The capital, the residence of Wei Zhongxian

"Duke, King Xin's car has arrived in Daxing. Now he is going to the woolen mill with Wei Guogong and a group of princes, and he will be able to enter Beijing in a few days. ”

Reporting the latest news, Cui Chengxiu looked at Wei Zhongxian quite nervously.

Since the Emperor of the Apocalypse was critically ill, the momentum of Gonggong Wei in the court suddenly decreased. The defection of Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the military department, not only split the eunuch party, but also sounded the clarion call for a counterattack against the eunuch party.

Since Wang Yongguang wrote a letter based on Wang Gongchang's heavenly change, the entire court has been in the air about Wang Gongchang's heavenly change, and even Wang Yehao, who has always been a neutral faction and has always believed in non-party Wang Yehao (the great-great-nephew of Wang Yangming, the master of Xinxue), has opened his mouth to approve of the heavenly change.

Under Wang Yehao's sprinkled argument, the explosion of Wang Gongchang came from the theory of natural changes in people's hearts and depression, which dealt a fatal blow to the eunuchs. For a time, the whole dynasty was full of huge calls for going to prison and reducing the tax burden.

If it weren't for the emperor's serious illness, I was afraid that the courtiers would have the idea of urging the emperor to make an edict.

In the face of surging opposition, the eunuchs were clearly in disarray. Gu Bingqian, the first assistant to the cabinet, submitted several resignations in a few days, and his desire to go was very resolute. The new cabinet ministers Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu watched left and right and refused to speak. Although Feng Quan does not approve of going to prison, he is unusually enthusiastic about reducing the tax burden. is Huang Liji, who is most appreciated by Gonggong Wei, and he can't come up with a countermeasure in the face of such an impact.

This is true of the cabinet of the head of the hundred officials, and the same is true of the six ministries with the heaviest powers of the imperial court. The Sixth Central Military Department has long been in a mess because of Wang Yongguang's letter. The head of the six departments, Shangshu Wang Shaohui, also showed an obvious tendency to waver. Wang Shaohui is the compiler of "Donglin Point Generals", and even he began to express his approval of going to prison and reducing the tax burden, which shows the extent of chaos within the eunuch party.

If only it were the outer court, it would be enough.

As soon as the sky changed, Yu played Yu Lie, and the palace servants who made the most trustworthy wheel respond to it were also shaken to varying degrees. Like the celebrant who reads the most, the attendants at all levels who have taken consecutive leave in recent days are not in the decimale. If it weren't for Gonggong Wei's staring and forcing, I'm afraid even Li Yongzhen would have taken a leave of absence to recuperate.

With such a complicated and chaotic situation, how can Cui Chengxiu not be nervous, how can he not be frightened?

However, no matter how frightened he was, Cui Chengxiu still stood firmly by the side of Grandpa Wei. Because Cui Chengxiu knew that without Father-in-law Wei, he was nothing.

In fact, the cause of this trend, Cui Chengxiu is very clear in his heart. This is fundamentally a strong backlash of the Ming gentry against Wei Gonggong's suppression of the Donglin Party and the unscrupulous means to rein in tax taxes.

According to what he Cui Chengxiu did in the past, he can no longer return to the ranks of the traditional gentry of the Ming Dynasty. Once Gonggong Wei falls, then he, Cui Chengxiu, is afraid that he will have no place to die. He couldn't turn back, so he could only follow Gonggong Wei's intentions.

"Duke, King Xin is about to return to Beijing, and we are still ......"

Seeing that Father-in-law Wei was silent for a long time, Cui Chengxiu couldn't help but ask in a whisper.

The look of fatigue flashed in his eyes, and Wei Zhongxian fell back on the chaise longue.

The past ten days have exhausted him.

By the side of the seriously ill Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian did not dare to leave casually. Caring for the critically ill emperor was tiring, but such a big wave of opposition broke out in the imperial court, which made Wei Zhongxian's heart even more tired.

