At the same time, in the Wenyuan Pavilion in the Imperial City, Emperor Chongzhen and a group of pavilion elders took turns reading the big-character poster and carefully considered each other's words. Some were confused and others looked sad.
What does the intruder want?
The cabinet ministers each expressed their own opinions, which were very similar to what Li Muxian said.
"We are passive. It seems that the thieves are righteous, but it seems that the court does not want to fight and insists on fighting. It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous." Wu Xuan laughed angrily.
His words were naturally mocking Emperor Chongzhen.
However, Emperor Chongzhen acted as if he didn't understand, squinting his eyes and snorted softly, while Chief Assistant Li Banghua said: "If it is just to occupy the moral high ground, isn't it a little bit..."
"Of course he is not just for this, but wants to take the opportunity to get a better price." Wu Xuan interrupted him, and Emperor Chongzhen slowly picked up the teacup: "It seems that is not the only thing, justice is all empty, and the bargaining chips in our hands are It’s all real.”
"Then from your Majesty's point of view, what is the deep meaning of what the traitor did?" Wu Xuan also snorted, and Emperor Chongzhen just smiled coldly: "If I can find out why I summoned all the ministers here," he said. I mean, I can do everything, so what else do I need you to do!
After hearing this, Wu Xuan, an old man, couldn't help being surprised. How could he be careless again? The emperor is no longer the soft persimmon he used to be that he and others can manipulate casually. He is very strong now.
"Before I entered the palace, I asked someone to show it to Eunuch Chang in the East Factory and wanted to hear his opinion. However, I heard that Eunuch Chang was not in the yamen or the mansion, so I thought that in the palace, Eunuch Chang had more experience in fighting bed thieves. I must be able to see some other ways, why not ask Eunuch Chang to come and take a look?" Shi Kefa said carefully.
"He's not in the palace," Emperor Chongzhen said casually, and Wu Sheng couldn't sit still anymore: "He always doesn't see people at critical moments. He says he doesn't care what he says, but he interferes in everything and causes trouble..."
With a bang, Emperor Chongzhen slapped the table: "Wu Qing always said that he was not the one who had any quarrel with Chang Yu. I don't care about this, but is it his responsibility to discuss matters at court? Is it? It’s not the cabinet minister’s business! Since it’s your business, why bother asking others? If he can both fight wars and manage government affairs, what else do I need from this cabinet!”
These words were so serious that Li Banghua, Wu Sheng and others who were originally sitting all stood up quickly: "Your Majesty, calm down, I have made a mistake..."
"He is the governor of the East Factory. He oversees the army in wartime and supervises all officials in his spare time. He naturally has a lot of things on his hands. He doesn't need to report to you wherever he goes. What you have done is getting more and more excessive!" Emperor Chongzhen showed his power again! , he now enjoys watching the ministers being scolded by him like a grandson. After all, he was scolded like a grandson before. This feeling of being proud and proud is so good, and it is not that he is angry for no reason, the scolding is justified. Reasonable and happy.
Li Banghua and others complained repeatedly, and in their hearts they began to scold Wu Sheng, an old stickman, for causing trouble to them. Why couldn't he control his bad mouth? How long had it been before, and they still thought the emperor was the emperor before.
After showing enough prestige, Emperor Chongzhen asked the cabinet to quickly come up with countermeasures. He also issued an edict early tomorrow morning to inform the world to respond to this matter, and it would also be sent to the other side of the Yellow River!
As for how to respond, that's a matter for the cabinet tonight. If it doesn't work out, don't sleep tonight. We can go directly to the meeting tomorrow morning to continue the discussion!
It was very late when he returned to Qianqing Palace. Emperor Chongzhen tossed and turned and still couldn't sleep. He felt angry at first. It was obviously Li Zicheng's rebellion that made the people miserable. Now you are really a good person. You talk about benevolence, justice and morality, and you want to negotiate peace for the world. , all the good people have been fooled by you, right? It seems that the people in the court are no longer human beings. Secondly, he is worried that there is a deep meaning behind this, which is revealed by their staff. This is also what makes him most angry. A bunch of ministers are like him. Like a loser, Chang Yu even wanted to eat raw pork after leaving.
No, we had to ask Chang Yu about this matter, so he summoned Chunxiang to the palace overnight and asked him to send someone to inform Chang Yu immediately. Chunxiang said that Chang Yu should have known about the matter by now, and Emperor Chongzhen was angry. I almost kicked him, not just to let him know, but to let him analyze!
However, the cabinet is not a pigsty after all, and the cabinet ministers are not losers after all. During the morning court, they finally figured out all the keys, Jing Xiang!
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly realized!
I see!
Now that you have seen through it, how should you respond?
