Speaking of King Fu, for Wei Zhongxian, the most profound thing is the original dispute over the country.

This incident was triggered by Emperor Wanli of Shenzong in the matter of the crown prince, because Shenzong favored Zheng Guifei and the three princes more, so he wanted to set up the three princes, that is, the current King Fu as the crown prince.

However, according to the ancestral system, the position of the crown prince should be the eldest son of the emperor logically, so most courtiers insisted on making the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince.

As a result, the emperor and his ministers refused to give in to each other, and a long and fierce struggle began between the two sides.

During the 15-year-long confrontation, four cabinet chiefs and assistants and more than 10 important members of the six ministries were forced to retire and had to take the initiative to withdraw from the whirlpool, resign and return to their hometowns, implicating more than 300 central and local officials.

Among them, more than 100 people have been dismissed, dismissed, and even sent to the army.

The intensity of the struggle was unprecedented.

In the end, Shenzong was exhausted and had to compromise and canonize the emperor's eldest son, who is now Banzai's father, as the crown prince.

However, this is not the end, Concubine Zheng and the third son of the emperor, who has been canonized as King Fu, are not willing to fail, and have remained in Beijing unwilling to become a vassal domain.

This delay has been more than ten years, and during this period, the two sides have been fighting openly and secretly.

Although the final result was that the ministers won, it was a huge disaster for the Ming Dynasty.

This struggle for the national capital triggered by the crown prince lasted for nearly 30 years, and the long-term struggle was a hotbed for cultivating party strife.

The Donglin Party, the Xuan Party, the Kunming Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Qi Party and many other parties took the opportunity to become a trend.

In order to further put pressure on the courtiers and insist on his own position, Shenzong chose not to go to the court, ignore the government, suburbs, temples, not see, not criticize, not speak, and not go out of the palace soon after the battle.

This slack of government is 28 years.

It can be said that a national capital dispute has exhausted the afterglow of "Wanli Zhongxing" and caused a profound disaster to the Ming Dynasty.

Before the curtain came down on this protracted battle, Wei Zhongxian just entered the palace, although the battle was not as fierce as it was at the beginning, but it also made him deeply understand the horror of the court battle when he first entered the palace, so that he became more and more eager for power, and became more and more ruthless to his opponents.

Because he knows that failure can be a catastrophe.

After more than ten years of training, now, he is also a middle and high master, and even the invincible Donglin Party has been trampled under his feet.

Now, more than ten years have passed since the end of that battle, which is a long time to say, but when I think about it, it seems like it was not long ago.

At this moment, when Tianqi talked about King Fu again, Wei Zhongxian immediately thought of the "battle for the national capital".

Because the two most important parties in the "national capital dispute" are Tianqi's father, the former emperor Guangzong Taichang Emperor and the current Fuwang.

Wei Zhongxian knew that from the position of the Apocalypse, he should not like King Fu.

Therefore, he replied: "Long live, the slave maid has heard of it, but Luoyang is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and the slave and maid are not sure whether the rumors are wrong." ”

This seems to be a response to Apocalypse's words, but it gives an ambiguous attitude.

Meaning I heard about it, but I'm not sure if the news is true.

After all, this involves the royal family, and he doesn't dare to take a stand easily, if he makes a mistake, the consequences are not something he can afford now.

But obviously, Tianqi was very dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's answer, so he said coldly: "Didn't you say that your Wei Zhongxian's ears and eyes are all over the Ming Dynasty?" Why, King Fu's fiefdom is so big, and so many evil deeds have happened? You don't know? ”

"Do you really don't know, or do you Wei Zhongxian want to cover up something for King Fu?"

Before Tianqi's words were finished, Wei Zhongxian trembled in fright, and then fell to his knees directly with weak legs, and his upper body also fell down.

This is why he should not be alarmed, because this can easily give him the crime of bullying.

As soon as Tianqi's words fell, he kept kowtowing and said: "Long live Hui, it's a slave and a maid who is confused, for fear of exposing King Fu's evil deeds, thus incurring King Fu's revenge." ”

"The slave maid has also figured it out, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, even if the slave and maid are broken to pieces, they must expose all kinds of evil deeds of King Fu, please long live the slave and maid a chance to atone for their sins."

The reason why Wei Zhongxian's attitude has changed so much in such a short period of time is because he clearly felt his dissatisfaction with King Fu from the words of the Apocalypse, that is, he had already determined that King Fu had committed a lot of evil deeds.

At this time, I didn't know that if I followed the words of Long Live to speak, then he Wei Zhongxian wouldn't be alive now.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Tianqi's expression eased a lot, and he said lightly: "Okay, then tell me about the evil deeds that King Fu has committed." ”

The things that King Fu did were not a secret, when Wei Zhongxian's Wu Biao was in charge of Jinyiwei, his ears and eyes were all over the place, and he knew a lot of things that King Fu did.

It's just that there is no conflict of interest between the two sides, so the well water does not interfere with the river water.

Now that Tianqi asked, Wei Zhongxian naturally had no reason to keep any secrets for King Fu, and began to shake out the evil things done by King Fu's Mansion one by one.

What robbed the people's property, beat the court officials, and flouted the laws of the Ming Dynasty......

This is still something he can remember for a while, and if he goes back and asks them again, he may not be able to finish talking about it for three days and three nights.

Apocalypse sighed heavily: "King Fu is really spoiled by the imperial ancestor. ”

Immediately, his voice was sharp: "He is forcing the people of the fief to a dead end, but the people not only hate him as King Fu, but also hate the Ming Dynasty under my rule." ”

"It's really the day when the disaster starts Xiao Wall, and it's too late to regret it."

Wei Zhongxian knew that Banzai was definitely going to take the opportunity to beat King Fu.

Suddenly, the words of the apocalypse changed, and he said to himself: "The treasury cannot make ends meet every year, and just after the New Year, the household department cried to me for poverty. ”

"The courtiers can't come up with a practical solution, they just want me to add money. If this is the case, then what is the difference between me and the blessed king? ”

"Now that there have been disasters for many years, the people are already struggling to make a living, and if they are cornered, they will only rise up and rebel."

"Even if I can't love the people like a son, I don't want to drive tens of millions of people to a dead end."

"At present, there are disasters and famines, and only by reducing taxes can we give the people a way to live. But as a result, the treasury is even more empty. ”

"Without money, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to support the army, and without the elite soldiers, it will not be able to resist the Jianju into the Kou, and at that time, it will be a misery, and I will be the sinner of the Ming Dynasty through the ages."

"Wei Daban, what do you say I should do?"

Wei Zhongxian's face changed, the question of long live became more and more profound, if the slave knew what to do, he would have been worried about the king a long time ago.

But before he could answer, Tianqi suddenly asked, "Wei Daban, do you know how many treasures there are in King Fu's Mansion?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's heart sank, long live this is ......