Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

"Emperor, Your Majesty."

Wei Zhongxian was taken aback by Zhu Youxiao's hideous appearance.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao's bloodshot eyes widened, and his whole face was extremely ferocious, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour: "It was he who did my assassination! Hurry up and recruit him to get rid of him, or the Great Ming Dynasty will not be safe." ! Go!"

"Your servant understands, I will go now!" Wei Zhongxian quickly kowtowed.

Only then did Zhu Youxiao turn around and lie back on the bed, with his eyes closed weakly: "I'm tired, I want to rest for a while, except the queen, go out."

After all the eunuchs and court ladies had left, Zhu Youxiao said quietly: "Does the empress know why I wanted to kill Zhang Haogu?"

Zhang Yan shook her head with a complicated expression. She didn't understand why this pair of monarchs and ministers who were both teachers and friends, who were as close as brothers and sisters, came to this point.

"I have long expected that there will be such a day with him. At that time, I still thought that he would voluntarily resign, and I would give him glory, wealth and honor to live with the country, and I would not waste the relationship between a monarch, a minister, a teacher and a disciple. Unexpectedly, this day I came so early, ten years earlier than I expected; I didn't expect that I, a person who is good at water, almost drowned in the water." Zhu Youxiao murmured.

"Did he really send someone to do it?" Zhang Yan couldn't help asking.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly smiled helplessly: "Actually, I don't know either. But I have to guard against it. If the ancestor's country is not in my hands, how can I go down to see Taizu, Chengzu, and Ming Dynasty?" Ancestors."

"Queen, please stay with me, I'm a little sleepy."

Looking at the haggard Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Yan nodded with tears in her eyes, stretched out her hand to hold Zhu Youxiao's hot hand, and watched Zhu Youxiao fall into a deep sleep.

Soon, several knights galloped out of the palace and galloped all the way out of Shuntian Mansion, heading towards Liaodong.

At this time, Zhang Haogu was still arranging the specific matters of the three northeastern provinces and the two grassland provinces, planning to connect the five provinces of Monan and Mobei, Liaoning, Jilin and Heihe together to develop their advantages.

Yuan Chonghuan, Governor of Liaoning, Cheng Wenyun, Governor of Jilin, Cao Wenzhao, Governor of Heihe, Chen Yawan, Governor of Monan, and Zheng Hong, Governor of Mobei, the governors of the five provinces gathered together. For the officials who came, Zhang Haogu already has a lot of talents here.

The Hall of Qinzheng is divided into several blocks by Zhang Haogu, including office space, bedroom and meeting place, etc. Although the area of ​​the Manchu Palace in Shenyang is not small, Zhang Haogu still stays in this Hall of Qinzheng. Speaking of gardens, other palaces are rarely visited.

In the conference room of Qinzheng Hall, Zhang Haogu's voice was clear and steady: "Our focus in the next period of time is to focus on expanding the population."

"The three provinces of Liaodong are rich in resources and sparsely populated. If they want to develop, they must not have enough population."

"As for how the population comes from, I have also considered it. First of all, in recent years, many tribes and herdsmen who have lost their pastures and cattle have come to Monan. There are already too many herdsmen in the land of Monan. It is a huge burden, and part of it can be moved over."

"In addition, some immigrants from the north will come one after another, filling the population of Liaoning and Jilin is almost the same."

"Heihe has a large area, many deep mountains and old forests, and many tribes. Wen Zhao mainly focuses on appeasement, and tries his best to make these tribes bathe and become kings and become the people of my Han family."

"Heihe has a large area and has a wide range of contacts. After thinking about it, I will not need too few troops, but for the time being, I can only give you three towns."

The new army in the three towns has nearly 5 people. Such a force and logistics are indeed the limit of supply in the Northeast today.

Obviously, Cao Wenzhao also knew that the Northeast is not short of soldiers but lacks sufficient supplies and logistics, so he said: "The three towns are enough. At present, there are more of the three towns."

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "More is better than less. Right now, the workshops of the Manchu generals in Shenyang still need to be cleaned up. When the equipment and workers brought in are cleaned up, they can become qualified arsenals for us to use."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Haogu looked at Yuan Chonghuan again: "Liaoning borders North Korea, so we can have more trade exchanges with North Korea. Some supplies from North Korea are also very useful to us."

"Currently North Korea and Japan are open to trade. With the help of North Korea and Japan's material resources, we can develop faster. And I also sent an official letter to select some people and craftsmen from Nanyang. Our industry will not start too slowly."

