"How is the emperor's condition?"

After leaving the Dongnuan Pavilion, Fang Congzhe walked straight to the few imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital who were standing outside the door in a low voice, and asked in a deep voice with a serious expression, his words looking extremely concerned.

"Looking back at Lord Fu, the emperor has run out of oil, and I'm afraid time is running out." Glancing at the ministers of civil and military affairs gathered around, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital bowed to Fang Congzhe and replied solemnly.

"Nonsense, the emperor is looking good, where is the time is running out!" Hearing this, a middle-aged man in duke clothes couldn't help but scold, he was Mu Chongfeng, the Duke of Wuguo, and the governor of the pro-military capital of the Zuo Capital.

"Grandpa Guo, how dare the lower officials say that the emperor is now back to the light, and then his condition will deteriorate!" The envoy of the Tai Hospital smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said to Mu Chongfeng.

"How much time does the emperor have left?" Fang Congzhe's brows furrowed, he naturally knew that the imperial envoy would not dare to talk nonsense about such an important matter, so he asked in a deep voice.

"Two days at most!" The envoy of the Tai Hospital thought about it carefully, and then gave an answer with a solemn expression.

"Alas!" Fang Congzhe suddenly sighed and shook his head a little helplessly, the last thing he wanted to see happened inevitably.

Fang Congzhe's sigh is not unreasonable, now the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more fierce, the various factions are united, and the party is the same and different, making the affairs of the court a mess.

If Emperor Wanli is alive, he can still suppress the various factions in the court so that they will not have excessive behavior, and once Emperor Wanli dies, it will definitely trigger a big melee between the factions, and Zhu Changluo, who has not been liked by Emperor Wanli since he was a child, will not be able to subdue those civil and military officials in the court.

Compared with whether Zhu Changluo could successfully ascend the throne, Fang Congzhe was more worried about a fierce power struggle between the court factions triggered by the death of Emperor Wanli, which was extremely dangerous when Zhu Changluo was unable to subdue the factions.

As the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, Fang Congzhe was deeply touched by the factional strife in the Ming Dynasty, the most direct manifestation of which was the poor government decree and the low efficiency of affairs: the policies proposed by each faction would undoubtedly be opposed by the hostile faction, and the yamen under his control deliberately delayed in handling the affairs of the opposing faction.

"It's finally here!" Li Hongyu, who was at the back of the crowd, heard the words of the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, his brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at the soldiers on duty in the Qianqing Palace with a solemn expression.

Li Hongyu used to come to the Qianqing Palace often, so he knew the defense of the Qianqing Palace, and the number of pro-troops on duty in the Qianqing Palace now has more than doubled compared with usual, and the palace gate is even more heavily guarded, and the soldiers with cold expressions reveal an aura of slaughter.

Originally, it was normal for people to strengthen the guards in the palace when the emperor was seriously ill, but after Emperor Wanli was seriously ill, it was not the crown prince Zhu Changluo who took charge of the palace, but King Fu's biological mother Zheng Guifei, who was bent on making King Fu the prince, which undoubtedly complicated the situation in the palace.

"Concubine Niangniang!" Just when everyone was talking in a low voice in the corridor, Concubine Zheng Guifei came out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and people bowed down one after another.

Concubine Zheng Guifei bowed slightly to the minister of civil and military affairs at the scene and went to the side hall with a cold expression, it seemed that Emperor Wanli didn't want her to know something about Zhang Weixian, so he took her away.

It didn't take long for Zhang Weixian to walk out of the Dongnuan Pavilion in the anxious waiting of everyone, and Fang Congzhe was then passed in by the Wanli Emperor.

Fang Congzhe was followed by Mu Chongfeng, the governor of the pro-army capital and the left capital, and after Mu Chongfeng, Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry, and the important civil and military ministers in the court were summoned by the Wanli Emperor one by one.

Li Hongyu didn't expect him to be lucky enough to be summoned to the Dongnuan Pavilion by Emperor Wanli, he was the youngest of these officials on the scene and the least influential in the officialdom, and many of the officials in front of him were not qualified to enter the Dongnuan Pavilion alone, let alone him.

Therefore, Li Hongyu stood in an inconspicuous corner and fell into deep thought, pondering how to deal with the situation in the capital after the death of Emperor Wanli.

"Li Hanlin, the emperor sent you in." Just as Li Hongyu was thinking about things tightly, a voice sounded beside him, and he looked at a chamberlain standing next to him.

The civil and military ministers at the scene looked at Li Hongyu one after another, looking a little surprised, as if they did not expect Li Hongyu to be summoned by Emperor Wanli, you must know that there are still many ministers who have not entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.

Li Hongyu was slightly stunned at first, then came back to his senses, and quickly followed the chamberlain into the Dongnuan Pavilion, and the ministers outside the door followed in groups to discuss, secretly guessing the intention of Emperor Wanli to summon Li Hongyu.

The palace maids and chamberlains in the Dongnuan Pavilion have been retired, and in addition to Emperor Wanli, only Zhu Changluo, Zhu Youzhen and a personal attendant of Emperor Wanli remain.

"The minister has seen the emperor." When he came to the soft couch, Li Hongyu respectfully bowed to Emperor Wanli.

"Prince, grandson, Li Hanlin is the humerus talent of my Ming Dynasty, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, capable and promising, you must believe in it, you must not listen to slander and alienation, you must not hand over the Customs Department and the New Army to others within 20 years, except for Li Hanlin, others cannot control the Customs Department and the New Army!"

A smile appeared on Emperor Wanli's pale and tired face, and he pointed at Li Hongyu and instructed Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youzhen on the side in a deep voice.

