These sudden flags can be said to be both unexpected and reasonable.

It is estimated that Zhu Changluo was afraid that he would get the "edict of clothes", so he was a thief and gave himself a first strike.

Although he didn't have a silver gun in his hand, it was not difficult to deal with a dozen or so banners with Li Xianzhong's skills, but it was almost a death search for death if he did it directly in the palace.

These banners did not embarrass Li Xianzhong, but respectfully invited him to the edict prison in Dongchang in the name of assisting in the investigation.

With Li Xianzhong's current status, it is natural that he will not bother with these small characters who run errands under his hands.

Anyway, if it comes, it will be safe!

Although the East Factory has just been reopened, there must be people from the Intelligence Department in it, and the news of his imprisonment will soon be transmitted back to Mao Yuanyi.

However, this time he was really careless, and he had been guarding against those trolls of the Donglin Party from stumbling in secret, but he underestimated Zhu Changluo, the "Son of January".

Wanli's summons this time was indeed very strange, he just didn't expect Zhu Changluo to dare to attack him directly.

Isn't he afraid that Liaodong will be completely chaotic?

Or maybe this guy is just the ignorant and fearless?

The eunuch of the East Factory palm print is also known as the "factory supervisor", don't look at the low grade, just a fourth grade.

But it is an extremely important position, which is equivalent to the eyes and ears of the emperor, and it is also a surveillance of hundreds of officials.

It is usually concurrently served by the eunuch of the celebrant of the celebrant of the pen, and the eunuch of the pencil who can supervise the East Factory is also the second person of the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch after the eunuch of the palm print.

There are even some celebrant eunuchs who are not weaker than the eunuchs who hold the palm print.

Although Zhu Changluo hurriedly reactivated the celebrant eunuch, the number of eunuchs was not satisfied.

After all, only his eldest companion Wang An is qualified to enter the celebrant eunuch.

Although Li Jinzhong is easy to use by himself, he can't read a few big characters, so he is definitely not qualified to enter the celebrant supervisor.

It is impossible for him to hand over Dongchang to Cui Wensheng, the eunuch of Bingbi.

Therefore, although the East Factory is hung under the palm seal eunuch Wang An, the actual helmsman is Li Jinzhong.

Li Jinzhong is now the steward eunuch of Ciqing Palace, and his identity and status have also risen all the way.

He still attaches great importance to Li Xianzhong and Zhu Changluo, his identity is not only a border general, but also a hot figure in the elite circle in the capital.

Li Jinzhong held a wooden box in his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Guardian State, we have checked this longevity lock given to Ning Yuanbo by His Majesty, and we have indeed found a silk silk in the mezzanine of the box. ”

"But it's not an edict, it's just an inside story about Ning Yuanbo's biological father, Li Rusong, who was killed by the civil and military alliance of the Mongols in the court."

Soon, a bright yellow silk silk was presented to Zhu Changluo's hand.

At that time, the Li family in Liaodong was unusually domineering, and Zhu Changluo had already heard of it.

When his teachers gave lectures to themselves in the East Palace, they also mentioned the dangers of the secession of feudal towns, and cited the Li family in Liaodong as a negative example.

But between the lines of this silk silk, he clearly felt his father's deep remorse.

In the past 20 years, due to the decline of the Li family in Liaodong, no one has been able to restrain Nurhachi, and finally the Jianzhou Jurchen has risen, almost causing a monstrous chaos.

Now Daming's finances have fallen into the quagmire of Liaodong and have been unable to extricate themselves for a long time.

He now even suspects that Wanli's silk is not for Li Xianzhong at all, but for himself.

Did his father take advantage of the suppression of the "Liaodong Li family" to remind himself not to touch Li Xianzhong?

This Ning Yuanbo really deserves to be the first favorite of the Wanli Dynasty, and his father cares about him even more than his own son, I am afraid that he is second only to his younger brother Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu.

