Four hundred and ninetieth chapters the battle of the harem
Seeing Pang Gang's displeased expression, Li Yan still held his head high and said, "Your Majesty, I am not deliberately trying to quarrel with you due to my humble position, but it is the fact that I have to report it truthfully."
"Report it according to the facts?" Pang Gang felt tired in his heart. No wonder you were hit hard by Li Zicheng in history. Your IQ is high, but your emotional intelligence is not that good. But looking at Li Yan's seriousness
With a look on his face, Pang Gang had no choice but to ask: "Okay, then tell me what good suggestions you have."
Li Yan thought for a while and said: "The prince made his fortune in Shandong. In the pre-Qin period, King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang Zhou and the world was reborn. King Wu first granted the title of Jiang Taigong to Qi, and King Wu's younger brother Zhou Gong was granted the title of Lu. Confucius came from
Shandong has the reputation of "because of its customs and simplifying its etiquette", "promoting talents and meritorious service", and "wearing the crown and clothes to lead the world". Now that the prince is about to ascend the throne and establish a new dynasty, the country must be more cautious, so...
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!" Hearing this, Pang Gang couldn't help but feel a little pain in his balls, and quickly interrupted Li Yan's words, and said helplessly: "Okay, let's leave those useless things alone.
Let’s make a long story short, I just want to ask you, have you come up with any good country title?”
"Of course, the student also came up with a name for the country." After saying this, Li Yan's spirit was also lifted, and he said: "The student believes that a king must have a big heart, "Book of Rites. Qu Li"
There is a saying: The one who is the king of the country should use flowers. Flowers are exquisite things. Therefore, students think that it is very suitable for our country to be called "Hua". I wonder what the prince thinks?"
After saying that, Li Yan looked at Pang Gang expectantly.
"Hua... Dahua... Huaguo!" Pang Gang muttered a few words and became speechless. His nation is called the Huaxia nation, the country is called the Huaguo, and the country is called the Huaguo.
Hua, it looks pretty good.
Thinking of this, Pang Gang felt a little moved in his heart. After all, the name Dahua gave him a more familiar and cordial feeling.
However, as a superior, naturally he cannot express his preferences so easily. Pang Gang did not immediately agree with Li Yan's words, but looked at the crowd again and asked loudly: "Li Zanhua proposed to change our country's title to
It is designated as the word "hua", what do you think?"
"magnificent....."
After hearing this, everyone glanced at each other. Da Zhuang took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, I am a rough man. I don't know much about taking a national title. As long as you think it is good, then it will be fine. We have no objections!"
"What about you? Do you all agree with Master Huang?" Pang Gang's eyes slowly scanned the generals, and the generals sitting next to Da Zhuang nodded silently. Anyway, for them who don't have much education,
As for the country's name, it doesn't matter. It's okay to call it a cat or a dog, as long as it has a name. They are not as bitter as those literati who have to pay attention to the situation or the photo. That is not what we warriors do.
"Well, the military man has voted in favor, and then it depends on the civil servants." Pang Gang turned his attention to Wei Tongnian again. Since Wei Tongnian is considered a senior among civil servants, he usually does not only act as a person but also as a person.
The official is fairly fair. He is also his father-in-law, and Wei Man Ting has given birth to a son for Pang Gang. When Pang Gang ascends the throne, the crown prince's position may fall to him in the future. Therefore, the civil servants are vaguely concerned about him.
Leading momentum.
Although Pang Gang is aware of this phenomenon, he does not want to change or correct it. After all, partisanship has existed since ancient times, and no dynasty or generation has ever truly banned it. How can he, Pang Gang, be exempt from it?
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When everyone's eyes were fixed on Wei Tongnian's face, Wei Tongnian's eyes also stayed on Pang Gang's face. Wei Tongnian also noticed that when Li Yan said the word "华" just now,
, Pang Gang's expression quickly showed a look of satisfaction, which showed that Pang Gang was satisfied with this country name. In this case, did he have any reason to object?
