"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as Chongzhen sat down, all the nobles below began to sing and salute.

It has not been a matter for many years that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the court, although it felt a little abrupt, but His Majesty came to entertain them just after the end of the Northern Expedition, and many nobles were still very proud in their hearts.

This shows that Your Majesty still has us in his heart, otherwise why would this state banquet only invite relatives and not courtiers?

After all, we nobles are still close to Your Majesty!

"The Qing family is free of courtesy, sit down!" Chongzhen's face was kind, and he even showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, but this smile looked a little bit like a chicken thief.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A group of old and young nobles dressed in gorgeous costumes and wearing various crowns got up and returned to the banquet to sit down.

"On the occasion of this festive season, I invite all the Qing family to come, firstly, I have inherited the throne for 18 years, and I have never met with the Qing family to talk and have fun, this is my fault.

Second, now that the rebellion has been eliminated and the Jiannu has been destroyed, the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful, which is really a blessing for me, so I will call you here and have fun with me. Chongzhen knew that if he called these people inexplicably, they were naturally very puzzled, rather than letting them think nonsense, it was better to get straight to the point.

"Your Majesty's royal expedition, Fen Taizu's remnants drove away the Tartars and raised the prestige of my Ming Dynasty, which is really the luck of all the people, and my Ming Zhongxing is in sight!" Xu Yunjue, the Duke of Wei, had the highest status present, and he spoke beautiful words first.

This guy also muttered in his heart, he always felt that something was wrong, because this was not in line with Chongzhen's temperament at all.

A few days ago, I heard that His Majesty was sick outside the Guan, and he also went to the Tai Hospital to investigate, and it took some coercion and temptation to get His Majesty's illness.

Chongzhen has always been an angry emperor, everyone present knows it, but Xu Yunjue is even more puzzled, and said Your Majesty, you are dying soon, and you still came to invite us, do you want us to see you off?

And with such a pleasant face, I was so panicked when I looked at it, this is too unrevertent.

"Yes, old man, now our people no longer have to worry about the northern captives, Your Majesty's merits are no less than that of Emperor Taizu Gao! Congratulations to Your Majesty with this wine! Congratulations to Daming! ”

Taining Hou also hurriedly picked it up, he thought clearly, His Majesty came back to feast on them after a big victory, didn't he just hope that they would say something good and obedient and flattering?

Do you really think it's been a long time since you see them? Anyway, Taining Hou didn't believe it, he felt that Chongzhen was weird, this was not like him.

Because as early as more than two years ago, all the nobles had already offended Chongzhen thoroughly! Why is it so kind today?

Rao was suspicious, but many relatives still did not dare to be disobedient, and stood up with wine glasses to congratulate.

"This is all the credit of the soldiers, I always thought that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were very weak, and they always lost battles for more than ten years, and the land was lost one after another." Chongzhen also stood up from the throne.

"However, I really came to the Shanhaiguan in person, and when I arrived at the blood-stained territory outside the pass, I found that I was wrong, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all in good shape, and officially because of their bravery, not afraid of death and injury, there was a victory in the Northern Expedition!

There is no need to respect me, this victory was won by the death of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen took the wine glass from the eunuch's hand and took two steps forward.

Xu Yunjue, the Duke of Wei, was thoughtful, and Chen Yanzuo, Marquis of Taining, felt that Chongzhen's words were serious, soldiers were originally used for war, and people would definitely die in war.

However, the sincere uncle, who has always talked a lot, had a solemn expression at this time, and Zhou Guozhang, oh, this guy didn't listen to his son-in-law at all, and was still thinking about how to spend this newly acquired silver.

How many more shops should I buy? Or do you want to buy some more fertile land?

"I would like to use this wine to mourn the thousands of soldiers who died outside the Guanwai!" After Chongzhen finished speaking, he held the wine high to the sky, and then swayed the wine in the cup on the imperial steps of the main hall.

Seeing Chongzhen like this, the nobles in the hall looked left and right, looked at each other, and raised the wine glass above their heads to pay tribute to the dead soldiers, and then swayed it in the main hall.

The Imperial Palace was instantly filled with the smell of spirits.

"It is precisely because of the border soldiers who fight the border day and night, using flesh and blood to resist foreign enemies, that there is now the peace of the Ming Dynasty, is what I said right?" Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said again.

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true! The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are all good! Dingyuan Marquis Deng Wenming echoed loudly, and the rest of the nobles were not without objections.

"It is precisely with the dedication of the Ming soldiers that you can rest with the country and enjoy all the wealth in the Ming Dynasty, am I right?" Chongzhen looked at the nobles and threw out a sentence that the nobles couldn't refute.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the ministers are ashamed!" Peng Chengbo Zhang Guangzu echoed, and said in his heart that His Majesty is telling the truth, but the recent days have really been good, and it is good to have a good ancestor.

In Daming, ordinary people fight for their fathers, and the top honors and nobles fight for their ancestors.

It's just, what does Your Majesty want to say?

In the past, the nobles could see the joy and sorrow from Chongzhen's face, as soon as His Majesty came back from the Northern Expedition, it was like a different person, and he actually talked to us about something useless, and the dishes were going to be cold!

The heart said that His Majesty really can't go out of the palace all the time, and when he leaves the palace, he will be like a loose horse, and when he sees the situation outside, he will no longer be easy to fool.

In the future, he will not be able to let His Majesty leave the palace again.

"It's just that the ministers know why the soldiers always suffered defeats before, but in the past two years, they have been invincible like the god of war again?" Chongzhen said again.

"The minister knows that this is all the work of His Majesty! Your Majesty's dragon horse spirit drove the expedition in person, and the morale of the soldiers will definitely be doubled, oh, and the king of Anguo County has strategized and won a thousand miles. ”

Guangningbo Liu Sien also came out of class and said flattering words, Liu Sien and Zhang Guangzu are sons and daughters.

In fact, for three hundred years, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty have intermarried with each other, Zhang is Li's aunt, and Li is Sun's cousin, and they have been intertwined for generations.

The reason why Liu Sien brought Liu Hongjian with him was because the surname Liu was indeed very violent, and he did not blink an eye when he killed the rebels, Tartars, and Wenchen, and it did bring them a peaceful life.

But the most important thing is that Liu Hongjian has never offended them, and he himself is a noble, the nobles of the world are a family, and many nobles are even more honorable.

"Liu Aiqing is wrong, I may be able to increase morale for a while, and the king of Anguo may be like a god with soldiers, but if the court can't even pay the soldiers, the soldiers can't even eat, and the soldiers can't even get a pension if they die in battle.

Will there be soldiers who will defend the peace of the rest of the world? Chongzhen's tone was very calm, and he still couldn't see the joy and sorrow.

The nobles in the main hall looked at each other when they heard this, and they were already whispering on the tables behind them, thinking about what His Majesty wanted to do?

"Yes, I invite you to come here today, and there is one more thing, that is, the Ming Dynasty now needs your help to solve the problem of the pension of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition!"

At this point, Chongzhen went around and finally showed his hole cards.

PS, I will continue to add more to you in the evening