I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Usually, it is a good thing that the city mansion is deeper, but if you choose to forbear at this time, it will delay the big event.

What if something happens to me, but my son doesn't have a minister he can trust?

Now I am alive and in good health, but what about 20 or 30 years from now?

The current Zhu Youxiao finally fully understands why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill those heroes who founded the country, and the government changed again and again.

It doesn't change now, and when I die, it will all change back.

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Hanchun Pavilion.

Since the Hakka family was expelled from the palace eight years ago, they used the money rewarded by Zhu Youxiao to open a brothel on Shiwangfu Street for dignitaries.

This brothel, because the name of the emperor's former wet nurse was placed here, was also in the limelight for a while.

Originally, Keshi had no idea, but when he heard that Emperor Tianqi was as short-lived as his father, and seeing that he was about to die, his mind became active again.

She sent people to Wei Mansion again and again, calling Wei Zhongxian a secret meeting.

Originally, at this juncture, Wei Zhongxian didn't want to see her at all, but she couldn't bear it and she kept sending people to her home.

In the end, Wei Zhongxian still chose a time in the dead of night to have a secret meeting with the Hakka family in casual clothes.

As soon as he entered the door, he scolded Mrs. Ke all over his face.

"Just be your old bustard down-to-earth here, why do you always come to me?"

Ke Shi was taken aback for a moment, and then started to cry, "Well, you are heartless, the emperor is going to die soon, do you really want me to be a bustard here forever?"

Wei Zhongxian quickly went up and covered her mouth, "I tell you, don't spread such words to the outside world. You and I can guess what His Majesty is thinking."

"If you want me to say, you still completely die of this heart."

"I came to you not to discuss any important matters with you, but to tell you that if you want to save your life, it's best not to say a word."

After finishing speaking, Wei Zhongxian seemed to be afraid of something, and walked away.

Ke Shi sneered, "Brother Wei, perhaps he is used to living a good life and dare not take risks anymore. If I can find an opportunity to enter the palace to control the new king, wouldn't I be able to ascend to heaven with chickens and dogs?"

Ke Shi is very confident that if he can control the young Emperor Tianqi back then, he can also control the current crown prince.

She thought about it clumsily for a while, and finally came up with a way to sell her property and find a way to enter the palace. As long as she can get in touch with the prince, the glory and wealth will be in front of her eyes.

But she didn't know that everything she discussed with Wei Zhongxian here today was truthfully reported to Qianqing Palace by a judge outside the door.

Zhu Youxiao smiled coldly after hearing this.

"This Hakka family, I think in the old friendship, let her go, just let her be a down-to-earth person, but she will never repent, and she still wants to control my prince."

"It seems that Ke Shi must die."

Chapter 967 Wei Zhongxian Returns Home

"It's not good, Wei Gong, the guest's grandmother is dead!" Early the next morning, an eunuch stumbled into Wei's mansion and told the news that Wei Zhongxian didn't want to hear the most.

Wei Zhongxian, who has always been fierce and fierce, is now like a defeated rooster, dejected and unable to lift any energy.

He has always suspected that there is a secret organization beside the current emperor, and this organization's detective capabilities are stronger than his Dongchang and Xu Xianchun's Jinyiwei.

The most frightening thing is that no one or anything can prove the existence of this organization so far.However, the more this is the case, the more convinced Wei Zhongxian is of this.

Other than the two of them, only God knows about Ke Shi meeting him. Even so, Ke Shi died suddenly last night.

"Wei Gong?" The eunuch noticed something was wrong with Wei Zhongxian and asked tentatively.

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand feebly, he finally knew that the current emperor's tricks are really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Anything may be the emperor's temptation to you.

He was almost certain that the emperor must be doing well in the Qianqing Palace now, watching them fight with each other and sneering.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian shuddered even more.

That night, the Qianqing palace was brightly lit.

"Your Majesty's dragon body has recovered a bit, you go back first." Zhang Yan was outside, persuaded the three or two courtiers who came to visit, returned to the inner palace, and complained:

"These days, all the officials in court have come to the palace to ask, sir, how long do you plan to pretend?"

Zhu Youxiao put down the book in his hand, and said lightly: "I have wronged you these days, but today is the last day, and I understand the situation in the court and China."

"Look at it."

As he spoke, he threw a memorial to the past.

Zhang Yan was a little hesitant at first, but after thinking about it, since the emperor let her read it, it means that the content of this memorial is irrelevant.

