"And then in turn, use the eunuch party to control the Donglin party?" Zhang Yan has been fighting against Wei Ke's party for a long time, and she is really good at strategy, she knows everything well.

"Not only pretty, but also smart, rare!" Zhu Youzhen gave Zhang Yan a thumbs up, "I want to bleach the eunuch party first, once they lose their burden, they will inevitably settle the account on the head of the Donglin Party, I will judge the situation and use the same method to deal with the Donglin Party." Isn't there a shortage of military salaries in Liaodong? Once the important ministers of the court hand over their greedy ink, Liaodong's military salary will not have to worry about this year. ”

"This matter is like playing with fire, can Your Majesty be sure?" Zhang Yan directly ignored Zhu Youzhen's name for her, but Zhu Youzhen was too young after all, and she was really not at ease with these ministers.

"Yan'er, rest assured, this matter is absolutely fine! In three days, when I went out of the palace, the eunuchs had already obediently obeyed - the 300,000 troops of the Beijing division were all in order, and under my control, the first and second armies of the royal family were under martial law throughout the city. ”

Zhang Yan was a little sure in her heart, why does this young emperor have such a high political strategy? She recalled Zhu Youzhen in her heart, and he really had many things that she couldn't see.

Zhang Yan did pour all her love into Zhu Youzhen.

At first, Zhang Yan lost her fertility and was destined to have no children in her life, so she sprinkled her maternal aura on Zhu Youzhen's body without any scruples, but it was his "Zhu Youzhen", not this "Zhu Youzhen".

Later, Zhu Youzhen gradually grew up, especially after experiencing the extermination of the Japanese in Shandong and the suppression of bandits in Shaanxi, Zhang Yan felt that Zhu Youzhen was full of tiger spirit, and he was more manly than Zhu Youxiao, who stayed in the Qianqing Palace all day and couldn't see him.

At that time, she was proud of the royal family because she had such a younger brother, so Zhu Youxiao was seriously ill, she strongly supported Zhu Youzhen's ascension, and even risked her life to fight against Wei Ke.

And now, Zhu Youzhen forced Wei Zhongxian to death step by step, decisively killed Ke Yingyue, Wei Liangqing and others, arrested the "Five Tigers" and "Five Biao", first collected the eunuch party, and then surrendered to the Donglin party, Zhang Yan saw the breath of another mature man, although Zhu Youzhen was only seventeen years old, and his arms were still relatively immature.

Zhang Yan has always been quite confident in his cleverness, but in front of Zhu Youzhen, he found that he was only worthy of lifting shoes and folding quilts for him.

When talking about the court situation, the rosy on Zhang Yan's face has completely subsided, but now she is looking at Zhu Youzhen's face, looking at the martial spirit that is different from Zhu Youxiao, and her face is red again for no reason......

Zhang Yan also noticed her strangeness, and she quickly changed the topic: "After mastering the court, what will Your Majesty do?" ”

"Yan'er, I am not a person with a particularly strong desire for power, but since I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have to plan for the future of the Ming Dynasty and share the worries of the people of the Ming Dynasty - Yan'er rest assured, I will not be like Emperor Wanli, I will only hide in the palace to make people, especially not in Yan'er's Miqin Palace!"

"Your Majesty will bully people!" Zhang Yan gave Zhu Youzhen, who had no discipline, a roll of the eyes, and then she laughed herself, and a touch of bright red secretly soared.

"Ha-" Zhu Youzhen yawned, "Yan'er, in the past month, I have hardly slept well for Wei Zhongxian, and I am sleepy now......"

Zhang Yan's gaze hadn't left Zhu Youzhen for a long time, she was ruthless, and got up from the chair: "Your Majesty come in with the concubine!" ”

Zhu Youzhen followed behind Zhang Yan and shuttled through the familiar Miaoqin Palace. Suddenly, he felt that he had arrived in his former bedroom.

The position of the bed did not move, but the brocade quilt on the bed was changed, replaced with a wavy green silk quilt, and the pillowcase was a big red cotton towel.

"Whose bedroom is this? So tasteful and pleasant. ”

Zhang Yanjiao was disgusted: "Isn't Your Majesty sleepy?" How to be interested in admiring bed sheets? ”

"I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed—who's going to warm my bed?"

"Warm the bed?" Zhang Yan was shocked like a little white rabbit who had just left her mother's body, ready to escape from Zhu Youzhen's side at any time, "Your Majesty, the charcoal fire in this room is day and night, and it's not cold now!" ”

"Day and night? Who is so wasteful? The Ming Dynasty couldn't even pay Liaodong's military salaries...... I will punish her sins. ”

"Punishment?" Zhang Yan raised her neck and exposed most of her snow-white neck in Zhu Youzhen's afterglow, "Then Your Majesty will arrest the concubines!" ”

"It turned out to be Yan'er...... Zhu Youzhen smiled, "But this crime still has to be treated, so Yan'er will be punished...... Warm my bed! ”

Zhang Yan wanted to escape, but Zhu Youzhen had already hooked her slender waist, grabbed the crook of her leg with his right hand, picked her up horizontally, and spun around the room for a few weeks.

Zhang Yanjiao shouted, her feet had just left the ground, her body was not steady, and her right hand unconsciously climbed on the back of Zhu Youzhen's head.

Zhu Youzhen took two steps forward and gently put Zhang Yan on the water-green silk quilt.

