When Li Zicheng heard this word, his expression changed slightly and his eyes became sharp. This subtle change was also caught in Niu Jinxing's eyes, knowing that the word treason has always been taboo for monarchs.
, he immediately explained so as not to arouse King Chuang's dissatisfaction.
"The rebellion planned by me naturally refers to the rebellion in the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"The Prime Minister didn't mention this matter to Gu. Do you ministers know about this matter?" Li Zicheng's tone became unhappy, as if this matter had pricked him, and he immediately asked other ministers.
Song Xiance and Li Yan looked at each other in confusion, neither of them knew about this matter. However, after all, Niu Jinxing was the prime minister, so it was difficult to refute his face. They hesitated for a while, not knowing what to say.
Seeing this, Niu Jinxing immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, they don't know what I did."
"Then tell me how you planned this matter? And why you are far away from the capital and can plan things inside? I am very curious about these."
Seeing that King Chuang was so concerned about this matter, Niu Jinxing naturally told the whole story: "Report to your Majesty, this matter was done by the person who had been hiding in the capital under my command, and the message was conveyed by carrier pigeons. That day, I
The messenger pigeons were sent out to incite some officials in the capital who had already planned to surrender to Dashun, and kidnapped the Ming emperor. We almost succeeded, but unexpectedly in the end, the Beijing army arrived in time and rescued the emperor."
After saying that, he sighed, expressing Niu Jinxing's helplessness.
After listening to Niu Jinxing's story, Li Zicheng remained silent and carefully studied these few sentences, but he still found that there was a shadow of Jingying in them. He suddenly felt angry and said angrily: "Who can tell me that Jingying is here?"
Why are you so powerful all of a sudden?"
"The opponent only has 5,000 people. How can we be defeated against the 5,000 people I prepared? Is there something wrong with your command?" After saying that, he cast his gaze directly at Li Guo, who was kneeling on the ground.
These words immediately made Li Guo, who was slightly relaxed, become nervous again, and he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, you know my command well. Although I cannot say that I have any shocking abilities, I will not make such a mistake."
After all, he couldn't find any reason. Li Zicheng was filled with anger in his heart, with nowhere to vent it. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. When he accidentally saw Li Guo's embarrassed look, he felt annoyed and waved his hand to scold him and leave.
He received fifty military sticks and was directly demoted to a general.
"Your Majesty, why don't you move the entire army forward? It's just enough to deter them." Niu Jinxing spoke here, but this time he mentioned it on the iron plate.
"No, let's transfer some troops from Shanxi, at least 50,000 troops, and then surround the capital again. But this time we will be stationed in the Tongzhou area. I think the emperor may not stay in Beijing."
Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes slightly and kept thinking in his heart. His anger gradually calmed down and he was planning his next move, but his words made him right.
Here, Zhu Ling led his army into the city, and the Beijing camp troops cleared the way. People lined up on both sides of the street to watch. People with troops from the five cities guarded the order. The people gathered in groups, standing on tiptoes to see the defeat in the past few days.
, the army suddenly won a great victory today.
"Is this a big victory for me?"
"It seems true. I didn't expect His Majesty to go out and fight those intruders in person. It's really not easy."
"I hope ZTE can be revived, and the capital can be saved."
Zhu Ling rode on his own horse Ji Liangchen, looking straight ahead, followed closely by Gao Wencai and Guan Ning's cavalry, walking majestically on the street leading to the palace, even though most of the Guan Ning's cavalry behind him were unkempt.
, their clothes and armor were stained with blood, but it still did not affect their chilling momentum.
Moreover, His Majesty's body is also somewhat dirty, but this stain can better show that this battle is a real sword and a real gun, rather than a fake show.
Originally, when the Emperor returned from a great victory, there should have been cheers and cheers on the streets in advance, and the people would kneel down to welcome the Emperor. However, in order to establish himself and restore his image in the hearts of the people, he ordered everything to be cancelled.
Looking at the confused and respectful eyes of the people around him, Zhu Ling knew that his personal expedition this time brought all benefits and no harm. However, recalling the scene on the battlefield before, he was really a little scared. If
If Li Yuan had not blocked the arrow for him, he would have ended up either dead or injured.