While Zhang Haogu was talking, suddenly someone knocked on the door and hurried in and delivered a letter to Zhang Haogu.

Zhang Haogu opened the letter with frowned eyebrows, his brows furrowed deeper.

After a while, Zhang Haogu put down the letter and continued to preside over the meeting. After finishing the tasks of everyone and the meeting was over, he hurried back to his office cubicle with the letter.

"Is the news confirmed? His Majesty was really assassinated?!"

The messenger said: "The news has been confirmed. Your Majesty was assassinated while traveling in Miyun. The dragon boat your Majesty was riding on was directly bombed and sunk. Your Majesty was seriously injured and unconscious. The Crown Prince was injured and died."

Hearing that Zhu Youxiao was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and Zhu Ciran died directly, Zhang Haogu felt that his brain was a little dazed for a moment: "How could it be, how could it be like this?"

"Who else knows about this?"

The messenger said: "Everyone in the capital has guessed, but they haven't confirmed it yet. I don't know how long we can keep it a secret."

"It won't be long! His Majesty has not shown up for many days, and the officials must be suspicious. If they find out the truth of the palace, not only the Shuntian Mansion, but the entire Ming Dynasty will be in chaos." Zhang Haogu sighed.

The messenger asked: "Mr. Zhang, what should the situation be?"

Zhang Haogu sighed: "Right now I am in such a mess, I don't know what to do for a while."

However, on this day again, after the messenger sent the secret letter, Jin Yiwei rushed to Shenyang, begged Zhang Haogu in a hurry, and brought the news that Zhu Youxiao was assassinated and seriously injured, and Zhang Haogu was urgently called back to Beijing.

Now, everyone in Shenyang knew that Zhu Youxiao had been assassinated.

In the face of Zhu Youxiao's urgent call for Zhang Haogu to return to Beijing, everyone has different opinions. Most people actually do not approve of Zhang Haogu's return to Beijing at this time. meeting.

Zhang Ruitu, Cao Wenzhao, Yuan Chonghuan, Cheng Wenyun and other core members were all present. This time the number of people in the small meeting was obviously much smaller. The participants were either an old minister of the cabinet or a governor of a province, and everyone’s opinions were also very unified. Now Zhang Haogu is inseparable from the Northeast, and the Longtan and Tiger's Den in Shuntian Mansion should not be set foot now.

Yuan Chonghuan questioned: "Duke Ming, the situation in the capital is unclear now, and no one knows what the emperor's situation is. He was assassinated that day, but who knows if this is a play put on by the emperor to call you back?"

Zhang Ruitu also persuaded: "Yes, if the emperor is not injured, it is just to trick you back. Once you go back, it will be over. Now you are not only carrying on your shoulders, but also the responsibility of all the new party. Colleagues with lofty ideals, there are people in these provinces, more than 20 soldiers and their families and relatives, and the whole body is affected by a single stroke."

Zhang Haogu looked at the others: "What's your opinion? You don't suggest me to go back?"

Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Everyone can see how His Majesty has acted against the law these days. Lu Xiang was imprisoned, and his colleagues in Zhili were imprisoned and killed. It's because we are still here in Liaodong that His Majesty is afraid of you."

"If Ming Gong went to the capital and was imprisoned by His Majesty, what should we do? What about the colleagues from the Tianxia Datong Academy, and the thousands of comrades in our Reform Party? Who can stand up and unify all these again?"

Cheng Wenyun also said: "Duke Ming, it would not be surprising if what His Majesty did would cause assassination, but how your Majesty is injured remains to be seen. According to the news from the Imperial Medical Center of the Imperial Palace, His Majesty clearly took the prescription , the body has been getting better day by day, why did the news suddenly come that His Majesty is about to be seriously injured and die? There must be a fraud in it."

Zhang Haogu sighed: "I have considered everything you said."

"But no matter what, the capital is now in such a state, I always have to see it with my own eyes."

"If His Majesty is really seriously injured, even if you don't take into account the friendship between me and him for more than ten years, you must also take care of the hundreds of millions of people in the world."

"Jingshi, I'm definitely going, but don't worry, I will make sufficient arrangements to ensure safety, and I will also send people to investigate His Majesty's situation."

"Speaking of which, I hope that His Majesty's serious injury is fake. Otherwise, if His Majesty is really seriously injured and dying, and the Crown Prince dies, Daming doesn't know which direction to develop, maybe..."

