It's just that when Zhang Yingjing came to the capital and saw Chongzhen, he didn't notice a trace of Zhongxing's atmosphere from Chongzhen, and he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
It wasn't until noon yesterday that he suddenly felt a big change in the atmosphere in the imperial city.
For this reason, he took advantage of the fasting festival to search all over the imperial city to find out the source of the change, but found nothing.
Just when he thought he felt wrong, he suddenly heard that Chongzhen had beheaded Cao Desi and his son alive at Zhengyangmen.
After hearing this, although he was surprised, he instinctively felt that the change should be in Chongzhen.
So he made an excuse to suspend the fasting ceremony and went out to explore the situation of Chongzhen.
Not long after he left the palace, he was shocked when he heard that Chongzhen had killed Wang Guide and Li Guozhen at Yongding Gate.
Because judging from Chongzhen's various operations, the killings in his divination have been confirmed.
And he believes this is just the beginning.
Sure enough, this morning he heard that Chongzhen had beaten a large number of royal relatives and officials outside the Qianqing Palace. Among them, Guang Shiheng and Gong Dingzi were the most seriously injured, with only half their lives left.
Soon afterwards, he heard that Chongzhen was rushing to Zhangyimen. He felt that something big was going to happen, so he hurriedly followed him.
However, he did not rush to Zhangyimen because when he arrived in the outer city, he was shocked by the legend in the streets that Chongzhen received Zhu Yuanzhang's advice in his dream.
At the same time, it was reported that a meteorite suddenly appeared in the Temple of Heaven, with the four words "Jiangshan Yonggu" written on it.
The starlings in the flower and bird square in the city all spoke human words, shouting "The real dragon has appeared, the Ming Dynasty is reviving" and so on.
In addition, everywhere in the city was preaching about how Chongzhen made decisions for the people, punished corrupt officials, and how he refused to do the things of Emperor Han Yuan in order to protect his courtiers, wives and concubines...
For a time, the pessimism and surrender in the capital were swept away, and everyone was talking about Chongzhen's wisdom and God's blessing.
With Zhang Yingjing's resourcefulness, he naturally knew that all this was artificial means, because he himself was very good at this kind of thing.
And if he takes action, the situation will be even more perfect than it is now, because he has brought a magic pill from the Zhengyi Sect this time.
Just when he was thinking about whether to offer advice to Chongzhen through Zhou Hou, he heard that Chongzhen skinned Du Xun alive at Zhangyi Gate and bombarded the kings of Qin and Jin.
At this moment, he can almost confirm that the Ming Dynasty will be revived. If he can seize this opportunity, he will definitely make the Zhengyi Sect regain its glory.
But there was still a trace of doubt in his heart, which was the murderous aura in Chongzhen.
Because as a loyal king, he should not have such a strong murderous aura, but judging from the situation in the past two days, Chongzhen's murderous aura was too strong.
Although his suggestions at this moment may achieve meritorious service, they may also bring fatal disaster to the Zhengyi Sect.
And all this depends on the character of the Supreme Person.
Just when he was hesitating, he happened to see Zhu Yuanzhang walking forward slowly.
So he hid in the dark and quietly observed Zhu Yuanzhang.
He repeatedly speculated on various possibilities through the Zhengyi Sect's secret method of observing people, but he never came to a clear conclusion.
For the great cause of Zhengyi Sect, he decided to test himself.
Although he knew that once this method was used, regardless of success or failure, he would inevitably die.
However, in order to rectify the religion, he stood up without hesitation and used the method of plague to test Zhu Yuanzhang's character.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not explicitly refuse just now, he had already felt Zhu Yuanzhang's heart and knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was not a murderous person, so he kept Zhu Yuanzhang because of the poisoning.
At this moment, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's deep and cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "There is an ancient recipe for making the Dragon and Tiger Pill. When the pill is completed, colorful rays of light will appear in the sky."
"If the person seeking the elixir is sincere, a five-clawed golden dragon may appear in the sky, and it will dissipate in three seconds."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and then he took a step closer and said, "Is the real person really capable of this?"
Although Zhang Yingjing felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's body was more murderous, he took a step forward calmly and said: "There is indeed such a recipe, and the old Taoist is confident that it will be made at noon today!"
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhang Yingjing for a while and said: "Okay, if the real person can really refine this elixir, we will not only restore your title of Heavenly Master, but also make you a national master."
Zhang Yingjing smiled and shook his head and said, "I should not refuse His Majesty's generous gift. It's just that I know that my life will be short-lived and I am not lucky enough to accept Your Majesty's generous favor."
"If Your Majesty thinks of the great merits of the old Taoist, please also protect Zhengyi and teach one or two. In this way, even if the old Taoist is under the nine springs, he will still be grateful for your majesty's deep kindness."
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, and then smiled and said: "Since the real person can refine the magic elixir, he will have endless blessings and longevity. Moreover, the real person is our national teacher of the Ming Dynasty. The Zhengyi religion is naturally our national religion of the Ming Dynasty and will always be protected by the Ming Dynasty."
Although Zhang Yingjing knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's words were not credible, he still immediately bowed his head and thanked him.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, what he hated most in his life was people who took human life lightly.
Zhang Yingjing's words just now had already made him murderous, but now that he listened to Zhang Yingjing's auspicious strategy and knew that the other party was just testing him before, the murderous intent in his heart was reduced a bit.
Of course, he also knew that the person who could come up with such a vicious method was not a good man or woman, so he specially asked two royal guards to escort Zhang Yingjing into the palace.
After Zhang Yingjing left, he sent another Jin Yiwei to notify Shen Zhanran and asked him to assist Zhang Yingjing in handling auspicious matters.
Then he quietly went to the recruitment office and checked the recruitment situation.
After finding that everything was under control, he returned to the palace.
When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, all the eunuchs showed fear on their faces. They were even more timid when they entered the room to serve him, and they did not even dare to breathe.
On his way back, Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news that Wang Chengen was beaten to pieces and carried back to the palace. He knew that the eunuchs were frightened by this incident, which strengthened his determination to deal with the eunuchs' interference in politics as soon as possible.
Just at this time, Shen Zhanran and Zhang Yingjing came to Qianqing Palace and reported to him the specific matters of operating auspiciousness.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to their report and told them to keep it confidential and in a timely manner, he let them go.
Then he called Wang Shoulin and asked him to take a hundred Jinyi guards to protect the safety of Shen and Zhang, and then put the matter down.
Then he specially sent someone to summon Zhang Jinyan, and forced Zhang Jinyan to attack the eunuch on the pretext of firearms trafficking.
Zhang Jinyan seemed to have a difficult reason and hesitated for a long time without explaining why.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he knew that something had changed, so he pretended to be furious on the spot and reprimanded him severely.
He was also strictly ordered to come up with a solution tomorrow, otherwise he would be deprived of his official position and handed over to the Ministry of Punishments.
Then he used the excuse that the eunuchs of the Qing Palace were cowardly and beat several eunuchs. He also sent someone to reprimand Wang Chengen for his lax imperial duties and took back the python robe given by the emperor.
As this order was issued, the eunuchs in the palace turned pale with fear. When they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, they wished they could turn around and run away immediately.
Even Wang Dehua, who came to visit Wang Chengen, changed his expression after hearing the news, and left in a hurry after saying a few perfunctory words.
