Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 536 The Last Clan Rebellion

The north was in complete chaos.

The north here does not refer to the north of the Ming Dynasty, nor does it refer to the Oara, but the combination of the two.

In fact, no matter which dynasty it is, it will inevitably go through a process from prosperity to decline. Some dynasties may have a ZTE, such as the Zhaoxuan ZTE in the Western Han Dynasty, but the general direction is the same.

There are many reasons for this, but they can basically be classified into two reasons.

The first reason is the human heart.

After experiencing the period from the founding of the country to prosperity, people's lives will gradually change from war to comfort. At this time, people's ideas will change from the simplest survival to complicated.

The thinking of the people at the bottom will gradually change from the simplest survival to having enough food, clothing, and enough food every year, or even more.

The idea of ​​a businessman will also gradually expand from simply protecting his family and property in troubled times to having more wealth.

The ones who have the greatest impact are undoubtedly officials.

For officials, the dynasty is the soil where they take root and thrive, so the ideas of the officials at the time of the founding of the country were relatively simple.

To sum up, there are two points. The first is to stabilize one's position, which is a stable dynasty in disguise. The second is to climb up as much as possible and strive for the influence of descendants.

But after the dynasty was established and life became comfortable, officials slowly put the struggle for power first.

Of course, whether it is ordinary people, businessmen or officials, only part of the state of mind and behavior has changed, although it may be the vast majority.

Among the groups of common people, businessmen and officials, it is undoubtedly the officials whose changes are the most harmful.

At the same time, this change will also spread in a radial pattern from the center of power, which is the capital of the dynasty.

During the period when King Wu's line left Shuntian, the changes in the north were the most obvious, while the south was relatively better, especially in Yunnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, which were greatly influenced by Xiangzhou Prefecture. The changes can be said to be the smallest.

As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Shuntian Mansion was also the center of power, and the changes were undoubtedly the most obvious.

Jin Yi Wei Zhao prison.

The orthodox prison, which had been relatively empty for more than ten years, became overcrowded in less than three months.

Within half a month, Chen Xun, together with the cabinet, six ministries, and the defenders who stayed in Shuntian Prefecture before Zhu Zhanhe's expedition, had almost completed the elimination of corrupt officials in the Zhengtong Dynasty.

It is impossible to catch them all in one go. In the past 5000 years, no emperor of any dynasty dared to say that the fish slipped through the net in this matter.

However, many things do not actually need to be perfect, because you can often get what you want before doing so.

"You're quite brave." Chen Xun sat on the chair brought over by Jin Yiwei and looked at the people inside through the cell door.

However, the people inside did not respond to him, and he was greeted by endless silence.

"Cao Jixiang." Not getting the response he expected, Chen Xun spoke again.

"Silence is useless. You should know that since I asked someone to arrest you, there is sufficient evidence."

"Moreover, even if we take a step back, I can let someone take you away without sufficient evidence. As for why... you, the eunuch who is responsible for the rituals and the supervisor, should understand."

"If you don't even understand this, then you can only say you are lucky to have climbed to this height."

"I know..." After hearing what Chen Xun said, Cao Jixiang spoke slowly.

"It can only be said that time and destiny..."

"if……"

"Stop it!" Chen Xun interrupted Cao Jixiang impatiently.

He didn't come here today to listen to Cao Jixiang's arguments, nor did he come to argue with Cao Jixiang. He came with a very clear purpose.

"Haha..." As if sensing Chen Xun's impatience, Cao Jixiang suddenly laughed.

The torture he had endured in the previous interrogation, coupled with the gloomy environment of the prison, and the eunuch's unique and weird voice, made Cao Jixiang's laughter suddenly become eerie.

"His Majesty passed away, and we will never have the chance to come back again..."

"I know that whether I say it or not, my ending will be the same, so why should I say it?"

Chen Xun was stunned when he heard this, but then he stopped laughing.

Cao Jixiang's words were beyond his expectation. In fact, this is not because Chen Xun despised Cao Jixiang, but in the early Ming Dynasty, or in most dynasties, officials despised the eunuch group.

The same goes for Chen Xun.

Originally, he thought that Cao Jixiang was just a eunuch. Although he had reached the level of being a ceremonial supervisor and setting up eunuchs, that was just because the empress dowager was not good at government affairs but insisted on showing off. In addition, the orthodox emperor was young and was given to him by Wang Zhen. Confused thinking.

