The Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 133: Warm the bed

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"Then conversely, use the castration party to control the Donglin Party?" Zhang Yan has struggled with Wei Ke's one-party party for a long time, and she is really good at strategy, she knows everything.

"Not only beautiful, but also smart, it's rare!" Zhu Youjian gave Zhang Yan a thumbs up, "I want to bleach the castration party first. Once they lose their burden, they will inevitably put the account on the Donglin party. Judging the situation, use the same method to deal with the Donglin Party. Isn’t Liaodong lack of military pay? Once the important courtiers in the DPRK hand over their greedy ink, Liaodong’s military pay will not have to worry about this year."

"This matter is like playing with fire. Is your majesty sure?" Zhang Yan directly ignored Zhu Youjian's boudoir name, but Zhu Youjian was too young after all. She was really worried about playing with these ministers.

"Yan'er rest assured, this matter is absolutely all right! In three days, when I leave the Xingqin Palace, the eunuch has already obediently submissively--the capital of the capital’s 300,000 troops are all being reorganized, and under my control, the royal The First Army and the Second Army are under martial law throughout the city, even if they are anxious, the dog will not jump the wall."

Zhang Yan was a little settled, why does this young emperor have such a high level of political strategy? She remembered Zhu Youzhen in her heart, he really had a lot of things that she couldn't see through.

Zhang Yan indeed devoted all her love to Zhu Youjian.

In the beginning, Zhang Yan lost her fertility and was destined to be childless in her life, so she swayed her maternal aura on Zhu Youzhen without hesitation. However, that was his "Zhu Youjian", not this "Zhu Youjian". .

Later, Zhu Youjian gradually grew up, especially after experiencing the extermination of the Japanese in Shandong and the suppression of bandits in Shaanxi. Zhang Yan felt that Zhu Youjian was full of vigor, and he was more masculine than Zhu Youxiao, who stayed in the Palace of the Qing Dynasty all day and could not see each other. .

At that time, she was proud of the royal family because of having such a younger brother. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was seriously ill. She supported Zhu Youjian as the superior, and even risked her life to fight against Wei Ke, saying that she was for the Da Ming's community. It is better to say that she was impressed by Zhu Youjian, a sunny boy.

And now, Zhu Youjian is pushing Wei Zhongxian to death step by step, decisively killing the guest Yingyue, Wei Liangqing and others, arresting the "Five Tigers" and "Wu Biao", taking the castration party first, and then surrendering to the Donglin party. Zhang Yan sees another The breath of a mature man, although Zhu Youzhen is only seventeen years old, his arms are still relatively immature.

Zhang Yan has always been quite confident in his intelligence, but in front of Zhu Youjian, he found that he was only rationed to carry shoes and quilt.

When talking about the court, the pink on Zhang Yan's face has completely faded, but now she looks at Zhu Youjian's face, looking at the martial and martial spirit that is different from Zhu Youxiao, her face, there is no reason for it. One red...

Zhang Yan also realized that she was strange, and she quickly changed the subject: "After mastering the court, what will your majesty do?"

"Yan'er, I am not a person with a particularly strong desire for power, but since I became the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, I must plan for the future of Ming Dynasty and share the worries for the people of Ming Dynasty. Don't worry Yan'er, I will not be like Emperor Wanli. , Will only hide in the palace to create people, especially not in Yan'er's Xingqin palace!"

"Your Majesty will bully people!" Zhang Yan gave Zhu Youzhen, who was unscrupulous, a blank eye, and then she smiled herself, a touch of bright red secretly soaring.

"Ha--" Zhu Youjian yawned, "Yan'er, I have hardly had a good night's sleep for Wei Zhongxian this month. I am sleepy now..."

It's been a long time since Zhang Yan looked away from Zhu Youjian. She was cruel and stood up from her chair: "Your Majesty, come in with your concubines!"

Zhu Youjian followed Zhang Yan and shuttled through the familiar Xunqin Palace. He suddenly felt that he had come to the previous bedroom.

The position of the bed did not move, but the brocade on the bed was replaced with a wavy water-green silk quilt, and the pillowcase was a big red cotton towel.

"Whose bedroom is this? It's so elegant and pleasant."

Zhang Yanjiao said: "Your Majesty is sleepy? Why are you interested in admiring the sheets?"

"I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed--who will warm me up?"

"Warm the bed?" Zhang Yan was shocked like a little white rabbit who had just left the mother's body, ready to escape from Zhu Youjian's side at any time, "Your Majesty, the charcoal fire in this room is endless day and night, and it's not cold now!"

"Day and night? Who is such a waste? Daming can't even issue Liaodong's military pay... I want to punish her."

"Crimination?" Zhang Yan raised her neck, exposing most of her white neck in Zhu Youjian's light, "Then your majesty will arrest your concubines!"

"It turned out to be Yan'er..." Zhu Youzhen smiled, "But the crime still needs to be cured, so I'll punish Yan'er... Let's warm up the bed for me!"

Zhang Yan wanted to run away, Zhu Youjian had already hooked her slender waist, picked up her leg with his right hand, hugged her horizontally, and rotated in the room for a few weeks.

Zhang Yanjiao shouted, her feet were just off the ground, her body was not firm, and her right hand unconsciously climbed onto the back of Zhu Youjian's head.

Zhu Youjian took two steps forward and gently placed Zhang Yan on the water-green silk quilt.

Zhang Yan was shy. She closed her eyes slightly, fumbled with her hands to lift the quilt, and got into the silk quilt.

