Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Why, do you think I really want to enter the harem?" Yang Jing's face returned to calm, revealing the stern face she had in Laiwu back then.

"Then what were you doing just now..." Fang Yi pointed to the door.

"I don't know either. It was just..." Yang Jing moved away from the body leaning on the courtyard door, and walked slowly into the small courtyard.

"Then what should we do? Should we leave?" Since we don't want to have anything to do with Zhu Youjian, there is no need to stay by his side.

"During the past few days, have you noticed that he seems to be very different from the emperor that the master said? The master said he was a foolish emperor at the beginning, but do you think he looks a little foolish?"

Sitting at the round table, Yang Jing lowered her head and said in thought: "In Shandong, in just a few months, the soldiers he brought out were at least much better than the previous officers and soldiers. This time in Huai'an, he avenged us again, and even sent Those bad officers and soldiers have all been arrested, and they are not like the foolish emperor described by the master before. I am very curious about what he will do to the common people."

"Maybe he's just pretending? After a long time, those officials are not all the same." Fang Yi refused to accept that when he joined the Maitreya Sect, he was not all bewitched. Propaganda, from the bottom of my heart, I have a prejudice against the government.

"Let's leave first and go back to the Maitreya Cult. If he is a good emperor, we will organize other church members to give up assassinating him. If he is a foolish emperor, we will not get involved, so as not to be in a dilemma."

It's the best choice not to get involved.The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes have clear grievances and grievances. Yang Jing feels that since she has no intention of being a harem empress, she might as well leave Zhu Youjian and be at ease.

While Zhu Youjian was wandering aimlessly, Ma Shiying, Lu Jiude, and Huang Degong were getting together in a mansion in Huai'an City, chatting about the emperor.

"Eunuch Lu, what did you mean when you said that the emperor seems to be different from before?" Huang Degong stared at Lu Jiude anxiously.

"I feel that way, but I'm not sure."

Although Lu Jiude has been in the palace for many years, after all, he is not Wang Chengen's own person who accompanied Zhu Youjian all the year round, so he can only speculate about Zhu Youjian's current abnormality with common sense.

"What's the difference, tell me clearly."

Ma Shiying was also in a hurry, guessing the emperor's mind has always been a magic weapon for officials to be promoted, if they get it wrong, it means they are on the wrong team, and they will suffer.

"It's unreasonable that the emperor doesn't have a eunuch to serve him. Moreover, the current emperor seems to be very assertive. His style of doing things is completely different from before, and he rarely asks the ministers about one thing, but he actually puts the matter in Huai'an It's done."

Lu Jiude's words made the other two ponder. They also felt that Chongzhen had suddenly become very assertive.

Throughout Chongzhen's previous behavioral style, except for the matter of dealing with Wei Zhongxian, which seemed to be very methodical, other things were improvised.

With so many chief assistants in 17 years, such a personality doesn't sound like it was made by a person with his own opinions.

"Master Shangshu, do you think my military power is genuine or not?" Huang Degong looked at Ma Shiying suspiciously. As the only army in the hands of the eunuchs, Zhu Youjian now directly orders the reorganization, so that it will be taken back in the future. Their greatest honour.

"Yes, once we hand over the military power, we will have no confidence in the future. The emperor is not the former emperor!"

Lu Jiude reminded the other two people that Chongzhen's attitude towards the eunuch party has always been unclear, and it was only at the beginning of liquidation for a while, and it did not suppress it excessively afterwards.

However, the eunuch party no longer had the glory of the past, and Donglin, which claimed to be revived, did not occupy an absolute position in the Chongzhen Dynasty, but only flourished in the Jiangnan area, because Jiangnan itself was their territory.

Ma Shiying is in a dilemma. This is a difficult multiple-choice question. They all depend on the emperor for survival. If another emperor was established in the first place, they would also control the government.

But Zhu Youjian is not dead, and with the addition of a prince, there is even less chance of establishing another. Besides, with the current situation in the south of the Yangtze River, if you want to have other ideas, I am afraid that Donglin will not do it, and it will inevitably lead to chaos.

What's more, Zhu Youjian now has 20 million people in Shandong in his hands, and he is no longer a polished commander.

"Do you think the current emperor is better or the former emperor?" Ma Shiying stared at the other two with a firm look in his eyes.

"Whether it was before or now, it seems to be the same for us." Lu Jiude said what he felt in his heart, and it is obvious that Zhu Youjian now does not rely on eunuchs like his brother.

"I think the current emperor is more ambitious and bloody than before, and he dares to go to the battlefield. I am a rough man, and I admire him." Huang Degong is a fierce man, and he is also a bloody man. He doesn't like always hiding in the palace the emperor.

"Yu Guo, the current emperor is better than the previous one. It seems to be the same for us. But, have you noticed that the current emperor doesn't seem to like Donglin either." Ma Shiying stared at the other two people again. smiling.

