Regarding Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao's trust in him is probably a little lower than that of Xu Xianchun.
Although he came from a humble background, his ambition was not small. His greed was huge, coupled with his dark psychology and unscrupulous tactics, he was much more dangerous than a military official like Xu Xianchun.
Although he was said to be the one who single-handedly promoted him and entrusted him with important tasks, after all, he was known as a nine-thousand-year-old man in history, so Zhu Youxiao had to be wary of him.
"Old slave, please see your Majesty!"
Although Wei Zhongxian is the admiral of Dongchang, he has not entered the gate of the Qianqing Palace that many times, and if there is no major event, he must be notified when he enters the palace.
He himself knew very well that although the emperor relied on him, he didn't trust him very much, so he kept expressing himself crazily.
"Wei Daban, you must have been in the palace for decades."
"Back to your Majesty, it has been twenty-one years since I entered the palace. A few months ago, I was just a little eunuch who was bullied by others!"
"Fortunately, thanks to the emperor's appreciation, this old slave has become what he is today. I really have nothing to repay!"
It has to be said that this kind of gangster who lives in the world is very quick in thinking and knows very well about reading people's hearts.
Zhu Youxiao just asks a simple question and he can say a lot of words to make you feel comfortable.
"What happened to Liu Yishui and Yuan Yingtai?" Wei Zhongxian took out a memorial from his arms and raised his head and said:
"Your Majesty, I have written down all the crimes committed by Yuan Yingtai, word for word."
"According to Yuan Yingtai's confession, he collaborated with the civil and military generals of Liaodong, killed good people and took credit for their merits, and embezzled countless amounts of food and salary allocated by the court, especially the generals who guarded Liaodong for generations."
"And Liu Yijing didn't say a word before whether he was alive or dead, but when he saw Ye Xianggao in the prison, he kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic, telling all the things he had committed, and begging the old slave for mercy. He’s a piece of shit!”
Zhu Youxiao had previously thought that Liu Yijing was really so courageous. It turned out that he was imagining that his fellow honest men could overturn his case and save his life.
But when he saw that Ye Xianggao, who they specially invited to take charge of the overall situation, was unable to protect himself, I am afraid that the fragile psychological defense in his heart collapsed on the spot.
When Wang Chaofu placed the report in front of the emperor, Zhu Youxiao did not read it directly. He was afraid that his little heart would not be able to bear it at once, and he could not lose the majesty of the emperor in front of outsiders.
"As expected, the big companion did not disappoint me. Now that the matter is over, I still have a big thing to hand over to the big companion!"
"Old slave, please give me your instructions!"
"I will personally march outside the customs in the near future, but I can't worry about leaving the capital. When those civil servants see me leaving the capital, they will definitely cause chaos."
"I want you to monitor them secretly and send some smart and capable officers to guard the nine gates of the capital. Pay special attention to those who act sneakily."
"Old slave obeys the order!"
Zhu Youxiao winked at Wang Chaofu again, and Wang Chaofu said loudly:
"Everyone get out!"
Upon hearing this, the eunuchs and maids immediately ran away and retreated.
After there were only three of them left in the palace, Zhu Youxiao said:
"Yu Dongchang selected three hundred martial arts warriors and secretly brought them into the palace tonight. Don't let the news get away!"
Wei Zhongxian was also puzzled. Didn't the emperor always order Yulin troops to guard the palace in the past? He did not allow him to think too much and immediately knelt down and said:
"I will definitely handle this matter well!"
After Wei Zhongxian also withdrew, Colonel Zhu You asked Wang Chaofu:
"Wang Banban, please tell your godsons and grandsons that the harem must be on guard. The concubines and concubines must not make any mistakes!"
"If anything happens, you have to deal with them before you come back to see me!"
"Bring me my secret box!"
Although all arrangements have been made, God's calculations are not as good as those of humans. Zhu Youxiao must keep the last backup to ensure the stability of Ming Dynasty!
He wrote an edict by himself, which contained not much content, just a few lines. After he finished writing, he stamped it with a big seal, and then put it into this specially made small iron box.
This box has two layers inside and outside, both made of the finest fine iron. Zhu Youxiao locked it up and held it in his hand, and then went to Nuange alone.
Wang Chaofu did not know the content of this edict from beginning to end, and he could not understand why the emperor went to Nuange.
Zhu Youxiao walked to the Nuange bookshelf, opened one of the super thick books, put the key of the box in, and then went to the imperial case.
He leaned over and dug his head inside, and placed the iron box under the imperial desk.
There is a mechanism here that he modified with his own hands. After all, he is also the leading carpenter master of this era.
How can you forget your "eating" skills? You must use them well.
Qianqing Palace is very big, and Nuan Pavilion is not small either. Even if someone knows that there is something hidden in Nuan Pavilion, they usually can’t find it, let alone where is this place?
Without the emperor's edict, even the Qianqing Palace could not be entered, let alone the more important Nuan Pavilion.
"Wang Banban, go to Cining Palace!"
If he is going to personally conquer such a big event, he should tell the concubine earlier so that he can be mentally prepared and have a buffer time.
"My grandson has met the concubine!"
"It's rare for the emperor to come to Cining Palace. What's going on today?"
Zhu Youxiao looked around and said coldly:
"You all stand down!"
"Wang Banban, keep an eye on the door!"
Seeing Zhu Youxiao being so careful, she knew something serious must be going on.
Zhu Youxiao also approached Concubine Liu and said softly:
"Taifei, I'm going to conquer the customs in person, in half a month's time!"
Concubine Liu was stunned when she heard the word "personal expedition", tightly grasped Zhu Youxiao's hand and said:
"Why is this the emperor? Has the Ming Dynasty reached a point where the emperor needs to go to the battlefield in person?"
The Ming Dynasty had an ancestral system, and the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. This was a rule set by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Youxiao also had to admit that this was a very good rule, which basically put an end to the situation in the Han and Tang Dynasties where the country's foundation was crumbling due to chaos in the harem.
Lao Zhu can be said to be the strongest among the emperors in the past dynasties in terms of learning, and he also learned the most. When he was nearly seventy years old, he was still reading historical materials and books everywhere just to find out the shortcomings of the previous dynasty.
He even spent more than twenty years compiling the ancestral instructions of the Emperor Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, it was because he loved learning so much and was so diligent. Although he recognized the shortcomings of the previous dynasty, he himself avoided putting an end to them.
It is a pity that he did not discover the biggest shortcoming of his thirty-one years in power, which was the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty that he spent decades of hard work compiling.
Success is the same, failure is also the same. It is better to meet a strong man like Zhu Di, who directly ignored many rules set by his father and worked in violation of the ancestral system many times.
But in the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhu Di, the other fourteen emperors were strictly restrained. As long as you did something unreasonable, those civil servants would use the ancestral system to suppress you. The key is that you still have to endure it.
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Taizu, Taizu, look at your descendants and see how they have been oppressed by your rules.