After staying in Cining Palace for less than half an hour, Zhu Qiyu stood up and left. Empress Dowager Sun did not force her to stay, and let her go after a few polite words.
Concubine Zhou stood up and replied to Queen Mother Sun: "My sister is not familiar with the palace, and I happen to be on my way, so I will send your highness and my sister there."
Queen Mother Sun nodded, leaving Queen Qian to continue chatting.
After everyone left the palace, Lin Xiangyu hugged Zhu Jianshen affectionately, and walked side by side with Concubine Zhou in front. The three of them talked and laughed, and they seemed to get along very well. Zhu Qiyu couldn't get a word in, so he could only follow his princess in boredom, following her step by step.
Zhu Qiyu kept walking with his head covered. When he arrived at Xianyang Palace, the two people in front of him stopped.
Concubine Zhou smiled and said: "Sister lives here in Xianyang Palace. After my sister paid homage to the old concubine, she came to sit in my sister's palace."
Lin Xiangyu smiled and replied: "That's fine. My sister will come over later to kowtow to her and ask for a cup of tea."
Concubine Zhou pinched Lin Xiangyu's pretty face and said teasingly: "I heard it's true. My sister will be here soon and I'll be really upset."
After that, he wanted to take Zhu Jianshen over.
Zhu Jianshen rested in Lin Xiangyu's arms and said shamelessly, "I want my aunt to hold me."
Concubine Zhou smiled when she heard this and said: "Shen'er, be obedient, and my aunt will come back in a while. If you are disobedient, my aunt will not like you, and she will not come to see you in a while."
Zhu Jianshen then allowed Concubine Zhou to carry her over, and said: "Auntie will come over in a moment and play with Shen'er untying the nine-ring chain. Shen'er is very powerful and can untie it in just one meal."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Lin Xiangyu agreed with a smile, and then she and Zhu Qiyu continued walking northeast.
It turns out that Zhu Qiyu's biological mother, Concubine Wu Xian, lived in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City, east of the Qianqing Palace.
In this way, Empress Dowager Sun and Concubine Wu Xian were very far apart, one in the southwest corner of the harem and the other in the northeast corner of the harem. Since we are tired of seeing each other, it is better to be out of sight and out of mind.
Zhu Qiyu took Lin Xiangyu into the fifth house and met Concubine Wu Xian. He also knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.
Concubine Wu Xian has a calm temperament and is quite fond of Taoism. Now wearing a green robe and a plain robe, she was dressed as a Taoist nun. She smiled at the two of them and said, "Okay, get up. The new princess comes here and lets me take a look."
Lin Xiangyu had no choice but to stand close, while Concubine Wu Xian pulled the little princess to look left and right, examining her carefully.
Concubine Wu Xian shed tears as she watched.
When Zhu Qiyu saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and he secretly screamed, "This is going to cause him another problem."
Sure enough, before Zhu Qiyu could react, Concubine Wu Xian sighed and said: "She has such a good appearance. If you look closely, she looks a bit like our Princess of Han Dynasty. Hey, I think back then our Princess was also unparalleled in beauty and favored the Han Palace. It's just a pity. No one from the King of Han’s family survived, and the entire line of King Han was cut off.”
After hearing this, Zhu Qiyu also fell silent. Mainly because Xuanzong was too ruthless. In the first year of Emperor Guangxuande's reign, he killed nine of the Han king's sons in one fell swoop. He didn't even bother to cover up, and he immediately wiped out the entire family of the Han king's palace.
The Ming Dynasty has always emphasized the importance of family friendship, and situations like this are very, very rare.
After being silent for a long time, seeing Concubine Wu Xian looking at him eagerly, Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to reply: "The pressure is too great to redress the case for the Han Palace. My son can only try his best. Whether he will succeed or not, I really can't guarantee."
When Concubine Wu Xian heard this, she felt happy and thanked her quickly: "My son is interested. You also know that I am an old member of the Han Palace. When you get older, you will miss the old days even more. I don't mean to embarrass you. It's just what happened back then. It’s really hard to calm down.”
Lin Xiangyu changed the topic with a smile: "My daughter-in-law has packed up Princess Han's old palace. Please ask my mother-in-law to move there in the next few days."
Concubine Wu Xian nodded: "Okay, you are all ready. I have no longer wanted to live in this shabby place like the palace. In other words, you are so filial as a son and daughter-in-law. I never thought that one day I would be able to get out of this cage and go outside." Live freely.”
Unexpectedly, things went so smoothly. Zhu Qiyu chatted with Concubine Wu Xian for a while and then left.
Walking to the gate of Xianyang Palace, Zhu Qiyu smiled at Lin Xiangyu and said: "You can go alone. I am a grown man and it is inconvenient for me to sit in the palace of the emperor's brother and his concubines. I'd better take the initiative to go to Bunren Hall to have a look, and it won't be a waste of time." The ministers came to my house again to catch me."
"Okay, your highness, go down and be polite when you meet the ministers. Don't get angry with them again. You don't have to vent your anger on the servants when you get home."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said nothing, and ran straight to Bunren Hall.
The ministers were overjoyed. This was the first time that the prince of the prison country took the initiative to appear in Bunren Hall.
Chen Xun was the first to joke: "What's wrong with Your Highness today? You don't like government affairs, so how come you have the time to come here today?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I just came back from thanking the Queen Mother, so I came to see if there is anything wrong with you. If there is nothing important, I will go home and rest in the afternoon. Don't go to the house to catch me again."
Yu Qian said hurriedly: "No, no, no, no, your highness, please stop being lazy. Our Ministry of War has too many things to report today."
