"Your Majesty, you must not do it. If these tens of thousands of troops are intruders or other bandits, and see Your Majesty, they will fire a hail of arrows and hurt Your Majesty. Wouldn't it be a great sin for us?"
Seeing that His Majesty was going to climb the building in person, the ministers immediately panicked. The intruder finally retreated, giving the capital a chance to breathe. Another unknown army came, and His Majesty was so reckless.
If Xuanzong had climbed the tower before, naturally the ministers would not have thought it was a big deal. Even when he went out to fight outside the Great Wall, they would have thought it was a sign of his majesty’s bravery. However, since the battle of Tumubao destroyed almost the most elite army and the most powerful civil service group in the Ming Dynasty, there has been
After this bloody lesson, the court almost always prevented the emperor from visiting enemy troops in person.
Even the most quarrelsome Emperor Wuzong had many ministers killed by the imperial cudgel because of their remonstrances.
Moreover, His Majesty is now the backbone of the entire Ming Dynasty. If something goes wrong, the originally promising Ming Dynasty may find itself in what kind of situation.
"I went there a few days ago. At that time, the intruders had not retreated. Even Liu Zongmin, a general of the intruders, led his army to the city gate. I was not afraid. Besides, they had already retreated. What should I be afraid of?
Zhu Ling said categorically, insisting on his own idea. Seeing that the ministers still wanted to stop him, he changed his words and said: "If you are really afraid that I will be hurt, go with me. What can you do to stop me?"
, Aren’t I not afraid anymore?”
For some unknown reason, after Zhu Ling said these words, the court fell silent for an instant. Different from the situation where ministers rushed forward to give advice just now, no one expressed their willingness to express their willingness again.
Seeing that the ministers stopped answering, Zhu Ling just chuckled and ordered Wang Chengen to hastily announce the end of the court meeting. Then he immediately asked him to prepare his horses and go to Chaoyang Gate. The scene of the arrival of tens of thousands of Guan Ning's troops seemed to have appeared in his eyes.
Already.
If we really have this kind of help, even 10,000 people, if they are entrusted with good generals and put to good use, and combined with Meng Zhaoxiang's thousands of soldiers from the Beijing camp, they will be enough to fight against Li Zicheng's 100,000 army.
With such a prospect, the future of the Ming Dynasty will naturally become much clearer, and he will no longer be worried day and night. Therefore, whether Wu Sangui sent an army or came by himself really affected Zhu Ling's heart.
"I would like to go with your Majesty." Suddenly, just as Zhu Ling was about to retreat to the back hall, Fan Jingwen stood up and said, looking at Zhu Ling's puzzled eyes, he explained: "I have said before that although I am over fifty years old,
But if thieves enter the capital, I will definitely kill the enemy with my sword. Although I can't kill the enemy now, I still have to make sacrifices for His Majesty's safety. "
"Mr. Fan Ge, you don't have to be like this. If you go up to the tower, you will definitely die. There are soldiers guarding there, and I believe that Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, the guard of Chaoyang Gate, will protect me."
Zhu Ling waved his hand, indicating that he knew what Mr. Fan Ge was thinking, but it was more than that.
Fan Jingwen smiled and continued: "Your Majesty just didn't listen to our advice, why are you trying to persuade me now?"
After hearing these words, Zhu Ling laughed heartily a few times, stopped arguing, and immediately returned to the back hall, while the ministers in the court also left Fengtian Hall one after another.
When changing into casual clothes, Zhu Ling accidentally saw the jade ring in Wang Chengen's hand and couldn't help but ask: "Which godson gave you this jade ring as a filial piety?"
I was dressing my master with joy, but suddenly I heard such a sentence. I immediately remembered that I forgot to take off the jade ring on my finger. My face turned pale, I stopped my movements, and I knelt down in panic: "Your Majesty! My slave...
…This jade ring is worthless, it is said to be fake and just trash.”
Zhu Ling was not annoyed at all. After all, it was inevitable that the eunuchs around the emperor had some private rights. In other words, as long as you did not affect the overall situation and did not bully the people, there would be nothing to hold accountable even if you took some kickbacks and filial piety from the people below.
Seeing him like this, I was quite frightened, and pulled me up with a smile: "Get up, it's just a jade ring, it's no big deal. It's just that seeing such a precious jade ring makes me feel quite ashamed of the queen.
