On November 20th, the 47th year of Wanli reign, in the Forbidden City of the capital, the Golden Platform of the Huangji Gate.
The early winter morning was cold and desolate, but the officials arrived earlier than usual.
A rare throne rose on the golden platform.
Lu Shou, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, held an incense burner, walked slowly to the imperial couch, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, it's settled!"
Wanli opened his eyes, looked at the ministers with tired eyes, and waved gently.
He was wearing a blue dragon robe with green piping. His fat body was like a mountain of flesh, and he was sitting limply on the dragon chair.
Compared with when the capital offered prisoners six months ago, Zhu Yijun's physical condition was now even worse. He began to cough up blood after autumn. The Taiyuan Hospital donated several decoctions, but even after drinking them, they had no effect.
Emperor Wanli, who has been in power for forty-seven years, may find it difficult to survive this winter.
The two lieutenants waved their long whips, and the bluestone made a crisp sound.
The officials in the capital who had been waiting for a long time were finally able to do something.
The old emperor began to close his eyes and meditate, and there was a buzzing sound of debris in his ears. There was a flood somewhere, a civil commotion occurred somewhere, and there was a vacancy in the county magistrate somewhere.
Most of the affairs involved asking the old emperor for money.
The emperor had just given a large sum of money as a pension to General Xuanwu, and now he was a little strapped for money.
Zhu Yijun lowered his head and closed his eyes. He was already in his twilight years. His thoughts were far away, and he occasionally thought of the winter when Mr. Zhang (Zhang Juzheng) took him to study many years ago.
The Ming Dynasty at that time was different from what it is now. Although there were some civil unrest and disasters, the whole country was still prosperous. It had never seen the end of the world like it does now.
The six cabinet ministers stepped forward one after another to report their respective government affairs to the emperor, but the old emperor remained silent.
Until Huang Kezuan, the Minister of War, stepped forward and took out the Fentang newspaper from his sleeve.
"I have my heart and I want to report it."
Wanli remained silent.
"It's a newspaper from Zhou Yuchun, the governor of Liaodong."
Wanli raised his hand and asked him to come forward.
The old emperor opened his eyes with difficulty, and his fat body leaned forward slightly.
A eunuch quickly stepped forward, took the Tang newspaper from Huang Shangshu, and handed it to the emperor.
Emperor Wanli slowly opened the Tang newspaper and listened to Huang Kezuan's report.
"The Ministry of War received an emergency report from the governor of Liaodong in Babaili, saying that the Liaodong Economic Strategy ignored the advice of the supervisors He Tingkui, Cui Ruxiu and Xuanwu General Liu Zhaosun, and insisted on admitting Ye He and the Mongols into the city in Shenyang, treating foreigners leniently, and brutalizing the Liao people. On the sixth day of November, a civil uprising broke out in Shenyang!"
Wanli waved his hand to interrupt the military officer, his face full of confusion:
"I asked him to go to Shenyang to support the army and give him a reward of money. What is he going to do to recruit foreign troops? Where is he now?"
Huang Kezuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied quickly:
"Back to the emperor, Yuan Jinglue and Zhang Yushi were both killed, as well as Guangning's general Huang Demin."
Wanli sat blankly on the dragon chair. After a long while, he murmured:
"died?"
Huang Kezuan glanced at the emperor secretly and explained:
"Your Majesty, during the bloody battle at Hunhe River, the slave chief once sent Ye He into Shenyang to massacre the city. Ye He killed countless people. Nine out of ten houses in Shenyang City were empty."
"Yuan Jinglue reprimanded General Xuanwu in person for excessive killings, and said that foreign troops should be recruited to enrich the population of Shenyang. Later, for some reason, the word spread that he wanted to find the Yehe people to come back to kill the Liao people. The traitors took the opportunity to cause chaos and encouraged the Liao people to attack Jinglue. Lue Mansion, confront Yuan Jinglue. Yuan Jinglue and Zhang Yushi were killed by the rebels, and Huang Demin was also killed. The rebels absconded, and Liu Zhaosun sent soldiers to hunt them down throughout the city, but they have not yet been captured."
"The officials sent by the Ministry of War reported that civil commotions are also taking place in Kaiyuan, Liaoyang, Tieling and other places. There are slave building activities in Qinghe, Fushun, which has just been recovered. There are rumors that the Jin soldiers will make a comeback..."
