At present, there are two differences between Wei Zhongxian and the cabinet, one is Li Xianzhong's knighthood, and the other is Azig's annexation.

From the perspective of a normal person, after Azig was annexed, the Jianzhou Jurchens in the Ming Dynasty could be regarded as completely pacified. The war in Liaodong can be quickly quelled and recuperate, and there is no reason to disagree.

However, at this time, the Shandong White Lotus Sect was in turmoil, which was Wei Zhongxian's biggest headache.

It is obvious that Wei Zhongxian is bribing Li Xianzhong with his title, so that Li Xianzhong can send troops south to solve the Shandong rebellion for him!

This is obviously not in the interests of the Donglin Party!

There are even rumors that Wei Zhongxian is ready to play His Majesty to cancel the "Liao Salary".

Even with his toes, he could imagine that after he canceled the "Liao salary", he would definitely restart the commercial tax.

At that time, under the governance of Wei Eunuch, Liaodong was pacified, and the uprising of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong was resolved, and the "Liao salary" was also exempted.

The Donglin Party is not very convincing if it is said that the eunuch party is chaotic.

Although the people are easy to fool, they are not stupid, and they may all support the increase in commercial taxes.

And next year will be Jingcha, and now that the officials are in the hands of Wei Zhongxian's lackey Feng Quan, the fate of the Donglin Party can be imagined?

They must not allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, they must oppose the imperial court to accept Azig's request to surrender, so that at least Li Xianzhong can be trapped in Liaodong temporarily!

Give them plenty of time to make a fuss about the White Lotus Sect's uprising!

Soon, Shoufu Han Yi refused this request on the grounds that Azig was now a turtle in the urn and had to be cut down and eradicated.

As for letting Li Jiayong town Liaodong, he was even more resolutely opposed, thinking that this would lead to a rebellion in the feudal town!

Wei Zhongxian naturally would not be stupid enough to engage in endless tussle with the Donglin Party at the court meeting.

Because the final decision is still in the hands of Emperor Zhu Youxiao!

Soon, under Wei Zhongxian's arrangement, Ning Yuanbo and Li Xianzhong came to the palace to face the saint.

Zhu Youxiao specially arranged the place of the meeting at the martial arts arena.

Originally, there was no special martial arts arena in the palace, but as the scale of Zhu Youxiao's "internal exercises" became larger and larger, Wei Zhongxian simply asked people to build a martial arts arena at the foot of Wansui Mountain for Zhu Youxiao to practice.

Obviously, the Emperor of the Apocalypse wanted Ning Yuanbo to review the results of his training in the past two years.

Li Xianzhong hasn't seen Zhu Youxiao for two years, and now Zhu Youxiao is 18 years old, and he is much taller than before.

However, according to the intelligence department, he still regarded the emperor as a side hustle; And at the instigation of Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka clan, Zhu Youxiao is now also absent from the court meeting.

According to the previous rules, Zhu Youxiao will hold a fixed court meeting on the 369th of every month, and temporary court meetings may be added in case of major events.

Basically, Zhu Youxiao has at least nine court meetings a month, but now he always absences two or three times a month under the pretext of being unwell.

Although it will not be directly rotten like Wanli, this is also a very bad sign!

Li Xianzhong quickly saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said: "Li Xianzhong, the minister of Liaodong, visited His Majesty, and thanks to His Majesty's support, the minister finally put down the Jianzhou Jurchen Rebellion after two years. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Uncle Ningyuan, let's be even, the soldiers of Liaodong have worked hard, and I will definitely reward you for your merits." ”

"It's just that Han Ge still has doubts about Azig's request to surrender, and insists on cutting the grass and eradicating the roots! I also want to hear Ning Yuanbo's thoughts. ”

Li Xianzhong hurriedly said: "The minister thanked His Majesty for the Liaodong soldiers!" Naturally, the minister is willing to accept Azig's invitation to surrender! ”

"Although Azig and the others were forced to be helpless, they also surrendered sincerely."

"The former ministers used the 'Imperial Cooperative Army' to divide and disintegrate the Tartars, which made the internal army of the Tartars disheartened, and more than 3,000 Tartars outside the city of Hetuara took the initiative to surrender and join the Imperial Cooperative Army;

"In the battle to conquer the city of Hetualane and Changdian Fort, the 'Imperial Cooperative Army' was the main force in the siege, and the Imperial Cooperative Army alone died as high as more than 2,000 people."

