Chapter 562 [Go back to Nanjing, see Hong'er again] one
The next step was to appease the people of Fuzhou, rebuild Fuzhou's city defenses, unify the surrendered soldiers, and re-appoint Fuzhou's magistrate and commander-in-chief. Mu Linfeng temporarily appointed Zhang Jian to pay the bills and commander-in-chief until the court sent new officials.
One position.
Mu Linfeng had no intention of meeting Chen Hui, Zheng Zhibao and Yang Geng. Zhang Jian and Wu Sangui did not mention it when they saw Mu Linfeng and did not dare to say anything.
Another month passed in the blink of an eye in Fuzhou. All the city walls that had been destroyed by the bombing had been repaired, the people had resettled, and the officials sent by the court had taken up their posts. Only then did Mu Linfeng order his troops to return to the court, but asked Wang
Jun continued to stay at Fuzhou port.
When he was about to return to the court, Mu Linfeng had Zheng Zhibao, Chen Hui, and Yang Geng brought to the court. All three were shackled with iron chains. When they saw Mu Linfeng, they did not speak or kneel down. The government officials wanted to force them into custody.
The three of them knelt down, but they could only subdue Yang Geng, a weak scholar.
After Mu Linfeng signaled the officer to stop, he saw Zheng Zhibao glaring at him, Chen Hui looked up at the roof, and Yang Geng closed his eyes. After pacing in front of the three of them for a long time, without saying a word, he finally walked out of the courtroom directly.
He said to Wu Sangui and Zhang Jian: "Take the three of them back to Nanjing!"
Half a month later, a group of people returned to Nanjing. Zhu Cihong, Wang Zhizhen, Shi Kefa and Hong Chengchou led all the officials of the court to wait for Mu Linfeng's triumphal return outside the South Gate of Nanjing.
As soon as the men and horses leading Mu Linfeng appeared in front of everyone, all civil and military officials knelt on both sides of the road. Even Wang Zhizhen, Shi Kefa and Hong Chengchou, who were ranked among the three princes, also knelt aside, as if they were the emperor returning in triumph.
Zhu Cixiang saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. His eyes suddenly changed, but his face remained calm as he watched Mu Linfeng's team approaching from far away. Then he glanced at the officials kneeling on both sides and saw them lowering their heads one after another.
It seems that the fear of Mu Linfeng has reached the extreme. When he knelt down to worship himself, he had never been like this before, and he did not take him as the emperor seriously at all.
After Mu Linfeng stepped down from the sedan chair, he coughed slightly and asked the officials on both sides to stand up. Then he cupped his hands to Zhu Cixiang and said, "I see you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Mu Linfeng and suddenly remembered the way Mu Linfeng slapped him in the palace before. The anger in his heart suddenly rose, but he remained calm and said: "Oh, please excuse me, my dear!"
After Mu Linfeng recovered, he said: "This great victory in the south of the Yangtze River is all due to Aiqing! I must reward Aiqing well..."
Mu Linfeng said quickly: "This great victory in Jiangnan is not due to my subordinates, but to the three generals Zhang Jian, Wu Sangui, Wang Jun and all the soldiers. Please reward these people..."
Zhu Cixiang originally wanted to make Wu Sangui and others hate Mu Linfeng after Mu Linfeng was greedy for credit, but he didn't know how much credit Mu Linfeng needed now. This only shows that Zhu Cixiang's mentality is still relatively immature, but he still smiled and said: "These
Let’s talk later, Your Majesty, please come into the city quickly!”
Zhu Cihong wanted to invite Mu Linfeng to ride into the city with him, but after Mu Linfeng repeatedly declined, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to give up.
After Zhu Cihong got on the dragon chariot and entered the city, Bai Guanmen came up one after another to congratulate Mu Linfeng, and then the group entered the city together and went straight to the palace.
Mu Linfeng asked his personal entourage to go to the palace to make a report to reassure the family members, and then asked people to tell Zheng Zhibao, Chen Hui and Yang Geng to take care of them before entering the imperial city.
The palace had already prepared a banquet to welcome Mu Linfeng and others, and Zhu Yuyao also attended the party. During the dinner, there was constant singing and dancing, and the officials drank happily and kept toasting to Mu Linfeng. Mu Linfeng came in a casual manner.
