"The third night is to invite our own cronies to a banquet and say some words of respect. You can invite them as you please. The nobles and generals invited in the previous two nights, such as Duke Dingguo, Marquis Xing'an, Marquis Chengshan, Fan Guang, etc. , please repeat.
On the first day of the banquet, you invite Li Xuan and arrange it at the official table. I no longer pretend, I will use Duke Ding, Marquis Xing'an, and Li Xuan to form the Three Kingdoms Dukes who are close to the new monarch, plus Duke Wei, who will be responsible for guarding Nanjing for me.
The remaining princes can go wherever they like. They are too lazy to be loyal to me, and I don't care about serving them. "
The princess agreed with a smile and led everyone out.
Zhu Qiyu played with women at home, and the process cannot be described in detail.
Lian Gang was very busy, directing all the propaganda points set up in the capital and going all out to encourage the people of the capital to donate money to redeem the emperor.
Regarding the ins and outs of the redemption of the Supreme Emperor, Lian Gang told the truth. This was a fundraiser in the name of Empress Dowager Sun, and the ransom was paid in her own name.
The reaction of the people in the capital could not be said to be enthusiastic, nor could it be said to be particularly cold. Everyone is still willing to redeem the Supreme Emperor. After all, the Supreme Emperor also went to war to protect his family and country, which led to his being detained in the imperial court; after all, it is indeed disgraceful for the country to have an emperor as a prisoner for a long time.
As for the emperor's call to the door and the introduction of the Wala army to the walls of Beijing, although Zhu Qiyu vigorously promoted it, it was not vivid and concrete enough for the people of the capital, and not everyone could empathize with it.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this, as long as the propaganda could have an effect on less than half of the people. It is unrealistic to think that in this era, through propaganda, everyone will dislike the emperor.
Before dinner, basically all the dignitaries in the capital had received invitations. Civil servants and low-ranking military attachés received an invitation.
Nobles and high-ranking generals generally receive two invitations: one is from the emperor, and the other is from Jie Tianlou. This is the largest restaurant in the capital. It was commissioned by the imperial court to raise funds for three consecutive nights. Dinner.
Coincidentally, the schedules of the two families were exactly the same. Those who don’t know will be confused: Who is the owner of this Jietian Tower? He dares to act against the emperor. Does he really have a background in Tongtian?
The invitation to Jie Tian Lou also clearly states that famous prostitutes from the capital and major theater troupes will be invited to perform in turn, and the owner will also auction hundreds of rare and rare treasures at the dinner. This attraction becomes even greater immediately. .
The most exciting thing is that the invited famous prostitutes can perform to raise funds. The owner stipulates that if each famous prostitute raises a donation of 10,000 taels, she can not only regain her freedom, but also permanently remove her status, erase all bad official records, and even choose one person to entrust her to for life if the two are in love.
The final result is obviously that people are willing to accept the invitation from Jie Tianlou. One is that there are many activities here, and the other is that everyone's curiosity is aroused.
People were curious about how much money could be raised and how many famous prostitutes could be freed. I am even more curious about whether the owner who is fighting against the emperor can fulfill his promise. Those who dare to promise to permanently remove their status as a famous prostitute and erase all bad official records are definitely not something that ordinary people can do.
Everyone stayed up until the next day with excitement.
Early that morning, a huge delegation left the city in a mighty manner.
This mission was personally chaired by Hu Hui, and was dispatched collectively by Chen Yi, Yang Shan, Li Shi, and Li Xian. Even Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and Xing'an, the eunuch who served as Dongchang Supervisor, rarely took action personally.
Empress Dowager Sun was eager to redeem Zhu Qizhen, so she ordered Xing'an to personally escort the 600,000 taels of silver that had been raised to the Yexian army.
By giving money away, you will feel at ease and the possibility of accidents will be much smaller. No matter how miserable you are, you still have to abide by the rules of doing things with money.
Zhu Qiyu got the news quickly, but did not stop him. Instead, he was very optimistic about the success.
This money will not escape if you stay in the Wala camp. Anyway, your personal guards will eventually attack at night. If they can do it, they will blow up the camp first. You can just pick up the money casually and treat it as a gift to yourself. The guards were given pocket money.
What a pleasant thing it is to take money from political opponents to support your own bodyguards.
This mission also brought eight talents prepared by Queen Zhou for the Supreme Emperor, as well as a total of twelve concubines given to Ma Liang, Yuan Bin, and Ha Ming. In addition, Queen Zhou was afraid that the Emperor would be cold, so she sent another ten carts of red charcoal.
