Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 52: Treating Madness
Jinling was called Jiankang in ancient times. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Wu Dynasty established its capital here. Later, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen successively established their capitals here. Therefore, Jinling is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

This was also the capital of the Ming Dynasty. During the Hongwu Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital here. However, later Yan Wang Zhu Dijing failed to succeed. He moved the capital of Daming to Yanjing, and here became the companion capital of Nanjing.

Jinling is not only an ancient city with a long history, but also the most prosperous city in the entire south of the Yangtze River. The population here has already exceeded one million. It is the largest city in the Ming Dynasty and the largest city in the world.

The scenery here is also notoriously beautiful, not to mention the Jixue in Shicheng, nor the night rain in Longjiang, nor the Yanliu in Beihu, nor the scenic Qixia scenery, nor the majestic view of Shiling. Linggu is deep and pine, and the Qinhuai River alone can make people linger.

Qinhuai Fengyue does not know how many youths of Jiangnan students have been carried, and the scenery on both sides of the river is even more beautiful.

At this moment, Taichang is on the Qinhuai River, but he didn't come to see the scenery, nor did he come to experience the Qinhuai romance, he came to rectify the officialdom in Nanzhili or treat people's diseases.

These civil servants, generals and eunuchs are all crazy!
They are so crazy that they don't know who they are, or even whether they are human or ghosts.

These people form cliques, fight for power and profit, are greedy and lawless, and make the whole Jiangnan a miasma of smog. What's even more hateful is that they are left alone and whoever controls them will kill anyone. Even the emperor is no exception. .

He had been screwed twice in less than three months since he ascended the throne, and he was almost screwed to death both times!
If it goes on like this, is it okay?

If these rebels are not dealt with properly, then the sky will be turned upside down!
I, Doctor Zhu, specialize in treating madness. You madmen, I can’t cure you anymore?
Standing on the deck with Wu Wan'er and a group of confidantes, Taichang looked at the approaching pier, with a hint of memory in his eyes from time to time, that expression, like a doctor preparing to open a patient's head!
The majestic city wall with a height of several feet was already in sight, and the fleet could no longer move forward, because there were too many bridges in the city, and medium-sized warships with more than two hundred materials could not pass at all.

At this time, Huang Degong, the newly promoted commander of the left guard of Tengxiang, was already waiting on the pier with a group of generals. Guards were everywhere on the city wall, along the river bank, and around the pier. Inside out.

As soon as he landed, Huang Degong led all the officers and soldiers of the imperial guards to kneel down on one knee and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and the entire Jinling City seemed to tremble.

This Huang Degong is not bad.

Taichang nodded, and said with a smile, "Excuse me, let me be flat."

After finishing speaking, he took Wu Wan'er's hand and walked towards the dragon chariot beside the pier.

There are many styles of dragon chariots. At the beginning, they were drawn by six horses, and later they gradually became carried by people. There are sixteen, thirty-two, and forty-eight chariots.

This is the largest one, carried by 48 people, and it looks like a moving palace.

Taichang didn't want to show off, but he was afraid that someone would put all his eggs in one basket and assassinate him on the way into the palace.

Because this is the last chance for those traitors, once he enters the Jinling City Palace, it will be very difficult to kill him.

In order to prevent it from happening, he didn't even notify any officials in Jinling City, so no one came to pick him up this time.

At this time, the gang of rebels should be in a state of panic all day long.

Taichang sneered in his heart, and pulled Wu Wan'er to sit firmly on the dragon chair.

With two sounds of "嗖嗖", Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou flew up, guarding the left and right like two door gods. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen brought a group of forbidden generals to the front of the dragon chariot and stayed behind. Jinling's Jinyi Guards also lined up in two long dragons and came to the left and right of the dragon chariot, while Ge Cheng and Zhang Yuanfang led the elite guards from Zhenhai Guard to guard behind the dragon chariot.

In all directions, solid as gold, ready to go.

As soon as Taichang raised his hand, Cao Huachun immediately sang loudly: "Get up and go back to the palace."

"Drink", 48 strong men in the Beijing camp shouted in unison, and the dragon chariot was lifted up at once.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom." There was a rhythmic drumbeat, and the standard-bearers holding various plaques and flags in front of them, such as silence and evasion, quickly lined up in two long lines and moved forward slowly. , The team of thousands of people set off like this.