Wanli waved his hand to interrupt Huang Kezuan and asked:
"Where is Liu Zhaosun?"
The Minister of War replied:
"General Xuanwu is sending troops to quell the rebellion, but the two supervisors said that after the bloody battle in Hunhe, the Kaiyuan Army and the Sichuan and Zhejiang Army suffered heavy casualties and lacked food and wages. They may not be able to continue fighting."
"I understand."
Wanli's eyes were a little distracted, and he suddenly coughed, vomited blood, and leaned to the side.
The surrounding eunuchs and maids immediately stepped forward to support the emperor. A maid brought some decoction. The old emperor took a hard sip of the medicine and panted:
"go on."
Huang Kezuan touched his forehead and said cautiously:
"The Ministry of War reported that on that day, Liao people found two unknown corpses in the south of Tieling City. They were wearing Feiyu suits and were hacked to death with random knives."
Wanli struggled to do it and glared.
"Whose stall is it?"
Huang Kezuan's voice was kept as low as possible, but he could still be heard clearly.
"Back to the emperor, the two dead Jin Yiwei seem to be Liu Yuesheng and Wen Dengqiang, the disciples of Dongchang."
Wan Li chuckled and turned to stare at Lu Shou.
Lu Shou came to Wanli's side respectfully, squinting his eyes and waiting for the emperor to ask questions.
"Has Dongchang sent someone? In such a hurry, do you want people or money?"
Lu Shou knelt down on the ground, raised his palms, opened his bow from left to right, and slapped himself in the mouth more than a dozen times, causing the golden platform to crackle.
The old emperor stared at him silently. After a while, he waved and said:
"Okay, let's talk."
Lu Shou stopped immediately and burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and unable to take charge of the East Factory. Please let me go to Nanjing to grow vegetables! Guard the mausoleum of Taizu!"
Wanli spoke in a gentle tone and whispered:
"It wasn't you who did it, that's who."
Lu Shou said with an aggrieved look:
"I dare not say anything. Last month, Eunuch Wei, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, contradicted that man and was almost beaten to death..."
Wan Li sneered: "Don't stir up trouble here. If you don't say anything, I will punish you. I will send you to Nanjing tomorrow!"
"Your Majesty, this is the prince."
Wanli waved Lu Shou to stand down and looked up at Huang Kezuan, who was still kneeling.
"Where is General Xuanwu's 600,000 taels of pension silver and head reward? Where did Yuan Yingtai do my money?!"
Huang Kezuan was sweating like rain, and turned sideways to look at Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe. Fang Chief Assistant didn't seem to see him, and ignored him at all. He curled his neck and stroked the wat board in his hand.
"Your Majesty, Liaodong Economic Strategy only paid one hundred thousand taels of silver to General Xuanwu, and I don't know about the remaining five hundred thousand taels."
The old emperor held the handle of the dragon chair tightly, his brows trembling and his teeth chattering.
"This group... this group... ransacked their homes..."
Wanli suddenly coughed violently, became top-heavy, and threw his head on the bluestone in front of the dragon chair. He vomited blood and his body shook regularly.
"Send it to the doctor quickly!"
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"Pass the crown prince!"
Half a month later, Shenyang South Gate Wengcheng.
With the support of two young eunuchs, the tall eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch responsible for the ceremony, slowly stepped out of the carriage and looked around.
But seeing that the Kaiyuan army was in good order, a group of civil and military officials, led by Xuanwu General Liu Zhaosun, knelt down in front of the moat and waited for the angel sent by the court from a distance.
Wei Zhongxian was proud of himself, nodded with satisfaction, threw away the little eunuch who was supporting him, and went straight to Mr. Liu.
The chief eunuch took Liu Zhaosun and walked for more than ten steps, leaving everyone behind.
Wei Zhongxian smiled and patted Mr. Liu on the shoulder, leaned into his ear and whispered:
"Brother, you did a great job this time!"
"ah?"
Liu Zhaosun looked confused.
"Yuan Yingtai and Zhang Quan's homes were confiscated! I sent Jin Yiwei to search their homes and found 900,000 taels of silver. The new emperor will keep 300,000 taels and give you a pension of 600,000 taels."