This resulted in two completely opposite attitudes. Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian acted in accordance with the position of bringing the Emperor back, while Empress Zhou acted in accordance with the expectation that the Emperor would stay in Wala for a long time. Ten carts of red charcoal were sent earlier, and ten carts of red charcoal were sent now. The Supreme Emperor worked hard to build them, and he couldn't burn them all in one winter.
Zhu Qiyu ordered that the concubines given to Ye Xian and Boyan Timur were also brought with him in the mission.
Because these were all planned by Zhu Qiyu a long time ago, and the candidates were already decided. They were women of pure Mongolian descent who were devoted to the Ming Dynasty and selected from among the high-ranking military officials of his own Yingzhou.
This would not only violate the ancestral system that prohibits marriage between Han women, but also place spies around Ye Xian and Boyan Timur. Although they are not expected to play a role like Xi Shi, it is not a problem to cause some psychological pressure to you first.
Zhu Qiyu was also very partial and cherished feathers. When it came time to do such a bad thing, he would not let Huang Pu go, but would leave it to Hu Hui, Chen Yi, Li Xian and other ministers he hated very much.
After having breakfast first and inspecting the military camp, the delegation arrived in front of the camp. Since the coming and going of missionaries had become the norm, he let them all in without thinking too much.
Hu Hu led everyone to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor first, and then hurriedly delivered the 600,000 taels of hot potato he had brought to Ye Xian.
Ye Xian was naturally overjoyed, and repeatedly praised the empress dowager's saintliness, and said that as soon as the subsequent 400,000 yuan arrived, he would immediately return it to the emperor.
But it didn't take long for Ye Xian to be happy. Then Hu Bi conveyed the new king's will, and Ye Xian's face darkened.
It is a good thing that the new king should be conferred as a prince first. But Ye Xian is not stupid. In this way, Ye Xian, Boyan Timur, and Alazhiyuan are all princes, and the three of them are officially equal in terms of status.
On the Ming side, all three of them are princes. On Dayuan's side, theoretically, the three of them are all courtiers who take off their clothes. So what are the essential differences between us? What else is there about superiority and inferiority? It would be weird if I could be happy first.
When I saw the woman brought by the mission, I felt even more angry.
Not counting the maids brought, among the twenty-four women with official status: eight medium-looking Chinese women, who were the wives of the Supreme Emperor. Twelve top-notch and stunning Chinese women, nominally the concubines of Ma Liang, Yuan Bin, and Ha Ming, were actually sent to the Emperor for his enjoyment.
The remaining four least beautiful Meng girls were the concubines given to Yesian and Boyan Timur by the new king.
Isn't this just burying people? The Ming court made it clear that they were not worthy of sleeping with Han women.
In addition to these women, there were dozens of maids and eunuchs sent to serve the Supreme Emperor.
Ye Xian really couldn't stand it anymore. The Supreme Emperor was a prisoner in his own place. After all this, Zhu Qizhen really regarded himself as the emperor.
Ye Xian also knew that the new king of the Ming Dynasty had fifteen top beauties around him, and the current emperor had twelve more stunning beauties. Together with the previous four concubines, there were sixteen in total, one more than the new king.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Supreme Emperor lived more like an emperor than an emperor.
He also glanced at the Supreme Emperor first, and secretly felt resentment in his heart: It was fine that the new king looked down on him, but he had been very respectful and caring to the Supreme Emperor these days. As a result, although the Supreme Emperor had petitioned the court on his behalf, Reward, but he has never thought of giving himself a woman, let alone giving himself one or two of the women sent by the new monarch to play with.
It seems that the Supreme Emperor also agreed with the new king's approach from the bottom of his heart, and felt that the Wala people were not worthy of enjoying Han women. Even if this Han woman was just a prostitute in Jiaofangsi before, and she was a dignified Grand Master Meng Yuan and Grand Master Wala, she was not worthy of enjoying it.
The insulting prejudices and obsessions of the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers made Ling Yexian once again have the idea of overturning the results of the peace talks and continuing the war.
Boyan Timur, who was on the side, had obviously thought of this. A closer look at Ye Xian's face revealed that the peace talks were going to suffer.
As an upper-class dignitary in Oara, Boyan Timur knew very well the weaknesses of Yexian and Alazhiyuan: the two of them had one problem: they both wanted to be strong. That is to say, for every man's breath, the Buddha is a stick of incense.
For the sake of gambling, these two people would do anything.
So Boyan Timur made his final decision: follow Huang Pu's advice, run, run quickly, without looking back, run all the way back to Wala, and die here first if you stay.
(End of chapter)
