Chapter 132: Monarchs and Ministers Meet
The twentieth day of the lunar month, the capital, heavy snow.
There is a group of people standing on the official road thirty miles outside the southern city, and the current leader is wearing a brocade yellow regular dress and a black gauze winged crown, which is the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Empire.
The north wind was howling and the snow was falling, and the Ayara umbrella cover could not hide the snowflakes falling everywhere at all, and the two wrestlers struggled to stabilize the handle of the umbrella cover in order to maintain the royal majesty.
Chongzhen waved his hand to remove the exhausted wrestler, he didn't know how long he had been standing here, and there were already a lot of snowflakes on the top of the Yi Shan Crown.
"Start the emperor, the wind and snow are very heavy, just welcome An Guobo's triumphant ministers and others, the emperor should take care of the dragon body, and return to the palace to wait!"
After discussing with several other cabinet elders, Zheng Sanjun, the first assistant of the cabinet, stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and spoke to persuade him.
Since Liu Hong, the uncle of Xia'an, gradually left Beijing and rushed to Shanhaiguan, at the beginning, every seven or eight days, the Jinyi Wei messengers who came and went could always convey the military information on the front line in a timely manner.
However, since Liu Hong gradually sent the last letter and asked for instructions to go to Shanxi in person to solve the problem of military rations for the border army, the news was temporarily interrupted.
Chongzhen waited anxiously for a month, and finally got a letter from Bi Zigong through Jinyiwei a few days ago, in which Liu Hong gradually explained the situation in Shanxi.
Urgently dispatched Xuanfu soldiers and Shanhaiguan soldiers to Shanxi, this is to attack Dashun!
Chongzhen still remembers how frightened the courtiers were when they knew the news, and the shadow of the arrival of the Dashun soldiers in the capital at the beginning of the year was still in the hearts of the hundred officials.
Many ministers believed that to deal with Dashun, we should focus on education and appeasement, and they believed that the current situation of the Ming Dynasty was not suitable for more incidents when there was no war, and they took the opportunity to ask the emperor to remove Liu Hong from the post of Jiliao Governor.
Even Liu Hongji's Bole, Meng Zhaoxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also has a negative attitude towards this matter, in his opinion, although An Guobo is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, he is still too young and acts too hastily.
Only Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stubbornly supported Liu Hongji, he knew this kid too well, this kid loves to eat everything, but he doesn't like to suffer.
Chongzhen finally passed Liu Hongji's request against public opinion.
After that, the news made the DPRK boil, first it was reported that An Guobo led more than 2,000 soldiers from the Thousand Households of Wansui Mountain to defeat the first army of Yuan Zongdi of Dashun, and then Lianketong Pass, Taiyuan Mansion, Datong Mansion, and even the entire territory of Shanxi.
Ten days later, even Shaanxi also returned to the Ming Dynasty, poisoning the Ming Dynasty for decades of the army was completely annihilated, Emperor Chongzhen learned the news and went straight to the temple to report the good news to the ancestors.
Now, this young man who has repeatedly turned the tide when the Ming Dynasty is leaking and crumbling, this young man who has cured the prince regardless of his own plague and saved the Ming Dynasty, his beloved general, An Guobo, returned to Beijing victoriously.
How could he sit in the warm pavilion, his heart was stirring, even in this snowy midwinter, his body and mind were still full of warmth.
"Zheng Aiqing is already in the age of ancient times, so I can do this, I am only more than thirty years old now, if I can't even bear this bit of wind and snow, how can I bear these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
Moreover, in the past six months, An Guobo's exploits for the Ming Dynasty, whether it is to drive out the Tartars or recover the old land, should be waiting for this!
You Aiqing don't need to say much, if you can't stand the cold, you can go back to Beijing first, I don't blame, Zheng Aiqing retreat! ”
Chongzhen snorted and said coldly.
With just one word, many ministers are sour in their hearts, presumably if there are still people who dare to disobey the emperor and say that An Guobo is not, they will inevitably be pulled down to eat the board!
Since the last military parade in the Xishan camp, the emperor seems to have changed as if he has changed his personality, and his actions have become more decisive than before.
It's good now, Chongzhen just asked a few bigwigs for their opinions, and then gave an order after his own consideration, and didn't care about the grinding and chirping of hundreds of officials, which made them very unaccustomed to it.
The army is a sword, Jinyiwei is an eye, Chongzhen firmly remembered what Liu Hong said when he gradually left Beijing, yes, with the army in hand, what are those civilian official groups, disobedient? Kill it!
Mass resignation? An Guobo said, there has never been a shortage of scholars who want to be officials, and it is estimated that the people below are looking forward to the people above being pulled down!
Isn't it heart-wrenching for the emperor to speak like this? He didn't say anything bad about An Guobo, so he encountered this unwarranted disaster, Zheng Sanjun got up and patted the snowflakes stained on his knees.
Zheng Sanjun is the secretary of the ministry, in charge of the promotion and assessment of hundreds of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and he boasts of reading countless people, but he has never understood the character of An Guobo.
Now that the emperor is so gracious to An Guobo, if this person is dedicated to me, it would be fine, if not?
Alas, maybe he is really old, and he actually has a feeling of exhaustion, Zheng Sanjun silently retreated to the head of the civilian team.
