Chapter 18: The Red Pill Case (3)

Sun Chengzong sat down with the officials again, and began to ask the first assistant Fang Congzhe about Zhu Changluo's entire medical process and physical condition from illness to death. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoSun Chengzong is asking Zhu Cizhuo for this, and he already knows that Zhu Cizhuo does not want to have a huge turmoil in the imperial court at the beginning of his ascension, and he does not want the Donglin Party to take the opportunity to destroy the political system that has just been repaired, so he must have a comprehensive characterization of the incident before the many impeachment documents are handed over.

Sun Chengzong is also tutoring Zhu Cizhuo on how to govern the country and deal with the government, and wholeheartedly make up for the subjects that he didn't have time to teach.

ruled out the palace transfer case, Zhu Cizhuo was able to communicate with the ministers in time, otherwise he would still be imprisoned in the Qianqing Palace by Xi Li and Wei Zhongxian. Therefore, this achieved the name of unfilial piety in the early period of Zhu Cizhuo, although Zhu Youxiao also bore this crime at the beginning, but it was obviously many times lighter than Zhu Cizhuo.

This case is quite complicated, after Zhu Changluo fell ill, he first took the medicine of the chamberlain Cui Wensheng, and after taking it, he was in a coma more than 40 times a night, and Fang Congzhecai received a report from the inner court that Zhu Changluo was seriously ill.

Later, he asked the old lady in the palace to treat the rash, saying that it was necessary to use the medicine of blood and sperm for long-term recuperation to recover. And Zhu Changluo was anxious, thinking that his illness would not get better, so he privately used the red pill elixir offered by Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple, and it was useless for Fang Congzhe to dissuade him.

Two days ago, Zhu Changluo felt much better when he took one pill, and he was able to walk out of the hall, so he asked Fang Congzhe to write an excerpt to reward him, and Cui urged Li Kezhuo to take another pill. Fang Congzhe didn't believe that there was any immortal medicine, and when he saw that Zhu Changluo had improved, he prevented Li Kezhuo from entering the red pill elixir again, until today, after all, he couldn't withstand Zhu Changluo's repeated discussions, and after eating the red pill in the morning, he returned to heaven at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Fang Congzhe breathed a long sigh of relief after speaking carefully, he still had to write a will for Zhu Changluo, and the meeting convened by Zhu Cizhuo helped him a lot. finally said: "Then Cui Wensheng used to be a chamberlain in Concubine Zheng's palace, will the previous events be related to Concubine Zheng?" ”

Because there is no palace transfer case, Zheng Guifei and Xi Li want to hold Zhu Cizhuo hostage to carry out the "conspiracy to listen to the government" has been destroyed, and the red pill case has become even more confusing, and the biggest winner after killing Zhu Changluo has become Zhu Cizhuo. At this time, Zhu Cizhuo could only cry silently when he listened, and he couldn't say anything more, and Wei Zhongxian couldn't say anything more clearly after his death.

In addition to avoiding the domination of the Donglin Party in the imperial court and the subsequent usurpation of power by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Cizhuo of other things cannot change much for the time being, of course, Wang An, who is the celebrant supervisor, will have to be replaced in the future. Taking advantage of the long silence of everyone, Zhu Cizhuo lit the second cigarette, took a puff of the surprised eyes that looked at everyone, and said: "In less than a month, I and the imperial examination have been extremely high, and the Jianzhou slaves will definitely take some opportunity to enter Liaodong, and the case of the red pill cannot have an impact on the imperial court." Yang Lian......"

Yang Lian has always had a tiger face, obviously not accustomed to Fang Congzhe, who has been in the position of the first assistant for a long time, because Fang Congzhe has been the sole assistant in the Wanli Dynasty for more than seven years, and at that time he took over the position of the sole assistant of Ye Xianggao, a member of the Donglin Party. Yang Lian was not because of jealousy or party strife, but because he had opinions about the chaos of the Wanli Dynasty, about Zheng Guifei's domineering, and even more about the corrupt officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

"The minister is ......," Yang Lian got up and wanted to worship, but was stopped by Zhu Cizhuo.

Zhu Cizhuo persuaded him to sit down and didn't want to say what he wanted to say, so he changed his words and said: "Cui Wensheng, Li Kezhuo and others will definitely die this time, and the rest don't need to be implicated anymore, and don't make too much movement." In addition, he sent loyal and upright people to Luoyang as errands for a few years, and found out those treacherous people who caused trouble to the people one by one. There are also the five military governors who are blinded by their ancestors and do not do things, if they cause trouble, they will be removed, and I will rebuild 300,000 forbidden troops. Daming can no longer afford to raise this group of people, nor can he afford to raise that group of impeachment officials who came to impeach, and split a court that should be loyal to the country and loyal to the king. There is no end to the party fighting? ”

Zhu Cizhuo couldn't help but say what he wanted to say in the end, the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty all died in the struggle for party power, and China has been fighting internally since the Song Dynasty. Officials only think about the interests of individuals or small groups, and infighting leaves them with no time and energy to do more for the country and the people.

There are many meanings in his words, this time Zhu Changluo's death cannot be used by the Donglin Party, but he himself wants to use it to cut the domain of Concubine Zheng Guifei's son. Secondly, change the honorable relatives in the governor's palace of the five armies, and in Zhu Cizhuo's dynasty, it is necessary to reuse military generals, change a group of princes and lords, and vigorously expand military strength. The third is to cut down the six branch officials, scolding people and not making drafts, making the court a place for quarreling and scolding the streets, but not doing some real things.

