruited from the people. They are just building an army. The cost is the same as before."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "As for the patrol camp, it is considered a new one. There is no need to go to the household department to pay for it. I have a way to let the patrol camp raise the money itself and be responsible for its own profits and losses."
Setting up a patrol camp was a new way to make money that he had thought up.
The purpose of withdrawing troops into camps is to make them easier to divide in the future.
There are not many places that Zhu Qiyu can take charge of, and the first one to bear the brunt is the capital. If he wants to make money, he has to start with the capital.
The patrol camp raises its own money. Once the patrol camp has money, the Ministry of Revenue will not want it.
Zhang Feng turned a blind eye to this. As long as he didn't pay for the patrol camp, he just let the emperor do it. He couldn't control it anyway.
"this……"
Hu Xi frowned, relying on the mountains and relying on the bridges, the emperor would not exploit the people by collecting tolls, right?
"Master, you know better than me how the public security in Gyeonggi is."
"In recent years, there have been a flurry of impeachment memorials on public security in Gyeonggi Province. No matter how many times the prefect of Sunchon Prefecture has changed, nothing has improved."
"Now I want to restore public security in the capital, so the establishment of a patrol camp is urgent."
Zhu Qiyu stopped explaining and put on a smile: "My lords, who is willing to be the Minister of Military and Aircraft?"
Hu Xi curled her lips, just change it, or at worst, when the emperor makes a mistake, he will be forced to rescind it.
The courtiers were talking a lot, but no one could figure out what rank the minister of military aircraft held.
Zhu Qiyu asked someone to read out the memorial about the Military Aircraft Department.
Hu Xi frowned. The minister of military aircraft in charge of the military power in Beijing must be the emperor's confidant, and there is no rank restriction.
I'm afraid the emperor is paying attention to brothers Song Jie and Song Wei.
Sure enough, after some pretense, the emperor appointed Song Wei to join the Military Aircraft Department as Minister of Military Aircraft.
Fighting for loneliness.
Song Wei was promoted to commander-in-chief of the bodyguard army.
Yu Mian acted as the commander of the Yulin left guard.
This is a benefit given by the emperor to Yu Qian, and also to show to the courtiers that if you follow me, there will be great benefits!
Come and take refuge with me!
"Zhang Shangshu, the imperial store auction must be taken seriously. Xuanzhen must be in charge, and Shandong must also be in charge." Zhu Qiyu said a few words and announced his withdrawal from the court.
Return to Qinzheng Hall.
On the way, the Song brothers came to express their gratitude.
"Song Jie, the guard army is not easy to manage. Its origins are mixed. There are people outside who call it the beggar army. I will leave the guard army to you. Those who cannot be used will be directly eliminated. Those who can be used will be promoted. Those who are not enough will be recruited from the private sector. , don’t be afraid of impeachment, I’ll support you! I’ll argue with the Ministry of Household Affairs about money!”
"Your Majesty, what do you want the bodyguards to do?" Song Jie was worried that the bodyguards would become the Jinyiwei. He was a dignified Marquis of Xining and did not want to be the leader of the Jinyiwei.
"Become my die-hard loyalist and protect the safety of the city for me!"
Zhu Qiyu's purpose was clear. The palace was guarded by imperial guards, and the guards from outside the palace to the capital were guarded. The defense of the capital was managed by the nine gate admirals, and the outside of the city was guarded by the capital camp.
In this way, the entire capital was completely in the hands of the emperor, and he could sleep in peace.
Song Jie breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the order to thank him.
"Song Wei, the Minister of Military Aircraft is helping me keep an eye on the armies in the capital. You will stamp all the movements of the guards in the capital. After stamping, you will submit it to me. I will add the seal of the Military Aircraft Department and my seal. , can it be sent to the cabinet. Only when the three seals are integrated into one can the army be mobilized."
"Wei Chen accepts the decree!" Song Wei reached the sky in one step.
At the same time, he looked at the emperor with some horror. If the three seals really merged into one, the emperor would really take over the country's military power.