The history of Cao Jixiang's fortune is closely related to Wang Zhen.

But now it seems that although Cao Jixiang is a disabled person, his backbone... well, that's not quite right. It should be said that he still has the determination to pull people into trouble.

Unlike people like Chen Boring, who gave up everything before they were sentenced.

"Alas..." Chen Xun shook his head slightly, not planning to fight with Cao Jixiang.

"Ye Shangshu..."

After waving, Chen Xun turned around and walked towards the exit of the prison.

He was the chief assistant of the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. If Cao Jixiang had not been involved in other matters, he would not have come in person. He would only have to wait in the Ministry of Personnel for the results of Ye En, the minister of the Ministry of Justice.

However, more than half a month ago, more than a dozen people left Shuntian Mansion. At that time, because the Ming Dynasty was defeated and the emperor was captured, many people fled, wanting to go to the relatively more stable south.

Therefore, those who took advantage of the chaos to leave Shuntian Mansion were not noticed.

It was not until Chen Xun and his people began to purge the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty that they discovered that Cao Qin, one of the adopted sons of Cao Jixiang, the eunuch in charge of rituals, was no longer in Shuntian Mansion.

Chen Xun felt that something was not right at that time, and immediately sent people to investigate. Finally, it was discovered that Cao Qin left after meeting Cao Jixiang once, and did not go in a straight line, but first went south and then made a large detour. We went to Xuanfu Town.

Then... it couldn't be found, because the Ming Dynasty has not been able to control the grassland in these years, otherwise it would not have allowed Wala to cross the Onan River, or even fight all the way to the Ming Dynasty and capture the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After leaving Xuanfu Town, for Ming Dynasty, it was outside the customs. Instead of going through all the trouble to investigate, Chen Xun chose to inform Zhu Zhanhe of the news.

The purpose of interrogating Cao Jixiang is to understand certain people's plans as soon as possible and respond as quickly as possible.

Besides, do you really think that Chen Xun can't guess what the person behind it wants to do?

When things got to this point, what else could that person do?Are there any options?

In fact, what Chen Xun didn't know was that this time, he really guessed wrong.

He guessed the ending, but not the process.

……

Shuntianfu, Wumanyi.

Wuman Station was the place where the Ming Dynasty entertained envoys from other countries, but for today's daimyo, the Wuman Station is no longer of much use, because fewer and fewer countries have worshiped the Ming Dynasty over the years.

It’s not that the strength and prestige of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as before, but because there are fewer and fewer countries besides the Ming Dynasty.

In this era, advanced civilizations were basically concentrated in the Eurasian continent, and outside the Eurasian continent, there was probably only one Mayan civilization that was relatively advanced.

However, being advanced does not mean being developed, nor does it mean being powerful.

As far as Central America is concerned, the lack of sufficient minerals can severely restrict the further development of the Mayan civilization.

Therefore, in the past few years, fewer and fewer people have visited the Ming Dynasty to worship. Every year, they are basically the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Oara, Balni Kingdom and Ryukyu Kingdom, which Zhu Zhanhe has never set foot on.

However, Wumanyi, which has not been occupied by anyone for a long time, is different this year.

"His Royal Highness, have you really thought about it?"

Yang Shan's face was gloomy, looking at Li in front of him, his tone was very unfriendly.

"You are wrong, Minister Yang." Li was not surprised that the expression on Yang Shan's face changed from kind to gloomy, and he spoke calmly.

"North Korea has always been a dependent country of the Ming Dynasty. Now that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has passed away, we are also deeply saddened. But because of this, what King Qin said is even more nonsense."

"If the Ming Dynasty does not establish a new king as soon as possible, North Korea may not be able to obey the orders of others at will, or even step into the territory of the suzerain country."

"This is a crime of great disrespect."

"You...hum!" Seeing that Li was not moved, Yang Shan snorted coldly and left with a puff of sleeves.

Not only is North Korea's ambitions known to the world, but basically everything that needs to be known is known, otherwise Zhu Zhanhe would not have made a special trip to North Korea when he went north.

But now, Li, the prince, pretends to be a submissive minister. Who the hell believes this?

Isn't it just that Zhu Zhanhe, who is known as the God of Killing, has taken control of the situation and is very likely to become the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he has to tuck his tail in advance?

However, Yang Shan had no choice.

