"I really didn't lie. My children and grandchildren were listening to the wall outside King Xin's chamber. It's unmistakable... King Xin really said in his dream: Ancestor, give me another chance, I will definitely Be a good emperor..."
In the quiet Qianqing Palace, a middle-aged man was heard making a small report about Zhu Youjian in a strange manner. A young man with a gray face and a little swollen face was sitting on the bed, leaning forward, looking like he was about to die.
This young man who looked like he was about to die was Zhu Youxiao, the first carpenter and emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose reign was Tianqi.
Zhu Youxiao is only 23 years old this year. He was young and high-spirited at that time. But now that he is like this, he is clearly on the verge of death. What made him what he is now were two accidents and a drug poisoning.
In May of the sixth year of Tianqi, a strange and huge disaster occurred in the Wanggong Factory area of Beijing...a huge explosion. It is not known whether it was a deflagration in a gunpowder factory near Wang Gong Factory or something else. earthquake. In short, it caused huge property losses and casualties. The shock caused by the explosion also spread to the Forbidden City. At that time, Zhu Youxiao's only surviving son, Zhu Cijiong, died of excessive shock. This incident also had a great impact on Tianqi himself, so he became seriously ill.
The second accident occurred not long ago when the boat capsized and fell into the water while visiting the lake in Xiyuan, accompanied by Hakka, Wei Zhongxian and others, and he almost drowned. Although he was picked up, his lungs may have been damaged or there may be some inflammation. Anyway, he has not been well. He has a fever every day, and now he is a little confused.
However, no matter how confused Emperor Tianqi is, he still has the most basic judgment.
"What do you mean by giving another chance?" Zhu Youxiao said weakly, "It seems that I should be the one to say this, right? If I want to have another chance, I must be the emperor well..."
"Long live my Lord, you just feel the cold..." The man who was bending down to report to Emperor Tianqi almost burst into tears when he heard Emperor Tianqi's words. He wiped his tears and said to Tianqi again. , "Long live my lord, what I told you is absolutely not false at all. I have no grievances or enmities with His Highness King Xin..."
Zhu Youxiao raised his hand, "I know... I'm already like this. Zhongxian, if you were smarter, you should go and curry favor with King Xin. How could you possibly report to me?"
It turned out to be Wei Zhongxian who snitched on Zhu Youjian! The famous eunuch Quan of the Ming Dynasty was nine thousand nine hundred years old... which was one hundred years younger than the emperor's long live! In addition, he is also the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, the admiral of the Three Palaces of Baohe, the eunuch responsible for the official flag affairs of Dongchang, the imperial envoy, the eunuch responsible for the supply of the treasury of the Xixin Department, the governor of Nanhaizi, and the official envoy to the history museum... ..Wait a minute, his official title has a total of more than 200 words, and it also has a lot of responsibilities. There is nothing that he can't control internally and externally.
As for how well he manages...just look at the dying Emperor Tianqi! Apocalypse is his lifeblood! If you can't manage this well, how did you become an official with more than 200 words?
But this guy is not without merit!
Wei Zhongxian is not afraid of offending people. Anyone who offends him will be punished to death. He is indeed a vicious dog!
It's just that he acted recklessly and was domineering to the point of recklessness. The appearance of every trip can meet the standards of seeking to usurp the throne! The entire Wei family and his mistress, the Hakka family, were constantly promoted to higher positions. My nephew Wei Liangqing was actually granted the title of Ning Guogong!
Moreover, he also formed a wide range of party members, not only forming cliques in the inner court, but also crossing the border to attract people in the outer court, creating what are called "ten dogs", "ten children" and "forty grandchildren". For a time, there were really close friends and minions everywhere, and it really looked like he was plotting to usurp the throne. But in fact, he is just a fool. Anyone who wants to think of him as a scheming power traitor is totally wrong.
If you really want to be cunning, you must protect Tianqi and not let him make any mistakes, and you will not put such a high hat on yourself.
Tianqi glanced at Wei Zhongxian and smiled bitterly: "I have no children, and I died soon, so he should be the emperor. Maybe my ancestors also know this, and I dream about it at night and teach him how to be the emperor!"