It has only been half a month since he seized the throne, and the emperor has become a real emperor!
"You can still serve as the right guard of Yulin. If there is a suitable candidate in the guard, please recommend it to me." Zhu Qiyu said calmly.
Only by completing all these will he become the true emperor.
His foundation is weak now, and he has to arbitrarily insert his own party members into it in order to be as stable as Mount Tai.
What is lacking now is time.
In as long as three years or as short as one year, he will truly rule the world and become a real emperor like Xuanzong!
"I thank you!"
After sending away the Song brothers, Zhu Qiyu pondered that the bodyguard army could not become the Song family army and needed to be checked and balanced by people. The Song family was already powerful enough. He did not want to come to the day when the king and his ministers would meet with swords. It was also for their own good.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Jin has entered the palace." Feng Xiao reminded in a low voice, interrupting Zhu Qiyu's train of thought.
"Xuan."
Soon, Jin Zhong came in and knelt down to say hello.
"I'm safe, get up!"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Jin Zhong, you have done well in Jinyiwei. I want to know how many confidants you have in Jinyiwei? Trustworthy people!"
"Go back to your Majesty, there are more than 200 people."
Jin Zhong expanded very quickly. This was also due to Zhu Qiyu helping him knock down three mountains and killing Chen Xun. People in the Jinyi Guards began to cling to Jin Zhong.
"Send some to Xuanfu. I always feel that something is not right with Xuanfu."
The vague battle report, as well as the explanations given by the courtiers, all believed that the defeat was too strange, and the loss of the fortress in the rear was too strange. How did the Oara people sneak in under the nose of the army?
Yang Xin is a man who knows soldiers, Xu Heng is also a veteran general, Jiang Wan is a rising star, and there are many talented people in the Xuan Mansion. How come they are so easy to succeed?
There must be a ghost here!
"My lord, are you suspicious of Yang Xin?" Jin Zhong said it bluntly.
"Yang Xin doesn't dare."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "If Xu Heng had not died, I would have suspected Yang Xin, but if Xu Heng died and Xun Chen died, the central government will definitely investigate and get to the bottom of it."
"So Yang Xin doesn't dare to do it. Besides, if he loses the army and loses his troops, what good will it do to him?"
"I am suspicious of the merchants in Xuanzang Town."
"I killed Zhang Renxiao and told everyone to shut up. In the end, Zhang Renli still knew the truth. It should not have been revealed by people around me. I have this confidence."
"It must be those merchants!"
Zhu Qiyu vaguely guessed that if this case was uncovered, Xuanzhen might be turned into a wasteland.
"This slave is going to arrest people right now!" Jin Zhong kowtowed.
"return!"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Put Zhang Renli in jail. That's the end of the matter. Don't investigate further."
"The top priority is Xuanzang."
"Xuanzhen cannot be lost. If Xuanzhen is lost, Juyongguan will become the front line and Beijing will be in danger."
"Anyone with ulterior motives will jump out. If the capital is empty, my throne will no longer be secure."
"So I asked you to conduct a secret investigation and send trustworthy people to Xuan Town to visit and investigate."
"I believe that Yang Xin will help you."
"He wants to know the truth more than you do and give the central government a satisfactory explanation." Zhu Qiyu said.
"My servant obeys the order." Jin Zhong accepted the order.
Zhu Qiyu explained a few more words.
Jin Zhong expressed his merit: "Your Majesty, this slave has found clues about Wang Xi."
Zhu Qiyu became interested: "Let's talk and listen."
"I started with the brothel where Wang Xi died. Guess who is the boss behind that brothel..."
"Don't be so secretive, tell me quickly!" Zhu Qiyu was dissatisfied.
"My slave obeys the order."
Jin Zhong kowtowed before saying, "It's Chen Yi and Sun Zhen."
Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Sun Zhen was Li Xier's younger brother, and Chen Yi was an official of the Bell and Drum Department, both of whom were killed by him.