Liu Zhaosun stared blankly at this eldest brother who was born in a trade industry, and listened to him continue:
"Wang An colluded with that man named Yuan and wanted to kill us, but I killed them. There were more than a hundred members of their family, and none of them were left alive. There was also an eunuch from the Wei Dynasty, Bingbi, who I also got rid of, brother!"
Wei Zhongxian shook Liu Zhaosun hard, and Liu Zhaosun's old injury was about to relapse.
"The new emperor has handed over the Zhenfu Division to me and Liaodong to you. We brothers are going to make great plans! We can kill whoever we want. We no longer have to look at other people's faces!"
Liu Zhaosun nodded, his expression unchanged.
"Ah? The emperor passed away?"
"He passed away. The one who ascends the throne now is Emperor Taichang, the eldest son of the old emperor."
"oh,"
Liu Zhaosun seemed to be in a dream.
Wei Zhongxian grabbed Liu Zhaosun, put his arms around his shoulders, and dragged him towards the urn.
"Let's go, brother, it's time to read out the imperial edict. From now on, you will be the King of Liaodong! All the money from Liaodong will pass through your hands! We brothers are going to kill all the Donglin Chu Party members!"
Liu Zhaosun was dragged by Nine Thousand Years Old and walked forward involuntarily.
Isn't this day coming too early?
In front of an incense table facing the north, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department, slowly wrote an imperial edict on a rhinoceros horn axis.
In accordance with the destiny, the emperor said:
To be loyal to one's best, to maintain one's duties as a minister; to repay meritorious deeds with great respect, to be a model of encouragement to the country. Banjue, Marquis of Jitong, worshiped Lord Ya, while Jiehui changed his name and became more honored than Huagon. Things must be decided, how can grace be allowed to be in vain for a long time!
Cha Yuan served as General Xuanwu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Kaiyuan, and Commander-in-Chief of the Thirty Thousand Guards Liu Zhaosun. He was a young man with a handsome appearance and a majestic appearance. The battle of Yangzhao and Wei Qinglong City was a tribute to the team's extraordinary achievements! Be broad-minded and prudent, be honest and upright, understand the country and reach the body, maintain the power of the mountains and send down spirits, and bless your destiny from God. Yuan Cong is a weak crown, and he becomes a hero in the universe; he reinforces Liaodong and fights against the king's master Shenwu alone. When the body is in danger, the ambition becomes stronger; when the path is difficult, the creation becomes deeper. Shao Yao and Confucius's heart biography was explained in a subtle way; he advocated Zhou Cheng's Taoism and came to learn from You Zong.
The isolated city of Kaiyuan did not fall, and the three armies used their lives to reverse the situation; all the slaves in Liaozuo were wiped out, and the victory was unexpected and decisive, and Hu Chen was wiped out.
When Yuan and Shenyang were involved in rebellion, they were particularly strong and strong, and they triumphed and performed feats faster than Wu and Chu in March. He is a great hero of Jia Sheji and a rare figure who has been mentored by Shenmeng.
Zidi was granted the title of "Marquis of Ping Liao", with a fiefdom of five cities (Kaiyuan Tieling, Fushun, Qinghe and Kuandian), and was promoted to the chief military officer and commander of Liaodong. Liu Zhaosun's wife, Yang Qing'er, was gentle, virtuous and virtuous. She married her husband in Kaiyuan and was promoted to the second rank of imperial concubine.
The concubine Jin Yuji was originally a daughter of the Joseon Dynasty. The peach blossom war horse, with its heroic appearance, served Liaodong as a woman, which was unprecedented in ancient times. Loyalty and military strategy are worthy of a man! The bloody battle in Kaiyuan drove the front into the battle; the drums played in Hunhe defeated the Donglu! Jin Yuji was given the third-rank Anyuan general, and the third-rank lady was ordered.
Zhong Ding Le Ming, the contribution of the beautiful Hun River; the volume of the Lun Zhaoxi, the merit of climbing the plowing court in the world! He will always be a loyal minister of one generation and will shine in the annals of history for thousands of years!
Admire this!
Liu Zhaosun knelt down to thank the emperor for his kindness, took the imperial edict, and held it above his head until he could not kneel down.
Wei Zhongxian laughed and stepped forward to help Ping Liaohou.
When Liu Zhaosun looked up again, his face was already full of tears.
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