Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61

Upon hearing this, Bai Gui replied: "The Inspector Cao came here in the morning and said that His Majesty had summoned him, and he has been waiting at the gatehouse for half a day."

"Well, I asked him to come, you go and send someone to invite him in."

After a while, Cao Tai came to Zhu Qiyu and knelt down to plead guilty.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Okay, get up. Since you have been released from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and made you perform crimes and meritorious deeds, you will not be held accountable for your previous crimes for the time being. Have you reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs? arrange yours?"

"It's been reported, and the Ministry of War has arranged for my ministers to guard the Zijing Pass."

"Humph!"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and snorted coldly, quite disapproving of the arrangement of the Ministry of War.

Cao Tai raised his head in surprise, and only glanced at Zhu Qiyu, then realized that he was impolite, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Zhu Qiyu was not in a hurry, he took off his shoes on his own, moved to the side of the soft couch, stared at the pot of white chrysanthemums on the small desk in a daze.

It wasn't until Cao Tai's back was drenched with cold sweat that Zhu Qiyu quietly asked, "Cao Aiqing, do you want to live or die?"

Isn't this nonsense, who wants to die when they have nothing to do.

When Cao Tai heard the words, he quickly kowtowed, begging the emperor to show him a clear way.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "In my Ming army, there are still many people who love the Supreme Emperor, especially the generals of the middle and lower ranks. So as long as the Supreme Emperor shows up, Zijing Pass cannot be defended no matter what.

When the time comes when you lose the Bauhinia Pass, you will have only two options: either die in battle and die for your country, or be dragged back to the Ministry of Punishment, and your crime of trapping the city and losing ground will be punished with the previous crime, that is, be executed.

In the end, if you compare them, you will find that it is better to stay in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice from the beginning and not come out.That way, you can die more slowly.

So the Ministry of War sent you to guard the Bauhinia Pass, deliberately cheating you, they planned it from the beginning, to drain your last use value, and then send you to the guillotine. "

It is not a fool to be able to do a provincial inspection.After Zhu Qiyu's mention, Cao Tai suddenly realized that his back was really completely soaked this time.

Now Zhu Qiyu's strategy is to try back and forth, whether there is a date or not, let's talk about it after two poles.If you can win over one or two diehard loyalists, then you will be rewarded; if you can't win over, then it's a good thing to pass the time.

Anyway, now the new emperor has placed the chance of life in front of Cao Tai, and it is up to him whether he is willing to seize it or not.

Cao Tai was originally an honest and capable official, majestic and upright.Later, he was falsely accused and sentenced to death by the Supreme Emperor.Moreover, this is a very rare talent for river management, Zhu Qiyu felt that it was very necessary to save him.

After a while, Cao Tai finally figured it out, because he was upright, he shouldn't have died for nothing.In order to be able to display his ambition, kowtow to the new emperor, showing loyalty is nothing.

So Cao Tai knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily, while shouting: "I would like to swear allegiance to your majesty to the death, please give me a chance to make meritorious deeds."

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, you can take part in military affairs by my side as the censor of Youqian Capital."

Cao Tai was quite surprised when he heard the words, and couldn't believe it for a moment.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu added: "Under tremendous pressure, I denied the judgment of the Supreme Emperor and exonerated you; I also promoted you in an exceptional way, and I hope you will make outstanding achievements and make me look good. If you let me down, You can go back to Sichuan and be the county magistrate for the rest of your life."

Hearing this, Cao Tai felt relieved, and quickly kowtowed again to show his loyalty.

Zhu Qiyu comforted him again, then asked Cao Tai to sit aside, and asked Bai Gui to call Fan Guang in.

According to the unspoken rules of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the ministers tacitly agreed that the new emperor can reward a group of cronies. Generally, the emperor promotes the old officials of the vassal mansion.

However, Zhu Qiyu did not plan to confer rewards on the subordinates of Prince Yi's Mansion, but to select a group of potential civil servants and military generals for special promotion.

At present, the military generals in the capital and Shanxi, Shi Heng is rebellious and absolutely cannot be trusted; Yang Hong played a very suspicious role in the civil fort change and cannot be trusted.Sun Ting, the relationship with Queen Mother Sun's family is difficult to say, and it is not worth wooing.

After counting and counting, Fan Guang is worth a try.

Just as Zhu Qiyu was thinking, Fan Guang had come in and knelt down to salute.

"General, please get up quickly, come and give me a seat."

Since Cao Tai was already sitting by the side, Fan Guang declined for a while, and then sat by the side.

