The next day, Zhu Daming did not attend the court meeting. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He wanted to give his courtiers a habit of having a five-day or ten-day pilgrimage. After all, the daily dynasty is tired of both the emperor and the minister, and there is not much need.

History has also proved that the Imperial Palace, where hundreds of high-ranking officials gathered to discuss matters, did not help Emperor Chongzhen much, but gave the courtiers a broad stage for party struggle, which can be said to do more harm than good.

Emperor Chongzhen slept every day and got up at five watches, tired enough to choke himself and his ministers, but in the end it was counterproductive, the more the Ming Dynasty ruled, the more chaotic, and finally not only the country, but also the world.

In this case, it is better to concentrate time and energy on both the monarch and the minister, and do the most important things.

In the past, the emperor only went to the last court on the fifth day, which will definitely cause the courtiers to criticize the emperor's neglect, especially those who are scientific and Taoist officials, most of whom are proud of criticizing and correcting the emperor's words and deeds, but during this period of time, the major events of the imperial court have been one after another, and now it is a critical period to punish the eunuchs.

The Imperial Palace is not held every day, but the small court meeting with the cabinet ministers in the Wenhua Hall is still held every day.

After a simple breakfast, Zhu Daming asked Wang Chengen to pass Cao Huachun, Fang Zhenghua, and Gao Shiming.

After the three of them met the ceremony one by one, they successively reported the progress of taking over the ceremonial supervisor, the East Factory and the Yiluan Division.

After Cao Huachun took the holy decree to the celebrant eunuch, he first took down Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian and other confidants of the ceremonial eunuch Liu Yingxuan, Zheng Kangsheng, Xu Dahua, and other disciples and grandchildren who had no name, and then arranged the henchmen who had been lurking in the palace before and the eunuch chamberlain who had recently taken refuge in him, one by one, and basically controlled the celebrant eunuch.

In fact, most of the eunuchs in the palace are opportunists, whoever gains power will follow whom, only a very small number of eunuchs have been on Wei Zhongxian's thief ship for too long, and they feel too guilty of too much, and now they can't get off the boat if they want to, they belong to die-hard elements, and these are the people who must be eliminated.

Taking over the Fangzheng of the East Factory, there were some difficulties, but the situation was basically similar.

Except for the hardcore henchmen who directly obeyed Wei Zhongxian's orders, everyone else didn't matter, for them, who was in charge was not in charge, they were just working for the emperor.

Fang Zhenghua took his own henchmen, in the name of passing on the order, summoned the backbone above the middle level, first killed Wei Zhongxian's dead party who refused to accept the order with lightning speed, and then encouraged the cadres of Dongchang to report the backbone of the Wei Party on their own, and soon arrested a group of backbone elements, locked up in the private prison of Dongchang, waiting for review and screening.

And Gao Shiming's takeover of the Yiluan Division is much simpler, taking the emperor's holy decree to go, the command of the Yiluan Division and more than 100 households, the vast majority of them are hereditary Jinyi Wei children, loyal to the emperor for generations, as soon as they come to the bottom of their hearts, they look down on Wei Zhongxian A eunuch with no eggs, on the other hand, these people are from the Jinyi Wei family with an innocent family background, and they are selected to guard the elite personnel of the palace, because the Yiluan Division is not Wei Zhongxian's strength, so Wei Zhongxian has been in power for many years, from the division commander to the ordinary captain, No one gets promoted, so everyone has grievances.

Now that the new emperor has ascended to the pole, he wants to clean up Wei Zhongxian, and finally remembered their idle "human stakes", how can they not cheer.

Therefore, as soon as Gao Shiming passed on the holy decree, more than 100 household officials, everyone expressed their allegiance, and there was no need for Gao Shiming to move with emotion and reason.

After the three of them finished talking about the situation, Zhu Daming was very satisfied, and then asked Cao Huachun: "Can the 24 Yamen of the Inner Court be taken over within three days, and the selection is clear?" ”

Zhu Daming's actions in the past few days greatly exceeded Cao Huachun's original understanding and expectations of Chongzhen, he admired the emperor's skill very much, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, it may not take three days to take over the twenty-four yamen of the inner court, and it may be completed before noon today." However, it is easy to take over the Yamen, but it will take time to purge the Wei Party. ”

As he spoke, Cao Huachun looked at the emperor's face, and then asked: "The twenty-four yamen have successively identified many backbone members of the Wei party, and I don't know how to deal with the slaves and maids, so I ask the emperor to show them." ”

Zhu Daming looked at Fang Zhenghua, and Fang Zhenghua said: "When the slave maid took over the East Factory, he was executed at the opportunity and killed two Wei Party backbones who resisted the decree and disrespected, and asked the emperor to punish him." Now there are dozens of Wei party members imprisoned in Dongchang Prison, how to deal with it, please ask the emperor to show you. ”

Founder Zhenghua's takeover of the East Factory encountered some resistance, which was expected, and the other party Zhenghua was executed at the right time, of course Zhu Daming would not be punished, as long as the takeover of the East Factory was completed, as for how many backbones of the Wei Party were killed, Zhu Daming of course would not care.