"I am very satisfied with Mr. Li's proposal. The word "Hua" not only expresses the connotation of my Han people, but also captures the essence of my Confucianism. Therefore, I have no objections."
Wei Tongnian's statement almost represented the opinions of the civil officials, and the next thing would be easier to handle. Civil officials also expressed their support for the country's name, so the country's name was decided.
After deciding on the country name, Pang Gang was in a good mood. He looked at Li Yan with a smile and said: "Li Zanhua, the country name you proposed today has been approved by everyone. It can be regarded as a meritorious service. For those who have made meritorious deeds."
The king is always generous with rewards, tell me, what reward do you want?"
As soon as Pang Gang's words came out, everyone looked at Li Yan with envious eyes. This is the boss's promise. With this promise, as long as your request is not too excessive, Pang Gang will usually agree.
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Unexpectedly, Li Yan just shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, your kindness is out of humility. It's just a name. How dare I ask for a reward from you?"
"Haha!" Pang Gang laughed. Unexpectedly, Li Yan was still a gentleman who did not covet rewards. After thinking about it, Pang Gang said: "Although you are not coveted for rewards, Jingbai, I can't just let it go, otherwise in the future everyone will
How do you convince me? Let's do this. I will reward you with five thousand silver this time... At this time, Li Yan interrupted him at an inappropriate time and interjected: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment!"
Pang Gang's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Li Yan with some dissatisfaction and said, "Well, Jingbai, are you okay?"
Li Yan bravely stood up, bowed to Pang Gang and said in a deep voice: "If the prince really wants to reward the student, then the student is willing to use this reward in exchange for a person's life. Please give me your permission!"
As soon as Li Yan's words came out, Pang Gang's expression began to change. His face darkened, and the air around him seemed to be a bit colder for a while. Everyone was silent and did not dare to speak out. None of the people here were stupid.
They immediately thought of the person Li Yan wanted to plead for.
Pang Gang was silent for a while and then said slowly: "Jingbai, it's not easy for me to agree to give you a reward. Are you sure you really want to plead for someone who has framed you?"
Li Yan shook his teeth, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, and then nodded sharply and said: "Yes, the student is sure. Although he is sorry for the student first, the student has interacted with him after all. He can be unkind, but
The student cannot be unjust, so the student decided to save him this time. In the future, he will have nothing to do with the student anyway."
The scandal between Li Yan and Niu Jinxing had long been known to everyone through the confessions of some prisoners in the Dashun Army, and everyone here would naturally understand it. Niu Jinxing tried to murder Li Yan again and again, but in the end Li Yan
Yan still wanted to protect him, and no one knew what to say at this moment.
Pang Gang shook his head helplessly. This man in history clearly had tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Henan Battalion, but after Li Zicheng ordered him to commit suicide, he drank the poisonous wine given by Li Zicheng without hesitation. He was a foolish and loyal person.
This is evident from this.
Okay. Although this person is foolish and loyal, as a superior, it is this kind of person that he admires and likes the most. Pang Gang sighed, shook his head and said: "Okay, since you insist on doing this, I can't force you." He said.
At this point, Pang Gang hesitated for a while and then said: "Let's do this. Later, you can take my king's handwriting to the prison and take Niu Jinxing out, and give him a sum of money to go home and retire. If next time
If I see him in the enemy camp again, it will not be so easy, do you understand?"
Hearing that Pang Gang agreed to his request, Li Yan also showed excitement on his face, bowed down and said tremblingly: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
Pang Gang waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Okay, don't thank me. Remember, the Zen Ceremony is in a few days. There are so many complicated things. You and I
Mr. Wen Ren must help Mr. Wei handle this matter, do you understand?"
"Hey, this guy is so lucky. He can assist Mr. Wei in organizing the Zen Ceremony. This is a great honor." The officials around him looked at Li Yan differently at this time.
