The next day.
Li Shimin went to Xizhimen to inspect the defense.
Shi Heng's ten thousand men were outside the city, ready to fight at any time.
This was the gate that faced the Wala army and was most likely to be attacked.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Yu Qian and the others on the city wall bowed to Li Shiming, their hearts filled with admiration.
The events of the past few days could be summarized as:
A fatuous ruler who had lost his mind and led his weak soldiers to their deaths!
Zhu Qiyu, who didn't know his place, brought 10,000 imperial guards out of the city!
The new emperor, who had just ascended the throne, led his elites to ambush the enemy!
His Majesty, who had calculated everything, killed 5,000 enemies at Badaling!
The supreme Great Ming Emperor had returned to his loyal capital!
Everyone's hearts experienced a huge ups and downs.
From the Emperor's disappearance to the news of victory.
Yu Qian and the others thought that they were dreaming.
King Hun, who had never led an army before, had won his first battle.
And it was an unprecedented victory!
The significance of this victory was that it greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers guarding the city.
The soldiers saw the hope of victory.
"Your Majesty."
Yu Qian and the others followed closely behind Li Shimin.
Of course, the aftermath of this battle was also very obvious.
Li Shiming was being watched.
As long as he left the palace, there would be officials following him closely.
He was afraid that the Emperor would suddenly disappear again and run out of the city to fight the Wala.
Yu Qian had told Li Shimin many times that his heart was not good, and he asked His Majesty to stop stimulating him.
"Report!"
The messenger ran over and knelt in front of the Emperor.
The special envoy of Wala came with a letter personally written by Yexian.
They said they wanted to discuss how to return Zhu Qizhen.
Li Shimin and Yu Qian looked at each other. The other party still had this move?
If he had been present, he would have said it.
The trick was not new, as long as it was effective.
Indeed, Li Shimin and Yu Qian couldn't ignore the fact that they had to make the first move.
In the Imperial Palace.
Empress Dowager Sun couldn't wait to come to the Hall of Heaven's Tribute, but this time she sat on the lower left side of the throne.
She knew that Zhu Qizhen was outside the city, in the Wala military camp.
However, the mother and son were only ten miles apart, but they could not meet.
Empress Dowager Sun also had a glimmer of hope in her heart.
What if they could negotiate and send Zhu Qizhen back?
"Impudent, why didn't you kneel when you saw the Great Ming Emperor!”
The courtiers in the hall saw the Wala Envoy standing upright in the middle and shouted.
"Impudent!"
"You don't know your place!"
The Wala Envoy only saluted Empress Dowager Sun and said leisurely.
"Emperor?
I only know that His Majesty the Great Ming Emperor is in our camp.
The purpose of this visit was to discuss the matter of returning it.”
His arrogant attitude was evident.
A minister berated.
"The new emperor has already ascended the throne.”
The envoy, who was trying to sow discord, only sneered.
"What new emperor? I don't know.
We Wala only recognize the emperor in the camp.”
After a pause, he continued to speak to Empress Dowager Sun.
"Great Ming Empress Dowager, this is our Grand Preceptor's personal letter.
If Da Ming can satisfy the requirements of the higher-ups, the Grand Preceptor promises to immediately return it to His Majesty the Emperor.”
After saying that, he bowed.
On the surface, he looked unruly, but in reality, he was panicking.
Actually, he wanted to run away, but he still had a mission to complete.
The surrounding officials gritted their teeth and wished they could burn his bones and scatter his ashes on the spot.
How could the Wala Envoy dare to stay any longer?
Before he came, he had heard that it was this group of civil officials who had beaten the commander of the Brocade Guards, Ma Shun, to death.
"Your Majesty."
Eunuch Xing An, who was now the eunuch with the seal of the ceremonial director, presented the letter.
Li Shi Min only took a glance and lost interest.
She then handed the letter to the anxious Empress Dowager Sun, but her eyes dimmed a little after reading it.
Yexian's conditions were read by the ministers.
"Three million taels of gold, fifty million taels of silver!
Yexian has such a big appetite!"
"Isn't he afraid of being stuffed to death?"
"Insatiable greed, insatiable greed!”
After the ministers saw Yexian's conditions, they only scolded him.
He glared at the Wala Envoy as if he wanted to kill him with his eyes!
"The Grand Preceptor said that the conditions can be discussed.
Our side is very sincere and hopes that the Empress Dowager can send someone with authority to the camp to discuss.
For example, the Minister of War, Yu Qian.
If it was anyone else, the Grand Preceptor would think that the wise man was insincere.”
After saying that, the Wala Envoy bowed and left.
The hall fell silent.
Should they talk about it?
Forget it, but Retired Emperor couldn't keep falling into the enemy's hands.
Every day Zhu Qizhen stayed with the enemy, Empress Dowager Sun's heart ached.
She looked at Yu Qian and asked in a low voice.
"Can't we negotiate and save Retired Emperor?
Perhaps Wala had wiped out 5,000 cavalrymen earlier and they were afraid?”
The meaning behind his words was to let Yu Qian go to the enemy camp to negotiate.
"Empress Dowager, you must not!"
"Empress Dowager, this is Yexian's evil plan!”
Some of the ministers shouted loudly, begging Empress Dowager Sun not to believe it!
Not to mention the huge amount of money Wala demanded, millions of gold and tens of millions of silver.
It was almost five years 'worth of income from the Great Ming's treasury.
Even if it was one-tenth, the minister would not be willing to part with it.
After all, the Retired Emperor was no longer that important in everyone's hearts.
The current emperor on the dragon throne was much stronger than Zhu Qizhen in all aspects.
He had paid such a huge price to redeem a mascot.
Not worth it!
Moreover, Yu Qian was now in charge of the capital's defense.
What if he was detained when he went to the military camp to negotiate?
"Don't you care about Retired Emperor's safety?”
The Empress Dowager looked at the declining ministers and could not help but be angry.
The words 'disloyal and unfilial' almost came out of his mouth.
"Empress Dowager, you must not let Lord Yu put himself in danger.”
"This humble official is willing to negotiate on behalf of Lord Yu!”
"This humble official is also willing!"
Soon, two people were chosen to replace Yu Qian and go to the Wala camp to negotiate.
However, the image of Empress Dowager Sun and her son in the hearts of the officials fell again.
Not to mention her son hunting in the north, Empress Dowager Sun was only concerned about her son's safety in front of the enemy.
He treated the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians as nothing.
Li Shiming didn't say a word, but the ministers had already made up their minds.
Retired Emperor?
Sorry, we don't know each other well.
We don't want the new emperor to misunderstand!
"Dismissed."
Li Shi Min watched Empress Dowager Sun leave, the disdain in his eyes increasing.
He finally knew why Zhu Qi Zhen had become like this.
It turned out that he grew up in the hands of a woman in the deep palace. He only knew how to spoil but did not know how to educate.
The women in the harem had a distinct characteristic. They were especially good at fighting for power.
However, when it came to military and political matters, the situation seemed very small.
Li Shiming threw all these trivial matters to the back of his mind and focused on the battlefield.
He found Shi Heng that night.
"Is everything ready?"
"Your Majesty, everything is ready. We can set off at any time.”
"Follow the plan!"
"Yes!"
Shi Heng turned around and left, faithfully carrying out Li Shi Min's plan.
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