Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 471
"Khan, only more than 5000 catties of copper, more than 1000 pieces of silver and copper ritual vessels, and more than 3000 pieces of porcelain were obtained."

When the search time of two quarters of an hour passed, Lin Danhan got a "captured" amount that made him a little embarrassed.

The price of various silver and copper ritual vessels is only 5000 taels of silver, and the more expensive ones are the more than 3000 pieces of porcelain, but no matter how you calculate it, it is only [-] taels of silver at most.

These things can only be worth so much money in the territory of Daming. If you get Moxi and Moxi's Wala in exchange for supplies, they will be worth at most 5000 taels of silver, which is not bad.

Thinking of this, Lin Danhan felt a toothache, and looked at the tall Dading Palace unwillingly.

"withdraw!"

Knowing that the various ministries of the Ming army would soon increase their numbers, Lin Danhan could only retreat with what he could take away after leaving more than 100 corpses behind.

"The dog tartar is coming again!"

"Come again, Beilu!"

"Go home and eat your mother's milk!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Seeing Lin Danhan's dejected retreat, the soldiers of the Miyun Camp at the top of the city burst into laughter, and Jin Qi also ordered someone to count the casualties.

Fortunately, except for a dozen soldiers who were wounded by arrows, the rest of the Miyun Camp army was not injured. This also shows the difference in equipment between the Mongols and the Ming army.

If it wasn't for protecting the emperor, Jin Qi would have liked to lead his troops out of the city and behead thousands of captives.

It's a pity that the matter is over. Since Lin Danhan has retreated, it means that he has no reinforcements, and the Ming army's reinforcements are about to arrive on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Jin Qi immediately went to the inner court, and saw Zhu Youxiao and others who had been waiting for a long time in the summer palace, and also saw Zhu Ciran who was awake.

Zhu Ciran's condition was not good, he kept yawning, as if he didn't get enough sleep.

Glancing at his brother's apprentice, Jin Qi bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said:

"It's all thanks to Wansui's good guidance. The minister has repelled Lin Danhan. Dading Palace is worry-free, but..."

Jin Qi went on to talk about Lin Danhan's looting and burning of the pavilions and pavilions around Dading Palace, but according to Zhu Youxiao, some pavilions and pavilions cost a little money at most, and his situation can be regarded as turning the corner .

Heaving a sigh of relief, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Big Companion, transfer 3 taels of silver from internal funds to reward Miyunying, Yiluanwei, General Dahan, and the soldiers and horses of the Jing army who participated in this battle."

"Slave and servant lead the order." Wei Zhongxian also breathed a sigh of relief, this time he didn't feel distressed by searching, but felt that it was worth it.

If he dies here, all the money from the family's looting will be in vain.

Therefore, it was rare for Wei Zhongxian to flatter Zhu Youxiao generously: "Long live, Jin Qi and Wei Liangqing..."

His meaning is obvious, and Zhu Youxiao also understands, that is to promote these two people.

"Promote Jin Qi to be the commander-in-chief, and Wei Liangqing to be the commander of the three guards of the imperial city."

"Chen, thank you Long Live Long En..."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, Jin Qi and Wei Liangqing knelt down to express their gratitude, among which Wei Liangqing was the happiest.

Without doing anything, he picked up the official position of the commander of the three guards of the imperial city, which sounds like the management of the three guards of the imperial city, which means that the head of the imperial city will be what he says in the future.

As for Jin Qi, although he was happy because he was promoted and made a fortune, he still persuaded Zhu Youxiao with the mentality of focusing on business:

"Long live, now that Lin Dan's sweat has receded, as long as you release Tang Qi and make sure he goes far away, I will be able to escort you to the south and return to Beijing."

"Well...let's talk about it." Zhu Youxiao was still worried about going back to the capital. After all this incident happened, he would not go back until the situation in the capital became clear.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao also felt that he was a little sleepy, and there was no danger, so he waved his hand and said:

"Okay, you all step back, I'm tired, I want to have a good rest."

"I will leave..." Hearing this, Jin Qi and the others had no choice but to retreat, and Zhu Ciran also said "I will leave" when he saw this, and then left the Summer Palace.

Everyone was very tired, Zhu Ciran, Wei Zhongxian and Wei Liangqing returned to their own palace to rest after they left the palace, but Jin Qi, in line with his duties, persisted for half an hour until Tang Qi returned to report to Lin Danhan to go After the path was ten miles away from Dading Palace, he returned to his residence to rest.

