In fact, this is also the slander of the Donglin Party, and it is true that the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not meet the Donglin Party because he was a carpenter, but the reason was not because he was mediocre at all, on the contrary, because he was very smart and did not want to meet them.

You know, what is the core contradiction between the eunuch party represented by Wei Zhongxian, that is, the imperial party, and the Donglin party supported by the Jiangnan capitalists? In fact, it is also one word: money.

At that time, the imperial court and the Houjin fought for many years, Sun Chengzong reached out to the imperial court for money in order to make a solid line of defense, and the military expenditure in Liaodong had surged to seven million taels, and the old foundation of the Ming treasury was about to be hollowed out, and it was the time when the money was needed the most, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew that the years had not been good in recent years, and the peasants' lives were not good, and they could no longer be taxed, otherwise it was very likely to cause civil strife and play to their death.

So, he chose to ask the rich for money? Who are the rich people? Naturally, it is the big landlords, big capitalists, big miners, and sea smuggling groups in the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that rich people have been very cunning since ancient times, and getting money out of their hands is no easier than cutting their flesh with a knife.

In order to prevent the emperor from knocking them off, and in order to continue to pay less taxes, or even no taxes, these shrewd rich people came up with a brilliant solution, that is, to support the party, break into the court, and then control the court, and give them the green light all the way to their dream of making more money and paying less taxes.

In this way, the organization of the Donglin Party came into being, and if you look at the resumes of their members, you will find that they were all born in Jiangnan without exception, and without exception, they are inextricably linked with the big tyrants in Jiangnan at that time, and some people even have big tyrants in Jiangnan at home, such as Qian Qianyi.

Those big tyrants invested in these Donglin scholars, helped them buy fame, buy relationships, buy official positions, and support them to take the position, after they took the position, they naturally wanted to protect the interests of the owner, and as a result, the largest tax evasion group colluded by officials and businessmen in the Ming Dynasty was formed, and the Ming Dynasty collapsed.

This story is very similar to Han Chen and Liu Jianming in Infernal Affairs, but they both have a good ending.

Later, after the Emperor of the Apocalypse came back to his senses, he began to gradually see the true face of the Donglin Party, and then began to support the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian to deal with them, forcing the big landlords and big capitalists in Jiangnan to pay taxes, so that Wei Zhongxian and others with the emperor as the backstage and the Donglin Party with the Jiangnan capitalists as the backstage had irreconcilable contradictions.

What Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party were fighting for was not just one million, but the tax of the entire Ming court, no matter how fierce the struggle was.

First of all, the Donglin Party was hurt and began to impeach Wei Zhongxian for the twenty-four major crimes, but later saw that there was no effect, and those leaders of Donglin began to break into the palace to face the saint, hoping to sue Wei Zhongxian in person, and debate with the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao in person about whether it was feasible to trade taxes and customs duties, and they had the confidence to win, because they still had the shield of the ancestral system.

According to the analysis of the records in the history books, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, should be the kind of person with a big heart, and he doesn't pay attention to general things.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse should be a very self-aware person, he knew that he couldn't talk about these people who specialized in scolding people, so he simply hid and didn't meet them, didn't give them a chance to speak, and really couldn't hide, so he used the excuse that he was working as a carpenter and was not available, and took those people away, so that Wei Zhongxian could continue to make money for the royal family.

What he never expected was that these things turned out to be the most powerful evidence to correct him as a faint king, and he had to say that fate was really a wonderful thing. The black and white of this world can be completely reversed, as long as strength and interests are combined, no matter how dirty a person is, he can be praised as a saint, and no matter how good a person is, he can be scolded for being useless.

Especially in ancient times, it was very easy to tamper with history and reverse black and white, because there were only a handful of literate people in ancient times, and it was easy for the monarch to rely on official positions to grasp these people to establish a wise and majestic image for him, and it was also very difficult to publish and print books in ancient times, even if some people had ideas, they did not necessarily have the money to print their thoughts into books, and even if they were rich and thoughtful, they did not necessarily have the courage to touch the taboo of the king, because rich people are usually very bold, especially in the face of those in power, they know, These people in power can take away their entire wealth with a single word, and let them turn from landlords and old wealth into complete poor peasants, so as long as their brains do not hit the pillar, they will not print books indiscriminately, which is also the reason why the history of our country seems to be the same, its rise and its demise.

