Chapter 4 The first court
When Wu Fan heard Li Jiantai's words, he jumped up from the dragon bed excitedly, walked to Li Jiantai a few steps and asked, "What did you say? Li Zicheng...recruitment? It's done, it's done..."
Before Li Jiantai could reply, Wang Chengen, who was standing beside him, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed to Wu Fan repeatedly and advised: "Your Majesty, please immediately punish Li Jiantai for deceiving the king. This person is full of Hu Chai, and he is probably instructed by the rebels to come to deceive the emperor."
Li Jiantai raised his head and looked directly into Wu Fan's eyes and said, "Emperor, how many courages do I dare to fabricate such absurd news? Li Chuang did send someone to contact me, claiming that he wanted to accept the court's envoy. Li Zicheng's envoy had been taken outside Beijing by me at this time. What should I do? Please tell me."
Wu Fan didn't even think about it, and he blurted out without even speaking: "Of course, he would bring Li Zicheng's messenger to me immediately, see me immediately."
Wang Chengen knocked on the ground with his head, "Your Majesty, never, never, never, Chuang Ni has always been tricky. He has pretended to surrender several times when he was desperate, and rebelled again after accumulating strength. This time, although the old minister could not imagine that Chuang Ni was performing any conspiracy, the old minister was sure that Chuang Ni would never really accept the recruitment. The most likely thing is to use the recruitment to open the gate of the capital by using the recruitment to open the gate of the capital. Therefore, even if what Lord Li said was true, the emperor must not believe Chuang Ni's words."
Wang Chengen kowtowed the bluestone floor, which made Wu Fan feel unbearable. He came to Wang Chengen and stretched out his hand to pull his head off the ground. Looking at Wang Chengen's swollen forehead, Wu Fan almost took out his phone for Wang Chengen to see. Now Li Zicheng is no longer the Li Zicheng who is determined to establish a new dynasty, but like Song Jiang in Water Margin, he wants to accept revenge to wash away the rebellious label on his body.
Wu Fan did not dare to take out his phone in the end, but said to Wang Chengen: "Chengen, I know you are extremely loyal to me, ah... That, but, look, Li Zicheng was strong at this time, and there was no reason to play like this. Maybe he was really sincere in surrendering."
Wang Chengen's tears were almost flowing out, and he stared at Li Jiantai with his eyes and said, "Mr. Li, as the commander-in-chief of Baoding Prefecture, do you say that you believe in the incident of rebel and surrender?"
Li Jiantai's face also became a little hesitant. He hesitated for a long time before speaking: "Your Majesty, I cannot make a decision on this matter for the time being. As Your Majesty said, Li Chuang was strong at this time, and my Ming Dynasty had no power to defeat him near the capital. Li Chuang should not suddenly want to accept the recruitment. According to Li Chuang's personality, this time, Li Chuang claimed that he wanted to accept the recruitment, and there was a high possibility of fraud.
However, I once met with the envoy sent by Li Chuang. Li Chuang's words to accept the amnesty were not like a false statement. At least I could not hear the flaws from the message brought by the envoy, so I stolen from the front line from the front line and personally stated to Your Majesty. If I follow my analysis, what Li Chuang said is not credible, but it is of great importance. I dare not refuse Li Chuang without authorization. What should I do? I would like to ask the Holy Lord to judge."
After hearing Li Jiantai's reply, Wu Fan couldn't help but smile secretly, and felt proud in his heart: "You don't believe in Li Zicheng because you don't know that I have a cheating device. Now Li Zicheng is not the King of Rebellion who is determined to be the emperor, but has been changed by me to the Song Gongming who is determined to be recruited by the court and win a wife and son."
Li Jiantai and Wang Chengen looked up at the proud Wu Fan, and were confused for a moment, not knowing why the emperor was suddenly happy.
Wu Fan leaned over and knelt on the ground and patted his shoulder twice, and said in a cheerful tone: "Chengen, Jiantai, I know you all don't trust Li Zicheng, but I decided to take a bet this time and believe this Li Zicheng once. Jiantai, if you go and bring Li Zicheng's envoy in, Chengen secretly takes him into the palace. I want to see him in person."
When Wang Chengen saw that Wu Fan finally chose to believe Li Zicheng, he was shocked and kowtowed again to advise Wu Fan like pounding garlic. He disagreed with Wu Fan's visit to Li Zicheng's envoy. Although Li Jiantai did not clearly object to Wu Fan's opinion, he saw him kneeling in place and lowering his head without moving, and he thought he did not agree with Wu Fan's decision.
Wu Fan was a little unhappy and let Wang Chengen kowtow there repeatedly, saying to Li Jiantai: "Li... That dear, you said you didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, and came to ask me to make decisions. Now I have decided to meet Li Zicheng's envoy, but you stay here and don't execute my orders. What are you trying to do?"
Although Li Jiantai didn't understand the modern terms Wu Fan said, he still understood the general meaning. He immediately kowtowed and replied: "Long live, it's not my courage to not implement the sage. I really don't believe in Li Chuang. I returned to Beijing privately, but I actually wanted to authorize the minister to secretly contact Li Chuang. I was going to contact Li Chuang a few times and to wipe out his vigilance. After taking a few dead soldiers, even if I fight the life of the queen, I will get rid of Li Chuang's cancer for my Ming Dynasty."