The matter of Dading Palace is over, but the soldiers and horses of various ministries are still on their way.

Starting from never time (13:[-]), Gongwei battalions arrived at Dading Palace one after another, and Feixiongwei also arrived at Weishi [-]:[-].

When the generals of the battalions and the commander of the Feixiongwei Wang Zhao saw the bloodstains outside the Dading Palace, they couldn't help but feel tense, but when they heard that no one died in battle and that the northern captives did not attack the city wall, they immediately sent off. Take a breath.

Just looking at the burned pavilions outside Dading Palace, they knew that they would not escape punishment, so they couldn't help worrying.

This kind of worry lasted until dark, and it was not until Zhu Youxiao woke up that he sent someone to send a message that the generals of the battalions said that they had made meritorious service to the king and could be exonerated from this crime.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say what to do with the remaining twelve arch guard battalions who didn't have time to King Qin.

Nearly [-] soldiers and horses surrounded Dading Palace at the foot of Dading Palace Mountain. Zhu Youxiao can be said to be extremely safe, but he still has no intention of returning to the capital, even if Wang Zhao brought Zhang Yan and the emperor's heir and concubine unharmed. According to the news, he has no intention of going back.

His attitude and the news that Lin Dan Khan led the troops to retreat spread to the capital overnight. Zhang Yan was relieved when she learned about it, and sent Yuan Xipin back home politely.

As for the cabinet, the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other officials, they knew in their hearts that no matter whether the emperor was in danger or not, if this happened, the investigation should still be investigated, and the crime should still be judged.

However, neither Zhu Youxiao nor Zhu Youjian came back, and it was difficult to make a decision on the cabinet for a while. Therefore, after the cabinet discussed, they chose to go to Dading with Gu Bingqian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yuan Keli, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Zuoqian, the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The palace asked the emperor for his opinion.

With a heavy heart, the three of them arrived at Anjiang Town by train, and then changed to a carriage to Dading Palace.

When they arrived at Dading Palace, it was already the morning of the third day of April, but when they arrived at Dading Palace, Wei Zhongxian stopped them.

"Wei Bingbi, I will wait for the three of us to meet Long Live for an urgent matter."

In front of Dading Palace, Gu Bingqian frowned at Wei Zhongxian, but Wei Zhongxian said with disgust:

"Long live the fright, King Qi didn't see anyone before he returned to Mount Yan."

When saying this, Wei Zhongxian took a special look at Chengde, causing Chengde to frown.

He was able to walk upright and sit upright, and he was not afraid of Wei Zhongxian watching, so he bowed directly and said:

"The Five Armies Commander's Mansion is lax in its defenses. If the cabinet wants to investigate the case, it needs Long Live's approval. If Long Live does not approve, the case will be difficult to handle in a few days."

"Difficult?" Wei Zhongxian made no secret of his disgust towards Cheng De, and asked directly:

"Cheng Yushi, you are eating the imperial rations and receiving the imperial salary, so it is possible that you can not handle the case if you just say "difficult to handle"?"

"I don't mean that, but it takes a few days to investigate the case, otherwise the case will be unclear after a few days." Cheng De only felt that Wei Zhongxian was messing around.

"Hmph! Is it because I can't find out or I don't want to?" Wei Zhongxian thought that he almost became the ghost of the Mongols, so he couldn't like the most suspected Yanshan faction, and he scolded Chengde in a cold voice.

"Okay, let's wait first..."

At the critical moment, Yuan Keli became a peacemaker, and Wei Zhongxian left with a cold snort upon seeing this.

Helpless, Gu Bingqian had no choice but to arrange a resting place for the three of them and the accompanying officials, and in order to avoid suspicion, the three of them had no contact with each other, but they were waiting for Zhu Youxiao to summon them at other times except for official business.

It's just that they were waiting to be summoned, but Zhu Youxiao felt panicked looking at the situation in Beizhili.

"Nothing happened..."

In the side hall, looking at the memorial handed over by Nanzhen Fusi, Zhu Youxiao only felt very strange.

He is different from Cheng De. Cheng De doesn't know Zhu Youxiao's story, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't know Cheng De's story either. Both of them can only analyze from the information they have obtained. In Zhu Youxiao's view, This time it was the Yanshan faction and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies who were doing things.

