Daming: From the Son of Heaven to the Leader of Comprehensive Martial Arts

That is the emperor!

The emperor only needs majesty!

When the emperor is angry, he must make his courtiers feel scared and fearful!If the emperor has no majesty, is blindly weak, and dare not kill, who is still afraid of imperial power?

A cowardly emperor cannot sit still!

Zhu Qizhen wiped the scabbard of the Son of Heaven sword.

Cao Zhengchun knelt in front of the emperor, sweating continuously, feeling as if he was facing a war, as if he had a thorn on his back.

"Chong!"

The Tianzi sword suddenly came out of its sheath, and Zhu Qizhen began to wipe the edge of the sword.

While wiping the Tianzi sword, Zhu Qizhen asked casually: "Cao Zhengchun, how many years have you been in charge of the East Factory?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister is of course the governor of the East Factory, and it has been 20 years."

"Over the years, how much money have you been greedy for?"

Zhu Qizhen asked casually, and didn't look at Cao Zhengchun, as if he was talking gossip.

"Your Majesty, the servant is in charge of the East Factory, and has always kept himself clean. Although the people below occasionally send some money to the servant, the servant always saves it to honor His Majesty and the Queen Mother."

Cao Zhengchun was trembling, but he didn't hide it.

"Your filial piety is really great."

Zhu Qizhen threw the list in front of Cao Zhengchun.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will never accept money again. Please give me another chance. I swear that I will be a model of honesty for officials in the world."

Cao Zhengchun hurriedly knelt down and crawled over to pick up the list.

"Some people, if they are still useful, I will keep them."

With a clang, the Son of Heaven sword returned to its sheath, and Zhu Qizhen turned to look at Cao Zhengchun.

"Cao Zhengchun, I believe you can cleanse yourself. I will give you an imperial decree, go, the sword is used up, wipe off the blood, and then return it to me."

Zhu Qizhen was condescending, and handed the Emperor Sword to Cao Zhengchun's hand.

"Slave, Cao Zhengchun, swears allegiance to His Majesty to the death, for His Majesty, bows and dies, and that's it!"

Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground with snot and tears, raised his hands above his head, and held the Son of Heaven Sword in his palms.

After he took the Tianzi sword and left the Qianqing Palace, he opened the imperial edict given to him by the emperor.

"Fengtian Emperor's edict said: Feng Cao Zhengchun is an imperial envoy, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky, and monitoring corrupt officials all over the world."

"Green ink 1000 taels, cut in half! Greed ink 1 taels, Ling Chi! Greed ink 10 taels, all families will be chopped off! Greed ink one million taels, remove the three clans!"

"All officials below the third rank will give Cao Zhengchun the right to behead first and play later."

Cao Zhengchun was very excited.

Holding the Tianzi sword in his hand, slashing first and playing later, this is the power he longs for.

Moreover, he is also very clear that what he is going to do will cause a national earthquake.Up to the cabinet in the capital, down to the nine-rank sesame official, how many officials in the world are not greedy for a penny?

Once these people are captured and imprisoned, will it not cause an earthquake in the officialdom?

"One emperor and one courtier, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that there will be a big change."

Cao Zhengchun murmured a sigh.

Severely punishing corrupt officials in the world will inevitably cause a chain reaction. Now Zhu Qizhen handed over the Tianzi Sword to Cao Zhengchun, and gave him the right to kill first and then play.

It is to suppress this chain reaction!

Use imperial power to suppress all resistance!

As for Cao Zhengchun, he was indeed ruthless enough, and his methods were vicious enough, Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied and felt at ease when using it.

What he wanted was for Cao Zhengchun to be fast, precise and ruthless, so that those corrupt officials would not react.

Arrest, trial, ransacking the house, filling the family property into the treasury, all in one go!

An anti-corruption storm started vigorously in the Forbidden City, and quickly spread to the whole country like a major earthquake.

And the center of this storm is the Daming Palace!

Because the first thing Cao Zhengchun rectified was the inner palace that he knew.

These eunuchs and maids used to take orders from Wang Zhen, domineering, plundering money, extorting money, and occupying people's land by force.

Now, they are terrified.

Facing the vicious and vicious Cao Zhengchun, they only panic and are powerless to resist!

"Help, Queen Mother!"

"Help me, Queen Mother!"

In the Compassionate Ning Palace, several eunuchs and court ladies knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly.

Most of the eunuchs and maids whom Cao Zhengchun eradicated this time with the Sword of Heaven were old people in the palace, and many of them had served the Empress Dowager Sun.

"You have done something stupid, now come to beg Aijia, Aijia can't make decisions for you."

Empress Dowager Sun showed a troubled expression.

"I beg the queen mother to help me, and plead with your majesty!"

In the Ming Dynasty Inner Palace official system, there were twelve prisons and twelve bureaus, collectively referred to as the 24 yamen in the Inner Palace.

Zhu Qizhen dismissed nearly half of the chief executives at one time, and seven of them were captured by Cao Zhengchun and sent to Dongchang Prison, where their homes were ransacked and interrogated.

Many eunuchs and court ladies were recorded before they had time to hide their property.

Among these eunuchs, the one who was the least greedy for ink also had 3 taels of silver, and the eunuch who was the most greedy for ink and silver had more than 20 taels of silver.

"Keep, tell me about this, what should the Ai family do?"

Faced with several pleading eunuchs and maids in charge, Empress Dowager Sun asked Zhang Suying who was standing beside her.

