"Ying Yuan is saying that someone doubts the authenticity of the military newspaper?" Although Zhu Youzhen has the experience of later generations, when it comes to the struggle in the court and the palace, he is only a primary school student, and he is far from being Xu Yingyuan's opponent.

"If the military report is true, there will be no problem, it is useless for anyone to doubt, it can only make the emperor feel that others are jealous of His Highness." Xu Yingyuan chuckled, the eunuchs in the palace were still waiting, he could only make a long story short.

"What if the Emperor is suspicious?" Zhu Youzhen is still a little worried.

"It doesn't matter if the emperor suspects, after all, the emperor is the royal brother of His Royal Highness. Besides, the emperor will not suspect that there must be Jinyi guards in Shandong, and they can't exterminate the Japanese invaders, so it should be no problem to report to the emperor. Xu Yingyuan's words completely dispelled Zhu Youzhen's concerns. Since the emperor does not doubt it, if others deliberately provoke in front of the emperor, I believe that there will be no good fruit to eat.

It just so happened that Zhu Youzhen washed his face and followed the eunuch into the palace.

Huangji Palace, the early dynasty has not dispersed, and the cultural relics are all there, Zhu Youxiao sat high on the dragon chair he made himself, looking at Zhu Youzhen, as if he only knew him today.

"Minister Zhu Youzhen see the emperor, long live my emperor! Hooray! Zhu Youzhen prostrate on the ground, and made a big salute in accordance with the rules, they are brothers, and they are also monarchs and ministers.

"The fifth brother doesn't have to be polite, the front row will reply."

The front row is the position of the highest-ranking and most prestigious minister, and Zhu Youzhen's grade is too low, so it stands to reason that he is not qualified to stand in the front row. But he is the king of letters, the uncrowned king other than the emperor, and the center of the conversation now, so Zhu Youxiao gave him a place in the front row.

When Zhu Youzhen came to the front row, the officials who had already stood in line automatically moved back to make room for Zhu Youzhen, but Gu Bingqian, the first assistant of the cabinet standing in the front row, coughed lowly, and coughed until the first Buddha ascended to heaven and the second Buddha lived in the world, forcing Zhu Youzhen to wait for 15 seconds, and then took a step back and let Zhu Youzhen stand in the front row.

"Fifth brother has worked hard, haha." Zhu Youxiao rarely smiled, probably because he rarely smiled, his smile was particularly ugly, just like a person who often wears short-sighted glasses, occasionally takes off his glasses, and his eyelids have an unreal deformation. But his voice is very strong, which makes Zhu Youzhen very useful.

"It is the responsibility of the younger brother to share the worries of the royal brother." Zhu Youzhen still couldn't understand the imperial brother's thoughts, so he replied carefully.

"Tell me how this battle was fought." Zhu Youxiao finally couldn't hold back his excitement, Li Chunye's report last time made him very unhappy.

Zhu Youzhen made a brief report on the entire process, and whether it was pre-war mobilization, planning, or battlefield fighting, they all regarded it as the credit of the Fenwu Battalion, especially Qin Yongnian, the supreme commander of the Fenwu Battalion.

"Ahem, ahem." Wei Zhongxian, who was accompanying Zhu Youxiao, was very polite and did not interrupt Zhu Youzhen's speech, until Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, and Zhu Youxiao coughed out before he could answer the gap, I don't know if he has a kidney loss.

Of course, even if the kidney is lost, Wei Zhongxian will not care, he is a eunuch!

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Xu Zhaokui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, immediately understood Wei Zhongxian's meaning, although he hadn't figured out how to make it difficult for Zhu Youzhen, but he would first snatch the right to speak, and when the emperor asked questions, there were many colleagues who would help him continuously improve his methods of dealing with Zhu Youzhen.

Before Xu Zhaokui became the secretary of the Criminal Department, he tried many cases by himself and earned the reputation of "Xing Sanpao". When he tried the case, first, he was shocked and the defendant was frightened first; second, he likes to give heavy sentences to defendants; Third, after the heavy sentence, the defendant was forced to confess, and the case was concluded quickly.

After taking refuge in Wei Zhongxian, Xu Zhaokui rose all the way to the book of the Criminal Department. But his personality of liking to attract attention has not changed, and in the struggle against the Donglin Party, he often serves as a pioneer and is one of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen.

"What did Xu Aiqing say?" Zhu Youxiao was lazy, the last time Li Chunye reported on the exploits of the Fenwu Battalion, he made a tail, which made him very unhappy, he didn't want any accidents today, so that Zhu Youzhen's exploits would come to naught.

"Your Majesty, whether there are two thousand Japanese is still to be verified, and it is too early to draw conclusions. Furthermore...... In addition, His Royal Highness King Shin, as a prince, cannot serve in the military. "Xu Zhaokui can be the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he still has two brushes, and he quickly found Zhu Youzhen's death hole.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the clan could not hold any position, especially the commander of the army. "Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, is also a member of the eunuch party.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

……

More than half of the civil and military officials knelt in the main hall, and among the members of the eunuch party, only Li Chunye did not second.

