Chapter Twenty-Three: The Court of Deceitful Others
When Xu Xianchun heard that the emperor wanted to arrest him, a sense of fear filled his heart, and he cried bitterly: "The emperor is clear, and the minister is really wronged. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Zhu Youzhen ignored Xu Xianchun's complaints, but turned his gaze to Cui Chengxiu, and said in a low voice: "I want to take Xu Xianchun down, Cui Shangshu, what else do you have to say?" If he does not agree, Zhu Youzhen will desperately put the responsibility for the deficit of the three major battalions on Cui Chengxiu, and go to prison with Xu Xianchun, so that Wei Zhongxian can break the cauldron and fight against the water.
Cui Chengxiu looked at Zhu Youzhen's sharp gaze, lowered his head, and stopped talking.
Two guards dragged Xu Xianchun away from the main hall.
"Tian Ergeng, I handed over Xu Xianchun to you, you have to take good care of it, if there is no will of me, if Xu Xianchun comes out of prison, you will die for him."
Tian Ergeng bowed and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”
Tian Ergeng's heart also began to boil, the emperor finally couldn't help but start, of course, he also had a feeling of sadness, if Wei Zhongxian's party fell, he was afraid that his own problems should also be put on the surface, his position in the eunuch party was only lower than Wei Zhongxian, Cui Chengxiu, many things have been planned by themselves, Xiong Tingbi case, Donglin evil party case, this case has its own shadow, even if Zhu Youzhen thinks that he has some credit, but the position under the ass cannot be kept.
"Yesterday's incident, I have already made it clear that Xu Xianchun, the governor of Beizhen Fusi, behaved misbehaps, and uttered wild words, which led to a confrontation between the two armies, and almost caused a catastrophe. Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, embezzled military silver, and was bold, but for the sake of the victims, he kept the community in mind, and the merits and demerits were offset, and the squire of the military department, the commander of the three battalions, Hong Chengchou, taught his subordinates to be unfavorable, and was fined half a year, and Cao Wenzhao, the chief officer of the three battalions, beat up the heavy ministers, although he was provoked by Xu Xianchun, but the crime was still there, and he was fined half a year and received twenty military accounts. Zhu Youzhen said loudly.
All the ministers knelt down to accept the order, and the matter was a foregone conclusion.
After Cui Chengxiu walked out of the hall, he glanced back again, and was shocked into a cold sweat, because at this time, Zhu Youzhen, who was high in the dragon seat, was looking at him, and his unkind gaze made Cui Chengxiu feel a little cold, so he hurriedly turned around, and walked down the steps in despair, and he didn't agree when others called him halfway.
On the way out of the palace, Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, and Hong Chengchou walked together.
"This official has been waiting for this day, but I don't know that this day will come so quickly." It was Shi Fenglai who spoke. Shi Fenglai is the word Yuwang, a native of Pinghu, Zhejiang, he is the person with the highest reputation in his hometown, the first place in the examination, the second place in the court examination, that is, the list eye, good at relying on power, when Wei Zhongxian was powerful, Shi Fenglai was the only person who was publicly close to Wei Zhongxian among the cabinet assistants, but after the new emperor ascended the throne, he quickly stayed away from Wei Zhongxian.
"Lord Shi, this is the Great Inner Deep Palace, and there are some things that you can't talk nonsense." Huang Liji said softly.
"Haha, Huang Ge Lao, are you a big celebrity next to the emperor now? In the future, I hope that Huang Ge will take care of it more. Shi Fenglai chuckled.
Because Shi Fenglai and Huang Liji are both old-timers and cabinet assistants, Hong Chengchou did not dare to interject in their conversation, so as not to dislike the two adults.
Shi Fenglai said such frivolous words, Huang Liji didn't want to answer, just glanced at Shi Fenglai, turned to look at Hong Chengchou and said with concern: "Chengchou, you have just entered Beijing, and the silver must be lacking, and the emperor has fined you for half a year. “
"Ge Lao, I entered Beijing in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring my family into Beijing, and the weekday expenses are not too big, and there is no need for Ge Lao to worry about the silver." Because this is a public place, Hong Chengchou does not dare to call Teacher Huang Liji, otherwise at this critical juncture, he will be charged with forming a party for personal gain, and it will be another turmoil.
"If the silver taels are insufficient, Cheng Chou will definitely speak." Huang Liji was not reluctant.
"Xiaguan, thank you for your care."
