The North was in complete chaos.

The north here is not the north of the Ming Dynasty, nor is it Warat, but a combination of the two.

In fact, no matter which dynasty it is, it will inevitably go through a process of turning from prosperity to decline, and perhaps some dynasties will have a situation of Zhongxing, such as Zhaoxuan Zhongxing in the Western Han Dynasty, but the general direction is the same.

There are many reasons for this, but they can basically be grouped into two reasons.

The first reason is the human heart.

After experiencing the period from the founding of the country to the prosperity, people's lives will gradually change from war to comfort, and people's thoughts will become complicated from the simplest survival.

The idea of the people at the bottom will slowly change from the simplest life to being well fed, clothed, and warm, having surplus food for the year, or even more.

The idea of a businessman will also gradually expand from simply preserving his family and property in troubled times to having more family wealth.

And the most influential are undoubtedly the officials.

For officials, the dynasty is the soil where they take root and thrive, so the group of officials at the time of the founding of the country will be relatively simple in their ideas.

To sum up, there are two points, the first is to stabilize one's position, that is, a stable dynasty in disguise, and the second is to climb up as much as possible and strive for shade and descendants.

But when the dynasty was settled and life became comfortable, officials slowly put the struggle for power and profit in the first place.

Of course, whether it is ordinary people, businessmen or officials, the change in mood and behavior is only partial, although it may be the vast majority.

Among the common people, businessmen, and officials, it is undoubtedly the group of officials that the most harmful changes.

At the same time, this change will also spread radially from the center of power, that is, the capital of the dynasty.

During the period when King Wu left Shuntian, the changes in the north were the most obvious, while the south was relatively better, especially in Yunnan and Liangguang, which were greatly influenced by Xiangzhou Prefecture, and the changes could be said to be the smallest.

And Shuntianfu, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is also the center of power, and the changes are undoubtedly the most obvious.

Jinyi Wei edict prison.

Orthodoxy can be said to be a relatively empty edict for more than ten years, and it has become overcrowded in less than three months.

In half a month, Chen Xun's joint cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, and the defenders who stayed in Shuntianfu before Zhu Zhan's expedition almost did a good job of purging the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the Orthodox Dynasty.

It is impossible to catch them all in one net, and for 5,000 years, no emperor of any dynasty dares to say the word "fish that has slipped through the net" in this kind of matter.

However, many things don't really need to be perfect, because often you get what you want before that.

"It's a lot of guts." Chen Xun sat on the chair that Jinyiwei had moved, looking at the people inside through the prison door.

However, the people inside did not respond to him, and he was greeted by endless silence.

"Cao Jixiang." Without getting the expected response, Chen Xun spoke again.

"It's useless to be silent, you should know that since the official let people take you, there is sufficient evidence."

"And, even if you take a step back, you can let people take you without sufficient evidence, as for why...... You, the celebrant and eunuch, should understand. ”

"If you don't even understand this, then you can only say that you are lucky to have climbed to this height."

"I know ......" Hearing Chen Xun say this, Cao Jixiang slowly spoke.

"I can only say that time is also time, and life is also ......"

"If it ......"

"Don't!" Chen Xun interrupted Cao Jixiang's words impatiently.

He didn't come here today to listen to Cao Jixiang, nor did he talk to Cao Jixiang about the big reason, he came with a very clear purpose.

"Hehe......" seemed to feel Chen Xun's impatience, and Cao Jixiang suddenly laughed.

The torture he had endured during the interrogation before, coupled with the gloomy environment of the edict, coupled with the eunuch's unique strange voice, made Cao Jixiang's laughter suddenly become eerie and terrifying.

"Your Majesty has died, and I will never have a chance to come again......"

"I know that whether I say it or not, my ending is the same, so why should I say it?"

Chen Xun was stunned when he heard this, but immediately lost his laughter.

Cao Jixiang's words were beyond his expectations, in fact, it is not to blame Chen Xun for despising Cao Jixiang, but in the early Ming Dynasty, or in most dynasties, officials despised the group of eunuchs.

Chen Xun is the same.

Originally, he thought that Cao Jixiang was just a eunuch, although he had reached the height of a eunuch appointed by the celebrant eunuch, but that was just because the queen mother was not good at government politics but insisted on being capable, and the orthodox emperor was young and was confused by Wang Zhen.

