Chapter 414 The Gift of the Chief Manager [1 More]
However, there was another village where the flowers were bright and the flowers were bright. Zhu Zhiyang, who was wandering and not knowing where to go, suddenly heard that Taiyuan City had been recaptured by the Ming Dynasty.
This is great news for Zhu Zhiyang. He lost Taiyuan City before, which was a serious crime. But now that Taiyuan City is back in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, can he not return to Taiyuan and continue to be his King of Jin?
Yet?
However, Zhu Zhiyang also found out that the person who recaptured Taiyuan City was Chu Yi, the most powerful official in the world today. However, after learning that it was Chu Yi who recaptured Taiyuan City, Zhu Zhiyang breathed a sigh of relief.
In Zhu Zhiyang's view, even if Chu Yi has the most power in the world, he is still a servant of their royal family. Since he is the King of Jin of the Ming Dynasty, Chu Yi will naturally be respectful when he sees him.
For this reason, Zhu Zhiyang specially sent his trusted servant to Taiyuan City to inform Chu Yi first, so that Chu Yi could prepare to welcome him back to the city.
As Zhu Zhiyang's confidant, Dong Yizhi was used to being arrogant and indulgent. In Taiyuan City, the Jin Palace was like heaven.
Although the Ming Dynasty had some restrictions on the vassal kings in various places, it was more to prevent the vassal kings from rebelling. As long as these vassal kings did not recruit soldiers or win over and make friends with the civil and military officials of the court, then the emperor would have no control over the other vassal kings.
His behavior has always been to turn a blind eye.
This also resulted in the large number of vassal kings in the world, and among them there were many tyrannical vassal kings who preyed on the common people, ran rampant and tyrannical, and brought disaster to all.
However, even if these vassal kings committed any crimes, local officials were unable to restrain and govern them. Instead, they had to be dealt with by the Ming Dynasty Mansion.
It can be said that as long as these vassal kings are not rebelling in their respective fiefdoms, they can do whatever they want, and the emperor of tomorrow will not do anything to these vassal kings because of some of their cruel behaviors.
Although King Zhu Zhiyang of Jin was not one of those tyrannical vassal kings, he was not a virtuous king either.
Dong Yizhi, who was trained by Zhu Zhiyang, was obviously a flatterer. In Dong Yizhi's view, he was the slave of the King of Jin, and Chu Yi was the slave of the emperor. Everyone was the slave of the royal family, even Chu Yi
His status is much more noble than his, and he is also qualified to face Chu Yi directly.
Facing Chu Yi at this moment, Dong Yizhi smiled and said: "General Manager Chu, His Royal Highness King Jin is outside the city now. When King Jin returns to the city, we, as slaves, have to go and greet him in person."
Dong Yizhi's intention was very clear, he wanted Chu Yi to personally lead the troops to welcome King Jin back to the city.
This is a matter of course in Dong Yizhi's view. Taicheng is the vassal territory of King Jin. Legally speaking, the entire Taiyuan City is under the jurisdiction of King Jin. In Taiyuan, King Jin
It is the supreme existence.
Chu Yi glanced at Dong Yizhi indifferently, raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "His Royal Highness King Jin is returning to the city, and I will send someone to greet him."
Dong Yizhi couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He looked at Chu Yi in astonishment. After reacting, he couldn't help but point at Chu Yi and said: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, is so noble. We are just slaves..."
Chu Yi glanced at Dong Yizhi and said, "Come, let's see you off!"
Lin Pingzhi's figure flashed in front of Dong Yizhi and said to Dong Yizhi: "Please!"
Dong Yizhi pointed at Chu Yi angrily and said: "Chu Yi, you are so brave, I will definitely report it to His Highness King Jin of the Ming Dynasty!"
Outside Taiyuan City, dozens of royal guards surrounded a carriage, which was currently stationed outside the gate of Taiyuan City.
Zhu Zhiyang looked at Taiyuan City in front of him, with a bit of joy in his eyes. He was finally back, and he wanted to return to the city in glory.
He looked at Du Wenzhong, the chief official of the palace standing aside, and said: "Mr. Du, when Chu Yi brings people to greet His Highness, how should I thank him?"
Du Wenzhong looked serious and said: "Your Highness, Taiyuan is the land of your Highness. This time Taiyuan City was recaptured by Chu Yi. Your Highness should thank Chu Yi very much. However, this person is just a servant of the royal family. When the time comes, your Highness will only need a little help."
