Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 173
In the early morning of this day, there was a lot of fighting inside and outside the imperial city, and blood flowed like rivers, but the capital city was full of joy and excitement.

Because today is the day to release the list, and it is the emperor list, also known as the gold list.

The bridal chamber is full of candles, when the golden list is titled.

These are the two great joys in life, and the students who participated in the palace examination are naturally beaming.

The common people are also very happy.

Because the imperial list hadn't been posted yet, the soldiers of the Beijing camp posted two notices all over the capital.

One is about cheating in the examination. Jin Yiwei has already found out that Wu Kongjia and others colluded with the examiners to cheat.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the truth of the common people. At best, it can be used as a talking point for everyone after dinner.

The other is terrible, it turned out to be the 24 major crimes of the eunuch party!
When this notice is posted, it means that the emperor is going to clean up the eunuchs!
The common people in the capital are naturally very happy.

Because the eunuchs are getting more and more rampant, not to mention corrupting the law in secret, they are starting to rob them openly!

Originally, the common people dared to be angry and dare not speak out, because the power of the eunuch party is in the hands of the government and the public, and Eunuch Wei is still the admiral of the East Factory. If they dare to talk nonsense, they probably will die.

At this moment, the emperor actually posted a notice to eliminate the eunuchs, and the common people were naturally overjoyed.

The whole capital was boiling because of this, and the common people were almost beating gongs and drums to tell each other.

At this time, the palace became extremely quiet.

Taichang returned to Qianqing Palace and walked outside the imperial study room to see that Wei Zhongxian was covering his eyes and trembling at the door, while Wang Chengen stood behind him and clapped his hands excitedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have brought Wei Zhongxian here for you." .”

Wei Zhongxian raised his head when he heard the words, and immediately complained with grievances on his face: "Your Majesty, this Wang Chengen is lawless, and he led people into the yamen of Neidong Factory for no reason, beat up the slaves, and beat Dong Everyone in the factory was arrested."

This guy didn't even know he was dying!
Taichang said indifferently: "Whether Wang Chengen is lawless or you are lawless, you don't know in your heart?"

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, his face immediately changed drastically.

He finally realized that Wang Chengen was ordered by the emperor to deal with him.

How can this be good?
He rolled his eyes, and pretended to be full of grievances and said: "Your Majesty, the servants are acting according to your wishes. Donglin offended the emperor, so the servants will deal with them!"

What he means is that you can't just kill a donkey!

But Taichang couldn't help but angrily scolded: "Did I ask you to accept so many godsons as grandsons? You are amazing, the cabinet scholar, the six ministers, and the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all your godsons. The hall is controlled by your godson and grandson. No matter what, the cabinet first asks you before deciding whether to let me know! You still say that Wang Chengen is lawless? In your eyes, is the emperor of Ming Dynasty you or me? Also, did I make you corrupt and break the law? Did I let you embezzle disaster relief funds and food? Did I let you train dead soldiers? Did I let you cover the sky with one hand and do anything wrong? You, a eunuch who is a ceremonial supervisor and a pen-writing eunuch, still want Arbitrarily arbitrarily ruling the court, raising me like a puppet? Whose country is the Ming Dynasty, do you think it is yours? You still clean up Donglin? Do you think you can be lawless in the name of cleaning up Donglin?"

When Wei Zhongxian heard the words, his face turned pale and he was speechless.

He now understands that he is just a dog in the hands of the emperor after all, even if he is full of children and grandchildren, even if he lets his children and grandchildren control the entire court, it is impossible to become the Supreme Emperor!

At this time, he somewhat regretted it.

If I knew today, why bother?

If he had honestly dealt with Donglin according to the emperor's will, hadn't taken in so many useless sons and grandchildren, and hadn't thought about controlling the world, maybe the emperor wouldn't have done anything to him today.

Alas, unfortunately, everything is too late.

There is no medicine for regret in this world, if you are not greedy enough, you will only feed yourself to death in the end!

Seeing his appearance, Taichang didn't bother to talk anymore, and said directly and coldly: "You don't see the common people in your eyes, do you? You don't know that water can carry a boat and capsize it, right? You think the common people are fine no matter how they bully you." Right? Let me tell you, you have caused the people’s resentment to boil and cannot be stopped, and the common people have been forced to rebel by you. Go and see for yourself how much the common people hate you! Wang Chengen, drag this heinous traitor to justice! Beheaded outside Yangmen for public display!"

Wei Zhongxian was dragged away like a dead dog, but Taichang suddenly remembered that there was another person who was almost missed.

He just stepped into the gate of the imperial study, but suddenly turned around and said: "Go, go to Ciqing Palace."

