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

There is no need to say more about Wei Zhongxian and Hakka.

One is Zhu Youxiao's wet nurse, but Zhu Youxiao obeys her words.

Although she is a wet nurse, she has the status of a queen.

This person of the Ke family is vicious, vicious and daring.

Relying on Zhu Youxiao's favor, he was simply lawless in the harem.

Even the orthodox Queen Zhang at the time could only protect herself wisely, and could not even fight in court.

Wei Zhongxian somehow hooked up with the Hakka family, and together they overthrew the eunuchs Wang An and Wei Chao.

The cunning Wei Zhongxian behaved extremely submissively in front of Zhu Youxiao, and with the Hakka family fanning the flames, Wei Zhongxian's status also rose.

Principal Zhu You also had great trust in Wei Zhongxian.

Not only was he quickly promoted to the position of eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but he was also ordered to take charge of the East Factory.

Dongchang is not a simple spy agency.

Dongchang, a unique official signature of the Ming Dynasty, is Dongjishichang.

The privileged supervisory agency and secret spy agency of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, established the Dongjishi Factory, referred to as Dongchang, in the 18th year of Yongle, with his trusted eunuch as the leader.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory were paralleled, and their activities were strengthened. They were often called "factory guards" together.

The power of Dongchang is still higher than that of Jinyiwei, and he is only responsible to the emperor.

It is possible to supervise and arrest citizens and officials at will without the approval of judicial organs.

The great power made the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty frightened.

They can arrest anyone without any reason. This privilege is simply incredible.

It is precisely because of this privilege of Dongchang that all the court officials are afraid, so they stay away from the eunuchs and eunuchs in charge of Dongchang.

The Dongchang eunuch's complete unreasonable behavior also made it difficult for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to deal with it.

For a time, Dongchang's popularity was unparalleled in the entire Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of the fear and avoidance of the imperial officials that the eunuchs and eunuchs in Dongchang became more and more arrogant.

And they began to act recklessly by relying on their privileges, and even dared to reach out to the power of the government and interfere in the government's affairs.

In terms of intervening in government affairs, the most outstanding eunuch was naturally Wei Zhongxian during the Tianqi period.

Because of Hakka's recommendation, Wei Zhongxian was able to show his face in front of Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know many Chinese characters, and under the influence of Hakka, he acted very unruly.

Even a little dissolute.

In addition, Wei Zhongxian was fanning the flames and constantly guiding Zhu Youxiao to have fun and do nothing.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao simply ignored the government affairs.

Later, it was completely Wei Zhongxian and Hakka who were operating behind the scenes.

It was precisely because Zhu Youxiao put Wei Zhongxian in office that triggered the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty.

It turns out that during Zhu Youxiao's time, the court was dominated by the Donglin Party.

But because of the appearance of Wei Zhongxian, he was in charge of Dongchang and showed no mercy to the Donglin Party.

Directly began to use cruel methods to deal with the Donglin Party.

For a time, the struggle between Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party and the Donglin party spread to the entire Ming Dynasty.

It was difficult for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to stay alone, and they were all affected to a greater or lesser extent.

And this struggle finally ended with Wei Zhongxian's victory.

After Wei Zhongxian took over the power, he also began his arrogant and authoritarian career.

Those who dare to disobey his orders or resist him will be suppressed with brutal means.

And they continue to squeeze local officials at all levels.

As a result, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty became more and more miserable, which directly caused conflicts between the people and the court.

In the early years of the Apocalypse, popular uprisings continued to occur across the country, and some farmers even jumped up to revolt.

Although it ended with the Ming Dynasty's suppression, this undoubtedly set a precedent.

It opened the curtain for the uprisings of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others in the Chongzhen era.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao had a special hobby, which was carpentry.

Moreover, his carpentry skills are quite exquisite and can even be called a masterpiece.

Whether it is using tools such as saws and axes, or techniques such as painting and gold painting, Zhu Youxiao has to do it himself.

All the lacquerware, wooden beds, comb boxes, etc. he made are decorated with colorful decorations, exquisite and unexpected.

At the beginning, Zhu Youxiao was just obsessed with wood carving.

When Zhu Youxiao was bored, he would take out wood and carve some small doll-like ornaments or figures.