Zhu Changluo directly put this silk silk into the brazier on the side, and muttered to himself: "Father is really old and confused, how can this kind of inside story be revealed to Ning Yuanbo and Panhe?" ”

Li Jinzhong asked cautiously, "Then how to deal with this longevity lock?" ”

Zhu Changluo said: "This thing was given to Uncle Ning Yuan by my father, so naturally it will be returned to its original owner!" ”

Then Li Jinzhong pointed to a few boxes on the ground and said: "Here are all the pieces that have been impeached by the ministers of the DPRK and China for more than a year, and have been left by His Majesty to not send them, and there are thousands of them. ”

Zhu Changluo asked: "Has the East Factory verified the contents?" ”

Li Jinzhong said: "Most of the impeachments of the courtiers are open mouths, and there is no evidence at all. ”

"However, Ning Yuanbo did collect taxes on those businessmen privately, and most of the others involved Mongolia, Jianzhou and North Korea, and the East Factory has just begun to recover, and the eyeliner has not yet penetrated into these areas, so it is impossible to obtain evidence!"

"In addition, there is no such thing as empty salaries and false reports of military exploits in Kaiyuan, Tieling, and Fushun under the jurisdiction of Ning Yuanbo, so it is impossible for so many important people at the same level to capture and kill the Tartars."

Hearing this, Zhu Changluo still nodded and said, "Father is so greedy for money, Ning Yuanbo is good at drilling camps and doing what his father likes." If he didn't ask the merchant privately to collect taxes, where would he get such a silver to give to his father. ”

Originally, he thought that Li Xianzhong, like those nobles, was a courtier who "drank the blood of soldiers" and falsely reported his military promotion by giving silver to his father.

But now it seems that his military exploits are all real, and he is indeed outstanding in battle.

Li Jinzhong said: "Your Highness, what should Uncle Ning Yuan do now?" ”

"After all, he has a lot of influence in the DPRK and Liaodong, although he was secretly sent to the imperial prison, but sooner or later there will still be ministers to ask?"

If his father really gave Li Xianzhong some "edict", then even if Liaodong is turbulent, he will not be able to tolerate Li Xianzhong.

But now it seems that Li Xianzhong is just making silver for his father, so it is not impossible to beat him up and continue to make silver for himself.

After all, now that Daming is financially constrained, not all ministers have the ability to get money.

Silver is not only a thing that the emperor likes, but also an indispensable thing for the imperial court.

Zhu Changluo just lived a relatively hard life since he was a child and didn't like luxury, but it didn't mean that he didn't know the importance of silver.

He said: "The Ministry of Rites didn't say that there was a North Korean envoy who accused the 'Ming Army stationed in Korea' of doing misdeeds, but someone really asked that Ning Yuanbo, as the governor in North Korea, just came to Dongchang to cooperate with the investigation. ”

The Imperial Prison is a secret prison used to hold prisoners, and originally only the Beizhen Fuji of Jinyiwei had the Imperial Prison.

Later, with the improvement of the status of Dongchang, the edict was also set up.

No minister can ask about what happened in the edict prison, it can be said that as long as he enters the Dongchang edict prison, he can only look at Zhu Changluo's face.

However, Li Xianzhong lived quite comfortably here, living in a clean and tidy single room, and eating wine and meat at every meal.

This made him feel very surprised, is the notorious edict such a scenery, and it also pays attention to "not punishing doctors"?

Soon he got the answer, because he had met an old acquaintance here.

This person is the steward eunuch of Ciqing Palace, and now he has not yet become a "nine thousand years old" Li Jinzhong.

At the beginning, Li Xianzhong saved Li Jinzhong's life outside the Qianqing Palace, and now it is reasonable for him to "repay Li with a peach".

After all, "nine thousand years old" still has clear grievances.

Li Xianzhong said: "Dare to ask Gonggong Li, I don't know what crime Ben Bo has committed, but he was invited by you to the edict of this Dongchang prison?" ”

Li Jinzhong said with a smile: "Our family doesn't dare to cure Ning Yuanbo's crime, it's just that the king of Korea sent an envoy to complain about the atrocities of the 'Ming army stationed in Korea', and this matter is related to the reputation of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"That's why our family has to invite Ning Yuanbo here to cooperate with the investigation!"

Li Xianzhong said: "If there is anything to ask, even if Gonggong Li speaks, Ben Bo will definitely cooperate!" ”

Li Jinzhong pushed a plate of pig ears in front of Li Xianzhong and said, "It's our family that disturbed Ning Yuanbo's meal, thank you Ning Yuanbo for your cooperation." ”

Li Jinzhong's move was to remind himself that the wall had ears, Li Xianzhong naturally understood it, and it seemed that Zhu Changluo should be next door.

