Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 327 Welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year

This can't be true, this can't be true!?

Liaodong was regained and lost again.

Zhu Youjian kept ruminating on these six simple words in his mind, and every time he chewed them, he would be hurt by the horrifying facts.

The rebellion of the Beiwei Army meant the breaking of one of the empire's strongest wings, and the two sides became completely irreconcilable enemies.

The Qing Dynasty was difficult enough to deal with a year ago, and now the Beiwei Army has replaced everything of the Qing Dynasty, becoming a strengthened version of the Qing Dynasty and separatist in Liaodong.

In the past, the Guanning Army and the Denglai Army had to do their best just to maintain their front lines. How should they now face the Beiwei Army, which is full of martial virtues and has sharp firearms?
The Ming Dynasty was about to wipe out all the rebels and take a big step towards revival.

why!
Zhu Youjian thought to himself that he had been climbing up for more than ten years and was about to escape the shadow of national destruction and touch the glory of the revival of the Ming Dynasty...

As a result, he suddenly ran into a vicious bandit, who kicked him into a deep abyss.

The dream of rejuvenation was originally only one step away.

shattered.

This is a rebellion even more brutal than the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty!

Even if he gathered the best troops from all the border troops, he might not be able to suppress them, not to mention that a group of border troops were killed by his "micro-management" when he personally led the army.

Is everything over?
Zhu Youjian stared blankly at the ceiling of the hall, as if he saw the portraits of his ancestors.

They circled around him, and vicious curses pierced his chest like arrows. Even his imperial brother Zhu Youxiao sighed in disappointment.

He felt himself sinking deeper and deeper into a swamp of despair...

and many more!

Zhu Youjian, who had fallen into the abyss, suddenly surfaced and finally realized a "blind spot".

Zhang Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Beiwei Army, was alive and well during the expedition to Korea, so how could he suddenly die?
Moreover, the Beiwei Army was the mighty and fierce soldier who created the opportunity to recover Liao and repelled 100,000 Tartars with only a few thousand men!

How could these loyal ministers, who shouted "Long live the emperor" before their death and had the idea of ​​loyalty to the Ming emperor and the country engraved in their souls, betray the emperor!

How could they betray the Ming Emperor?!
There must be something fishy here!

Zhu Youjian quickly activated his brain and carefully read every word of the document, finally recovering the information that had been "missed" by his emotions.

The Beiwei Army had a grudge against the "Zujia Army" because the other side plundered the civilians. The Liaodong Governor invited both sides to a banquet to resolve the conflict. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong clashed with Governor Fang, and the latter put him under house arrest in anger.

The place of house arrest was actually sealed with wooden boards?

Is this house arrest? This is clearly malicious imprisonment!

Later, Marshal Zhang died suddenly in a fire at night. The soldiers believed that a traitor had murdered the Marshal, so they started a rebellion.

OK OK.

Even if Zhu Youjian was a fool, he could smell the scent of conspiracy in this incident. This was not a banquet to celebrate the fight, it was clearly a setup for murder!

Fang Yizao! Zu Dabi!
Who gave these two thieves the courage to murder Zhang Xianzhong?

Zhu Youjian seemed to have thought of something and cursed inwardly, "Oh no!"
The Governor of Liaodong went there carrying out his orders.

Even if Fang Yizao acted on his own, it could be that he over-guessed his superiors' intentions and turned hiring someone into murder, or it could be a pure accidental discharge of the weapon.

But there are not so many coincidences in the eyes of the world.

People only know that the Liaodong governor obeyed the emperor's order to "reduce the power of the vassal states", and even believed that it was Zhu Youjian who ordered the killing of Zhang Xianzhong.

This is what Yuan Chonghuan did at the beginning. He executed Mao Wenlong without even asking for permission in advance. Zhu Youjian was immediately dumbfounded.

The former Song Dynasty also had a tyrant emperor named Zhao Gou who unjustly killed Yue Fei. Zhao Gou's reputation is now worse than that of pigs and dogs.

Regardless of whether Zhao Gou had the motive to kill Yue Fei, or whether Zhu Youjian wanted Zhang Xianzhong's life, the blame would definitely be placed on him.