From the time she was married into the palace by me, until the emperor's brother passed away from illness, she became the queen. She said she was a mother to the world, but in fact she didn't even enjoy a good life, she just suffered along with me."
While recalling it, I sighed, but suddenly stopped, and continued with a wry smile: "I didn't even want to give her a jade ring."
Wang Chengen saw that his master was not angry, so he took a breath and slowly stood up and continued to change clothes carefully. When he heard the last sad words, he felt sad for a moment, and said with ninja tears: "Your Majesty is really to the people of the world and to the Ming Dynasty.
I have paid too much, I don’t dare to eat good food, I don’t dare to use good food, even the dragon robe is patched.”
At the end of the sentence, she quietly shed tears: "Every time I hear those people outside say something bad about you secretly, I hate you so much. It's a pity. I'm afraid of tarnishing your reputation, Master, so I can only endure it.
"
Zhu Ling has never doubted Wang Chengen's loyalty to him. This is enough to show in the history books that on that sad road where no one even came to Chongzhen to play drums, and when Chongzhen, the husband and father, forced the queen and concubine to hang herself.
, there were only the two of them standing on Jingshan Mountain full of heartache.
Looking at the devastated capital, one seems to see the tragic fate of the entire Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen, who was supposed to be the supreme leader of the Nine-Fifth Period, had only one eunuch to accompany him before his death.
The emperor hanged himself, and the eunuch died next to him, only to be discovered two days later.
It's miserable enough and desolate enough.
"Cheng'en."
His Majesty's sudden call, Wang Cheng'en immediately came closer and responded: "My slave is here."
"Let's rebuild the Dongchang. Maybe it was a mistake to abolish the Dongchang more than ten years ago." Chongzhen abolished the Dongchang about three years ago, leaving only the Jinyiwei, but later on the Jinyiwei was controlled by those civil servants.
, even Chonghuan's order for Jin Yiwei to kill an individual had to depend on the opinions of some ministers in the court.
The moment the troops who obey you most no longer obey you loyally, they lose their value.
The most obedient to the emperor's orders are the eunuchs who accompany him. Not to mention how powerful they are, no matter how great their power is, it is given by the emperor. As long as the emperor says a word, they are still just eunuchs serving the emperor.
"Your Majesty, do you really think so?" Wang Chengen was stunned the moment he heard that His Majesty was trying to re-establish the Dongchang. After confirming that it was correct, he immediately knelt down and was very excited.
Your Majesty, things have really changed!
"That's natural, but we won't talk about it in the court, lest the ministers object again. You have to think carefully about the selection of people this time. The eunuch Bingbi of the Supervisor of Ceremonies is you.
It’s you in Dongchang, so don’t bring in some shady people for me. Don’t let Cao Huachun and Du Xun appear again.”
"Also, I know about the kickbacks, and I understand taking some, but you can't miss the overall situation, let alone harm the people. The rest you take is just a number." Zhu Ling changed his clothes and was about to go out when he suddenly stopped spinning.
Shen said: "By the way, let's get started in the next few days. I have something I need you to come to."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"The court has no money now. I just finished being scolded by the literati. I have no money again. There are some old people in the palace who you know, or you don't know, who have been in the palace for a long time. I won't talk about those who have no money.
Well, if you are rich, you can think of it yourself and take some of the worry away from the court. In the future, when the East Factory is reopened, you will have a reason to stop the sins of those literati."
"Don't worry, your majesty. This kind of thing is actually letting the servants do what they are good at and promise to donate a large sum of money to the court. They will definitely be no worse than those royal guards."
At this moment, Wang Chengen was already caught up in the excitement of regaining power, and he naturally agreed to the task given by Zhu Ling without hesitation. Moreover, this kind of thing was naturally his specialty.
"I feel more at ease now that I have a great companion."
After leaving the palace, I saw that many ministers had gathered here, and these people were silent in the court just now, but why now?
Seeing the confusion on His Majesty's face, Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped forward and said, "If Mr. Fan Ge did it, we will naturally do it. Your Majesty does not need to be confused. It has been half an hour since Xuancheng Bo received the news. Your Majesty, please leave quickly."
"Since you are so unafraid, then why is there no hope for the Ming Dynasty?"
After saying that, he immediately rode away with Wang Chengen and the imperial guards behind him, and the ministers followed closely with their whips raised.
[Author's digression]: I originally finished writing this chapter at four o'clock. On a whim, I planned to visit the ancient city wall in our county. After walking for an hour and a half, I felt like I had a heat stroke.
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