However, this incident became such a virtue, and in the end Lin Danhan just wandered around the gate of Dading Palace and snatched some silver and copper sacrificial vessels, which did not pose a threat to Zhu Youxiao at all.

From this point of view, this time things are somewhat anticlimactic.

"Probably not the Yanshan School..."

Zhu Youxiao analyzed the situation in front of him, because he couldn't think of any benefits for the Yanshan faction that he was fine.

If Lin Dan Khan's invasion really had something to do with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Yanshan faction, among other things, the soldiers and horses of the Miyun Battalion in charge of guarding the outer city could simply open the city gate, right?

As long as the gate of Dading Palace is opened, the chances of the emperor being kidnapped by Lin Danhan will increase exponentially.

It's a pity that the soldiers and horses of the Miyun Battalion did not do this. Instead, they actively defended the city, allowing Lin Danhan to return without success.

From this point of view, neither the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies nor the Yanshan faction are.

But if it wasn't for them, then who is in charge of the soldiers and horses in Kaiping Mansion?Why did the stone forts in the frontier for more than 300 miles not set off beacon smoke, but it was not until a stone fort mixed with Fusi Jinyiwei in Beizhen ignited beacon smoke that subsequent stone forts were lit one after another?
It can be said that if there is no Jinyiwei, it will be a question of whether the follow-up stone fortress will set off smoke. If nothing else, at least Duolun County will fall, and his side is probably in danger.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked up at Cui Yingyuan, the commander of Nanzhen Fusi who was kneeling in front of the table.

"Which stone fort did the Beilu break into Kaiping Mansion from? Why didn't there be a stone fort to light a beacon tower along the way?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Cui Yingyuan from Nanzhen Fusi. Although he knew that this matter should be left to Li Ruolian from Beizhen Fusi, he didn't trust Li Ruolian very much now.

"The people below are still investigating this matter."

Facing the emperor's inquiry, Cui Yingyuan responded cautiously and explained:
"The northern captives are still in the territory of Kaiping Mansion and have not evacuated, and the Jin Yiwei of Nanzhen Fusi dare not go outside the city to investigate. They can only investigate after the northern captives withdraw."

"However, at the Northern Army's Governor's Mansion, the Mandu Governor heard that the northern captives had invaded, and immediately mobilized the fourth battalion of cavalry from Shuofang Mansion to support Kaiping Mansion."

"The soldiers and horses of the three prefectures of Taining, except for those who guarded the Dading Palace, the other 22 battalions of soldiers and horses are all supporting Duolun County. It is estimated that the northern captives will be expelled within ten days at the latest."

Cui Yingyuan was reporting the movement of all parties, but Zhu Youxiao was very dissatisfied.

In ten days, even if there were any traces, they would be wiped clean, unless he went directly to the more than 200 stone fortresses on the three hundred miles, and exiled more than 2000 people involved.

is it possible?Totally impossible.

It was impossible for the people who organized this matter to buy more than 200 stone fortresses. In fact, they only needed to manage eleven or two stone fortresses to allow Lin Danhan to travel three hundred miles into Daming unimpeded.

It is estimated that the Ming army in other stone castles did not know about the northern captives and the emperor being besieged until now.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao became a little angry. He wished that the Fusi of Nanzhen would immediately arrest these 2000 people for interrogation, but he knew he couldn't.

It's not because he doesn't have this power, but because he knows that his younger brother will definitely lose his temper if he finds out that he has done this, not to mention...

Zhu Youxiao thought of the attitude of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. You must know that more than 200 stone fortresses involved more than 2000 soldiers of the defending country.

Among the more than 2000 soldiers defending the country, at least [-]% of them did not participate in this matter, but they were implicated and tortured because others did it.

They may have been helping Daming resist the northern captives the day before, but they were arrested and tortured by Jin Yiwei the next day.

If this thing really happened, how would the governor's office of the five armies and the soldiers and horses of the world think of him as the emperor?

The Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, which had already had objections to him, was mainly suppressed by his younger brother, and the soldiers below did not act because they thought about safety.

If he, as the emperor, tortured the low-level soldiers for his own safety, the soldiers would not judge him, but would only resent him.

This kind of resentment has accumulated enough, and I am afraid that under the instigation of some caring people, the army will mutiny.

The Ming court once again publicized how high the status of soldiers is, and the emperor on the other hand killed soldiers at will like livestock. How bad is the result?Just look at the attitude of the Nine Frontiers and the Southern Army after the Qi Family Army in Jizhou was killed.

