Chapter 3 Tomorrow, the power is in hand
"Your Highness." Yu Qian felt dizzy.
He has been busy with the defense of the capital and the deployment of arsenals recently, working day and night. He didn't take any rest yesterday, and went directly to the palace today, and this happened.
"It's okay." Zhu Qiyu did not let Yu Qian help him, but stood in front of the three corpses and looked at the excited courtiers.
He patrolled around with great interest, and the expressions of the courtiers were quite interesting.
He stood still with his hands behind his hands, because his hands were shaking a little and he didn't want to show his timidity to the courtiers.
These people are forcing the uterus!
He forced himself to blame Wang Zhen and his party members for the Tumubao Incident.
After Zhu Qiyu looked around for a week, he looked at Yu Shiyue, the Minister of Punishment, and asked: "What's the crime for a murderer?"
"The murderer will be punished." Yu Shiyue bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness, there is a reason for this..."
Zhu Qiyu interrupted Yu Shiyue's plea for mercy and said: "The murderer will be punished, suppressed, and sent to Beizhen Fusi."
"Your Highness!" Wang Zhi, Yu Shiyue and others shouted loudly and asked for mercy, but for a while they could not find any reason to dissuade them.
Yu Qian stood up in a daze, bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, I believe that Ma Shun and others deserve death for their crimes, and not killing them is not enough to vent the public's anger."
"Besides, the ministers have the country in mind and have no other ideas. In a moment of excitement, I would like to ask Your Highness not to blame the ministers. I would like to ask Your Highness to think again."
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Yu Qian, flicked his sleeves vigorously, left Fengtian Hall, and headed towards Wenhua Hall, where political discussions were usually held.
Wang Zhi signaled the Han general to release several courtiers, and sighed and said: "The country depends entirely on the minister. Even a hundred Wang Zhi cannot handle today's situation! It's really thanks to you."
Yu Qian looked at Zhu Qiyu's back with mixed emotions, shook his head vigorously and said: "But I went against the wishes of His Highness King Yi. His Highness King Yi is the supervisor of the country, and he is the king. I am a minister, but I disobeyed King Yi."
Your Highness, this is truly the way to be disobedient."
"He is completely disgusted with me now."
Zhu Qiyu walked out of the Fengtian Palace, followed by two eunuchs, Cheng Jing and Xing'an, who were both former members of the Tenth Prince's Palace. He waved his hands. The excitement and excitement at that time was indeed a bit scary, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He forced himself out of Fengtian Hall, feeling nauseated and bloody. This was the first time he had seen it.
"Your Highness, I have something to say." Cheng Jing followed Zhu Qiyu step by step and whispered.
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Cheng Jing: "If you don't want to talk about it, don't talk about it."
this…
Cheng Jing was a little confused, then he chose to shut up and followed Zhu Qiyu towards the Wenhua Hall.
Does Zhu Qiyu really blame Yu Qian?
No, it's just a show.
There were more than 20 courtiers who killed Ma Shun, Wang Chang and Mao Gui. We killed them all?
He wanted to give full play to his fatherly spirit and send them outside the Meridian Gate one by one to take their heads.
However, at this time, he led the Oara tribe first and was preparing to go south to the capital. It was the time for the country to employ people.
After killing them all, will anyone still be able to work in the already fragmented court?
Besides, he can't kill him either.
Ma Shun is the commander of Jinyiwei. Since these courtiers dared to kill them in the palace, they were not impulsive. They had already prepared a retreat.
A King Tao who lives in the palace of the ten princes is only a supervisor of the country, and it is difficult to fight against the entrenched courtiers.
He has no power and power, and his only supporters are the two eunuchs behind him.
In Yu Qian's case, he just got off the slope.
As for the last sleeve, it was thrown to the courtiers and the Empress Dowager behind the bead curtain, but not to Yu Qian.
A very stupid and naive supervisor or emperor would be much less of a threat and much safer.
He is now pitifully weak and helpless.
Wait for tomorrow, the power is in your hand, naturally you can take it or take it!
Zhu Qiyu stood on the huge Kan map, looking at the dense standard lines, and waited for half a tea before the six ministers and others arrived at the Wenhua Hall.
He glanced at the Empress Dowager Sun who was hiding behind the bead curtain, and said to Yu Qian: "Shilang Yu, Kuang Ye, Minister of the Ministry of War, has confirmed that he died in the Tumu Fort. You are ready to take over his burden and take charge of the defense of the capital. "
"I accept the order." Yu Qian bowed his head and said. He is the Minister of the Zuo, and the Minister of the Ministry of War died in battle, so he naturally has to take over the position of the Minister of the Ministry of War.
