After cheering up the ministers, Zhu Qiyu asked Hu Hu again: "Uncle Zong, the weather is getting colder and colder now. What I mean is to send another envoy to Oara to deliver some food and medicine to the Supreme Emperor.
The last time I sent an envoy, I was negligent and only sent a chariot. I just remembered the day before yesterday that in order to maintain the majesty of the Emperor of Heaven in front of the Oara people, I should give the emperor another set of imperial honors. "
Even though Hu Hu was a die-hard loyal minister of the Supreme Emperor, he would not jump into such an obvious trap, so he refused: "Your Majesty, if you have a way, there will be no two days in the sky, and no two kings in the country. The Supreme Emperor has given up the throne to Your Majesty, so It is no longer appropriate to use the Emperor’s ceremonial guard.”
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "No, no, what Uncle Zong said is wrong. The emperor is the supreme emperor, so he can also use the emperor's ceremonial guard. There are no two emperors in the sky and two emperors in the country. It means that there cannot be two emperors in charge of politics at the same time, but there is no such thing. It is said that two emperors cannot use the emperor's ceremonial guard.
Just do as I say. Who is willing to go on a mission to Wala? "
The ministers looked at each other in confusion after hearing this, and couldn't help but wonder: Does the emperor really care about the Supreme Emperor so much? One mission just came back, and there are two more missions outside, and now they have to send another mission over.
Huang Pu's delegation consisted of hundreds of people, carrying more than a dozen cartloads of things. They wished they could give the Supreme Emperor a home in Wala. This was already enthusiastic enough. Now it would be better, even the Emperor's ceremonial guards would be sent there.
Zhu Qiyu looked at the expressions of the ministers and smiled secretly in his heart: When you welcome the Supreme Emperor back in the future, you will also ask to send the emperor's honor guard to pick him up. Instead of waiting for your request, I might as well take the initiative and gain a good reputation.
By the way, it can also be a convenience for the soldiers and civilians along the way from Datong to Beijing, so that they can recognize the emperor at a glance.
Zhu Qiyu thought and waited. The hall was quiet for a long time. Finally, Yang Shan stood up again and expressed his willingness to go to Wala as an envoy.
Now even Zhu Qiyu was surprised. Yang Shan was really a loyal minister. If he took over this job again, it would be his third mission to Wala.
After sighing, Zhu Qiyu issued an edict: "In accordance with the decree of the cabinet, Yang Shan was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was given three hundred taels of silver and ten pieces of brocade. He was sent to Oala again as an envoy to present the emperor's guard of honor in front of the emperor."
Chen Xun and others received the edict, but Zhu Qiyu did not pause and continued to issue the edict: "The cabinet drafted another decree and ordered Wang Ao, the censor of Youdu, who was in charge of military affairs in Liaodong, to return to Beijing in early November and serve as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Lu Yu, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, was promoted to the right chief envoy of Shandong. He was mainly responsible for assisting Xu Jue in managing the Yellow River and canals in Shandong. "
The ministers were quite speechless at the emperor's confusing behavior of throwing a hammer here and a stick here and there. Just now he was talking about the Supreme Emperor, but in the blink of an eye, he started promoting ministers again.
Moreover, he was directly promoted without any court consultation. Ministers who are promoted in this way only need to be grateful to the emperor alone.
What's more important is that the emperor always promotes one or two people every time, so the people who are promoted are very eye-catching. Regardless of whether they like it or not, they will be branded as the new king's cronies.
What made the ministers even more angry was that no matter what the new king said, Chen Xun did not object. In addition, Wang Wen and Yu Qian did not object, which made it meaningless for others to object.
Of course, the ministers who were close to the Supreme Emperor were not only angry and helpless, but also admired the new king. This new king is too confident. Wala's 100,000 troops are about to attack at the doorstep. The new king is still constantly adjusting the personnel layout for the post-war war.
Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Qiyu ordered: "No more court meetings will be held before Wala arrives at the gate of Beijing. You can go back and perform your duties. Okay, let's disperse."
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After sending away the ministers, Zhu Qiyu strolled back to the room, only to find that the room was deserted and there was no one around. After rummaging around carefully, he discovered that Xian'er was sleeping on the bed, covering her hands with the quilt.
Zhu Qiyu woke up the little girl with a wry smile and asked curiously: "Where are the people? Where have they gone?"
Xian'er replied sleepily: "It's so cold at home, and the master won't let us use charcoal, so everyone ran to the concubine's palace. Everyone bullied me and left me here alone to wait for the master to come back, and then we can all go together Let’s go to the dowager’s room for dinner.”
"Oh, charcoal fire gas is very harmful to the body. If you breathe too much, your life will be shortened. If you burn charcoal fire in a very closed space, it will shorten your life.
So just follow me and suffer for a year. Next winter, I will take you to live in a hot spring and geothermal white jade greenhouse. Then you can soak in hot springs anytime and anywhere, and you won’t have to work hard to boil hot water every day.
There is also the hot spring pool that I promised you. When the time comes, I will build you a large hot spring pool with white marble, and let you show off your unique skill of "holding a life-saving straw in your mouth" in it.
Hearing the hot spring pool and the life-saving straw in his mouth, Xian'er became happy again, helped Zhu Qiyu change his clothes, and then stayed with the dowager.
When the concubine saw her son coming in, she quickly smiled and waved: "Cao Mengde is here, come here quickly, we are talking about you."
Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "What ridiculous thing have I done again to deserve your happy arrangement of me?"
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "The slave family and the mother-in-law said that my husband made careful arrangements and gave the Supreme Emperor a special felt tent, a special chariot, and ten large carriages of red charcoal.
My husband is really generous. The red charcoal is so valuable that I can’t even buy it with my money. If you really want to buy a whole ten-car Hongluotan, you will have to spend more than ten thousand taels of silver. "
Zhu Qiyu replied seriously: "You little girls, you don't know the importance. If you still want to live a long time and give birth to healthy children, don't use charcoal for me."
There are some things that Zhu Qiyu cannot say clearly. Liu Ruoyu, a famous eunuch in the late Ming Dynasty, wrote this in his "Ziuzhongzhi": "The red charcoal used in the palace... has not been exhausted... can harm people, causing dizziness and coma." Vomiting, the prince's children may be poisoned, causing death frequently. '
Therefore, Hong Luo Tan is for others to use. It is foolish to use it yourself. If you use it, you will only give birth to children who will die frequently.
Lin Xiangyu nodded firmly and agreed: firstly, her husband always sees things very accurately, and secondly, she will run away next year. From now on, she will guard the hot spring and never come back, and she will pass through the whole winter.
Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Are the clan members of Jin Fan arriving soon? My mother and concubine are well-informed. Do you know why Jin Fan took the initiative to come to Beijing to congratulate you? I am very curious about their purpose."
The concubine replied very firmly: "I know, the secrets in this matter all started from the Taizong Dynasty."
Zhu Qiyu quickly praised: "Sure enough, if there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, how come the mother and concubine know everything."
The concubine smiled and said: "Because this matter has something to do with the Han Palace, that's why I know about it. In fact, the secret inside is just one sentence: The current King Jin, like our family, also inherited the small sect from the big sect."
