Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 342 The Man of Chaos
"Things are getting harder and harder to clean up, and the people below are making a lot of trouble..."

In the capital city and Mingshi Square, when Shi Fenglai said to Yao Zongwen with a headache, Yao Zongwen frowned and said:

"Tell them not to listen to the quarrel. If they start a quarrel, Zhu Youjian will be caught, and then it will be another big case!"

As he spoke, he put the teacup in his hand on the table next to him, and said at the same time:
"Then Wei Zhongxian is really as timid as a mouse. Cui Chengxiu has been to the Supervisor of Rites no less than three times during this period, right?"

"I went there five times, but each time I returned disappointed. As I said earlier, there are few eunuchs who are courageous. Then Wei Zhongxian dare not betray Long Live, let alone face Zhu Youjian." Shi Fenglai held up the teacup, He took a sip lightly.

"Tang Binyin and others have all submitted their resignations, and Wansui has approved them all. Right now, only you and I will submit in the temple."

As Yao Zongwen said, his heart was inexplicably agitated. After all, he was just a pawn of Fang Congzhe and others back then, but now he has to deal with Zhu Youjian, who even Fang Congzhe and others can't deal with.

"Zhu Youjian didn't go to Beijing, I think he was going to see the situation in Beijing." Shi Fenglai stroked his beard, put down his teacup and continued:
"He knows that if he returns to the capital, all the officials will have to bow their heads, and the matter will naturally not cause much trouble."

"Right now he is stopping in Baoding, more than two hundred miles away from the capital, he can come here at any time, or he can just watch from the sidelines."

"It's just that this is not in line with his past style. With his style, he shouldn't put pressure on Wanzai."

Shi Fenglai was a little puzzled, but someone walked into the meeting hall at this time, but Shi Fenglai looked up at Yao Zongwen with a frown: "You invited me?"

"I invited you here..." After Yao Zongwen responded, he looked up at the visitor and said:

"Feng Boheng, if you don't have business to do, don't blame the old man for chasing guests!"

Yao Zongwen's words revealed the identity of the person who came, and following his words, this person also walked into the hall slowly, and bowed to the two of them:

"Boheng met the two gentlemen..."

When the man bowed and raised his head, he revealed a young face in his early thirties, and facing him, Shi Fenglai said unkindly:
"If you don't go to your Eunuch Wei, why did you come to us?"

The reason why Shi Fenglai divided you and me is also because they basically turned a blind eye to Cui Chengxiu's summons these days, and the Wenhua Palace also ignored Cui Chengxiu's proposal.

This attitude of parting ways is obvious, and even Cui Chengxiu was so angry that he went home many times and smashed things.

In this situation, Feng Shuan, Wei Zhongxian's number one military adviser, should not have appeared in this kind of place.

Feng Shuan, for those who are not familiar with the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, he may not be well-known.

But if you look carefully, this person can be said to be a shit-stirring stick in the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty.

During the most intense struggle between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party during the Tianqi period, he fought against the Donglin Party members and other courtiers.

When the party struggle was intensified, he even wrote to Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing, telling Wei Zhongxian that his power in the outer court could be guaranteed, and instigated Wei Zhongxian to "execute the court staff and build a big prison" to establish his prestige.

Under the planning of Feng Quan and other confidantes of Wei Zhongxian, Yang Lian and many others died tragically one after another.

Later, with the support of Wei Zhongxian, he tricked Tianqi with a smooth tongue, and then served as the chief assistant of the cabinet at the age of thirty.

Cui Chengxiu's position was replaced by him, and he directly became the highest official position of the eunuch party in the outer court.

After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, he enlisted Zhou Yanru, Wei Dezao and others to prepare for his recovery. Fortunately, Chongzhen was not stupid and did not use him.

In the end, his choice also proved that Chongzhen was correct in not using him, because when the Qing army entered the customs, he decisively chose to join the Qing Dynasty and entered the Third Inner Court to assist in maintenance.

People such as Dorgon, Shunzhi and others were coaxed by his eloquent tongue. He served the five emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties all his life, and finally died in the 11th year of Kangxi, and was given the posthumous title of Wenmin.

If Qianlong hadn't included him in the second edition of "The Biography of Two Officials" decades later and pursued his posthumous posthumous title, maybe this old boy would have gained both fame and fortune.