"Master Yu, please tell me what good strategy you have to defeat the enemy now." Zhu Qiyu's voice was still not very polite, as if he was still dissatisfied with Yu Qian's advice.
Yu Qian only felt weird. Although His Highness Prince Tan's tone was unkind, the heat in his eyes remained undiminished.
Hearing Zhu Qiyu's inquiry, he hurriedly said: "We, the Ming Dynasty, have more than 1.5 million troops. We have issued an imperial edict and ordered all military households across the country to rush to the rescue. The capital will hold firm for three months, and the enemy will retreat without a fight."
Zhu Qiyu asked two young eunuchs, Cheng Jing and Xing'an, to bring stools over and motioned the ministers to sit down and narrate the story. He shook his head and said, "I don't know much about military matters, but I still know a little about the occupation of military villages by runaway households."
"I remember last year, Master Yu wrote a memorial to the Taoist priests saying that nine out of ten military households in the world died. However, it caused an uproar in the capital. Is this true?"
Yu Qian is now fifty-one years old. He has passed the age of knowing his destiny, and his temples are already gray.
Yu Qian sighed and nodded and said, "That's the truth. If the remaining border troops are mobilized, I'm afraid it will cause a catastrophe."
"So, how many people do we have to fight in this battle to defend the capital?" Zhu Qiyu asked seriously.
Yu Qian looked around and whispered: "There are less than 20,000 armored men."
Except for Yu Qian and Zhu Qiyu, everyone gasped!
They only knew that the capital was empty, but they had no idea that it had become so empty!
Even the Empress Dowager Sun behind the bead curtain had an earth-colored face, and she clenched her fists hard. She couldn't move south, and she couldn't negotiate a peace. Can 20,000 armored men survive?
Zhu Qiyu had a real expression on his face. If Yu Qian's strategy to retreat from the enemy was really foolproof, he would have told it in the Fengtian Palace to appease the courtiers, and there would be no need to wait until the Wenhua Palace.
Yu Qian sighed and said: "King Qin's army must not be aggressive, otherwise the country may be shaken."
"During the humiliation of Jingkang, Emperors Hui and Qinzong twice summoned King Qin's army from all over the world. More than two million of King Qin's troops gathered in Kaifeng Mansion. What was the result? Improper command and excessive deployment. After Zongze left, all King Qin's army was destroyed. They have become refugees and bandits, and they have learned from those who have gone before them.”
"The emperor personally marched on the grassland. After only one month of preparation, he immediately mobilized his troops for the northern expedition. The elites of the three major battalions came out in full force, and most of the grain and grass from Beijing were transferred."
"Wait a minute? How long have you been preparing for the emperor's personal expedition to the grassland?" Zhu Qiyu keenly sensed something was wrong.
Jin Lian, the Minister of Household Affairs, said quickly: "One month."
Yu Qian glanced at the Empress Dowager Sun behind the bead curtain and whispered: "Emperor Taizong Wen's expedition to Mobei lasted as little as half a year and as long as one or two years."
Emperor Taizongwen? Oh, I should say Zhu Di.
Li Shimin also liked the posthumous title Wen. These two emperors who fought for a lifetime were both Emperor Wen.
Zhu Qiyu signaled Yu Qian to continue.
Yu Qian continued: "If you are suitable for the wilderness, you will have three meals, and your belly will still be full; if you are suitable for a hundred miles, you will have to grind grain; if you are suitable for a thousand miles, you will gather grain in three months."
"With two hundred thousand elites and more than three hundred thousand civilians, the emperor only has one month to raise food. It's really...a bit hasty."
Yu Qian had already given Zhu Qizhen a lot of face. He only said he was hasty, but he didn't scold him for being stupid.
After only one month of preparation, he dared to go on an expedition himself. Who gave his good brother Zhu Qizhen such courage?
Jin Lian, the Minister of Household Affairs, bowed his head and said: "The price of grain in Beijing was one or two or three qian per stone in June, but now it is four or two or five qian per stone. Your Highness, there is no food in Beijing!"
Why are you shouting so loudly? His Highness heard it.
Zhu Qiyu carefully listened to what these important ministers said, and said in summary: "There are no soldiers available, no generals to send, no food to eat, no move south, no peace talks, and the emperor is in the enemy camp in the north."
"Teacher Yu said that the Wala people don't have much time for us. We should arrive at the capital city by the beginning of October at the latest."
"I would like to ask Mr. Yu, how should we fight this battle to defend the capital?"
Yu Qian hesitated and asked, "I wonder if His Royal Highness, King Xian, has any good ideas?"
Chapter completed!