"It is their presence that has reduced the number of casualties of our Ming soldiers and enabled us to quickly pacify Jianzhou."

"Besides, now that the thief chief Daishan is still making trouble in Korea, I have accepted Azig's request to surrender, which is just right to hit Daishan. In the future, this Azig Division, like the 'Imperial Cooperative Army', will become the vanguard of our Ming Dynasty's attack on Daishan! ”

Although Zhu Youxiao had never been on the battlefield, he was still very concerned about military affairs, and then he understood what Li Xianzhong meant.

He said: "Go to the army to fight, Ning Yuanbo really deserves to be the victorious general of my Ming Dynasty, and I will give an order to Azig's surrender!" ”

Wei Zhongxian, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming, Han Ge Lao and they don't understand military affairs at all, and they will only come up with ideas all day long, do you think any of the people they recommend to go to Liaodong are reliable?" ”

Li Xianzhong also took the opportunity to say: "Although Your Majesty has never been on the battlefield, he also trains soldiers and horses every day, of course, it is not comparable to those ministers of Han Ge who talk about soldiers all day long. ”

"I heard that the internal guards trained by His Majesty are now quite powerful, I don't know if the minister will have the honor to see it!"

Originally, Zhu Youxiao wanted to show off his achievements in front of Li Xianzhong, but now he took the initiative to ask for it, but he couldn't ask for it!

So Wei Zhongxian hurriedly waved the order flag in his hand!

Li Xianzhong's "internal exercise" was just Wei Zhongxian accompanying Zhu Youxiao to fool around, but he didn't expect that there were really some rules.

I saw that the two thousand inner prisoners were divided into two thousand phalanxes.

A burst of inner prisoners held spears, the spears in their hands dancing like dragons and snakes, and the sound of breaking through the air was like a howling wind.

The other group of inner supervisors brandished the big knives in their hands, and their knives were also smooth and dizzying.

Obviously, they were not lazy in their daily drills, although these internal supervisors may not be able to defeat the Tartars on the battlefield, but they are more than enough to deal with the untrained Beijing camp.

Li Xianzhong can be sure that these two thousand internal prisoners will definitely not be at a disadvantage against Zhu Chunchen's five thousand capital battalions!

At this time, he couldn't help but be a little afraid in his heart, Wei Zhongxian had trained an elite division in the palace.

No matter how high their martial arts are, it will be easy for these martial eunuchs to take down themselves.

After that, the remaining eunuchs showed Li Xianzhong the battle formation of the cavalry, and the shooting of the same bird.

Good guy, the "nine thousand years old" Wei Zhongxian is really not idle, a full 3,000 men and horses, in addition to 2,000 infantry, there are 300 cavalry and 700 firecrackers.

Li Xianzhong's first reaction was that "nine thousand years old" wouldn't really want to rebel, right?

Combined with the fact that Wei Zhongxian once harmed the prince in later generations, and tried to make his concubine fake pregnancy and pretend to be the heir of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, maybe he really had the idea of rebellion.

He was also very curious, after making so many preparations, the "nine-thousand-year-old" Wei Gonggong, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, was finally taken down by Zhu Youzhen, who was so stunned, it was really incomprehensible!

Just when Li Xianzhong was panicking, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked: "Ning Yuanbo, how is my internal guard combat power, can it compare to your Liaodong Iron Cavalry?" ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "Your Majesty's internal guards are very elite, but compared to the minister's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, I am afraid it is still insufficient; But Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, if this internal guard is personally led by Your Majesty, the minister's Liaodong Iron Cavalry must not be the opponent of the internal guard! ”

Although he knew that he was complimenting himself, Li Xianzhong's words still made Zhu Youxiao feel very comfortable.

Zhu Youxiao said: "What if this group of people of mine goes to exterminate the White Lotus Sect in Lunan? ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The White Lotus Sect in Lunan is just a group of rogues, and His Majesty's internal guards are naturally no problem to fight these rogues!" ”

Gonggong Wei also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has never slacked off in the past two years of training day and night, this internal guard is the Son of Heaven's own army, if you go to Lunan, those bandits of the White Lotus Sect will naturally flee from the wind!" ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "The two of you won't be compliments, right?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "The ministers have commanded the army for many years, although they have never seen the Liukou, but their combat power cannot be stronger than the Tartars, and His Majesty's internal guards are more than enough to deal with them!" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Okay, since Uncle Ning Yuan said so, then of course I believe you." ”

Then he changed his tone and said: "Wei Zhongxian, since there is no problem for the internal guards to deal with the rogues, you go and prepare enough food and grass, and the internal guards will go south to Lunan in three days." ”

"I want to take the royal expedition!"