At this time, the Ciqing Palace was still full of books, and Prince Zhu Youxiao and Xin Wang Zhu Youjian were reading "Four Books and Five Classics" under the guidance of Bi Maokang.

When Bi Maokang saw Taichang appearing at the gate, he immediately raised his hand to make the prince and Xinwang stop.

Taichang shook his head slightly and made a silent gesture.

He stood at the door and looked at the backs of the crown prince and King Xin, then turned his head and said in a low voice: "Ruoyu, you took someone to take care of Keshi, don't let her make any noise. Also, don't let anyone talk too much, Let Xiao'er and Jian'er know. If Xiao'er and Jian'er ask, they should say that Mrs. Ke went to find Wei Zhongxian."

When Liu Shiyou heard the words, he immediately waved his hand and walked in with two eunuchs.

At this moment, Mrs. Ke is lying in a hall of Ciqing Palace like a queen in the palace, enjoying the service of several maids.

When she saw Liu Shiyou walking in with two young eunuchs, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Eunuch Liu, what do you want?"

Hmph, you, a nanny who is not even as good as a maid of honor, dare to lie in front of the miscellaneous family and show off!

Liu Shiyou pretended to smile and said: "There are some things that cannot be said to outsiders."

Hearing the words, Ke Shi did not doubt that there was fraud, and immediately said to the maids who hammered her feet and pinched her back: "Everyone go down."

Liu Shiyou saw that all the court ladies had gone out, so he pretended to be flattering and said, "What are you two still doing, you don't know how to go up and take over?"

What does this guy mean, do you want to ask for something?

You asked two strong little eunuchs to help me hammer my legs and pinch my back. What if Eunuch Wei finds out?
Little guy, don't mess around, Eunuch Wei is jealous!
Ke Shi quickly waved his hand and said: "Eunuch Liu, just say what you have to say, don't be so polite."

Are you welcome?
That's fine, miscellaneous people are welcome.

Liu Shi glanced over, and the two eunuchs suddenly became violent.

One rushed up to cover Guest's mouth like lightning, grabbed her chin and pulled it hard, and the other immediately held down Ke's leg that was about to kick but failed.

Ke Shi was treated inexplicably.

Liu Shiyou ordered the two Wu eunuchs to go to the next bedroom and pulled off the quilt to wrap up Keshi's body tightly. Then he went outside and said coldly to the maid at the door: "The emperor ordered that none of you should Talk too much in front of the Prince and King Xin. When the Prince and King Xin ask, you will say that Mr. Ke went to find Wei Zhongxian."

Those court ladies immediately understood when they saw the quilts carried by the two Wu Eunuchs.

This Eunuch Liu actually killed Ke Shi!
Of course they know the way of survival in the palace, if someone spread this kind of thing and make the prince and Xin Wang unhappy, they will die.

Several palace maids nodded repeatedly and said: "My servant understands, my servant understands."

Liu Shiyou gave a cold snort, and then he took the two Wu eunuchs and walked out quickly, carrying the quilt.

Taichang saw that Liu Shiyou had already carried the body of the Ke family out, so he sighed slightly: "Zi Ru, pass on my will, to draft for the crown prince, whether it is common people, official families, or dukes and nobles, all families, as long as There are about sixteen girls, all of whom will participate in the draft.”

This!
According to the rules set by the ancestors, whether it is the emperor or the prince, the draft can only be selected among the common people!

Cao Huachun couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this.

But Taichang said indifferently: "Rules are made by people. From now on, I will have the final say on the rules. Let's go."

The rules of the draft are just a trivial matter. Next, the rules in the court are the big things.

Now that he has really controlled the court and the world, no one dares to contradict him anymore, so he is going to change all bad habits and stereotypes!

For example, it is most inappropriate to emphasize agriculture over business.

Over the past dynasties, why the cycle goes on and on, and there is no progress at all, which accounts for a large reason.

If you don't have money, you can't fight. If you fight, the court will have no money. If this goes on, it will be an endless loop. Therefore, this must be changed.

Another example is the cabinet system.

Emperor Hongwu believed that the power of the prime minister was too great and threatened the imperial power, so he simply erased the position of the prime minister and replaced the functions of the prime minister with the cabinet to disperse power and ensure imperial power.

Is decentralization necessarily good?
This is not necessarily true, because the more decentralized power is, the easier it is to cause infighting.

Besides, is it easier for an emperor to find a trustworthy prime minister or to find four or five trustworthy cabinet scholars?
In short, at this moment, he has cleaned up all the cronies in the court, and the rules are that he can stand up as he wants, and no one dares to gossip!

(End of this chapter)