On the first day of November, Xi Nuan Pavilion, Qianqing Palace, the capital of the capital.
Zhu Youjian, who was dressed in leather clothes, walked quickly to the main hall of Xinuan Pavilion. Two young eunuchs lit up opposite lights in front, and the Xinuan Pavilion emitted a light yellow halo.
This kind of bright-horned lamp is pointed at the top and bottom and oval in the middle. It is shaped like a date and is filled with whale oil in the middle. It is a new object in the Liaodong Jinxian Palace. Compared with ordinary candles, the whale oil burns longer and the light is more transparent.
The little eunuch hung the bright-corner lamp on the wall and helped the emperor sit down. The maid came forward to serve tea to the emperor. Wang Chengen winked at several people and signaled them to leave first.
Zhu Youjian put the teacup back on the coffee table without taking a sip. When he looked up, he was eye-to-eye with Wang Chengen. The monarch and his minister looked at each other and smiled, both looking a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty."
Wang Chengen lowered his head and carefully handed over a fire paint letter from his arms.
Zhu Youjian raised his head slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Who wrote it?"
Wang Chengen looked around and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang from Hejian Mansion..."
Emperor Tianqi leaned forward slightly, took the secret letter, and opened the envelope with trembling fingers.
A page full of scrawled writing came into view. Zhu Youjian ignored Zhang Chun's rudeness and read in a low voice on the rice paper: "It has been more than a year since the Liu thieves were rampant and invaded Shenjing. The Lord has humiliated me and died! I have no mercy." Day and night I don't think about cutting off the national traitors... Now Liu's traitors have entered the Qin Dynasty, and the capital is empty. I should personally lead the three armies to the capital to serve the king and wipe out the national traitors."
Zhu Youjian read it hastily, looked up at Wang Chengen, and said full of doubts: "All Liu's troops in the capital have been transferred to Shaanxi? When did you get in touch with Zhang Chun? Why didn't you report it to me?"
Wang Chengen quickly knelt down and explained to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there are many people in the palace talking about different things. Many of the maids and eunuchs are craftsmen. I am not very sure and dare not speak lightly about this matter."
Zhu Youjian nodded thoughtfully. Now in the palace, except Wang Chengen and Xu Guangpu, he had no one else he could trust.
Xu Guangpu was originally the chief historian of King Xin's palace and a close minister of Zhu Youjian. After King Xin ascended the throne, Xu Guangpu was promoted to Dongge Bachelor and entered the cabinet. In the cabinet, he was squeezed out by Yang Hao and others, and was ostracized by Kaiyuan forces. Little power.
Emperor Tianqi thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed:
"Last time, the Liu thief went to war in the Japanese country. Xuanfu and Datong's elite troops traveled thousands of miles and worked diligently, but they could not defeat the Liu thief. Now I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed with only Zhang Chun."
After experiencing the last disastrous defeat of "King Qin", Zhu Youjian was hit hard. Several of his confidants were almost killed by the Protector. Zhu Youjian had a new understanding of Liu Zhaosun's strength. The Nine-Border Ming Army alone was not the Kaiyuan Army. Afterwards, Liu Zhaosun's attitude towards the emperor was also obviously cold.
"I can't play with fire easily, otherwise Liu Zhaosun won't let it go this time."
Seeing Emperor Tianqi's hesitation, Wang Cheng'en said nothing more and stood up and slowly retreated.
Wang Gonggong had just taken a few steps when Emperor Tianqi suddenly stopped Wang Chengen.
"Wang Banban, I heard that the Japanese country sent an envoy, and Liu Zhaosun detained him in his house."
Wang Cheng'en looked back and saw Zhu Youjian's gray temples, and couldn't help but feel sad. This playmate who had grown up playing in the mud together had suffered many misfortunes since he ascended the throne. He worked hard and exhausted every day. At the age of 18, people seem to be in a state of twilight.
"Your Majesty, actually, the person who came is not a messenger, but a princess sent by the Tokugawa clan of the shogunate, named Tokugawa Chihime..."
