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Once in power, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of Nanjing, who is now rich and strong, now seems to be a little unhappy.

In addition to continuing to expand the scale of business and making philanthropists bigger for His Majesty the Emperor, Zhu Youxiao in the south and donating tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to a certain disaster area at every turn, his main work is to control the style of writing and public opinion guidance in Jiangnan for His Majesty today.

With the "Daming Daily" hyping up the deeds of His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao personally leading the Praetorian Guards to repel the Tartars, Wei Zhongxian can be regarded as a heavy slap in the face of those who ridiculed His Majesty's pro-war Tartars today, which is undoubtedly inconsiderate.

Even at the behest of Wei Zhongxian, some people have published long articles in newspapers discussing the irrationality of scholars' control of military power, with the simple intention of stripping civilian officials of their control over military power.

At the same time, he continued to praise and praise His Majesty today, especially the people who are easy to be moved, Wei Zhongxian made the people feel sorry for His Majesty every time he gave porridge, and every time he helped a student, he said that His Majesty cherished his talents.

In addition, the atrocities of the Tartars and the Guanning army were also exposed, and Wei Zhongxian personally invited some storytellers to go to the countryside and market towns to tell the people at the bottom about the atrocities of the Tartars and the Guanning warlords.

Let them know who is escorting their peaceful life and who is threatening their survival.

Some royalist students even left messages in newspapers and periodicals asking them to learn from the Han Dynasty's Banchao to join the Praetorian Guard, eliminate the Tartars, and put down the rebels.

And some of the students who tried to defend Guan Ningjun or find excuses for their family's business with the Tartars did not dare to say that His Majesty was reckless, but only euphemistically put forward the view that they could only follow the royal road, cultivate the etiquette and law, and educate the barbarians, and did not dare to openly oppose Zhu Youxiao, or openly slander Zhu Youxiao.

You must know that Mao Bijiang, the son of Mao Qizong, is a typical example, because his father was executed by His Majesty because he made trouble in the capital, so Mao Bijiang complained very much about Zhu Youxiao, so he slandered Zhu Youxiao in a literary and social activity, and was directly caught and beaten by several royalists after they knew about it, and one of the royalist students even questioned Mao Bijiang, and now His Majesty has even taken out the money to repair the tomb to help the people, and His Majesty has come to crazy accumulate wealth and collect the people's fat and ointment.

It is reported that Mao Bijiang was beaten into a cripple, but the royalist students who beat him were safe and sound, and the reason was naturally Wei Zhongxian's secret protection.

Wei Zhongxian has almost become a thorn in the side of the Jiangnan gentry, not only because Wei Zhongxian united a group of down-and-out literati and storytellers who only recognize money to control the direction of public opinion in Jiangnan, but also because Wei Zhongxian always confronted these Jiangnan gentry.

Wei Zhongxian came to Jiangnan for less than half a year, he opened a mathematics hall and funded no less than 1,000 poor students, three of whom have already entered high school, and hundreds of them have become Xiucai.

Wei Zhongxian not only supported the scholars from the lower classes, but also assisted the ordinary peasants and tenants who were oppressed and exploited by the gentry, as well as the weavers in the silk weaving workshops, to rebel against the gentry.

There was a staff member surnamed Xu who was arrested by Wei Zhongxian for arrears of wages to weavers and for cooperating with the local county order to kill the weaver who took the lead in making trouble, and asked for the county order to be dismissed and questioned.

And that Xu Yuanwai was also paid for killing his life.

There were hundreds of miners in Cixi who mutinied and made trouble because a certain large mining household had been in arrears with ICBC for many years, but someone from that large household was the imperial historian in the court, so this large household instigated the local government officials to mobilize officers and soldiers to suppress and encircle these hundreds of miners on the grounds of disturbing the people.

Who knew that this matter was learned by Wei Zhongxian, who used his power as a eunuch to guard Nanjing to blatantly raid the home of the big family and rescue hundreds of miners, and the old man of the imperial history on which the big family relied was dismissed.

In short, the current Wei Zhongxian is kind and loving in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, but some of the gentry who were born as merchants and landlords hate him even more, and some scold him for selling his reputation and reputation, and also scold him for hiding evil intentions.

But Wei Zhongxian didn't care what these Jiangnan gentry thought, he just followed Zhu Youxiao's instructions, such as opening various workshops and inviting workers to give them good wages, and even helped the craftsmen of other workshops to ask the bosses of these workshops for wages.

It is precisely because of this that the business of the gentry in Jiangnan is becoming more and more difficult, but his business is getting better and better, after all, everyone knows that there is a higher salary for following Wei Gonggong.

Some officials impeached Wei Zhongxian for looting the people's wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, causing the people to live in misery, and even directly criticized them in the newspapers, and the result was often a sea of stones.

Without His Majesty's edict, no one in the cabinet and the six ministries dared to touch Wei Zhongxian, and because of this, the pirates who controlled the maritime trade also knew Wei Zhongxian's background and liked to cooperate with Wei Zhongxian.

As a result, Wei Zhongxian's business is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more money is being donated.

There is Wei Zhongxian in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan are harassing outside the gate.

Shanhaiguan is guarded by the king in Jin, and with a full gui, it can also be safeguarded.

Then, from Jizhou, Xuanhua to Longxi, there are Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chengzong, and there should be no mutiny among the soldiers, even if there is an accident, with the ability of these three people, it can be quelled.

This is a very good situation for the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a good opportunity for reform for Zhu Youxiao, the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao and the Praetorian Guards were about to return to the capital, Wei Guangwei, the first assistant of the cabinet, Qian Qianyi, the cabinet minister, Gu Bingqian, and the ministers of the ministries and institutes had already come to the capital and waited.

With the comprehensive rectification of the eunuch party and the eradication of the Donglin party, although the current Jingguan is not capable of plotting and making decisions, his loyalty can at least be guaranteed.

In the Forbidden City, in the Kunning Palace, the queen Zhang Yan, who has been fasting and reciting Buddha for a long time, accompanied by Liu Rushi and Yao Xuanzhi, also stood outside the Qianqing Gate all day long, looking at the outside of the Forbidden City stupidly.

From the uneasiness of learning that His Majesty was fighting with the Tartars outside, to the tears of joy when he learned that His Majesty was about to return to Beijing after repelling the Tartars, and then to the current resentment and anticipation all day and night, it really made Zhang Yan lose a lot of weight.

And Xu Fo, who has been staying in the Qianqing Palace now, also learned about His Majesty from the ears of other palace laves, and she didn't know why, she was also depressed like Zhang Yan and others in the days when Zhu Youxiao was not there.

Zhu Youxiao didn't realize that he had become an emperor now, and there would be people in the deep palace who would worry about him, and his career away from Beijing in the past few months made his desire to change the Ming Dynasty even stronger.

Especially when he saw hundreds of ministers outside the city gate chanting in unison, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel excited.

The outcome of the change has changed, and everything will change with it.