After the Emperor of the Apocalypse was seriously ill, Wei Zhongxian served him every day, and there were not many times when he came to the room of the celebrant to be on duty, and now he was taken care of by the eunuch Wang Tiqian.

The master of ceremonies is the center of the world's government affairs, and the collection and distribution of government decrees and information are all based on this, and only by grasping this side can he control the government and then control the world, Wei Zhongxian knows the importance of the stakes, and he has to take some time out of his hand every day to put it here, and the important things have to wait for him to nod before he can act.

The news about Xuzhou is the first priority, and a lot of news can only be announced by Wei Zhongxian himself, especially when he went to Dengzhou to cross the sea and land.

Wei Zhongxian is very aware of the impact of the Zhao family's army crossing the sea and landing, not to mention the local gentry and common people, even the hundred officials of the imperial court, the Qingliu scholars of the Beijing Division, will have a very enthusiastic reaction, after all, over the years, there has been a big defeat after defeat, there is no hope of a turnaround, everyone is holding their stomachs, and everyone has a faint despair in their hearts.

The fire paint is intact, the secret memory is intact, Wei Zhongxian raised his eyes and glanced at the lower duty room, the eunuchs had solemn faces, their bearings were like that, the eunuchs were attentive with their mouths and noses, and their steps were hurried, but Wei Zhongxian also knew in his heart that many of them were quite impressed by the Zhao family's approach of crossing the sea and marching north.

This makes Wei Zhongxian often scold in his heart, this is all a bad brain for reading, always thinking about what Huayi distinguishes, thinking about what is the fundamental righteousness, we are the internal officials who are crippled, and we are the servants around the Long Live Lord, life, death and wealth are closely related to the Long Live Lord, how can we think about things with the same idea as the civil officials outside, scold a few words and scold a few words, Wei Zhongxian also knows that this is impossible, since the inner study invited Professor Hanlin, the thinking of eunuchs and civil officials has become closer and closer.

Open this secret letter, in fact, many people know the content on this secret letter, and now Beizhili is afraid that no one will know it, but the matter is big, and it must be confirmed.

When he saw that it was correct, Wei Zhongxian's face began to turn gray, so stunned for a while, and then let out a sigh.

The eunuchs and eunuchs on duty seemed to be busy, but they were actually staring at Wei Zhongxian's every move, and the fire paint secret letter sent to Wei Gonggong must be a big deal, so they should naturally be closely concerned.

When they saw Wei Zhongxian react like this, even the great eunuchs who were in the center and had cultivated the bearing of the prime minister also showed a panicked look, did the sky fall?

The palm print eunuch Wang Tiqian's status was higher than the others, and he hurriedly leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Duke, what's wrong?" ”

The celebrant has his own set of dignity and humility system, but it has always been the highest palm print eunuch, but it is different when Wei Zhongxian is present, so the palm seal honorific title is the second ranked admiral eunuch to be the governor, which is also the only one seen since the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Zhongxian shook the paper in his hand, he wanted to speak, but in the end, he weakly handed the letter to Wang Tiqian, Wang Tiqian took it and looked at it, his face changed, but then he sternly glanced at the house, so that everyone closed their eyes, and then he whispered eagerly: "Duke, this matter can't be told to the Long Live Lord, the Long Live Lord is already a little unable to hold on, and when I see the news again, I'm just afraid." I'm just afraid."

He was extremely sincere here, and Wei Zhongxian's expression was blank, and he said in a cold voice: "If we don't say it, won't others say it?" ”

"Duke, ancestor, if there is a case, King Xin's side doesn't like us, there are still some people outside who can't wait to eat Dugong, as soon as this news passes, if Long Live Lord can't afford it, we'll be all finished!"

Wang Tiqian is already anxious, the eunuch's life and death, honor and disgrace are tied to the emperor he serves, this one is here, the glory and wealth are not worried, this one collapses, the light is to go to work and live idle, or the worst is to be convicted and killed, and the end is miserable, and when the apocalypse reigns, Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party and political enemies are fighting inextricably, the inner court and the outer court do not know how many people have been beaten into the dust, life is better than death, if it is turned over now, you can imagine what kind of liquidation will be encountered.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, just glanced at Wang Tiqian, and said in a dumb voice: "Then do you have any way?" ”

Wang Tiqian was stunned, there is no way to block this news at all, now the king of the letter Zhu Youzhen is already a definite prince, **** to meet with the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and even Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun already have positions in the inner court, how to block the news, not to mention the inner court and foreign ministers who are surrounding Zhu Youzhen, looking forward to Conglong's internal officials and foreign ministers, I don't know how many people will pass the news over.

