Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter Three

Seeing that someone came to save her, Empress Dowager Sun nodded quickly, and turned her head to tell Jin Ying: "Just do as the servant said, send Xing'an and Ma Shun to go together, and make sure to bring King Yi into the palace as soon as possible."

Not long after, the eunuch Xing'an and the commander of Jin Yiwei, Ma Shun, rushed to the palace.

Needless to say, Xing'an and Ma Shun were very happy when they first entered the door.Because looking at the bustling posture in the palace, it is obvious that King Tan is still there.As long as the prince is still there, the court will still have the backbone.

However, after the two of them saw Wang Hao and saluted, Wang Hao said with a smile: "Are you two presenting rewards to His Highness on behalf of the Empress Dowager? go out."

The two were taken aback when they heard the words, Xing'an hurriedly asked: "Your Highness left early in the morning? Where did you go?"

The concubine also asked with a puzzled look: "His Royal Highness, under the order of the queen mother, went south to Hangzhou to recuperate. Dare I ask my father-in-law, this was approved by the queen mother herself. Is there any problem?"

Xing'an replied eagerly: "There is a major incident in the court, the queen mother has orders, please enter the palace immediately."

Hearing that it was an important matter for the court, the princess didn't dare to ask in detail, and didn't dare to stay for a long time, so she hurriedly ordered the maid to arrange a reward.

Xing'an and Ma Shun took the reward money and thanked the concubine, so they hurriedly took Jin Yiwei and went south to chase after the king.

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But it is said that King Tan and his party stopped by the side of the road, had lunch, and rested for another half an hour.

Cheng Jing stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Your Highness, shall we continue to set off?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No rush, you go and recruit everyone here, I have something to say. Also, bring over our boxes of gold, silver and jewelry."

Cheng Jing didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't ask any further questions. He hurriedly ordered people to move the gold and silver boxes from the carriage, and called everyone to gather in front of Zhu Qiyu, line up in order, and wait for instructions.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand, motioning for everyone to sit down, and then said with a smile: "I won't talk nonsense, but those who can abandon their families and careers and follow me out of the capital are all loyal.

From now on, you will be my confidantes. I have no knowledge, and I can't explain such great principles as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust.

Anyway, let me just say one word: If there is one bite from me in the future, there will be one bite from you.

Come, Mr. Cheng, open the box. "

When the box was opened, the neat silver ingots, gold ingots, and dazzling array of jewels dazzled everyone's eyes.

Zhu Qiyu carefully observed the expressions of the crowd, although most of them showed envy, but no one showed a greedy and obsessed look.

Zhu Qiyu nodded secretly in his heart, he was lucky, although there were not many confidantes under him, they were indeed quite capable.

So Zhu Qiyu continued: "I'm not very familiar with most of you, how about this, everyone stand up and introduce yourself. Where are you from, what life experience do you have, what skills you have, what hobbies and so on of."

After hearing this, everyone was a little nervous.It was Cheng Jing who stood up first and introduced himself first.

This Mr. Cheng is also open-minded, and he does not shy away from his experience of being sentenced for a crime.After listening to it, everyone sighed with emotion.

After Cheng Jing finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu promised very seriously: "Mr. Cheng, I am here to assure you that I will vindicate your unjust case in a short time."

Cheng Jing was dubious about this in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Cheng Jing knelt down to thank him, weeping.

Zhu Qiyu hurriedly helped Cheng Jing up, trying to comfort him.Then he took two ingots of gold and two ingots of silver from the box, stuffed them in Cheng Jing's hands, and then grabbed a large handful of jewels and offered them together.

With Cheng Jing leading the way, the people behind also relaxed, and the atmosphere became more active and enthusiastic.

After everyone finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu also presented a piece of gold, silver and jewelry.

In the end, everyone got two gold ingots, two silver ingots, and a handful of jewels.

These treasures can be worth the entire net worth of most people.But Zhu Qiyu was not stingy, after all, his foundation was too shallow, and he was in urgent need of someone he needed.

As for whether these people in front of them are talents, and whether they sincerely rely on them, Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to delve into it, because now not only is there no time to pick and choose, but also there is no other choice. If you don't use these people, who else can you use.

So we can only use these people first. After a long time and a lot of experience, we will naturally know who is treacherous and who is loyal, who is wise and who is stupid.

After distributing the money, Zhu Qiyu gave an order: Let's go!

Everyone responded in unison, first surrounded Zhu Qiyu and got into the carriage, then each got on their horses and continued on their way.

I have to say that Zhu Qiyu's ideological work was done very well, and his subordinates were full of energy, screaming and rushing forward, and ran for fifty miles in more than two hours.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu's carriage was luxurious enough, and the official road was smooth enough, so he didn't suffer much from the bumps.

At this time, it was already dark, and everyone ran to their heart's content again, missed the station town, had to camp in the wild, and spent the night.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone had breakfast, packed up and was about to go on their way, when they heard a loud sound of horseshoes, apparently a large group of horses galloped towards them.

Everyone stopped to watch, and after a short while, dozens of Jinyi guards galloped towards them on horseback.

All Jin Yiwei got off their horses, and the two leaders approached and asked, "Who is in charge here?"

Cheng Jing stood up, and when he saw the two of them, he hurried forward and bowed his hands to salute, and said with a smile, "So it was Eunuch Xing, what wind brought you here?"

