Yu Qian did not go around the bush with Zhu Qiyu, and went straight to the point: "On August 15, the day His Highness requested the Queen Mother to leave the capital, the main force led by His Majesty was attacked in Tumubao, and the entire army of 500,000 elite troops was wiped out.
Now that His Majesty's life and death are unknown, I ask Your Majesty King Tan to return to the capital as soon as possible to supervise the administration of the country and calm people's hearts. "
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said with a smile: "If Yu Shilang uses the idea of five hundred thousand elites to deceive others, I very much welcome and support it. But now there are only you and me in this room, so let's just say something that speaks to our hearts. Well. As for the obvious nonsense of half a million, please stop talking about it."
When Yu Qian heard this, he no longer insisted. After all, the idea of 500,000 was indeed a bit too far-fetched. Even those who have read a little bit about the Three Kingdoms and know about the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi will know: words like five hundred thousand or one million, except for the Battle of Changping, everything else is like a casual joke. of.
Since we have skipped the story about Che Zulu, let’s talk directly about the battle to defend Beijing. But Yu Qian glanced at Lin Xiangyu awkwardly and was about to persuade him to retreat. Unexpectedly, Zhu Qiyu spoke first and said:
"Shilang Yu must have heard from the Queen Mother that I have a disease, and I get a splitting headache when I get agitated. I need someone to look after me at all times, and I can't live without someone for a moment.
Therefore, the princess must stay with me at all times. We are husband and wife. It doesn’t matter if Mr. Yu has anything to say in front of her. "
When Yu Shilang heard this, Monk Zhang Er was confused. He had to hold his neck and ask: "May I ask, Your Highness, there should be no problem with my head, right? Why did Wei Chen remember that your princess is Wang Niangniang, and she is still in the Prince's Mansion in Beijing at the moment? How come it's only been a few days? There’s another princess.”
Zhu Qiyu heard the words and said with a smile: "Shilang Yu, please keep your heart in your stomach. Only people's heads are wrong, but your head is fine, Shilang Yu. The princess you know is Princess Xi, and the princess in front of you is Qi." princess."
"Princess Qi?"
Seeing that Yu Qian had been led into his own routine, Zhu Qiyu quickly put a big hat on Yu Qian's head: "I have long heard that Yu Shilang has learned a lot, is knowledgeable and memorized, and won the Jinshi at the age of twenty-three. Xiao Wang has always Much admiration.”
A big hat was roughly placed on his head by King Tan, and Yu Qian suddenly became wary. But he had to accept the words, so Yu Qian had to cup his hands and said: "Your Highness is so complimentary. A humble minister is no more than a middle-aged man. It all depends on the simplicity of the Xuan Temple."
"Yu Shilang is too modest. Xiao Wang is dull by nature and doesn't like to read. I recently left Beijing and the journey was boring, so I turned over a few pages of the book. Although I gained nothing from reading, I had a small question. Now I happened to encounter it. Mr. Yu, please don’t hesitate to give me some advice and help clear up the little king’s doubts.”
Yu Qian hurriedly replied: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Your Highness, please speak. We are willing to discuss something with Your Highness."
Zhu Qiyu asked with a serious face: "How do I interpret the word '郕' for me, the king of Yin?"
Yu Qian was stunned when he heard this and looked at Zhu Qiyu in astonishment.
Although Zhu Qiyu secretly laughed in his heart, his face was filled with an expression of humbly asking for advice.
Yu Qian was choked by Zhu Qiyu and couldn't speak for a long time. He was in trouble for a moment: Just say he didn't know. He had just put on his Xuefu Wuche hat, and he hadn't even put on Rehu yet. Being questioned just after making a U-turn would be too disgraceful to spread. If he said he knew, it was obvious that Zhu Qiyu had already dug a big hole, and it was clear that he was just waiting to jump into it.
Zhu Qiyu urged: "Why, Yu Shilang is unwilling to teach me?"
Yu Qian sighed and had no choice but to reply: "郕, an ancient place name, was in the present-day Puyang, Henan, and Ningyang, Shandong, areas. It was the feudal state of Ji Wu, the seventh son of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty."
Zhu Qiyu made a gesture of invitation, indicating to Yu Qian to continue speaking the second half of the sentence.
Seeing that he could not escape this big hole, Yu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "According to the Spring and Autumn Annals, in the eighth year of Duke Zhuang of Lu, Lu and Qi sent troops to surround Qi, and Qi surrendered. The two countries fought together, and Qidu Naguo."
