Chapter 162 Two princes
After entering Beijing City, Zhu Youcheng asked the rest of the carriages to wait for the children's playground first. He and King Xin entered the palace in a carriage.
At the gate of the palace, they met Wei Zhongxian who was looking forward to it. Wei Zhongxian looked a little depressed, his eyes were red, and there seemed to be tears.
Zhu Youcheng was secretly surprised. What happened to Wei Zhongxian? Since the Donglin Party was uprooted, Wei Zhongxian's power has dominated the court. This is the time when he was in high spirits. Why did he suddenly become like this? Did he encounter any huge trouble?
When Wei Zhongxian saw Zhu Youcheng, he seemed to have found his backbone and sighed, "Mr. Zhu, I regret not listening to you..."
Zhu Youcheng was confused and was about to ask for details, but Wei Zhongxian said: "Hurry up, the emperor is waiting for you in the Qing Palace. When the emperor finishes talking to you, I will talk to you in detail. Alas..."
Wei Zhongxian brought the two into the Ganqing Palace.
Emperor Tianqi frowned and was reviewing the memorial. When he saw Zhu Youcheng, he looked relaxed and threw away his pen, saying, "Brother Cheng, you are here. I know you are very busy. While taking charge of the two courtyards, he helped me train troops. This time, something really happened to summon you into the palace."
Zhu Youcheng felt warm in his heart. Emperor Tianqi said a little apologized in his care. He was not a brother, so how could he say such words?
"Your Majesty, if you have something to do, just say it. With Mr. Zhu here, nothing is wrong."
Zhu Youcheng's firm words calmed down Emperor Tianqi.
"Brother Cheng, there is a chaos in Cangzhou. A group of rioters rebelled and killed the magistrate of Nanpi County and occupied Nanpi County. The momentum was huge and there was a slight prairie fire. Now the rioters have entered Cangzhou City. Look, this is the emergency document of the Cangzhou Prefect. Cangzhou is very close to the capital. It cannot be rioters. Brother Cheng, what do you think you should do?"
Zhu Youcheng took the memorial and read it carefully. After a while, he joined the memorial and gave it to the emperor, laughing: "The emperor does not need to be anxious. Judging from the memorial, there are actually not many backbone elements of the rioters, most of them are the people who are covered with threats. As long as the vanguard of the rioters defeated the enemy, the enemy will collapse, and then they can catch the prisoners like catching chickens."
"Oh," Emperor Tianqi was awakened by Zhu Youcheng, opened the memorial and read it, and said, "I just received the news of someone's rebellion. I was upset and didn't look at it seriously. Now it seems that the enemy is very powerful, but it is not actually powerful. Who can I send to suppress the rebels?"
Zhu Youcheng knelt down and started a remark: "I request an order to quell the rebellion."
Emperor Tianqi stepped forward and helped Zhu Youcheng up and said, "I am brothers and sisters with you. Just talk and don't kneel down. Isn't it dangerous? If it is dangerous, I won't report it. If it is not dangerous, you can go and make great contributions. You can also give us a good face for our Zhu family."
Zhu Youcheng was unwilling to deceive Emperor Tianqi. Even if he told a kind lie, the emperor would send him to the war with pleasure. However, Emperor Tianqi had already regarded him as a brother and deceived him again. Even if Zhu Youcheng had a deep skill in learning, he would not be able to do it.
"There are always some dangers in war," Zhu Youcheng said truthfully, "but I will be careful. When I first formed the troops, I decided to be loyal to the country. Now that I have the opportunity, how can I not go?"
Emperor Tianqi was silent for a long time and said, "Well, this Ming Dynasty needs good future protection after all, so you can go and practice your skills with the rebels. By the way, how many people do you plan to bring?"
Zhu Youcheng raised two fingers and said, "Two thousand cavalry."
Emperor Tianqi was stunned and said, "Do you know how many rioters there are? The Cangzhou prefect said that there are no less than 50,000 people. Aren't you bringing two thousand people as snacks?"
"The Xizhen Fushi has noticed the situation in Cangzhou. As far as we know, the main force of the rioters is only 3,000, and they are temporarily gathered together, with few swords and guns, let alone crossbows. It is easy for our cavalry to kill these mobs. As for the enemy's defeat, it is left to the local soldiers. They can't fight hard, but it's still OK to fight smoothly."
Emperor Tianqi said, "You made a lot of sense, but I am still worried. If you don't bring enough troops, I won't let you out of the capital."
Zhu Youcheng presented the facts and made sense, but Emperor Tianqi just refused to listen.
Later, Zhu Youcheng was so anxious that he simply said, "Master, I have all the cavalry. If I can't win, can I still escape?"
He said he dared to escape before he had even fought. If he had been someone else, Emperor Tianqi would probably kill him immediately. However, when he heard Zhu Youcheng say this, Emperor Tianqi said with a smile: "I feel relieved if Brother Cheng says this. Are there any difficulties? No matter what it is, I agree."
"The rioters have a bunker at the junction of Cangzhou Prefecture and Dezhou Prefecture, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I want to borrow some artillery and gunpowder from the Ministry of War and blow up the bunker. I wonder if it's OK?"
Emperor Tianqi grabbed his pen, wrote a note bit by bit, and asked the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the seal, and handed it to Zhu Youcheng: "Go and find Gao Di, the Minister of War. There are many cannons there, whether it is a red cannon, a general cannon, or a tiger squat cannon, there are all kinds of cannons. What are the requirements? Let me tell you all."
"King Xin really wants to contribute to the country. I want to ask the emperor to send him and me to Cangzhou to quell the rebellion."
"No." Emperor Aoki refused.
Zhu Youcheng sighed in his heart that the Ming Dynasty was too tight in management of the foreign kings. Even if the benevolent king of Emperor Tianqi was assured to let his younger brother lead the troops. The king of Xin was innocent and did not know the reason. He held Emperor Tianqi's arm and kept begging.
Emperor Tianqi was so entangled that he had no choice but to tell the truth: "How can the riots in just half a state be worthy of the two princes of the Ming Dynasty? Isn't this too much for the rebels?"
"Two princes of the Ming Dynasty?" Wei Zhongxian was secretly shocked, "It's right that King Xin is the prince, who is the other prince? There are only two people here, one is King Xin, and the other is Zhu Youcheng. Zhu Youcheng... The other prince must be Zhu Youcheng! It seems that the emperor has already recognized Zhu Youcheng as his younger brother. If it weren't for the ancestral teachings that hindered the British king from interfering in politics, he would have been crowned king for a long time. When the world is pacified, Zhu Youcheng will retire successfully. At that time, it is probably the time for him to be crowned king."
Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy. Looking at Zhu Youcheng, he saw that he was still indifferent and calm. He couldn't help but be even more happy: "It's not surprising that he is not afraid of favor and disgrace. He really has the style of our family. Bah, it's so unlucky, it's the style of our family."
King Xin refused to rely on his own and was still cheating. Emperor Tianqi said helplessly: "Okay, you go too. However, you have to go in the white dragon fish suit and go in disguise. And you are just going to watch the battle, not to suppress the rebellion. Don't underestimate the rioters in our Ming Dynasty."
King Zhanyan smiled and said, "Brother Emperor, I know how to do it." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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