Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 14 My inner court, what I said doesn’t count? !
"My lord! This old slave has been wronged!!"

Wang An struggled desperately, and the three mountain hats he was wearing fell to the ground, but he failed to break free from the restraints of Li Yongzhen and Wang Tigan, and was dragged towards the outside of Ciqing Palace. Fear welled up in Wang An's heart.

The new king actually wants to kill him with a stick? !
Wang An poked his head, his eyes widened, and looked at Zhu Youxiao who was standing with his hands behind his back, shouting hysterically, he didn't know why this happened.

"Luo Yangxing."

Zhu Youxiao didn't look at Wang An, and said indifferently.

"Chen is here!"

Luo Yangxing hurriedly bowed his hands.

"Let all the accompanying eunuchs and eunuchs kneel outside Ciqing Palace."

Zhu Youxiao flicked his robe sleeves and turned around, "The Han generals accompanying you are temporarily at your disposal. If you dare to escape even one of them, you will cause chaos in the inner court and the Yi tribe!"

"The minister leads the order."

Luo Yangxing's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to hesitate.

It happened so suddenly that none of the people present thought that Xinjun would arrest the eunuch Wang An and kill him at the Meridian Gate.

Before the group of eunuchs and eunuchs accompanying him recovered from the shock, Luo Yangxing, who was acting according to the order, began to dispatch the Han generals, raised their swords and scolded the eunuchs and eunuchs in front of them and retreated outside Ciqing Palace.

"Anyone who dares to contradict the Holy Driver will be killed on the spot!"

"Back off!"

Ignoring the scolding, Zhu Youxiao looked at Tian Zhao, Liu Chao and his party, "You also kneel outside the Ciqing Palace, and the case of stealing treasures in the inner court is over."

"The slaves obey the order."

Tian Zhao, Liu Chao and his party responded one after another.

Since the good show of purging the inner court is going to be sung, Zhu Youxiao must not let the inner court get out of control, otherwise if the inner court dares to make any disturbances, this good political show will be greatly reduced.

He wants to stand up! !
"Wei Zhongxian."

"The servant is here."

Wei Zhongxian endured the shock, and knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao. Originally, he thought that it was the emperor who wanted to take Tianzhao and his party to Ciqing Palace to personally interrogate the case of stealing treasures in the inner court. He never expected that Wang An would be killed with a stick .

Zhu Youxiao looked down at Wei Zhongxian, "Did you bring all the people I asked you to find to the Ciqing Palace?"

"Your Majesty, I brought them all."

Wei Zhongxian reported immediately.

"Let them accompany you."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"The slaves obey the order."

Wei Zhongxian responded, and then got up and ran towards a side hall. Not long after, some eunuchs bowed their heads and followed Wei Zhongxian towards the front of the imperial court.

"Slaves Liu Ruoyu, Wang Chengen, Fang Zhenghua, Gao Shiming, Li Fengxiang, Chu Xianzhang, Zhang Guoyuan..."

"Get up."

Looking at the eunuchs kneeling on the ground, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to interrupt, and immediately looked at Wei Zhongxian, "Wei Banban, you immediately lead people back to the Royal Horse Prison to take charge. First, send people to Renzhi Palace to protect Daxing Emperor Zi." Palace, anyone who dares to disturb Zi Palace will be killed!

Secondly, condemn people to the Twelve Prisons, Four Divisions and Eight Bureaus, and pass on my oral instructions. All the eunuchs in the palace will be sent to the outside of Ciqing Palace. Anyone who dares to disobey will belong to the Yi tribe.

Third, condemn people to the gates of the Forbidden City, pass on my oral order, and enforce the palace ban. If any palace people dare to escape from the gates, they will be severely punished without mercy.

Fourth, condemn people to the Meridian Gate, pass on my oral order, and order Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen to return to the palace immediately to help you stabilize order after killing King Quan Eunuch Anzhang.

Fifth, condemn people to various places in the inner court, and spread my oral order, ordering everyone to stay where they are, and those who dare to spread rumors and instigate palace changes will be killed on the spot once they are found out.

Sixth, after the above-mentioned things are implemented, Wei Banban personally leads the remaining people in the imperial horse prison to inspect various places in the inner court. Come to see me, commit suicide and apologize. "

"Slaves...obey the order!"

Wei Zhongxian's hands trembled slightly, resisting his fear, and saluted Zhu Youxiao.

The group of eunuchs who followed Wei Zhongxian to Ciqing Palace looked a little flustered after Wei Zhongxian received the decree. After bowing to Zhu Youxiao, they left Ciqing Palace with Wei Zhongxian.

Everyone knows that the inner court is about to change!

There were still a lot of people gathered just now, and the Ciqing Palace seemed very empty at that time, Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the eunuchs Liu Ruoyu, Wang Chengen, and Fang Zhenghua in front of him.

The cleansing operation against the inner court, accompanied by the eunuch Wang An being arrested and executed at the Meridian Gate, officially started. No matter how many days the cleaning will take, a very real problem is immediately placed in front of Zhu Youxiao.

How do I control the inner court to ensure my own safety and at the same time ensure absolute closure, the inner court should be monolithic, otherwise everything is meaningless.

Then it is not enough to only rely on Wei Zhongxian.

Once power loses checks and balances and supervision, no matter who it is, it will be corrupted by the power itself, and then give birth to ideas that should not be born.

Taking advantage of this purge in the inner court, Zhu Youxiao will let a group of people come to the stage and a group of people stay behind the scenes to form a power structure that checks and balances each other.

