It wasn't until evening that Zhu Qiyu dragged his exhausted body back home.
After bathing and lying on the bed, Zhu Qiyu pulled his little princess over and said: "Come here, I have four things to ask you to do."
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "This is the first time that my husband has given orders to four things at once. Have you been busy with a lot of things recently?"
"Well, well, by the time the envoys we send arrive at the Wala Camp, they should have broken through the Great Wall again and entered Shanxi. So they will be arriving soon, and we should get busy."
"Then please give me your instructions, husband."
"The first thing is that the tributary missions from Korea and Ryukyu are in the capital now. You and your mother and concubine will hold a family banquet, and take the prince with you to treat them for me.
One is to invite them to the city tower to watch the defense of the capital, so that they can go back and promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty and restore the image of our Ming Dynasty as a celestial country that was lost because of the earthen fortress.
The other is that I want to do business with them in the future. There was too much resistance to the voyage to the West, and various people opposed the voyage to Southeast Asia. So I plan to start by going to Japan. The Ryukyu Kingdom in particular is very important. I want to build it into a transit point for trade with North Korea and Japan. "
"What exactly are you talking about?"
"At the beginning, don't scare them. The Ryukyu Kingdom basically has no farmland, and cannot even be self-sufficient in food rations, and there are frequent famines. So we first use them to provide food security as a breakthrough, establish a trade base in Ryukyu, and then slowly increase the amount.
In short, it is to establish a relationship first, establish mutual trust, trade matters, and then take things slowly. "
Lin Xiangyu nodded: "Okay, I understand. What about the second thing?"
"I have arranged for the descendants of Zheng Guogong, Cao Guogong, Song Guogong, and Wei Guogong to come to Beijing to watch the battle. These four families have no more properties in Beijing than the Duke. You arrange to live in other courtyards, properly resettle them, and then live with your mother, concubine, and prince. Please invite them together.
These are the descendants of Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, and Deng Yu, the great heroes who founded the country. If they are willing to take the initiative to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, I intend to restore their dukedom.
But you don't have to explicitly hint to them, I will restore the title to anyone who is willing to serve the country voluntarily. If they don't take the initiative, then there's nothing I can do to help.
In addition, the King of Jin took the initiative to come to the capital to congratulate him, and King Ninghua of the Jin vassal took the initiative to bring his six sons to the capital to kill the enemy. I'm all right. The name is to let them go to the capital to watch the battle on behalf of the vassal king, and then after the war, they will tell the other sects about the process of defending the capital.
You and your mother and concubine also invite them. The princes of the Ming Dynasty are not convinced by me. I don't understand why the King of Jin took the initiative to come to Beijing to congratulate me. If you have the opportunity, you can find out his details for me. "
Lin Xiangyu was speechless after hearing this.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
"It's nothing, just Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, and Deng Yu. They are the second, third, and fourth in the temple of the Ming Dynasty's heroes. They are the most important people in the world. I didn't expect that one day, the slave family would be qualified to entertain their descendants. people."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It's far more than that. As long as people are a little more knowledgeable, for the benefit of their own family, they will rush to curry favor with you. How about it, is this princess enjoying her role?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiangyu said angrily: "If your husband is good or bad, he will dig holes for the slave family. Unfortunately, the slave family will not be fooled. No matter how proud he is, the slave family will never put on airs with such a hero. I advise you to stop playing tricks." , please tell me the third thing."
"Hmph, you're such a little girl, it's really hard to fool me. Forget it, in two or three days, the Marquis of Xing'an will return to Beijing with the elite border troops from Shaanxi. You send someone to his house, next time invitation.
I, you, my mother-in-law, the prince, and the princess entertained him together. Among the nobles in the north, this is the only one left who can fight. The others who can fight have all died in Tumubao.
So it doesn’t matter if other nobles don’t accept it, but I must get Marquis Xing’an. "
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu immediately added another sentence: "At any cost, if push comes to shove, I will not hesitate to be the Duke of the country. Without a strong nobleman to carry the burden for me, I will be very passive in the future."
"I know, what about the fourth thing?"
"The Ministry of War transferred the ordnance from the Nanjing arsenal to Beijing, and among the people responsible for escorting it was Ruan Xi, a Nanjing internal official and supervisor.
If he comes to our house and I am not here, you must entertain him well. He is my confidant eunuch, and he is only in his early thirties. I regard him as a key training target, and prepare him to be in charge of the ceremonial department and the inner study hall for me in the future. "
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "So my husband actually has a confidant eunuch."
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly and said: "That's right, as the saying goes, a mouse has three friends. What's more, I, the prince, still have three or two big cats and kittens under my command."
"What other confidants does your husband have?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and replied: "Let me explain it to you. In the Zhengtong Dynasty, our Ming Dynasty's inner court, there were three most powerful eunuchs: Wang Zhen, Fan Hong, and Jin Ying.
These three people had countless disciples and grandchildren, and most of the prominent eunuchs in the palace came from the names of these three people. These three people were also the Emperor's most loyal confidants and firmly controlled the inner court.
Unfortunately, both Wang Zhen and Fan Hong died in Tumubao, and the Supreme Emperor lost his throne again, so the power structure in the inner court had to be reshuffled.
If Wang Zhen, Fan Hong, and Jin Ying are the first echelon, Xing'an, Shangyi, Chen Xiang, Wang Jin and others behind them form their own factions and form the second echelon.
Among them, Wang Jin and his family are our people. Ruan Xi and Hao Yi are both outstanding people under the name of Wang Jin. Hao Yi is now the eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Soon, I will promote him to the position of the Royal Horse Supervisor. In the future, he will also supervise the West Factory for me. "
Lin Xiangyu heard this and praised: "This is amazing, my husband can really control the Royal Horse Prison."
"Well, today all the people in the cabinet have been ganged up on by me. Give me another three years and I will be able to build a complete ruling team.
Then when the time comes, I will welcome the Supreme Emperor back and give him the Zen throne to me. In this way, legally speaking, I am no longer a minister of the Supreme Emperor. From now on, we will not care about monarch or minister, but only about brotherhood and family ties.
The Supreme Emperor suffered from the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and his health has been in poor condition since his return. If he becomes ill in a few years, Long Yu will be a guest.
At that time, we adopted the prince, and the transfer of the imperial line was officially completed. This is the most peaceful way I can think of. "
"Okay, I know this. I guarantee that I will do all the four things my husband ordered me to do. I don't need my husband to worry at all."
