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Chapter 699 Chongzhen wants to retake the throne(1/2)

The Emperor Chongzhen was like this, so of course no one could drink the wine from the bowl at will. Zhu Cixiang looked at the Emperor, then he drew the gourd and the gourd, and spilled the wine in the bowl on the ground again.

"Wow..."

Seeing Emperor Shenwu spilling wine on the ground, everyone immediately reacted and spilled the fourth bowl of wine on the ground.

With so many people present, Chongzhen did not speak beforehand, so it was impossible for everyone to be unified. Some people had already opened their mouths to take a sip, such as Huang Degong.

He was addicted to alcohol and moved quickly. Seeing everyone else doing the same, he hurriedly removed the wine bowl that had been brought to his mouth and spilled the wine on the ground in embarrassment.

Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen didn't notice this, otherwise the half-drunk bowl of wine would have been spilled. Emperor Chongzhen would have been so angry that he might as well have just drank it. He actually used the wine he drank to honor the ancestors of the Zhu family...



The person Chongzhen was toasting just now was the ancestors of the old Zhu family, especially the eldest brother Emperor Tianqi. What he meant was that eldest brother, the lost land you lost has been regained...

Seeing that the emperor's father picked up the wine bowl again and had no intention of toasting to any ancestors again, Zhu Cixiang immediately raised the wine bowl and said:

"Everyone, let's drink this bowl of wine together to celebrate the Ming Dynasty's liberation of Liaodong. Take a sip and drink it!"

"Dry……"

Everyone picked up their wine bowls and said in unison:

"Dry"

One wine bowl after another hit each other, and the wine sprayed everywhere, and then they shouted in unison:

"Dry……

After the toast, Zhu Cixiang waved his hand:

"Let's eat. Don't be restrained. You can drink a lot and eat a lot of meat. I'm not very good at drinking. You can stay drunk until you return..."

After Zhu Cihong said this, a bottle of juice appeared in his hand with a thought, and he asked Hu Bao to bring them a clean small bowl. He used the juice as wine, preparing to make the emperor drunk before he stopped.

In later generations, Zhu Cixi drank a lot, and eight bottles of beer was not a problem. He could also drink three kilograms of rice wine, and eight liang of white wine was no problem.

However, when he traveled back in time to Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang was only about four years old. Even though he is now ten years old, he is about 1.6 meters tall. He looks like a little adult, but he has no interest in drinking. He will become drunk after two bowls of wine.

Dizziness.

Maybe Zhu Cixiang has never drank in body, and although his soul is in his twenties, he is not very good at drinking, otherwise he would definitely have a drinking competition with Huang Degong...

Zhu Cihong poured half a bowl of juice and smiled at Emperor Chongzhen:

"Father, thank you for your trust in the emperor. The Ming Dynasty is what it is today, and the father is indispensable. I respect you!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at his son kindly, feeling moved and excited. To be honest, he was proud of having such an outstanding son.

Seven-year-old children in Jiangnan who can write poems and paintings are called prodigies. Their tribesmen publicize this everywhere, and teachers even take prodigies around to show off their talents.

In the past, every time he heard the great scholar talk about the prodigy from the south of the Yangtze River, Chongzhen hoped that one of his princes would have a prodigy, especially the crown prince Zhu Cihong who would succeed him in the future.

But as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, they only started to learn books when they were about six years old. The prince did not leave the palace to study and listen to lectures until he was eight years old. The prince was directly raised.

At the age of eight, Zhu Cixi supervised the country and killed corrupt officials without mercy. At the same age, he organized the East Palace Guards to go out to fight in the city.

The myth of the invincible slave-building is shattered.

When he was nine years old, Zhu Cihong personally led his army to annihilate all the slaves in Guan and captured the slave-building prince Yue Tuo alive. He carried out land reform in the Jingji area of ​​​​Shaanxi and Henan and killed many corrupt officials who resisted.

At the age of ten, he eliminated Li Zicheng's troops who were roaming in Shanxi, killed the fifth battalion of Gezuo in Henan, regained Luoyang, solved the siege of Nanyang, and ensured the safety of the King of Zhou in Kaifeng.

