Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 34 Daming Has a Good Prince

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's wait and see what happens, maybe within a month or two, King Fu and the others will obediently go away." Zhu Cihong changed the subject.

The issue of his ascension to the throne is really sensitive and difficult to talk about. There is nothing to say, but it can only make people sullen, because the struggle for imperial power is not as simple as a few words.

Zhu Cihong knew that they didn't dare to bring up any topics, so he thought for a while and asked, "I heard that the literati in Fushe are quite talented and learned. I don't know what they are doing now?"

He asked this question because he wanted to know whether Fushe was a serious political party or a literary club that only knew how to show off its literary talents. This was very important, and it was related to Zhu Cihong's future treatment of Fushe.

"Reporting to Your Highness, just now we were discussing an article denouncing Ruan Dacheng, the eunuch traitor." Hou Fangyu said immediately when he heard Zhu Cihong's question. At the same time, he took out the article from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Cihong.

"You wrote this?" Zhu Cihong asked Hou Fangyu.

He thought that Hou Fangyu was the fourth son of the late Ming Dynasty, famous all over the world, and talented in writing, so he must have written such an important article.

Unexpectedly, Hou Fangyu said, "No, it was written by Brother Ciwei, I just signed my name."

"Well, very good." Zhu Cihong actually couldn't understand what was written at all. Although he was also a high-achieving student who had studied in college, compared with a literati who specialized in literature and the Four Books and Five Classics, he was not even worthy of carrying shoes.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Cihong doesn't even have the ability to see, let alone appreciate, he's just pretending to give the Fushe people some face.

"Ruan Dacheng, the eunuch, first clinging to Wei Zhongxian, and now colluding with King Fu, is really heinous and serious. He should be scolded." Although Zhu Cihong couldn't read articles, he could understand politics.

In fact, Ruan Dacheng is not considered an eunuch at all. This guy is just a failed political speculator. When he first became an official, in order to become famous, he wrote two letters, one attacking the eunuch and the other attacking Donglin. .

What's even more unlucky is that he is now working for King Fu, and Zhu Cihong is targeting him again. Although he is a subordinate of King Fu, but because of his bad reputation and poor character, it's just right to use him for surgery.

The literati in Fushe denounced him, which coincided with Zhu Cihong's thoughts.

Zhu Cihong was very happy, so he decided to give Fushe literati a little bit of sweetness. He said, "Printing the public announcement will cost a lot of money, and it will take a lot of effort to hire people to carry and post it."

Hearing what Zhu Cihong said, Hou Fangyu and the others didn't know what to do, but they all felt that Zhu Cihong's next words would be very important, so they all listened with bated breath.

"Wu Ciwei must have spent a lot of effort writing this article, and you also took a great risk in signing it."

"I have nothing to express, but I can only greatly appreciate your upright spirit of fighting against traitors." Hou Fangyu and the others thought that Zhu Cihong would reward them with some silver or official positions, but after hearing Zhu Cihong's praise, a Everyone was disappointed, like a wilted eggplant.

"Another 500 taels of silver will be given to Fushe for daily use, and another 100 taels of silver will be rewarded to Wu Ciwei for writing this article."

Hearing this, Hou Fangyu and the others were ecstatic. The crown prince actually gave Fushe 500 taels of silver at once. What kind of concept is this?

In "Peach Blossom Fan", Hou Fangyu combed Li Xiangjun and only spent a hundred and ten taels of silver. You must know that Li Xiangjun is one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai who are famous all over the world.

The 500 taels of silver cannot be said to be enough to cover the entire cost of printing, posting and posting to prevent chaos and publicity. It can only be said to be more than enough.

When Wu Ciwei heard that Zhu Cihong wanted to reward him with a hundred silver, he was a little embarrassed, and quickly said, "Your Highness, I just wrote an article, and I will not be rewarded for nothing."

"Don't refuse it. If I say I want to reward you, you have to take it. Besides, isn't it your credit for writing such a good article?" Zhu Cihong doesn't care about so much, what is given to you is yours, you It doesn't matter if you don't want it.

"Then Xiaosheng would be more respectful than obedient." Wu Ciwei had no choice but to cup his hands and cup his fists to express his gratitude, expressing that he accepted the silver.

Hou Fangyu and the others took the money, and felt that Zhu Cihong looked more and more attractive, and in his words, he vaguely pretended to be Zhu Cihong's subordinate.

Hearing what they said, Zhu Cihong sneered in his heart and said, what he wants is this effect, and he can win the hearts of the Fushe people for a little money. This deal is really a bargain.

That night, Hou Fangyu and the others called together the literati from Fushe to have a banquet in the restaurant. During the banquet, they also took out the 500 taels of silver funded by Zhu Cihong.

"Hey, the prince is really generous." Everyone was shocked by the 500 taels of silver.

Although from the perspective of quantity, it is not very shocking, after all, 500 taels is just ten ingots of standard 50 taels of horseshoe official silver.

But compared with Zhu Cihong's Laozi Chongzhen, he is much more generous. After all, everyone has heard the rumors that Chongzhen slammed the door.

"It's better to be the prince, knowing that it's not easy for me to wait for an innocent literati."

"Compared with the prince, those eunuchs who only know how to suppress literati are even more hateful."

Everyone talked about each other, and started to discuss in a hurry. After a while, they talked all over the world. I don't know where they went, but no matter where they talked, the main purpose was nothing more than to praise Zhu Cihong. .

"Everyone be quiet, be quiet." Hou Fangyu saw that everyone was discussing so fiercely that he almost knocked off the roof of the house, so he hurriedly stopped them.

"Brother Chao Zong, what's your opinion?" Seeing that it was Hou Fangyu speaking, they all thought that he had something grand to say, so they all held their breath and waited quietly for Hou Fangyu to speak.

"I used to think that the only enemy we had was the Eunuch Party. As long as the Eunuch Party is eliminated, Ming Dynasty will be able to clean up the river and the sea will be peaceful, and the world will be peaceful."

"But recently I found out that I was wrong, and I was very wrong." When Hou Fangyu said this, everyone was shocked, thinking, Hou Fangyu must have betrayed Fushe and became a running dog of the Eunuch Party.

In fact, in history, it is really hard to say whether the eunuch party has caused the greatest harm to the country, or whether the Qingliu of Donglin and Fushe have caused the greatest harm to the country.

After all, history cannot allow you to do it all over again. To do a control variable experiment, first remove one side, and then remove the other side, and then record the experimental results.

But Hou Fangyu's next words made them change their guesses.

"It turns out that our enemies are not only eunuchs, but also vassal kings who threaten the emperor. Ever since those vassal kings left their old vassals to avoid disasters in the southeast, they have become even more corrupt. Now it has even reached the point where the crown prince can't even take the throne. .”

(End of this chapter)