Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 3 Things Zhu Houzhao Has Done
"I know about this matter. Let me think about it and talk about it tomorrow morning."

Zhu Houzhao said perfunctorily that it was impossible to let Jiao Fang go, he wanted the old guy to farm in Liaodong till he died.

"The old minister retire."

Li Dongyang couldn't guess all of Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, but he could also predict seven or eight points. This is an emperor who will never accept any compromise. What he doesn't give, others can't take the initiative to ask for it.

Most of Jiao Fang's affairs will not be accomplished, but he doesn't want to say anything more, as long as he brings his words, he is already a person with half a foot in the coffin, so there is no need to have conflicts with Zhu Houzhao.

"Liu Jin, send off elder Ge on my behalf."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and gave Liu Jin instructions.

"My lord, please."

Liu Jin sent Li Dongyang away, and returned to the leopard room not long after. Zhu Houzhao also had an extra dragon pattern embroidered spring knife in his hand. The blade was sharp and cold, and it was a rare treasure.

Zhu Houzhao swung the knife twice, and his cynical face suddenly became gloomy: "Liu Jin, tell me, did they really think of Jiao Fang's talent when they brought Jiao Fang back, or did they have other plans."

As a young emperor, what he can't stand most is someone provoking his authority. Jiao Fang's matter has long been settled, and now someone intends to mediate for him, which is a blatant slap in the face of him.

"My lord, Jiao Fang is just a dog with a broken spine, what a great talent to talk about. From the perspective of my servants, it is very likely that those people intend to take advantage of Jiao Fang's affairs to attack the emperor."

Liu Jin pointed to Guifang, the meaning was self-evident, Zhu Houzhao hadn't done anything for a long time, and the southern gentry group felt that they were doing it again, and wanted to wrestle with Zhu Houzhao.

Jiao Fang is just an excuse.

"I was able to suppress their unhealthy tendencies back then, but now they have no capital to fight me."

He sneered coldly, disdainful to the extreme, the tricks of the southern gentry group might have caused him some trouble when he first came to power, but now, he can throw all the gentry in Jiangnan to Liaodong to farm in the blink of an eye.

"A group of maggots dare to oppose the emperor, they simply don't know how to live or die."

Liu Jin also sneered with disdain. As Zhu Houzhao's number one henchman, he has helped Zhu Houzhao with many important things. He knows Zhu Houzhao's methods better than anyone else. The Jiangnan gentry group, even if they have a few hundred brains, they don't want to play with Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne at a young age, and his foundation in the court is shallow. Inside, there are the queen mother who controls the harem, and outside the cabinet, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang control the government. Few people take Zhu Houzhao seriously.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao could be said to be a mascot sitting on the Fengtian Temple as a symbol of Ming Dynasty.

However, even in such a difficult situation, Zhu Houzhao rose up at an incredible speed, grasped a few knives in the hands of the Emperor Ming, actively appointed Jinyiwei, the two factories in the east and the west, and regained his rights from the queen mother and the three giants of the cabinet. .

After that, Zhu Houzhao went all the way, expelled Liu Jian and Xie Qian, boldly appointed Wang Shouren, carried out reforms, controlled the nine border troops, developed the land of Liaodong, suppressed the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, pacified the coastal pirates, captured the Fusang Kingdom, and defeated the small Mongolian army. Prince, end the nearly 200-year dispute between Ming Dynasty and the Grassland.

Zhu Houzhao's achievements are obvious to all, and he has never killed a hero, no matter whether it is an important official of the court or a gentry, but whoever commits a crime is only sent to Liaodong to farm. Zhu Houzhao has never killed a single person.

Even Zhu Chenhao, king of Ning who was provoked by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to rebel, Zhu Houzhao didn't kill him. Now he is still working hard in Liaodong to farm the land, and provides three meals a day with delicious food and drink.

From the perspective of the emperor, Zhu Houzhao is indeed a very capable and promising monarch, but from the perspective of the clan, nobles, and gentry, Zhu Houzhao is an out-and-out tyrant.

Cut the royal salary, deprive the vassals of their land at will, and let the noble gentry go to Liaodong to farm land. Which emperor has done this throughout the ages?
Zhu Houzhao's reputation has never been good under the influence of noble gentry, such absurd hats as favoring eunuchs, being tyrannical, mean and merciful, and even liking men are all put on Zhu Houzhao's head.

But no matter what, Liu Jin's fear of Zhu Houzhao was extremely strong. At the beginning of Zhu Houzhao's ascension, he even thought about being the second Wang Zhen and tasting what it would be like to be nine thousand years old.

However, after seeing Zhu Houzhao's methods, he dispelled all thoughts, honestly worked for Zhu Houzhao, acted as Zhu Houzhao's loyal dog leg, and dared not have any bad thoughts.

His old and cunning Liu Jin is like this, not to mention that group of Jiangnan gentry who look very educated but are actually stupid. If they want to fight Zhu Houzhao, they are just looking for their own death.

"Let Dongchang check it out, I want to see what they can do this time!"

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, completely disregarding the Jiangnan gentry, his current goal is not limited to unifying the world in his lifetime, he wants to fight outside the world.

The appearance of the mysterious space gave him hope. Lifespan, space, time, and latitude are no longer the key factors that restrain him. There is no need for him to continue playing with the gentry nobles who hinder him. Unify the world as soon as possible. He also hopes to start a new career as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Liu Jin responded, and then thought of something, and said something: "Your Majesty, yesterday the Queen Mother sent someone to send a message, saying that she has something important to discuss with Your Majesty."

"The queen mother?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, his relationship with the queen mother is not very good, what do you want to do with him all of a sudden?
In order to establish his prestige, he sent his two uncles to Liaodong to farm, which caused a tense relationship between mother and child. He hadn't seen each other for a long time. Now he suddenly sent someone to talk to him about something, which made him a little at a loss. .

"Forget it, let's go see you!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao decided to meet Queen Mother Zhang. After all, she was the only wife of his father, Emperor Hongzhi, his old mother.

Inserting the dragon pattern embroidered spring knife into the scabbard and hanging it on his waist, Zhu Houzhao immediately took Liu Jin to Kunning Palace. Zhu Houzhao did not establish a queen, and this Kunning Palace has always been lived by Queen Mother Zhang.

Along the way, Zhu Houzhao's hand never left the handle of the knife. He has experienced many times over the years and is used to this action. Once an assassin is assassinated, he can draw the knife at any time to deal with it.

His martial arts are also very good. In the first battle to pacify Beiyuan, he personally beheaded the fierce and brave little prince of Beiyuan. With what he did, he was able to live safely to this day. His martial arts can be said to be indispensable without.

As the residence of the Empress Dowager of Ming Dynasty, Kunning Palace is magnificently decorated and magnificent, but Zhu Houzhao has no intention of admiring it. He has stayed in the Forbidden City for many years, and he is tired of seeing the beautiful scenery. He took Liu Jin straight to Kunning Palace. The main hall of Ning Palace.

(End of this chapter)