None of the ministers objected, and all the emperor's personnel transfers were successfully approved.
Now Jinyiwei has been completely taken over by the emperor, and is jointly managed by the Guo family, Wu family, and Hu family. These three families are either the head of the country or the uncle of the country, which is relatively safe.
In the five-city military division, the North and South cities were commanded by the Zhou family, the middle city was commanded by the Wu family, and the East and West cities were commanded by the Guo family.
At this point, the natal families of Queen Mother Sun and Queen Qian were completely kicked out. Only Queen Zhou's house was left, where the emperor's archway was erected to show his friendship.
As a result, both the emperor and his ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
Not only did the emperor want to firmly grasp the military power in the inner city, but the ministers also wanted the emperor's position to be stable and the capital to be peaceful and peaceful. They wanted to stop messing around. Recently, the ministers had been frightened by the turmoil one after another.
After talking about serious things, let’s talk about light things.
Zhu Qiyu issued another very gentle edict: "Nangong was originally the palace built by Emperor Taizong for Xuanzong. I am going to spend 30,000 taels of my own money to renovate the Chongzhi Hall as the residence of the prince; and I will spend another 30,000 taels of silver." Second, renovate the nearby Yuzhi Palace as a residence for Chongqing princesses.
In addition, 30,000 taels were spent on the Ten Prince's Mansion, next to the current Prince Nie's Mansion, to rebuild the Dongwu County Prince's Mansion, and 30,000 taels were spent on rebuilding the Xiwu County Prince's Mansion as a temporary residence for the two princes.
I gave the money, the eunuchs Ruan An and Ruan Xi were responsible for the construction, and the Ministry of Works was responsible for assisting. "
The ministers could also understand that the emperor wanted to show his care for the prince. Although everyone knew very well that if the emperor changed, the prince would definitely change as well.
Since ancient times, no emperor has ever had a son but forced his position to pass to his nephew.
And if the current prince Zhu Jianshen succeeds to the throne, how should these ministers who support Jingtai deal with themselves?
So would the ministers really object to changing the crown prince because of the difference between legitimate concubine and concubine?
Everyone is receiving the salary of the new emperor now. Do they really want to eat the food of Emperor Jingtai and throw the blame on Emperor Jingtai?
As Zhu Qiyu stood up and prepared to go out, he ordered: "I see that the inner court has a lot of birds, finches, and tigers, lions, leopards, etc. They are all rare birds and animals that are paid tribute from various places.
But what benefit does raising such birds and beasts bring to the country and the people? The cabinet issued a decree to emphasize that from now on, no one is allowed to continue to pay tribute, otherwise they will be severely punished. "
The ministers were speechless after hearing this. The emperor's reforms were really aimed at himself. Such an absurd emperor was rare in history.
Regardless of what the ministers thought, Zhu Qiyu got up and went back to the backyard to inform his princess about the results of the coup. Then in the next two days, the emperor, along with his princess and concubine, frequently received the Guo and Wu families, as well as the generals of the Yingzhou Guard, and began to arrange specific matters and completely take over the defense of the inner city of Beijing.
In two days, Wu Wu passed by, and the handover of military power in Beijing was successfully completed. At this point, the chief officers of the Jinyi Guards and the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were all replaced by the emperor's cronies.
Zhu Qiyu finally had a peaceful sleep.
On November 20th, the wind was freezing and the clouds were gathering.
Although he woke up early in the morning, Zhu Qiyu just lay in bed, pressing the little princess's body to do morning exercises.
Unfortunately, just as he was getting excited, Mu Yu hurried in with breakfast.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu joked: "Ah, Chen Yu didn't come, but Mu Yu came first. What are you doing in such a hurry? Be careful to scatter the breakfast. If you burn your concubine's delicate hands, I won't feel sorry for you." "
Mu Yu hurriedly replied: "Husband, something big seems to have happened in the court. A group of ministers have arrived early. When I came out of the kitchen with the food, they were shouting outside."
"Humph, dear God, look at this mess left by Xuande and Zhengtheng. I, the acting emperor, can't even play with a woman safely, and all my fun in the morning has been ruined."
After complaining, Zhu Qiyu took a bowl of meat porridge from Mu Yu's hand, drank it casually, and then dressed neatly and came to the West Flower Hall.
A group of ministers were already milling around in the West Flower Hall.
Zhu Qiyu leaned on the couch calmly, Feng Danyun stretched out his hand gently.
Upon seeing this, Luo Tong quickly handed the military report to the emperor.
Zhu Qiyu opened the military report and saw that the army from the West Route was ambushing in a valley between Datong City and Hunyuan County. The specific battlefield is called Ma Tou Mountain, and there is a temple in the mountain called Longfeng Temple.
Less than five miles further from Longfeng Temple, you can enter the plain, but you were ambushed here. Because they were in the valley, the army could not deploy, and the Ming army's numerical advantage could not be used.
The front troops led by Sun Boring, Xing'an and Yang Shan were unable to compete with the main force of Wala and were severely defeated.
Fortunately, Shi Heng's Chinese army provided strong support, and after a bloody battle, they finally repelled the Oara army. The former armies of Sun Boring, Xing'an and Yang Shan were able to avoid annihilation.
The military report sent by Shi Heng called it the Battle of Longfeng Temple. The Ming army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the Oara army suffered more than 5,000 casualties. The number of injured cannot be counted.
Zhu Qiyu was so angry that he threw the military report on the ground and complained to the public: "What is wrong with this place in Shanxi? How can it be so easy for the army to ambush?
In the Battle of Yanghekou, 40,000 people died in one breath; in the Battle of Yao'erling, Duke Cheng's entire army of 50,000 men was wiped out in less than half a day. Not to mention the Battle of Tumu Fort, hundreds of thousands of people were killed in one fell swoop.
In addition to today's battle of Longfeng Temple with 30,000 people, how did Shi Heng, Sun Boring, Xing'an, and Yang Shan lead their troops to fight?
Zhongfu, Zhongfu, Zhongfu again, Shanxi is considered to be fighting against Zhongfu.
The generals who led the army, the military supervisors, and the military counselors all deserved death. "
Luo Tong replied: "We really don't understand what is going on in these battles in Shanxi. It's just that the top priority right now is to find ways to remedy the situation quickly.
It is absolutely impossible to kill generals in front of the formation. Your Majesty should still let Shi Heng and others perform meritorious service in order to calm the morale of the army. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Ask Shi Heng to lead the remaining troops and camp ten miles south of Datong City. They will be in close contact with Wang Zhi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Liu An, the Datong Commander-in-Chief, and Guo Deng, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief.
I don't expect them to defeat the main force of Wala. Tell them that Ye Xian will most likely lead the main force north to attack Xuanfu.
Let Shi Heng take this opportunity to cooperate with Liu An and Guo Deng to rescue the Supreme Emperor. In this way, the merit can be reduced to the crime. "
After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Qiyu continued: "Fortunately, within three days, the leading troops of the reinforcements we sent should have entered Xuanfu.
The army on the middle route and the army on the east route should have already fought against the army left behind in the grassland in Oala.
As long as the Shanxi side can hold on for two more days, and when the main army has eliminated the remaining army in Wala and returned to garrison in Xuanfu, the victory will be certain. "
Luo Tong asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, what if you lead the army directly back to the grassland from Yanghekou first?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "This depends on the conscience of Liu An and Guo Deng. If they provide enough food and grass to Ye Xian and help Ye Xian return to the army smoothly, then they will only survive here."
(End of chapter)
