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Chapter 149 Blacklist
  Chongzhen recalled that he took over the throne from his brother a few years ago. The scene seemed vivid and unforgettable.

He was originally King Da Mingxin, and after all the hardships, he was about to live the life of an idle prince.

But who would have thought that his brother was suddenly critically ill, and his brother, who had no heirs, wanted to pass the throne to him.

He was surprised and worried at the time, with mixed feelings in his heart.

The emperor is the most noble person in the world. Everyone wants to be the emperor, and he is no exception. He has also fantasized about it.

But when the day did come suddenly, he was afraid and didn't dare to accept it.

If he just believes in the king, he can spend his life easily and unrestrainedly.

But once he takes over the throne, it means that he will also take over the heavy responsibility of saving the Ming Dynasty.

He knew exactly how heavy this burden was.

He was afraid that he would not be able to carry the burden and would be crushed to death by it.

But no matter how scared he was, it was useless. His brother had no heirs. As a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, he had to shoulder this heavy burden.

Therefore, he took over the throne from his brother with worries about the future of the Ming Dynasty.

"At that time, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch and eunuch close to Zhu Youxiao, was in power, and the government was controlled by the eunuch party."

"Later on, Wei Zhongxian's ambition gradually increased, and he wanted to dominate the government and the public to achieve the goal of dictatorship, but before he had time to act, Zhu Youxiao died."

"In view of Wei Zhongxian's bad reputation at the time, the first thing Chongzhen did after he succeeded to the throne was to guard against Wei Zhongxian's murder."

Zhu Youxiao: Wei Zhongxian is indeed notorious, but he is a vicious dog raised by the royal family, specially used to check and balance the Donglin Party. He cannot be easily touched. It seems that before I die, I will explain the importance of Wei Zhongxian to the emperor's brother. Such a royal dog Wei Zhongxian will be reused after his younger brother succeeds to the throne.

How could he not know that Wei Zhongxian had brought disaster to the country and the people, but the problem was that the Donglin Party that controlled the court had also brought disaster to the country and the people.

The Donglin Party actively engages in factionalism and opposes dissidents in the court, making the court full of chaos.

He had no choice, so he supported Wei Zhongxian to check and balance the Donglin Party. It was better for dogs to bite dogs than for the Donglin Party to harm the country.

If it were not for Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party would really be a single party, dominating the court, which would only accelerate the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

But now he heard that the emperor's younger brother was going to take action against Wei Zhongxian after he succeeded to the throne, which made him frown.

The Donglin Party is a fat cat that cannot catch mice, and Wei Zhongxian is a vicious dog.

Fat cats are useless, they are only greedy.

But vicious dogs can also wag their tails to please their owners.

The fat cat and the vicious dog must check and balance each other so that the owner can have some peace of mind.

Once the vicious dog is killed and only the fat cat is left, the owner will be very annoyed.

He had already thought that if his fate still couldn't be changed, he would tell the emperor's brother before he died that Wei Zhongxian could be of great use.

Chongzhen: The reason why the Ming Dynasty is what it is today is because there are treacherous villains like Wei Zhongxian. They must be eliminated quickly. Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty be saved.

The anchor mentioned Wei Zhongxian, and he suddenly remembered what the emperor's brother said to him before he died. Zhongxian can be of great use.

He didn't take it seriously at the time. The situation in the Ming Dynasty was so corrupted because Wei Zhongxian killed Zhongliang.

If such traitors are not killed, the Ming Dynasty will only perish faster.

Therefore, the first thing he did after taking the throne was to get rid of Wei Zhongxian and clean up the court environment.

"At the beginning of Chongzhen's accession to the throne, he used tricks to paralyze Wei Zhongxian and his party so that they did not dare to act rashly."

"In November of the same year, Chongzhen issued an order to raid Wei Zhongxian's party and demoted Wei Zhongxian to Fengyang, the central capital to guard the mausoleum. Soon after, he ordered his arrest and imprisonment."

"However, after Wei Zhongxian heard the news, he was frightened and afraid of being punished, and finally hanged himself."

"Subsequently, Chongzhen convicted, executed, or exiled more than 200 people, including Wei Zhongxian. He also dragged the bodies of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and his mistress Hakka to kill them in the street. The official structure of the Ming Dynasty also became completely new."

Chongzhen: Wei Zhongxian brought disaster to the country and the people, and the Hakka family was vicious and cruel. The two of them died unjustly, and it was easier for them to kill the corpses in the street.

When he thought of killing these two scourges, he couldn't help but feel proud. This was a political achievement that he was proud of.

When the emperor's brother was still alive, Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family did evil and killed many people.

Not to mention Wei Zhongxian, the Hakka family's sins alone are too numerous to list, and even dying a hundred times is not enough.

The reason why the emperor's brother has no heirs is all caused by the Hakka family.

Think about it, the emperor brother also had three princes, but the Hakka family relied on themselves to be favored and worried that their favor would be taken away by other concubines, so they killed all three princes one after another.

The emperor's brother was the only one who was kept in the dark and was willing to believe Hakka's sweet words.

Since he ascended the throne, he was determined to revive the Ming Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian and Hakka were the two people he used to sacrifice flags to show his determination to rebuild the country.

Zhu Youxiao: How can the emperor's brother treat my consecrated wife like this? Do you still take me, the emperor's brother, seriously?

Seeing the tragic ending of the wet nurse, Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt heartbroken and felt sad.

He lost his mother when he was young and has never felt maternal love.

