As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel who has been in power for many years, Wang Zhi secretly settled the score for the new king:
On the road to seizing power, the new king needs to deal with seven major forces: civil servants, military generals, nobles, vassal kings, harems, and eunuchs, plus the morale of the military and the people.
Since the new monarch did not have his own team before he succeeded to the throne, as of today, the new monarch is very pitiful. All he can control is:
Half of the harem, a very small part of the civil servants, and the nobles, eunuchs, and generals who can basically be ignored.
As for the feudal kings, they were all dissatisfied with the new king. There is basically no morale among the military and the people.
In other words, the new emperor is somewhat stronger than the puppet, but his strength is limited and he is a real weak master.
But things are different after today. The emperor has gained the allegiance of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, and he has become completely powerful. Next, the emperor's power will expand rapidly like a snowball, and finally become unstoppable.
If we can fight a good battle in the next defense battle of Beijing, then the emperor's military morale and people's morale will be in hand, and the Supreme Emperor will have no chance at all.
Zhu Qiyu was not in a hurry, and just watched Hu Hui, Wang Zhi, Shang Ren, and Peng Shi thinking slowly.
Hu Hui and Wang Zhi stared blankly at the open spaces on both sides of the road. If the emperor really built a palace and an altar here, then the loss of the emperor would be a disgrace to the country, and the new emperor would be able to turn the tide and support him. The building is about to collapse in stark contrast.
The final outcome can only be that the Supreme Emperor's prestige is ruined, and the new emperor rules the world and dominates the world.
The two of them looked in front of them again. Chen Xun, Wang Wen, and Yu Qian were still kneeling on the ground, waiting for the others to swear allegiance and shout long live the mountain.
Those who are standing now want those who are kneeling to get up quickly; those who are kneeling want others to kneel down together.
Zhu Qiyu saw the four people standing looking at each other in confusion and refused to speak first. In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, he found a topic and asked Shang Ren and Peng Shi: "Now Guangdong is in chaos again. I want to send an important minister." , go to Guangdong to suppress rebellion, who can you tell me is the right person to send?"
Shang Ren and Peng Shi looked at each other after hearing this. They didn't have any position that they had to insist on. Moreover, the new monarch was only weak compared to other people in power. However, for the two newly appointed Hanlin bachelors, he was still out of reach. of. No, one sentence would send the two of them to Guangdong, so who would want to go?
So Shang Ren and Peng Shi kneeled on the ground in unison and swore allegiance to the new emperor.
As a result, the situation between Hu Xi and Wang Zhi became even more embarrassing. With only two people left, it was time to express their stance.
Wang Zhi stood up first and asked: "May I ask, Your Majesty, how do you plan to treat the Supreme Emperor in the future?"
Zhu Qiyu replied very straightforwardly: "Please, the Supreme Emperor, please be here to face the memorial tablets of the soldiers who died in Tumu Fort and issue an imperial edict to abdicate and abdicate the throne."
When Wang Zhi heard this, he sighed deeply. It was indeed like this. Whatever he was afraid of, he would do whatever he wanted. The most important thing is that with the support of Chen Xun, Wang Wen, and Yu Qian, he can't stop the emperor from doing this.
Well, since he couldn't resist, Wang Zhi felt that helping the Supreme Emperor to obtain the minimum preferential treatment would be regarded as loyalty.
So Wang Zhi asked the final question: "How does Your Majesty plan to settle the Supreme Emperor?"
Zhu Qiyu still replied without hesitation: "After the Emperor returned to Beijing, he naturally lived in the palace to take care of himself, and spent time with the Empress Dowager, the Supreme Empress, and the princes and princesses.
Apart from the fact that he is no longer in charge of politics, there is no need to worry about everything else. How the Emperor was doing before he left the capital and how he is still doing after he returns to the capital. "
All the ministers present were surprised when they heard this. Hu Hui quickly asked: "Is your Majesty serious about what he said?"
"You are not joking, but I have promised you in advance that after the Supreme Emperor's throne, the relationship between me and the Supreme Emperor will only be brothers, regardless of the ruler or minister.
I have no interest in the palace. From now on, the Supreme Emperor will live in the palace and be free to do whatever he wants. I will not interfere in the Supreme Emperor's life.
That's what it is. I won't lie to you. If you have any ideas, I will tell you in advance. If you can accept it, just accept it. If you can't accept it, you can just say it. "
Wang Zhi heard this, glanced at Hu Hui, and knelt down.
Hu Hui persisted until the last one. Seeing that the situation was over, in the spirit of keeping the green hills and not worrying about running out of firewood, he also knelt down.
When Chen Xun saw that everyone was kneeling, he led everyone to kowtow and shouted: "I am willing to devote my whole life to assist Your Majesty in achieving a prosperous and prosperous age."
"Okay, okay. From now on, the affairs of the state will all depend on your beloved ministers. As long as I am in office, I will stay with you beloved ministers, be an example of mutual understanding between kings and ministers, and leave a name in history together."
Do all the affairs of state depend on you, dear ministers? The ministers all believed this, because the new king really didn't even read any of the memorials, and handed them all to the ministers. So much so that the traditional skills of ministers using memorials to defeat the emperor could not be used at all.
Moreover, the emperor absolutely refused to live in the Forbidden City. This was obviously because he wanted to live longer.
Now that all the ministers have boarded the pirate ship, there is no way they can get off anyway, so there is no need to worry anymore, and the atmosphere at the scene has actually improved.
Zhu Qiyu took the ministers to inspect Shi Heng's camp again. Shi Heng led the main force of the fifth military camp and stationed himself one mile outside Xizhimen.
This is the main force resisting Oara, with a total of 50,000 troops. Trenches have been dug outside the camp and layers of defensive horses have been set up. Hundreds of artillery pieces were placed in the camp, ready to receive the impact of the Ora cavalry at any time.
Shi Heng accompanied everyone and inspected the camp. The confidence of several ministers increased greatly, although except for Yu Qian, others did not know much about military affairs. But even a layman can see that relying on advanced firearms and strong fortresses, it is not a problem for these 50,000 troops to resist for ten days and a half.
Therefore, we only need to strengthen the walls and clear the fields so that the Oara army cannot grab enough food and grass around the capital, and they will naturally retreat first.
The ministers don't have as much thought and ambition as the new king, they just want to keep the capital.
The emperor and his ministers happily left Shiheng's camp. Zhu Qiyu said to Chen Xun and others: "I remembered something. Let Xincheng Bo Zhao Rong be released. Let him bring some soldiers and horses to defend Zhangyi Gate."
The ministers didn't say anything, just let it go.
Chen Xun asked again: "Your Majesty, won't you return to the city with me?"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I have to go to Tucheng to inspect and dig trenches with Fan Guang. After all, the soldiers and civilians are only allowed to contribute, and I, the emperor, stay at home and enjoy the blessings. It is a bit unreasonable. I will go there at least. To inspire and boost the morale of the military and civilians.”
"Then let me go with Your Majesty."
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand again: "No need, it's enough for you guys to have this intention. We young people can do this kind of thing. It's not decent to let you old ministers who have read poetry and books dig trenches. Okay. , I’ll give you a day off today, just go home and rest.”