Zhu Youxiao's words really startled the two.

Wei Zhongxian was still thinking about the pros and cons of this matter in his heart, only to see Li Xianzhong suddenly kneel on the ground and say, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done?" ”

"It's just a rogue, why bother Your Majesty to drive the expedition?"

"There is a way that the king worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death! This is all the fault of the ministers, and the ministers will soon order the Liaodong army to go south to suppress the thieves, and ask Your Majesty to take back the order? ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Ning Yuanbo's Liaodong Army should be preparing to attack Daishan entrenched in North Korea next, how can it easily go south?" ”

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Li Xianzhong instantly reacted that he had been fooled.

Zhu Youxiao took so much effort to let himself watch the drills of the internal guard, so he was waiting for himself here?

Now he even began to wonder if this was a trick that Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian had set for him?

However, looking at Wei Zhongxian's innocent expression, it was obvious that he was saying, "This matter has nothing to do with me!" ”

It's really careless Jingzhou, and I underestimated this "carpenter emperor"!

But now that I've said it, I can't change my words.

So Li Xianzhong said: "Our Liaodong Army has serious ammunition consumption, and it still needs time to reserve. In addition, the Azig Ministry also needs some time to integrate, and it is not in a hurry. The minister happened to take advantage of the gap to go to Lunan once, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty! ”

Zhu Youxiao looked very disappointed and said: "Originally, I still wanted to review the training results of the past two years, so I had to bother Ning Yuanbo to do it for me!" ”

Then he said: "Ning Yuanbo Li Xianzhong listened to the order, I reinstated you as the governor of North Korea and concurrently the governor of the Central Plains to suppress bandits, control the soldiers and horses of Shandong Province, and be sure to exterminate the rebels as soon as possible for me!" ”

Mr. Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, whether it is the Tartars of North Korea or the Liukou ministers of Shandong, they will definitely be exterminated for Your Majesty!" ”

Looking at Li Xian's loyal and frightened look, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied!

After Li Xianzhong left, Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, it seems that Ning Yuanbo is indeed loyal to the Ming Dynasty, this is really the prosperity of the society!" ”

This test was improvised by him, and it was impossible for anyone to report to Li Xianzhong in advance.

His reaction was definitely the most real, and it seemed that this Ning Yuanbo was indeed loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Uncle Ning did not disappoint me, it seems that the imperial grandfather did not misunderstand the person, he is indeed the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty." It is not an exaggeration to be crowned the Duke of Liao with his contribution to pacifying Liaodong, but if he is crowned the Duke of the State too early, how should he be rewarded for making new contributions in the future? ”

"Let's promote Ning Yuanhou first. When he pacifies Liukou and North Korea, and then he will be crowned the Duke of Liao, I believe that Han Ge Lao will have nothing to say! ”

"As for the matter of letting Li Jiayong town Liaodong, the stakes are very high, and I have to think about it again. But you can pass on a word for me, as long as I am here, no one will be able to touch his Liaodong strategy! ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The slave obeys the order! ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian's back was also soaked in cold sweat, not for anything else, Zhu Youxiao was really hiding too deeply.

Where is this a puppet emperor under his own control?

It seems that His Majesty really doesn't like to be disturbed by carpenters, or maybe His Majesty actually can't get used to those Donglin Party members, so he uses his own hands to weaken them? However, at this moment, the inner court is under his control, and with the Hakka family, His Majesty still trusts him very much.

Zhu Youxiao was very happy today, he had actually only met Li Xianzhong twice.

He only knew that this Ning Yuanbo was the first favorite of the emperor's grandfather Wanli, and his father sent him to prison.

Now it seems that he can still be reused, and with this person in good use, Daming will basically have no more side troubles.

As for whether to let Li Jiayong town Liaodong, he is still hesitating.

