But he said that Zhu Qiyu took Yu Qian back to the palace, and the guests and hosts sat down in the main hall.
The maid brought tea, and Zhu Qiyu ordered the maid to invite the princess, and then chatted with Yu Qian about the military affairs in the south: "Yu Shangshu, are there any military reports from the southwest in the past few days?"
Yu Qian replied: "I have not received any military reports from Southwest recently."
"Why did I hear that there were many high-ranking officials revolting in the state capitals around the capital? How many high-ranking officials are there in Beizhili?"
As soon as Yu Qian heard this, he knew that he would not be able to eat the lunch today. His Highness King Qi came up and asked such a sensitive question. He didn't know what traps he would be waiting for later.
But it was impossible not to answer. Yu Qian had to say: "Your Highness, some of the Mongolian surrenderers who surrendered to our Ming Dynasty were resettled in Gansu, Ningxia and other places. These people are called Hexi officials. The other part was resettled in Gyeonggi. Areas, especially Baoding Prefecture have the most, and they are called Baoding dignitaries.
The total number of these high-ranking officials in Beizhili, together with their families, must be several hundred thousand. The imperial court has always treated favors favorably in order to achieve the effect of dividing Mongolia.
However, once there are more people, there are still quite a few people who are swaying from side to side, surrendering and rebelling again. Especially now that the country is in crisis, some people are taking advantage of the situation to rob and cause chaos. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "What I mean is to move some of these high-ranking officials to the south. This year, the Ministry of War will first select 10,000 elite high-ranking officials and assign them to Jing Yuan Bo to go to the southwest to suppress the rebellion.
From now on, we will allocate land to them in the southwest and let them move their families there. This will not only strengthen the court's control over the southwest, but also reduce the security pressure on the capital. "
Hearing this, Yu Qian quickly replied: "Your Highness is wise, and I mean the same thing. It's just that the war in the north is tense now. Do you want to start recruiting high-ranking officials to the south now?"
Zhu Qiyu gave a very positive attitude: "Of course we will start immediately. We cannot just patronize the north and abandon the south.
This year, we will first allocate 10,000 Baoding high-ranking officials, 20,000 Sichuan elite soldiers, and 20,000 Yunnan local soldiers to Jing Yuanbo. This is the first batch of 50,000 people. Next year, we will send an additional 30,000 high-ranking officials. As I said before, at least It is necessary to add 80,000 troops to Uncle Jing Yuan and completely pacify the southwest.
Nowadays, there are civil unrest and uprisings everywhere in the south. I can't figure out what the former prime minister Yang Shiqi and others did to the south, so that the people in the south did not care about their lives and insisted on going forward and rising up, even if they would rather die. To confront the imperial court. "
Zhu Qiyu suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and did not say the words "Yang Shiqi is a traitor".
Yu Qian heard the strong dissatisfaction in Zhu Qiyu's words, but he hesitated and did not dare to answer. The muddy water in the south was bottomless, and no one dared to go there easily.
The chat ended in silence, and the atmosphere became awkward. Fortunately, not long after, the princess walked in at the right time.
Seeing a savior, Yu Qian quickly stood up and saluted, avoiding the embarrassment of having nothing to say.
Zhu Qiyu also stood up and ordered: "Princess, please send Yu Shangshu to eat. I'm tired. I want to go back and lie down for a while."
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said, "Okay, your Highness, please go back. Qianxue and Su Xi happen to be still in the room. Let them serve His Highness to eat some snacks and drink some porridge, and then you can take a nap."
Zhu Qiyu patted his butt and walked out of the main hall. Before going back to his room, he called Liu Chang over and said, "Tomorrow there will be distinguished guests coming to our house. You go and take your personal guards to check the inside and outside carefully. See if there are any safety risks and eliminate them in advance for me. Go and do it now, be careful, I will personally check it again early tomorrow morning. "
Liu Chang hurriedly agreed, and immediately gathered his personal guards to investigate first from the main courtyard.
Lin Xiangyu smiled as Yu Qian let him into the side hall: "Our Highness is a door-keeper. He made venison and had a banquet with wine, but he didn't invite Yu Shangshu to eat. But it doesn't matter, I'll invite Yu Shangshu to eat." , let’s eat the good meat today and let them eat the rest tomorrow.”
