It was May 13th, the seventh year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty.
Beijing.
Several pavilions within the three gates of the Great Gaoxuan Hall in Xiyuan are the offices of the cabinet in Xiyuan. Several ministers in black gauze and python robes were dumbfounded, looking at Shi Kefa, the governor of the Eight Prefectures, and Sun Chuanting, the right minister of the Ministry of War and the commander-in-chief of the army in front of the palace, who came panting to report the news.
The two palms of Chief Assistant Wang Zaijin were still making a gesture of holding a cup, but the tea cup had long been smashed on the floor. He didn't know it yet and just sat there motionless.
Zhang Fengyi, the cabinet minister who also serves as the Minister of War, reacted the fastest and shouted: "Shi Xianzhi, what did you say? Say it again!"
Shi Kefa sighed: "Mr. Zhang Ge...Qiantui Master met Xifu, Sony, and Fan Wencheng outside Chaoyang Gate. It seems that Huang Taiji sent troops to attack Daning Town. Qiantui Master was offended. , he wanted to kill the envoys of the three slave thieves when he saw them. I managed to save one Sony, but Xifu and Fan Wencheng have already been killed!"
Several pavilion elders finally reacted.
"Kill, kill? This is a beheading envoy!"
"Are we still negotiating?"
"The envoys are here, how can we talk?"
"Isn't there another one? By the way, where's that Sony? Didn't you scare him away?"
Sun Chuanting immediately took the question: "No, I didn't scare him away... I sent someone to accompany him and several other entourages to visit the coffin shop in Sijiu City!"
"Visiting a coffin shop?"
"Buy a coffin to restrain Xifu and Fan Wencheng! His head has fallen off, so he can't sew it back on, so why not find a coffin to put it in? By the way, that Xifu is still Sony's uncle, so he still wants to find someone to chant sutras and be saved... ....”
What a human tragedy! There were three neat people who came here on horseback. Now both of them have lost an important part of their heads. It is impossible to ride a horse again. Now they have to go back in a coffin... And Sony... There is no place where the victims can go to complain.
Because no one in the entire Ming Dynasty dares to stand up against the emperor's nephew and judge the emperor's nephew!
"We need to find a high-ranking monk to save him! Shi Xianzhi, Shuntian Prefecture is also under your jurisdiction. Do you know where a monk has great magical power?"
Shi Kefa thought seriously: "It depends on what god Xifu believes in... If you believe in Buddhism or Taoism, it will be easy to find. If you believe in Tianfang Sect, then you have to go to the worship temple in Baizhifang . If you worship God, you have to go to Mr. Tang from Qintian Prison."
"What does Xifu believe in? Have you asked?"
Shi Kefa shook his head, "I really didn't ask..."
Wang Zaijin shook his head: "Xianzhi, why didn't you ask clearly about such an important matter?"
Shi Kefa smiled bitterly: "Didn't you feel dizzy at that time? Who would have thought that His Highness the Great Nephew could be so vicious?"
Wang Zaijin nodded: "It's a bit fierce... By the way, do the Empress and Empress Zhang know?"
This needs to be known to the two mothers - your son is only 7 years old and has already taken two lives. He is instigating murder! Fortunately, there is a biological father who is an emperor who can support him. What else would he do? Shouldn't he be arrested and prosecuted?
But you still have to educate yourself! If you kill people without blinking an eye at a young age, will you be able to do it again when you grow up?
"I don't know..." Shi Kefa shook his head.
"Then, let's invite you as soon as possible!" Wang Zaijin said, "The two empresses must know about this matter!"
"Yes, yes, please see me quickly!"
"Oh, I really don't know what to say to them!"
Yes, how to say?
How should I say: "Two ladies, your son committed murder! You must educate this child well..."
Is this possible?
...
How should I educate my son who abets murder?
First scold a few words, then spank...and then copy the "Da Ming Law" 10 times, and finally face the wall and think about it?
When Empress Zhou and Empress Zhang led a group of pavilion elders, Sun Chuanting, Shi Kefa, and several elders to Nantai Island in a phoenix chariot, they didn't know how to educate the child Zhu Cixang...
Zhu Cixiang probably also knew that he had "got into trouble". After returning to Nantai Island where he lived, he became depressed. He even lost the mood to memorize Latin words and write calligraphy, so he had to do a few math problems to calm down. While I was doing it, a large group of people came in a hurry.