Xing'an hurriedly bowed his hand to return the salute, and complained: "I'm old-fashioned, what are you doing running so fast, Commander Ma and I didn't close our eyes almost all night. In order to chase you, look at our eyes, they are all red."

Xing'an often travels to Prince Tan's Mansion, and Cheng Jing is an old acquaintance.After a brief exchange between the two, Cheng Jing chatted with Ma Shun again, and wanted to say more, but Xing'an interrupted:

"Old Cheng, something important has happened in the court. What about Your Highness, I want to meet His Highness immediately."

Hearing this, Cheng Jing was surprised: His Highness could have the ability to foretell the future, so he left Beijing in a hurry, why did something big happen to the court behind him.

Seeing that Cheng Jing was in a daze, Xing'an urged him softly.Only then did Cheng Jing come to his senses, led Xing'an and Ma Shun, walked quickly to Zhu Qiyu's carriage, and said: "Your Highness, Eunuch Xing and Commander Ma are asking to see you."

"understood."

Zhu Qiyu responded lightly, then opened the sedan chair curtain, and got out of the carriage.

As soon as Xing'an and Ma Shun saw Zhu Qiyu, they fell down and worshiped Zhu Qiyu, and said with tears: "Your Highness, it's not good. Your Majesty's personal army was wiped out in Tumubao. The 50 army is gone. Even Your Majesty It's also missing."

However, to the surprise of the two, Zhu Qiyu's reaction was indifferent, and he just patted Xing'an on the shoulder to show comfort.Then he sneered again:
"Don't listen to those bastards in the military department bragging, what 50. I didn't put a stone on their heads to help them wake up. They thought they were possessed by Mr. Wu An first.

It's 50, 50 at every turn, how can there be so many 50 in this world, you should be cutting cabbage. "

Xing'an and Ma Shun were overwhelmed by Zhu Qiyu, they stared at Zhu Qiyu in a daze, speechless for a while.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hands and ordered: "You two go back, just tell the queen mother, I am very worried about the emperor, and I am very willing to contribute to the court. But my headache is getting worse, and I may die soon, and I will also give to the court when I go back. Add to the chaos.

So I still follow the Queen Mother's order and go to Hangzhou to cultivate. "

Hearing this, Xing'an became a little impatient, and quickly persuaded: "Your Highness, if you don't go back, who else will be able to supervise the country and govern the country. At that time, the imperial court will not have a backbone, how can it guard the capital and rescue the emperor?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "King Xiang is wise and has the experience of supervising the country. Naturally, it is the right way to ask King Xiang to come to Beijing to preside over him. Don't bother with me. Believe me, after a lot of tossing back and forth, it will be Xiang Xiang in the end." Wang supervises the country. Those civil servants will not accept my supervision of the country."

Xing'an and Ma Shun had no choice but to get up, went to the side to discuss with each other, and then returned to Zhu Qiyu.

This time it was Ma Shun's turn to speak, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard bowed his hands to Zhu Qiyu, and persuaded loudly: "Your Highness, forgive me, this matter is of great importance, and it is related to the survival of the capital, and I have to tie His Highness back today. "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu turned his head to look at his guard lightly.

All it takes is Zhu Qiyu's look, and all the guards of the royal palace stand in front of Zhu Qiyu one after another, and draw their swords at Ma Shun.

Seeing this, a group of Jin Yiwei drew their swords and surrounded him.

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "Okay, okay, okay, as expected of Jin Yiwei, they are quite courageous. But I think you all know that according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, killing the prince is the crime of treason, and the nine clans will be punished."

When all the guards in Jinyi heard the words, they flinched and hesitated.

Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the situation and yelled loudly again: "If you have the guts, don't care about Ling Chi, don't care about the Nine Clans, just take the Xiuchun knife and stab me in the heart, I respect you for being men. If you don't have the guts, don't let him follow you I was bluffing, quickly put away this broken knife, and get out of here."

All Jinyiwei were horrified by Zhu Qiyu's yelling.Before Ma Shun gave an order, they put away their knives, stepped back ten steps, and knelt down to plead guilty.

Anyway, no one is willing to go to the extent of punishing the Nine Clans for such a matter.

It's useless to just raise a knife to scare the prince. Jin Yiwei is not a fool. Now that the emperor's whereabouts are unknown, he really wants to offend His Royal Highness, the prince in front of him. If he fails, he will take revenge severely in the future.

So why bother, those who don't give money or land don't have to offend King Tan like this.

Zhu Qiyu also accepted it as soon as he saw it, waved his hand casually, and said with a light smile: "Okay, okay, let's all get up. You are all on business, and I am not a narrow-minded person, so let's forget about it. Go back, everyone Go back and resurrect."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Qiyu got into the carriage on his own, and ordered everyone in the palace to continue on their way.

But Zhu Qiyu just seemed to be in a hurry, but in fact he was not in a hurry.The King Huai of the Great Yuan Dynasty outside Juyong Pass, the prime minister of Zhongshu You, and the old grand master Yexian didn't have much interest in attacking the capital of the Ming Dynasty. He still had to wander leisurely in Shanxi for fifty days.

Zhu Qiyu's next goal is to travel for another three days to arrive at Baoding Mansion, and then spend a few days in this larger mansion, eat a donkey meat fire, and then go back after court officials come to ask for three visits.

(End of this chapter)