The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 51
"My lord, all slaves are incompetent, slaves deserve to die..."

As soon as Liu Xi and Fan Xian were brought into the warm pavilion, they plopped down on the ground and burst into tears.

"You two idiots, you idiots!"

"I beat you to death, useless bastards!"

Zhu Cilang rushed forward with a burst of punches and kicks, obviously very angry at the incompetence of these two guys.

After venting for a while, I returned to the soft couch.

"Kneel down for me."

"Listen, Liu Xi, I now appoint you as the chief inspector of ceremonies and seals, Fan Xian, and the admiral of Dongchang, now let me go and search the property of Wang Dehua, Wang Chengen, two killers, and their party members. Clearly, if you dare to embezzle a tael of silver, I will strip your dog skins, get out of here!"

"Yes, my lord, don't worry, the servants will definitely check it out, and no one will steal any of the money."

The two were moved and excited, kowtowed quickly, and trotted out scrambling.

"Ugh!"

Zhu Cihong was also extremely helpless.

Although these two lumps of mud can't support the wall, at least you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about betrayal, so for the time being, you can only force the two of them to the wall.

It also happened to take this opportunity to carry out a major cleansing and rectification of the eunuchs and maids in the inner court, and all those who were loyal to Chongzhen were seized and ransacked, and those who deserved to be decapitated were beheaded.

It should have been done a long time ago, but the enemy has no time and energy at present, so he temporarily suppressed it. Who would have thought that he would be overthrown by his father Chongzhen just by leaving for a day.

After cleaning the inside of the palace, there were [-] troops of red ladies outside the palace, and Zhu Cihong slept very soundly that night.

But there are countless people in the city who are sleepless all night.

Obviously, both civil servants and nobles know that His Majesty has now recruited a powerful bandit army, and there will definitely be big moves in the future.

that's the truth.

Zhu Cihong didn't want to wait for almost a day, and at dawn, he sent people to call all the nobles to the Huangji Palace for a banquet, preparing for a direct showdown.

After receiving the call, the nobles were also in a dilemma. The last time everyone pretended to be sick, they knew it well.

His Majesty even directly summoned everyone to go to Huangji Hall without leaving any room, obviously he was ready to turn his face.

If they don't go, they will definitely meet each other in battle, blood will flow like a river, and in the end either they will kill the emperor, or they will all be killed by the emperor.

Although everyone was afraid that one day Bucheng and the others would end up, and gathered together to petition, but it was because His Majesty did not have many soldiers and horses, and there was another layer of fig leaf, so they were united.

Now that the palace is completely controlled by His Majesty, and there are 3 people from Hong Niangzi who are eager to watch, plus Zhou Yuji's men and Jin Yiwei, almost all the nobles have no confidence to win.

After weighing the pros and cons, those royal relatives took the lead in compromising. Naturally, they were out of control. They all rushed to the Huangji Hall in a hurry, because the emperor set a time, and if they were late, they didn't have to go.

Inside the Royal Palace.

Same as last time, the sumptuous food and wine had already been served on the table. Zhu Cihong sat on the dragon chair, looked at all the nobles and nodded in satisfaction, and at the same time he let out a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that these nobles would choose to fight to the end, and that would be troublesome. After all, Hong Niangzi's 3 horses are not even mercenaries.

Fortunately, his judgment was right, as long as he put on a posture of preparing to die, these nobles would not dare to bet everything after all.

"I know that all of you have a lot of money, and you are worried that one day you will be ransacked by me like Duke Cheng and the others."

"I also know that you encouraged the soldiers of the Beijing camp to petition, not to force me to kill Zhou Yuji, but to force me to abdicate."

Following Zhu Cihong's words, they poured into everyone's ears, and all the nobles prostrated themselves on the ground, sweating profusely, and their minds were tense to the extreme.

"But I want to tell you that no one can force me to abdicate. If you want me to abdicate, unless you step on my corpse and help the Taishang Emperor to the throne, otherwise even if the old man Taizu comes, I have only one sentence, I would rather be broken." , not for nothing!"