And Cao Jixiang's family history is closely related to Wang Zhen.

But now it seems that although Cao Jixiang is a crippled person, his backbone is ...... Well, it's not quite right, it should be said that there is still the determination to pull people into the water.

is not like Chen Bo, who will leave everything before he is sentenced.

"Alas......" Chen Xun shook his head slightly, not planning to fight Cao Jixiang to the death.

"Ye Shangshu ......"

With a beckoning hand, Chen Xun turned around and walked in the direction of the exit of the Imperial Prison.

If it weren't for Cao Jixiang being involved in other things, he wouldn't have come over in person, he just had to wait for the results of Ye En, the secretary of the criminal department.

However, more than half a month ago, more than ten people left Shuntianfu, and at that time, because the Ming Dynasty was defeated and the emperor was captured, many people fled and wanted to go to the relatively more stable south.

Therefore, those who took advantage of the chaos to leave Suncheonfu were not noticed.

It wasn't until Chen Xun led people to start purging the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty that they found that Cao Qin, one of the adopted sons of the eunuch Cao Jixiang, was no longer in Shuntianfu.

Chen Xun felt that something was not right at that time, and immediately sent someone to start pursuing, and finally found that this Cao Qin left after seeing Cao Jixiang once, and did not go in a straight line, but first went south, and then went around in a big circle to Xuanfu Town.

And then...... I can't find out, because Daming has not been able to control the grassland all these years, otherwise it would not have allowed Wara to cross the difficult river, or even kill all the way to Daming and capture the emperor of Daming.

Out of Xuanfu Town, for Daming, it is outside the customs, compared to his own hard work to check, Chen Xun chose to inform Zhu Zhan Yan of the news.

The interrogation of Cao Jixiang is just to clarify the intentions of some people as soon as possible and react as soon as possible.

Besides, do you really think that Chen Xun can't guess what the people behind him want to do?

Things have gotten to this point, what else can that person do? Do you have a choice?

Actually, what Chen Xun didn't know was that this time, he really guessed.

He guessed the ending, but not the process.

……

Shuntianfu, Wumanyi.

Wumanyi is the place where the Ming Dynasty entertains envoys from other countries, and for today's daimyo, the role of this Wumanyi is no longer large, because there are fewer and fewer countries that worship the Ming Dynasty over the years.

It's not that the strength and prestige of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as before, but because there are fewer and fewer countries besides the Ming Dynasty.

In this era, the advanced civilizations were basically concentrated in the Eurasian continent, and outside the Eurasian continent, there may be only one Mayan civilization that was more advanced.

However, advanced does not mean developed, still less powerful.

In Mesoamerica, the lack of enough minerals would have limited the further development of the Mayan civilization.

Therefore, over the years, there have been fewer and fewer people visiting the Ming Dynasty, and every year it is basically the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Warat, Boni and Ryukyu Kingdom, which have not been set foot in by Zhu Zhanqi.

However, Wumanyi, which has not been occupied for a long time, is different this year.

"His Royal Highness Wang Shizi, have you really thought about it?"

Yang Shan's face was gloomy, looking at Li in front of him, and his tone was very unkind.

"Yang Shilang's words are wrong." Li was not surprised by the change in the expression on Yang Shan's face from kindness to gloom, and spoke very calmly.

"North Korea has always been a subordinate state of the Ming Dynasty, and now that His Majesty the Ming Emperor has died, we are also deeply saddened, but because of this, King Qin is even more nonsense."

"If the Ming Dynasty does not appoint a new monarch as soon as possible, I am afraid that North Korea will not be able to follow the orders of others at will, and even step into the territory of the suzerain."

"This is a great sin of disrespect."

"You...... Hum! Seeing that he didn't say anything about moving Li, Yang Shan snorted coldly and left with his sleeves.

North Korea's ambitions, not to say that everyone knows the world, but what should be known is basically known, otherwise Zhu Zhanyan would not have made a special trip to North Korea when he went north.

But now, Li, the prince of the king, has pretended to be a submissive courtier, who believes this?

Isn't it just watching Zhu Zhanyan, who is known as the name of killing gods, control the situation, and even very likely to become the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and clamp his tail early?

However, Yang Shan did not have the slightest solution.

At present, the three major battalions have been taken away by Zhu Qizhen, who insisted on driving the expedition in person, and they have almost lost everything on the side of Liangzhou Wei, and there is no strength in Beijing that can be called upon by their old party.

Besides, if it weren't for the garrisons left by Zhu Zhan to monitor the few remaining troops in Beijing, he Yang Shan would still have nodded to the prince of a subordinate country in a low voice?

"Yang Shilang walks slowly." Li looked at Yang Shan, who was leaving, and breathed a sigh of relief gently.

In fact, what Yang Shan didn't know was that North Korea did have ambitions, but it was not Li, but the incumbent king, that is, Li Chun, who came to the throne by being pulled by Zhu Zhanqi.

And as the son of Li Zhen, who is also the eldest son of the grandson, and the son of the king of Joseon, Li has completely different ideas from his father.

Li is different from his arrogant father, he knows very well that North Korea, a small country in the land of projectiles, no matter how strong the national strength is, will definitely not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, with Yang Shan's departure, the two groups of people went in the direction of the palace one after another.

The difference is that one group of people is really going to the palace, while the other group is just going to the six parts that are close to the palace.

……

At the same time, Kitayama Wei.

This is the northernmost guard station that the Ming court can control so far, and its geographical location is even far greater than that of Nuer Gandusi.

You must know that, generally speaking, the Nuer Gandusi of the Ming Dynasty is not only a province, but also such a city, just like Jilin Province and Jilin City in later generations.

In later generations, the northeast region was the Nuer Gandusi area of the Ming Dynasty, and at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, there was also a guard called Nuer Gandusi.

Located at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and geographically parallel to the northernmost tip of Sakhalin Island, Nuergandusi is remote enough, and Beishanwei is even more remote, so where can it be?

The origin of the name Kitayamawei is a mountain range, which was not particularly famous in later generations, but it is also known by many people.

Outer Khingan Mountains.

However, in such an inaccessible place, there are two vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty who live permanently, they are Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue and Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Xiang.

"Humph!" Zhu Zhanyong took a big sip of wine fiercely, and then snorted coldly.

"Since the death of my mother, these people can be said to have revealed their true forms one after another!"

"That Zhu Zhanyan's heart to ascend the throne is not dead, and he still pretends to want a good reputation!"

"And our good sister-in-law too, she is pure and pure, she welcomes people with a smile when she can use it, and when she doesn't need it, she turns her face and doesn't recognize people, and she turns her ass towards you."

"Now that her good son is dead, and she has no tools to control the government, she remembered that our brothers came, and they also said that as the concubine of Emperor Hongxi and the closest sibling of Emperor Xuande, she is qualified to go back to inherit the throne."

"Ahh

"Okay, third brother!" Looking at his third brother's cynical appearance, Zhu Zhan couldn't help but sigh.

Over the years, his third brother has complained to him a lot, from complaining about Zhu Zhanyan at the beginning to complaining about their sister-in-law and nephew, and now complaining together.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyong is just a reckless man with low eyes and low hands, powerful and brainless, and he Zhu Zhanrong knows the situation of the government better than this third brother.

At this time, if they listened to their sister-in-law's words and began to prepare to return to Shuntianfu, it was difficult to say whether the two brothers would become the next orthodox emperor.

The darkness of this kind of thing in the human heart is far beyond your imagination, as long as the interests are big enough, let alone the two vassal kings who were exiled in the early years, even if it is the king of heaven, if you stand in the way of others, it will kill you.

Moreover, although Zhu Zhandong is sensible and attaches great importance to family affection, he still has some complaints about what his sister-in-law did in the early years.

When King Wu was in charge of Shuntianfu and even the entire Ming Dynasty, their sister-in-law once sent someone to contact them, trying to let them enter King Jingqin and stabilize the throne of the orthodox emperor.

However, when King Wu withdrew from Suncheon without warning, allowing their sister-in-law and nephew to smoothly control the supreme power, the two of them became an obstacle again.

Although they never agreed from the beginning to the end, since then, the matter of entering the king of Beijing has ended without a problem, and the two brothers will inevitably have a grudge against their sister-in-law.

And now, King Wu has made a comeback, and the biggest bargaining chip in his sister-in-law's hand is gone, so he thinks of them again.

How can there be such a cheap thing in this world?

(End of chapter)