I have to say that Chen Yue is a person who values feelings, although with the increase of status, power and ambition also increase, but if he wants to deal with Chongzhen ruthlessly, he still can't do it.

After all, Chongzhen used to appreciate him very much, and the princess was even more affectionate to him. Once upon a time, he regarded Chongzhen and the princess as his family, and the princess always as his future wife. Therefore, he couldn't be ruthless and really overthrow Chongzhen himself as emperor, although it might not be difficult at all.

Chen Yue himself also understands his character weaknesses, maybe he can't be called a hero at all, his personality is indecisive, his wrists are not hard at all, and he doesn't have the potential to be a hero at all. If it weren't for the bonus of the identity of the traverser and luck, I'm afraid more would have achieved nothing.

Therefore, Chen Yue at this moment is very weak in the face of Chongzhen, and he feels shameless in the face of the princess, kneeling under the sun for a while will make him feel better.

But to others, things are a different story.

After welcoming Chen Yue into Nanjing, Shi Kefa and a group of officials returned to their yamen. In the cabinet, when he heard Chen Yuechang kneeling outside the Chengtian Gate, Shi Kefa was stunned for a while, and a smile appeared on his face.

"King Qi is really loyal. The anger in His Majesty's heart can be dissipated, and it is the luck of the Ming Dynasty to get along with the monarch and the ministers from now on! Shi Kefa smiled and said to Lu Zhenfei. Lu Zhenfei nodded again and again, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

For Shi Kefa and Lu Zhenfei, it is quite uncomfortable to be sandwiched between Chen Yue and Chongzhen, as courtiers, they should be loyal to the king, but from the perspective of the people of the world, they have to stand on the side of King Qi. They often wonder what would happen to him if the King of Qi really made a rebellious move to plot against the dynasty and usurp the throne? Most of the actions against the King of Qi will not, but they will never feel at ease as an official in the new dynasty and have a reputation as a second minister, and the best result is to resign and return to their hometown.

And now, Chen Yue's actions fully show his respect for Chongzhen, and show that Chen Yue has no intention of usurping the throne, so that he no longer has to be caught in the middle and feel uncomfortable.

And for Qian Qianyi, who was also in the cabinet, he was stunned after knowing this, he didn't expect Chen Yue to be like this, and he was willing to bow his head to Chongzhen so much. Could it be that Chen Yue really has no intention of rebelling, but why would he support the rebels behind his back to persecute the imperial court? Or is it that Chen Yue is treacherous and loyal, and he only made his current move in order to confuse Chongzhen? Qian Qianyi guessed psychologically.

Among the various yamen, when they knew about King Qi's actions, the officials also talked about it and praised King Qi's loyalty.

And for Chen Yue now, he doesn't want to do anything, he just hopes that the palace gate will open soon, MMP, it's too hot this day!

Finally, as if hearing Chen Yue's voice, the palace gate slowly opened, and the eunuch Tian Cheng, the master of ceremonies, walked out of the palace gate with a smile on his face, and came to support Chen Yue eagerly.

"Chitose King of Qi, Your Majesty has an edict, please go to the Qianqing Palace to meet you. It's hot, what can I do if the heat is bad. The slave maid ordered someone to prepare a bowl of iced sour plum soup, the prince, you eat it quickly to relieve the heat, and then enter the palace. ”

Tian Cheng smiled all over his face, and really ordered the little eunuch to bring out a bowl of sour plum soup.

Chen Yue had been in the sun for so long, his whole body was already soaked, his throat and eyes seemed to be on fire, and he reached out to pick up the sour plum soup.

"Slow down!" Chen Yan on his side stepped forward, snatched the sour plum soup with his hand, took out the silver needle and put it in the bowl, and forced Tian Cheng to take the first sip when he saw that there was no abnormality, Tian Cheng showed a wry smile on his face, and had to take a small sip. Seeing that Tian Cheng was fine, Chen Yan handed the sour plum soup to Chen Yue.

"Eventful!" Chen Yue glared at Chen Yan, glanced at the sour plum soup with disgust, and didn't want to drink the saliva of the dead eunuch, so he reached out and took the water bag from the hand of the guard next to him, and drank it happily.

"Wechen knocks to see Your Majesty." Walking into the Qianqing Palace, looking at Chongzhen's old face and full of white hair, Chen Yue's heart softened, and he knelt down with a puff.

"Your Majesty, you, you have so many gray hairs" Chen Yue's lips trembled, and he said in a choked voice.

Looking at the old Chongzhen in front of him, his white hair was as thin as a handful of dry firewood, he couldn't compare with the Chongzhen in his memory, he had only been away for a year and a half, he didn't expect Chongzhen, who was seriously ill, to become like this, Chen Yue's heart was so uncomfortable that he didn't have the heart to say hello to Princess Kunxing who was standing beside Chongzhen.