The remaining Donglin Party members usually have no friendship with Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen has made miraculous achievements in Shandong, and he has also suppressed the generals, and the generals of the Ming Dynasty are basically from the Donglin Party, so the eunuchs attacked Zhu Youzhen, and the Donglin Party collectively chose to remain silent.

The Ming Dynasty, the eunuch party and its political rival, the Donglin party, reached a tacit understanding very amazingly.

Looking at the back of a place, Zhu Youxiao also had a big head, and some distracting thoughts that he hadn't thought about and wouldn't think about before kept flying in his head, and countless historical fragments were filtered in his brain one by one.

"Zhong Aiqing, get up and talk about it." Zhu Youxiao has completely lost the excitement at the beginning, the relaxation on his face has also disappeared, and his voice is as weak as a patient who has been bedridden for a long time: "King Xin, Shandong exterminates the Japanese, you are the head gong, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhen felt that Zhu Youxiao had become stranger, and even his name for himself had changed, and the moment he was most worried about and unwilling to face had finally arrived, and it was still so violent. If he votes in the court, Zhu Youzhen will lose and even lose his scum.

"Although the minister also participated in the extermination of the Japanese, it was mainly due to the contribution of the Fenwu Battalion, Qin Yongnian was the first, and the younger brother of the minister just did some auxiliary things." On the one hand, Zhu Youzhen fought for Qin Yongnian, and on the other hand, at the moment when the volcano had already erupted, the greater the credit, the higher the danger factor.

He now realized the embarrassment of the general.

If you lose the battle, you are incompetent, and of course you will be impeached by the civil officials, and you will be removed from office and investigated; If you win the battle, you will also be impeached by civil officials -- demoted and alienated.

Could it be that the generals are like the tea leaves in this cup, they are all disposable?

What does this military general have to do in order to settle down?

What does this civil official have to do to stop?

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao responded vaguely, and it was thinking about how to send Zhu Youzhen back to the Qingong Palace.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." As soon as the members of the eunuch party stood up, another secretary of the household department, Li Qiyuan, a member of the Donglin Party, knelt down again.

"Li Aiqing has something to say!" Zhu Youxiao was lazy, and he was blaming Li Qiyuan in his heart for interrupting his train of thought.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Xin is an adult, and according to the Ming ancestral system, you should go to the fiefdom as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble in Beijing." Li Qiyuan had a conflict with Zhu Youzhen over the construction of the First Avenue last time, and he has always been haunted by it, and now the eunuchs are attacking Zhu Youzhen, which is a perfect opportunity to destroy Zhu Youzhen.

He had already discovered the changes in Zhu Youxiao and knew that Zhu Youxiao was engaged in an ideological struggle.

A piece of ice that has cracked, and then a large overloaded stone, the ice cube will not break, unless the ice is from the Guanghan Palace.

Ancestral again? What trouble did Lao Tzu cause in Beijing? Zhu Youzhen was ready to refute.

The Donglin Party completely ignored Zhu Youzhen.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

……

This time, it was the Donglin Party that attacked.

The Donglin Party members who didn't kneel just now are now kneeling in the main hall.

didn't kneel twice, only Li Chunye, the secretary of the military department.

The eunuch party and the Donglin party are not tacit today, but they have an astonishing political consensus, and the goal is Zhu Youzhen.

There was silence in the main hall, all waiting for Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

The opinion of almost all the courtiers, even the emperor, could only accept it.

The ministers did not wait for Zhu Youxiao's ruling, but for Zhu Youxiao's announcement.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha ......"

A burst of laughter spread from the dragon chair throughout the hall, and swept through the hearts of the ministers like an axe.

Wei Zhongxian knew that it was bad, he had served Zhu Youxiao for many years, and he had a thorough understanding of every detail of Zhu Youxiao.

Today is an excellent opportunity, if you can't bring down Zhu Youzhen by joining forces with the Donglin Party, then the chance of overthrowing Zhu Youzhen in the future will be very slim.

"Zhong Aiqing, I have my own decision to stay with the king. Today's court meeting will only discuss the war in Shandong. Sure enough, Zhu Youxiao regained his spirit at the beginning.

Zhu Youzhen should be grateful to the Donglin Party.

Originally, the eunuch party knelt down and admonished, and Zhu Youxiao was shaken, but the Donglin Party wanted to add fuel to the fire, and Zhu Youxiao saw it clearly.

Zhu Youzhen did not have the support of the courtiers, and it can even be said that the courtiers opposed Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen, who did not have the support of courtiers, was just a martial artist who fought a war and a businessman who made a little money. Martial artists and merchants will not threaten the imperial power.

The ministers of the "......" did not have Wei Zhongxian's ability, and they did not understand Zhu Youxiao's psychological changes.

