"Zhu Youzhen, I said so much."

"You understand?"

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen lightly.

He said so much just now, just to tell Zhu Youzhen that it was not the right time for Wei Zhongxian to kill.

In fact, when Chongzhen had just ascended the throne, it should be more correct to leave Wei Zhongxian behind.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen was stunned.

Of course, he understood what Li Xiao meant.

Li Xiao said so much, and he also agreed.

Wei Zhongxian is indeed a traitorous minister, and he is indeed controlling the government, killing ministers without permission, and excluding dissidents.

But Wei Zhongxian will not take action against the foundation of the Ming court, nor will he pose a threat to him, the emperor.

Because Wei Zhongxian was a eunuch, all his rights were granted by the emperor and obtained by relying on the Zhu family's royal family.

No matter how corrupt he is and how he controls the government, he can't harm the interests of the Zhu family's royal family.

As a eunuch, he had long been on the same boat as the emperor and the Zhu family.

He is the face of the royal family.

But Chongzhen didn't understand this truth at the time.

Or maybe he understood, but he was still determined to kill Wei Zhongxian.

But because of the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party, which has no bottom line, gained momentum.

After these Donglin parties came to power, they had no bottom line and no benevolence.

These civilian-bureaucratic groups from Jiangnan can directly touch the interests of the royal family.

Moreover, they also have conflicts with the interests of the royal family, and they will naturally do things that harm the interests of the royal family and enrich their own pockets.

On the other hand, on the side of the imperial court, because without the restraint of Wei Zhongxian, the great eunuch, the Donglin Party could not even control it.

This is all the bitter fruit that Emperor Chongzhen swallowed himself after Wei Zhongxian's death.

"Li Xiao, you're right." Zhu Youzhen replied lightly, looking a little lost.

Immediately, he continued: "I admit, I really shouldn't have killed Wei Zhongxian at that time. ”

"I should wait a few more years, when I completely sit on the throne, when I completely clean the court."

"Instead of coming up, he hurriedly killed Wei Zhongxian for the sake of prestige, and let the villains of the Donglin Party stand up again."

Zhu Youzhen obviously realized his mistakes in the later period, and saw the shamelessness and bottomlessness of the Donglin Party.

But there was nothing he could do.

Even later, in order to re-fight the Donglin Party, he began to reuse eunuchs again.

Trying to put the eunuchs back in power to fight against the Donglin Party.

However, the already precarious Ming Dynasty has long been out of order under the scourge of the Donglin Party.

I won't be able to survive that day at all.

"I admit that I was impatient, but I don't admit what you said."

"Wei Zhongxian is immortal, and the Ming Dynasty is immortal."

"I said this to discredit me."

Zhu You retorted.

He did admit that he had done wrong, but he did not agree with Li Xiao's sentence 'Wei Zhongxian is immortal, and the Ming Dynasty is immortal'.

He knew very well what kind of person Wei Zhongxian was.

The reason why Wei Zhongxian suppressed the Donglin Party and reduced taxes for the poor people was because of different positions.

Whether the Ming Dynasty will perish or not, how can a eunuch decide.

Zhu Yuanzhang on the side also nodded: "A Wei Zhongxian and a Donglin Party are not good birds." ”

"In the end, it's up to the emperor himself."

"But I didn't expect that the party dispute we were most worried about would finally appear, and it would be so serious."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look at Zhu Youzhen: "I didn't expect you to be an emperor, and even these civil officials can't hold it down." ”

"In our own day, these sanctimonious guys would have died eight hundred times."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youzhen replied helplessly: "Grandpa, I can't help it." ”

"The Donglin Party is powerful, and seven out of ten civil officials in the entire imperial court are members of the Donglin Party."

"I can't kill the court."

"Besides, half of the students in the world are from the Donglin Party."

"If they scold, I'll be stinking for 10,000 years."

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiongzhi sneered on the side: "Yo, I can't see that you still cherish feathers." ”

"Aren't you, as the king of the Ming Empire, the same as the one who has been stinking for thousands of years?"

Immediately, Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiongzhi angrily, but he didn't know how to refute.

At this moment, Li Xiao spoke.

"Zhu Youzhen is right, a eunuch cannot have an impact on the rise and fall of the Ming Empire."

"But you can as an emperor."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen fell silent.

