Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

"Zhu Youjian, I said so much."

"you understood?"

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youjian calmly.

What he said so eloquently just now was to tell Zhu Youjian that Wei Zhongxian killed him at the wrong time.

In fact, when Chongzhen first ascended the throne, it would have been more correct to keep Wei Zhongxian.

After hearing what Li Xiao said, Zhu Youjian was stunned.

Of course he understood what Li Xiao meant.

Li Xiao said so much and he agreed very much.

Wei Zhongxian was indeed a treacherous minister, who controlled the government, was good at killing ministers, and excluded dissidents.

But Wei Zhongxian would not attack the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, nor would it pose a threat to him as the emperor.

Because Wei Zhongxian was an eunuch, all his rights were granted by the emperor and were obtained by relying on the Zhu family royal family.

No matter how corrupt and perverted he is, no matter how he controls the government, he cannot harm the interests of the Zhu family royal family.

As an eunuch, he had long been in the same boat as the emperor and the Zhu family royal family.

He is the spokesperson of the royal family.

But Chongzhen did not understand this truth at the time.

In other words, he understood, but he still insisted on killing Wei Zhongxian.

However, because of the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party, which had no bottom line, gained power.

After these Donglin Party came to power, they had no bottom line and no benevolence.

These civil servant groups from Jiangnan have direct access to the royal interests.

Moreover, they also conflict with the interests of the royal family, so they will naturally do things that harm the interests of the royal family and enrich themselves.

On the other hand, the imperial court, without the restraint of the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party could no longer control it.

This is the bitter pill that Emperor Chongzhen swallowed after Wei Zhongxian died.

"Li Xiao, you are right." Zhu Youjian replied lightly, looking a little lost.

Then, he continued: "I admit that I really shouldn't have killed Wei Zhongxian at that time."

"I should wait a few more years, until I have fully secured the throne, and until I have completely cleaned up the court."

"Instead of just killing Wei Zhongxian in a hurry just for the sake of prestige, so that the villains of the Donglin Party can stand up again."

Zhu Youjian obviously realized his mistake in the later stage and saw the shamelessness and lack of bottom line of the Donglin Party.

But there was nothing he could do.

Later, in order to fight against the Donglin Party again, he began to reuse eunuchs again.

Trying to put the eunuchs back into power to fight against the Donglin Party.

But the Ming Dynasty, which was already in danger, had already collapsed due to the disaster of the Donglin Party.

I can't survive that day at all.

"I admit that I was impatient, but I don't admit what you said."

"As long as Wei Zhongxian dies, the Ming Dynasty will never be destroyed."

"This was said entirely to discredit me."

Zhu Youjian retorted loudly.

He did admit that he had made a mistake, but he did not agree with Li Xiao's words, 'Unless Wei Zhongxian dies, the Ming Dynasty will never be destroyed'.

He knew very well who Wei Zhongxian was.

The reason why Wei Zhongxian suppressed the Donglin Party and reduced taxes for the poor was because of his different stance.

How can a eunuch decide whether the Ming Dynasty will perish or not?

Zhu Yuanzhang on the side also nodded: "Neither Wei Zhongxian nor the Donglin Party is a good bird."

"What ultimately depends on the emperor himself."

"But I didn't expect that the party struggle that we were most worried about would eventually emerge, and it would be so serious."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Zhu Youjian: "I didn't expect that you, an emperor, can't even suppress these civil servants."

"In our day, these sanctimonious guys who were enriching themselves would have died eight hundred times."

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youjian replied helplessly: "Grandfather Taizu, I have no choice."

"The Donglin Party is so powerful that seven out of ten civil servants in the imperial court are members of the Donglin Party."

"I can't kill the entire court."

"Besides, half of the students in the world are members of the Donglin Party."

"If they start scolding me, I will be infamy for eternity."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Li Xiongzhi sarcastically said: "Hey, I can't tell you cherish feathers."

"As the subjugated king of the Ming Empire, aren't you already infamy for thousands of years?"

Immediately, Zhu Youjian looked at Li Xiongzhi angrily, but he didn't know how to refute.

At this moment, Li Xiao spoke.

"Zhu Youjian is right, a eunuch cannot have an impact on the rise and fall of the Ming Empire."

"But you can do it as an emperor."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youjian and said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian fell silent.