So she picked up the memorial, just glanced at it, and opened her mouth wide.

"Master, Wei Zhongxian wants to beg for a rest?"

"Yeah." Zhu Youxiao sneered, "Wei Zhongxian was the first person to see clearly that I was pretending to be sick, but those eunuchs under him didn't understand."

"He is retreating to advance, to show his loyalty to me."

"However, I don't understand how many civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the humerus ministers of the six departments and nine ministers, can stand up and stabilize the situation when I fall ill?"

"Zhang Weixian, the leader of the dignified nobles that I rely on. I liquidated the Jiangnan nobles and helped him become the leader of the northern and southern nobles. What did he do this time?"

"Pretend to be stupid and dumb, and keep silent!"

Looking at Emperor Tianqi who was filled with righteous indignation, with a face of mourning for his misfortune and anger for indisputable anger, Zhang Yan quietly sat at his feet and kneaded them gently with his hands.

Although he didn't speak, Zhu Youxiao still felt some long-lost warmth.

"Wei Guangwei, chief assistant of the cabinet, used to be quite useful when dealing with Donglin, but what happened this time, as he got older, he started to be timid?"

"Zhu'er, tell me, for people like this, how can I trust Ran'er to them?" Zhu Youxiao said, throwing the book in his hand to the ground.

At this moment, he finally made up his mind to reshuffle the court.

"My will will be passed down. Wei Zhongxian has worked hard and worked diligently. He is hereby canonized as Zheng Guogong, and he is allowed to return to his hometown when he is old."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yan also felt a little surprised.

This Wei Zhongxian has been in power for [-] years since the Wanli year, and it is inseparable from the trust of the emperor behind the scenes.

The female officer got the order to leave, and Zhang Yan asked just now: "Master, do you... really want Wei Zhongxian to report his old age and return to his hometown?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Wei Zhongxian doesn't need Wei Zhongxian to stand in my way in the current court situation. He has done a lot of evil over the years, but he has made more contributions."

"Others don't understand, but I do. I don't have the habit of tearing down bridges. He should understand the reason why he canonized him as a Duke."

The news was sent back to the Wei Mansion, and Wei Zhongxian burst into tears after hearing the order.

"Brother...you are still that brother..."

Brother, Wei Zhongxian called Zhu Youxiao when he was a child. He hasn't called him this name for more than ten years.

The eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch who came to announce the decree, was not supposed to do such things as proclaiming the decree, but the emperor still sent him, and the meaning was already obvious.

Although the imperial decree is only a short sentence, Wei Zhongxian is already satisfied. He knows that the 20 years of hard work have not been in vain.

The sentence "Zheng Guogong" in the imperial decree cut off the thoughts of all those who wanted to settle accounts with him.

This is also to tell the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the folks who have grudges against the Wei family, that they do not want to kill Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian's retirement is the general trend. The eunuch party withdraws from the stage of history, or becomes an imperial party, or joins other parties, which is also the result of the stability of the court.

As a result, many opposition Donglin Party members who were waiting to liquidate Wei Zhongxian might be disappointed.

It's just that they don't have any information to do other actions. Allowing Wei Zhongxian to retire is only the first step. The next day, Zhu Youxiao personally held a court meeting and punched the pedantic and outdated officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

At the court meeting on this day, people saw the Emperor Tianqi, who was about to die, appearing on the dragon chair alive and well.

Moreover, a series of new personnel appointments were announced.

First of all, Wei Guangwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet, paid the price for his incompetence in this incident, and was beaten to the end.

After consideration, Zhu Youxiao felt that the prestige of the current leader of the Zhejiang Party, Wen Tiren, was not enough to deter the court, so he transferred Wang Zaijin, who had been in the position of secondary assistant for many years, back to the capital to succeed him as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Compared with Wei Guangwei, who was completely serving against Donglin, this time's chief assistant, Wang Zaijin, can be described as a hard-working faction known to both the government and the public.

His actions in Nanjing, such as clearing Zhang Tianmu and rectifying the official system, made the officials gnash their teeth and hate them extremely.

Coincidentally, Zhu Youxiao wanted to use such a person.

In addition, the British Duke Zhang Weixian, who was the head of the northern and southern nobles, was ordered to retire early on the grounds of old age and frailty, and his son Zhang Shize took over as the British Duke.

Although a large number of martial arts academies and new noble forces have been enriched after the reorganization of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion, as its leader, the British Duke Zhang Weixian chose to be wise and protect himself.