Li Xianzhong's grandfather, Li Chengliang, controlled Liaodong for nearly 40 years, during which time the imperial court weakened the Li family's influence in Liaodong, resulting in the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

In fact, the imperial court has tried many times, and once the Li family is not used to sit in Liaodong, Liaodong will immediately fall into chaos.

In fact, now the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from the Li family.

Should I follow the precedent of the Mu family of the Qianguo State to guard Yunnan, and let the Li family guard Liaodong?

Zhu Youxiao found that there were too few people around him who could speak honestly at this moment.

Soon he said: "Drive Kunning Palace!" ”

In this harem, the only one who can let down her guard and talk about life is Queen Zhang Yan.

After coming to Kunning Palace, Zhu Youxiao told Zhang Yan everything that happened in the martial arts arena today!

Zhang Yan said: "The concubine is very curious, if Ning Yuanbo supported His Majesty's personal expedition at that time, what would His Majesty do?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said excitedly: "I can't wait for Uncle Ning to support my imperial expedition, as long as he is willing to let go, I believe that Gonggong Wei will also support it, so that I can go out and have a look." ”

"How can a little rogue, how can he be my opponent?"

Zhang Yan said: "Your Majesty is the most powerful, so you are taking revenge on Ning Yuanbo and deliberately blocking his title?" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled evilly and said: "It's okay, I thought that among the important ministers of the imperial court, only Ning Yuanbo and Li Xianzhong were not much different in age from me, and he was only 24 years old." I didn't expect him to be the same as those old men, it was really boring! ”

Zhang Yan said: "Contrary to his words, Ning Yuanbo stopped His Majesty from personally conquest, for the sake of His Majesty's safety and the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"But because of this, he didn't get the title of Guogong, didn't he wronged Ning Yuanbo?"

Zhu Youxiao said: "Sometimes the blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable, and there is nothing bad about getting a marquis, according to Han Ge's old men, they mean that after I make him a prince of the country, he will be transferred back to the capital." ”

Zhang Yan said: "Ning Yuanbo is only 24 years old, is it too early to abandon him at this time?" ”

Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "That's why I didn't crown him as the prince of the country?" ”

"By the way, Father-in-law Wei told me that he wants to cancel the 'Liao Salary' and re-levie the commercial tax, what do you think?"

Zhang Yan said squirmingly: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the concubines are afraid that it will not be good, so it is better not to say it, right?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said a little unhappily: "Queen, if you say so much just now, you won't be considered to be in politics, why is it hypocritical now?" I asked you to tell me, and I didn't let you make an order. ”

Zhang Yan said: "The abolition of the 'Liao Salary' is a good thing to reduce the burden of the people, and the collection of commercial taxes will not increase the burden of the people, and the concubines are also supportive." But I'm afraid it will offend a lot of people, and this matter is not so easy to do. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a wicked smile: "These things that offend people are naturally handed over to Wei Zhongxian to do, otherwise why should I raise him?" ”

"By the way, do you think you should let the Li family guard Liaodong for generations?"

At this time, Zhang Yan looked very hesitant, and she said: "Xiao Duozi, Your Majesty's tea is a little cold, why don't you hurry up and take it out and change it for a hot cup." ”

The little eunuch Duoduo on the side said, "The slave obeys!"

After Duoduo walked out of the warm pavilion, Cao Huachun asked, "Little Duozi, why were you spent?" ”

Duoduo said softly: "Your Majesty asked the queen if she wanted Li Jiayong to let Liaodong, and then the slave maid was sent by the queen to exchange for tea!" ”

After hearing this, Cao Huachun suddenly felt bad, and the Intelligence Department gave Zhang Yan an order, asking him to make sure to promote the Li family's 'Yongzhen Liaodong', and now she has paid Duoduo, is this clearly "there are no silver three hundred taels here"?

It seems that it is time to warn the queen mother lest she forget who she is.

Cao Huachun saw Zhu Youxiao excitedly trotting all the way out of Kunning Palace.

Then he walked in with a smile on his face and said, "Since Your Majesty has asked whether you want the Li family to 'Yongzhen Liaodong', presumably the queen has completed the task assigned to Niangniang by the organization, I don't know what Your Majesty said?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "The palace is naturally trying its best to promote this matter in front of Your Majesty as requested, but Your Majesty still seems to be hesitating!" ”

At this time, Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Commander, ask our family to bring a painting to Niangniang!"

