Chapter five hundred and eighty seventh on the reward of meritorious deeds
In Beijing, I heard that the crown prince returned triumphantly and the capital was shaking. Until now, everyone realized that the so-called peace talks were nonsense.
The reason why Zhu Cilang refused to enter Beijing at the beginning was not only to give the other party a warning, but more importantly, it was actually to calm down public opinion in the capital.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was strong and unwilling to bow its head from top to bottom. It was suddenly Jiannu came to the peace talks, whether it was the officials in the court or the public opinion, most of them opposed the peace talks.
But the Jiannu envoy came. Public opinion was surging, and voices of opposition to peace talks were heard one after another.
Helplessly, Zhu Cixuan asked Zhan Yunpeng and his group to stop Haoge and prohibit them from entering the city. This caused public opinion in Beijing to be slightly extinguished. Unexpectedly, Zhu Cixuan suddenly wanted to go north to sign a peace talks and agreement again.
The officials in the court could no longer sit still and wrote letters to impeach the prince, not wanting the prince to go north. However, Emperor Chongzhen was ambiguous, and Zhu Cilang insisted on going north again. The officials were helpless and impeached for a while, but gave up.
Until now, everyone realized that the so-called peace talks of the prince were just a temporary measure. The real purpose was to kill that Haoge.
That was the eldest son of Jiannu, and it was probably the crown prince whom Huang Taiji enthroned in the future. Unexpectedly, he was killed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The whole city of Beijing was in full swing. When Zhu Cixuan and others entered Beijing, the people in the capital spontaneously welcomed him along the way. People were celebrating that Zhu Cixuan and others were heroes.
As a hero, the eunuch Sun Wangcai quickly became the focus of everyone. Everyone was talking about it. It was the young father-in-law next to the prince who beat Jiannu's eldest son to death with his own hands.
This made Wangcai very uncomfortable. He never thought that he would make great contributions for such a day. All he could do was to be with the prince, that's all.
But honors still followed one after another. When they arrived at the palace, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Zhu Cilang and his group went to Qianqing Palace to meet.
Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very happy in the Qianqing Palace. However, he was also worried.
"Ci-Yang, can you encounter danger during this trip?"
Zhan Yunpeng, who was standing beside him, was about to answer for him, but Zhu Cilang hurriedly said: "The father is so powerful and safe, everything is within the control of his sons."
After all, it was a father-son relationship that was deep, and Zhu Cilang didn't want his father to worry about him. If this operation was dangerous, next time, Emperor Chongzhen would never let Zhu Cilang take risks easily. After all, Zhu Cilang's identity is noble.
Only by saying it lightly can Chongzhen's doubts be eliminated. But even so, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Oh, you should not take risks easily in this kind of thing in the future, you are the prince."
Zhu Cilang said "Yes": "Father, the one who went to Jiannu is also the eldest son of the emperor. If the son doesn't go, wouldn't it be looked down upon by Jiannu?"
Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything else. He looked at Wangcai beside Zhu Cixuan: "I heard that it was the little eunuch beside you who killed Haoge?"
Zhu Cilang gently kicked Sun Wangcai beside him, and Wangcai knelt on the ground and trembled: "If you say the emperor, it is all the credit of His Highness the Crown Prince. I only succeeded according to His Highness the Crown Prince's instructions."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you are much better than the generals in the court. After that, what reward do you want?"
Wangcai replied carefully: "I am the emperor's decision."
When it comes to rewarding merits, it seems hypocritical even if you are humble at this time. Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Wangcai's performance. He thought for a while: "I think about it, Siyuan Bureau still lacks a seal eunuch, are you interested?"
Siyuan Bureau, one of the Eighth Bureaus of the Ming Eunuchs. There is a eunuch in charge of the seals and is in charge of the fruits, vegetables, etc. needed in the palace. Although it seems that it is not eye-catching in the Eunuch Bureau of the Ming Eunuchs, it is actually a fat man.
Unexpectedly, Sun Wangcai kowtowed and said, "When the emperor says, I don't want to be an official. I just want to stay by the prince's side and serve Your Highness."
Zhu Cilang was also a little anxious: "Yes, my father, my son has been with me since I was a child. How can my father let him serve another position?"
Chongzhen thought for a while: "That's it, since that's the case, I will reward you with 500 taels of silver and twenty pieces of silk."
Sun Wangcai was overjoyed: "I thank the emperor for the reward."
In terms of merit, the Hu Ben Army and others who followed Zhu Cixuan to the north this time were also rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen for gold, silver and other things. Because the Hu Ben Army's organization did not belong to the imperial party, they could not be promoted. These people could only reward some silver and additionally granted some empty titles.
However, everyone was secretly happy that no reward could compare to the pleasure of real money and silver. This time, killing the eldest son of the Qing Dynasty could be said to have greatly improved the morale in the country.
The trip came to an end. After Zhu Cilang returned to Zhongcui Palace, he eagerly summoned Liu Laifu from the Huangzhuang. Zhu Cilang was eager to know how the new crop seeds promoted by the Huangzhuang were like.
However, it was not until seven days later that Liu Laifu entered the palace to see Zhu Cilang.
Like Sun Wangcai, Liu Laifu, who has been by Zhu Cilang since childhood, saw Zhu Cilang obviously getting darker and thinner.
Sun Wangcai was very happy and kept smirking when he saw Lai Fu. Zhu Cilang had no good looks. He said angrily: "You dog-like thing, why did you come to see me for so long?"
Liu Laifu looked aggrieved: "Your Highness, I have come back from Tianjin Wei Gang these days, so I'm late."
When Zhu Cixuan heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what about the new crop seeds promoted by your imperial village?"
When talking about this, Liu Laifu shook his head dejectedly: "Not very good."
Zhu Cilang was shocked: "What's going on? Didn't the imperial court issued a decree last year that it would require counties and counties around the capital to cultivate new crop seeds? What's wrong with what you said?"
Liu Laifu knelt down and said, "Your Highness, this promotion of new crop seeds is not something that can be achieved overnight. Even if it is vigorously promoted by governments in various places, many people in private still wait and see. Even if they are exempted from renting them, they are not relieved."
This is actually nothing strange. The people are skeptical about these new crop seeds. They are all afraid that once they are planted, they will starve to death in this year.
Zhu Cixuan pondered for a moment: "How much will it be promoted?"
Chapter completed!