And this time in the hall Zhu Youzhen is even more nervous, this day is finally coming, Wei Zhongxian, this person who stands at the peak of the power of the Ming Dynasty, he wants to challenge him, take away the rights that should belong to him from his hands, if this matter is successful, Zhu Youzhen is the real emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but if it fails, there will be another emperor in history, and even be deposed by the eunuchs, but Zhu Youzhen believes that he has nine times out of ten that he can win Wei Zhongxian.
After all the guards and eunuchs retreated, there were only two people in the entire hall, one was Zhu Youzhen and the other was Wang Chengen.
"I am afraid of this day every day, but when this day really comes, I am not afraid, but have a kind of excitement, the real emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme right. Princess, do you think I'm a little sure? ”
Of course, Wang Chengen knew what Zhu Youzhen was talking about, so he lowered his head and whispered: "The old slave doesn't know much, but the old slave knows that the emperor is the supreme of the Ninety-Five, and whoever dares to disobey the emperor must die." ”
"Hahahaha, the prince's words are very much in line with my intentions, I am the emperor, and I should be the supreme."
After the words, Zhu Youzhen made three wills, the first is to ensure his own safety, the first will is to rotate the forbidden army, in one day, the forbidden army that originally guarded the deep palace was transferred out of the palace, transferred into a group of pro-army who had never entered the deep palace as the forbidden army, appointed the former Jinyi guard commander Luo Sigong's son Luo Yangxing as the pro-army commander, and rewarded, in order to cover up the shame, stipulated, rotate the forbidden army every two years, the second will is that all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace must not contact the outside world, and the procurement of eunuchs will not go out of the palace, What is needed in the palace is to be procured by the forbidden army, which is to prevent Wei Zhongxian's ears and eyes from transmitting news outside the palace, and the third will is a secret decree, and Yuan Chonghuan will lead 10,000 troops into Beijing. These three wills, except for the third one, no one knows, the first two are full of turmoil, and all the ministers know that the emperor is going to rectify the eunuchs, even if they can't move to Wei Zhongxian this time, they will let the eunuchs hurt their bones.
At the beginning, he started from the forbidden army of Gongwei Shengong, this forbidden army is the foundation left by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, all of them are old people, even if they are very loyal to the emperor, but Zhu Youzhen still does not worry about leaving them, and the promotion of Luo Yangxing is also because Luo Sigong's ouster is caused by Wei Zhongxian, Luo Yangxing is Luo Sigong's son, and he has a reputation among the pro-army, plus Lao Tzu has a grudge against Wei Zhongxian, of course he will not lean on Wei Zhongxian, in the last time and space, after Tian Ergeng was imprisoned, Emperor Chongzhen promoted Luo Yangxing to the commander of Jinyiwei, But because of Luo Yang's embezzlement of huge sums of money, he was deposed, and it was also a helpless move to use Luo Yangxing at this time.
The 5,000 forbidden troops left the palace, and the 5,000 pro-troops drawn from the Beijing Guard entered the deep palace and became the new Ming forbidden army.
Wei Zhongxian in the palace was a little anxious, he couldn't imagine that things would develop like this, at this time, the emperor made it clear that he wanted to fight with himself, and even the forbidden army was replaced, sighing, he suddenly thought of the Fengsheng lady who was sent out of the palace by himself, if he was not greedy for the power in his hands, whether he would have the opportunity to retreat.
"Haha, I have a Danshu iron coupon in my hand, what are you afraid of, even if I am driven out of the palace, anywhere, I Wei Zhongxian is still nine thousand years old." Zhu Youzhen didn't know that a Danshu iron coupon was regarded by Wei Zhongxian as a magic weapon that would not fail, and he would be very surprised if he knew that the political props he used to exchange for Sun Chengzong's departure from the mountain would make Wei Zhongxian lose his fighting spirit.
Wei Zhongxian summoned the eunuch Liu Tong.
After Liu Tong saw Wei Zhongxian, he knelt down and said: Nine thousand years old, what is the matter of calling the young? “
"You go out of the palace to find Cui Chengxiu and tell him, let him play tomorrow to shout grievances for Xu Xianchun, by the way, let Yang Huan notify his subordinates to play together to save Xu Xianchun, at least, to save his life." Wei Zhongxian knew that it was a little impossible to let Xu Xianchun get out completely, but they could retreat to the next best thing and save their lives, so that there would be no loss or win, which would be beneficial to the emperor and himself, and for the emperor, the government would not change much, and for himself, the people around him would not gradually alienate themselves because they could not keep their subordinates.