At present, the three major battalions have been taken away by Zhu Qizhen, who originally insisted on conquering the army personally, and are almost completely destroyed by the Liangzhou Guards. There is no power left in Beijing that can be mobilized by the old party.

Besides, if the garrison troops left behind by Zhu Zhanhe hadn't put the few remaining troops in Beijing under surveillance, how could he, Yang Shan, have come to humbly bow to the prince of a subordinate country?

"Shilang Yang, go slowly." Li looked at Yang Shan leaving and breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, what Yang Shan didn't know was that North Korea did have ambitions, but it was not Li, but the reigning king, Li Bao, who had come to power thanks to Zhu Zhanhe's pull.

As Li Bao's son, the eldest son, and the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, Li had completely different ideas from his father.

Li was different from his arrogant father. He knew very well that North Korea, a small country in a small country, would never be a match for the Ming Dynasty no matter how strong its national power was.

Therefore, as Yang Shan left, the two groups of people headed towards the palace.

The difference is that one group of people really want to go to the palace, while the other group of people just go to the six departments close to the palace.

……

At the same time, Beishan Wei.

This is the northernmost garrison that the Ming Dynasty can control so far. Its geographical location is even more remote than Nurgandusi.

You know, in layman's terms, Nuergandusi in the Ming Dynasty was both a province and a city, just like Jilin Province and Jilin City in later generations.

The Northeast region in later generations was the Nurgandusi area of ​​the Ming Dynasty today, and there was a health center named Nurgandusi at the mouth of Heilongjiang.

Nurgandusi, located at the mouth of Heilongjiang and parallel to the northernmost tip of Sakhalin Island, is already remote enough, but Beishanwei is even more remote than that. So where could it be?
The name Beishanwei comes from a mountain range. This mountain range was not particularly famous in later generations, but many people knew it.

Outside Xing'an Mountains.

However, in such an inaccessible place, two vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty lived permanently. They were the Yue King Zhu Zhanyong and the Xiang King Zhu Zhanyong of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hmph!" Zhu Zhanyong took a big sip of wine and snorted coldly.

"Since the death of my mother, it can be said that these people have revealed their true colors one after another!"

"That Zhu Zhanhe is determined to ascend to the throne, and he still pretends to want a good reputation!"

"The same goes for our good sister-in-law. Chun Chun is a dog. She greets people with a smile when she needs her. But when she doesn't, she turns her face away and turns her back towards you."

"Now that her good son is dead, she no longer has the tools to control the government. Only then did she remember that we brothers came here and claimed that as the legitimate sons of Emperor Hongxi and the close siblings of the late Emperor Xuande, we were qualified to return and inherit the throne. .”

"Nonsence!"

"Okay, third brother!" Looking at his third brother's cynical look, Zhu Zhanyi couldn't help but sigh.

Over the years, his third brother has frequently complained to him, from complaining about Zhu Zhanhe at the beginning to complaining about their sister-in-law and nephew, and now complaining together.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyong is just a reckless man with high ambitions but low abilities, who is powerful and brainless. Zhu Zhanyong knows the political situation better than this third brother.

At this time, if they listen to their sister-in-law and start preparing to return to Shuntian Mansion, it is difficult to say whether the two brothers will become the next orthodox emperor.

The darkness of the human heart is far beyond your imagination. As long as the interests are big enough, let alone the two vassal kings who were exiled a few years ago, even if you are the King of Heaven, if you block the way of others, then you will Gotta kill you.

Moreover, although Zhu Zhanzhen was sensible and valued family ties, he still had some complaints about what his sister-in-law had done in the early years.

When the King of Wu was in charge of Shuntian Prefecture and even the entire Ming Dynasty, their sister-in-law had sent someone to contact them, trying to get them to join the King Qin in Beijing and stabilize the throne of the orthodox emperor.

However, later, King Wu's lineage withdrew from Shuntian without warning, allowing their sister-in-law and nephew to successfully control the supreme power, and the two of them became obstacles again.

Although he never agreed from the beginning to the end, since then, the matter of going to Beijing to serve as king has ended without any problems, and the two brothers can't help but feel resentment towards their sister-in-law.

But now, King Wu's lineage has made a comeback, and the biggest bargaining chip in the hands of his sister-in-law is gone, so he thinks of them again.

How can anything be so cheap in this world?

(End of this chapter)