Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 7 Punishable but not killed
"Long live……"

"Wang An!" Yang Lian wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao, and the chief eunuch Wang An also hurried forward to make an edit.

Regardless of Yang Lian, Zhu Youxiao directly ordered:
"Decree, order Admiral Wang Cheng'en to supervise the Imperial Horse Supervisor, assist the emperor's fifth younger brother to inspect, and start repairing the imperial mausoleum for the emperor's examination!"

"The maidservant receives the order..." Wang An nodded upon hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, and immediately received the order.

Yang Lian saw this scene with his own eyes, but there was nothing he could do.

To put it bluntly, the Yumajian is not under the management of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War. Although the Ministry of War can reject some transfers between the emperor and the Ministry of War, it cannot reject the matter of the twenty-four yamen of the inner court.

Zhu Youxiao made the first imperial decree after he succeeded to the throne, and glanced provocatively at the old minister Yang Lian, and then the other party said from Zhe Long:

"The cabinet and the household department assist the emperor's younger brother in the inspection!"

"Minister, leader..." Fang Congzhe is not as upright as Yang Lian. He can't make things difficult for Zhu Youjian in this kind of matter, after all, Zhu Youjian gave him a favor.

"Retire!" Seeing Fang Congzhe's response, Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt complacent, left a sentence of retreat, and left Wenhua Palace holding Zhu Youjian's hand.

When he walked to the back of the hall, Zhu Youjian could vaguely hear Yang Lian yelling and being warned by the Cheng Honglu Temple.

"Brother, what do you think of me just now?"

Zhu Youxiao grabbed Zhu Youjian and walked out of the Wenhua Hall, but he didn't want to rest directly in the main worship hall behind the Wenhua Hall, and proudly talked to Zhu Youjian about his actions just now.

In this regard, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to edit Zhu Youjian:
"Brother Huang, just now, he did feel a bit like a grandfather, but he was still too irritable. The emperor should not show his anger and joy."

"Humph! That old man Yang Lian is aggressive, if you don't scold him, do you really think I have a good temper?" Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with Yang Lian's behavior of angrily scolding Zhu Youjian on the first day he came to court.

After complaining, he did not forget to appease Zhu Youjian, and said softly:

"Brother, don't worry, the national funeral will be over in a few days, and I will drive the old man back to his hometown."

"No need." Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhu Youjian quickly stopped him, but the other party frowned and said:
"Why? My brother is not satisfied?"

Zhu Youjian quickly explained: "No, I just think that my brother doesn't need to go through so much trouble. Yang Lian is also thinking about his brother's society. The younger brother was indeed a bit abrupt just now."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao held his hand and said with concern:

"My brother asked my elder brother for something, how can I say something abruptly? Besides, the imperial mausoleum is going to be repaired, and I should be happy that my younger brother will lead people to repair it."

"Old man Yang Lian, I'll deal with him in a few days."

"No, no, no..." Zhu Youjian was a little ashamed, and could only explain for Zhu Youxiao:

"Then Yang Lian and others are all members of the Donglin Party. Although they are pedantic, they are upright and honest. The court just needs them."

"When Huang Kao was in power, he used officials from Donglin because he saw that they were beneficial to the imperial court."

Zhu Youjian explained that it was because the Donglin Party at this time was indeed a clean stream in the late Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Donglin Party, headed by Yang Lian and others, was still advocating the reduction of land tax, removal of mining tax, and increase of commercial tax.

It's not like the Donglin Party during the Chongzhen period. They only knew that the party was the same and fought against differences, and they didn't know anything about various matters.

The later bastards of the Donglin Party also let the villain steal the high position because the Donglin Party who can do practical things are almost dead.

If the Donglin Party had been a bastard from the beginning, it would not have attracted Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chengzong, Zhang Huangyan and others to join.

So for Zhu Youjian, even if Yang Lian impeached him just now, from the perspective of the country, he was right to impeach.

If Zhu Youjian was the emperor, it would be impossible for a vassal king to be in charge of nearly [-] soldiers and horses, even if these [-] soldiers and horses are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Brother can think from this angle, it is true that brother has underestimated you."

Zhu Youxiao didn't expect Zhu Youjian to think so much. After hearing what he said, Zhu Youxiao wasn't so angry with Yang Lian anymore.

But in order to take care of his own face, he still said to Zhu Youjian:
"For my brother's sake this time, I let Yang Lian go, but if he says something out of the ordinary in the future, I will punish him."

"It's right to clean up, but you must not kill him." Zhu Youjian was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would get angry, so he slaughtered Yang Lian and others.

"Well, I remember." Zhu Youxiao nodded, then a hesitant expression appeared on his face, and then he discussed with Zhu Youjian again:
"According to the etiquette system, I should live in the Qianqing Palace, but right now the Qianqing Palace..."

Zhu Youjian had an epiphany, he understood that Zhu Youxiao was afraid of Concubine Li Kang, so he turned his head to look at a guard in Jinyi, and greeted him:

"Go get Lu Wenzhao over here."

