When everyone left the tent, Wang Pu was about to howl twice, Zhen Youcai tiptoed into the tent again.

Wang Pu asked, "Why are you coming in again?"

Zhen Youcai whispered: "General, there is something important to you, villains must discuss with you."

Wang Pu said: "What's the matter?"

Zhen Youcai said: "When the old man sees his fault, the general will go home according to the regulations. He will not lead troops, go on a war, and will not be allowed to marry within a hundred days. So there is something very urgent now, that is, prepare the betrothal gift quickly, and then go to the city to hire the emperor Longsheng, and decide the marriage between you and His Highness the Princess in advance."

"Is it necessary to be so anxious?"

"Urgent, this matter must be as soon as possible!" Zhen Youcai said anxiously, "When the old man sees the news spread, you can't hire Master Wansui again according to the rules. What's more serious is that if you can't settle your marriage with His Royal Highness the Princess, do you think Master Wansui will let you go back to Datong Dingyou?"

Wang Pu's expression suddenly became solemn, and he asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"

Zhen Youcai said in a deep voice: "General, you should also feel that the current Long Live Master is very suspicious. If your marriage with His Highness and Princess is not settled, he will never let you go back to Datong. He may find an excuse to put you in the heavenly prison again, and wait until the 100-day Dingyou Period expires before letting you out and marry the princess."

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "In other words, if you can't give a betrothal gift before the news of your father's death spread and decide the marriage, Long Live will probably keep me for another hundred days, or just kill me directly? Anyway, he will never be able to let me go back to Datong Dingyou, right?"

Zhen Youcai nodded and said, "Yes, unless you still want to go back to Tianzhu and stay for another hundred days."

"A genius is willing to go back to the prison." Wang Pu said viciously, "I don't want to stay in Beijing for a moment. I can't afford to offend these old men in the capital. Long lively can even cut me into pieces with just one word. It's not good for such people to be the slaughter and fish. I'd better go back to Datong as soon as possible."

Wang Pu really understood the old saying, being with the king is like being with a tiger, he really doesn't want to stay in Beijing.

"That's why the general has to rush to get the betrothal gift." Zhen Youcai said, "As long as you get the betrothal gift and get engaged, even if you don't have the final marriage, you will have become the son-in-law of the Longsheng Emperor. You are already the son-in-law and a relative of the royal family. At this time, you will receive the news from the old man and return to Datong Ding You, and then you will have no way to stop him."

"Okay." Wang Pu said, "Then do it like this. If you have talent, hurry up and prepare the betrothal gift. Remember to prepare more ginseng, Dongzhu and gold jewelry, and prepare four more gifts. This general also wants to invite Mr. Zhou, Chen Butang, Zhou Guogong and uncle Tian to protect the media together."

"Yes." Zhen Youcai responded respectfully, "The villain is going to go down and prepare now."

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Zijin City, Kunning Palace.

Wang Chengen bent over and entered the warmer pavilion and said happily: "Long live, Empress, good things, good things."

"What a good thing?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile, "Look, I'll be happy for you."

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Long live, General Wang has already brought the betrothal gifts to the city with ten carts of betrothal gifts. He also invited Zhou Guoba, uncle Tian Guomao, master Zhou Ge and Lord Chen to protect the media. He is now wearing red and hanging colors, beating drums and drums to come to the Forbidden City. The people in Beijing are watching."

"This Wang Pu is very fast." Emperor Chongzhen cursed with a smile, "The face is great. The father-in-law, uncle, cabinet master and minister of the Ministry of War have all become his matchmakers, and they are generous in their actions. There are ten betrothal gifts! It seems that he has indeed gained a lot of benefits in Liaodong. I have to beat him up with Qiufeng, hum."

"Long live the emperor." Empress Zhou said coquettishly, "Where is the father-in-law who beats her son-in-law Qiufeng?"

"Hmph." Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be angry, "Ru'er hasn't married Wang Pu yet, you have already said good things for him."

Empress Zhou happily said: "It is her blessing to Ru'er be able to marry Wang Pu."

"That's true." Emperor Chongzhen nodded and sighed, "Wang Pu would rather be cut into pieces by me than divorce his first wife. This shows that he is a good man who values ​​love and righteousness. This time I will make an example and no longer follow the ancestral rules to force Wang Pu to divorce his wife and marry him again. However, after my Ru'er married Wang Pu, she must be the main wife, and Wang Pu's original wife can only be the secondary wife."

Wang Chengen hurriedly said, "Long live, this General Wang has already greeted me in advance. His Highness the Princess must be his wife after marrying him."

Wang Pu did say this to Wang Chengen, but there is a saying that Wang Pu did not say that His Highness the Princess is the wife, but Chen Yuanyuan is also the wife. This is called "Big" and will not humiliate Princess Changping, nor will it be wronged Chen Yuanyuan.

Queen Zhou asked, "Long live, is Ru'er still following the previous rules this time?"