This time, however, he did not commit the common murder of loyal officials, but rather the atrocity of burning people alive! The person burned to death was a pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

A loyal minister who served the Ming Dynasty ended up like this. Such a brutal act that is condemned by both humans and gods has not been seen in thousands of years!

Why did Prince of Yan Zhu Di fight back despite being on the verge of death?
Because Zhu Yunwen reduced the power of the princes, he forced several princes to death and even forced a "virtuous king" to commit suicide by burning himself, completely abandoning his own central righteousness.

Who wouldn’t be angry after hearing about this kind of thing?
"Damn it!"

Zhu Youjian suddenly slammed the table, causing the documents and papers on the table to jump up and some documents to scatter on the floor.

Incompetent officials! Traitorous officials are ruining the country!
A job for hire, and they actually exposed it to the world! Isn't that what Monkey King did when he caused havoc in Heaven?

Zhu Youjian picked up the urgent report and threw it out fiercely, imagining that he was throwing a short arrow fiercely, killing the two thieves Zu Dabi and Fang Yizhao with one shot.

Fang Yizao and Zu Dabi, these two thieves have caused great harm to the country. Their three clans must be wiped out!

No! Nine clans!

Even if we kill ten or eleven of their clans, it still won’t be enough to vent our anger!

But Zhu Youjian changed his mind and realized that it would be easy to kill the entire Fang family, but Zu Dabi's brother was Zu Dashou, the general of Jinzhou.

This old general has not responded to the imperial court's call for ten years and has been hiding in Jinzhou to remotely control his clansmen.

Even if Zhu Youjian wanted to kill the entire Zu family, he would not have the chance. He even had to rely on the "Zu Family Army" to resist the wrath of the Beiwei Army...

Helpless, angry, sad, and burning with rage, but I have to continue to be humble and suffer.

He thought about how he had worked diligently for more than ten years just to save the foundation laid by his ancestors, but in the end he failed to complete the great cause of national rejuvenation and was even accused of "killing loyal ministers."

The leader of the revival who left his name in history disappeared into thin air, and in the blink of an eye he became a tyrant whose infamy lasted for a hundred years!

If he does a few more stupid things, Zhu Youjian will be nailed to the pillar of shame for thousands of years, and everyone will curse him as a foolish ruler and a tyrant!
How could this be, how could this be, how could this be?!
He really wanted to summon all the generals of the Beiwei Army to his presence and tell them sincerely that he had no intention of murdering Zhang Xianzhong.

It’s a pity that few people believe that he is “innocent”.

The Beiwei Army is so brutal, they are good at killing the Tartars, and they will be even better at attacking the Ming Dynasty...

I did not plot to murder Zhang Qing, I really didn't!

Ugh!
Exhaling a breath of hatred, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt the cold air and the hot anger blending and entangled in his body. His whole face turned the color of liver, and the sweat that oozed out quickly was like the fat of hot fried pork.

He clenched his fists frantically, but he still felt that he couldn't clench them tightly. The scene in front of him became increasingly blurry and shaky, and the feeling of spinning behind his head became stronger.

"His Majesty!"

Wang Chengen cried out in surprise and quickly stretched out his hands forward to support the emperor before he fell to the ground.

Several young eunuchs around him also hurried over to help.

He slowly opened his eyes and found himself in the same office as a moment ago. Zhu Youjian took the tea handed to him by Wang Daban and took a break.

Fortunately, he was in his prime and his energy was still strong, otherwise the heavy blow just now would have taken away most of his life.

If he died young like his brother, causing the Ming Dynasty to fall into a state of uncertainty with a weak ruler, the Ming Dynasty would probably die immediately.

Zhu Youjian accidentally caught a glimpse of a notice dropped on the ground.

Those were the booklets originally piled on the table, collected by the Jinyiwei from the market.

In the past year, many lawless elements have been distributing this kind of current affairs booklet everywhere with the intention of committing crimes.

and many more!

The emperor's brother died young.

Zhu Youjian suddenly thought of the contents of these notices.

The best way to summarize it is in one sentence: it is an excerpt of folk history, or a collection of conspiracy theories.

Previously, he had thought these "jokes" were just fabrications made by the people about the royal family and the imperial court, but now that he had encountered the major event of the Beiwei Army's rebellion, he was actually a little interested.

