Chapter 36: The Early Dynasty

When Princess Hepu left, Wei Chao flattered and said: "Your Majesty really loves the princess, and she can be an example for the people of the world." ”

Ignoring the Wei Dynasty's words, Emperor Taichang frowned and asked, "Don't say how you did with these things I told you?"

Nodding vigorously, Wei Chao said cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, it's done." ”

"Very well, what about those who lean towards the Queen Mother?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse stared at the Wei Dynasty tightly and asked with a grim face.

"Those people and minions have been sorted out, does Your Majesty want to take a look?" Wei Chao took out a booklet and held it up with both hands.

"No need, you're in charge of these people." The Emperor of the Apocalypse waved his hand, and he disdained these things. All he cares about is Li Xuanshi, as long as he pulls out her minions. As for those who went to the Queen Mother to prepare for retirement, they naturally wouldn't ask too much.

A day ago, Tianqi issued an order to the Wei Dynasty, in addition to strictly investigating and cleaning the inside and outside of the palace, but also to secretly kill the eunuchs and palace maids who were loyal to Li Xuanzhi. At this time, since Wei Chao said so, he thought that the task was completed.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." An old eunuch came to the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse and whispered to the Emperor of the Apocalypse. This eunuch is called Chen Hong, and he was just picked out by Dongchang to serve the Emperor of the Apocalypse, or the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself. There is no special reason, because this Chen Hong is a master.

In later generations, countless novels, films and television have mentioned some masters, and there is even the peerless "Sunflower Treasure Book". Two days ago, the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly remembered this matter, so he asked Wang An to ask.

I didn't expect that there really was, this Chen Hong is the eunuch with the highest martial arts in the palace, and he cultivates hard qigong, eagle claw gong and iron sand palm. Although I was disappointed that I didn't have a martial arts cheat like "Sunflower Treasure Book", I was very happy to find such a person. He dropped him to his side, not only to keep himself safe, but also to learn a few tricks from him.

This Chen Hong was in the middle of his family, he was only six years old and fainted on the side of the road with hunger, but he didn't expect to become a eunuch after waking up. Although he was furious, he had no choice but to enter the palace.

After coming to the palace, I had a lot of time to practice my family's kung fu. Because there are also many martial arts classics in the palace, this practice is forty years, and it is natural to practice kung fu to an unfathomable level.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse has seen it with his own eyes, this Chen Hong can punch a hole in the wall with one palm, if it hits a person, there will definitely be only one end. Fortunately, after several decades, this Chen Hong's loyalty to the emperor is almost the same as that of a cultist, otherwise the Emperor of the Apocalypse would really not dare to use it.

glanced at Chen Hong and nodded lightly, although he didn't want to go, but he couldn't help it, after all, it had been three days, and he was a little embarrassed to not go to court just after he ascended the throne.

When he came to the Qianqing Palace, all the ministers were already waiting here, and looking at the ministers kneeling below, the Emperor of the Apocalypse still felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"There is a morning music, and there is no retreat." With Chen Hong's shout, the early dynasty began, but soon the Emperor of the Apocalypse was actually in a good mood for the first time in the early dynasty.

Countless trivial matters, countless troubles all came to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and finally set his eyes on Fang Congzhe, the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet. At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse already sensed that something seemed to be wrong, what was going on with these guys? These small things should not be discussed here, they should be handled by cabinet scholars, and then they should be approved by themselves. As for the daily court, they are discussing some big things, but what is going on now?

Looking at the old god below in Fang Congzhe, the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly felt strange in his heart, what is this going to do?

Suddenly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse remembered an excerpt from yesterday, which was the excerpt on Zuo Guangdou, and only then did he understand what was going on. These days, I have been busy rectifying the affairs in the palace, and I have forgotten a very important thing, that is, rewarding meritorious deeds. For these people who helped me to ascend to the position of emperor, it is natural to reward them so that they can get what they want.

"Leave these matters to the Cabinet! I've just ascended the throne, and I don't understand a lot of things yet. But there is one thing I understand, that is, those who have merit are rewarded, and those who have done wrong are punished. The cabinet came up with a charter as soon as possible, and this time, the merit was rewarded and punished, and then it was sent down as soon as possible. Seeing that the ministers below obediently closed their mouths, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew that his words were in their hearts, and they bothered themselves with these little things, just to let themselves go back and turn over the folds. I believe that Zuo Guangdou is definitely not the only one who has asked for a reward, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse has not seen it yet.

Time passed slowly, and three days later, the cabinet came up with a charter for rewards, which should be for rewards. In this incident, the ministers are basically meritorious, after all, it is the one who has been the first.

Gently knocking on the table, looking at the fold in front of him and meditating quietly, the reward on the fold is only about two dozen people. The number is very appropriate, but these people are a little dissatisfied with the Emperor of the Apocalypse. I couldn't help but slowly fall into contemplation, mentioning the end of the Ming Dynasty and the Apocalypse, the most famous thing is only one thing, that is, party struggle.

Because of Yang Lian's contribution in the palace transfer case, Emperor Tianqi began to favor the Donglin Party and revived all the Donglin Party that was demoted in the late Wanli period. With Ye Zhigao, the leader of the Donglin Party, becoming the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, the Donglin Party basically mastered the imperial court. And the Qizhe Chu Party, which was originally fighting with the Donglin Party, fell into passivity as a whole because of Fang Congzhe's departure. This led to the fact that the Qi, Zhejiang, and Chu parties took refuge in Wei Zhongxian and became eunuchs.

In the ensuing struggle, the Donglin Party did not fight the eunuch party in the end, and in the face of the death of Yang Lian and other seven gentlemen, the Donglin Party was completely defeated. But when Chongzhen ascended the throne, the Tanglin Party once again began the road to power, and these Donglin Party, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, made Chongzhen believe that the officials in the world are all good officials who read sage books and are not corrupt.

But when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, what were these ministers doing? They surrendered, collaborated with the enemy, and betrayed the country.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, party struggle almost became the main thing in the court, and it is more appropriate to say that it is a dispute over the ruling opinions, but in fact it is a dispute over local interests.

The Donglin Party represented the interests of the big landowners and big businessmen in the southeast, most of whom were local tycoons, who annexed land, smuggled land, and engaged in maritime trade. It can be said that every family is very rich, but they always want not to pay taxes, so the Donglin Party advocates valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and hiding wealth from the people.

In fact, the emperor's understanding of the heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce in this era was wrong, and the heavy agriculture and suppression of business did not mean that the agricultural tax was relevant, but the commercial tax was less or even not collected. These Donglindang people tampered with this theory, according to them, agriculture was the main source of state taxes, which should be levied again, while merchants with low status were required to collect less taxes.