"Uncle Zhang Guo! You first borrowed cinnabar to poison the inner court, so that Wang An was killed by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian! Later, he proposed to set up a Xiyuan duty room, which harmed the cabinet and made Han Yi a courtier! Then, with the matter of the border army's fat jacket, a large number of speech officials were punished, and the way of speech in the world was cut off! Now, you have borrowed the coal of the West Mountain to use the vicious method of distributing coal to the displaced people, which has led to a rupture within my Wenchen, and even more caused us to suffer the disaster of the Nine Clans, where do you want to harm my Ming Dynasty? ! ”

Liu Yixiao shouted at Zhang Gui while struggling, and then looked up to the sky and cried: "God, you are really blind, how did you let Your Majesty choose the Zhang family and make Zhang Gui the emperor!" ”

Zhang Gui sneered speechlessly at this.

He actually didn't expect that he would intensify the court struggle of the Apocalypse Dynasty.

In fact, his original intention was just to transform the Ming Dynasty and let it industrialize as soon as possible, so as to get rid of the cyclical collapse brought about by the traditional natural economy.

Moreover, he actually does this very carefully.

He did not mention the steam engine as soon as he came, but first got out the bearing carriage, the shuttle, and the Jenny spinning machine, which were important industrial products before the industrial revolution that would soon appear in the next century.

He wanted to come step by step.

As a result, he didn't expect that even if he came step by step and cautiously changed Daming's production methods, it would still cause huge fluctuations in the court.

First, a speech official was killed, and then Wang An, the master of ceremonies, was removed.

This is nothing, it also happened in the Apocalypse Dynasty in the original history.

But then a large number of speech officials were bloodily suppressed because of Fu Que's threat to the emperor, and Shoufu Ye Xianggao was given to hang himself.

Immediately, a large number of powerful bureaucrats such as Liu Yixian were sentenced to the nine clans for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

"Perhaps the reason why historical China suffered such a catastrophe at the end of the Ming Dynasty was because before its demise, the reactionaries within it were not eliminated with greater intensity."

Zhang Gui thought so at this time.

"Spread the decree, Liu Yixiao will add a thousand knives! Give him the tongue first! Let him slander the royal family like this! It seems that my brother-in-law should not be honest for the country! ”

When Tianqi saw Liu Yixiao say this, he was very upset with Zhang Gui, so he simply ordered Liu Yixiao to be sentenced.

Liu Yixiao was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, don't! Don't do that! Your Majesty, the minister is also a second assistant, the minister promised not to say it, the minister retracted what he just said, Your Majesty, the minister was wrong, the minister should not slander the emperor! ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

……

"Ahh

Liu Yixiao didn't shout for long before he screamed.

At the same time as Liu Yixian was chopped, Liu Guojin, Zhang Heming, Guo Xing and others were also beheaded.

Click!

Click!

Click!

As one after another of the Yanling knives fell, after a few knives, human heads rolled down from under the platform, and the dumplings with the soup rolled down in front of the homeless people below.

Blood splattered from the broken neck like red fireworks.

"Well killed!"

"Well killed!"

"Well killed!"

……

The people cheered.

Some couldn't help but shed tears and rubbed their eyes, as if the hatred that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time had been resolved at this moment.

"Look at the iniquity these people have done!"

"In the past, you always said that the Ming Dynasty was in power, and the ministers and ministers were all honest and loved the people, but as a result, I have cut down so many ministers now, and none of the people feel that they should not be killed, and they are all shouting loudly like the New Year!"

Seeing this, Apocalypse said.

Han Yi, Huang Kezhang and other civil officials smiled awkwardly for a while.

Next, Apocalypse returned to Xiyuan

Things such as raiding homes and arresting other people are naturally done by Wei Zhongxian.

And Zhang Gui was ordered to return to Xiyuan with the apocalypse.

