Chapter 248: First Involvement in Imperial Politics
Zhu Linmiao pulled the little eunuch to inquire and learned that he was originally serving Pang Tianshou and was assigned by Zhu Yuao to take care of Zhu Linyuan. When the dragon guards arrived at the palace, the palace was extremely chaotic, and the little eunuch was worried that someone would be unfavorable to the Son of Heaven, so he took advantage of the nurse's inattention, hugged the little emperor and hid in the imperial pharmacy until the dragon guard found him.
Zhu Linmiao praised the little eunuch a few words and ordered him to stay by the emperor's side and wait.
On the other side, the Empress Dowager Zeng cried for a while, but she still didn't see the little emperor wake up, and looked at Pang Tianshou and said urgently: "Imperial Doctor!" Hurry up and send the Imperial Doctor! ”
It's just that under the chaos, the imperial doctor didn't know where to hide, and Pang Tianshou went out for a long time and didn't return.
Zhu Linmiao looked around Jingxi Palace, and saw that there were tattered everywhere, there were few pieces of window paper intact, and there was a musty smell in the whole room.
He turned to the Empress Dowager Zeng and said, "Empress Dowager, now that the political turmoil has subsided, you should return to Ciqing Palace to live." ”
"Back to Ciqing Palace?" Empress Dowager Zeng repeated thoughtfully, and suddenly looked at Zhu Linmiao with a fierce look in her eyes and said, "That traitor...... He's dead? ”
Zhu Linmiao knew that she was talking about Zhu Yuao, and nodded slightly, "He killed himself at home." ”
Empress Dowager Zeng glanced at Zhu Linyuan in her arms, gritted her teeth and said, "Kill yourself? It's cheaper for him! What did the first emperor say to him? He is so kind of to the first emperor! Such a way for his own nephew!
"The traitor of the wolf's ambition, why did he do this? Why?!
"He must not be allowed to enter the ancestral hall! Throw it into a mass grave ......"
She chattered for a long time, then looked at Zhu Linmi, and her voice softened, "It's all thanks to Linmi's efforts to suppress the rebellion and save the lives of my mother and son, King Chen is the pillar of my Ming Dynasty......"
Zhu Linmiao saw that her speech was messy, flickering from east to west, as if she was stimulated by the little emperor's serious injury, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
After a while, a group of eunuchs and palace maids who had served the Empress Dowager Zeng and Zhu Linyuan's nurse were found, and he hurriedly instructed these people to help the Empress Dowager Zeng go to Ciqing Palace, but the Empress Dowager always hugged the little emperor tightly and did not hand it over to the nurse no matter what.
By noon, under the maintenance of the Dragon Guard, the palace had basically restored order.
In Ciqing Palace, Empress Zeng sat on the edge of the little emperor's bed, her eyes constantly moving back and forth to the right on more than a dozen imperial doctors and Zhu Linyuan, and from time to time she cried and said: "You must save the emperor to wake up...... In any case, even if the world's best medicine is exhausted......"
Soon, a royal doctor with a white beard stood up and saluted the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother, in fact, the King of Tang...... Tang Wei had also ordered his ministers to treat the saint before. Because of the collision of the Holy One, the knots are blocked, the heart and brain are evil, the knots are closed and the clear is blocked, and the evil qi is stagnant......"
Empress Dowager Zeng interrupted him and said, "What kind of medicine can be used to heal him?" ”
The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Forgive the minister, I'm afraid it's hard to have a good medicine...... It is necessary to condition the body of the Holy Dragon, so that the damaged veins can be gradually repaired......"
"How long will that take?"
"It's hard to be sure of this, ...... minister"
"What's the use of asking you to be a 'miracle doctor'?" Empress Dowager Zeng suddenly shouted angrily, "What's the use?!" Then she seemed to have been drained of all her strength, and said sluggishly, "Heaven doesn't open your eyes, why do you want to ...... me like this?"
Zhu Linmiao settled the Empress Dowager Zeng and the Son of Heaven, and couldn't help but shake her head when she saw this situation, and was about to leave Ciqing Palace, when she saw Huang Daozhou and Lu Zhenfei walking in quickly.
