In the West Pole Hall of the Platinum Palace, the white yarn is fluttering, and the coffin of the Emperor Xuanyuan is being placed here. Wei Miao guarded the spirit according to the rules, and all the holy concubines also wore linen and filial piety, and were in the same room. Every day, Wei Miao has to have a sexual immorality there. The public also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and was very shameful in private, and it spread to the outside of the palace in a few days, becoming the laughing stock of the whole country, Wei Miao's wife Gong Shangyue, still living in the emperor's mansion at this time, and even Wei Miao's face could not be seen, although he was not angry in his heart, he could only wash his face with tears every day. Gao Huxia, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is a flattering and greedy person, happy to be uncontrolled, and only cares about preparing for the funeral and making a lot of money.

Auxiliary Minister Hodgju repeatedly said, asking Wei Miao to take state affairs as the priority, diligent management of the government, Wei Miao has always been obedient to Hodgju, very trusting, so he listened to the advice to go to the Chaoyang Hall to review the folds, unexpectedly for a while, but saw that all of them were asking for money, food, and people, reporting disasters and grievances, each by one made people have a headache, and pulled those twists and turns to the ground, and the favored ministers hurriedly knelt on the ground to clean up.

Wei Miao kicked him away and said angrily, "What a mess, it's a headache to watch!" Hodgju, you go and pull a team, from today to set up a government, government, yes, just call it the political and military department, review the excerpts every day, discuss and do small things, all the appointment of officials, involving major military affairs, put forward an opinion, and then send it to the isolated area! ”

"No!" Hodgju knelt down to receive his orders.

Wei Miao kicked the fold away with his foot, and ran to the Western Temple to have fun.

The so-called power is like a drug, once it is touched, it will be addicted, not to mention the power that commands the world, Hodgju is obsessed, and since then he has been in power, wanton and arbitrary.

On this day, An Ruhai was about to prepare for the enthronement ceremony, listed the benefits that needed to be done, and asked Wei Miao for instructions, and happened to bump into Wei Miao's ugly deeds again, so he said, "Holy Lord, there is not much time left before the enthronement, please take care of the Holy Body, rest more, and nourish your spirit to ascend the throne." ”

Wei Miao said angrily, "Don't be interested in sweeping up orphans, just do it, everything will be reported, won't loneliness be tired to death?" Just go to the ministers and come here to talk about something! ”

An Ruhai went out of the palace, muttered in a low voice, and went straight to the Minister of Finance Zhu Xingang to ask for money.

Zhu Xingang is as his name suggests, upright, and has been conscientiously helping Emperor Xuanyuan to manage his finances for many years, and is one of the few founding ministers who has won the trust of Emperor Xuanyuan. After the death of Emperor Xuanyuan, he was chased by An Ruhai today, urged by Gao Huxia tomorrow, and blocked by Jia Hugong the day after tomorrow, one said that he wanted to hold a funeral, one said that he wanted to hold an enthronement ceremony, and one said that Wei Zheng rebelled, and he wanted military salaries to rebel, but it was a pity that the little inventory of the imperial library, how could it withstand the toss of this gang of bones and marrows, there was already little left, Wei Miao hid in the palace all day long, ignoring the government and politics, so anxious that Zhu Xingang was jumping with both feet.

On this day, he saw An Ruhai coming to ask for money again, so he spread his hands and said, "You can't help the old man to urge him, the emperor is nervous, such a large amount of expenses, without the Holy Lord Zhu Approval, the old man will not dare to make a claim." ”

An Ruhai said, "The Holy Lord only needs me to find the minister." If you don't believe him, you can ask him yourself. ”

"Okay, you take the old man!" Zhu Xingang said.

An Ruhai led Zhu Xingang into the palace, and didn't want to provoke Wei Miao again, so he ordered Nei to lead him straight to the Xiji Hall to find Wei Miao.

At this time, suddenly there was a storm and thunder, lightning and thunder. Zhu Xin had just braved the rain to arrive at the Xiji Palace, and saw Wei Miao holding the two holy concubines in front of the spirit to eat, drink and have fun, and he had already heard of Wei Miao's indulgence. Seeing it with his own eyes this time, he couldn't help but be angry at the side of his guts, the fire started from his heart, and he had long forgotten what to do with Wei Miao.