On the way back to Xiyuan, Tianqi said to Zhang Gui: "I won't let you lose in vain, since you said to the outside world that I gave you a subsidy to buy cheap coal, I will let the inner court really give you a subsidy, according to the current coal price, I will compensate you as much as you sell at the same price." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Gui did not refuse, he knew that the Apocalypse wanted to make the matter of the Inner Court subsidy a fact.

"What do you think about what happened today?"

Apocalypse suddenly asked again.

Zhang Gui glanced at Tianqi with some surprise.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, I know that you are truly loyal to me, so that's why I asked you that." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui agreed, and then said: "What the minister thinks is that next, Your Majesty will definitely get a large sum of silver, and Your Majesty should rely on this silver to train the soldiers!" ”

"Training?"

Zhang Gui continued to reply: "Yes, Your Majesty, Liu Yixiao and they should indeed be killed, but now that they are executed, the fact that many powerful bureaucrats have been cut off still exists. ”

"Moreover, as long as Your Majesty still wants to treat the people as human beings, then the contradictions with these powerful bureaucrats will still exist!"

"This is destined that Your Majesty will have to fight against them next, and Your Majesty should not be afraid to speculate on the powerful bureaucrats with the greatest malice, because they may do all kinds of things out of the ordinary for their own interests."

Speaking of this, Zhang Gui said: "If the interests are big enough, they can even sell the rope that hangs them, so Your Majesty can't take them lightly." ”

"The ropes that hang yourself can be sold."

After hearing this, Tianqi muttered, and then nodded: "You are right, there are many people in this world who are difficult to fill. ”

"Therefore, Your Majesty must pay close attention to the training of the troops, and you must train your own soldiers and horses as much as possible, because it is not excluded that there are generals in charge of the soldiers and horses, and I don't want Your Majesty to treat the people too seriously."

After Zhang Gui returned, he said: "Your Majesty, you can also see today that the minister only gave food to some of the displaced people in Xishan, so that they could no longer freeze to death and starve to death, so they attracted powerful bureaucrats like cabinet ministers and Shangshu to stop them, and even did not hesitate to use troops to kill the minister's hired workers!" I don't care about the status of the royal prince at all! Therefore, it is conceivable that once the minister really manufactures many industrial products in Xishan and allows more people to benefit, I am afraid that there will be bigger and more forces to prevent the minister from stopping His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Why don't they let the people get benefits, they don't want the country to be strong, and the country is really not good for them?"

Apocalypse couldn't help but ask.

Because in the eyes of these powerful bureaucrats, these people are valuable goods that can be bought and sold, and if Your Majesty does not think so, thinking that the Ming Dynasty will make the country rich and rich, it will be tantamount to not allowing them to oppress the people excessively. So, they have to stop the people from living better. ”

"But most of the taxes of the imperial court come from the people, and if the people are not rich, how can the country be rich? If Your Majesty wants to develop a large number of industrial products for the benefit of the country and the people, he will inevitably be hindered by many profit-seeking magnates and bureaucrats, and even rebel and collaborate with the enemy. ”

Zhang Gui explained.

After hearing this, Tianqi thought it was true, and after pondering for a while, he said with a solemn expression: "That's right! It's time to train the troops! ”

"In addition to training, in the opinion of the ministers, we must quickly restore Zhang Jiangling's reputation!"

"After all, raiding the house is not a long-term solution to ensure the fullness of the national treasury, it still needs to change the law and rectify the tax administration!"

And this is inseparable from the ministers, and more ministers are needed to choose to be ministers who seek the country. Not only to rehabilitate Jiangling, but also to increase the reputation, after all, the forces opposing the Ming Dynasty are more stubborn and powerful than the temple, so it is necessary to let more civil servants dare to stand up and be ministers of the country! ”‘

Zhang Gui replied.

