Ming Empire

Chapter 157
On the second day after Cao Yue returned to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to marry Princess Kunxing to Cao Yue with Cao Yue as his son-in-law captain.

After issuing the edict, Emperor Chongzhen also called Cao Yue into the palace alone to speak.

"Cao Yue, I am going to marry the most beloved daughter of me and the empress to you, you have to treat her kindly!" After receiving Cao Yue's gift, Emperor Chongzhen also put forward his request straight to the point, "If I know that she has accepted Wronged, I will never forgive you!"

Cao Yue quickly responded: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I must treat the princess well, don't let her be wronged, and make her happy every day!"

"Sit down!" Cao Yue's attitude still satisfied Emperor Chongzhen, and the threat of slavery was temporarily eliminated. Although some ministers at the court meeting were a little too noisy, but after it passed, he didn't care too much. Seeing Cao Yue, the son-in-law who solved all his troubles for him, he was in a good mood. "I called you here today because I still have some things to talk to you alone!"

Cao Yue sat down opposite the Emperor Chongzhen as he said: "Your Majesty, if you have anything to tell me, I will listen to you!"

"I want to ask you today, what are your plans in the future? Would you like to work in the Beijing camp and train the Beijing camp well!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't make any detours, and directly stated the purpose of summoning Cao Yue today. come out.

Before summoning Cao Yuelai, Emperor Chongzhen had already discussed the matter with Sun Chuanting, and his views on some matters changed slightly.He originally wanted to keep Cao Yue by his side and let Cao Yue go to admiral Jingying.Cao Yue is very capable, Emperor Chongzhen has no doubts about this.If Cao Yue is allowed to work in the Beijing camp, maybe the Beijing camp can be well trained.

The Jingying was an army that Emperor Chongzhen valued very much, and it was also the one he wanted to rely on most.It's just that he is not very clear about the situation in Beijing camp.He wanted Cao Yue to take charge of the affairs of the Beijing camp, so that he would be able to understand the situation of the Beijing camp, and the overall combat effectiveness of the Beijing camp could also be improved.However, Sun Chuanting disagreed with letting Cao Yue go to the Beijing camp. The old man said that letting Cao Yue go to the Beijing camp was a waste of talent.

The intricate relationship between the Beijing camp will make Cao Yue restrained. Even if he offends many people, there is no way to rectify the Beijing camp.Sun Chuanting suggested that the Beijing camp should maintain the status quo, allowing Cao Yue to retrain an army to replace the Beijing camp in the future.

Sun Chuanting told Emperor Chongzhen about the current situation in the Beijing camp, saying that the current Beijing camp is a place where the dignitaries in the court place their cronies and seek benefits. Common, hard to straighten out without spending time.If you really go to rectify, it may not be successful. The person who presides over the rectification will offend all the dignitaries in the court and China, and there will be no way to do things in the future.

Sun Chuanting's suggestion to Emperor Chongzhen is to let Cao Yue go to other places to train an army. After the army is trained, it will be pulled to Beijing and become the new Beijing camp, which will be fully responsible for Beijing's defense. Don't worry about this Jiannu attacked Beijing again.

Sun Chuanting's suggestion, as well as the outstanding performance of the Datong Army trained by Cao Yue in several wars, moved Emperor Chongzhen a little.He doesn't think Sun Chuanting's suggestion is very good, but Sun Chuanting's suggestion is really exciting, because the current Beijing camp's combat effectiveness cannot be better than that of the Datong army, which can be felt when Jiannu attacked the city of Beijing several times.

The combat effectiveness of the Beijing defenders is directly related to the safety of the palace and the emperor. It is impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to ignore this point. Therefore, Sun Chuanting's words touched him, and he called Cao Yue into the palace today for a separate inquiry. something happened.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to serve in the Beijing camp!" Cao Yue already knew that Sun Chuanting had told Emperor Chongzhen about this matter. After the old man left the palace, he went to him directly and explained the situation. He also knew that Emperor Chongzhen was a little bit Being persuaded by Sun Chuanting, he took this opportunity to express his thoughts immediately: "Your Majesty, I want to go to the south to help you use the stability and wealth of the south to train your majesty an army capable of conscripting and fighting. The army also needs a strong army. If the minister can train successfully, this army will surely help His Majesty put down the rogues, eliminate Jiannu, and bring peace to the world."

As Cao Yue said, he expressed some of the reasons and ideas he had thought up in a way he thought Emperor Chongzhen could accept, and finally said: "Your Majesty, I feel that if you want to train an army with outstanding combat power, It must be recruited again. It is impossible for those soldiers in the army to be trained to be fierce soldiers. Qi Jiguang did the same way back then. I know that His Majesty wants to put down the bandits as soon as possible and eliminate the threat of building slaves. , train one or several elite divisions for His Majesty."

After a secret discussion with Sun Chuanting, Emperor Chongzhen thought about this issue very seriously these days. After listening to what Cao Yue said, after thinking for a while, he finally nodded and agreed to Cao Yue's request: "Okay, I promise you Please, let you go to Nanjing and train the new army for me."

Cao Yue never dreamed that Emperor Chongzhen would agree to his request so easily. He was overjoyed and immediately stood up and thanked Emperor Chongzhen: "Thank you for your trust, I must work hard to train soldiers and try to train them in the shortest possible time. Send out an elite army for His Majesty to dispatch. I also implore Your Majesty to appoint ministers to preside over the military affairs of Nanzhili, so that I can do things very conveniently. Now it is still powerful. The number of Ming officials fighting in the war is very small, and training one or several new troops is a top priority."

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree to Cao Yue's request, but he did not reject it bluntly. Instead, he said tactfully: "Cao Yue, if you go to Nanjing, you should first supervise Nanjing's military affairs. Consider other things. I will also appoint some capable people to help you train the new army. I hope you can surprise me again. You also know that the world is in chaos today. If the threat of bandits and slaves is not eliminated, the world will not Tranquility. What I want most now is to put down the bandits and eliminate Jiannu, so don't make me wait too long!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty!" The joy in Cao Yue's heart really cannot be described in words. The matter really developed as Old Man Sun said, and it went so smoothly that he never expected .He also took the opportunity of Emperor Chongzhen to agree to him readily, and made another request: "Your Majesty, I also want to make a request to Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will agree."

"any request?"

"I want to let her go to Nanjing with me after I marry the princess. I am too young, and many people may not be willing to submit to me when I go to Nanjing, but if I have the princess by my side, they may have What's more, I don't want the princess to live in two places after they get married, and let the princess stay alone in the empty room every day, and live an unhappy life!"

"This..." Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect Cao Yue to make such a request, and was stunned for a while.

(End of this chapter)