There are so many emperors present who are no strangers to political struggles. The struggle between several cabinet members is nothing to them. The court originally needs such a struggle. Otherwise, the ministers are very united, so when The emperor should panic.
"After Xu Jie left the throne, in the third year of Longqing, Gao Gong came back. Gao Gong wanted to take revenge on Xu Jie, so he ordered Shangshu to attack the Shizong edict drafted by Xu Jie and slander the late emperor. He also exposed Xu Jie's The Xu family's three sons were tyrannical in their hometown, and their slaves were doing whatever they wanted. The Xu family annexed tens of thousands of acres of land and took out high-interest mortgages to make huge profits. The central idea of the two memorials in Ming Dayi is to rectify the country's laws is that Xu Jie slandered the late emperor, pretending to be an imperial edict, and wanted to put Xu Jie to death."
"Zhu Zaijing commended him as "loyalty" but did not deal with Xu Jie. It is said that he did not understand the implication of Gao Gong's words."
When several people heard this, they all looked at Zhu Zaijing with strange expressions. After all, he is an emperor, and you can't even understand the remarks of his ministers. Are you too embarrassed?
Zhu Zaijing was also blushing at this time, but he could not be embarrassed at this time, so Zhu Zaijing deliberately pretended not to understand the mocking looks of others, and acted as if he was listening to Zhao Changge's speech attentively.
"In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, Li Chunfang became an official, and Zhu Zaijing ordered Gao Gong to be the chief minister of the cabinet. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng worked together to assist the government and created a series of major achievements."
"Zhu Zaijing is relatively lenient towards the assistant ministers of the cabinet. Most of the two or parties with sharp conflicts and fierce struggles adopt a peaceful and conciliatory attitude. For those who are difficult to retain, they usually appoint relevant departments. Give some money and servants, and be courteous."
"When Zhu Zaijing was in power, he left all the affairs of the court and China to the cabinet. He lived deep in the palace and indulged in sex. Even when he left the palace, it was just for fun. In order to satisfy Zhu Zaijing's desires, he continued to Withdrawing a huge amount of silver from the treasury for his own use, four years after the emperor raised his head, he proposed to bring 300,000 taels of Taicang silver to the palace, which aroused strong opposition from the ministers including Li Chunfang, the chief minister at the time, and was eventually forced to reduce the amount to 100,000. two."
"But Zhu Zaijing's appetite was not satisfied at all, and he soon refused to listen and continued to withdraw large amounts of silver. He also promoted weaving and sent eunuchs such as Li You to stay in Suhang for a long time to supervise the weaving, and these eunuchs They use this opportunity to ask for bribes wantonly. Local officials must send regular routines to these eunuchs. The eunuch in charge will definitely get a generous bribe, otherwise they will find trouble on the grounds of obstructing the royal service."
"Zhu Zaijing used to be cautious when he was in Prince Yu's palace, but after he came to the throne, he began to show his true nature. In just two and a half years, he made thirteen concubines, and there were countless women below him. He Every time the palace is selected, there are about 300 people, folk women between the ages of eleven and sixteen. Because of this, the Jiangnan area once triggered a trend of "coupling" because of excessive indulgence. , so Zhu Zaijing’s health is deteriorating.”
"In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Zhu Zaijing had a premonition that he was about to die. He told Gao Gong that his ancestors had ruled the world for two hundred years and that to this day, the country has a long ruler, which is a blessing to the country. Fight for the East Palace Xiaoli!"
"After Gao Gong heard this, he was very shocked. He said that the emperor would live forever. How could he say such a thing? The two of them had a premonition that Zhu Zaijing was explaining his funeral affairs. It didn't take long for Zhu Zaijing to become critically ill. He called Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Gao Yi entered the Qianqing Palace and accepted orders to assist the young prince Zhu Yijun. They died the next day after the explanation."
Zhu Zaijing's eyes widened at this time. He knew that his health was getting worse, but he didn't expect that he would die so quickly. He was very panicked and directly took Zhao Changge's hand: "National Master, I How could it be so short-lived? I don’t want to die. Didn’t the National Master say that the medical treatment for funerals is more advanced? Take me for treatment quickly. I don’t want to die. I still have a lot of things to do. Now I am lucky enough to meet the National Master. Master, when I met Taizu Chengzu, I deeply felt that I had been ridiculous in the past, and I wanted to work hard to cure it. Master, you must save me."
Several people despised Zhu Zaijing's shamelessness, but they still worked hard to cure him. They dared to tell any lies in order to survive. However, Zhao Changge did not refuse.
"I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry. I will take you to the hospital to check your health before sending you back. If you can still be saved, I will definitely not give up on you. But you know that your health is not good, why? You still indulge in sex every day, and when I came to see you, you were like this, and you didn’t forget to have fun."
His old face turned red after what Zhao Changge said. Zhu Zaijing explained hesitantly: "It's not because I have lived too many hard lives in the past. After I ascended the throne, I couldn't help but want to enjoy happiness. It's all my fault in the palace." The fairies are so charming. I am also a man. I just made the same mistake as any man. I couldn’t help it. I really couldn’t help it..."
Zhao Changge gave Zhu Zaijing a big roll of his eyes and let him figure it out.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di at this time, and then said with a strange expression: "Fourth Brother, we said before that there is something wrong with your genes. Why are your descendants so short-lived? You see, Zhu Zaijing is also a short-lived ghost. .”
Zhu Di said helplessly: "Dad, this has nothing to do with me. This guy's short life is definitely not my problem, it's his own intemperance."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not dwell too much on this issue. He looked at Zhu Zaijing again, and then said seriously: "Zhu Zaijing, we don't care whether what you just said about changing yourself and working hard is true, but since we We are lucky enough to be able to get together. We don't want the descendants of the Ming Dynasty to have an incompetent emperor. We established this Ming Dynasty Alliance to make the Ming Dynasty in all time and space become strong together. If you can't do it, then we don't mind changing to another emperor. You understand what we mean."
Zhu Zaijing immediately felt excited: "Taizu, please rest assured, I will definitely not indulge myself anymore. I swear that as long as my body can get better, I will get rid of my bad habits, and then keep up with everyone's pace, and I will never be held back." of."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with a questioning look: "Boy Zhao, we always feel that this boy does not look like a capable person."
Zhao Changge nodded: "Zhu Zaijing's personal ability is indeed not very good, but he does have one advantage, that is, he knows how to delegate power. He has lived in the palace for a long time and handed over all affairs of the DPRK and China to the cabinet, but the country has not become corrupt. Instead, there are some signs of revitalization.”