Zhu Qiyu first asked: "I heard that the general is good at riding and shooting, and is extremely brave. I will let you lead the troops to meet him head-on. Do you dare?"

Fan Guang hurriedly stood up and replied: "Your Majesty only needs to give me [-] elite soldiers, and if I am willing to capture them alive for Your Majesty, I will offer them to the lower ranks."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I don't have [-] elite soldiers for you now. The last elite soldiers in the Beijing camp were all destroyed by Duke Cheng. Shanxi still has the last elite soldiers. It's a pity that they are not loyal to me, and I can't dispatch them. .”

Fan Guang is not stupid, what Xinjun said, he almost pointed at Yang Hong's nose and scolded him, isn't it obvious that he wants to stand in line to show his loyalty?

This is too confusing. If you really want to express your loyalty and swear allegiance to the emperor, you will be considered as a thief, and you will just wait to offend others in the future.If you don't show your loyalty, then wait for the emperor to record it in a small notebook.

Both left and right are dead, after a little thought, Fan Guang replied: "I am willing to seek rebellion for Your Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu asked reluctantly: "If I appoint you as the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, and ask you to bring [-] elite soldiers to disarm all the Xuanfu soldiers under Yang Hong's command, will you obey the order?"

Being able to ask this question means that Zhu Qiyu has already broken the jar: If you obey the order, then I will cultivate you well.If you don't follow the edict, then bye bye.You were recommended by Yu Qian, so you can go back to find Yu Qian, and I will ignore you in the future.

This question made Fan Guang very difficult. Fan Guang is a general with excellent character, unlike some civil servants.Such a brave and upright general doesn't bother to lie.One thing, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it, and you won't be perfunctory or false.

Zhu Qiyu sipped tea leisurely, without urging him, but leaving enough time for Fan Guang to think slowly.Anyway, it would be best for Fan Guang to be willing to be loyal to himself, but it's fine if he doesn't want to be loyal.Daming has outstanding people and talented people. Without Fan Guang, there is Wang Guang, and Li Guang. With so many subjects in Daming, the emperor does not have to worry about having no one to serve him.

After waiting for a while, Fan Guang gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground and replied, "The final general is willing to die for His Majesty."

Zhu Qiyu asked again after hearing the words: "If I build a new army and give it to you to take charge, and ask you to obey me alone, will you accept the order?"

"The minister is willing to obey the imperial edict."

"Think carefully, general. What I said is that you only take orders from me. You don't even have to listen to Yu Qian, Minister of the Ministry of War."

Fan Guang replied: "Your Majesty has thought it over clearly. I am willing to be loyal to His Majesty only. May I ask Your Majesty, what kind of new army do you want to build, and what is the scale?"

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "East Palace has six ranks, each with 3 to 5 people, under my direct control. It does not belong to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, nor does it belong to the Ministry of War. There may be only [-] to [-] people in the early stage, and it will gradually replace the Beijing Camp in the later stage.

The army of the Beijing camp will be eliminated on a large scale, and the rest will be dismantled and dispersed to the nine sides. "

Fan Guang was shocked when he heard the words, and within the time it took to drink his saliva, he already regretted his oath of allegiance, wishing he could eat back what he just said.

Bai Gui was even more terrified when he heard it, and almost blurted out, "Why is your Majesty rebelling?" '

Zhu Qiyu didn't pay any attention to the crowd, and just ordered: "The ancients said: If the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers, and if his ministers do not keep secrets, he will lose his status. If anyone spreads the word today, it will be the barbarians.

It is the duty of ministers to keep secrets for the emperor. If you can't even do the most basic thing, your wives and children will have no need to live anymore. "

Bai Gui, Fan Guang and others hurriedly bowed down to take orders.

"Okay, Cao Aiqing, General Fan, you can go home now, come to the mansion early tomorrow morning, and accompany me to inspect military affairs."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he added: "You can come without breakfast, I will ask the princess to cook something delicious for you."

Fan Guang and Cao Tai hurriedly agreed, saluted and retired together.

Watching the two leave, Zhu Qiyu looked at Bai Gui, only to see that Bai Gui's face was already very ugly.Xiang Zhong, who was a little further away, also heard the conversation just now, and was a little out of his mind.

Only He Yi's face remained calm and calm.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu thought it was strange, so he wanted to keep He Yi for further questioning.So he smiled at the three of them and said, "I'm tired today, let's all go away."

The three hurriedly saluted and left, but just as they reached the door, Zhu Qiyu suddenly smiled and said: "He Aiqing stay here, you are the youngest, so you will suffer more, help me write the adverbs before leaving."

(End of this chapter)