Seeing Chen Yue's true feelings, Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and his flat face softened. As an emperor who has been fighting with his ministers for twenty years, he can distinguish whether the courtiers are true or acting in front of him.

"It's all presidents, and I'm still crying, and I'm not ashamed!" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Wechen doesn't want to be the president, Wechen only wishes His Majesty good health." Chen Yue hurriedly replied.

"Hehe," Chongzhen sneered, "I was still a little moved, and then I heard your." If you really cared about my body, you wouldn't have made so many moths! ”

"Your Majesty, the micro-minister didn't, the micro-minister was wronged." Chen Yue had a bitter face, as if he didn't know what Chongzhen meant.

"Father!" Princess Kunxing on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly shouted.

Tilting his head slightly to look at his daughter, Chongzhen sighed, knowing that his daughter didn't want to persecute Chen Yue even more.

"Girls are outgoing!" Chongzhen muttered, "Forget it, get up." ”

Chen Yue hurriedly got up, turned to look at Princess Kunxing, looked at Princess Kunxing with burning eyes, and only looked at Kunxing with a blushing face and lowered his head.

"Ahem!" Seeing Chen Yue unscrupulously hooking up with his daughter, Chongzhen on the throne couldn't stand it anymore, "President, you have been fighting for many years, and it has been really hard, since you have also seen me, go back and rest." ”

Seeing that Chongzhen left without saying a word, Chen Yue was naturally full of reluctance, "Your Majesty, Weichen has been fighting everywhere for more than a year, but he no longer thinks about His Majesty all the time, so let me accompany you for a while." ”

Chongzhen rolled his eyes, and he didn't know if this guy wanted to accompany him or his daughter, but Chen Yue put on a rogue posture, and it was not good for people to drive him out.

After some gags, the atmosphere in the hall eased, Chongzhen's momentum weakened unconsciously, and the smell of gunpowder in his mouth disappeared, and he began to patiently look for Chen Yue's battlefield battle.

Chen Yue knew what Chongzhen wanted to hear, so he told the story of the battle between Linqing and Manchu in a thrilling way, how to take advantage of the Eight Banners cavalry to plunder outside and approach Linqing in three ways, how to lure the Eight Banners out of Linqing City, and then block the back road of the Qing army, how to send a navy across the sea to attack Ningyuan and capture the nest of the Guanning army, so as to force Wu Sangui's Guanning army to surrender. How to fight with the Qing army outside the city of Linqing, and defeated the Mantars with great sacrifices.

The wonderful battle came out of Chen Yue's mouth, which made Chongzhen feel addicted, and Princess Kunxing listened attentively.

Although I have read the battle report of the Battle of Linqing, where is the wonderful story of the people who witnessed the cold words on the paper.

And for Chongzhen, Mantar is the nightmare of his life. Years of battles, countless defeats, losses of soldiers, loss of cities and land, the Ming Dynasty was almost on the verge of death by the Mantars!

If there is no Manchu Tartar, the Ming Dynasty will not even be able to pacify the thieves, nor will it be attacked by the thieves to break through Beijing and make themselves look south!

And now, Mantar was finally defeated and rushed back to Guanwai, and the Jingshi recovered, and he died and had the face to see his brother.

And all this is the credit of the man in front of him, it is all this that he obtained from the bloody battle, thinking of this, Chongzhen's gaze at Chen Yue finally softened.

"Aiqing, Aiqing has fought for the Ming Dynasty repeatedly, and he has worked hard and worked hard!" The words of gratitude finally came out of Chongzhen's mouth.

"The matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king, this is the duty of the minister. If there is no absolute new appointment of the princess of the prison country, if there is no Manchu Dynasty princes to raise food, grass, money and materials, if there is no bloody fight of the soldiers, what can Chen Yue do alone? Chen Yue said modestly.

Chongzhen listened with a smile, and when he heard Chen Yue say that the princess of the prison country was definitely new, his face changed slightly. Perhaps, it is my suspicion all along, and the balancing act I have been trying to make, that has caused today's situation.

"Without Aiqing, there would be no victory in the Northern Expedition, and the recovery of the Jingshi is the credit of Aiqing, and there is no need to be too humble." Chongzhen waved his hand, "I am old and sick, and the princess is a woman, so I will have to worry a lot about the government in the future." You are the president, and your powers and responsibilities are equivalent to the first assistant of the cabinet, and in the future, the government and state affairs can be decided by Aiqing. Ordinary affairs can be handled with the presidential seal! ”

Chen Yue was stunned for a moment, he could understand the meaning of Chongzhen's words, that is to say, in the future, most government affairs only need the approval of him, the president, to be implemented, and there is no need to stamp everything with the emperor's jade seal, this, this is a real decentralization!