A person who can jump to such a level, and still dies, enjoying fame and fortune, if Feng Shuan didn't have two brushes, he would naturally not be able to survive the many party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty.

Facts have also proved that at the age of 32, he made a very good suggestion in the face of a situation that neither Yao Zongwen nor Shi Fenglai could handle.

"Wei Changgong has two ends. Although I am grateful for his kindness to me, I can't obey him blindly."

"Come here to look for the two gentlemen right now, just for the matter of "Officials' Dinglu"."

"Long live and the King of Qi have already made up their minds about "Officials' Dinglu", and the old man and others will not speak out anymore..." Shi Fenglai saw Feng Shuan's careful thinking, and did not reveal their anxiety.

But facing his words, Feng Shuan bowed with a smile and said:

"The two gentlemen are not worried, but the people below are as anxious as ants on a hot pan."

"If they do something to jointly go to the sparse, I am afraid that the two gentlemen will be implicated in the end..."

"..." Feng Shuan's words made Shi Fenglai and Yao Zongwen frown. They were indeed afraid of being implicated by some idiot officials of the Zhejiang Party, but this did not mean that they would give in to Feng Shuan.

However, a person like Feng Shuan, who is good at dancing long sleeves, would naturally not use threats to offend others to achieve his goals, so he bowed politely:

"It's very simple to solve this matter. The two of you can use Cui Chengxiu's help to transfer some officials in Beijing to other places."

"Anyway, the king of Qi is currently involved in a big case, and the prison is issued. There are gaps in the yamen everywhere. It is not difficult to resettle some people."

"The only difficulty is that after they are resettled, they will definitely be noticed by Jin Yiwei, and once they commit corruption in the local area, they will inevitably implicate the entire East Zhejiang..."

"However, the two gentlemen should know how to warn them better than the students."

Feng Shuan didn't stop talking, and Yao Zongwen also thought it was a good idea after hearing it.

"It's very simple to say, but after they are sent abroad, they can still go to the eunuch for Long Live." Shi Fenglai poured cold water on Yao Zongwen, but Feng Shuan said with a smile:

"It's also very simple, just find something for them to do so that they don't have to worry about it."

"Looking for something to do?" Shi Fenglai frowned, and Feng Shuan continued:

"Zhejiang was hit by seawater flooding and not one or two places. It is reasonable to give up the position of Beijing officials to Yanshan officials to compete for Zhejiang. It is reasonable to make Zhejiang's management as solid as gold."

"Zhejiang has one-fifth of the people in my Ming Dynasty, and one-quarter of my students in Ming Dynasty."

"Once Zhejiang is won over, even if the king of Qi wants to choose the two in the future, he still needs to consider the thoughts of the people of Zhejiang..."

"He will consider the thoughts of the people?" Shi Fenglai sneered. In his opinion, many heroes throughout the ages have said "love the people", but in fact they are just shouting slogans.

Love the people today, massacre the city tomorrow, it's all like this, only a few people restrain military discipline, but it's the same with the common people.

Zhu Youjian shouted the slogan of loving the people, and still reduced and exempted miscellaneous land taxes, but it was all for the rule of his Zhu family.

But the facts proved that Shi Fenglai didn't know Zhu Youjian at all, and he was not even as good as Feng Shuan in terms of understanding Zhu Youjian.

"Hehe..." Facing Shi Fenglai's words, Feng Shuan laughed softly:
"Throughout the ages, anyone who has the heart of an emperor really doesn't care about the opinions of the people, but I would like to ask you two gentlemen, do you think His Highness King Qi has the heart of being an emperor?"

"This..." Feng Shuan's words stopped Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai in an instant.

Does Zhu Youjian have the heart to call himself emperor?In fact, they already have the answer to this question, but they don't want to believe it.

People always think of their opponents in the worst direction. Although they are logically speaking, Zhu Youjian doesn't seem to have the intention of claiming the emperor, but Yao Zongwen and the others are still unwilling to admit it.

The reason is simple, they all use their own perspective to consider the problem, and they all think that if they are Zhu Youjian, they will inevitably drive Zhu Youxiao from the throne when the time is right, and rule the world by themselves.

Does Zhu Youjian have this strength?no one suspects...