"Are they jointly opening a brothel outside?"
Zhu Qiyu remembered that Li Xier said how good her brother Sun Zhen was, and I gave them many rewards. Could it be that they used these rewards to open a brothel?
A burst of anger shot out of Zhu Qiyu's eyes: "Then what?"
"I'll follow the clues and find out that this brothel has a big customer every month who spends a lot of money here. If I check again, I'll find out that this person is Wang Xi!"
"It can be seen from the accounts that this was Wang Xi's bribe to Sun Zhen."
"So, the servant captured Sun Zhen and interrogated him." Jin Zhong looked at the emperor with some fear.
"What did the trial reveal?" Zhu Qiyu didn't care.
Jin Zhong breathed a sigh of relief: "Sun Zhen told the truth that Wang Xi spent money with him under a pseudonym. When the servant thought he got nothing, Sun Zhen said that Wang Xi had a private room here and he always found a girl every time he came. , and no one else is allowed to serve.”
"The servant caught this trickster for questioning. She said that Wang Xi never touched her. He only stayed for a while and then left. She was not allowed to say anything."
"Before Wang Xi died, he came to this brothel in a hurry, as if to pick up something. It was here that he was assassinated."
"My slave sent someone to look through that room. The room seemed to be normal, but in fact it had been disturbed."
"The Jinyiwei people also found nothing."
"However, I found a breakthrough in that trick."
"The trickster said that Wang Xi hid money in the room!"
"She's seen it!"
"Wang Xi buried the silver ingot underground."
When Jin Zhong said this, he paused.
"It's interesting to go to the Qing Building to hide the silver." Zhu Qiyu raised the corner of his mouth. Since Jin Zhong said it, it means he found it.
"Go back to your Majesty, it's silver. My servant dug out 64 silver ingots from deep in the ground. Some of them are already rotten."
Jin Zhong reported: "This silver is not simple silver, because the trickster stole the silver. When Wang Xi found out, he almost killed her and forced her to get the silver back."
"After the slave got the money, he started to think about it."
"I finally discovered the clue yesterday."
"My slave cut the silver into pieces and found something inside. It was a note!"
"All 64 silver ingots are cut open, and there are slips of paper inside. Splice the slips together to form a list!"
With that said, Jin Zhong presented the things.
"What a Wang Xi! He actually hid his secret in the silver ingot."
"That is to say, he knew he was going to die, so he died there because he deliberately told me where his secret was hidden."
"This is his revenge on Zhang Fu!"
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's mouth turned up. The notes had been spliced together. The handwriting on the list was blurry, but the names of the people could be vaguely seen.
"Arrest people by name! After arresting them, interrogate them one by one, don't let anyone go!" Zhu Qiyu thought of another thing.
How did Wang Xi cast the note into silver?
If you can skillfully cast paper strips into it, can you also turn it into silver and make it into ingots again?
Wang Xi reminded the emperor that Zhang Fu had stolen the silver in the inner transport warehouse!
That's right, the person behind him is Zhang Fu!
"Password to Lu Zhong, investigate the Yin Zuo Bureau!" A cold light flashed in Zhu Qiyu's eyes, and the Yin Zuo Bureau could not be kept.
"No! I will personally go to the Banking Bureau and order Jinyiwei and Dongchang to enter the palace, and Li Jin will accompany them!"
Lu Zhong’s portion is not enough.
I'll come here in person to see how many spies are hidden in the bank!
"Slave, go and gather the troops now!" Jin Zhong understood.
"Go ahead."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and immediately asked Feng Xiao: "Has Changde entered the palace?"
"Your Majesty, Princess Changde entered the palace this morning and is currently in the Yongshou Palace." Feng Xiao reported back.
"Show the Yongshou Palace!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were as bright as a knife: "Send my two nephews into the palace and go to Yongshou Palace with me."
…
Outside the palace.
As night fell, Li Xian visited Taifu Hu's residence.