Everyone had already learned the young emperor's ability to act, and he felt that he was much stronger than Emperor Taichang, and he thought about things much farther than those of them who fought in the officialdom. Zhu Cizhuo always likes to bypass the chamberlain and the celebrant to talk directly with the minister, dare to discuss the government with this group of Confucians, and can sometimes take the lead.

Zhu Cizhuo slept secretly in the Qianqing Palace for a night, slightly reduced the charge of unfilial piety, and flew into the Forbidden City like snow on the second day, and flew to the hands of Wang An, the master of ceremonies. Wang An didn't dare to deal with it anymore, and ignored it one by one.

At noon, Guangzong's coffin was sent to the Renzhi Hall and returned to the Qianqing Palace, and Zhu Cizhuo had to come forward to negotiate with Li Xuanzhi in person. pointed out the fact that she and Zheng Guifei united to establish the queen in a monopolistic government, and was suspected of "killing the monarch", and the persecution of her biological mother Wang Cairen, as well as the crime of imprisoning and controlling herself, are still secondary.

But for the sake of Guangzong's favor and the affection of the adoptive mother in honor, he agreed to enter the concubine as a condition, or Li Xuanzhi moved to Renshou Palace, the place of retirement. Due to Zhu Cizhuo's battle with Xi Li these days, she had lost hope in controlling the crown prince, and now her powerful chamberlain Li Jinzhong is dead. Li Xuanzhi was really surprised by such a result, and finally moved out of the Qianqing Palace with gratitude.

In the afternoon, the edict of the first emperor was issued. Zhu Cizhuo personally approved the first transcript and slaughtered several criminals who took medicine without permission and plotted to kill the emperor in Xishi, in an attempt to end the battle between the emperors and the throne.

Later, he ascended to the palace to meet with his subordinates, and Yao Zongwen, who had just returned to the dynasty from Liaodong to inspect the military horses, went out to perform the matter, impeaching Xiong Tingbi for raising taxes in a false name in the border land, blackmailing the small people, and claiming to build a city to defend against the enemy, which was really a mistake to the country and bully the king.

Zhu Cizhuo's face sank when he heard this, and when Yao Zongwen finished speaking, he didn't say a word, and then sure enough, a group of ministers came up one after another, and threw bombs at Xiong Tingbi, an important minister at the border gate.

Zhu Cizhuo has an excellent memory, he remembered their names one by one, and in a blink of an eye, Yang Lian said: "Write down the names and surnames of all the officials who followed the impeachment today." Xiong Aiqing is an important minister on the border, he is guarding the country for me, you are impeaching you behind your back, but you have the responsibility of disturbing the defense of the territory and the morale of the army, and this kind of impeachment will not be carried out in the court in the future. If this matter is untrue, or Yao Zongwen must not be instructed to come out by others for soliciting bribes, he should be punished. Those who blindly impeach those who follow the trend are removed from official positions and have no property to fund the military. Chin this! "The chaos of the Ming Dynasty cannot be eliminated unless it is a heavy responsibility.

As soon as Yao Zongwen heard this, he knelt down and shouted "The emperor spares his life", he just returned to Beijing and didn't know anything about the little emperor, he couldn't imagine that Zhu Cizhuo's action would be so ruthless, and he knelt down softly without listening to the edict.

"Jinyiwei, investigate immediately!" Wang An made a gesture at this time, and said in his heart, the little ancestor is really not simple, you have to be careful in the future.

Yang Lian didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, according to the past, such an impeachment is very effective, at least Xiong Tingbi will be suspended from his position. However, the young emperor can see the more critical issues, in terms of major events such as frontier defense and loss of land, Xiong Tingbi's charges are nothing at all, not to mention whether they are true or not.

But now that there is a group of subordinates who follow the trend, this matter is more involved, and the young emperor is more likely to withdraw the six branches, and Yang Lian knows that Zhu Cizhuo hates the participation of the six branch officials in the party dispute. The problem now is that Zhu Cizhuo is reluctant to make major adjustments to the court officials, and he is worried that the first assistant Fang Congzhe's court may continue the corrupt rule of officials during the Wanli Dynasty.

After some officials dissuaded him, Yang Lian knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the trouble of party strife must be eliminated, but it cannot be eliminated in one or two months. I hope that Your Majesty will be extrajudicial and forgive these arbitrary followers, and Rong Chen will rectify the officials of the six sections for one month, hoping that he will no longer participate in party disputes in the future. The minister hereby made a military order to His Majesty, and after a month, there is no party member in the six branches, only to serve His Majesty, to serve the Ming court, and to seek the welfare of the people of the world! ”

Yang Lian took retreat as advance, and his words were sonorous and powerful, and the officials naturally followed suit. Zhu Cizhuo looked at Hehe and sneered, and said, "Didn't you say that freezing three feet is not a day's cold?" Yang Aiqing has the best determination to do this. Then spare them once, and the next time you do it, you will have to increase the punishment. ”

Zhu Cizhuo said loudly again: "In the future, if the officials of the six departments disturb the court and frame the officials without evidence, this clan will not be allowed to become officials in the Ming Dynasty!" Chin this! "Such a punishment is fatal, more terrible than the disaster of killing, and the emperor's honorable mouth will be used in every dynasty and generation in the future, even if the Qing Dynasty becomes the master.

Zhu Cizhuo looked at the ministers who knelt down to worship the mountain and shouted long live, and his heart was a little fluttering, although politics is a deceptive thing, it is absolutely useful to the ruler. What he is doing now is to completely solve the impact of the Red Pill and Ting Attack cases on his own court in the future, and at the same time gradually blur the boundaries between the various parties until they are finally eliminated. In this way, the Ming Dynasty has more hope of long-term existence.