After finally calming down the emotions of everyone in the Hu family, Zhu Qiyu left some space for them to relax for a while, then turned to Zhang Zhong and asked:
"Mr. British, what do you think?"
In Zhang Zhong's heart, it is now a stormy sea, making great waves. When the emperor asked him this question again, Zhang Zhong felt even more miserable.
Although Zhang Zhong had just been forcibly promoted to the position of Duke of England by Zhu Qiyu, and had rarely participated in politics before, he also knew that the court was a place where one needed to take sides.
Especially after hearing the emperor talk about such a confidential matter with his own ears, if he didn't stand by the emperor's side today, he would basically be living a good life.
Moreover, the emperor compared the Sun family to Huo Guang's family, the Hu family to the Xu family, and himself to Emperor Xiaoxuan. This was too scary.
As soon as Huo Guang died, Emperor Xiaoxuan immediately exterminated the Huo family for treason.
It was winter, and Zhang Zhong was already sweating. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. God knows how far the emperor in front of him wanted to learn from Xiaoxuan. Could he also wipe out the Sun family?
Zhu Qiyu smiled and comforted him: "My Lord, please don't be so nervous. If you don't want to participate in the intrigues in the court, just stay at home and concentrate on eating, drinking and having fun.
I will always remember the feelings of the King of Hejian. At least during my reign, I will protect my wealth and enjoy it inexhaustibly.
But I still advise you, those uncles, cousins, and cousins in your family don’t want you to rise to power. It was I who forcibly suppressed them and allowed you, the eldest son, to inherit the British Dukedom.
If you just enjoy yourself at home, I don't care if you can suppress these people in the British government in the future. When the time comes that you are eaten alive by them, then I will be helpless. After all, I have so many cronies to support, and I can’t just consume resources for you. "
Zhang Zhong heard this and knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, I am really willing to be loyal to you, but my two uncles are determined to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor. I really can't defeat them."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the south is so chaotic. As soon as the war in Beijing is over, I will immediately send your two uncles to lead troops to the south to quell the rebellion."
Zhang Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this and knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Zhu Qiyu then asked: "Don't spread the word about today's matter yet. I will implement it bit by bit. This kind of thing cannot be done in one step, so there is no need to rush."
After talking about the matter, Zhu Qiyu took everyone to have lunch and then dispersed.
When brothers Huan and Hu Xuan arrived, they were sitting in a shabby carriage and parked far away at the entrance of the palace.
When leaving, it was completely different. The Hu family rode a luxurious chariot specially customized by Zhu Qiyu and were escorted by the emperor's personal guards all the way back home.
Before evening, the news had spread all over the capital, from the imperial city to the dignitaries of various families. They were all shocked by the emperor's grand reception for the Hu brothers.
This is a dangerous signal. The nobles, high-ranking civil servants and military generals generally have aides at home. These staff members hired with huge sums of money are not just for a living. Soon, he had a rough guess about the emperor's intentions.
Each family then shared information with each other and exchanged information, and soon they made close guesses.
Although people did not expect that the emperor would completely abolish the throne of Queen Mother Sun, restore Queen Hu as the only queen of Xuanzong, and completely eradicate the Sun family. But the emperor wanted to make a big fuss out of Empress Hu, which became the consensus in the capital.
But Zhu Qiyu doesn't care about this. You can guess whether you want to know or not. As long as I have military power and I can give birth to a legitimate son, it doesn't matter if you don't accept it.
Early the next morning, Zhu Qiyu issued an edict as soon as possible, appointing five Jinyi guards to command Qianshi, namely Huan, Hu Xuan, Wu Zhong, Wu An, and Wu Cheng.
That is, Queen Hu's two brothers, plus Princess Xuan Yi's three brothers. Among them, Huan was in charge of the Fusi of the Jinyiwei South Town, and Wu Zhong was in charge of the Fusi of the Jinyiwei North Town. Wu An and Hu Xuan were in charge of the imperial guards, and Wu Cheng was in charge of the six thousand military craftsmen of the Jinyi Guard.
At this point, Zhu Qiyu finally moved his uncles out. Next, we are waiting for the grand knighthood at the knighthood conference.
After dealing with this, Zhu Qiyu ordered Xu Zheng to write a formal letter of war and sent it to the Wala Central Army Camp.
The war has been going on for so long, but this is the first formal letter of war issued by Ming Dynasty. Zhu Qiyu's purpose was to delay for a few more days so that he could retreat later.
After a few more days, as long as it rains heavily, the explanation will basically be complete.