Li Xiao continued: "As long as Wei Zhongxian dies, the Ming Dynasty will never be destroyed. This is not what I said."

"It is the evaluation of him by some people in later generations."

"But in my opinion, there is some truth to this."

Although the Ming court was relatively stable when Wei Zhongxian was in power, this did not change the fact that Wei Zhongxian was a treacherous official.

No matter what, Wei Zhongxian is a traitor who wields power in a dictatorship.

It's just that he and the Donglin Party were in different positions at the time, so these things he had to do.

If there was Wei Zhongxian's suppression, the Donglin Party would never be so arrogant.

Back then, Wei Zhongxian showed no mercy when he dealt with the Donglin Party.

But having said that, the Donglin Party is really hateful and difficult to deal with.

Even the emperor had a headache to deal with, because the emperor cherished feathers.

He was afraid that people in the world would scold him, and he was afraid that these selfish literati would arrange for him.

But Wei Zhongxian, an eunuch, is not afraid.

When Wei Zhongxian dealt with the Donglin Party, he could cut through the mess quickly.

He used the Dongchang in his hand to suppress the Donglin Party members in the court.

No one from the Donglin Party in the entire dynasty dared to confront Wei Zhongxian head-on.

Without Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party members would have no scruples.

Not only did he arbitrarily install his own people in the DPRK, but he also did not provide any substantial help to state affairs.

He will fight for his own interests day and night.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youjian and smiled lightly: "Zhu Youjian, you said before that you were standing in your position and had to kill Wei Zhongxian in that situation."

"But have you ever thought about who created these words and this situation?"

"Have you ever thought about whether your eagerness to kill Wei Zhongxian played into the hands of some people?"

What Li Xiao said couldn't be more clear.

After Zhu Youjian took the throne, the reason why he couldn't wait to kill Wei Zhongxian was because someone else had done it.

In fact, after Zhu Youjian ascended the throne, Wei Zhongxian was also very respectful to Zhu Youjian.

After all, Zhu Youjian is Wei Zhongxian's new master.

No matter how powerful Wei Zhongxian is, he is still nothing when faced with the Zhu family royal family represented by Zhu Youjian.If Wei Zhongxian wants to keep his own power, his own rights and his own life, he can only listen to Zhu Youjian's words.

Logically speaking, there was no need for Zhu Youjian to be so anxious to let Wei Zhongxian die.

Keeping Wei Zhongxian who obeys his orders is much better than killing him.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youjian fell silent.

The expression on his face also became a little serious, as if he was thinking about something.

Soon, Zhu Youjian remembered many things.

It is true that Wei Zhongxian was not a good person at that time. He was a treacherous official and a corrupt official.

But Wei Zhongxian was still very polite to him who still believed in the king at that time.

It's just that I have never looked down on or disliked the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

Moreover, the people around him, including some of the things he saw, made him dislike Wei Zhongxian.

In fact, when he first took over the throne, he had no intention of killing Wei Zhongxian.

But people kept saying bad things about Wei Zhongxian in front of him.

Especially those civil servants in the DPRK who belong to the Donglin Party.

They kept talking about Wei Zhongxian's viciousness in front of them all day long, criticizing Wei Zhongxian's faults.

It seemed that if he didn't kill Wei Zhongxian, he would be sorry for the Ming Dynasty, sorry for the people, and sorry for the dead Zhu Youxiao.

It seems that Wei Zhongxian is his biggest enemy.

The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to kill Wei Zhongxian.

At that time, people came to lobby me almost every day.

Zhu Youjian had no good impression of Wei Zhongxian.

Gradually, under this voice, Zhu Youjian could not suppress his murderous intention towards Wei Zhongxian.

What happened next was that Wei Zhongxian hanged himself directly after knowing his feelings.

Looking back now, it was a bit abrupt to kill Wei Zhongxian.

Obviously I could wait a little longer, but I couldn't hold it back.

All of this is instigated by Donglin Party members, and can even be said to be a threat.

Because most of the literati in the world at that time belonged to the Donglin Party Group, they all looked forward to Wei Zhongxian being executed by Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian did not execute Wei Zhongxian immediately, but these people had already begun to arrange it.

He has even secretly written an article calling Zhu Youjian a cowardly and foolish king.