He remembered that the contents of these exposés were "all-encompassing", and one unofficial history of the "civil service group" left a deep impression on him.

The main point of the chapter on “The Civil Service” is simple.

That is to say, throughout the Ming Dynasty, there has always been a huge and mysterious interest group.

No one knew who their leader was. Hidden behind the scenes of the court and the people, they possessed a high degree of organization and obedience, directly or indirectly controlling everything in the Ming Dynasty. They plotted every sinister plot to harm the emperor, attempting to seize the interests of the world.

Why did my brother, who was in the prime of his life, fall into the water unexpectedly? And why did his body collapse less than two years after falling into the water?
My father reigned for only one month before he died suddenly at the age of 39 after taking a red pill presented by a civil servant.

Grandpa Wanli was unwilling to attend court for decades, but he was able to stay in the central government despite wars of all sizes, and lived to the age of 58.

Emperor Longqing opened the ports and collected customs duties, but he died after only six years in office, at the age of 36.

The Emperor Jiajing faced numerous life-threatening situations, including being nearly strangled by a palace maid and nearly being engulfed in an accidental fire. If it weren't for his childhood friend Lu Bing, the Emperor would have likely perished in the flames. He subsequently experienced numerous fires, as if someone was eager for him to be burned to death.

Emperor Jiajing was always scolded for not attending court, but he lived to be sixty years old.

The Zhengde Emperor before him was a martial artist, but he became ill after falling into the water. The civil officials did not even want to change the emperor's physician.

The Ming Dynasty Palace seemed to be under a curse. Ever since Emperor Wuzong fell into the water and died, the subsequent middle-aged emperors had been plagued by disasters, and only young monarchs could live well.

There are so many doubts like this.

The Battle of Tumu, which destroyed the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, the Ning Wang Rebellion in Jiangnan, and the Japanese pirates' rebellion in the coastal provinces...

It was all the work of the "civil servant group" hiding behind the scenes. They wanted to kill the middle-aged emperor in order to control the court.

They originally thought that Zhang Juzheng was their man, but as soon as Zhang came to power, he attacked them instead, which directly angered the "big boss" of the civil service group.

The "big guys" just used a little trick to remotely control Emperor Wanli to raid Zhang Juzheng's house.

Perhaps Emperor Wanli realized that he had mistakenly trusted these treacherous ministers, so he stayed away from government affairs for the next few decades. However, he actually paid close attention to military and political affairs, which is why he lived to be in his fifties or sixties.

Damn you civil servants! You're actually trying to murder me!

Yuan Chonghuan should also be a member of the civil service group!

This guy clearly promised to pacify Liao within five years, but he ended up pacifying the city at the gates of the capital.

This was the civil service group demonstrating to him, warning him, the new monarch who had just been in power for two years, to be honest and not think about reform, otherwise they could welcome the slave chiefs from outside the Great Wall to enter at any time and establish a new Liao or Jin kingdom!

If he had not accidentally killed civil officials in a rage and even used eunuchs to protect him, he would have been disguised by the "civil servant group" as having died by drowning.

Anyway, the daring "civilian group" has used accidents such as falling into water, fire, and pills many times.

Many historical doubts were cleared up before his eyes, and Zhu Youjian suddenly realized, and the foggy road ahead suddenly became clear.

No wonder the army he personally led was able to be captured by the slave chief so accurately. It turned out that it was the "civil servant group" who tipped off!

They hoped to recreate the situation of "a young ruler and a suspicious country" so that they could control the entire country without hindrance and continue to seize the huge profits from land and trade.

so close!

A cold sweat broke out on Zhu Youjian's back.

If Li Qing and Zhang Qing had not led many loyal and brave generals to rescue him, he would have fallen into the trap of the civil service group.

This is why the Black Flag Camp and the Beiwei Army both hate the civil service group and the gentry and powerful people, and often clash with each other!

Because they come from the common people, they know firsthand who is the biggest scourge to this country.

Civil service group!

Why can’t the bandits be suppressed again and again? Because the “civilian group” still wants to continue to make profits from the three taxes.

If the bandits were wiped out, how could they still interfere with the annual military expenditure of tens of millions of taels?