Zhang Yan was shy, she closed her eyes slightly, fumbled with both hands to lift the corners of the quilt, and burrowed into the silk quilt.

…………

On November 21, Zhu Youzhen, who had been "missing" for three days, came to the Huangji Hall again.

A group of eunuch ministers stepped into the main hall in turn and paid homage to Zhu Youzhen.

"Excuse me—have you thought about it?" Zhu Youzhen's face was expressionless.

"Ministers and other ......" The ministers put their hands into their sleeves, and now the silver is too heavy, and they all write the two bibliographies of silver on paper.

"Very well, you have seized the only opportunity I have given you." Zhu Youzhen's tone was extremely stern, who knew that they had prepared a few alternative pieces of rice paper in their sleeves.

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, but my hands are still in my sleeves.

"Now talk about your sincerity and hand it over," Zhu Youzhen signaled to Cao Huachunyi: "Huachun!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun was also expressionless, he walked up to the ministers and took their "sincerity" one by one.

He counted two hundred and forty-six copies, a lot of them.

"You have chosen to believe in me, I will see your sincerity now, if you really have the sincerity to repent, I will never break my word." Zhu Youzhen first gave the ministers a reassurance.

Cao Huachun returned to the apse and calculated quickly.

After a cup of tea, he came to Zhu Youzhen and whispered a few words softly: "Your Majesty, a total of nine million and seven hundred thousand taels." ”

"So much?" Zhu Youzhen was surprised and delighted, but his face quickly returned to normal, "Zhu Aiqing, just now Huachun said, most of Aiqing have expressed their sincere determination to repent, among you two to three percent of you can keep their original positions, six to seventy percent of you will be reduced to generals, and about one percent of you will be reduced to the people because of their lack of sincerity and incomplete repentance. ”

"All of you are free, and no one will ever be imprisoned for your past mistakes."

"Ninety percent of you will continue to serve the Daming Society, and you are my ministers of the humerus."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Although it is not known who will keep their original positions, who will be reduced to their posts, and who will be reduced to the people, but in any case, they have saved their lives and avoided prison, and they are much stronger than the "Five Tigers" and "Five Biaos".

There was an immediate uproar in front of the main hall, and two young officials actually hugged each other and openly danced a "square dance" in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Zhu Aiqing," Zhu Youzhen's words made the nerves that had just been relaxed by the ministers tense again, and the front of the main hall suddenly quieted down, only the place where they were standing was chaotic.

Zhu Youzhen's voice was deep and powerful: "Zhu Aiqing has the courage to reform himself, and I am very relieved, however, can you promise that you will no longer be greedy for ink in the future?" ”

"The ministers must fulfill their duties, abide by discipline and law, share worries for the monarch, and solve difficulties for the people...... "The ministers seem to be reciting the party constitution, neat and skillful.

Zhu Aiqing said this, I am very happy! In order for you to remember today's words, I must give you certain restraints. Zhu Youzhen looked at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun held a huge piece of white paper, faced the ministers, and read aloud:

"I promise to fulfill my duties, abide by the law, share worries for the king, and relieve the people's difficulties...... If you are greedy for more than 10 taels, or if you accept gifts of more than 10 taels within a year, you will be cut off from your job for the people, and you will be cut in half in the city. ”

The ministers looked at each other, and no one knew why Zhu Youzhen made such a show.

"Zhu Aiqing, this is your oath just now, and it is also my constraint on you, as long as you sign your name on the blank paper, all your past crimes will be erased, wait for the new appointment with peace of mind!"

It's good to erase the crime, but if you are greedy for ten taels, you will be held accountable, and even cut in half, which is too harsh, not even on the "Da Ming Law", it is comparable to Taizu.

"Zhu Aiqing rest assured, if the gift you receive in the future exceeds ten taels, or you don't know its actual value, as long as you hand it over, you will not be responsible. Now, Zhu Aiqing is queuing up to sign it. Zhu Youzhen leaned back on the dragon chair and didn't look at them again.

Cao Huachun took the four treasures of the study room and put them on the square table in front of the main hall.

No one stepped forward, and the ministers were all figuring out Zhu Youzhen's intentions.

Time passed minute by minute, Zhu Youzhen leaned crookedly on the dragon chair, he was not in a hurry at all.

"Okay, I'll sign it." After a long time, Li Chunye was the first to stand up, he rolled up his long sleeves, picked up a brush, dipped it in thick black ink, and solemnly signed the three big characters "Li Chunye" on the white paper.

Subsequently, Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai also signed their names.

Suddenly, Cao Huachun's words came to mind: "Those who have signed their names stand on the left, and those who have not signed stand on the right." ”

The rest of the ministers all have serious expressions, if they can't be greedy for ink, they can't support their families with that little money, and they have many wives and concubines and children, which is not as good as the ordinary people who have only one wife.

But Li Chunye and the others had already signed, and they had no way out, and Cao Huachun's words forced them into a desperate situation. It was important to save their lives first, they all comforted themselves in their hearts, and in the end, they all signed their names on a blank piece of paper.

Cao Huachun counted, two hundred and forty-six names, none of them was a lot, so he nodded to Zhu Youzhen.

"Zhu Aiqing, history has turned a page, you are no longer a guilty body, and I will announce your new position in the near future, and you will continue your current work before the new position is appointed." Zhu Youzhen paused, "Don't blame the people who impeached you, after the new appointment is issued, I never want that there will be party strife above the court." ”