Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 901

Zhu Yihai felt very empty.

Even lonely.

He sat alone on the throne in the main hall of Qianqing Palace, overwhelmed by endless loneliness.

The incense smoke from the censer in the palace was curling up. The emperor closed his eyes, allowing himself to be swallowed up by the darkness. Just before he was about to be completely swallowed up, he struggled.

Opening his eyes, the emperor's eyes regained clarity and reason.

He still has a lot to do.

The emperor was plagued by diseases, his body was broken, it was blocked here and leaked there, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even wind disease, similar to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, wind dizziness, heavy head, and blurred eyesight in severe attacks See.

The imperial doctor said that the emperor was overworked. Since he started his army, he has taken care of everything. He even personally led the army to fight in the Northern Expedition. He worked day and night without a good rest. He had asthma himself, and later he suffered from diabetes. disease.

Zhu Yihai diagnosed it himself. He estimated that the wind disease was caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain caused by high blood pressure or even hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, or even a complication of diabetes.

There is no good medicine to lower the three highs, let alone cure asthma and diabetes. Now that the complications are serious, they can only be treated but not cured. They can only get worse day by day.

The effects of horseback riding and archery that he insisted on over the years are not obvious. Now even when he has a serious attack, he can only rely on an ancient prescription, which is the Byzantine tribute Diyega that Tang Gaozong Li Zhi once took. This is a tribute given to Tang Gaozong by Eastern Rome This kind of medicine is synthesized from many herbs. It is said to be a famous universal antidote for the Western Romans. It contains poppy ingredients, which can relieve pain and calm the nerves.

Tang Gaozong Li Zhi also suffered from wind disease, which was much more serious than Zhu Yihai in his later years. The imperial doctor was helpless to deal with the emperor's current illness, so he could only look through historical materials to find out this prescription.

This prescription has a short-term effect, and it is indeed a good painkiller. After drinking it, it can make people relax for a while, but the side effects are also obvious, and they will become more and more dependent. After taking it, they will even have hallucinations.

Zhu Yihai knew exactly what this thing was, but when the wind attack struck, he couldn't leave him.

When I got up, I felt light all over, my head didn't hurt anymore, my eyesight became better, and my mind was clearer than ever.

He has always been calm in front of outsiders. He doesn't want to show his bad side. When he suffers from pain, he will lock himself up.

It's just that it happens frequently now, and even makes him think he's going to die.

In the era without insulin, the emperor's thirst made his legs slack, with scabs all over his legs, and his eyes became blurred.

The Emperor of Ming, who was regarded as extremely wise by outsiders, was suffering a lot.

He also sometimes thinks, since God let him come, why didn't he give him more time?
Zhu Yihai in history could live to be over 40 years old, but now he is in worse condition?Or, even if he can live to be more than 40, it is just such a painful support?

Could it be that the king of Lu dragged such a sick and remnant body in history, traveled around in the turbulent Ming Dynasty, went into exile at sea and persisted in fighting against the Qing Dynasty, and finally died of Yuyu on Jinmen Island?

Putting aside his crutches, Zhu Yihai walked around the hall a few times.

Return to the throne.

He rang the bell.

The servant pushed open the door and entered.

"Let the prince come here."

The emperor looked at the mirror on one side. The self in the mirror was very energetic at this time. The bright yellow tuanlong robe added to the majesty of the emperor. His hair was neatly combed, but some of his hair was thin and fell out badly. He even had a lot of dyed hair. Hoarfrost.

The gray-haired emperor is old after all.

If you look closely, you can see some swelling on the face.

If God could give him another 30 years, the prince's footsteps interrupted the emperor's thoughts.

"No courtesy, come forward."

The prince saw the tray on his father's royal case, and there was a medicine pot there. He knew his father's condition very well, and also knew the effect of the western medicine he was using now, so he was very worried.

"Don't worry, you won't die for a while," Zhu Yihai beckoned his son to sit beside him, and poured him a cup of tea. "I saw Wu Weiye's memorial, as well as Huang Zongyan's and Lu Liuliang's. Are you keeping them?"

The prince got up and said respectfully: "Yes."

"What do you think?"

"Wu Weiye's impeachment of Ma Shiying, my minister has sent people to investigate secretly, and I plan to make a reply after the investigation."

"Confused!" Zhu Yihai shook his head.

He looked at the young prince, a little helpless, he was still too young, "Do you know what caused you to stay in the middle school and not send it? It led to Huang Zongyan and Lu Liuliang immediately impeaching Ma Shiying, and even Ruan Dacheng, Liu Kongzhao, Yang Wencong was impeached at the same time. Can't you see what this is going to do?
They have already directly shouted the slogan of eliminating traitors in the bullets.

This is another factional struggle, can't you see it? "

Wu Weiye is from Taicang, his ancestral home is Kunshan, he is known as the Three Great Masters of Jiangzuo, and he and Qian Qianyi used to be very famous literati in Jiangnan.Two of the three major families in Jiangzuo, one of them is Qian Qianyi.