Hu Xi didn't want to meet Li Xian in private, but Li Xian wanted to discuss military affairs in Xuanzang, so he couldn't refuse.
He asked his youngest son Hu Wei to accompany him. Hu Wei was in his twenties this year. When he was young, he traveled all over the country and wasted time, so he came to have a son when he was old.
"Father, Mr. Li Ge is unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals, and he is good at leveraging others' strength. He will never act as a target when dealing with him. Please be careful, father, and be careful not to be used as a weapon by him."
Hu Hui's eyes lit up. His youngest son was extremely smart.
It was him who held it down, otherwise he would have already become famous, no less than the child prodigy Li Dongyang.
However, he was already a powerful minister and did not want his two sons to be involved in the whirlpool of power, so he deliberately suppressed his younger son.
It is also testing the younger son's mentality and is also meant to sharpen him.
"My son, what do you think of His Majesty today?" Hu Hui asked him.
"This..." Hu Xi looked outside the door nervously.
"Li Xian didn't come in so quickly. He just treated it as a night talk between you and me, father and son, and let my father listen to what we said."
Hu Bi considered that if the younger son was really not a thing in the pool, he could recommend it to the emperor. With the emperor's noisy temper, maybe the younger son would become a way out to save the Hu family.
Hu Wei was very dissatisfied with his father's suppression, but he knew very well that without his father's consent, he would never get ahead.
Therefore, he must seize this opportunity.
"Reply to father."
"My son thought Jinshang was a fierce tiger."
"For the first eight years, I was dormant in a cage, watching eagerly."
"Now the light is shining brightly, breaking through the prison and overthrowing the world.",
Hu Wei changed the topic: "But His Majesty has a huge weakness and is indecisive in doing things."
"Huh?" Hu Xi frowned slightly.
"To be disrespectful, if I were to kill Chen Xun for Your Majesty, I would not recruit Chen Xun, I would just kill them all!"
"Kill all the courtiers. At worst, the center will be shut down for a few days. Just transfer talents from local areas to take charge of the center."
"Kill those who sit in the court and eat nothing, and the world will be pure."
"No matter what your Majesty does in the future, there will be no constraints. No matter whether it is reform or the conquest of Mobei, there will be no objections."
"Your Majesty has already grasped the knife, but has stopped his murderous intention, so my son thinks that Your Majesty is too indecisive."
Hu Xi was so excited that he didn't notice that Hu Xi's face was getting darker and darker.
This is not something out of the pond, but a demon star in troubled times!
The most brilliant thing about the emperor is that he is able to stop his murderous thoughts despite clearly holding the sword. He uses the courtiers in the court to deal with the courtiers. This is the most brilliant thing about the emperor.
This is also the reason why he quickly grasped the imperial power and the courtiers were not very resistant to defecting to the imperial party.
If the emperor really takes action against Chen Dang, even if he kills all the courtiers and orders new ministers from the local area to come to the capital, those who should be disobedient will still be disobedient.
Will the emperor continue to kill?
Okay, keep killing all the way, even if you kill everyone in the world, the emperor can't do anything! It will only enter a vicious cycle, and finally the throne will be lost!
This is what Hu Ming admired about the emperor. When the emperor had no sword, he was so aggressive that he wanted to kill everyone in the world. But after he grabbed the sword, he stopped his thoughts of killing and settled the court affairs according to the rules of the court. This is the most difficult thing. of.
And this was the fundamental reason why the emperor quickly seized imperial power.
If this son is released, he will definitely become a good helper for the emperor, help him kill all over the world, and eventually end up dead.
This kid must not be let out! Absolutely not!
"Okay, my son, let's go and have a rest." Hu Hui didn't want to hear any more.
Hu Xiu was in the middle of talking when he was interrupted by his father. Seeing the unhappy look on his face, he knew he had said the wrong thing.
"Dad, my son thinks that His Majesty is too murderous now!"
Hu Wei immediately changed his tune: "If my son were your Majesty, I would not kill anyone..."
