"Let Li Da and the others return to Beijing?"

When Zhao Hongjie heard Chen Yichen say this, his first reaction was unexpected, and then he became solemn.

After all, from being promoted from a spy intelligence agency to a commander, it is impossible for him to be much worse in political sense and acumen. Chen Yichen would never make such a decision for no reason. It must be the celebration banquet in the palace today, which triggered a sense of crisis.

"It is still easy to attract attention even if the transfer of Li Da and other border generals back to Beijing, even if they use rotation as a reason. Is it necessary to do so?

Zhao Hongjie didn't know why Chen Yichen felt this sense of crisis. At least in his opinion, the court is stable and the border has won battles, and everything is developing in a good direction.

It was extremely sensitive to the entry of Bian General into Beijing in all dynasties. Chen Yichen himself is a sensible figure, with countless pairs of eyes fixed on him, and if he is not careful, he will cause trouble.

"Hongjie, how much do you know about His Majesty's abnormal body?"

Chen Yichen didn't explain much, but instead asked another topic.

"I only know that His Majesty took elixirs and indulged in excessive lust, and his physical condition was not as good as before. It is unknown where he reached."

"You are the commander-in-chief of the Emperor's personal army, don't you know this at all?"

Chen Yichen subconsciously frowned. In theory, the commander of the Jinyiwei should be closely tied to the emperor and even became the minister who relied on the most trustworthy subject. Zhao Hongjie sat in this position, but he didn't even know the specific situation of the emperor's body. If it weren't for the brotherhood, he could have really described it as "incompetent".

Faced with Chen Yichen's doubts, Zhao Hongjie expressed grievances: "I have only been the commander for a year, so it is impossible for everyone to know everything. In addition, what Your Majesty trusts the most is the hidden residence team in Prince Hui's Mansion. At least for now, I am still an outsider in his heart."

"To the north, then again, Your Majesty has a shallow foundation, and only important eunuchs can be in power, giving people the feeling of following the old path of the late emperor back then, which is probably not a blessing for the family and country."

Chen Yichen did not respond to Zhao Hongjie's concern. In a sense, he could understand the motivation of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu.

Think about it, the Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne when he was young. After more than ten years, he had to reuse a group of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen to take power from the civil service group to be in power in order to be arbitrary in military and national affairs and not have to listen to the advice of his ministers.

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was a concubine's son. The vassal king ascended the throne as emperor. He was just a flaw and nothing to ask for. In the Ming Dynasty, even the assistant ministers of the crown prince's Eastern Palace became an empty scheming. In addition to the chief ministers, the only ones that could be used in the royal palace were eunuchs and other eunuchs.

Power is from the bottom up, and no one can implement it. Even if you are the emperor, it is useless. This is why Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu would support the new nobles and would ask He Wenyuan to report to the old ministers who returned to the court.

Because only these ambitious and unsatisfied people will be bound to the interests of the new emperor to support and cooperate in the execution of the government orders.

From the perspective of God in later generations, this emperor was so stupid that he didn't even understand the most basic principles of learning from history. What are the consequences of eunuchs in power and interfering in politics in the harem? I don't know how many times have happened in all dynasties, and why can't I learn any lessons?

In fact, there was an emperor in the Ming Dynasty who absorbed the throne and became emperor without his own foundation. He asked women to return to the harem and killed all the eunuchs who caused trouble to the country, and prepared to do a great career with ambitiousness. This emperor was the famous Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian.

After some operation, he found that the situation seemed to be completely different from what he imagined. The civil and military officials in the court were still perfunctory and perfunctory, and the government orders changed after they left the Forbidden City.

So during his reign, he changed nineteen cabinet chief ministers, fifty cabinet ministers, and killed seven ministers of the Ministry of War. He found that it was still useless. The ending was that he found a crooked tree in Coal Mountain to hang himself.

Many times it is not because the emperor does not know the consequences, but the reason why they still do this is either because they have no choice but to reuse eunuchs to take power, or because they are confident that they can control everything and are not afraid of messing up things.

Those who are really stupid and unaware of it are the minority.

“To the north?”

Seeing that Chen Yichen had not replied for a long time after he finished speaking, Zhao Hongjie called out softly.

Chen Yichen, who came to his senses, then continued to speak: "It's nothing. If the great general of the Jinyiwei in the palace has a reliable arrangement, please let them pay more attention to the situation of His Majesty and Prince Zhu Jianshen."

"Xiangbei, are you so worried about Your Majesty's body? Do you think there will be a major change in the palace?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongjie finally realized what Chen Yichen felt like, and his face became more and more serious.

