Just as Lu Zhen envisioned for the Son of Heaven, when everything that happened at this court meeting was reported, both the officials and the people praised his decision, and bluntly said that His Majesty was indeed a virtuous and responsible king, and he truly made a clear distinction between public and private. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā

Originally, in the hearts of many people, they were very dissatisfied with this blackmail of the Mengren, after all, my Ming Dynasty has never groveled to a foreign enemy since Taizu, let alone sent the people in the treasury to foreign enemies. It's just that the identity and experience of the Emperor Taishang are there, and as subjects, they can't oppose it.

But now, the problem has been solved, and His Majesty's response has been public and private. In Gong, as the Son of Heaven, it is naturally impossible for him to hand over the silver to the Mongolian people for the dignity of the Ming Dynasty; In private, he cared about his brotherhood, and actually offered to give up the silver in his private treasury in exchange for his brother, which was enough to make countless people move and admire.

In the case of the government's intention to publicize it, the people of Manjing all knew that there was such a thing, and while their perception of the Mongolian people became worse and worse, they admired the Son of Heaven and the imperial court even more. For a time, the hearts of the people in the capital were more neat than the previous siege, and they all denounced these despicable and greedy Mongolian envoys.

What's more, even outside the pavilion arranged for them by Honglu Temple, people come to scold from time to time. In this regard, the officials among them also turned a blind eye and could not see it, which made Gulica and others who were in it very depressed.

Soon after, in the spirit of doing a full set of plays, Zhu Qiyu sent someone to really send the 80,000 taels of silver extracted from the inner treasury, and once again stated that this was the son of the Great Tomorrow to rescue his brother as a younger brother, hoping that the Mongolian people would release Zhu Qizhen back after accepting the ransom.

With them, there were several eunuchs in the palace, and these people also brought a lot of property, which were all the things that the original queen Qian, as well as several other former concubines, and the Empress Dowager Sun took out from her palace. These possessions included ordinary gold and silver ingots, but more often than not, they were some jewelry and other items, which were given to them by the emperor during his reign, and now they have become bargaining chips to rescue their husbands and sons.

However, the value of these things together cannot reach the 800,000 taels set by the Mengren. At this time, there was no auction house, otherwise as long as the jewelry used by the queen's concubines was auctioned like this, there would naturally be some wealthy merchants who would buy it at a high price for some purpose. But in the Ming Dynasty a few hundred years ago, these jewels could only be counted as a few hundred taels, and together with the 80,000 taels of silver sent by Zhu Qiyu, they were only less than 200,000 taels, which was too far from the bottom line of the Mongolian people.

The Mongolian side hasn't reacted yet, and the people in Beijing who got the news are completely blown up.

How unreasonable is this, it is really too deceitful! Are you foreign barbarians really so easy to deceive when I am a Ming? Not only did he kidnap our Emperor, but he also swaggered and sent people to blackmail, which caused His Majesty the Emperor and the concubines of the Emperor to be so compromised? How can you endure such a thing?

Soon, there were many collisions and clashes in the pavilion here, and even a few people really rushed into it, almost fighting with these Mongolian envoys.

After several similar conflicts one after another, the officials of Honglu Temple finally couldn't help it, and immediately approached Gulitsa to ask what his intentions were. If they are willing to accept the conditions proposed by the imperial court, it will naturally be good, and the Ming Dynasty will send them out of the country as a gift, and send people to follow them to the grassland to welcome back their own emperor.

And if they refused to accept this proposal, then for the sake of the stability of the capital, they had to ask them to leave. Of course, in this way, not only do they not want to take half of these possessions, but they also have to be responsible for all the consequences.

In the face of this hard-line attitude and difficult problem, Gulitsa and others were also quite embarrassed. When he came to Daming, he boasted to Taishi that he would definitely be able to force the other party to give in and spend millions of silver taels in exchange for Zhu Qizhen. But as a result, now there is only such a little bit of silver, if he really agrees, it will be difficult for him to go back.

Thinking about this, he immediately said that he couldn't accept it, and he would not let him go unless he had the 800,000 taels of silver that had been negotiated before.

In the case of a complete collapse of the talks, the imperial court finally stopped delaying, and immediately sent people to blast them out of the pavilion, and at the same time drove them out of the capital. Subsequently, a team of men and horses was sent to escort them to the north and send them out of the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Gu Licha and the others really didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be so resolute and leave no room for it, and they didn't care about the safety of Zhu Qi Town, which was still in the grassland. They don't know that this is different from the past, and in the face of today's public opinion, whether it is the Son of Heaven or the courtiers, they no longer have too many concerns about this, anyway, they are already invincible.