"Then say it quickly."
When Yu Qian heard this, he began to report: "King Qin's troops have arrived in Beijing one after another. I would like to ask each of them to reward one tael of silver as an encouragement."
"allow."
Yu Qian added: "Sichuan Inspector Cao Tai deserves to be executed for his crime and has been detained in the Ministry of Punishment for a long time. Now that the country is in crisis, I ask for his pardon and make him responsible for defending the city and making meritorious service."
"allow."
"I would like to request that two-thirds of the weapons stored in Nanjing's internal treasury be used for emergency purposes."
"allow."
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to talk anymore. Anyway, no matter what the ministers said, they would all agree.
After handling government affairs for another half an hour, Zhu Qiyu patted his butt and prepared to go home and sleep.
Chen Xun, Yu Qian and others quickly stopped Zhu Qiyu and said: "Your Highness, don't be anxious, there are still many serious matters that have not been discussed."
When Zhu Qiyu heard that the key point was coming, he could only sit back again.
Chen Xun also reported: "The cabinet lost two people in Tumubao. I asked the Imperial Academy to compile Shang Lu and Peng Shi to make up for it."
"allow."
All the important officials present were stunned by Zhu Qiyu. The Prince of the Supervisory State was particularly easy to talk to today, and he was accurate no matter what he played.
Yu Qian couldn't stand it anymore, so he changed the form of question: "May I ask, Your Highness, who should be in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?"
Zhu Qiyu asked back: "All five governor's offices are short of people to take charge?"
Yu Qian nodded affirmatively.
Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly and had to reply: "Guo Sheng, Marquis of Cheng'an, is in charge of the affairs of the governor of the central army. Bo Gaoyuan of Jianping is in charge of the affairs of the governor of the left army. Xue Huan, the prince-in-law, is in charge of the affairs of the governor of the right army."
Song Jie, the Marquis of Xining, was in charge of the affairs of the former military governor's office. Shi Heng was promoted to the right governor, taking charge of the affairs of the rear army governor's office and still in charge of the training of the camp.
Prince Consort Jiao Jing was in charge of Shenji Camp, and Xincheng Bo Zhao Rong was in charge of Three Thousand Camps. "
When Yu Qian heard this, he wished he could break his thigh: It turns out His Royal Highness King Qi is waiting here, but he was lax, careless, and deceived. Now, buy five and get two free. Not only did His Highness decide all the positions of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies in one sentence, he also decided on the chief officers of the Shenji Camp and the Three Thousand Battalion.
Yu Qian thought about it carefully and did not refute. Because Zhu Qiyu's arrangements were relatively fair on the whole, the only point of controversy was the former military governor's mansion.
The Former Military Governor's Mansion was originally run by Song Ying, Marquis of Xining. Last month, Song Ying was martyred in the Battle of Yanghekou. Zhu Qiyu now promoted Song Ying's eldest son, the third generation Marquis of Xining, Song Jie.
Yu Qian wisely chose to shut up, because Song Ying was tricked to death by the Ministry of War. Zhu Qiyu was already very dissatisfied with the Ministry of War. Now if the Ministry of War opposes Song Jie's appointment, Zhu Qiyu, who was already angry, can take advantage of this opportunity. Got angry.
Seeing that the Minister of the Ministry of War did not object, the others were even more unwilling to stand up and make trouble.
Zhu Qiyu continued: "Sun Jizong was promoted to the capital to command Tongzhi, and was in charge of the imperial guards. Sun Xianzong was promoted to the capital to command the Qianshi, and was appointed the commander of the troops and horses in Zhongcheng. Sun Shaozong was promoted to the capital to command the Qianshi, and was appointed the commander of the troops and horses in Nancheng.
Qian Xiong was promoted to the capital to command Qianshi, and was appointed commander of Dongcheng's troops and horses. "
When Chen Xun heard this, he hurriedly reminded him: "Your Highness, Sun Jizong is only in charge of the royal guards. Did the other three people rise too quickly? Especially Queen Qian, who has always been opposed to giving excessive rewards to his family members."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "You are really honest people. If the queen opposes her, we will reward ours without delay. Draft the edict immediately and it will be officially issued tomorrow."
Chen Xun had no choice but to obey the imperial edict and stop entangled. After all, Empress Dowager Sun would definitely not object to Zhu Qiyu's imperial edict. If Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qiyu both support something, what's the point of others opposing it.
To the surprise of all the ministers, Zhu Qiyu continued before the appointment was completed: "Promote Zhejiang Road Supervisory Censor Gixin to the right of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and guard Baoding and other places.
Han Qing, who was promoted to the commander of the Shandong capital, became the commander of the Daning capital. He transferred another 10,000 Japanese soldiers from Shandong to garrison in Baoding.
Then he ordered Zhao Xuan, the commander of Daning Capital, to assemble 20,000 soldiers and train day and night in preparation for recruitment. "
Yu Qian asked curiously: "Does Your Highness want these troops to go to Beijing to serve the king, or to garrison at Zijingguan?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Don't be too obsessed with Zijingguan. You will definitely break through Zijingguan first, and then work hard and arrive at Beijing in two days."
Let's give Zijin Pass to Wala first, and then we can get to the gate of Beijing first, and then let Baoding's 40,000 troops stationed at Zijin Pass to cut off Ye's return route.
Then we ordered Yang Hong to lead 20,000 elite troops to garrison Juyong Pass. At that time, we would seal all the two major passes and let him crawl back to his hometown through the ravines.
Ye Xian's army has neither heavy siege equipment nor heavy artillery. We will seize this and bully him to death. "