Li Yan also knew that Pang Gang was trying to make a fool of himself at this moment, so he immediately said sternly: "Yes, I will live up to your trust. I will definitely cooperate with Mr. Wei to successfully organize this Zen ceremony!"
"Well, it's okay. You can go down first!" Pang Gang nodded and waved his hand to signal Li Yan to go down. But Li Yan did not go down. He still stood there and looked at him. Now Pang Gang felt anxious and strange. He couldn't help but
He asked curiously: "Jingbai, do you have anything else?"
Li Yan cupped his hands again and said: "Since the prince has ordered the students to cooperate with Mr. Wei in organizing the Zen ceremony, the students have to ask the prince for advice on something."
"What's up?"
Li Yan stared at Pang Gang and said word by word: "Since the prince wants to be a great treasure, the harem must not be left unattended. I heard that the prince has five wives and concubines. Oh, by the way, there is also Princess Kunxing who was given a marriage by the Supreme Emperor. Then
There are six people in the prince's harem. I wonder which one the prince plans to appoint as the leader of the harem?"
As soon as Li Yan said this, everyone around him started talking. This matter is actually something that everyone is very concerned about. Pang Gang is going to be the emperor. As his subordinates, they are naturally faced with the problem of taking sides. Since ancient times, for ministers,
For us, standing in line is a very mysterious and important knowledge. If you stand in line, you will be easily rewarded with glory and wealth in the future. But if you stand in the wrong line, it is not uncommon for you to be dismissed, have your home raided, or even have your entire family exterminated.
Although Pang Gang is not yet thirty years old, it seems that living for another few decades is not a big problem, but it is better to queue up sooner rather than later. If he can queue up early, it will be a big deal for him.
Good thing.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Pang Gang eagerly, expecting him to reveal the candidate for the future queen.
Pang Gang also saw everyone's eyes, but he also had his own difficulties. Everyone knew that there were only two candidates for the future empress of the palace. One was Kong Ruolan who was the first to marry Pang Gang, and the other was Wei Manting.
Apart from that, no one else is qualified to live in the main palace. As long as Pang Gang personally names the candidate for the main queen, then the future emperor of Great China will definitely be her son.
But the problem now is that Pang Gang doesn't want his men to get involved in the harem disputes so early, and Pang Gang is also not interested in the rules of inheritance in later generations. The emperor's job is not based on a good father.
If you can do it well, you must have real talent and practical knowledge, otherwise the whole country will be unlucky.
Under the eager gazes of everyone, Pang thought for a long time and just held back this sentence: "Who is the candidate for the main palace? I have already made a decision. For the harem, there will be two main palaces, divided into two palaces, the east and the west. They are like two palaces.
size."
"What?"
"absurd!"
As soon as Pang Gang's words came out, everyone was shocked. Setting up two main palaces? This kind of thing has never happened in ancient times. Can it be done?
"Your Majesty, this... this is too ridiculous." Li Yan was shocked by Pang Gang's words and stammered: "As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the people.
How can there be two principal palaces in the harem? Isn’t this a mess?"
The people around also started to persuade, and even Da Zhuang also advised: "Yes, Your Majesty, if there are two main palaces in this harem, and if there is a dispute in the harem in the future, whose decree should be respected, wouldn't it be necessary?
Is there a big chaos? Let alone the harem, let’s just say that ordinary people have wives and concubines in their homes. If you do this, aren’t you creating chaos?"
Among the people, only Wei Tongnian remained silent. Firstly, his status as the father-in-law was quite sensitive and he should avoid such matters. Secondly, he was also afraid that if he interrupted randomly, he would be misunderstood by Pang Gang.
Seeing everyone's unanimous objection, Pang Gang felt a little unhappy. He glared at everyone with dissatisfaction, "You are really right. It is my family's business to set up several main palaces in my harem. But you, you are just a carrot."
Don't worry about it. If you really want to have nothing to do, just do it. Don't worry about it!"
