Chapter VII: Punishable but Not Killed

"Hooray......

"Wang An!" Yang Lian wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao, and the great eunuch Wang An also hurriedly stepped forward to compose a compilation.

Zhu Youxiao ignored Yang Lian and directly ordered:

"Decree, order Wang Chengen to supervise the imperial horse supervisor, assist the fifth brother of the emperor from the inspection, and start repairing the imperial mausoleum for the imperial examination!"

"Slave maid ...... order" Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Wang An nodded and immediately received the will.

This scene was seen by Yang Lian himself, but there was nothing he could do.

To put it bluntly, the Imperial Horse Supervisor is not under the management of the Ministry of War and the Military Department, although his Military Department can reject some transfers between the emperor and the Military Department, but it cannot dismiss the matter of the 24th Yamen of the Inner Court.

Zhu Youxiao made his first holy decree after succeeding to the throne, and glanced at the old minister Yang Lian provocatively, and then the other party said from Zhelong:

"The cabinet and the household department assist the imperial brother by the inspection!"

"Ministers, commanders......" Fang Congzhe is not as upright as Yang Lian, it is impossible for him to embarrass Zhu Youzhen in this kind of matter, after all, Zhu Youzhen sent him a favor.

"Retreat!" Seeing that Fang Congzhe's work should be followed, Zhu Youxiao's heart suddenly became proud, and he left a sentence of retreat, and then grabbed Zhu Youzhen's hand and left the Wenhua Palace.

When he walked to the back of the hall, Zhu Youzhen could still vaguely hear Yang Lian scolding and being warned by Honglu Temple.

"Brother, what do you think of me just now?"

Zhu Youxiao grabbed Zhu Youzhen and walked out of the Wenhua Palace, but he didn't want to rest directly in the main hall behind the Wenhua Palace, and proudly said to Zhu Youzhen what he had just done.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen was helpless, and said to Zhu Youzhen:

"Brother Huang just now, he did feel a little bit like an imperial grandfather, but he was still too irritable, and the Son of Heaven should not show joy and anger."

"Humph! That old man Yang Lian is aggressive, don't scold him, do you really think I have a good temper? Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with Yang Lian's behavior of angrily scolding Zhu Youzhen on the first day of his reign.

After complaining, he did not forget to appease Zhu Youzhen and said softly:

"Rest assured, brother, after the national funeral is over in a few days, I will drive the old man back to his hometown."

"No, no, no." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly stopped him, but the other party frowned and said:

"What? My brother is not satisfied? ”

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly explained: "No, I just think that my brother doesn't have to go through so much trouble, Yang Lian is also thinking about his brother's society, and my brother was indeed a little abrupt just now." ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao held his hand and said with concern:

"The younger brother asks the elder brother for something, how can there be an abrupt statement? Besides, the imperial mausoleum was supposed to be repaired, and my brother and you should take someone to repair it, so I should be happy. ”

"That old man Yang Lian, I'll clean him up in a few days."

"No, don't ......" Zhu Youzhen was a little embarrassed, and could only explain to Zhu Youxiao:

"That Yang Lian and others are all members of the Donglin Party, although they are pedantic, they are better than being honest and honest, and the court needs them at the right time."

"When the imperial examination was in power, the reuse of officials from Donglin also saw that they were beneficial to the imperial court."

The reason why Zhu Youzhen explained it was because the Donglin Party at this time could indeed be regarded as a clear stream in the late Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Donglin Party, led by Yang Lian and others, was still advocating reducing the land tax, removing the mining tax, and increasing the commercial tax.

It's not like the Donglin Party during the Chongzhen period, which only knows that the party is the same and different, and doesn't know anything about everything.

The bastards of the Donglin Party later, it was also because the capable and practical Donglin Party was almost dead, so the villain stole the high position.

If the Donglin Party had been a bastard from the beginning, it would not have attracted Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chengzong, Zhang Huangyan and others to join.

So for Zhu Youzhen, even if Yang Lian impeached him just now, from the perspective of the country, he was right to impeach.

In other words, if Zhu Youzhen is the emperor, it is impossible for a vassal king to be in charge of nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if these 30,000 soldiers and horses are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"My brother can think from this angle, it's true that my brother underestimates you."

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to think about it so much, and after listening to his words, Zhu Youxiao was not so angry with Yang Lian.