"The retainers obey."

"Grandson obeys."

Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao hurriedly bowed down and replied when they heard this, this word came out of the mouth of Emperor Wanli, and it was undoubtedly an edict issued by Emperor Wanli.

"Li Hanlin, you have to worry a lot about the affairs of the Customs Department and the new army, you know your loyalty and merits to the Ming Dynasty, and the prince and grandson also know."

Emperor Wanli bowed slightly when he heard this, then looked at Li Hongyu and said in a deep voice, "After the customs department and the new army are properly settled, the crown prince will transfer you to the capital to entrust you with important tasks, and before that, I hope you can rest assured that you will be on an errand outside!" ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the ministers are deeply favored by the emperor and are naturally loyal to the country, as long as they can serve the Ming Dynasty, they are willing to become a sharp weapon in the hands of the prince and grandson, solve problems for the prince and grandson, and prosper my Ming Dynasty."

Li Hongyu hurriedly knelt down, and said solemnly after bowing his hand to Emperor Wanli, "The ministers will swear to defend the prince and grandson to the death, bow to the end, and die!" ”

"Good!" Emperor Wanli immediately laughed when he heard this, looked at Li Hongyu with satisfaction and said, "Li Hanlin, I really didn't misunderstand you, among the many courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, you are the most reassuring one for me, I look forward to you assisting the prince and grandson, making contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and achieving a friendship between kings and ministers." ”

"Remember the emperor's teachings!" Li Hongyu hurriedly replied loudly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart, disappointing the trust of Emperor Wanli.

Obviously, Li Hongyu was not as good as Emperor Wanli's praise, and he only mentioned Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao in his previous remarks, and did not say that he would be loyal to the emperor after Zhu Youxiao.

This means that he only protects Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao, once the Ming Dynasty encounters a crisis, he will go all out, as for the future Chongzhen Emperor, he will go with the flow, after all, the building will be difficult to support, he is loyal to Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao, and he is worthy of the grace of Emperor Wanli.

It's a pity that neither Emperor Wanli nor Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao could hear the meaning of Li Hongyu's words at this time, how could they have thought that the huge Ming Dynasty was already dying.

Li Hongyu at this time very admired the Wanli Emperor in front of Zhu Changluo and Zhu Youxiao to ensure that he was in charge of the Customs Department and the new army, the Wanli Emperor ascended the throne for nearly 50 years, and knew the situation in the court and the middle of the hand.

To tell the truth, Emperor Wanli was very satisfied with the development of the Customs Department and the new army, not to mention the Customs Department, all affairs were carried out in an orderly manner, and Li Hongyu's sweep of six million taels in Yangzhou alone made the Ming Dynasty unmatched.

The results of the new army are even more important than the Wanli Emperor, as the emperor naturally values the military strength the most, especially now that the people in the Ming Dynasty have rebelled and the Houjin is suffering from the frontier, the Wanli Emperor prefers to get an invincible, invincible new army to ensure the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the defeat of Salhu touched the Wanli Emperor particularly much, if it were not for the defeat of the Wanli Emperor of Salhu, the physical condition would not be bad to the point where it is now, at least it can last for another two or three years.

For the courtiers and the people, Salhu is just a defeat, but for Emperor Wanli, he saw the crisis of the Ming Dynasty, you must know that the battle of Salhu Daming can be said to concentrate the elite of the world's guards, but the result is vulnerable, it is really shocking.

For this reason, the Wanli Emperor did not have the time and energy to reform the Weisuo army and pinned his hopes on Li Hongyu, hoping that Li Hongyu could achieve a series of great victories in the northwest through the new army, and then reform the Ming army with the power of victory.

In the past, the emperors were not in a hurry when the Ming Dynasty's guard army was unbearable, after all, no country in the world could challenge the authority of the Ming Empire, coupled with the stability of the Ming Dynasty's internal political situation, the fact that the army's combat effectiveness was weakened was covered up.

After the Battle of Sarhu, Emperor Wanli began to face up to the problem of the Ming army's unbearable combat effectiveness, but unfortunately no one except Li Hongyu could take on this heavy responsibility, not to mention that nothing else, just the military expenses of the army could not be solved by other officials, so Emperor Wanli had to reuse Li Hongyu to act.

Although the Wanli Emperor was a little stubborn, he had an advantage, that is, he did not use suspicious people, and once he chose which official to believe, he would let him go.

Far from it, taking Xiong Tingbi as an example, Emperor Wanli gave Xiong Tingbi the power to control the military and political power in Liaodong, gave great support to Xiong Tingbi's concept of running Liaodong, and agreed that he used the Liaodong defense line to trap Jin's strategy, so that Nurhachi could not use his strength, and the huge casualties caused by the attack on Daming City were not what he was willing to see.

Nurhachi can only attack some small castles occupied by the Ming army in Liaodong now, tear open the Ming army's defense line and enter the territory of the Ming army to plunder, and adopt the strategy of staying away from those cities above the middle level, and do everything possible to lure the Ming army to fight outside the city.

Under Xiong Tingbi's strict orders, the guards of each city could not be strictly guarded, and the Jin army left after a provocation.

If Xiong Tingbi had stayed in Liaodong, operated in Liaodong for several years, and trained his army, then Houjin would have been trapped outside the border walls of Liaodong.

However, the weak finances of the Ming Dynasty could not support Xiong Tingbi's military spending in Liaodong, coupled with the fierce party struggle in the Ming Dynasty, it was destined that Xiong Tingbi could not realize his ideas in Liaodong.

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