"If Zhu Youjian had the heart to proclaim himself emperor, Long Live would have been kicked out of the throne long ago and imprisoned in Nangong..."

Feng Shuan talked eloquently: "What bargaining chip does Long Live have right now? The officials are not on his side, and the generals are not on his side. It is the power of taxation, which is also managed by Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, and Bi Ziyan promoted by His Royal Highness King Qi. "

"The group of people in the Five Armies Commander's Mansion, as well as Yanshan officials, dreamed of dying suddenly, and then pushed their Highness King Qi to take the throne because the young master couldn't control the world."

"As long as His Royal Highness King Qi shows a little bit of interest in the throne, Long Live's head will hang high on the Daming Gate without him opening his mouth..."

What Feng Shuan said was rebellious, but everyone knew that the status of Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao had actually changed.

If it is said that four years before Tianqi, what Zhu Youjian did still needed to rely on Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao needed to support him. Four years after Tianqi, in fact, it was Zhu Youjian who was supporting Zhu Youxiao up.

"Three Guards of the Imperial City, General Han..."

"Can these really be controlled by Long Live? I'm afraid it's the five thousand clean troops, Long Live can't control them, right?"

Feng Shuan counted Zhu Youxiao's embarrassing situation in detail, and the expressions of Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai were also intriguing.

However, Feng Shuan did not stop at this, but continued to say: "In the current situation, if King Qi hadn't valued friendship, he would have sat on the throne long ago."

"Students do not deny that His Royal Highness King Qi is a man of great talent and boldness, and he does not deny that His Royal Highness King Qi is good at governing the country, and he is good at every step..."

"Of course, these are only some of His Royal Highness Qi's traits, but these traits cannot suppress the minds of the people below after all."

"What do you two think is the reason why His Royal Highness King Qi can suppress the group of arrogant soldiers in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion..."

Without giving Yao Zongwen and the others a chance to think, Feng Shuan raised two fingers:
"His Royal Highness King Qi is good at nothing more than two words... able to fight!"

"Feng Boheng, aren't you joking?" Yao Zongwen had worked in the military department at any rate, and in his opinion, Zhu Youjian only won wars by quantity and overwhelmed others by force.

It's just that his self-confidence was completely wrong in Feng Shuan's eyes. Facing Yao Zongwen's questioning, Feng Shuan shook his head and chuckled lightly:
"The battle of Shen Liao can still be said to be based on the luck of His Royal Highness King Qi, and the battle of Fu Liao can also be said to be based on quantity, but the two of you may have forgotten the suppression of the White Lotus Sect rebellion in the second year of Tianqi, and the subsequent battle of reconciliation , the second North Sweep campaign?"

"The White Lotus Sect rebelled. Although the four cavalry guards of Shangzhi were elite, King Qi defeated 20 rebels in less than half a month. If the rebels were not used to coerce the feudal vassals to accept innovation, I am afraid that 20 days would be enough for the [-] rebels. Wan rebels were killed twice."

"Throughout the ages, if the number of rebels exceeds 3 people, who can capture many thieves alive with less than [-] people in just half a month?"

"Only in this battle, His Royal Highness Qi Wang can be called a 'power', and this year, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is only 13 years old..."

"Let's talk about the battle of the second battle. In name, my 15 troops from the Ming Dynasty encircled and suppressed the [-] cavalry of the three major groups of captives. But in fact, both of you should know about it, right?"

Feng Shuan seemed to be tired, so he sat on the chair next to him and continued:

"Although Sun Chuanting did not repeat the strategy, he was only responsible for intercepting the captives in Xitao. It was the [-] cavalry led by His Royal Highness King Qi who really defeated Su Nang and Huo Luochi."

"Defeat [-] captive cavalry with [-], and the time is only [-] days. Even Han Baiwei and Huo can't fight at such a speed."

"In this battle, His Royal Highness Qi Wang can be called a 'conspiracy', and this year, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is only 16 years old..."

"Let's talk about the second battle of sweeping the north. Although the main force has more than 4 soldiers from the eight guards, the number of soldiers from the northern captives going south is less than [-]. Only more than [-] to [-] soldiers and horses really fought against the northern captives."

