The appointment of Boyan Timur and Alazhiyuan as kings was agreed in advance, and the ministers had no objections. But the emperor had already made Ye Xian's sister a talented person, and now he wanted to make Boyan Timur's daughter a talented person as well.
Forget it, he actually had to select a few more maids from the palace and let the envoys take them with them. Is the emperor so afraid that the emperor is short of women?
Hu Min asked the questions in his heart for all the ministers: "Your Majesty, I all admire your sympathy and care for the Supreme Emperor. But in the Wala Camp, we cannot strictly guard against the palace. If a few talented people and maids give birth, How should we treat the next heir?"
Hu Xi's subtext is very clear. How can the children born by talented people and palace maids in Wala Daying be confirmed to be the emperor's? Or if there are other circumstances, how to deal with them when they are brought back.
Zhu Qiyu pretended not to understand, and asked curiously: "Of course it's the prince, the princess. Do you have any other ideas?"
The ministers did not dare to speak directly and could only say nothing.
Zhu Qiyu's political style is very interesting. If he goes deviant from the beginning, the whole game will not be normal.
While the ministers were still thinking about women, Zhu Qiyu issued another surprising edict: "Since we have already invited the Jin vassal to come to Beijing to watch the battle, we might as well simply invite more people. The cabinet drafted an order and ordered The descendants of the four princes, namely Zheng Guogong, Cao Guogong, Song Guogong and Wei Guogong, came to Beijing."
When the ministers heard this, they looked at each other in confusion. They really didn't understand where the emperor thought of these four princes.
Zhu Qiyu said in his heart: What are you looking at? I can't do anything about it. Even Jingnan and the nobles refused to accept me. It was useless for me to say anything, so I just had to kneel down and call them grandpa. However, I still couldn't move them, so I stopped playing. Mr. Jingnan ignored me, so I went to find Mr. Founder.
No matter what you do, there is nothing you can do to move a top nobleman like the British Duke. But the situation was different for the four founding princes. They were all expelled from their titles for various reasons. Restoring their titles is such a kindness, I don't believe they are not grateful.
Although the ministers were reluctant, they agreed.
Nowadays, the ministers and the emperor have two opposite mentality. If the ministers want to do anything, they will talk about it after the war is over. The emperor wanted to determine his own interests before the war. When the war is over, what else can the emperor say?
After handling these minor matters, Zhu Qiyu sent away all the ministers and only took Yu Qian and He Yi out of the city and came to inspect military affairs outside Desheng Gate.
The army outside Deshengmen was divided into two parts. One part was the emperor's direct personal guards stationed in the private area, and the other part was an earthen city left over from the Yuan Dynasty.
At this time, outside Tucheng, tens of thousands of military craftsmen under the Ministry of War were busy building layers of defenses.
Seeing the emperor coming for a surprise inspection, Fan Guang quickly ran over to salute.
When Zhu Qiyu saw that Fan Guang had built the defense of Tucheng like a hedgehog, he felt aggrieved for Ye Xian: "How many layers of defense have you built? With these layers of trenches and defensive horses, how do you ask Grand Master Ye Xian to attack? Isn’t this embarrassing?”
Fan Guang helplessly replied: "There is no other way. Our elite soldiers have all been defeated. Most of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion under the general are temporary recruits who have never been on the battlefield. If this is not repaired and solid, Our defense line was completely destroyed by the Ora cavalry."
"How many troops can this earth city accommodate?"
"If it is crowded a little, it can accommodate 20,000 people. If the space is used to store more firearms, grain, and horses, it can accommodate 10,000 people."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Then you select the most elite three thousand people from Shenji Camp and station them in Tucheng. In a few days, Xing'an Marquis will come to Beijing, and I will ask his five thousand elite border troops to station in Tucheng.
You two should work together. The 8,000 people in Tucheng, plus the 8,000 personal guards in the residential area, can withstand the Ora cavalry with the help of fortifications.
The Oara army came in a hurry. It had neither large siege equipment nor heavy artillery. In addition, the supply of logistical food and grass was also a problem. As long as Wala's attack fails to be effective within five or six days, trouble will begin. "
Fan Guang quickly agreed: "What your Majesty said is that there are only tens of thousands of people in total, and there are no heavy artillery. I don't know what the point of him insisting on attacking Beijing City."
Yu Qian laughed at the side and said: "I first felt that my cavalry was invincible in the field, they could come when they wanted, and they could leave when they got up.
Moreover, even if he could not capture the capital with the Supreme Emperor hostage, the Ming army on the defense lines of Datong and Zijingguan would give up defense all the way and would not be able to stop him at all.
Entering the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty from Zijingguan, then looting, and then returning to the grassland along the same route is acceptable to Ye Xian. "
Fan Guang quickly expressed his position: "If the general is willing to lead the troops to intercept and kill, he should go first."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Do you still want 30,000 elite troops? Unfortunately, I still don't have 30,000 elite troops for you. The only ones I can mobilize are the 5,000 elite border troops of Xing'an Marquis and my 8,000 personal guards.
And you can’t use all these soldiers to consume them. This is my only wealth. If I finish fighting, I will be very pitiful. What you can use is the Beijing camp troops plus the Qin Wang army, a total of 50,000 people. "
Fan Guang immediately replied loudly: "Fifty thousand recruits are fifty thousand recruits. The last general is willing to take the lead and charge bravely. Even with new soldiers, he can still suffer heavy losses."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Okay, once the Wala army enters the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, I will send 30,000 personal guards to seal Zijin Pass. When the time comes, the door will be closed and the dogs will be beaten, and the Wala army will be killed by you.
My personal guards have issued a military order claiming six thousand Tatar heads. I won't ask for more from General Fan. As long as you chop off four thousand Tatar heads, which is enough for me to build a palace in Beijing, I will make you an earl. "
Fan Guang heard this and asked seriously: "What if we end up beheading 10,000 Tatars?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't quite believe it, shook his head and said with a smile: "As long as you can pile 10,000 Tatar heads in front of me, I will make you the champion on the spot."
Fan Guang asked: "Does your Majesty really mean what he said?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and replied: "Jun Wuxi, if you dare to cut off ten thousand heads, I will dare to make you the champion. But let's make an agreement first. You are not allowed to kill good people and take credit. Only the heads of Tartars will count."
Fan Guang was also excited when he heard this: "Okay, Your Majesty, please wait."
"Okay, I'll wait. What I'm not afraid of the most is for the soldiers to perform meritorious service. If you dare to perform meritorious service, I will reward you."
After the business talk was over, the next step was to express condolences to the soldiers and inspect the fortifications. Zhu Qiyu even went to the battlefield personally and led the soldiers to dig trenches for half an hour before returning home.
Zhu Qiyu made his face covered with dirt, but his concubine and princess were dressed decently and neatly, and entered the Forbidden City all the way.
After passing the three main halls, Concubine Wu told Lin Xiangyu: "Daughter-in-law, you and the prince and princess will go to Xianyang Palace to see Queen Zhou first, and then come over together. I will go directly to Cining Palace to see the Queen Mother."
Lin Xiangyu hurriedly agreed and led a group of people to Xianyang Palace.