On the left and right of the team, there are tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers who are constantly taking turns, rushing forward like flowing water, blocking the sides of the road and preventing people from approaching.

No way, he didn't have enough manpower to line up from the Sanshan Gate to the Jinling Palace. He could only let the imperial army advance alternately with the dragon chariots, and tens of thousands of people moved forward as a whole.

He had to guard against it. When he was in Suzhou City, he almost died because of his carelessness.

There are more than [-] guards around Jinling City. Although most of them are controlled by the Yongle Xungui headed by the Duke of England, a small part is shaken by the Hongwu Xungui headed by the Duke of Wei. If they want to fight to the death, There is bound to be an ambush on the road.

Fortunately, Wei Guogong Xu Hongji didn't have the courage, and nothing happened all the way from Sanshanmen to the palace.

Alas, this Jinling Imperial Palace is just like the current Daming, it has long been dilapidated.

Taichang stood on the square in front of Qianqing Palace, looked at the old palace in front of him, sighed secretly, and then ordered coldly: "Luo Yangxing, take someone to arrest the eunuch Chen Zeng, the guardian of Nanjing, and torture him severely. How many henchmen does he have in this palace!"

This Chen Zeng can't stay. Not only is this person the head of the mine supervisors and tax envoys in Nanzhili, but he has also controlled the Jinling Palace for more than ten years. He is more familiar with everything in the palace than anyone else. If he is not arrested, he will be killed. Can't sleep at all.

Wu Wan'er couldn't help being startled when she saw Taichang's sudden display of power.

She couldn't help but asked weakly: "What's the matter, Your Majesty, is this Chen Zeng a big villain?"

Bastard?
Well, that's the right word to use.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, Chen Zeng is a big villain, but it doesn't matter, Luo Yangxing will take care of him, so you don't have to worry about these things, let's go, I will take you in to have a look."

After speaking, he dragged Wu Wan'er to the Qianqing Palace.

There is no difference in layout between Jinling Qianqing Palace and Beijing Qianqing Palace. However, it is not as magnificent as Beijing Qianqing Palace, because it has not been lived in for nearly 200 years, and the paint on the walls has long since fallen off. The paint has also peeled off early, and even some places have turned black due to mold.

Taichang didn't ask people to repair it, he just ordered someone to clean it, as long as it was clean, everything else didn't matter, because he wouldn't live here for a long time, there was no need to waste money and people, you know, repairing the palace cost tens of thousands at every turn Two, if you have this money, you might as well spend it on making weapons.

Although the Jinling Imperial Palace was dilapidated, Wu Wan'er looked up and looked around like a curious baby, and exclaimed from time to time, this place is so big!

Although the twelfth floor of the Wu family in Huizhou is exquisite, it is the same size as the Qianqing Palace, because there are nine halls in the front of the Qianqing Palace, five spans in depth, and a terrifying height of seven feet. In less than [-]% of the places, the folks can't see such a big house.

She turned around and suddenly said nervously: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the rules in the palace!"

Uh, rules?

There are indeed many rules in the palace, but most of them are the rules that eunuchs and court ladies need to abide by. For the masters of the palace, no one dares to say that they do not follow the rules.

Taichang thought for a while, then sighed: "If you talk about the rules in the palace, the biggest rule may be that you can't leave the palace at will."

Alas, sure enough, once you enter the Hou's gate, it's as deep as the sea, and once you enter the palace, you can't get out!

Wu Wan'er couldn't help asking: "Who made the rules? Isn't it true that the emperor is inferior to the common people? At least the common people will not be locked in the house and not allowed to go out."

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Yes, who made the rules?
It seems that this rule is not set by any emperor, but imposed on the emperor by the civil servants!

These civil servants are trying their best to imprison the emperor in the palace, so that they can do whatever they want outside. Anyway, the emperor can't see it. As long as they corrupt the people who come out of the palace, they will be lawless!
You lunatics, still want to lock me up like a lunatic?

Taichang suddenly turned his face hard again, and said coldly: "Cao Huachun, pass the decree that the morning court will open tomorrow, and all officials in Jinling City, big or small, will not be absent without reason!"

(End of this chapter)