Chapter 142 The first step back to Beijing is to defeat the Donglin Party

The news that Wang Qi beheaded the deputy envoy of the Imperial Guard at Shanhaiguan and prepared troops for He Tianyou had already spread throughout the capital before his arrival.

Duke Lang of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have naturally brought the bloody storm of Liaodong with him as he walked through Shanhaiguan and arrived at the already turbulent court. Almost everyone could foresee that Wang Qi's arrival would inevitably

It will cause huge waves in the court.

Everyone is waiting to see.

Wang Qi's escort battalion arrived at Yongping Guard.

The commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty crossed Jizhou Prefecture.

Daming Wuqu is about to arrive at Tongzhou Daying.

Duke Lang Guo arrives at Chaoyang Gate of the capital!

Almost every day, three newspapers are reported, and the capital, the palace, and various government offices are paying attention to Wang Qi's arrival.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao personally proposed to open the Desheng Gate in the early morning, and personally led a hundred officials to go out of the city to welcome Wang Qi back to the capital. However, he was persuaded by Han Xu and others, who said that although Wang Qi was the first to achieve the great victory in Liaodong, the entire victory would not be the same.

Liaodong

The officials also took the credit. Now that Wang Qi has returned to the capital, he opened the Desheng Gate and hundreds of officials greeted him. So where does that leave the others? When Xiong Tingbi and others return to the capital, should they open the Desheng Gate again? How can they receive any credit?

The principle of two seals?

On the other hand, the news that Wang Qi directly killed the deputy inspector at Shanhaiguan also made Emperor Tianqi silent for almost a stick of incense.

After that, Zhu Youxiao also got off the donkey and did not mention the matter again. In the end, the court decided to ask the Supervisor of Rites and the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to send people to Chaoyang Gate to welcome Wang Qi when he arrived in Beijing.

In any case, everyone understands that even though Wang Qi's merits are as high as the sky, even though he has been the first person to support the sky in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, sometimes too much credit is not a good thing, which directly makes the emperor jealous and makes everyone start to change.

I started to support the Donglin Party members again.

On the first day of July in the second year of the Great Tomorrow, Wang Qi, Duke of Lang Kingdom, finally arrived in Beijing.

The emperor himself did not appear after all.

However, the imperial court still gave the Duke of Lang great courtesy: Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War, Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of Rites, and Wei Zhongxian, the Superintendent of Rites, went out of the city ten miles to welcome Duke Lang back to the capital.

"I'm waiting for you to welcome Duke Lang back to the capital! Your Majesty has specially given you a python robe and jade belt, a jade horse and green beads, a brocade silk and yellow weave, and a fine wine from the royal family! To welcome the Duke of Lang and wash away his dust!"

Sun Chengzong, Liu Zongzhou, and Wei Zhongxian stood side by side and bowed to Wang Qi, who was riding the horse more than ten steps away.

Behind the three of them are the python robes and jade belts given by the emperor, ceremonial carriages and other things.

Further away, there were the common people and scholars who came to watch.

Wang Qi is now famous, and no matter who he is, he wants to meet this young and weak prince.

"Although the emperor is now afraid of this hero, if something happens to the court in the future, he is the only one who can rely on him." The people watching were all talking about it.

"Then what are placed on the carriage behind the ceremonial guards are the heads of Nurhachi and Mang Gurtai, the Houjin chief slaves?" The sharp-eyed onlookers had already seen the items on the carriage behind the guards and were very interested. Discussed: "In total, the Great Khan of Houjin and Baylor were all lost at the hands of the Duke of Langguo. Such merit, if divided among three people, would be enough to make a marquis. Now it is concentrated in one person, tsk tsk , if the world is in trouble..."

"Silence!" The accomplices were horrified when they heard this, and covered the young scholar's mouth directly behind him: "Can you say such nonsense? In troubled times... troubled times also belong to the Zhu family!"

"That's not right!" The companion on the side frowned: "It seems that the head of the ceremonial supervisor, King Daxun, was handed over to Nurhachi and others. Whose other ones are on the escort carriage?"

"Well, I heard that a few days ago, didn't Duke Lang kill two people in Shanhaiguan?"

"I heard that it was a fourth-grade soldier who was sacrificed to heaven by Wang Qi on the spot. The common people were outraged."

"Hey, this Duke is really fierce!"

A fourth-rank official in the dynasty will be killed when asked.

You must know that there are less than a hundred fourth-grade officials in the entire Ming Dynasty. Counting part-time and dispatched officials, there are only more than seventy people. Now Wang Qi killed one of them. Can the court let it go?

"I heard that Zuo Guangdou had submitted a letter yesterday asking the three divisions to interrogate Wang Qi! No matter how guilty a court official is, Wang Qi can't kill him. If this hole is opened, wouldn't everyone be free in the future? Danger? In the end, he was stopped by others. Wang Qi's contribution was too great, and his whole body was affected by his influence. If the court dared to take Wang Qi, how would the tens of thousands of soldiers and millions of people in Liaodong react? I don’t dare think about it!”

While the scholars and common people were discussing, Wang Qi had already dismounted from his horse, and Wei Zhongxian and the other three also stepped forward.

"On behalf of the Emperor, our family would like to propose a glass of wine to the Duke! To honor the contribution of Liaodong!" Wei Zhongxian stepped forward, holding the almost overflowing wine, and held it to Wang Qi with both hands: "To the Duke!"

Following Wei Zhongxian's actions, Sun Chengzong on the side also bowed again and paid homage to Wang Qi: "To the Duke of Lang."

