The two parties took some time to negotiate some specific details and then relaxed completely.
After settling their worries, the family happily had lunch. Zhu Qiyu made an exception again and drank happily with his young father-in-law.
It wasn't until it was getting late that the guests and hosts had a good time, broke up the banquet, and went home.
Zhu Qiyu drank so much that his legs trembled when he walked, but he still insisted on sending the eldest princess and her party out. He also sent three hundred personal guards all the way to send the eldest princess into the gate of Wuding Hou Mansion before returning.
The concubine gave a few instructions and asked the princesses to take good care of their sons, and then went back to Beifu to rest.
Zhu Qiyu was still standing in the main courtyard, blowing the cold wind to sober up, while pulling Lin Xiangyu and smiling: "Today you have gained the status of the noble daughter, and I have obtained the political exchange of tacit permission from the Supreme Emperor to clean up the court.
It was really rewarding, and now it’s time to move on to the next step. "
Lin Xiangyu smiled and asked, "What's the next step? Please let me know."
"The next step is to pave the way for Jingtai's grand ceremony. You go send out invitations now and invite three uncles and two aunts to come to the house tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow, two of Queen Hu's brothers were invited to the house for dinner.
I first appeased my uncles, promised them their titles, and placed them all in the royal guards, and then I met with Queen Hu's two brothers.
To clear up Queen Hu's name, we must first start by treating her two brothers well. "
"I understand, husband, please go back to your room first, and I will arrange for someone to deliver the invitation."
So just as the two of them were about to leave the main courtyard and go their separate ways, Liu Chang ran in from behind and didn't stop until he was in front of the two of them.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Anguo, calm down. You are about to become an earl. Why are you so busy?"
Liu Chang had no choice but to stand still and try to catch his breath before replying: "Your Majesty, what a great victory. We killed more than 3,000 people in one battle."
"Oh, I know, it's nothing, it's normal."
Zhu Qiyu was very calm and killed another 3,000 people, still missing 17,000. Anyway, all he wanted was to kill 40,000 people in total, and then win back the money his princess bet at the Sun Family Casino.
Liu Chang retorted with a confused look on his face: "No, no, no, this is not normal. I really don't understand. Why do those Ora cavalry still do this when they know that our formation has multiple defenses and is unbreakable?" They launched the charge without fear of death, are they really eager to avenge their comrades who were built into the capital?"
Zhu Qiyu was extremely patient and explained in detail:
"You must remember that military affairs are an extension of politics. When fighting a war, the first thing to do is to fight in the temple. If you are defeated in the temple, how can you win on the battlefield?
Take today's battle as an example. Ye Xian just wants these people to die because they are not Ye Xian's direct descendants.
Their death can give an explanation to the Wala soldiers who are eager to take revenge on the Ming army: Anyway, everyone fights and fights hard. It's not that the grand master doesn't want to fight, but that he really can't fight. In this way, the Wala soldiers can't either It's so weird that it got to my head first.
The generals who directly led these dead Oara soldiers were also willing to see such a result. "
Liu Chang didn't understand even more: "Why are these generals willing to watch their direct soldiers die?"
"Because these people are elite soldiers selected from Alazhiyuan. Among them, the leading general is still loyal to Alazhiyuan, but some of his soldiers have already turned to Alazhiyuan.
Therefore, these generals also hope to consume the soldiers on both sides of the head and the rat. The death of these soldiers in vain can also stimulate the dissatisfaction of those soldiers who are still loyal to Ara towards Yexian. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
This is politics. You only focus on the fighting on the battlefield, but the leaders in power are playing games with each other, using the soldiers at the bottom as pawns, and they are exchanging and reorganizing their interests. "
When Liu Chang heard this, he was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat. No wonder a troop of tens of thousands of soldiers would charge at the Ming army's impregnable formation for no apparent reason today. It turned out that there was an inside story. These ten thousand warriors were actually forced to be used as cannon fodder.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and patted Liu Chang on the shoulder: "An Guo, don't be afraid. You are mine, and I will protect you from wind and rain. No matter when, I will never sacrifice my own bodyguards."
When Liu Chang heard this, he nodded vigorously. The credibility of Xinjun's words was still very high.
After comforting Liu Chang, Zhu Qiyu finally went back to his room and slept peacefully.
Less than an hour later, the news that the Ming army had won again spread throughout the capital.
Zhu Qiyu slept soundly, but the entire capital completely lost its calm.
The first to get the news were the well-informed nobles. Hearing that the Ming army had won another victory, even Guo Changdu became frightened and couldn't help praising the eldest princess: "Grandma still has the foresight. Fortunately, we went in a hurry today. Based on the current combat efficiency of the Ming army, if it happens again, A few days later, we will be repulsed first, and the emperor may not care about us."
The eldest princess also shook her head helplessly: "I can't blame you entirely. The contrast between the combat capability shown by the Ming army in the capital and the battlefield in Shanxi is too great. It's understandable that you can't change your thinking.
We are pretty good, and most of our nobles must be at home patting their foreheads and repenting. As the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier, most of the nobles did not seize the opportunity. Once the new emperor completely won the battle to defend Beijing, these old nobles would be kicked away.
My grandson, you must keep in mind that all nobles in the Ming Dynasty must rely on the imperial power to survive. This is the fundamental way for nobles to live.
Once any noble family is rejected by the emperor, they are completely doomed. Just like us, we offended Emperor Taizong during the Jingnan period and struggled for almost fifty years, but we have only turned around now. This is already considered very lucky. For example, among the six founding Dukes, Li Shanchang, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, and Deng Yu simply disappeared.
The Li Wenzhong family went crazy because the current new king was short of manpower, so they dug holes in the mountains to find the descendants of the Li family, otherwise his family would also disappear. "
Guo Chang said with a smile: "Thank God, our family finally got over it. My grandson drank too much, so I have to go and rest."
The eldest princess smiled and ordered Guo Chang and his wife to go back to their room.
Some of them were happy and some were sad. Some nobles, including Duke Yingying, Duke Chengguo, Marquis Gongshun, Marquis Cheng'an, and Uncle Pingcheng, felt extremely depressed. Now the emperor has completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and by transferring Wang Zhi, Yu Qian and other important officials, the prestige brought by the military victory has been almost exclusively obtained by the emperor.
The most important thing is that today the Supreme Emperor showed up to call for help. Now, the prestige of the new monarch and the Supreme Emperor has completely gone up and down, making the nobles even less confident.
At the same time, all the heavyweight nobles who were pro-Emperor have been transferred out of the capital, and the remaining Marquis of Fengcheng, Li Xian, simply cannot afford to take on the important role. And although the British Duke's government, which was still relatively intact, generally favored the Supreme Emperor, the British Duke Zhang Zhong himself was personally supported by Zhu Qiyu. He shrank back and was very unwilling to come forward to oppose the new emperor.
So these nobles were stuck in the middle, unable to reach each other.
But she said that Queen Mother Sun had just had dinner with Queen Qian and Concubine Wan Chen, and Jin Ying, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, came in anxiously.
Queen Mother Sun frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jin Ying replied: "To the Queen Mother, this is a letter from the Emperor who came from outside the city."
Queen Mother Sun became more energetic upon hearing this and quickly took it over to take a closer look.
(End of chapter)