"roll!"
You devil of troubled times who is full of lies, I have seen through you today!
"Okay." Hu Xiu kowtowed and rolled smoothly.
When crossing the courtyard, he bumped into Li Xian, and Hu Xiu obediently saluted.
Li Xian looked at it and praised it repeatedly: "Such a young man will definitely not be the thing in the pool one day."
Entering the main hall, Li Xian praised Hu Xi: "Old master, your son is handsome, well-behaved and sensible. He learned late that he will become the mainstay of the court in the future."
Hu Xi's face turned dark. If he were to be allowed into the court, I'm afraid you would be the first one to be killed.
"Mr. Li Ge is ridiculous. What is the reason for Mr. Li Ge's visit to my humble residence?" Hu Ming went straight.
Firstly, there is a big gap in official positions between the two people; secondly, Hu Hui is very old and has the qualifications to rely on his elders; thirdly, Hu Hui hates giving and receiving in private and expresses dissatisfaction with Li Xian's visit to his mansion.
Li Xian smiled bitterly: "Old Master, don't call Wan Xue the elder of the pavilion. If you don't want to give up, just call Wan Xue the original virtue."
He kept his attitude very low and claimed to be a late learner.
"Wan Xue came here to discuss with the old master that His Majesty wants to take over the world's military power and join the Military Aircraft Department..."
Before Li Xian could finish speaking, Hu Xi waved his hand and interrupted: "Brother Yuan Dexian, I dare not say anything about this matter. You and I both know His Majesty's heart. Today is different from the past. There can be no more complications. If Your Majesty wants to do it, then you can do it." Let him alone."
"This..." Li Xian knew that Hu Bi was cowardly, but he didn't expect that he would be cowardly like this.
"The old master also needs to consider, if the military power comes to the military aircraft office, how will we live and work in the future?" Li Xian directly showed off his cards.
Hu Xi took a sip of tea and thought in her eyes.
He was thinking, what is Li Xian's purpose here?
"There is no other purpose for studying in the late period. It is just to worry about our future. Over the years, the power of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies has been in the hands of our civil servants. The Supreme Emperor was dissatisfied when he was still there, so he tried his best to conquer it himself, so as to get rid of our control. .”
"When I first came to the throne, I also wanted to intervene in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, but at that time Chen Xun was ahead of me."
"It bought us eight years of development time."
"However, the cabinet and ministers' struggle for power gave His Majesty a chance to breathe."
"Now that Chen Xun is dead and the Chen Party is falling apart, His Majesty's heart can no longer be restrained."
"It was just a secretary who said we would establish a military aircraft department before. We will just accept it."
"I don't want the Military Aircraft Department to take over the military and political power in the world, including the cabinet, and I have to take orders from the Military Aircraft Department."
"If the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army is included, it will also be included in the Military Aircraft Department."
"Starting from Yang Shiqi, all the efforts of our civil servants will be in vain!"
Li Xian bowed and said, "Wan Xue and the old master dug their hearts out and spoke from the bottom of their hearts."
"Wanxue knows that if these words reach His Majesty's ears, Wanxue may become the second Chen Xun."
"But Wan Xue still has to say it out loud. This world cannot be without civil servants, and civil servants cannot be without leaders."
"So Wan Xue hopes that the old master can stand up, open eyes for civil servants, and create peace for all generations."
Understood.
Li Xian wanted to expand his party membership, become the leader of civil servants, and become the second Chen Xun.
He is asking himself, should you take it seriously?
Hu Xi nodded slightly: "What Yuan De said is true, but I am old and my son is incompetent, so I cannot afford to be the leader. However, if Yuan De wants to be the leader, I will give my full support."
Li Xian's eyes lit up: "Thank you for your support, but your Majesty..."
"Yuan De spoke to me from the bottom of my heart, and I also said something from the bottom of my heart."
Hu Hu muttered: "Neither you nor I can stop His Majesty."
Li Xian wanted to say that King Li's party and Hu's party could stop His Majesty if they merged into one.
