Outside the city of Beijing during the Zhengde Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao led eight thousand cavalry and rushed back to the capital at night, catching all the elders by surprise.
In particular, Mao Ji, Xie Qian, Jin Gui, Jiang Mian and others made their hair stand on end. Especially the Jinyi Guards were acting aggressively in the city, and the two factories in the east and west were following them. However, in just half a day, all the civil servants in the capital were in panic. , Everyone is in danger.
Of course, it can only be said that everyone understands why people who are panic-stricken are panic-stricken.
The young Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao had removed his heavy armor and was only wearing soft gold silk armor instead of a dragon robe, but he still looked extraordinarily heroic and imposing.
After all, he has been an emperor for more than ten years. Even if he is wearing coarse linen clothes, his confident temperament will not dissipate in a short period of time. It will take at least half a year to dissipate.
Just like Zhu Yunwen, after so long, he has naturally lost the so-called imperial aura of the emperor, and only has the aura of a monk... Recently, he has transformed into the aura of a military commander.
Zhu Houzhao personally wiped the sharp sword and waited quietly for the cabinet bachelors summoned by him.
"Ah."
Zhu Houzhao smiled softly and raised the corners of his mouth.
Although there was a smile on the surface, the cold feeling could not go away.
The adopted sons around him shuddered, naturally understanding what Zhu Houzhao's current situation was like.
When the emperor is angry, he always smiles. If ministers who are not familiar with Zhu Houzhao see him, they really think that Zhu Houzhao does not feel any anger. But if people who are familiar with Zhu Houzhao see him, they will naturally know that His Majesty the Emperor is really angry. .
"Your Majesty, Commander Jiang has arrived."
Suddenly, a sonorous and powerful armored cavalry rushed over, saluted Zhu Houzhao, and reported the fact: "Commander Jiang also arrived with Mr. Jin Ge and Bachelor Xie."
"Where are Liang Chu, Mao Ji, Yang Tinghe, and Jiang Mian? When will they come? There is also Liu Daxia's good son, Li Dongyang's disciple and former official."
Zhu Houzhao said a few names very calmly, and seemed to be very indifferent to these things, without arousing the slightest thought in him.
"Replying to your Majesty, we are still on the way." The soldier said.
"That's good."
Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Let Jin Gui and Xie Qian come in to see me first."
After that, Zhu Houzhao ignored everything else and sat on the tiger skin. With a thought, an illusory icon appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao.
[Do you want to provide spiritual assistance to other group members? 】
[Initiating spiritual assistance requires paying 1 point. 】
After Zhu Houzhao saw the eyes in front of him, he thought of what Zhu Yijun told him. He immediately understood and said, "I want to use the points I earned from participating in the meeting to provide spiritual assistance to other group members!"
After all, it was a good thing for Zhu Houzhao to prepare in advance to summon the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
Use spiritual aid to intimidate other ministers and tell them that I am the one who is destined by destiny and the one everyone expects!
This is where Zhu Houzhao's confidence lies.
This is a technique he learned from the younger Wanli emperor Zhu Yijun.
Whether to let Emperor Taizu Gao come or to let Emperor Taizong Wen come... Zhu Houzhao hasn't decided yet and can only think about it temporarily.
However, just as Zhu Houzhao was thinking about choosing Emperor Taizu Gao, the founder of the country, he heard a mechanical female voice coming from his ears:
[Mortal assistance has been sent to the group members. 】
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
what's the situation?
Shouldn't there be a designated person to initiate spiritual assistance?
This is what the young emperor Zhu Yijun said at that time. Why is it different from what Zhu Yijun said?
This caught Zhu Houzhao off guard. If one came randomly, it would be terrible if several emperors from the dynasties behind him appeared.
After all, for the ministers, the future emperor's appearance... this is a bit too ridiculous.
Just when Zhu Houzhao didn't know what was going on, a cloud of mist suddenly appeared in front of him, and soon, Zhu Di's face appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao.
"Um?!"
"what's the situation?"
"Escort, escort!"
"..."
The moment Zhu Di's portrait appeared in the clouds and mist, Zhu Houzhao's adopted son in the entire military tent panicked, and they all guarded Zhu Houzhao in order to prevent the sudden appearance of the clouds from doing anything illegal to Zhu Houzhao.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned in the mist, and then smiled at Zhu Houzhao: "Boy Houzhao, you asked me to come here just to see these godsons of yours guarding you bravely?"
"Everyone, stand down."
Zhu Houzhao smiled, pushed back all the adopted sons around him, then stepped forward, saluted Zhu Di and said, "Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty pays homage to Emperor Taizong Wen."
When Zhu Di saw Zhu Houzhao's words, he couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Okay, I accept your request. I am here to get fifty thousand shi of food for free. If you have anything to do, just tell me. I will not be rewarded for my merits."
Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth, and when he was about to say something, two mist-shrouded mirrors suddenly appeared next to Zhu Di.
One is the figure of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the other is the image of Zhu Youjian.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned, and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di and couldn't help but marveled: "This spiritual aid is like this? It's really surprising."
This was the first time Zhu Yuanzhang offered spiritual assistance. Then Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled and said, "We support you spiritually, Houzhao! Just go ahead and do it. We can't help you except mentally!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice is very simple, but it has some kindness and kindness.
Zhu Youjian on the side had nothing to say and could only sit upright: "I'm here to get the rewards of the mission. Ancestors, go ahead and don't worry about me..."
Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao was about to say something, but he saw a burst of clouds and mist, and three clouds appeared again.
They are Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen and Emperor Taiping Zhu Biao.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao was stunned and didn't know what happened.
"Wow, there are so many people."
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but exclaimed.
But Zhu Qiyu was still so kind, as if he was waiting for something outside the delivery room. Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Biao, father and son, shared the same cloud.
But what is a bit surprising is that as his son, Zhu Yunwen is obviously older than Zhu Biao...
After seeing Zhu Biao, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, he was a new face that he had not seen at the last meeting. He immediately raised his hand and asked, "Who is this?"
"This is our son Zhu Biao, the current Emperor Taiping."
Before Zhu Biao could speak, Zhu Yuanzhang introduced Zhu Biao's identity in a carefree manner: "When we come to such a magical world, we naturally have to find a place for our prince! After all, we are here in the emperor's chat group. What if you are not the emperor? How embarrassing is that?”
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Yunwen next to Zhu Biao seemed a little embarrassed.
Grandpa Huang, you don’t want to bury people like this.
What's wrong if he's not the emperor?
At least I was once an emperor.
Zhu Biao, on the other hand, was as humble as jade and nodded slightly to Zhu Houzhao, releasing his goodwill.
Seeing so many scenes that looked like gods appearing, Zhu Houzhao's adopted sons in the military tent were all dumbfounded. They had no idea what was going on and could only look at each other on the sidelines, not knowing how to comment.
This scene is too scary and weird.
Seeing that there were a lot of portraits around him, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and said, "Is everyone here?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "The emperor's younger brother didn't come."
Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized: "Yes, boy Houcong didn't come! Let's wonder why we feel so bad today. Where are the others?"
All the emperors shook their heads.
After all, no one knows what happened to Zhu Houcong.
Zhu Houzhao also took this opportunity and said to the young emperor Zhu Yijun: "Wanli, didn't you say that you can only designate one person for each spiritual assistance? Last time you designated the emperor's younger brother to come to assist, why did I only use it this time? You got a few points, but you summoned everyone?"
"I am on Phuket Island."
Zhu Yijun blinked and said that he didn't know anything: "Last time I was forced to let Grandpa Huang come~"
Zhu Di said: "Speak to me properly."
Zhu Yijun felt a little aggrieved: "I just replaced two teeth..."
At this moment, Zhu Houcong's figure also appeared in the middle of everyone.
Zhu Houcong's figure was as usual, but in the background, he seemed to be moving, and the dragon was extremely bumpy.
When Zhu Qiyu saw this, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What's the situation over there?"
"It's okay. We just captured two cities and lost some time. We are marching towards Luoyang urgently, so we have some free time and can come for spiritual assistance."
After Zhu Houcong said that, he then smiled and said: "Now Yue Le and Fuquan are fighting dogs. I will march this time and capture two prisoners in a battle in Luoyang City. It will not be a big problem."
Zhu Houcong was very confident that victory in the national war this time could even be said to be within reach and not a problem.
Seeing Zhu Houcong's vow, the emperors nodded with satisfaction, and even privately discussed letting them come to the next national war.
And soon, Zhu Houcong asked: "Brother Emperor, what is the purpose of asking me for spiritual assistance this time? If there is a need, I will definitely help Brother Emperor."
"What the emperor said is true." Zhu Houzhao said, "But in this matter, the emperor can't help much. Only Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong can help this time..."
Before Zhu Houzhao could finish speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted forcefully: "Why Taizong? Calling Laosi Chengzu! The temple name of Taizong must be reserved for Biao'er!"
Zhu Biao:......
"Actually, my son, it doesn't matter..."
Zhu Biao spoke helplessly and looked at Zhu Di dotingly: "If the fourth brother likes it, the fourth brother will be Taizong, and Taizong will be the fourth brother. My Xingzong is not bad."
"Okay, Biao, don't interrupt, we have decided this matter!"
Seeing the emperors shouting endlessly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel that he had done something wrong this time. Calling out all the Ming emperors seemed to have the opposite effect.
but……
Why can I call out all the group members by spending only a few points?
Zhu Houzhao felt a little surprised, and at this moment, another light curtain appeared in front of his eyes.