Is it over like this, Wang Tiqian, who thought of this, only felt that his hands and feet were cold, looking at Wei Zhongxian, who was desperate and decadent in front of him, and was already extremely old, he wondered if he wanted to do it anyway at this time, but this idea was quickly rejected by himself, it was intertwined, and it was too deeply involved, and it was impossible to get out.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the duty room of the celebrant supervisor, and with the sound of these footsteps, the quiet and orderly Forbidden City began to become noisy and noisy, and every eunuch and eunuch in the duty room raised his head, with a mixture of indifference and sadness on his face, but if he looked closely, he could see that some people were desperate, some were frightened, and some were excited and joyful.

And Wang Tiqian's body was frozen there, the expression on his face was ugly than crying, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but he couldn't say anything, and finally said tremblingly: "Grandpa Wei, this is the end"

He didn't even notice that the voice suddenly became hoarse, Wei Zhongxian held on to the armrest of the chair and wanted to stand up, but there was no way to move his arm a few times, but no one came to help, and when he stood up, there was no trace of anger in his expression and voice, where he said in a slumped voice: "Go to the Qianqing Palace!" ”

At this moment, the eunuch who delivered the message finally ran into the duty room, with a sad look on his face that did not know whether it was true or not, and cried at the top of his throat: "Long live the lord, long live the lord, I am dead!" ”

In July of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, an internal official passed the report to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the content of the report was that the Zhao Jiajun gathered soldiers and horses to prepare to cross the sea to the north.

Originally, the body of the Emperor of the Apocalypse has recovered somewhat, according to the Tai Hospital, this disease is a physical disease and a heart disease, the country is in danger, the Son of Heaven has too many things in his heart and too heavy, and he can't afford to collapse, so he must not worry about it, in fact, the palace and the outer court are also arranged like this, but inexplicably, this report was sent to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and it was too late for Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, to stop it.

There are a lot of rumors about this matter, but it is meaningless to pursue it, no matter from the legal system or whatever, it is the successor of King Zhu Youzhen, and now the new monarch is in charge, everything has to revolve around him, and the inner court and the outer court have long been prepared for this, and King Zhu Youzhen is the emperor, and the year name is Chongzhen

Compared with the Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse who put Wei Zhongxian in the foreground and hid behind him, Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen is much more immature, but as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he can not be relieved about the fact that the Zhao family army crossed the sea and the northern expedition and the people's carelessness began to change.

It's just that after he said this initiative, even the Donglin ministers who were reactivated by him kowtowed to stop it, and the first assistant Sun Chengzong and the cabinet scholars were ready to resign and confront, but Emperor Chongzhen felt that he was not wrong, and the reason why the people below were like this was because of cowardice and greed, but the matter of sending troops to conquer still ended without a problem, and the reason was very simple, when they learned of this rumor, the whole Beijing camp began to ignore it, the deserters who deserted increased, and some people even plotted mutiny, and other border towns also had some hidden witty recitals.

These reactions directly poured cold water on Emperor Chongzhen, no matter how enthusiastic he was, the threat of this mutiny was real, with the civil control of the military, the noble and the cheap, these rules have begun to change, one battle after another, no matter how valuable the civil official status is, it doesn't matter, it still depends on the military generals to fight with knives, and the imperial court does not dare to dispose of the generals at will in order to make people die, which makes the military generals' power more and more powerful, and many things can only pinch their noses and pretend not to see or admit them, and maintain decency between each other.

Since there is nothing to do about the anti-thieves for a while, it is necessary to clean up the evil spirits, and the liquidation of Wei Zhongxian's party has begun, but this liquidation is not so cruel, it is not that everyone should keep their hands in the political struggle, but what Wei Zhongxian has done is not so excessive, if there is no Zhao Jin from Xuzhou, Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch party may go to an extreme, but because of the step-by-step actions of the Zhao family army in Xuzhou, Wei Zhongxian responded step by step, but people can't find anything wrong.

At that time, he shouted that Wei was in charge of the country, acting absurdly, and harboring evil intentions, but in hindsight, these practices are very reasonable, completely for the sake of the overall situation, and what is more interesting is that Donglin Qingliu was still in power several times, and also launched an attack on the Zhao family's army, and then lost a big defeat, one of the most important things is that the capital was bombarded, and the court was forced to sue for peace and cede land, but this incident happened when Donglin was in power, Qingliu leaders Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou had no way to deny it, they could only say that the thieves were powerful and had to be so, This is for the sake of the country's society.

In this way, Wei Zhongxian's sin is not so big, it can only be said that he corrupted the national government and watched the thieves in Xuzhou grow, and the rest are some charges of framing and embezzling ink, and climbing towards the three major cases, which are unreliable in the clear-eyed people, and can only be taken out and fabricated.

Originally, many people gritted their teeth to kill Wei Zhongxian alive, and other people were also serious crimes that could not be recovered, but after calculation, there was no way to resentence him, even if Emperor Chongzhen was also disgusted with Wei Zhongxian, and some people said that Wei Zhongxian once wanted to murder him, but there was also no way to deal with it.