My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 13 The 'Invincible East' of the Ming Dynasty!
Ugh!
Zhang Zhiji sighed and finally sat back in the chair.

Zhang Shize hesitated at first, then he began to persuade:
"Father, things have come to this point. There is no turning back."

"In the eyes of the Emperor, we are already traitors. We have no other way to survive except by following the Crown Prince."

"So no matter what the prince decides to do next, we can only follow him to the end."

"Isn't it just that I took some empty pay from the Beijing Army? Wouldn't it be better to just spit out the empty pay I've taken for so many years?"

"It's just some money. As long as the title of Duke of England is still there, this little loss is nothing."

Zhang Zhiji looked at his son in front of him and said with a complicated expression:
"Who told you that my father only ate the empty salary from the Beijing Camp? In addition to the empty salary from the Beijing Camp, my father also ate the empty salary from the Five Military Commandery."

"There are even some Jinyiwei who don't have any salary."

what?
When Zhang Shize heard the last sentence, he was instantly shocked and stunned to the extreme.

Because the Jinyiwei represents imperial power!
The imperial power has never been allowed to be tainted by anyone!
But his father extended his hand to the Jinyiwei!
To put it mildly, this is corruption, but to put it seriously, it is coveting the imperial power and intending to rebel, and the purpose is to confiscate the property and exterminate the clan!

By then, forget about the title of Duke of England, all nine clans will have to go with him!

"Father, why are you doing this?"

"You are confused!"

Zhang Shize slumped in the chair, his whole body like a puddle of mud.

Zhang Zhiji ignored Zhang Shize and continued slowly:

"Ever since Your Majesty ascended the throne and executed Wei Zhongxian and his eunuch clique, the minds of the civil officials and nobles in the court have gradually become more active."

"Civil officials began to place their trusted aides in the court and seize power."

"The nobles were busy collecting empty salaries and kickbacks everywhere. Later, the kickbacks from the Beijing Camp and the Five Military Commandery were not enough, so they gradually extended their hands to the Jinyiwei."

"But we still have some money. We just took kickbacks and did not covet the imperial power."

"But this matter can be big or small, it all depends on how the prince decides the crime."

"To put it mildly, it's just a case of embezzling a little money. Just give him a light punishment and return the money you embezzled."

"But to put it more broadly, it's an attempt to covet the imperial power and an attempt to rebel!"

"If it really comes to this, let alone the title of Duke of England, even my entire family wouldn't be enough to be chopped off!"

"But since the Crown Prince asked you to come back and tell me about this, it means he doesn't want to take action against the Duke of Ying's Mansion!"

"There's still room for reversal!"

Having said this, Zhang Zhiji's eyes suddenly became extremely firm, as if he had made up his mind!
He looked at Zhang Shize again and said:
"When the court meeting comes tomorrow, I will take the initiative to hand over all my property."

"The prince should know our decision!"

"Don't ask for anything then. As long as the Crown Prince can spare my father's life and keep the title of Duke of Yingguo."

After saying these words, Zhang Zhiji felt emotional again.

The prince of the Ming Dynasty is really not a simple person!

It seems that the Ming Dynasty is really about to change.
The scene returns to the palace again.

Although it was very late at night, Zhu Cilang still did not feel sleepy at all.

At this moment, he was looking through the imperial edict prepared by several eunuchs.

In his opinion, this was a very standard edict of regent, and there was nothing wrong with it at all.

"You have done very well." Zhu Cilang smiled with satisfaction: "Tomorrow, Wang Chengen will read out the imperial edict!"

"Slave, you obey!"

When Wang Chengen heard this, he quickly agreed.

Suddenly at this moment, Zhu Cilang thought of something and his eyes swept across the faces of the eunuchs.

"Is Fang Zhenghua here?"

Zhu Cixiang asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, a thin eunuch in his 40s suddenly stood up and knelt directly in front of Zhu Cilang.

"Your servant Fang Zhenghua, kowtows to the Crown Prince!"

This person actually exists!!!
Zhu Cilang instantly became interested.

Because if he remembered correctly, in history, this Fang Zhenghua was a martial arts master.

After Chongzhen hanged himself on Coal Hill, he continued to fight against the peasant army. After the city gate was breached, he took up his sword and killed dozens of people, finally dying to serve his country!
It seems that he is also the prototype of Dongfang Bubai in later film and television works?
"Fang Zhenghua, do you know martial arts?"

Zhu Cixiang asked.

"In reply to the prince, this servant knows martial arts!"

Fang Zhenghua replied honestly.

Zhu Cilang became even more interested.

He pointed at Li Hu next to him and said:
"Fight him. If you defeat him, I have something very important to ask you to do."

what?
When he heard this, Li Hu on the side immediately quit.

He looked at Zhu Cilang and said, "Prince, aren't you insulting me?"

In Li Hu's opinion, the other party was just a weak eunuch who was not even worthy of fighting with him, let alone defeating him?
Zhu Cilang rolled his eyes at him.

"Just fight me if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Li Hu obediently shut his mouth, threw away the knife in his hand, and came to a place less than five meters away from Fang Zhenghua.

Seeing this, Fang Zhenghua stopped talking nonsense and quickly got up from the ground.

He knew that this was a test from the prince!

Whether or not she can still stay in the emperor's favor in the future depends on the next result!
"My lord, I am sorry!"

Fang Zhenghua bowed respectfully to Li Hu.

"Stop talking nonsense and get started!"

Li Hu didn't bother to talk nonsense, he just raised his fist and rushed forward
One minute later.

'thump'

With a loud bang, Li Hu was thrown out of the hall, looking extremely embarrassed.

The guards at the door didn't know what was going on and thought someone was going to harm Zhu Cilang, so they rushed in.

Fang Zhenghua was surrounded in an instant.

Fang Zhenghua's expression changed slightly, and he quickly knelt down in front of Zhu Cilang again.

"I am guilty! I frightened the prince!"

Zhu Cilang smiled, and smiled happily!
Then he said:

"Okay, you all go down!"

After hearing Zhu Cilang's order, the personal guards put away their swords and retreated.

At the same time, Li Hu, who had been knocked away before, walked in cursing.

He looked at Fang Zhenghua lying on the ground and said:

"Get up! Let's fight again. I underestimated you just now!"

"But not this time!"

Fang Zhenghua said without raising his head:

"General, you are so powerful. We just happened to win against you."

"If the general still wants to compete, then we will admit defeat!"

you.
When Li Hu heard this, he was almost angry to death.

Zhu Cilang found it funny and pointed at Li Hu and scolded him:
"Alright, stop embarrassing me. Losing is losing. Why would you make such a fuss? Just stay away!"

After hearing this, Li Hu could only step aside in disappointment.

But when he looked at the eunuch in front of him again, his expression became serious.

He did look down on the other party just now, but as soon as they fought, he realized something was wrong and put away his contempt.

But even so, he couldn't even last ten moves before being knocked away by the opponent's palm.

The force behind this was simply beyond his comprehension.

It was obvious that the eunuch in front of him was a master of internal martial arts, which could be seen from his bulging temples.

Fortunately, the eunuch had not engaged them before, otherwise many of our brothers would have died tonight.
(End of this chapter)