When He Yi heard the emperor's inquiry about the war, he immediately became a flatterer and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty has already completed the most important thing.
The most critical factor in defeating Ye Xian is the heavy rain and snowstorm requested by His Majesty.
Your Majesty fasted for seven days and sincerely prayed for rain. God responded with a heavy rain. It can be seen that His Majesty has received orders from heaven and has made the Constitution a reality, which is the sign of a wise king through the ages. "
Zhu Qiyu smiled and nodded, but he was beating a drum in his heart: I am still fasting for seven days. If I really don’t eat meat for such a long time, can my beloved concubines spare me?
Just listen to He Yi continue to say: "Wei Chen thinks that Lian Gang should be responsible for publicizing this matter widely, so that everyone in the capital will know that your Majesty's prayer for rain is successful, and the army will be hit hard by Tianxiang."
Zhu Qiyu asked: "It's just raining lightly now, how dare we brag like this?"
"Well, just because it is raining lightly now, we will publicize that heavy rain and snow will fall from the sky for several days. Only successful predictions can touch people's hearts, and hindsight will only make people laugh."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Yeah, there will be heavy rain and snow that will last for more than ten days. Let's promote it like this. You go and tell Lian Gang to promote it boldly. If something goes wrong, I will take the blame."
Huang Pu also said: "Your Majesty, we are about to start withdrawing our troops. We have to stimulate him and let him stay for two more days."
"How to stimulate him? Add the five or six thousand heads recently beheaded to the previous Jingguan?"
"It's okay, but what I want to say is that we can make some adjustments in the tribute share. In the future, Tuotuo Buhua will be allowed to send a mission of 500 people to Beijing to pay tribute every year.
However, Yexian, Alazhiyuan, and Boyan Timur could each only send a mission of 300 people to Beijing to pay tribute every year.
We divided the tribute rights that were previously monopolized by Ye Xian into four parts, and only gave Ye Xian a smaller tribute right.
In addition, it is strictly forbidden to obtain ordnance from the Ming Dynasty first, especially armor, arrows, and firearms.
In this way, as long as His Majesty is deliberately partial, it won't be long before the strength of the other three Mongolian nobles will catch up with them. And Ye Xian will definitely not be able to stand His Majesty's actions, and will definitely continue to stay under the walls of Beijing to show off force in protest. "
"Okay, okay, Chengji, you are responsible for taking care of it. Our poor Ye Xian Taishi, as long as he has one or two decent counselors, he will not be played like this by us.
Calculating the time, are the Supreme Emperor and Boyan Timur almost arriving at Bauhinia Pass? Are our troops in place? "
Huang Pu replied: "It should be time. Your Majesty's edict has already been sent to Zijin Pass. The 20,000 elite soldiers of Daning Dusi guarding the pass will hide their strength and pretend to be 3,000 to 5,000 people, allowing the Wala army to lead the Supreme Emperor. Exit."
After hearing this, Zhu Qiyu finally felt relieved, and smiled at the two of them: "We finally have an elite army of 30,000 to 50,000 people.
When the war in Beijing is over, I will take advantage of the chaos of the war to transfer 50,000 troops from the army currently in the capital to Shaanxi, and replace 30,000 elite Shaanxi frontier troops with those in the capital.
With these 30,000 elite border troops in hand, coupled with his unparalleled achievements in defending Beijing, the throne was finally initially secure.
The next step is to clean up Shanxi's officialdom and use the stolen money to extend favors and win people's hearts. "
At this time, Huang Pu and He Yi did not flatter each other, but sincerely praised: "Your Majesty has only been on the throne for three short months, and the situation has already improved a lot. If it takes another three to five years, he will really be able to secure the throne. It’s a great situation.”
The three monarchs and ministers were praising each other hard, and Lin Xiangyu walked in with several beloved concubines and a dozen beautiful and beautiful young women, carrying food.
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "Where do these little girls come from?"
Lin Xiangyu sat next to Zhu Qiyu and said to He Yi and Huang Pu with a smile: "Your Majesty confiscated the property of Wang Zhen and a group of eunuchs, including more than a dozen brothels.
I have now transferred all these properties, leaving only a dozen homeless girls aged 12 or 13.
Although I built a Goddess Pavilion to accommodate sisters who have nowhere to go. But these dozen little girls in front of me are naturally beautiful and young. It is a pity to be trapped in the Goddess Pavilion like this.
So if you don't mind it, just pick it up. Whether you take her back as a concubine or a slave, it's up to you, as long as you don't abuse them. "
When the two heard this, they both looked at the emperor.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hands and said with a smile: "It is enough for me to have these fifteen beloved concubines. I am also interested in these little girls. You can just pick them as you like.
Don't worry, the five girls I sent to Yu Qian's family were sent to monitor them. These little girls in front of you are given to you sincerely by the princess who has no place to place them.
You are the first ministers who followed me, and my feelings for you are different from those for ordinary ministers. The princess and I are not so bored, we even sent people to monitor you. "
He Yi was relatively quiet and young, so when the emperor gave him the choice, he took it upon himself. Huang Pu was already in his thirties, so he felt a little embarrassed.
Zhu Qiyu, Lin Xiangyu, He Yi, and several other favored concubines helped as advisers, and finally selected four girls for Huang Pu.
In this way, the two of them selected a total of eight girls. Lin Xiangyu breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the pressure was greatly reduced. The remaining ones were divided among Li Xuan, Liu Chang and Lian Gang, and it was considered as a joint effort.
The chosen girl immediately took on the responsibility of pouring wine and serving dishes for her new master. The scene was finally harmonious. Zhu Qiyu was no longer alone surrounded by his beloved concubines, while He Yi and Huang Pu sat down and stared dumbly. Sure enough, the joy of being alone is not as good as the joy of everyone.
Two flowers bloom, one on each side. But it was said that Boyan Timur and the Supreme Emperor marched all the way and quickly arrived at the Bauhinia Pass.
What Ling Boyan Timur didn't expect was that there was an army at Zijin Pass, and there were quite a lot of them. A rough calculation showed that there were three to five thousand people.
Moreover, the defense system seems to be much stronger than when the Wala army broke through the barrier before.
Boyan Timur made a rough estimate and concluded that the attack would definitely not be possible within ten or eight days.
There is no other way, so let the Supreme Emperor call the door.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the Emperor's chariot arrived at the door, Zhi Gu Cong, the commander of Daning Dusi, came out to greet him.
As soon as Gu Cong reported his official title and name, Boyan Timur felt something was wrong. It was quite abnormal for a high-ranking general from the second rank to appear in Zijingguan.
Moreover, Gu Cong may not be the highest military attaché here, otherwise it would be unlikely that he would have rashly come to the Wala military camp.
Zhu Qizhen also saw this and asked Gu Cong: "Who is in charge of military affairs in Guan Guan?"
Gu Cong quickly replied: "It's Zhao Xuan, the commander-in-chief of Daning Dusi."
Zhu Qizhen replied with enlightenment: "Oh, even the second-grade generals have come out. Your Daning Dusi has always been unpopular with the court. It seems that you are now completely loyal to the new king and have made other plans. A way out?"
(End of chapter)
