The ruthless emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning Chapter 154 Sending the Imperial Concubine as a Plague God
Chapter 154 Sending the Imperial Concubine as a Plague God
Chapter 154 Send the imperial concubine as the god of plague
Zhang Yan was in charge in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as Li Dakai and nearly 80,000 troops, so the red lady did not delay much. After explaining everything she had to say, she led an army of 10,000 people and set off back to the capital.
The reason for bringing an army of 10,000 was because there were also hundreds of thousands of spinning and weaving farmers, nearly ten million taels of silver, a large amount of jewelry, two hundred thousand jins of salt, and two million shi of grain.
The army and the young and strong people took the land route, while the old, weak, women, children, gold, silver, treasures, grain and salt took the canal by boat.
After the procession turned into the canal from the mouth of the Yangtze River, it was a mighty and spectacular sight, with tens of thousands of ships of various sizes, stretching for dozens of miles whether by water or land.
This scene made the gentry and landowners along the way very angry.
So almost as soon as the team left Xuzhou, the whole Jiangnan began to beat gongs and drums from north to south and cheer for celebration.
Almost all the gentry and landlords set off firecrackers, as if sending off the plague, and the red lady who was about to go to Shandong was almost exhausted and killed her again.
Originally, the Red Lady planned to return to Beijing with her team, but after receiving the urgent order from Zhu Cixiang, she had no choice but to lead dozens of cavalry back first.
Even so, it was already November when we arrived in the capital.
"I, my concubine, meet your Majesty!"
Seeing that the little emperor came to pick her up at the city gate in person, the red lady immediately jumped off her horse and fell to her knees. Her eyes turned red, and two tears fell down because she couldn't hold it back.
"My beloved concubine, get up quickly and let me take a good look..."
Zhu Cixiang hurriedly helped her up. He was a little excited after not seeing her for more than a year, and looked up and down carefully.
"Haha, my beloved concubine is more attractive than before. It seems that the rice from the south of the Yangtze River really nourishes people!"
"Your Majesty has also grown a lot taller." The red lady couldn't help but said, her eyes full of tenderness and love.
"My beloved concubine, thank you for your hard work this time. Let's go back to the palace first..."
It was not easy to express the pain of lovesickness in public, so Zhu Cixi took her hand and hugged her.
Seeing that the emperor and the imperial concubine were so close, the onlookers were stunned, and the civil servants who came to greet them were even more worried.
They thought that His Majesty would definitely reprimand the Red Lady severely and even send her directly into the cold palace.
After all, the dirty work has been done. In order to appease the intellectuals of the world, this kind of thing of killing the donkey is the thing that the emperors of all dynasties like to do the most and are the best at it.
But the result made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and their hearts were chilled.
In fact, the red lady is also a little worried.
What she was worried about was not that Zhu Cixi would throw her into the cold palace and lose her freedom.
Instead, he was worried that he would not be able to avenge his husband in person, so after he went to Longchu, he asked nervously: "Your Majesty, can you wait until I kill the intruder, and then your Majesty will deal with my concubine? At that time, no matter what your Majesty wants to do, I will take my concubine."
Consigned to the cold palace or sentenced to death, I will have no regrets."
"My beloved, please don't think too much. How can I be compared to that kind of foolish king who hides his birds and hides his bows? I don't even have time to pamper my beloved concubine. I wish I could stay by my side every day, so how can I be willing to throw my beloved concubine into the cold palace?"
Zhu Cixi couldn't help but laugh at her appearance, and quickly put her in his arms to comfort her.
"But your majesty, almost all the literati and gentry in the whole Jiangnan hate me deeply, and my reputation has been ruined. If your majesty does not deal with me, how will you appease the people of the world in the future?"
The red lady leaned her head on his chest, hugged his waist tightly with her hands, and said leisurely.
In fact, she also understood that it would be the best thing for His Majesty to kill her after the world is at peace in the future.
"My beloved concubine knows this, so why is she willing to do such things that offend the world's civilized people?"
"I am from a humble background, but I am able to gain such favor and trust from His Majesty. Not to mention that I will end up in the cold palace. Even if my body is broken into pieces and my body is infamy for thousands of years, I am still willing to do so.
I only hope that your majesty will benefit the people of the world in the future, so that they will not suffer anymore, and I will have no complaints or regrets."
"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I swear to God that I will never disgrace my beloved concubine in this life. Not only will I not dispose of my beloved concubine, I will also make my beloved concubine the queen. I will honor my mother to the world and canonize our emperor as the prince, so that those gentry and literati can
I will always live in the shadow of my beloved concubine."
"His Majesty…"
Seeing that he was serious about what he said, the red lady had a determined look on her face. She trembled all over and raised her head to look at him dreamingly. She was so choked that she couldn't speak for a moment.
"Okay, my beloved concubine, don't think too much. The reason why I called you back this time is because most of the people in Jiangnan who should be confiscated have already been confiscated. Now it's my turn to do it myself, haha!"
Zhu Cixi held her head in his hands, kissed her hard on the face a few times, and then kept laughing mischievously.
If the gentry and literati from the south of the Yangtze River were to see this, they would be frightened to death. I am afraid they would have to rebel directly even at the risk of confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans.
"Does Your Majesty really want to go to Jiangnan in person?"
The red lady was a little surprised. She thought His Majesty was just talking about it. After all, there are still powerful enemies in the north and the northwest is still occupied by intruders. At this time, His Majesty left Beijing and went south to the Yangtze River, which was really risky.
"Yes, we just took advantage of this opportunity to carry out drastic reforms in Jiangnan. I believe that after my concubine's troubles, the reforms will be much easier!
After all, there is no harm without comparison. Compared with my beloved concubine who often raids homes, kills, and distributes people, my policies are much gentler, haha!"
After Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, he couldn't help but burst out laughing again, holding her in his arms and caressing and kissing her again.
He knew that letting the Red Lady lead troops to fight, kill people and confiscate homes was definitely a good skill, but it was really difficult for her to change the law and govern the country.
And Zhang Yan was too kind-hearted, so he had to go in person, so he called the Red Lady back and took charge in the north.
After all, after he left, although Empress Zhou could handle the government affairs and Liu Xinlan could help from the side, there was absolutely no way they could handle the military affairs.
Apart from him, only the Red Lady can balance the commander-in-chief of each town and the commander-in-chief of each army, so that they do not dare to have second thoughts, and also allows him to go south to carry out reforms with confidence.
"Your Majesty, now that we are running out of money and food, how about we deal with the intruders and the eight kings, and then go to Nanjing to carry out reforms?" the red lady tried to say.
"Why, is it possible that my beloved concubine still misses Li Yan?"
Seeing that she always wanted to avenge Li Yan, Zhu Cixi felt a little unhappy.
"Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand me. I just want to avenge him as early as possible, so as to reconcile the relationship between husband and wife. From now on, I will wholeheartedly serve as your Majesty's concubine."
The red lady quickly explained.
For more than a year, she has been living with guilt.
"My beloved concubine is so attached to love and righteousness, but I am so stingy. Alas! I was supposed to fulfill my beloved concubine's wishes, but during the last military exercise, I discovered that there are actually many problems in the various armies. If they are not solved as soon as possible, sooner or later they will
Suffer a big loss.
So I plan to let my concubine sit in Beijing and continue to command the five armies and be responsible for military training. I will go to Jiangnan to carry out the reform. After a year, I will really have enough troops and food, and the national strength will also be greatly increased. I can completely defeat the rebels.
If we take advantage of the situation and exterminate the Jiannu slaves, even if we fight every year in the future, the people will not suffer anymore."