"Long live my lord, slaves and slaves are suffering!"
"Long live my lord, these slaves have been wronged!"
"Long live my lord, I am really not Wei Ni's lackey...I have never met Wei Ni before!"
In the Forbidden City, in the Wenhua Hall, a group of old Jingjun, who were already a little older and even had gray hair, were lying on the ground, pleading with Zhu Youjian who was sitting behind the desk reading the memorial. It was so miserable to cry!
These old Jingjun were all selected by Cao Huachun to be miserable - Cao Huachun, Eunuch Cao actually had some sympathy, especially for these poor Jingjun.
It turns out that Cao Huachun is an elite eunuch with outstanding talents and both civil and military skills - there are also elite and grassroots eunuchs! It is easy for a eunuch who is smart, cute, and outstanding in flattery skills to get ahead! Cao Huachun is such an eunuch who easily gets ahead. Originally, he and the Jing Army were incompatible with each other. His future lay in the Li Jian and the Royal Horse Jian!
However, because he offended Wei Zhongxian when he was serving as Zhu Youjian's companion, he was sent to Nanjing, the capital of China, to serve as a pure army. This is worse than being a Jingjun in Nanhaizi! Nanhaizi is still in charge. After all, Wei Zhongxian still wants to rely on "internal operations" to defend himself and Emperor Tianqi, so he must give Nanhaizi's army a good meal. But who cares about leaving the capital to clean up the army? Starved to death!
If Cao Huachun hadn't saved a little, he would have starved to death in Nanjing!
Because of his experience as a Jingjun in Liudu, Cao Huachun truly knew how hard it was for the Jingjun... But he also knew that Zhu Youjian was determined to disband the Nanhai Zijingjun!
In order to gain more benefits for this group of Jingjun comrades, Cao Huachun specially selected a few eunuchs who looked particularly miserable to show off to Zhu Youjian.
If it were Zhu Youjian, whose real age is only 17 years old, he would definitely be soft-hearted.
But now Zhu Youjian...the 90-year-old fox, what has he never seen before? Of course, one could see through Cao Huachun's mind at a glance.
This guy is capable, both civil and military! He writes very well, and if he hadn't been cut off, he would have at least succeeded. He can also lead and train troops. The Yongwei Battalion was trained in his hands.
But Cao Huachun has a very fatal problem. This guy is too soft-hearted, almost like Wang Chengen. If you are soft-hearted, you cannot be a villain. If a eunuch is not a villain, your usefulness will be reduced by half!
No, I still have to find a more ferocious Daju... But who is more ferocious?
Zhu Youjian's eyes slowly swept across the Cultural Hall. In addition to Cao Huachun and Tu Wenfu, there were three other big men in the Wenhua Hall. They were Liu Yingkun, Ji Yong, and Tao Wen who had just returned from the Liaodong front line.
The three of them were sent by the evil man Wei Zhongxian to supervise the troops on the Liaodong front line. They participated in the command of the Ningjin Victory, forced the menacing Huang Taiji to retreat, and also drove away the high-spirited Yuan Chonghuan... This The three of them should be more vicious than Cao Huachun!
After looking away from the three villains, Zhu Youjian calmly spoke to the pleading eunuchs of the Jingjun: "I know your suffering, but after all, the Jingjun of Nanhaizi has been in the hands of Wei Ni for so many years... ....Can't stay any longer!
However, I can’t bear to see you starve to death, and I must give you a way to survive! "
Still alive?
Is there a way out?
Several Jingjun eunuchs stopped crying and stretched their ears to listen.
Zhu Youjian said: "I have two ways out for you. One is to take the exam...the literary exam and the martial arts exam. As long as you are proficient in one of them, I will let you enter the ceremonial supervisor or the imperial horse supervisor." !”
Nanhaizi Jingjun has 20,000 to 30,000 men, and there may be a few who can be used. Zhu Youjian's army in front of the tent also needs eunuchs to serve as supervisors and clerks. It would be good if some people can be selected from Nanhai Zijing's army.
Zhu Youjian said again: "If you fail to pass the examination as the Chief of Ceremonies or the Royal Horse...I will give you a way to survive! But you can't stay in Beijing anymore. I will arrange for you to serve as officials of the vassal and county governments." Guard the Pure Army.”