This Jin Yiwei belonged to Lu Wenzhao. Seeing Zhu Youjian speak, he saluted Zhu Youxiao's editor, and then retreated to find Lu Wenzhao.

Seeing him leave, Zhu Youjian explained to Zhu Youxiao:

"Then Concubine Li Kang is just relying on Wei Jinzhong and his few eunuchs and slaves."

"I'll ask Lu Wenzhao to kill those eunuchs, then drive Concubine Li Kang to Xiaoluan Palace, and order some eunuchs from Xuqin Palace to guard her. Forgive her for not having any problems."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian remembered that there was a concubine Zheng Gui in the harem, and then glanced around, seeing that there was no one else, he stepped forward and whispered to Zhu Youxiao:

"Although Concubine Li Kang can be dealt with, the inner court is still in danger. Therefore, during this period of time, I will ask my brother to live in the Lord's Palace first. I will order Lu Wenzhao to accompany my brother day and night."

"Give me a few days, and my brother can enter the inner court with peace of mind."

"That's fine, that's fine..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's confident words, Zhu Youxiao was relieved.

Seeing his reassuring appearance, Zhu Youjian was also relieved.

Just now he saw Zhu Youxiao's angry appearance in the court hall, and he said in his heart that he was not afraid of being fake. After all, this was a feudal dynasty with concentrated imperial power. If Zhu Youxiao was unhappy, it would not be surprising to imprison him in the high wall of Fengyang.

At present, it seems that Zhu Youxiao is obviously not as useless as recorded in "History of Ming Dynasty". He still has his own opinions on some things.

"By the way, my younger brother can arrange Cheng En to do the building of the mausoleum for Huang Kao. There is no need to go to Changping."

Zhu Youxiao seemed to be very frightened by Concubine Li Kang, and Zhu Youjian's tough appearance towards Concubine Li Kang gave him a sense of security, so he was a little reluctant to leave Zhu Youjian, and ordered carefully.

But when Zhu Youjian heard his words, he couldn't help but feel a little speechless.

He wanted the Imperial Horse Supervisor not just to build an imperial tomb.

He wants to reorganize the Yumajian, at least to become an army capable of defending the city, instead of continuing like this.

Even if the four guards and one battalion of the Yumajian are trained and the military power is taken away by Zhu Youxiao, at least this army can be used at critical moments, and it will not be reduced to the embarrassing situation of having to use outsiders when the house needs to be raided.

Therefore, he naturally couldn't agree to Zhu Youxiao in this way, but explained for Zhu Youxiao:
"Brother, don't worry, Lu Wenzhao will protect him."

"Right now, there are many dangers in the inner and outer courts. My brother and I need to be guarded by a team of people. Otherwise, if someone offends my brother one day and we have no one to deal with him, wouldn't it be a joke?"

Zhu Youjian's words made Zhu Youxiao nod repeatedly. It seemed that during the communication, Zhu Youjian had already figured out Zhu Youxiao's character.

In order to prevent people from being suspicious during the impeachment, Zhu Youjian also specially explained:

"The soldiers and horses will be handed over to the eunuchs under the emperor's brother on the day the emperor's mausoleum is completed, so that the emperor's brother will not be useless..."

"No need!" Seeing what Zhu Youjian said, Zhu Youxiao frowned and said:

"How can you take back what the elder brother gave to the younger brother? You can rest assured that Cheng En will be in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. If someone from the outer court, such as Yang Lian, dares to impeach you again, I will definitely deal with him!"

Zhu Youxiao looked very domineering at this time, it seemed that as long as it was not about Concubine Li Kang and Concubine Zheng, he seemed very assertive.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't say anything, so he could only compose obediently. At this time, Lu Wenzhao, Wang An, and Luo Sigong also strode towards them...

　About the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty

　　The Donglin Party has the talkative Gao Panlong, the surrendering Fang Kezhuang, the soft-legged shrimp Qian Qianyi, the unyielding Yang Lian, Sun Chengzong who would rather die than submit, Yuan Keli who liberated southern Liaoning, and Fan Jingwen who died for the country.

　　There was also Li Banghua who asked Li Zicheng's troops to come to the city and let the prince go to the southern capital to supervise the country, but Chongzhen refused, and set himself on fire after the city was broken.

　　Many people who read other novels and think they are Donglin Party members are actually the opponents and enemies of the Donglin Party.

　　In the Kunming Party, there are people like Gu Tianjun who resist taxes, and there are people like Lu Xiangsheng who are loyal to the country.

　　In the Qin Party, there were people like Li Sancai who embezzled commercial taxes, as well as Sun Chuanting.

　　There are good people and bad people, and there is no such thing as a party of all good people or all bad people.

　　If all people are killed because of one party, then what is the difference from the later Donglin Party's "Party and Difference"?Isn't everyone a Donglin Party?

　　Employing people without looking at the party is the basic historical view for studying party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty. Looking at the party's appointment of people is the drawback of ancient parties.

　　
　
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