Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 142

Although Zhu Qizhen was very optimistic, he still learned from Polo's lesson and insisted on letting the army rest for three days before going to war with the Ming army.

So for the next three days, the outside of the capital fell into silence.Polo was busy building camps and consolidating defenses; he was also busy first of all rectifying the morale of the army and boosting morale.

On the side of the Ming army, all the battalions are nervously preparing for the battle.In particular, Shi Heng's Fifth Army Battalion and Sun Tong's Three Thousand Battalion are gearing up, vowing to make great achievements in the next battle and steal the limelight from the Ming Army in Beicheng.

The Beijing Army has now become four battalions, and the four battalions are also competing with each other.

Shi Heng's Fifth Army Battalion was originally the big brother of the Beijing Battalion, the largest and most elite army in the Jingying Battalion.Before it can be used, it has already been robbed of the limelight by the Shenji Battalion and the newly formed Xiaoqi Battalion.This seriously hurt the self-esteem and sense of honor of the soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion.

Fortunately, Shi Heng and Sun Tong went to the city to face the saint in person, and expressed their loyalty to the new king.Anyway, Zhu Qiyu finally agreed to delegate power, allowing Shi Heng and Sun Tong to act cheaply even if they also took the initiative to attack the Ming army first.

Anyway, through Zhu Qiyu's flood-like propaganda, the people of all Beijing knew that the emperor personally commanded an army of [-] and was in charge of the military in the northern city.So even if Shi Heng and Sun Tong were defeated, it was a problem with the defenders of the western city, not directly related to the emperor.

In this way, not only will the majesty of the emperor not be damaged, but the failure of the defender of the west city will also bring out how wise and powerful the emperor who guards the north city is.

Of course, Shi Heng and Sun Tong can win, that is the best.

It's quiet outside the city, but it's the complete opposite inside.In the past three days, a pamphlet called "Zheng Bei Lu" appeared in the streets and alleys, as well as in the publicity points set up by Xinjun in various squares and cities.

It's a booklet, just saying that the book is a bit thin, but the size of each page is four or five times that of an ordinary book.Because this booklet is mainly based on pictures, supplemented by words, with both pictures and texts, it tells the whole process from the orthodox emperor's expedition to the Taishang Emperor's arrival at the city of Beijing.

The name "Zhengbeilu" originally contained a strong sense of irony. The orthodox emperor led an army of 50 to conquer the northern captives himself. As a result, the conscripts came to Beijing.The orthodox emperor abruptly enlisted himself as the Supreme Emperor.

Therefore, this book is not only the record of conquering the northern captives, but also the record of conquering Beijing.

The most exciting thing in the book is that when the Bauhinia Gate is closed, the emperor calls the door.The first-class painter Zhu Qiyu hired puts the Supreme Emperor on a ceremonial guard of honor, with an army of [-] tiles neatly behind him, swallowing mountains and rivers, and oppressing the Bauhinia Pass. The scene was restored exactly.

Even illiterate ordinary people can feel the majestic prestige of the Wala army and the confusion of the Ming army at that time.

Although the time is limited, dozens of painters under Zhu Qiyu worked day and night, and only produced a few hundred copies.But one person can read it for the cost of a cup of tea, and then pass it on to the next person.Moreover, multiple people can watch together, which is convenient for everyone to discuss together after watching.

So this brochure was passed on to ten, ten to hundreds, and spread in the capital at a very fast speed.

As a result, the conflict between the new emperor, the Empress Dowager Sun, and the Supreme Emperor officially began.

Why did Zhu Qiyu choose such a time point? It was because Zhu Qizhen was outside Beijing and would stay for less than a month at most.If the two don't fight each other, they won't see each other for the next three years. It's bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and they are thousands of miles apart. If they want to fight at that time, they won't be able to find anyone.

While Zhu Qizhen was still under the city of Beijing, Zhu Qiyu wanted to force more people to stand in line.Either follow the new king, or follow the emperor, there is not so much room for people to swing around.