[Multiple units can be designated for spiritual assistance. The more units, the worse the reward. The fewer units, the better the reward. 】
The light screen that appeared in front of him answered Zhu Houzhao's doubts. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but nodded, and then opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, I will decide to launch a bloodbath in Beijing later, and kill all the civil servants who are not loyal to me. If there is any confusion, Students of truth weep in the temple and knock on the que, and I hope that the ancestors can speak out and understand the truth for me!"
Having said that, Zhu Houzhao actually raised his hands to the eight figures in front of him and said, "I'm sorry to bother you all!"
"Um... I don't think this is of any use." Zhu Youjian hesitated.
After Zhu Yijun heard Zhu Youjian's words, he immediately spoke earnestly, his little face tightened, as if he had experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes: "Your Majesty, grandson, just shut up if you know it's useless, and just play with your grandpa and me for rewards. it is okay!"
When Zhu Youjian heard this, it was the same.
Shut up immediately and stop talking.
And soon, under the gaze of many Ming emperors, Xie Qian and Jin Gui were pulled up by Jiang Bin, the commander of the Jin Yiwei.
"His Majesty!"
Xie Qian, whose beard and temples were all white, was indignant. As soon as he came to Zhu Houzhao, he said loudly and angrily: "How innocent is this old minister?! This traitor Jiang Bin actually broke into my home. How shameless and rampant is this?! At that time, Emperor Taizu..."
Halfway through, Xie Qian's words stopped abruptly.
Because only then did he see everything in front of him.
Many phantoms looked at him in front of him with unkind eyes.
This made Xie Qian feel a lot of pressure, and he felt like he was being watched by the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
"What happened to Emperor Taizu back then?"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly opened his mouth, and the clouds and mist shimmered, which seemed to indicate Zhu Yuanzhang's displeasure.
"This this……"
Xie Qian was extremely shocked. Xie Qian, a famous official in Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties who was always famous for his eloquence, had no idea what to say. It was as if his computer had crashed on the spot. He stuttered for a long time and did not say this In one sentence.
"Let me tell you! What happened to Emperor Taizu back then!"
Zhu Yuanzhang became angry, slapped the case directly, and scolded: "When we were in power, if we met an official like you, we would have skinned him long ago and hung them in front of the city gate to tell everyone!"
"Now I keep talking about the so-called Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizu Gao. Am I just trying to serve as a shield for you wastes?! The wastes of the Jingtai Dynasty were like this, and so were the bastards of the Chongzhen Dynasty! To return to the teachings of our ancestors, Is this what the ancestors taught you to do?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "I really didn't expect that the civil servants of our Ming Dynasty would be such trash in the future! I just want to see what happened, that it turned out to be like this!"
One sentence after another.
Every sentence was like an arrow, piercing towards Xie Qian, making Xie Qian's face turn pale, his beard could not help but tremble, and his eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry. After all, he didn't even say 'we', but used 'I'.
During the Hongzhi period, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian served as the cabinet for the longest time, and they controlled Emperor Hongzhi for the longest time.
Liu Jian was idle at home, and Li Dongyang had passed away long ago. Only Xie Qian remained in Kyoto, secretly stirring up trouble.
Xie Qian originally thought that he would be able to strategize and fool the emperor around. Even if the incident was revealed, the emperor would be helpless with him, and he would be itching with hatred but unable to kill him.
But now, an Emperor Taizu suddenly appeared and scolded him angrily. For a moment, Xie Qian felt a little overwhelmed. He even completely forgot the words he had prepared in his mind. He was a little frightened and inexplicable.
"Tell me how Emperor Chenghua died and how Emperor Hongzhi died."
Zhu Di's eyes were cold, looking at Xie Qian who was kneeling on the ground in fear, and immediately scolded: "How much did you participate in this conspiracy?!"
Zhu Di's voice vibrated in Xie Qian's ears like thunder, making Xie Qian even more panicked and uneasy, as if countless cavalry were charging in front of him. Under the bloody wind, Xie Qian was even more frightened and uneasy, and he said quickly: "Taizong...His Majesty Taizong, when Emperor Chenghua was in power for a long time...it was difficult for our civil servants to get ahead, so..."
Xie Qian kowtowed as if he were pounding garlic. Although he was already in his sixties, he remembered the events of that year very clearly.
Emperor Chenghua came to power, and imperial power reached its peak.
The civil servants who had gradually gained prominence since Emperor Xuande were suppressed again. This made the civil servants very unhappy, but they did not dare to openly commit regicide.
So, they did one thing.
He found a quack doctor named Liu Wentai and entered the imperial hospital. When Emperor Chenghua was only suffering from a minor illness, he deliberately used the wrong medicine, causing Emperor Chenghua's death. As a result, he was trained by civil servants since childhood. Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne.