Hu Bi dipped her hands in tea and wrote two words "Yu Qian" on the table.
Only when Yu Qian comes back can he stop the emperor.
Li Xian was shocked. It was indeed like this. The emperor dared to consolidate military power without any scruples, just because Yu Qian was not in the capital, and neither were the nobles.
At this time, the old servant of the Hu family urged his master to eat.
Li Xian said goodbye.
"Why don't you use some of your original virtue in your humble residence?" Hu Hui smiled as he saw off the guests.
"I don't dare to disturb the old lady for studying late, but I would like to ask the old lady to think about it for studying late." Li Xian said goodbye.
Looking at his back, Hu Hui's face gradually turned cold.
You are such a coward, you are so tired of being the second Chen Xun!
Chen Xun was created by the concerted efforts of all civil servants.
At that time, the emperor was like a wood sculpture with a clay body, and Chen Xun was born.
You actually want to build the Li Party, haha, I watched you build a tall building, I watched you entertain guests and friends, and I watched your building collapse!
If that little brat of mine becomes an official in the court, you will be the first person to be killed...
Hu Xi slapped his head, that kid must be suppressed and not let out!
…
Zhu Qiyu and other two nephews arrived and drove to Yongshou Palace.
The Yongshou Palace was deserted, and the entire palace was so deserted.
When the concubine was invited to serve the late emperor, the cold palace was cleared out, and there were countless eunuchs and maids serving in the palace.
There was only one special place in the entire palace. The place where the Wang family lived after the deposed emperor was served by a few more people, because Zhu Qiyu's two daughters lived there.
Enter the Yongshou Palace.
In the main hall, the smiles on the mother and daughter's faces suddenly froze.
"Mother, save your daughter!" Changde was scared.
"Don't be afraid, as your mother is here, he doesn't dare to do anything to you!" Empress Dowager Sun held on to be strong, as a mother is strong.
She would risk everything for her son, and she would do the same for her daughter.
"See the Queen Mother." Zhu Qiyu saluted after entering the palace.
Queen Mother Sun snorted coldly.
Zhu Qiyu saluted Chang De again: "I have met the emperor's sister."
"Your Majesty, Changde!" Princess Changde saluted. When she saw her two children, the fear on her face became more intense.
"No gift."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Empress Dowager, Imperial Sister, these two children are so good, I like them."
Then he patted the child on the back: "Why are you two shaking? I am your biological uncle, can I still eat you?"
"Mother!" the eldest son Xue Xia called out, his voice hoarse.
When Changde heard this, his expression changed sharply: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what did you do to Xue Xia?"
"This kid in my school is very knowledgeable. He said he could memorize a thousand-character essay, so I asked him to memorize it. Who would have thought that this kid has memorized it all the way from Qianqing Palace to here, and he hasn't finished memorizing it yet."
"It may be that the sound of reading is too loud, so I'm tired of her throat, and the emperor don't worry."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Go, go to your mother."
Changde's face was pale, the emperor was poisonous!
Let his son carry thousands of words here, exhausted Xue Xia's throat.
He was telling himself that if he was not obedient, he let the child carry his back for three days and three nights, and dumb his throat!
Chang De was stunned and almost knelt on the ground.
When the Empress Dowager saw the emperor tortured her grandson, the anger in her eyes flickered: "Emperor, do you ignore the blood relationship?"
"Where did the Empress Dowager say? I just took the learning of the children. When I got to your mouth, I became a child abuse."
Zhu Qiyu laughed: "I am the child's pro -mys, can it hurt my nephew?"
"I decided to give Xue Xia Fengjue."
"Although his father Xue Yan is right with me, Xue Xia is the son of the emperor after all. I can't wait for it."
"What kind of title is good? The child of the folk tube is the sheep, and Xue Xia is named the sheep!"
"The Empress Dowager, the emperor, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu looked at them with a smile.
Xue Xia saw the emperor's smile, and he cried!
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