"Wechen has always led troops to fight, but he has not dealt with government affairs, I am afraid that he is inexperienced and misunderstands state affairs. Therefore, His Majesty and the Empress will be consulted for all major matters, and His Majesty and the Empress Dowager will dare to implement it only after their approval! Since Chongzhen was on the way, Chen Yue also hurriedly made a guarantee to show that he had no intention of arbitrarily exercising power.

Chongzhen looked at Chen Yue quietly, waved his hand to order everyone in the hall to retreat, Princess Kunxing hesitated, and seeing Chongzhen's firm gaze, she had no choice but to retreat.

Seeing that there were only two people left in the hall, Chongzhen got up from his seat, walked in front of Chen Yue, and looked directly at Chen Yue.

"Chen Yue, I have something to ask you, you have to tell the truth, don't deceive me!" Chongzhen said solemnly.

The smile on Chen Yue's face also disappeared, and he nodded heavily, "Yes, Weichen promises to tell the truth!" ”

"I ask you, are you behind the rebellion of the Enench?" Chongzhen asked coldly.

Chen Yue was silent for a moment: "It's okay, it's not." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Wechen commanded the army in the north, the Manchu Tartars had not yet stopped, and he needed to reorganize the defense line of the Great Wall, he needed to stabilize the places that had been war-torn for a long time, and he also wanted to conquer the thieves who invaded Shanxi and Henan, and he didn't care about the affairs of the south, so he appointed the south to his subordinates. coincided with the awakening of Your Majesty, and a change took place. My subordinates, thinking that Your Majesty was going to deal with me, decided to return the favor and orchestrated the rebellion of Ainengchi.

Therefore, Wei Chen really didn't know about Ainengqi's rebellion at first. But after learning about it later, seeing that this matter was in line with the interests of Wechen, in line with the interests of the King of Qi and his family, and that he could take the opportunity to weaken the interests of the gentry and facilitate future governance reforms, so Wechen also acquiesced. So it can't be wrong to count this matter on Weichen's head! ”

Since Chongzhen wants to talk openly and honestly, Chen Yue will also tell the truth.

"So you will be wrong, in fact, you have already had this thought in your heart, but you don't want to stand out yourself because of your reputation, right?" Chongzhen sneered.

Chen Yue looked at Chongzhen quietly: "Weichen doesn't want to deny it, Weichen does have the heart to be in power." Your Majesty, think about it, since the beginning of Weichen to protect you in Huai'an, you have promised to carry out changes and prosper the Ming Dynasty. But a few years have passed, has Daming changed a little? Have you ever started a change?

From the time of quelling the rebellion of King Fu, Wechen has always hoped that Your Majesty can revitalize and change the behavior of the past, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, Wechen worked hard to train the soldiers and soothe the people, with tens of thousands of newly trained soldiers and the strong Eight Banners Soldiers, although he won by luck, but also paid a great price, and Weichen's father also died on the battlefield.

But just after the great victory, Your Majesty, what kind of balancing act will you implement and let the ministers keep filial piety. Then he listened to the demagoguery of some officials and rushed the Northern Expedition, lost 200,000 troops, and ruined the good situation.

Your Majesty, if you are willing to trust Weichen with all your heart, how can you have such a great defeat? How can the thief and the thief in the west have the opportunity to break through Yiling and enter Huguang and cause chaos in the Ming Dynasty?

Your Majesty, you are bent on balancing the balance, causing Daming to fall into endless party strife, and there is no energy to deal with foreign captives and internal thieves, which has brought Daming to its current situation.

Weichen is not for the sake of arbitrariness, but wants to implement the changes we discussed at the time of Huai'an, wants to eradicate civil strife and restore peace as soon as possible, and wants to make my Ming Wei plus the four seas reign over all countries, so that my people can live a peaceful and prosperous life as soon as possible! ”

Chen Yue's agitated words pierced Chongzhen like a knife, causing him to turn pale and staggered back.

Recalling that when he was in Huai'an, he was determined to reform the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he achieved nothing and caused the Ming Dynasty to become more and more chaotic, Chongzhen could not help but deny that he was really a little bad as the emperor.

"I, I'm incompetent to be this emperor!" Chongzhen sat down and muttered.

"Your Majesty, as long as you can fully appoint the new Wechen, even if you can't do it, let the Wechen do, Wechen guarantees that it won't take a few years, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be rich and the people will be sufficient.

Your Majesty, Wechen knows what you are worried about, and Wechen can assure you that Wechen will never usurp it in his lifetime! ”

Listening to Chen's heartfelt words, Chongzhen was also moved, "I believe in you." In the future, the government will be handed over to you, and I will hand over my daughter to you. But there is one thing you have to promise me, the first son you and the princess have will be surnamed Zhu, and he will be the prince of my Ming Dynasty! ”

Chen Yue couldn't help but smile: "Weichen promises!" ”

ps: I'm very sleepy, I didn't fall asleep last night with insomnia, mainly thinking about the follow-up plot of this book and the new book, in other words, this book should be almost finished.