"I don't know, I can only say that I'm going to prevent any problems before they happen."

Chen Yichen's thinking is very confused at this moment. Things happened too suddenly and there are too many changes to deal with in a while. Now there is no God's perspective to see clearly the direction of history. After all, he is just an ordinary person, not an omniscient God.

"If that's the case, transfer Li Da and the others to Beijing, don't use your authority to the Ministry of War. After returning to the mansion, ask the Duke for help, use the name of the Governor's Office of the Five Army to change defenses, and let the Duke negotiate with Yu Shaobao. Try not to participate throughout the process."

After the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ministry of War had actually occupied almost the power of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, but in the end it was still short and many treaties had not yet formed a law. Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, was able to exercise his military command as the Governor.

"Okay, I get it."

Chen Yichen nodded, then a smile appeared on his face, trying to ease the slightly nervous atmosphere.

Maybe I was too cautious and in the end nothing happened.

"Then Xiangbei, you go back to the mansion first. Next time you have time, you have to have a good meal."

"One word is determined."

After saying this, Chen Yichen waved his hand and sat on the carriage back to the mansion. At the same time, in the imperial study in the palace, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu sat alone in the room, his eyes closed and he didn't know what he was thinking.

But soon the sound of footsteps sounded inside the house. Yin Xing'an, the chief supervisor of the Sili, walked in with a tray and said softly: "Long live, it's time to take the pill."

Hearing Xing'an's voice, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes and looked at the dark red elixirs in the tray. The light from the corner of his eyes seemed to accidentally catch a glimpse of the handkerchief placed in the drawer. The color of the blood stain on it was so similar to the elixir.

"Xing'an, do you think this pill is useful? My health seems to be getting worse day by day."

"Your Majesty, this pill was refined by the alchemist collecting spiritual medicines from heaven and earth. It has the effect of prolonging life and is definitely useful."

"As for the slight illness, it may be that Your Majesty has worked too much recently and is a little tired. Now that the northern border is stable, the southern border is full of news, Master Chen returns to the court again, Your Majesty can relax and cultivate well for a while."

Xing'an said as he placed the elixir in his hand on the elixir, then walked behind Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, and helped him gently hammer his shoulder.

A simple conversation can tell the difference between Cheng Jing and Xing'an. One is like a strategist who will help Zhu Qiyu solve his problems, and the other is more about pleasing and comforting.

In fact, to be serious, Xing'an was not the old man in Zhu Qiyu's palace at that time. He entered the Silijian as early as the first year of Zhengtong and was favored by Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yingzong. Even though he was valued by Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, there were still great questions about his loyalty.

The reason is that after the historical incident of the Punishment, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, had a large-scale liquidation of the old ministers of the Jingtai Dynasty, such as Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, etc., all of them were killed. Xing'an was the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, but there was nothing wrong with the head of the internal officials.

So after his death, Zhu Qizhen also arranged for him to attend the funeral according to Xing'an's last wishes, and asked someone to write an epitaph that praised the most.

After the restoration, Zhu Qizhen was not a generous person. It is not an exaggeration to say that psychological distortion is caused. It is logically unreasonable to let Xing'an, who defected to Zhu Qiyu and ranked first in the inner ranks.

Of course, the truth will always be a mystery as time passes.

However, Zhu Qiyu will trust Xing'an now. After the Yu Tumubao Incident, he supported Yu Qian's opposition to the south, which laid the foundation for the subsequent new emperor's ascension to the throne. In addition, the Empress Dowager Sun was hesitant whether to order King Xiang Zhu Zhanqian to enter the capital or let King Zhu Qiyu inherit the throne.

Xing'an used the word "legal mother" to imply the empress dowager Sun, which made her finally make up her mind.

This is similar to the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty. Should the descendants of the Li family succeed to the throne or the nephew of the Wu family continue the Great Zhou regime? Di Renjie's simple sentence "I have never heard that the emperor offered his aunt's spirit to be located in the Taimiao" and the answer was naturally about to come out.

When King Xiang ascended the throne and became emperor, Sun could only be an imperial sister-in-law, King Hui ascended the throne and became emperor, and Sun was the empress dowager of the main palace. It goes without saying which position and power are higher and which one is lower.

It can be said that this metaphor from Xing'an invested "original shares" for him in Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, but the key point of being able to succeed as the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor is that the key point of being reused is Yi Chu.