"No, didn't he recruit so many scholars from Jiangnan?" Huang Degong rushed to say, because everyone knew that Zhu Youjian had engaged in a secretariat, and these people were all scholars.

"Hehe, Master Shangshu is also a scholar, and not all scholars are Donglin." Lu Jiude corrected Huang Degong's wrong thinking.

"But, the leader, Chen Zilong, is the leader of Donglin."

Chen Zilong is the main leader of Fushe, and Fushe itself is a branch of Donglin Party, so it is also true that Chen Zilong is the backbone of Donglin.

"No, it's different. The emperor used their abilities instead of their knowledge." Ma Shiying said indifferently.

"What's the difference? Is there a saying between the two?" Huang Degong was the first time he heard someone say that.

"Of course it's different. The so-called knowledge is the set of policies of governing the country promoted by Donglin, which you and I disdain. The ability is the specific means and methods of this person's affairs. You didn't realize that the emperor gave him The official position is very strange, the so-called secretariat is to do specific things, not to promote any policy of governing the country."

After what Ma Shiying said, the other two people seemed to understand that the current emperor seemed to really have his own opinions, and there was no reason to follow others blindly like before.

"I think we should hand over the military power. If we hand over, the entire Jiangbei will no longer be able to shake the emperor. The 30 army, even if some are cut down in the end, there will be at least more than 20."

"If Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo can be dealt with again, this Ming Dynasty really has the capital to compete with the north."

If it was said that they wanted King Lifu to seize power before, so as not to be suppressed by Jiangnan Donglin, but they had no chance of winning in their hearts, then the current situation is another matter.

How could a person like Ma Shiying fail to see the real situation clearly, he had already seen a glimmer of hope, and this hope was really created by Zhu Youjian.

Handing over the military power means that the members of the eunuch party are completely tied to a chariot with Zhu Youjian.

If you don't suppress this vote, there will be no real benefit to the eunuchs, let alone Zhu Youjian who took the lead in recruiting.Only fools will not participate, let alone Ma Shiying is not a fool.

Chapter 84: Digging a Pit for Confucianism

Zhu Youjian could think that Ma Shiying and the others would definitely have their own ideas, but he was not at all afraid that Ma Shiying and the others would not accept his inclusion.

Putting things on the face of it, first of all, I am still the emperor, and Ma Shiying and the others are still ministers of Ming Dynasty;

Second, regarding the support of King Fu, the four towns in Jiangbei had already clashed with Donglin in the south of the Yangtze River. Although Donglin finally compromised under Shi Kefa's persuasion, there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two parties;

Thirdly, I now have soldiers in my hands and confidence, and I am no longer a bare-bones commander.

Since escaping from the capital, Zhu Youjian finally had the feeling that he could close his eyes and sleep peacefully, although the situation was still in crisis and there were many difficulties everywhere.

The Donglin Party has great ambitions, so big that it wants to control everything. Conversely, the Donglin Party is not as united as the Eunuch Party.Just like Qian Qianyi, although he is the leader of the Donglin Party, he can't make all the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River follow his command.

Otherwise, Shi Kefa would not be able to persuade everyone to compromise and accept Fu Wang's supervision of the country in Donglin.

Since it is not united, most of Donglin's actions are based on a kind of propaganda, a kind of tacit understanding, lacking the unity of a real camp.

Both Chen Zilong and Shi Kefa are the backbone of Donglin, and of course they both received secret letters from some Donglin people.Although they couldn't get together to discuss like Ma Shiying and the other three, Jiangnan Donglin still gave Mixin a suggestion.

After seeing off Chen Yuanyuan, Yang Jing and Fang Yi, Zhu Youjian seemed very lonely staying alone in Nuo Da's mansion.It's a waste to live in such a big yard with only Zhu Youjian and a few guards.Zhu Youjian yelled into the backyard, and he could hear his own echo.

The only bustling thing in the whole courtyard was that in a remote corner, there were hundreds of folk girls snatched by Liu Zeqing. Because there was no place to go, Zhu Youjian could only continue to be placed in the mansion in the end, and a separate courtyard was designated for these The little girl lives.

"Ji Biao, where does the secretariat work now?" Zhu Youjian reached out and picked a piece of dogtail grass, and held it in his mouth, which was a habit in the past.

"Temporarily squeezed in the yamen of the prefect of Wu."

Wu Ganlai became the magistrate of Huai'an smoothly. Although Liu Zeqing was overthrown, there are a lot of things in Huai'an that need to be dealt with, such as appeasing the hearts of the people, liquidating the assets of Liu Zeqing's department, etc., all of which need a capable general.

"You tell Chen Zilong, find a yard facing the street from this mansion, set aside it, and use it as a training school for officials."