Even, in the hearts of the vast majority of people, including Zhu Qiyu, they don't want Zhu Qizhen to come back. In their opinion, this Emperor Taishang has already become a superfluous person, and his arrival will only have an immeasurable impact on the gradually improving situation in the world and the imperial court, so it is better to let him be controlled by the Mongolian people all the time.

Of course, not everyone has such a mind, at least some people hope that he can come back safely, and the person who shows it is of course the former queen Qian.

She has this idea, but it is not because she wants to make Zhu Qizhen the emperor again, so that she can follow the world again. Rather, it is purely from the point of view of a wife who worries and misses her husband. In fact, since the wedding, the relationship between her and Zhu Qizhen has always been very harmonious, which can be regarded as harmonious. Now that her husband has been captured by the enemy for almost a year, how can she, as a wife, not be anxious?

So when she heard about the blackmail request of the people a while ago, she really sent all the valuable things she could take out around her. Results...... But it disappointed her again.

Although all the money was sent back, her heart was completely empty. In the following days, the only thing Qian could do, except to plead with the emperor, was to make a wish in front of the Buddha, hoping that the Buddha would bless her husband with peace and be released from the north as soon as possible.

The daily worry made Qian cry almost day and night, and finally even one eye was blind because of it.

Perhaps, Zhu Qizhen is not a qualified emperor, because everything he has done before has brought profound disasters to the Great Tomorrow. But at least he is still a good husband, and he has a good wife who misses him wholeheartedly!

Of course, what happened to the former queen in the palace is impossible for outsiders to know, and even if they do, they can't help it. Because at this time, everyone feels that His Majesty the Emperor is much more reliable than the Emperor Taishang, and under his wise leadership, our Ming Dynasty can prosper and create a peaceful and prosperous world.

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Lu Zhen is also satisfied with this result, although he has not shown anything in this matter, but as long as His Majesty knows, it is enough. Even such things that may bring hidden dangers are better not to be known to outsiders.

It's just that his idea failed to come true after all. Maybe he Lu Shansi can hide most of the courtiers and people, but there is one person he absolutely can't hide, that is, Hu Hu Butang, who has been up and down in the court for many years and has already cultivated into a fine practice.

Since the news of the defeat of Tumubao last year, Hu Hu fell ill and has not shown much since then. After all, he is old, and his body bones really can't support it.

But even so, his successive resignations from beggar bones were also rejected by Zhu Qiyu, and he still let him occupy the position of the secretary of the ministry.

The reason is because he is the only veteran-level high-ranking official in the DPRK who has both talent and morality, and now the situation in the DPRK and China is still unstable and clear, and Zhu Qiyu, who has recently become the king, really needs such a figure who is like a god of the sea to help him suppress the ministers. Even if Hu Hu is already powerless and difficult to contribute to the affairs of the court, as long as he is one day, the vast majority of the ministers still have to respect him as the leader.

Of course, it is impossible for him to go to the yamen again, and it is impossible for him to show up at the court again, so Hu Hu at this time is more just a symbol.

And as he did not show up for several months, the number of officials who came to visit and move around in the past gradually decreased, after all, the most important thing for the people in the court was the actual benefits. Even with a teacher-student relationship, the alienation is quite fast.

The only exception may be Lu Jin.

In the past few months, as long as he has free time, every few days, he will always bring some gifts or something to visit Hu Hu, talk to him, and comfort the old man who has long lost his demeanor.

Others may be a little strange, and they don't understand how Lu Shilang, who is already a celebrity in the court, has such idleness? I can only say that Lord Lu is really a gentleman who is affectionate and worthy of deep friendship. Only he knows that, in fact, he sees Hu Hu as his father.

If it weren't for Hu Hui, maybe he would have been killed by Wang Zhen. It is also Hu Hui's many rescues that can make him continue to mature and progress, so that he has today's status. For a time-traveler who has no relatives and no reason in this era, such an old man who always helps himself and thinks about himself naturally makes him have some feelings, so that he regards Hu Hu as his father.

So no matter how busy he is, he will come to visit every few days, which has almost become a habit.

And with the settlement of the Mengren matter, Lu Zhen could finally breathe a sigh of relief again, so he looked for a day and came to visit his husband again.

Seeing Lu Zhen enter the house accompanied by the housekeeper, Hu Hui's skinny face showed a happy smile again: "Shansi is here." ”

"How is your health, sir?" After seeing the salute, Lu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Good ......" Hu Hu smiled, and after the housekeeper left, he looked at the young man in front of him with a smile: "It's you, you have made a great contribution to Your Majesty recently, it's really gratifying." ”