Li Qing couldn't calm down for a long time. The moonlight shone on him, looking at each other, and finally turned into a sigh.
Some things cannot be undone after all.
In the interest of humanitarianism and to avoid subsequent trouble, Li Qing buried these people and cleaned up before leaving.
…
Early in the morning, Qianqing Palace.
When Li Qing arrived, Zhu Zhanji had already gone to court.
It can be seen that Zhu Zhanji is in a very good mood, and he is still intoxicated with the ultimate power and cannot extricate himself.
Li Qing had seen this look on Zhu Yunwen's face before, and also on Zhu Di's face. They were also so intoxicated when they first mastered the great treasure.
Xiaopang briefly asked about the government affairs, and Zhu Zhanji answered them one by one, with a confident look on his face.
Xiaopang was also quite satisfied with his son and gave him full approval. His great grandson was simply as beautiful as heaven.
After the father and son finished speaking, Li Qing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for acupuncture."
"Well, okay." Xiaopang stood up and walked to the bed.
Li Qing did not follow immediately and whispered a few words to Zhu Zhanji. After the latter listened, the joy on his face gradually disappeared and was replaced by murderous intent.
"Don't make it too big."
"I understand." Zhu Zhanji narrowed his eyes and nodded, but his murderous intent remained unchanged.
Li Qing said nothing more and went into the inner hall to diagnose and treat Xiaopang.
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Pass the true energy and apply acupuncture...
Two quarters of an hour later, Li Qing took back the silver needle and said softly: "Starting tomorrow, I will start taking medicine, once in the morning and once in the evening."
"Is it painful?"
"Look what you said, there is no medicine that is not bitter. Have you never heard that good medicine tastes bitter?" Li Qing joked, calming down the atmosphere and not making Xiaopang nervous.
The little fat guy smashed his mouth and said, "Brother Qing, can you make me a pill, so it won't be painful?"
"You are such a clever little guy." Li Qing smiled and nodded, "This is not difficult, I will do it when I get back."
"I'm most afraid of suffering. When I was young, I got sick. I drank medicine and vomited eight times out of ten times. I got beaten a lot because of this." Xiaopang smiled sheepishly and said, "Brother Qing, let me tell you another story."
"okay."
…
"Brother Qing, I'm a little sleepy."
"Go to sleep, I'll call you when the time comes."
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Noon morning.
Li Qing and Xiaopang walked into the palace together, but Li Qing did not take the imperial path.
"Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!" The ministers saluted.
"Your Majesty, please be equal." The little fat man waved his sleeves.
The ministers stood up, and then began to report on the problems encountered by the people after the migration. As usual, nothing unusual could be seen.
Seeing this situation, Li Qing suddenly regretted that this matter should not be entirely up to Xiaopang, at least it could not be solved so quietly. There had to be some splashing, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve the purpose of intimidation.
But at this moment, a divine assist appeared.
Zhu Zhanji came to the Fengtian Palace with murderous intent, turned his back to the ministers, and said loudly: "Bring those damn slaves up."
His words were loud, and the officials were immediately attracted and couldn't help but turn around and watch.
I saw three little eunuchs who were tied up and had rags stuffed in their mouths. They were escorted over by the guards and forced to the ground.
The ministers looked puzzled, what kind of trouble was going on?
But soon, they understood.
Zhu Zhanji raised his hand and waved it down fiercely: "Behead——!"
"Puff puff……!"
Three big heads rolled down and blood spurted out, staining the floor red.
"Ah?" The ministers cried out in horror, their pupils shaking.
This scene was beyond expectations and was simply against etiquette.
It's not that people can't die in the palace. In fact, many people die in the palace. People die in the palace every year because of the imperial staff, but this is the first time I see beheading.
Even the most murderous Zhu Yuanzhang never used a knife in the palace.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this was the first time that someone had their head chopped off in the palace.
The blood flowed gurglingly, stimulating the nerves of the ministers, so that the main hall, which was bustling just now, was so silent that you could hear a needle drop.