He would even order eunuchs to take these dolls and ornaments to the public for sale, wanting to see the true level of his carpenters.

Every time the small dolls and ornaments made by Zhu Youxiao were taken out of the palace by the eunuchs, they would be sold out quickly.

This is not that the eunuch is flattering Zhu Youxiao, but that he has really sold it.

It can be seen that from the beginning, Zhu Youxiao's carpenter skills were not bad, at least he was extremely talented.

The small dolls and ornaments carved by Zhu Youxiao were not only sold, but also received high praise from the people.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Zhu Youxiao became more and more confident and interested in his career as a carpenter.

He keeps making these small things to hone his skills, and constantly sells them to others. He listens to feedback from outside buyers and constantly improves and upgrades his craftsmanship.

In this way, Zhu Youxiao enjoyed his career as a carpenter.

In his opinion, being a carpenter is much easier and happier than being an emperor.

Soon Zhu Youxiao was not only satisfied with making some dolls and small ornaments, he set his sights on some larger wooden furniture.

According to historical records, the beds made by carpenters during the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty were extremely heavy and required more than a dozen people to move them.

Moreover, it uses a lot of materials, the cost is high, and the style is extremely ordinary.

In today's terms, it is expensive, not good-looking, not practical, and very low cost performance.

Logically speaking, not many people will like this kind of bed.

However, Daming's current technology is limited, and most of them are beds like this, and there is no way to do it.

But it was at this time that our genius carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao keenly discovered this problem.

He planned to make a bed that was less bulky and a bed that satisfied him.

Afterwards, Zhu Youxiao kept thinking and designing the style of the bed.

Although Zhu Youxiao is semi-illiterate, it has to be said that his talent in the carpentry trade is beyond question.

Soon he had a design idea and began to draw the design on the straw paper according to the idea in his mind.

During this period, all the design drawings were drawn by Zhu Youxiao himself, and he also sawed and nailed the boards himself, constantly improving his designs.In this way, with Zhu Youxiao's continuous efforts, history lasted more than a year.

Zhu Youxiao finally designed his ideal wooden bed.

The whole wooden bed not only looks good in style, but also saves a lot of materials.

Best of all, this bed is easy to move.

The bed board can be folded, making it extremely convenient for moving or carrying it to other places.

The bed frame can also be engraved with your favorite patterns and styles according to your own needs, and the paint surface on it can be made into your favorite color.

This bed designed and produced by Zhu Youxiao is not only beautiful and elegant, but also has much improved practicality.

Unfortunately, Zhu Youxiao made this bed purely out of his own hobbies and not to promote the development of the folk carpentry industry.

Otherwise, if Zhu Youxiao puts some of the things he designs and manufactures into civilian use, it will definitely greatly improve the lives of civilians.

Maybe it can also promote the development of folk handicrafts and industry.

According to folklore, all wooden utensils and utensils that Zhu Youxiao has ever seen.

From pavilions and pavilions to tables, chairs and benches, Zhu Youxiao can imitate anything he has seen with his own eyes.

As long as it involves carpentry, whether it is sawing boards, nailing boards, painting or carving.

Zhu Youxiao will do it himself and will not let anyone do it for him.

And I have been addicted to it, unable to extricate myself.

He enjoyed doing carpentry all day long, to the point where he even forgot to eat and sleep.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao only cared about carpentry work. He didn't care about the country or the government affairs at all.

And after Wei Zhongxian became the eunuch Bingbi of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he took advantage of Zhu Youxiao's loophole.

Wei Zhongxian knew that once Zhu Youxiao started doing carpentry work, he did not want to be disturbed by anyone. If he was disturbed from doing carpentry work, Zhu Youxiao would be very angry.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian always picked Zhu Youxiao to report to him on national affairs and court affairs while he was doing carpentry work.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao only had carpentry work in his eyes and could not listen to anything else.

He even felt that the national events and court affairs reported by Wei Zhongxian annoyed him.

Zhu Youxiao was originally semi-illiterate, and he had a headache when he saw the memorials sent by the court officials.

After finally finding a job as a carpenter, which made him happy, he naturally didn't want to care about government affairs.

In this way, after several times in a row, Zhu Youxiao simply ignored it and left it to Wei Zhongxian to deal with.