"From a young age, it is normal to win this battle, but from a general perspective, His Highness is simultaneously commanding the Liaodong Eastern Army's Governor's Mansion and Shangzhi's Governor's Mansion, while simultaneously fighting Jianlu and Beilu."

"At the time when the right time, place and people are on the other side, His Highness has already taken the lead in repelling the tiger and rabbit pier with lightning speed, and then crossed the Harawin Mountains to defeat Auba, allowing Huang Taiji to return without success."

"In addition, Xiong Tingbi and others in the east took Yidong River City, this battle can be called "Yin Yang", and His Highness is only 17 years old."

"There are four factions in military strategists, which are military tactics, military yin and yang, military situation, and military skills. Your Highness has fought three factions in only three battles."

Speaking of this, Feng Shuan continued: "Armor, riding blunderbuss, infantry blunderbuss, logistics, General Yanshan's cannon, these are military skills..."

"That is to say, His Royal Highness King Qi is familiar with the four factions of the military family, and this is the reason why the generals of the five armies' governor's mansion can be suppressed."

"It is said that those who are good at fighting do not have great achievements. From the eyes of outsiders, it seems that His Highness has more people than fewer people, but in fact, whenever His Highness King Qi personally leads the army, he always hits more with less."

"Every battle is fought without hindrance, but every battle can be won. The key is that after every battle, people can't see the depth of His Highness King Qi."

"Even though Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting were in distress when they faced the Jian captives, His Royal Highness went on three expeditions in person, and each time there were no problems with supplies, vanguards, or marching. .”

"The old servant still had the disastrous defeat of being besieged in the Liao Dynasty, but when His Highness was in distress, did you ever have it?"

Feng Shuan said the key point of Zhu Youjian in one sentence, that is, he felt that Zhu Youjian fought very hard in every battle, but in fact Zhu Youjian never had the thrilling experience of being in prison.

This can easily create an illusion, or fear, for those who know the soldiers, that is, Zhu Youjian has not dealt with any battle seriously so far.

This is actually a fact, because even if these few battles are not counted, and the battle of the Liao Dynasty is included, it can be clearly recalled that Zhu Youjian was on the front line, but his thoughts and methods have been used in the capital and the war. above the temple.

What kind of existence is this?
One is commanding the battle on the front line, but still has spare energy to control the court and control the temple after the war.

For this point, there is no one in the current Ming Dynasty who has this ability, and there are few people in history who can do it.

This is also the lesson Zhu Youjian learned from Xiong Tingbi and others.

It is not enough to fight the war well, you must first get rid of the politics behind it.

During the Battle of the Liao Dynasty, Zhu Youjian's methods were still immature, and the military rations and gunpowder were mobilized by the civil servants, but the situation at that time was still under his control.

When it came time to repeat the campaign and sweep the North, there was almost no one who could make trouble for him, because before the expedition, Zhu Youjian laid the groundwork for their party struggle.

As long as the party struggle starts, they will have no time to hinder Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian can also concentrate on fighting, and even be distracted to control the court.

After thinking this through, the faces of Yao Zongwen and others were not very good-looking, and Feng Shuan continued:

"The five-army governor's mansion is full of people who know how to fight. Except for Huanglong's rebellion, which will make His Royal Highness Qi feel a little troublesome, the rest of the governors dare to rebel, and they will be put down in just ten months."

"Want to add yellow robes to others, but he is still a person who doesn't want to criticize yellow robes. Unless he can do something that makes this person unresponsive, all plots will be cracked by this person."

"The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and Yanshan officials want to push His Royal Highness King Qi to take the throne. His Highness King Qi really doesn't know?"

"No... According to the students, His Highness knew about it a long time ago, but he has been pretending to be stupid."

"If the matter is exposed, it will be of no benefit to anyone, and many people will lose their jobs because of it."

"Currently, the Commander's Mansion of the Five Armies cannot recruit so many people to take over the positions of the Commander and the Commander-in-Chief. Your Highness's pretending to be stupid is actually to stabilize the court."

"Speaking of which, the two gentlemen still think that His Royal Highness King Qi wants to sit on the throne..."

"Hmph!" Yao Zongwen snorted coldly, "Some things are not about whether you want to or not, but whether the form is right or not."