At the age of eleven, Yujia personally went on the Northern Expedition, breaking Huang Taiji's tactics of encircling the Rufeng Mountain for reinforcements, causing the Yizhou and Liaoyang slaves to flee upon hearing the news, easily crossing the Hun River, and breaking through Shengjing, the capital of the slave kingdom, in seven days.

What Zhu Cihong has done since he was eight years old is not only beyond the reach of the Jiangnan prodigy, but even the famous adult generals in history.

Chongzhen was really too tired and wanted to take a rest. The most important thing was that he was optimistic about himself, the young crown prince. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Emperor Chongzhen, who was in his twenties, to abdicate voluntarily.

Seeing Zhu Cihong toasting, Chongzhen immediately picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile:

"Hahaha, yes, my father is very pleased to have such an outstanding emperor. If the emperor had not come forward, let alone regaining Liaodong, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong might not have been pacified yet. Thank you for your hard work, emperor.

Come, cheers!"

"boom……"

The two porcelain bowls touched each other gently, and then the father and son picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp...

There were no wine glasses or bottles at this celebration banquet, and porcelain bowls were used to drink wine. This was Zhu Cihong's decision, because many generals were rough men and they were used to drinking from large bowls, which showed more arrogance.

Therefore, in order to allow the soldiers to drink and eat meat as openly as possible, Zhu Cixiang specially arranged to drink from bowls. The generals were very happy about this, which showed that Emperor Shenwu was down-to-earth...

But the civil servants are not used to it. For them, drinking from a big bowl and eating large pieces of meat in public places is insulting to politeness, but they don't dare to show off, so they can only pick up the wine bowl and take a small sip.

When drinks flowed from the corners of their mouths, the civil servants felt extremely embarrassed and looked quietly at Emperor Shenwu and Emperor Chongzhen from time to time.

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Shenwu were still drinking from bowls after toasting, they were speechless in their hearts. They always felt that it was insulting to politeness and unseemly.

Of course, the civil servants who had this idea did not include Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Mao Yuanyi and others. They had long been integrated with their subordinates.

After Zhu Chongzhen had three bowls of toast to Chongzhen, Chongzhen held up the wine bowl and waved it in front of Zhu Cixiang, which shocked Zhu Cixiang. There was no reason for me to toast my son. Did I, the emperor, want to shorten Zhu Cixiang's life?

Zhu Cixiang hurriedly raised the wine bowl and touched it lightly with him. He was about to say something like, "Father, you don't have to be polite," but he heard Chongzhen whisper in his ear:

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Your Majesty, I pass the throne to you, but you cannot restrict my father's free activities. My father is not willing to be Li Yuan..."

"Father..."

After Chongzhen went to war with Zhu Cixiang, he gradually changed his temperament when he was emperor because he often mingled with the soldiers. He actually said whatever he thought of.

His words left Zhu Cihong speechless for a while. Even though he knew that Chongzhen didn't mean to say that, Zhu Cihong still felt a little embarrassed.

After Li Shimin rebelled and killed his elder brother and even his own brother, he led his subordinates and troops directly into the East Palace and forced his father to resign from the throne.

In everyone's heart, there is no one with a higher status than the emperor. The emperor has a lot of power and is respected by many people in life. So what is it like to be the emperor's father?

On the morning of the Xuanwu Incident, what Li Shimin did was to shoot his unsuspecting brother to death with one arrow.

His performance at this time was completely different from that of the King of Qin who he had served as the leader on the battlefield. Once he was almost thrown off the back of a war horse, and even almost strangled to death by his younger brother Li Yuanji.

If General Yuchi Jingde hadn't arrived and shot Li Yuanji to death with one arrow, the results of the Xuanwu Gate Incident might have been reversed.

During the mutiny at that time, everything seemed to happen very quickly, and no one died on the battlefield before they could react.

The protagonist at that time was not Li Shimin or Li Jiancheng, but Yuchi Jingde. This general killed many people and saved Li Shimin.