Zhu Cixiang hurriedly greeted him respectfully, but before he could say hello, Zhou Hou began to scold him.
"Brother Chun, why didn't you discuss it with everyone before you decided to kill someone on your own? That's killing! And you killed two of them!"
Empress Zhang also scolded: "Brother Chun, you have indeed gone too far in this matter... You are still young, you cannot kill people!"
No one teaches children this way. He's still young, so he can't kill people, but when he gets older, he can kill people? I really don’t know if it will corrupt Zhu Cixiang’s teaching?
Zhu Cixiang cried sadly: "But they are all bad people...Huang Taiji sent troops to fight, so they helped Huang Taiji deceive him. I couldn't get angry, so I ordered people to behead them! By the way, they didn't behead them all, and they asked Shi Fu to do it. Please save the next one."
Queen Zhou looked at Shi Kefa angrily, "Shi Futai, why did you save just one? Why didn't you save them all?"
Shi Kefa sighed in his heart, it's not easy to save people... It's not easy to save anyone, but we have to save them all... After saving them all, what if the draw is successful? How many people are waiting to make meritorious deeds below! Although I am a Jinshi, I also want to make meritorious deeds!
"The Empress," Shi Kefa said, "I think it's no big deal to kill two envoys... Now Huang Taiji is taking advantage of Long Live Master to go to Mobei, and he is sending troops and envoys at the same time. It is clear that he wants to bully us. . Your Highness, Your Highness, may kill two slave thieves and envoys to establish your authority, but the slave thieves can't do anything to His Highness anyway."
Empress Zhang sighed: "It's just a hardship for the people! A good draw is just gone."
"Mother," Zhu Cixiang, who had gotten into trouble, suddenly interrupted, "I have a way to save the people."
Empress Zhang looked at this cheap son and said, "Brother Chun, what can you do?"
"Why not, why not kill more people!" Zhu Cihong said, "Kill Huang Taiji too!"
What a good idea! Killing two is a problem, but killing tens of thousands of them will eliminate the problem!
But the problem is that Huang Taiji is not easy to kill! Zhu Cixiang's father has wanted to kill Huang Taiji since his previous life...but he has not been able to do so until now.
"How to kill?" Queen Zhou asked.
Empress Zhou, who was against killing just now, now actually joined the discussion on how to kill people.
Zhu Cihong said: "My father has left two generals and 50,000 elite soldiers for my son... You can send them to Daning to kill!"
Queen Zhou looked at Wang Zaijin and said, "Yuanfu, what do you think?"
Wang Zaijin frowned and seemed to be thinking hard: "Queen, I think Huang Taiji is probably making a false attack on Daning... His goal is to rescue Amin who is trapped in Jinzhou."
"My soldier, what do you think?" Queen Zhou asked again.
"The Empress," Zhang Fengyi said, "I also feel that Huang Taiji cannot be obsessed with Daning and Beining. He must have other agendas."
Zhu Cixiang snorted: "Never mind him, kill him first!"
He is a child after all. If the Ming army could really kill Huang Taiji, what else could they say?
"Then we have to kill him!" Queen Zhou poured cold water on Zhu Cixiang.
Zhu Cixiang was confident, "It will definitely work... Mr. Sun, what do you think?"
Sun Chuanting didn't know how to answer, so he had to analyze: "The minister and General Lu have a total of 50,000 troops, and Governor Hong has 20,000 standing troops on hand, a total of 70,000... Ji Liao can send another 56 troops. Ten thousand, there is no problem in gathering a total of 120,000 to 30,000 people."
"High enough!" Zhu Cihong said, "With so many diseases, Huang Taiji will definitely be killed! That's it!"
That's all?
Queen Zhou and Queen Zhang both felt that it was not reliable, so they looked at Wang Zaijin and Zhang Fengyi.
Zhang Fengyi said: "The foreign emperor will not accept your orders... Now the imperial court can only send troops to Daning and Liaoxi. As for how to fight, it is beyond our control."
"Shilang Sun," Zhou Hou asked Sun Chuanting again, "You are the general who will lead the army. Tell me...can you win?"
Sun Chuanting nodded heavily: "Yes!"