The cabinet ministers who had been deliberating all night also came up with a solution. As Chang Yu had thought, peace was the most important thing and the most precious thing at the moment. Zuo Liangyu was ordered to suspend the attack on Jingzhou and Xiangyang to create conditions for peace talks. At the same time, he also wanted to In response to Li Zicheng's public opinion war, he also issued a message to tell the world that you Li Zicheng, who has done many evil things for more than ten years and poisoned the world, should have been cut into pieces with a thousand swords. And now the imperial court also has this strength. Jingxiang and Huanghe each have more than 100,000 soldiers who can attack them at any time. They were defeated, but the imperial court could not bear the suffering of the people, so it was willing to end the war and negotiate peace. It was the greatest sincerity to order the frontline commander to suspend the attack on Tongguan and Jingxiang. If he continues to be ignorant or greedy, he will be a sinner in the world...
When it comes to marching and fighting, the courtiers are no match for Li Zicheng's group, but when it comes to chewing words and dancing with ink, these people are the founders. Soon a eloquent statement of hundreds of words was completed. Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied after reading it, and immediately ordered it to be distributed. Posted it everywhere and ordered Shi Kefa, Wu Xuan and others to hurry up and implement the results of the peace talks with Song Xiance and others!
The morning sun rose, the flowers smiled at me, and the birds sang. Chang Yu got up early in the Xuzhou General Military Mansion, went out and ran five kilometers to warm up, and then played a few sets of boxing in the school field in the backyard. They took turns competing with Wang Zhengnan and others. Gao Jie and Chang Yanling beside them couldn't help but clasp their hands and cheer.
During breakfast, the manager of the Zhang family came and contacted Li Muchian about the wedding. He also brought the woman's dowry gift list to the man for review. Chang Yu listened casually and looked at the gift list, and couldn't help but take a breath, okay. Man, Zhang Laiguo really loved this girl. Not only did he give her gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin, but she also gave her six maidservants in one breath!
And there are all kinds of mahogany furniture, from beds to dressing cabinets to tables, chairs and benches, you can say that you have everything! Zhang Laishui must have known that the groom's house was empty, so he bought it all by himself.
Of course, there is a purpose for having so many things in dowry. The man is from a wealthy family, even if he is from a side branch. A larger dowry will make it appear that we are worthy of him. To put it bluntly, it is to give his daughter face and confidence, so that she will not be bullied when she marries. , and cannot be looked down upon by outsiders.
After reading the woman's gift list, Chang Yu looked at his own betrothal gift. Although he was the groom, Chang Yanling, Gao Jie and his wife, and Li Muchian were actually responsible for the arrangements, so he knew the amount of the betrothal gift, so he picked it up and looked at it. One look, and another shout of good guy.
In ancient times, betrothal gifts were not just gifts, but also important things.
Chang Yu's betrothal gift was a hundred taels of gold, and gold and silver jewelry, clothing, beef and mutton were also available. The most eye-catching thing was that the jewelry and new clothes for the bride were all from the Princess Pavilion in the capital!
That is the only luxury brand in the Ming Dynasty today. It comes from the palace and is something you can’t buy even if you have money!
This can not only show the man's love for the woman, but also highlight the man's identity and ability.
This was Chang Yu's first marriage, both in his previous life and in this life. He was full of curiosity, happy and amused. He watched from the side as Li Muchian and the manager of the Zhang family dealt with every detail. Very relish.
At this moment, Wang Zhengnan came in and whispered in his ear that Tu Yuan and Zheng Zhilong had arrived.
Tu Yuan and his party led the gangsters around in circles, not to mention the other party, and almost fainted themselves. Tu Yuan was inexperienced in this aspect, but he was followed by an old Jianghu Zheng Zhilong, who was a dominant figure in the Jianghu. From experience, Li Zicheng had to call him Grandmaster, so Tu Yuan almost followed Zheng Zhilong's instructions along the way.
After finally confirming that the other party had given up, they returned to Xuzhou City and were on their way there.
When Gao Jie learned that Zheng Zhilong was coming, he was shocked and dumbfounded. Good fellow, the pirate leaders are here. My sworn brother has made such a good friend. He quickly invited Zheng Zhilong to the inner palace to serve tea. He and Chang Yanling personally The reception is indispensable.
Zheng Zhilong was also flattered. He had heard the name Gao Jie before and knew that he was quite powerful and unruly, a kind of unruly master. However, he did not expect that when he met him, he found that he was very refreshing. He was a true hero! What was even more surprising was that I actually met Huaiyuan Hou, one of the veteran nobles of the Ming Dynasty, here!
These are all renovation capital!
You must know that although he has strong soldiers and horses in Fujian, he is just a surrendered pirate in the eyes of the court officials. In the north and Gyeonggi Province, he really has no influence and no contacts.
But since he hooked up with the little eunuch, everything changed.
During the great famine, he actively cooperated with Chang Yu, and now Chang Yu has begun to return the favor. In the capital, he made friends with the Minister of the Ministry of War and the commander of the Jinyi Guards. On the way out of the capital, he made friends with King De, who was also the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou and Huaiyuan. At that time, the other one was the commander of the Nanjing Jinyi Guards!
Chang Yu can't give him gold or silver, but he can give him connections!
While several people were talking, the housekeeper came to report that a group of officials including Xuzhou prefect, prefecture magistrate, and county magistrate had arrived!
Good guy!
Obviously he came for Chang Yu's wedding, and he came uninvited.