"Report! Playing the emperor, An Guobo's army has been less than five miles according to this! "A brocade guard hundred households personally came to give the order.
"Probe!"
Due to the 'baggage' too much, the Long Live Mountain Thousand Households set off from Taiyuan Mansion, and walked for more than ten days to arrive at Dejinggi, as early as five days ago when they arrived at Debaoding Mansion, Liu Hongjian sent a sentry to send news to Beijing.
Liu Hong gradually walked on his horse in anger, followed by the gold, silver, and armored cavalry behind him.
The closer he was to his home, the more restless Liu Hong felt, he patted his horse on a high slope and looked in the direction of the capital.
Raising his eyes, rows of guards in fresh clothes and angry horses appeared not far away, could it be that the emperor is also here?
Two hours ago, the sentry reported that he had connected with the sentry on the side of the court, saying that the court would send someone to meet him, but looking at the formation, I am afraid that there must be tens of thousands of people!
And how many people can travel between the DPRK and China that need tens of thousands of escorts?
"Speed up the march!" Liu Hong gradually turned around and made a decision.
And he himself galloped in the direction of the capital, and when he reached the head of the knife handle, he turned over and dismounted, and the warrior shouted early.
"An Guobo has arrived!"
"An Guobo has arrived!"
Liu Hong gradually tidied up his clothes, passed through the fork and knife biband who automatically made way for him, passed through the red helmet general of the 3,000 battalions, and finally passed through the brocade-clothed guards, and finally saw Chongzhen.
Chongzhen in front of him, his body was slightly thin, his crown was full of snowflakes, his brows were slightly furrowed, his eyes were blazing, and his hands were behind his back.
"Your Majesty, Weichen is back!"
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, unless it was a major event such as sacrificing heaven and earth, rarely went out of the capital, and now Chongzhen actually went out of the city in the snow to greet him, but also welcomed out thirty miles!
The more the words came to his mouth, the more Liu Hong gradually didn't know what to say, looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who had worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for half his life, Liu Hong gradually used simple words to restore his life to the emperor.
A thousand words, all in words.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back, Aiqing is calm down! Let's go, go back and talk! The corners of Chongzhen's eyes were moist, and he stepped forward to help Liu Hongjian with his own hands.
"An Guobo, do you know that the emperor has been waiting here for more than an hour for you!" Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, stepped forward and said.
"The emperor's love, and it is difficult to repay one of the ministers for their death!" Liu Hong gradually politely spoke.
"Some little things, Li Aiqing don't have to say much."
Chongzhen is in a very good mood, he inherited the unification of more than ten years, in the Desheng Gate sent a lot of generals, every time I hope that these generals can triumph, he will wait for good news outside the Anding Gate.
For more than ten years, he can't remember how many generals and supervisors have been sent out from Deshengmen, but there are very few who can triumph from Andingmen.
"Your Majesty, Weichen's trip to Shanxi has received a lot of goods, and he has brought a lot of 'local products' to the emperor!"
Liu Honggradually wore a fox fur jacket and stood beside Chongzhen looking very eye-catching, returning to the capital is equivalent to returning home, Liu Hongjian also spoke very casually, and even had a hippie smile.
"An Guobo, pay attention to your words and demeanor!" The new Ministry of Rites Shangshu saw the person in front of him staggering, without any courtesy, and reminded him.
But he only ate Chongzhen's eyes, and he was transferred from Nanjing after the resignation of Jiang Dejing, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
"Oh? I heard that Shanxi produces strange treasures, I don't know what good things Aiqing brought to me? ”
"Your Majesty, please look!" Liu Hong gradually pointed to the convoy in the distance and said.
"So much! What's in the car? Chongzhen said with a puzzled face.
Regarding the disposal of the profiteers in Shanxi, Liu Hongjian did not mention it in the song, first, because he was worried that the courtiers would be dissatisfied, and secondly, this was also a surprise for Chongzhen.
"Well, this has to be calculated, how many cars are four hundred carts of silver, one hundred carts of gold, one hundred and eighty carts of pearl agate, and jade and jade bracelets?
Back to the emperor, Weichen's memory is not very good, and he can't remember, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the next person for a while! ”
Chongzhen: "......"
Baiguan: "......"
"As far as I know, how can there be so much money in Shanxi and Shaanxi after years of disasters? Aiqing, don't want to be me! Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and said incredulously.
"Hahaha, the emperor has a lot of incredible things in this world, you can see it later, we are Ming, there is really no shortage of silver! You see the minister is not wrong, right?
We are rich! Liu Hongchuan was quite proud of this.
It's not that he brags, as long as the emperor can be ruthless, he can fish out tens of millions of taels for Chongzhen, and it will be addictive to raiding the house!
"I'm a little dizzy, so I'll leave it to the household department in advance! Let's go, go back to Beijing, I will give you a banquet in the palace to celebrate! ”
Chongzhen said with great interest, whether it is true or not, Ni Yuanlu of the household department has always been strict and cautious, and he will have his own conclusion later.
"No, no, no! Emperor! The minister wants to go home! The minister is going to be a father! ”
PS: The Ming Dynasty marched from the Desheng Gate, which means to win with virtue and morality, while the class teachers from the Anding Gate respectively took the flag to win, which means that it is too peaceful and stable.