Acting for the gods

Chapter 115 The Bitterness of Zhu Youxiao
Early the next morning.

Zhou Miaoxuan, who had a long talk with Zhou Miaotong all night, found Jiang Fan who had finished his morning exercise.

"I've made up my mind. I can tell you everything I know, but you must ensure Miao Tong's safety."

Now Zhou Miaoxuan, with both love and career on the street, has the will to die in his heart, the only thing he can't worry about is his younger sister.

"There is no problem with this. As long as you tell the truth, not only Miaotong, but I can also keep you alive. After the matter is over, you can choose to stay in the capital, or go where you want to go."

Jiang Fan decided to concentrate on his career and practice martial arts. Women will only affect his speed of doing main tasks.

Zhou Miaoxuan didn't really believe Jiang Fan's verbal promise, but she had no choice.

Do not believe, a dead end.

Believe me, maybe there is still a chance!
That night, Jiang Fan disguised Zhou Miaoxuan as Jinyiwei and went to Beizhen Fusi. After reuniting with Lu Wenzhao, the prison called out Guo Zhen and asked them both to pretend to be ordinary Jinyiwei and go to the palace in the name of inspection.

Along the way, Jiang Fan keenly noticed that someone was watching his group.

Jiang Fan didn't take action himself, so someone naturally dealt with these monitors.

Lei Bin, who was hiding in the dark, flew onto the roof, looked at the man in black who was watching from the corner, raised his hand and shot a flying needle, killing the watcher on the spot.

During this period of time, apart from making noodles, Lei Bin was at home with his wife and children, and he had been practicing "Rama's Internal Strength" for the rest of the time.

With the blessing of internal force, the lethality of his flying needle became stronger.

There may be a gap with the top masters in the world, but against ordinary warriors, they can achieve instant kills.

The progress of Liansheng and Ye Zhanqing is also not small.

Especially Ye Zhanqing, although she is dissolute, but her martial arts talent is the highest among the three, she has the potential to catch up from behind.

This woman is not very peaceful, and recently she often thinks about how to sleep in Jiang Fan's position.

Lian Sheng took over the Blackstone Killer Organization. Recently, Wei Zhongxian didn't arrange any assassination tasks for him, mainly to collect some intelligence.

Among them were Jiang Fan and Xin Wang, all of whom Wei Zhongxian paid close attention to.

But Wei Zhongxian didn't know that Lian Sheng had already joined Jiang Fan, and the collected information would be in Jiang Fan's hands immediately. The information Wei Zhongxian saw was only what Jiang Fan wanted him to see.

But after getting the "Rama Internal Strength", Lian Sheng worked hard and practiced hard, and the old wounds on his body healed a lot, and he didn't have to suffer from the pain anymore.

Grateful for Jiang Fan's kindness in rebuilding, Lian Sheng is considered to be the most loyal of the Black Stone killers.

He was secretly escorted by the Blackstone Killer.

A group of people came to the gate of the palace safely. After Jiang Fan showed the gold medal, the eunuch who had been waiting here opened the door and led the way for Jiang Fan and others.

After wandering around and came to a heavily guarded side hall, Jiang Fan asked the accompanying Qinglong to wait outside, and brought Guo Zhen, Zhou Miaoxuan and Lu Wenzhao into the hall.

Zhu Youxiao looked good today. Seeing Jiang Fan leading people into the hall, he said, "Jiang Aiqing, they are the witnesses you found."

"Report to Your Majesty, exactly."

"Guo Zhen's father-in-law of Dongchang needn't be introduced. Next to him is Lu Wenzhao, a thousand householder of Jinyiwei. He once participated in the Battle of Salhu with Guo Zhen, and later served as King Xin and worked for him."

"Now that he has lost his way, he hopes to make meritorious deeds, and is willing to devote himself to His Majesty."

"This is Zhou Miaoxuan, the daughter of former imperial servant Shaoqing Zhou Chaorui."

"In the case of Wang Wenyan, his father was arrested together with Yang Lian and other five people, thrown into imperial prison, and finally tortured to death."

