The sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, apart from other things, if we just talk about diligence, no one can compare with Emperor Chongzhen, not even the founding emperor Zhu Hongwu. Emperor Chongzhen would stay up until one or two in the morning to correct memorials.
But I still have to go there every morning.
Zhu Yuanzhang established a rule that the emperor should attend morning court every day, but after Yingzong, these guys no longer took the ancestral rules seriously. What's worse, Jiajing and Wanli did not go to morning court for more than 20 years.
But Emperor Chongzhen was different. He vowed to be the master of the ZTE and would attend court every morning during his seventeen years in power. How many people could achieve such self-discipline?
You must know that the morning time was even earlier than that of later generations of sanitation workers. The ministers were forced to get up at midnight to clean up, and waited outside the palace at three in the morning. At this time, the emperor should also get up and change clothes, so Emperor Chongzhen almost slept at most every night.
It lasts for two or three hours. Whether or not I catch up on sleep during the day is another matter.
Emperor Chongzhen, who usually goes to bed so late on weekdays, has been sleepless for the past two days, but he has not waited for Chang Yu to return to the capital until the morning of the morning. After all, it is nearly two hundred miles from Miyun to the capital, plus Chang Yu.
It’s not like delivering a letter eight hundred miles so hard to speed up.
Today's morning court was different from the past. In the past, all cabinet ministers were summoned to the Huangji Gate to discuss matters. Today, however, hundreds of officials were summoned to attend the court in the Huangji Palace with great fanfare. Even some nobles without official positions were asked to sit outside the palace to observe.
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As for the reason for such a big scene, it goes without saying that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to show off his achievements, but to be precise, it was to vent his hatred or slap some people in the face.
The Ming Dynasty has been on the verge of collapse in the past two years, and it was even more precarious at the beginning of the year. How many nobles in the capital and ministers in the court are openly and secretly watching Zhu Youjian's jokes to see the collapse of the old Zhu family.
Don't you want to see a joke? Now let me show you how I, Zhu Youjian, turn my hands into clouds and rain, and how I turn the tide and stabilize the building that is about to collapse.
Li Zicheng must be awesome. Hundreds of thousands of troops first arrived in Taiyuan and then went to Baoding to show off their might and power. As a result, he was beaten to the point of a lost dog. The Tatars are also awesome. They were beaten outside the customs until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. Now
His legs were broken, his arms were broken, and he ran away with his tail between his legs.
This is what I, Zhu Youjian, do! Does your face hurt?
Just when Emperor Chongzhen was showing off his military exploits in the morning, a group of cavalry came from outside Anding Gate to enter the city. The guards on the city shouted that it would be some time before the door opened... But then they quickly opened the city gate and saw the group of cavalry entering the city.
After walking away, I gradually breathed a sigh of relief. Here I am, the boss of Dongchang...
Chang Yu finally wandered back to the city after running all night. The soldiers under his command were a little tired, but he was still full of energy, so he asked the soldiers to go back to the Yamen to rest first, taking only Qiao Sanxiu, Kuang Ren, and Chen Suole with him.
People are having breakfast at a street shop.
"You guys are so early," the waiter at the breakfast shop said hello. Chang Yu smiled slightly and nodded. Unexpectedly, the waiter was still a talkative and very curious: "I heard that the Tatars were defeated in the battle outside.
Come on, the military masters looking at them with such murderous looks are they just back from killing the Tatars yesterday?"
Chang Yu couldn't help but laugh: "You can still see murderous intent."
The guy scratched his head in embarrassment: "How should I put it? The feeling between these military lords and the soldiers in the city is different. The ones in the city seem to be just hanging around, and you guys just go to the battlefield to kill."
The enemy kind".
"You do have some sense," Chang Yu replied while eating. The waiter immediately became energetic and extended his thumbs up: "These military masters are real men. They killed all the dogs and Tatars and promoted our Ming Dynasty."
National prestige, awesome, awesome!" His shout immediately aroused the curiosity of the diners nearby, and they all gathered around: It turns out that these military lords are really the ones who killed the Tatars, tell us...
