Last time, I talked about the "nurse" Ke of Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian who colluded with each other, controlled the government, suppressed dissidents, and turned the court into a miasma.

"Wei Zhongxian" was formerly known as "Li Jinzhong", because he was a good gambler, he couldn't afford to pay back the money he lost, so he angrily went to the palace in public and was elected to the palace as a eunuch in the Wanli period.

Although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he was good at flattery, not only clinging to the eunuch Wei Dynasty and recognizing him as his "godfather", but also worshipping the great eunuch Wang An through the Wei Dynasty. And Wang An, because of his meritorious support for Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, had great authority in the palace for a while, and he had become the head of the harem.

"Wei Zhongxian" took the initiative to make friends with the "Hakka family", on the one hand, there are natural political enemies on both sides of the "Donglin Party", and on the other hand, the political demands of the two are "the same goal", and they both want to become people who control the imperial power, so according to the convention of "men and women match, work without getting tired", it is natural to become a "food" relationship.

"Keshi" loves Wei Zhongxian, because she is young, handsome and energetic, the key is to speak well, and she can coax herself to be happy, so she is tired of the "old good" Wei Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to defeat the Wei Dynasty, and soon conspired with the Hakka family to kill Wang An, becoming the most powerful eunuch in the palace.

And the "Hakka family" is even more afraid that the emperor's concubine will give birth to the prince, and he will lose the favor of the "infant emperor", because everyone understands the truth that mothers are expensive with children.

If the queen and the imperial concubines can leave the prince for the emperor, they will definitely be loved by the "Milk Emperor" Ming Xizong, so that the "difficult to read" Hakka will fall out of favor. Therefore, the "Hakka family" used all kinds of vicious means to brutally suppress the concubines and princes, so that Zhu Youxiao gave birth to many princes, but none of them could grow up.

Zhu Ciran, the eldest son of Ming Xizong, "said" Prince Huaichong. In the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), Empress Zhang was pregnant, that is, Zhu Ciran, the prince of Huaichong. At that time, Empress Zhang suddenly had low back pain after being pregnant for a few months, so she wanted to find a palace maid who could massage or someone outside the palace to massage. Since then, Empress Zhang has not been able to have any more children.

Zhu Ciyan, the second son of Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong, was born to the "Hui Concubine" Fan family, and died before he was one year old. His third son, Zhu Cijiong, was born to "Concubine Rong" Ren, and died before he was a year old. In fact, these cruel things are the masterpieces of the sincere cooperation between "Wei Zhongxian" and "Hakka", just because of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Before the "royal dead baby" incident was investigated, an even more terrifying and incredible thing happened, which accelerated the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

In May of the sixth year of the Apocalypse (1626), a strange catastrophe occurred in the area of Wang Gongchang in Beijing, causing huge casualties, which is the mysterious "Apocalypse Explosion". The cause of this incident is still widely discussed, whether it is the explosion of gunpowder in the armory or the meteorite falling from the sky......

At that time, there was a loud noise, the wind suddenly rose, the sky was dark, people, animals, trees, masonry and so on were swept into the air, and fell with the wind, tens of thousands of houses were all powdered, more than 20,000 people were killed and injured on the spot, the whole process was terrifying, the scene of the disaster was shocking, as if there was a mysterious force in control.

After the disaster, men, women, old and young were all naked, and their clothes, jewelry, utensils, etc., all automatically floated to the western mountain. Even the 3,000 craftsmen who were repairing the walls outside the Forbidden City fell off their scaffolding and fell into meat bags. The epicenter of the explosion was a three-mile radius of the hardest-hit area, and there were basically no survivors.

At that time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was having breakfast, was spared by hiding under the Longshu case, and most of the Jinyi guards, eunuchs, and palace maids who accompanied the emperor were directly killed or injured by high-altitude projectiles. However, it is strange that the center of such a powerful explosion "did not burn a single inch of wood, and there was no trace of burning".