In the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of the capital defense battle, Zhu Qiyu must raise his prestige to a very, very high level, and completely suppress Zhu Qizhen's prestige.

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On the afternoon of the third day after the truce between the two sides, Zhu Qiyu inspected the military affairs outside and returned home. As soon as he entered the main courtyard, he saw his princess there commanding the guards, carrying boxes of gold and silver out.

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly stepped forward and asked curiously: "What's the matter, little princess, what's the situation, I haven't heard of anyone who has made military exploits again, who is this rewarding for?"

Lin Xiangyu laughed and said, "It's not about rewarding people, it's because someone offended us, so I'm going to educate them."

"Educate them? Take boxes of gold and silver to educate people? There are such good things in the world, so I want to be educated by the princess too."

Lin Xiangyu patted the box next to her: "My husband is serious, 30 taels of silver and 5 taels of gold, if used to educate my husband, it is enough to bury you."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu was speechless: "Our family doesn't have much money in total, 30 taels, did you move out half of your savings?"

"It's about the same, it's a small half of the deposit. But if 30 taels are moved out, 150 million taels will be moved back soon."

Zhu Qiyu was completely aroused by his curiosity, and hurriedly asked why.

Lin Xiangyu explained: "It's not all because of my husband. You have been preaching about the emperor these days, but now the Empress Dowager Sun's family has started to fight back: they secretly sent people everywhere to say that the slave's family was picked up by the husband from the wild. If she is not worthy, she should ask herself to give up her concubine position and go back to her hometown in Jiangnan.

After that, let Concubine Wang, Concubine Yi, be in the middle palace and become the queen of the new king. She will be the mother of the world and enter the Forbidden City with you to live in Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace. "

Zhu Qiyu praised after hearing the words: "Yes, these people are really brave. But why did the Sun family come forward in person as soon as they came up?"

"Otherwise, what should we do? The generals are now at least ostensibly in the hands of the husband. Except for those who are clearly loyal to the husband, the rest of the civil servants are all on the fence.

Among the nobles in Beijing, apart from the husband's cronies, the only ones who are capable of confronting him are Duke Ying and Duke Cheng.But this is only in terms of ability. In fact, Duke Ying and Duke Cheng are not crazy, and they will not be so stupid as to make their husband unhappy.

So what can the Sun family do, they can only do it themselves. "

"What does that have to do with the gold and silver?"

Lin Xiangyu smiled narrowly: "The most popular gamble in the capital right now is to bet on whether your husband can chop off [-] Tartar heads and build a capital.

The people in the capital are quite unfavorable to the husband, and they bet that the husband can succeed, and they pay [-] for one bet.

Empress Dowager Sun's natal family is very rich in the capital, and has opened several large casinos in the capital.The slave family has notified these casinos that they want to bet 30 taels of silver and 5 taels of gold on the bet that the husband will win.

Frightened by the huge amount of gold and silver, they did not dare to accept the bet of twenty for one, but only five for one.

Husband won't blame the slave family for arbitrarily making claims, right? "

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "How could it be? I still have this kind of insight. You are not just trying to get angry with the Sun family, but to create momentum for me.

If I do this, I will become the talk of all the people in the capital, and most of them will laugh at me.

But the louder they laugh, the clearer the slaps will be in the future.Between these ups and downs, my prestige will rise even faster, and my image will become more vivid and three-dimensional, and will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Moreover, when 30 taels of silver go out, it will be 150 million taels of silver when it comes back; if 5 taels of gold go out, it will be 25 taels of gold when it comes back.

This money is just enough to send rewards to the soldiers, which means that the rewards are paid by the Sun family, but we are the ones who are good people.Miao Miao Miao, the princess is really good at making money.

But is there a casino in our property?Be careful, don't let the Sun family come to our casino for risk hedging. "

"Risk hedging? Where did my husband learn this? How come my family has never heard of it?"

(End of this chapter)