To Zhu Qiyu's expectation, Jiang Yuan had really been doing what he had told him seriously.
Jiang Yuan replied: "Your Majesty, as of now, a total of more than 900 warriors have registered with the imperial court. The ministers have gathered them individually and arranged for them to practice night fighting at Liu Degong's camp, which is closest to Xizhimen.
Please ask the Holy Spirit for instructions as to which army and which guard they should be incorporated into. "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he praised repeatedly in his heart: This Jiang Yuan is really good, he speaks well, and he knows how to call me the Holy Emperor; he is also reliable in doing things, he can distinguish the important and the important, and he knows how to maintain the emperor's authority.
So Zhu Qiyu smiled and ordered: "Jiang Aiqing has done a good job, I am very pleased. Let's organize these more than 900 people into the Wuxiang Right Guards. If anyone signs up in the future, they will be organized into the Fifth Army Camp and handed over to Shi Heng to command." "
It's still Zhu Qiyu's old rule, whoever responds to the new king first will have a good future, and those who come after will have to work hard on their own.
Jiang Yuan received the compliment and happily accepted the order, stepped aside and very proactively gave up his position to Hu Hui.
Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Yuan retreated, Hu Hu stood up and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that you would pay one million taels to redeem the Supreme Emperor? Since you have agreed to peace talks, how can you start another war?
Where does this capriciousness put the credibility of the Ming Dynasty? Then find out first that you are being tricked. If it is detrimental to the Supreme Emperor, who can bear the consequences? "
Zhu Qiyu heard the words and repeatedly echoed: "Yes, yes, uncle Zong is so right. Being capricious is the most shameful thing. As an emperor, you must not joke and abide by your promises; as a minister, you must also be loyal and consistent." If you forget your original intention, you must never become a traitor and betray your master repeatedly so that your name will be left in the history books forever."
When Hu Hu heard this, his old face turned red. As long as he mentioned something related to loyalty, the emperor would immediately use his own experience as another minister.
Zhu Qiyu was also helpless. Hu Hui, a veteran of the Six Dynasties, was no longer the second minister in the strict sense, but the third minister. The most important thing is that the old Minister Gu Ming is seventy-five years old and has passed the glory days. However, he still refuses to retire with dignity and dignity. He must be forced to do so by hard work and the emperor must use force.
Zhu Qiyu was now a little rebellious. Without waiting for Hu Hui's reply, he announced the edict: "The cabinet will immediately draft a decree to ennoble the common people as the king of Dongwu County and the common people of Wu as the king of Xiwu County. In accordance with the etiquette All favors and encounters are carried out according to the rules of the Jingjiang Prince's Palace.
In order to express my attention, Da Zongbo, Gongshun Hou Wu Jin and Xincheng Bo Zhao Rong went to the canonization in person. Write the edict today and set off tomorrow.
After delivering the decree, Uncle Da Zong was responsible for escorting the two princes and their families to Beijing safely together with Marquis Gongshun and Uncle Xincheng.
Bring three thousand royal guards with you to greet and see you off according to the standards of a prince. If anything goes wrong on the way, the three of you don't have to come back to see me. "
Since Zhu Qiyu had greeted him in advance, no one was surprised by the new king's canonization. Although Jian Shuren and Wu Shuren were granted the title of county king, Wu had a very beautiful title in the Ming Dynasty.
And unlike the ordinary king's title, the new king chose the noble single-character king's title of 'Wu', with '东' and '西' in front as modifications, which made the king feel more like a prince.
As for the treatment, it is even better. Everything is compared with the first prince of the Ming Dynasty: King Jingjiang.
The first generation of Jingjiang King Zhu Shouqian, his grandfather was the eldest brother of Taizu, and his father was the famous Zhu Wenzheng. The treatment of Jingjiang Prince is only slightly worse than that of the prince, but far better than that of other princes.
Among the ministers present, only Hu Hui was unhappy, while the others were just watching the fun. As for the nobles, the emperor just finished the banquet last night, and today he immediately started beating the nobles who refused to attend.
But Zhu Qiyu didn't think it was enough, and then said: "The war in Beijing is almost over. This time, troops and arsenals are being mobilized from Nanjing. Nanjing has been torn a lot. We should send important ministers to Nanjing to appease them." .
The cabinet drafted a decree, and Shang Ren and Peng Shi were promoted to Hanlin bachelor's degree and to Nanjing Dongge bachelor's degree, responsible for taking charge of the six departments in Nanjing. Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi was promoted to Nanjing garrison and was responsible for taking charge of Nanjing's military affairs.