Hearing Zhang Haogu's words, everyone fell into deep thought. Yes, in this Ming Dynasty, if Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Ciran are dead, and there is no emperor and prince, who will be the emperor? ?
The local vassals are almost cleaned up, as for Zhu Youjian?

Nobody thought of this guy at all, maybe?Everyone gasped, must the emperor be surnamed Zhu?
"Okay, let's act according to what I said before. Regardless of whether I go to the capital or not, the development plans of the provinces must be implemented first." Zhang Haogu clapped his hands and said.

After everyone left, Zhang Haogu called Tian Ergeng again: "Commander Tian, ​​how much do you still know about the situation in the capital?"

Tian Ergeng said: "Duke Ming, what they know about the situation in the capital, the humble officials know, and what they don't know, the humble officials may also know."

Zhang Haogu nodded, he had realized at this moment that maybe Zhu Youxiao's serious injury was not a fake, and there were definitely not a few people involved in the assassination of the king!
"There is news from the capital that His Majesty is seriously injured and wants me to return to the capital immediately. What do you think?" Zhang Haogu asked.

Tian Ergeng said without hesitation: "Of course Duke Ming must not go. His Majesty is seriously injured, but he is not on the verge of death. Now that Duke Ming is going back to Beijing immediately, His Majesty may have murderous intentions."

Zhang Haogu's heart was moved, but his expression was as usual: "Then the Jinyiwei of the capital, how many can you contact?"

Tian Ergeng smiled: "Minggong, these days, those old subordinates of the capital keep contacting me, and they all want to join me."

Hearing this, Zhang Haogu already had a plan in mind: "Since this is the case, you should write to them immediately and let them search for the news with all their strength to confirm the situation of His Majesty and Shuntian Mansion."

"At the same time, contact the Jin Yiwei, the palace guards, and those who can be contacted. See how many people are still our own, how many people can win, and try to win as many people as possible."

"I understand." Tian Ergeng immediately went out to do it.

After Tian Ergeng left, Zhang Haogu called Cao Wenzhao and Zhang Ruitu again: "Officials in Zhili and the new army, please contact anyone who can, and see how many of our people are still there. It's been a while."

Cao Wenzhao said: "Although the generals of the new army in the capital and Zhili area have been abolished and replaced by His Majesty, many of them are still my old subordinates. In addition, His Majesty has gone against the law these days, and I guess many people are willing to support us. "

Zhang Ruitu added: "Zhou Yuji, Wang Dashan, and Han Yaowei are also in the capital. Although they are closing their doors and not asking about world affairs, they can still contact many old subordinates."

Zhang Haogu nodded, and asked someone to fetch the map: "Look, Wen Zhao, there are seven new towns in Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, namely the first town, the second town, and the third town. , No.17 town, No.20 town, No.20 six towns, No.20 seven towns. How many of these new troops can you mobilize?"

Cao Wenzhao thought for a moment and said: "The first and third towns of Zhili are my old subordinates. If I go, I should be able to command them."

Zhang Haogu added: "The second town of Zhili is Zhou Yuji's old subordinate. In this case, the 5 people in the three towns of Zhili can basically obey orders. Tian Ergeng can also command a lot of Jinyiwei. These people are enough."

What Zhang Ruitu heard was agitated, and he looked at Zhang Haogu with burning eyes: "Baorui is planning to do something big?!"

Zhang Haogu shook his head: "I just went to see His Majesty, that's all."

The next day, after Zhang Haogu arranged the affairs of the provinces, he hurried back to the capital along with the guards of thousands of people.

However, after Zhang Haogu and his party left, Cao Wenzhao personally led the No.20 Eight Towns and No.20 Nine Towns new troops back to Shanhaiguan, while Yuan Chonghuan took No.12 Town in southern Liaoning across the sea to Tianjin Wei.

When Zhang Haogu and his party left Shenyang, several flying pigeons flew away from Shenyang, and at the same time, a group of knights took a shortcut to Zhili.

At the same time, the news that Zhang Haogu left Shenyang and rushed back to the capital was also rushed back to the palace.

In just a few days, everyone knew that the emperor was seriously injured and dying from the assassination, and that Zhang Haogu was rushing back to the capital from Shenyang.