He left Wei Miao and went straight to the spirit, soothing the coffin and weeping bitterly, "Holy Lord! If you have a spirit in heaven, open your eyes and look at this disobedient descendant, and save the Eastern Saint! After crying, he pointed at Wei Miao and scolded, "The Holy Lord is wise and martial, why did you give birth to such a thing as a pig and a dog!" Unexpectedly overstep**, in front of the filthy spirit! ”

That Wei Miao was scolded and scolded, "You dog minion, you dare to shout here!" "the bronze candlestick in front of the spirit and smash it at Zhu Xingang, that Zhu Xingang is over the age of six, where can he dodge, he was beaten to the head and bleeding, and fell to the ground. Even so, Zhu Xingang still held the ground with one hand and pointed at Wei Miao with the other and scolded. All the holy concubines were ashamed and hid in the apse. Wei Miao didn't do anything, rushed forward with the candlestick, rode him under him, opened the bow left and right, and fought well, waiting for the crowd to rush in to pull Wei Miao back, it was too late, Zhu Xin had just been smashed to the brain, and his life was returned to the west.

When An Ruhai heard this change, he regretted it, and he didn't care about the downpour, so he hurriedly rushed to the Xiji Hall and said to Wei Miao, "Holy Lord, this time the Minister of Finance is dead, and the Imperial Treasury is tight, but what is good?" ”

Wei Miao was still indignant, pointing to Zhu Xingang's corpse and scolding, "Damn thing, idiot who doesn't have a brain, what is your identity, you dare to insult Lone!" ”

An Ruhai opened his mouth to say more, but Wei Miao glared at him and said, "What are you afraid of?" You quickly go to Hodgeju to draw up a letter of appointment, appoint Qian Qizheng as the Minister of Finance, and ask the ministers to go to the Chaoyang Hall to see Gu and make money for small things, he has his own way. ”

An Ruhai couldn't help but sigh and took the order. After a while, the ministers went to the Chaoyang Hall to wait, but they didn't see the Minister of Finance Zhu Xingang, but it was Qian Qizheng who stood in the forefront, very puzzled. Wei Miao walked out of the side hall wearing the robe of Emperor Xuanyuan, sat on the throne of the Nine Pythons, and asked An Ruhai to read out the appointment certificate, and the ministers couldn't help but discuss, Wei Miao got up and said, "Zhu Xingang mourned the Holy Father today, and he didn't want to be overly sad, so he stumbled for a while, rolled down the steps, was seriously injured, and died. Lonely is sad and very compassionate, and gives the Zhu family fifty taels of gold, and asks Qian Qi to go to comfort the lonely on his behalf. Before the enthronement ceremony, don't bother the lonely again, if there is any political affairs in the future, all ask for instructions to Hodgeju, and the financial and tax system will be decided by Qian Qi's levy, and the ministers will retire. The ministers and governors were strange, but they didn't ask too much, they all congratulated Qian Qi, and rushed out of the palace all the way.

An Ruhai ordered Zhu Xingang's body to be wrapped in a white cloth, carried into the carriage, and together with Qian Qizheng, escorted to Zhu's house in the rain, and the Zhu family cried. An Ruhai recounted the cause of Zhu Xingang's death according to Wei Miao's words, saying that the Holy Lord was very sad and ordered the new Minister of Finance Qian Qizheng to comfort him. Qian Qizheng helped the Zhu family up one by one and said, "People can't be resurrected after death, please mourn and change." The Holy Lord is generous and merciful, sympathetic to Zhu Lao's conscientiousness and loyalty to the country for many years, and gives him fifty taels of gold to show comfort, if necessary, please find me Qian, Qian will do his best to help. ”

After hearing this, the Zhu family knelt down and thanked them a thousand times.

Qian Qizheng instructed the financial officials to help take care of Zhu Xingang's funeral, resigned An Ruhai, and went straight to the Imperial Treasury Division, ordered someone to inspect the Imperial Treasury, and reviewed various expenditure instructions overnight, and discussed with Hodgju the next day, promulgated a number of tax policies, divided foreign traders into classes and heavy taxes, all civilians, regardless of weddings, funerals, and festive banquets, all paid security tax, and all civilians below the civilian level to marry their wives must hand over the right of the first night to the local officials, unless the first night tax is paid, and the poll tax is increased by one percent, and those who conceal tax evasion will be punished with heavy punishment. and confiscate all the family property...... In less than half a month, the imperial treasury was filled, and all expenses were guaranteed.