As time went by, Wei Zhongxian began to completely replace Zhu Youxiao in handling government affairs.

Zhu Youxiao only had carpentry work in his eyes and didn't care about other things.

Wei Zhongxian, also under the cover of the Hakka family, kept blinding Zhu Youxiao and did not truly report to him the current situation of the Ming Dynasty court.

Because Zhu Youxiao ignored the government affairs, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family took over the power of the government and began to squeeze the court officials and the people to the maximum extent.

This situation has already started since the beginning of Zhu Youxue's registration.

Because since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he has been neglecting government affairs and indulging in sensuality all day long.

And since he ascended the throne, he promoted Wei Zhongxian to the position of eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies.

During the seven years of Zhu Youxiao's reign, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family dominated the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Zhongxian ravaged the country and people of Ming Dynasty for seven years.

During these seven years, the vitality of the Ming Dynasty was constantly being worn away.

The foundation of the Ming Dynasty was constantly being eroded, and the resentment of the people against the imperial court was increasing day by day.

This situation did not manifest itself later, but already existed in Zhu Youxiao's second year as emperor.

However, Zhu Youxiao was completely unable to curb the decadent momentum of Ming Dynasty, nor did he make any changes to rein in the situation.

In this way, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka were allowed to do whatever they wanted, and cholera spread.

It was precisely because of Zhu Youxiao's ignorance of government affairs that the Ming Dynasty's court quickly decayed.

At that time, even upright officials who wanted to impeach Wei Zhongxian were not able to see Zhu Youxiao.

Their impeachment memorial was intercepted by Wei Zhongxian before it was delivered to Zhu Youxiao.

Moreover, if these officials want to see Zhu Youxiao, they also need Wei Zhongxian to report it.

Wei Zhongxian stood in front of Zhu Youxiao, suppressed all the unfavorable voices in the court, and continued to do evil.

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether he really didn't know about all this or if he knew about it and didn't want to care about it.

Anyway, Zhu Youxiao has been in office for seven years and has never tidied up the government affairs.

He has always been indulging in pleasure.

The seven years of Tianqi can be said to be the seven years that Wei Zhongxian was emperor.

This is why the world only knows that there are nine thousand years old, but they don’t know that there is a Long Live Lord.

Because this Long Live Lord has long been isolated by this Nine Thousand Years Old Man, and is completely derailed from the outside world.

He is immersed in his own world all day long, unable to extricate himself, and has no idea about the situation in the outside world.

With such an emperor surrounded by treacherous ministers like Wei Zhongxian and Hakka, how could the Ming Dynasty reap good results?

Therefore, in Zhu Youjian's view, the final demise of the Ming Dynasty was completely caused by the apocalypse emperor Zhu Youxiao.

Because of Zhu Youxiao's irresponsibility, because of Zhu Youxiao's indifference, and because of Zhu Youxiao's appointment of traitorous ministers.

Therefore, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty had already collapsed during the period of Emperor Tianqi.

And the Ming Empire he took over was nothing more than an empty shell.

It is an empty shell that has been hollowed out by Zhu Youxiao. Just like a flower in the mirror, it will be broken sooner or later.

Zhu Youjian finished speaking slowly and looked at Li Xiao and Zhu Yuanzhang: "Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao took the position of emperor, but did not do what an emperor should do."

"Instead, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were allowed to eat away at the foundation of our Ming Dynasty."

"The fall of the Ming Dynasty didn't start with the Apocalypse. What was that?"

After saying that, Zhu Youjian seemed a little unhappy.

Zhu Youjian felt that he had been very polite in his evaluation of Zhu Youxiao.

There were many more outrageous things about Zhu Youxiao that he didn't say out loud. He just wanted to save some face for Zhu Youxiao and the Zhu family royal family.

Some things really cannot be discussed on the table.

In short, in Zhu Youjian's view, Zhu Youxiao was the culprit of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Zhu Youjian's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

Unexpectedly, there would indeed be a genius among the descendants of his old Zhu family, but he was just a genius as a carpenter.

Not in terms of running the country.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and glanced at Li Xiao: "Li Xiao, is what Zhu Youjian said true?"

(End of this chapter)