When Zhu Chenggong entered the palace, the overt and covert fighting in the court was so fierce that the innocent, cute and heartless Emperor Renzong seemed unaware of it.

He was in high spirits, took Zhu Chenggong's hand, and said with a smile, "Come, dear, please take a look at the painting "Wash Hands and View Flowers" that I just made.

The slaves on both sides unfolded a scroll, and what came into view was a picture of a beautiful woman looking at flowers.

In the picture, there are scattered rocks and flowers, occasionally interspersed with tents, tables and other furniture, and sparse bamboo shadows. It is a carefully arranged flower-viewing courtyard.

The hostess has a charming face, a hairpin with a gold hairpin, and a gorgeous long dress. She is washing her hands lazily. A maid stands next to her holding a gold basin filled with water, and behind her stands a maid holding a long-handled gorgeous palace fan and gently shaking it.

To the right, through the green silk barrier, you can faintly see the bamboo bushes, flowers, grass and trees behind.

However, the hostess's eyes were not on her hands. Instead, she turned back across the dressing table and looked leisurely at the blooming peonies on the round table - this glance showed the lady's lazy posture.

Zhu Chenggong looked at the beautiful girl's cute and pouting posture, and couldn't help but think of Lady Liu, who also had a little cherry mouth...

If you take a closer look at the lady's plump eyebrows and cut pupils, they look just like Lady Liu~

The Renzong royal family called out, "Ai Qing, what do you think?"

Zhu Chenggong was still staring at the painting blankly, but Lady Liu actually moved and winked at him playfully...

Grand Eunuch Debao on the side smiled and pushed Zhu Chenggong, covered his mouth and said with a smile, "Sir, are you crazy? Your Majesty has called you several times~"

Only then did Zhu Chenggong come to his senses, his face suddenly turned red, and he apologized again and again, praising His Majesty the Emperor for the exquisiteness of his masterpiece and the vividness of the ladies.

Emperor Renzong urged, "My dear, I see you have become obsessed with beauties. Could it be that you have a sweetheart? After all, you became famous at a young age, but now you are still young. If there is a woman you like, I will grant you a marriage!"

He had always been alone, walking like the wind. Where did he find his sweetheart? Zhu Chenggong hurriedly explained, but he was not as calm as before.

Emperor Renzong laughed teasingly, and Eunuch Debao also laughed and joined in the fun.

Seeing that the explanation was unclear, Zhu Chenggong simply broke the jar and said, "Your Majesty, what is a sweetheart?"

After hearing Aiqing's question, Emperor Renzong held a pen in one hand and stroked his beard while his thoughts wandered.

What is a sweetheart?

Empress Yuan and his childhood sweetheart ended up leaving early. It took so long that he almost forgot Empress Yuan's voice and smile.

Concubine Lin was gentle and dignified, and she was always considerate and considerate of him.

The concubines in the harem always regarded him as the emperor, relied on him, fought for him, and used him.

It seems that the only thing that can help him relieve his loneliness in such a huge palace is painting...

Why! Emperor Renzong put down his pen, sighed, shook his head, and left with a sigh.

Zhu Chenggong looked confused, Your Majesty, you have countless wives and are an expert in love. Why are you leaving? Please teach me how to fall in love!

The great eunuch, Eunuch Debao, also looked helpless. Sir, what do you mean by staring at me? It’s no use even if the Za family has a sweetheart!

When Cheng Deqing rushed back to his house, he found out that Miss Yan had blocked Liu Yunniang. He narrowed his eyes, revealing only a narrow gleam. Er Shunzi trembled as he looked at it. The second master was going to do something bad!

Er Shunzi only guessed half of the time. Mr. Yan Ge is still in a high position and is deeply trusted by Renzong. He is popular and arrogant.

Hit the snake seven inches, be sure to hit it with one hit, so that he will never be able to recover!

The party of Left Prime Minister Cheng Deqing can only lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.

Cheng Deqing opened Tai Shigong's "Historical Records" and read that the powerful officials of the previous dynasty had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated, and he smiled contemptuously.

Families are destroyed and dynasties are changed. Who can escape this historical law? !

At the end of May in the thirteenth year of Yuanhe, a brutal invasion broke the peace! The first collapse of the Yange dynasty occurred.

In May, during the lean period, Anda, the leader of the northwest Tata tribe, led tens of thousands of fierce cavalry and launched an invasion towards Liangzhou, an important border area of ​​Daqi.

