Emperor Chongzhen was very sure that he was dead... He was 90 years old, and he had suffered a stroke. He didn't know how to take care of it, so he thought about being debauched, but he suffered another stroke! Even if this doesn't kill you, then there is no heavenly principle and only human desires remain!
But Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to die!
Although he lived to be 90 years old, spent most of his life having an affair with his harem Fendai, and gave birth to more than a hundred sons...but he was not happy! Really, not happy at all. He was trying to force a smile, making fun of himself, paralyzing the rebellious sage Zhu Cixang.
That's right, of course Chongzhen now believes that Zhu Cixiang is a sage king and an emperor throughout the ages! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so modest and followed the traitor to learn how to be an emperor for more than fifty years!
After more than fifty years of study, he has learned how to be a saint.
Being a Saint King is actually not that difficult. Otherwise, how could Nizi be able to do this job well at the age of sixteen or seventeen? According to the observations of Emperor Chongzhen for more than fifty years, the key to becoming a holy king is nothing more than two points.
One is to be able to discover the merits of ministers, and at the same time, you must be able to recognize the shortcomings of ministers... because there is basically no perfect loyal minister. Even if there is such a thing, it is still very few.
As a holy king, how could he only rely on a handful of ministers? With such a small number of people, there is only so much they can do, so the Holy King must be able to rely on most of his ministers!
And relying on most of his ministers, the sage must be able to take advantage of their strengths and help them avoid their shortcomings, so that the mediocre and incompetent sycophants can become loyal ministers who are brave and good at doing things.
Moreover, the sage should also know that those loyal and good ministers who are famous in history are all recruited, not tested on eight-legged essays... Only a sage who knows how to employ people can use many loyal and good ministers.
Because the Holy King uses treacherous ministers to produce the effect of loyal ministers! It can make mediocre and greedy people work hard, and it can also make them restrain their greed.
Of course, you still have to be greedy...but be less greedy. While you are being corrupt, don't forget to do things. A corrupt official who only knows how to take money but not how to do things is not a good corrupt official!
Therefore, driven by the Holy King, these treacherous, mediocre, and corrupt officials have all left their names in history, and future generations will see their strengths and advantages instead of their shortcomings such as treachery, mediocrity, and greed.
Nizi did a great job in this regard!
Even the "four ministers" like Zuk Kefa were put to good use and became capable ministers who will go down in history!
There are also those Sun Zhixian and Jin Zhijun, who were clearly destined to be infamy for thousands of years. In the hands of the traitorous sage, they all became loyal men who endured humiliation and infiltrated into the Donglu!
And Luo Yangxing and Guang Siheng... take the "loyalty certificate" to surrender! Surrender came, surrender went, and he actually surrendered and became a loyal minister respected by future generations!
Chongzhen sometimes thought that when he was the emperor, there were too many civil and military officials in the dynasty who were stronger than Zu Kefa, Sun Zhixian, and Jin Zhijun.
If you can use it all, how can you still have the role of a treacherous son to become a saint? You bastard, just be an old man of more than 70 years...
such a pity! I was young and ignorant at that time!
Secondly, when you are an emperor, you must be able to take responsibility and make decisions! Don't push everything down...those traitorous officials can't afford it. Bureaucrats are generally good at shirking responsibilities, not seeking merit but seeking no fault. So they like to pass responsibility upwards. It’s best to have a lot of work and a lot of work but little responsibility. There are very few officials who are willing to take responsibility, especially those who are willing to act as villains and do bad things for the country. They must be cherished and cannot be used as scapegoats.
And particularly important responsibilities, such as training the new army, leading the new army on expeditions, and making money and managing finances, are best handled by yourself.
As long as you do these two things well, even if you don't become a Saint King, you won't have Jiashen... As long as you survive Jiashen, haha, the treacherous son, the third child, the fourth child, and the fifth child will all grow up. Now, with four of their brothers charging into the battle, nothing about Dorgon or Li Zicheng is worth mentioning...
I’m really unwilling!
The dead Emperor Chongzhen thought of this and couldn't bear it anymore. He opened his throat and shouted: "Ancestor, give me another chance. I will be a good emperor... Ancestor, just give me another chance." Give me a chance...woo hoo..."