Li Jinzhong said: "The North Korean envoy accused me of smuggling in North Korea by the 'Ming Army stationed in North Korea' and that selling salt will disrupt the North Korean market and cause a sharp drop in North Korea's tax revenue. ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The Yellow Sea Salt Field was the result of North Korea saying that it could not afford the cost of our Ming Dynasty's garrison in North Korea, and finally compensated in the form of a salt field. If I don't sell salt in North Korea to make money for military expenses, can't I smuggle salt back to Daming and sell it? ”

"As for smuggling, it is even more nonsense, the naval division of our Ming army stationed in North Korea did purchase materials from Daming and transported them to North Korea, but they were all supplies for the Ming army stationed in North Korea."

"Catch the thief and get dirty, catch the traitor and catch the double. It is clear that officials in the DPRK are engaged in smuggling on their own, and they dare to rogue our Ming army stationed in the DPRK. As long as he can produce any evidence that our Ming army is involved in smuggling, Benbo will definitely punish him severely. ”

"As far as Ben Bo knows, some ministers in North Korea often make a fuss about our 'Ming Army stationed in Korea' in order to compete for the position of leading the government. Benbo did not believe that the Joseon king Yi Liang and the Korean consul Jungjin Zizhi would send an envoy to slander our 'Ming army stationed in Korea', and asked the imperial court to carefully verify the true identity of this so-called 'Korean envoy', so as not to be used by anti-Ming officials in North Korea. ”

Li Jinzhong said: "Thank you Uncle Ning Yuanbo for reminding us, our family will definitely carefully check this situation with the Ministry of Rites." ”

"There are still some situations that need to be verified with you here, and we hope that Ning Yuanbo can also explain."

"It is said that when the civil officials broke into the palace in Dong'anmen before, someone proposed that the nobles of Jingzhong should also go to Dong'anmen to participate in order to show their support for the prince's position, but you spoke out to prevent this kind of behavior, but is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, Li Xianzhong had to give this "nine thousand years old" a thumbs up, he seemed to be looking for trouble with Li Xianzhong, but in fact he intended to give Li Xianzhong a chance to dispel Zhu Changluo's doubts.

It seems that Li Jinzhong wants to help himself.

Li Xianzhong said: "This statement is not accurate, Ben Bo did not prevent others from going to Dong'anmen to break into the palace, but just analyzed this matter." ”

"My Ming nobles are deeply favored by the emperor, and they are naturally loyal to the Ming Emperor's power, whether it is His Majesty or the crown prince, they are the objects of our allegiance."

"Although we have a hereditary title, we are still the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of behavior of breaking into the palace is tantamount to forcing the palace. Xianzhong just felt that as a courtier, he should not interfere with the imperial power, which was the duty that he should abide by as a courtier. ”

Later, Li Xianzhong explained the accusations of colluding with foreigners, lying about military exploits, and even colluding with the harem.

Soon after, Li Jinzhong came to Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Changluo said: "I thought Li Xianzhong was a military general, but I didn't expect to be so clever, no wonder I could please my father." ”

Li Jinzhong said: "The slave maid thinks that Ning Yuanbo is quite real, and there is nothing wrong with the courtiers being loyal to the monarch's father. Nowadays, the ministers of the DPRK and China are keen to form factions, and there are not many courtiers like him who are only loyal to the monarch's father. ”

Zhu Changluo sighed and said: "Li Xianzhong can fight well, and he is good at collecting money, and he has contributed to the country. It's a pity that it's Zheng Hou's party, which really makes the palace embarrassed! ”

Li Jinzhong said: "In the eyes of the slave maid, it is true that Ning Yuanbo is loyal to His Majesty, and the party of Empress Zheng is pure nonsense!" ”

"Your Highness, don't forget, His Highness fainted at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and no one dared to help him. Ning Yuanbo, who came out of the Qianqing Palace, helped His Highness up as soon as possible and woke His Highness up. ”

"If he is really Empress Zheng's party, how can he disobey Empress Zheng's will in front of everyone and help His Highness?"

"The slave maid heard that Empress Zheng intended to marry her niece to Ning Yuanbo, but Ning Yuanbo refused on the spot and asked His Majesty to give him a marriage, which shows that Ning Yuanbo is not a party of Empress Zheng."

"As for Empress Zheng's request for Ning Yuanbo in front of His Majesty, it is more like Empress Zheng intends to challenge the ancestral system of 'heir to the throne', not because Ning Yuanbo is his henchman."

