In fact, Zhu Youzhen is an extremely unassertive person, and sometimes many of his decisions are just hot-headed, and he will do it as soon as he wants to. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is also the fundamental reason why the Ming Dynasty fell in his hands.

Since he came to power, he has successively replaced more than 50 cabinets, which can explain everything.

If it weren't for his unyielding temperament and his fearless national integrity, his final evaluation would not be as high as in history.

Initially, in order to remove Li Hongfei's military power, he planned to let Li Hongfei enter the cabinet, and was willing to hand over the military department of the six departments to the other party.

But since Li Hongfei broke with him and began to gradually control the army, Zhu Youzhen became scared again, he no longer dared to let Li Hongfei enter the cabinet, fearing that once Li Hongfei grasped the authority of the cabinet, he would completely empty it.

However, Wang Chengen's words made him see the other side of the matter, Li Hongfei may have a high reputation in the army, but at his age, he may not be able to play well after entering the cabinet, and when the time comes, he may not even need to make his own move, and he may be squeezed to the edge of power by a group of Donglin Party members.

This is Zhu Youzhen, over and over again, without a clear direction in his heart, never knowing what he needs..........

"What? Let me be in the cabinet! Li Hongfei thought he had misheard.

"That's right, Lu Ge is already old, and he is sick in bed, in terms of the selection of the elder of the pavilion, the saint has thought twice, and feels that only the master can take on this important responsibility." Wang Chengen explained.

Lv Daqi was born in the fourteenth year of Wanli (1586), the first year of Chongzhen (1628) became a jinshi, for the official incorruptible, jealous and hateful, is the end of the Ming Dynasty, one of the few, can be as famous as Shi Kefa of the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, he died of illness in 1649, and now he is bedridden, and his days are indeed running out.

"There are so many talents in the DPRK and China, and if I am missing, will there be no one in this cabinet? How can the ministers be convinced by a cabinet that is less than 30 years old? Li Hongfei is not stupid, he doesn't believe this statement at all.

"This is the will of God."

Wang Chengen didn't want to explain too much, and moved out of Zhu Youzhen directly, the meaning is obvious, the holy decree is issued, you have to go, you have to go, and you have to go if you don't go.

"I want to enter the palace to face the saint!" Li Hongfei thought about it for a while, and then said.

Things have developed to this point, and Li Hongfei understands that it is time for a showdown.

This cabinet minister really can't just respond casually, it's not that he can't fight the Donglin party, but he doesn't have the heart to fight with this group of Donglin party people now.

The Northern Expedition was in full swing, and Li Hongfei's entry into the cabinet at this time was tantamount to directly damaging the interests of the Donglin Party.

Who is Lu Daqi, that is one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, after he came down, not only did he fail to let the Donglin Party take over the position, but instead got a Li Hongfei who has always been hostile to the Donglin Party, what did most of the officials in the DPRK and Central China think?

The temper of these Donglin party members, Li Hongfei is not unclear, when they carry out political struggles, they have no bottom line at all, once they provoke the other party, even if they can't directly deal with those generals who are on the Northern Expedition.

But with the influence of the Donglin Party and doing something in logistics, the entire Northern Expedition may fall short at that time, which is not what Li Hongfei wants to see.

From this point of view alone, Zhu Youzhen is far inferior to Li Hongfei, Zhu Youzhen's overall view is too poor, and he does not consider the consequences at all.

When Yuan Chonghuan was killed at the beginning, Huang Taiji's counter-plot was only part of the reason, and the main reason was the political struggle, although Wei Zhongxian was eradicated at that time, but Wei Zhongxian's remnants were making the final counterattack.

Sure enough, in order to suppress his political enemies, Zhu Youzhen did not consider the consequences of getting rid of Yuan Chonghuan at all, or perhaps, he thought that he had completely eliminated Wei Zhongxian's faction and was ready to start recovering military power...........

Zhu Youzhen's methods are indeed clever, but he is not suitable to be a qualified politician, if he does not have the orthodox blood of the Zhu dynasty, he is not even as good as the leader of the peasant army like Li Zicheng.

Li Hongfei understands that he can't let Zhu Youzhen continue to "mess around" like this, and he must solve this hidden danger as soon as possible, otherwise he will have to poke out a big basket in the future.

Civil war is something Li Hongfei doesn't want to see, but if that day really comes, Li Hongfei doesn't mind getting rid of Zhu Youzhen.