However, in order to take care of his face, he still said to Zhu Youzhen:

"This time, for my brother's sake, I'll let Yang Lian go, but if he says something out of the ordinary later, I'll clean him up."

"It's right to clean up, but don't kill him." Zhu Youzhen was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would be angry, so he slaughtered Yang Lian and others.

"Well, I remember." Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then a hesitant expression appeared on his face, and then he discussed with Zhu Youzhen:

"According to the etiquette system, I should stay in the Qianqing Palace, but now the Qianqing Palace ......"

Zhu Youzhen had an epiphany, he understood that Zhu Youxiao was afraid of Concubine Li Kang, so he turned his head to look at a brocade guard and greeted him:

"You go and call Lu Wenzhao over."

This brocade guard is Lu Wenzhao's person, and when he saw Zhu Youzhen speak, he saluted Zhu Youxiao, and then retreated to find Lu Wenzhao.

When Zhu Youzhen saw him leaving, he explained to Zhu Youxiao:

"Then Concubine Li Kang is just relying on Wei Jinzhong and a few eunuchs and slaves under him."

"When I ask Lu Wenzhao to kill those eunuchs, and then drive Concubine Li Kang to the Luan Palace, and order me to guard her with a few eunuchs from the Qingong Palace, and forgive her for not being able to make any waves."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen remembered that there was also a Concubine Zheng Guifei in the harem, and then glanced around, and after seeing that there was no one else, he stepped forward and whispered to Zhu Youxiao:

"Although Concubine Li Kang can be cleaned up, there is still danger in the inner court, so during this time, I will ask my brother to live in the main hall first, and I will order Lu Wenzhao to accompany my brother day and night."

"Give my brother a few days, and my brother can settle in the inner court with peace of mind."

"That's okay, that's okay......" Listening to Zhu Youzhen's confident words, Zhu Youxiao was relieved.

Looking at his reassuring appearance, Zhu Youzhen was also relieved.

Just now he looked at Zhu Youxiao's angry appearance in the court, and said in his heart that he was not afraid of being fake, after all, this is a feudal dynasty with centralized imperial power, if Zhu Youxiao is unhappy, it is not strange to lock him up in the Fengyang high wall.

At present, Zhu Youxiao is obviously not as wasted as recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and he still has his own opinions on some things.

"By the way, my younger brother can arrange for Chengen to do the matter of building a mausoleum for the imperial examination, and you don't need to go to Changping."

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be frightened by Concubine Li Kang, and Zhu Youzhen's tough appearance towards Concubine Li Kang gave him a sense of security, so he was a little reluctant to let Zhu Youzhen leave, and ordered carefully.

However, when Zhu Youzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

He wants the imperial horse guard, not just to build an imperial tomb.

He wanted to reorganize the Imperial Horse Warden and at least become an army capable of defending the city, rather than continue like this.

Even if the four guards and one battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor were trained and the military power was taken away by Zhu Youxiao, at least this army could come in handy at the critical moment, and it would not fall into the embarrassing situation of having to use outsiders when it was necessary to raid the house.

Therefore, he naturally couldn't agree to Zhu Youxiao like this, but explained to Zhu Youxiao:

"Brother, don't worry, Lu Wenzhao will protect my brother."

"At present, there are a lot of dangers in the inner court and the outer court, my brother and I must have a team of men and horses to defend us, otherwise I am afraid that someone will offend my brother one day, and I will wait and there will be no one to clean him up, won't it become a joke?"

Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Youxiao nodded again and again, it seemed that in the process of communication, Zhu Youzhen had already figured out Zhu Youxiao's character.

In order to prevent people from being suspicious of Zhu Youxiao during the impeachment, Zhu Youzhen also specially explained:

"On the day when this soldier and horse is completed in the imperial mausoleum, it will be handed over to the eunuchs under the imperial brother, so that the imperial brother will not be left without available people......"

"Not necessarily!" Seeing Zhu Youzhen say this, Zhu Youxiao frowned and said:

"How can you take back what my brother gave my brother? You can rest assured that Cheng En is in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, and people from the outer court such as Yang Lian, if he dares to impeach you again, I will clean him up! ”

Zhu Youxiao looked very domineering at this time, and it seemed that as long as he didn't have anything to do with Concubine Li Kang and Concubine Zheng Guifei, he seemed very assertive.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't say anything when he saw this, so he had to make a compilation obediently, and at this time, Lu Wenzhao, Wang An and Luo Sigong also strode towards them......