"Liu Ruoyu, Gao Shiming, Li Fengxiang."

"The servant is here."

The three people who were called bowed their heads and bowed. Zhu Youxiao looked at them with no expression of joy or sorrow, "Hold my jade pendant, leave the palace immediately and go to Jinyiwei, pass my oral order to Luo Sigong, and Jinyiwei enters the palace to escort. "

"Slaves and servants will obey the order."

The three endured their doubts, Liu Ruoyu bowed his head and stepped forward, took the jade pendant from Zhu Youxiao, and the three left Ciqing Palace.

The good show is about to start, let's see who will jump out first.

Zhu Youxiao looked up at the sky, the dazzling sun made Zhu Youxiao stretch out his hands to cover his eyes, and looked at the sky through the cracks of his hands, with a faint smile on his face.

With such a big commotion in the inner court that has been leaked into a sieve, Zhu Youxiao never believes that those who are in charge of the outer court will not get any news.

In fact, when Wang An was imprisoned at the Meridian Gate and Zhu Youxiao issued his order in Ciqing Palace, the news began to spread in the outer court.

The first to know the news was the cabinet located in the Wenhua Palace.

The Liuke Zhifang, which looks far away from the Meridian Gate, is the second one to know.

And as time went by, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry, all of whom looked at Chengtianmen from a distance, all knew about this matter.

When the cabinet ministers, court ministers, ministers of the capital, officials of the capital, etc. from the foreign dynasty learned of such shocking news, they all showed different expressions.

The issue of the new emperor's first imperial edict has not been finalized yet. Immediately afterwards, such chaos occurred in the inner court. What did the new emperor want to do?

While many people were still in doubt, a group of ministers rushed towards the Ciqing Palace. Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, who was "supported", Liu Yixiu, the second assistant with a dignified expression, and Han Yu, the group assistant, were given the engineering department. Hui Shiyang, Minister of Officials Zhou Jiamo, Minister of Housekeeping Li Ruhua, Minister of Rites Sun Ruyou, Minister of War Cui Jingrong, Minister of Criminal Affairs and Assistant Manager of Jingying Rongzheng Huang Kezan, and a group of people walked with different expressions.

Among them, those who came to Ciqing Palace in a hurry, the most obvious one was Hui Shiyang, and those who were "carried" to Ciqing Palace, the most obvious one was Fang Congzhe.

Luo Yangxing, who was standing outside the Ciqing Palace, saw a dozen foreign ministers rushing towards the Ciqing Palace, and immediately turned and walked towards the Ciqing Palace.

When Fang Congzhe, Liu Yishui, Han Xu and others saw many eunuchs and eunuchs kneeling outside Ciqing Palace, they had different thoughts in their hearts. No one could guess what the new king wanted to do.

"Chen...Fang Congzhe asks to see you!"

Facing the gazes of several people, the distraught Fang Congzhe stood outside Ciqing Palace and spoke loudly, followed by Liu Yixiu, Han Yu, Hui Shiyang and others.

Not long after, the eunuch Wang Cheng'en came out and conveyed the emperor's oral order to summon the ministers. After hearing the words, people with different thoughts walked towards the Ciqing Palace.

"You all gathered in Ciqing Palace to see me, why?"

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the brocade stool, pretended to be confused, and looked at Fang Congzhe, Liu Yixiu, Han Yu and other cabinet ministers and courtiers Jingqing in front of him.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, what happened to the inner court?"

Hui Shiyang walked out first, bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Why was the eunuch Wang An arrested at the Meridian Gate and killed with a staff? Nowadays, due to the disturbance in the inner court, the government and the public..."

It was noisy enough.

Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, looking at the chattering Hui Shiyang, he knew that Wang An had the best friendship with Hui Shiyang in private.

The reason why the palace move happened was that Wang An was the first to tell Hui Shiyang about the situation in the inner court, which led to the subsequent farce.

"Wang Anzang has evil intentions. I eunuch this right to death with a stick at the Meridian Gate. Is there any problem?" Zhu Youxiao restrained his mind, looked at Hui Shiyang and said.

"Your Majesty, there may be a misunderstanding on this matter."

Hui Shiyang heard the words and said again: "Wang An, the eunuch of Li, is a loyal and good man. Before the emperor Daxing Yuji came to the throne, he had repeatedly admonished the emperor, saying that Wang Anzang had evil intentions. It is nonsense. At the beginning, in the palace..."

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

After Hui Shiyang made a big talk, Liu Yixiu, Han Yu, and Zhou Jiamo all supported him. Although they couldn't figure out what the new king was thinking, Wang An couldn't die!

"Okay, well said."

Zhu Youxiao clapped his palms and laughed, and looked at Hui Shiyang and the others, "I said that King Quan Eunuch Anzang had evil intentions, but Zhu Qing felt that what I said was wrong, so can I understand that, my inner court, what I said is not right?" Forget it? If this is the case, then I will move out of the inner court and ask Zhu Qing to live here, what do you think of Zhu Qing!!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao's face turned cold.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't like this feeling of being contradicted and offended. He is obviously the emperor of Ming Dynasty, but if he wants to do something, he has to look at the faces of civil servants. If this is the case, then the emperor doesn't care if he doesn't do it !

Ever since Fang Congzhe and Liu Yixiu came to Ciqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao had a firm idea deep in his heart that he would be a tyrant. If he could not deter the civil servants in the outer dynasty, even if he could control the inner court , I am afraid that it will be very difficult to effectively intervene and check and balance the court.

(End of this chapter)