And Hakka was his wet nurse, so he respected Hakka as his mother.

He didn't find any deep hatred between the two, but why the emperor's brother wanted to execute the Hakka family so cruelly, he really couldn't figure it out. "Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen faced the mess left by his grandfather and father and brother, and began to work hard to fix it."

"Chongzhen took the lead in saying that the inner court should be very economical with money. Not only did he order all the palaces under construction to stop, he also laid off all the dancers in the palace, and said that no feasting would be allowed in the future."

"When Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he was in his vigorous youth. Although he had a calm personality, he was also impatient and irritable. He even thought of good policies late at night and couldn't wait to issue imperial edicts to relevant officials."

"Coupled with his diligence and studiousness, under his governance, the political environment of the Ming Dynasty became completely new, but it still did not change the Donglin Party's tendency to form cliques for personal gain."

Wanli: It’s not that I want to leave a mess. I’m really powerless. Ever since Zhang Juzheng’s reform failed, the Ming Dynasty has been going downhill. It’s useless to stop it.

He also wanted to achieve something, but the civil servants in the court were always against him.

He was really tired of dealing with it, so he simply turned a blind eye.

Zhu Youxiao: I don’t want to mess things up, but I can’t change the current predicament of Ming Dynasty, so I can only leave the mess to the emperor’s younger brother.

He also tried to develop his ambitions and revive the Ming Dynasty.

But he was helpless to find that no matter what he did, the situation in Ming Dynasty was still deteriorating.

Therefore, he could only choose to put it aside and put all his thoughts on carpentry work, so that at least he would not have to think about those bad things every day.

He has heard what the emperor's younger brother has done since he became emperor, and he is still satisfied so far, which at least shows that the emperor's younger brother is a wise king.

Although the emperor's brother worked hard to govern, the Ming Dynasty finally perished. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of collapse and no one could help it.

Chongzhen sounded quite happy at first, after all, the anchor praised him a lot of good things.

But slowly, in the end, something started to sound more and more wrong. The anchor seemed to dislike the Donglin Party very much, and accused the Donglin Party of forming a clique for personal gain.

He vaguely heard another meaning of the anchor, that is, the Donglin Party also accounted for part of the reason why the Ming Dynasty perished so quickly.

This discovery shocked him. He still had great trust in the Donglin Party. The Donglin Party members also made a lot of efforts to clean up Wei Zhongxian's followers.

Even the important members of the cabinet were appointed by Donglin Party members.

And in order to fight against Hou Jin, he also appointed Yuan Chonghuan recommended by the Donglin Party.

Today, Yuan Chonghuan is guarding Liaodong and has performed well in several battles with Hou Jin.

Now the anchor told him that the Donglin Party harmed the government and formed a party for personal gain, which he couldn't accept all of a sudden.

This is very different from what he saw. In his opinion, the Donglin Party is the hope of reviving the Ming Dynasty.

But he knew that the anchor came from later generations and had a deep understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, so he would definitely not be wrong.

In other words, later on, the Donglin Party had developed and grown into a criminal who endangered the Ming Dynasty.

Qian Longxi, the chief assistant of the cabinet: The anchor is simply talking nonsense. As a member of the Donglin Party, I am dedicated to serving the country. I have never formed a party for personal gain.

Li Biao, a member of the Donglin Party: We, the Donglin Party, have worked hard and painstakingly for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the country, but now we are being slandered by the anchor. It is really unpopular!

Qian Qianyi: Anchor, you are blatantly slandering us Donglin Party members. You must give us an explanation, otherwise we will not agree.

Although Qian Longxi and Li Biao were dissatisfied with the anchor, they only dared to complain privately for fear of offending the anchor.

But Qian Qianyi was very stubborn and directly sent barrages to confront the anchor.

Su Chen was narrating when he suddenly saw Qian Qianyi's conspicuous barrage.

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was greedy for life and afraid of death, Su Chen was instantly scornful.

This Qian Qianyi talks about benevolence, justice and morality, but when it comes to him, it's all nonsense.

When the Qing army broke through the city, Qian Qianyi's concubine Liu Rushi drowned himself in the river with him, but halfway there, Qian Qianyi said directly that the water was too cold.

For such a hypocritical person, Su Chen didn't bother to confront him and directly asked the system to blacklist Qian Qianyi.

Originally, Qian Qianyi was waiting to confront the anchor, but suddenly the anchor disappeared. No, it should be said that the sky screen disappeared.

He was stunned for a moment, and what he was seeing was suddenly gone for some reason.

This frightened him so much that he quickly asked his colleagues around him.

After asking around, he was dumbfounded when he learned that he was the only one who couldn't see the sky.

He also wants to know more useful information from people in later generations, and also wants to snap up magical goods from later generations.

But now all this is gone, he can no longer see the sky, which makes him want to cry without tears.

After Qian Longxi and Li Biao, two members of the Donglin Party, learned about Qian Qianyi's situation, they were frightened and almost followed in Qian Qianyi's footsteps.

Fortunately, they are not that brave, otherwise they would be the ones crying now.

After seeing what happened to Qian Qianyi, Chongzhen became more and more certain that the anchor hated the Donglin Party, otherwise he would not have targeted Qian Qianyi.

This made him deeply uneasy. The more the anchor disliked the Donglin Party, the more it showed how harmful the Donglin Party was to the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that he will ask the anchor later about what crimes the Donglin Party did in the later period that harmed the country and the people.

(End of this chapter)