In fact, whoever is an obstacle on his way to reviving the Ming Dynasty is his enemy, and he will not pity or care about how many such people die.

After listening to what they said, Zhu Daming pondered for a while, and then asked, "Wang Chengen, what do you think should be done with Wei Zhongxian's henchmen?" ”

Wang Chengen, who was standing on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and replied: "If the emperor wants to get rid of Wei Zhongxian's party, he must first get rid of his first evil and go to his heart. What is really worrying is that the heart of the Wei Party in the Outer Dynasty and Jinyi Wei is still there. ”

Wang Chengen was right, but Zhu Daming did not intend to let go of the backbone of the Wei Party in the inner court, and these people must be eliminated.

Historically, Chongzhen took several of his henchmen and eunuchs into the palace to take the throne, and after overthrowing Wei Zhongxian, because no one was available, he accepted some of the original Wei party backbones' loyalty and loyalty, but these people were not reliable, such as Li Yongzhen, Liu Yingxuan, Zheng Kangsheng, at first Chongzhen did not want to execute Wei Zhongxian, but just let him go to Fengyang to guard the imperial mausoleum, and later because Wei Zhongxian was too arrogant, the courtiers also repeatedly impeached Wei Zhongxian's various misdeeds, and Emperor Chongzhen decided to arrest him back and execute.

But the holy decree has not yet arrived, but Li Yongzhen has already reported the news to Wei Zhongxian.

And when Wei Zhongxian committed suicide, Liu Yingxuan and others, who were originally responsible for escorting Wei Zhongxian, robbed Wei Zhongxian of the gold and silver treasures and fled, and disappeared.

This kind of person, if not removed, is a hidden danger.

Seeing that Zhu Daming was silent, Gao Shiming knew the emperor's intentions, and secretly sighed that the new emperor was really ruthless, and at the same time, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, although the slave maid thinks that the first evil has been captured, the rest of the party is still guilty of unforgiven, not to mention that the evil is exhausted, and Your Majesty's mercy now may leave endless hidden dangers." Please Emperor Mingjian. ”

Cao Huachun looked at the emperor who was still silent, and also said: "Cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows." Please Emperor Mingjian. ”

After saying these words, several of the most powerful eunuchs in the palace now looked at the emperor and waited for his decision.

And Zhu Daming didn't think much about it, nodded at Cao Huachun, saw that Cao Huachun already understood, and then said: "Now it is easy to clear the Wei Party in the palace. However, Wang Chengen's concerns are not unreasonable. Jinyi Wei Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun are all confidants of the Wei Party, and if this generation is not removed, it will be difficult for me to feel at ease. ”

At this time, Fang Zhenghua said: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, as long as the emperor has a handwritten edict, get rid of Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun's generation, such as Tu Yidog." If the emperor allows the slave and maid to go, the slave and maid are willing to go. ”

As soon as Fang Zhenghua's voice fell, he only heard Wang Chengen say again: "Your Majesty, yesterday in the Great Dynasty, the emperor ordered Wei Zhongxian to guard the spirit of the White Tiger Palace, and ordered Wang Tiqian and others to return to their hometowns. ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Daming still agreed with Wang Chengen's statement, the historical Emperor Chongzhen seems to have done this, although it does not conform to Zhu Daming's character of being happy and hateful, vigorous and resolute, but it is better to be safe and not to provoke discussions, so he instructed Cao Huachun to pay attention to the performance of the courtiers and the backbone of the eunuch party in Jinyiwei, and then asked: "What should Wei Zhongxian do?" ”

Previously, the acquiescence to the eradication of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen in the inner court has explained the emperor's attitude, and the four people in front of the emperor have no objections, or the nominal boss of all Cao Huachun's eunuchs, stood up and said: "The emperor Xu Wei Zhongxian will return to his hometown to live idle after three days, and the slaves and maids think that the emperor is too lenient and merciful, and if Wei Wei does not die, it will be difficult for the Wei party to be eliminated, please ask the emperor to learn from it." ”

Zhu Daming's eyes looked at the other three people, Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua, and Gao Shiming all replied: "The slaves and maids all think that if Wei is not eliminated for a day, the Wei party will be difficult to disperse for a day, and the court will be difficult for a day. Please Emperor Mingjian. ”

Seeing that these people all expressed their attitudes and reached an agreement, Zhu Daming looked at Cao Huachun and said slowly: "Wei Zhongxian guarded the soul of the former emperor, and he mourned excessively, coupled with his old age and frailty, he has relapsed recently, and it may not be known how many days it will be worth three days. The four of you must work together to return the palace to purify the palace as soon as possible. ”

After that, Zhu Daming waved away Cao Huachun, Fang Zhenghua and Gao Shiming, and the three of them rushed back to the celebrant to discuss how to carry out the emperor's will.