Although that incident was a conflict between the northern and southern frontier armies, after the incident broke out, the bottom soldiers would only blame the court and the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao was aware of the situation he was facing. In this situation, if he lost the morale of the soldiers at the bottom, it would be difficult for him to sit on this chair even with the help of his younger brother.

"The military spirit at the bottom is still with me, but the civil servant's heart..."

Zhu Youxiao thought of the Yanshan faction officials who couldn't lose their tails. This huge group occupied more than [-]% of the official positions, and their hearts were always on their younger brother's side.

"Long live, there are [-] miles in Liaodong to send urgent military information..."

While Zhu Youxiao was thinking about his current situation, Wei Zhongxian walked into the hall with an urgent military report carefully, and Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly when he saw this: "Read!"

"Yes..." Wei Zhongxian heard the words and began to dismantle the military situation, and then said loudly:

"In the 11th year of the Apocalypse, on the Jiaxu day of Dingsi month, the minister led the army to attack the capital, and the old slave burned himself to death. This battle cut..."

"The old slave is dead?!" Hearing the opening words of the military situation, Zhu Youxiao couldn't sit still and stood up, and Wei Zhongxian also hurriedly read the ten lines at a glance when he saw the situation, and told all about Beishan and Shangjing.

"Long live back, the old slave died, Jianlu was wiped out by Liting, Huang Taiji and other bandit leaders were killed one after another, our army beheaded nearly 40 people..."

While Wei Zhongxian explained, he handed over the military information to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao quickly took it, and then read it at a glance.

"Okay, okay!" Seeing the end of the war in the Northeast, and the fact that his younger brother set up three provinces outside the customs, Zhu Youxiao said three good words in succession, and then he reacted:

'So, my brother can go back to Beijing, right? '

"This..." Wei Zhongxian paused, speechless: "His Royal Highness sent a message that he will go to the three provinces outside the customs to inspect and then divide the prefectures and counties."

"This military information should have been sent out only on April [-]st, and the Tangqi sent by Dading Palace only set off yesterday."

"According to the accelerated speed of [-] miles, it is estimated that His Royal Highness King Qi can be stopped in Udolun City, but it is unknown whether His Highness King Qi will return to Beijing."

Although Wei Zhongxian said so, he knew in his heart that if the king of Qi knew that the emperor was besieged by Lin Danhan, he would definitely be upset and rush back to Beijing.

However, the expedited delivery is Lin Danhan's call, and the expedited withdrawal of Lin Danhan will send the news of Lin Danhan's retreat to Zhu Youjian four hours after the arrival of the first batch of Tangqi.

At that time, no one will know whether Zhu Youjian will return to Beijing, or whether he will first inspect the northeast and then return to Beijing. After all, the emperor is safe.

"The things in the Northeast can be put aside, or handed over to the people below. My brother must go back to Dading Palace first."

Sure enough, after hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youxiao strongly demanded that Zhu Youjian must return to Dading Palace.

Obviously, this incident made Zhu Youxiao not trust the officials in the capital very much.

In other words, he is full of distrust of officials under the Yanshan system.

It can be predicted that after Zhu Youjian returns to Dading Palace, Zhu Youxiao will inevitably have a showdown with him for his own safety.

Among other things, in short, the officials and generals involved in this matter must be punished and resigned, otherwise they will continue to be stationed in Kaiping Mansion, and Zhu Youxiao will not be able to sleep even if he returns to the capital.

Who knows if Lin Danhan and them will collude again, repeat the old tricks, and bring this incident to the capital?

The capital of the country was besieged, which was even more embarrassing than Zhu Youxiao being besieged in Dading Palace.

"Long live, what happened this time, Chengde..."

"All right!"

Seeing that the emperor hadn't spoken for a long time, Wei Zhongxian spoke first, but Zhu Youxiao frowned and stopped him as soon as he spoke.

"The servant oversteps..."

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao didn't want to mention this matter, Wei Zhongxian quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake, and Zhu Youxiao also waved his hand to signal the two to back down.

Seeing this, the two retreated one after another, and Zhu Youxiao got up and walked to the window sill of the side hall after they left, looking at the spring-filled Dading Palace. After a while, his eyes flickered a few times:

"The foreign enemies are wiped out, and now only the internal thieves are left..."

At this moment, he lost the feeling of being free and easy in front of Wei Zhongxian and Li Ruolian, but was very stable.