Faced with these Donglin Party members who scolded him and the crimes they listed against Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youjian seemed to have no choice but to kill Wei Zhongxian.

If he is killed, the Donglin Party members will be victorious and they can regain control of the court.

If he doesn't kill him, he will become the cowardly king they say is as timid as a mouse, and even Wei Zhongxian is afraid of him.

Now it seems that Zhu Youjian felt that he was instigated by these people from the Donglin Party at that time.

Only under their instigation and even coercion did he prepare to kill Wei Zhongxian.

It was also after Wei Zhongxian's death that these Donglin Party members began to lose control.

He began to slowly get out of his control, and his orders didn't seem to be that easy to use.

Moreover, the national treasury gradually became empty, and the Ming Dynasty slowly seemed to have lost its vitality.

It's even worse than when Wei Zhongxian was here.

All of this, in retrospect, seems to be a conspiracy by Donglin Party members.

They used their own hands to get rid of the great enemy Wei Zhongxian.

"You mean, someone is plotting against me?"

"Am I being used as a weapon?"

Zhu Youjian looked at Li Xiao and murmured.

Li Xiao nodded: "I think that's the truth."

"In the Ming Dynasty at that time, no one had the ability to kill Wei Zhongxian except you, the emperor Zhu Youjian."

"And those in the world who most want to get rid of Wei Zhongxian are probably those Donglin Party members."

"As long as Wei Zhongxian dies, no one will be able to restrain them or check and balance them."

"They will be able to unify the court officials, completely replace Wei Zhongxian and control the government."

"Then the Donglin Party will be in control."

"And you, the emperor who has just ascended the throne, have to make concessions when facing this kind of civil servant group."

"Zhu Youjian, do you think what I said is right?"

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youjian lowered his head.

What Li Xiao said was absolutely correct.

In the Ming Dynasty at that time, the situation between the Donglin Party members and Wei Zhongxian's eunuch Party could be described as a fight to the death.

It is really the Donglin Party members in the world who most want Wei Zhongxian to die.

And because I didn't like Wei Zhongxian at that time, I was almost surrounded by people from the Donglin Party.

That is to say, those people were saying bad things about Wei Zhongxian in their ears every day, constantly encouraging themselves to kill Wei Zhongxian, and constantly making trouble.

Now that I think about it, it turns out that I had already fallen into the Donglin Party's scheme at that time.

They had already planned to use their own hands to get rid of Wei Zhongxian.

But he still naively thought that getting rid of Wei Zhongxian would increase his prestige and reputation.

Unexpectedly, he was actually making wedding clothes for the Donglin Party.

By getting rid of Wei Zhongxian, it is the Donglin Party group that can gain the greatest benefit, not him as the emperor.

"The Donglin Party is really hateful. It turns out that they have been plotting against me for a long time."

"The Ming Dynasty finally perished, and the Donglin Party was indispensable."

"Thank you so much, hahaha."

After talking about it, Zhu Youjian burst out laughing.

It's just that the laughter is a bit permeable.

In fact, Zhu Youjian had already seen the shamelessness of these hypocrites of the Donglin Party when he arrived, but he had no choice.

In Zhu Youjian's eyes, none of the hypocrites of the Donglin Party are indeed good people. The Donglin Party must be responsible for the eventual demise of the Ming Dynasty.

But he never thought that from the beginning, he, the emperor, would be used by the Donglin Party.

In fact, from the beginning, the Donglin Party did not fully intend to assist him, but only wanted to use his hand to get rid of Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youjian knew that the Donglin Party was hateful, but he didn't expect them to be so hateful.

What I said before was that the Donglin Party was to blame for the country's collapse, and that really came true.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian couldn't tell what he was feeling.

He really regretted killing Wei Zhongxian so early.

Wei Zhongxian should wait until Wei Zhongxian thoroughly cleans the court and cleans out all the dregs of the Donglin Party before killing Wei Zhongxian.

Speaking of which, I am still too naive, too young, and my political mind is too simple.

He was easily deceived by these old foxes from the Donglin Party.

Now it seems that Li Xiao was right.

Wei Zhongxian should not have been killed, or it was the wrong time to kill him.

"Li Xiao, you are right."

"I am young, Wei Zhongxian should not kill him at that time."

Zhu Youjian murmured, his tone a little lonely.

(End of this chapter)