If in the past, everyone was afraid, things would have been easier to handle. The so-called law does not blame everyone. At worst, everyone goes to see Emperor Chongzhen together, and then they put pressure on each other collectively, without having to worry about the other party not submitting. But now, the person doing the work is Zhu Changwu. He is a martial artist at all, and he is willing to kill people with a knife. They have no better way.
Although these courtiers stayed at home, they were still well-informed. It is already known that the imperial court has appointed two new ministers and a minister, and the position of commander of the five armies has also been divided. This is to dig out their background.
In the past, when Chongzhen could no longer satisfy his courtiers, they could resign collectively to scare the emperor. Because once there is no one to do anything, the emperor is just a mere commander, and it is strange that the world is not in chaos.
But now, two ministers and one minister have been appointed in this way, and the six departments have been stabilized into three. If this continues, I am afraid that the value of everyone's existence will be greatly suppressed. At that time, you can just kick yourself. By myself.
Considering that their own rights and interests cannot be restricted, many courtiers are waiting and watching while starting to think of solutions.
Wu Mansion.
Wu Xiang, the former governor of the capital camp, sealed a written letter tightly and said to a servant next to him: "Immediately send someone to deliver this letter to the young master. You must be quick."
Wu Xiang, the father of Wu Sangui, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1622). He once served as the commander of the capital, the governor and the magistrate, and the governor of the No. 2 Military Mansion of the General Army.
In history, the city of Beijing was destroyed and Wu Xiang was captured alive.
The arrival of Zhu Changwu changed his destiny. But Wu Xiang didn't know all this. He only knew now that there was a ruthless man in the capital, and there was no telling when this ruthless man would attack him.
Not wanting to sit still and wait for death, Wu Xiang prepared to look for foreign aid, and his son was the best candidate.
After all, his son is also guarding the northern border for the Ming Dynasty. If his son can return to the capital to meet Zhu Changwu and express his importance, this ruthless man will definitely treat him with leniency, and he will be safe. .
Wu Xiang has his own way, and others can think of ways as well. They don't have much foreign aid, but it doesn't matter, they can curry favor with others, for example, find other backers. For example, the Crown Prince Zhu Cihong, and also to see if he could talk to the newly appointed Ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War.
For a time, the young master who served the prince, Wang Duo, the concubine Wu Weiye, and the eunuch chief eunuch Tian Shouxin of the East Palace all became popular, and there were a lot of ministers who paid to see them.
If you can't rely on this kind of relationship, you want to go to Liang Jun and Zhang Yi. The yamen where they work has also been handed over by many officials with invitations saying, "As long as you nod, I will do it for you." It means a lackey.
Of course, not all courtiers are like this. There are still some pedantic courtiers who think that they have no big problems, or they are used to being aloof and don't know what it means to bow their heads. They have no intention of finding a way out. On the contrary, each of them wrote memorials to Chongzhen, to the effect that they were in good health and should go out to work now.
In addition, there are some people who want to solve the problem once and for all, such as killing Zhu Changwu.
Whether the intruders were defeated and retreated to Taiyuan, or whether the situation in the capital would be like this now, in the final analysis, it was all caused by Zhu Changwu's single-handed effort.
If you want to solve the problem, you only need to kill Zhu Changwu, and then the capital will return to its original state, and everything will return to its original trajectory.
Luo Yangxing was in a secret house in the capital, where Wang Zhixin, Yang Guanguang and others were gathering to discuss how to deal with Zhu Changwu.
As a former commander of the Jin Yiwei, he had many residences like this, and even the other Jin Yiwei were completely unaware of their existence. It's safe to stay here for the time being.
"General Tian." Wang Zhixin and the others were in the courtyard, saluting a short young man.
Tian Hu, one of the twenty-two generals of Li Zicheng's fifth battalion, is best at close combat. In addition, due to malnutrition when he was a child, he is not as tall and powerful as other generals. On the contrary, on the surface, he is only ten years old. The height of a four- or five-year-old child allowed him to deceive many of his previous opponents. This advantage often led him to reach the enemy without the opponent even realizing it. He would kill him with a sudden blow.
Taking advantage of this advantage, Tian Hu has successfully assassinated more than a dozen target persons, which can be said to have made a great contribution to Li Zili. This time, sensing the threat Zhu Changwu posed to them, they sent him out.
"Are the fire guns ready?" Tian Hu's voice was a little hoarse, giving the impression that he was in the transformation period of growth, which was even more deceptive.