At this time, Wang Zhizhen stood up, saluted Zhu Cixiang, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Princess, and Prince, now that Jiangnan has been decided, our court no longer has any worries, and we can safely plan for Jiangbei!"
After hearing this, Mu Linfeng looked up at Wang Zhizhen and saw that Wang Zhizhen was already a little drunk.
Zhu Ayao immediately agreed: "What Mr. Wang said is absolutely true, and I mean the same thing!" After saying that, he looked at Mu Linfeng and said: "Prince Mu, you were unwilling to send troops to the north of the Yangtze River before, saying that the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was uncertain. Now,
Jiangnan has been unified, so there should be no reason to refuse to send troops to Jiangbei, right?"
At this time, Shi Kefa quickly stood up and pulled Wang Zhizhen back to his seat, then he bowed his hands to Zhu Yu'a and said: "Your Highness, although Jiangnan is peaceful now, the people in Jiangnan have been suffering from war for a long time, and they really need to recuperate..."
Zhu Ayao didn't wait for Shi Kefa to finish speaking, and immediately shouted: "How dare you, I am asking Prince Mu, when will it be your turn to speak!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Zhizhen immediately fell to his knees and shouted: "The guilty minister deserves to die! paóshu⒏Сom"
Mu Linfeng stood up at this time, and all the officials, both civil and military, looked at Mu Linfeng. Zhu Cihong and Zhu Ya'ao also turned their attention to Mu Linfeng. Zhu Cihong's eyes showed both fear and anger.
Mu Linfeng walked to the middle of the hall and signaled the palace dancers to step back. Then Mu Linfeng said: "Your Highness, Master Shi is right, Jiangnan..."
Before Mu Linfeng had finished speaking, Zhu Yuluo immediately said: "It's the same words again. Didn't I say it? Don't listen to these useless words. I just want to say, when will you send troops to Jiangbei to kill Li Zicheng?"
Drive Manchu dogs?”
Mu Linfeng saw that the siblings seemed to have no memory, and turned a deaf ear to what he had said before. After pondering for a while, he immediately turned around and said to the officials: "Today's night banquet has been thoroughly enjoyed. My lords, we will return tomorrow."
If you want to take up your duties, go back and rest early!"
Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials immediately stood up, walked to Mu Linfeng, bid farewell to Mu Linfeng, and then hurriedly exited the palace.
Mu Linfeng turned around and looked at the two brothers Zhu Yuyao and Zhu Cixiang. Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Yuyao were shocked when they saw this. Now, apart from the maids and eunuchs, Mu Linfeng and them were the only ones in the hall.
After Mu Linfeng looked at Zhu Ya'ao for a long time, he turned to look at Zhu Cixiang, and then he cupped his hands and said to Zhu Cixiang: "Your Majesty is also tired today. It's time to rest early..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Cixiang immediately said: "I haven't..." Before he could say the word "tired", when he saw Mu Linfeng's sharp eyes, he immediately flinched and was speechless.
Mu Linfeng then said to the eunuchs and maids: "Serve the emperor and return to the palace to rest!"
After hearing this, the eunuchs and maids immediately pulled Zhu Cixiang out of the palace. Although Zhu Cixiang was unwilling in every possible way, he was still dragged away by everyone, leaving only the frightened Zhu Ailao alone in the palace.
Mu Linfeng stared at Zhu Aolao intently at this time, which made Zhu Aolao's hair stand on end. He did not dare to look directly into Mu Linfeng's eyes. After a long time, he stood up and said: "I am also tired..."
At this time, Mu Linfeng stepped forward and walked in front of Zhu Ya'ao. She was so frightened that Zhu Ya'a immediately lost her footing and sat back down. She looked up at Mu Linfeng and saw that Mu Linfeng's eyes were wrong. She said in a panic: "Mu Linfeng... you...
…what you up to?"
Mu Linfeng sneered, grabbed Zhu Yurao's hand, and then said coldly: "It seems that the princess does not have a long memory. I will teach you how to have a long memory in a few days!" After saying that, he pulled Zhu Yurao up and immediately put his arms around Zhu Yurao's waist.
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Zhu Aelao was shocked and turned pale. She quickly tried to push Mu Linfeng away, but she couldn't muster the strength to do so.