Chapter Twenty-Five: This Knife Is Not Prosperous

"Fifth brother."

Seeing Zhu Youzhen and Princess Zhou stepping into the Qianqing Palace together, Tianqi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Although the soul of this body has changed, Tianqi's feelings for Zhu Youzhen have not changed much.

Coupled with the sympathy for this sad last emperor in his heart, the current Apocalypse has a different kind of feelings for this younger brother.

Although the demise of the Ming Dynasty in the official history has a lot to do with Chongzhen, his diligence and frugality, there are only a handful of emperors who can compare with him in all dynasties, which is admirable.

His determination under the cover of the nest is also beyond the reach of the dust, and Apocalypse thinks that he can't do it.

Now, because of his own death, the name Chongzhen may not appear again, but the risk of the king of the dead country has also been inherited by himself.

Therefore, at this moment, the apocalypse still has a feeling of sympathy.

"The courtier brother has seen the imperial brother." Although he knew his brother's preference for him, Zhu Youzhen did not dare to reduce the number of courtesies he should have, so as not to be caught by someone with a heart.

"Long live the concubine." The delicate and slightly petite princess Zhou also gave a salute.

The two are the same age, the fifth brother Zhu Youzhen is only three months older than Zhou, and the two only got married last year, and they are both twenty-eight years old at this time.

Pian young man, fair lady, what a pair of talented women.

But who would have thought that only more than ten years later, the husband and wife would be ruined, both hanged themselves, and fell together with the great dynasty.

"Now, you don't have to take that risk."

Tianqi sighed in his heart, and immediately felt that this sentence was not right, if he couldn't keep the Ming Dynasty, their fate would not be much better.

Because whether it is Li Zicheng or Jianyu, they will not show the slightest mercy to the Zhu royal family, at most they just don't have to bear the responsibility of the king of the dead country.

"Alas......" Apocalypse sighed involuntarily.

"What bothers the imperial brother?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked suspiciously.

Tianqi came back to his senses, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I have a wide heart and a fat body, why bother?" It's just that I've been working a lot lately, and I'm a little tired. ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought that the imperial brother often ran to the military battle bureau during these days, and heard that a new musket was invented.

And I also began to review the music, which is indeed much more tiring than before.

It seems that after the imperial brother recovered from his illness, he has indeed changed a lot, and Zhu Youzhen's heart is also a lot relieved, and when he thinks of the purpose of his coming today, he is more confident.

At this moment, a shout sounded outside: "Her Royal Highness the Queen has arrived." ”

Hearing the voice, several people immediately looked towards the door, and then stepped forward together.

Zhang Yan, dressed in a gorgeous palace dress, walked into the Qianqing Palace in a generous manner, and Zhu Youzhen and the princess Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Zhang Yan happily took the hand of Princess Zhou, and asked for warmth, feeling like a sister.

The four of them entered the Dongnuan Pavilion and began to talk about family life, and after the tea ceremony, Zhu Youzhen looked for an opportunity to speak out: "Brother Huang, in fact, the younger brother entered the palace this time, and there is one more important thing to do. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yan held Zhou's hand and said with a smile: "Sister, let's go to the palace garden together." ”

The smart Zhou family understood, and hurriedly responded: "Okay, the concubine hasn't gone to the palace with the imperial sister-in-law for some time." ”

After that, a pair of concubines confessed to Tianqi and Zhu You, and then walked out of the Qianqing Palace hand in hand and went in the direction of the palace back garden.

There are only two brothers left in the huge Dongnuan Pavilion.

"The fifth brother has something important, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "The imperial brother took back the Jinyi Wei and Jingying from the eunuchs, which is really happy." ”

Tianqi was slightly stunned, but with just this sentence, he roughly knew the purpose of the little brother's visit today, and then smiled: "The fifth brother's words are bad, and this is bad." ”

Zhu Youzhen was taken aback and asked, "Brother Huang, why is this?" ”

Tianqi raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "Three months ago, when I was still lying in bed, I had a dream. ”

"I dreamed that Jianyu made a detour to Mongolia to invade my Ming Dynasty and ravaged Gyeonggi, and millions of people in my Ming Dynasty were displaced and their families were destroyed."

"The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no chickens for thousands of miles, and I am deeply disturbed."

"Since I recovered from my illness, I have felt more and more that this dream is so real, and sooner or later Jianyu will make a detour to Mongolia to enter the Kou, and I must make plans early."

"So, I summoned the Duke of Wei to discuss, and decided to use Luo Sigong to refine the Jinyi Guard, go deep into Mongolia to spy on the enemy, and pay close attention to the movements of the Jianyu in case of accidents."

"At the same time, when the Beijing camp was rectified to protect Gyeonggi, I thought of Li Banghua, who was the governor of Tianjin in the second year of the Apocalypse, and when he was the governor of Tianjin, he tried his best to rectify military affairs, and in just two years, the Jinmen army became an example for all towns."

When Gonggong Wei felt the national crisis, he agreed one by one and took the initiative to give up the rights of Jinyiwei and Jingying. I am deeply gratified by such a deep understanding of righteousness. ”

Tianqi didn't say anything about Zhu Yuanzhang, just bluff Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family, there is no need to bring his own family in.

Moreover, it is easy to expose this kind of thing if you talk too much.

Hearing these words, Zhu Youzhen was suddenly a little confused, there was such a thing?

However, he didn't think that Wei Zhongxian's relinquishment of Jinyiwei and Jingying was a discovery of conscience, and it must have been an expedient measure, or a bigger plan, because this eunuch had no conscience at all.

Otherwise, how could so many ministers who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty be poisoned by him?

Seeing that the imperial brother was still so obsessed, Zhu Youzhen was deeply distressed, gritted his teeth, and still decided to act according to the original plan.

So, he complained with a sad and indignant expression: "Brother Huang, do you know how many loyal ministers and good generals have been destroyed in his hands since the eunuch party became powerful? ”

"Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, everyone in the world is known as the Six Gentlemen of Donglin. Just because of the disadvantages of the times, washing the world, exposing the fact that the eunuchs were hiding dirt and dirt, and then being jealous of the eunuchs, they wantonly attacked, fabricated charges, and killed them quickly. ”

"The auxiliary ministers of the country, such as the auxiliary Sun Chengzong, the superintendent Yuan Chonghuan, and Yuan Gongkeli, were expelled from the court just because they did not want to be attached to the eunuchs."

"Now the six ministries and the cabinet are full of eunuchs, and no one dares to disobey inside and outside the court, praising Wei Zhongxian and building shrines all over the world."

"In the world, I only know Wei Zhongxian, but I don't know the emperor's brother. This Daming Jiangshan, is it surnamed Zhu or Wei? ”

"The trouble of eunuchs has hurt the country. If the internal troubles are not removed, what is the external trouble? The royal brother must not be unnoticed. ”

After that, Zhu Youzhen took out a letter directly from his arms, and the words "Emperor Brother Enlightenment" were on the front.

He respectfully stepped forward and said indignantly: "Brother Huang, this is the charge of eunuchs collected by the younger brother, it is simply appalling, please investigate it." ”

It seems that the little brother hates the eunuch party so much, no wonder the upper position doesn't even care about the brother's explanation, and directly takes the eunuch party under the knife.

However, it is precisely because of the experience of your little brother that he knows that he is not interested in driving this knife.