"I dare not wait!"

All the nobles hurriedly said in a trembling voice, now that His Majesty is for Daozu, they can only resign themselves to fate for fish and meat.

Zhu Cihong stood up abruptly and roared.

"What else are you afraid of?"

"You are afraid that I will steal your home, but have you ever thought about why I had to do such a bad thing when your father asked you to borrow military pay and if you withheld [-]% of the family property?"

"If there is one of you who is as brave and good at fighting as your ancestors, why would I appoint a commander-in-chief as the governor to guard the city?"

"As long as there is one of you who is loyal to Daming and me, why would I take the risk of recruiting a group of rebels myself, just to take the heavy responsibility?"

"You are all honorable imperial relatives who have shared weal and woe with my Ming Dynasty. You are my greatest reliance, but now? Whose fault is it all at the root?"

"I don't want to say any more. If you take all your soldiers and horses out of the city to garrison before dark today, all the past will be wiped out. You will still be the nobles of my Ming Dynasty and the ministers of my humerus. If you don't want to, then you My fate as a monarch and minister is over."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he waved his hand directly.

Seeing that His Majesty did not directly take them down, everyone finally relaxed a bit from their tense hearts.

But when they thought of what His Majesty said just now, they got up and left in a daze.

Taking the soldiers out of the city meant that they had given up their resistance completely, and it was up to His Majesty to ransack their homes and behead them.

But if you don't lead troops out of the city, you will be a traitor.

Obviously His Majesty gave them the right to choose at this time, letting them choose whether to be loyal ministers or rebellious ministers and thieves.

After all the nobles left the palace, the hearts of the people dispersed.

It was also the royal family who took the lead in taking action, taking the soldiers and horses under their control out of the city, and then returning to the palace to return.

A posture that His Majesty wants to kill and ransack the house, and all the ministers recognize it.

Obviously they all understand what the emperor wants to control.

Indeed, Zhu Cihong did not really intend to confiscate all of their homes, as long as he could confiscate the homes of these nobles at any time, this was the embodiment of the supremacy of imperial power.

However, some time ago, these nobles actually resisted, so that he could no longer control their life and death, which was absolutely unacceptable as an emperor.

So now that these nobles choose to surrender and put themselves and their family's wealth and lives under the control of the emperor again, he didn't really kill them.

Although it would be cool to take them all down, and then put the civil servants in one pot, but the sequelae are huge.

The final consequence is that everyone is in danger, and no one will sincerely accept him as the emperor. The territory he can control is probably only one-third of an acre of land near the capital. This incident is the best example.

Now he also understands that as an emperor, he cannot convince the people of the world by relying on conspiracy and scheming alone. kill.

I also understood the principle of mutual checks and balances, so I didn't completely deprive the nobles of their military power.

Instead, they only selected the Beijing camp with [-] refugees, and assigned it to Commander Zhou Yuji, who mixed with the [-] rebel army, and then guarded the gates of the capital while practicing.

Although Zhou Yuji is loyal, it is not advisable to entrust all the soldiers and horses to him as the commander.

As far as the present is concerned, there is actually not much conflict of interest between him and Xungui. He has no shortage of money for the time being, and Xungui does not have much food.

Now the land outside the city is full of landlords who have taken refuge in rebels. As long as he wants, he can have as much land as he wants.

So for these nobles, you can boil the frogs in warm water, slowly transform them, and clean up the ones that cannot be transformed.

After all, they have lived with the country for so many generations, at least they are much more loyal than Wu Sangui and other generals.

The defense of the city with his concerted efforts this time is the best example.

Seeing that His Majesty cut [-] soldiers and horses, the nobles felt at ease temporarily. If His Majesty did nothing, it would be really terrible, really terrible.

Xungui took a step back, and Zhu Cihong didn't kill them all. Finally, a trace of trust between the monarch and his ministers was restored, and the big guys would no longer dare to go to court.

Civil and military officials pretended to be sick and dared not go to court, which was probably the first time in the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)