On November 21st, Zhu Youjian, who had been "missing" for three days, once again came to the Palace of Emperors.

A group of eunuch ministers stepped into the hall one by one to pay homage to Zhu Youjian.

"Let's flatten your body--have you ever thought about it?" Zhu Youjian was expressionless.

"The ministers wait..." The ministers put their hands into their sleeves, finding that the silver was too heavy, and they all wrote the silver bibliography of the greedy ink on the paper.

"Very well, you have seized the only opportunity I gave you." Zhu Youjian's tone was extremely harsh, who knew they had prepared a few alternative rice papers in their sleeves.

Ministers, look at me, I look at you, but your hands are still in your sleeves.

"Now let's talk about your sincerity," Zhu Youjian gestured to Cao Hua Chunyi: "Huachun!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun was also expressionless, he walked to the ministers and accepted their "sincerity" one by one.

He counted two hundred and forty-six copies in total, which was quite a bit.

"You have chosen to believe in me. I will look at your sincerity now. If you really have sincere regrets, I will never break your promise." Zhu Youjian first gave the ministers a reassurance.

Cao Huachun returned to the apse and quickly calculated.

After a cup of tea, he came to Zhu Youjian and whispered a few words softly: "Your Majesty, a total of 9.76 million taels."

"So much?" Zhu Youjian was surprised and happy, but his face quickly returned to normal. "Zhu Aiqing, Hua Chun said just now. Most of the Aiqing expressed their determination to sincerely regret. Among you Two to thirty percent of people can maintain their original position, six to seventy percent of them lose their grades and general positions, and about 10% of them will be cut to the people because of inadequate sincerity and incomplete regrets - you have shown a certain degree of sincerity, but Incompletely, after the cut, I will no longer pursue your faults."

"All of you are free. From now on, no one will put you in jail because of your past mistakes."

"Ninety percent of you will continue to serve Daming Sheji, and are my ministers of the humerus."

"Thank your Majesty Hong En." Although I don't know who will keep the original position, who will lose the job, who will be cut for the people, but in any case, they have saved their lives and saved their lives from prison. "Wu Biao" they are much stronger.

There was a commotion in front of the hall. Two young officials actually embraced each other and openly performed a "square dance" in front of Zhu Youjian.

"Zhu Aiqing," Zhu Youjian said, making the ministers' nerves that had just relaxed again tightened, and the front of the hall suddenly became quiet. Only the positions where they stood were messy.

Zhu Youzhen's voice is deep and powerful: "Zhu Aiqing has the courage to reform and reform. I am very relieved. However, can you guarantee that you will not be greedy for ink in the future?"

"The ministers are determined to perform their duties, obey the rules and laws, divide the worries for the king, and relieve the people's difficulties..." The ministers seemed to be carrying the party constitution, neat and skillful.

"Zhu Aiqing expressed such a stance, my heart is so happy! In order for you to remember today's words, I must give you certain restraints." Zhu Youjian looked at Cao Huachun.

Holding a huge piece of white paper, Cao Huachun, facing the ministers, read aloud:

"I promise to perform my duties, obey the law, divide the worries for the king, and relieve the people... If you are greedy for more than twelve taels of ink, or if you receive more than twelve taels within a year, you will cut your job for the people, and if you are serious, you will lose your job."

The ministers looked at each other, and no one knew why Zhu Youjian made such a show.

"Zhu Aiqing, this is your oath just now, and it is also my constraint on you. As long as you sign your name on the white paper, all your past crimes will be erased. Wait for your new appointment with peace of mind. !"

It's good to erase the crime, but if you are greedy for a dozen or so, you will be held accountable or even cut in the middle. This is too harsh, not even in the "Daming Law", it is comparable to Taizu.

"Zhu Aiqing rest assured, if the gift you receive in the future exceeds twelve taels, or if you don't know its actual value, as long as you hand it in, you will not be held responsible. Now, Zhu Aiqing is lining up to sign." Zhu Youjian said to the dragon chair. Just rely, never look at them again.

Cao Huachun took the Four Treasures from the study room and placed them on the square table in front of the hall.

No one came forward, and the ministers were trying to figure out Zhu Youjian's intentions.

As time passed, Zhu Youzhen leaned back on the dragon chair, and he was not in a hurry.

"Okay, I'll sign." After a long while, Li Chunye was the first to stand up. He rolled up his long sleeves, picked up a writing brush, dipped in thick black ink, and solemnly signed the three characters "Li Chunye" on the white paper.

Later, Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai also signed their names.

Suddenly, Cao Huachun's words faintly remembered: "The ones who have signed their names stand to the left, and those who don't have the signature stand to the right."

The remaining ministers are all serious-faced. If they can't be greedy for ink, they will not have enough money to support their families. They have many wives and children, and they are more than flat-headed people who have only one wife.

However, Li Chunye and others have already signed, and they have nowhere to go, and Cao Huachun's words have driven them into a desperate situation. It is important to save their lives first, they all comforted themselves in their hearts, and in the end, they all signed their names on white paper.

Cao Huachun counted two hundred and forty-six names, none of them, so he nodded to Zhu Youjian.

"Zhu Aiqing, history has turned a page. You are no longer a guilty person. Soon I will announce your new position. Before the new position is appointed, you will continue your current work." Zhu Youjian paused. "Don’t blame your impeacher. After the new appointment is issued, I never hope that there will be party disputes in the court."