During the Daqi Dynasty, Zhang Da, the prefect of Liangzhou, was killed in battle. Qiu Min, the commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, abandoned the people and fled to Anding Prefecture. The Tata tribe bloodbathed Liangzhou City. An urgent report was sent to Shangjing City, and the whole country was shocked!

Mr. Yan Ge hurriedly excused him. The emperor ordered Qiu Min to perform meritorious service and lead the generals stationed in Anding Prefecture in the northwest to rush to Liangzhou!

Qiu Min has almost no merit. It was Mr. Yan Ge's dog that helped Mr. Yan Ge fight down the former chief minister.

But now, facing the invasion of the Tata tribe's cavalry, he was helpless. He even thought of it and gave the Tata tribe a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to send these greedy enemies away.

However, the Tata tribe, which had made a fortune in Liangzhou, was not willing to leave just now. After leaving Liangzhou, he turned east again, attacked Jizhou, the gateway to the capital, and broke through the Great Wall from the Gubeikou area.

At this time, Shangjing City was almost defenseless due to the lack of transportation equipment all year round, and Emperor Renzong's obsession with painting, and Mr. Yan Ge was busy with corruption.

Song Qi led the Jingwei to guard the palace. Looking at the enemy approaching in darkness, he clenched his fists tightly!

In this case, we can only rely on troops from other places to come to Qinwang's rescue.

Liu Bi, the Minister of War, sent people to negotiate with the barbarians. The barbarian people on the grassland actually said that Daqi bowed to it and paid annual tribute!

A tribe that lives and drinks blood actually made such a ridiculous request. No matter how stupid Emperor Renzong was, he would not dare to be the sinner of Daqi!

Emperor Renzong summoned ministers to discuss the matter.

Mr. Yan Ge, who usually shows off his power and power, only knows how to shirk responsibility. He replied: "These are just a bunch of hungry thieves. They will leave naturally after looting. The emperor does not need to worry."

Yes, anyway, those who looted and killed were the common people outside the city! It has nothing to do with him!

Cheng Deqing stood in the attendant class, looking at this old man who used to be so kind on the surface, but now he was so cold-blooded, selfish and cruel!

All the ministers were panic-stricken. Mr. Yan Ge was so shameless! This is going to be infamous in history!

The left prime minister was so angry that he had been silent and waiting for the opportunity to bring down Mr. Yan. He was so frightened that he stepped forward and said sternly:

"These are enemies who invaded Daqi's land and plundered the people. How can we say they are just a bunch of hungry thieves!"

"Your Majesty, the people are all subjects of Daqi. How could Mr. Yan Ge stay out of the matter and say such despicable and shameless words!"

Although Emperor Renzong is dull, he can now distinguish between good and evil!

I hurriedly asked the left prime minister, what should be done at this time? !

The left prime minister knelt down solemnly and made a suggestion to the emperor:

First, we must never agree to the shameless condition proposed by the Tata tribe at this time;

Second, the current strength of the capital is still weak, and if the Tata cavalry attacks, it may not be able to defend it; now we must find ways to delay time, wait for reinforcements from various places to arrive, and then gather strength to counterattack the Tata enemies.

As soon as he finished speaking, you could hear needles dropping in the hall. Is there any way to delay the enemy?

Especially the Strict Party, a group of drunkards and fat-headed people who spend their days eating, drinking, gambling, and prostitution, and are obsessed with being strict and charming. How can they have any brain cells to think of something? !

Cheng Deqing knelt down and said, "I have a plan!" Emperor Renzong said with joy, "Hurry up and play it!"

This is quite a clever approach. He asked Emperor Renzong to send an envoy and said to An Da: "Your conditions are acceptable. The problem is that your tribute letter is only written in Chinese, which does not comply with etiquette. Moreover, sending the army to Shangjing City also violates diplomatic common sense. . If you want to negotiate peace, you should first retreat your troops to the Great Wall, and then write a tribute letter in Tamanese and Chinese, and give it to the Bingzhou garrison to convey it. In this way, the emperor can promise you."

The leader of the Tata tribe clapped his hands with joy after hearing this. After all, he was a barbarian who grew up eating grass and had a simple mind and well-developed limbs. He really believed this statement and began to prepare a tribute book in the Tatar language and Chinese characters. In the past few days as they racked their brains to prepare documents, reinforcements from all over the country continued to arrive.