Thankfully, we live in the age of the Internet, which is an era of information explosion, no matter who you are, as long as you know the words, you can write something online, and there is almost no cost, so the truth of this era is not so easy to hide, we can learn a lot online.

Qi Tai was very depressed and returned to his post house, a foreign vassal king, actually greeted the minister of the imperial court with this attitude, even if he was the emperor's own uncle, it was too much, but after all, this was in other people's territory, and he did not have a single soldier in his hands, at this time, even if his lungs were angry, he had to endure it.

Qi Tai spent another day very depressed, he couldn't practice calligraphy, and he couldn't practice martial arts, so he could only sit and sulk.

At night, Zhu Ao stayed in Di Linazha's room, and she had already heard of Zhu Ao's ridiculous behavior during the day today, and Zhu Ao didn't hide anything from her, she also knew that Zhu Ao was delaying time, took a wet towel, wiped the sweat beads on Zhu Ao's forehead, and said with a smile: "King, how are things prepared?" It's not a way to drag it like this. ”

Zhu Ao was lying on her lap very comfortably, feeling soft, hot, and uncomfortable, plus there was a light body fragrance penetrating into his nostrils at this time, which made him even more intoxicated and enjoyable, and said with a little drunkenness: "According to the report of the people below, it should be almost tomorrow." You have to go with the widow tomorrow, and let's show our strength to the imperial court. ”

Di Linaza was stunned for a moment, leaned over and hugged Zhu Ao's head, and smiled slightly in disbelief: "Is the concubine going too?" This is a major event in the imperial court, and it is not very good for the concubines to come forward. ”

Zhu Ao turned over and hugged her thin waist, threw her down on the bed, pressed the tip of his nose against her nose, and said very domineeringly: "This is the territory of the widow, what's wrong with the widow taking his own woman?" I don't believe him, Qi Tai dares to say irresponsible things. Besides, tomorrow is the day to show Qi Tai our strength, and you, the female general, will make our strength more convincing. ”

"Then the concubine will follow the king's will, and she will not wear a uniform for a long time. I don't know if that armor still fits? Di Linaza subconsciously touched her little belly, hoping that these years of pampered life did not make her too fat, and that set of armor could still be worn in.

Zhu Ao smiled evilly, grabbed her hands and lifted them above her head, pressed them on the bed, the desire in her heart rose sharply, and she wanted to devour the beauty under her alive, and said, "What are you touching?" Where did you grow flesh and where did you get thinner, can the widow still not know? The widow said you could put it in if you could. ”

"The king......" Di Lina blushed, she didn't know what to say, so she could only close her eyes.

The next morning, Qi Tai had just eaten in the post house, and was thinking about how to tell King Su about the next important affairs of the court with a sad face, when the old servant ran over happily, made a gesture to Qi Tai, and said happily: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations." ”

Qi Tai just wiped his hands with the towel handed by the servant, he was in a very bad mood in the past two days, and he didn't like anything, when he saw the servant running over in shock, he couldn't help but have a nameless fire in his heart, and he glanced at him angrily, and said coldly: "These two days have been unlucky, how can you be happy?" ”

The old servant had been following Qi Tai for many years, and he had long been accustomed to this master's temper, and he was not unhappy because of this, and he still had a smile on his face, and said: "Lord Qiqi, the envoy of King Su is here, and Lord Chuan can meet him." ”

"Oh?" Qi Tai finally had a smile on his face, and the haze of so many days was swept away, and he quickly straightened his clothes and said, "Where?" ”

"At the gate of the post house, it was said that King Su passed on the king to the palace to meet him quickly and discuss national affairs." The old servant's joy never dissipated, and he was finally able to leave this haunted place, and he was happy for himself and for his master.