Whether the emperor was really seriously injured or dying, the officials don't know, but during this time, the officials often went to greet the emperor, but no one saw the emperor, Zhu Youxiao did not go to court, but let his brother believe in the king Zhu Youjian supervised the work of all the officials for himself, and let the queen Zhang Yan listen to the government behind the curtain.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also ordered people to keep an eye on Zhang Haogu's whereabouts. Zhu Youxiao is ready to fight Zhang Haogu to the death. Anyway, he is already a dying person, and he can be taken away before he dies. This great disaster of Ming Dynasty is enough to laugh at the ancestors!

"My lord."

Looking at Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tiqian kneeling in front of him, Zhu Youxiao's voice was weak but firm: "I have ordered that Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the servants seal off all parts of the palace to prevent any news from leaking out."

"Then issue a secret decree to garrison troops in the towns of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, and let them move out of their camps and arrive outside Shuntian Mansion secretly. I am worried that the new troops in these towns in Shuntian Mansion still have Zhang Haogu's internal support, and they must make full preparations. OK."

"Keep an eye on Zhang Haogu, the news must be reported three times a day, there must be no mistakes!"

At this time, not only Zhu Youxiao was watching Zhang Haogu's whereabouts, but all officials in the capital were watching Zhang Haogu's whereabouts, and even interested people in Zhili and other places were watching Zhang Haogu closely. All eyes were on Zhang Haogu and his group.

The whereabouts of this group of people determine the direction of Ming Dynasty in the future. Whether the emperor completely overthrows Zhang Haogu and the new party controls the world alone, or Zhang Haogu returns strongly and brings the new party to continue ruling Daming, it depends on this.

Soon, after a long journey, Zhang Haogu and his party finally entered Zhili.

Knowing that Zhang Haogu will arrive in the capital soon, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to prepare, and let the leaders of the inner guards who are loyal to him lead the inner guards to surround the imperial city. After making complete preparations, a large number of soldiers and horses were deployed inside and outside Shuntian Mansion, just waiting for Zhang Haogu to throw himself into the trap.

While Zhu Youxiao was exhausting his brains making arrangements, Zhou Yuji, Wang Dashan, and Han Yaowei, who had been shutting their doors tightly in the capital, quietly left home, and quietly disappeared in Shunyuan with a few personal guards. In Tianfu.

Another two days passed, and Zhang Haogu, with more than a thousand guards, finally rushed back to Shuntian Mansion. Looking at the familiar Shuntian Mansion gate, the majestic city wall and the bright banners, Zhang Haogu The originally impetuous heart suddenly regained its calm: "Let's go, let's go to the city."

"Master Zhang is back in Beijing!"

"Master Zhang is back in Beijing!"

"Master Zhang is back in Beijing!"

The people of Shuntian Mansion were pleasantly surprised to find that their Prime Minister Zhang had rushed back to the capital early in the morning, which made the people very happy.

This is the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty who promoted the prosperity of the apocalypse, let the common people live a good life, wiped out the foreign enemies, re-established the morale of the Ming army, and reformed the bureaucracy so that the common people can live comfortably!

All of a sudden, the common people rushed to the east gate, and happened to see Zhang Haogu entering Beijing with his guards.

Among the noisy crowd, several people dressed in street clothes looked at each other and disappeared into the crowd.

Soon, the drowsy Zhu Youxiao was woken up from the sickbed: "My lord, Zhang Haogu has already entered the city through the east gate."

"it is good!"

After receiving the news, Zhu Youxiao opened his eyes suddenly. For a moment, he felt that his thoughts were extremely active, his mind was clear, and his whole spirit was much better.

"Let all the soldiers and horses prepare quickly, let the first town, the second town, and the third town seal off Shuntian Mansion, let the soldiers and horses from Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan block off the important places in Zhili, and don't give Zhang Haogu a chance !"

"Neiwei and Dongchang are ready immediately. As long as I give the order, we will do it directly without considering other things. We must get rid of this beast!"

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the bed to give orders, and a perfect picture had already appeared in his mind: Zhang Haogu entered the palace with soldiers and horses, and the guards of more than a thousand people were surrounded by Jinyiwei and Dongchang people at the Meridian Gate All of them were besieged and killed, while Zhang Haogu was beaten to death in the Hall of Martial Arts. The soldiers and horses arranged by Zhang Haogu's plot were stopped outside the Shuntian Mansion, and they surrendered following Zhang Haogu's execution. Qing, this Daming belongs to the old Zhu family!

This story may be compiled into a storybook and become a classic legend not inferior to Xuanwumen.

"Taizu! Chengzu! The ancestors of Ming Dynasty, bless me, bless Daming, let me eliminate thieves!"