With the additional reward, I expect that Chu Yi will definitely burst into tears of gratitude to His Highness."
As a scholar, Du Wenzhong naturally had no good impression of Chu Yi, so he suggested that Chu Yi was a servant of the royal family and there was no need to reward him heavily.
Zhu Zhiyang nodded slightly and said: "What you said is true, but Chu Yi is the emperor's servant after all. Besides, my return to Taiyuan City this time is all thanks to Chu Yi. Well, I heard that Chu Yi likes to read, so
In this case, I will reward him with a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
Du Wenzhong whispered with a bit of disdain: "A mere eunuch actually learns how to read. It really taints the learning of saints!"
While he was talking, he saw a fast horse coming. Immediately, a chubby figure, dressed in the costume of a palace servant, approached, turned over, and rolled like a ball in front of the carriage, looking extremely aggrieved.
He looked like he was lying in front of the carriage and cried: "My lord, you have to make the decision for me!"
Zhu Zhiyang couldn't help but be startled when he saw Dong Yizhi lying in front of him. He frowned and said, "Didn't I ask you to go into the city to see Chu Yi? Where are Chu Yi and the others?"
Dong Yizhi raised his head and said with a look of grievance: "My lord, that Chu Yi is really too rude. When the prince returned to the city, he actually refused to come to greet His Highness, and even expelled the slaves. He...
He doesn’t take your prince seriously at all!”
Zhu Zhiyang couldn't help but said angrily: "What, is this happening?"
Dong Yizhi cried: "I don't dare to say anything false! If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you might as well see if Chu Yi will personally come to welcome His Highness back to the city later."
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Zhiyang stared in the direction of the city gate and said: "I want to see if Chu Yi still has me as a prince in his eyes today! This Ming Dynasty is still the world of my Zhu family. As a royal
My servant, you are unwilling to come to greet me, it is really disrespectful!"
After all, he is also a royal prince. Even though he has no real power, he has an honorable status. Except for the emperor, who would dare to be rude to a prince.
It was almost tea time when a group of government servants came slowly under the leadership of the acting prefect Zhang Yu.
Arriving in front of the carriage, Zhang Yu saluted Zhu Zhiyang and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yu, pays homage to His Highness the King of Jin. On the orders of the Chief Steward, I am here to welcome His Highness back to the city!"
Zhu Zhiyang couldn't help frowning, staring at Zhang Yu with a look of confusion on his face: "Who are you? Why have I never seen you? Where are the others? Where are Chu Yi and others? All the officials in this city are dead."
Really? You are the only one here!"
Zhang Yu said slowly: "Xiaoguan is the acting magistrate appointed by the chief steward. He is ordered to come to greet His Highness. As for the others, I don't know about them."
Standing next to Zhu Zhiyang, Dong Yizhi immediately whispered: "Your Majesty, you can see that Chu Yi doesn't put you in his eyes at all..."
With a gloomy face, Zhu Zhiyang snorted: "That's enough!"
While talking, Zhu Zhiyang glanced at Zhang Yu and said in a deep voice: "Let's go back to the city!"
Since the scenery he was looking forward to had not returned to the city, he couldn't just stay outside the city, but he remembered the humiliation Chu Yi gave him today.
Zhang Yu watched King Jin return to the carriage angrily, and watched King Jin's carriage slowly enter the city gate, and sighed in his heart.
After escorting King Jin back to the city, Zhang Yu immediately went to see Chu Yi.
Seeing Chu Yi sitting there peacefully, Zhang Yu first saluted and then said: "Master Governor, I have welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Jin back to the palace, but..."
Seeing Zhang Yu's hesitant expression, Chu Yi smiled slightly and said, "Oh, if Mr. Zhang has anything to say, you might as well say it directly."
Zhang Yu took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty is bold. His Highness King Jin seems to be very dissatisfied with the governor for not coming to greet him personally. I am afraid that His Highness King Jin will treat you..."
A cold look flashed in Chu Yi's eyes and he said: "He's just a sinner who lost his city and his land. It's okay if he doesn't seek trouble from Chu. Otherwise, I will let his lineage of King Jin end from now on!"
Zhang Yu couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, with a look of horror on his face.
It is true that Chu Yi has a vicious reputation. When he heard that Chu Yi was going to kill King Jin's lineage, Zhang Yu almost instinctively thought that Chu Yi was going to kill King Jin's lineage. He was a prince of the royal family. No matter how hard Chu Yi was,
Even if he has the favor of the emperor, he cannot kill the prince of the royal family.