They glanced at Zhu Linmiao, and first bowed in the direction of the Empress Dowager Zeng, "The ministers meet the emperor, the empress dowager." Then he turned to Zhu Linwei and said, "Meet His Royal Highness King Chen." ”
Zhu Linmiao saw that Empress Dowager Zeng didn't even forget to say "flat", so she had to lean over and help the two up.
Huang Daozhou looked at the Empress Dowager Zeng, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "Empress Dowager, the current chaos in Tianxing Mansion has been decided, and many matters need to be decided, please ......."
Empress Dowager Zeng glanced at Huang Daozhou blankly, then looked at Zhu Linmiao on the side, and said dejectedly: "If there is anything, you and King Chen can discuss it...... From now on, I will only take care of my source, and I only hope that he will wake up soon......"
Seeing her in such a state, Huang Daozhou had to sigh, turned to Zhu Linmiao and said, "Your Highness, look ......"
Zhu Linmiao gestured towards the gate.
After the three of them walked out of Ciqing Palace together, Huang Daozhou and Lu Zhenfei solemnly attached themselves to give a salute first, "If there is no Your Highness, I am afraid that the Tianxing Mansion will be chaotic, and the Ming Dynasty will be chaotic!" It is a blessing for the community to have His Royal Highness here! ”
Zhu Linmiao hurriedly helped them up, and said with a straight face: "Let's not talk about these things first, stabilizing the situation is the top priority at the moment, let's sit down and discuss it first." ”
Huang Daozhou gestured to the east, "Let's go to Wenyuan Pavilion." ”
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More than an hour later, Huang Daozhou and Lu Zhenfei hurriedly came out of the Wenyuan Pavilion, in fact, there were still a lot of things that needed to be discussed, but at this time, they had to deal with it urgently in advance, and the rest would only wait for the next day.
What they had agreed upon—in fact, it was basically an arrangement made by King Chen, and they just suggested that it be recorded—and they had to start implementing it immediately.
The first is to stabilize the political situation of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yu's coup d'état, it will inevitably lead to a decline in confidence in the central court in various places, especially the news that the Tang Dynasty intends to supervise the country, which has had a great impact on the orthodoxy of imperial power.
At this time, the most urgent thing is to immediately announce to the world that the Tang Rebellion coup has gone bankrupt, and the world is still in full swing. Officials in all localities should fulfill their duties to ensure that the people's minds are stable and that the imperial court decrees are unimpeded.
The second is to guard against the attack and harassment of the Jianjiao. Although after the victory at Sugiguan Pass, there was no longer a large number of soldiers and horses that could be used to move south, it was still necessary to pay attention to small-scale harassment. For example, there are tens of thousands of Qing troops on Zhang Tianlu's side in Huizhou, and they may attack Raozhou Mansion in the south at any time.
Guangxin also still has 20,000 captives under Liu Guangbi's army that has not retreated, and it is also necessary to concentrate on ending the Jiangxi war as soon as possible.
In addition, as the national capital, the stability of Tianxing Mansion is also extremely important. Although the battle to quell the coup d'état of the Tang Dynasty ended in only three days, it still caused the people in the city to experience a panic.
Now Tianxing Mansion is still under martial law for the time being, and it is still maintaining calm, but the panic of the people will definitely not disappear easily.
In this regard, Zhu Linmiao suggested that martial law should be lifted immediately. There are still more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the five cities in the city, plus the Dragon Guard, which is enough to maintain order in the city.
At the same time, he ordered the original Jiang Zhengxi's troops to return to Tianxing Mansion immediately, although these people could not take the table to fight, it should be enough to patrol the city and maintain law and order.
Jiang Zhengxi was stripped of his military post by Zhu Yu'ao a while ago, and his soldiers and horses were forcibly stationed in Daejeon, which was only 20 days away from Tianxing Mansion.
At the same time, Zhu Linmiao also asked Hong Si to urgently transfer the backbone of the mission to Fujian and start propaganda work in various parts of Fujing, after all, this is the best way to convince ordinary people of the stability of the country.
Huang Daozhou and Lu Zhenfei prepared these matters and went to find the Empress Dowager Zeng's seal, but the latter didn't even look at it, and only sent Pang Tianshou to do it.
At this time, a large number of courtiers had gathered outside the noon gate, and they had to gather together in groups of three or five, with different expressions and talking to each other.
"Lord Zhao, you came here at the beginning of this war?"
"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming."