The days passed quickly, and seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the former emperor's burial in Deling, Zhu Youzhen couldn't sit still.

These times because Wei Zhongxian is not in the capital, the Donglin Party, which is gradually revived, is excited, jumping up and down all day long like chicken blood, and the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian and his party is even more than the snowflakes of Layue.

Among the eunuchs, the first to fall was Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department.

This loyal eunuch lackey was thrown into prison for the eight deadly sins, and he was also a soft-boned person, and he was recruited in two days.

The state has national law, and since Cui Chengxiu has pleaded guilty, there is nothing to say, kill his head and raid his home.

The downfall of Choi Chengxiu is like toppling dominoes, and one eunuch minions after another have been bitten out, and then the same process is followed.

It is said that the eunuch party is gradually weakening, which is a good thing for Zhu Youzhen, but the latter is not happy at all.

He hadn't waited for Wei Zhongxian's final statement.

Until this time, whether it was Wang Tigan or Li Yongzhen, the two biggest eagle dogs under Wei Zhongxian's account, had not come to surrender to him, and the attitude of the east and west factories was still ambiguous, which was obviously Wei Zhongxian's secret instruction.

This makes Zhu Youzhen how to be down-to-earth.

Could it be that Wei Zhongxian really planned to break the net with himself?

If it really comes to that point, Zhu Youzhen is not afraid, now Jinyiwei is divided into three by him, Xu Xianchun and Luo Yangxing have fallen to him, secretly competing with each other, and Jinyiwei's nominal leader Tian Ergeng is also a wall-head grass, and after seeing the decline of the eunuch party, he also began to secretly write a table for himself to be loyal.

With Jinyiwei in hand, Zhu Youzhen was not afraid of Wei Zhongxian's death.

In addition, the Donglin Party and the Xungui Party all want to get rid of the eunuch party and then hurry up, which is all a force that they can borrow.

When it comes to the day of hand-to-hand combat, he is at least ninety percent sure of winning.

But this ending is unacceptable to Zhu Youzhen.

Daming can't lose the east and west factories, after all, the lessons of history are in front of us.

As soon as Wei Zhongxian died, the remnants of the eunuch party rallied against the central government, and just eight months later, the Ming Dynasty was unable to distribute Liao salaries because of the dry finances, which led to the mutiny of many soldiers in the Liaodong war.

Although Daming finally won the battle to defend Beijing this time, from a long-term strategic point of view, Daming lost the last pair of bottoms.

The gentry and gate valves all over the world can see that the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty is coming to an end.

The rest of the matter is known, the eight Jin merchants increased their political investment in the Houjin, from the late Wanli slightly hostile salt, grain, cloth and medicine trade quickly to 'scatter the family wealth, try their best to help', in addition to the logistics materials, the eight Jin merchants were eager to buy all the military materials of the Ming Dynasty and move them into Shenyang.

The merchants provided substantial and practical material assistance to the Houjin, and the gentry secretly and the propaganda and public opinion front waved the flag for the Houjin.

The two phases worked together to win the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty for nearly 300 years.

Zhu Youzhen must hold the Great Wall and the Ningjin defense line, the Ming Dynasty has completely lost Liaodong, and can no longer lose Ningjin, which is the last fig leaf of the Ming Dynasty.

Once Houjin is allowed to burn the flames of war into Shandong, all of Zhu Youzhen's plans will not be able to catch up with the changes in people's hearts.

Because in Shandong, there is the vane of the world's corporal clan!

And the weather vane of partiality is too soft in the knees.

As soon as the Kong family kneels, everyone in the world can kneel with peace of mind.

"China can't afford to lose Shandong, just as the West can't lose Jerusalem."

Mr. Gu Weijun's words are penetrating, and the development of history proves that Mr. Gu's foresight, the more than two million puppet army is a bloody fact.

Therefore, the reality forced Zhu Youzhen to make a decision as soon as possible.

Wei Zhongxian doesn't move, he moves!

On the night before the first emperor's funeral, Zhu Youzhen sent Wang Chengen to personally invite Wei Zhongxian into the palace, and chose a secret passage instead of going through the palace gate.

A secret passage that only the first emperor, Zhu Youzhen, Wei Zhongxian, and Wang Chengen know.

Wei Zhongxian, who stepped into the Qianqing Palace, had a victorious smile on his face, and anyone could hear the complacency in that tone.

"Old slave, see His Royal Highness King Xin."

Wang Chengen coughed lowly: "Father-in-law Wei, two days ago, the Ministry of Rites and the General Political Envoy have already announced the edict of enthronement to the world, you should ...... it."

"It's okay, since Grandpa Wei is willing, let him shout."

Zhu Youzhen interrupted Wang Chengen's words and smiled at Wei Zhongxian: "Father-in-law Wei, hurry up, there are only three of you and me here, and the ceremony will be waived." ”

"Then the old slave thanked His Royal Highness the King of Letters." Wei Zhongxian was really polite, and after getting up, he found a chair and sat down, and then pretended to be dumb.

This attitude is obvious, just waiting for Zhu Youzhen to speak first to 'submit to softness'.

"Companion, pour it to Grandpa Wei, it's over, I'll come in person."

A big husband can still bend and stretch, let alone a politician.

Zhu Youzhen poured Wei Zhongxian a cup of tea with his own hands, and then sat down beside the latter, staring at it.

Wei Zhongxian raised his eyebrows, and Le Mozi took the tea and spoke: "Your Royal Highness, Corporal Lixian, this mind is very comparable, and the old slave admires it." ”

"Let's not come here with these empty things." Zhu Youzhen was not interested in listening to Wei Zhongxian's ridicule, so he directly took out the secret letter Tian Ergeng wrote to him: "This is written by Tian Ergeng to me, do you want to see it?" ”

"A white-eyed wolf wrote something, the old slave is afraid of looking at dirty eyes." Wei Zhongxian blew the tea mist and said in a slow and shrill voice: "The left and right are nothing more than some disgusting words of loyalty. ”

"You know, still so calm?"

Zhu Youzhen said with a momentum: "Tian Ergeng has fallen to me, and the last hole card in your hand has been lost, as long as I want to, Jinyiwei can hunt and kill you, Wang Tigan, and Li Yongzhen at any time."

Your henchman Cui Chengxiu and others have been killed and raided their homes a long time ago, and you are gone. ”

"Our hole card has never been Jinyiwei."

Wei Zhongxian put down the teacup and looked at Zhu Youzhen with a relaxed face: "Our family's hole cards are Lianghuai Salt Transport, Caoyun, Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, Guangzhou Bosi, and the spies and intelligence of the East and West factories all over the world.

Although His Highness holds the sword, he has no money, and the knife cannot be held.

Last year, the salary increased to 3.91 million taels, but the annual income of the imperial court was only 2.2 million taels, and the deficit was nearly doubled.

So much so that he didn't even give a pension to Qin Liangyu's Ministry who was quelling the rebellion in Guizhou.

Now Yuan Chonghuan of Ning Jin and Mao Wenlong of Phi Dao are urging salaries every day, if even the two million taels are lost, Ning Jin will be lost, and Daming will die. ”

"When the country dies, you are happy?"

"Huh." Wei Zhongxian sneered: "Our family is a eunuch, what does the country have to do with me?" That's what Your Highness should consider, in the history books of later generations, at most you will scold our family as a thief, but Your Highness, you are the king of the fallen country and the No. 1 sinner in the Ming Dynasty.

If you don't care about this, why do you sneak into our house to enter the palace. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't get angry, but laughed.

"It's a pleasure to talk to smart people, all right, I'll bow to you. I can't afford to lose the Ningjin defense line, and I can't afford to lose the war with Houjin.

I need money, and I need the unreserved allegiance of the East and West Factories, so I need your help, and I can agree to any of your conditions. ”

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhu Youzhen: "Any conditions?" Our family wants to live, can you agree? ”

"I can't." Zhu Youzhen shook his head directly: "If you live and I will still die, it's just a matter of time sooner or later, I still say that, if you don't die, the Donglin Party will fight you to the end."

At that time, your two parties will fight from the central government to the local government, and it will be the kind of jade that burns all the stones, such a serious internal friction, the Ming Dynasty will die in less than three years, and even if the imperial court loses the east and west factories and only a few taxes left, the national fortune can still last for more than ten years, so calculated, how do you let me choose.

I just said that you are a smart person, so why bother me with this.

On other terms, I can promise you anything else. ”

Wei Zhongxian fell silent, lifted the tea bowl, and hid his whole face in the thick tea mist.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen no longer urged.

After a long time, Wei Zhongxian finally opened his mouth.

"Let Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen come here."

Zhu Youzhen's tense nerves finally relaxed, but he didn't get carried away and let Wang Chengen do it, but said another sentence in a fake way.

"You haven't made any demands to me yet."

"We don't need conditions." Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhu Youzhen with a smile: "King Xin, you ordered the old slave to do things as the Ninety-Five Emperor, that is the third life of the old slave is lucky, how can the old slave not open his eyes and put forward the conditions."

The monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, you say this is the truth. ”

In the face of Wei Zhongxian's banter, Zhu Youzhen rarely blushed.

He felt as if he had been seen through by Wei Zhongxian, so he had to cover it up by drinking tea, and at the same time did not forget to signal Wang Chengen to find Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen.

As soon as Wang Chengen left, Wei Zhongxian immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty is Mingjun, this old slave really sees this, maybe it is really possible to save the society. Therefore, the old slave wants to ask His Majesty a word, after the death of the old slave, His Majesty is going to deal with Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted immediately.

"With Wang Tigan as the commander of the East Factory, and Li Yongzhen as the Commander of the West Factory, I will treat you with kindness and never hesitate to be gracious."

"Both of them are the henchmen of the old slave, and they have done a lot of things for the old slave over the years, both openly and secretly, and they have done a lot of good things and few bad things, killing a lot of innocent people and greedy for a lot of silver.

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration for these two people to cut a thousand times.

After the death of the old slave, the Donglin Party will definitely cut down the grass and eradicate it, and at that time the impeachment notes will come one after another, Your Majesty will kill these two people or not? ”

Zhu Youzhen's eyes were firm, and he said in an extremely sincere tone: "If you don't kill, I have to protect them, as soon as they die, those people under the East and West Factories will be cold-mouthed, and I will be completely liquidated against them."

Because each of them has committed the same mistakes like Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen.

Once Wang and Li were killed by me, the east and west factories would inevitably be separated from me and the imperial court in order to protect themselves.

In this way, things are back to the worst starting point, that is, I still have lost the only way to get money now, and the imperial court will still lose the Ningjin defense line because of the lack of money to pay salaries.

Therefore, I must protect them and prevent the East and West factories from separating from me.

As for the sins that the two factories have committed, I will turn the page for them! ”

Wei Zhongxian sincerely admired: "Your Majesty is only young, but he can have such a lofty vision, the old slave sincerely admires, with Your Majesty's words, the two of them can be loyal to Your Majesty with peace of mind."

The old slaves are envious, envious that they can die right.

But Your Majesty, there is a discouraged word that the old slave still has to say, even if you don't hesitate to stain your face, things may not be able to be done properly, the general trend of the world is not human to violate, the old slave has been in charge of Jinyiwei and the East and West factories for so many years, and many things the old slave knows better than you. ”

Zhu Youzhen understood what Wei Zhongxian meant, and said with a wry smile.

"Who let me be surnamed Zhu, no matter how bad the country left by my ancestors is, I have to continue it, and then let him pass it on better."

After saying that, he sighed again.

The two fell silent, and before long, footsteps rang out.

Wang Chengen walked in with Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhu Youzhen, who got up and planned to leave.

Behind him, Wei Zhongxian's voice sounded.

"Your Majesty, I, Da Ming, is there really any salvation?"

Zhu Youzhen's body stopped, and it took a long time before he replied forcefully.

"I, do your best!"

The words fell, and he strode away.

Wang Chengen glanced at Wei Zhongxian and hurriedly followed.

From Wei Zhongxian's sincere majesty just now, Wang Chengen knew that the two had reached a reconciliation before.

He was sincerely happy for Zhu Youzhen.

Leave the rest to Wei Zhongxian.

He will handle everything for Zhu Youzhen.

Wei Zhongxian may not have humanity, conscience, and all positive and beautiful qualities, but there is absolutely no need to doubt Wei Zhongxian's means and abilities.

was able to control the Jinyiwei and the East and West factories at the same time, and almost forced the Donglin Party of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty to a dead end, and ruled the central power of the Ming Dynasty for five years by himself.

This is definitely a strong ruthless man.

Although Zhu Youzhen won, Wei Zhongxian did not lose.

Winning or losing politics can never be judged by simple life and death.

Wei Zhongxian watched Zhu Youzhen leave, and did not withdraw his gaze until his back disappeared completely, and turned to Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen.

The latter two hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Knock on the ancestors."

Wei Zhongxian did not exempt the two of them from courtesy, but said directly: "The lives of the two of you, our family exchanged our own lives. ”

The two of them kowtowed like pounding garlic and wept bitterly.

"Ancestors, all the mistakes are the fault of the sons, and those sins of a thousand knives were committed by the sons, the sons will go to see Your Majesty and ask for death, and they are willing to exchange one death for the ancestors to live a long life."

"That's enough, put away your two fake sets."

Wei Zhongxian still spoke coldly: "Our family is going to die, from now on, the two of you will hold the East Factory in one hand and the West Factory in the other, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, where can you still remember a dead person in our family."

I called you two here to tell you, don't think that if our family is dead, you can make waves and do whatever you want, and the sky of our Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen.

In the future, you can be loyal to Your Majesty with peace of mind, don't follow our family so crookedly, Your Majesty can't kill you for the sake of the country now, it doesn't mean that you can't never.

If one day, Your Majesty can prosper my Ming Dynasty like Taizu and Grandpa Cheng, the two of you will not be able to escape a thousand cuts. ”

The two only promised to make peace.

Wei Zhongxian continued to instruct: "The Donglin Party regards the two factories as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, without our family, the Donglin Party will inevitably kill you, and you must have the blessing of Your Majesty if you want to live."

And Your Majesty will inevitably protect you in order not to be hollowed out by the Donglin Party, so from this point of view, you and Your Majesty are interdependent.

Of course, both of you are smart people, smart people don't need our family to nag more, the road ahead, whether it is life or death, go by yourself. ”

The two of them kowtowed again, tears in their eyes.

Wei Zhongxian stood up with the handrail, and finally glanced at the direction in which Zhu Youzhen left, his eyes were deep.

In less than a month since he succeeded to the throne, he coaxed Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, and Luo Yangxing of Jinyiwei into chaos, and only cared about infighting.

The whole Donglin Party was coaxed into treating Zhu Youzhen as a young and easily deceived king, so they devoted all their energy to the revenge and liquidation of the eunuch party, and neglected to monitor it.

Whether it is the Donglin Party or Jinyiwei, who would have thought that Zhu Youzhen had secretly taken over the east and west factories from Wei Zhongxian's hands.

In their eyes and hearts, they may still believe that Zhu Youzhen left them and would be murdered by Wei Zhongxian's remnants at any time, that is, the East and West Factories.

How can such an emperor have the so-called sincerity.

Thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian smiled.

What Zhu Youzhen said to him before, whether it was sincere or deceitful, he Wei Zhongxian didn't care anymore.

After he died, where did he care about the life or death of Wang Tigan, Li Yongzhen and others.

The reason why he asked those questions was just to see if Zhu Youzhen was a Ming Jun.

If Zhu Youzhen is short-sighted and is played by the Donglin Party, then he Wei Zhongxian will not be able to sit still.

After all, the conditions have been agreed between the two.

Wei Zhongxian used his non-resistance to die in exchange for the wealth of the Wei family's descendants.

Even if Zhu Youzhen repents later, thinking of this feeling, it will not be able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots of the old Wei family, and it is a big deal to return to the identity of the poor middle peasants in the past.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian sighed again, sighing for Zhu Youzhen.

Today's Daming, anyone can live very well, only Zhu Youzhen, life and death are sad!