It was the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627 AD), the 24th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

On this day, Zhu Youzhen, the king of Daming Xin, ascended the throne as scheduled, changed the year name to Chongzhen, and the following year was set as the first year of Chongzhen.

Not to mention the solemnity and grandeur of the enthronement ceremony, once the "Enthronement Edict" was issued, it immediately aroused the questions of the courtiers: "How can this be?" No, this Chongzhen Ye and Tianqi Ye are not all the way at all, how can he tolerate Wei Zhongxian and his ilk, who killed his adoptive mother Li Xuanzhi, to continue to cover the sky with one hand? ”

Doubts are doubts, because I don't know his attitude, or no one is willing to say it.

In fact, even if they don't say it, Chongzhen understands, but he is not in a hurry. However, he quickly made them feel that he was different from the Apocalypse, that is, he would personally bow to the political affairs of the court and deal with them seriously.

"How can such a diligent emperor be the same as the Emperor of the Apocalypse?" The courtiers questioned, and inevitably a glimmer of hope was kindled.

At this time, Chongzhen issued his first holy decree after his accession to the throne: during the serious illness of the emperor's brother Tianqi, the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Gong Zhongxian took care of him a lot, and he worked extremely hard, so he specially ordered a reward of 10,000 taels of gold, and gave the emperor's brother a plaque that he could not reward before his death, so as to show his merits. At the same time, Duke Wei was appointed as the general manager of the funeral ceremony to coordinate many matters of the funeral.

The courtiers couldn't help but be stunned for a while, it should be said that the courtiers had not completely freed themselves from their stunned, and Chongzhen's second holy decree was issued again: to establish Princess Zhou as the queen and proclaim to the world.

This was not unexpected by the courtiers, who paid more attention to the third holy decree that followed: from now on, the whole class of eunuchs and palace maids in the palace will be sent to the palace to serve in the palace, and the eunuchs of the emperor's brother Emperor Tianqi will all be dismissed on the spot.

Chongzhen's three holy decrees one after another, not to mention that the courtiers were in a fog, even Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but think: "What's interesting about him?" believed in our family, but removed all the eunuchs of the Emperor of the Apocalypse; If you want to say that you don't believe in our family, you will give our family a reward like the apocalypse.

Could it be that this is what people often say, 'new saddle with old horse', and it needs a run-in period? It doesn't seem like it. If not, what does it mean? ”

Wei Zhongxian really couldn't think of it, and faintly had an ominous premonition, and said: "Fuck, this society is born to rectify people." But if you want to rectify people, you have to have a focus point, and now we can't even find a focus point, which is a big taboo. What to do? ”

Keshi answered: "What else can I do?" Go and try him, let's make a big move, don't you dare to be confused like this. ”

Wei Zhongxian asked rhetorically, "How do you try?" ”

Ke said: "Maybe you don't need to try, as long as you dedicate the four national colors prepared by our family to him, he still has to listen to our family obediently?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "I think he is still different from the Apocalypse, what if he doesn't accept it?" ”

Keshi said: "Don't accept it, try again." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "How about trying again?" ”

Ke said: "Take retreat as advance, resign from the post of admiral of Dongchang, what do you say?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "In case he agrees, what should we do?" ”

Ke Shi said ruthlessly: "That means that he wants to run our family, of course our family can't be restrained, forgive him for not having such courage and power now." Hmph, you just have to try. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Go now?" Not suitable, right? ”

Ke said: "Of course not now, you have to do your best to organize the funeral of the Apocalypse first, make him happy, and try it well." After trying the results, we can make up our minds. ”

Wei Zhongxian thought about it, and there was really no other way, so he was busy with the funeral of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. After the funeral was over, he didn't delay for a while, and went straight to see Chongzhen according to the plan.

Chongzhen made up his mind and was thinking: "Wei Zhongxian, this old thing, is quite authentic in handling things, and he handled the funeral of the imperial brother in a decent manner, but it's a pity that his heart is not right." Hmph, old thing, the funeral of the royal brother is over, and I will get rid of you next. If you don't get rid of it, there will be no peace, how can you talk about the great cause of Zhongxing?

But how? The imperial sister-in-law is right, you are a big tree, and it is really not easy to uproot it all at once. Hmph, why should I bother to do those thankless things? I might as well cut your branches and leaves first, and then cut off your roots, and see how you can survive?

Why? Whenever a new emperor ascends the throne, there will always be people who jump out, or want to overturn the case or speculate to curry favor. I am the emperor, I don't need to do everything myself, I can use it. But why hasn't anyone jumped out yet? ”

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Oh, it's no wonder that they can't blame it, if you want to blame it, you can only blame me for covering it up too well, they don't know what I really think, how dare they take the liberty of jumping out?" Well, I'm going to have to push them.

How? First of all, except for Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department. Cui Chengxiu holds the military power, and is the head of the 'Five Tigers' of the geldings, in addition to him, not only can he fight the eunuchs, but I can also take the opportunity to collect the military power, and I can also show my attitude, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

The question is, who would dare to publicly impeach? Hmph, why does anyone have to impeach? Can't I pretend to be one? Of course I can, and if I don't pretend to do it, I will pretend to be the gelding's cronies, so that the gelding dog will have no words. By the way, just pretending to be Wei Guangwei, isn't he nicknamed 'Wai Wei Gong'? ”

After making up his mind, he became excited and got up, but when he saw Wei Zhongxian coming from afar, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought, "What is he doing here?" They must have come to hear the news. Hmph, I'm the emperor, condescending, I'm afraid you have a thousand clever plans? When I meet, I just praise you and reward you, and I don't give you a chance to speak, so what can I do with you? ”

Thinking about it, Chongzhen went straight up.

"He actually greeted us in person, this is a treatment that even the Emperor of the Apocalypse has never had!" Wei Zhongxian thought secretly, his heart was moved, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said as if he had smeared honey in his mouth: "The old slave asks the emperor for peace." ”

Chongzhen thought about it, let him kneel, and said: "Wei Aiqing is in charge of the funeral of the imperial brother, he has worked hard and worked hard, I am thinking about how to reward Aiqing, Aiqing is here, hurry up and get rid of the courtesy." After saying that, he forcibly endured the disgust in his heart and helped him up himself.

Wei Zhongxian became more and more moved, and when he was about to speak, Chongzhen had already said again: "In this way, I will reward Aiqing with another 10,000 taels of gold, and a plaque of 'hard work and high meritorious' in my own book will also be given to Aiqing, and Aiqing can also go to any big mansion in the capital." ”

Wei Zhongxian naturally did not lack these things, but he thought that these things represented Chongzhen's friendship, just like the reward given to him by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so he said with gratitude: "The old slave has thanked the emperor again and again. ”

Chongzhen saw that the goal had been achieved, so he stroked his left shoulder with his hand and said emotionally: "It is natural to reward the heroes, Aiqing does not need to be polite." ”

After speaking, seeing that Wei Zhongxian was about to speak again, Chongzhen continued: "I have long wanted to talk to Aiqing about the way to govern the country, but unfortunately it is unfortunate that the queen is pregnant, and she has been tired from eating for two days, and her health is poor, so I have to go to visit in person." Let's choose a day, when I have time, I must celebrate Aiqing's achievements and have a long talk with Aiqing. ”

As he spoke, the man got up.