Chang Yu was not a Tianqiao storyteller, so of course he had no interest in telling them. He just said a few words and stopped talking. The diners saw that the faces of the big men next to him were sour, and they didn't dare to gibber any more.
After breakfast, Chang Yu returned to Waidongchang Yamen. Chen Wangting, Jiang Fa and others were practicing boxing in the courtyard. They were very happy to see him back.
However, Chang Yu didn't have much time to chat with them. He went to the room to wash up and get new clothes. Then he asked Lao Hu to drive the carriage and go out. Chen Wangting and Jiang Fa took the place of Qiao Sanxiu and others to escort him to the palace.
After entering the palace, the morning court had not yet ended. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to show off for such a big battle, so Chang Yu went to the Neidongchang Yamen to listen to the officials reporting on their work. It was not until sunrise that the eunuchs came hurriedly.
: "Mr. Factory, summoned by the Emperor."
"Where?" Chang Yu stood up and stretched. He was not tired after running all night, but he was about to doze off after reading the files for a while.
"Back to the factory, sir, the emperor has prepared breakfast for you in Qianqing Palace," the eunuch said quickly. Chang Yu smiled slightly, this gesture... he was flattered!
The Qianqing Palace and the main inner hall were the emperor's bedroom and daily office. Of course, they also had living rooms and dining rooms. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was preparing breakfast here to wait for Chang Yu.
Chang Yu hurriedly entered the palace with the leading eunuch, bowed and looked up, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "The emperor has worked so hard, you must take care of the dragon body." It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen had not slept all night, and he had just beaten someone in the court.
Some people are so excited that their eyes are red and their overall mental state is a bit scary.
"No matter how hard I work, I can't be as good as you. I heard you were in Gubeikou yesterday, and you arrived in the capital early this morning. Since you don't have wings, you can't fly. You must have been traveling all night without sleeping!" Emperor Chongzhen saw this.
Chang Yu was in a happy mood and touched his shoulder to the dining table: "You haven't eaten yet, come and have a meal with me..."
Chang Yu had already eaten, but he still sat down to eat with the emperor with a flattered look on his face. Anyway, eating with the emperor was always just a taste, so maybe he still wanted to feast on it. At least Chang Yu had eaten with Emperor Chongzhen several times.
Not full.
But you still have to eat this meal, because the emperor’s grace is so great!
Just imagine how many people would have the opportunity to dine with the emperor, not to mention that they were still eunuchs. Even Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian had this kind of favor back then, and at most they only gave them tea or snacks.
Chang Yu can now be said to have taken the treatment that eunuchs can enjoy to the extreme.
"Tell me, how is your tail done?" Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of eating. What he was most concerned about at this time was the war. What he wanted to hear the most was how embarrassed Dorgon was. The more embarrassed he was, the more excited and resentful he became!
Chang Yu then talked about the Gubeikou ambush battle from beginning to end, and deliberately focused on the contributions of Marco and Tang Tong, such as the secret of the ambush site, the tacit understanding of cooperation, the bravery in combat, the great harvest, etc.
"Great victory, relief from hatred!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Dorgon had fought his way out of the encirclement, killing more than a thousand people and injuring more than a thousand people, and capturing more than 2,000 of his horses, he jumped up in excitement. The rice soup splashed everywhere and wet the dragon robe, and the eunuch serving next to him hurried over.
I wanted to wipe it, but he pushed me away.
"It's been more than ten years! The Tatars have brought countless humiliations to the Ming Dynasty. I feel ashamed, but I can only feel depressed. Now I am finally proud and proud." Emperor Chongzhen clapped his hand again and looked at Chang Yu
His eyes were blazing: "And this tone is all because of you."
"It's a matter of my duty. Unfortunately, I didn't mention Dorgon's head this time!" Chang Yu bowed and said, "But I broke one of his arms..."
"Ah" Emperor Chongzhen looked surprised and then burst into laughter: "Did you really break his arm?".
"Chen, I really broke his arm!" Chang Yu responded.
"Tell me the details. By the way, let's start with the night before when you left the city for Tongzhou. Don't miss anything..." Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his excitement and sat down slowly.