Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 346
The Liaodong War was about to break out, and the Central Plains at this time was also not peaceful.

After Wei Zhongxian was further prompted by Ye Xun, he began to truly hold the emperor to order the princes.

The cabinet is all replaced by his own people, six ministries and nine ministers, and official positions are determined according to price. Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Yumajian and other armed forces departments in the capital are all direct descendants.

As for the so-called Donglin gentlemen, they completely withdrew from the stage of history. Selling officials and honoring titles prevailed in the court.

For a while, the court hall was full of smoke and smoke, and the Ming court hall became Wei Zhongxian's one-person hall.

However, just like Wei Zhongxian in history, although he used vicious means to eradicate dissidents, he still cared about the soldiers on the nine sides. This guy obviously also wanted to learn from Ye Xun to control the army, so he not only greatly improved the frontier army The military salary treatment, and rewards to the frontier generals from time to time.

Soldiers don't have so many twists and turns, and they will support whoever treats them well. Under Wei Zhongxian's repeated offensives, Eunuch Wei's name has gradually become famous in the army.

After tidying up the civil and military officials in the court, Wei Zhongxian's eyes were fixed on those vassals of the Zhu family again, and the first one to go online was naturally Zhu Changxun, the king of blessings. ?

According to the plan of Wei Zhongxian and his senior counselors, an imperial decree was drafted in the name of the emperor to invite King Fu to come to Beijing to discuss matters. As long as King Fu came to Beijing, he would be labeled as violating the ancestral system and imprisoned.

This is a plan to throw stones and ask for directions. After Zhu Changxun is dealt with, if the other vassals do not respond, they will continue to attack other vassals until all Zhu's vassals are cut off. This is what people often call the strategy of cutting vassals.

It is undeniable that Wei Zhongxian's starting point is good, because the existence of vassal kings is a group of vampires lying on the empire. Eliminating these vampires will be of great benefit to the country and the people.

It's just that Wei Zhongxian still overestimated his own ability and underestimated Zhu Changxun's resistance.

Luoyang, Prince Fu's Mansion, Inner Study Room.

In the study, besides Zhu Changxun, there were two people dressed as scribes, one in his 30s, a handsome man named Zhang Mingguanchang, and the other in his 50s, a bloated man named Wei Mingshen.

These two are Zhu Changxun's right-hand men. Wei Shen is the chief history of the palace. He was supposed to look after Zhu Changxun for the court, but he was bought by Zhu Changxun long ago.

Zhang Guanchang is the expert Zhu Changxun invited back, resourceful and good at calculating.

On the table in front of Zhu Changxun was Wei Zhongxian's forged imperial edict to invite Zhu Changxun to Beijing.

"Two gentlemen, Huang Taiji has sent someone to deliver a letter. He will hold Ye Xun in Liaodong and ask me to make a decision as soon as possible. What do you think I should do?"

They are all the most confidant people, and it was their idea to collude with Huang Taiji, so Zhu Changxun didn't hide anything from the two of them.

"Congratulations, my lord, this is a god-given opportunity, don't miss it!"

Wei Shen was the first to jump out and agree. The old guy has the most selfishness. If Zhu Changxun can become the emperor, he will have the merit of being a dragon, and he will definitely have a bright future.

Seeing Zhu Changxun's eyes sweeping towards him, Zhang Guanchang also nodded and said: "Master Wei's words are not unreasonable. This is indeed a good opportunity, but there is also a problem, that is, our troops are insufficient. Although it is not very far to go to the capital, there are still many In the city, if we are entangled by the imperial army and wait for the arrival of Qin Wang's army from all over the place, I'm afraid it will end badly! This is not counting Ye Xun's Liaodong Army."

After hearing Zhang Guanchang's words, Zhu Changxun frowned and said, "You mean Huang Taiji will lose?"

Zhang Guanchang nodded and said: "My subordinates have studied Ye Xun's various battles in Liaodong. Since ancient times, wars are not all about the bravery of soldiers and the command of generals, but also logistics and other factors."

"Ye Xun is very popular in Liaodong, and the blockade against Jurchen is also very effective. As long as Ye Xun does not make any major mistakes in this battle, it will consume Huang Taiji to death."

Wei Shen interjected, "According to what you mean, should we just wait like this?"

Zhang Guanchang smiled slightly and said, "How does the lord think of Li Bingcheng's letter?"

Although Li Bingcheng killed two of his subordinates, when he mentioned Ye Xun again in his letter to Zhu Changxun, he did not address him as a eunuch like before, but added the title of Ye Gonggong.

This subtle change was noticed by Zhang Guanchang at the time, so he was sure that Li Bingcheng would either rebel again, or he was frightened by Ye Xun and dared not participate in the murder of Ye Xun anymore.

Zhu Changxun focused slightly, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and said: "You mean that Ye Xun is already dissatisfied with the little emperor, and will pretend that he doesn't know what the king is going to do?"

Zhang Guanchang stretched out his thumb and praised: "My lord is wise, if my prediction is right, Ye Xun will definitely sit and watch this righteous deed of my lord. Of course, my lord must also show enough sincerity."

Zhu Changxun frowned again. He had given Ye Xun a gift long ago, but the dead eunuch could only come in and out, and the cashier was not soft, but he didn't do anything for him, not to mention how hateful it was.

Zhang Guanchang obviously guessed what Zhu Changxun was thinking, and said with a smile: "Ye Xun is not short of money, what he needs is a title."

"Fame? Is it okay for this king to allow him to live in Liaodong forever?"

Everyone knows that Ye Xun is an eunuch, and this promise of Yongzhen Liaodong is like a fool, it has no nutrition at all.

"How about the King of Liaodong?"

Zhu Changxun was taken aback. Different surnames cannot be named kings. This is an ancestral system, not to mention that Ye Xun is still a eunuch.

Wei Shen on the side reacted, and clapped his hands in praise: "High, really high, use Houjue to win his heart first, and after the matter is completed, he will be abolished with an edict. Who will know what happened?"

When Wei Shen slapped his hands, Zhu Changxun was taken aback. After Wei Shen finished speaking, he understood immediately, but he still felt a little uneasy and said, "Will Ye Xun be fooled?"

Zhang Guanchang sighed secretly, he, the lord, was probably played into a psychological shadow by Ye Xun, so how could he be able to make a big deal out of such foresight?
He clasped his fists and said, "If the prince is not at ease, I would like to go to Liaodong to lobby Ye Xun in person."

Zhu Changxun shook his head like a rattle, and said: "Just find someone who can speak well. You can't live without you, the lonely king. This matter is settled. Immediately summon Luoyang civil and military officials. This king will go to Beijing to serve the king."

Following Zhu Changxun's order, the Luoyang area immediately moved.

Even though Zhu Changxun had not been in Luoyang for a long time, he was willing to spend money, and with a sugar-coated shell, he bribed all the civil and military officials around Luoyang.

And this has to be thanks to Wei Zhongxian. If he hadn't acted against the court, the civil and military officials in Luoyang would not have voted for Zhu Changxun almost one-sidedly. After all, during this period, Ming officials were still relatively loyal to the court.

Zhu Changxun did not raise troops immediately, but first sent an article to the world, in which he detailed Wei Zhongxian's ten crimes, such as deceiving the saints, killing Zhongliang, and so on.

At the end of the proclamation is a call to the world, calling on all civil and military officials loyal to the court to join him in crusade against Wei Zhongxian
(End of this chapter)