Wang Chengen stopped mid-sentence, and Zhu Youjian's slightly raised face lowered again. Emperor Apocalypse certainly knew the contents of the "Treaty of Niuguan". According to the treaty, the Japanese nation must send the female relatives of the Tokugawa shogunate to Beijing within half a year to marry into the Ming Dynasty royal family.
Zhu Youjian knew that this woman named Tokugawa Chihime should belong to him, at least that's what was written in black and white in the "Treaty of Ushioseki".
"Your Majesty, I have seen it. The Japanese girl is not good-looking. She is quite ugly and not very tall."
Wang Chengen quickly comforted Zhu Youjian, trying to make this proud king feel better.
"It's okay to stay in his house. Anyway, Liu Thief has a weak kidney. He now has three wives. It is said that all of them are like wolves and tigers. Now there is a Japanese woman, four women. Sooner or later, he will be exhausted and killed!"
Emperor Tianqi coughed twice, waved his hand to interrupt the eunuch's driving, and said with a displeased expression: "Whether it's a fish or a geese, or it doesn't look good, that's not what Liu Zhaosun cares about."
Wang Chengen asked tentatively: "What is that?"
"Liu Zhaosun wanted to further control the Japanese country and become the emperor of the Japanese country. He had a beauty who was now Horqin Khan. He used this to control Mongolia and control North Korea. Now, Liu Zhaosun is the emperor of three vassal states. He It is not enough to occupy three vassal states. The next one is to occupy my Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youjian's tone was urgent. His face was flushed and his breathing was rapid. Wang Chengen quickly handed over the tea.
Emperor Tianqi took a sip of hot tea, but his mood did not calm down. From the year before last when the Kaiyuan Army occupied the capital to the present, for more than a year, Liu Zhaosun had committed various treasonous behaviors. Zhu Youjian endured them again and again. He was even ready to become Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. He would only wait for Liu thief to speak. Take the initiative to perform the ritual of surrender.
However, retreating again and again, enduring again and again, only to be humiliated again and again. This time, Liu Zhaosun even wanted to snatch the emperor's woman away. Although she was said to be a woman sent by the Japanese country, in terms of title, she was the concubine of Emperor Tianqi, or a quasi-concubine.
If you can snatch a prospective concubine today, will you directly snatch your own queen tomorrow?
Zhu Youjian didn't dare to think about it anymore. He took a deep breath and said to Wang Chengen:
"How many guards are there around Thief Liu?"
Wang Chengen knew the emperor's thoughts, his eyes lit up, and he quickly replied:
"Your Majesty, the Liu thieves are resorting to force, making enemies on all sides, and dividing their troops everywhere. Now they are at the end of their war effort. In order to rescue Shaanxi, Liu Zhaosun not only sent out all the garrison in the capital, leaving only an empty shell in the nine-door defense. Not only that, even the guards followed Wu Xiao Went to Shaanxi to quell the rebellion. There were no more than twenty guards in the Duke Protector's Mansion."
The look in Zhu Youjian's eyes changed, he grabbed Wang Chengen and lowered his voice:
"Wang Banban, is the information you said reliable?"
Wang Chengen said quickly: "My lord, it's absolutely true. I got what I said from Qiao Yiqi."
Zhu Youjian had heard of this person and knew that he was Liu Zhaosun's confidant. He was the most talkative person in Kaiyuan. He dared to say almost anything. Because of his indiscriminate words, he was almost beheaded as a rebel when he was young.
"Your Majesty, Qiao Yiqi is upright by nature and never lies. What he said is true. In addition, the informants placed by me in the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities also reported that the number of Kaiyuan troops stationed at the top of the city has been significantly reduced, with only some new recruits. "
Emperor Tianqi's eyes turned and he listened carefully to Wang Chengen's words. He began to rub his little hands excitedly and walk back and forth in Xinuang Pavilion. Wang Chengen stood beside him, staring at the emperor without speaking.
This is an opportunity, an opportunity to eliminate Liu Thief.
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