After all, "bring the Son of Heaven to order the princes", this kind of thing is not uncommon in China, although the crown prince Zhu Cihong has been determined, died at the hands of Dolgon (Jin Yiwei tried his best to only rescue Zhu Yujiao), but Zhu Cihuan, the fifth son of Zhu Youzhen, but at the end of 1647, let Dongchang find and welcome back to the Nanjing Palace.

Zhu Cihuan is the fifth son of Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Sizong, Zhu Youzhen, born in the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), and his mother is Tian Guifei.

In the original time and space, after the change of Jiashen, Zhu Cihuan in order to avoid the disaster, incognito, has many places to live, although I do not have the intention of recovering the sight of rebellion, but Zhu Cihuan's existence, for the Manchu regime has always been a threat, many people by supporting his name to engage in rebellious activities, "Zhu Sanzi" became a kind of banner at that time.

was able to find Zhu Cihuan, thanks to the battle of the Western Expedition launched by Li Hongfei.

At that time, in order to prevent the Han people from fleeing south, the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up a large number of checkpoints on the official road to the south.

And this customs clearance document must be obtained in the local yamen, like the Cao Gang, who is engaged in smuggling business, there is a way to get the document, but Zhu Cihuan, an important figure in the Ming Dynasty, how dare he go to the government to get the customs clearance document.

In addition, in order to avoid the war, he has been incognito, except for a personal little eunuch, it can be said that he is alone, in this case, he has no courage to break through to the south, and even Zhu Cihuan does not dare to contact, the former minister of the Ming Dynasty, after all, at this time, who is surnamed "Ming" and who is surnamed "Qing", it is really difficult to distinguish.

This is also the reason why the later "Third Prince Zhu" lived to be 76 years old before being caught by the Manchus, and caution was the foundation of his survival.

It was not until Li Hongfei's western expedition launched in September 1647 that the Qing court was in turmoil, and the Manchu Qing mobilized most of the troops near the Yangtze River in response to the war, so that Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Cao Gang's spies could easily penetrate the territory north of the Yangtze River.

In the end, the fan of Dongchang, in the Zhengzhou area, finally found Zhu Cihuan and escorted him back to Nanjing.

Zhu Cihuan, who is only fifteen years old now, treats people very modestly, not as strong as his father at all, perhaps it is a few years of fugitive life, which smoothed out the arrogance in his heart.

Zhu Cihuan didn't like to stay in the palace, but often slipped to Li's mansion to listen to his sister Zhu Yujiao and tell about Li Hongfei's "heroic deeds".

Regardless of whether Zhu Cihuan really doesn't care about power, or deliberately approaches Li Hongfei to seek political resources, in short, a teenager is far easier to control than a treacherous and cunning guy like Zhu Youzhen.........

Zhu Youzhen was still very surprised that Li Hongfei took the initiative to enter the palace to face the saint.

Li Hongfei rarely took the initiative to find him, except for that Western Expedition, even the original defense of Nanjing, Zhu Youzhen took the initiative to send someone to find Li Hongfei.

"Isn't there something big going on? Could it be the Northern Expedition! Zhu Youzhen thought wildly.

It's just that he didn't know that a major event more terrible than the Northern Expedition had begun to brew, and what the final result would be was only in Zhu Youzhen's thoughts.........

The Nanjing Imperial Palace, as always, is old.

Thrift may be the only "political achievement" that Zhu Youzhen can get on the table.

After several years of economic development, the treasury was still quite full, and before the original expedition to the west, many ministers played and asked Zhu Youzhen to issue an order to repair the Nanjing Imperial Palace.

However, in order to strengthen the army, Zhu Youzhen was stunned and did not approve, so that a group of ministers did not dare to make his mansion too gorgeous, so as not to attract criticism.

After the victory of the Western Expedition, the situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty turned from defensive to offensive, and Zhu Youzhen thought that it would not be long before the capital could be moved to the Forbidden City, so he was even more lazy to repair the imperial palace in Nanjing.

"Hey! It's even more expensive than the landlord's old wealth. Li Hongfei looked at the palace and sighed.

Regarding Zhu Youzhen's stinginess, Li Hongfei actually disagrees with it in his heart, the palace is not only Zhu Youzhen's residence, but also a symbol of the Ming Dynasty's national strength and face.

Even the "face-saving project" is so simple, it is not difficult to imagine how bad the construction and development of various localities will be, and those local officials will not care what they do for the country and the people, and most of their standards for infrastructure construction will be on par with Zhu Youzhen, that is, the so-called: if it can be used, it will be used, and if it can be saved, it will be saved.

This kind of thing is not an exception, except for the slightly better situation in Suzhou, the road construction in various places is basically a situation: it will be used, as long as it looks like a road, even if it is potholes, it doesn't matter, the saint can overcome difficulties, you people's bodies, is it more expensive than the saint?

