Ming Empire

Chapter 209 I want to be a general but not an emperor

"Brother-in-law, how could I blame you? Hehe, you know, I also want to go to war with you to avenge my father," Zhu Cijiong immediately came up and said firmly: "When I think of the scene of my father's tragic death I am very sad, I must personally avenge my father, brother-in-law, you must train more effective troops, and wipe out all the rogues and slaves!"

Zhu Cijiong's words startled Empress Zhou, she immediately turned serious, and shouted to Zhu Cijiong majesticly: "Emperor, how can you talk nonsense? You are the emperor of Ming Dynasty now, and you only turned 12 years old after the New Year. How can you go to war? Don't worry, the army trained by Brother Yue is the strongest in the world. He will definitely defeat the bandits and slaves and avenge your father."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely capture Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the leaders of the rogue bandits, to Nanjing. If you let me down, I will also wipe out all the rogue bandits and Jian slaves, so as to restore peace to the world. At that time, I will take my son and I with you." Son, find a place to recuperate in peace and enjoy life!" Cao Yue said, and said very seriously: "But please ask the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to give me a lot of convenience now, and I hope that there will be no restrictions on the preparation of the army. .In fact, my Ming Dynasty would not have been defeated to such an extent. It was all because of the pedantic ministers in the court. Generals like this minister who have made several military exploits were sent to Nanjing to train troops, and I was not allowed to fight. , otherwise the situation will definitely not be like this. If these people continue to influence the government in the future, the situation will still be chaotic. I hope that such a situation will not happen again in the court. In extraordinary times, we must act in an extraordinary way. Now The power of the country is like a pile of eggs, if you are not careful, the world will be overturned tomorrow!"

"Brother Yue, my palace will support you, and the emperor will support you. You saved our lives, and you are the husband-in-law of my daughter-in-law. The only relative we can rely on now, we don't trust you, no Who else will you support?" Queen Zhou didn't wait for Zhu Cijiong to answer, and said first: "I believe you will be able to do things well, and you won't let us down!"

"Please rest assured, the Emperor Taihuang and His Majesty the Emperor, I will definitely not let you down, and I will definitely bring the situation under control as soon as possible, and then look for opportunities for the Northern Expedition to regain Beijing," Cao Yue looked at the haggard Queen Zhou, stood up firmly Said: "After suppressing the rogue bandits and annihilating Jiannu, we must escort the queen mother and emperor back to Beijing!"

"I hope we can soon see Brother Yue lead the army to quell the rebellion and wipe out the foreign captives. As for returning to Beijing, this matter is a long-term plan." It's much safer, she misses Nanjing, "I will remember what you said, now the emperor is still young and can't deal with the affairs of the court, so you and Mr. Sun Ge can take care of the affairs of the court!"

"I will live up to my expectations!" Cao Yue got up immediately, saluted solemnly and agreed.

Next, Aimee Zhu accompanied Empress Zhou to talk about things, and went to play with the children, while Cao Yue accompanied Zhu Cijiong to talk for a while.

"Brother-in-law, it's just the two of us, don't call him His Majesty the Emperor, it sounds very honorable, just call me Jiong'er in private!" Zhu Cijiong seemed to dislike Cao Yue calling him Emperor or Your Majesty, and when they were alone When I was there, I immediately made a request: "You call me the emperor in front of people, and we will call each other by nicknames in private, okay?"

"Okay!" Cao Yue had no choice but to agree.

"Brother-in-law, I think you are the number one fierce general of the Ming Dynasty. You have won big victories in several battles you commanded, and the victories were very easy. You are really good," Zhu Cijiong looked at Cao Yue with a look of admiration. , and sighed slightly again, "I really want to go to war with you to eliminate the bandits and slaves. Brother-in-law, you don't know, I don't actually want to be an emperor, what I want most is a majestic general, Just like you, brother-in-law, sweeping across the battlefield and sweeping the world. How about we change positions, you come to be the emperor, and I help you lead the army to fight?"

Cao Yue was taken aback by this remark, and he quickly stopped Zhu Cijiong: "I said Jionger, you can't talk nonsense about this, if someone hears it, there will be a lot of people who impeach me and say that I want to plot rebellion , I will die immediately without a place to bury him.”

"Brother-in-law, I really think so, I never thought of being an emperor," Zhu Cijiong didn't care, and said seriously: "Look at how busy your father is, you can't sleep well, and you don't have a happy day. I'm afraid. Seeing my father's death so miserable, I'm even more afraid. Brother-in-law, I really don't want to be the emperor, if not for my mother telling you so, I..."

"Okay, I understand what you mean," Cao Yue reached out and patted Zhu Cijiong's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Anyway, you, the only son of the empress dowager, will be the emperor now, and no one can compete with you. Be an emperor with peace of mind, and let your brother-in-law be responsible for the war. Brother-in-law can assure you that he will help you to level the world and help you become a wise king. I believe that as long as we cooperate well, we will be able to rule Daming. Better than ever."

"Brother-in-law, I believe in you," Zhu Cijiong smiled honestly, "You should come to the palace to see me more often when you have time, now there is no one to talk to me, I'm bored to death."

"Your father hasn't been buried yet, and the world is still in chaos. I'm going to be busy training soldiers, so you stay in the palace. I'll find a way to control the situation in Nanjing, so that there won't be any more chaos," Cao said. Yue Ye told Zhu Cijiong about his solution to the four towns in Jiangbei and how he planned to deal with Zuo Liangyu's tribe. After speaking, he said: "In extraordinary times, we have to do extraordinary things. These generals with heavy troops in their hands are usually used to arrogance. , and are unwilling to obey the orders of the court, so they can only take tough measures against them. If Zuo Liangyu's problem is also resolved, no general in the world will dare to defy the court's will, and the court's government orders and military orders can be unimpeded. Everything is much more convenient! If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside. If you can’t unite inside, you can’t do anything well, and you can’t concentrate all your strength on one fist to fight.”

"Brother-in-law is courageous, and such a headache can be solved easily!" Zhu Cijiong didn't seem to care about Cao Yue's actions, but he recognized and appreciated him very much, "Brother-in-law, I fully support you on this matter." , if Zuo Liangyu is unwilling to obey the imperial court's call, and refuses for various reasons, then it will be regarded as a rebellion, and you can send troops to destroy it. What you said is very reasonable, you must first settle down when fighting against the outside world, and wait for the place that Daming can control now Once everything has been appeased, we can concentrate our strength and deal with the bandits and slaves with all our strength. At that time, I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can also go to the battlefield in person, and go to war with you brother-in-law!"

Hearing that Zhu Cijiong still couldn't forget to go to the battlefield to fight, Cao Yue couldn't help but feel dizzy!
(End of this chapter)