"Sir, what you said is not wrong..." Feng Shuan nodded with a smile, a gleam of coldness flashed in his eyes and said:

"His Royal Highness King Qi is a person who loves the people, and if he wants to love the people, he must maintain a relatively stable court."

"The person who is stabilizing the court right now is King Qi on the surface, but in fact he is Long Live..."

"If Long Live leaves first, then His Royal Highness King Qi will not be able to supervise the country as a regent, and it is impossible for Long Live to let His Highness King Qi be a regent to supervise the country."

Feng Shuan gave a possibility, and after Yao Zongwen and two heard about this possibility, both of them frowned.

If Zhu Youxiao died, it would be impossible for Zhu Youjian to be the regent and supervise the country, and it was impossible for Zhu Youxiao to let Zhu Youjian be the regent and supervise the country.

This sentence is a bit of a mouthful, but it is not difficult to understand.

First of all, it is impossible for Zhu Youjian to be the regent and supervisor of the country, and Zhu Youxiao's refusal to let him be the regent and supervisor of the country is actually for one thing, that is, to protect Zhu Youxiao's flesh and blood.

If Zhu Youxiao dies, then the Five Armies Governor's Mansion, Yanshan officials, and Huangdian, and the people all over the world will riot, because Zhu Ciran is too young, and youth often represents instability.

In the eyes of all the officials, the current Zhu Youxiao is all due to Zhu Youjian's outstanding achievements, and there is actually no way to deter the officials.

But in the eyes of the common people, it was because the Holy Son of Heaven commanded properly and applied the virtuous king to achieve such a great record.

The common people think that the current situation of governing the world was created by Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youjian is just a helper.

But in the eyes of all the officials, if the current governance of the world is to be divided, then the credit is one stone, Zhu Youjian monopolizes seven dou, Yanshan officials one dou, the five armies' governor's mansion one dou, and the emperor one dou.

Zhu Youjian killed Zhu Youxiao, and the reputation of murdering his brother and usurping the throne will never escape, and the people will miss and feel sorry for Zhu Youxiao.

But if Zhu Youxiao died of a normal illness, and Zhu Youjian and Zhu Ciran were left in the situation, Zhu Ciran's legitimacy would be fart.

The proud soldiers of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the proud students of Yanshan officials don't want a person who is not as senior as Zhu Youjian, and who is not as capable and prestige as Zhu Youjian to ride on their heads.

The final outcome is that as long as Zhu Youjian is not the emperor, then the following people have a group of ways to make Zhu Youjian the emperor.

Legitimacy?As long as all the heirs of the first emperor died young, wouldn't the legitimacy be on King Qi's side?

Both Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian can see this, so if Zhu Youxiao dies of illness, the first thing he will do is to give Zhu Youjian legitimacy, that is, "brother ends up with brother".

Only when legitimacy is given to Zhu Youjian, then his heirs will have no chance of threatening Zhu Youjian, and the governor's office of the Five Armies and Yanshan officials will let them survive.

It was indeed beyond Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai's imagination that Feng Shuan could raise this point, but they were still a little puzzled.

"Even though Zhu Youjian cares about the hearts of the people, but he knows his own weaknesses, how could he allow us to seize the opportunity?"

Shi Fenglai was puzzled when he asked, even if Feng Shuan proved that Zhu Youjian cared about the hearts of the people, it was impossible for them to easily place people back to Zhejiang.

Judging from Zhu Youjian's intelligence, he must know what his weakness is, so it is impossible for him to let the Zhejiang Party seize this opportunity.

"If you want to seize the opportunity, you must create something that disturbs Zhu Youjian's mind..."

Feng Shuan looked at the two of them, and they also frowned.

One thing that can make Zhu Youjian, a person like Zhu Youjian who has collapsed in front of him and his face remains unchanged, confused, this kind of thing can't be imagined by the two of them...

"This matter is very difficult..." Looking at the faces of Yao Zongwen and the two of them, Feng Shuan stood up, straightened his Taoist robe, and then walked towards the two:
"It took a lot of time for students to think about this matter, and speaking of this matter, it is thanks to His Royal Highness Qi himself..."

After finishing speaking, Feng Shuan put a book on the table between the two of them, and the two subconsciously looked over it, only to see four big characters written in official script on the cover of the book.

"Yanshan Medicine"...

(End of this chapter)