Under Li Jinzhong's persuasion, Zhu Changluo finally dispelled the idea of killing Li Xianzhong. However, it was decided to put him in prison for a while, so as to sharpen his spirit.

Li Xianzhong suddenly disappeared after being summoned by Wanli, which made Mao Yuanyi and others anxious.

Fortunately, the spies planted in Dongchang came soon after: Li Xianzhong was imprisoned in the edict prison of Dongchang, and he was temporarily fine.

Zhu Changluo's sudden attack caught them off guard.

Soon, Mao Yuanyi followed the previous plan and first spread the news to the noble circle.

This also made the nobles blow up all of a sudden, and the prince actually shot directly at Li Xianzhong, and it was not the normal procedure to follow, but directly to prison.

At this time, the noble circle was also divided into two factions.

A group of people represented by Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, thought that their lips were cold and their teeth were cold, and if they were indifferent to Ning Yuanbo's matter, not only would North Korea's business be yellow.

It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no second and third Li Xianzhong.

The British public Zhang Weixian advocated waiting for a while and seeing the situation.

After all, they don't understand the situation now, and it is difficult to solve the problem if they act rashly.

Just as they were hesitating, the news of the death of Emperor Wanli came.

On April 21, the 48th year of Wanli, Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, the longest-reigning emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness in the Qianqing Palace.

However, since Wanli's health has been poor before, everyone is still prepared.

The next day, the Ministry of Rites issued an obituary.

Once again, the people of the capital wore mourning clothes and were forced to abide by various taboos.

After all, Emperor Wanli is not yet 60 years old this year, and his death is still very sudden for ordinary Ming people.

They all felt that the Ming Dynasty was not in a good year, the queen had just died last year, and now the emperor had died.

This mourning is endless.

At this time, Li Xianzhong was almost forgotten by the nobles.

The country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and the first prince Zhu Changluo officially held a succession ceremony in early May, becoming the fourteenth emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Changluo issued an edict that the new dynasty was named "Taichang", which will be officially opened in January next year.

Soon gave his father Wanli an honorific title: Fan Tianhe, Daozhe, Sudun, Jianguang, Wu'an, Renzhi, Xiaoxian, and Emperor.

And posthumously crowned his biological mother Wang as filial piety, Wen Yijing, and let Zhenci reach the Holy Empress.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, in addition to the traditional amnesty to the world, Zhu Changluo, the Taichang Emperor, also allocated one million taels of silver from the internal treasury to make up for the arrears of military salaries (mainly Liaodong) and rewards in various towns over the years.

It was also decreed to abolish various mine supervisors and tax envoys set up during the Wanli period.

Of course, the Hongtoushan Copper Mine in Liaodong is excepted, because the ownership of this copper mine belongs to Ye He, but it is only handed over to Ning Yuanbo Li Xianzhong to operate, and its income is given to the emperor's internal funds, household departments and Liaodong governors.

Naturally, it is impossible not to live without this income.

As a result, the mine supervisor here became the only mine supervisor remaining.

Since the previous filling of the vacancies of the officials in the capital has been completed, Emperor Taichang only ordered that the vacant officials of the local generals should also be filled.

and canceled the previous punishment of suspending the payment of salaries to palace officials, and added Liu Yijing and Xiong Tingbi to the cabinet together.

Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo's series of measures are known as the "Taichang New Deal".

Relying on the internal money collected by Emperor Wanli for so many years, Zhu Changluo quickly regained the hearts of the people of the whole country.

Both the soldiers of the border army and the officials inside and outside the capital praised him, which made Zhu Changluo quickly swell.

After Zhu Changluo became the emperor, Li Xuanzhi (Zhu Changluo's harem has two Xuanzhi surnamed Li, known as "East Li" and "West Li" respectively, and the Li Xuanzhi here is the most favored "West Li") followed into the Qianqing Palace, and her ambitions swelled sharply and asked Zhu Changluo to crown her as the queen.

Zhu Changluo had no choice but to convene the ministers to discuss, intending to appoint Li Xuanzhi as the imperial concubine.

Li Xuanzhi took the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Youxiao, to hide behind the curtain and eavesdrop.