Even if it is a powder magazine explosion or an earthquake that causes a catastrophe, it is difficult to answer. If it was a meteorite impact, it was barely justified, but no evidence of meteorite wreckage was found afterwards. At this time, the people panicked, opinions were different, and people were angry and resentful. Emperor Zhu Youxiao had to issue an "edict for his own crimes" and amnesty the world.

In the first year of this strange explosion, that is, on May 18, the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong, accompanied by the "nurse" Keshi, Wei Zhongxian and others, went to Xiyuan to play on a cruise ship, but he did not expect that the shipwreck accident that occurred next became the "prelude" to his untimely death.

Zhu Youxiao drank on the big boat in the shallow water north of the bridge, and went to the deep water with Wang Tiqian, Wei Zhongxian and two cronies of the little eunuch to go boating, but was overturned by a sudden gust of wind, accidentally fell into the water, and almost drowned, fortunately was rescued, but the little eunuch on the same boat was short-lived.

Although he was quickly rescued, after this fright, Zhu Youxiao fell ill, not only suffered from severe impotence and completely lost his fertility, but also after many ineffective treatments, his body deteriorated, and he was bedridden for more than a year, slowly waiting for death.

The following year, "Shangshu" Huo Weihua offered a "fairy medicine" called Linglu Drink, saying that after taking it, it can achieve immediate results and live a long life. So, Zhu Youxiao drank it according to his words, and it was really sweet and delicious, so he took it every day. However, after drinking for a few months, he contracted bloating disease, and gradually became swollen and bedridden.

In August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), Zhu Youxiao summoned the cabinet ministers and the ministers of science and technology in the "Qianqing Palace", and issued an edict saying that Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian were loyal to the emperor and could be used to discuss national affairs, and also made an exception to seal Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangdong as "Dong'an Hou".

In the past two years since falling into the water, Zhu Youxiao of Mingxi Sect has been taking various "elixirs" refined by the "demon dao", but he does not know that the "elixir" he eats every day contains many heavy metals such as lead and mercury. Those Jianghu warlocks used "cinnabar", "mica", and girl's essence blood to refine the "elixir" for Ming Xizong to continue to take.

Ming Xizong Zhu Youzhen, like most feudal emperors in history who believed in "immortality", had no doubts about the "panacea" and did not refuse to come.

However, after feeling that he was coming for a short time, Zhu Youxiao of Ming Xizong summoned his fifth brother, Xinwang Zhu Youzhen, into the bedroom and said, "Come, my brother should be Yao Shun." He was ordered to succeed to the throne, and the next day, he summoned the cabinet minister Huang Liji and said: "Yesterday I summoned King Xin, and I was very happy, and my body felt a little better." ”

On August 11 of the same year, Ming Xizong Zhu died in the "Qianqing Palace" and reigned for a total of seven years. His half-brother "King Xin" Zhu Youzhen immediately ascended the throne on August 24, with the year name "Chongzhen", that is, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty - "Ming Sizong" was hanged on a coal mountain tree "Chongzhen Emperor".

After Emperor Chongzhen of "Ming Sizong" ascended the throne, he immediately issued an edict without eunuchs "Wei Zhongxian" and "Hakka". Wei Zhongxian was forced to commit suicide after his power and property were seized, and Zhao Benqi, the "Qianqing Palace" brand, was ordered to have the "Hakka" flogged to death in the Huanyi Bureau, and burned the body and ashes on the "Jingle Hall" to wash away the shame brought to the royal family.

"Hou Guoxing", the son of "Hak", his brother "Keguangxian" and Wei Zhongxian's nephew "Wei Liangqing" were beheaded on the same day. Since there have always been "Donglin Party" people behind Ming Sizong and Zhu Youzhen, the collapse of the "Eunuch Party" Wei Zhongxian clique indicates that the "Donglin Party" has won the power struggle.

This historical event has not yet occurred in the current plane, but it has occurred in other alternate universes. Therefore, what the carpenter has to do is not to prevent the incident from happening, because the historical process cannot be changed, and he can only find a way to control the situation as much as possible for my use, so as to vigorously develop the "Luban Gate".

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