Zhang Yan opened the picture scroll and saw a bewitching woman almost naked, only covered with a thin layer of transparent veil, and doing extremely charming movements, as if she was seducing others.

The woman also had a small black mole around her waist.

The woman in the painting is none other than the current queen Zhang Yan.

At this time, Zhang Yan's mind came up again with the humiliating moment when those people forced themselves to pose in these poses after being sold to the "heavens and earth".

Her face instantly turned red with shame, and he asked angrily, "Gonggong Cao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Cao Huachun said coldly: "The slave just reminded the queen not to forget her mission and identity. If it is as you say, why do you need to break the little priesthood? ”

"It is not easy for the queen to get to where she is today, and she has not spent less energy on the organization. If this mission fails, not only you, the queen mother, but also the slaves and maids and Xiao Duozi, as well as all the people in Kunning Palace who are silently protecting you, as well as our relatives, will probably die! ”

"If Your Majesty knows that the Empress of the Main Palace is a lowly woman who was once sold into the Qinglou for fun, I don't know how he will feel?"

Zhang Yan snatched the painting and tore it to shreds, and then said: "Enough, this palace has not betrayed the organization, and it will definitely complete this mission." ”

Cao Huachun didn't seem to care about this painting, and then said: "The queen mother should remember how many poses she posed and how many such paintings were painted?" ”

"Maybe Niangniang will be beaten into the cold palace by His Majesty, but you also have a young sister, she will become someone else's plaything because of her sister's self-cleverness!"

At this time, Zhang Yan had already succumbed, and said with a crying voice: "Gonggong Cao, this palace did not say bad things about Ning Yuanbo, but just reminded His Majesty to be cautious and not to make decisions lightly!" ”

"In addition, I accidentally said that I leaked my mouth, Your Majesty already knows the news of this palace's pregnancy, and at this moment he is personally going to the Tai Hospital to ask the Tai Doctor to come and check the pulse!"

Cao Huachun sighed and said, "Niangniang, you can't protect yourself too much!" ”

Zhang Yan's behavior will definitely be truthfully reported to his superiors, and it is not clear whether Zhang Yan will be punished by the organization.

But now that the "Doctor Wang" of Tai Hospital is Wei Zhongxian's person, Zhang Yan is likely to be blackmailed by the other party if she exposes the news of her pregnancy so quickly.

Soon after, Zhu Youxiao really brought the imperial doctor to check the pulse of the queen Zhang Yan, and when the imperial doctor confirmed that it was a happy pulse, the Emperor of the Apocalypse directly rewarded each person in Kunning Palace with 20 taels of silver.

The news that the queen mother was pregnant with a dragon heir soon spread to the harem.

The entire harem was filled with a festive atmosphere, and only the faces of the celebrant and the celebrant Wei Gonggong and Fengsheng's wife Keshi were extremely ugly.

At this time, although the Fengsheng Lady Hakka had been taken back to the Qianqing Palace from outside the palace by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

However, Your Majesty and Empress Zhang Yan's You and I still stimulated her fragile heart.

Originally, Wei Zhongxian fought with the Donglin Party in the previous dynasty, and Zhang Yan released a certain amount of goodwill, so they did not continue to target Zhang Yan again.

But at this time, if the queen gives birth to a prince, it will definitely threaten their status in the harem.

Keyinyue would never allow such a thing to happen.

The Intelligence Department must not allow Zhang Yan to act on her own, so Mao Yuanyi decided to give Zhang Yan a small punishment.

So he told Cao Huachun not to interfere with Wei Zhongxian's move.

At this time, Zhang Yan felt that her back was sore and she needed a massage, so Ke Yinyue bought the palace maid who hammered Zhang Yan's waist, but under the strong hammering of the palace maid, the queen Zhang Yan had a direct miscarriage.

Originally, Wang Huazhen's prescription for Zhang Yan would cause her to never be able to have children, but in the end, Cao Huachun still asked Duoduo to secretly change the medicine, which can be regarded as saving Zhang Yan.

After Li Xianzhong, who was in Tianjin, learned about this, he could only sigh at the magic of history!

Zhang Yan still did not escape the miscarriage under her careful protection.

But at this time, he can't control the palace anymore, his old brother Cheng Guogong has an accident, and he has to rush to Shandong immediately!

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