The insiders he talks about are naturally people who are not good for his rule.

The Yanshan faction, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Zhejiang Party, the Donglin Party, and the Gu Party...these are the people he needs to clean up.

Although he knew that Lin Dan Khan's entry into the bandits might have been framed by someone to frame the Yanshan faction and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, but the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and the Yanshan faction did not do a good job.

Since he didn't do it well, the clues appeared, and what he had to do was to do what Cheng De thought, no matter which faction was doing this, it was a good way to attack the Yanshan faction and the five-army governor's mansion when.

The only thing he needs to pay attention to is Huanglong who is in Tianjin Port.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao not only frowned, but Huang Long, who was in Tianjin Port at the same time, also watched the play for a long time, and finally got the result.

"Pity……"

In Tianjin Port Navy's Temporary Governor's Mansion, when Huang Long learned that Lin Dan Khan had entered the bandits and then retreated with nothing, his first reaction was to feel sorry.

At this moment, he was sitting in the study of the temporary capital, and apart from him, only his nephew Huang Fei was left in the study.

Huang Fei sent people to inquire about the news. They seemed to be worried about what Huang Long would do when he learned that the emperor was besieged, so they intercepted the news of going to Tianjin.

But even so, Huanglong still got all the information about what happened.

He put down the information in his hand, and walked around in the study, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing his appearance, Huang Fei who was sitting beside him couldn't help but said, "Uncle, we shouldn't be blamed for this matter, why should you worry?"

"Why aren't you worried?" Huang Long stopped and looked at his nephew, his expression a little unsightly: "Now this matter involves the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, if the emperor wants to attack the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, can the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy be alone?"

"That...does he have the strength?" Huang Fei said a rebellious remark, but there were only his nephew and uncle within fifty steps around the study room, so he wasn't worried about someone tipping off the news.

What's more, he didn't think he was wrong.

For the new generation of military generals like him whose growth depends entirely on their own strength and the promotion of the Qi Palace, it is their nature to admire force and worship the strong.

Most of them have never experienced the period when Zhu Youxiao fought with the parties. Although they knew that the situation was difficult at that time, in their view, it was not Zhu Youxiao who solved the parties, but Zhu Youjian.

For the courtiers, the perfect king of Qi is the object of their worship, not Zhu Youxiao, as he is now...

Huang Fei looked at the information on the table and reported: "If His Highness is besieged by Yanshan Mountain, with three thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry in his hands, then the head of Huduntu may already be hanging on the Dading Palace."

"That being said..." Huang Long did not refute his nephew's admiration of King Qi, but stroked his beard:

"Your Highness is fine with everything, but his heart is too soft."

"This time the emperor is worried about the uncertain situation in the capital and refuses to go south. It's just an appearance. In fact, he probably wants to discuss with King Qi how to punish the officials of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion and the Yanshan faction."

"The emperor can't come forward to punish this matter. His Highness must go to the court. Otherwise, the generals of the five armies and the officials of the Yanshan faction will blame the emperor, but His Royal Highness will not."

Huang Long's words are obvious, even he can say such words, let alone Huang Fei, who has at least studied "Yanshan Politics".

Therefore, after listening to his words, Huang Fei frowned and said:

"If you do this, that person will get the benefits, but His Highness won't get anything."

"Don't you have any selfishness, Your Highness?"

It was hard for Huang Fei to believe that there would be a saint who was not greedy for power in front of him, but Huang Long sighed after hearing the words:

"If Your Highness has selfish intentions..." Huang Long stopped talking, then continued after thinking, "Then he is not Your Highness..."

"Boy still doesn't understand." Huang Fei called himself a kid, obviously he still didn't believe it.

Regarding this, Huang Long could only shake his head and said: "You will know when you see His Highness."

It's hard for Huang Long to tell what's in Zhu Youjian's body. Maybe it's a feeling or personal charm. In short, the longer he works with Zhu Youjian, the more he admires him.

Common people always yearn for "truth and goodness", and people like Huang Long who were born in poverty are the same.

Zhu Youjian's sincerity and benevolence to his courtiers cannot and cannot be learned by Zhu Youxiao's emperor who likes to play with balance.

This is the reason why Huanglong would rather leave the fancy world of Ming Dynasty behind than go to the other side of the ocean with Zhu Youjian to open up a new dynasty.

Not only him, but also Man Gui and others...

(End of this chapter)