As for why the beggars would rather die than surrender, it is probably because they have seen through the hypocrisy of the civil service group, or they have been suppressed by the civil service group again and again, and have already formed a life-and-death feud with them.

As for the reason for Zhang Xianzhong's sudden death, Zhu Youjian felt that he could explain it.

"Zhang Xianzhong" must have obtained solid evidence that the "Zujia Army", the civil service group and the Tartars outside the Great Wall were colluding with each other to divide the three taxes, and he was about to report it to the court, so he was hastily silenced by the villains of the civil service group.

After all, being burned to death was too crude an act, and was far less convincing than dying suddenly on the way to the capital or being attacked by the Tartars.

Moreover, using accidental fire to kill people was an old trick used by the civil service group against Emperor Jiajing.

Killing Zhang Xianzhong could ignite the Ming Dynasty again.

Chaos is a ladder that helps the civil service group continue to climb up so as to place more of their own people.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Zhu Youjian nodded and slapped his thigh, and his body, which had been drowsy just now, instantly became energetic.

His enemy is not the rebellious Beiwei Army, nor is it the Black Flag Camp whose achievements surpass his own!

This is all an illusion created for him by the civil service group through reports and public opinion!

In the early days of his reign, he was deceived by the civil service group and abolished the power of the factory and guard supervision. If he had not woken up early, he would have handed over the knife of eunuch to others...

The evildoers in the civil service clique also said that this booklet was alarmist and full of nonsense!

This is clearly the best medicine to save Zhu Youjian from suffering.

A lie repeated a hundred times becomes the truth. The civil service group kept telling him every day that "his achievements surpass his master", so he believed it and sent people to strip Zhang Xianzhong of his military power.

Who knows.

It actually gave the civil service group an advantage in murdering Zhang Xianzhong!

Unfortunately, he woke up too late. Now that he has lost an arm, he cannot lose Li Mu again.

Zhu Youjian would oppose any suggestion made by the civil service group.

Of course, he couldn't be too obvious, after all, this group of people were everywhere, hiding in every corner.

If the other party finds out that he has glimpsed the nature of the "civil service group", they will definitely find ways to assassinate him.

Mobilize troops!

Zhu Youjian wanted to dispatch the Black Flag Army to Beijing to protect his safety, and he had to issue a secret order to do so.

Only with the troops of loyal ministers by his side would he dare to declare war on the civil service group!
As for the connection between the Black Flag Camp and the Beiwei Army, as well as the risk of "wearing the yellow robe", they are all malicious slanders by the civil service group.

Intelligence reported by the Jinyiwei showed that the total number of combat and auxiliary troops in the Black Flag Battalion did not exceed 20,000.

How can he wear the yellow robe with 20,000 soldiers and horses?

Furthermore, it is even more ridiculous to say that the Beiwei Army is a subordinate of the Black Flag Battalion.

During the Chongzhen period alone, too many generals were "borrowed" by the court, and eventually became equals to their original "generals".

Who doesn’t want to be the boss and have greater autonomy these days?
The saying "it's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix" is not just a saying.

When it is beneficial to oneself, they will say, "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races?"

When the situation was disadvantageous to him, he shouted that they had already had a subordinate relationship. The Beiwei Army, who had only been Li Mu's subordinates for half a year and whose loyalty was not even warmed up, was determined to be Li Mu's dogs?

We can’t let the civil service group have all the say, right?
Zhu Youjian glanced at Wang Banban beside him and thought that eunuchs were more reliable.

He thought of the loyal minister Li Mu again.

The latter's state of confrontation with the civil service group must be because they know that the civil service group controls all aspects, and easily revealing secrets will only bring about fatal disasters.

So on the surface he was making enemies with the civil service group to "defile himself", but in fact he was quietly clearing out these "evil spirits" hiding behind the scenes for the emperor.

The loyal and righteous Bo Zhen.

Too loyal.

He wants to promote Zhongyi Bo to the title of Marquis!

How could we not reward the great achievement of recapture Xiangyang and Nanyang?!
The Beiwei Army that lost its commander-in-chief was originally a loyal army. It was a pity that Zhu Youjian learned to cherish it only after he lost it.

just wait.

He will definitely take revenge for the chaos provoked by the civil service group!

(End of this chapter)