The balance of military power outside Shangjing City reversed. Renzong became more courageous and ordered a counterattack!

So the Ta tribe troops, knowing that they had been fooled, reorganized their troops and prepared to retreat. Many Ta tribe cavalry were letting their horses go around, trying to grab one before leaving.

However, Mr. Yan Ge said to Liu Bi, the Minister of War, who was ordered to organize a counterattack, "This is Shangjing City, brother. Daqi's armaments have been slack and have not been practiced for a long time. Moreover, the reinforcements have been working day and night and are physically and mentally exhausted. If you go to war, if you are defeated, Your Majesty If you are angry, how do you explain it?

In fact, he was afraid that if it really failed, as the chief minister of the cabinet, he would bear the responsibility for the defeat!

Liu Shangshu said doubtfully: "But the emperor has already ordered a war. If he doesn't send troops, wouldn't he be guilty of resisting the order?"

Mr. Yan Ge comforted Liu Shangshu and said: "It doesn't matter. We are a pair of trousers. When the emperor blames you, I will have to take care of it for you."

As a supporter of Mr. Yan Ge, Liu Shangshu naively believed in Mr. Yan Ge, and thus stopped sending troops to attack in a confused way.

As a result, the plundered Ta tribe cavalry withdrew in a swaggering manner. The more than reinforcements outside Beijing watched helplessly as these bandits, who burned, killed, and looted, fled away loaded with property!

The fatuous and confused Emperor Renzong was furious and had his first bloody outburst! Like a tyrant!

"Liu Bi, how dare you deceive me and refuse to obey your orders! Who gave you the courage?"

Liu Bi knelt in the hall and remained silent. He secretly glanced at Mr. Yan Ge, and saw Mr. Yan Ge pursed his lips and winked at him. He quickly put the panicked little liver into his stomach, silently expressing his anger towards the emperor. !

But he underestimated Renzong's rage! Think about which emperor could tolerate being attacked by enemy invaders right before his eyes! Isn’t the emperor’s dignity worth anything? ? How unreasonable! How can he have the honor to meet the ancestors of the Zhu family when he goes to hell?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so Renzong immediately ordered Liu Bi to be imprisoned in a prison and beheaded at the last moment!

Liu Shangshu's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Mr. Yan Ge and saw that he was as stable as a mountain. He was sent to jail without saying a word!

Mr. Yan Ge personally came to Dalao to express his condolences, patting his chest and assuring him, brother, don't worry about me being here. When the emperor calms down, you can sit back as Minister of War!

Liu Bi breathed a sigh of relief and went to jail.

He thought that the cabinet struggle was so fierce. There were six assistant ministers, one was neutral, and there was an old, weak, sick, and disabled Yan Dang. He was the one who was strong and able to do the job. Mr. Yan Ge couldn't miss him as a helper.

It's a pity that he has forgotten Dong Zhiyi's blood in Shi'an Mansion that has just dried up!

It's a pity that he forgot the words "a poor fellow Taoist will never die"!

He would not die to thank the world. Doesn’t the failure of the cabinet chief and assistant to lead the six ministries have to be blamed on Mr. Yan Ge?!

It wasn't until Liu Bi was dragged to the execution ground and his head was smashed by the rotten eggs of the common people that Liu Bi realized that he had been tricked by Mr. Yan Ge!

So this stupid Shangshu of the Ministry of War looked up to the sky and shouted: "The thief lied to me!" Then he ran to Jiuquan with hatred to apologize to the innocent souls who were slaughtered because of his inaction.

Although Liu Bi bore the biggest blame, Mr. Yan Ge's remarks about hungry thieves really made the ministers dumbfounded. More and more officials and people understood what kind of person Mr. Yan Ge was.

On the contrary, the left prime minister stepped forward and shouldered important responsibilities in times of crisis, which not only left a good impression on Emperor Renzong, but also established his own prestige in the court and among the people.

Suddenly, the power of the Left Prime Minister increased greatly, and there was an endless stream of followers. Emperor Renzong named the Left Prime Minister the Crown Prince, Tai Tu, and Minister of the Ministry of War.

Cheng Deqing made an exception and promoted Zhi Zhi Gao to serve in the Imperial Palace.

After waiting for three years to stay in the library for inspection, he was promoted to the rank of Sixth Grade Attendant.

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