This also led to the fact that when Zhu Youxiao pretended to be sick, the powerful generals had little to do. This also allowed Zhu Youxiao to see clearly the current problems of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

Of the five existing cabinet bachelors, two of them took the initiative to retire after they went to court, and Zhu Youxiao did not refuse anyone who came, and all of them were replaced.

After the next court, there was another imperial edict about the appointment and removal of personnel, which shocked the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

First of all, censors Zhang Na and Ni Wenhuan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Li Lusheng in the Ministry of Military Affairs, Cao Qincheng in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and other sixteen eunuch officials in the court were directly dismissed without any reason.

Just when the emperor was about to liquidate the eunuchs outside everyone, another blockbuster struck.

Zhu Youxiao transferred Fu Sance, the minister of rites who was originally the governor of water transport, back to the capital, and served as the right servant of the Ministry of officials, in charge of a new round of Beijing inspection affairs.

Lu Xiangsheng in Nanjing was transferred to be the governor of the two capitals, and Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of Xuanda and led the Northwest Camp. Hong Chengchou, who returned from Uzang, immediately went to Nanjing to serve as the governor of Jiangnan.

In addition, in the name of embezzling military pay, Jiang Shuang, the general soldier of Gansu, was dismissed from his post, and Guo Qin, the former general soldier of Gu, was transferred to Gansu to serve as the general officer.

This series of personnel changes made the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty jittery, and the grass and trees were full of soldiers.

Chapter 968 Liquidation of Jiang's generals

This day was supposed to be an ordinary performance in Gansu Town, but when the generals from Gansu came to the school grounds, they found that the one here was no longer the general soldier they were familiar with.

A group of fresh-faced but well-armored nine-sided soldiers immediately controlled the exits inside and outside the school grounds, and then, a large number of gunners appeared on the surrounding walls.

In their hands, they were aiming at tens of thousands of soldiers from Gansu Town with their black muzzles.

As veteran soldiers of the Nine Frontiers, these Gansu soldiers naturally understand that the current bird guns are not the fire sticks of the past. Once they are hit on the body, they can actually make a bloody hole.

Guo Qin, the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, stood on the stage and raised his hand as a signal, and the gunners around him raised their guns.

Soon, there was a buzz of discussion in the field.

"who are you?"

"Where's our handsome Jiang!"

Zhai Ran, deputy general of Gansu, stood up, quite respectfully, "May I ask this general, what right does he have to seal off my school in Gansu?"

Guo Qin glanced at this person, and didn't reply in a hurry. After the noisy discussions in the school grounds gradually quieted down, he said:

"This town is the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, my name is Guo Qin!"

As soon as these words came out, three layers of waves were immediately stirred up.

Guo Qin!

I heard that the Guyuan Army under Guo Qin was the first to rush into the city of Hetuala when he pacified Jianzhou.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao sent Guo Qin to Gansu to shoot the first shot was because of his prestige in the army. Sure enough, his name shocked nearly [-] Gansu generals present.

Guo Qin was gradually promoted to his current position by Emperor Tianqi. He is a staunch royalist. His son also graduated from the Royal Academy of Martial Arts two years ago.

As for the emperor's will to deal with Yulin Jiang's generals, he resolutely carried out without any delay.

"This town is following His Majesty's will to come to Gansu to be the next Gansu general!" Guo Qin said, looking around:

"As for your former general, Jiang Shuang, he has already been dismissed from his post for embezzling military pay. If there is no accident, he should be in Datong by now!"

As soon as these words came out, the entire school field exploded in an instant.

The generals of the Jiang family are the most famous generals in the world, and three of the commanders in the Nine Frontiers are descendants of the Jiang family. In addition, there are more than a dozen of the first-level generals in various places who were born in the Yulin Jiang family.

It is also the general trend for the current emperor to deal with Jiang's generals!

But now it seems that this is somewhat of an act of crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. The Jiang family has made great contributions in the two Liaodong wars.

In the Battle of Pingding and Jianzhou, as the patriarch of the Jiang family in Yulin, Jiang Rang, the general of Yulin, fully supported Xiong Tingbi as the supervisor, and made great contributions to stabilizing the army.

However, Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor, had to face up to the threat of such a huge general.

As the Tianqi Emperor himself is alive, Jiang's generals naturally dare not make mistakes, but if he drives west by himself, can Jiang's generals obey his son?