Daming Military Empire

Chapter 241

Zhu Cijiong knew that after his fifth uncle Zhu Youjian came back, things in the Northwest might not be delayed for long. Sure enough, Zhu Youjian rushed to find him the next morning after his return. If he hadn't happened to arrange a blind date show, I'm afraid Will be caught by him.

Of course, this matter cannot be avoided. Other officials came to him for this matter, and he could just say a few words and let it go. After all, this is his old Zhu's own business. I am not in a hurry, you guys are in a hurry Ah, it's fine if you think about it, it won't force me to send troops.But Zhu Youjian is different. He is also a member of the royal family and his own uncle. He cannot be perfunctory.

After thinking about the countermeasures, Zhu Cijiong came to his private study unhurriedly, asked Cao Huachun to make two cups of high-quality ginseng tea, and then ordered someone to notify the regent Zhu Youjian to come to see him.

Zhu Youjian naturally ran over in no time. As soon as he entered the door, he made a hasty greeting and was about to persuade the emperor to send troops, but Zhu Cijiong went up and took his arm and said with concern: "Uncle Wu, didn't you say that?" Shall I let you rest for a few days, why did you start worrying about state affairs as soon as you came back, come, come, sit first, sit first."

After all, he pulled him and pressed him on the chair. Zhu Youjian couldn't refuse, so he had to follow the emperor's wishes and sat at the head of the table.

As soon as he sat down, he wanted to speak again. Zhu Cijiong quickly picked up the teacup on the table, stuffed it into his hand, and said kindly: "Come, Uncle Wu, drink tea. This is ginseng tea made with 500-year-old Korean ginseng." , Fifth Uncle has worked so hard for several months to make up for it."

Well, the emperor's kindness was hard to turn down, so he had no choice but to pick up his cup and take a sip.

As soon as he picked up the cup and sipped the tea, Zhu Cijiong suddenly asked: "Uncle Wu is so anxious to find me because of my marriage?"

"Pfft" Zhu Youjian choked on these words, and all the ginseng tea he sipped came out. Anyway, he still remembered that the emperor couldn't spray it in front of him, but sprayed it on the ground beside him. He wiped his mouth and asked curiously: " What kind of marriage, the emperor seems to be only fourteen?"

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be shy and said, "It's the princess Anna brought back by my fifth uncle. I just met her and she really looks like a fairy. So, so, I agree to accept her as a noble concubine."

It was only then that Zhu Youjian realized that the emperor was asking for his opinion. What opinion could he have? By the way, he is only in his twenties, okay? But since the emperor said it, he couldn't keep quiet, so he had to reluctantly She put on a posture of an elder, nodded and said: "Well, that little girl is really good-looking, and she is also a princess, she is quite suitable for the emperor."

He thought that this was the end of the matter, and it was time to talk about the business, but Zhu Cijiong continued to be embarrassed: "Well, this, I don't know if the two queen mothers will agree to marry Princess Anna. After all, Anna is a foreigner. They are old people. They are more conservative in thinking, I am afraid they will disagree!"

Zhu Youjian was also a little confused when he heard the words. Those two sisters-in-law are also "old people" to him, okay? How can he understand the thoughts of adults at a "young age"? After thinking about it, he had to perfunctoryly say: " Don't worry, the emperor, with the love the two empress dowagers have for the emperor, as long as the emperor insists, they will not object."

Of course Zhu Cijiong knew how much the two queen mothers loved him. As long as he pulled his face down, pretended to be tender, and acted coquettishly, it would be fine. In fact, he just wanted to talk nonsense to distract Zhu Youjian.Now that the talk was almost over, he seemed to suddenly remember, and suddenly said: "Uncle Wu, why are you in such a hurry to find me?"

Zhu Youjian almost forgot what he was doing after being told nonsense by him. Now he is not as anxious as when he first came here, but I still have to talk about it. He said with a worried face: "The emperor , King Xiang is from the generation of the ancestor Shenzong, and King Fu is the uncle of the late emperor, and his status is extremely respected. If something goes wrong, the humble minister may cause shocks in the government and the public. I also ask the emperor to send troops to relieve Luoyang and Xiangyang. around."