Chu Yi couldn't help but smile when he noticed Zhang Yu's expression, waved his hand and said: "Sir Zhang, you don't think a governor wants to kill the Jin King's lineage."
Zhang Yu couldn't help but said in embarrassment when Chu Yi pointed out his thoughts: "I don't dare!"
Chu Yi sighed softly: "The clan vassals of the Ming Dynasty have become one of the biggest cancers in our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty is very worried. This time, let's take the Jin Wang vassal as the leader and implement the strategy of cutting down the vassal!"
Zhang Yu was extremely shocked. Emperor Jianwen cut down the feudal vassals, which resulted in King Yan revolting and the throne changed.
Nowadays, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty have long lost military power, and Chu Yi actually wants to cut down the vassal again, but he doesn't know how to do it. Is it possible to remove his throne?
However, the Ming Dynasty vassal king was personally conferred by Taizu. Even if he were the emperor, he would not dare to bear the name of unfilial piety and completely abolish the title of vassal king.
Chu Yi waved his hand and signaled Zhang Yu to leave. After Zhang Yu resigned, he saw Sun Qiu striding over. He saluted Chu Yi and said: "The general is here to pay homage to the governor. I don't know that the governor has summoned the general. But he is here."
Any orders?"
Chu Yi glanced at Sun Qiu and said: "General Sun, I order you to lead a group of troops to surround Prince Jin's Mansion for me. No one is allowed to leave Prince Jin's Mansion without my order."
Sun Qiu's face showed a bit of surprise when he heard this, but he immediately reacted and said in a deep voice: "I will obey your order!"
But he said it was in the city of Beijing.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the memorial sent hastily by Jin Yiwei with a look of joy on his face. This memorial was written to the emperor by Chu Yi after he conquered Taiyuan City.
Looking at Chu Yi's suggestions one by one in the memorial, Zhu Houzhao's expression gradually became a little solemn.
Jiao Fang and other important civil and military officials below noticed the change in Zhu Houzhao's expression, and couldn't help but have doubts on their faces.
Taiyuan City had been retaken. They had just learned the news, and they were as happy as Zhu Houzhao. However, looking at Zhu Houzhao's expression, it seemed that this was not the only thing in Chu Yi's memorial.
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a long time, glanced at the people below, and said slowly: "Mr. Jiao Ge, the British Duke will stay, and the rest of the Qing family will retreat."
Everyone looked at each other after hearing this. Although they were a little confused, they bowed to the emperor one by one and left slowly.
Gu Dayong waved his hand, and the chamberlains who were serving at the side also quietly left one by one. Only Zhu Houzhao, Gu Dayong, Jiao Fang, and Zhang Mao were left in the entire palace.
Zhu Houzhao handed the memorial presented by Chu Yi to Zhang Mao and said: "Old Duke, let's take a look and see what Chu Daban's suggestion is!"
Zhang Mao took the memorial and looked at it attentively. His expression suddenly changed. There was a bit of solemnity in his expression. Even the hand holding the memorial trembled slightly.
After a while, Zhang Mao turned the memorial to Jiao Fang who was standing aside. Jiao Fang suppressed his curiosity, but after he read the contents of the memorial, his reaction was not much better than Zhang Mao's, and his face was also full of solemnity.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the two of them calmly and said: "The two of you are my friends, and I firmly believe in them. My eldest companion suggested that I take back the vassal territory of the vassal kings in the world and reduce their salaries. I wonder what I love you think?"
Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Mao's back, but he raised his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao, gritting his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, you can't do that! The chief steward's suggestion is really ridiculous. If the feudal king's fiefdom is taken back and the salary is reduced, he doesn't know where the Taizu will be placed.
Earth, throughout all dynasties, which emperor has been so harsh on the clan..."
Zhang Mao had to speak. Chu Yi clearly wanted to attack the Ming clan. With Zhang Mao’s experience, he could not see that the Ming clan had become a cancer that brought down the Ming Dynasty. But from his standpoint, he would never
If even the Ming Dynasty clan, who agreed with the emperor to do this, had their salaries reduced, would Chu Yi take action against them as nobles next?
As the saying goes, with his understanding of Chu Yi, once he opens his mouth, Chu Yi will take action against the Xungui Group at some point.