Tianqi said: "Don't I know the importance of restoring Zhang Juzheng's reputation? It's just that there is no civil official who has asked for an edict now, and if I give an edict directly, it seems that I am the only one who has this intention, which is not what Shilin wants. ”

Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this, he knew that he was not the only one who hoped that the Apocalypse would have the heart to reform the Ming Dynasty, but that there were civil officials who were themselves scholars and doctors who were also willing to restore Zhang Juzheng's reputation, and then showed that he was not the only emperor who tried to reform the government.

After Zhang Gui came back, he informed Xu Guangqi of the idea of the apocalypse.

Xu Guangqi said because of this: "Please rest assured, Uncle Guo, the protégé is willing to ask for the restoration of his reputation for the Duke of Jiangling!" ”

"Are you really willing to be afraid of causing trouble?"

Zhang Gui asked.

"For the country and the people, the protégé is not afraid! What's more, since the Xishan trip, the protégé also found that the Ming Dynasty has reached the time when it is impossible not to innovate! ”

Xu Guangqi replied.

"Very good! You didn't disappoint me! ”

Zhang Gui nodded.

Now that he has his own henchmen, it is much easier for him to realize some political intentions.

Not long after, Xu Guangqi asked for a decree to restore Zhang Juzheng's reputation.

Tianqi was overjoyed after receiving Xu Guangqi's will: "What a Xu Guangqi! Immediately the ticket is intended to be approved, and it is allowed to play, restore the official title that Zhang Juzheng had taken away in the past, change the title of Wenzheng, and posthumously be awarded the title of Jiangling Bo, so that the ministers of the world will know that the country will be strong and the people will be rich, and they can also be knighted! and their children and grandchildren will inherit it from generation to generation! And the Ministry of Rites will push the minister of the minister to go to Jiangling to proclaim the worship on my behalf, and let the Hanlin official write a letter to worship Jiangling, and the inner court will send a celebrant to go with him when the time comes. ”

Soon, Zhang Juzheng was restored to his reputation, and posthumously named Jiangling Bo, and the holy decree of sending officials to worship arrived at the Ministry of Rites.

For a while, there was an uproar.

"Who is the word? actually restored Zhang Jiangling's reputation, what kind of intention is this?! ”

Soon, Yushi Fang Kezhuang also learned about this from the operation and maintenance of the Ministry of Rites.

Guan O&M replied: "Xu Zixian! ”

Qian Qianyi, who was also here, couldn't help but say after hearing this: "It turned out to be him!" ”

Saying that, Qian Qianyi looked at Fang Kezhuang and the others: "Princess, since he Xu Guangqi said this, it means that there is no one behind this who has this idea. ”

"Why don't you just send a dead man to assassinate him!"

Fang Kezhuang proposed.

Qian Qianyi waved his hand: "It's not proper, no matter what he says, he is also a fourth-grade master, and it is easy to cause a big disaster if he kills, just scare him, it is enough to deter others." ”

"Yes!"

Fang Kezhuang and the others nodded.

On this day, not long after Xu Guangqi left the court, he was on his way back to his house when he suddenly saw seven masked people coming out of four houses.

These seven masked men pulled out their knives and directly killed Xu Guangqi's three entourages on the spot.

Xu Guangqi was shocked when he saw this, and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice: "Who are you, who dare to kill the entourage of the imperial court officials, who gave you the courage?!" ”

A masked man dropped a letter in front of Xu Guangqi, and said: "Xu Baixian, our lord has a message for you, if you really want to resurrect the politics of Jiangling, it will be more than just an entourage that will die next time." In addition, please don't forget that more than ten family members of Zhang Jiangling were starved to death, think more about your own relatives. ”

As he spoke, the masked man arched his hand and said, "Farewell!" ”

Then the masked man turned and walked away.

"Stop!"

At this time, a person's voice suddenly came from the opposite side of the alley where Xu Guangqi and others were, only to hear this person shout, and said: "Dare to commit murder against officials in the capital, it's too disrespectful to our factory guards!" ”