In the face of the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, if the emperor is healthy, Wei Zhongxian can still try to suppress it with an iron fist. But now that the emperor is critically ill, Wei Zhongxian can't find a suitable way to deal with it for a while.

Without the emperor's approval, not only the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division Wei Zhongxian could not be mobilized, but even the imperial horse supervisors and Wei Zhongxian, who were controlled by the eunuchs, could not be easily dispatched.

Tan Jing, the new eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, was a dead brain, and without the emperor's order, Tan Jing would not have ignored the orders of Duke Wei, the governor of Dongchang.

Dongchang is now completely under Wei Zhongxian's control, but Dongchang alone cannot deal with the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty at all. In fact, not to mention that there is only Dongchang, even if Jinyiwei is added, he can't deal with the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty now.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei were able to easily arrest the courtiers, entirely because they were standing behind the Ming Emperor. Without the emperor's support behind him, who do Dongchang and Jinyiwei dare to take?

I think that back then, the Jinyi guards commanded Ma Shun to commit public anger and was beaten to death by the courtiers in the court.

In the Ming Dynasty, without the emperor's suppression, the Ming courtiers were not afraid of Dongchang and Jinyiwei at all.

Edict?

What nonsense.

It's really impossible for courtiers to do that kind of terrible thing on the side of the Qing monarch.

The emperor is now seriously ill and unconscious. Believe it or not, he Wei Zhongxian is overbearing on the front foot, and the nobles and courtiers on the back foot will raise troops to break his body into thousands of pieces. At that time, I am afraid that even the eunuch Tan Jing will lead the imperial horse eunuch and the internal Cao army to kill him happily.

He, Wei Zhongxian, was really just a domestic slave of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were not as good as their predecessors in the Han and Tang dynasties. Without the emperor, they are really nothing.

Lying on the recliner with his eyes half-closed, Wei Zhongxian's heart fluctuated.

Wei Zhongxian also knew that the courtiers dared to suddenly launch such a large-scale opposition because they saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was not long.

Since he fell and fell unconscious, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has not eaten and drink for nearly 10 days, and he only relies on a little ginseng soup every day to continue his life, and now he is in danger of dying at any time.

For the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian has been mentally prepared these days.

"It's a pity that Your Majesty didn't leave an heir!"

Lying on the recliner, Wei Zhongxian's slightly closed eyes slipped out of two tears. Tears ran down the corners of his eyes, wetting his wrinkled skin.

In the past few days, Wei Zhongxian's originally extremely angry mood has disappeared, and only unspeakable grief is left in his heart.

If there is no miracle, Your Majesty may not have the power to return to heaven.

Your Majesty and King Xin have always been close, if you don't even see King Xin before leaving, then the old slave is really guilty and deserves death.

The anger in his heart had subsided, and Wei Zhongxian felt extremely regretful for spreading the news that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was critically ill prematurely.

At that time, he always felt that the Emperor of the Apocalypse could still wake up, and he was extremely unwilling to let King Xin rush back to the capital quickly. For this reason, Wei Zhongxian preferred to spread the news that the emperor was critically ill and delayed the return of King Xin to Beijing.

However, Wei Zhongxian really didn't expect that King Xin would take the risk of rushing back to Tianjin by sea; He rode from Tianjin to the capital.

When the news of King Xin's attack reached Wei Zhongxian's ears, Wei Zhongxian really regretted it.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse has no children, and in heaven and earth, except for his own brother King Xin, there is no one else who is connected to the emperor by blood. If the emperor dies, then King Xin is definitely the rightful successor.

After wiping away the anger in his heart, Wei Zhongxian realized that even from his point of view, there was no more suitable successor than King Xin.

In the past few years, he has carried out a series of cooperation with King Shin in Kaizhong, auctioning fields and other matters. It's a pleasure to work with each other. Xinwang's temper, he can also touch one or two in cooperation.

According to King Xin's style of acting, as long as he can bow down and be small, King Xin can at least give him a good death.

Isn't it the duty of their slaves to bow low and be small?

Isn't it also the result of his dreams to get a good death?

So what is he still hesitating about?