In fact, if we had been decisive and withdrawn now, nothing would have happened. However, they had to think carefully first, hoping to further confuse the Ming army and then stage a perfect ambush when they retreated.
Zhu Qiyu felt happy. In a few days, he would become Wing King Shida. At this time of year, there is heavy rain, followed by heavy snow, and then a big drop in temperature. At that time, the roads are muddy, horses and livestock are frozen to death, and the army can hardly move.
Moreover, the Wala army still has rations for seven or eight days. If it rains or snows, the rations will not be enough for them to reach Zijingguan.
When the time comes, all we can do is kill the war horses. Thinking about that scene is wonderful.
The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Zhu Qiyu went back to the room, leaned on the bed, and had a sweet dream.
But by the afternoon, the edict issued by Zhu Qiyu had already arrived at the camp of Alazhiyuan. Along with the imperial edict, there was also a set of princely clothes, a royal sword, a thousand taels of silver, and a hundred pieces of brocade.
Alazhiyuan read the imperial edict and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.
Unexpectedly, the emperor really regarded himself as a prince, and even made him responsible for supervising and killing the traitorous generals of the Ming Dynasty.
This errand is a little too respectable.
Not long after, Ala took more than ten generals of the Xuanfu fleeing army to the gate of Xuanfu city.
After the envoy left the Ala military camp, he entered Xuanfu City and handed another imperial edict into Yu Qian's hands.
Yu Qian was also stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered someone to call his core staff Cui Wenxiu.
Cui Wenxiu burst out laughing after reading the edict.
Yu Qian asked curiously: "What are you laughing at? Is it funny?"
Cui Wenxiu said with a smile: "Our new emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really a wonderful man. He beheaded more than a dozen generals who abandoned the city and fled. He also had the Minister of the Ministry of War execute the execution, the powerful officials of Oula oversee the execution, and the civil and military officials of the Xuanfu watched the execution. Interesting, really interesting.
In this way, he could accomplish multiple things with one stone. He could not only intimidate the generals of the Xuanfu, but also win over the powerful people of Wala, and finally persuade Duke Ming. "
Yu Qian asked: "You mean the emperor gave me his final advice? What should he advise me?"
Cui Wenxiu asked in return: "Wenxiu dares to ask, will Ming Gong write a letter asking your Majesty to liquidate San Yang, Yang Hong and his son?"
Yu Qian shook his head.
When Cui Wenxiu heard this, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Please take care, Ming Gong. I don't want the remaining salary. I can't be a staff member anymore."
Yu Qian didn't understand and kept asking him to stay, but Cui Wenxiu had already decided to leave.
In the end, Yu Qian had to ask: "Wenxiu, what are your plans for the future?"
Cui Wenxiu smiled and said: "Thanks to Duke Ming, Wenxiu took the princess's two sisters as concubines. I plan to follow the emperor's example and convert the two concubines into wives.
After that, I studied at home and prepared to take the provincial examination next year. "
Before leaving, Cui Wenxiu sighed and finally advised Yu Qian: "Duke Ming listened to Wenxiu's advice and the emperor is completely fed up with these people named Yang.
After killing those traitorous generals today, the emperor will kill the Yang family generals tomorrow.
The emperor wants you to take the initiative to kill these people. If you don't want to, well, that's all. Please take care of yourself. "
After saying that, Cui Wenxiu left Xuan Mansion, a place of right and wrong, as if fleeing.
As soon as Cui Wenxiu left the city, he happened to bump into Alazhiwon who came to the city. Since Cui Wenxiu had the emperor's token on him, Alazhiyuan did not give him any trouble and directly ordered his own soldiers to escort him away.
Yang Hong dared to openly resist the decree, but Yu Qian did not. Not long after, Yu Qian came out of the city with Shang Fang's sword.
At this time, Alazhiyuan, wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty prince, escorted out more than a dozen captured Xuanfu rebel generals and handed them over to Yu Qian, and then stood aside to watch the execution.
Ala was not stupid. He was standing just outside the range of the Ming army's bows and arrows.
The hand-held crossbow couldn't shoot Ala at all, but the cannon at the top of the Xuanfu city could.
But Ah La cleverly controlled Yang Jun tightly by his side. No matter how crazy Yang Hong was, he could not shoot at his son just to kill Ah La.
When the city walls of Xuan Mansion were crowded with civil and military officials, Ala smiled and made a sign of invitation to Yu Qian, signaling Yu Qian to start the execution quickly.
(End of chapter)
