It was a coincidence that Zhu Qiyu mentioned Ye first, and Yu Shiyue replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, I would like to send out the special envoy Naha first. He just arrived yesterday. This time he lost his previous arrogance and handed it over respectfully. I also personally wrote a letter first, hoping to resume paying tribute and stop fighting and make peace."
"wishful thinking!"
Regarding Ye Xian, Zhu Qiyu gave a four-word evaluation, which caused everyone to laugh happily.
In the past twenty years, he has received all the love from Xuanzong, Sanyang, Zhengtong, and Wang Zhen, and has been praised to a height that does not belong to him.
Now that the six major backers are gone, Zhongxing Mingzhu has come to power, and he has finally returned to the life that should belong to him, which is really satisfying.
Zhu Qiyu continued to ask: "Does the Supreme Emperor have a letter?"
Yu Shiyue took out two letters and handed them over: "Your Majesty, these two letters are both handwritten by the Supreme Emperor. One is written to Your Majesty, and the other is written to the Queen Mother. Please read it."
This was another small pit, but Zhu Qiyu chose not to jump, and even waved his hand very firmly: "Forward the letter written by the Supreme Emperor to the Empress Dowager directly to the Chief of Ceremonies, and ask the Chief of Ceremonies to send it to Yinghua Hall.
Open this letter that the Supreme Emperor gave me and read it for everyone to listen to. "
Yu Shiyue had no choice but to open the letter and read it aloud.
This letter was written with great affection. Zhu Qizhen first deeply reflected on his mistakes, then described the hardships outside the Great Wall in detail, and finally almost begged, urging the court to go and greet him.
For the first time, Zhu Qizhen wrote in his own hand: If he could return to the capital, he would like to be an ordinary citizen of the Ming Dynasty. He only asked the emperor and his officials to greet him early.
Zhu Qiyu listened to Yu Shiyue's recitation and remained silent.
Everyone present looked at each other in confusion: As you can imagine, it is really difficult outside the Great Wall. In that place where birds don't poop, you have to be displaced and run around. It's painful just thinking about it.
Everyone was waiting for the emperor to express his opinion, but Zhu Qiyu didn't want to speak either.
The monarch and his ministers were in a stalemate over a cup of tea without any embarrassment. Yu Shiyue couldn't hold himself any longer and asked first, "May I ask, Your Majesty, how should I reply to the letter?"
Zhu Qiyu replied sincerely: "Just tell the Emperor in your reply that when the weather gets warmer and the grass grows outside the Great Wall, the imperial court will reorganize Xiaoqi Camp, Shenji Camp, and Yingzhou Guard into a hundred thousand troops and go to We must retrieve the Supreme Emperor from outside the Great Wall and destroy him completely along the way."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. The emperor's reply was very appropriate and showed a positive attitude towards welcoming the emperor back. After Zhu Qizhen received the letter, he would definitely reply and refuse the imperial court to send troops.
This came and went, and half a year passed.
All the people present understood that the Emperor would never dare to let the Emperor's personal troops pick him up. What he wanted was for the Emperor to send Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao, Anyuan Marquis Liu Pu, and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji as promised. Go pick it up.
The news Zhu Qizhen received in Wala was lagging behind. At this time, he did not know about the recent fierce struggle between the Emperor's faction and the Emperor's faction.
Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Have the envoys sent before arrived at Wala? The weather is still very cold, and it is too bitter outside the Great Wall. The most important thing is to quickly send the clothes, charcoal fire, maids and concubines to the Supreme Emperor."
Yu Shiyue replied: "It has been a month since the mission set out. If we know where we are stationed first, we estimate that it will arrive in a few days."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "How is the war in the south?"
Luo Tong heard the words and replied: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Ningyang reported that the civil uprising in the southeast has been calmed down, and I request you to take over immediately. The Miao rebellion in the southwest is still in a stalemate stage for the time being. The Miao people are powerful and have swept across Huguang and Guizhou. There are two to three hundred thousand people, and Jing Yuanbo wrote to urge for food and wages. I am afraid that it will be difficult to pacify them in less than half a year.