Jiao Jing, the Prince-in-law, was the governor of Nanjing's capital camp; Guo Sheng, the Marquis of Cheng'an, was in charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Central Military Governor's Office; Jianping Bo Gaoyuan was in charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Zuo Army Governor's Office.
Decide today to set off tomorrow. "
As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Chen Xun and Wang Wen immediately expressed their acceptance of the order.
Chen Xun and Wang Wen simply approved of the emperor's appointment. After these two edicts, the only cabinet ministers left in Beijing were Chen Xun and Wang Wen, and the other four: Wang Zhi, Hu Hui, and Shang Ren. , Peng Shi were all sent away.
Wang Zhi and Hu Hui were the emperor's loyal supporters, while Shang Ren and Peng Shi were forced to be installed by the Empress Dowager Sun, who worked behind the scenes when the civil war had just happened and the court was leaderless. Now they have all been kicked out of the core decision-making level by the new emperor.
Shang Ren and Peng Shi were also a little confused when faced with Xinjun's sudden attack. But to their surprise, none of the ministers present spoke out against it.
After all, there are only so many positions for important officials in the imperial court, which can be said to be a carrot and a pit.
Today, Xinjun suddenly became ridiculous again and pulled out three radishes in a row. This means that three pits are vacated, and three lucky people can become important ministers of the imperial court immediately. The ministers present have already had enough qualifications, and everyone has the opportunity to fill in the gaps.
So why are you objecting? Is it because you have trouble getting promoted and getting rich? Who would be so stupid.
The most important thing is that although the new king looks a bit fierce, he is not forgiving. However, since he came to the throne, the new monarch has only really targeted a few civil servants such as Wang Zhi and Hu Hui, and only six or seven of them will be killed if they are beaten to death.
The new king did not treat other ministers harshly. Instead, he promoted those who should be promoted and tolerated those who should be tolerated. Even Xu Jue, who openly provoked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and blatantly demanded to move the capital to Nanjing, was given the opportunity to start a new life by the new emperor.
Therefore, the ministers decided not to be too demanding on the new king.
Hu Xi saw that not only had he been kicked out of the capital, but his son-in-law Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi had also been driven to Nanjing. Moreover, all the ministers present were silent, and no one supported him, so he knew that the defeat was certain and there was no way to recover.
With no choice, Hu Xi had to stand up and bow his hands to Xinjun, saying that he needed to go back early to pack his bags.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care about Hu Hui's rudeness, and smiled and asked his guards to send Hu Hui out. Shang Ren and Peng Shi also felt bored, so they asked to leave with the same excuse, and Zhu Qiyu also agreed with a smile.
After all three people went out, Zhu Qiyu immediately told Chen Xun, Wang Wen and Jiang Yuan: "I heard that there is a place called Jietian Tower in Xicheng, which actively raises donations to redeem the Supreme Emperor as soon as possible. The owner said it was The auctioneer collected it and donated 30% of the proceeds to the Queen Mother as a ransom.
And it is said that it was quite effective, with more than 500,000 taels auctioned in one night. In this way, hundreds of thousands taels of it would be donated to the Queen Mother. I was very relieved to hear this.
The three of you coordinate and the whole city will be under martial law today and tomorrow. In order to cooperate with Jie Tianlou's charity and prevent anyone from causing trouble, except for those participating in the fund-raising dinner, others who are not on official business for the past two days should not leave randomly. "
When the three of them heard this, they laughed secretly in their hearts and respectfully accepted the order.
The three of them all understood that the new king did not really care about the safety of Jie Tian Tower, but had just launched a small coup. He was afraid that the suppressed civil servants and nobles would rebound and take the opportunity to cause chaos, so they used the guise. , the capital was placed under martial law for two days. After Hu Hui, Shang Ren, Peng Shi and those nobles left Beijing, supervision would be relaxed.
Seeing that everything had been settled, Zhu Qiyu stretched out comfortably, and then smiled at everyone: "I am going to entertain the military generals tonight to mobilize before the war, so I have to catch up on sleep in advance during the day to refresh myself. .
There will be a Umrah meeting tomorrow morning. You all can come over. I have a series of new appointments to announce. "
After hearing this, everyone left one after another. Zhu Qiyu sent everyone away, took out a quilt, and fell asleep in the West Flower Hall.
At the same time, Shi Heng, Sun Boring and others sent personal soldiers to convey a message to Ye Xian, saying that all battalions of the Ming army would line up to practice formations, and asked the Oara army not to misjudge. Then several generals commanded an army of 100,000 people, and marched out to form an array facing the camp in Wala.
(End of chapter)