"Long live the Lord..." Wei Zhongxian was a little frightened and almost burst into tears, "Don't say such things, please take a few days to rest and recuperate. It's more important to heal your body and bones than anything else!"
Zhu Youxiao just waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements... I will summon King Xin, the cabinet ministers, and the ministers of science and technology in Qianqing Palace later to announce that you and Wang Tiqian are loyal, okay Use it to discuss national affairs. Then make your nephew Wei Liangdong the Marquis of Dong'an."
Wei Zhongxian was also dumbfounded. He didn't even think about it. Did he behave like a loyal person in these years?
Whoever comes to be the emperor must be attacked to establish his authority! Unless he really has the ability to usurp the throne...but this is absolutely impossible.
So Wei Zhongxian is now in a position where death is inevitable!
Although Emperor Tianqi was a little confused, he still knew that his good brother would not let Wei Zhongxian go... If he wanted to let him go, the new emperor would have to establish his authority when he took office! If you don't want to use Wei Zhongxian as a prestige, who should you do the surgery on?
Besides, with Wei Zhongxian's current power and number of party members, if he really continues to struggle, he might really be too big to lose.
However, Tianqi has to stabilize Wei Zhongxian for his brother. Wei Zhongxian cannot usurp the throne, but he can still plot against Zhu Youjian, the Xinwang.
If you really want to offend this stupid idiot, if everything goes to hell, Tianqi won't be able to see his ancestors.
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Zhu Youjian also knew that his sleep talk would be reported to his brother by Wei Zhongxian, a stupid young man... Of course he knew that there were people from Wei Zhongxian around him!
This is not the first time he has become emperor!
After killing Wei Zhongxian last time, he launched a large-scale purge of people around him and arrested many lackeys of the Wei Party!
But he's not afraid of anything. Because his brother has no son and is about to die. If the emperor doesn’t do it for him, who else can do it for him?
If the treasonous son is born now, then the throne can be passed on to the treasonous son, but the treasonous son is not pregnant yet!
As for Wei Zhongxian... Zhu Youjian didn't say that he wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian. He wanted to be the emperor, which was not a problem for the 9900-year-old.
So when King Xin Zhu Youjian entered the palace, everything was still as usual... Outside the Huangji Gate, he saw a group of cabinet ministers and ministers of science and education, and he just greeted them politely - these people, Some are traitors and corrupt officials!
When Zhu Youjian saw these treacherous ministers and corrupt officials, of course he remained calm and thought to himself: You are all bad people! But it doesn’t matter, because if you meet this Holy Lord, you will probably be remembered in history in the future...
Emperor Tianqi could no longer go outside the Huangji Gate to listen to the government, so he sent eunuchs out to announce that Zhu Youjian, cabinet ministers, ministers of science and technology, and others went to the Palace of Qianqing to meet him.
Qianqing Palace was the sleeping palace, and Emperor Tianqi was ill, so of course he was not so particular. The emperor wore Yanju clothes and leaned on a soft couch. Wei Zhongxian was waiting on the side, and there were also eunuchs such as Li Yongzhen, Wang Tiqian, Tu Wenfu, and Liu Ruoyu who were also with the emperor. This was the ruling model of the middle and late Ming Dynasty. A group of eunuchs who were in charge of rituals and eunuchs formed the inner dynasty. The outer dynasty, which is composed of the cabinet and ministers, restrains and cooperates with each other to assist the king together.
Ideally, the leader of the inner dynasty (internal minister, usually the person in power who is the Supervisor of Ceremonies) and the chief assistant of the outer dynasty can cooperate, but they cannot be one party.
As for the four cabinet ministers who appeared in the Qianqing Palace today, Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu, and Li Guopu, except for one Li Guopu, the others were all Wei Zhongxian's men, or at least attached to Wei Zhongxian.
A group of cabinet ministers, Ke Dao, and Xinwang Zhu Youjian saluted the sick emperor, and then stood in separate groups, each of them squinting at Tianqi's dejected face.
Zhu Youjian, who had not seen his brother for more than 70 years, couldn't stop crying when he saw Emperor Tianqi!
What a deep brotherhood!
Zhu Youxiao felt very sad when he saw his younger brother crying. Great country, it looks like this guy is going to get an advantage!