Many people even started to tremble.
Xiaopang couldn't help but frown, this scene was also beyond his expectation.
Li Qing secretly praised: Well done!
Although it is a special period now, such a major matter as murdering the emperor must not be tolerated.
As Huang Fu said, many people knew the details even if they were not involved, and the emperor's attitude must be shown.
The three beheaded young eunuchs were quickly dragged away, leaving only a shocking pool of blood.
Zhu Zhanji didn't ask anyone to clean up, he just let it go and walked into the hall swaggering, "I report to my father, the traitor has been killed."
Everyone was killed. What else could Xiaopang say? He could only cooperate with his son and continue to act, "Well done!"
Zhu Zhanji smiled, stood on his father's side, and glanced at the ministers with cold eyes.
No one dared to look at him, and everyone lowered their heads involuntarily. At this moment, they saw the former Taizong in this prince.
While I was frightened, I couldn't help but feel a little angry: Another ruthless emperor, it's not over anymore, this is...
This day... I haven’t posted anything yet!
After this incident, the ministers lost interest in discussing politics and became taciturn. The afternoon session was extremely cold.
Seeing this, Xiaopang stood up and said: "My dear friends, if you have the original memorial, please leave it for reading before leaving the court!"
…
The ministers walked out of the hall, and the eye-catching blood stains had not yet dried. Under the sunlight, they became more and more charming and eye-catching.
Although the eunuch they despised most was killed, no one was happy. They were not stupid and knew that this scene was just for them.
It was a hot day, and the ministers felt chills running down their necks. This prince is a ruthless man!
It can be predicted that when he ascends the throne in the future, his governance methods will be exactly the same as Taizong.
But now, they can only pray secretly in their hearts: Long live the Emperor!
Soon, another breaking news reached their ears.
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Minister of the Left and Right, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Household, and the Censor of the Left and Right of the Metropolitan Procuratorate disappeared mysteriously without leaving any trace.
It’s as if the world has evaporated!
The emperor suddenly became critically ill, the prince returned to Beijing early, the eunuch on duty was beheaded, and many big bosses disappeared mysteriously... Whether they knew something about the inside story or not at all, they all kept their mouths shut.
No fool in the court knew that those people had broken the 'rules'.
This incident did not cause chaos. On the contrary, the officials were very calm, even abnormally calm.
No one defended those people, no one asked the court to find someone, and no one even mentioned those people, as if those people never existed and had no interaction with the ministers.
The only people mentioned were the families of those people.
In this regard, the imperial court stated that it would definitely investigate and sent factory guards to search everywhere. As a sign of seriousness, the prince personally led the team.
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Nave.
Xiaopang took the pills with tea and sighed: "Zhan Ji was too reckless this time."
"I think he did the right thing." Li Qing helped him sit down. "If this matter is so widespread, it will only make some people worse in the future."
"The problem is..." Xiaopang smiled bitterly, "The situation is special now!"
Li Qing comforted him: "Don't worry, he can control it."
"Sigh... there's no point in talking about this now." Xiaopang pinched a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth to dilute the medicinal taste in his mouth. "It has been two years since Sanbao went to the West, and he is probably returning soon. As soon as he comes back, the sea will Trade is set to take center stage;
There is a high probability that they will bring up the tampered content of the edict again, and then there will be trouble again. Zhanji is young after all, so please help Qingge when the time comes, and try your best to support him until he gets through the difficulties and truly takes control of the power. "
"Okay." Li Qing nodded in agreement, "Actually, you don't have to worry about it. He has the ability and skills, and he also has a foundation in the army. He will be able to be firmly established in less than two years."
After a pause, "Sambo won't come back this year. He said before he left that he wanted to look for sweet potatoes. It will probably waste a lot of time."
"Are sweet potatoes delicious?" Xiaopang asked.
"It's okay, but its main advantage is its high yield. As for eating... you can cook it, bake it, grind it into powder to make cakes, or even eat it raw." Li Qing said with a smile, "The taste is a bit sweet. .”