As for why Liu Wentai was not killed and silenced... there is naturally a reason.
Emperor Chenghua's imperial control was extremely powerful, and the civil servants could not compete with him. If Liu Wentai was killed to silence him, it would seem a little strange about this incident. However, Emperor Hongzhi, who grew up in the civil service training, was lenient. Liu Wentai's crime was pardoned, and I thought that this matter would be completely sealed from then on, and no one would know about it.
But they never expected that this quack doctor would actually cure Emperor Hongzhi to death, which made the civil servants extremely angry.
However, Liu Wentai grasped the real cause of Emperor Chenghua's death, so Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others who were cabinet bachelors at the time protected Liu Wentai to death, so that this quack doctor who had killed two emperors in succession finally died in Enjoy a safe life in Guangxi.
As Xie Qian's words came out, all the emperors present turned ugly.
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and then said: "Take him to prison and torture me for all the details! I want a list of all the people involved, how dare you kill the king!"
"yes!"
Jiang Bin naturally knew that he had heard something big, and his expression immediately became excited. He looked at the once dignified old man, and couldn't help but reveal a ferocious face.
"Let me capture Liu Wentai and cut him into pieces!"
Zhu Houzhao said coldly at the same time: "Pull out all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital. If they are related to Liu Wentai, they will not be used! Call new imperial doctors from the accompanying military doctors of the army and ask these bastards from the Imperial Hospital to join the army. I want to make them The hospital has become completely different!”
"If there are too many injured and dead among our Ming soldiers, then the imperial physician responsible for the treatment will be punished!"
After that, Zhu Houzhao looked at Jin Gui, who was looking at him with frightened eyes. Jin Gui was in panic all day long, kowtowing to Zhu Houzhao: "I deserve to die, I deserve to die! Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"I love you very much, Jin Qing, but I didn't expect that you also wanted to murder me and conspired with Mao Ji, Xie Qian, Jiang Mian and Liu Daxia's heirs!" Zhu Houzhao said angrily.
When he heard the name Zhu Houzhao reported, Jin Gui seemed to want to say something, but after hearing the name, he couldn't say it and could only look ashen.
In the end, Jin Gui simply refused to defend himself and immediately bowed his head and said: "I will be punished by death!"
"As long as you know it is a capital crime."
Zhu Houzhao nodded, suddenly lit up the sword that he had been cleaning, and approached Jin Gui step by step. Jin Gui seemed to feel the approaching coldness, but he did not dare to move a step.
The next moment, the edge of the sword flashed, blood spattered, and Jin Gui fell to the ground on the spot.
"Send the order to search the residences of Li Dongyang, Liu Daxia, Liu Jian and others!"
"All the civil servants who participated in Mao Ji's conspiracy will be thrown into prison! Let me investigate, find out a cause and effect, and find out the truth! I want the truth!"
Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Why haven't Liang Chu, Mao Ji, Yang Tinghe, and Jiang Mian arrived yet? Are they bastards? They are walking so slowly. Could it be that they want me to invite them?!"
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Jiang Bin kowtowed quickly, and Zhu Houcong on the side also said: "Brother, there is no need to be angry, relax, these traitors can't escape."
"By the way, the heirs of Liu Daxia need to be dealt with carefully. It was Liu Daxia who was responsible for destroying the records of Zheng He's treasure ship. However, he most likely did not destroy it. The descendants will use these voyage records to make trouble in the ocean. It can be Check it carefully."
After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly: "When I find the voyage record, I will definitely make it public."
"No need, Emperor Taiping and Emperor Jingtai have already submitted the same thing."
Zhu Houcong smiled and said: "In the Jingtai and Taiping dynasties, the news about Zheng He's treasure ship was not destroyed."
The Taiping Dynasty was the Zhengtong Dynasty.
During the Zhengtong and Jingtai years, Zheng He's records were naturally still preserved, and there was no need to collect them from Zhengde.
When Zhu Houcong said this, Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said murderously: "Generals, follow me to the capital! If anyone dares to block it, or takes the opportunity to cause chaos, he will be punished!"
"Liang Chu, Mao Ji, Yang Tinghe, and Jiang Mian, the four of them are not here anymore. I want to go to Beijing and find them myself!"
Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "They are quite proud, I need to invite them myself!"
"Not only yourself, but also Zan, Biao'er, Laosi, Yunwen, Qiyu, Houcong, Yijun, and Youjian are going to meet them."
Zhu Yuanzhang also recovered slightly at this moment, and then said: "Your cabinet for the twelfth year of Zhengde has only a few celebrities, but it has a lot of airs."
"When you enter the capital this time, we will veto all matters related to the ancestral precepts! Don't worry about the ancestral precepts, little Houzhao, even if you want to establish a prime minister in the Zhengde Dynasty, we will allow it!"
(End of chapter)