"A total of two hundred fire weapons have been prepared, ensuring that when Zhu Changwu appears, he can be instantly beaten into a hornet's nest." Luo Yangxing said very proudly.
This time, in order to achieve the goal of a successful assassination, he spent a lot of money and gathered all the firecrackers he could find, so that he could kill with one blow.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the lack of money in the national treasury, the construction of firecrackers stopped. The so-called Shenji Battalion was ineffective without firearms. When Li Zicheng led the Dashun Army into Beijing, it was even more useless. Not finding a usable firecracker shows how bad the situation is.
Luo Yangxing was worthy of being a commander. He was very familiar with the capital. He even found some Ming soldiers who were originally from the firearms camp and got two hundred firecrackers from them. This made them more confident about the subsequent assassination. The mission is even more confident.
Zhu Changwu is so powerful that he even accomplished the feat of one vs three hundred in front of many people. But that's just borrowing the power of firearms.
Since he can kill others with firearms, why can't others kill him with firearms?
This means that the harvest will be poor and the defeat will be poor.
"Very good, then we will immediately detect his traces and wait until the martial arts masters we called arrive. We will take action if we don't take action this time. If we do, we must kill him with one strike." When Tian Hu talked about this , a flash of coldness flashed in his eyes.
In his opinion, even powerful people can be killed. It all depends on whether the preparations are sufficient. This Zhu Changwu is not like old Chongzhen, who spends his days hiding in the deep palace without even being able to see his face. In contrast, it is not difficult to kill a person who shows up every day.
Zhu Changwu, who was regarded as a target, did not know that he had become a target, or that he had been mentally prepared for this.
As a man who single-handedly turned the tide against the collapse of the building, several named generals of thieves died in his hands, and dozens of officials of the Ming Dynasty died in his hands. Because, if it can't arouse other people's murderous intentions, then he doesn't believe it in his heart.
It's just that it's other people's business to have other people's ideas. What should Zhu Changwu do?
He would not live in fear every day and do nothing just because someone wanted to kill him. Compared with anyone who is more arrogant, Zhu Changwu, who has experienced countless lives and deaths, is particularly thoughtful in this regard.
In the past, he was worried that enemies were everywhere and would use high-tech weapons to directly obliterate him. But now, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he has mastered the most high-end weapons of this era. If he is still afraid, then he is not worthy of his title of King of Three S Soldiers and King of Kings.
Zhu Changwu, who didn't pay attention to this at all, and believed in the idea that soldiers will stop him and water will cover him, was currently tinkering with new things in the already established research institute.
Zhu Changwu, who once graduated from the highest military academy, was also one of the talented students. He was also very good at mathematics, physics and chemistry. Especially this time after arriving at the end of the Ming Dynasty, after his brain had been transformed, some people who originally had poor memories or The fuzzy things were clearly displayed in front of him at this time.
Sun Chuang had already carried out all the preparations according to Zhu Changwu's request, and after a series of playful operations, pieces of solidified soap were formed.
The shape of the newly formed soap was a bit ugly and needed to be further processed. Zhu Changwu laughed and cut a piece with a tiger-tooth dagger. He handed it to the little follower Chen Yuanyuan and said, "Come on, let's try this thing. How does it work?" ?”
"It's so ugly." Chen Yuanyuan said with a hint of disgust in her eyes, but since it was what Zhu Changwu gave her, she still took it with both hands.
"Let's see whose hands are dirtier or whose clothes are dirtier. Use this thing to wash and try the effect." Zhu Changwu looked confident and rolled his cuffs off his arms while asking the people around him.
It’s not that people in this era don’t like to be clean, it’s just that due to environmental constraints, it’s hard to be clean if they want to. It was too easy to find stolen goods. Soon, a long coat with oil stains was brought over, and Sun Chuang took the soap himself and started cleaning it.
Needless to say, the effect was amazing. When they saw that the clothes full of stains became clean quickly, everyone's eyes became hot when they looked at the piece of soap that was not very attractive. .
"Hey, I told you it was a good thing." As if I didn't lie to you, after Zhu Changwu said this, he ordered Sun Chuang, "Cut these prepared soaps into equal sizes. , and then send it to the store we prepared before for sale."
Previously, the residences of dozens of courtiers were confiscated, and many shops were seized. Zhu Changwu left some of the ones with good locations, made certain improvements, and named them Daming Department Stores, which are now in use. when.
"Yes." Sun Chuang agreed repeatedly. He had seen the benefits of soap and believed that it would be a hit when sold.