Zhu Qiyu praised: "Shilang Yu is indeed very knowledgeable, and the little king admires him very much. I understand your explanation. According to your explanation, I, the King of Ni, am a prince with a different title under the King of Qi. You It seems I understood it correctly."
Yu Qian could only nod helplessly. Although Zhu Qiyu deliberately used some words to make them inaccurate, the general meaning was indeed correct. The title of Prince Tan was indeed a miscellaneous prince.
After all, no matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't be so shy and insist that King Tan is a great title.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "As the only son of the late emperor, your majesty's only brother, I am the vassal king who is closest to the current royal family. As a result, you gave me such a nickname of a prince. Isn't it a bit too dishonorable?
Since the State of Yi is a small vassal state under the State of Qi, I hope to be promoted to the top and become the king of the large vassal state of Qi. Is this too much to ask? "
Hearing this, Yu Qian was even more afraid to answer: On the surface, Zhu Qiyu was talking about being promoted from King Yin to King Qi, but in fact, he was insinuating that the small sect became the master of the big sect.
Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to ask Yu Qian to express his position, so he continued to complain: "You gave me a prince who treated me harshly on weekdays. Forget it, I won't say anything. The key is now that the national crisis is looming. Seeing that the capital is not Bao, the north is in danger of falling, and you have come to ask me to be the prisoner again to take the blame.
When the time comes, if you defeat me first, all the credit will be yours. If I can't retreat, if the capital is lost, you guys will all dump your shit on my head. What you are thinking is pretty good, but there are so many good things in this world.
Yu Shilang, please feel your conscience and say, is this something a human being does? Is it unethical or unethical? "
After Yu Qian heard this, he was also angry: The current emperor is indeed too stingy. There are still so many serious kings vacant, such as King Wei, King Liang, King Wu, King Qi, King Yue, King Han, King Chen, just count them. There are just a lot of them, just give him one. I am so stingy that I wanted to be the king of the king, but I fell into the trap, causing me to be ridiculed and ridiculed on behalf of the court here.
When Zhu Qiyu saw that Yu Qian was silent, he stopped and changed the question: "If it is confirmed that the emperor's brother has been captured, how will the court respond?"
Yu Qian was stunned when he heard this. He was choked again by this tricky question and didn't know how to reply.
Seeing that Yu Qian was still silent, Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "Should I let my brother, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, stay in Wala all the time, while the Ming Dynasty is leaderless? Or should we make the emperor's eldest son Zhu Jianshen the emperor? Or make King Xiang the emperor?"
When Yu Qian heard this, he still didn't dare to answer.
Even Yu Qian did not dare to talk about abolishing the throne until it was confirmed that the orthodox emperor had been captured.
Yu Qian couldn't help but remain silent and just let Zhu Qiyu ask questions, so he had to reply: "It is better to ask His Highness King Tan to return to the capital to supervise the country first. After the situation becomes clear, we can make long-term plans."
Zhu Qiyu asked again: "It's okay to let me go back. You have to make a statement: Am I a puppet who is being used as a supervisor, or am I a supervising country with real power in charge of national affairs?"
When Yu Qian heard this, he still couldn't answer the question.
The question Zhu Qiyu asked was extremely difficult to answer.
At this point, Zhu Qiyu refused to give in anymore, and complained to Qian: "You can't go too far. You let me supervise the country. In the end, it was you who had the final say. In the end, when the matter was done, you cheered for your unparalleled achievement. It's all yours.
If things don't work out in the end, you just put your hands together and everything has nothing to do with you, and everyone will bear the blame. Do you think this is appropriate? "
Yu Qian had no choice but to reply: "If His Royal Highness King Xi is willing to return to Beijing to supervise the country, he will naturally be the general in charge of national affairs and preside over military and state affairs."
Zhu Qiyu confirmed again: "That is to say, when I am supervising the country, if I don't nod on a state matter, you will not be able to pass it or execute it. Right?"
Yu Qian nodded cautiously: "As His Highness said, it is true."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Okay, then let me tell you first, what is my approach to governing the country after I supervise the country, let Yu Shilang listen. If you can accept it, I will go back to supervise the country. If you can't accept it, then You should go and invite King Xiang as soon as possible."
"Your Highness, please speak."
Finally, when it came to the most critical and controversial content, Yu Qian gathered his energy and listened carefully.
Zhu Qiyu said with a serious face: "First, during the period of supervising the country, I will never allow you to transfer the main force of the Ming Army back to the capital."