In addition, Jing Yuanbo also asked in the memorial about His Majesty's attitude towards the Miao rebellion and how far he hoped to fight the war. "
When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he leaned back on the soft couch, put his hand on his forehead, and lamented again and again.
This is really nothing to worry about.
These ministers are still digging holes for the emperor.
Especially Wang Ji's question, which is equivalent to directly asking Zhu Qiyu to answer it himself, whether he should attack aggressively, suppress cruelly, or use both suppression and appeasement, and treat the symptoms.
How should Zhu Qiyu answer this? It cannot be said that I personally gave the order and you should forget about the massacre.
The tyrant's hat cannot be taken off from his head.
But it's obvious that Wang Ji doesn't want to have the reputation of being cruel and easy to kill.
The paradox of the problem is that without heavy action, this seedling will not be completely eradicated for fifty years.
Ordinary encirclement and suppression can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Although it can be temporarily calmed down, once the army leaves, the Miao chaos will start again in three or two years.
In desperation, Zhu Qiyu asked the ministers present one by one, but the replies he received were all respectful to His Majesty the Emperor's Sacred Heart.
In the end, Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to wave his hand: "Let's dismiss the court. I'm tired of it. I want to rest for a few days. On the twenty-eighth of the first lunar month, a court meeting will be held to discuss the reform of the military system."
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu stood up and went home in a hurry.
When the ministers saw this, they all dispersed.
Zhu Qiyu returned home and carefully studied the military reform plan.
This reform of the military system is no joke. Zhu Qiyu plans to re-divide the jurisdiction of the Five Military Governor's Office, cancel the direct personal guards in Beijing, reduce the mausoleum guards, reorganize the Beijing camp, and merge the Royal Horse Supervisor and Daning Dusi. .
At that time, it will inevitably cause an uproar and severely offend a group of people, especially the old nobles and the generals who are close to the emperor. As a result, the two sides are conflicting and irreconcilable.
For Zhu Qiyu, it is not enough if he does not do this.
Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In the battle of Tumubao, the old Beijing army was basically defeated. The nobles and generals who could stand up to the challenge were either defeated or went to the south.
At this time, the impact of reform can be minimized and the resistance is relatively minimal.
When the number of Beijing troops recovers, it will be difficult to reform.
…
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
While Zhu Qiyu was soaking in the hot springs every day, enjoying himself leisurely and thinking about the reform of the military system, Yu Qian also led an army of 100,000 people and rushed to Wang Ji's camp.
Zhu Qiyu was speechless to Wang Ji, and Wang Ji was also speechless to Zhu Qiyu, the ridiculous emperor.
Wang Ji originally had an army of 150,000 in his hands, but now that it was better, the emperor mobilized another 100,000 in one go. What kind of fuss is this?
To quell the Miao chaos, do we really need to use 250,000 troops?
Moreover, Wang Ji was also the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and had Zhu Qiyu's special authorization to recruit troops within the five provinces as appropriate.
In other words, if Wang Ji is willing, he can even increase the total number of troops under his command to more than 300,000.
Wang Ji himself was confused: Does the emperor need to trust me so much? What I have in my hands now can truly be called the main force of the Ming army.
Zhu Qiyu himself didn't care. Until Chongzhen hanged himself, no military general in the entire Ming Dynasty rebelled. None of the generals rebelled, let alone the civil servants.
The feudal dynasty spread to the Ming Dynasty, and the centralization of monarchical power reached its peak. The civil servants and generals rebelled just to play with the heads of the nine tribes.
So even though Wang Ji had more than 200,000 troops in his hands, Zhu Qiyu didn't care.
Yu Qian led Shi Heng, Liu Yongcheng, Jin Ying, Xing'an, Chen Xiang, Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong and others into Wang Ji's Chinese army tent.
After everyone exchanged pleasantries, Bai Gui was the first to stand up and presented the emperor's secret decree to Wang Ji.
(End of chapter)