"That should be quite delicious." Xiaopang stuffed another piece of pastry into his mouth. He likes sweets the most, but I'm afraid he won't be able to eat sweet potatoes.
After chatting for a while, Xiaopang brought the topic to the government affairs.
"The border has been stable in the past two years, and it is estimated that it will be so for a long time to come. The current hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty is not in the north, but in the south!"
Li Qing asked: "You mean maritime trade?"
"Yeah." Xiaobian nodded, and then added, "The south I'm talking about doesn't mean the south of the Ming Dynasty."
"Cochin?"
"Yes!" Xiaopang said worriedly: "The ships sailing to the Western Ocean must be replenished in Cochin. Once Cochin is in chaos, the voyage to the Western Sea has to stop. It can only do business with the surrounding small countries.
The problem is...as the heroes of Jingnan fade away, there are no successors who can carry the banner. Although there are many who can fight, there are almost no talents who can be handsome. Zhang Fu is also old. "
Li Qing thought for a while, "Do you still remember Wei Qing?"
"He was imprisoned." Xiaopang said.
"What?" Li Qing was stunned, "No...why?"
"Three months ago, he wrote a letter saying that he lacked bows and arrows. Please provide 10,000 bows, 20,000 strings, and 300,000 arrows." Xiaopang said, "I approved it at the time. Later, he was impeached for embezzling public funds, so I had him dismissed. It’s a big prison.”
"What a joke on your part..." Li Qing suddenly realized, "Is it to pave the way for the Crown Prince?"
Xiaopang smiled and nodded: "After Zhan Ji ascends the throne, it is another great kindness to release him and reinstate him as an official."
Li Qing was speechless: You are quite good at planning.
"Brother Qing, do you think he can carry the banner?" Xiaopang asked.
"I have read this person's resume. In the first year of Jianwen, Taizong's cavalry was in trouble, and Jizhou was captured in the same year. He was still a hundred households at the time, so he led his subordinates to take refuge with Taizong." Li Qingdao, "In the first year of Jianwen, he joined Taizong, and he and Taizong settled in the south. There is an essential difference between joining Zhili and joining the army, and there is no problem in terms of loyalty;
After Jianwen, he was promoted to the capital to command the Qianshi, and later defended the Japanese on the east coast of Shandong. In the 14th year of Yongle, he led the army to quell the Japanese in Dengzhou. In the 18th year of Yongle, Tang Saier rebelled. His record was even more impressive. "
Li Qing happily said: "With a thousand cavalry, he rushed to the rescue day and night, killed two thousand of the enemy, captured four thousand alive, and beheaded all of them, defeating the backbone of the rebellion in one fell swoop;
Although the rebel army was not as powerful as the Ming army, they were still tired when they arrived. One thousand against six thousand, it was really rare to achieve such a result. "
Xiaopang didn't know much about military affairs, so he hesitated: "Can he... be able to do it?
Once chaos breaks out in Jiaozhi, it's not just thousands, but tens of thousands, or even as little as a hundred thousand! "
"That's what I say, but how do you score?" Li Qing said with a smile, "There have been big troubles and small troubles in Jiaozhi;
However, they were all crushed and put down. They were already afraid of the Ming Dynasty and were too honest. General Wei Qing, who is known for his fierceness in fighting, is the most suitable to deal with this situation. With the same ability, his fighting skills The style is more scary;
Moreover, the rebellion in Jiaozhi is far less serious than what the chief envoy reported. There has never been a rebellion of more than 100,000 people, but only 30,000 or 20,000 people. If you don’t believe me, ask Zhang Fu. "
"Hmm..." Xiaopang hesitated, "He can really do it?"
"How can it be false?" Li Qing said proudly, "Wei Qing has been fighting in the front line and has experience in fighting against Japanese invaders. He is very suitable for fighting in an environment like Jiaozhi, and he has been the commander of Shandong Capital for several years. The envoys and Taizong all praised this man as an extraordinary and handsome man.
Furthermore, do you think my years of supervising the army were in vain? "
