In the month when Xiang Luyang and others were on the road, great changes also took place in the capital, first of all, the commander of Jinyiwei, Tian Ergeng returned to his hometown due to illness, and the big seal of Jinyiwei's commander was taken over by Wei Changsheng, and Jinyiwei began to enter the era of Wei Changsheng.

Not long after the change of Jinyiwei, the new factory governor of the East Factory also took office, and this new factory supervisor caused an uproar as soon as he took office, because this person named Xing Jiamu has never been heard of, let alone seen.

After the replacement of the two major institutions, they all moved, and from top to bottom, they sorted out all the officials in Beijing, from the emperor's relatives to the yamen's officials.

In half a month, one-third of all the officials in Beijing were sent to prison, or took the initiative to return to their hometowns, and the most unlucky one was King Kang, at first King Kang had not yet recognized the form, and thought that it was Wei Zhongxian's world, and he had been helping Wei Zhongxian to defend it, until Jinyiwei threw him into the prison, he understood that now the sky has changed, and the power has been transferred from Wei Zhongxian's hands to Zhu Changming.

But when he came to his senses, it was too late, and it was too late to regret it, and three days later, without interrogation, Zhu Changming announced King Kang's three major crimes, and directly rewarded him with a glass of poisoned wine, and King Kang ended his not brilliant life in that dark cell.

Before he died, King Kang asked Zhu Changming why he was so to himself, but Zhu Changming just said six short words to him, "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty." ”

King Kang's death made everyone reacquaint themselves with Zhu Changming, this is a person who even the emperor's relatives dare to kill, not to mention ordinary officials, for a while, all the officials who came by slapping their whiskers were in danger.

On the contrary, those who originally had real talent and real learning, but have not been able to be reused, have seen hope in Zhu Changming, because now the selection system of officials has changed, no longer based on seniority, no longer relying on relationships to go through the back door, but completely relying on ability, all official positions are occupied by capable people.

Although ordinary people don't know what has happened in the capital recently, everyone feels that the recent social atmosphere is much better than before, and it is rare to see those arrogant and domineering gentlemen, as well as those menacing brocade guards, and the entire capital no longer has the tense atmosphere of a month ago.

But at night, no one dares to go out, because everyone has not yet come out of the shadow of the heart-eating demon, and now there are often Jinyi guards at night to raid the mansions of officials in Beijing, although this is a thing that ordinary people like to see, but everyone is very tacitly not to see the excitement, who knows when these Jinyi guards will be angry and arrest themselves as a fellow party.

At this time, Zhu Changming, the founder of this qiē, was presiding over the early dynasty in the court, since he gave Xing Jiamu's book to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao rarely came out of his carpenter's workshop, he ate there when he was hungry, lived there when he was sleepy, and ate a pill of Zhu Changming's elixir when he couldn't stand it.

Now that Zhu Changming has completely controlled the situation, Zhu Youxiao has become a puppet, and although the person in power of the Ming Dynasty is still Zhu Youxiao in name, the person who gives orders has become Zhu Changming.

Now no one is paying attention to Zhu Changming's official position, because he no longer needs any official position, and he can't help but hold the two major secret agencies of Xichang and Dongchang, and even the Beijing battalion guarding the Beijing Division, and the chief officer of the Shangzhi 26th Guard Army who garrisons the imperial city, have all been replaced by his people, and Jinyiwei is the best example.

Now Zhu Changming can directly mobilize the army, there are no less than 100,000, and these 100,000 people are the elite of the daimyo's army, and they can all be saved with one as ten.

After consolidating centralized power, Zhu Changming now began to attack the prefects in various places, and the first to suffer was the governor of Shanxi, because he was the most chaotic there.

Looking at Zhang Guangtai, the governor of Shanxi who was kneeling below and reporting, Zhu Changming was angry and didn't fight anywhere, this Zhang Guangtai has been talking for almost half an hour now, and he has been complaining, Zhu Changming's patience has reached the limit now, and Zhang Guangtai's performance on the Longshu case fell hard in front of him, Zhu Changming said: "This is all your performance, you have asked for money and food from the court in the past month, what else can you do except complain and ask for money?" ”

"Shanxi's taxes have always been the heaviest among the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and Shanxi's annual tribute is the least, where did all the taxes and silver you collect go?"

"Don't think I don't know, what did you Zhang Guangtai do in Shanxi, now I'm afraid half of the land in Shanxi is surnamed Zhang, right? I originally planned that if you could recognize the form and rely on your own ability to quell the rebellion at the beginning of the rebellion, I could open up the net and face you without blame for the past, but I didn't expect you to dare to take advantage of the rebellion to make a fortune and deduct the military salary allocated by the imperial court several times. ”

When Zhang Guangtai heard Zhu Changming say this, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Wronged, Master Zhu Mingjian, don't listen to the slanderous rumors of those villains!" ”

Zhu Changming shouted: "Enough, I know very well what kind of person you are, since you are here today, then don't go, it just so happens that I lack a governor here, so you can stay." ”

Zhang Guangtai raised his head and looked at Zhu Changming with some puzzlement, because he didn't know what Zhu Changming meant by this.

Zhu Changming turned around and returned to the side of the Long Shu case, and said slowly: "Now I want to use your head to sue the governors of the other twelve provinces, if anyone dares to take bribes and deceive the imperial court, you Zhang Guangtai will be their example." ”

"Someone will put Zhang Guangtai in prison, put him on death row, and behead him at noon tomorrow, and all his property will be confiscated as military expenses.

After listening to Zhu Changming's words, Zhang Guangtai hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, Zhu Changming looked at Zhang Guangtai, who was already trembling, and said coldly: "I knew why I had to do it today." ”

After Zhang Guangtai was pressed down, the court suddenly became silent, because everyone is now accustomed to Zhu Changming's practice of killing people without interrogation.

At the beginning, some people objected to this practice, but under Zhu Changming's iron-blooded suppression, now these people have accepted this practice.

After all, these people present are not clean, and the reason why they are able to stand here now is not that Zhu Changming did not find out their problems, but that their problems are not very strict.

They also knew in their hearts that if Zhu Changming wanted to kill them, it would be just a matter of one sentence, so no one dared to touch his moldy head again.