"Fifth brother, I don't know something, since the Fenwu battalion can completely annihilate the Japanese invaders, why can't the hundreds of thousands of Shandong soldiers exterminate the Japanese invaders, and they are still beaten to the ground by the Japanese invaders? Is there something hidden in between? ”

"This is exactly what the younger brother wants to report to the imperial brother." Zhu Youzhen felt that he was on a roller coaster, Niang Xipi, Lao Tzu won the battle, exterminated the Japanese Kou, made meritorious contributions to the nation, and won glory for the country, if you don't reward it, forget it, and unite to rectify Lao Tzu, when Lao Tzu is tofu like the government soldiers? "Brother Huang, Shandong's armament is extremely lax, saying that it is more than 100,000 soldiers, and according to the estimation of the ministers, it is not more than 50,000 at most. Moreover, these soldiers are scattered in various health posts, it is difficult to concentrate, and there is no one to test their training in peacetime, so their combat effectiveness is extremely low, and they are often defeated with one blow, and they are no different from ordinary people. ”

"Empty salary?"

"Exactly."

"Smack." Zhu Youxiao slapped his palm on the dragon chair, it seems that his craftsmanship is good, and the dragon chair has not been damaged in any way, "These tofu that has brought disaster to the country and the people dare to be greedy for the military expenses of the Ming Dynasty and destroy the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty." Thorough investigation, thorough investigation. Zhu Youxiao stood up from the dragon chair and danced his hands in the air, angry and angry, which had already brought him to the edge of madness.

"Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian was so anxious that he almost left tears, and kept patting Zhu Youxiao's back.

Zhu Youxiao finally relented, "Abolish the Shandong government soldiers, thoroughly investigate the empty salary incident, no matter who it is, investigate it to the end." ”

Taking advantage of the chaos, Wei Zhongxian secretly glanced at Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department.

"Your Majesty." Cui Chengxiu understood and bowed down again, "The government military system is a national policy set during the Hongwu period, and it has lasted for hundreds of years, and the ancestral system cannot be abolished!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ancestral system cannot be abolished." The courtiers, ignoring the emperor's current weakness, all knelt on the ground, and the eunuchs and the Donglin party once again surprisingly agreed on politics.

If you talk about the military spending, in the entire court, I am afraid that only two people are clean.

One is Zhu Youxiao, and the other is Zhu Youjian.

There are more generals controlled by the Donglin Party, and there are more Wenchen controlled by the Eunuch Party, and the generals and Wenchen together constitute a greedy army. Zhu Youxiao wants to investigate thoroughly, how can the courtiers not panic?

Especially Wei Zhongxian, he was the one who was the most greedy for ink, and military generals and civil servants of all levels directly or indirectly pooled their property into his hands.

"The ancestral system cannot be abolished? Then don't you want Shandong's military affairs? It took a long time for Zhu Youxiao's face to return to normal.

The courtiers were submissive, lying on the ground and not getting up, all of them were glad that others couldn't see their faces.

"Fifth brother, you just came back from Shandong, and you know the most about Shandong's military affairs, what do you think?"

The courtiers secretly looked at Zhu Youzhen, hoping that it was not themselves who offended Zhu Youzhen just now, and they hoped that Zhu Youzhen would not say anything about letting them raid their homes and destroy their clans.

"Your Majesty, whether to abolish the government military system or not, we will talk about it later. The key now is to quickly dispatch capable generals to gather the scattered soldiers and restore Shandong's military affairs. "Zhu Youzhen has already pulled the bow away, but this arrow can't be fired lightly, Da Ming is now like a terminally ill person, and using fierce medicine can only accelerate its demise.

"Then according to the fifth brother, who is the capable general?"

"The younger brother is young, and the younger brother has no right to speak in such a military matter." How much Zhu Youzhen wanted to recommend Qin Yongnian, but he couldn't understand what Zhu Youxiao meant, whether he really asked him to recommend candidates, so he continued to observe Zhu Youxiao's true intentions.

"What about being young? Didn't Shandong's Japanese robbers let the fifth brother be wiped out? ”

"That'...... The younger brother recommended Qin Yongnian, the commander of the Fenwu Battalion. "The emperor has said that of course Zhu Youzhen will not lose such a good opportunity.

"Okay, just follow the fifth brother, and Qin Yongnian will be promoted to the chief soldier of Shandong." Zhu Youxiao asked the courtiers kneeling on the ground again, "Do you have any objections?" ”

"Ministers listen to the Holy Judgment." This is the third time that the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party have cooperated today.

"I'm tired, retreat from the dynasty, and stay with the king."

Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhu Youzhen alone in the apse.

"Haha, fifth brother, how is my performance?" Zhu Youxiao regained his dragon body and tiger spirit.

"Brother Huang, ...... you" Zhu Youzhen was stunned, could it be that Brother Huang was angry just now?

"Haha, fifth brother, after today's court meeting, they probably won't object to you staying in the barracks for a while, right?"

This royal brother! Zhu Youzhen felt that he couldn't see through it completely.

"Haha," Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood, "Fifth brother, you step down." Later, go to meet the queen, your sister-in-law is also very concerned about your expedition to Shandong! After speaking, Zhu Youxiao smiled weirdly.