Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 13: A servant bullies his master and is killed with a stick!

"Yumajian, Jinyiwei, Jingying, these few steps of personnel adjustments are extremely fragile if they want to form absolute deterrence and countermeasures in the outer court."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the throne and stood there quietly, "If you want to effectively intervene and check and balance the court, so that the court can gradually stabilize, you still need civil servants to deal with civil servants. If you want to implement this core plan, you must It is necessary to let the civil servants of the outer dynasty, whether it is the Donglin Party, the Qichuzhe Party, or the Beijing officials without party affiliation, feel my majesty.

Cleaning out the old forces in the inner court is Liwei's first confrontation!
Admiral Zhang Weixian supervised the military affairs of the Beijing camp, and it was bound to be reported by the inner court that had become a sieve. Wang An left the palace with the imperial decree and went to the British government to read it out.

Think about it, guess it, I just want you to make wild guesses, only in this way can the drama of liquidating the inner court be performed perfectly! "

Zhu Youxiao knew very well that he was singing a one-man show now, but he was in a quagmire, and if he wanted to get rid of it, he had to use external force, otherwise he would not be able to play at all.

Can't wait any longer!
Thinking of the urgency of the current situation, Zhu Youxiao made up his mind to start eradicating Wang An's family and clean up this leaky inner court.

If it takes several months or even longer to master the inner court, then don't do other things at all.

No one will stay where you are and do nothing just because you are the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Bypassing the cabinet, the Ministry of War and other foreign affairs departments, Zhu Youxiao promulgated the first policy of the new dynasty without any warning, involving the admiral and military administration of the Beijing camp, and the target of the publication was the British prince Zhang Weixian.

In a very short period of time, this matter was spread among the ministers of the foreign court. The cabinet's first assistant Fang Congzhe, second assistant Liu Yixiu, and Qunfu Han Yu, six ministers Zhou Jiamo, Li Ruhua, Sun Ruyou, Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezan, Wang Yongguang and other cabinet ministers When the officials, court officials, and officials in Beijing first heard about this, they were all trying to figure out what the new king wanted to do.

For a time, there were more private visits by officials outside the court.

Ever since Emperor Wanli passed away, officials in Beijing have paid close attention to the movement of the Forbidden City. Whenever the imperial power changes, it is the time when troubles are most likely to occur, especially the sudden collapse of Emperor Taichang’s imperial pole, which is even more entangled in everyone’s heart. Daming can no longer travel on business. Otherwise, it will cause turmoil, and in serious cases, it will even lead to the overthrow of the country.

It is precisely this prerequisite that many people are observing the new king openly and secretly.

When the rulers of the various factions in the foreign court discussed in private why the new king issued the first order, and the topic expanded to the new king's resignation, the imperial horse supervisor, and Jinyiwei, etc., more than a dozen censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Military Division The officials gathered in the area of ​​Meridian Gate and took back their orders to the new king.

The situation suddenly became tense.

Zhu Youxiao, who lived deep in the inner court, did not express his position after learning about the incident. This was as he expected, just like Zhang Weixian would respect the imperial edict.

That Dao Zhu Youxiao deliberately bypassed the foreign affairs department, promoted the admiral to supervise the military administration of the Beijing camp, and was awarded the central decree of the Zuodudu of the Chinese army's governor's office. The British Duke Zhang Weixian took over.

Everything is developing as Zhu Youxiao expected.

When the morning sun dispels the darkness shrouding the Forbidden City, the morning wind carries a bit of coolness, making people shiver instinctively.

Outside the Qianqing Palace.

Surrounded by many eunuchs, eunuchs, and generals of the Han Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao drove to the Ciqing Palace in a dragon boat. No one knew why the new emperor was going to the Ciqing Palace.

Wang An, who was accompanying him, stayed up all night. He originally thought that when the new king left Qianqing Palace, he was going to Wenhua Palace or Meridian Gate, but he never expected that he was going to Ciqing Palace instead.

Thinking of what happened yesterday, Wang An became more and more confused about the new king. More than a dozen censors were still kneeling at the Meridian Gate. Huang Kezan, the assistant manager of the Jingying military administration, handed over signs to Yuqian one after another, wanting to face the saint, but they were all kept by the new king, and even the new king went to bed early...

When Wang An was full of thoughts, among the big Han generals who were driving, there was a pair of eyes staring at him all the time, and that young face was somewhat heroic.

"My lord, the Ciqing Palace has arrived."

After an unknown amount of time, Wang An lowered his head slightly, and raised his hands in a bow.

"understood."

Zhu Youxiao closed his eyes and meditated, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the familiar palaces in front of him, leaned forward and stepped down from the dragon, Zhu Youxiao showed no joy or sorrow, and walked towards the Ciqing Palace go.

"Meet the emperor!"

"Meet the emperor!"

There were voices in his ears, but Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention. Compared with the Qianqing Palace, the Ciqing Palace was a bit more dilapidated. Emperor Taichang lived in the Ciqing Palace without Yujiqian.

"Wang Daban, do you feel familiar?"

When walking towards Ciqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"Go back to the emperor, this old slave is familiar with it."

Thinking that the new emperor was driving the Ciqing Palace, it was Wang An who missed the Daxing Emperor, his eyes were slightly red, thinking of the difficult and frightening experience.

It was really not easy for the Daxing Emperor before Yuji ascended the throne.