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Wang Pu is not an ordinary prince-consort, so this time we can no longer follow the previous rules. And the rules set by our ancestors are time to change. From now on, the eldest princess, princesses, and masters who have been married but still live in the palace will all leave the palace and go back to their respective prince-consort's mansions to reunite with the prince-consort's capital. The relatives of the prince-consort's capital must be abolished. However, the prince-consort's capital is not allowed to take concubines. Wang Pu is just an exception."

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Long live the wise man."

"Oh." Empress Zhou sighed in a low voice and said, "So Ru'er will go to Datong with Wang Pu soon?"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Queen, don't worry, even if Ru'er married Wang Pu, she would not leave the capital."

Queen Zhou said inexplicably: "This..."

Wang Chengen explained: "Empress, Long Live the Emperor has decided to let General Wang be the governor of the Jingying as the prince-in-law, so he doesn't have to go back to Datong, and His Highness the Princess doesn't have to marry Datong far away."

"Really?" Queen Zhou said happily, "This is really great."

Emperor Chongzhen said, "Empress, for this marriage, Ru'er has not had a good meal and has a good sleep, right? Hurry up and tell her the good news, but don't be anxious about my precious daughter."

"Yes." Empress Zhou stood up and saluted, "I'll go now."

Emperor Chongzhen turned around and said to Wang Chengen: "Hey, hurry up and arrange the etiquette, try to make the arrangements more thoughtful and grand, and then instruct the imperial kitchen to prepare. Tonight, I will hold a wedding banquet in the palace and invite all civil and military officials of the seventh rank or above in the capital again."

"Sister obeys the order."

Wang Cheng'en received the imperial edict and went on happily to prepare.

That night, Emperor Chongzhen held a big banquet in the palace. Any civil and military officials of the seventh rank and above in the capital, who could breathe, dare not go if they invite him? The emperor also said clearly that this banquet tonight was a wedding banquet. How could he leave empty-handed when he went to the wedding banquet? Officials of all sizes and big will inevitably prepare another generous gift.

Wang Pu also learned his lesson this time, and his toast to all officials was just a meaning, and he did not lose his composure after drinking like he did last time.

Emperor Chongzhen was drunk and had to leave the table halfway. When the banquet was about to end, Wang Chengen returned to public to read out Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict, and transferred Wang Pu from the general of Datong Town to the admiral of the Beijing camp. He also ordered the clan mansion to choose auspicious day for the marriage of Wang Pu and Princess Changping. As usual, all the officials came forward to congratulate Wang Pu and left with joy.

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I had nothing to say all night, and the next morning court.

Zhou Yanru, who was very good at guessing the thoughts of Emperor Chongzhen, was prepared for it. Before Liu Zongzhou and other Qingliu counterattacked Wang Pu, Gong Dingnie, the military department officer, took the lead in leaving the ranks and sued Liu Zongzhou for secretly ill-intentionedness, gathered people to report the power to suppress the country, and destroyed the country's weapon. This country's weapon refers to Wang Pu, the general of Datong.

Then Wang Xiyan, the Minister of Personnel, made a report to Liu Zongzhou listed the crimes and falsely accused Chen Xinjia.

Xie Sheng, Minister of Rites, Zheng Sanjun, Minister of History, Wang Xiyan, Minister of Personnel, and others also agreed.

When Liu Zongzhou was about to lead the Qing sect ministers to launch a counterattack, Li Banghua, the right censor who had secretly turned to Zhou Yanru, suddenly turned against him, claiming that Liu Zongzhou's eight major crimes were all fabricated by him. It was purely Zi Wuxuyou, and directly gave Liu Zongzhou a fatal blow!

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Zhou Yanru was taking the opportunity to suppress Qingliu, but he didn't want to cover up Liu Zongzhou.

Qingliu cannot be without Qingliu in the court, but Qingliu must not be too powerful. Due to Wen Tiren's fall and Cheng Ji's inaction, the Qingliu's power in the court expanded rapidly and gradually lost control. It was time for the purgation. Emperor Chongzhen happened to achieve this with Zhou Yanru's hands.

Liu Zongzhou was dismissed from the court and handed over to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution. At this point, the Qingliu forces in the court suffered heavy blows. The pragmatic ministers led by Zhou Yanru gradually controlled the government. If the government could be controlled in the hands of Zhou Yanru, the Ming Empire might be able to avoid internal party struggles and perhaps to be destroyed. Unfortunately, Zhou Yanru failed to do this.

Because Zhou Yanru's foundation was not stable, he was able to make a comeback with the strong support of Fushe. After Zhou Yanru successfully squeezed out his fate and became the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Pu, the leader of the Fushe League, drafted a list of more than 300 people, asking Zhou Yanru to install the people in Fushe.

The people in Fushe were actually like the Donglin party members. Most of them were scholars who only knew empty talk but had no ability to do practical things. Zhou Yanru was completely driven away by the front door and the tiger was on the back door. He finally eliminated the Qingliu forces headed by Liu Zongzhou. But then a new generation of Qingliu with the people in Fushe as the backbone emerged, and the party struggles that caused disaster to the late Ming Dynasty would continue...

But all this has nothing to do with Wang Pu.
Chapter completed!