Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 164 Yang Hong seeks a new way out

Seeing that Yang Hong was still stubborn, Yu Qian had no choice but to tell the truth: "The emperor has already discussed with your eldest son Yang Jie. As long as you and Yang Jun cut themselves off, the emperor can make Yang Jie Ying Yangbo and let your family The title continues to be passed on.

Brother Zong Dao listen to my advice, the emperor is determined to kill him, and it is impossible to stop no matter what.

Instead of irritating the emperor so needlessly, it is better to leave a way for his son to survive.And if you choose to be decent, the emperor can reduce your crime of treason to delaying military aircraft, abandoning land and losing land, and it's over if you lose a family property. At least Yang Jie can live well. "

Yang Hong didn't want to commit suicide, so he retorted loudly: "I didn't commit treason, how could the emperor be charged with crimes?"

Yu Qian couldn't bear to listen to these words: "You didn't rebel, what about the head? Show me the head. The imperial court appointed you as the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, commanding [-] elite soldiers to guard the border towns.

As a result, no matter whether it is the Supreme Emperor or the new emperor, they ordered you not to move.For three whole months, you didn’t chop off a single head, but instead supported your own soldiers and regarded the king’s orders as nothing. The Jiedu envoys of the Tang Dynasty were not as straightforward as you. This is not called treason, so why is it called rebellion? "

Yang Hong wanted to say more, but Yu Qian interrupted with a wave of his hand: "I am the governor of Shanxi now, and I can mobilize all the soldiers and horses in Shanxi. Before coming here, the emperor also gave Shang Fangjian, and the pardon expressly stipulates that if the war requires, even the general Soldiers can be killed on the spot.

If Brother Zong Dao goes on like this forever, and would rather die than fight, then I can only do business, and then don't blame me for not remembering the past. "

Yang Hong heard the words and had no choice but to ask: "Then we fight now, is there still time?"

Yu Qian shook his head: "I don't know, now the whole of Gyeonggi and Shanxi are held in the hands of the new king, and they are playing around. In fact, the whole war has been planned, but only the emperor himself and a few confidantes know what to do next." What's going to happen down there?"

Seeing that he couldn't ask any questions, Yang Hong had to retreat angrily, and went back to find another way.

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In the morning of the next day, Zhu Qiyu finally got up, fearing that there would be another accident, hurriedly had dinner, and quickly hid in the West Flower Hall.

Now the outside of the mansion is not safe, and the backyard is not comfortable, so there is still a little room in the front yard.Zhu Qiyu entered the West Flower Hall, reclined on the soft couch, and then looked around, seeing that there were only Bai Gui, Xiang Zhong, Ye Sheng, and Yao Xian, so he had to call Ye Sheng over for a chat.

If Zhu Qiyu is really helpless and bored now, he doesn't have a close friend who can talk about confidential matters: He Yi and Huang Pu were sent out of the city to serve as military counselors, and Lian Gang is busy writing articles every day to promote the glorious deeds of the Supreme Emperor.

The other trusted generals, Xungui, were also in the barracks, and even the confidant eunuchs were sent out of the city.

Looking at Ye Sheng in front of him again, his professional level is definitely enough, but even if he refuses to be loyal to the new emperor and misses his Supreme Emperor every day, it is really helpless.

But Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to drag Ye Sheng to make do with chatting to pass the time.

As soon as Ye Sheng sat down on the couch, he heard the new king ask: "Yuzhong, how many marquises did the Supreme Emperor confer during his reign?"

Ye Sheng replied: "Your Majesty, during the Zhengtong period, the Supreme Emperor only conferred one Marquis, that is Jiang Gui, Marquis of Dingxi.

In addition, Renzong granted one marquis, and Xuanzong granted two marquises.After Taizu and Taizong, the following three generations of kings were very cautious about granting marquises, and would not easily give them marquises. "

"Then what if after the end of the battle to defend the capital, I want to honor the heroes?"

When Ye Sheng heard that this was not good, he boldly asked: "May I ask how many people your Majesty wants to seal?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "There are two dukes, and at least five or six marquises. As for earls, it depends on the merits of the generals. I don't know how many there are."

After hearing this, Ye Sheng took a deep breath. The Supreme Emperor had been in power for 14 years, and he had only been granted a marquis, not a duke.The first year of Jingtai has not yet begun, and the new king will confer so many high-ranking titles. Isn't this going to create a new noble group?

Because Ye Sheng is by the emperor's side every day, he can clearly feel that the speed of the new king's grasping power is getting faster and faster: from the very beginning, he went to mourning every day, and there was no honor at all, and now he has started to form a group of heroes , In just two months, it's a world of difference.

Among them, the most hateful is Xing'an Hou Xu Heng. It was from the time when this famous general guarding Shaanxi fully supported the new king, the momentum of the new king became unstoppable.

Seeing that Ye Sheng was in shock, Zhu Qiyu didn't answer, so he continued to ask: "Didn't the Marquis of Dingxi, Jiang Gui, just passed away this year? Who is the ruler of their family now? Why haven't I seen anyone?"

Ye Sheng calmed down before replying: "Your Majesty, no one from Dingxihou's family has taken over the title. Jiang Yi, the son of Dingxihou, is inconvenient to take over the title because of his illness, so his family is still struggling, and some people tend to Let Jiang Yi's son, Jiang Wan, take over the title on his father's behalf."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily. The four commanders of the Ming Dynasty who had commanded an army of [-] troops: Zhang Fu, Duke of England, Jiang Gui, Marquis of Dingxi, Wang Ji, Bo of Jingyuan, and Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang.Two of them died this year, and the remaining two are die-hard diehards of the Supreme Emperor. It is really difficult for me to be the acting emperor.

After staying for a long while, Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to order: "When the Jiang family's memorabilia comes up, show it to me as soon as possible. Besides, is there any other family whose title has not yet been settled?"

When Ye Sheng heard the words, he refused to answer the question openly and aboveboard.

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a while before he understood, and didn't dare to continue pestering, so he quickly changed the subject.

The two chatted for a while, and then the guards came to report, and the ministers asked to see, Zhu Qiyu hurriedly ordered to come in.

Since Wang Zhi and Yu Qian were sent to Shanxi, Zhu Qiyu felt much less pressure.

Now the two ministers of the official department and the left servant of the official department are not in the capital. Zhao Xin, the right servant of the official department, is very old. Regardless of who he is, he has no energy to fight against the new king.

The situation is the same in the Ministry of War, the two Ministers of the Ministry of War and the left servant of the Ministry of War are both leading troops outside, and Jiang Yuan, the right servant of the Ministry of War, is in charge.Jiang Yuan was promoted by Zhu Qiyu himself, and he was young. It was the time when he was most addicted to being an official, so he would not be free to fight against the new king and destroy his future.

Although Jiang Yuan was only three years younger than Yu Qian, he was only in his thirties and had less seniority, especially since he had never worked in the military department before, so he was not as interested in the military power of the Beijing camp as Yu Qian was.

Looking at Zhao Xin, looking at Jiang Yuan, and looking at his cronies Chen Xun and Wang Wen, Zhu Qiyu felt that his wishes were too much. Now that he has issued an edict, as long as it is not too outrageous and not too ridiculous, he can basically pass it.

This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As a dynasty second only to my Qing Dynasty in the degree of centralization, the emperor should be able to make a decision with one word.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked Zhao Xin: "Jiang Aiqing, what I said a while ago is to recruit strong men in the capital, and to fight at night with Ye Ye first. How are you doing by offering a bounty for the heads that Wala will not accept at night?"

(End of this chapter)