Li Jiantai's words stunned Wu Fan. Li Jiantai, who should be a surrender in Wu Fan's heart, actually had the courage to die with the enemy, which made Wu Fan's mentality a little unchanged for a while.
He looked at Li Jiantai in a daze. Wu Fan turned around and returned to his Longshu desk and sat down. Using the cover of the table, he took out his close-fitting mobile phone and transferred out Li Jiantai's information. It turned out that Li Jiantai was not as unbearable as Wu Fan imagined. After the defeat of Baoding Prefecture, Li Jiantai was preparing to commit suicide to his country, but was captured by Li Zicheng's general Liu Fangliang. Li Jiantai surrendered to Li Zicheng on the surface, but he always looked at the Ming Dynasty. Even in the sixth year of Shunzhi after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, he raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, Li Jiantai was defeated and captured. He went to the emperor with a sigh of relief. Later generations praised Li Jiantai for his steadfast character and generous temperament.
After reading Li Jiantai's life and deeds, Wu Fan was slightly moved. Unexpectedly, "Ephesian Li" who had always been a bit contemptuous from the bottom of his heart was actually a passionate and passionate man. It seems that he can't call him Ephesian Li in the future.
Putting away his phone, Wu Fan walked out of the Longshu case, walked to Li Jiantai, stretched out his hands and helped Li Jiantai up from the ground, and said to Li Jiantai solemnly: "Li Aiqing, I understand what you mean, but your thoughts are a bit inappropriate. I can't bear to use my loyal minister to exchange for the life of a bandit. You should give up this ridiculous idea."
Wu Fan's inappropriate words learned from TV series, and when he heard Li Jiantai's ears, the tough guy who was about to die with Li Zicheng made his eyes red. Li Jiantai's reaction also made Wu Fan feel a little satisfied. Being an emperor is good, and just a few words can make a grand scholar feel so moved that he was about to cry.
Release the hand holding Li Jiantai, Wu Fan turned around and pulled Wang Chengen up from the ground, and gently patted Wang Chengen's back twice. Wang Chengen originally thought that Wu Fan was angry, so he kept looking at Wu Fan and returned to the Longshu case silently. Now seeing Wu Fan was not angry, he began to chatter and persuade Wu Fan not to trust Li Zicheng.
Wu Fan stared at Wang Chengen with interest for a while, and slowly said, "You all say Li Zicheng cannot believe it. So what can you do to resolve the danger of Li Zicheng's army at this time? Do you have to wait in the capital for Li Zicheng to break through the capital and wait for death?"
Wu Fan said these words a little heavy. Li Jiantai and Wang Chengen were so scared that they fell to the ground again. They did not dare to reply for a long time, but just knelt quietly. After waiting for a while, Li Jiantai raised his head again and said to Wu Fan in a deep voice: "Long live, although I still don't believe that Li Chuang does have the intention to accept peace, I am too stupid and cannot understand the mystery of Li Chuang's plan. Now that things have come, why not gather all civil and military officials to discuss matters? I believe that someone among the ministers of the Ming Dynasty can see through Li Chuang's trick."
Calling all officials to discuss matters? Li Jiantai's proposal made Wu Fan's heart beat violently. The sun was on the way, sitting in the Golden Palace to accept the visits of all officials. How majestic is this? As long as you think about that scene, Wu Fan will be longing for it.
Wu Fan slapped his hands hard, and his eyes lit up, "Okay! As Li Aiqing said, Wang Chengen, you should quickly issue an order to summon civil and military officials to discuss matters. I have long wanted to see what it is to go to court..." At this point, Wu Fan suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly swallowed half of the words back.
Fortunately, Wang Chengen was already a little adapted to the scene where Wu Fan often said a little, and did not go into it. He just kowtowed lightly on the ground, stood up and ordered the eunuchs to pass the orders, and summoned all officials to the Zhongji Palace to discuss matters.
Wu Fan never expected that an emperor would need to do so much preparations when going to court. The matter of wearing clothes alone shocked Wu Fan. Four or five eunuchs worked around Wu Fan for a long time, inside and outside, and every piece of clothes was actually him. My mother had no buttons, but she was all tied? Fortunately, there were people serving him, otherwise Wu Fan would probably not even be able to wear clothes.
Originally, Wu Fan thought that since Li Jiantai had entered the palace, he would just follow him to the main hall later. Unexpectedly, Li Jiantai hurriedly said goodbye to Wu Fan and even wanted to go home to change into court clothes, which made Wu Fan roll his eyes. What are the rules? It's so troublesome.
After Wu Fan had packed up, a little eunuch led Wu Fan to the Zhongji Palace. Although Wu Fan had visited the Forbidden City, he bought tickets when he was traveling, and there were people everywhere, so he couldn't see what the scenery of the Forbidden City was. Now Wu Fan could finally take a closer look at the Forbidden City buildings. He looked at the freshness of everything, but he didn't remember the route he had taken at all, so he came to the next door to a hall.
Chapter completed!