Chapter 66 The Last Emperor's Edict
Although King Fu was about to be forty, he lived a life of extreme elaboration and even extreme luxury before Chongzhen for 14 years, and never thought about the sufferings of the people.
She only knew that everything she saw and heard belonged to the Fu Palace. Even if there was anything that did not belong to the Fu Palace, as long as she said something, someone would naturally help him operate everything.
Anyway, he had nothing that could not be done. At that time, he really thought that the world belonged to him. It was not until the thief Li Zicheng, who captured Luoyang and cut off the head of the old Fu King, that he truly knew how cruel this world was.
He first fled to the family of Zhang Guoji, the Marquis of Taikang, and then attached himself to King Lu. Although Emperor Chongzhen specifically asked him to succeed to the throne and reward the treasures in the palace, he had experienced all the warmth and coldness of the world in the past two years, and no one took him, the blessing king who had lost his country, seriously.
Li Zicheng's power became stronger day by day, and in the end, the entire Henan was captured by bandits, so he could only flee south to Huai'an with King Lu.
But the prince came from Huai'an, including the prince, King Chong, King Lu and King Fu. With so many princes, they were naturally worse than the cabbage. No one took him seriously at all. He suffered more during this period than the last thirty-eight years.
But suddenly, the capital fell and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. According to the order of ethics, King Fu was naturally ranked first, so I don’t know how many enthusiastic people came to surrender.
Just when King Fu thought he was about to become the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi from Nandu joined forces with Zhao Zhilong, and Liu Zeqing stabbed him with a fatal blow, which made King Fu furious.
He didn't want to taste the warmth and bitterness of the past few years. He roared loudly: "Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi is unreasonable, Lu Zhenfei, Ma Shiying always understands the truth!"
But the following all felt that King Fu's handling seemed to be inappropriate. However, an insidious minister said in a unique tone of an eunuch: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. It would be useless to reason with poor scholars like Qian Qianyi and Lu Daqi. It would be better to write letters to Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing. As long as they all stood up and supported Your Majesty, even if there were a hundred Qian Qianyi, they would just be a mantis arm to block the chariot!"
When His Highness Fu heard this, he almost jumped up. He quickly grabbed the hand of the inner minister and said, "Eunuch Lu, this matter can be entrusted to you. You are an old man who has been with the late emperor for many years. When the late emperor was there, he told me many times that among the inner ministers, Eunuch Lu is the most loyal, brave and reliable. If this matter is done, I will definitely let you be the supervisor of the Sili. If you don't want to write the pen, it doesn't matter. The position of the inner minister is always you!"
The "Last Emperor" he mentioned is Lao Fu. Although King Fu has not ascended the throne yet, he has changed his words to Lao Fu's "Last Emperor". Eunuch Lu immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the late emperor has the kindness of knowing me, how dare I not work hard to serve Your Highness? But since I want to convince the generals with a letter, some of the ancestors' family rules may be put aside!"
King Fu knew what Lu Jiude said: "This is no problem. Don't worry about the ancestral family law and court laws. Now the most urgent task is to inherit the throne as soon as possible. If the throne is returned to King Lu, everything will be settled! Tell them that no matter what they want, I can agree!"
Since orthodox, the Ming Dynasty has always valued culture and neglected military personnel. Even when the military officer saw the civil servant, he would call himself a lackey and crawl, and Mu Enxiao, a subordinate kowtowed and knelt down. Even if Chongzhen had to use people in an extraordinary manner, he would still use culture to build military personnel. Killing a general is no different from killing a chicken. But now King Fu no longer cared about the family rules of his ancestors.
Lu Jiude replied confidently: "Huang Degong was born in the Beijing camp and was under my command for many years. As long as I explain the pros and cons, I will definitely support Your Majesty with all my strength. Liu Liangzuo has the least soldiers and a good relationship with the ministers. It is not difficult to convince him. Liu Zeqing is both a fence-bearer and a mob. It is not easy for Gao Jie to deal with it. I guess I will go there in person!"
King Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Lu Jiude say this: "Would I see Gao Yingwu personally? I will convince others with sincerity!"
Lu Jiude was the eunuch of Fengyang garrison. Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo were not only under his command but also under his old subordinates. Naturally, he had a way to win over him. Liu Zeqing was mostly mob in his hands. It was not a problem for him. Only Gao Jie had 30,000 elite cavalry and nine thousand, and his military strength and combat power were the strongest in the army. Therefore, King Fu mustered up all his courage to come forward and win over Gao Jie himself.
Just as Lu Jiude was about to answer, he heard a noise outside, and then someone rushed in with sweat on his head: "Your Majesty, come here..."
Although King Fu was in a hurry when he encountered a big event, he was used to being arrogant and blessed. He slapped him and said, "What exactly happened? Explain it to me!"
The man who came to report the news finally breathed, and he quickly reported to King Fu: "Your Highness, a fleet came from the north. It is said that the ship was carrying the Queen, and now he is asking Lu Zhenfei to come over to welcome him!"
King Fu slapped again: "Nonsense, I died young one after another, and my stepmother Li died in martyrdom. Where did the empress come from?"
But when King Fu said this, he felt very nervous and could not even sit still. The man who reported the news found that he had not explained the specific matter clearly, so he quickly replied: "It's not these two empresses, nor are they..."
Lu Jiude quickly interrupted and said, "Is it Empress Zhou? Or should I go to Empress Zhang first?"
Although there are many Empresses, there are only these two who are called "Empresses" in Lu Jiude's heart. Even Li Xuanshi, the protagonist of the palace transfer case, does not have this qualification.
And the man who was beaten finally explained: "It should be the first time to go to Empress Zhang! They all said that Empress Zhang was heading to Huai'an with her clothes and belts, and let Lu Zhenfei go over and pick him up!"
When Empress Zhang was both King Fu and Lu Jiude were excited, King Fu blurted out: "Issue of Clothes and Blossoms?"
The man who had been beaten has not yet replied, but Lu Jiude had already interrupted and said, "It was the will of the late emperor. When the king of Xin was succeeded to the throne, it was handled by Empress Zhang Yi'an. Your Majesty quickly met Empress Yi'an. As long as she was willing to support Your Majesty, she had to agree to any conditions!"
If King Fu still has some doubts about the edict of the belt, Lu Jiude, as an inmate who has experienced countless turmoils in the court, realized the amazing value behind this matter at the first time, and he almost grabbed the edict of King Fu: "Your Majesty, hurry up and see that it is Empress Yi'an Zhang. She has the edict of the late emperor, which states that it is to let Your Majesty ascend the throne. As long as Empress Yi'an is willing to make Your Majesty succeed to the throne, who dares to have doubts!"
King Fu had already reacted and asked at the beaten man: "You are sure that the one who came to Empress Yi'an Zhang?"
Chapter completed!