He turned to the few elders around him and said: "Liu Yingkun, Cao Huachun, Tu Wenfu, Ji Yong, Tao Wen... I will leave it to you to select the talents in the Jing army to serve as the ceremonial supervisor and the royal horse supervisor. Come on! I’ll give you a month to pick one out of a hundred, two to three hundred people. The rest will be divided among the feudal and county governments to serve as guards.”
As he spoke, Zhu Youjian's tone suddenly became serious: "If anyone else makes trouble again, it must be Wei Ni's remnants, and they will be killed directly!"
...
When Zhu Youjian began to solve the problem of Zijingjun in Nanhai, it was already October 15th of the seventh year of Tianqi, and it was already freezing cold in the north. In the entrance of Yongding Gate in Beijing, there were several very old-looking carriages parked at this time. One of them was a passenger carriage. The carriage was wide and could accommodate two or three people side by side. The driver driving the cart was hunched in the front row, his sleeves rolled up, waiting for the official in the carriage to speak. But the two people in the carriage were still talking animatedly, and they still didn't tell the coachman where to go?
"Brother Zhisheng, the current Saint is very different from the late Emperor. Although he is a few years younger than the late Emperor, he is only 17 years old this year, but he is quite sophisticated in his actions!"
The person who spoke was clearly Li Guoyu, the Grand Scholar of Wuyingdian Palace and the Minister of Punishment.
"Is he really that sophisticated? I met him many times when I was an official for the late emperor, and I also taught him how to study. Compared to the late emperor, he worked a lot harder...perhaps he would be wiser than the late emperor. Bar!"
The person talking to Li Guoji was a man in his sixties, with a Chinese character face, a big beard, very lively eyes, and a big and straight nose. This man is Sun Chengzong, the teacher of Emperor Tianqi, and the hope of the gentlemen in Donglin. Of course, he is also the "loyal minister" Wei Zhongxian wants to get rid of most.
Sun Da Zhongchen and Li Guoji were both from Gaoyang, Baoding, and their relationship had always been good. In the original history, Li Guoji had been a bachelor for a long time when Wei Zhongxian was in power, so in the first year of Chongzhen He became the target of the struggle between the imperial censor and the imperial eunuch. He couldn't stand being impeached. When he took the initiative to resign, he recommended Han Xu and Sun Chengzong to take his place.
But now Li Guo is still the hope of gentlemen. Of course no one will impeach him, and he is regarded as the leader of Qingliu and the gentleman of Donglin.
Li Guoji also felt that he was a noble man and a gentleman, and he disliked the three "eunuch" bachelors Huang Liji, Shi Fenglai, and Zhang Ruitu. He didn't even like Wang Zaijin, who had just taken office. He was still going north. Xu Guangqi can catch his eye on the way.
Of course, he still respected Sun Chengzong, the former imperial master, otherwise he would not have gone out of Yongding Gate to greet this fellow Gaoyang fellow.
After listening to Sun Chengzong's comments about Zhu Youjian, Li Guoji shook his head repeatedly: "Isn't this more wise? I am simply too wise... How long has it been? I have already taken control of the outer dynasty and the inner court. Yes! In the past two days, I have been laying off the Nanhai Zijing Army, rectifying the Jin Yiwei, and... I also collected the atonement money from a group of eunuchs and traitors. It is said that I will use this money to build some sort of pro-camp army."
"What? Atonement money?" Sun Chengzong was stunned when he heard this, "This...how could such a thing happen? When can this dynasty use money to buy laws? Is there no one above the court to dissuade you? ?”
"Dissuade?" Li Guoji smiled bitterly, "In the past, Wei was against the trend. How many of the civil and military officials in the court did not agree? The emperor's atonement was prepared for them."
"That's right!" Sun Chengzong twirled his beard, glanced at his old friend from the corner of his eye, and said to himself: You probably need to spend money to atone for your sins, right? Although you are not a die-hard member of the Eunuch Party, after all, you have worked with Wei Zhongxian for so many years, and you seem to have a good relationship... It's hard to explain clearly! Now that the eunuch party in the DPRK is gaining momentum, it seems that we need to take a long-term approach.
He sighed and asked: "Then how is the emperor going to deal with Liaodong?"
Li Guo said: "The emperor now relies heavily on the kings in Jin and Yuan Keli. It seems that he wants to take charge of Jiliao and at the same time conduct containment in Liaonan and Dongjiang to fight against the Donglu in a protracted war."
Sun Chengzong frowned and thought for a long time, "With this method, I am afraid that Donglu will become another Xixia, or even another Khitan!"