"Auntie, severely punish corrupt officials. This matter was explained by my cousin, but Qing thinks that it is best for my aunt to leave this matter alone, and it is better for my cousin to handle it by himself."

Sun Keqing blurted out.

"That's right. In the harem, women should not interfere with government affairs. They must not intervene in what the emperor is going to do. Otherwise, the emperor will be in a dilemma."

The queen mother's voice fell, and her hesitant eyes instantly became severe.

"Come here, tie up these people and hand them over to Cao Zhengchun!"

"Help me, Queen Mother!"

These eunuchs and maids in charge wailed endlessly and kept begging for mercy.

But the Empress Dowager has made up her mind, since it is the emperor's account, she must support it, and she must not embarrass the emperor.

Of course, she is also using what she has done to teach Sun Keqing how to be the master of the harem.

One day, if she becomes a queen, she must manage the harem well and not cause trouble for the emperor. The emperor is tired enough to deal with government affairs in the previous dynasty, so he can no longer be troubled by the harem affairs.

Otherwise, it will inevitably affect its status in the emperor's heart.

Listening to her niece's answer, Empress Dowager Sun nodded secretly, feeling very relieved.

"After all, it is the daughter of my old Zhang family. Although she is a little naughty at ordinary times, she is very sensible in front of big right and wrong."

"Well, I have the qualifications of a queen."

Chapter No.17 The Empress Dowager is anxious to hold her grandson

After the war with Oala, the Ming Empire once again enjoyed peace and prosperity.

In addition to Cao Zhengchun monitoring the world and punishing corrupt officials all over the world, Zhang Juzheng surveying the world's land and reforming the tax system, there is another major event that is also going on vigorously.

Empress Dowager Sun drafted a decree to select beautiful women to enter the palace across the country.

In one month, 20 girls were selected in the private primary draft.

Enter the palace!

This is what every woman in the world dreams of.

Even if you don't have good fortune and can't be the emperor's concubine, it's good to be a court lady for a few years. When you leave the palace at the age of 26, you can easily find a good family.

After all, a woman who has been in the palace is a person who has seen the world, and even the woman's family may become prosperous because of it.

However, how difficult is it for an ordinary woman to want to jump the dragon's gate with a carp?

Not only must the appearance be handsome, but there must also be no blemishes on the body, even if there is a mole, it will be brushed off.

The appearance must be good, the figure must be tall, and the body must be plump, and there must be no family members who have committed crimes in five generations...

In the end, after layers of strict assessment and screening, among the 20 beautiful women in the primary selection, only 3000 extremely outstanding ones entered the palace.

The elimination rate is astonishing!

The first priority of the beautiful women who entered the palace was to serve the emperor, to give birth to dragon sons. Therefore, the palace had extremely high requirements on the figure and appearance of beautiful women.

The Empress Dowager even personally selected some women she liked, and when the emperor came to the Palace of Compassion, she arranged for the emperor to serve the emperor with some beautiful women.

From the Empress Dowager's point of view, the most important thing is to give birth to a dragon heir as soon as possible.

The inheritance of royal blood is the most important thing. After having a dragon heir, the Compassionate Ning Palace will be bustling, and it will not be deserted. She can't wait to hold her grandson.

Zhu Qizhen got up and went to the Compassion Palace.

In the garden of the Compassionate Ning Palace, there were many young and beautiful women, all of whom were selected from innocent families.

Virtuous and dignified, handsome and beautiful.

Zhu Qizhen came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and there was a burst of laughter in the palace.

"In my opinion, these girls are very good, and they can all be added to His Majesty's harem."

"This is not going to happen. Anyway, the emperor is only 17 years old, how can he be included in the harem for the emperor, the most important thing is to take care of the dragon body."

"Yes, I also think that the emperor should be restrained, and wait for His Majesty's body to grow."

The queen was laughing and talking with several concubines who had no sons.

According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, if the concubine gave birth to a dragon son.

When the prince grows up to be an adult, he will become a king and a vassal.The first emperor passed away, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and the empress and concubine had to follow the prince and go to the fiefdom.

And if there is no concubine of the prince, he can spend his whole life in the palace.

These concubines do not have princes, and they have a very good relationship with Queen Mother Sun. They have always treated Zhu Qizhen as their own sons, and treated him meticulously.

Zhu Qizhen came outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and he heard all the discussions inside.

"His Majesty is here!"

Wei Zhongxian's drake-like voice resounded loudly outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

Zhu Qizhen stepped into the Palace of Compassion, and bowed his hands one by one to salute: "Mother, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Li, Concubine Zhao."

"Meet Your Majesty."

The three concubines stood up and returned the salute.

"The emperor is here, just in time. The Ai family has something to discuss with you."

The Empress Dowager stood up and took Zhu Qizhen's hand: "Emperor, Aijia will let you see a few beautiful girls later, whoever you fall in love with, Aijia will make her a set of phoenix crowns and Xiapei."

The empress dowager called Zhu Qizhen no longer Zhen'er as before, but the emperor, because in the eyes of the empress dowager, Zhu Qizhen was not only her son, but also the king of a country.

"Go and bring them here."

"Yes."

The female officer next to the queen mother bowed away.

Not long after, delicate footsteps resounded outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning, just from the sound of footsteps, one could tell that it was a person of light stature.

When Zhu Qizhen turned his head to look, the beautiful girl selected from the people had already entered the Compassionate Ning Palace.

A total of eighteen show girls.

It can be said that these eighteen beautiful women can be regarded as one of the ten thousand, and all of them have the appearance of a closed moon and shameful flowers, and the appearance of sinking fish and falling wild goose.