Li Xiao continued: "Wei Zhongxian is immortal, the Ming Dynasty is immortal, this sentence is not what I said. ”

"It was the evaluation of him by some people in later generations."

"But in my opinion, there is some truth to this."

Although when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the Ming court was relatively stable, but this really couldn't change the fact that Wei Zhongxian was a traitor.

In any case, Wei Zhongxian is a traitor of the dictatorship and power.

It's just that he and the Donglin Party were in a different position at that time, so these things were what he had to do.

If there was Wei Zhongxian's suppression, the Donglin Party would definitely not be so arrogant.

Back then, Wei Zhongxian dealt with the Donglin Party, but he was not merciless.

But then again, the Donglin Party is really hateful, and it is difficult to entangle.

Even the emperor is a headache to deal with, because the emperor cherishes feathers.

I am afraid that the world will scold him, and I am afraid that these selfish literati and scholars will arrange him.

But Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, is not afraid.

Wei Zhongxian dealt with those Donglin parties, and it was a quick knife to cut through the chaos.

used the Dongchang in his hand to suppress the Donglin Party figures in the court.

The Donglin Party members of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned, and no one dared to jump out and confront Wei Zhongxian head-on.

And without Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party people have no scruples.

Not only did they wantonly install their own people in the DPRK and China, but they also did not really help the state affairs in any way.

will fight for their own interests all day long.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and said with a faint smile: "Zhu Youzhen, you said before that you were standing in your position, and you had to kill Wei Zhongxian in that situation. ”

"But have you ever wondered who created these words, this situation?"

"Have you ever wondered if you are so eager to kill Wei Zhongxian or not?"

Li Xiao's words couldn't be clearer.

After Zhu Youzhen sat on the throne, the reason why he couldn't wait to kill Wei Zhongxian was not a game made by others.

In fact, after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian was also very respectful to Zhu Youzhen.

After all, Zhu Youzhen is Wei Zhongxian's new master.

No matter how powerful Wei Zhongxian is, he is still nothing in the face of the Zhu family's royal family represented by Zhu Youzhen.

If Wei Zhongxian wants to keep his power, his own rights and his own life, he can only obediently listen to Zhu Youzhen's words.

According to reason, there is no need for Zhu Youzhen to be in such a hurry to let Wei Zhongxian die.

Keeping a Wei Zhongxian who bowed down to him was much better than killing him.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen fell silent.

The expression on his face also became a little solemn, as if he was thinking about something.

Soon, Zhu Youzhen remembered a lot of things.

It is true that Wei Zhongxian was indeed not a good person at that time, a big traitor and a big corrupt official.

But Wei Zhongxian was still very polite to him who was still a king at that time.

It's just that he has never looked down on or used to Wei Zhongxian, the big eunuch.

And the people around him, including some of the things he saw, made him not like Wei Zhongxian.

In fact, when he first started to succeed to the throne, he didn't plan to kill Wei Zhongxian.

But there are people who keep saying bad things about Wei Zhongxian in front of them.

Especially those civil servants in the court who belonged to the Donglin Party.

They kept telling Wei Zhongxian's viciousness in front of them all day long, counting Wei Zhongxian's wrong.

It seems that if he doesn't kill Wei Zhongxian, he will be sorry for the Ming Dynasty, sorry for the people, and sorry for the dead Zhu Youxiao.

It seems that Wei Zhongxian is his worst enemy.

The first thing he did after ascending the throne was that he should kill Wei Zhongxian.

At that time, people lobbied almost every day.

Zhu Youzhen didn't have a good impression of Wei Zhongxian.

Gradually, under this voice, Zhu Youzhen couldn't suppress his murderous intent towards Wei Zhongxian at all.

Then the next thing was that Wei Zhongxian hanged himself directly after knowing his intentions.

Looking back now, it was really a bit abrupt to kill Wei Zhongxian in the first place.

Obviously, I could have waited a little longer, but I didn't hold back.

All this was instigated by the Donglin Party figures, and it can even be said that it was a threat.

Because most of the people in the world at that time belonged to the Donglin Party group, they all looked forward to Wei Zhongxian being executed by Zhu Youzhen.

And Zhu Youzhen did not execute Wei Zhongxian at the first time, and these people had already begun to arrange.

has even secretly written articles scolding Zhu Youzhen for being a faint gentleman who is as timid as a mouse.