Jiao Fang stroked her beard, with a bit of bitterness in her expression. Feeling Zhu Houzhao's gaze, Jiao Fang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this is your Majesty's family matter. I dare not speak nonsense."
Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on it, glanced at Jiao Fang and Zhang Mao, and said slowly: "I already know the intentions of the two Qing family. This matter is of great importance. Today, I have heard of the Qing family.
I don’t want to hear about this from anyone else.”
Jiao Fang immediately said: "I will keep my mouth shut!"
Zhang Mao also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I know what I know."
Watching Jiao Fang and Zhang Mao leave, Zhu Hou looked at the secret letter under the memorial in front of him. The secret letter was together with the memorial, but the secret letter contained Chu Yi's guess about Zhang Mao and Jiao Fang's reaction.
Looking at the secret letter, Zhu Houzhao sighed softly: "Big companion, big companion, it is true as you said. The British prince is firmly opposed to it, and Mr. Jiao Ge stays out of the matter."
After sighing, Zhu Houzhao put away the secret letter and the memorial, looked at Gu Dayong and said, "Gu Dayong, General Cheng, General Lu, they have any military information to send back?"
Gu Dayong stepped forward, offered a cup of hot tea and said: "Your Majesty, General Cheng and the others led the army to follow the Tatar army. It has been half a month since then. Military information is reported back every day. Everything is as usual.
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A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he stood up suddenly, looked towards the north, and whispered in a low voice: "Chu Daban, I hope you can successfully encircle Balsborough and return with a great victory. I will be with you."
Only then can your plan be spread throughout the world, and no one will dare to oppose it."
In fact, Balsbort had already lost the opportunity to attack the capital before he could attack Beijing at the first time. With the arrival of soldiers and horses from various places, coupled with the Tatars being unable to attack for a long time and the low morale of the army, Balsbrot
There is no choice but to retreat.
Half a month ago, the Tatars made a last-ditch effort. In one day, they attacked the city with all their strength and suffered as many as 5,000 casualties. They attacked the city wall several times, but were calmly repelled by the defenders. In the end, they were left behind.
Bodies lay on the ground, and tens of thousands of troops rolled up smoke and dust, abandoning the capital and returning north.
When the Tatars withdrew their troops, Chu Yi's troops did not even reach Taiyuan City, but Zhu Houzhao made the decision himself. With Cheng Xiangwu as the general of the army and Lu Dazhu as the deputy commander, he commanded an army of 150,000 horse and infantry soldiers to follow the Tatar army.
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Among the 150,000 troops, there are tens of thousands in the Beijing camp and the remaining nearly 100,000. In the past month, the local soldiers and horses, although most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, it has to be said that the elite among them have reached
As many as seventy or eighty thousand.
The most important thing is that there is strength in numbers and high morale.
If it is a rout, let alone hundreds of thousands of troops, even hundreds of thousands of troops may be of little use.
Although Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu said they were following the Tatar army, they were cautious during the march. No matter how provocative the Tatars were, they would not leave the camp.
After several rounds, the Tatars attacked the camp and found no relief, but they no longer took Cheng Xiangwu and Lu Dazhu's army to heart.
Lu Dazhu, Cheng Xiangwu and the others did not show any signs of attacking. It was more like following them all the way, regaining the city, and sending them back to the grassland.
On this day, several figures appeared outside the Tatar camp that was encamped and resting outside a county town.
A group of Tatar soldiers stared at the group of people in front who were obviously soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and couldn't help shouting: "Who is coming?"
One of the leading Ming generals said loudly: "I am the envoy of Chu Yi, the chief steward of Chu, and I have been ordered to ask for an audience with Prince Balsborot."
Soon Balsborot met the guerrilla general Cheng Kai.
Cheng Kai was neither humble nor arrogant, and marched into Balsboro's tent under the watchful eyes of all the Tatars without any fear on his face.
Balsbroat sat there and looked at Cheng Kai first. Seeing Cheng Kai's calm expression under the gaze of everyone, he couldn't help but praise in his heart, and slowly said: "I don't know if the General Manager Chu sent you here, so
Why?"
Cheng Kai looked at Balsbort and saluted with his fists clasped: "General, I'm here with orders. I, the general manager of the University, have a gift and I will give it to His Highness the Prince!"
Balsbrot couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said with some curiosity: "Oh, Chu Yi actually has a gift for me. I want to see what gift he wants to give me!"
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Introduction: Author: Pass quietly.
A different first pot of gold, a different way of rebirth.
