It was the ministers' turn to report, and Chen Xun replied first: "Your Majesty, there are 2,307 cooks in Guanglu Temple who went on an expedition with the Supreme Emperor and were lucky enough to escape. Please give each of them a piece of cloth as a reward for their hard work. .”
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "May I ask Mr. Chen Ge, how many cooks are there in Guanglu Temple? How many cooks did the Supreme Emperor bring with him when he was on the expedition? What are these cooks responsible for in the army?"
Chen Xun had no choice but to reply: "There were more than 4,000 cooks in Guanglu Temple in total. The Supreme Emperor took away more than 2,300 people, and almost all of them escaped. These cooks were responsible for following the main force of the Emperor's army and cooking for the soldiers. "
Zhu Qiyu continued to shake his head and smiled bitterly: Isn't that right? You said that Wala surrounded the Emperor's army in Tumu Fort and completely annihilated the Ming army.
So how did these cooks escape with all their hair and tail? Two thousand three hundred people, basically no losses. How did such a large target break through the heavy siege of the Ora cavalry?
The ministers looked at each other and could basically guess what the emperor was thinking. The ministers asked Chen Xun to report such a matter to the emperor, just to test the emperor's attitude.
At the end, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Just follow what Aiqing plays."
Since he promised to share wealth with his ministers yesterday, Zhu Qiyu, as an emperor who keeps his promise, could only turn a blind eye.
Then Wang Wen stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the joint review of the three divisions on Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding Taitong, has ended. According to the opinions given by the three divisions, Guo Jingsu and Wang Zhen are close. Over the years, they have made more steel arrows. Contain it in an urn and use the remaining tiles to assassinate the envoys. In return, he first bribes Wang Zhen and Guo Jing with good horses and other gifts every year.
The defeat of Song Ying and others in Yanghekou was all caused by Guo Jing's autocratic rule. In the end, the entire army of 40,000 soldiers was destroyed. His crime should be punished by death. Please ask His Majesty to judge him. "
"Lingchi execution? Is it necessary to go to this level?"
Zhu Qiyu shook his head again: The ministers are already jealous. Now every eunuch he sees wants to Lingchi, one is Guo Jing, the other is Xining, plus Wang Zhen. Fortunately, Wang Zhen's body was already dead and there was no way to deal with it.
The defeat of Yanghekou was all blamed on Guo Jing, the defeat of Tumubao was all blamed on Wang Zhen, and which eunuch do you want to blame for the defeat of Yaoerling? Anyway, after all is said and done, you ministers have not made any mistakes.
It's a pity that Zhu Qiyu didn't want to get angry with the ministers today, so he waved his hand again: "Let's sentence him like this, but let Guo Jing be locked up in the prison first."
The ministers were reluctant, but the emperor insisted again and again, and finally had to agree to imprison Guo Jing first.
Zhu Qiyu successfully jumped over the pit dug by the ministers again: if an emperor can harass eunuchs at every turn, no eunuch will dare to follow the emperor in the future. Killing people can only be done with a nod of the head. No matter how serious the crime is, it is enough to be cut in half. Why not do it to someone like Ling Chi?
Next, the ministers played their part. Zhu Qiyu nodded repeatedly while turning over the memorial. Now that the overall strategy for facing the enemy has been decided, the ministers are just asking for things like distributing weapons and armor to the soldiers and organizing common people's military craftsmen to help defend the city. There is no need to reject it. The ministers can just decide what they want. .
Just as the ministers were rushing to present the memorial, Zhu Qiyu suddenly held a copy of the memorial and burst into laughter.
The ministers were confused by the emperor's sudden move and looked at each other in confusion.
Zhu Qiyu smiled at Shang Ren and asked, "Scholar Shang, do you know a supervisor named Yao Xian of the Imperial College?"
When the ministers heard the emperor's words, they all looked surprised. Shang Ren was even more shocked: The emperor just asked him by chance, or did he do it on purpose? Is the emperor really so insightful?
Although he was frightened, Shang Ren immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I know that Yao Xian and I were both orthodox candidates for the ninth year. Later, Yao Xian failed the palace examination and entered the Imperial College to study."
Zhu Qiyu heard this and handed the memorial to Shang Ren: "I would like to trouble Master Shang to read Yao Xian's memorial to everyone. Start reading from the middle, which is where the imperial court built Dalongxing Temple."
Shang Ren had no choice but to take the memorial, read it briefly, and then recited it aloud: "The imperial court built the Longxing Temple, which is extremely luxurious and magnificent. The capital's ballad said: draining the people's anointing, working the people's marrow, no shelter from the wind, no shelter rain.
He also respected Zen Master Yang of Chongguo Temple as his guru, followed the same etiquette as a king, sat and ate on the beauty of the plastered beams, wore brocade flowers, regarded the king as a disciple, and treated the prince as a traveling boy.