He killed the two princes, rescued the prince's cronies, and brought military talismans and tokens from Li Yuan in the name of protecting Li Yuan. Then he led his subordinates to eliminate the prince and other princes' subordinates.

Later, Li Shimin's subordinates said that all those who opposed them, including the princes who threatened Li Shimin's status, had been killed, and asked Li Yuan to re-establish Li Shimin as the prince.

Li Yuan was shocked when he heard the news, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do to save it, so he followed Li Shimin's wishes.

Less than two months later, Li Yuan gave up the throne due to various reasons. He was known as Tang Taizong in history, and Li Yuan became the Supreme Emperor.

After Li Yuan abdicated the throne, he lived a stable life for nine years. As his life passed through the last nine years, many people felt that being the Supreme Emperor was a very enjoyable thing.

But what everyone doesn't know is how much Li Yuan was tortured by Li Shimin. Ever since he became the Supreme Emperor, he has been living in the Taiji Palace, but this palace is not suitable for Li Yuan to live.

After that, his father moved to another palace. This palace would be very wet when it rained. In this way, he was placed under house arrest by his son for nine years.

No minister had ever visited the Supreme Emperor. At that time, the entire court almost did not dare to mention Li Shimin's behavior towards the former emperor.

However, there are exceptions, and there are some officials who are really desperate to accuse Li Shimin.

Once at the imperial court, a censor said in front of the ministers that Li Shimin did not understand filial piety at all.

He also pointed out that the palace where the Supreme Emperor lived was too small and very damp, and that the emperor should build a new palace for his father. However, Li Shimin not only did not build it, but also put his father in such a place.

In addition to this incident, he also said that Li Shimin lived so close to where his father lived, and his son had never visited his father. In the summer, Li Shimin went to the palace to escape the summer heat, but Li Shimin never took Li Yuan with him even once.

Most people knew about Li Shimin, and of course Zhu Cixiang knew it very well. Chongzhen actually said it directly to him, even though his voice was very low and could hardly be heard by others, but Zhu Cixiang would also feel very embarrassed.

Although when he came to power, the combat effectiveness of his National Guard Army had already surpassed that of all Ming armies, Zhu Cixiang never thought about seizing the throne, let alone isolating and defending against Chongzhen.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Zhu Cixiang to return the firmly established throne to Chongzhen, who is less than thirty years old, but he will definitely give Chongzhen his freedom.

Zhu Cihong drank up the juice in the bowl in one gulp, gave his emperor a fierce look, and then said in their ears:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty is not Li Shimin, and I will never interfere with your freedom at any time. After the North and Jiangnan are completely settled, Your Majesty will give you a fiefdom and let you be the emperor of China. At that time, my father can still enjoy it as much as he wants.

Show your talent and strategy..."

Chongzhen chuckled:

"Okay, my father is waiting for that day. Don't worry, your Majesty. Your Majesty will never threaten your throne. It's just that you can't stop for fun. Your Majesty can station troops in China.

If the emperor is not willing, or if there are ministers in the court who disagree, then it will be fine to give it to my father as a prefect. My father does not want to be the emperor, but he just wants to repeat a game of chess because the previous one was too stinky..."

It turned out that Chongzhen had realized that he had played a bad game. After seeing the recovery of Liaodong, he wanted to review the game...

Of course Zhu Cixiang would help Chongzhen and give him an excuse to play with him. The garrison would still be Zhu Cixiang's people, and Chongzhen wouldn't be able to play any tricks anyway.

Zhu Cixi laughed and said:

"Okay, no problem, I will definitely fulfill my father's wish..."



Everyone let go that night, especially the generals. After Zhu Cihong and Chongzhen left, they completely let themselves go.

Many people were fighting, making noises, laughing and crying, and it was not until midnight that they all swayed and helped each other back to the camp...

As the soldiers fell asleep, Shenyang City finally became quiet. Until noon the next day, many people were still having sweet dreams, and only the soldiers on duty were patrolling...
To be continued...
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