"You...seeing Pang Gang being such a scoundrel, everyone couldn't help but feel angry for a moment. They all said that the Tian family is a selfless thing. How can such a big thing as establishing a queen be said to be your family matter? This is to appoint the future mother of the country. This is not the case.
You can set up as many as you want.
Seeing that everyone wanted to give advice, Pang Gang became angry for a moment. He opened his eyes and shouted angrily: "If you continue to chirp, I will appoint Princess Kunxing as the master of the harem. What do you think?"
"What? This is absolutely impossible!"
When everyone heard this, almost everyone was frightened out of their wits. If Princess Kunxing is appointed as the main queen, then if she gives birth to a prince in the future, what is the difference between it and the old Zhu family regaining their throne?
If in the future, when Princess Kunxing's son takes the throne, will the ministers who overthrew his grandfather have any good fruits to eat? This is absolutely impossible!
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but become anxious. In the end, they had no choice but to compromise, okay. Since the boss wants to set up the east and west palaces, it's up to him. As for the appointment of the prince, let's talk about it later.
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Just when Pang Gang was busy with the Zen Ceremony and the appointment of the Queen, Hong Chengchou also led an army of 20,000 people back to Jinling in a mighty manner.
Due to Zuo Liangyu's rebellion, Jinling was already in chaos at this time, and the outside camp in the western suburbs also turned into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood due to the battle.
Due to the stubborn resistance of Ding Qun, Zuo Liangyu's 50,000-strong army is not progressing smoothly. It has been two days since the attack, but the western suburbs camp is still standing in place. Although countless soldiers are shouting slogans to attack, every day
This attack resulted in nothing but hundreds or thousands of corpses.
"Brothers, charge!"
"kill!"
Outside the camp in the western suburbs, groups of soldiers held up ladders, planks and shields, and swarmed towards the camp, but each time they were shot back by crossbows from behind the camp...
Zuo Liangyu stood four hundred steps away from the camp and looked at the camp in front of him with a sullen face. It was this camp that blocked his 50,000-strong army for two full days. Even after losing nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, Zuo Liangyu still remained
Zuo Liangyu found nothing, which made Zuo Liangyu extremely frustrated.
Seeing that the front attack was not going well, Zuo Yuliang, who had been standing behind Zuo Liangyu, couldn't help but persuade: "Father, our brothers have been fighting for two days and are already exhausted physically and mentally. If we continue to attack forcefully, we will collapse from exhaustion. Why don't we
What do you think about bringing in the troops deployed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and attacking them again?"
"No!" Zuo Yuqing on the side immediately objected: "Not to mention that it is time-consuming and laborious to mobilize people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Time is too late. If we cannot mobilize them, then our control over Jiangsu and Zhejiang will quickly drop to freezing point.
, then our efforts over the years will be in vain."
Zuo Yuliang sneered: "Second brother, don't forget, if we can't remove this nail left by Hong Chengchou in the shortest time, what's the use of having more troops and horses left in Jiangsu and Zhejiang? Is it possible?
Are you just giving up on Aurous Hill?"
The importance of Jinling's location is unquestionable. Apart from Beijing, Jinling is probably the most important city in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, there is a complete team in Jinling City. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the second imperial court. Although Emperor Chongzhen
Announcement of Zen status, but as long as Zuo Liangyu controls this team in Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu can coerce the emperor to order the princes. Zuo Liangyu naturally understands the benefits of this.
Although Zuo Yuliang was a rough man and not as scheming as Zuo Yuqing, his words were quite reasonable. Zuo Yuqing was choked and speechless.
Seeing that Zuo Yuqing was choked by himself and couldn't speak, Zuo Yuliang couldn't help but feel proud. He glanced at Zuo Yuqing with a provocative look and then said to Zuo Liangyu: "Father, Mr.
, I’ll leave it up to you, old man, to decide how to decide!”
Zuo Liangyu didn't seem to see the two fighting openly and covertly, but looked at the soldiers in front who were still rushing forward and being pushed back. His thick black brows were trembling, and the wrinkles on his forehead were also wrinkled.
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