Although Wu Weiye was younger, only in his 40s at this time, his poems are self-contained, and later known as Meicun style.

It is Wu Weiye's poem to be angry at the crown and become a beauty.

19-year-old Zhongxiucai, 21-year-old Zhongju, 22-year-old Jinshi, still Huiyuan, and then the palace examination was the second place. Some people said that there was a suspicion of fraud. After all, Wu Weiye was a student of Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe. Become one of the important leaders of the rehabilitation society.

However, after Chongzhen personally read Wu Weiye's original volume, he praised him for being upright and elegant, and his feet were cunning and extravagant.Since then, his official career has also been very smooth. He was first awarded the Hanlin editor, and after the Dian Huguang Township Examination, Chongzhen ten years, he has served as the Donggong Lecture Palace, and later moved to Nanjing Guozijian to be the secretary. Jin Zuo Zhongyun, Zuo Yude, and Zuo Shuzi There were constant party disputes, but his official career had been rising step by step, and he was always an important official.

His career path is actually very similar to that of today's Chief Assistant Wen Anzhi.

But when he saw the fierce party struggle, he resigned and returned to his hometown. During the Hongguang period, he was called to serve as Shao Zhan. After entering the court, he found that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were in power, and the fight with the Donglin Party became more intense. He stayed for only two months and repeatedly impeached Ma Ruan. After the result, he resigned angrily.

After Zhu Yihai raised the army, Wu Weiye, who lived in his hometown in Taicang, later fought against the Qing Dynasty together with his fellow countryman Gu Yanwu and others, and served in Susong.

This is the headmaster of the country's highest capital. He was originally a fourth rank, but Zhu Yihait was promoted to a third rank, becoming a noble minister in purple robe and jade belt.

Although Wu Weiye once resigned from office and returned to his hometown, he presided over the activities of the Southeast Cultural Society as a well-known member of the Fushe Society, and his reputation has grown even more. Although the emperor forbids associations, etc., this leader of the famous person of the Fushe Society is now serving as a sacrificial wine for the Imperial College, in Shilin The reputation is still very high.

After the criminal party case was over, he took the lead in impeaching Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, which aroused Zhu Yihai's vigilance.

In the past few years, Zhu Yihai has always been very vigilant and guarded against Donglin and Fushe, and even took the opportunity to engage in several major cases, convicting some famous Donglin and Fushe leaders of forming a party and treason. , to scare the chickens and monkeys.

The criminal party case that just ended previously attacked those who surrendered and surrendered to the thieves and betrayed the country. Among these people, there were also Donglin Fushe, but there were all kinds of forces in the late Ming Dynasty. The blows of those capitulators are liquidated.

In fact, Zhu Yihai has always relied most on the Yuanxun faction, of which the Jiangsu-Zhejiang faction is the core. Later, they also used a large number of surrender factions, and even those rogue bandits, etc., all united for their own use.

Now that the surrender faction has been purged, the Yuan Cong faction is not the only one.

Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying, Yang Wencong, Liu Kongzhao, Zheng Zhilong, and the five adopted sons of the emperor are actually not from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The emperor intentionally maintained the balance in the court.

The emperor likes to use traitors, treacherous ministers and corrupt ministers. He liquidates the capitulators at this time, and it’s not that he can’t tolerate these people’s betrayal and surrender. It’s just that the situation requires it. If he wants to retire, he will clean up a batch and give it to his son after taking over. Leaving the simpler situation, but also to rectify the source.

But it doesn't mean that he will be the same as Chongzhen at the beginning of his accession to the throne.

Ruan Dacheng is now a scholar of the Dongge University, Ma Shiying is the servant of the household department, and both women are still in Zhu Yihai's palace. For example, Ruan Dacheng's daughter is still a noble concubine, and his niece is a concubine De. They have given birth to five sons and six daughters for Zhu Yihai, and they are very favored.

Wu Weiye's identity is quite special. He is not only the leader of Fushe, but also a member of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Yuanxun faction. He has a very good relationship with Gu Yanwu in Kunshan, Huang Zongxi in Yuyao, etc., and also has a good relationship with Chen Zilong and Hou Fangyu, who were convicted and exiled by the emperor before.

In the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Faction, there are actually quite a few people from Donglin Fushe, especially in the area around Taihu Lake in Susong, which is the headquarters of Donglin Fushe. These people of common origin still vaguely belong to a group.

Compared with the Zhedong faction, which is more trusted by the emperor, it is also a major force among the heroes.

In fact, Zhu Yihai also intended to divide his Yuanxun faction, dividing them into civil and military, and even separated Wu Yue, and separated Donglin Fushe from non-Donglin Fushe, forming a more complicated situation, and did not make Yuanxun faction monolithic.

Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng and others were reused to balance the situation. After all, if the court is full of meritorious factions, then the situation may be out of balance just like Chongzhen’s Qianlong party using Donglin alone. When the crown prince succeeds, then these meritorious factions may not They will be loyal to the prince, and if they fail, they will be ostracized.

Now Wu Weiye took the lead in attacking Ma Shiying, and then Huang Zongyan and Lu Liuliang followed up. All three of them have Fushe background, and they have a common feature, that is, they are still working part-time in the East Palace.

"You are about to succeed to the throne. You can't just look at the surface of the problem, you have to look deeper. Wu Weiye's impeachment of Ma Shiying, is it that simple? No, it's not for personal reasons, it's because they want to set off a new party dispute , I want to drive the so-called traitors out of the court, I know you are closer to them, but don't forget, you are the prince now, you will be the emperor soon, the court has to maintain balance."

"Wu Weiye only thinks about the Donglin Fushe in the past, and he is still unwilling to change it. He even wants to use your influence to stir up party disputes. This is unforgivable. We must kill chickens to warn monkeys, and Huang Zongyan and Lu Liuliang is also a meritorious official, but he is also like this, he must be severely punished, otherwise, how can we stop it once it starts?"

Zhu Yihai was very angry.

Some people are always thinking about partisanship.

He picked up a piece of paper and gave it to the prince, which he had just written.

"Ma Luan is the commander of the Jinyi Guards."

Ma Luan is Ma Shiying's eldest son, and also Zhu Yihai's cheap brother-in-law. During the Hongguang Dynasty, Yin Jinyiwei inherited thousands of households and was given the command of Jinyiwei. He once escorted Hongguang to flee Wuhu, and successfully sent him to Huang Degong's camp all the way. He is a very brave guy, just like his father, even though he was defeated in the Battle of Wuhu, the wounded Ma Luan did not surrender. Escaped into the Yangtze River, and finally ran to the east of Zhejiang to find his father, he had already pulled up a team, gathered a lot of Ming troops from Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, pulled up a team, attacked the Qing army all the way, surrendered to the Ming army, As well as the bandits and bandits along the way, they fought all the way from Wuhu to the east of Zhejiang, which is very impressive.

But at this time, let him, who was stationed in the defense battalion in other provinces, return to Jinyiwei to serve as the commander of the third rank. This is the second most important position in Jinyiwei after the commander Ma Jixiang, and there are only two commanders in Jinyiwei.

Over there, Wu Weiye and others impeached Ma Shiying and the others, and here the emperor promoted Ma Luan to an important position as the commander of Jinyiwei, with an obvious attitude.

"Wu Weiye, Huang Zongyan, and Lv Liuliang lost their nationality to the people and exiled Kang, Wei, and Tibet respectively."

The prince was shocked.

"Will His Majesty forgive them once and give them a light sentence?"

"To kill chickens to warn monkeys, you have to kill a few chickens. Previously, Wu Weiye's in-law Chen Zhilin was included in the list of criminal officials. I have made a special order not to implicate Wu Weiye. He turned around and let me out here. How could I spare him lightly?" ? I only exiled him, did not chop off his head, did not confiscate his home, exiled his wife and children is considered a great kindness."

"Your Majesty, they are all heroes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they have worked hard..."

"Because they are heroes, I have to guard against them all the more. You can't open this hole. You have to remember, Ruan Dacheng, Ma Shiying and others, the treacherous and rebellious ministers Wu Weiye said, although they also have some problems such as corruption, but it is only a small detail. There are losses, and that is a thing of the past. There have been no such problems since this dynasty. In the most difficult time, they have never surrendered thieves and surrendered. These people have been tested, and in the past few years, I Reuse them, they have also shown enough drive and talent, much better than some old Donglin who only talk about righteousness, these people need to be used, and they must be protected."

"Ma Shiying's second son, Ma Xi, is now serving as the deputy admiral in the imperial army. He has a pretty good daughter. You can take him into the East Palace as a concubine. I decreed that Ma Xi should be transferred to another place as an admiral. Ruan Dacheng has no children, but he has a grand-niece as well." Very good, you are also included in the East Palace."

"You don't have to worry about the reaction of the Lu family, the Huang family, etc., this is just a small blow to them, and it is also a blow to all the heroes. Don't think that I have cleaned up the criminals, and they will forget about it.

After you take the throne, just calm them down a little bit. "

Zhu Yihai also told the prince one thing, that is, the crime he had previously convicted of the party, in fact, only killed dozens of people, and most of them were just demolished, exiled, or even demoted. They are still there, and they are also an important reserve force that Zhu Yihai intends to leave to the prince.

The prince can use these people at any time to fill them in suitable positions, and even use them to balance the forces of the DPRK and China.

The same is true for Wu Weiye and others. He beat them severely and exiled them. The prince can be called back later, so that they will not only learn a lesson, but also be grateful to the prince.

Taking advantage of his good spirits, Zhu Yihai patiently passed on his knowledge of imperial art to his son.

(End of this chapter)