Chapter 4 Taizu Contract (Asking for Recommendation Votes and Collections)

Gao Qiqian, because he had a personal enmity with Lu Xiangsheng, sat back and watched the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng being besieged by the Qing army, and his Guanning Iron Cavalry did not save a single soldier when he saw death, resulting in Lu Xiangsheng's final death, so that the Ming Dynasty lost the last general who dared to fight a field battle with the Qing army.

Xu Yingyuan, Wei Zhongxian's gambler before his rise, but it was he who killed Wei Zhongxian, when Chongzhen had just ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian was panicked, and he was afraid that Chongzhen would not leave him a way to live.

Wei Zhongxian asked Xu Yingyuan, a eunuch who had stayed in the Xinwang Mansion for more than ten years, to say good things and give ideas, where did he think that Xu Yingyuan, who was good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, pointed him to a dead end: resign immediately and retire home.

Wei Zhongxian Shi Lezhi gave up all power under Xu Yingyuan's flickering, and this was easily cleaned up by the fledgling Chongzhen.

As for Lu Jiude, this person is loyal to the old Zhu family, in the Chongzhen period has many times to resist thieves and meritorious service, Chongzhen died with the cabinet minister Gao Hongtu, cardinal Shi Kefa and others to support the Fu King, the commander of the Beijing camp, and later saw that the state affairs were not in place, and had cried in the palace.

When Zhu Youzhen heard the names of Wang Dehua and Gao Qiqian, he immediately remembered their bad deeds in history, but he shouted and shouted to kill as soon as he heard the names of traitors in history.

He deeply understands that the end of the Ming Dynasty is a period of collapse of the dynasty, the building will collapse, morality will be degraded, human nature will be distorted, and many people will be thieves, in fact, not all for glory and wealth, but just want to survive in the troubled times.

On the contrary, Wang Chengen, when the dynasty collapsed, chose to follow Chongzhen to commit suicide and be buried, which can be described as a minority among the minority, which is extremely rare.

But it is precisely because of the rarity that Wang Chengen will be remembered in history, and his name will be immortal and praised by future generations.

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But after Wang Chengen recommended these people, Zhu Youzhen didn't tell him to retreat, just looked at him without saying a word, as if he wanted to say something and stopped.

When Wang Chengen saw Zhu Youzhen like this, he stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, do you have any other orders?"

When Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Chengen's words, he hurriedly woke up and asked, "I have a worry, that is, how can my cultivation in the Qi Realm master the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Chengen heard this but disagreed, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about this, as long as you master the jade seal, it is equivalent to mastering the imperial aura, and you will also master the life and death of the nobles and eunuchs." No matter how high their cultivation is or how strong their strength is, it's just a matter of your thoughts. ”

After Zhu You listened, his worry did not disappear, but he asked: "I heard that the British Gong Zhang Weixian has a cultivation of the Spirit Venerable Realm, which is higher than Wei Zhongxian's cultivation.

Even if Gu mastered the jade seal, how much strength could he exert with the cultivation of the Qi Acceptance Realm?"

Wang Chengen replied softly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about this, don't you still have a Taizu contract?"

Zhu Youzhen was puzzled: "Taizu contract, what is that, what can it be for?"

Wang Chengen continued: "The Taizu Contract is a contract between Emperor Taizu and Xungui, and everyone who obtains the title of Daming must make an oath and sign the Taizu Contract to be loyal to the Ming Emperor forever.

If you disobey, you will lose all your cultivation, die within the three clans, and the nine clans will be exiled and be slaved forever!"

After Zhu Youzhen found out, although he was relieved, he still asked, "Big Companion, are there any restrictions on the Taizu contract?"

Wang Chengen hesitated for a while, but continued: "The power of the Taizu contract is related to the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the stronger the Ming Dynasty, the more powerful the Taizu contract is, and the more fearful the noble eunuchs are, and vice versa. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and continued to ask: "Lone knows that the emperor's aura has five grades: emperor, gong, hou, uncle, and fan, so what is the role of the jade seal in addition to producing the emperor's aura and signing the Taizu contract?"

Wang Chengen replied respectfully: "Your Highness, the jade seal still has mastered the Taizu Spirit Formation in the capital, which is infinitely useful, and this needs to be experienced by His Highness himself in the future." ”

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen with doubts, so he continued to explain softly: "Your Highness, the Taizu Spirit Array was arranged by Emperor Taizu and his founding heroes, and it was originally in Nanjing, and later Chengzu moved the capital to the Taizu Spirit Array, which naturally moved over.

The Taizu Spirit Array is infinitely powerful, and it is said that it can be used to the extreme to defeat the saints!"

Zhu Youzhen was finally relieved, and then said: "In the past, Gu has been learning Confucian knowledge with the Donglin Party, and he is too lacking in understanding of these, and this time he has worked hard!"

Zhu Youzhen still explained to Wang Chengen, after all, Wang Chengen will be his first confidant in the future, and he still doesn't want the other party to suspect him.

Wang Chengen also did not doubt it, because these were all known to him in the East Factory, and it was not surprising that Zhu Youzhen did not know about it.

Wang Chengen said respectfully: "The old slave does things for His Royal Highness, how dare you say that it is hard, this is what the old slave should do." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and waved his hand, and Wang Chengen went down.

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After Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen put their hearts together, the next day, Zhu Youzhen summoned Wang Dehua, Gao Qiqian and others according to the list provided by Wang Chengen, and entrusted them with important tasks.

Wang Dehua, Gao Qiqian and others are naturally extremely smart and clever people, they have their own news channels, and they know that the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not long, and the King of Xin, who is closest to the bloodline of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, is the most likely candidate to inherit the throne.

It is a well-known truth for a person to ascend to heaven as a chicken and a dog, and how can they not understand that as long as the king of faith successfully ascends the throne and reigns over the world.

Then, as the eunuchs of the Xinwang Mansion, their power and status will definitely be greatly improved, and they are even expected to become the chief eunuch and become the head of the 100,000 eunuchs in the world.

The eunuchs were physically crippled, and they had no hope for women, because they were extremely obsessed with power and spirit stones, and they were beaten by Zhu Youzhen.

The eunuchs of the Xinwang Mansion gradually twisted into a rope, and the Xinwang Mansion, which had been infiltrated into a sieve by various forces, was operated like an iron bucket for a while.

Although the eunuchs have always been selfish and self-interested, everyone has careful thoughts, but they know very well that the first priority at present is to ensure the smooth accession of King Xin to the throne, and if they want to fight for power and profit, they will have to wait until King Xin ascends the throne.

Zhu Youzhen received the heartfelt support of all the eunuchs, and the Xinwang Mansion, which had become a little strange because of the serious illness of the Apocalypse, gradually became calm.

However, in stark contrast to the calm Xinwang Mansion, as the illness of the Emperor of the Apocalypse worsened, the inner court and the outer court became more and more turbulent, and the wind and clouds changed color.

On August 12, Emperor Tianqi summoned the ministers of the cabinet and Kedao in the Qianqing Palace, saying that Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian were very loyal and could discuss all major matters with them, and then named Wei Liangdong, the nephew of Wei Zhongxian, as the Marquis of Dong'an.

On August 20, Emperor Tianqi's condition worsened, and the group of doctors were helpless.

In the early morning of August 21, the Emperor of the Apocalypse urgently summoned important ministers of the cabinet, clan nobles and King Xin to the palace for an audience.

All ministers understand: the apocalypse is about to die, and the sky of the Ming Dynasty is going to change!