Zhu Cijiong is not afraid of any shocks in the government and the public. The death of King Fu and King Xiang will at most surprise the court. No matter what the shock, they are not pillars of the court, but moths of the Ming Dynasty. He said embarrassingly: "Oh, I am also in a hurry, but there are really no soldiers. I hastily dispatched the Tianxiong Army, Dingliao Army and the Second Army of the Imperial Guard to gather in the capital, but now the Second Army of the Imperial Guard The legion has arrived, but the Tianxiong Army and the Dingliao Army have not yet arrived, so there is really no way to send troops!"

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but wondered: "Forgive me for talking too much, isn't the Tianxiong Army just in the Peking University Camp? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

Zhu Cijiong patiently explained: "Bei Daying is the key to resisting the invasion of the Hou Jin. If the Bei Daying falls, there will be no important towns north of the capital, and the Hou Jin iron cavalry can threaten the capital by running wildly for a day. The Ming Dynasty is in danger! The combat power of the Hou Jin iron cavalry You also know that if there are no more than 20 soldiers and horses in the North Camp to deter them, they may rush over at any time. Liaodong has a vaster territory, and it is necessary to maintain more than 40 troops to prevent Houjin from making any changes. The troops of the vassal states have come to change defenses. Now the Korean Army has taken over the defense of the Dingliao Army. The Dingliao Army is already on the way to the capital. The army is here, Uncle Wu does not need to worry, the Tianxiong army and the Dingliao army will send troops as soon as they arrive at me, and go to the northwest to relieve the siege of Luoyang and Xiangyang."

Having said all this, what else can Zhu Youjian say, he just cupped his hands and said: "Please remind me more, Fengyang can't be surrounded by rebels all the time, after all, it is where the ancestors rest in peace." It’s not good to disturb the ancestors.”

Zhu Cijiong naturally promised again and again, and then sent Zhu Youjian away. Looking at Zhu Youjian's back, he hissed, and then said loudly: "Cao Huachun, the map of Ming Dynasty."

Cao Huachun flew in, quickly took out a map of the whole country of Ming Dynasty and slowly unfolded it on the desktop in front of Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the map carefully, and then said seriously: "Pass down my secret decree."

Cao Huachun immediately took out the scroll that wrote the secret decree, and waited with his pen.

While drawing on the map with his fingers, Zhu Cijiong ordered:

"Order Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Tianxiong Army to Shanxi immediately, join the [-] defenders of Pingyang Mansion, and immediately move south to occupy Jiyuan, and then guard all the passages from Jiyuan to Tongguan, so that the rebels must not escape into the border between Shanxi and Henan. mountains."

Cao Huachun wrote the secret decree with a few brush strokes, and was about to roll it up and arrange for someone to deliver the decree, but Zhu Cijiong continued to order: "Order Sun Chuanting to lead the Qin army to Tongguan immediately, and guard all the passages from Tongguan to Shangzhou to enter Shaanxi. The rebels must not be allowed to escape into Shaanxi."

After Cao Huachun finished writing, Zhu Cijiong continued to order: "Commander Ma Xianglin led the Sichuan garrison into Kuizhou Mansion to guard the passage from Huguang to Sichuan, and never allow the rebels to escape into Sichuan. Order Nan Juyi, the governor of the southeast, to lead the [-] water Division of the new army, one hundred Fuchuan warships, one thousand small warships, blockade the Yangtze River waterway from Wuchang to Yuezhou, and never allow the rebels to cross the Yangtze River. Order Jiangxi Governor Hong Chengchou to lead the Jiangxi defenders to garrison Jiujiang, and never let the rebels cross the Yangtze River. The thief fled into Jiangxi."

Zhu Cijiong looked at the map carefully again. Basically, the escape routes of the rebels have been blocked, and a huge net has been opened. It only needs to be activated by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to close the net. At that time, see Where are these rebels fleeing to?

(End of this chapter)