In this way, it has also caused public resentment, and it is also in the middle of winter, after this exploitation, the people's life is very hard, and the weak family and property cannot pay heavy taxes, so they have to borrow money everywhere, and some are forced to be anxious, and they start to resist, which is the opponent of those five big and three thick, and the officials who hold the blade in their hands? All of them were sent to the mines to serve hard labor after being beaten up, and those whose families complained about their hardships and begged for money may be able to return home. Most of them were exhausted, injured and sick, and eventually died tragically in the roadside ditch.

The so-called misfortune is not a single line, and the blessing is incomparable. A once-in-a-century cold swept through most of the Eastern Holy Kingdom, only to see thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting, the sky and the earth are the same, but the rest is reckless. The people who lacked food and clothing were miserable, and they rebelled one after another under the pressure of hunger and cold. For a time, all the twists and turns flew to the capital like snowflakes, but Wei Miao was still hiding in the Platinum Palace, drunk and dreaming of death, and indulgent and lascivious.

Na Hodgju took the opportunity to ask Qian Qizheng Lion to ask for money and food, in the name of raising grain and grass, suppressing the rebellion, but secretly filling his own pockets. The small amount of money and food that was distributed was exploited by unscrupulous officers layer by layer, and what fell into the hands of soldiers was not enough to drink a bowl of gruel.

The royal funds are indispensable, the enthronement ceremony is going very smoothly, the funeral is also very luxurious, Wei Miao pretended to protect the soul and wept bitterly, and the edict has not persuaded the Holy Father to stop fighting beasts, so that the Xuanyuan Emperor unfortunately died, after the good show was done, he ordered the holy concubines to die and be buried, and the poor beauties, who lost their backers Xuanyuan Emperor first, thought that Ren Wei Miao was insulted, and he could save his life, but he didn't know that Wei Miao just used them to vent his dissatisfaction with the strict discipline of the Xuanyuan Emperor, how could they continue to stay in the harem and be pampered?

On the second day, the enthronement ceremony was held in the Fengtian Palace, the ministers invited Wei Miao to ascend the throne, Wei Miao did not resign, ascended the throne and called the saint, called Xuanyuan II, Mrs. Feng Gong was still the holy concubine Niangniang, accepted the worship of hundreds of officials, and the princes who stayed in the Eastern Holy Kingdom also congratulated one after another.

Hodgju asked for an edict to inform the world, and asked to build a new palace, so that thousands of beauties were selected from all over the country to fill the harem, and Wei Miao happily played.

The Holy Concubine was very unhappy when she heard this, but she was inconvenient to attack, so she only clenched her teeth and stared at Hodgju fiercely. An Ruhai saw it, and was secretly happy in his heart. Jia Hu Gong played a reward for the three armies, and the whole country celebrated for three days, and Wei Miao was also happy to play, and a group of retainers were rewarded and promoted to knighthood.

As the saying goes, there is something good, the next will be very bad, the holy lord is lustful, those spineless ministers all take the opportunity to stutter, those who have daughters will dedicate their daughters to the palace, and those who do not have daughters are also in the family to visit and look for them, and if they meet a good appearance, they will be recognized as goddaughters, and they will be trained by a good student, and they will compete to enter the palace, looking forward to the father and daughter. Those ordinary people refused to elect their daughters to the palace because they had to pay the first night fee, so they would not be humiliated and exploited by local officials.

Xuanyuan II knew people accurately, employed people properly, had a solid foundation, enjoyed enjoyment, and only cared about prostitution every day, where did he know that the danger was approaching step by step.

On this day, the Holy Concubine Niangniang called An Ruhai and asked softly, "An Ruhai, I heard that you are very dissatisfied with what the Holy Lord has done?" ”

"Xiao Chen doesn't dare!" An Ruhai didn't know what the holy concubine meant, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Humph! You just have to tell the truth, this palace doesn't blame you, but appreciates it. ”

"The minister didn't dare to deceive the mother, the minister just felt that the holy lord should focus on the society and the country, and should not indulge in lust."

"Not bad! The palace has heard the discussion of the ministers and is very appreciative, so I invite you to come today to discuss important matters. ”

"Niangniang killed the minister, although the minister was ordered."

"This palace doesn't want to let him do anything wrong, and persuade the Holy Lord again and again, but I don't want the Holy Lord not only not to listen, but to blame me for a lot of things, and only mess with those fox spirits every day! Now the chaotic ministers and thieves are making chaos everywhere, and the eastern saint is in danger, for the sake of the holy son and the society, the palace must not sit idly by. ”

An Ruhai didn't know the original intention of the holy concubine, so she didn't dare to speak, so she had to stand aside and listen.