In the face of these Donglin Party people who scolded him, as well as the charges of Wei Zhongxian that they listed, Zhu Youzhen didn't seem to be able to kill Wei Zhongxian.

If they are killed, the Donglin Party will win, and they will be able to regain control of the court.

If you don't kill it, you will become a faint monarch who is as timid as a mouse in their mouths, and even Wei Zhongxian is afraid.

Now it seems that Zhu Youzhen felt that he was instigated by these people of the Donglin Party at that time.

At their instigation and even persecution, he was ready to kill Wei Zhongxian.

It was also from the death of Wei Zhongxian that these Donglin Party figures began to get out of control.

began to slowly get out of his control, and his orders didn't seem to be so useful.

And the treasury is gradually empty, and the Ming Dynasty slowly seems to have no vitality.

It's even worse than when Wei Zhongxian was there.

All this, in retrospect, looks like a conspiracy of the Donglin Party members.

They borrowed their own hands to get rid of Wei Zhongxian, the great enemy.

"You mean, someone is scheming on me?"

"I was used as a gun?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and asked in a muttered voice.

Li Xiao nodded: "I think that's the case." ”

"In the Ming Dynasty at that time, there was no one who had the ability to kill Wei Zhongxian except for you, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor."

"And the people who want to get rid of Wei Zhongxian the most in the world are probably those Donglin Party people."

"As long as Wei Zhongxian is dead, no one will be able to restrain them and check them."

"They will be able to unify the courtiers and completely replace Wei Zhongxian to control the government."

"At that time, the Donglin Party will be in power."

"And you, the emperor who has just ascended the throne, have to make concessions in the face of this kind of civilian clique."

"Zhu Youzhen, do you think what I said is right?"

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen lowered his head.

Li Xiao is not wrong at all.

In the Ming Dynasty at that time, the Donglin Party and Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party could be described as an endless situation.

It's really the Donglin Party people who want Wei Zhongxian to die the most.

And because he didn't like Wei Zhongxian at that time, almost all of him were from the Donglin Party.

That is, those people say bad things about Wei Zhongxian in their ears every day, keep instigating themselves to kill Wei Zhongxian, and keep arching the fire.

Now that I think about it, it turns out that I had already fallen for the tricks of the Donglin Party at that time.

They had already planned to get rid of Wei Zhongxian with their own hands.

And he naively thought that getting rid of Wei Zhongxian was to increase his prestige and fame.

Unexpectedly, he was actually making a wedding dress for the Donglin Party.

After getting rid of Wei Zhongxian, it was the Donglin Party group that could get the greatest benefit, not him, the emperor.

"The Donglin Party is really hateful, it turns out that it has already begun to calculate me."

"My Ming Dynasty finally perished, and the Donglin Party contributed a lot."

"It's a lot of work, hahaha."

Speaking of the back, Zhu Youzhen actually laughed.

It's just that the laughter is a little oozing.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen had already seen the shamelessness of these hypocrites of the Donglin Party when he got to the back, but he had no choice.

In Zhu Youzhen's eyes, those hypocrites of the Donglin Party are indeed not a good person, and the Donglin Party must be responsible for the Ming Dynasty's final demise.

But he never thought that he, the emperor, would be used by the Donglin Party from the very beginning.

In fact, from the very beginning, the Donglin Party was not brand new and wholeheartedly wanted to assist him, but just wanted to borrow his hand to get rid of Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youzhen knew that the Donglin Party was hateful, but he didn't expect them to be so hateful.

What I said earlier was to blame the Donglin Party for the death of the country, which is really a prophecy.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

He really had some regrets for killing Wei Zhongxian so early.

It should wait for Wei Zhongxian to thoroughly purge the court and clean up all the scum of the Donglin Party before killing Wei Zhongxian.

Speaking of which, I am still too naïve, a little too young, and politically minded too simple.

was easily deceived by these old foxes of the Donglin Party.

Now it seems that Li Xiao is right.

Wei Zhongxian shouldn't have been killed, or he was killed at the wrong time.

"Li Xiao, you're right."

"It's because I'm young, Wei Zhongxian shouldn't have killed at that time."

Zhu Youzhen muttered, a little lonely in his tone.

(End of chapter)