Chang Yu was racking his brains to think of a way along the way, and finally he could only come up with a hopeless solution, which was to immediately send a message to Mu Tianbo to ask him to regard peace as the most important thing to temporarily stabilize Wu Bikui, and then guard against Sha Dingzhou To prevent his soldiers and horses from entering Kunming, it is best to trick him into the city and kill him. After all, as a chieftain, Sha Dingzhou was often invited to visit Prince Mu's Mansion. It was when he was a guest that he saw the luxury of Prince Mu's Mansion. Those hangers-on show off their wealth because of their different intentions.
"Who is this Sha Dingzhou and what does this matter have to do with him?" Emperor Chongzhen was confused.
"He was originally the son of Sha Yuan, the chieftain of Wangnong in Nanbao, Yunnan. Later, he merged with the chieftain of Amizhou. He was the chieftain of Mengzi and the local emperor. He was very powerful. I received news that he coveted the palace of Prince Mu. If I want to replace him, the biggest variable in Wu Bikui's rebellion this time is him. Wu Bikui doesn't have to worry about it. The one who needs to be on guard is Sha Dingzhou for one, and the Xian thief for two!"
Emperor Chongzhen was angry, and everyone wanted to devour my Zhu family. "A mere chieftain actually became a local emperor, but he should be killed. Sha Dingzhou was like this, and the Mu family guarding Yunnan didn't notice it. Why did they never report this?" thing?"
Chang Yu thought to himself, there are so many people who want to be emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and the Tu emperor is grabbing them everywhere. You are so angry: "Back to the emperor, that Sha Dingzhou is cunning, insidious and greedy. He wins over local officials." He also bribed Prince Mu's Mansion and removed the imperial court's control over Nanbao. The local people only knew that the chieftain had no official! Moreover, his father Sha Yuan had always been loyal to Prince Mu's Mansion, so Prince Mu's Mansion did not doubt him."
hateful! Emperor Chongzhen punched him so hard that the teacups on the table were knocked over. The eunuch next to him was about to clean it up when Emperor Chongzhen shouted angrily: "Get out." The eunuch hurriedly left. Chang Yu stepped forward and lifted the teacup. He filled it up again and gave it to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, this is all we can do at the moment. First stabilize Wu Bikui and guard against Shadingzhou. Then send an order to Qin Liangyu to ask her to make some moves to contain Zhang Xianzhong. I will go to Yunnan in person. Maybe this war can be avoided."
"Are you going to Yunnan?" Emperor Chongzhen took the tea cup and shook it suddenly.
"If I don't go, I'm afraid Yunnan will be in trouble." Chang Yu shook his head and raised the corner of his mouth: "How about the emperor sends one or two of his cabinet ministers to go? They are the best at talking nonsense."
Emperor Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "You are still interested in joking, but I'm afraid it's useless to just talk about it. You also need to have thunderous methods. No one in the current Dynasty can match you. It's just that Yunnan is separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. I don’t know when I will come back. Not to mention missing the plan of the Western Expedition, it is the trouble in the capital right now..."
"Your Majesty" Chang Yu interrupted Emperor Chongzhen: "The arrows for the Western Expedition are on the string and can be launched at any time. As for the troubles in Beijing, are they really comparable to the troubles in Yunnan? Does Your Majesty want me to stay in Beijing to solve the problems or go to the south to solve them?" trouble".
Emperor Chongzhen's face turned red: "It's the south that matters."
Chang Yu thought to himself, you are almost done. At this moment, you still want me to take the blame for you. Whenever you have a fight with the cabinet ministers, you want to take the blame. If you have nothing to do on weekdays, you will take the blame, but now you can always take the important one. clean it.
As for who cares about your struggle for power and imperial power, Chang Yu doesn’t want to be charged at the front line as a swordsman. He wants Emperor Chongzhen to charge at the front by himself. It’s better for him to control the situation at the back, and it’s just the right time to take advantage of this time in Yunnan The rebels should have a good fight with the cabinet. Didn’t the cabinet say that it was emptied out? Didn’t it say that there was nothing to do? Didn’t it say that everything was decided by the emperor and Dongchang? Come on, come on, the rebellion in Yunnan will be over. Analyze the pros and cons for them, and then ask them what to do?