Yu Qian smiled and said: "Don't dare, don't dare. Your Highness and Cheng Guogong are similar in age, so naturally they can go together. Weichen has long been old and decrepit. He is my rebellious son. He usually keeps a distance from Weichen. Although he is filial, he is not close to him. .
Wei Chen has long been discerning and would not dare to get close to young people. "
The two were chatting and laughing, and the maid came in and set out the wine and food. Lin Xiangyu personally picked up the jug and poured a glass for Yu Qian: "Your Highness lied to me that this is a fine wine that has been stored for hundreds of years. I don't understand wine, so I asked Yu Shangshu to help me taste it." Tasting.”
Different from the quarrel with His Royal Highness King Qi just now, the atmosphere in the palace was quite harmonious at this time. Yu Qian didn't realize that this was also a Hongmen banquet. He relaxed his mind, said his words and prepared to drink.
Unexpectedly, there were dense footsteps in the courtyard at this time. Looking out through the window, I saw hundreds of royal guards in neat clothes and armor, patrolling back and forth as if facing a formidable enemy.
Seeing this, Yu Qian hurriedly stood up and held his hands in his hands: "The princess's beauty is reflected in the heaven and earth, the sun and the moon. I am absolutely loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the court."
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Yu Shangshu is a loyal minister, but why are you telling me this to a mere little girl?"
Yu Qian looked back at the guards outside the window with a look of embarrassment, and Lin Xiangyu suddenly realized: "Oh, I'm sorry, I made Yu Shangshu misunderstood, His Highness did not want to give you a Hongmen Banquet.
It was I who invited the crown prince and Princess Chongqing to come to my house to play. The guards must have received orders from His Highness to check for potential safety hazards in advance. "
After that, Lin Xiangyu walked to the door, called Liu Chang and asked, "Who asked you to come here?"
"Princess, this is an order from His Highness, saying that there are distinguished guests coming tomorrow, so the general should immediately check for potential safety hazards."
"Okay, you should leave now. Take a good rest after lunch. When His Highness leaves the house in the afternoon, you can continue the investigation."
When Liu Chang heard this, he quickly dispersed with his guards.
Lin Xiangyu returned to the inner room and continued to apologize to Yu Qian: "I made Yu Shangshu laugh. In fact, although my Highness does ridiculous things on weekdays, his public intention far outweighs his selfishness.
Nowadays, we don’t even have eunuchs in our mansion, so we use personal guards to do everything.
His Highness was afraid of increasing the burden on the court, so he did not ask the court to arrange any subordinate officials, eunuchs, or maids for the Qi Palace. Even the prince's annual salary of 10,000 shi was rejected by His Highness, and he did not ask for a grain of food from the court.
Our family is empty now, except for the titles of prince and princess, there is nothing else. Just like me, I am actually just a little girl with the status of a princess. In real terms, I am nothing. Therefore, if there is any negligence, please forgive me. "
Yu Qianxin said: Come on, you can easily invite the prince to your home as a guest, and you can also give orders to the personal guards that are contrary to His Highness's, and the personal guards don't even question it. You also said that you are just a little girl, and you are really treating me like a fool.
Yu Qian thought for a moment before replying: "The princess is too modest. Once Your Highness ascends the throne, the princess will at least be the imperial concubine, even if she is not the queen."
Lin Xiangyu smiled and waved her hands: "I'm not telling you that I want to be the queen. Whoever wants that hot potato wants it, I don't care about it.
What I want to say is that my family is very poor and we cannot afford to support these maids and maids. Yesterday, His Highness ordered me to arrange a room for Yu Shangshu to house his concubines.
I thought, wouldn't it be a good idea to give several maids at home to Yu Shangshu as concubines, so that Yu Shangshu would have someone to take care of him, and our palace could also reduce some of the burden.
I just don’t know if Yu Shangshu is willing to give me this face and do me such a big favor? "
Only then did Yu Qian understand: It turns out that after such a big circle, he is waiting for me here. Isn't this still the Hongmen Banquet? If I take your maid as a concubine, won't I be under your surveillance at all times from now on?
Yu Qian couldn't agree or refuse for a while, so he fell silent again.