"After the Zhou family was ransacked, Zhou Miaoxuan was sent to the south of the Yangtze River to be a thin horse. On the way, he wanted to commit suicide and throw himself into the river. By chance, he was rescued by King Xin and became his confidant."

"Afterwards, she followed King Xin and became the representative of King Xin abroad, contacting people who were inconvenient to meet for King Xin."

"This is their testimony and the list of those involved."

"The three of them are all related to the treasure ship case. If Your Majesty has any doubts, you can ask them for confirmation."

Jiang Fan submitted the testimony to Wei Zhongxian, and then waited for Zhu Youxiao's disposal.

"Zhou Chaorui's daughter!"

Glancing at Zhou Miaoxuan, Zhu Youxiao seemed to sigh.

He still has an impression of Zhou Chaorui, one of the Six Gentlemen of Donglin.

There have always been two factions within the Donglin Party.

One of these factions is the more moderate reformers.

The other faction is the radical power-seizure faction.

Moderates advocate coexistence with other factions and win their support to reform Ming's social issues. They feel that they should try to be as business-like as possible and avoid fierce party disputes.

The other faction believed that the other factions were elite groups, whose interests were so tightly bound that it was impossible to give up power easily, and they would definitely continue favoritism. Therefore, if the Donglin Party wanted to reform Daming, they had to be expelled from the court and seize their power.

Zhou Chaorui was on the moderate side. After Ming Guangzong succeeded to the throne, he was promoted to Shi Ke Shizhong, appointed benevolent and capable people, promoted the emperor's grace, and asked to leave gold flowers and silver offered by various places to help the army build up.

Later, because of his outspoken advice, Ming Guangzong was displeased, and his official position was demoted.

After Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne, he issued an imperial edict to restore his official position, and accepted Zhou Chaorui's suggestions many times.

In the second year of Tianqi, Zhou Chaorui and Xu Dahua slandered each other, lost in the party struggle, and died unjustly in prison.

Zhu Youxiao actually knew that Zhou Chaorui was a capable minister, but unfortunately he was on the wrong team.

Above the court, there is no absolute good or evil. The most important thing is that you have to stand in line.

Standing on the tuyere, even a pig can fly.

Otherwise, even the famous official Yu Qian will end up decapitated!
After receiving the testimony from Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao frowned more and more as he looked at it, and his heart heaved violently, obviously extremely angry.

He didn't expect that there would be so many people looking forward to his death, including his own brother, which was the most unacceptable to him.

He has been disliked since he was a child, but he takes great care of this younger brother.

He was in danger several times before, and his son was killed. He never doubted Zhu Youjian, his younger brother. He even wanted to suppress the Donglin Party and expel Jiannu. Lord Carpenter.

As a result, the younger brother wanted him to die wholeheartedly, and even participated in the case of killing the prince.

From the beginning, Zhu Youxiao actually didn't want to be an emperor. It's true that he likes carpentry. If he didn't grow up in the emperor's family, he would definitely be an excellent craftsman.

But being born in the royal family, he had no choice.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of his succession, the imperial court was riddled with holes, Liaodong was invaded by the Hou Jin, and civil upheavals were frequent in the territory.

Above the imperial court, there were constant party struggles, which made Zhu Youxiao unable to flex his muscles, and had to push Wei Zhongxian to the front, so that the eunuch party could grow stronger, and the situation gradually stabilized.

In order to stabilize the country, he resisted all opinions and appointed Mao Wenlong to guard Liaodong, and he worked hard to gradually calm down the chaos in Liaodong, so that Daming had a breathing space.

Later, the agricultural tax was reduced and the industrial and commercial tax was increased, so that there was more money to expand the military force, so that the border of Ming Dynasty was stable, and at the same time, civil uprisings were reduced.

Everything he has done, the hardships he has endured, and the silently bearing the name of a faint king, is not because he wants to hand over a peaceful and prosperous world to his younger brother.

Seven years, do you know how I lived these seven years?
A former illiterate, a carpenter who loves art, has to work as a carpenter while stabilizing the overall situation in an intricate situation. How come you don’t understand the bitterness and difficulties involved?
You are my brother!

(End of this chapter)