The guards of honor who greeted him behind him all bowed down and said, "Honor the Lord!"

"Thank you two adults, thank you all colleagues," Wang Qi took the wine glass, raised his head and drank it down in one gulp.

"Welcome Duke Lang to enter..." Wei Zhongxian turned around and just opened his mouth to take Wang Qi into the city.

"Wait a minute..." Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of Rites, who had not spoken until now, moved and stood in front of Wang Qi.

This sudden action surprised both Wei Zhongxian and Sun Chengzong.

It is obvious that Liu Zongzhou did this on a temporary basis.

When they were toasting just now, Liu Zongzhou was the only one who didn't make any move. Now he entered the city and came out to stop him again.

Almost instantly, the hands of the hundreds of guards behind Wang Qi were pressed on the hilt of the knife, and Wang Shouxin bowed slightly, ready to step forward at any time.

As long as you dare to be disrespectful to Wang Qi and the minister sheds blood in front of Chaoyang Gate, it’s no big deal.

Wang Qi turned slightly to one side, looked at Liu Zongzhou, and said with a smile: "Master Liu, what's the matter?"

"Before entering the city, we prepared the body of He Tianyou. I want to send someone to bury it..." Liu Zongzhou almost suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "I killed a fourth-rank official of the imperial court, but I didn't kill you."

The reason for being sent to prison for debate is because of your military exploits in Liaodong. Next time, you won’t be so lucky!”

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"Are you going to collect the body for He Tianyou?" Wang Qi asked.

"A court official cannot be so dishonorable!" Liu Zongzhou said with a dark face, not wanting to say anything more to Wang Qi.

"Decent," Wang Qi chuckled, "I don't know if the dignity Mr. Liu talks about includes the countless refugees who died."

"Lang Guo Gong, you can't tell me this," Liu Zongzhou looked at Wang Qi and whispered: "Being a military general, do you know what it means to be the common people of the world?"

In the eyes of literati such as Liu Zongzhou, the world has always been governed by scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor. Wang Qi, who was born as a military official, has nothing to respect even if he is the Duke of the country.

"Master Liu, you really deserve to die," Wang Qi looked at Liu Zongzhou with bursts of laughter in his throat, which seemed to be anger and ridicule.

"What?" Liu Zongyi didn't hear clearly for a moment.

"Along the way, from Tongzhou, to Jizhou Prefecture, to Yongpingwei, and finally to Shanhaiguan, countless refugees were crying for food, countless hungry people were wandering around, and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty sat in the capital and scolded Fang Qiu to point out the country, and thousands of households were covered in excrement.

,Really happy and unrestrained, now,

Mr. Liu actually wants to bury the body of someone who neglected his duty and violated the law. Are you his accomplice, or are you saying that you have been aloof for too long and can't see the suffering of the people outside Beijing? Can't see the millions of victims who are hungry and cold? Or,

In your eyes, they are not considered human beings at all?"

"You, you, you, you are such a mouthful!" Liu Zongzhou did not dare to accept such a dirty label from Wang Qi, and he did not want to get entangled with Wang Qi. He directly waved his hand and commanded the guards behind him: "Go and bring the body over!"
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Ugh!!!

Led by Wang Shouxin, more than a hundred guards drew their swords at the same time.

Whoever dares to step forward in that formation will die!

"You... Mr. Lang Guo, do you dare to take action?" Liu Zongzhou did not expect Wang Qi's reaction to be so violent. Do you really not know that the emperor has begun to be afraid of you? With countless people watching in Beijing, how dare you

Under knife?

"This man's crime is the same as that committed by Hou Jin. If you kill him, kill him. If you want to collect the body, let Gao Panlong do it himself!" Wang Qi sneered and walked away. Gao Panlong is a veteran of Donglin and He Tianyou's teacher.

, if he is involved at this time, then Wang Qi's plan will be half successful.

At the same time, Wang Shouxin and others also sheathed their swords at the same time, and the guard of honor followed Wang Qi into the city.

Only the shocked people and scholars were left outside the city: The Ming Dynasty martial arts were really ruthless.

Not long after, inside the palace.

"Wang Qi wants to place He Tianyou's body with Jianzhou?" Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial and looked up at the young eunuch who came back to report.

"Lang Guogong said that if you want to retrieve the body, let Gao Panlong do it himself," the little eunuch panted, riding back to the palace from outside the city gate to deliver the news. It was too far.

"I know, let's go down," Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and lay back on the throne, his breathing short and uneven.

Not long after, only Zhu Youxiao was sitting alone in the hall.

With his eyes open and looking at the five-clawed dragon on the dome, Zhu Youxiao was exhausted physically and mentally.

As the emperor, he liked and wanted to reuse Wang Qi, and he was also optimistic about this minister.

But as an emperor, facing such a minister with such great achievements, anyone else would be better than Alexander... He has a large number of troops and is popular among the people. The most important thing is that he is younger than Zhu Youxiao himself.

And with a strong body, normally, it will definitely last longer than oneself. Through the ages, isn't this the standard equipment for powerful ministers?

Zhu Youxiao breathed out a deep breath: "It would be better if Wang Qi could restrain his sharpness, but with such sharpness, I can only use Donglin to check and balance him."

However, recent events have given Zhu Youxiao a deep headache.

Wang Qi took advantage of the Shanhaiguan refugee incident to obviously attack Donglin.

As the emperor, who should Zhu Youxiao support?

"Come here, call Ye Xianggao into the palace!"
To be continued...