Since then, natural disasters have occurred frequently, barbarians have invaded the borders, the emperor has been detained in the thief court, and the monks of the country are talking and laughing freely.
I would like your Majesty to order the master and the monks to rely on the power of the Buddha to go to the Thieves' Court and deliver the edict first to send him back to the capital. The common people can see the power of the Buddha to protect the country and show the effect of respecting the Buddha. Otherwise, the Buddha lacks respect and trust. It is obvious.
From now on, Buddhism is no longer allowed to be worshiped, as this is the Dharma for all generations. Every time I think about driving in the desert, I feel extremely sad, so if I dare to follow my words, I will not die in the future. "
Zhu Qiyu listened to Shang Ren's reading and said with a chuckle: "Scholar Shang is indeed a great talent of the Three Yuan Dynasty. He can be recited just by looking at it. Tell me, you, a scholar of the same year, dare to talk about destroying the Buddha. Is it a crime? Deserve death?"
Shang Ren felt bitter in his heart: It’s just the same year as the election, what does it have to do with me? Emperor, you asked me what I was doing without asking so many important bosses around me. How could I know what to do?
Feeling bitter in his heart, he had to answer, so Shang Ren had no choice but to reply: "Your Majesty, I think it is unreasonable to destroy the Buddha, but Yao Xian's crime will not lead to death."
Zhu Qiyu refused to let Shang Ren go, and continued to ask: "If you say that his crime is not worthy of death, does that mean you are admitting that he is guilty?"
Shang Ren could only reply: "I think Yao Xian is guilty of slandering the Buddha."
"What should be the punishment?"
"Wei Chen thought that he could just go back to his hometown, study behind closed doors and think about his mistakes."
Zhu Qiyu asked the others: "What about you, do you agree with the views of the Bachelor of Commerce?"
Others agreed and had no different opinions.
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said with a smile: "Put the contents of this memorial into the imperial newspaper and spread it throughout the country so that all civil and military officials can discuss it.
Yao Xian no longer has to study in the Imperial College. I made him a member of the Imperial Academy and came to my side. While he was studying, he helped me handle the paperwork. He could just take the imperial examination the year after next.
As for Yao Xian's proposal in the memorial, I think it is very good. Let those gurus and monks serve as envoys, give them horses and carts, and let them go first when meeting.
If they can be influenced by Buddhism and send the Emperor back to the capital, I will build a bigger and more magnificent Buddhist temple for them. If not, then all of them should go back to their hometown in India and live with their Buddha. "
The ministers knew the emperor's temper, so this was the final conclusion. They stopped arguing and accepted the order helplessly.
Zhu Qiyu picked up another memorial, handed it to Shang Ren, and then said with a smile: "Doesn't Bachelor Shang have a photographic memory? Come on, come on, this memorial was written by Liu Dingzhi, the lecturer of the Hanlin Academy. Read it again. Then recite it to everyone."
Shang Ren took the memorial and opened it. He wished he could scold Liu Dingzhi's eighteen generations of ancestors one by one. He saw that the memorial contained more than two thousand words. Moreover, there is no real content at all. It is all a mess of meaningless words, and it comes out one after another, with no rules at all. Who can memorize this?
Zhu Qiyu didn't really want Shang Ren to memorize it, so he continued to laugh and said: "You see, Bachelor Shang, you said the ministers write this stuff to me every day, how can I be an emperor?
You are responsible for approving his memorial, and your words must be harsh. Give him a stern reprimand, and then punish him to go home and take care of the child.
When he figures it out and gives me a memorandum of apology, we will decide whether to let him come back or not. "
Shang Ren had no choice but to grimace and accept the order.
After dealing with this, the ministers reported some more matters, and Zhu Qiyu let everyone disperse.
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The next three days were uneventful. Zhu Qiyu took advantage of his last free time and gave Yu Qian a house near his home. He gave Xiao Lingxi to Yu Qian as his concubine, split Xiao Lingxi's four girls in half, gave two to Yu Qian's son Yu Mian, and two to Yu Qian's most valued aide Cui Wenxiu.
Yu Qian was half pushed and half pushed to the ground, and Zhu Qiyu tied him into his chariot.
However, the reward Yu Qian received was also quite generous: Zhu Qiyu withdrew his request to install cronies in the positions of left and right ministers of the Ministry of War. He also officially handed over the power of Governor Jingying completely to Yu Qian.
In fact, except for the emperor's 10,000 personal guards and the 5,000 elite border troops of Xing'an Marquis, a total of 15,000 people were under the direct control of the emperor, the remaining troops were all at Yu Qian's disposal.
Three days passed peacefully like this, until the afternoon of September 22nd, when Zhu Qiyu was drinking tea leisurely in his room, Lin Xiangyu suddenly walked in happily and replied with a smile:
"Your Majesty, your Marquis of Xing'an has finally returned to Beijing. The invitation has just been sent to me, and Marquis of Xing'an has replied. Please take a bath, change your clothes, rest for a while, and come to see you later."