He was not favored by Emperor Wanli and was plotted by Concubine Zheng. Without the support of the ministers from the outer dynasty, he was afraid that his position in the East Palace would not be guaranteed.

"Things have changed."

Zhu Youxiao stopped, looked around at the building in front of him, and said with emotion: "It's really not easy for the imperial examination. Fortunately, Wang Daban has a group of loyal followers. Otherwise, can the imperial examination live in the Ciqing Palace? , let’s talk about it.”

Wang An was speechless.

Before Emperor Daxing ascended the throne without Yuji, he was canonized as a prince by the Ming Dynasty, and he lived in this Ciqing Palace in front of him. Did he really live comfortably?
No!

"Wang Daban, I have a question in my mind."

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at Wang An with a complicated expression, "The emperor trusted you the most before the exam, and you are also very loyal to the emperor, why do you like to lie to me?"

"!!!"

Wang An, who saw things and thought about feelings, was startled immediately, and fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, "My lord, the loyalty of this old slave to you can be learned from heaven and earth. This old slave has never..."

But at this moment, the sound of footsteps from the side hall interrupted Wang An's words.

"Slave Wei Zhongxian, pay homage to the emperor!"

"Slave Li Yongzhen, pay homage to the emperor!"

"My slave, King Tigan, pays homage to His Majesty!"

"Slave..."

One sound after another sounded, startling Wang An who was kneeling on the ground. The eunuchs and eunuchs accompanying him showed different expressions when they saw the scene in front of them.

How is this going?

"Have you brought everyone...?"

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking Wang An who was kneeling, and said indifferently.

"Report to the emperor, take them all to Ciqing Palace."

Wei Zhongxian, who was kneeling beside him, made a bow and said.

"Bring it here."

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang An's hands trembled.

"Wang Daban, you said that you are loyal to me."

Zhu Youxiao looked down at Wang An, "I want to ask you, what happened to the inner court stealing treasures? As far as I know, the Liu Chaoyuan involved in the case was one of the bureau officials of the Sixth Bureau of the Eastern Palace. Even though Huang Kao Yuji was busy with government affairs after he ascended the throne, and only promoted you as the eunuch of ceremonies, I really don't understand what kind of person he is and can do it during the period when Huang Kao Yuji passed away and I was about to serve Yuji. Do such evil things as stealing treasure?"

"Old slave..."

Wang An, who was questioned, panicked.

At the same time, more than a dozen eunuchs brought by Wei Zhongxian looked at Wang An fiercely, and it was him who sent them into the abyss.

"Slave Liu Chao, I implore the emperor to be the master!"

In the crowd, Liu Chao, who was emotional, snatched the land with his head and kept kowtowing to Zhu Youxiao, "The servant did not participate in the robbery, it was him, Wang An, who held a grudge against the servant, so he took advantage of the death of Emperor Daxing , put the blame on the slaves..."

"Liu Chao!!"

Faced with Liu Chao's accusation, Wang An was completely confused, raised his head regardless of etiquette, glared at Liu Chao and shouted: "What is the truth, isn't it..."

The absurd scene in front of him made Zhu Youxiao shake his head with a smile.

"enough."

Zhu Youxiao's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder, making Wang An and Liu Chao shut up.

"Wang Daban, I want to ask you."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "What kind of strength is it that allows Tian Zhao and Liu Chao to steal many jewels, heads, gems, gold and silver from the Qianqing Palace? Especially no less than 6 taels of gold and silver. After thinking and thinking, how did these people manage to do it in such a short period of time?"

The matter of stealing treasures in the inner court was a ridiculous thing in Zhu Youxiao's view. Even if the inner court was unstable at that time and some people were greedy and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal wealth, the eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court were not stupid either. Some gold and silver can make sense, and at most they can be hidden, but what's the use of stealing jewelry, heads, faces, gems, etc.?
The more he knew, the more Zhu Youxiao hated Wang An.

"I'll ask you again."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang An with stern eyes, "You said you were loyal to me, why didn't you tell me about the move of the palace in advance?
Okay, even if Li Xuan is there, why didn't you tell me about it afterwards?
You said that you are loyal to me, so why do people in the outer court always know what I do in the inner court and who I meet in the first place?

Wang An!Are you the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies and holds a pen, are you loyal to me?Or loyal to outsiders? ! ! "

"My lord, this old slave has never done this before."

Faced with all kinds of questions from the new king, Wang An grabbed the ground with his head and said emotionally: "Someone framed this old slave, my lord..."

"Even now, I'm still talking cleverly here."

Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "It seems that you have never repented. You obviously lied to me, but you said it so high-soundingly. Your heart was eaten by a dog. Forget it. Catch this thief at the Meridian Gate and kill him with a stick." !"

"The slaves obey the order."

Wei Zhongxian endured his surprise and hurriedly stepped forward to bow. Then he looked at Li Yongzhen and Wang Tiqian, who quickly stepped forward and were about to capture Wang An in full view of everyone.

There was chaos in Ciqing Palace.

Many of the eunuchs, eunuchs, and big Han generals who accompanied him were surprised and showed unbelievable expressions. They didn't know that such a thing would happen.

"Your Majesty, do you want to move?"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Luo Yangxing who was coming, held the knife handle, and stood beside him vigilantly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, the good show had just started, why did he move away?

Most of Wang An's family were eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court, but not all the great Han generals who accompanied him. As long as there are reliable people around him, Zhu Youxiao doesn't think any accidents will happen!
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