Early in the morning, Zhu Qiyu was half asleep and half awake, and was pulled to the West Flower Hall in a daze.
As soon as he settled down on the soft couch, Zhu Qiyu waved to everyone and said with a smile: "Don't say anything yet, let me guess who has trouble again."
Wang Wen, the academician of Zuo Chunfang who was the most active in moving closer to the new monarch, quickly replied: "I have four or five important things to report to you. As long as your majesty can guess one of them, I will be convinced."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "There are people over there in Datong who are colluding to betray Datong and the surrounding cities."
When all the ministers heard this, they all raised their heads in surprise and looked at the new king. After being stunned for a moment, he realized the impoliteness and quickly lowered his head.
If they hadn't known that Zhu Qiyu came to the throne as a prince with no real power, the ministers would have thought that the new emperor had secret intelligence channels.
Wang Wen originally just wanted to cater to the new king, but he didn't expect that the new king would guess right. He was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly and sincerely praised: "Your Majesty is really a born saint. He can shine a candle thousands of miles away and see fire like a fire. He really makes me humble." I am so impressed that I am so impressed.”
Wang Wendu said this, and other important ministers had no choice but to flatter him: "Your Majesty is wise."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Liu An and Guo Deng in Datong will not let others live in peace at all. Yu Shangshu, tell me, what happened in Datong again."
Yu Qian replied with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, according to a report from Datong's commander-in-chief and governor-general Guo Deng, the general commanding officer Li Rang, on the pretext of making peace, made an unspoken agreement first, and agreed to use Li Rang's young son as an excuse. Daughter, married to the son of King Ye, his younger brother, King Datong.
Li Rang accepted it privately and secretly, and first rewarded four horses and two captive women.
In return, Li Rang reported all the names of the commanders of each city to Youxian, and promised to hand over several cities to Youxian without authorization. He also falsely conveyed the emperor's imperial edict and ordered Guo Deng to go out of the city to meet Ye first. "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he shook his head helplessly and asked, "Did Li Rang pretend to pass on the emperor's edict? Or did the emperor really have this edict?"
This time, the ministers were very straightforward. They all raised their hands and replied: "It was Li Rang who falsely conveyed the emperor's decree."
When Zhu Qiyu saw this, he shook his head secretly: This is the consensus reached by the important ministers. Regardless of whether it is a real imperial edict or a fake imperial edict, it should be treated as fake anyway.
From now on, no matter whether the person calling is the real Supreme Emperor or the fake Supreme Emperor, he will be treated as the fake Supreme Emperor.
It was a good thing that the ministers did not want the Emperor to come back. Zhu Qiyu did not bother to refute the ministers, so he continued to ask: "Is Li Rang's crime true?"
Wang Wen replied: "Zhu Jian, the deputy capital censor, also reported and promised that after the matter is completed, Li Rang will be appointed as the magistrate to guard Datong.
Li Rangjiao also pretended to be the emperor's edict first, saying that His Majesty was not in the right position, and he would first come to avenge the emperor and help the emperor restore his throne. "
Zhu Qiyu didn't care after hearing this, and turned to Hu Hui and asked: "Uncle Zong, when we are meeting in Fengtian Palace, the emperor is sitting on the dragon throne. Are there any eunuchs or maids waiting beside him?"
The ministers were confused again, why did the emperor suddenly ask such a question again.
Hu Hu had no choice but to reply: "There can definitely be eunuchs. The maids usually fan behind the emperor."
"As long as you have it, come and pass the breakfast. If any of you haven't had breakfast, I can prepare one for you."
The minister quickly replied: "I have all eaten."
"Okay, then I'll eat it myself."
Not long after, Chao Yun and Mu Yu brought the food. Zhu Qiyu, while enjoying the beauty's service, ordered: "Keep talking, keep talking, what should Li Rang do?"
Yu Qian replied: "Li Rang should be executed without delay for his crime, but the war is about to begin. If we want to kill him more, we may trigger a mutiny in the border army. If we arrest the capital, we are afraid that Li Rang will take the opportunity to escape and be used by you first."
Therefore, the Ministry of War consulted and thought that Guo Deng could be ordered to handle it closely. "
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What does close handling mean? Secret control?"
Yu Qian replied: "Guo Deng will act accordingly. He will be put under house arrest as much as possible first. If that doesn't work, he will be executed secretly."
"What about his family?"
"He is also temporarily under house arrest and will be dealt with after the war."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Let's do as you say. Let's talk about Xuanfu next. What else has Yang Hong done?"
After hearing this, all the ministers looked at each other in astonishment: How come they guessed it right again? Is this new king really deceived?
Yu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "Yang Hong, the chief military officer of the Xuanfu, stated in the military report that he collected the weapons left behind in Tumu Fort and obtained more than 3,800 helmets and more than 120 armors. There are more than 22,000 guns and 440,000 magic arrows.
Yang Hong has distributed more than 6,000 magic blunderbuss and 260,000 magic arrows to the horse and infantry officers of Xuanfu, Wanquan, Huai'an, Weizhou and other guards. The rest is collected and stored in the treasury of Wandu Siguan. "
Zhu Qiyu, who was having breakfast happily, suddenly threw his bowl on the table with a strong murderous intent on his face.
This Yang Hong is really getting more and more arrogant. He doesn't even notice that he, the emperor, dares to take weapons without asking and distribute weapons to the guards without permission.
Seeing the emperor's anger, all the ministers lowered their heads and dared not speak. Zhu Qiyu just stared at the ministers coldly and did not speak.
The atmosphere in the hall was extremely cold.
The two sides faced off silently for a long time. Finally, Mu Yu was bold enough to pick up the jade bowl, put some side dishes in it, and handed it to Zhu Qiyu with a smile.
Zhu Qiyu glared at Mu Yu, then took the bowl again and continued eating. The atmosphere in the hall also relaxed slightly.
Yu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet and asked: "May I ask, Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled?"
Zhu Qiyu replied categorically: "Wearing royal guards, Yang Hong was captured in the capital and handed over to the three divisions for trial. Sun Boring, the governor, was promoted to the right governor and served as the chief military officer, replacing Yang Hong and guarding Xuanfu."
When all the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other in shock, but no one spoke.
Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "I think everyone present knows what Yang Hong has done. If he insists on rebelling, let him rebel.
If he really dares to rebel, he will immediately mobilize one hundred thousand elite soldiers from Jingyuan Bo and Ningyang Hou, and execute all Yang Hong's nine tribes and Xuanfu soldiers to death, leaving no one alive.
I still don't believe that a general military officer can ignore the Emperor of Heaven many times. A mere 30,000 Xuanfu soldiers can really rebel against Heaven. "
Yu Qian bravely replied: "Your Majesty, the war is imminent. Changing generals at this time may destabilize the morale of the army. Can we let Yang Hong plead guilty and perform meritorious service first, and then deal with it after the war?"
"Will it destabilize the morale of the military? That's great. The problem with the Xuanfu soldiers is that the morale of the military is too stable.
From July 11, in the Battle of Yanghekou, Datong lost 40,000 elite soldiers. Then to the Battle of Yao'erling, the Beijing army lost 50,000 elite soldiers, and then to the Battle of Tumubao, all the Beijing army died.
From now on September 15th, a total of two months and four days have passed. I would like to ask Yu Shangshu, what on earth have the Xuanfu soldiers been doing during these two months?
All I know is that Yang Hong's son Yang Jun went to Tumu Fort to pick up weapons, and then Yang Hong himself went to Tumu Fort to pick up weapons. This is the good thing these two men have done in the past two months. It can be said that they are a father and son in battle, and I admire them very much. "
