Xu Zheng was a newcomer and didn't have many ideas. He would write whatever the emperor asked him to do.
Zhu Qiyu was relieved and gave some more details, then patted his butt and left. As for how the formal edict should be written, Zhu Qiyu didn't bother to review it. Anyway, the writing style and brains of people who were Jinshi in their twenties were not much different.
Moreover, Xu Zheng and Huang Jian are Jingtai players who have been tested for a long time and have no suspense. Zhu Qiyu is not worried that they will mess around.
Although the war is still going on, Zhu Qiyu has become more leisurely recently. The most fundamental reason is that more and more talents are gathering around him. Moreover, most of the confidants have the ability to take charge of their own affairs, and they can handle things clearly and properly without any worries if they let things slip.
Except that I couldn't kill the big eunuchs in the palace for the time being, everything else was very comfortable.
Jin Ying and Xing'an were also having a hard time. Nothing was accomplished. They only received a scolding from the emperor and returned to Cining Palace in dejection. Then the Empress Dowager Sun followed up with another scolding.
The more Empress Dowager Sun spoke, the more anxious she became: "How can we let the emperor's family live in the palace? You guys should come up with a way."
Jin Ying rubbed her neck and persuaded: "Empress Dowager, give up, the emperor has already seen through our thoughts. Once they enter the palace, the emperor's family will not be able to prevent poisoning. The emperor himself knows this very well.
Not to mention the palace, even the emperor could clearly see what the people in Prince Xin's Mansion were doing. Nowadays, no one in the old family of Prince Tan has access to the emperor's food and daily life.
The emperor guarded against people in the palace just as he guarded against thieves. But it's not bad. The emperor guards against us eunuchs and maids in the imperial city just like he guards against sworn enemies. "
Empress Dowager Sun asked angrily: "What about the emperor's favored concubines? Can't we start from them, persuade these favored concubines first, and then let them give the emperor a pillow and encourage him to come and live in the palace?"
Jin Ying smiled bitterly and said: "That's what makes the emperor so powerful. His concubines treat the palace like snakes and scorpions, and none of them has expressed any interest in the palace.
Didn't you see that they don't enter the palace at all now? Last time, Concubine Xuanyi came alone. Of the fifteen beloved concubines, none of them accompanied the concubine into the palace.
Look at Princess Qi again. It has been a long time since she entered the palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. Unlike Princess Tao who came to the palace every day or two to pay her respects, Princess Qi had no intention of coming at all based on her intentions. "
Queen Mother Sun asked curiously: "The matter of establishing a queen will eventually require my approval. Princess Qi is so broken, does she really not want to be a queen?"
Jin Ying replied with a bitter face: "Princess Qi has never said that she wants to be a queen. Queen Mother, please don't doubt it anymore. Everyone outside knows that Princess Qi wants to go to Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs of the capital to build her Jiangnan style mansion. Landscape gardens, where there are mountains, rivers, lakes and hot springs.
Now Princess Qi has replaced the land around Yuquan Mountain, and is waiting to start construction immediately after the Oala is defeated.
Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace were nothing more than golden bird cages in Princess Qi's words. She would not go to Kunning Palace even if she begged her to take over. "
Empress Dowager Sun put her hand on her forehead and praised helplessly: "The Emperor and Princess Qi are such a pair of weirdos. I really can't understand them."
Xing'an took over the conversation and continued to report: "To the Queen Mother, according to the Dongchang news report, the eldest princess of Yongjia and Guo Chang visited Prince Qi's mansion yesterday. The new king treated them very politely, and the eldest princess did not return to the mansion until it was getting late. .
It is said that both parties drank a lot of wine, and the eldest princess and Guo Chang drank happily and looked quite happy. "
Empress Dowager Sun shook her head: "This is normal, because the eldest princess of Yongjia already hates me because of the deprivation of the title of the eldest son of the Wuding Marquis Mansion.
Now that the emperor has promised to return the title, it is normal for him to bring the eldest princess to the new emperor's camp.
Anyway, we can't have both the first and second houses in the Wuding Hou Mansion. If the new king has the support of the first house, then the second house can only choose to side with us. "
Hearing this, Xing'an immediately shattered Queen Mother Sun's wishful thinking: "Queen Mother Qi, things don't seem to be like this. Guo Cong, the second roommate of Wudinghou's family, also went to Prince Qi's Mansion today and stayed for lunch.
It is said that after coming out, Guo Cong was also smiling and high-spirited. "
When the Queen Mother Sun heard this, she was greatly puzzled: "Impossible, what kind of ability does the new king have? How can he make the first and second rooms of the Wu family and the Hou family happy at the same time.
Things in this world are really crazy. No wonder the Supreme Emperor insists that we stay away from the edge and wait in wait.
What is the reason? Has your East Factory investigated clearly? "
Xing'an replied: "I still need time to confirm, and we can only start from Wudinghou Mansion. The defense at Prince Qi Mansion is too tight, it is simply airtight, and Dongchang basically can't get even a hint of information."
After hearing what the Empress Dowager Sun said, she became even more angry: "No wonder the emperor doesn't reuse you. The emperor is really right about people. You are all trash. Can't you bribe someone around the emperor? The famous Dong The factory can’t even be bought off by individuals, so let’s disband it quickly so as not to be an eyesore to the emperor.”
Hearing this, Xing'an immediately complained: "The Empress Dowager has wronged this old slave. The emperor has really done an incredible job. No one else would be able to buy people in Prince Qi's Mansion.
In the entire backyard of the palace, there is absolutely no way to bribe eunuchs, because there are no eunuchs at all. There is absolutely no way to bribe a maid, because there are no maids.
There are only fifteen favored concubines in total, but their monthly treatment is twice that of the queen. Moreover, the emperor frequently rewarded people with thousands or ten thousand taels of land, and he could pick and take the treasures in the treasury at will.
If you take one hundred and eighty thousand taels to buy it, no one will even take a look at it. These beloved concubines were all orphans, and they had no family members or brothers to bribe. The emperor's defense was so tight that the old slave was out of options anyway. "
Queen Mother Sun was completely speechless and could only order: "Jin Ying, go and sort out the accounts of the inner treasury and send them to Xinjun for review. From now on, the inner treasury will be handed over to Xinjun. Show weakness first and take a look at Xinjun." How can you take the move?"
While Empress Dowager Sun was feeling confused in the Forbidden City, Zhu Qiyu was lying on the bed, reading the military newspapers leisurely.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned by the decisive decision to eliminate dissidents first. Even the more than a thousand high-ranking officials he sent before who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty but were delivering information to Wala were all sent to the battlefield first and consumed by the Ming army's meat grinder array.
In just two days, more than 5,000 people were gone, and Zhu Qiyu himself felt his heart ached for the soldiers of Wala.
Moreover, the Ming army killed so many people, so they had to pay a lot of rewards. The rule of the imperial court was that for beheading a person, one would be rewarded with ten taels of silver.
The price for Zhu Qiyu's own personal guards is much higher. The starting price is twenty taels per head. The more heads each person beheads, the higher the price per head. And you can also receive a reward from the court at the same time.
They gave away people's heads here first, and the Ming army beheaded them here, which was a tacit understanding of cooperation.
But it’s just a feast for these two days. After delivering the heads today, we’ll stop now. After all, everything happens again and again, not again and again. This routine has been used too much and it should be completely exposed.
Besides, Fei Yexian's direct lineage of Wala soldiers had been almost exhausted, so he was ready to play the old trick he had done in Shanxi before: pretending to retreat, luring the Ming army to pursue them, and then setting up an ambush to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
(End of chapter)