Don't give me the trouble of dispatching troops and generals. If anyone thinks he can do it, give him a governor's hat immediately and ask him to dispatch troops south to support! There are no soldiers to mobilize, no food and wages, right? Then follow Chang Yu's suggestions just now and send people to Yunnan to mediate the matter. Let's see who goes. After thousands of miles of hard work, not only not to be killed by bandits on the way, but also We have to cross enemy-occupied territory, come on, be happy and see who has the courage to go.
When Chongzhen heard this, he said, "Hey, okay, young man, this trick kills two birds with one stone. With four ounces and a thousand pounds, the guest is the master."
When the matter became urgent, Emperor Chongzhen immediately handed over some secret edicts to Jin Yiwei and sent them to various places. Then he summoned all the cabinet ministers into the palace. He was going to delegate power!
Although Emperor Chongzhen still had thousands of words to say to Chang Yu, government affairs were urgent at this time and Chang Yu had rushed all night and had not eaten yet, so he asked him to go back to his residence to rest first and talk again after entering the palace in the evening. Chang Yu told After exiting the Qianqing Gate, they saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs surrounding Qing Yi, asking curious questions. Qing Yi looked embarrassed, lowered his head and pinched the corners of his clothes, but did not answer.
"Everyone disperse," Chang Yu waved away the crowd and said to Qing Yi, "On the way, you eagerly asked me to take you into the palace to have a look, is that all?"
"The poor Taoist didn't know there were so many people in the palace, and they said they couldn't walk around casually..." Qing Yi's face turned red, and Chang Yu sighed helplessly. Who would have thought that the shy little Taoist nun in front of him could kill people with just a raise of his hand? Ji: "There are so many eunuchs and maids in the palace, it's very lively. I'm curious to see you, a little Taoist nun. If you don't want them to bother you, just mention my name, it will be very useful."
But Qing Yi said she mentioned it, and when others asked her who brought it in, she said it was the shopkeeper, which made all the eunuchs and maids confused. After questioning, they found out that it was Chang Yu who brought it in, but Chang Yu had no idea about the eunuchs and maids. Always gentle, Qing Yi was too shy to scare them with Chang Yu, so they were surrounded like this.
"Would you like to take you for a walk?"
Qing Yi shook his head: "I'm so scared. It's better to go out. I'm so hungry."
"Okay, then I'll take you to my house for a good meal," Chang Yu said. Qing Yi nodded vigorously and followed Chang Yu to Donghua Gate. All the eunuchs and maids he met on the way greeted him happily. Chang Yu He responded one by one, making Qing Yi look at him sideways: "I once heard Master Ninth say that you are very kind to them, it's true."
Chang Yu hummed, his eyes flashing with an imperceptible cold light: "I'm a little too good to them."
Outside Dong'an Gate, the carriage from the Yamen had come to pick him up. From the moment Chang Yu entered the palace, people went to the Yamen to report. Of course, there were also people who went to report elsewhere. Soon everyone in the capital would know that the great eunuch had returned to the capital.
Chunxiang didn't come, so he went out to the capital for official duties. In fact, it was Chang Yu's instruction to him earlier: let the emperor and the ministers fight, and when the burn comes to you or when you can't hold on, go out of the capital and hide, so In the past few days, the courtiers had made a big fuss, pouring oil on the emperor and the Dongchang Yamen, and Chunxiang ran away. It is said that he went to Changping for official duties.
Chang Yu didn't go to the Yamen. He didn't have the slightest urge to visit the nobles imprisoned in Dongchang Prison. He just wanted to go home, take a bath, eat and sleep.
"Shopkeeper, this is your home." Qing Yi stood outside the Chang Mansion and touched the two stone lions: "It's not as grand as I imagined."
"You will be great in the future." Chang Yu seemed to say casually, and Lao Hu stood at the door with tears streaming down his face: "Master, how much hardship have you endured outside?"
Chang Yu touched his face and asked, "Is it very rough?" Lao Hu nodded vigorously: "Border patrols in the winter are too hard..."
Chang Yu put his arms around Lao Hu's shoulders and walked inside: "I'm not suffering at all, but it's really cold." Qing Yi followed him and watched his actions. It was really hard to imagine a powerful eunuch doing this to his subordinates. He is so friendly, but he is very strict with the prince. He is fine with talking and laughing on weekdays, but whenever he encounters the bottom line, he immediately gives him a bad rap. What kind of existence is he?
