I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 454
Seeing Wei Zhongxian say such words.

Zhu Youxiao was really surprised, and Zhang Chang on the side was even more so.

"Oh, you know what you are talking about."

Wei Zhongxian certainly understands the seriousness of this matter, and even more clearly understands how many people will be offended by doing this, but the more this happens, the more he will do it.

"Your Majesty, of course I know what I'm talking about. Since the Wanli era, there has been a lot of corruption in the palace, but no one dares to take care of it. There was a saying in the palace at that time that as long as you leave the palace and serve as a mining tax envoy, you can get at least one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver a year.

After you came to the throne, although you reorganized the palace and strictly investigated the corruption of ink in the three main halls, this was only limited to the corruption of ink in the three halls. Inside the palace, there were unscrupulous and unscrupulous corruption of ink. He Ning's corruption is an example. "

Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth and looked excited as he spoke, feeling as if he was sworn in with the corruption in the palace.

Seeing Wei Zhongxian like this, Zhu Youxiao felt both ridiculous and pitiful.

It's ridiculous that he himself is probably a corrupt official, but here he justly wants to thoroughly investigate others; pitifully, he really tried his best to gain his trust to protect himself.

But how can a person be ruthless without being a tree? The more he behaves like this, the more Zhu Youxiao sympathizes with him. After all, he does his best for himself without any slack.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think. Seeing the emperor's fingers tapping the imperial case rhythmically, Wei Zhongxian did not dare to speak.

This was his last resort, since Zhu Youxiao tabooed him from forming cliques for personal gain and colluding with both internal and external parties.

Then only by cutting himself off from other people and becoming a lonely minister can he be allowed to be reused by the emperor again. There is no other way.

As the emperor said, he also knew the consequences of doing so. There was serious corruption in the palace. If he wanted to punish corruption, wouldn't these eunuchs hate him to death?

But the more this happens, the more Wei Zhongxian has to do, because he has no way out and can only survive.

As long as he secedes himself from others for the sake of the emperor, then the emperor will protect him no matter when, and even if others hate him again, he will be safe and sound.

The Dongnuan Pavilion was eerily quiet. Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Chang both looked at the emperor who was thinking from time to time, waiting for his decision.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne in deep thought, stopped tapping, and then slowly looked at Wei Zhongxian.

"I'm really happy that you have this idea, but you and I both know how many obstacles there will be in doing this, let alone how many people we will offend. You must be prepared."

When Wei Zhongxian saw the emperor asking this question, he knew that the matter was settled, and immediately knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, if it weren't for your trust in me, I wouldn't know where I am. Everything has changed since Your Majesty came to the throne. He wants to reorganize the court. Now that the outer court has been reorganized, the inner court is no exception.

It's just that there are a lot of things involved and the relationships are complicated. This slave has been serving as the palm eunuch for nearly a year and is very familiar with it, and she happens to be working for the imperial court. "

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Zhu Youxiao nodded. Wei Zhongxian was right. Now it is really time to take care of the inner court.Since Wei Zhongxian is willing to be the villain, let him do it.

"Since you have this intention, then I will follow your wishes."

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while after hearing this, then stared at Wei Zhongxian and continued:
"Let's do this. You and Wang Boyu will do this. One of you is the eunuch Bingbi, and the other is the admiral of Dongchang, so you are suitable to do this." "I obey the order!"

Although Wei Zhongxian knew that the emperor wanted to check and balance Wang Boyu, he was still very happy and nodded immediately.

As Wei Zhongxian launched an anti-corruption campaign in the palace, the entire palace became panicked.

But seeing that Wei Zhongxian and Wang Boyu were responsible, the others had no choice but to scold He Ning for being stupid, which would lead to them being implicated, and at the same time wishing for good luck, hoping not to be caught by the two father-in-laws.
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Many things in the capital involved the emperor's energy, but good things happened in other places.

Guizhou Shuixi, that official village.

The war at this time was reaching its final moment, and the city wall was already in dilapidated condition. The shells of the Krug artillery blasted pits on the city wall, and there were seven or eight cave-ins on the city wall.

However, these depressions were not breached by the government troops. Each one was refilled by the defenders with sacks of soil.There were numerous bloodstains around the cave-in, and the bones everywhere proved the tragic battles that had taken place here.

Despite this, there were no casualties among the officers and soldiers. The fire from the Krupp cannon outside the city continued continuously. Taking advantage of the time when the iron bullets from the Krupp cannon hit the rebels who could not lift their heads, soldiers immediately rushed in seemingly carrying a coffin. Arriving at the gate of Weiguan Village, he quickly retreated.

Repeatedly, there were already six or seven coffins at the city gate.After a while, with the sound of a thunderous explosion, a big hole was immediately opened at the gate of Weiguan Village.

Yang Zhaoji, who was supervising the battle outside the city, did not hesitate when he saw this. He immediately waved his hand, and the messengers behind him waved their flags.

"kill!"

Upon seeing this, the white pole soldiers and the elites from the three sides, who had been waiting for a long time in the central army, immediately went to the city gate to kill.

"Send the order, don't stop the Krupp artillery. Let me fire at the Weiguan stronghold. I will beat them until they can't raise their heads. Let the Guizhou battalion and Zhenwu army be on standby at any time, taking turns with Qin Minping, Wen Yingkui and others. Let the supervising team stand by at the back. Anyone who dares to retreat and escape will be beheaded!"

Following Yang Zhaoji's military order, the Zhenwu Army and the Guizhou Battalion continued to form a formation, following the white pole soldiers and the elites from the three sides, and moved closer to the city wall.

The sound of Krupp artillery continued to roar, and iron cannonballs hit the city wall. After a long period of bombardment, the crenellations on the city wall were almost worn away. The defenders did not dare to stand on the city wall for fear of being affected by the cannonballs.

This also gave the officers and soldiers an opportunity to take advantage of it. The roaring artillery fire soon stopped, and ladders were set up on the city wall. The white-pole soldiers who had been waiting for a long time under the city wall and the elite troops from the three sides hurriedly climbed up using the ladders. Taking advantage of the situation, they started fighting with the defenders on the city wall.

As an appetizer, the most serious fighting was at the city gate. The forefront was already covered in blood. The people behind stepped on the corpses in front and tried hard to push the front line forward, trying hard to squeeze out a little space for the people behind.

The entire rebel defense line was barely supported by the supervising team behind it. It was like a wave. After being pushed in by the government troops, it worked hard to push the government troops back.There were more and more corpses, and the soldiers at the front were already red-eyed.But at this moment, someone on the city wall shouted.

"The wall is broken, the wall is broken!"

This was like a signal, which made the officers and soldiers fighting in the city gate even more murderous. When the rebels who were still defending heard this, they suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side who were full of murderous intent no longer had the confidence to fight again. After the war, the already shaky front could no longer hold on.

(End of this chapter)