Domineering Daming

The onlookers were hooked, and their enthusiasm was high.

Chapter 626

The big and small gentry and middle and lower officials in Beizhili were the main targets of this purge.

The case that Dongchang had raised for several years finally came in handy at this time.

According to the list, they expanded rapidly from near to far, from point to area, and more and more stolen goods were captured.

The criminal department was not enough, and tents were even set up in the open air to guard the prisoners.

Crying for grievances, begging for mercy, running for relationships, all the yamen in the capital were crowded with people, all kinds of voices, messy rumors spread in the capital, and even members of the royal family had no choice but to enter the palace to see Concubine Liu.

The Wang family is the family of Emperor Shenzong's empress Wang's family. It is very prominent in seniority. It is Zhu Xu's ancestor and is of the same generation as Concubine Liu.

Concubine Liu said she was sick, and Empress Dowager Zhang talked with her for a while, and finally sent her away.

It can also be seen from this that the impact of this big purge is so terrible that even the Wang family has not been able to escape.

"Niangniang, Niangniang..."

Huan'er hurried in from the outside, her tone full of excitement.

Empress Dowager Zhang was rubbing her temples, and sighed after hearing the words: "From now on, no matter who comes, I will say that I am sick."

She really had a headache. Apart from the Wang family, there were quite a few people from other big and small families seeking to see her.

Huan'er didn't care about these things, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician was summoned from Yuzao Palace just now, what do you think is going on?"

Empress Dowager Zhang put down her hands, her face turned serious, and she said, "What's the matter, is Li Cairen sick?"

Huan'er pursed her lips and smiled, leaned closer and said in a low voice: "I just went to ask the imperial physician personally, and he said that Li Cairen is happy!"

Empress Dowager Zhang looked overjoyed immediately, and said, "Are you serious?"

It goes without saying how important the heirs of a dynasty are, let alone such an emperor, Empress Dowager Zhang is extremely concerned about Zhu Xu's heirs.

"Really, Imperial Physician Liu said it himself." Huan'er said with a smile, she knew how much Empress Dowager Zhang cared about Yuzao Palace, after all, there was only such a woman in the emperor's harem.

"Let's go to Yuzao Palace!" Empress Dowager Zhang stood up impatiently.Hearing these news, she wished that Li Jieyu would give birth to a prince right now.

Fish Palace.

Li Jieyu was sitting on the chair, touching his lower abdomen, with an inexplicable expression.

She is pregnant.

She had been looking forward to it, but she didn't expect to come when the emperor was out of the palace. She was a little surprised and delighted.

Empress Dowager Zhang came in a hurry and almost tripped over the threshold. Looking at Li Jieyu who came out, she couldn't hide the smile and nervousness on her face, and said, "Really?"

Li Jieyu saluted lightly, and said with a warm smile: "What the doctor Liu said should be true."

"Good good..."

Empress Dowager Zhang was so happy that she took Li Jieyu's hand and walked in, while complaining: "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't let the emperor leave the palace. By the way, send someone to inform the emperor and let him come back soon..."

Li Jieyu could understand Queen Mother Zhang's mood and "chat" with her.

The world was turned upside down outside the palace, and finally there was joy in the palace.

This matter could not be concealed, and soon spread to the outer court, Sun Chengzong and others.

In the cabinet, in Sun Chengzong's class, Sun Chengzong, Xu Jie, and Chen Qiyu were discussing matters. When they heard the news, their expressions changed, as if a big stone had fallen from their hearts.

Even a "local official" like Chen Qiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor has no heirs, if something happens, the world will be in chaos!

Dongchang's movements did not slow down at all because of the "heavy workload". In addition to the outside of the city, the city also began to move.

Some low-level officials from the six departments and nine temples were arrested one after another, all on the grounds that they were "involved in other cases", and they were all thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

What Dongchang did this time was well-founded. Although it was outrageous, no matter how outrageous the reason was, it seemed pale in the face of the facts. It's just that all the officials in the capital were worried and couldn't rest during the day or sleep at night.

The cabinet and the six ministries vaguely felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't find any clues, so they could only let Wei Zhongxian continue to torment.

For two days in a row, Dongchang's army almost wiped out the entire Beizhili. The prisoners who were escorted from all over the place could not be sent into the city.

Calligraphy, painting and antiques, gold, silver and jade wares, precious utensils, exquisite jewelry, cash and silver, ordinary people can't open their eyes, but they are reluctant to move away.

According to the rough calculation of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the warehouse and compound of the Ministry of Criminal Justice were piled up in just two days, and the value exceeded ten million!

Other food, fields and the like are not counted!

The capital was turned upside down, but Zhu Xu in Shandong was not in a hurry.

After two days in a row, he spent time in the military camp in Jinan. At noon on the third day, Zhu Xu stood on the high watchtower, watching the match between Shenji Camp and Yingyang Army with binoculars.

In addition to being equipped with the most advanced firearms of the Ming Dynasty, the Shenji Battalion also trained like special forces, all of them were elite soldiers and strong generals, one out of a hundred.

After all, the Yingyang Army is an army, and the most important thing is its momentum. In the five hundred vs. five hundred confrontation, the Shenji Battalion almost won the victory.

Wu Xiang, who was watching, was in a daze, and after a while, she knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty: "I am incompetent, please punish the emperor!"

Zhu Xu put down the binoculars and said with a smile: "Get up, I don't know how much effort I have spent on this Shenji camp. If you can win, I will run back to the capital now and kill people with a knife..."

Wu Xiang was still embarrassed and stood up nervously.

They didn't know that there was such a strong army around the emperor, and they only realized it deeply this time, but they also made him "useless" as the general soldier.

Cao Bianjiao has been watching from the sidelines, and he has been in charge of the Shenji Battalion. After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he said: "Your Majesty, the broken gun has been improved a lot. It has a long range, it is not easy to explode, and the impact of wind and rain has been greatly reduced. The only downside is the slow reload."

Zhu Xu looked at the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were reloading and retracting their guns. It was indeed slow, and nodded, "Well, this problem won't be solved in a short while. It needs to be followed by all aspects, and let the Military Bureau Develop slowly, don’t relax.”

The breech-loading gun is not so easy. It involves iron making, cooling and other technologies that Zhu Xu doesn't know much about, so it can only be handed over to Bi Maokang and others to slowly accumulate experience, explore, and improve.

Therefore, it is not feasible to use firearms to fight in the field in a short period of time, but the possibility of artillery is still very high. As long as there are artillery with a long enough range, Ming will be invincible in Asia and at sea!

Cao Bianjiao didn't know what Zhu Xu was thinking, so he paused for a while and said, "Yes. However, if you combine the Polu gun with the bow and arrow to defend the city, and add artillery, it should be more effective."

Zhu Xu made a "huh" sound, and nodded thoughtfully.

Slow reloading of muskets is a disadvantage, but the range is long. When the enemy charges, a wave will come from a distance, and then the archers will indeed have a good effect.

Wu Xiang listened and didn't speak, just pricked up his ears and kept a low profile.

Daming's army is now basically divided into three regions, and some people also divide them into three "factions".

The Liaodong faction came from within Shanhaiguan, headed by Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi and others, including Mao Wenlong, Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao and others.The other is the southern faction, which is Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others, and the other is the Southwest. Qin Liangyu has the highest prestige, the most concentrated generals, and his status is slightly inferior.