Qi Tai is not afraid to go to the palace, after all, he has already opened up the relationship between the queen, even if King Su had some radical actions at that time, the queen must have had time to advise, and said with a smile: "Okay, you quickly welcome the envoy to the lobby and wait, and the official will arrive later." ”

"The old slave obeys."

Qi Tai followed Zhu Ao's envoy to Zhu Ao's temporary palace, the more he walked inside, the more he felt wrong, why were there many more guards in the palace today than usual? Is it for yourself?

Thinking of this, Qi Tai couldn't help but secretly sweat in his heart, and secretly said that this prince will not be a person who does not play cards according to the routine, and he will not do it regardless of any situation and without thinking about anything.

Then he thought about it, put his mind at ease, and carefully thought about his contact with this prince in the past few days, as well as what he had heard about what this prince had done before, and concluded that he was a person who planned to act later, and would not do anything without brains, not to mention, he went out to Su Guo alone, without bringing a single soldier, if he wanted to kill himself, he would not need such a big battle.

If it comes, it will be safe. When things come to this point, we can only take one step at a time, who will let myself be cheap and give the emperor that idea.

Qi Tai came to Zhu Ao's main hall, only to see that the guards here were more dense, and each of them had big shoulders and round waists, his eyes were shining, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were protruding, and he could see that they were all masters among the masters.

These people should be King Su's guards, Qi Tai said secretly, and then raised his eyes to look at King Su, only to see that he was not wearing his Jiuzhang Gon dragon robe today, but wearing a military uniform, with a heavy sword in his hand, a bow at his waist, heroic and extraordinary, and a beautiful woman standing next to King Su.

He also knows this person, it is the concubine who followed King Su back to the capital last time, it seems to be a foreign race, it is said that he has been on the battlefield, and it looks like this is true. I saw that she was also dressed in a military uniform, heroic and cool, and the configuration of various protective gear, knives and guns was very reasonable.

Qi Tai wondered even more in his heart, King Su is the place where he sings, as long as the two of them discuss national affairs, why do you get so many soldiers and women to come over? Embolden yourself?

He didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately walked up to Zhu Hao, bowed his head, and said, "Chen Qitai visited King Su, King Su is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

Zhu Ao smiled very heartily, stretched out his hand to help Qi Tai, and said: "Lord Qi is exempt, Lord Qi is the military department of the imperial court, and has been praised by the emperor many times, presumably he is a person who is well versed in the military, the feudal country of the widow is located in a remote area, and he fights all year round, this military matter is the top priority, and I invite Lord Qi to come today, I want to invite Lord Qi to accompany the widow to the military parade." The widow should also take this opportunity to ask Lord Qi for advice. ”

Qi Tai was stunned for a moment, it turned out that he wanted to show off his strength to me, so he accompanied him to have a look, and by the way, he also saw how many families there were in this Su country, and after he went back, it could be regarded as an explanation to the imperial court, so that even if the errand could not be done, the sin would be reduced a little, and a kind smile was squeezed out on his face, and he said: "I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness has managed the army well, and the ministers have admired it for a long time, and I am worried that I have no chance to observe. ”

Zhu Ao lifted the sword in one hand, walked down the steps in a hurry, and Di Lina, who was dressed in military uniform, followed behind him, walked in front of Qi Tai, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Qi said so, then without further ado, let's hurry up." Come on, prepare a horse for Lord Qi. ”

Subsequently, a small colonel led a typical good horse from the Western Regions, with a black body, a tall horse, and an extraordinary weapon, walked up to Qi Tai, hugged his fists and gave a military salute, and said, "Lord Qi, please." ”

"Your Highness, please." Qi Tai made a gesture to Zhu Ao and motioned for Zhu Ao to go ahead, he was as shrewd as Geng Bingwen, knowing that no matter what time it was, there were some things that must not be done.

"Pass the widow's order, open up!" Zhu Ao turned over his horse and slowly left the palace with Di Linazha, and the rest of the people were not qualified to ride horses in the palace, so they could only honestly lead the horse and follow Zhu Ao and Di Linazha, and wait until they got out of the palace gate, and then rode to the horse and galloped away with Zhu Ao at a gallop.