"In your opinion, if the Holy Son is enthroned, is there a good plan?"

An Ruhai listened, secretly happy in his heart, but did not show it, pretending to be frightened and said, "Such a big rebellion, the ministers dare not listen to it, how dare they have any ideas?" ”

"This palace invites you to discuss, that is, to regard you as a confidant, and there is no need to be foolish here. The Son is on the throne, and you will not be missing. ”

"The minister is courageous, it's not that there is no way, but someone needs help."

"Who?"

"The national abbot and the imperial doctor are still alone!" Anru Haido.

Shang Du came out of Yongle Palace and returned to the Taiyi Pavilion, feeling very disappointed, he closed the door tightly, and looked at the room full of medicinal herbs alone.

An Ruhai knocked on the door several times outside the house, but when there was no response, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Where is Imperial Doctor Shang?" Where is Doctor Shang? Holy Concubine Niangniang is invited! ”

Shang Dufang woke up, hurriedly got up, and opened the door, "Forgive me, I just heard it!" ”

An Ruhai said angrily, "Why did you open the door so late, come with me." ”

The two arrived at the harem one after the other, and saw Gong Bingquan, the father of the Holy Concubine Niangniang, sitting beside him, his brows furrowed. The holy concubine's face was pale and yellow, lying on the bed, tossing and turning, very uneasy.

"Shang Du has seen Niangniang and Guozhang."

"Get up!"

"Xie Niangniang." Shang Du walked forward, asked Niangniang to stretch out her wrist, checked the pulse, frowned slightly, and said, "Does Niangniang feel that there is a fire in her chest that can't be discharged?" Feeling very bored? ”

"Exactly!"

"Niangniang, there are some things that I don't know if I should say or not."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Niangniang's disease, in the heart, heart disease also has to be treated with heart medicine, and the good medicine is only in the Holy Lord."

"Alas!" Niangniang sighed and said, "Since the death of the Holy Father, I haven't been here in the palace for a long time. ”

"Maybe the Holy Lord is just trying to be fresh for a while." Shang Du comforted.

"Humph! I think he's having a lot of fun! I thought he would be a good holy lord, but he was so ridiculous and mediocre! appointing cool officials, expropriating tyranny, and mutilating the loyal and good, several times more than his father, so that the heavens are angry and the people are resentful. That's fine, he completely ignores the feelings of the palace, the harem of fornication in the past, and now he is immersed in a new love, and he doesn't take the palace in his eyes at all! Is it tolerable, which is unbearable!? If one day a slut conceives his evil seed and pours him some ecstasy soup, how can we still have the status of mother and son? ”

Shang Du listened to it, but he didn't know the true intentions of the holy concubine, so he didn't dare to squeak.

"This palace heard An Ruhai talk about the plot to seize the throne, and you also participated, but you were not reused, so you must be very unhappy in your heart. Therefore, today this palace is looking for you to discuss the plan. ”

"Niangniang has killed the minister, as long as Niangniang can afford the villain, just give the order." Shang Du hurriedly said.

"How is the Holy Lord feeling lately?"

"To tell you the truth, the Holy Concubine, since the Colosseum, the Holy Lord has been drunk every day, overstrained, and the Holy Communion is not as good as before."

"Have you ever taken any medicine?" Gong Bingquan said on the side.

"I prescribed some medicine to tonify the kidney and strengthen the yang."

"Is there anything more powerful?"

"This ......" Shang Du looked at the Holy Concubine Niangniang.

The holy concubine said, "You just have to say." ”

"There is medicine, but the minister is afraid that he will be in a hurry and cheapen others, Niangniang. The emperor was young, and Hodge held the power alone, assisted by Qian Qizheng, Jia Hugong and other ministers...... I am afraid that this matter will have to be considered in the long run. ”

"Exactly, sis." An Ruhai echoed continuously, "Only by asking the ministers to ask for the establishment of the prince and the seal, and then make that divisive plan and take over the power, then the foundation will be solid, and it will not be too late to do it." ”

"This bad breath, this palace can't swallow it, and it must have an attack. In addition, the Wei Zheng border pass conspiracy, its momentum is very great, if it is late, I am afraid that he will attack the capital, the mother and son of the palace and you will be more difficult to live, this matter also please plan early, do not delay. ”

An Ruhai and Shang Du hurriedly said, "The minister will never give up!" ”

The four hit it off and acted separately, vowing to set off a big wave.

This is in line with the saying, the deadliest danger sometimes comes from the people who trust and are closest to you.