Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 140 I want to strike first
Zhu Youjian is now tempting officials with titles such as the first assistant, the third prince, and the prince.

The motivational words for Li Mingrui are, I am very optimistic about you, you are a prime candidate.

There is also Zhu Youjian's promise to Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian mentioned above.

And now, Zhu Youjian directly told Ma Shiying, do you want to be the chief assistant?Can!Submit a nomination certificate first.

Ma Shiying had to admit that the bait thrown by His Majesty Zhu Youjian was very tempting. He could not tolerate Qingliu Donglin Party and Zuo Liangyu, so he could only follow His Majesty.

And to be ranked in the pavilion and to be the top civil servant is also the dream of every two-ranked Jinshi.

Therefore, Ma Shiying agreed to Zhu Youjian without hesitation: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I must find a way to get rid of Fang Guoan, and hand over Fang Guoan's head within five days at the latest!"

"Very well, I will wait for your good news!"

After Zhu Youjian said this, he sent someone to send an order to Wang Chengen, ordering Dongchang to be responsible for getting rid of Ma Degong. At the same time, he ordered Jin Yiwei Commander Wu Mengming to send people to Gao Jie's department, so that Gao Jie planned to get rid of Tian Xiong after he arrived in Hangzhou.

Fang Guoan, Ma Degong, and Tian Xiong, the three commander-in-chiefs, surrendered to the Manchu Qing without a fight in the original Nanming history. Among them, Ma Degong and Tian Xiong were the chief culprits who offered Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong to the Manchu Qing.

In order to clear up the restless factors in his backyard, Zhu Youjian couldn't wait for others to surrender before he could do anything about it.

This time, Zhu Youjian wanted to strike first, and get rid of these warlords who were unstable and would only drag down Ming Dynasty before they were struggling with whether to betray the imperial court, so as to achieve the goal of clearing the backyard as quickly as possible with the least amount of troops.

So, now he decided to kill these people first!
Anyway, there are many crimes against these people, killing them may also improve the popularity of the Ming court in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Wang Chengen came and told Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian what Gao Hongtu had told him about Zhang Shenyan's attempt to use public opinion to hold him accountable for fleeing south, the Ming emperor.

After Zhu Youjian listened, he slammed the table: "I really underestimated these people, and they still want to make me dirty. I am the son of heaven. Is it up to him to say whether to withdraw to the south or not? I want to see." How can he accuse me, but since this is the case, I will accuse them!"

After Zhu Youjian said that, he told Shi Kefa: "Follow me to the newspaper office!"

Zhang Shenyan wanted to make a fuss about his move to the south, Zhu Youjian had to admit that this was indeed a ruthless move.

First of all, my move to the south was indeed a violation of the ancestral motto left by Chengzu Zhu Di, the son of heaven guarding the country. This can easily be used by some people to find excuses and excuses for their rebellion, especially the Donglin Party members. This won the hearts of the people, and supported the prince to ascend the throne, and then controlled the government.

This kind of political conspiracy is not innocuous, and it can even be used to completely characterize Zhu Youjian as a faint king who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and negates a series of reform measures he had implemented in Jiangnan by relying on the prestige and power of the emperor.

According to Dongchang's unannounced visits, today's Jiangnan gentry has no objection to Zhu Youjian's massacre of Qian Qianyi, Hou Xun, Dong Qichang and other big officials and gentry, but because Zhu Youjian is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and now a strong enemy is oppressing the country. They all chose to endure Zhu Youjian's series of brutal methods.

But if, once he is pulled down from the altar by Zhang Shenyan and others, Zhu Youjian does not know how many Jiangnan gentry who are dissatisfied with his policies will take the opportunity to stand up, and really believe that Zhang Shenyan and the Donglin Party are bewitching and helping the prince to ascend the throne. Kill Ma Shiying and other treacherous ministers, force myself to be a foolish king, and even execute myself, a "fake king!"

In the original history of Nanming, there were three major suspicious cases, the case of the great tragedy, the case of the concubine, and the case of the prince. There were also various suspicious cases in the three dynasties of Taichang and Tianqi in Wanli.

Today, Zhu Youjian is reforming Jiangnan, and these Donglin parties are still performing this kind of tricks. Zhu Youjian has to admit that this is really a rainy day.

Rumors stop at the wise, and whoever stirs up the topic first in public opinion is the winner.

In Zhu Youjian's view, he must immediately use the Guangming Daily, a propaganda agency, to sell the topic of his southward migration first, and everything the Donglin Party does is to let the prince ascend the throne, so he let the prince stand up on his own To express his opinion, it is really not possible, Zhu Youjian thinks it is okay to kill his own parents and children.

Of course, Zhu Youjian would only do such a thing when it was a last resort.

After all, Zhu Cihong is only 15 years old now, and his ability is not outstanding, and he has no political awareness to use external forces to compete with his father, the emperor, for power.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian can't move the prince casually now. Once the prince is moved, it is tantamount to giving these Donglin party an excuse to say that he is guilty.

But Zhu Youjian can let the prince express himself.

In addition to the prince, Zhu Youjian decided to use the reputation of Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and others in the Donglin Party and even among the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to control public opinion for him.

Along the way, Zhu Youjian informed Shi Kefa of the situation in the world and the possible consequences of Zhang Shenyan's success in bewitching him, and said: "Aiqing has a very high prestige among the scholars and folks in the south of the Yangtze River. Merely messing up our internal affairs, when the enemy is pressing the border, we can only rely on Aiqing to stabilize the situation for me, set the tone of justice for moving south, and don't give the villain an excuse!"

Shi Kefa is also a relatively rational person, and he has followed Zhu Youjian for so long, and has observed the prince's ability, knowing that the most important thing in today's world, especially in Jiangnan, is stability, so he did not hesitate to prostrate in front of Zhu Youjian, and even changed his name. After finishing his mouth, he no longer addressed him as a humble minister, to show that he was already Zhu Youjian's retainer: "Your Majesty, please order, and the servant will obey the order!"

"Immediately write an editorial with the title: "As Minister of the Ministry of War, Why Do I Want to Be an Eunuch from the Palace: On Your Majesty's Southward Migration?" Write it like this, sign it with your own hand, and tell the gentry and common people in the south of the Yangtze River that my southward migration will treat them well. It is beneficial rather than harmful. You have the highest reputation in the south of the Yangtze River. You wrote it yourself. In addition, you would rather be my minister from the palace in order to fight against the barbarians. The humiliation of the inner court is enough to let the gentry and people in the south of the Yangtze River understand you. I also understand my painstaking efforts!"

Although Shi Kefa's descendants were cut off by his own order, Zhu Youjian has never announced this matter to the public. Now let Shi Kefa speak out by himself, and change the saying that he came from the palace, which can be regarded as redeeming himself. Dignity, and the achievement of cutting a knife from the palace to serve the emperor.

Shi Kefa gritted his teeth and nodded in response to Zhu Youjian's will. Regarding the fact of becoming a eunuch, he has chosen to accept and is used to this identity. Now, for the stability of the south of the Yangtze River and the great Ming Dynasty, he is making a fuss about flaunting his own virtues. acceptable.

But Shi Kefa still couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, if you send it out like this, will many people come from the palace, like slaves and maidservants, and enter the palace to be eunuchs?"

"When your article is published, I will issue a decree to prohibit you from entering the palace!"

Zhu Youjian replied.

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