When she heard that Zhu Changluo refused to crown herself as the queen, she actually pushed Zhu Youxiao out and asked Zhu Youxiao to say to Zhu Changluo: "I want to be named the queen of Li Xuan." ”

Fortunately, Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo was still a little sober at this time and did not agree.

But this scene made the ministers look stupid, a small elector, actually dared to directly interfere in the government?

Even if Emperor Wanli loved Concubine Zheng so much, he didn't see Concubine Zheng directly interfering in politics in front of his ministers?

What surprised them even more was that Zhu Changluo, the seemingly wise and martial Taichang Emperor, was actually a "tracheitis".

Li Xuanzhi is going to be the queen, is this worth it?

However, they couldn't directly embarrass Emperor Taichang, so Sun Ruyou, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, suggested: first set the names of the empress dowager of the two palaces and the deceased concubines, and canonize them after the funeral of Emperor Daxing, so the canonization of Li Xuanzhi was delayed.

Although she lived in the Qianqing Palace, she was still just a waiter.

Therefore, she often quarreled with Emperor Taichang, and after coming and going, Emperor Taichang began to alienate Li Xuanzhi.

At this time, in order to ease her relationship with Emperor Taichang, Empress Dowager Zheng said that as soon as Wanli's mourning period passed, she would re-elect a concubine for the new emperor.

In order to alleviate the fatigue of Emperor Taichang, Empress Dowager Zheng presented eight stunning beauties she was looking for in Jiangnan.

Zhu Changluo and Li Xuanzhi were in conflict, and there was originally a lack of a place to vent.

When he saw these Jiangnan women, he couldn't hold it anymore.

I saw a group of beautiful women in lilac silk dresses appear in front of me, and the skirts swayed gently with their steps, like flowing clouds.

Especially the woman who leads the dance is the best in the world.

Her figure is stunningly graceful, like the most outstanding work of nature. The slender waist and plump breasts formed a perfect curve, making Zhu Changluo unable to take his eyes off. Her slender arms and even-balanced legs show off her graceful posture, and every movement is as light and rhythmic as a dance.

Her hair was silky and loose over her shoulders, shimmering black. The gently flowing strands of hair swayed with her gait, adding to her unique charm.

When Empress Dowager Zheng saw Zhu Changluo's nymphomaniac, she knew that she had given the right gift.

In the past, Zhu Changluo was suppressed for a long time, and his favor was naturally only to sigh with hope, but although he improved later, he was under the prestige, but he did not dare to ask for peace. Now that he has ascended the throne, he has been praised by a number of ministers, which makes him feel good about himself.

Coupled with the fact that these women have been selected by thousands of people, and they are the best at seducing people, Zhu Changluo soon fell.

He began to indulge in the bed,

After all, the prince is also almost forty years old, and his body itself is not too tough, so he can't withstand such a toss at all.

Soon there was a lack of mental malaise.

At this time, his celebrant and eunuch Wang An persuaded him: "Your Majesty is now shouldering the Ming Dynasty, you must take care of your body!" ”

Zhu Changluo, under the persuasion of Wang An, began to summon the imperial doctor to come to diagnose and treat him.

But at this time, Li Jinzhong said: "There must be medicine in the hands of the imperial doctor, who can make His Majesty"

This "9,000-year-old" has not been clean since he was a child, he has married a daughter-in-law and even had a daughter. It was a debt owed, and he was forced to leave the palace and enter the palace as a eunuch.

Naturally, he knows more about this man and woman than ordinary eunuchs.

At the instigation of Li Jinzhong, Zhu Changluo directly asked the imperial doctor for aphrodisiac.

At this time, His Majesty's body was already very weak, and the imperial doctor did not dare to prescribe aphrodisiacs to him again.

However, this matter was known to Cui Wensheng, the master of ceremonies.

He was also in charge of the imperial pharmacy, and under the instruction of the Empress Dowager Zheng, he secretly allocated aphrodisiacs to Li Jinzhong.

Because Li Jinzhong had never entered the "Inner Study Hall", he was illiterate, and he could not enter the celebrant at all.

He understood that if he wanted to make an exception and enter the celebrant eunuch, he could only try his best to please His Majesty.

So he took the risk and offered an aphrodisiac to His Majesty.

With the blessing of the medicinal power, Zhu Changluo really quickly regained his strength.

However, this kind of energy is overdrafted, and on May 12, Emperor Taichang actually fainted directly when he was in the last court, which frightened the ministers.

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