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't scream because someone was covering his mouth, and they were covering it very hard!
who is this? Chongzhen is so hot! I'm dead and you still bully me, covering me up until I can hardly breathe... That's not right! Why are you still breathing when you're dead?
Am I not dead yet?
Thinking of this, Chongzhen's eyes suddenly opened!
When he opened his eyelids, he saw a beautiful woman wearing cool clothes!
In Chongzhen's life, he saw a lot of beauties. In his longevity palace, there were not only beauties from China, but also beauties from the East, West, Nanyang, and Beiyang! It was the traitorous saint who had people collect her to kill his fighting spirit... But among all these beauties, none of them made her heart beat like the one in front of her!
The beauty in front of her was dignified and beautiful, with jade-like skin, bright eyes like water, curved eyebrows, a straight nose, and a small mouth. It is truly stunning in the world, no place is not beautiful, no place is not pleasing to Emperor Chongzhen.
Moreover, Chongzhen looked very familiar to this beauty. He had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
When the beauty saw that Chongzhen was awake, she let out a sigh of relief, and then said to him in a reproachful tone: "My lord, are you dreaming of becoming the emperor? You can just dream for a while, why are you still shouting? Be careful, the walls have ears!"
What prince? Why dream of being an emperor? Chongzhen already realized something was wrong at this time, and when he heard the beauty speak, he also remembered who the beauty in front of him was! This is Queen Zhou! It was Empress Zhou when she was young...
"Queen, why have you become younger?" Chongzhen asked as he looked at Queen Zhou.
"What queen?" Chongzhen was talking nonsense about this beauty. No, it should be Xin Wang Zhu Youjian who was frightened.
Zhu Youjian is just a Xinwang who is just waiting to die. Although he is the only biological brother of the current emperor, although the current emperor has no son and is in poor health, it seems that he will die soon... But the more it comes to this time, Believe that King Zhu Youjian should be more careful in his words and deeds! We must not let Wei Zhongxian get the handle, otherwise this traitor will frame King Xin!
Chongzhen also realized something was wrong at this time, because he suddenly felt full of energy... and there was also an impulse that had disappeared for a long time - the impulse to push down the beautiful Queen Zhou in front of him!
He quickly stretched out his palm and saw that it was white and tender!
This is not something a 90-year-old man can have...
Chongzhen, no, it should be Zhu Youjian who is so excited that he can't control himself! Could it be that this has been a dream for a hundred years? One night in the world, more than 70 years in a dream?
Or, did I really live for more than 70 years, and then my ancestors saw that I was filial, so they showed their power and let me come back to the furnace again?
Zhu Youjian had already gotten off the bed and onto the ground, walking around with bare feet, slapping his hands as he walked, "Hey, I, Zhu Youjian, am back! I'm back again!"
Princess Zhou, who was still sitting on the bed beside her, looked at her beloved prince in a daze, and she was dumbfounded.
What's going on, Your Majesty? Crazy or stupid?
If you go crazy...can you still ascend the throne and become emperor?
After dancing for a while, Zhu Youjian suddenly stopped and stood there steadily. Princess Zhou didn't know what was going on, so she could only look at Zhu Youjian blankly.
After a while, Zhu Youjian suddenly turned his head, looked at Princess Zhou, and asked in a trembling voice: "My dear concubine, what is today's date?"
"Today... today is August 11th," Princess Zhou said, then looked at the window and found that the window paper was a little white, so she corrected, "No, it should be August 12th. Got it!"
"What year is the Apocalypse?" Zhu Youjian asked again.
Princess Zhou frowned: "Your Majesty, this year is the seventh year of the Apocalypse!"
"Ah, it's August 12th, the seventh year of Tianqi..." Zhu Youjian nodded, and his young face suddenly showed an expression of vicissitudes of life that was inconsistent with his age: "It's a big day. Ah! Caress, change the widow's clothes!"
"Change?"
"Yes!" Zhu Youjian nodded.
"Your Majesty, you get up so early and want to study hard?"
"No," Zhu Youjian shook his head, "I don't study. Your Majesty will send someone to summon you today. I want to enter the palace to meet you!"