Under such a mode of thinking, how can we develop the economy and make the country rich and strong?

Diligence and thrift are virtues, but if resources are not allocated rationally, they will seriously hinder economic development.

However, Li Hongfei can only complain in his heart about this kind of thing, after all, he has no ability to change the current status quo, at least before he has the right to speak in this country.......

In the imperial study, Zhu Youzhen is reviewing the folds, this is his daily work, Li Hongfei wants to see him, and he has to wait for the review to be completed.

Originally, most of these twists and turns were handled by cabinet ministers, and only those cabinet elders who disagreed or were very important would be consulted with the current saint for decision.

But Zhu Youjian is good, since he became the emperor, almost all the cabinet ministers have reviewed the folds, he will look at them again, even if it is a trivial matter, "everything must be done personally", this is the most "high" evaluation of him in the history books.

Since the establishment of the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty, perhaps only the cabinet team under Zhu Youzhen is the most nonexistent team.

Li Hongfei waited outside the door for an hour before being summoned into the hall by Wang Chengen.

"Minister, Li Menghui, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live...........

This is the first time that Li Hongfei has said such a lot of official words in front of Zhu Youzhen alone.

"Yo! What's going on today? Dream back, you and I are a family, there is no need to be so restrained. Zhu Youzhen also found that Li Hongfei seems to be different from the past today.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen's words are just kind words, what the hell is a family, especially the royal family, who fight to the death, they are basically a family.

"In this palace, you are the king, I am the minister, and the etiquette cannot be violated." Li Hongfei is neither humble nor arrogant.

He chose to enter the palace to face the saint just for a showdown, so naturally he couldn't treat Zhu Youzhen as his father-in-law, so his nature changed.

"Okay, Li Aiqing, let's talk about it, what's the important thing to see me this time?" Zhu Youzhen didn't take care of his father-in-law's shelf, and went straight to the point.

"One thing is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty in the next hundred years!" Li Hongfei's words were astonishing.

The rise and fall of the dynasty is indeed a major event, the Ming Dynasty has experienced nearly three hundred years, several of which have suffered great changes, and now although there is a faint hint of Zhongxing, Zhu Youzhen knows in his heart that the Zhu dynasty has lost the hearts of the people.

Otherwise, it would not have been almost destroyed by the peasant army.

If this situation cannot be improved, it is already a blessing that the Ming Dynasty can last for forty or fifty years, and Li Hongfei will open his mouth a hundred years later, even if it is Zhu Youzhen, he can't help but be shocked.

"Cheng'en, you lead people to retreat, no one is allowed to disturb without my will!"

Zhu retreated from the inspection screen, and even the Ouchi guards withdrew from the imperial study.

At this time, if Li Hongfei stabbed, it would be a godsend, but Li Hongfei couldn't do such a stupid thing, not to mention that with his combat effectiveness, could he beat Zhu Youzhen, even if he was lucky enough to kill the other party, he couldn't escape the ending of being hacked to death by the internal guards.

"Now you and me, you can speak freely, no matter what you say today, I will forgive you for your innocence." Zhu Youzhen said.

Zhu Youzhen is a person who knows Li Hongfei's identity as an "immortal", so Zhu Youzhen does not doubt that Li Hongfei can foresee the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty in the next hundred years.

The key is that since Li Hongfei came to him so solemnly, the price to pay if he wants to do this must be not small, and even Zhu Youzhen can be sure that he himself is the one who needs to pay the price.

In order to dispel Li Hongfei's concerns, as soon as the conversation began, Zhu Youzhen made a promise of innocence.

With Zhu Youzhen's assurance, Li Hongfei was also relieved, but at the beginning, he did not have a direct showdown, but said step by step: "The saint thinks that the supremacy of the individual or the longevity of the family, which is more important?" ”

"The two don't seem to be in conflict, do they? And the supreme power is the guarantee of the prosperity of the family. Zhu Youzhen replied.

He understood what Li Hongfei meant, saying that he was too persistent and powerful, but he didn't agree with Li Hongfei's opinion, so Zhu Youzhen directly said his opinion.

"If you could really choose one or the other, what would you choose?" Li Hongfei wanted Zhu Youzhen to make a choice.

Because only in this way can Li Hongfei determine whether there is still a need to talk to Zhu Youzhen.

"Humph! I know what you mean, but I'm the son of today, and as long as I want it, there's nothing I can't get, so there's no such thing as an either/or choice! Zhu Youzhen said domineeringly.