According to etiquette and law, Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty was the king, and Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was the minister. Even if the other party initiated the siege, it was still impossible to inform the world that it was defined as a rebellion, and the death could only be carried out secretly, and it was openly a sudden death.

Over the past three years, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu gradually promoted new ministers in the court, and even skipped the restrictions brought by the court, and did not hesitate to create eunuchs to introduce them to the cabinet, creating the famous "confluence of prisons and cabinets" in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely through this beginning that the more famous "public and cabinet co-governance" system emerged in later generations.

But even so, the power of the conservative civil servant group in the court still hindered the implementation of the Yi Chu plan. Whenever Zhu Qiyu stole the Yi Chu's ideas in court discussions, the six ministers and nine ministers, including Yu Qian, Wang Zhi, Hu Yi, etc., were silent and negatively confronted each other.

Even the chief minister of the cabinet, Chen Xun and other confidants who were showing kindness and favoured each other, were pretending to be deaf and dumb at the critical moment, and did not dare to take the blame for the world and break the inheritance of etiquette and law.

This is why, in history, Emperor Jingtai was an Yi Chu, who planned for five years and made a joke of bribing the court ministers before he succeeded. Many things were not as simple as imagined to change a prince, and they would seriously shake the foundation of the country!

However, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was also taking steps forward, relying on eunuchs to invoke cabinet ministers. Currently, Wang Yining and Xiao Wei were the absolute confidant in the cabinet. Shi Heng, Duke of the Loyal Kingdom, was the only one in the honorary and relatives. He Wenyuan, Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, Jiang Yuan, Minister of Personnel, and Shi Pu, Secretary of the Ministry of Works, all took office one after another.

In particular, the Ministry of Personnel controls the promotion of the court. As long as officials who are loyal to themselves are arranged to serve, Zhu Qiyu will eventually take control of the court in time.

The effect of changes in official power is reflected in recent court discussions. Zhu Qiyu no longer needs to make various instructions on his own. In order to show his loyalty, the upstart ministers began to take the initiative to mention the matter of Yi Chu.

Especially He Wenyuan's words "The father has a son who has passed down the world" and the comments on Prince Zhu Jianji's "the eldest son is in Lun" simply reached the heart of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu.

I have to say that literati are still powerful, and eunuchs can't compare to citing classics and classics. The four words "Preface is first in Lun" helped Zhu Jianji to recover the greatest disadvantage of the legal system.

When the two brothers were both concubines and were promoted to legitimate sons, they should be appointed as legitimate sons according to the legal tradition. Zhu Jianji was one year older than Zhu Jianshen. He was considered the eldest grandson of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty, so he could be used as the basis for the legal tradition of Yi Chu!

With the support of the legal system, some people have to talk about the white-faced and blushing in the court to better grasp the opposing civil servant group. Xing'an is the key figure in the white-faced and blushing.

In the last two court discussions, Xing'an faced the passive resistance of the civil servant group, and angrily scolded the ministers: "This matter cannot be stopped now, and those who refuse to do so do not need to be named. Why can't hesitate?"

Then the confidant of the cabinet department sang red, and after several operations, it was obviously loose. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu realized that his body could not hold on, and his mentality and behavior were a bit too hasty, in fact, he wouldn't have let Cao Jixiang, Shi Heng and others grow bigger for Yi Chu, and he would not have been able to get rid of the problem in the end.

"I don't have time to cultivate myself, and the matter of easy storage has not been decided for a day, and there will be hidden dangers in the end."

"This time Chen Yichen returns to Beijing. I plan to use him to attract the attention of the clan princes and let these princes unite against Yi Chu without the time to unite. In this way, only the six ministries and nine ministers of the court should be settled."

After saying this, Zhu Qiyu sighed deeply. Chen Yichen dared to collide with the south wall of the clan relatives and vassal kings before Chen Yichen returned to the court. Only this son has the courage and courage to fight for the royal family's salary.

He cut off his support for the royal brother's legitimate son and the possibility of embracing foreign vassals. Even if he has any shortcomings in the future, Chen Yichen can become a minister who entrusts the orphanage, keeping the royal son Zhu Jianji's situation stable and the country peaceful!

It can be said that Zhu Qiyu checks and balances variously, not to deprive him of power, but to give him greater power, so as not to become a powerful minister to raise a tiger. Who is the flatterer and who is the real country and the people, how can the emperor completely ignore it?

But the contradiction is that the stronger the minister, the greater the threat to imperial power. How to make good use of such capable ministers who govern the world and prevent him from becoming a hero in troubled times is the standard that a qualified emperor needs to meet.
Chapter completed!