Both public and private, Li Yuandu deserves a grand burial. Saving him was such a great achievement, how can he not be rewarded?
Talking about the arrangements of Guan Ningjun, both Meng Zhaoxiang and Li Ruolian asked how they arranged the arrangements for so many people, and they all pretended to be in a difficult position, but Zhu Ling could not be troubled. He had already thought of a way, and had ransacked many homes before.
Let them live in the houses of those guilty ministers first, and the rest can live directly in the capital camp.
Although this arrangement was a bit hasty, it was at least the best way at the moment. The two of them left without asking any questions.
After returning to the palace, without a moment's rest, he immediately summoned Wang Cheng'en and ordered him to draw up an edict: "Li Yuan, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province, served the country and protected His Majesty regardless of danger. He was killed by intruders. Such merits should be made known to the world and displayed.
Because of his loyalty to the emperor, he was specially named Uncle Ling Ai and his posthumous title: Zhongyong."
After finishing reading, Zhu Ling waved his hand and asked Wang Chengen to go down and give it to the cabinet, and then sent it to the cabinet, but Wang Chengen made no movement. He was a little dissatisfied immediately, but when he looked up at the expression on his face, he suddenly understood something.
"What? Because I knocked you out today?"
Seeing Wang Chengen's sad expression like a little daughter-in-law who was angry at her husband's family, Zhu Ling couldn't help laughing.
"Your Majesty, I only want one thing from you." Wang Chengen suddenly knelt down and said with a pleading look on his face.
"explain."
"I just ask Your Majesty to stop being so reckless. The Ming Dynasty needs you, the queens and princes in the harem need you, and the people also need you. You can't do this without risking your own life!"
Seeing Wang Chengen crying like this, regardless of his manners, he almost burst into tears.
"That's not necessary. There's nothing I can do about it when I go out this time. Get up and stop kneeling. It's been a little cold these days." Zhu Ling looked at him pleading like this, and naturally she couldn't bear him to do this.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen wiped his tears and stopped crying. He still knew some sense of propriety. When should he cry and when should he laugh? It all happened over time.
"Okay, let's hand it over to the cabinet as soon as possible."
Before Zhu Ling could finish speaking, a young eunuch from outside the palace came in and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Li Banghua, the Censor of the Left Capital, and Lord Wang Jiayan, the Minister of War, outside the palace, would like to see you."
Come to see me at this time?
Although Zhu Ling had doubts, he was unwilling to refuse. After asking the young eunuch to call the two people in, Wang Chengen immediately stepped aside and the decree had to be postponed for a while.
Li Banghua and Wang Jiayan walked quickly and came to Zhu Ling. They were about to kneel down in front of Zhu Ling, but were stopped. Wang Chengen stepped forward and explained: "Two adults, it may be very tiring to come here so late at night. You two are so young."
It’s not too small, just leave out some unnecessary etiquette.”
Hearing Wang Chengen's words, both of them were stunned, but they immediately reacted and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Is there any big deal for you two to meet so late?"
Zhu Ling knew these two people well. They had always supported the move to the south. However, because Chongzhen did not want to bear the infamy at the time, and the ministers also opposed the move to the south, they were dismissed by Chongzhen every time they were mentioned.
He scolded him back, and even later when Li Banghua mentioned that he wanted Prince Zhu Cixiang to go to Nanjing, Chongzhen rejected it.
The reason is very simple. Chongzhen believed that if the prince went to Nanjing, firstly, he would not be able to suppress the ministers who stayed in Nanjing, and secondly, if his prince imitated Tang Suzong and treated his father, Tang Xuanzong, he would be left with no power and no one to rely on.
Later, he was imprisoned. Chongzhen was suspicious by nature, so he flatly refused when he thought of this.
But when the intruders came to the city, he regretted it endlessly, and Li Banghua and Wang Jiayan also expressed that they had no power to recover.
Looking at the two of them now, I really sympathize with them.
"Your Majesty, I and Mr. Wang are here today to travel south."